II O THE MCHICAN (DAILY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1956 s +. TWO TUE MI-C--G-N-'--.. Middleman's Work Done By Exchange Although there is no University- operated book store, Student Book Exchange enables students to get used texts at reasonable prices. Operating as a non-profit stu- dent service, the Exchange is actu- ally a middleman between stu- dent buyers and sellers. Students turn in their books and set their own prices. Sponsored by Student Govern- ment Council, the Exchange de- ducts 10 per cent of the sales price for operating expenses and remits the rest to the student seller. The Exchange has grossed more than $9,000 in one semester. It operates both during registration in the fall and in the spring. It was first sponsored by Inter- fraternity Council. Student Legis- lature took over operations for sev- eral years and when SGC was formed, they took over. CONSTRUCTION TO START SOON: 'U' To Use Closed-Circuit Educatijoal Television Soon New Women's Dorm To H t NEW WOMEN'S DORM-A model of the new Residence Hall for women students, termed "Project 87," is shown above. Construction on the building is expected to begin this fall with a tentative completion date of the fall of 1958. Living quarters are in the wings and dining facilities, lounges and other features are located in the central area. Expected to house 1200 coeds, the new dorm will cost between five and six million dollars. The dorm will have snack bar, game rooms and lounges. 1 By DAVE TARR Planning for two new residence halls and completion of a $2 mil- lion addition to a third were among steps taken last year to meet the growing housing prob- lem. A 5-story addition to Couzens Hall was the only structure com- pleted but it created space for 266 coeds plus kitchen and dining, facilities for all of Couzens. The dorm, which now houses 536, did not have these facilities before. In the advanced planning stage is a new women's residence hall. For the future, a coeducational tween the two will house offices, lounges and dining facilities. The dorm, which will be divid- ed into Houses, will also have a games room, a snack bar, small lounges on each corridor, and one set of music practice rooms. In a still more nebulous stage is planning for a huge coed dorm for the University's rapidly-ex- panding North Campus. Little actual work has been done in getting plans drawn up, but student committees are working with the architect. To House 2000 I Closed circuit television will soon be used by University depart. ments for instructive purposes. Most recent estimate is that it will be operating by the school year 1957-'58. Arthur L. Brandon, University relations director and chairman of the University Television and Radio Commission revealed last spring that the medical school was making plans for installation. Dental School Plans TV Dr. William R. Mann of the dental school said at that time, "We have made provisions for television facilities in our blueprinted dental building, now being considered by- the State Legislature." Brandon was a consultant on an Several aspects of educational educational television experiment television were advanced by Dr. out on the West Coast last Spring Mann. "More students could see which University administrators a larger area of the demonstra- watched closely. tions," he speculated, "by using Now in the formative stage at perhaps a 50 inch monitor." San Francisco State College, the Dr. Harry A. Towsley of the Television Research Project has medical school claims, "Television been financed by the Fund for is another audio-visual aid in edu- Advancement of Education, a Ford cation. It could be especially valu- Foundation subsidiary, to find able in demonstrating and in ways of meeting future college teaching microscope techniques." enrollment, which is expected to Some Concern Voiced double by,1970. When it was first learned that University Given Grant the University was going to install The University was given, dur- education television there was ing the summer, a grant of $178,- some concern by faculty members 750 by the Herbert H. and Grace that the development further sig- A. Dow Foundation for research nalled mass education. in application of color television To this University administra- to medical teaching. tors reply that television will be Other research objectives, be- used to supplement, not replace, sides comparing academic per- teachers. "There isn't anyone I formance of television groups with know," Brandon says, "that feels control groups, were delineated by television-in-education will be a the Television Research Project. substitute for the classroom and Final results of the project, the teacher. though, won't be known until fall "It is only a supplement where of 1957. certain large classes are involved." "No where yet," Brandon claims, Largest of its Kind "is there enough knowledge about When completed the University's education-by-television. I would set-up will be the largest of its like to see the Project observations kind and the only complete closed- include a course in science. circuit television hook-up used in "It should be noted that Pen- colleges today, Brandon said re- nselvania State ran a similar ex- cently periment and the results indicated "Other schools have installed a there was no significant difference camera or two but none so far in the learning process between have a complete closed-circuit net- classroom and television instruc- work." tion," Brandon notes. . y 4: 4 t Id I I ,; , r,, ': , :. CI You can buy most of your needs every day of the year at great discount at HESSENAUR'S. We are WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS for many Manufacturers. Why pay fac- tory list prices when you can buy many things at dealers' cost and below. dormitory for the University's The dorm would probably house North Campus is planned, about 2000 and might be complet- Moved in February ed within five years, according to Moved niShiel, Women students, many of them Two significant aspects of the from one of the converted Houses do g ctrs: in West Quadrangle, a men's Res- dorm are: idence Hall, were moved into the 1) It would be a pioneer in true iduene additiolastebruarth.coeducational living in this coun- Couzens addition last February. try. The University and some oth- One of the features of the dorm er schools have a make-shift form is a snack bar, the only one among of coed living, Two Houses in East the group of women's Residence Quad, a men's Residence Hall, Halls on the "Hill." were convertenseveral years ago Bids are being taken and con- for women students to help meet struction may be started by Sep- the acute housing shortage. tember on a new dormitory for The House in West Quad which women students, according to was converted at the same time Francis C. Shiel, service enter- for o oenhas now been returned prises manager. to men. It is likely, according to The building, which will house administration officials, that with approximately 1200, will cost be- the completion of "Project 87" tween five and six million dollars, the two Houses in East Quad will and should be ready by the fall of revert to men residents. 1958. 2) Students for the first time Split Level Construction '-ve been given a hand in plan- Built on sloping terran, th:e ring ;fut _ure Residence Halls. There building has more floors in some has been complaint in the past sections than others. It will be 10- that students help pay for new cated in front of the present womn- dorms but have no say in their en's Residence Halls on the( planning. "Hill." One idea that has been ad- "Project 87," as it has been la- vanced for the physical structure beled, will be in the form of the of the coed dorm was four sepa- letter "H" with the wings the rate units connected only by a housing areas. The connection be- dining area. STUDENTS ASSIST: Development Council Helps Solicit Aluni Contributions I We specialize in HOUSEWARES-SLARGE AND SMALL APPLIANCES CAMERA SUPPLIES - LUGGAGE - LIGHTERS PEN & PENCIL SETS-TOOLS-TOYS SPORTING GOODS - BICYCLES, ETC. You epovt We handle most all Famous, Nationally Advertised Brand-name merchandise. I The Development Council ex- ists to generate alumni contribu- tions to the University. Although relatively new, it is, not unique. Most large schools have organizations to encourage alumni donations. The annual alumni giving pro- gram organized by the Develop- ment Council was initiated in 1953, during which the Council received more than $100,000 in alumni contributions. In its sec- ond year of operations, 1954-'55, a, total of $153,000 was solicited. Million Dollar Goal "From a modest start it should be possible to secure close to a million dollars representing rea- sonably small gifts from alumni when the fund is fully estab- lished," Alan W. MacCarthy, di- rector, claims. "When every alumni, including graduating seniors, is a member of the Alumni Fund, our job will be done," he says. The three-year-old AIM pro- gram, "An Investment in Michi- gan," has provided scholarshipsi to students and faculty grants-in- aid as well as five $1,000 awards for distinguished teaching, In its first year of operation, $30,000 of Council funds went for the purchase of the Stellfeld Col- lection of Musicology, an asset to the music library. In 1954-'55 $30,000 was applied toward construction of the recent- ly completed University Press Bldg. Capital Gifts Program A capital gifts program is main- tained to accomodate major gifts. Foundations and corporations have always been generous in contributing. MacCarthy notes, "One of the jobs of the Develop- ment Council is to see that the University receives its fair share of all such support. Students play an important role in the Development Council through the Student Relations Committee. The 10-member com- mittee is engaged in student- alumni-liason. Coordinates Activities Student Relations Committee's role is to coordinate activities on a student level. Development Council was given a threefold goal when it was es- tablished: 1) To assist University public relations in areas leading to be- quests and gifts, 2) To stimulate interest, and 3) To coordinate the Univer- sity's fund raising programs. Student Relations Committee interprets these three functions on the student level. "A great deal of the Commit- tee's work is oriented towards stu- dent relations - giving the stu- dent who is about to become an alumni the feeling that he is a permanent stockholder in the in- stitution," Thomas Dickinson, as- sistant director of the Council de- clares, As part of this work, the Com-' mittee gives Alumni Clubs the names of students coming from their area. -Daily-Donna Hanson IT WASN'T ALWAYS THIS TOUGH - Years ago 'students registered at the University simply by signing names in a ledger book. Now, though, students can register only by filling out endless forms of the traditional "railroad ticket." Railroad Tickets' Have Made Registration More Difficult ,, To most people the words "rail- road ticket" simply indicate a mode of transportation. For University students though the words are richer in meaning, deeper in implication. The "railroad ticket," in student parlance, is almost two feet of lines and blanks, endless repitions, per- forations and odd little boxes to check, Provides Filing Information Used to provide information for various University offices and agencies the "railroad ticket" is a convenient medium for all but the student, to whom it represents a period of tedium. How long the "railroad ticket" has been used is difficult to deter- mine but secretaries who worked in the registra's office as far back as the 1920's said they couldn't re- member ever using anything but "railroad tickets." Miss Fanny Kaufman, former secretary to Registra Emeritus Ira Smith, commented, "They may have added a card or two but the basic ticket has been the same at least since 1929." Newcomers Perplexed Upperclassmen, seasoned in fill- ing out the ticket, have little diffi- culty but incoming freshmen and Everything we sell is fully guaranteed by us for the manufacturer. We do not handle or sell seconds! TWO GREAT STORES the going considerably easier. For example, she would have signed her name only once, and the only other information requested would have been her age and address. Alumni Catalog Office recorde disclose that registration was ac- complished simply by signing a large, ruled ledger from 1872 to 1902. In 1903 the book was abandoned and registration accomplished by filling out four by six inch slips of paper. Additional information, father's occupation and names of two persons who knew you, were required but, so far as could be determined,the student only had to fill out one form. After a while, no one seems to know just when, the slips were discarded and the traditional "rail- road ticket" adopted. Students Must Weigh ROTC One of the first questions which a freshman at the University must R 1 S- - --- --- -- --Y I