Deans Vote Thanksgiving Holiday for '52 By CRAWFORD YOUNG The long fight for an extended Thanksgiving holiday is all over but the shouting. The Dean's Conference yesterday endorsed a two-year trial run for the long-sought holiday, beginning in 1952. If it works satisfac- torily, the extended vacation would become a permanent policy. THE FAVORABLE action, which virtually ends a two-year Stu- dent Legislature struggle for the 'holiday, came after SL delegates Irv Stenn, '52, and Bob Neary, '54, presented the case for a long turkey weekend before the assembled deans and University officials' Only details remain to be worked out. The matter has been submitted to the University Calendar Committee, which will consider suggestions from the various faculties. The completed plan will be submitted to the Regents for approval. Three proposals were brought before the deans: 1. No compensation for the two class days the holiday will bliminate. 2. Compensation by beginning classes two days earlier in September. 3. Compensation by holding classes the Saturday before Christ- mas and Easter. THE FIRST. PLAN, top choice of SL and most students, has been strongly opposed by the professional schools in the past. The conten- tion is that class and laboratory schedules will be thrown out of kilter by the loss of two class days. The other two proposals were advanced by SL on the assump- tion that some compensation would be required to effect a set- tlement. The second suggestion aroused the most discussion during the closed conference, according to Frank E. Robbins, assistant to the president. The proposal as originally drawn up moved the opening of orientation activities up to Friday, Sept. 13, instead of Monday, Sept. 16, as now scheduled. * * ,* * HOWEVER, Dean of Students Erich A. Walter indicated that orientation might be reshuffled to begin Sunday noon, Sept. 15, elim- inating the fear that needy students would be hurt by the loss of two working days. Registration would then proceed from Monday through Thursday morning, with classes getting underway Friday and Saturday. , The Saturday proposal was put forward by SL as a substitute if the two-days-early scheme were rejected. Opponents of this plan claim that students would be as rare in classes the Saturday before Christmas or Easter vacation as the Friday after Thanksgiving. One evil would therefore be substituted for another, and the problem would remain unsolved, they contend. * * * *- SL OFFICIALS were both surprised and pleased by the holiday cheer. President Len Wilcox termed it a victory both for the students and for SL. Following closely on the heels of the SL triumph in the library hours dispute, the Legislature's prestige receivea a big boost. "I feel it's part of a trend towards greater University-student cooperation," Wilcox added. Stenn gave much of the credit for the holiday to Dave Belin, '54L, former legislator who served for a year and a half laying the tedious groundwork for the holiday. Belin was completely taken by surprise at the favorable action. "I had been pessimistic about its chances for success," he admitted. Stenn and Neary interviewed individually eleven of the deans prior to yesterday's conference. All had expressed approval of a holi- day, but most insisted on some sort of compensation. '* * * * THE BIG QUESTION MARK in the two-year trial run will be whether the poor class attendance problem around Thanksgiving-time is solved. If many students extend the Thanksgiving weekend any further than the Wednesday afternoon-to-Monday morning extension now authorized, Friday and Saturday classes will presumably be reinstated. However, Dean Walter read letters from Columbia and Ohio State Universities, reporting that both had experimented with classes the day after Thanksgiving, and found absence excessive, while the long weekend plan worked satisfactorily. The issue was considered at this time last year by the Deans Conference, an informal gathering of deans and University adminis- trators. At that time, it was also referred to the Calendaring Com- mittee, but without a mandate for the holiday. However, the disastrous November-December retreats in Korea and tailspinning student morale on campus, combined with the possibility of an emergency curriculum speed-up.kept the Thanks- giving on a dusty corner of the docket. Dean of the Law School F. Blythe Stason was not in town to comment on reports that the Law School would hold classes on the disputed two days after Thanksgiving regardless of the decision today. He did not attend the meeting. 'Also absent from the meeting was University President Earlan H. Hatcher, likewise out of town. 4 LY 4t a :4Ia iIi EDITOR'S NOTE See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State CLOUDY AND COLD VOL. LXII, No. 45 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1951 SIX PAGES 3,5 Ne W- 0 * Coed 1 * * * * * * * Discipline Plan Pending U' Sororit Bias Clauses Revealed Disclosure Contradicts Statement Of Ex-Panhel President Topper By SID KLAUS Panhellenic Association president Beverly Clarke, '52, yesterday admitted that discriminatory clauses exist in the constitutions of some campus sororities. Last semester the fact was given a flat denial before the Student Affairs Committee by former Panhel president June Topper, when the SAC was studying the bias clause question. And earlier this semester Miss Clarke said all the campus sororities denied having bias clauses on cards given to Panhel ,for use by the rushing counselors. THE DISCLOSURE followed house presidents. Miss Clarke said IWill, Review Win der Case The Ann Arbor Board of Educa- tion voted last night to review the action of Ann Arbor High School officials who announced that Rob- ert 0. Winder, a senior, would not be eligible for graduation because he refused to take the school's course in military orientation. The move was made as a re- sult of a letter from the boy's parents asking for a review and requesting a public meeting about the affair. Nicholas Schreiber, principal of the school, reported to the Board that the course "is not military in- doctrination, nor is it military training of any kind." The matter will be considered by the Board at its regular meeting next Wednesday night. s s a closed meeting of all sorority that "Panhel now recognizes there is a problem, and it is working to correct it. "The presidents feel that the problem concerns the sorority system only and not the campus at large," Miss Clarke empha- sized. She said the names of the houses involved would probably not be re- vealed. * * * THE existance of bias clauses in sororities was first suggested two weeks ago at a Student Legislature meeting, when SL member Dave Brown, '53, claimed he had "defi- nite proof" of a clause in one house. At that meeting, the SL delegated its Human and Inter- national Relations committee to look into the matter. Miss Clarke said yesterday that Panhel would be willing to work with the SL committee on the problem. Dean Bacon OK's Studenit Self-Rule Women's Groups Approval Needed By ROBERTA MacGREGOR For the first time in the history of the University, women students have been given the opportunity to wieldcomplete authority in disci- plinary cases. . At a meeting of the League Board of Representatives yester- day, a study committee presented a plan which would remove cer- tain disciplinary problems from the sole jurisdiction of the Dean of Women. * * * THE PLAN, drawn up by the stu- dent committee with the assistance of Dean of Women Deborah Bacon, would give some of the problems now handled by Dean Bacon to a proposed three-member "Women's Panel," while others would automatically be passed on to Women's Judiciary or Joint Ju- diciary, student - administration governing bodies. The Women's Panel, composed of the Dean of Women, plus the student chairman and a junior member of Women's Judiciary, would act only on women's disci- plinary problems not involving the breaking of house or University rules. The whole plan, which also proposes a revision in the pres- ent method of "working off" probationary sentences, must re- ceive a favorable vote from the various women's residences be- fore it goes into effect. Ballots have already been distributed to house presidents.1 If the plan is accepted, the new Women's Panel would only handle problems upon the request of the student and in cases where secrecy is paramount in protecting the reputation of the student as well as the name of the University, ac- cording to its sponsors. In cases of serious breaches of conduct ordinarily involving suspension from the University, the student may apply to the panel for Woman's Probation. Under probation, the offender would immediately resign from any organized activity. By working a number of hours per week, the student would be allowed to make a fair compensa- Arfr The Major-for-SL campaign received a severe jolt yesterday as hints seeped out that votes cast for the massive mutt might be invalidated. Al Blumrosen, '53L, Men's Judiciary president, said that the case would be considered by the Judiciary, which is policing elections, if and when it arises at ballot-counting tonight. U.S. Reveals, Communist Barbarism By The Associated Press # The U.S. Eighth Army yester- day charged the Reds, in acts of "barbarism unique even in the Communist world," have killed about 5,500 Americans and 290 other Allied prisoners of war. The grim record, compiled since the outbreak of the Korean war, did not include South Korean sol- diers, for whom exact casualty figures are hard to obtain. But the Army indicated approximately 11,000 of them were killed. * * * MEANWHILE, in Munsan a Moscow-trained Chinese truce ne- gotiator yesterday virtually dared the United Nations to break off the Korean armistice talks and try to change the front lines by force of arms-if they could. The challenge came from Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang, Chinese Red sub-committee chairman and former military attache in Mos- cow. It prompted no immediate reply. However, the seriousness of the badly snarled buffer zone issue af- ter a five-hour, five-minute sub- committee session led the UN com- mand to declare "no mutually ac- ceptable solution was in sight." Neither side appeared in any mood to back away from the stand it has taken. ** * ON THE battlefield Allied ob- servers reported Chinese Commun- ist troops dragged away "hundreds of dead and wounded" last night after unsuccessful tank-infantry assaults on two Allied hill positions on the Western Korean front. The Western front turned quiet after UN troops beat back the sudden Red attacks west of Chorwon by midnight Tuesday. The Reds waited until darkness came again yesterday to retrieve Turnout Fair as Weather Clears High Winds Scatter Many Ballots; Wind-up of Voting Scheduled Today A fair turnout of 3,500 was recorded at the polls yesterday in the first day. of all-campus elections. Predicted rain failed to materialize, as SL got a weather break with blue skies and cool temperatures greeting the voters. HOWEVER, a mischievous wind wreaked havoc with loose bal- lots, as sudden gusts continually sent batches of election blanks skim- ming across the campus. Although an attempt was made to recover the errant ballots, many remained lodged in trees and gutters. Since no unpunched ballots will be counted, there is no danger of these strays being used to stuff the ballot boxes. No cases of election fraud have been uncovered thus far, accord- ing to Al Blumrosen, head of Men's Judiciary, which is policing the elections. Any coniplaints of ir- regularities should be brought to the attention of any Judiciary member at the ballot-counting to- ax Fraud night, he added. THE TURNOUT was above lastF l s fall's first-day vote of 3,000, but fell way short of the 4,200 figure last spring and 4,500 the preced- B y T reasu ing spring. Monday, Wednesday and Friday are generally consid- ered the best voting days, as more WASHINGTON --(-- Secrecy students are on campus. barriers which for years have hid- rid- i lprpa nrtn in the fiild --Daily-Bruce Knoll SICK VOTE-Ballots were distributed in Health Service yester- day--if you couldn't walk to the all-campus elections, the elections came to you. Here Phyllis Kaufman gives a ballot wo a confined student. Classes 'To Let Out for atcher's Ittauguration By CAL SAMBA Classes will be dismissed at noon, Tuesday, Nov. 27, the date set for what promises to be one of the most colorful presidential inaugurals in University history. The Dean's Conference announced yesterday that students would be getting "half-a-holiday" on that date, as preparations for President Harlan H. Hatcher's inaugration swung into high gear. $ * * * THE INAUGURATION of President Hatcher as eighth president of the University is scheduled for 3 p.m. in a Hill Auditorium which is expected to be packed. More than 420 official delegates, representing 286 colleges and universities and 134 professional societies, will be on hand to at- tend the ceremonies. In addition, a huge contingent of alumni representatives, Regents, University officials, emeritus professors and students will be flocking to Hill, Among the dignitaries who will be present are President Howard Bevis of Ohio State University and Gov. G. Mennen Williams. AFTER A LUNCHEON and a preliminary get-together, the dele- gates, dressed in, academic costume, will meet at 2:45 p.m. in the, Natural Science Building. A robed queue will be formed, each delegate lining up accord- ing to the date of the founding of his institution. Led by President Hatcher, the procession will move across N. University under a specially-made canvas awning to Hill Auditorium. At 3 p.m., the formal inauguration will begin, with Regent J. Joseph Herbert, chairman of the committee of the whole of the Board, presiding. Following "The Star Spangled Banner" and the invocation, p.n_ - _, n._ wl c"ml - 4liaT _. rrifn~i af,, R.P t fi Today's vote was threatened by a forecast of cloudy and cold- er with snow flurries. Polling stations will be open' again from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The ballot-counting, a public event, will get underway about 7 p.m. at the Union, according to SL president Len Wilcox. However, re- sults don't start rolling till after nine, with the final outcome not tabulated till the wee hours. WHRV will provide air coverage of the election with a fifteen min- ute on-the-spot summary at 11 p.m., with further results being broadcast on The Daily newscast at twelve midnight, and a five- minute spot at 12:30 a.m. WEQN, East Quad Station, will also air results. Another mistake on the ballot was discovered yesterday -- Art Rosenbaum's name was printed as Rosenblum. Voters are reminded that no bal- lot is, valid unless their I-D card has been punched. Druids Strike In DeepNight DRUIDS, sons of magic Foretellers of the future Judges-very knowing, wise-. The fires in the stonehenge Are set alight With flames to heaven raised, Look upon thy awends, den- e Uera operations in in en Lei of tax collection began to crumble yesterday undev hammering by congressional investigators and newspapers. These were the main breaches in the walls: 1. Rep. King (D-Cal.), chair- man. of the House committee which has produced evidence of corruption and misconduct in the Internal Revenue Bureau, reported that President Truman agreed to open Justice Depart- ment files on tax fraud prosecu- tions to the committee. The aim is to see whether the depart- ment's hands are clean. 2. Internal Revenue Commis- sioner John B. Dunlap told a news conference that he has recom- mended to President Truman and Treasury Secretary Snyder the creation of a special commission to study "too much secrecy" in op- erations of his bureau. 3. The commissioner also an- nounced that he has ordered a housecleaning in the Alcohol Tax Unit, which reports of "ir- regularities" to be investigated by outside men from the nar- cotics bureau and the Secret Service. 4. Theron Lamar Caudle, as- sistant attorney general in charge of tax prosecutions, gave out his detailed version of development of a case against officials of the Gulf Coast Tobacco Company. He de- nied stories published in the Provi- dence Evening Bulletin and St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he had a ttemnp edtodisrAgm' e nrosec.- World News By The Associated Press PARIS-India appealed yesterday for a joint "no-war" declara- tion by the Big Four foreign ministers. Sir Benegal Rau of India and delegates from. several smaller countries urged in speeches before the United Nations General Assem- bly that the United States, Britain, France and Russia get together in the UN, BELGRADE, Yugoslavia-The United States agreed yesterday to send more and bigger weapons to Premier Marshal Tito's Com- munist army, Tito and U.S. Ambassador George Allen signed an agreement for American military aid which provides that a U.S. advisory