TWO VIEWS IN SHUFFLE AS SGC COMES OF AGE See Page 4 YI L Latest Deadline in the State A& 43atty4p CLOUDY VOL. LXVI, No. 112 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1956 SIX PAGES Kidston Requests Freshman Quads Criticizes Staff Men, Atmosphere Older Students In Present System By VERNON NAHRGANG Roger Kidston, resident advisor of East Quad's Greene' House, yesterday recommended that the University's Residence Halls be organized entirely on a freshman and upperclass basis. Speaking before the Inter-House Council, Kidston, a former IHC President, criticized the present organization of Residence Halls for its non-academic atmosphere and the poor quality of its staff. "We are not getting the efficient type of staff personnel that we need," Kidston said. "The pay isn't enough, for one thing."- He also complained that the present atmosphere caused a "great lack of student responsibility. It's too hard to get something done unless you do it yourself." Kidston Blames Upperclass Residents Kidston laid part of the blame for the present situation on the upperclass students in the Residence Halls. "All too often," he said, Senate For '5 Bill Allots 4-4 .,9 1 1 ** ;,rl 7 Vz Million Budget 4 6-'57 perations MONKEYS, CATS AND PEOPLE: 'U Vision Labs Plan Tests For 35 Years Ahead 01 Concilatory Act Blocked rBy Panhel By DICK SNYDER Panhellenic delegates yesterday tabled a motion mandating the Panhel President to request the Student Government Council's decision in favor of spring rushing not be reversed. Meanwhile, at the request of Dean of Women Deborah Bacon, the Board in Review has scheduled a meeting for 10 a.m. tomorrow. Alumnae Financial Advisors had requested Board in Review action unless some student organization, itself (probably Panhe, called for Board review. Sorority Alumnae Consult Several members of the Dean of Women's staff were in consultation with groups of sorority alumnae yesterday following SGC's 10-8 vote calling for a change tomspring rushing for the 1957-58 academic year. At the regular Panhel meeting ' yesterday, President Debbie Town- send, '56, asked the delegates to again affirm her intent to request tihe Board not to reverse SGC's decision. Panhl had agreed before Wed- nesday night's Council meeting to support any Council decision "as students and the effect that it would have if we didn't." 'Panhel's Responsibility' Alumna Mrs. Charles L. Eurleigh, expressing the view that it was Panhel's responsibility to go before the Board and request reversal, said, "Ve would like to see you, yourselves, request action on your interests and investments of more than two million dollars. "If Panhel does not go before the Board, then we (Alumnae Fi- nancial Advisors) will in order to protect the interests of the sorority system." Following an hour of discussion, Panhel passed th motion to table action and called for reconsidera- tion of it at 5 p.m. Monday. Board Handles Policy Issues According to Student Govern- ment Council proposal, the Board in Review may meet when an ac- tion of the Council "involves a question of the Council's jurisdic- tion, or requires further considera- tion in view of Regential policy or {~ administrative practice." There areno other circumstan- ces specified which would necessi- tate Council action. SGC President Hank Berliner, '56, explained, "The Board is not set up to consider the substantive action which the Council takes, but only the procedural action in- volved." Doubts Board Jurisdiction Berliner stated that he did not think the Board could consider any appeal of the Council's decision on the basis of the SGC proposal. Members of the Board are Ber- liner, former Daily Managing Edi- tor Gene Hartwig, '58L, Dean of Men Walter B. Rea, Dean Bacon, Prof. Lionel H. Laing of the politi- cal science department, Prof. W. Earl Britton of the engineering college and Prof. Leo Schmidt of the business administration school. FBA Expands Food Deliveries Fraternity Buying Association -"those students who remain in the Residence Halls and are the most vocal in setting standards for the freshmen are not the *most desir- able students." Under his plan for freshman liv- ing units, students would live in the freshman Residence Halls for one year only. Kidston emphaszed the choice that students would have to make at the end of that year, whether to live in a University Residence Hall or a fraternity. Students Make Decision, This decision, he said, would give students greater interest in their living units because they would be there on their own choice. Kidston also criticized the place- ment of staff men on each corridor or floor and suggested the elimina- tion of these men in upperclass Residence Halls, leaving only a senior staff of three. In other business yesterday, the IHC decided to have its cabinet choose the topics and speakers for the coming Faculty Debates. The topic of the first debate, to be held March 27, has been tentatively set on a discussion of education. IHC also decided that all quad- rangles will hold open houses be- fore the coming Student Govern- ment elections in order that the candidates will be able to present their programs to the houses. It was also announced yesterday that the total profit made on the recent Polgar Show was $1436.89. Space 'Granted To Honoraries The Union Board of Directors last night approved allocating space in the tower of the building for use by Sphinx and Triangles junior honoraries. The all-campus and engineering groups will be given an area on the fifth floor now devoted to storage. The Union will bear the cost of improving the area to pro- vide the "bare essentials." By EARL GOTTSCHALK The University Vision Research Laboratories plan to conduct tests for 35 more years 'to accomplish their dual purpose of developing specifications for indoor lighting and determining outdoor visability of the human eye. According to director H. Rich- ard Blackwell, the laboratories, have already conducted over five million tests on cats, monkeys, and humans to study how the eye moves and the effect of light upon it. When the tests are completed and final data compiled, Dr. Blackwell hopes to advise lighting engineers on proper intensity of light for clas sroom, home, and factory lighting. The laboratories have been working on visibility distances on ground, aircraft vis- ability and optical properties of the atmosphere for the govern- ment. Studies Psychological Function Dr. Blackwell, who holds assoc- iate professorships in both psy- chology and ophthamology, is the director of the laboratory at the Kresge Building, which primarily studies physiological functions of the eye, and the Mason Hall lab- oratory, where research includes light intensity tests for the eye. At the Kresge Building, tests are made with' cats and monkeys to discover more about electrical impulses that travel from the eye AA Faculty Gets Raise Pay raises for Ann Arbor teach- ers are included in the budget tentatively approved by the Board of Education Monday. Totaling $3,404,630 for the fiscal year 1956-1957 starting July 1, the budget calls for increases to a pay scale of $3,500 to $6,000 for teach- ers with A.B. degrees and to $3,700 to $6,400 for those holding M.A.'s. Local teachers now receive $3,300 to $5,700 and $3,500 to $6,100 for those holding bachelors and mast- ers degrees respectively. The new budget will also call for a small increase in property taxes of 14 cents per $1,000 of property value. Then, what Dr. Blackwell calls the "ocular rotational potential" comes into play. The "ocular ro- tational potential" is an electric current that is generated when the student moves his eyeball. When the student moves his eye one thousandth of an inch, the research workers can pick.it up on the oscilloscope face as an inch movement. Seek Lighting Needs At Mason Hall laboratories studies of interest to theoretical psychology are conducted in spec- ial cube rooms throughout the day. Students volunteer to take tests in the cages where the research workers collect data to find out how much light the eye needs to see various objects. Two or four students go into each cage, sit in theatre chairs in front of a screen. Various degrees of light come into the room and the students press buttons attached to chairs when they see an asterisk, circle, or sim- ilar object on the screen.J "When the eye is fatigued, theI muscles haye a jerky movement," says Dr. Blackwell. He has develop- ed what he thinks may be a new clinical test for eyes that are turned out or turned in. Oscilloscope Detects Tremors "When the eye is turned out or in, it vibrates or gives off an elec- trical tremor detected by the oscil- loscope," says Blackwell. "When I retire in 35 years," Dr. Blackwell predicts, "we should be nearly finished with the tests.- This seems like a very long time, but the average person doesn't realize how many different ways; the eye can see different things." Plan Eight Million For Capital Outlay 'U' Had Asked $17 Million For First Of Five Year Building Program By JIM DYGERT Daily City Editor and LEE MARKS Special To The Daily LANSING-The University will be 'allotted 27% million dollars in the bill for higher education to be introduced in the Senate today. The Senate Appropriations bill restores most of the million dollars slashed from the operations budget by Governor G. Mennen Williams. It is unlikely the Senate will vote on the bill today. The University has requested $27,730,000. Vice-President, Marvin L. Niehuss said yesterday that although the University was "gratified" at the increase over the Governor's recommendations, the appropria- tions still fell short of what was needed. Capital Outlay Bill The Capital Outlay bill, introduced in the Senate Wednesday, allots the University $2,110,000 for remodelling and $5,813,000 for general new construction. - OCULAR ROTATIONAL POTE Vision Research Laboratory ; in1 reading on the ocilloscope behin moves her eyeball approximate Electrodes, pasted on her eye mu to the brain. Electro-physiologicalf techniques are used, to trace the functioning of visual pathways of of the brain. For example, in a test conducted in the laboratory, electrodes are placed in a cat's brain, and after different variations of light' are shone into the cat's eyes, complex electronic equipment deciphers the electrical impulses that come from the brain. Students Volunter for Tests Oculomotor functions of the eye are also tested at the Kresge Build- ing. Students volunteer to take Character Jeanne Tammi of the Central Michigras Committee has de- nied that free tickets to the 1956 Michigras are being dis- tributed. It has been reported that an oddly attired stranger has been seen wandering through local stores, purchasing balloons and filling a laundry basket with them. He supposedly is in search of a balloon similar to ones released previous to this semes- ter, containing free tickets to the all-campus event. In an exclusive interview, this character added that not only is he sure to find one ticket, but he thinks that he can find more. He said he will pop the balloons today at noon on the Diagonal, and that any other tickets he finds will be thrown to the crowd. -vision Research Laboratory TIAL-Research workers at the the Kresge Building check the ad the student volunteer as she ly one-thousandth of an inch. scles, record her eye action. the tests and are paid for their services. An oscilloscope is a most valu- able instrument for use in determ- ining how the eye moves. Elec- trodes are pasted on the face of the student participating in the experiment. The University had requested, for 1956-57, more than 17 million dollars for remodelling and new construction. Vice-President Niehuss said he was "particularly disappointed" at the capital outlay figure. "We can't carry out the five-year capital outlay program ($111,000,-j 000) with the funds provided," the Vice-President said. Little Chance Senator Frank Beadle of the joint House-Senate Capital Outlay Committee said there was little chance the University's appropria- tions would be increased. The total Capital Outlay pro- gram for the state (more than $34,000,000), he noted, is at least $5,000,000 more than had been expected. Michigan State University will receive $786,000 for remodelling and $3,710,000 for general new See 'U', Page 2 TU' Gets Three Parking Areas Three more properties on Thompson Street have been ac- quired by the University for park- I I world News Roundup I Committee to Investigate Bike Problems on Campus Campus Affairs Committeemen will count bicycles next week. Meeting last night in Quonset Hut A, Campus Affairs Committee of Student Government Council unanimously decided to inaugurate an investigation of the campus bicycle problem.. Main problems scheduled to be investigated by the committee in- clude: a count of the number of bicycles on campus in proportion to available bicycle racks; a study and possible re-location of exist- ing racks; possible acquisition of additional racks; a student edu- cation program; and an investiga- tion of conflict caused by student lZ IT A L I bicycles on city streets. MENTAL HEALT Bikes Congest Campus C a m p u s Affairs Committee chairman Joe Collins, '58, summed' up the present situation as one of congestion in and around the main Db u e block of campus buildings. Heaviest congestion is reported to be in the area in front of the By LEE7 general library and in areas sur- Special To rounding Mason - Haven Halls, LANSING-The Coleman Men behind the Romance Language into a battle between the legisl Building, and near the Engine Williams-with the University caug Arch. Considerable bicycle congestion Designed to implement the is also found on the Hill and in mental health, the bill was passed Quadrangle areas. It was reported and is now before the House. that individual residence halls are Senator Creighton Coleman p working on their own bicycle prob- pass the House and the Governor lems. To Count Bikes Wednesday Vehementi First step to be taken by the Both the Governor's office an Campus Affair Committee is to are vehemently opposed to it. count bicycles. Majority of the In essence the Bill creates a Me counting will take place next Wed- Commission under the University' nesday morning, with scattered The seven member committee, survey counts at various times next include three men from the Univ wee.' Michigan State, one from among t By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-The na- tion's top defense leaders indicated yesterday that PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower's "open skies" plan for mutual aerial inspection has been refined to a point where it would prevent any decisive sur- prise attack. NICOSIA, Cyprus-Cypriot labor leaders called yesterday for an end to the 4-day-old general strike protesting the deportation of Arch- bishop Makarios. The back-to-work plea was is- sued by the Communist-dominat- ed Cyprus Federation of Labor even as a fresh wave of violence spread through this rebellious Brit- ish colony. LONDON-The Archbishop of Canterbury stepped into the Cyprus row yesterday. In a dramatic plea he asked the Eden government to assure Arch- bishop Markarios his exile would end when peace is restored on the terror-ridden island. Dr. Fritz Zwicky, California In- ing lot development. stitute of Technology rocket ex- Houses have already been re- pert, told a reporter that such a moved from two of the three lots, project is definitely within the and the third house will be re- realm of possibility. moved this summer. Campus Tours Arranged for Junior College Students Approximately 150 junior college students from Michigan are expected today to attend the Union's second annual Michigan Day. Designed to acquaint prospective University students with the campus, Michigan Day will begin with an assembly at 9:30 in the Rackham Auditorium. Union President Todd -Lief, '56, and Assistant Director of Admis- sions bon B. Feather will speak. The students will then take a general tour of the campus along with a special tour of the school or college tb.ey plan on entering. After a luncheon at the Union PASADENA, Calif. - Revamp- ing the solar system to create a hundred new planets with a climate like earth's was proposed yesterday by a noted astrophysi- cist as a way of solving humanity's biggest problem-overpopulation. Dual Parity Farm Price Plan Passed WASHINGTON ()-The Senate approved a "dual parity" system of price supports for basic crops yesterday, promising farmers about 400 million dollars more in 'bene- fits this year. Administration efforts to knoek dual parity out of the election-year farm bill failed by a single vote. The roll call on this key issue was 45-44. President Dwight D. Eisenhow- er's forces wanted major crops supported under a new parity formula which became effective this year. It raised the price level for some crops but lowered it for others-among them wheat and corn. But the. Senate chose to stay with the dual parity provision written into the farm bill by its Agriculture Committee. This would allow farmers to use either the new formula or the old-whichever was higher-in computing the level of price supports. Parity is the price fixed by law as fair to the farmer in relation to his production costs. Existing law calls for crop price supports ranging from 75 to 90 per cent of parity. The Senate also added 100 mil- lion dollars to the proposed soil bank payments in its election- year farm bill last night, Before recessing, the Senate adopted a proposal by Seri. Gor- don Allott (R-Colo.) to add the 100 million to the acreage reserve or long-range part, of the soi bank program. Approval was on voice vote. As the bill came from .the Sen- ate Agriculture Committee, it car- ried 750 million dollars for the short-term acreage reserve pro- gram and 350 million for the long- range conservation reserve, a. total of $1,100,000,000. Stamp Contest Illegal, Says Prosecutor Washtenaw County Prosecuter Edmund F. DeVine served notice yesterday that a national prize contest being conducted by Gold Bell Gift Stamps is illegal. Police have been ordered to warn local business establishments to cease operations of the contest. Failure to do so will make them liable to prosecution under a Mich- igan law which holds that lotter- ies, where the prize winner is de- termined by a drawing, to be illegal. The Gold Bell contest is classed as a lntterv beeaise nnlv snhmi- I ISSUE: s Raging in Legislature- MARKS The Daily ntal Health Bill is rapidly turning lature and Governor G. Mennen ght in the middle. "brains not bricks" approach to almost unanimously in the Senate predicted yesterday the bill would "wouldn't dare veto it." ly Opposed nd the Mental Health Committee ental Health Training and Research 's Board of Regents. appointed by the Regents, would ersity, one each from Wayne and he superintendents of state mental but not control. Sen. Coleman says the Governor is opposed to the bill because if the Regents run the show the Governor won't get any credit for the job. Everyone is agreed that Michigan is getting too little value for' the money it now spends on mental health. The only question is how to get more. 'Only People Kicking' Sen. Coleman claims his bill is the answer. "The only people kicking are the Mental Health Commission, who see their power slipping, and the Governor, who wants more credit." The most positive statement from the University. so far was made by Vice-President Marvin L. Niehuss-"We'll cooperate in any reason- able way with the State mental health program." The bill, as it stands now, will probably be amended in the House but Sen. Coleman was confident it would be passed in substantially the same form. Might Appropriate Money He intimated the Legislature might even appropriate money for they will attend a counseling for- um, at which representatives of the schools and colleges, Assistant Deans of men Karl Streiff and William Zerman and Assistant Dean of Women Elsie Fuller will answer questions on housing, fi- nances and affiliation. A coffee hour at 3 p.m. will be followed by the last event of Mich--j igan Day, a tour of the Residence Halls. Larson to Talk To Lawyers Arthur Larson, United States Under-Secretary of Labor will speak on "The Political Executive and the Law" at 6 p.m. today in the Lawyers Club at the Founders' Day Dinner, chairman Prof. John W. Reed announced yesterday.