Order Your Subscription o day all 2-3241 ORIENTATION Li SirF alt ORIENTATION ISSUE ISSUE Latest Deadline in the State ... OL. LXVII, No. 1 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1956 SIXTY-TWO P c I s I Students Get More School Ban SWon't Stop Offices epa tized U' Political Clubs Make Fall Plans Women To Fac This Year By MARY ANN THOMAS Students will have more class days this year, due to a change in the University academic calendar but they will also have a study period prior to each exam period Compiled last spring, and ap proved by the Regents in May, the new calendar in its internal struc- ture remains the same as the old but the Christmas vacation period has been shortened from last year's 17 days to 10. Assistant to the president Erich A. Walter explained that the vaca- tion was shortened in order to equalize the two semesters. Both Semesters Equal Under the old calendar, there were 96 class and exam days in the fall semester but 98 in the spring semester. With classes now beginning three days earlier and the shortened vacation, each se- mester will consist of 99% class and exam days. "Very definitely the result of a compromise," Walter reported, "The revised calendar will provide 4 equal time for both the Monday, Wednesday, Friday class sequence and the Tuesday, Thursday, Sat- urday sequence." "In the past," he said, "Sat- urday classes often suffered by being omitted at the beginning of holiday periods." Students had wanted the first semester to end before Christmas, Walter said, but they could not agree on returning to the Univer- sity early enough to make this possible-on or before Labor Day. -because of their committments to summer jobs. Football Program Considered The Athletic Department also found an early September open- ing day a great handicap in its football training program. Students on the calendar re- vision committee favored the so- called lame-duck session immed- iately after Christmas and just preceeeding finals, even though there was a general feeling that the period should be dropped. Many faculty members agreed with students so the session was shortened, but not eliminated. Thanksgiving recess. will re- main the same, beginning Wednes- See STUDENTS, Page 9 'U' Language Requirements Get Revised The University's foreign lan- guage requirements have been re- vised. Fourth semester proficiency in a language is required for the B.A. degree. Previously only two semester proficiency was required. New requirements e m p h a s i z e proficiency rather than length of time the language has been studied, according to literary college as- sistant dean, James Robertson. Dean Robertson said incoming freshmen who demonstrate fourth semester proficiency are excused from further language study. The language may have been learned at home, in school or abroad. A story outlining language re- quirements on page 7, activities section, of this paper is inaccu- rate. Baaken Wins NSA Election Cars Without' ~Leg'al Cause. e By TAMMY MORRISON t, The University has failed to get Sthe blanket authority it sought tto stop cars for the purpose of en- forcing driving regulations. IVice-President for Student Af- fairs James A. Lewis said Friday that., in essence, the three addi- tional 'officers hired to enforce new University driving regulations Iwill have no more power than En- Sforcement Officer Harold Swover- land had last year. J The officers will be county Sdeputy sheriffs, empowered to stop *all automobiles for violation of state, county or local laws. As Board of Regent employees, they will also be able to stop any car with a student registration decal. *Need Legal Reason According to Lewis, the officers =will need a legal reason, such as "suspected traffic violation, to stop unregistered cars. For a month trial period, end- ing in October, all infractions of rthe new regulations will go to Joint Judiciary Council for ad- judication. All students bringing cars to tcampus must register their ve- hicles and pay fees at the Office of Student Affairs. Students over 21 and those under 21 who are married or whose parents live in Ann Arbor will qualify for an "exempt" permit. Those under 21 may qualify for a "special" permit forcommuting, business, health and temporary reasons. All permits, including storage, are accompanied by a fee. Most of the fees will be $7. However, those students carrying one to four credit hours will be exempt from fees, while those carrying five to nine credit hours will pay $4. Temporary permits will be granted upon payment of a $1 fee for one to 10 days, inclusive, and $2 for 11 to 30 days, inclusive. Those-registering cars for one semester only wil be required toy pay the full $7 fee, but they will receive a refund of $3.50 whenr they leave the University atthens end of the semester. Fees paid by the student when he registers his car will cover ad- ministration costs and eventual solution of the campus parkingy problem.y New Police Car Out of an expected revenue of $30,000, $18,000 wil be spent for. equipment, supplies and officers' salaries. Equipment includes a special blue and yellow car with siren and red light. The car is marked "University Enforcement Officer." Decal costs will also be borne by registration fees. According to Assistant Dean of Men Karl D. Streiff, officers' sal- l aries will be comparable to those of Ann Arbor policemen, between $4,500 and $5,000. Additional money, an expected $10,000 to $13,000, will go into ar fund for student parking, accord- ing to both Lewis and Streiff. There are no immediate plans for either parking or storage, but "we're working on it as fast as we can," Lewis said.t At the time of registration,in the University, each studentmustI sign a statement assertingi that he understands and is willing to abide by all grovisions of Univer- Rallies, Debates Speakers, Scheduled Greatest Strain Ann Arbor Landlords Raise Rents; Limit Smoking, Drinking, Noise By JIM ELSMAN and DICK TAUB University officials have found themselves in the middle of a serious housing shortage this fall as students continue to pour into Ann Arbor, many with no place to live. The major part of the crisis has fallen to the Dean of Women's office. Many women are literally walking the streets with their parents. Others have been temporarily housed by sympathetic Ann Arbor residents. An increase of lately admitted upper-class women, plus 100 more freshmen than last fall's BIKES AND MORE BIKES-Thousands of bikes descended on the University campus last week, overflowing racks and jamming sidewalks. All bicycles must be licensed. Daily Plans M eetingS For Tryouts Initial tryout meetings for The Daily will be held Sept. 26 and 27. Editorial, Sports and Women's staffs will meet at the Student Piblications Bldg., 420 Maynard St., at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday and 4:15 p.m. Thursday. The Business, staff will hold its first meetings at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday and 7:15 p.m. Thursday. Freshmen and scholastically elig- ible students can report at one of these meetings to join The Daily staff. Tryouts on the Editorial, Sports and Women's staffs will learn fun- damentals of headline writing, proof reading, news, editorial and feature writing, and page layout during their first semester on the news paper. He will be assigned a beat to cover, thereby receiving the opportunity to meet prominent University, local and national fig- ures. New members of the Business staff will gain experience in ad- vertising, promotions, accounting and layout. Ann Arbor Laws Require LicnssorAl Bicycles Wheels around campus will again be under surveillance this year as local law enforcement officers renew. their attempts to revive a ruling which received little attention before last spring. All bicycles owned and operated in Ann Arbor must be licensed, according to city ordinance regulations. Lt. Walter Krasney, of the Ann Arbor Police Department, said last week that owners of unlicensed bikes will be fined and their bicycles impounded. Last semester, several University students were forced to re- claim their bicycles and pay fines at the police department because they did not comply with existing= regulations. Lt. Kraan applicatiostudents i cycle license at City Hall or at the P ceT o Sell Books By PETE ECKSTEIN As University students return to the campus this fall, they find themselves in the midst of a hot election campaign. Local political clubs have al- ready made plans for stirring up interest with rallies, debates and nationally-known speakers. Young Republicans, Y o u n g Democrats and Students for Stev- enson are making definite plans while the local chapter of the Na- tional Association for the Advence- ment of Colored People and the Ann Arbor Labor Youth League are not presently committed to any prescribed course of action. Debate Series Planned A series of debates between the YDs and YRs is being planned,. according to Lew Engman, '57, YR president. Bill Peer, '57, YD presi- dent, has suggested the further possibility of a "round robin" of debates with groups in other schools, Engman reported that city and county Republican parties are. co- operating with the campus YRs on a rally this fall to feature a "top national figure," perhaps of cabinet rank. Also planned for this fall is a "first voters" program, aid to stu- dent voters of both parties in reg- istering for absentee ballots. Predict Increase Peer predicted a great increase in YD activity during the coming campaign, saying all efforts would be ir, the direction of getting the Democratic candidate elected He noted "a lot of new interest" in the organization during the elec- ti;n year. Plans are now being made for a program of student participation in the city party's canvassing and phoning activities. Students for Stevenson, the youngest of the political groups on campus, is hopeful that Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) will be one of its speakers during the campaign. While taking a non-partisan stand the NAACP will follow the policy of "rewarding our friends and spanking our enemies," Tay- lor explained. See 'U,' Page 8 IfY the student is a minor, his application must be endorsed by his dormitory resident advisor or other University residence hall of- ficials.I A charge of 50 cents is made for each license issued. Lt. Krasney also warned that students must equip their bicycles with lights and reflectors. Bikes not properly equipped will also be subject to impounding. He said that cyclists are subject to the same regulations as motor- ists and warned that when riding on sidewalks student cyclists must give right of way to pedestrians. Expectations by the staff of a $12,000 business promise to make this year's Student Book Exchange operations the most successful ever. Entirely student-staffed and operated, SBX was established several years ago to give students an opportunity to selltand buy their used texts at their own prices. Located this year in the base- ment Hobby Workshop of the Union, SBX will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday this week. 1345 total have strained the wo- men's housing capacity. Sororities are "packed to the eaves," according to Dean Debor- ah Bacon and there are now pools in women's residence halls. "Simply Overcrowded" Regretting that landladies shied away from undergraduate women because of the inevitable gentle- man callers and phone calls in- volved, Dean Bacon summed up the entire problem, "This town is simply over-crowded." University officials have worked -closely with the Ann Arbor build- ing commission to help ease the strain. Houses in one and two family zones which were not per- mitted to take boarders last year, have been allowed a maximum of three. Since June, 150 new housing permits have been granted. Landlords and investors have re- acted quite clearly to the old law of supply and demand. Rents have nosed upwards. Land which once sold for 200 dollars an acre in the north campus area is now going for several thousand. Landlords have become quite particular about their tenants. Ad- vertisements now call for "One well-mannered senior or grad stu- dent. No smoking or drinking per- mitted." Plagued by a shortage of funds for new sewage and water facili- ties, and a lack of land for new house construction, city'- housing commission has had difficulties. John Ryan, building commis- sioner,feels the situationwill be settled by the end of October. The problem is not unique he said. "In East Lansing the building com- missioner is also tearing his hair out." Northwood Not Ready A problem for many students and their families is that only 48 of 300 Northwood apartments are ready, after the University had been assured all summer by the contractor that they would be completed by registration time. Twenty of these families are now being housed at the Fresh Air Camp. Some foreign students have come more than 12,000 miles to be temporarily housed on cots be- cause of the apartment shortage, commuting distances, and prohibi- tive rents. (See adjoining story.) Men's housing is crowded but not crucial. William Cross, assis- tant to the dean of men, said "ev- ery fraternity and annex is jammed to capacity." Leonard A. Schaadt, business manager of residence halls re- vealed that 60 men are living in the make-shift pool on South Quadrangle's ninth floor. A total of 20 are living in two pools at West and East Quadrangles. 'U' Officers Act Amid the maelstrom and hulla- baloo of this crisis, University of- ficials have acted to, stop-gap a situation that did not come unex- pectedly. Newstories have been run in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Chel- sea, Dexter, and other communi- ties within 15 miles, according to Davis Calls Fall Housing 'Desperate' Not Able To House All Foreign Students The housing situation for in-, coming foreign students this fall has been termed "desperate" by staff directors in the International Center. According to James Davis, direc- tor of the International Center' there are no remaining available rooms or apartments and only 60 per cent of the foreign students have arrived at the University. "We expect another one hundred students this week and we don't expect to find housing for them right away," Davis said. "The other tragic thing," Davis continued, "is the way rents are going up. I think the landlords are pushing up the rents because of the need." Backing up Davis on the raise in rents, an Indian student at the center complained because rooms which he had looked at last month are from two to three dollars a week more this month. Temporary Housing, Tn order to accommodate the overflow of male foreign students, cots are being set up in the Cen- ter's Madalin Pound house and the basement of Lane Hall. "If the situation gets really bad,* Davis said, "some of the women will have to be housed temporarily in Health Service. But this will happen only in the case of an ex- treme emergency," he added. The staff is hoping, however, that during October, what they call the month of adjustment, these students will be absorbed. "We're not thinking beyond that," Davis maintained. Not Confident "We are not at all confident about the housing situation," Davis said. "It will be difficult, but on the basis of last year, I think the students will be absorbed by mid October." Davis says he is still hoping faculty families williconsider rent- ing rooms where they haven't be- fore, even though they may be some distance from the main cam- pus area. This, he added, would help alleviate some of the housing difficulties for these students. NSA Congress Will Be Held Here in August The University will play host to the 10th National Student As- sociation Congress next August. Student Government Council's Congress bid, prepared by presi- dent Bill Adams, '57, vice-presi- 'HOW LONG, ' HOW LONG...?' Orientation Begins as Conventions End By VERNON NAHRGANG Biggest convention of the year-topping both Democratic and Republican in size and mass confusion-is the niversity's orientation program.r Instead of meeting to nominate a single candidate, these delegates (all new students) meet to elect individual and varied courses. "I've lost my orientation group and I don't know where to find it," is one of the resulting problems. Director of Orientation Robert L. Garfield, permanent chairman of this convention, hears many stories of this nature. In his spare time, Garfield runs back and forth to luncheon and dinner meetings with orientation leaders, keeping order and seeing that "the delegates from Minnesota will please find their seats." The individual student new to campus is the person most affected by orientation. He walks into Hill Auditorium at 8 a.m. to find a convention atmosphere and literally hundreds of blanks to fill in and questionnaires to answer. This is +he fellow wh n fndshimselfwrmting "Yes" in the blankr I_ Y - '