MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,1956
"R"ARE MICHIGAN DAILY
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
CAMPUS ISA:"
Aims for International
Student Understanding
The primary aim of the Inter-
national Students Association is to
promote better international un-
derstanding between the students
of the seventy-odd countries who
attend the University.
This organization, composed of
every international student who
comes to the University, presents
various cultural and intellectual
lprograms to the entire campus.
During the past year, ISA pre-
sented discussions in which Amer-
ican and international students
participated. Through these dis-
cusions, the association attempted
to clear up misunderstandings of
political, cultural, social and eco-
nomic nature that had been for-
mulated about foreign students.
In the purely cultural field, the1
organization staged a series of re-
gional, cultural evenings in which
they acquainted the campus with
the music, dance, poetry, litera-
ture, arts and crafts of the tstu-
dents representing the many coun-
tries attending the University.
One project ISA has scheduled
for this fall is to celebrate United
Nations Week. This is being done
in an attempt to make interna-
tional a n d American students
more conscious of the UN and its
significance to the world today.
r On the purely social side, the
association holds a large all-cam-
pus ball every fall, called the Mon-
te Carlo Ball. In the spring, initi-
ating the celebration of Interna-
tional Festival Week, the annual
International Ball is held.
During Festival Week, ISA hon-
ors internationals with pagentry,
a fashion show, speakers and mov-
ies depicting life in other lands.
Part of the revenue collected
from paid activities goes into the
student emergency fund which
gives aid to international students
who are temporarily pressed for
funds.
Structurally, ISA is made up of
an executive cabinet and a house
of representatives.
The executive cabinet is com-
posed of five members. The presi-
dent and vice-president are elect-
ed by the entire international stu-
dent group while the secretary,
treasurer and activities chairmen
are appointed.
The house of representatives,
the'governing body, is constructed
so that every country is represent-
ed proportionately. The represent-
atives are elected by each indivi-
dual country's students.
This organization is a serious
one with a real purpose in mind-
and. thatis closer contact with
the American campus.
Language
Needs Equal
Two Years
All freshmen enrolling in the
Literary College will be required to
take the equivalent of two college
years of a foreign language.
Those who have studied one
language for four years in high
school will be excused completely.
Those with two year's training will
be required to take only a year
here if they continue the same
language.
Before this semester, enteringI
students had to study a language
for only one year in college.
University officials have given a
number of reasons for the change.
They felt that because the Unit-
ed States is a world power it is im-
portant that Americans under-
stand other nations better.
One of the best ways to achieve
that understanding, they hold, is
through study of the country's
language.
Another reason given is that one
year of language study isn't suffi-
cient.
"By the time a student has com-
pleted that much training, he is
only on the threshold of real un-
derstanding," Dean James H. Rob-
ertson of the Literary College says.
"He has learned the grammar, but
has only begun the appreciation of
a language."
By DONNA HANSON
With an expected enrollment of
1,400 foreign students this fall, the
International Center will have an
increased load of serving the in-
ternational population of the Uni-
versity.
The center's main function is
serving as a non-academic service
agency for the foreign segment of
the student body.
One area is providing individual
counseling including help in legal
problems, problems of finance, and
general aid in orienting the inter-
national students to this campus.
Group Counseling Undertaken
Large group counseling is a 1s o
undertaken by the Center's staff
which consists basically of work
w it h the International Students
Association and international and
regional clubs. The Center assists
these organizations by providing
meeting places, counseling and ad-
vice. 1
Another service is offering con-
current English designed for stu-
dents who have a little knowledge
of the language. This service is
completing its sixteenth year with
a last year's total enrollment of
110 students for two semesters.
During the year, the Interna-
tional Center arranges or assists
in arranging programs for foreign
governmental and education offi-
cials who are sent here.
The Center often handles these
programs in conjunction with fac-
ulty members.
Began New Program
Last year, the Center began a
new program advising American
students on st ud y and travel
aboard. This service was under-
taken by the staff, most of whom
have s t u d i e d in Universities
abroad.
Housing is another area probed
by the Center. Since the housing
shortage in Ann Arbor is so acute,
members of the Center's staff de-
INTERNATIONAL CENTER:
Gives Services for Foreign Students
vote a large amount of time to as-
sist foreign students in finding
places to live.
The International Center also
stages special programs designed
to help students from other coun-
tries learn about this community
and state. Last year several tours
were conducted; one throughout
the state during the spring vaca-
tion, and another to Washington,
New York and Niagara Falls dur-
ing this same period.
Another group went to Chicago
for a home-hospitality weekend.
The Center also arranged f o r
students to spend Thanksgiving
and Christmas in American homes.
Informal Teas Planned
Although the student and na-
tional organizations usually plan
their own programs, the Center
holds an informal tea every Thurs-
day, open to the entire campus.
According to James M. Davis,
director of the International Cen-
ter, the counselors are happy to
talk with any students who want
to participate in international stu-
dent affairs.
"We like foreign students to be
invited to other groups too where
they can participate and get ac-
quainted with American students."
The Center also publishes a di-
rectory of students from foreign
lands. Students are listed alpha-
betically by country.
Sr. Board
.
Coordinates
Presidents
One of the lesser known but im
portant groups at the University
the Senior Board, composed o
presidents of the fifteen school
and colleges represented here.
Each school elects its own clas
officers. The individual president
form the Senior Board.
A major job is supervision o
commencement e x e r c is e s. Th
Board picks the student speake:
arranges for commencement an
nouncements and caps and gowns
and decides on the class gift.
Last year's gift was the nea
fountain adJacent to the Union.
Officers of the Senior Board ar
elected by the Board. Traditionall:
presidents of the larger school
have served as officers.
MONUMENT-All but forgotten,
obelisk stands as markerfor the
graves of four University pro-
fessors. It stands near the Gen-
eral Library.
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