r- Legislative report Money bill by July 1? With hopes continuing that the Michigan Legislature will pass state appropriations for MSU by July 1, the higher education appropriations bill was approved by the House of Representatives this week. The powerful House Appropriations Corrunittee added some $2 million to the $69.7 million which was approved by the Senate on June 14. This action moves MSU the $73.1 million closer recommended by Gov. William G. Milliken in his budget recommendations for 1972-73. to The University started the budget process last fall with a request for $88.9 million. MSU received $64 million in state appropriations for 1971-72. * * * to IN ADDITION increasing money for highef- education, the House Appropriations Committee is also recommending changes in the Senate bill which will allow schools to be planned and started at MSU, Grand Valley State College and Western Michigan University no later than 1973, providing each institution can raise $500,000. A line item of $100,000 to implement planning of the three law colleges was also added to the appropriations bill. The law scho'ol section of the bill produced a great deal of discussion (June 14 when the appropriations bill was before the Senate. Sen. Phillip O. Pittenger (R) of Lansing objected to the State Appropriations Committee's action in not providing funds to start a law college at MSU. * * * PITTENGER ALSO expressed concern that MSU would be required either to conduct a feasibility study or delay action while the other two institutions conducted studies. He pointed out that the Legislature had already conducted such a study during 1971-72 which called for the establishment of a new college of law at MSU. With House approval of the higher education appropriations bill, it will probably go .before a conference committee representing both houses where differences between Senate and House versions will be resolved. FGO search underway Nominations for a faculty grievance officer have been submitted to the search and selection committee. E. Fred Carlisle, associate professor of English and chairman of the committee, said the nominations were received by June 9 and include "many good people." He would not disclose the number or names of the nominees. Although the committee has a tentative deadline of Aug. 19 for appointmerit of the grievance officer, Carlisle said the selection process may take longer. "But we hope to have someone as soon as possible," he said. Graduates at the spring commencement exercises were ushered into the "fellowship of educable human beings." Speech excerpts are on page 5. - Photo by Dick Wesley MSU News -Bulletin Vol. 3, No. 33 Michigan State University June 29, 1972 Single retirement program set to become effective on Jan. 1 A .provi$1.e totally new retirement plan that a &iJigle ultimately will TIAA~REF retirement program for all faculty and staff has been announced by President Wharton. (A full text of his announcement is on page 4 of today's paper). TIAA~REF (Teachers Insurance and College Annuity Association Retirement Equities Fund) participation to faculty, has been available only - administrators and administrative - professional employes. Plans to change tlls . .lJ£ivc;;~~, ~J4if,~nt structure. fust were presented in March (News - Bulletin, March 2). Under provisions of the system, a single TIAA~REF plan begins for all employes on Jan. 1, 1973, with these guidelines: *TIAA~REF will be offered to all permanent employes with at least three years' service. . *TIAA~REF will be required for those who have reached 35 and have three-years' service. solely *Employes 55 or older on Jan. 1, 1973, will have the option of receiving improved benefits retirement plan noncontributory the annual ceiling formula increased through TIAA~REF participation. to $3,600) or from an (with *Those between 35 and 55 with three years' experience as of next Jan. 1 may (Continued on !,age 4) Use of people movers' will be tested in transportation- study on the campus MSU's campus will be used as a laboratory for the study of new urban transportation methods beginning later thls summer. At its meeting last Friday (June 23), the Board of Trustees approved an arrangement with the State Commerce Department's Bureau of Transportation the bureau to study the to allow feasibility of introducing "people mover" systems to the campus. (Other board actions are detailed on page 6). The outcome of the study could mean construction of transportation systems on campus that would be used l'_S prototypes for later networks in the -state's urban centers. The study, expected to take between four and six months, will look at the entire campus, but emphasis will be placed on a possible "people mover" between East Fee Hall and Life Sciences I, the two facilities principally housing MSU's medical programs. There is frequent movement between two facilities, which are close the enough for a small-scale prototype system yet far enough apart to make walking inconvenient, particularly in the winter. satisfy state The cost of the study will be borne by the Commerce Department with the exception of about $15,000 that MSU statutory to must provide requirements fmancial for assistance Bureau of Transportation Director E. C. Mackie said the campus was selected for the study because it has a large number of people moving frequently between a mnnber of points in a relatively spread out yet easily defmed area. University Architect Robert L. Siefert added that MSU is a logical site because most of the preliminary inform~tion needed has already been collected for other purposes. "We have accurate information on where people live and at what times they must move between points on said. "We also have campus," he records of the nuInber of automobiles, bicycles and buses operating on campus." He noted that most of this information is computerized and easily accessible the Commerce for Department study. said the Bureau of Transportation has studied a number of "people mover" systems, and "we are satisfied that the technology is available for such systems. Mackie "We are now interested in studying the economic feasibility of such systems and learning how to build them with a minimum of environmental intrusion," he said. Mackie explained that "people mover" is a catchword for a number of vehicles designed to transport people quickly and without congestion. Such vehicles range from monorails to electric buses. "What we are talking about is a type of horizontal elevator ," he said. He gave no indication of the type of vehicles that might be operated at MSU as a result of the study. - MIKE MORRISON Page 2, MSU News - Bulletin, June 29, 1972 Science notes Big sCience: Is it here to stay? • " ... I am constantly employed in observing the works of nature and tracing the manner in which she directs the order and arrangement of the world. " -Michael Faraday, 1813 Physicists from several universities, including MSU, have begun one ofthe frrst experiments at the world's largest particle accelerator, at Batavia, Ill. Few nations can afford the breed of machine - atom smashers, their more humble cousins were called - created for such investigations. The accelerator cost some $250 million. With adjustments, or perhaps an added booster ring, the monstrous device could be refitted to hurl bits of matter at velocities near that of light and at energies of the order of 1,000,000,000,000 electron volts. * ~ * BIG SCIENCE IS STILL here, but is it here to stay? Should $250 million, plus money for one of the world's largest electric bills, be put to a different use? "These are good questions and the most important long - range benefits of high- energy research are presently beyond the comprehension of man," says Gerald A. Smith, professor of physics, who directs the MSU experiment at the National Accelerator Laboratory (NAL). . A book .that traces the history of the College ':of·· HtimanEcblogy ~ "Fiom Home Economics to Human Ecology" - has been published to commemorate the college's 75th anniversary. It is coauthored by JEANETTE LEE, dean emeritus; KATHERINE HART, professor of food science and human nuttrition; and ROSALIND MENTZER, assistant defu't,.)iNJ (in 1896) and The 50-page publication cites the introduction of the Women's Course here includes d~velopment of home economics through the 20th century. It features a look toward the college's 100th year (1996) through brief statements from 12 faculty members. Also included are remarks from President Wharton and: Acting Dean Robert Rice, and drawings by Robert L. Brent. Copies are available from the dean's office in human ecology. * * * "A Certain Degree: A Guide to Contemporary College Life" has been written by ANDREW ~.1. BARCLAY, WILLIAM D. CRANO, CHARLES THORNTON and ARNOLD WERNER. Barclay and Crano are psychologists, Thornton is a cout'selor to minority students and Werner is a psychiatrist. The book, a guide to students living at home who want more independence, is a sequel to an earlier work, "How To Do 3 University." It is published by John Wiley and Sons, New York. HOWARD BRIGHTON, associate professor and south - central regional director of the Continuing Education Service, is the author of two new books, in "Utilizing Teacher Aides Differentiated Staffing" and "Handbook for Teacher Aides." Both are published by Pendell Publishing Company, Midland. CHARLES C. HUGHES, professor of anthropology and psychiatry, and JOHN M. HUNTER, professor of economics, wrote on "The Role of Technological Development in Promoting Disease in Africa" for "The tareless Technology: Ecology and MSU News -Bulletin Editor: Gene Rietfors Associate editor: Sandra Dalka Associate editor: Patricia Grauer Editorial offices: Rooms 323 and 324, Linton Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823. Phone: 355-2285. Published · weekly during the academic year by the Department of Information Services. Second-class postage paid at East Lansing, Mich. 48823. Interna tional Development." It is published by The Natur~l History Press, Garden City, N.Y. BERNARD C. LEMKE, professor of accounting and fmancial administration, is a contribUting editor of the "Handbook for Auditors," published by McGraw - Hill. GEORGE C. MEA D, associate L" prof~ssdr of account(Hfi':land financial '" r administration, is it coltflhor of "CPA Review Manual 4/E"~ 1Jublished by Prentice - Hall. It was written with Herbert E. Miller, a former member of the MSU facuIty. WILLIAM M. SEAMAN and CAROLYN J. MATZKE are coauthors of "Forum Romanum," published recently by the American Classical League. It is an illustrated gtlide and textbook for tours in Rome, and courses in Roman topography and is professor of archaeology. Seaman classical studies and Miss Matzke is an assistant prdfess0t of classical studies. LEEc S.ISOOtMAN, professor of educational psychology , has written on "Research on Teaching in the Natural Sciences" for the "Second Handbook of Research on Teaching" to be published in 1972. DOLORES D. WHARTON, wife of President Wharton, has written "Contemporary Artists in Malaysia," a compendium of biographical sketches of 32 Malaysian artists and exampl~s of their work. Mrs. Wharton compiled material for the book under sponsorship of the Malaysia - Singapore Council of the Asia Society. It was printed in Kuala Lumpur by the Union Cultural Organization. ,Two elected to FSC ,spots William D. Collings, professor and associate chairman of physiology, and Dozier W. Thornton, associate professor of psychology, were elected to two - year terms on the Faculty Steering Committee. They will replace chairman Gordon .and chairman of E. Guyer, professor entomology, and secretary Thomas H. Greer, professor of humanities. Other members of the committee are: James T. B onnen , professor of agricultural economics; Walter F. Johnson, professor of administration and higher education; and Beatrice Paolucci, professor and acting chairman of fanrily ecology. Their terms expire in 1973. Smith cites "the usual run" of applications: * Groundwork for future atomic power, such as fusion reactors. * Industrial applications, such as welding and metal cutting. * Medical treatment and diagnosis. He notes, for example, that NAL "is designed so that a particle beam from the accelerator could treat cancer patients either day or night. Medical buildings for such treatments are. already being planned. And I could go on to othe! foreseeable applications." But Smith warns that in emphasizing immediate uses, ''we miss future applications which demand such a heavy commitment of mate(ials and manpower." Smith adds: "One of the best analogies for those not familiar with patterns of research and later applications is one recently given by a physicist to the Congress." He pointed out that if Faraday - the wizard of electricity and magnetism - had decided to be relevant to the apparent needs of his society, then he would have done something more practical like develop a better whale - oil lamp. "Of course many countries must take the inefficient route of being short sighted," Smith says. * * * THIS SPRING, a Nobel laureate and recent visitor to China, physicist C. N. Yang, told an MSU audience: "Abstract explorations are deemphasized in China. This does not mean that people who study high - energy physics are all told that they should shift into other fields. But there is a deemphasis of the field." . Yang said that when he was asked by the Orinese if they should encourage high - energy physics, he ansWered that "some theoretical'higli c energy physIcs, which does not consume too many material resources, may be reasonable for China, but large - scale accelerators would be unjustifiable." Without large high -. energy accelerators, the elite science wallows. "China undoubtedly will develop high - energy physics because high - energy physics, in the long range sense, is of great impo rtance," Yang said. "It's impo~~nce is like that of electricity and magnet;IS4i'o f'the 19th century ." ; c~~ ;;; (~~ f _ ,.{ _. , - PmLL1P E. Mft.LER r : History in sound A cjme and free advice (Actua' recordings that detail this and' other events are available in the National Voice Library on the fourth floor of· the MSU Library. An appointment can be made by calling 355 - 5122.) By G. ROBERT VINCENT Curator, National Voice Librarr In an earlier column (News Bulletin, Mru;ch 30), I mentioned that I published an amateur boys' magazine (and how that venture enabled me to meet Theodore Roosevelt.) That srure enteq>rise helped me meet John D. Rockefeller. My family then lived on East 17th Street in Manhattan. Just across the street, in an old - fashioned brown stone house was the studio of a famous sculptor. Many distinguished clients came to sit for him, and there were cars or. carriages constantiy parked in front of his house. One day while I was at home, looking over the galley proofs of the second edition of The Boys' Paper, I was told that the automobile - I think it was a Peerless - of John D. Rockefeller, tycoon, was the oil parked in front of the sculptor's house. The sculptor was making a bust of the richest man in the world. "Gee," I thought. "Maybe I should go out and give him a COllY of my magazine when he gets through with his sitting." Mr. Rockefeller would have to walk down the steps before reaching his car. I had all sorts of strange notions. Maybe he would offer to buy me a printing press or something. I ; put on a clean white shirt 'ariq ' walked over to the car. A chauffeuf ) and another man were sitting in the limousine. I showed them the first number of the little eight - page sheet that I published. The other man turned out to be John D: Rockefeller Jr., and he seemed really interested in what I had to say, and promised to introduce me to his father. And when the old gentleman came down the steps, his son did just that. The senior Mr. Rockefeller shook hands, smiled, took a copy of my magazine and put his hand in his pocket. He handed me a dinle. I must have spent it, for I don't remember if it was shiny or not. What I do remember is that Mr. Rockefeller gave me some advice at the time: "If you want to enter the Kingdomof Heaven, you must be a Baptist." Many years later, I was able to add Rockefeller's voice to my historical sound collection. It was recorded in Florida, not long before he, himself, was destined to enter the Kingdom of Heaven: " ... As a nation -looking proudly to our past when it has been noble, and recognizing with humility our mistakes or extravagance, selfishness and indifference - let us, with faith in God, in ourselves and in humanity, go forward courageously, resolved to play our part in building a better world." ("History return to Bulletin in the fall.) in Sound" will the News .... Page 3, MSU News· Bulletin, June 29,1972 • i ~ . . Around the campus: A weekly review Extension granted to Miss Van Tassell A three·year reappointment has been extended to Eileen R. Van Tassell, a nontenured assistant professor of natural science who was originally denied reappointment in 1970. The action ends her two· year appeal process, she said. Miss Van Tassell was notified this week by Edward A. Carlin, dean of University College, that the new appointment will run through August 0[.1974. She had been given a one· year extension last August by the Board of Trustees to allow her to appeal her case. That extension is considered the first year of her new three·year appointment. Her reappointment follows a hearing on May 31 before the University College Faculty Affairs Committee, whose decision was advisory to Carlin. The latest appointment "is to be construed as your second appointment as assistant professor,"stated the letter from Carlin to Miss Van-Tassell. Subcommittee winds up fact-finding The ad hoc committee studying University policies relating to the Indochina war effort meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. in room 328, Student Services Building, to discuss fact-fmding materials and to begin developing recommendations. Charles Poizel, chairman of the MSU subCOmmittee, said the group has been involved in discussions with administrators and gathering materials. The University group, which so far has had little input from the campus community, hopes to have its recommendations completed by mid-July. Poizel said he assumes that any recommendations will be referred to the appropriate University committees and offices for consideration and possible action. The ad hoc group was established by the Board of Trustees in May in response to antiwar demonstra~ors. The University group fuiA been exchanging meetings minutes with its counterpart group from the City. Poizel said that "one of the best things the group feels it can do is to help dispel any rumors on campus and to disseminate information collected and the fmdings." Financial aids group created President Wharton has established a Financial Aids Administrative Group to achieve a "higher degree of central coordination." Created to carry out the intent of recommendations made in the Admissions Commission Report, the committee has been charged with development and operations review of financial aid for students on a continuing basis. The group's responsibilities will include compiling data on all sources of fmancial aids to students (including employment), studying all fmancial support, providing orientation for students on budgeting and fmancial' affairs, and developing additional forms of assistance. Under the chairmanship of the vice president for student affairs, the committee will include the assistant provost for admissions and records, the assistant provost for special programs, the director of Equal Opportunity Programs, and the director of fmancial aids. Also serving on the committee will be the vice president for business and fmance, representatives from the graduate school, and the director of the Placement Bureau, ex-officio without vote. Wharton said the need for greater coordination stems from rapid growth of fmancial assistance provided MSU students. He noted that about 15,000 students benefit from more than $15 million in such assistance each year. This compares with less than $3 million in student fmancial aid 10 years ago. "Funds for these purposes may come from many sources - federal, state and private," he said. "Since an individual student's 'package' may consist oLfunds from several sources, it is vital that there be effective coordination." Campus fuel savings reported A fuel conservation program undertaken by the University two years ago has resulted in a 2 percent saving in steam and electricity during the past fiscal year, reported Ted Simon, director of the physical plant. A "preventive maintenance" program now being instituted on the campus will result in additional saving, Simon reported. He addressed school custodians from across the state, participating last week in a trainmg program taught largely by MSU physical plant employes. The fuel conservation program, which reduces air pollution in the University community as well as cutting costs, includes such items as additional automatic controls to switch heating units from fresh air makeup to recirculation for nights and weekends and resetting time-clock controls to match building occupancy, plus a concerted effort on the part of all workmen to keep doors and windows closed during heating and cooling seasons. The electrical conservation program includes reducing the lighting level in many corridors and lobbies by as much as 50 percent, and installing astronomical dials on time clocks to provide automatic adjustment to changing daylight conditions, Simon said. This not only reduces the electricity used but also cuts the cost of manpower for quarterly adjustments, he pointed out. The University is affecting an additional economy by converting as rapidly as possible to push-button drinking fountains, rather than constantly flowing ones. MSU has about 1,000 drinking fountains. . Simon said that the University has installed bag filters, such as were formerly used only in hospitals, on its ventilating systems, thus providing a cleaner environment for building occupants and reducing need for cleaning and painting. He said that a new program for testing all rotating equipment for vibration is reducing noise pollution and preventing unnecessary wear and damage to equipment. And he added that installation of tw()sway radios on the University's 25 buses is resulting in closer coordination between demands and capacities and providing more rapid assistance in time of emergency or breakdown. Grant extends engineering effort Black students at MSU who have been recruiting black high school students to enroll in engineering plan to extend their field work in September to junior high schools. Lawrence Von Tersch, dean of engineering, and black student representatives of the Engineering Equal Opportunity Program, have received a $5,000 check toward the program from Carl L. Chaverin, Lansing branch manager for "lnterntional Business Machines Corporation, on behalf of the company. The EOP program in engineering began four years ago and is expected to include 100 blacks among total engineering enrollment in the 1972·73 academic year. About 85 were enrolled in 1971-72, and six have graduated. . The black students prepared slides for the school recruitment programs they conduct. On campus, the program includes financial support, tutorials, counseling, employment programs, and seminars featuring visiting professionals and academics in the field. CES regional center moves The UniV~ift.¥ hilS moved its ~outq.eastern Michigan r~gional headquarters and will establi* 11wo more sub centers in the fall. ~. ,. The Sou theast Regional Center of the Continuing Education Service moved from Oakland University to its new offices in Kingswood School Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, last week, in time to handle summer term registration. Twenty-six of the 46 courses offered in the four-county region this summer and a number of short-term, resident workshops also will use Cranbrook facilities. The other courses will be offered in a dozen other communities. The new address for the center which continues under the direction of Duane "Jack" Tester is 885 Cranbrook Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48013, and the telephone, 313/645-1303. Beginning in the fall, student counseling and educational assistance will be available at sub centers in Walled Lake Western High School and Utica's Davis Junior High School. Both will be staffed on a part-time basis. Besides being 10 miles •. closer to Detroit, the Cranbrook location is easily accessible, being 10c'!ted,Qff Lone ,Pine Road between Woodward Avenue (M-I) and Telegraph Road (US~10 and US-24) just" south of 1-75. In this region MSU has been offering courses, most of which are on the graduate level, to more than 4,500 students each year, including 1,000 in the summer. Three rivers hold their own Three Michigan rivers - Jordan, AuSable and the Red Cedar - are holding their own, but still have to be treated with care, according to a three - year study by University scientists. The study, "Ecological Evaluation of Stream Eutrophication," is led by Robert C. Ball, director of the Institute of Water Research. Project leader of the study is a research associate, Terry A. Haines. "Leader in improvement over the past 10 or so years is the Red Cedar ," says Haines. "Yet, the Red Cedar is still last of the t.hree on the list for clarity." Winner for "clear stream" is the Jordan River. It remains in good trout fishing quality, says Haines. Next he says, is the AuSable, still a good trout river, although fish popUlations in the AuSable have finally declined a bit because of years of pollution. "Lowest oxygen content of all three rivers is the Red Cedar," says Haines. "It is down to an average of less than four parts per million (ppm), although its oxygen content doesn't fluctuate as much as the A'uSable's - from a high of 18 ppm in the day to a low b f three ppm at night. MSU in the news . • • . . . Daniel Kruger, professor of Jabor and industrial relations, comments 'on the unemployed and underemployed with college degrees in a front page article "U.S. Trends: Pushcart men with M.A. Degrees - Why? in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR (June 11) ..... MSU's community service approach to medicine was described by Donald Weston of the College of Human Medicine, on WJR's FOCUS show with J.P. "McCarthy in Detroit (June 15) . . . • . THE BERKELEY (Calif.) POST carried as its number one story (June 15) an account of the Black Police Officers Conference sponsored in part by MSU's Center for Urban Affairs and School of Criminal Justice .. .. , MSU's fust Midwest Film Festival received a glowing account in THE SATURDAY REVIEW. (June 10) '. Critic Arthur Knight noted that the festival at Cannes is primarily a great place for selling fIlms of the past and the present, but "East Lansing provided a glimpse into the future." , ~ Page 4, MSU News - Bulletin, June 29,1972 More private support is goal New development role filled by Scott The new but familiar face seen bobbing in and out of two borrowed offices on the fourth floor of the Administration Building for the past three months belongs to Leslie W. Scott, MSU's vice president for development. New, because Scott was named to the post effective May 1 shortly after it was created by the Board of Trustees to provide a point of coordination for the raising University's various fund - efforts. Familiar, because Scott's association with MSU goes back to 1931 (when he enrolled as a freshman) and includes a decade of service as director of the Union Building, director of Kellogg Center, director of the hotel, restaurant an,d institutional management program, director of contipuing education and assistant dean of the College of Business. 'Scott returned to campus after 16 years with Fred Harvey, Inc., (and AMFAC, Inc., the parent company) serving as president and director of the national hotel and restaurant chain for 10 years. The new Office of Development is a departure from practices of previous years when the University's fund - raising efforts were centralized in the president's office. Scott emphasizes that his function will be to coordinate, not tcf replace or interfere with, the various "academic, research and alumni units already involved in fund - raising. "The office will not stifle individual initiative and existing programs," he says, "but it will provide assistance to those individuals and programs, explore new directions, and try to identify and prevent any duplication of effort." The development office is responsible for all University fund - raising activities except those directed at the State the Legislature (which fall under executive vice president's office) and federal research grants which continue to be channeled through the Office of Research Development. * * * SCOTT ASSUMES HIS new role at a time when the financial picture for higher education cannot be called bright. "It is apparent' that the ratio of Our expenditures coming from state and federal funds is not likely to increase," he says, "and this limitation means we have to concentrate more on obtaining private funds to keep up with inevitably greater financial demands on the University." Before accepting the position, Scott served for a year as an unpaid consultant to President Wharton. Last fall he submitted a report to the president outlining the need for a greater development effort by the University. In that report he noted that private giving comprised only 4 percent of MSU's total expenditures in 1970 - 71 compared to almost 7 percent of the expenditures at the University of Michigan. Partly because MSU has emerged as a large - enrollment, major university only since World War II, he concedes that the University has some catching up to do. "MOST OF OUR alumni have only been out of school for a few years and we have really only begun to instill in them a tradition of support for the University," he says. "This source is extremely important because it tends to build dramatically from year to year and establishes a base for capital gift campaigns," Continued emphasis will be placed, therefore, on the Alumni Association's Development Fund and President's Club, which already have demonstrated success in this area. LESLIE SCOTT "Also," he says, "we have not made a thorough attempt to condition other friends of the University to the growing need for private financial support." The development office will serve as a catalyst for these and otter, existing efforts, and be principally involved in exploring new methods of attracting private funds. * * * "ONE OF OUR FIRST priorities is the establishment of a foundation to accept and manage monies on behalf of the University," Scott says, explaining that such an entity has a number of I e gal advantages not available to a publicly owned university itself. Most other universities with successful development programs utilize periodic cap ital gift campaigns, concentrated efforts over a period of tWQ or three years designed to attract substantial sums of money for specific purposes. Such campaigns generally involve professional fund raising firms. that thorough study of begin with a university resources, assess the institution's fund raising appeal7develop realistic goals, and coordinate the actual campaign. MSU has never used this technique in the past, but probably will explore this possibility in the near future, according to Scott. Another priority is the mounting of an information program to educate the University's various publics to the need fOf private support. "We must dispel the widely held belief that legislative appropriations supply all the monetary needs of a public university like MSU," Scott says. "If we have a product to sell to alumni and friends of the University, it is the future. We have to emphasize that dollars are commitments to the future." Scott's approach to fund - raising is not rigid. While the need for coordination is essential, he strongly believes that development is a diverse responsibility involving everyone from to the president, the administrators, faculty, staff, students and alumni. trustees - MIKE MORRISON TIAA -,CREF program announced , :T:lIb, • • • (Concluded fro~ 'page 1) to defer participation elect TIAA-CREF until July 1, 1973. in *The program will be contributory, with the University doubling each employe's contribution. The contributions are as follows: Jan. 1, 1973 - a 3 percent employe monthly percent contribution and a 6 University contribution; July 1,1975 - the rate moves up to 4 percent from the employe and 8 percent from the University; july 1, 1977 - 5 percent from theerriploye and 10 percent from MStJ. ''''{'ii-c, ': t . Complete details of the program will be made available through articles this summer in the News-Bulletin, and in future brochures and orientation meetings. The next News - Bulletin will appear on July 13. * * * THE NEW PLAN will affect all labor and clerical-technical employes, plus . those A-P and extension staff and the University in faculty now Noncontributory Retirement Plan. It insures that no employe will receive less than he or she is now provided under the noncontributory plan, and in most cases the benefits will be greater TIAA-CREF and the noncontributory plan differ in several factors, including: *TIAA-CREF offers protection against inflation, both before and during retirement. *The noncontributory plan is limited to those who start work before age 53, but there is no upper age limit for TIAA-CREF participation. *The noncontributory plan has no benefits in case of death before age 60; TIAA-CREF provides full accumulation, including the University's contribution, payable to the beneficiary, in case of an employe's death any time before retirement. leaves MSU *Under the noncontributory plan, an loses his employe who accumulated benefits; one who leaves under TIAA-CREF participation retains all accumulated contributions, including the University's. *Benefits under both plans are in addition to social security, but persons under TIAA-CREF may "tax-defer" their payments and will receive annual individualized statements of their benefits. * * * A-P and faculty employed before 1958' who entered TIAA-CREF with "frozen benefits" and CoT employes promoted to A-P classifications; and Cooperative Extension Service agents. BECAUSE OF THE diverse employment situations on the campus, four groups have been identified who will be affected by the new program: All full-time CoT and hourly employes; A-P staff employed before July 1, 1970, and faculty employed before July 1, 1958, who are not now in TIAA-CREF ; Future articles will examine in more detail retirement benefits of each group. The Staff Benefits Division is -pte-patin'E, brochures and is planning meetings to provide full information on the new program. It has asked that persons hold individual questions until more complete information is distributed. • Retirem'ent: Enhancing a benefit ; -: ~ , Following is a text of President Wharton's statement concerning the planned new retirement program. It has been said that a retirement plan is by far the most significant staff benefit that can be provided for an employe. Since 1958 when the University first offered TIAA - CREF (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund) to its faculty and administrators, the University has had two separate and distinct retirement programs. All full- time employes not eligible for TIAA-CREF have been covered by the University's own Noncontributory Retirement Plan. For some time, the University has been aware of employe concerns over shortcomings of the noncontributory program. Over the years, changes in maximum amounts and benefit formulas have been made in this program. We realize, however, that stopgap measures may temporarily solve the immediate situation but fail to recognize long range trends, increased employe mobility and younger retirement ages. Given my great concern and in an effort to produce a better retirement program, I directed the University to embark on a project of completely replacing the current noncontributory retirement system now in effect for over 5,000 staff members. This involved investigating, analyzing and exhaustively reviewing the present retirement program, with the assistance and advice of various campus groups, bargaining units and staff committees. As a result, we can now announce a totally new retirement system which will affect the majority of the employes working for MSU and which ultimately will provide a single, identical retirement program for all employes through TIAA and CREF. Effective Jan. 1, 1973, the University Noncontributory Retirement Plan will cease to exist in its present format. All full - time employes of the University will tllen be covered under the TIAA - CREF Retirement Annuity Program. A primary objective in developing this program has been to provide every eligible employe with a better. retirement system and an increased retirement pension. The new TIAA - CREF program fulfills the highest possible retirement objectives while providing a financially sound plan which is. long range in its implications. Complete details of the new plan, including eligibility and contribution requirements and enrollment information will be issued prior to January by the Staff Benefits Division. This material will clarify many of the questions which you will have, and I urge you to study it carefully. 'We are confident that you will find the new TIAA - CREF program far more adaptable to your retirement needs, and the University is pleased to be able to make it a permanent part of its staff benefits package. Page S, MSU News - Bulletin, June 29,1972 I' Commencement reviewed "'" Welcome to 'educable human beings' Following are excerpts from the June 11 commencement address by Osborn Elliott, board chainnan of Newsweek, Inc. . .. I hope that President Wharton will allow me to help Wm welcome this class of '72, not into the fellowship of educated men and women , but as educable human beings. Let me hasten to add that this in no way should be construed as a put - down, as the current idiom has it. For what bett er company could you possibly find yourselves in, than among persons who are susceptible of education'? You may have learned a lot in these years at Michigan State, but if you have truly been educated, the main thing you have leamed is that you should remain educable for the rest of your lives. And so I congratulate you on your proven educab'uity. This is a quality, it occurs to me, that must have been pretty hard to nurture and sustain in all the years you have been growing up. For during those years, all of you - all of us - have been assaulted on every side by the kind of sound and fury that contributes least to rational discourse, reasoning and thought. In a way, it's a miracle that you are all here today, to mark the end of 16 years of successfully completed work. . Merely to have stayed with it that long, with all the distractions and eruptions that have afflicted you, is quite an accomplislunent The world - and its young people - have changed unbelievably since the fust of you 'trooped trembling to your fIrst day in school 'way back in September of 1956. That was midway through the Eisenhower years, and the complaint about youth in those days was quite different from what it has been recently. The college generation then was known as the silent generation, and it seemed that all they were interested in. was a nice cushy job with guaranteed annual raises, wall - to - waD carpeting, and a happy, quiet, smiling retirement at the end of the 10ng, smooth road. Quite likely the graudation speaker at MSU that year was up on this platform exhorting your forebears not to settle for such a life, and urging them instead to get out into the world and get committed. All that has changed, of course, in 16 short years. From many of this year's graduation speakers, the message is not to get out there and get committed, but to cool it, man. The silent, sniiling generation of yesteryear has been replaced, in the eyes of many adults, by a noisy, unsmiling - generation of activists. \. if infinitely more exciting - But my message to you is not to cool it, man. I say keep heating it up - but let the heat be accompanied by some light. Don't settle for things as they are - but don't settle either for, just tearing them down. Don't settle for the modish cliche of the moment. Probe, challenge, demand answers - and supply some answers of your own. One stop on a journe.;v Here are portions of the commencement comments delivered by President Wharton. As incongruous as it might sound to you today as you prepare to leave the campus, throughout your lifetime you will need to update and add new skills and professional training. Because of rapid technological and social changes in our society, a · high school diploma, an associate's degree, a bachelor's de~0, a master's degree, even a Ph.D. earned in 1972 may be completely inadequate to meet your professional needs or even cope with your working and living environment in 1990. No longer will formal education be a destination to be reached after so many years in public or private schools; it will be a continuous journey of returning periodically to the community college or four -year institution or a university for a course or a program, even a year of study in a newly developed science or skill - throughout your lifetime. What I am saying is simply that the education you received in the 1970s will not in itself be adequate for your and society ~needs 10, 20 or 30 years from now. This is why universities like Michigan State must respond. We are now embarked on a comprehensive study of lifelong education ... (which) will hopefully lead to an expanded defmition and bring new meaning to adult and continuing education. So, althouih your college days may behind you for the moment, you still have a vital concern about what happend to MSU in particular and to higher education in general. Higher education has played a vital role in your lives to date, and I mtbmit it will continue to do so throughout your lives and the lives of your children. ; "'. II - ~ Louis Berman says goodbye to 'his kids' This month marks the retirement of Louis Berman as general manager of the State News. The follOwing sketch of Berman was written by Beverly Twitchell Denbow, former News-Bulletin associate editor and ex-State News staff writer. Louis Berman describes himself as a Jewish mother. In other words, he says, he'll give his kids hell for their shortcomings, but he doesn't want anyone else bothering them. Berman's "kids" are the staff of the State News. He's used the term for 11 years. Berman says his job as general manager of the State News is to "raise hell with the "editor." He can barely see the newsroom from his office in the Studen t Services Building, but the kids do come in to see him, to seek his advice on their love life, on how to break a lease, traffic tickets and how to get money for a dental bill. And once in a while, they come in with a question about newspapering. Berman - who may be the hardest - nosed softheart on campus - can spew off a string of uncomplimentary adjectives about "his kids" but he'll usually fmish it with "and I love 'em." ~ Berman: A hard - nosed soft - heart. IN HIS 11 YEARS with the State News, he has lived through student reporteIs anams . Those who are interested should make arrangements in advanc~ -with the Office of University Conferences", 5-4590. EXHIBITIONS Campus Plantings Heal Gardens Placement of 2,000 commencement geraniums has completed this year's display of nearly 30,000 colorful bedding annuals. The East Asian terrestial orchid Bletilla is now blooming in Bed 6. Hidden Lake Gardens Tipton, Michigan ., Many varities of summer wildflowers are now abundant along the roads and hiking trails. Open daily 8 a.m. until sundown. Entrance and North Galleries: Inverse Illusionism . Featuring projections of spatial concepts on flat surfaces, this exhibition is organized and circulated by the American Federation of Arts, New York. It contains 29 paintings by eight contemporary ar.tists. Kresge Art Center Museum Floor A-A recently completed exhibit of seven dioramas portray in careful detail the lives and customs of Michigan's Indians from prehistoric to. modern times. Floor B-Heritage Hall, depicting Michigan in 300 years, features a historic setting in the early 1900's of a typical commercial fishing village in miniature. Floor B-In the Michigan Heritage Hall, the now famous curved-dash aIds, once the personal car of R.E. aIds, has been moved into a new period setting. Floor B, East-Recorded calls of wild geese and the rare Kirtland's warbler can be heard. Flocking to .the museum As surely as the swallows return to Capistrano, the elementary schoolers flock to the Museum each sp.ring. Organized student groups came visiting from 39 Michigan counties and a Canadian province this year. All told, some 100,000 people viewed wonders and relics of nature and man, as captured by the artistry of the curators of the MSU Museum. Some 31,000 of the visitors were elementary schoolers. "They are consistently the largest registering group," said Carole Long, receptionist and manager of the museum store, "and when they come you know it. -"Most of them come between ApriL and June by the bus load," she said. (The museum is open year round). Carole said, "Sometimes it seems as though all 31 ,000 of them are here at the same time. It gets hectic but it's nice." Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.-Chuck Beady. MICHlGAN STATE . UNIVERSITY FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1972 . Calendar of Events 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Concert-Members of the MSU music faculty will be heard in solo and ensemble performances for the summer Youth Music program. The public is invited. There is no charge for admission. Music Auditorium. "The Last Question"-This science fiction spectacular in the sky theatre explores the theory of entropy, which maintains that all the life-giving energy of the stars is being drained. Tickets are available at the door. Abrams Planetarium. 8 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. 8:30 p.m. "Play Strindberg." (see July 5). Kresge Court. 10 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1972 2 p.m. Concert-The Youth Music chorus; orchestra, and band will be heard in concert. Fairchild Theatre. 2:30 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. 10 p.m. "The Last Question" (see above). Abrams Planetarium. 8 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1972 2:30 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. 8.p.m. 10 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. SUNDAY, JULY 2, 1972 8:30 p.m. "Play Strindberg" (see July 5). Kresge Court. 10 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. SUNDAY, JULY 9, '1972 4 p.m. 4 p.m. Carillon concert. Beaumont Tower. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. Carillon concert. Beaumont Tower. MONDA Y, JULY 10, 1972 "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. 8:15 p.m. Faculty recital-Corliss R. Arnold, organist, will perform. Hart Recital Hall. MONDAY, JULY 3, 1972 TUESDA Y, JULY 11, 1972 7 p.m. Concert-The Youth Music Band, which consists of high school students from around the sta~e, will perform a "pops concert." Music Building lawn. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. TUESDA Y, JULY 4, 1972 Carillon concert. Beaumont Tower. Folkdancing-Instructions are given at 8 , p.m., dancing begins at'9 p.m. No experience is necessary. St. John Student Parish, 327 M.A.C. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. Carillon concert. Beaumont Tower. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1972 Folkdancing-Instructions are given at 8 p.m., dancing begins at 9 p.m. No experience is necessary. St. John Student Parish, 327 M.A.C. 8:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1972 7:30 p.m. Recitals-Several high school students, selected by audition from the Youth Music program, will be heard in recital. Music Auditorium. 8:30 p.m . Summer Circle Free Theatre-Friedrich Durrenmatt's comedy "Play Strindberg" is a parody of August Strindberg's "The Dance of Death." It has been described as a "comedy about a tragedy." There is no admission charge. Kresge Court. THURSDAY, JULY 6,1972 8 p.m. , Carillon concert. Beaumont Tower. Summer Circle Free Theatre-David Cregan's "Houses by the Green" is a satire on good neighborliness, on preventing overpopulation and on the importance of preserving the environment. Eight characters are played by four actors, each impersonating someone else. There is no charge for admission. Kresge Court. THURSDA Y, JULY 13, 1972 8 p.m. Carillon concert. Beaumont Tower. 8:30 p.m. "Houses by the Green" (see July 12). Kresge Court. FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1972 8 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. 8:30 p.m. "Houses by the Green" (see July 12). Kresge Court. 10 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. 8:30 p.m. "Play Strindberg" (see july 5). Kresge Court. SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1972 FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1972 7:30 p.m. Recitals-Several high school students, selected by audition from the ' Youth Music program, will be heard in recital. Music Auditorium. 2:30 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. 8 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. 8:30 p.m. "Houses by the Green" (see July 12). Kresge Court. 10 p.m. "The Last Question" (see June 30). Abrams Planetarium. ,BULLETINS UNION BLDG. HOURS The Union Building and all depart ments will be close.d Tuesday, july 4, 1972 CATALOG The 1972 University Catalog is now available. Departmental representatives may pick up a supply for departmental use in 64 Hannah Administration Building. MEN'S 1M HOURS For the 4th of July weekend the Men's Intramural Building and pools will be open from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. The Building will be open normal hours from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and the pools from 11 :30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday. t_~~~_~_~ ______________ ~ _____ ~_~ ___ ~ ______ ··_. _________ ~. __ .. __ ~ All interested persons are invited to attend the reading of a report by the Women's Steering Committee at 8 p.m:, Thursday, June 29, in the Gold Room of the Union. WOMEN'S COMMITTEE Information on MS U events may be submitted for possible inclusion in the bulletins to Patricia Grauer. Dept. of Information Servl~ces, 109 Agriculture Hall, (517) 353-8819. Deadline for submitting information is noon Tuesday preceding the Thursd,ay publication. The calendar of events will covpr a 9-day period, Friday through Saturday . ...