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November 18, 1959 (vol. 69, iss. 50) • Page Image 2

… Code Synthesis - - The Inter - House Council Re- evaluation Committee will hold an open meeting at 3:15 p.m. Friday in Rm. 3511 of the Student Activ- ities Building. The meeting is open to students

… interested in the Inter - House Council and the study IHC is un- dertaking. Students who wish to express pro or con feelings about the Council should contact chair- man John Charters, '61, at Ext. 468, South…

…. University students are invited to try out for the cast. The play will be presented February 18, 19 and 20. Prof. John Chipman of the Uni- versity of Minnesota will speak on "Economic Progress and Social…

…, will be presented by the Demo- cratic Socialist Club. The address is open to the public. * * * Prof. Edward Stasheff of the speech department will be the guest speaker tomorrow at the graduate student

November 12, 1959 (vol. 69, iss. 45) • Page Image 2

… for- eign students in the Michigan Union ballroom at 9 p.m. Friday and at 8 and 10 p.m. Saturday. From Asia, there will be a bam- boo pole dance by 14 Philipinos and music played by Arabs* with native…

… through Fashions" show last night at [he Cinema Guild receives re- the League. A commentary was presented on the styles and symbolism of the ,costumes modeled in ests from the different student the show…

… instruments. A group "if University students froi Indone- sia will perform a Far Eastern "question and answer" dance, complete with interpretive actions. Israeli students will depict a Bib- lical story in song…

… will be represented by a team of Ukranians stamping out a Slavic Kozac dance. fem - Order R Christmas Cards at I Boyce, Photo 9 723 N. University WORLD'S FAIR: Students To Perform National Songs, Dances…

… stu- dents from the organized housing units. Any interested students can still man buckets for the drive by coming to the League conference room sometime today, Dow said. ix (' I Teen-age Marriages…

… trying to turn up the unusua1l, worthwhile, yet often forgotten one act plays, Prof. Wil- liam Halstead, faculty advisor for the production, commented. Last semester 142 students par- ticipated in the…

…, large number of students. Albert Katz, Laboratory Bill co- ordinator, said the large number of one-acts, as compared to the limited number of major produc- tions, permits experimenting with new ideas in…

…- national Center. All students welcome. New University of Michigan Graduate ..._. ire IN CONCERT ALAN LOMAX World Renowned Folklorist & Performer Friday, November 20, 8:30 P.M. Detroit Institute of Arts…

… Auditorium all seats $3 (Folklore Society Members 20% off i contact JUDY HURWITZ 2-4449) I? I Screening Examinations in French and German. All graduate students desir- ing to fulfill their foreign language…

… four times each semester (i.e., Sept., Oct., Nov., December, Feb., March, Ap- ril, and May) and~ once during the Summer Session, in July. Students who fail the objective examination may re- peat it but…

November 24, 1959 (vol. 69, iss. 55) • Page Image 4

…f Seventieth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2…

… the new bylaw, Vice-President r Student Affairs James A. Lewis said that s office could not say now what policy toward ganizations with bias clauses would be best, it that various committees were…

….' Oaths and Academic Freedom Herbiock is amwy duetolness CBprigWt, I1S9, The PPr~l lKlshUn e.. St. LOuis POD!-Dis'.tc: EF LOYALTY OATHS required for student loans by the National Defense Education t have…

… become a controversial matter re- .tly. Angry student governments have voiced ement refusal to accept the generous educa- ial loans. They claim that academic freedom being infringed upon by the oath and…

…- igent students who could not attend college bout government financial aid? 'he loyalty oath demands merely that, in er to receive a loan, one must vow he has been and is not now a member of an or- dzation…

student agrees to swear to this perfectly reasonable oath, it can hardly be said to be infringing upon his academic free- dom. What really does infringe upon academic freedom, however, is the recent…

November 08, 1959 (vol. 69, iss. 42) • Page Image 1

… the annual World's Fair, three floors will be crowded with displays representing 18 na- tions of the world, manned by University students who are citi- zens of those countries. The exhibits…

Student Club as part of its display has made arrangements-to have an elegantly sculptured copy. of a lion's head, believed to be 200 to 300 years old. The wonderland of foreign folk- lore also will include…

…: demonstra- tions of primitive African drum beating, Arab palm reading, Thai folk dancing, intricate hand-made models of,,ai Turkish mosque and minaret and Venezuelan music in- terpretation. The talent show…

… Arabian ballet, a Philippine bamboo stick dance and an African ritual. Proceeds from the World's Fair will be apportioned among the 18 participating nationality clubs 'on campus, the International Student

… Assn., the International Student Emergency Load Fund and funds for the Foreign Student Handbook. Hurst To Give Law Series This Week Prof. James W. Hurst of the University of Wisconsin Law School will…

November 07, 1959 (vol. 69, iss. 41) • Page Image 4

…Pranksters Seventieth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH…

… Shohara, to include foreign students, was also scheduled. This panel was 'to discuss the women's role in marriage and education in other countries. T HE LEAGUE'S project demanded nothing so strenuous or…

… characterized other campus events last week: an all-time low for SGC elections voting was recorded. This was attributed to the weather. Hyde Park drew at best some 250 students-again, the weather. Women's Week…

… events were poorly attended- mid-term exams and again, the weather? PERHAPS these low attendance records reflect what is rumored to be the general college trend: a slacking off of interest in student

… grimly that the Israelis could withstand any Arab assault upon them-unless the Russian armies came in as well. Several times he came back to that "unless." In my second conversation he no longer talked of…

… companions. But there is a brighter side to. the busboy's usually role of faith- ful servant. Sitting in some ob- scure corner of the dining room is, a quiet, well-mannered student who never complains about…

… graph, Primarily USA-Some Held sery- ice (Foreign) Experience 'preferred. All degrees: EE and Physics. MS and PhD: Math. Feb. and June grade. Citizen- ship required. Student Part-Time Employment. The…

… following part-time fobs are available to students. Applicationsfor these jobs can be 'made in the Non- Academic Personnel Office, Rm. 1020 Admin. Bldg.,' during the following hours: Monday through Friday. 1…

November 21, 1959 (vol. 69, iss. 53) • Page Image 4

…Traffic Jam Seventieth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIvERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH…

…: NAN MARKEL The 'Superior Student' Concept Questioned VOTING the Wednesday morning session the University Conference on Higher ation to "The Superior Student" raised a ber of questions. st, who is…

… "The Superior Student?" mey be the book-worm who goes beyond red textbook reading and underlining, be- memorizing lecture notes, and beyond, ding a brief number of hours in the library ring each night…

…. And he may be rewarded his efforts with superior grades. perhaps "The Superior Student" is one combines superior classroom and test per- ances with participation in extracurricular Loose Ends? HERE IS…

… Nick. That was right er the cop on the beat wouldn't talk to Nick cause he was too busy arguing with his activities. He works actively on at least one student organization, attends concerts and non…

…-compulsory lectures, and still does well in class. If either of these two types of students is "superior," is it then necessary to put him in a class of his own - an honor student? "The Superior Student" is supposedly…

… so outstanding that he is able to handle outside research work and cope with instruction on a higher level than "The Average Student." 1F SO, is it necessary to separate superior stu- dents into honors…

… courses of their own and then "prod" them into doing extra work? If the student is truly "superior," wouldn't he de- vote his hours outside of required classwork and extracurricular activities to outside…

… improve if he plays with someone better than himself, "The Average Student" can be stimulated to keep up with his more outstanding counterparts. Then, is putting "The Superior 'Student" into an honors class…

… of his own fair to "The Average Student?" And last, there remains one other question: Why separate "The Superior Student?" SEVERAL SPEAKERS at the Conference en phasized the importance of "directing…

November 05, 1959 (vol. 0, iss. 38) • Page Image 10

…"Well, I See You Got The Rascal" Sh* Hrrian ThxdI Seventieth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BlY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT

… of students is also meaningful, and Columbia pupils have appraised him not as a brilliant man, but a fine teacher.- THE OTHER HAND, even if Van Doren is not a brilliant man (anyone can rattle off…

…" LETTERS to theR EDITOR TWO-POINTERS PLUS: The Merits of Being Mediocre By AL YOUNG Generation Co-Editor T HERE is the four-point student who puts nothing before his studies, who never misses a class, who…

… be able to regur- gitate accurately when the time comes. Then theie is the B student who, t though his attempts are furious, just can't seem to climb out of that three-point rut over into the honors…

… has already been dis- missed from the University for not coming up. to the required academic standard, but others still carry on this absorbing study. Another student I know does just enough schoolwork…

… to leave himself plenty of time to study Arabic, Portuguese, Urdu and Chi- nese ideograms. He studies with native speakers whenever he can, recording them on tape, asking for reading supervision, and…

… literature (in the original), studies the Koran (in Arabic) and even finds time to attend classes and put herself through school. She is an. English major with a 2.3 average. I know C average peoplewho…

…, gathering material for a serious study of the sociological aspects of jazz, studying Sanskrit, writing novels and making films. Real liberal education people, lad! * * * ' VETERAN student "G e o r g e Eliot…

… rarely come across the wandering American anymore, the professional student, the erudite roustabout. Generations ago, they worked their way across to Europe or put out a few dollars to board a cattle boat…

… colleague and I finally decided to leave, since the SC candidates pres'ent were clearly uninterested in talking with ordinary students. Isn't the whole thing rather futile? Do we really need to be…

November 12, 1959 (vol. 69, iss. 45) • Page Image 4

…A Seventieth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN "When Opinio Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD rN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Truth Will Preval" STUDENT

… There's No Other Way To Keep Them From Going Communist?" A THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 19S9T NIGHT EDITOR: NAN MARKELT The Cult of the Individual And Its Implications "ABOaUT 80 per cent of the student

… The old standard of active conformity may be sweeping lethargy has become practically the replaced by a new, totally non-creative con- sole unifying force among the students of the formity. University…

…. Signs of this have begun to appear already. Not even the roaring radicalism of the thir- The quantity and quality of people in student ties, or the desperate involvement in studies activities has…

November 03, 1959 (vol. 69, iss. 37) • Page Image 3

… committee will take up tomorrow France's plans to hold atomic tests in the Sahara Desert. Morocco asked the assem- bly to consider the question. Arab and African delegations were in conference during the day…

… hold in escrow '$12,719 in loan funds for students received last week under the National Defense Education Act until Congress re- peals the loyalty oath and dis- claimer clause which the college has…

… cited as "vague" and a "threat to academic freedom," according to the Antioch College Record. The controversial provision re- quires a student applying for a loan to assert that he "does not believe in…

… spring, along with over a dozen other college presidents. Gould commented that the provision re- quired all students taking loans under the Act to swear that they are not members of a subversive…

… formula the poll questionnaire with so id- a s- ng th A ite ci- ology professor Milton Yinger, col- lege secretary of the American As- sociation of University Professors. The student council plans to…

… Bar Harbor, Maine. PHILIP A., HART' DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN THURSDAY, 'NOV. 5 e e Y i 5 Y e OBERLIN - Oberlin's student council decided last week to poll the campus for student reactions…

… toward the National Defense Edu- cation Act and its controversial loyalty oath and disclaimer pro- visions. The poll will attempt to deter- mfine how many students w ant the college to accept the funds…

… BI L T M O R E in New York IA x I. r ~-.. SPECIALRATES for Students (B.M.O.C.s, ..M.0.C.s, C.O.E.D.s) Single $8.00 Twin: $6.25 (per person) Triple: $5.25 (per person) For Information or…

November 13, 1959 (vol. 69, iss. 46) • Page Image 4

…Seventieth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BYS TUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG.' ANN ARBOR, MICH. " Phone NO 2…

… dministrators and faculty sat in chairs knot- ed at the floor's center. Students and latecom- ig officials grouped in informal fringes. All ad obviously attended at the sudden insist- ice of quick publicity and…

… VOL. LXX, NO. 46 General Notices New University of Michgan Graduate Screening Examinations in French and German. All graduate students desir- ing to fulfill their foreign language re- quirement by…

… semester (i.e., Sept. Oct., Nov., December, Feb., March, Ap- ril, and May) and once during the Summer Session, in July. Students who fail the objective examination may re- peat it but not at consecutive…

… examinations in French and German will be on Wed., Nov. 18 in Aud. C, Angell Hall at 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Within 24 hours after the examinations the names of students who have passed will be posted on the Bulletin…

… Board outside the office of Prof. Lewis, the Examiner in Foreign Languages, Rm. 3028 Rackham Bldg. Students desiring to fulfill the Grad- uate School's requirement In French and German are alerted to an…

… Sunday, Nov. 15'at 2:30 - but passes must be picked up on Fri. as indicated above. Students, College of Engineering: The final day for dropping courses without record will be Fri., Nov. 13. A course may be…

… per page. That would appear to be a bargain in any country. But I wish I knew exactly what Generation was, so that I could accurately evaluate it. Is it a lo- cal student publication in which…

November 05, 1959 (vol. 0, iss. 38) • Page Image 9

Arabs and the left- wing Achduth Avodah laborites lost ground in a 24-party race. Still short of a majority in the 120-seat, one-house legislature, Ben-Gurion must enlist allies for a continuance of…

… exposed to the Communist threat, in order to hear their views ." Need Cash? Be a Tutor! Apply Union Student Offices between 3-5 - a44- 0 hM#M p .1 4-Day S PECI L. tI t w- eA lop WEDNESDAY thru…

November 15, 1959 (vol. 69, iss. 48) • Page Image 1

… the enthusi- asm of the international students, who worked very hard to achieve a. generally higher quality of ex- hibits," Burns asserted. Arabic Jam Session This enthusiasm became evident Friday night…

…- wide decisions not to compromise ideals to practicality. The college's three per cent loan funds will see students through the year, but without federal aid administrators predict "some scratching" will…

… be necessary to meet student demands next year. More funds are presently being lent than repaid, and resources are deficient, Karl Aughenbaugh,' treasurer of the college, reported. Majority Rejected…

… Loans But in a campus-wide referen- dum November 10, a majority of voting Oberlin students decided not to accept NDEA loans under any circumstances. Thirty per cent F'undsHeld At Colleges Two American…

… National Students Association adopted a resolution condemning the provisions, six colleges which found the requirements objection- able and refused to participate in the program were listed: Princeton…

… voted to accept the loans even with the loyalty oath and affidavit requirements. ' "Of the student body of approx- imately 2100, 1219 cast votes in the referendum," Timothy Thom- as, editor of the…

…. Oberlin Review, reported. "Not even that . many turn out for Student Council elec- tions." Another question on the ref er- endum was intended to determine student opposition to the oath and affidavit…

… no action should be taken against either re- quirement. "The other five per cent prob- ably didn't get that far down on the ballot," Thomas explained. "The ,Student Council conducted the polls and we…

…: "The Com- mittee believes there should be no compromise of principles involved in opposition to the disclaimer af- fidavit required in the student' loan provisions of the NDEA.". Formulated Statements…

… The Oberlin Review was the first organization to oppose Section 1001 of the NDEA in action last year. Shortly afterwards, Student Council, the General Faculty and Student Educational Policy Com- mittee…

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