F A"Y, NOVEM33ER 80, 1956 THE MCHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1956 TUE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE TH1U~E UNI VERSITY PRESIDENT: Tasks Increase In Complexity By THOMAS BLUES. "There are never two days alike." University President H a r 1 a n Hatcher leaned back in his chair and replied to the inquiry, "What is a typical day in the life of the President of the University of Michigan? "Perhaps there might have been something of a typical day during the administration of thexsy late President James B. Angell," said President Hatcher. The President 'commented thatfy in the period from 1871 to 190914 Angell answered his correspond-" ence in long hand, personally ad- mitted students to the University and administered disiplinary ac- tion. He compared the less strenuous period at the turn of the century to the hugeness of the president's responsibility t o d a y, explaining that, "A president now encounters a variety of problems that tend to vary everyday activity." Responsible For 'U, Relaxing between meetings in: his spacious offices on the second! floor of the Administration Build- ing, the eighth top administrator -Daily-David Arnold of the University. explained, "The UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT: Harlan Hatcher's job has grown President is responsible for the en- with the University. There's "no such thing as a typical day."4 tire area of a 70 million dollar1 University operation in process istrative branch has necessarily He related, as an example, the1 year round." expanded." Several vice-presidents construction of the Washington The 58 year old president has are delegated several jobs. Heights Residence Hall., the administrative and scholastic Regular Conferences He said that as this building is background for his immense oc- "We have regular iconferences," nprocess, plans are being pre- cupation. Born in Ironton, Ohio, said President Hatcher, "in which pared for two more dormitories President Hatcher received the problems of the various offices are to be constructedion North Cam- Bachelor of Arts degree at Ohio discussed and policy formed." p us s "We will begin constructions State. on these projects as soon as plans By 1927 President Hatcher had . President Hatcher is extremely are completed and financing de- received his Master of Arts de- interested in keeping closer touch tails are worked but." gree and Doctorate in Philosophy. with the student body. "I am per- President and Public He became vice-president of Ohio nally interested in .the develop- StateUniversity-eid948,henosimentof student government," he President Hatcher brought up State Unversity i 1948, the posi- said. the relationship of the presidency tion he held at the time of his Reviewing tthe housing situa- to the public. "It is my duty," he election to the presidency of the tion on campus he mentioned that said, "to keep the people of the Univer-sity of Michigan in 1951. the University has projected hous- state informed and keep the Uni- The silver haired administrator ing requirements. "We are trying versity image in the minds of the now has a ijob that oversees edu- to find ways and means of a plan- public." cational facilities, financial sup- ned housing program over the This is done partly' by visits to port for the institution, and the next several years."stecomnis.H hatkn student body. He also is the of- state communities. He has taken g ficial representative of the Uni- two trips for this purpose durg versity. #, the current year. Perhaps one of the more im- State Tou,. He also mentioned the stepped portant of his accomplishments is up activities of the Development the establishment of a summer in- Stresses Ve~11 Council and alumni clubs to fur- stitute on the Near East to assist ther this end. The president, per- in training experts for work in " sonally, has devoted much time to1 this vitally important area of the On Science the inauguration of the Develop- world. ment Council. Alumni Support - The Committee on Science and One significant aspect of his A central responsibility of the Technical Education of the State role as University representative president, he said, is University of Michigan discussed the prob- is President Hatcher's membership support coming from Alumni, the lems caused by increases in the in the American Association of legislature and friends. "The presi- science courses in Michigan Universities, consisting of presi- dent must be constantly alert to schools at its meeting held at the dents from 39 of the nation's lead- problems of getting funds to op- University yesterday. ing educational institutions. erate the educational institution." This increased emphasis on He served twice as president1 Speaking of the complexity of science has brought protests from while he was head of this group the administration as compared scholars and euto inthrfor two years. to that of 50 years ago the dis- areas of curriculum study, the President Hatcher commented tinguished chief executive com- committee noted, that it is a highly significant or- mented, "As we have grown in ganization. "When serious situ- size and complexity, the admin- Representativeseof industry, la-I ations confront our universities it bor, and all levels of education is the AAU that makes great policy U' TV erl~es hfrom kindergarten through gradu- statements." aT e is te school form the committee. Social Life 'U' 1 1 V They feel that it is necessary for Imotntohsrpenaiv citizen to have some insight int Importntto ahis representative Presents Talk the fundamental concepts ofdency. scienersan mahematicinorder In relation to this social func- On Counseling forces at work in our modern tion he mentioned the open houses at wokiuueperiodically held for students at culture." - his home on South University. Marriage counselling will be the The Committee believes "every President Hatcher himself knows topic under discussion in this student must have adequate ex- of no other large university that week's program of the "Marriage" perience in these areas as a part of has this feature. series on the University Television his general education." Combining these responsibilities Hour at 10 a.m. Sunday over A lack of persons adequately entails many hours of meetings, WWJ-TV. prepared in science and mathe- traveling and just plain work on Host for the "Marriage" series matics to meet the demands of the part of this University's presi- is Prof. Robert Blood, University teaching, industry, and research dent. But in spite of this President sociologist and a marriage coun- is recognized by the committee. Hatcher still takes time to concern sellor. However, their chief concern is himself with the students person- Prof. Blood will introduce as the design of well balanced edu- ally. His warm, friendly person- special guest this week Aaron Rut- cational programs which will meet ality is especially a benefit to him ledge, leader of the counselling the long range need of the indi- in this respect. service and training program in vidual and society. It is easily seen that the nature counselling and psychotherapy at The Committee believes that of the President's job makes it the Merril Palmer School in De- programs can be designed to meet impossible for him to even com- troit. these educational needs and supply prehend a typical working day. As A series of dramatic vignettes an increased number of specialists he put it, "Somebody once said the will be used to illustrate the value without drawing from other im- most complicated organization in of seeking outside help when a portant fields. society is the State University." marriage runs into trouble. -_ The second half of the TV Hour will present another in the cham- ber music series of programs fea- --CAMPUS. turing the Stanley Quartet. 211 S. State The members of the quartet, NO 8-9013 violinists Gilbert Ross and Emil Raab, cellist Oliver Edel, and vio- list Robert Courte, will offer the --DOWNTOWN- first and third movements of De- -5DO et - bussy's String Quartet, Opus 10. music S 20 6Le In addition, cellist Edel will discuss- the definition and growth of modern music, and demonstrate its characteristics on the cello and for the Finest in Recorded Music piano. Santa says "For Christmas FY4'd' 1'X J?1 Y Med School Standards Diversified By WILLIAM LEWIS If a person applies to a medical school this year, he has approxi- mately, a 50 per cent chance of being admitted.1 Last year 14,937 individuals ap- plied for admission to the 76 ap- proved medical schools in the United States. Of this number, 7,- 835 were admitted. Pour major ways medical schools evaluate their candidates for admission are: 1) college grades, 2) score on the Medical School Admission Test, 3) a per- sonal interview with each student and 4) references from the candi- dates' undergraduate instructors. Over the past five years there has been a steady decline in the number of students entering medi- cal school who have "A" (3.6-4.0) college records, according to a survey conducted by the Ameri- can Medical Association. Averages "Drop In 1950, 40 per cent of the mem- bers of the entering class had "A" averages while in 1956 this had dropped to 15 per cent of the en tering students. 70 per cent of last year's freshman class had "B" (2.6-3.5) averages and the remain- ing 14 per cent were 2.5 or lower. Actually, 50 per cent of the medical schools call for no more than a C, or C plus average and 30 per cent have no specific mini- mum grade-average policy at all. The Medical College Admission Test is, today, almost universally required by the medical schools. It is given twice each year, in the sprig and i the fall. Candidates should plan to take the examina- tion the semester before they ap- ply to medical school. Measures Ability This examination is designed to measure the student's.quantitative reasoning ability, his verbal com- prehension, his "understanding of modern society" and his know- ledge of the basic principles of the sciences. Medical schools place a great emphasis on such qualities as the student's character and integrity, his Intellectual, emotional, and personality development and his "initiative and motivation towards a career in medicine." It is mainly in the interview that these qualities and feeling of the candidate can be revealed. Most medical schools interview be- tween 95 and 100 per cent of the students that apply for admission. Recommendations Letters from the candidate's college instructors are considered of some value in evaluating the student. Generally, two such refer- ences are required; one from a non-science and one from a sci- ence instructor. Medical students have consis- tently stated that they feel a de- ficiency in their knowledge of the humanities.aAccordingly, medical schools have taken this feeling into account in their choice of re- quired subjects for admission. All schools state.that they would like the candidate to pursue his own interests and almost all schools have indicated they give science majors no extra prefer- ence. Requirements, however, do vary considerably from school to school although some Physics, Biology and Chemistry are required by all. The average tuition per year for a "state" school is $450 for resi- dents and $770 for nonresidents. The average tuition at the private medical schools is $925. IN WAR OR PEACE: Israeli Students Show Strong Feelings for Homeland By D1IANE FRA SER . .. By DINE FASERclasses and students were respon- "The patriotism of Israeli stu- Bible for reading and learning the dents in Jerusalem towards their material on their own, she ex- home land is unbelievable," Libby plained. Rosenbaum, '57, said. Many of the university students The 20-year-old psychology ma- expressed concern about raising jor spent the school year of 1954- epessed coerng aouth 55 sudyng t Jrusaem' Herewthe standard of living of the im- 55 studying at Jerusalems Hebrew migrants by working at camps nI"tudents -are deeply interested where the immigrants first live. in the future of Israel and display Rn one of these projects, riss a great devotion toward the coun- ation program for the children try," she said. "They know the nh history of every landmark and and. taughtarithmetic to the illi-\> defen ther coutry t a!terate. ~~ willdeedtercutyaa Though both Arab and Israeli moment's notice." students attended the university, Visited With Uncle ithe dark-haired coed noted no dis- r Miss Rosenbaum journeyed to crimination displayed against the 1 Israel with an uncle who was es- Arabs. "In fact." she added, "I j tablishing a psychiatric ward in found them very hospitable." the Hadassah Hospital there. .FriendKidnapped In the three months before her classes began, Miss Rosenbaum underwent an intensive study of the Hebrew language under a special project set up by the city of Jerusalem. Miss Rosenbaum said her first classes were delayed a week be- cause the students went on strike when the tuition was doubled.,, Impressed with Freedom "I was quite impressed with the freedom of the students in the university," Miss Rosenbaum ob-1 served. "All classes were lectures and one exam was given at theS end of the term." No attendance was taken in the Miss Rosenbaum recalled an in- cident where an American friend from Chicago and two Arab stu- dents were kidnapped by Jordan border, police and held for three days. "If it weren't for the fact that my friend was an American, they might not have been returned at all," she said. Miss Rosenbaum seemed very impressed with the purposeful at- titude of the Israeli students and the determination of the people to build up Israel. "You have to see the enthusi- asm of the young people who are helping to build up Israel to be- lieve it." -Daily-Norm Jacobs VISITS ISRAEL-Libby Rosenbaum, '57, was impressed by the patriotism of Israeli students in Jerusalem during her year at the Hebrew University. w Ul *JB' We are certain that you will find the gifts you wish to send this season among the many beautiful and unusual new items in our shop. JOHN LEIDY Phone NO 8-6779 " 601 East Liberty . 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