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- FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 193(3
Annual Report
Reviews New
Faculty Ruling
Ruthven's Statement Set
Forth Revised Criteria
Of Faculty Placement
The standards for the appointmen
and promotion of faculty member
were raised and the former schedul
of academic qualifications was par
tially revised by the Board of Regent
during the past school year, Presiden
Alexander G. Ruthven stated in hi
annual report.
One of the most important change
was the restoration of the three-yea;
appointment for assistant professor
and a two-year appointment for "ex
ceptional instructors." These wer
recommended "to give a survey of th
success of these younger men at reg
ular intervals," the President said.
"Not only would it be an incentiv
to greater effort," the report states
"but it would also be more apt t
cause different departments to dro
the present perfunctory habit o:
recommending the continuance of al
younger men on the staff."
Schedule Is Revised
The schedule was revised during
1935, according to the president, be-
cause the number of graduates apply-
ing for teaching positions had in-
creased. This increase in the num-
ber applying was mainly due to the
financial conditions in the countr3
which made for a greater increase ir
the number of graduate students anc
the surplus of candidates possessing
higher degrees, Dr. Ruthven said.
Substitution of the title "teaching
fellow" for that of "junior instructor'
was made by the Regents, and the
new title will be used for new ap-
pointees not possessed of a -doctor's
degree, or, in the case of the profes-
sional departments, its equivalent in
professional experience.
The qualifications for an assistant
professorship were also strengthened
by the Regents, and in the case of an
associate professorship it was recom-
mnended that it not be considered
merely as a promotion after long serv-
ice to one who cannot hope for a
professorship, but rather that the
equipment of an associate professor
should be potentially that required
for the professorship.
Present Policy Approved
"A second section of the Board's
resolution proved the present policy
of the University in regard to promo-
tions, which are not necessarily auto-
rmatic or based primarily on senior-
ity," the report states.
At the present time the hierarchy
of university faculty members, start-
ing from the positions lowest, are:
teaching fellow, instructor, assistant
professor, associate professor, and
professor.
It was recommended by the Regents
that an advance in rank be signalized
by an advance in salary although in
unusual circumstances it was recog-
nized that the salary of the two dif-
ferent ranks may overlap.
As finances permit, the president's
report states, salaries will be reviewed
by administrative ofiicers in order to
adjust inequalities that have arisen
In the cases of persons of the same
rank and ability.
Engineer Talks On
SyntheticRubber
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proved resistance to the deteriorating
effects of crude oil, refined petroleum
products, coal tar solvents, animal
and vegetable oils, and other mater-
ials which cause natural rubber to
swell and disintegrate.
He added, however, that its great-
est value lies in the fact that it
withstands heat better than the na-
tural product, thus making it of
greater importance in industry.
In commenting on the use of Du-
Prene in the tire industry, Mr. Main
stated, "total imports of crude na-
tural rubber run well over 1,000,000,-
000 pounds. The price during the low
point of the recent depression was
four and one half cents per pound.
"While admittedly we have in Du-
Prene a product which should be
better for tires than rubber, we can
barely scratch the surface of such a
demand because," he concluded, "75
per cent of the crude imports go into
the manufacture of tires and at
present our capacity is only a little
over 1,500,000 pounds annually."
Investigation Conducted Into Crash Of Giant Airliner
-Associated Press Photo.
Within a few hours after searchers came across wreckage of the giant airliner in which 17 persons were
killed, investigations into the cause of the crash near Goodwin, Ark., were launched by the department of
commerce, American Airlines officials, and local authorities. The picture shows with what terrific force the
plane catapulted into dense swampland, a part of the ship coming to rest against a tree.
Niebulir -Teacher, Lecturer,
Writer -Will Speak Tuesday
To say that Reinhold Niebuhr, who
is coming to speak in Ann Arbor next
Tuesday, leads a busy and varied
life would indeed be putting it mildly.
,Although Niebuhr's chief occupa-
tion might be described as teaching
at Union Theological Seminary in
New York City, where he is Profes-
sor of Applied Christianity, consid-
erable of his time and energy is spent
in his positions of contributing editor
of the Christian Century and editor
of Radical Religion, a new religious
quarterly.
In addition, Niebuhr was chairman
of the committee investigating the
consumer research strike recently,
and he is also a, lecturer for the
League for Industrial Democracy. Yet
he finds time to write many books
Democrats Will
Cooperate With
G.ov. Fitzgerald
Leaders Promise Aid If
Executive Calls Special
Legislative Session
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. - VP) -
George A. Schroeder, of Detroit, Dem-
ocratic speaker of the Michigan House
of Representatives, said Wednesday
that if the Republican State Adminis-
tration calls a special session for so-
cial security legislation, the Demo-
crats would refrain from making it
"a political football."
Here for a series of conferences
with Michigan congressmen and offi-
cials of the Social Security Board,
Schroeder said it was imperative that
Michigan have a State social security
act in order to participate in the
unemployment compensation taxes
levied this year against employers'
payrolls.
Despite Speaker Schroeder's assur-
ance that the Democrats would not
attempt to use a special session for
their own political advantage, Gov.
Fitzgerald reiterated in Lansing today
his declaration that there will be no
special session.
"Why should I call a special ses-
sion for social security legislation?"
he asked. "The Federal Social Se-
curity Act will be knocked out by the
United States Supreme Court within
a few months. Then the huge cost
of our special session would be wasted.
In view of the Supreme Court deci-
sion on the AAA, it would take an
incorrigible optimist to assume that
the social security legislation-or at
least that part of it relating to un-
employment insurance, which is what
Schroeder has been concerned about
-has a chance."
in which he forcefully and critically
discusses religion, philosophy, and
the present social organization.
Reinhold Niebuhr is very well-
known in this section of the country,
having been pastor of the Bethel
Evangelical Church for 13 years. He
left Detroit in 1928 to take a post at
Union Theological Seminary where he
has remained since.
He is, according to George Aber-
nathy, Grad., of the Student Chris-
tian Association, which is sponsoring
the appearance of Niebuhr in Ann
Arbor in conjunction with the Coun-
selor in Religious Education, the most
prominent present day theologian and
is the most popular religious speaker
among college students. He appears
before collegiate audiences very fre-
quently, almost every week-end find-
ing him addressing some student
midience between New York and
Iowa,
Niebuhr's activities, beside being1
many in number, represent thought in
different types of problems confront-
ing society today. One critic, in re-
viewing a recent book of Niebuhr's,
"Reflections on the End of an Era,"
observed that at least three Niebuhrs
contributed to that book -"Niebuhr
the realistic critic of the present his-
torical scene; Niebuhr the philosopher
and practical moralist; Niebuhr the
religious seer whose religion in the
last few years has been growing more
and more absolute."
ammttIs To
Lead Party On
European Tour
A European tour of seven countries
will be led by Prof. Ralph W. Ham-
mett of the architectural college this
summer, and the arrival in Berlin will
be timed to coincide with the finals
of the track events of the 1936 Olym-
pic Games.
The group will leave July 1 on the
French liner, S. S. Normandie, and
return August 31. Arriving in Eng-
land, the party will spend five days
touring the English countryside by
means of a chartered motor coach,
After the group has visited Nor-
way, Sweden and Denmark the iter-
nary has been planned so that the
Civil Service
Is esired By
State Officials
Governors And Legislators
Go Before Commission
Headed By Pollock
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power to review dismissals from of-
fice.
It was concerning the question,
"Do yo# favor a satisfactory pension
plan for state employees?" that the
greatest difference of opinion came.
Particularly skeptical of the pension
was Mr. Shields, who insisted that
a pension for state employees was
unfair to non-state employees. Sen-
ator Wood told the commission that
he believed the employee should pay
as high as 75 per cent of the plan.
The diametrically opposite point of
view was held by Labor Leader Mar-
tel, who thought the employee should
contribute nothing. In between were
the former governors, Mr. Comstock
suggesting that the pension be on the
"retired pay" basis of the United
States army and not financed di-
rectly through employee salaries. All
witnesses hit hard at what Mr. Com-
stock termed the "unreasonably low
pay" of state employees.
Nearly all of them, however, agreed
with Governor Brucker, who empha-
sized that civil service is not a "cure-
all and will not eliminate politics
from government. It must be made
just as easy to fire on demerit as it
is to hire on merit," the man who
is mentioned as an opponent of Sen-
ator Couzens in the primaries told
the commission.
Senator Reid, former commissioner
of public works in Detroit, empha-
tically told Professor Pollock's fact
finding body that, although the pro-
posed Civil Service Commission
should have ultimate power to de-
cide on dismissals, it should be the
dismissed employee and not his su-
perior officer "who goes on trial."
Concurring in this view, Mr. Dow,
former Detroit purchasing agent who
spoke for his father, suggested that
an employee might be suspended for
a short period without appeal to the
j commrissionl.
Interfraternity
Council Seeks
To Alter Rules
Present Requirements For
Changes In J-Hop House
Party Regulations
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where women are overnight guests in
the house no men shall remain in the
residence."
The time allowed for house parties
during J-Hop week-end by the com-
mittee was identical to that of the
Council.
A committee consisting of William
R. Dixon, '36. John C. McCarthy.
'36, George Robbins, '36, and Paul
W. Philips, '36, secretary of the coun-
cil, conferred with Dean Joseph A.
Bursley late last night in regard to
the new rules.
The council received its authority
for its action from its constitution
which states that with the exceptions
of regulation by the housing in-
spectors and financial conditions, "all
matters relating to general frater-
nities shall be referred to the Execu-
tive Committee for action. The deci-
sions of the Executive Committee
shall be final unless altered by the
Committee on Student Affairs, or by
the action of the Council at large."
Previous to the council's action on
house party rules, Prof. Robert P.
Briggs of the economics department
gave the council indications of the
magnitude of their financial transac-
tions and of the critical results of
fraternity mismanagement in the re-
port of the Committee on Fraternity
Financial Standards Exceptions.
"The magnitude of fraternity bus-
iness may be summarized in compo-
site figures," he said. 'The total fra-
ternity revenues last year were $573,-
000 while their expenses totaled $593,-
000, a composite loss of $20,000. These
figures, however, are exclusive of rev-
enue from initiation fees."
Including initiation fees, he re-
ported that 39 houses had operated
at a profit which totaled $15,000,
and 29 houses$operated at a loss
which totaled $21,000.
Professor Briggs attributed six rea-
sons for financial difficulties as fol-
lows: (1) financial mismanagement;
(2) unpaid operating obligations in-
curred during previous years; (3)
large interest-bearing obligations; (4)
failure of alumni to assume respon-
sibility; (5) failure Of national offi-
cers to supervise; and (6) insufficient
membership.
On a motion by Robert Merrill, '36,
a committee was appointed to study
Hell Week and report at the next
council meeting. Named on the com-
mittee were Merrill, Robert O. Tho-
mas, '36, and William Onderdonk, '36.
be given a non-competitive qualifying
examination, and that any employee
who had served five or more years
continuously should be "blanketed
in" the civil service. The official
opinion of the Detroit commission on
this matter was that the state "owes
a moral obligation" to its present
employees to keep them all in office.
With only one exception the wit-
nesses stuck closely to the questions
put to them. That was when Senator
Wood became involved in an argu-
ment with members of the Detroit
commission over whether or not state
employees under a civil service law
should be allowed to organize, and
when he was sharply answered by
Mr. Martell. Senator Wood held that
they should not be "permitted to
join union organizations," although
he conceded that membership in
professional organizations was prop-
er. The Detroit commissioners saw
"no reason why organization of state
employees the same as other employ-
ees" should not be allowed.
Mr. Martell emphatically declared
that the "state has no right to pro-
hibit from its employees their con-
stitutional right of joining unions."
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Meeting Held By
Women's Institute
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about the security of every man, wom-
an, and child in the nation."
The objections to the increase in
the national debt under the Roose-
velt administration she answered by
pointing out that while we had bor-
rowed $23,000,000,000 during the war
for "destruction," the increase caused
to date in the debt for "reconstruc-
tion" has been only $14,000,000,000
from which, moreover, permanent na-
tional improvement is being secured
through such projects as reforesta-
tion.
Also speaking on the afternoon
program of the institute with Mrs.
McAllister was Miss Mary Ward, dep-
uty commissioner of immigration at
the port of Boston, who was intro-
duced as one of the two women who
serve asimmigration commissioners
in the United States.
Miss Ward voiced an appeal for
support of the Kerr Deportation Bill,
about to come before Congress, for
which the Department of Labor is at
present endeavoring to enlist support.
The bill, according to her analysis,
seeks first of all power to deport, not
all aliens, as proposed by a rival
bill now before Congress, but all crim-
inal aliens, whether convicted or not.
She pointed out that an alient who
now "cops a plea," i. e., pleads guilty
to a minor offense to get a short sen-
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192
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Both governors and all legislators
held that in addition to department
heads, chief deputies and the gover-
group can see
games and the
ing Heidelberg
lege, and then
ARMY CH
MT. CLEMEN
(Al) -Army Air
vers in the Eas
this year of the
Northwest whic
from SelfridgeI
both the Olympic nor's secretariat, the budget director
Rhine Valley, includ- and chief account should be ex-
and its famous col- empted from a civil service. With
Switzerland. those exceptions, the politicians
----agreed that the service should blan-
[ANGES PLANS ket all other employees of the state.
TS, Mich., Jan. 16. -- No one mentioned how this destruc-
Corps winter maneu- tion ,of patronage would affect poli-
t will take the place tics.
"Arctic Patrol" to the The consensus with regard to what
:h started last year should be done about incumbents in
Field. state positions was that they should
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