AN EDITORIAL See Pace 4 YI e Latest Deadline in the State D.3ati (~. PA. VOL. LXV, No.47 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1954 RTLY CLOUDY, WARMER SIX PAGI M', MSC Meet Today I11 Traditional Gain * * * * * * * * * * * * G I i I C * u* * * * Ask Aproval To Buld New Librar ,teT Precede Der~ciin 'U' To Request Funds from State $3,680,000 Needed for Construction Of Planned Undergraduate Library By JIM DYGERT University Vice-P'esident Wilbur K. Pierpont was authorized by the Regents yesterday to request $3,680,000 from the State Legislature for construction of an Undergraduate Library. Pierpont plans to have the estimated cost along with a statement explaining the need and concept of the library to the state budget of- fice sometime this month for presentation to the Legislature. To be located at the present site of the Engineering Automotive Laboratory, the new library will be a five-story structure-three floors above ground and two basements - according to preliminary plans drawn up by a committee under the direction of Library Director Frederick H. Wagman. To Hold 150,000 Books Approximately 150,000 volumes will fill the undergraduate reading rooms of the uppermost three floors. G uts, t Pants Basements will include 225,000 volumes' for engineering studies A cce tedand research and will be known as the Engineering Library. How- ever, one undergraduate reading groom will be included in the first By Regents } { basement. Planned strictly for undergradu- A total of $66,615.40 in gifts and ate students, the Undergraduate grants was accepted by the Uni- Library will seat approximately, versity Board of Regents during 2,000 students in main reading its November meeting yesterday rooms and 400 in other areas. Largest grant came from the To Feature Open Shelving Rockefeller Foundation of New Scheme of the library will fea- York City which gave $28,000 for ture open shelving instead of the American studies in Kyoto, Japan,tuee ashelosedistaks.he and Japanese studies in Ann Ar- General Library's closed stacks. bor under sponsorship of Kyoto Designed to become the "center University, Doshisha University of undergraduate intellectual life" and the University of Michigan. on campus, the new library will Lilly Endowment, Inc., of In- have audio facilities for listening dianapolis, Ind., has given $10,000 to records and small meetingI for continued support of its fellow- rooms. ship program in pharmacy. A conscious intention to central- Also accepted by the Regents ize undergraduate books now scat- was $9,700 from the National Sci- tered among several libraries will{ ence Foundation in support of enable students to make fuller use 'Preliminary Studies of the Na- of library facilities in their courses,s tional Astronomical Observatory according to Wagman. Fund" under the direction of Prof. ' "More instructors could conductt Robert F. McNath of the astron-, classes without requiring students omy department. to buy texts, because of the in-1 Bonner Collection Accepted creased number of books on re-I Regents accepted the Campbell serve and other undergraduatet Bonner Collection of magical amu- books the library would have,"i lets and charms by Prof. Frederick Wagman has pointed out. A. Coller, chairman of the Depart- ment of Surgery. The collection LAST APPEARAN was accumulated through the years by the late Prof. Campbell Bonner. It will be housed in the" new Medical Library now under Seniors Approval was given to refunding $38,408.84 to employees who hadf participated in the University's ~ group insurance program, duringa the 17-month period ending June 30, 1954. Refunds will be made as soon as the amount for each em- ployee is determined, and will « probably be mailed in December. In other business, the Regentsf approved the appointment of Prof David M. Dennison as chairman of the physics department for a five-% year term beginning with the 19- 55-56 school year. Prof. Ernest F. Barker, present chairman, willl have begun his retirement fur-' lough. Prof. Otto G. Graf of the Ger- man department was appointed acting chairman of the depart- ment for the second semester of the 1954-55 academic year during the sabbatical leave of Prof. Henryx W. Nordmeyer.. Appoint Visiting Professor Prof. Lincoln Reis, chairman of Vote To Deny Pay to Fired Faculty Men By PAT ROELOFS Associate City Editor The Regents yesterday unani- mously voted to withhold sever- ance pay from Prof. Mark Nick- erson and H. Chandler Davis whor were dismissed from theefacultyj for refusing to testify before aa House Un-American ActivitiesI Subcommittee.I A statement issued to the press' read "The Regents have given careful consideration to the cases, and conclude that the circum- stances of these cases do not war- rant severance pay."j A motion requesting severance{ pay for Davis, former mathematics instructor, was sent to the Re- gents by the literary college fac- ulty. The motion was passed by an 80 to 85 per cent voice vote at a; literary college faculty meeting November 1. Severance pay forl Prof. Nickerson, formerly of the pharmacology department, was not considered by the LSA faculty as he was a member of the Medi-; cal School staff'. In faculty hearings preceding Davis' dismissal in August, the Committee on Intellectual Free- dom and Integrity recommended that severance pay provisions be1 made, according to Davis. This3 Subcommittee recommended rein- statement for Prof. Nickerson and therefore made no statement about; severance pay for him. Faculty Reactionst Reacting to the Regents' deci- sion, Prof. George Piranian of the mathematics department, who pre- sented the motion asking sever-! ance pay for Davis to the literary+ college faculty, said last night, that although the Regents closed! the matter by their action yester-: day, "The issue is not yet dead." Hearing the news that he will+ not receive a severance provision from the University, Davis said last night, "The Regents' refusal to issue pay compounds the viola-+ tion of academic freedom already made by dismissing me from the; See REGENTS Page 6 *I L F I".L XA U0..E- FiLiA 0J.1 Campus Leaders To Meet Monday Will Make Plans for Balloting By GENE HARTWIG Daily Managing Editor University Regents yesterday authorized a poll of campus opir on the Student Government Council Plan, the results to be repor back at their Dec. 17 meeting as a basis for final action on the p posal. Acting on a motion by Regent Otto E. Eckert of Lansing, Board unanimously acknowledged receipt of the SGC study coma tee's report and authorized students under the direction of the Vi president for student affairs to seek student opinion on the plan bef the Board takes final action. Commenting on the move Regent Roscoe 0. Bonisteel of Ann bor said the plan would be referred for approval by the Regents a the referendum had indicated the4 I energy of the students indgetting -Daily-John Hirtzel TAYLOR HOUSE BAND LEADS STUDENTS TO PEP RALLY-STORY ON PAGE 5 Wolverines Seek To End State Jinx; Capaciy Throng To Witness Contest out the vote and their interest in SGC. Meeting on Monday Student Affairs Vice-President James A. Lewis said yesterday that he is calling a Monday meeting of the leaders of the seven major ac- tivities, the Student Legislature cabinet and the four faculty and three alumni members of the SGC study committee to work out the most feasible' plan for a poll. Commenting on the unexpected Regental action Lewis said, "The }Regents were unwilling to act un- til students had voted and the re- sults brought back to them." It had been expected that the Regets ouldgiv tenatie- I I" ii l } E r 'r t ii r z t c A C C By DAVE LIVINGSTON proval of the plan pending the out- Daily sports Editor At the same time the Wolverines as the Big Ten's leading defensive come of an all-campus referen- Michigan attempts to end ftour' must come out on top if they are team, but will play for the second dum. years of frustration as it faces vic- to retain any Big Ten title and Rose straight week without its finest Students Must Approve tory-starved Michigan State at 1:30 Bowl hopes. linebacker, Jim Bates, who is still Under the present arrangement p.m. today. Both Teams "U" recovering from a siege of glandu- I Largest crowd to watch any foot- Both Veams are "up" for the lar fever in Health Service. B t a phapprove the SGC plan, refer it ball game in the nation so far this contest, and it's anybody's guess With Tony ranoif and Jerry back to the Regents for action at rWilliams out foi' the season. Ed j'hi e.1 meigad e season, 97,239 fans, will jam main- as to whether Michigan can de- iyisutar t aorEtheir Dec. 17 meeting and, de- moth Michigan Stadium when the vise a defense that will stop the hey will start at righ half for pending upon the outcome, hold Wolverines and Spartans resume State attack which really got roll-rdelections for SGC early next se- one of the gridiron's bitterest rival- ing in last week's 54-6 rout of center, while Tom Maentz will con- iester. tnehis duties at right end. ies. Washington State. Rest of the isneup remains the Meanwhile Student Legislature MSC Favored That contest did wonders for the ses t wek' s t r will continue as the official stu- Spartans. who will ne trying to Spartan morale. which was at an same as last week s with Ron Kra- dent government on campus. do something no other Michigan understandably low ebb after los- meR at t e other end, Art Walker President Harlan H. Hatcher State team has ever done-cdown ing four games by one touchdown y opened discussion of the SGC plan Michigan five straight times-are or less to a quartet of the mid- See MSC, Page 3 at the meeting with a statement rated slight favorites in suite of west's best teams. giving background of the work of their comparatively inferior rec- Iowa edged Michigan State 14- n-s the study committee in acting on ord. 10, Wisconsin 6-0, Notre Dame 20- 1I. O'a S suggestions made by the Regents' For Coach Duffy Daugherty's 19. and Minnesota 19-13, while Pur- study committee at their Septem- Spartans, last year's Rose Bowl due managed to roll up a 27-13 Jourinl ists ber meeting. champs classed as one of the margin. State's only victory pre- The president emphasized that country's top powers at the out- vious to last week's came at the t' ft"1 1 the plan was being brought to the set of this season, a win would expense of Indiana, 21-14. i1' e sotsn Regents for further consideration salvage much lost pre.tige result- 'M' Defense Tops - and suggestions, not necessarily ing from their current 2-5 record. Michigan maintains its position Special to The Daily for acceptance or rejection. COLUMBUS-During ceremonies Vice-President Lewis then ex- here yesterday in a session of Sig- plained more of the work of the ma Delta Chi, professional jour- committee in meeting the Regents' nalism fraternity, cartoonist Mil- suggestions and said, "I am sure ton Caniff warned that censorship the plan in every respect meets the of comic books is a "foot in the type of student government we are So MS ta dmdoor" to control of American news- seeking to attain." papers. President Hatcher asked Vice- x ,Adding that if comic books arePrsdnLeiwhtye fa- censored, Canifft n he felt would be appropriate might be censorship of comic strips from the Regents at this time. I appearing in daily newspapers. Se EARLY, Page 5 SL Delays SGC Vote t- At Meeting, By DAVE BAAD On recommendation by Vice- President of Student Affairs James A. Lewis, Student Legislature last night delayed decisions on a pro- posed Student Government Coun-. cil referendum until its next regu- lar meeting Wednesday. Lewis asked SL not to make further plans for handling SGC problems until a committee of stu- dent leaders and faculty can meet to discuss the situation in terms of yesterday's Regents' action. Composed of the seven proposed ex-officio members of SGC, SL's cabinet and four professors and three alumni members of the advi- sory committee ion SGC, the com- mittee will meet Monday. Tom Bleha, '56, cleared the way for SL's decision by withdrawing his deferred motion~made Wednes- day which provided for. an SGC referendum two weeks before reg- ular SL elections Dec. 8 and 9. SL approved the withdrawal unanimously. Speaking before SL last night on the present student government situation in light of the afternoon Regents development, Lewis was asked why the Regents didn't ac- cept SGC. See SL, Page 5 Local Realtors Comment o- HousingB as (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec- ond in a series of articles discussing possible, discrimninatory practices in Ann Arbor housing.) By PETE ECKSTEIN A local real estate agent sum- med up the problem of housing discrimination by saying, "White owners ,will not rent to Negroes. "That's just what the situation is," he added, One landlady, owner of more than 200 units, said "I like col- ored people-I hire them as care- takers - but the white tenants don't like them." She has many student renters, but none are Ne- groes. Sensitive On Subject Real estate men are often sen- sitive on the subject of possible discrimination. Asked about it, one snapped, "Would you like to live in an apartment house with Negroes?" When answered in the affirmative he replied, "I wouldn't mind it myself either, but some of our tenants don't feel that way." He said that his company "has CE TODAY: Bid Farew Continuing, he said "the Achilles' heel of American newspaper free- dom may be the homely comic strip of long tradition and unques- tioned circulation value." During Thursday's session of the convention, Frank H. Bartholomew of the United Press said the wars and turbulence of Asia will domi- nate the headlines of the months ahead with increasing frequency. Attending the conference from here are Prof. Karl Zeisler and. Prof. John Field of the journal- ism department, Oliver Hannien, Grad. and Wally Eberhard, '55. 1emocraic Move WASHINGTON (/P)-Democrat- ic senators said yesterday they would welcome the appointment MSC' To Sing With 'U' T oday Rivalry will continue off the field in organized song as the Uni- versity and Michigan State Glee Clubs present a joint concert at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditor- ium. Tradition of combined Glee Club concerts started in 1951 when Cornell University invited the Uni- versity Glee Club to their campus. The next year, the University re- turned the invitation. In 1953, Ohio State's Glee Club participated in the joint concert and the tradition is-being contin- ued with today's appearance of K ~ '~'~a ~ .:.