EDITOR'S NOTE See Page 4 IC Latest Deadline in the State at -- j ._:. :. ,, . r CLOUDY, SNOW SIX PAGES VOL. LXIII, No. 124 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1953 SIX PAGES Change in Exam Period Passed 'U' Groups Move Start Up One Day; Makes Senior Graduation Official By ERIC VETT.ER Executive committees of the University's schools and colleges have voted to change the starting date of final examinations to Fri- day, May 29 to allow seniors to be officially graduated on Commence- ment Day. The change, recommended by a special commencement group to study the problem, requires all graduating seniors to complete their final exams by June 6 and moves the starting date of exams up one day. IN EXPLAINING the new setup, Assistant to the President Frank E. Robbins said the change grew out of requests by Regents and Uni- versity President Harlan H. Hatcher for a more meaningful Com- mencement Day. In the past, most 'Korean Truce Seen as Possible As Reds Ask Prisoner Exchange l seniors taking part in commence- ment were recommended for grad- uation as their final grades were not recorded. The system of actually confer- ing the degrees on Commence- ment Day was followed until 1949 when it was discontinued to allow faculty members more l time in grading finals. Representatives from all the schools and colleges affected were members of the special commis- sion setup last January to study the problem. STUDENT Legislature President Howard Willens, '53, voiced strong disapproval over the lack of stu- dent consultation in the decision. Willens said "Regardless of the pros and cons of the situation there were two available channels through which students could have been consulted." He said both the Senior Board and the Student Legislature as} representing student opinion should have been considered. "The brunt of the change falls on the faculty," Willens said, "but the matter is certainly one for student opinion." At the same time several fac- ulty and administration members agreed that students could have been brought into the discussion. In agreeing with the purpose of the change, Assistant Dean of Stu- dents Walter B. Rea said that this was one field where student opin- ion could easily have been utilized. Dean Charles E. Odegard and Assistant Dean James H. Robert- son, of the literary school agreed that no harm would have been done if students had been con- sulted. ROBBINS explained the ab- sence of student participation by saying the entire problem "is an academic one which we didn't think students would be interested in. Under the new plan, as ex- plained by Robbins, all seniors who have exams scheduled after June 6 will be given special ex- aminations by their instructors before the regular exam period so final grades will be recorded by commencement. Most faculty members contact- ed for comment said they had not been informed of the change. For- mal announcement has been held up until the regular April faculty meetings in most of the affected schools. The change has created a con- flict with preparations for sen- ior Ball, Jack Flynn, '53A&D, Sen- ior Board chairman said. The dance was set for May 29 but changes may have to be made in the date because of conflicts with exams, he added. Contributors To Generation Contributors to the May issue of Generation have been announc- ed by Eleanor Hope, '53, this year's managing editor. Students contributing poetry are Joseph Greene, Grad.; Jascha Kes-. sler, Grad.; Herbert Mandel, Grad.; Anne Stevenson, '54 and Betty Ehlers, '55. Essay contribu- tions come from Norman Burns. Phil Berry To Be New NSAVeep Student Legislature member Phil Berry, Grad., has been named executive vice-president - of the National Student Association, it was announced yesterday. Replacing Len Wilcox, '52, form- er SL president who vacated the NSA vice-presidency when drafted. Berry will take over the number two position in the NSA execu- tive line-up. BERRY HAS worked actively on the 300-school national organiza- tion since 1950. His new executive duties will include coordination of the student affairs, student gov- * * * -Daily-Allan Ternes RADIO INTERVIEW-A candidate for Tuesday's and Wednes- day's all-campus elections (left) is interviewed by Mary Misheff, '55, over CBN. Bruce Bevelheimer, '56, is the technician. * * * 4 Election Day A pproaches- For Campus Candidates I Eighty-eight candidates running for 48 posts in all-campus elec- tions Tuesday and Wednesday will wind up a week's campaigning to- day and tomorrow. Although few open houses remain, candidates may still make ar- rangements to air their views over East Quad station WEQN from 9:30 to 10 p.m. today and tomorrow. CAMPAIGN INTERVIEWS will originate over WEQN and be' sent out to residence halls on the Campus Broadcasting Network. In- terested candidates should contact Stan Levy, '55, at East Quad or call the station (20557). This week's elections mean new positions for some students, election booth-manning and ballot-counting for others. ' A total of ten ballots have been printed to accommodate eight div- isions of officer and board posts and two referendums. Posts include: 20 Student Leg- ROundup islature seats, nine J-Hop com- mittee memberships, literary and engineering college senior class of.. By The Associated Iress ficers, seven Union vice-presiden- RANGOON, Burma - The Bur- ies, three positions on the Board mese government, involved in in Control of Student Publications guerrilla warfare with Chinese and one seat on the Board in troops who claim allegiance to Control of Intercollegiate Ath- American-supported Chiang Kai- letics. Shek, announced last night it is An informational voting guide Report Says Greeks End China Trade Sen. McCarthy Releases News WASHINGTON = W) - Senator McCarthy (R-Wis.) bypassed the Eisenhower Administration yester- day and announced that the Greek owners of 242 merchant ships agreed to break off all trade with INorth Korea and Red China. The attorney for one Greek ship- owner said that so little trading had been with China that the agreement would not seriously af- fect his business. * *R MC CARTHY hailed the agree- ment as a major blow against the Reds and said the ship owners also have agreed "to refuse to car- ry cargoes of any type from one Communist port to another in any part of the world." - The agreement with the ship- owners was negotiated by staff members of the Senate Inves- tigations Subcommittee which IMcCarthy heads. Neither President Eisenhower nor Secretary of State Dulles knew anything about the agreement prior to his announcement of it. McCarthy said. "I feel they will be pleased" he commented later. DONALD D. Geary, representing shipowner Stavros Livanos, said in New York his client readily agreed to the request from Mc- Carthy's committee to stop trading with China. Geary said that Livanos, who with his brother owns nearly 40 ships, had carried no cargoes to Communist China and had brought only about a dozen car- goes from China in recent years, after unloading cargo in other Far Eastern ports. Livanos, Geary said, wrote to the committee expressing his will- ingness to stop the China trade. Geary said that was the only writ- ten agreement he knew about. Geary said the Chinese cargoes were "just ordinary business done on the ship charter market in London every day," adding: "It's perfectly legal in London -they have a different idea there of trade with Red China." A reliable source in Athens said last week the Greek government is preparing legislation setting up stiff penalties for any Greek ship owners carrying strategic goods to Communist countries. The new Greek law was said to apply only to ships flying the Greek flag. Inter-Arts Students with entries in the Inter-Arts Festival Show may pick up their work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow in the West Gallery on the second floor of Alumni Memorial Hall. If the work is not collected at that time, it may be picked up in the Museum office Tues- day. -Daily-Larry Wilk BARROOM FLOOR-Russell Aiuto, '55, falls to the floor-"dead" -in the climax of "Life's Misery," a dramatic presentation of "The Face on the Barroom Floor," which took top honors in last night's Skit Nite program. The skit, given to a background of original music sung by a 31-voice chorus, was presented by Gamma Phi Beta and Sigma Phi Epsilon. OFF CAMPUS HOUSING: Racial Discrimination Survey Reports Confliet By HARRY LUNN Conflicting evidence on discrimination in off-campus housing leads to varying conclusions as to the extent of student housing re- strictions based on race, color or creed. A special Student Legislature survey of the problem coupled with interviews with several Negro and Jewish students living off campus provides the. only information on the complex discrimination question. * * * * SEVERAL WEEKS ago, the SL Human Relations Committee together with the Survey Research Center compiled a questionnaire that was mailed to 120 Negro and foreign students. Returns from 56 students revealed that of those who had sought off-campus housing, roughly.40 per cent had met discrim- ination. Negro students encountered a slightly greater number of re- strictive situations than foreign---- -----~--~ Ike, France Give Warning On Indochina UN Retake Vegas In Artillery Fight By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Cautous hopes that a Korean armistice might at last be possible arose yes- terday following the Communists sudden offer to exchange sick and wounded prisoners in Korea and their proposal for immediate re- sumption of truce talks. Gen. Mark W. Clark, Allied su- preme commander, took the pro- posals under consideration and said he would be ready in "a mat- ter of days" to exchange ailing prisoners if the enemy offer proves sincere. HOWEVER, while the U.N. com- mand is ready to talk to the Reds right now about exchange of pris- oners, a high military source in- dicated yesterday, that it does not necessarily favor resuming full- scale armistice negotiations at Panmunjom. Clark indicated that he would favor resuming talks with the Communists on the matter of sick and wounded POWs, but he has not said whether he favors re-opening the talks on ex- change of all prisoners. The Communist offer - un- doubtedly made with the approval of the Kremlin-electrified the Al- lied world. * * IN WASHINGTON cautious hopes that a Korean armistice might at last be possible arose last night. The acceptance by the Chi- nese and North Korean Reds of an Allied proposal to exchange prisoners was viewed with some degree of optimism by officials, but they were keeping their fingers crossed, awaiting further action. President Eisenhower and French Premier Rene Mayer joined in warning Communist China against making peace in Korea to wage aggressive war in Indo-China or elsewhere in the Far East. 'he warning came-by coinci- dence American officials said-as a result of a three day conference between U.S. and French officials. * * * U.N. DELEGATES on both sides of the Iron Curtain greeted the news with the hope that this break would lead to a settlement of the whole prisoner of war issue and an armistice. Attention of all delegates turned toward the newly arrived Russian representative, Andrei Y. Vishin- sky, who is expected by many to be on the verge of making a new Russian move for a settlement. As peace hopes ran high, a bloody see-saw battle raged on the Korean battlefront. U.S. Marines won back outpost Vegas at dawn after an all-night, thunderous ar- tillery duel with the Chinese Reds, yesterday. It was the first time Marines won back the shell-ripped strong- point of the Western front since the Reds took it from them in a 3,500 man attack on a five-mile wide sector Thursday night. Student Hits Cab George E. Grove, an East Quad resident, was involved yesterday afternoon in a collision with a taxi at McKinley and White Sts. Grove, was issued a ticket by police for driving without a li- cense. PHIL BERRY . ..new NSA veep ernment and educational affairs branches of NSA plus handling of the association's finances. Berry will work on his NSA post in the organization's Philadelphia offices until the term expires in September. A present member of Michi. gaumua, Berry has been active on SL for five years and a member for more than two. Theater To Hold Third 'Folk Sing' The Arts Theater's third "folk sing" night will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the theater at 2091/2 E. Washington. The public is invited to attend the informal gathering. dropping United States aid next June 30. * * * NAIROBI, Kenya - British troop reinforcements will begin ar- riving by air Tuesday to join the drive against Mau Mau terrorists who have killed more than 130 pro- British natives in the past two days. will be published in Tuesday's is- sue of The Daily. Kerns To Solo In Symphony Band Concert students, the questionnaires show- ed and were less pleased with the accommodations they were able to rent. Of the seven students who class- ed their off-campus living condi- tions as undesirable, six were Negro. However, a total of 30 stu- dents, including 10 Negroes, said they found their housing condi- Seniors Open Sale Of Cards, Folds Sale of commencement booklets, folds, and personal cards by the Senior Board will begin at 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. tomorrow until April 15 in the Administration Building. The booklets, which list probable graduates, class officers, University administration and faculty, are being put out in five editions. The folds, to be used as com- mencement announcements will be 10 cents each. Prices of the cards will be $2.50 for the first 100, and $1.50 for each additional 100. tions desirable, revealing no wide- spread discontent. THIS DATA stood in contrast with the findings of a Negro stu- dent living off-campus who check- ed with friends and reported that it is almost an impossibility to find rooms except in homes owned by other Negroes. The biggest concentration of Negro homes in the city is in the area of Fourth and Fifth Streets and E. Catherine and E. Ann Streets, he pointed out. Result of this condition is that it is very hard for Negro students to locate near campus, the student added. In one case there was no real proof of discrimination, althugh evidence'seemed to point to it, he said. In this incident a fairly light- skinned Negro lived in an off-cam- pus room, and at the term's end told his landlady he would like the room the following term. When he returned, the room was rented and the landlady said she was convertinz it into larger quarters. See RESTRICTIONS, Page 6 LEWIS, Ind. - Several railroad cars loaded with ammunition ex- 4 Robert Kerns, '54SM, will be the ploded and blasted this coal min- featured soloist in the University ing town yesterday, but the town's Symphony Band concert to be held 275 residents apparently escaped at 4:15 p.m. today in Hill Audi- i death or serious injury. The ammunition started ex- ploding after part of the train was derailed. Referendum To Decide On Non-Profit Bookstore, By VIRGINIA VOSS Student opinion on the long talked-about prospect of a non- profit bookstore will be sounded out in all-campus elections Tues- day and Wednesday. Only all-campus referendum on the spring ballots, the question reads: "Do you prefer to have a non-profit bookstore in the pro- posed addition to the Union rather than allotting this space for other purposes." THE REFERENDUM was spon- sored by Student Legislature mem- ber Bob Perry. '53E. who has un- capital, Perry said. He held that the Union. with the proposed addi- tion, could supply all three. Backed by affirmative student support, the Union would be in a position to ask the Board of Re- gents to change its policy of not allowing the University to compete with Ann Arbor merchants, Perry indicated. HOWEVER, when the Union in 1930 asked Regents' permission to install a bookstore in the first building addition the Board re- fused, turning back to a 1929 res- rd . -n fnhilrin~ 1nnnna v torium. Keirns, who is a voice-opera major,swill sing Malotte's "The Lord's Prayer." He attended East- men School of Music, and sang the role of Valentin in the speech de- partment-School of Music pres- entation of "Faust." Under the conduction of Prof. William D. Revelli of the music school, the band will present "March of the Free People" by Darcy; Wagner's Overture to "Tannhauser"; and Schubert's "Ave Maria." The program will continue with Berlioz's "Recitative and Prayer' from "Grand Symphony for Band," which includes a trombone solo by Allan Townsend, '53SM; Mussorgsky's "Cortege-Scherzo;" "The' Irish Washerwoman" from Anderson's "Irish Suite;" and Pa- dilla's "El Relicario-Paso Doble." Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's De- siring;" Bendel's "Sunday Morn- ing at Glion;" "The Doxology- Chorale Prelude" as arranged by Lcidzen; and excerpts from Verdi's t r 'I . _ i ) UNION REFERENDUM: Men To Cast Vote on Constitution (EDITOWS NOTE: This is the last in the series of interpretive articles dealing with the revised Union con- stitution to be presented as a referen- dum to all male students in the all- campus elections Tuesday and Wednesday.) By GENE HARTWIG Plowing through a maze of grammatic technicalities and sem- antic irregularities the Union Con- stitution Revisions Committee secretary the more functional title of executive secretary. In addition, the nominating committee provided for by the article must nominate up to the required 10 candidates for the vice-presidencies at large if these candidates do not present them- selves by petitioning. The Board is also empowered to select the required two nominees apiece for the Law School and chosen by a majority of the members of the Board third. The only other substantive changes in the remainder of the constitution occur in Article XII on amendments. Here the proposed document elaborates the whole process of amendment around the new meth- od of adopting changes to the con- stitution ratified last spring. * * * G F 7,, Wolverine Buses To facilitate student's spring vacation transportation, the Wolverine Club is sponsoring buses to Willow Run Friday. Buses, the "Willow Hop- i i II