Jan 4, 1955 - The Board of
Regents for the first time in
University history has sanctioned a
student government.
Taking cognizance of strong
campus support for the Student
Government Council proposal,
the Regents approved the new form
of University student government at
their Dec. 17 meeting.
SGC, composed of 11 elected
and seven ex-officio members,
replaces
Student
Legislature
and
the
15-member
Student
Affairs Committee, the student
government of the last six years.
SL, although recognized by SAC,
has never been recognized by the
Regents.
Earlier in December, an all-
campus student poll conducted at
request of the Regents gave SGC
a favorable 5,102 to 1,451 vote.
Election To Be Discussed
Vice-President
for
Student
Affairs James A. Lewis will meet
today with the seven ex-officio
members of SGC and the Dean
of Men and the Dean of Women
to initiate procedure for bringing
the new student government into
existence.
The group will consider the
election of SGC representatives
and other matters pertaining to
transition to the new government.
Vice - President Lewis said he
expects
the
election
of
SGC
members will take place between
March 15 and 30 but added the
“sooner the better.”
He would like the election
as early as possible so that the
experience of this year’s student
leaders. may be utilized as much as
possible in getting SGC organized
and underway.
Election Dates Suggested
A motion to hold the elections
March 29 and 30 will be introduced
to the still functioning SL at its
meeting tomorrow night. David
Levy, ‘57, SL elections chairman
for the elections held Dec. 8 and
9, thinks it will take at least eight
weeks to organize a smooth
running election.
Elections for SGC couldn’t be
held until after the start of the spring
semester-because of interference
with final examinations. Although
Vice-President Lewis said yesterday
his group will make final decisions,
comment indicated yesterday there
would
be
general
cooperation
among campus groups in holding
the election. One SL member
suggested a plan by which all
groups represented by an ex-officio
member on SGC would assist with
the election.
Groups Represented on SGC
Groups
represented
by
ex-officio members are the Union,
League, Pan-Hellenic, Assembly,
Interfraternity
Council,
Inter-
House Council and The Daily.
SGC, approved for a two-year
trial period, has various functions
including
recognition
of
new
campus organizations, approval or
disapproval of student-sponsored
activities, coordinating student
activities and originating student
projects among others.
Subject To Review
SGC action will be subject to
review by a seven member Board
of Review consisting of the Dean
of Men, Dean of Women, three
faculty members and two student
members. Student members will be
the President of SGC and one other
member appointed by the Council.
The Board must declare its
intention to review a decision
of SGC within 96 hours of its
appearance in the Daily Official
Bulletin or the decision becomes
final.
Bicentennial
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Friday, September 15, 2017 — 3
Students’ Explosion Termed ‘Spring
Madness’ by Dean
Children To Get Bettered Version, Discoverer Says
New Vaccine Now Potentially 100 Per Cent Effective
Trainees To Live in West, Quad Group Will Include Students in NROTC,
Engineers, Pre-Meds, Men in Basic Training
March 22, 1952 - University
officials are not planning to take
disciplinary action against those
who participated in the seven
hours of hectic student “rioting”
Thursday night.
As
reports
of
the
mob’s
impulsive
exploits
continued
to trickle in yesterday, Dean
of Students Erich A. Walter
released a statement clarifying
the University’s position on the
unexpected spring blow-up:
“The student demonstration
was a form of spring madness,”
Dean
Walter
said.
“The
term
‘madness’
has
the
implication of being something
uncontrollable.”
“We were fortunate in not
having serious accidents, in not
having a mob spirit develop. I
am glad that there had to be no
arrests and that the property
damage was of an insignificant
character. “I am sorry that a
few of our students showed
some
pretty
bad
manners,”
he continued. “Most of them,
considering
that
they
were
out of order, showed marks of
self-control which, in general,
are the characteristics of our
student body.
“If any students are reported
to us who have violated specific
University
regulations,
these
students
will
be
heard
by
the
regularly
constituted
disciplinary authorities.”
In
reviewing
the
demonstration,
we
obviously
shall try to establish some
controls of a moral character
that may operate in a crisis.
Obviously, this is difficult to
accomplish. No human being
has ever attempted to shift the
vernal equinox,” he added.
Despite
the
avalanche
of
mob hysteria, damage and theft
were reported at a minimum.
Martha Cook suffered the most
costly vandalism. An estimated
$200 in damages was inflicted
at the women’s residence. The
window panes of two front
doors were smashed, the handle
of a side door ripped off, two $35
ash trays and various “items”
purloined, the screen ripped
off the front office window,
and several basement windows
broken.
Though
beseiged
by
two
frontal attacks, one by women,
another by East Quadders, plush
South Quad was marred only by
two broken windows, reportedly
smashed by stones. In the last
attack, the front doors were
showered with a barrage of mud.
At
Alice
Lloyd
Hall,
unmentionables
as
well
as
mentionables were carried off
by the men, while Stockwell
coeds yesterday were proudly
displaying “souvenirs” pilfered
from East Quad. At Victor
Vaughan, one coed claimed she
had to grapple with one of the
men to prevent him from leaving
her room with her watch.
Early
yesterday
morning,
janitors at Betsy Barbour and
Helen Newberry were solemnly
sweeping mud, brought in on the
men’s shoes, from the corridor
floors. Later, it was reported that
several students are planning
to urge Student Legislature to
sponsor a fund-raising campaign
to make restitution for damages
and theft.
Fortunately,
there
were
no serious accidents during
the demonstrations. But Sura
Rotenberg, ‘55, reported she
received burns on her forearm
when some of the men, storming
into Vaughan House, tossed her
into a Shower and turned on
the hot water. Miss Rotenberg
received first aid at Health
Service.
And another woman student,
Denise Buffington, ‘52, was
bruised as she attempted to
block the rambunctious mob
from entering a Liberty St.
theater, where she works as a
cashier.
April
13,
1955
-
Final
obstacle blocking distribution
of Salk vaccine was removed
late yesterday when Secretary
of Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby
formally licensed the vaccine for
general use Licensing followed
Dr. Francis’ historic report by
only a few Hours.
Vaccine which the public will
start receiving within a few
days is a new, improved model
— far better than the vaccine
Dr. Francis said was between 80
and 90 per cent effective. The
1955 version of Salk vaccine can
theoretically prevent paralytic
polio 100 per cent, its inventor
claimed.
Both Dr. Francis and Dr. Salk
received long ovations following
their reports yesterday.
State Health Commissioner
Albert E. Heustis has ordered
enough vaccine to accommodate
430,000 first, second and third
graders.
Washtenaw
County
has already set up a vaccination
program calling for cooperation
between
County
Medical
Society,
Health
Department,
St.
Joseph’s
and
University
Hospitals,
physicians
and
volunteer workers from the
National Foundation.
Announcement
of
the
effectiveness of Salk Vaccine
was
termed
“one
of
the
greatest events in the history
of medicine” by Dr. Wright H.
Murray, chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the American
Medical Association.
Give Children Priority
“Give the children priority,”
Dr. Murray urged, cautioning
adults against rushing to doctors’
offices
immediately.
Reports
from pharmaceutical companies
indicated probably 30 million
three-shot sets of inoculations
will be available before summer.
If Dr. Salk’s suggestion to
give only two shots instead of
three is followed there might
conceivably be enough vaccine
to handle as many as 45 million
sets of inocuations.
Dr.
Francis’
evaluation
included
a
study
of
two
programs included in the field
trials. In one, half the children
participating were given vaccine
while the other half received
placebo, a harmless substitute.
In the other, second graders
received vaccine and first and
third graders were observed as a
control group.
Placebo Area
Because children used as
control (those who received
placebo) in placebo areas were
more nearly identical to those
receiving vaccine than in the
observed areas, estimates were
obtained largely from placebo
areas, Dr. Francis said.
March 9, 1943 - More than
1,300 Navy Enlisted Men will
arrive on campus on or about
July 1 to take up training
in
the
Navy’s
specialized
war training program, Prof.
Marvin Niehuss, campus war
training
director,
revealed
yesterday.
The
University’s
tentative training quota under
the new V-12 program will
include 250 NROTC students,
900 engineers, 67 pre-medical
students, and 400 men in
basic
training.
The
orders
propose that the men live in
the 950-man West Quadrangle
which at present is completely
occupied, according to Francis
C.
Shielacting
director
of
Residence Halls.
Cassidy Gets Word
This
information
was
telegramed
to
Captain
Richard Cassidy, head of the
Naval Science and Tactics
department, yesterday by the
Bureau of Naval Personnel in
Washington. Captain Cassidy
was requested to organize
housing and eating facilities
in
the
West
Quadrangle
pending contract negotiations.
Several
high-ranking
naval
officers
were
on
campus
ten days ago inspecting the
Quadrangle and other features
of the University plant. Prof.
Niehuss, who is the University
representative in all contract
negotiations of this type, said
that he expects the Navy to
return to Ann Arbor in the near
future and initiate the contract
discussions. All trainees will
be apprentice seamen on active
duty receiving regular pay for
their rank. According to the
present tentative plans they
will use not only the entire
West Quadrangle but other
University facilities, inciding
instructors and classrooms.
Complete Picture
When
questioned
concerning housing facilities
for regular students in the
Quadrangle
during
the
summer session, Prof. Niehuss
stated that “it is our opinion
that all those men will be in
uniform by that time.”
This Navy training program
rounds out the picture of
service training groups that
will be stationed on campus. At
present the Law Quadrangle,
the Michigan Union, and the
East Quadrangle are housing
men in various units of the
Army’s college war training
program.
LEE MARKS
DAVE BAAD
CAL SAMRA AND
SID KLAUS
‘U’, Campus Regard
‘Riot’ Calmly
Salk vaccine licensed
1,300 Navy Men will
Train Here in July
“To me, the Bicentennial means
a new opportunity and a new
era. It’s not only the chance
to learn from past mistakes,
but to also look towards the
future to create new ideas and
an opportunity to reinvent
ourselves as a University and
individually.”
LSA senior Breanna Wyrick,
Black Student Union president
SGC passed by Regents;
all-campus poll heeded
Student Leaders To Meet Today, Lewis to Discuss SGC
Transition With 7 Ex-Officio Representatives
FE ATURE D PEOPLE
EMMA RICHTER/Daily
“The U-M Bicentennial not only
marks the 200th anniversary
of this great university, it
also marks 200 years of a
long standing commitment
to serving our communities,
our state, and our world.
Celebrating our Bicentennial
reminds us of this commitment
and challenges us to continue
serving, learning, and fighting
for what we believe in.”
LSA senior Teddy Gotfredson,
Men’s Glee Club
AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily
1869 — U-M becomes
first university to own,
operate its own hospital
1875 — Michigan
legislature established the
University’s College of
Dental Surgery
1887 — Fred Pelham becomes the
first African American to graduate
from U-M’s engineering department
1885 — June Rose Colby
becomes the first women to
earn a PhD at U-M
1892 — Grover Cleveland
gives a speech on campus to
celebrate president’s day
1890 — The Michigan
Daily prints its first issue
1871 — Amanda Sanford becomes
the first woman to earn a MD from
U-M and graduated with highest
honors
1870 — Women are first admitted to the
University