-------------------------------- The urban environment: A "frontal attack" is launched. Photo by Bill Mitcham MSUFaculty Vol. 1, No. 13 Michigan State University Jan. ~O, 1970 'E~qual' Center involves total commitment ofMSU resources By PHILLIP E. MILLER Associate Science Editor, News Bureau the is not Michigan State first university to assemble teams, institutes or centers to attack environmental degradation. But it may be the first to marshal all of its main forces, in counsel, against such a foe. That assemblage - a brain pool - is the Center for Environmental Quality, announced by President Clifton R. Wharton Jr. to the Board of Trustees Friday. discussions Approval of the Center followed extensive the academic deans, the director of the Center for Urban Affairs, and the vice president and assistant vice president in the Office of Research Development. among Official nod for the Center was given by the Administrative Group on Dec. 2. Nine days later, then-Acting President Walter Adams transmitted information on the development of the Center to the trustees. In his letter, Adams said: * * * "THE ESTABLISHMENT of the Center takes its place in a long series of steps which reflect the concern of many faculty, the several departments, the colleges, the c'entral administration, the students and the Board of Trustees in articulating the University as related to a concern for man and the enhancement of his environment. " resources of the The new Center's Program and Policy Board will consist of deans. Its Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research Committee, with members designated by deans, will develop recommendations for new curricula in new environmental academic follow customary channels to the Academic Council .. quality. Any programs will . The committee will also advise on establishing a system for information dissemination to faculty, students and off campus by means of seminars and colloquia. Liaison between the policy board and the committee will be provided by committee chairman John Nellor, who (Continued on page 4) Elected Council will consider two reports at first ,71eeting The elected Faculty Council will hold its first meeting of the 1969-70 year Tuesday at 3: 15 p.m. in the Con Con Room of the International Center. On the agenda is discussion of the ad Trustee hoc Committee Relationships. The committee was formed in December of 1968 to study faculty - trustee relationships. on Since its formation, however, the committee has two of its five lost members, and the Council is expected to decide whether the committee should reconstituted or disbanded. The be original group included James Bonnen, professor of agricultural economics (chairman); WaIter Adams; Walter Johnson, professor of administration and higher ed1.lcation; John Reinoehl, professor of humanities; and Albert Rabin, professor of psychology. Adams left the committee to become acting president and Johnson stepped down when he was elected to the Steering Committee. Also on the agenda is a discussion of functioning of the Taylor Committee Report. Meeting Thursday Series focuses on urban environment to A campus-wide effort involve facuIty in a "massive frontal attack" on the urban the problems environment will be outlined Thursday at a luncheon sponsored by the Center for Urban Affairs. facing research approaches The event, at 11: 30 a.m. in Kellogg Center, kicks off the Urban Research Symposium, a planned series that will feature speakers from both on and off the campus who will describe a variety to solving of problems faCing the urban environment. The series will be "the first measure of our commitment this University's resources together" in the campaign for urban quality, according to Lawrence W. Lezotte, research associate in the Center for Urban Affairs and associate professor of education. to bring Invited to the luncheon are about 100 faculty identified by their department chairman as having research interests related to urban environment. Speakers will include President Clifton R. Wharton and Provost John E. Cantlon. Also scheduled to speak are Robert L. Green, assistant provost and director of the Center for Urban Affairs and Joseph H. McMillan, director of Equal Opportunity Programs (EOP). Both will present summaries of their programs, and Green will outline the Center's priorities for research support. * * * THE CENTER has already fmanced study projects several colleges, in Lezotte said, and it will continue to funnel a portion of its funds back into the University for further research. Projects are now being supported in such areas as chemistry, education, social science, police administration and sociology. EOP is providing fman cial assistance to 107 graduate fellows in several departments. - Lezotte said that Thursday's meeting is intended to enlist more faculty in the effort against urban problems, mobilize them in an interdisciplinary approach and to outline efforts now underway on the campus. The Center's purpose, he said, is to serve as a catalyst, "to list a program of action with the hope of getting more faculty involved." * * * focuses THAT ACTION race relations, poverty in the cities, urban decay, urban renewal and urban education. 'on "Our hope is for a team approach," Lezotte said. "We don't want faculty to homogenize along disciplinary lines." He said that efforts by the Urban Affairs Center are in cooperation with programs under way and planned by the newly created Center for Environmental Quality .. Also on the agenda for Thursday's luncheon are plans for an all-University Urban Research Advisory Committee and discussion of the possibility of establishing closer departmental affiliation for EOP-supported graduate students. • Urban Center 'indespensible' to urban problems Efforts by the Center for Urban Affairs to coordina.te research projects related are supported, and at times interrelated ' with other University programs. assistant vice president for research development, said those efforts are "indispensible to the overall program" now being developed by the new Center for Environmental Quality. John Nellor, is The Center concerned with for Environmental an Quality all-encompassing look at environmental problems - social,economi.c, managerial and individual as well as technical. * * * JAMES BUTCHER, assistant dean of the College of Natural Science also spoke in favor of the Urban Affairs (Continued on page 3) ACE survey ,-hows: Freshmen high scholastically MSU's freshman class tends to be nore scholarly than the national norm )f freshmen, according to survey results on from Education (ACE) Office 'of Research. the American Council Ninety-four per cent - or 6,504 - of the freshmen entering MSU fall term, 1969, test, :ldministered by the University for the ACE. participated the in Results showed that, compared to the national norm: -14.2 per cent more Michigan State freshmen were members of high school .scholastic honor societies; -9.7 per cent more received National Merit recognition; -16.3 per cent more obtained high school grade averages of B or above; -9.7 per cent more ranked in the top 10 per cent of their high school class. Freshmen women at MSU were about 10 per cent higher than men in all the above categories except National Merit recognition, where men were 4 per cent higher. Decrease app li~s to all policyholders Faculty and staff enrolled in the University's Long Term Disability Income automatically have Plan received the newly announced rate reduction and continue to have the same coverage as before; nothing further is required of them. That assurance comes from Albert C. Chapman, staff benefits supervisor, in response to questions raised regarding the for open recent disability insurance. enrollment About 1,200 faculty and staff are already covered by the plan, he said. Chapman said the new rate reduction is possible because the insurer, Aetna Life and Casualty, has had fewer claims than anticipated from the MSU group. Notice of lower rates, effective Dec. 31, have been sent to all present policyholders. open enrollment, which continues through Jan. 30, will be the last for an indefmite period, Chapman the disability plan is not said, since subject to an annual enrollment period. The The freshmen: More scholarly? to than MICHIGAN STATE freshmen also applied the fewer colleges national norm. The ACE survey showed that 18 per cent of the national norm freshmen applied to three or more colleges, compared to 8 per cent of MSU freshmen. than More MSU freshmen plan to work the toward master's degrees national norm - but only 2 per cent more. The breakdown for MSU is: 36 per cent plan to obtain bachelor's degrees, 38 per cent plan to get master's degrees, and 15 per cent plan for doctoral degrees. Fourteen per cent more men than women plan to obtain doctorates. than Scholarships, grants and other gifts are the major financial support for one-fourth of MSU freshmen - 7 per cent more the national norm. Another fourth of the freshmen here their major source of financial said or personal support employment. But 60 per cent said the bulk of their financial aid comes from their parents or families. savings is "some concern" Sixty per cent of the MSU freshmen about expressed financing their education; 20 per cent expressed no concern, and 10 per cent is expressed "major concern." This roughly comparable to the national norm. More than half of MSU s freshmen income at their parental estimate $10,000 to $19,999. * * * THE SURVEY also covered questions of interests, concerns and objectives, many in a sociological sense. The focus here will be on the MSU freshmen, who, in most cases, voted similarly to the national norm. On "objectives considered to be essential or very important": Highest percentage (88.8) went to developing a philosophy of life. Other high objectives were: Having friends "different from me," raising a family, helping others in difficulty, "being an authority in my field." Men placed keeping up with political affairs over helping other, however. Men were also more money - and position - oriented in their responses, voting usually 10 per cent higher than women on such things as recognition from peers, being an expert in fmance, responsibility, having administrative .well-off financially being (male percentage was 20 per cent higher here), owning their own business (also a 20 per cent difference), and contributing to scientific theory. But women were at least 10 per cent family, haVing higher on different friends, helping others and creating works of art. raising a * * * SEVERAL controversial issues were listed on the test for the students to state their agreement or disagreement. They most agreed on student design of curriculum, legalized abortion, student evaluation of faculty and the feeling that their beliefs are siniilar to others. They least agreed with legalization of marijuana, the right of a college to ban a speaker, and college control of students off campus. Men were more in favor of a volunteer army and women more in favor of abolishing capital punishment. At least half the MSU freshmen thought the federal government should be more involved or should initiate a crash program in control of pollution, crime prevention, eliminating poverty, consumer school desegregation, compensatory education for the disadvantaged and firearms control. protection, Fewest votes went federal involvement in eliminating TV violence, special benefits for veterans and tax incentives to control the birth rate. to Most listed themselves as currently middle-of-the-road or liberal in political preference and expected that in four years many of them would shift to liberal. "Strongly conservative" was the least popular category. There was also a wide difference between the stated religious background and the present religious 'preference. Roman Catholic. was the most freq.uently selected response for both questions, but "rio preference" moved up from the end of the background list to second on current preference. department Art lecture Friday Prof. Frank M. Snowden Jr. of the classics at Howard University will lecture on "The Negro in Greek and Roman Art" Friday at 8 p.m. in the main gallery of Kresge Art Center. His program is sponsored by the Central Michigan the Archaeological Institute of America. chapter of Adjusting to college work is No.1 student concern By ELIZABETH HARRISON Educational Development Program What do MSU students say their problems are? In' a study designed and conducted under the supervision, of the University's Learning Service, Benjamin Beit-Ha11ahmi (a doctoral candidate in psychology) asked about the worries of a sample of 583 MSU freshmen and sophomores. He used the Mooney Problem Check List, a popular psychological device. It enumerates 330 problems grouped under 11 general headings" 30 to a heading; students are asked to check all items that seem relevant to their lives. Adjustment to college work received more checks from MSU students than any other problem area. The six most frequently checked problems here were "Easily distracted from my work (checked by 56.6 per cent of the students); "unable to concentrate well" in study" (44.5 per cent); "not spending enough (43.1 per cent); time "worrying about examinations" (41.9 per cent'; "afraid to speak up in class discussions" (41.5 per cent); "not knowing how to study effectively" (41.5 per cent). * * * OTHER PROBLEM areas heavily checked by both men and women relate to social and recreational activities and personal- psychological relations. less Problems checked frequently related to the quality of teachers and teaching, organization of courses and textbooks, campus life, etc., wl;terethe most often noted problems were: "hard to study in living quarters" (checked by 35.8 per cent of the sample); "forced 'to take courses I don't like' (30.4 per cent); "dull classes" (26.3 per cent); "too much work required in some courses" (26.1 per cent); "teachers lacking personality" (20.6 per cent). * * * ON THE AVERAGE, male students checked 40J problems and women 48.25. Beit-Hallahmi observes that these averages are "considerably higher" than those noted in the literature for similar groups of college students elsewhere. the "openness" But he commends in Michigan State accounting their problems. students show Among Beit-Hallahmi's comments on his fmdings: -A surprising number of students are apparently afraid to speak up in class (41.5 per cent). It is, of course, difficult to know precisely what factors account for this. The student population of this study js made up largely of freshmen and sophomores who would be less apt to speak up in class. Also, the large classes at MSU may contribute to this. In any case, it is a number many instructors would do well to ponder. -Many students apparently feel they do not know how to study effectively (41.5 per cent). This is particularly distressing in view of the fact that the University really offers no satisfactory assistance to students in this regard. -"Many students complain that it is hard to study in the dormitories (35.8 per cent). This is an interesting figure in view of for open the clamor dormitories, and if it is true of the general population in three in it difficult find dormitories, it causes one to wonder how much learning is actually going on in living -learning units." that over one to study -"When it comes to problems related to academic work, MSU underclassmen in this study showed a great deal of readiness to 'take the blame.' They reported a number of problems regarding their own abilities, preparation and study habits, but they were not critical of their teachers or of the University in general. They reported anxiety and worries related to academic work, but tended to internalize the blame for these." Copies of Beit-Hallahmi's report on his research may be obtained by calling 353-1697. Overseas Office: -An 'om budsman-'--for faculty Faculty preparing research proposals for projects in other countries, have their own 'ombudSman' for overseas assignments. He is Charles (Bud) F. Doane Jr. , director of the Overseas Support Office in International Programs. "When a faculty member comes into my office with a question ," Doane explains, " I try to find an answer for h· " un. He adds that for some faculty, overseas research is a new experience. Doane tries to help a faculty member in proposing a project for funding and in preparing to leave on assignment. "Many faculty don't have any idea what to put in a budget for an overseas research project," Doane points out. "Our goal is to help the faculty member develop a budget that he can live with when he starts his project. "So often faculty members come into my office with only an idea for a research project. I try to fill in the steps to bring the project about." * * * AMONG SERVICES offered by the Oversea~ Support Office are: -Processing faculty and dependents for overseas assignments. This includes staff benefits, pay roll, personnel, me dical examinations, inoculations, clearances. nominations, appointment leave policy, allowances, papers, income tax, draft status, schooling, insurance, automobiles and packaging suggestions. - Trayel arrangements. -Shipment of personal effects such as household goods, automobile and project equipment. -Procurement of equipment and supplies for the project. -Fiscal matters such as budget record keeping, preparation, adjustments and reports. USIA seeking . faculty speakers Faculty members traveling or studying overseas have been invited to participate in a Volunteer Speakers Service just established by the U.s. Information Agency. Participants might be asked to take part in a seminar, a discussion or lecture program involving foreign scholars, or address foreign university audiences, according to a USIA announcement. interested Faculty planning travel abroad and in more who would be the Chief, information can contact Educational Support Branch, ICS, USIA, 1711 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20547. Faculty honors, projects -Physical facilities including office management, supplies, office equipment, clerical staffing, communications, and residential facilities overseas. transportation -Coordinating benefits for foreign students who are studying at MSU as part of a project. --Coordinating arrangements for official visitors. -Working with the Business Office interpretation of project the in contracts. two * * * BASICALLY, the Overseas Support Office provides services : Consultation with faculty concerning proposals and preparation for overseas assignments ; and a role with small overseas projects as a part-time administrator. Doane also serves a staff function as a member of the Office of International Programs. - Doane , who has overseas experience as an administrator with programs in Nigeria and Pakistan, keeps up-to-date on federal and MSU regulations as they relate to overseas assignments. He has also assisted the dean of International Programs in developing an administrative handbook which attempts to spell out regulations and procedures faculty doing work overseas. for -MIKE BORN Bernard F. Engel, professor of American Thought and Language, is chairman of the section on modem American literature, Midwest Modern Language Association. He is also author in Contemporary of an article Literature. recent congress of poets Hugh Fox. assistant professor of American Thought and Language, spoke at a in Resistencia, Argentina. He is in that country doing research on a Pan American Union grant. Paul Harder, professor of music, was elected to the Council of the College Luncheon honor Mrs. Wharton Mrs . Clifton R. Wharton Jr. will be honored next Wednesday (Jan. 28) at a luncheon for all MSU women faculty and staff. The event, sponsored by the Faculty Women's Association, will be in Parlor C of the Union. A receiving line will form at II :30 a.m. Also scheduled during the program is a performance by the Women's Glee Club directed by Ethel Armeling and presentation of cash awards to four outstanding women graduate students. Reservations for the luncheon , which cost $3 each, should reach Mrs. Dorothy Ross, Counseling Center, by tomorrow (Jan. 21). M§tr Faculty Ne'W§ Editor: Gene Rietfors As.wciate Editor: Beverly Twitchell Editorial Office: 296-G Hannah Administration Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823, Phone 355-2285. Published weekly during the academic year by the Dcpartment of Jnf0rrnation Services. Second-class postage paid at East L:msing, Mich. 48823. Music Society at its national convention at Beria, Ohio. Herbert J. Oyer, professor and chairman of audiology and speech sciences, has been elected an associate fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. Harold Spaeth, professor of political science, has been elected to the board of the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists for 1969-70. James O. Wheeler, associate professor of geography, is coauthor ()f an article in a recent Annals of the Association of American Geographers. is Linda Wagner, associate professor of the author of essays in English, Studies in Contemporary Literature and in The South Dakota Review. She has also lectured recently at Bowling Green University. Francis M. Donahue, professor of religion, led a group of 72 persons on a study tour of monasteries, theological seminaries, churches and Patriarchates in Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Istanbul and the Soviet Union. John H. Wakeley, associate professor of psychology and assistant dean of social science, is a visiting intern at the University of Tenne&'lee Wlder a program of the American CoWlcil on Education. A book by Alvin E. Lewis, professor of pathology, has been published in Spanish by Compania Editorial Continental, S. A., of Mexico City. The book, "Biostatistics," was originally in English by Rinehold published Publishing Corp. A book by Richard Schlegel, professor of physics, was recently published by Deutsche Verlago-Anstalt, Stuttgart. It is a 'translation from the English text, "Prospects for Science." Carl K. Eicher, ~ate professor of agricultural economics and Mrican Studies Center, spent six weeks as a consultant to a World Bank mission in Tanzania. Urban Center. • • (Continued from page 1) Center's efforts toward interdisciplinary research. "We've got to get people to think the whole problem," Butcher about said. "The problem is that people (doing research) are going their independent ways. We have to consider how to make a solution workable. We cannot work in isolation; we've got to relate." This, he emphasized, does not mean drawing away from the disciplines, but being "aware of other problems, and adjusting. " Butcher, also professor of' entomology, served as chairman of a curriculum study committee for the Center for Environmental Quality. related program A THIRD is ' psychology, headed by ecological 'to George Fairweather and designed bring scientific thought to bear upon the solution of critical human problems," including race relations, social disadvantage, and air and water pollution. humanitarian and It is, Fairweather said, "one overall program which aims to train young SOCially conscious social scientists to be experimentalists in social problems of their times." The program will be offered to graduate students in the fall. expressed Fairweather "deep interest" in the efforts by the Center for Urban Affairs and said he also wanted to be "intimately related" to the Center for Environmental Quality. MSU Faculty News, Jan. 20, 1970 TUESDAY, Jan. 20 7 p.m. SPIN BACK THE YEARS. Admiral Richard E. Byrd. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21 7 p.m. YOUNG MUSICAL ARTISTS. Violist Marcus Thompson and pianist Linda Hall THURSDAY, Jan. 22 7 p.m. LA REVISTA. FRIDAY, Jan. 23 7 p.m. ASSIGNMENT 10. Tentative: Abortion laws, the new draft law, and Family to Family, a housing project. . SATURDAY, Jan. 24 11 a.m. INNOVATIONS. Rotary dynamics. SUNDAY, Jan. 25 11 a.m. YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT. Improving drug abuse laws. 11 :30 a.m. INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE. Five views of East Germany. 12:30 p.m. ASSIGNMENT 10. 1: 30 p.m. NET FESTIVAL. Documentary on "Hamlet" interpretations. 2:30 p.m. TO SAVE TOMORROW. A visit to Philadelphia's Jefferson Community Mental Health Center. 3:30 p.m. THE FORSYTE SAGA. 4:30 p.m. NET JOURNAL. A report from Saigon from news correspondents. 10 p.m. THE ADVOCATES. Should we continue Indian reservations indefmitely? 11 p.m. NET PLAYHOUSE. A Ghanaian interpretation of "Hamlet." (90 minutes). MONDAY, Jan. 26 12: 30 p.m. MALAYSIA. President Clifton Wharton Jr. explains why Malaysia diversifies her economy. 7 p.m. SPARTAN SPORTLITE. . , TUESDA)" Jan. 2Q ~ - , _ 6:30 a.m. (FM) MORN1NG SHOW; (Monday through Friday.) 8 a.m. (AM-FM) MORNING NEWS REPORT. (Monday through Friday.) 9 a.m. (AM-FM) DICK ESTELL READS. "Only One Year" by Svedana AlliIuyeva. (Monday through Friday.) 10 a.m. (FM) ON CAMPUS. (Monday through Friday.) ' 11 a.m. (AM) TRANSATLANTIC PROFILE. Current events from Europe. 11:30 a.m. through Friday.) 1 p.m. (FM) MUSIC THEATRE. "What Makes Sammy Run." 5 p.m. (AM-FM) NEWS 60. (Monday through Friday.) 8:30 p.m. (FM) BOSTON SYMPHONY. (AM-FM) NEWS. (Monday ' - - - (FM) MUSIC THEA TRE. "By WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21 11 a.m. (AM) BOOK BEAT with Robert Cromie. 1 p.m. Jupiter." 8 p.m. (FM) THE ART OF GLENN GOULD. THURSDAY, Jan. 22 (AM) THE ART OF GLENN 10 a.m. GOULD. 11 a.m. (AM) EUROPEAN REVIEW. Radio Nederland. 1 p.m. (FM) MUSIC THEATRE. "The Second Hurricane." 7 p.m. ORCHESTRA. 9 p.m. (FM) JAZZ HORIZONS. FRIDAY, Jan. 23 (FM) CINCINNATI SYMPHONY (FM) MUSIC THEATRE. 11 a.m. (AM) A FEDERAL CASE. 1 p.m. "Oklahoma." 2 p.m. (FM) ALBUM JAZZ. 4:45 p.m. (AM-FM) EDUCATION IN THE NEWS. 8 p.m. (FM) WORLD OF OPERA. "Don Giovanni." SATURDAY, Jan. 24 9 a.m. (AM-FM) DICK -ESTELL READS. "The Establishment , is Alive and Well in Washington" by Art Buchwald. 9:30 a.m. (AM) THE WORD AND MUSIC, 10:30 a.m. ESPANOL. 11 :45 a.m. (FM) RECENT ACQUISITIONS. 1:05 p.m. (AM) ALBUM JAZZ. 7 p.m. (FM) LISTENERS' CHOICE. Classics by calling 355-6540. (AM) VARIEDADES EN SUNDAY, Jan. 25 (AM-FM) CLEVELAND 2 p.m. ORCHESTRA. 4 p.m. (AM-FM) FROM THE MIDWAY. An address from the University of Chicago. 7 p.m. (FM) COLLOQUY. MONDAY, Jan. 26 9 a.m. (AM-FM) DICK ESTELL READS. "Only One Year." 11 a.m. (AM) COLLOQUY. 1 p.m. (FM) MUSIC THEATRE. "Destry Rides Again." 8 p.m. ITALIAN';'. "Manon." 10:30 p.m. (FM) MUSIC OF TODAY. Paul Hindemith (Part VII). (FM) OPERA FROM RADIO MSU Faculty News, Jan. 20, 1970 Board tables business affairs motion A proposal the Academic from Council and the Academic Senate to extend the purview of the University Committee on Business Affairs was tabled by the Board of Trustees Friday. tabled because board members said they wanted to hear from Prof. Robert Little, chairman of the business affairs committee. The proposal was The proposal would amend the faculty by-laws, section 5.4.9.2, to read: "The Committee on Business Affairs shall examine and evaluate policies within functions and business office that bear directly on the academic and research aspects of the University. " service the The committee is now restricted from consideration of allocation of financial resources. Although Provost John Cantlon and Acting Vice President for Business and Finance Roger Wilkinson emphasized that the committee is an advisory and not a decision - making body, the trustees, particularly Warren Huff, were the committee would concerned countermand administrative decisions on allocation of funds. Huff said the bylaw amendment would create a "monolithic front." Cantlon was a member of the business affairs committee before his ;lppointment as provost. Wilkinson, an ex - officio member, presented the proposal the board "with some reluctance and some concern." to * * * for IN OTHER action, the board: - Established the position of vice relations. president Responsibilities of the office were previously held by the assistant to the president and later by the vice president for special projects. university professor - Accepted the resignation of Carl W. Hall, chairman of and agricultural engineering, effective March 31. Hall is going to Washington State University. - Named the new flower gardens adjacent to the International Center for Gifts, grants support variety of faculty research projects Gifts and grants totaling $999,735 - many of them for faculty research - were accepted Friday (Jan. 16) by the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University. Gordon E. Guyer, _professor and chairman of the entomology department, will conduct research into the the environment with a continuation grant of $178,507 the National from Institutes of Health. effects of pesticides in An institutional grant of $102,811 from the National Science Foundation will be used to support a broad program of scientific research and educational programs in the sciences. T.he grant will be administered under the direction of Milton E. Muelder, dean of the School Jor Advanced Graduate Studies and Research Development. The trustees also accepted two grants from the Michigan Department of Social Services, for $75,516 and $33,870, to support undergraduate and graduate teaching programs. Gwen Andrew, director of the School of Social Work, will administer the grants. for test vOice situations Grants were awarded to the following: Ralph Turner and Vernon E. Rich, police administration and public safety, $4,128 from Michigan State Police to develo~ practi~al field pnnt J. L. Phillips, Computer identification; Institute for Social Science Research, $4,200 from National Science Foundation (NSF), to theory of conflict and test and extend interdependent situations cooperation involving more than two individuals; R. N. Costilow, microbiology and public health, $3,002 from National Institutes of Health (NIH), for research of the mechanism of in Board approves a name change The School of Police Administration and Public Safety will be known as the School of Criminal Justice as of July 1. The change, approved Friday by the Board of Trustees, had been sought by students in the school to reflect the the broad curriculum . range of interests in Graduates are prepared for such areas crime prevention, police work, as system, court prosecution, pro ba tion reha bili tation, correctional institutional management, airline security and traffic safety. the and ornithine fermentation; H. L. Sadoff, microbiology and public health, $32,335 from NIH, to study mechanisms of heat resistance in bacterial endospores; PaulO. Fromm, physiology, $4,269 from NIH, for of comparative physiological vertebrate eyes; and R. N. Hatch, Institute for International Studies in Education, $3,471 from Midwest University Consortium for International Activities, Inc., for evaluation study of secondary education in Thailand. studies to Crop $1,190 resources Foundation, development Others receiving grants were: Paul L. Dressel, Institutional Research, $10,000 from Danforth investigate independent study in higher education; A. A. Schmid, agricultural economics, $3,000 from U.S. Water Resources Council, to improve standards, criteria, and procedures used for water and management; B. F. Cargill, agricultural from National Pickle economics, Growers Association, Inc., for post - harvest evaluation 'of pickling cucumbers; Everett Everson, crop and soil science, $5,435.46 from Michigan Improvement to develop new varieties of Association, wheat; M. W. Adams, crop and soil science, $8,000 from Michigan Crop Improvement Association, to develop breeding of improved bean varieties; and 1. B. Beard, crop and soil from Michigan State science, $7,072.50 to study improved Highway Commission, seeding techniques and seed mixtures for rapid vegetative establishment on roadsides. * * * Other grants went to: Louis J. Boyd, dairy, $1,000 from Eastern Artificial Insemination Cooperative, Inc., for a follow - up survey of artificial insemination program; H. D. Hafs, dairy, $4,500 from North Central Breeders Research Council for continuation of sex - control research in progress; T. I. Hedrick, food science, $1,301, Envitron Corporation to study aseptic packaging of dairy products in plastic coated containers; R. C. Herner, horticulture, $4,000, American Seed Research Foundation for research on seed gennination and seedling growth in cold temperatures among cold - sensitive plants; W. L. Kilmer, engineering from Department of Air Force, Office of Scientific Research for neuromodeling of various fonns of animal life and investigation of brain states through studies of electroencephalograms; and Olaf Mickelsen. foods and nutrition, $27,481 from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study obesity, weight reduction and reproductive performance. research, $42,660 Grants were also awarded to: Barnett Rosenberg, biophysics, $35,000 from Mathey Bishop, Inc., for research on biological effects of platinum group metal compounds; E. J. Klos, botany and plant pathology, $1,000 from American Cyanamid Company to detennine if apple sCab and cherry leaf spot have or can develop res istance to Dodine; H. S. Potter, botany and p lant pathology. $1,000 from . Merck Chemical Division, to study effeCtiVeness of n systemic fUnl!icide as a foliar protecUlnt: and Robert - 1. Moon micIobiology and public health. S19 .630 fto~ NIH, to study effects of endotoxin on selected aspects of host metabolism. taught the late Frederic Reeve, professor of American Thought and Language, who in September. Professor Reeve, died who the English in also department, Justin Morrill College and University College's Great Issues course, often referred to the campus flower gardens in class instructions on the meaning of beauty. * * * TRAVEL regulations were changed by the board, allowing some funding for overseas four changes provide for: travel. The - Travel to Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico on the same basis as travel to the continental states; - Changes in regulations on all - University research to pennit travel for research if the request is itemized in the research proposal; - Authorization the Provost's to Office to set aside $5,000 of the Provost's Contingency Fund to finance or to supplement grant financing of overseas travel for research~ ,itudy or participation in internatioHaY'meetings; - Authorization of colleges and/or fellowship departments allowances for overseas travel. use to * * * A SCHOLARSHIP plan for graduate assistants was approved, providing for: - Scholarships of $,33 a tenn for quarter - time assistants, $66 for half - time assistants, and $99 for three - quarter - graduate assistants; - Graduate assistants 'continuing to pay resident fees, with the scholarships being applied to those fees and allowing the assistants to keep any excess; - Creation of a scholarship fund from the general fund, Experiment Station account, overhead funds and other appropriate funds, each contributing an equal amount to the scholarships given to assistants on their accounts. Cantlon said he planned to increase the scholarships over a three - year period until they reach the eqUivalent of the average fees paid by half - time assistants. * * * AFTER A stormy 2~ - hour session, the board approved the appointment of Donald D. O'Dowd as chancellor of Oakland University, effective Feb. 1. O'Dowd is serving as professor of psychology, provost, dean of graduate study and vice chancellor at Oakland. Don Stevens, chairman of the board, issued a statement denying reports in the Ingham County News that he had told Democratic party leaders that he will not seek reelection to the board. His term expires Dec. 31, 1970. .He said he would announce his intentions this spring or summer, and that anyone speaking for him at any time on this matter is doing so without his authority. 'E-qual' .. Center. (Continued from page 1) is assistant vice president for research development. have already Milton E. Muelder, vice president for research development, said that some deans designated representatives to study curricula and research developments. Representatives that about 430 graduate and undergraduate courses and or 520 multidisciplinary research projects at MSU relate to man and environment. individual report about * * * "EFFORTS of the Center," Muelder said, "will involve the faculty in the of identifying new in multidisciplinary environmental quality and the definition of major foci other than including those already underway, in population, further developments urban planning and urban affairs, and family ecology and man's health." areas research in assist Official functions of the Center are: developing -"To in programs and broad University policies relating to interdisciplinary research in environmental quality; -"To assist in procuring funds and other resources to help support teaching and research'programs; -"To act whenever appropriate as a to support and in environmental recipient for funds encourage research quality. -"To identify and report on research in progress as well as identify facilities and resources already available, or required, to undertake broadly based University programs in environmental quality." Other functions may be added by the Center's board. Basic administrative responsibility for the Office of the Center is with Research Development. * * * ENTHUSIASM for the new Center has been running high among faculty and students. A Faculty-Student Liaison Committee will coordinate student interests into total University programs. Representatives from student groups, E-Qual and Scope, are already affiliated with the faculty - student committee. two William H. Knisley, director of the Institute of Biology and Medicine, said, "The new Center for Environmental Quality will provide an organization to markedly which accelerate and broaden efforts of the MSU staff from a number of areas." intended is The director of the Center for Urban Affairs, Robert L. Green, said that "the Center for Urban Affairs is committed to and gives its full support to the Center for Environmental Quality." Seminars to assist computer users 6500 A two-day seminar on the use of the CDC linear programming package OPTIMA will be offered today and Wednesday at 4 p.m. in 402 Computer Center. computer The sessions will not attempt to teach computer programming or the theory of linear programming. It is offered by the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Computer Laboratory. * * * A FOUR-WEEK series of non-credit sessions in the use of the STAT series of programs on the CDC 3600 computer will be offered on Tuesdays and the Thursdays beginning Computer Center. today in There is no registration fee. Today's session, at 3 p.m. in 402 Computer Center, deals with data preparation. Thursday's topic, also in 402 Computer Center, is basic statistics. Subsequent sessions, which continue through Feb. 12, will be in 313 Computer Center. Complete schedules are available in 320 Computer Center or by calling 353-7899.