MRS BERNIE TUCKER OFFICE OF SEC OF FAC EAST WING LIBRARY 010 Board action arouses concern, confusion Persons administratively involved in the case of two nonreappointed faculty members who were granted a one - year extension by the Board of Trustees say they are confused by the Board action. Bertram Murray, one of the two assistant professors of natural science who were granted the extension, said he thought action was "courageous"and cited the action as a, "hope for due process for non - tenured faculty members." (Eileen Van Tassell, the second assistant professor involved, was unavailable for comment.) the · Trustee But Edward A. Carlin, dean of University College, said he was disappointed and shocked by the action. "It was a departmental decision (nonreappointment of the two) entirely," Carlin said, "arid I thought it was a proper one. To have all of this overturned in one act by the Board is a disappointment, and difficult · to explain to the faculty." Gabel H. Conner, professor of large animal surgery and medicine and chairman of the University Faculty Tenure Committee, said he didn't really know what the action meant, but that "it puts the natural science department in a terrible position." If the extension was granted to bring the two under new tenure rules already proposed by the tenure committee but not yet considered by the Academic Council or Senate - which would allow giving reasons, upon request, for nonreappointment - "then it's wrong," Conner said, "because the department had already taken the action, and I don't know how we can make our rules retroactive." "To say the least," he said, "It will confuse the situation." of natural science (regular chairman Emanuel Hackel is away on sabbatical), said the department was "rather upset" and confused. Faculty are upset; he said, because the procedures used were according to the bylaws which provided, for the fIrst time, for the decision - making by the faculty rather than by the department chairman. (The decision - making body in the natural science department is an ad hoc committee consisting ' of all tenured faculty in the department.) RICHARD SEL TIN, acting chairman (Continued on page 3) MSU News-BuJletin Inside . .. · .. Oosing a culture gap, page 2 · .. The Carnegie report, page 3 · .. Wharton speech, page 5 · .. The Credit Union, page 6 Vol. 2. No. 25 Michi~n State University April 29, 1971 Council will. consider two suggestions on tuition, physical education regulations The Academic Council will be asked to approve two recommendations from the University Educational Policies Committee (EPC) at the Council's meeting Tuesday (May 4), at 3:15 p.m. in the Con Con Room of the International Center. The EPC recommendations are: * Eliminate the cunent regulation that no charge is made for tuition credits in excess of 20 credits per term. The regulation, according to Provost John Cantlon , has been "highly abused," with students taking as many as 30 to 40 credits per term, and paying for only 20. * Delete the health, physical education and recreation (HPR) requirement, and clarify the catalog language on number of credits required for graduation. The catalog currently states that 180 credits are required, and that three additional credits of HPR are required but not included in the gradepoint average. The new graduation requirement would be 183 credits, without the HPR requirement. W.D. Collings, professor of physiology and chairman of EPC, said the rationale to delete the HPR requirement is that physical education has improved at the high school level, partly because MSU graduates have gone out and conducted the programs. He also said that no sharp dIOP - off in FIPR enrollment ' is anticipated without the requirement. The Council will also hear a report from Robert .W. Little, associate professor of metallurgy, mechanics and materials science and chairman of the business affairs committee, on a proposed policy governing hold cards. The policy will be recommended to the vice presidents for business and finance and of student affairs. It was developed jointly by the business affairs and student affairs committees. Hold cards are placed in a student's registration packet to prevent him from completing registration for any of three reasons: Failure to "meet a legitimate fInancial obligation to the University when due;" to contact a student The new day· care center for children of .married students will go on dispJay in an open house Sunday (May 2) (rom 2 to 6 p.m: Helping to' ready the center in Spartan Village for service have been (from left) DO'nald Melcer, center coordinator and associate professor of family and child sciences;EJaine Williams, teacher - coO'rdinator in the center; and Robert P. Boger, professor and director of the Institute fO'r Family and Child Study. A story is on page 6. - Photo by Bob Brown regarding pending judicial proceedings or if he has been suspended; or for not fulfilling a "duly established condition of enrolhnent." There has never been an overall policy governing the use of hold cards, Little said. ALSO ON THE Council agenda: * A report on plans fer the 'June 3 Faculty Awards Convocation, at which time recipients of the Excellence in Teaching, Teacher - Scholar and Distinguished Faculty Awards will be announced. The awardees, -have been named by committees accepting and considering nominations, but the names will be· withheld until June 3. The convocation will also include a brief address by President Wharton, and a special music piano solt> by Ralph J, Votapek, assistant professor of music. * A report on the Association of Michigan Collegiate Faculties from Thomas Greer, professor of humanities, who attended the association's spring meeting last week. . The question of affiliating with the association is expected to be referred to the Elected Faculty Council. The association is an organization of faculty representatives from 13 Michigan institutions. MSU is the only major four the state not - year affiliated. institution in N ew forms will streamiine applications for retirement New procedures designed to streamline the process for retirement will become effective May 1. Gary J. Posner, · director of staff benefits, announced that for the first time, a facuIty or staff member planning to retire will do so with the help of a "request for retirement" form, the only action needed. Once the form is completed and returned to the individual's department or administrative head, it will automatically set in motion the steps needed to get the request to the Board of Trustees for approval. It eliminates several steps that were once required. The use of the new forms will c(arify and expedite what has been a loosely defined process; Posner said. Nonacademic employes. (administrative - professional, clerical technical, labor) should notify their immediate supervisors six months prior to retirement, he advised, and should submit formal application at least 60 days before retirement. . Academic faculty and staff usually retire on a July 1 or the fIrst month after the close of a term. They are advised to set Dec. 1 as the date to file a request for a one - year consultantship, if eligible, when retirement is on a July 1. an Academic and nonacademic staff have separate retirement request forms. Posner said that staff benefits also provide retirement informal counseling service in which potential retirees are notified of their expected retirement pension and the effect of retirement on their other benefit programs. Further information is available from staff benefits, 344 Hannah Administration Building , phone 353-4434. Grid tickets Faculty and staff renewal applications for the 1971 home football season will be sent out this week. according to William Beardsley, athletic ticket manager. Season tickets for fIve games are $15 each, and employes may purchase tickets for spouses at the same price. The renewal deadline is May 15. Faculty and staff who did not have tickets last year but who wish to buy them for next season will be able to get applications their departmental offIces early in May, Beardsley said. Further ticket information is available at the athletic ticket offIce, 355-1610. in Provost memo reiterates no-work, no-pay policy Page 2, MSU News - Bulletin, April 29, 19'-1 \ THE TURF'S HuT. Artificial turf as a playing surface in athletics is hot - often 160 degrees or more, according to an MSU researcher. Roy Mecklenburg, associate professor of horticulture, collected data in MSU's Spartan Stadium and in the Chicago White Sox baseball park. The highest surface temperature on Spartan's artificial turf was 163 degrees on Aug. 5, 1970, he reported, when the grass outside the stadium was 88. Since the cooler temperatures of living grass result from evaporative water cooling, Mecklenburg applied watc::!: at different levels to determine cooling effects. He said that uniform applicatlOn one - fifth inch of water will not splash up, run off or significantly alter the appearance while cooling the turf for a whole day. FACULTY COMPENSATION. A 'report' from the American Association of University professors shows that MSU ranks among ~he nation's l~ader~ in average facwty compensation (salary plus benefits) on a nme - mon~h~ ba~s. But. the University's average facwty compensation of $17,159 ranks It m a be for slXth (with Minnesota) among Big 10 institutions. . . , . . In average compensation by faculty rank, MSU IS eIghth. m the BIg 10 for ItS professors, seventh for associate professors, fourth for aSSIstant. p~ofessors and second for instructors. The Big 10 leaders are Northwestern and MIchIgan. Nationally, the compensation leader is the graduate division of the City University of New York, followed by the Claremont Graduate School, Harvard, Brooklyn College of CUNY and CalTech. CONTAMINATION LOWERED. Pressures from environmentalists and the government in the past y~ar have helped halt, identify or remov(( most of the major sources of mercury .contamination - but there's still work to be done. Frank D'Itri, assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife, told the 75th annual meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters that indiscriminate disposal of products containmg mercury "represents an important environmental contamination route into the nation's rivers, streams and lakes." Such products are paints, pharmaceuticals, paper products, flourescent lamps and batteries. "The problem gets back to the individual," he said. "The individual hasn't been prevented from usiqg products with mercury in them the way industries have been stopped from discharging mercury in the last year." In anticipation of the May 5 city - wide moratorium being called by the Lansing Area Peace Council as part of the antiwar "spring offensive," Provost John Cantlon has issued a memo to deans, directors and department chairman, reminding them of the no work - no pay resolution approved by the. Academic Council Oct. 6, 1970. That resolution reads: "Any member of the instructional staff who fails to Baby animals ready for kids Chicks, baby pigs, calves, lambs, colts and other baby animals will host children visiting the MSU farms this Saturday. their parents are From 9 a.m. to 12 noon, all children and to University Farms, according to Dick Samson, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources student and chairman of Small Animals Day. invited Maps and other informatIon will be available for an information booth at Farm Lane and Shaw Lane on the south campus. ~ Last year more than 5,000 people visited the farms. Winchester seeking to bridge the gap between two cultures youngsters in school, but. he is more concerned with a system that will keep then there once they are admitted. Winchester says his concern for the Indian student is from grades "kindergarten through life." * * * AMONG HIS SUGGESTIONS for improving the education of Indian students are: More creative and effective use of federal funds for Michigan Indians; a reevaluation of .curriculum criteria; a workshop for teachers of Indian children in order to provide a better concept of Indian cwture; in - service help for teachers of Indian children; creation of a tutorial studies the school districts; cen ter withill! development of more public relations efforts with the Indian tribal council. - REGINA SHERARD fulfill any provision of the approved Code of Teaching Responsibility shall be held accountable. The University will not make payment of wages and salaries to any person, who, without proper cause, chooses to withhold any of the services is for which· he or employed. " she A similar resolution had been approved by the Board of Trustees in September, 1970. At least one MSU professor has publicly announced that he will not meet his classes May 5, Cantlon told the Faculty Steering Committee on Monday. The provost's memo outlines steps to be taken by deans, department chairmen and directors in cases of "unauthorized absences by instructors," including the reporting of such absences the provost and providing to "information as to the total load of the staff member, so that some estimate can be made of the percentage of service that has been withheld." The University Committee on FacuIty Affairs and Faculty Compensation, which is to be set up in July, will be asked to conduct a hearing in each case, Cantlon said, and to make recommendations to the provost for "suitable University response." SUNDAY, MAY 2 12:30 p.m. - "Shane and High Noon" is the Imal segment of "They Went That', A Way." 1 :30 p.m. - The actual courtroom trial of a Black Panther is presented in the Irrst of four parts of "The City and County of Denver vs. Lauren R. Watson." 10 p.m. - In a special report, "Assignment 10" examines the new trend in rock music on "Jesus Rock." 11 p.m. - "NET Playhouse" begins a I5-part series of biographical dramas with a look at the career of antiwar poet Si~friend Sassoon. WEDNESDAY, MAY 5 7 p.m. - Daniel Stolper, Karen Tutt;le and David Renner perform "Two Rhapsodles for Oboe, Viola and Piano" on "Music from Michigan State." THURSDA Y, APRIL 29 7 p.m. (FM) - MSU's New Musical Arts Ensemble performs under the direction of Larry Nelson. FRIDAY, APRIL 30 1 p.m. (AM) - Hans Mattick, John Spiegel and Franklyn Zimring discuss "Violence in America." SUNDAY, MAY 2 (AM-FM) - 2 p.m. The Cleveland Orchestra features Three Nocturnes by Debussy, "Erwartung" and Kammersymphonie by Schoenberg, and Arcana by Varese. 4 p.m. (AM-FM) - Duncan MacRae of the University of Chicago discusses "Reconciling Science and Democracy." TUESDAY, MAY 4 '71." 8 p.m. 11: 30 a.m. (AM) - Sen. Robert Taft Jr. of Ohio is interviewed on "U.S. Senate - Class of The Boston Symphony performs Schubert's Symphony No.8, Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31, Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. (FM) - WEDNESDA Y, MAY 5 11:30 a.m. (AM) =-- Norman Mailer is interviewed on "Bookbeat." MSU News-Bulletin Editor: Gene Rietfors Associate editor: Beverly Twitchell Associate editor: Sue Smith 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 John Winchester: Fostering awareness of the Indian culture. - Photo by Bob Smith John Winchester is a man who functions in two worlds because he is the product of two cwtures - white and Indian. Winchester is a Potawatomi Indian who coordinates the office of American Indian Affairs in the Center for Urban Affairs. All of his efforts, he says, are directed at "running a program for the best interest o( Indians first," which does not vecessarily limit itself to MSU. He expresses hope of effecting some change in secondary school administration that will enable Indian children to get more than a capswe overview of their heritage in the history books. "The thrust has been there for blacks," Winchester says, "but Indians are basically conservative and shy - we've not jumped on the bandwagon, but have been suspicious. Because of geographical locations of many reservations and tribes, Indians have suffered greatly. The key is education for our people - through awareness." change And that's where John Winchester cOIl1es in - not only to help make his people aware of possibilities and opportunities that exist, but to help make the white population aware of its responsibility to create more opportumities through effective educational and social programs. * * * ON THE SUBJECT of Indian students at Michigan State, Winchester expla~s that there are so few enrolled here because there are so few Indian high school students from whom to choose. "We're trying to function in two worlds - white ,and Indian - and I'm talking about change in Indian education and awareness by starting with the kids in elementary and high school." Winchester currently is developing a system to increase the number of Indian Carnegie report: Too little on objectives Page 3, MSU News - Bulletin, AprD 29,1971 In a major report issued last fall, the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education proposed several major changes in higher education and asserted that: Too many young people go to college for the wrong reliS()fls and many shouldn't be there at all; in many cases, too much time is required to earn a degree; high school graduates have too few options available to them besides going to college; and current programs are not flexible enough to allow those of all ages to move into and out of colleges and universities. What follows is the first of two articles dealing with an analysis of the Carnegie Commission report by Robert H. Da~, associate director of MSU's Educational Development Program and professor of psychology. * * * - The Carnegie Commission has issued a call for a major overhaul of the present operation and approach to higher education. Do you believe the commisssion is on the right track? - ... At one level of analysis all of these comments or goals, whatever one wishes to call them, seem perfectly reasonable and they undoubte41y have some basis in fact. But when the commission translates these goals into specific programs, I begin to sense that some relatively Simplistic assumptions have been made. ROBERT DAVIS The commission .tells us, for example, that we should shorten the time to get a B.A. by one year and a Ph.D. and M.D. by one or two years. Frankly, I do not see how one can intelligently talk abo~t how long an education ought to take or even where one ought to get it without fust considering the objectives. In this context, I mean by the term "objectives" what we expect students to know or be able to do at the conclusion of some set of educational experiences. . . The report, in other words, spends too much time on the reorganization of degrees and too little time on the question of objectives. Another suggestion of the commission Board action • • • (Concluded from page 1) They are confused he said, because: "Does it mean we should reconsider the decision? Why were just the two facillty members Singled out from four who were denied reappointment?" Among ramifications of the extension, Seltin said, are budget problems. With Miss Van Tassell and Murray on salary for another year, it is possible, Seltin said, that four department members who w-)re to be rehired, may not be covered in the department budget. Seltin said that Provost John Cantlon had told him that some action pertaining to Miss Van Tassell and Murray was anticipated for the Trustees' May meeting and that Cantlon suggested that reasons for nonreappointment of the two be available before then. The department's ad hoc committee for reappointment and for tenure then scheduled a meeting for Monday, April 19, for the purpose of "getting reasons." Seltin said. But by then, the Trustees had acted at their April meeting, granting the one - year extension. Some of the Trustees expressed concern about due process being denied Miss Van Tassell and Murray. * * * THE AD HOC COMMITTEE then responded with a letter sent to Dean Carlin, Provost Cantlon and President Wharton "strenuously protesting the, action.'; The Ie tter listed the procedures followed and said that "from the foregoing it should be evident that the action of the ad hoc committee was neither whimsical, capricious, nor coerced, and that due process was observed at all times. "In our opinion, the Board has failed to ()nsider our actions in this matter with sufficient care. When the import of this Board action is properly seen by the rest of tLc academic community, the corrosive ef1;:cd on faculty morale will be University wit ~ . "If faculty decbi . ns in matters such as these are set a ; l,~e by rash Board action, no future faculty committee will consider it worth its while to deliberate carefully on any matters as tenure, promotion, and governance ... "We acte.d in good faith, followed all existing procedures to the best of our collective ability. We spent long houfs'in hearing appeals and confirming the validity of our actions, only to be over - ruled without advance notice of the impending action, the benefit of due process, or common profeSSional courtesy of a meaningful explanation of this action ... " The letter was signed by M.D. Engelmann, professor of natural science and chairman of the ad hoc committee. Seltin said he prepared,at the request of President Wharton, a chronology of events, from the passage of the department bylaws in the spring of 1969, through procedures ofthe ad hoc committee which voted . against reappointment for Miss Van Tassell and MUff a y, through appeal procedures followed, including the appeal by the two faculty members to the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, to the April 16 action of the Trustees. A departmental meeting was held this week, but after brief "heated" discussion, Seltin said, it was decided to meet again on the matter next week. Seltin said another letter will be written to the Trustees, asking for their the reasons, officially, for granting extension, and' asking what he called mechanical questions: What does the year mean? Is it part of a three-year appointment should they be reappointed? Does it mean a complete reconsideration? (The ad hoc committee had voted by about a five - sixths majority against reappointment, he said.) What is the deadline? Why just these two people? Two other persons in the natural science department were notified of nonreappointment at the same time as Miss Van Tassell and Murray. One has _ resigned, and the other has been granted a one - year extension by the department to complete her doctorate. - BEVERLY 1WITCHELL is that we should expand post - secondary trainnlg opportunities by providing more apprenticeship programs and short - term jobs. While I agree with this suggestion, the commission concentrates too much of its fire on institutions of higher education and the reorganization of academic degrees, and too little stress is placed on the rest of society and the failure of society at large to deal with many social problems that impact directly on the lives of young people. American universities, after all, are embedded in a larger system. Among other things, the larger system is characterized by a very high unemployment rate, particularly among teenagers, and a wide range of rilles, some are regulations and practices - codified and some are not - that prevent people from learning many useful vocational skills ... Obviously, it makes little sense to reorganize our degree - granting institutions to release young people for jobs that don't exist or for vocational training opportunities which are not available to them. Also, I believe many young people come to the university with identity crises which the university experience helps them to resolve. The commission appears to be asking the society to give up the present system without specifying how it will then accommodate the students or help them to resolve such identity problems. Sometimes our critics have legitimate grounds for their complaints, but more often than not they are overlooking the many services a university provides. Some services are obviously and directly related to our educational mission, but others are not so obvious - such as helping highly motivated and bright young people fmd themselves, and preventing them from flooding a labor market which has no place for them ... The commission reco.mrnended four levels of academic degrees - associate after 1 - 2 years, B.A. after 3 - 4 years, and so on '':': to allow students to pause and continue their education at a later date without penalty. What is your reaction to this? There is a good deal of disagreement about this matter of certification. But putting that argument aside, in the past, competencies have not generally been explicitly defined. The more information one had about the specialty. in which the degree was taken, the standards of the institution granting the degree, offering the courses taken, and so on, the better one · could predict the competencies of the individual students. the- professors Graduate schools and industrial organizations, for obvious reasons, have been anxious to predict competencies because one of the most critical factors in designing a training program of any kind is an accurate assessment of what a student knows when he enters the program. But for a variety of reasons, this system seems to be breaking down· . . . To the extent. that we abandon standards at the university level and pass people regardless of achieved competencies, the usefulness of degrees in higher education as a means of certifying competencies will also decline. The point of all this is that the letters A.A., B.A., M.A. or Ph.D. are symbols that signify something else, and the commission seems to overemphasize these symbols. The moment of truth comes when the symbols are translated into behavior ... Frankly, I would like to see us place less emphasis on degrees and more emphasis on competencies. One step in this direction would be to specify more clearly on the diploma areas of specialization. As for allowing students to pause and continue in their educatIon at a later date, I agree completely. To some extent, it is already a fact of life. At MSU there is a great deal of mobility into and out of the University, and there is, also, a very substantial migration within the University from discipline to discipline. Over 25 percent of our students require more than 13 terms to gradulte. Our "no preference" option and the ease with which students can change majors makes MSU one of the most flexible the country: Allowing students to move at different rates is desirable. institutions in Obviously, the University: will have to that accept and adapt to the fact education in this day and age is a life - long enterprise. On the other hand, the curve of forgetting is one of the harshest facts of psychology and life, and when one is away from any subject too long, he suffers a serious disadvantage trying to learn new material alongside students whose entry skills are fr.esh. (Part 2 next weeki COGS expresses concern for graduate assistantships The Council of Graduate Students (COGS) adopted a policy statement last week refleciirlg the group's concern for the future status of graduate assistants. The statement, - to be sent to all that UniverSity departments, asks students now employed as graduate assistants take no cut in their stipend. It also requests that departments continue ·to allocate funds with no decrease in stipend for present assistants. Many departments have suffered budget cutbacks that resulted in fewer available assistantships for graduate students. . In other action, COGS: *Elected Richard Trilling, physics the G..raduate student, to graduate Council. . rights and * Amended the judicial section of the responsibilities graduate document, which goes for approval by the Academic Senate at its May meeting. Section 4.2.1.1. was changed to allow any of party involved in a judicial hearing. to appeal an adverse in decision to a higher level. This does not the case of disciplinary apply hearings, where only the party subject to the disciplinary action may appeal. Open hearings, or section 4.3.1.1 - providing that all judicial hearings be open - was approved. The exceptions would be disciplinary hearings. Art exhibit An exhibit of paintings, sculpture, prints and other work of the students in the art departme~t will -open Sunday (May 2) at the Kresge Art Center Gallery. The exhibition, running through May 19, is to give an overview. of student accomplishment and the instructional scope of the department. . , Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, and 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Page 4~ MSU News - Bulletin, April 29, 1971 More faculty-staff volunteers needed . A ban doned by her parents, a 13-year~ld girl decides that she must not be fit to l~ve. A grandmother of four, able only to totter around the house, cries in front of the television because she hasn't seen another human face for five days. A mother of six neglects much-needed surgery because she can't afford a babYSitter. Throughout the Lansing area, people need help from other concerned people. The MSU Office of Volunteer Programs is seeking to meet that need better by encouraging faculty and staff participation. the John Cauley, director of Volunteer Bureau, said that the most urgent demand is for volunteers for the Big Brother-Big Sister program, where more than 50 vacancies now exist. Big Brothers and Big Sisters would be assigned a child of their own sex, and would be expected to spend at least three hours a week with that child. The referred by social service children, agencies, are usually underprivileged, from single-parent homes, and 6 to 16 years old. Children currently waiting assignment to a Big Brother include a 14-year-old boy who is described as "sensitive, lonely, and bright," an 8-year~ld fatherless boy interested in cars, motors, and models who "is easily frustrated and loses his temper," and a lO-year-old with serious difficulties at school who needs "positive male guidance and friendship." for a Big Sisters are needed 13-year~ld girl with many family responsibilities who needs to get out and enjoy herself, a 15-y.ear~ld quiet girl who needs someone to talk to, and a 6-year~ld who has trouble relating to her peers and demands a great deal of attention. Another area of great need, said Cauley, is volunteers for the Emergency Service Corps (ESC). This program is designed to provide on-call help to fIll temporary community needs for manpower. ESC volunteers babysit, paint houses, do simple carpentry work, help move families, provide transportation, provide temporary care for the disabled whatever needs the community has that cannot be through existing agencies. ESC volunteers, Cauley said, can be expected to be contacted once every two weeks. filled The 4-H Urban Program, designed to provide for learning opportunities low-income youths, also needs volunteers. Volunteers would meet two three hours a week with small to interest or hobby groups. At the Ingham County Extended facility, volunteers are needed Care Seven ,awards Seven women students were awarded graduate scholarships Wednesday night by the Faculty Women's Association during the group's annual dinner. Guest .)f honor and speaker was Patricia Carrigan, member of the Board of Trustees. Gr ad uate students recelvmg scholarships were: Merrilee _Helmers, doctoral student in statistics; Sister A. Kernen, master's student in education; Kristine Kullberg, master's in applied music; Nancy Oppenlander, doctoral candidate in political science; Alida Quick, master's in psychology; Nualsri Yiemphat, master's in agricultural economics; and Nancy Zegaren, senior in mathematics. Harry PerIstadt: Teaching the complexities of a campus. - Photo by Bob Brown The faculty (No.7) Needed: place to buy bagels and other necessities of life To keep Harry Perl stadt happy, Lansing would need a good auditorium for more cultural events and a place to buy bagels and other necessities of life. In spite of Lansing's inadequacies, Perlstadt _says he really enjoys teaching sociology at MSU. He has been teaching field of complex courses organizaitions since he came here in 1968 from the University of Chicago, where he studied under Peter Blau and Edward Schills, masters in his field. the in Each term Perlstadt tells his students he is finishing his Ph.D. thesis on the division of labor in medical schools, but every term he says he gets more caught up in teaching and adVising and the remains "almost complete" almost complete. thesis In fact, the piles of notes divided into chapters have become a permanent decoration in his office and the names of Blau, Schills, Wolf and the University of Chicago Press are repeated many times on the bindings of his research library. The telephone is on the top of the bookcase - it doesn't fit on the desk. * * * ALTHOUGH PERLSTADT was born in Chicago, Michigan isn't new to him. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Michi~. . Cone,ert Sunday Wanen ·Covington, onetime director of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, will appear as trombone soloist with the MSU Wind Ensemble at 4 p.m. Sunday {May 2)in Fairchild The,atre. COvington and the 47 - piece ensemble conducted by Kenneth Bloomquist will premiere a new work for trombone and band by composer Claude T. Smith. The concert will also feature the MSU Jazz Ensemble, conducted by Bruce Early, playing numbers Covington has performed. . Tickets will be available at the door or the Union Ticket Office, Campbell's Smoke Shop, Campus Music and Marshall Music in East Lansing. They are $2 for regular admission and $1.50 for students. Perl stadt says his claim to fame at MSU was giving last spring's strikers a few lessons in "how to organize a revolution" is a not revolutionary, he says. that he - in class He was discussing the universitv as a complex institution , and, surprisingly, his students came to class in and even Berkey Hall dropped in to hear the lecture. the strikers marching "But Did he help the students? He thinks so; some even came back to ask him more questions. He quoted Lenin: "A student strike is bound to fail." But Perlstadt added: "It had to break out." these kids didn't know anything about organizing a strike, and I answered some of their questions from Lenin, Marx and Max Weber." Perlstadt doesn't the universities will have another strike this year. Instead they will just celebrate a remembrance of last year, unless something new happens to arouse their collective conscience. think * * * "WHEN I WAS an undergrad at U - M,I worked on the Michigan Daily with Tom Hayden and we all thought we were the New Left," Perlstadt said. Hayden was one of the founders of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in th,e early 60s and the Michigan Daily, the U • M student newspaper, l>ecame .known for its slanted reporting. Aecordin.g to ,per~stadt it wasn't tltat conservatives weren't allowed to work for the paper, it was just that students concerned with the issues were more willing the paper and seemed more of the reformist "left." to work for This term Perlstadt is branching out, teaching a course in the Family in Contemporary America. "But after all, isn't the family a complex organization?" he asks. "It certainly has profound effects on its me~bers and a definite organizational structure. " "I like the students and I really like the department," Perlstadt says. "Now if it were just for the bagels." DENISE McCOURT simply to make friends with the elderly patients there. Volunteers may begin a recreation program, or "adopt a grandparent" and work on a one-t(H)ne basis. schools, In hos pi tals, training programs, and other institutions, for children, adults, and the elderly, faculty and staff volunteers are needed. Persons interested are asked to call the Office of Volunteer Programs at 353-4400. - PATRICIA GRAUER Huff says funds needed The need for more funding at the the role of the graduate level and University in today's changing society were discussed last week by Trustee Warren Huff and Milton E. Muelder, dean of the graduate school. Speaking to some 50 graduate students and faculty members at Owen Graduate Hall, Huff said: "We have not been successful in selling the legislature on the importance, complexity and cost of our graduate programs." Huff also showed statistics stating that the percentage of graduate students at the University had increased from 17.4 percent in 1960 to 20.6 percent in 1970. The gain in graduate students from 1960 - 70 was 4,677 Or 127.9 percent (compared to an undergraduate the same period of 85.2 gain for . percent). , , " Another area which he said needs improvement is loans to graduate students. He estimated that less than 5 percent of graduate fmancial aid is in the form of loans. Huff said that total graduate aid for 1970 - 1971 was $6,327,242, most of it in the form of graduate assistantships and the remainder in scholarships and fellowships from the graduate office, federal government and Equal Opportunity Office. Bach Society will perform The 4O-voice London Bach Society will be heard in concert at 8 :-15 p.m. Monday, (May 3) in the Auditorium. Performing under its conductor and founder, Paul Steinitz, the group will present works by Bach, Mozart, Henry Purcell and David Matthews. The program is the season's final attraction in Series "B" of the Lecture - concert Series. The chorale performs with its own 20-piece orchestra organized by Steinitz to more precisely interpret his musical ideas~ The group will perform Bach's "Christus, der isf mein Leben," a cantata composed for the 16th Sunday after Trinity, and "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt," a cantata which contains the famous excerpt, "My heart ever faithful." Other works will include "Stars" by David Matthews, "Overture Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (1692)" by Henry Purcell; "Sing unto God," a wedding anthem by Handel, and "Vesperae solennes de Confessore," composed in 1 780 by Mozart. Tickets are available at the Union Ticket Office. 'U niversity not an action agency' Page S,.MSU News - Bulletin. Auril29. 1971 President Clifton R. Wharton Jr. delivered the third in a three - part series of speeches on the "pluralistic university" last Friday in Kalamazoo before the Michigan Academy of Arts and Sciences. He spoke o~ "The University's Quest for a Social Role." Following are excerpts from that address: * * * 1 believe we stand at the threshold of another revolution in higher education comparable to that which spawned the land - grant system - a system which in many ways constituted the flIst major development of a conscious external role by higher education. I believe that an important part of today's revolution will be a broadened social role. But . . . there is the dilemma of assuming a responsible role in inducing social progress without politicizing the university as an institution. The university is no surrogate for society. We cannot become the major or sole agency to combat all problems. The university is not an action agency. To use it as such would surely destroy the university. Thus, our involvement is likely to be more unique and revolutionary than we realize. * * * WE NEED NEW alternatives for a new society. As any university examines its role in the transformatIOn of society and the resolution of societal problems, it may be helpful to consider three basic interrelated functions: The research process, the knowledge delivery system, and the experimental development of new institutions. In research the university is in much the same situation as many of the professions today: Respected for their knowledge but progressively losing credibility for a failure to serve society to their fullest capacity. Academics usually find it hard to believe, but the cruel fact is that tangible results are the only things that the public will likely ever understand about research. It is a political fact of life that basic research has almost always been made legitimate in society's eyes by the productivity of applied research ... It is not a valid political argument today to say that The standing committees university research has made a major social contribution yesterday. The question always asked is what are we doing today. The university must improve its contributions to the solution of major current problems if research expenditures are to fmd continuing public support at either state or federal levels. There is little doubt in my mind that we have the knowledge and the resources to work on many crucial problems of the day. What is clearly missing is an effective twO' - way delivery system adapted to a rapidly changing world. The university must assume some greater responsibility in delivering its knowledge if its research function is to regain public support. * * * MUCH OF THE WAY in which universities deliver their knowledge is at its best restricted and at worst archaic. HistOrically, universities have depended primarily on educating the youth of each generation to infuse knowledge and a sense of the values necessary for successful leadership. We thus tend to adopt a classic posture of noninvolvement in the social process, in the expectation that our students will become tomorrow's leaders with major policy and action roles. However, the rapidity of change has increased to the point where educational processes which previously could transmit storehouses of knowledge to our youth will no longer suffice. By the time the younger generation attains a major leadership role in our society, their knowledge and skills are likely to be obsolete and their values anachronistic. The university's new delivery system should be designed to articulate the university'S relationship with society in two ways: First, through a broadening of its formal and informal educational processes to reach the full adult spectrum of society; and second, through a coupling of its research and educational capacities with the developmental processes of our society on a highly selective basis ... The institutional as well as the individual staff member's function in my conception of the "pluralistic univerSity" is one of a collaborator in problem solving rath~r than solely a policy adviser 01 expert. Out function should never be that of the social decision - maker or action agency. - The university must amplify its institution - building role in society. Historically, the land - grant university has assisted society in designing new institutional arrangements where the old ones were inadequate, especially in agriculture. Certainly, the university is not the exclusive agent for institution building, but it does have a unique risk experimentation. The capacity for high - university often has expertise which is unavailable elsewhere in society. And because the primary motivation is neither political nor proprietary, it can disengage itself once the new institution can function independently. * .. * THE "PLURALISTIC UNIVERSITY" involves a conscious, value - based, and institutional commitment to transforming society and resolving problems. If academic problem solving is to be determined and coherent, it must be planned and directed. If it is to have any chance of dealing successfully with the problems that plague society today, it must be molinted on an adequate scale and have the capacity for mobilizing all its disciplines and expertise ... T~ese characteristics tend now to be lacking in to society's much, of the university response problems. We try to be all things to all sectors and all problems. We cannot. But we can play a critical and selective role for some key sectors ... What I am suggesting here is a true marriage of research and teaching in its most socially relevant context - a union which amplifies the faculty's participation in our society through informal access to the decision and institution - building processes of our society. The effect should be to deepen and enrich both teaching and research ... Faculty affairs: Focus on the budget • -Sandra Warden, associate professor in Justin Morrill College and chairman of the University Committee on Faculty that Affairs, indications are that faculty think her committee doesn't do much. laughed and said But the record will show that the faculty affairs committee is indeed a busy group. At the faculty's request (through the Elected Faculty Council) the committee made a massive study into collective bargaining at other institutions and gathered views on col)..~ctive bargaining legislators, for administrators and faculty. faculty .from The committee was also responsible for polling MSU's facuIty on its feeling toward collective' baIgaining, receiving a 71 per cent return. The faculty affairs committee-, Raise senior faculty salaries, compensation poll indicates to the improve Efforts salary standing of senior "faculty were given the most support in a recent faculty poll condu'cted by the compensation subcommittee. of the University Faculty Affairs Committee. A· questionnaire was sent to 2,387 faculty members and returned by 1,295 (54 per cent). It asked respondents to rate the top three salary guidelines from among six items listed. A total of 356 respondents listed "improve the standing of senior ranks (associate and full professors) relative to other Big 10 universities" as the top priority. Voted second priority was a salary gUideline calling for "reward on the basis of merit." The third ranking the priority was "distribute across board, flXed per cent adjustments for all faculty to help meet the cost - of - living increase ." Other gUidelines, listed in the order the of their rating in the questionnaire results, standing of were: "Improve 12-month' appointments to relatiVe lO-month appointments;" "distribute across the board, equal dollar am9unts for all faculty to help meet the cost - of fringe increase;" "improve - benefits;" "make no University - wide distinctions and allocate according to prevailing departmental and college practices. " living * * * THE CHAIRMAN OF the subcommittee, Donald K. Anderson, said the questionnaire is part of the group's continUing efforts to provide facuIty voice in budgetary planning. Anderson, professor of chemical engineering and of physiology, pointed out that the faculty affairs committee has been involved with the University'S budget request since last fall, and that the group plans that involvement as request moves through the Michigan Legislature. to maintain the through its six subcommittees, pas also been responsible for: -Developing a close working relationship with the provost's office for working on budget requests, and last year, -according to Mrs. Warden, made ,stJ.ong recommendations on the budget for the first time. Studying the area of fringe benefits and retirement and making suggestions to the central administration which resulted last year in changes in long-term disability, life and health insurance policies. - - Studying and reporting to the provost on the University's policy on overload pay. - Studying the question of faculty status for non-faculty personnel (a question the committee thought should be further considered by a larger ad hoc faculty group). - Initiating a committee which is developing a document on facuIty rights and responsibilities .. -Reviewing the faculty bylaws and including recommending changes, several which were approved last year by the Academic Council. The past year has seen some Significant changes for the committee, Mrs: Warden said, particularly in a switch from a focus on the bylaws to a focus on facuIty compensation. In July the switch will be complete and formalized, in the transformation of the faculty affairs committee the University Committee on Faculty Compensation and Faculty Affairs. If the Taylor Report on student participation in academic governance is ever approved, review of the bylaws will come under the proposed Committee' on Academic Governance. the purview of to MRS. WARDEN EXPRESSED concern about the "misinformation on when things happen and what controlling influences anyone has." The feeling among facuIty seems to be, she said, that "somehow, if only men were more conscientious, things would be significantly improved:" , the She spoke of facuIty's "significant kind of input on persuading the Trustees and central administration" concerning faculty compensation needs . the concern over Because of the compensation misinformation, subcommittee is preparing a report about the stages of the UniverSity's budget preparation and the facuIty's input at the various stages. (See related story.) The compensation subcommittee also polled the facuIty' about two months ago on how they (the faculty) felt additional monies ought to be distributed. for CONTINUING WORK the faculty affairs committee include the budget, with particular interest in how money should be distributed; fringe benefits; faculty rights and responsibilities; faculty load; and the "fringes of collective bargaining," Mrs. Warden said. Student participation on ' facuIty affairs matters? It has not been recommended in .the Taylor Report, and the idea was specifically rejected by the Academic Council and by the Board of Trustees. Mrs. Warden said the "kinds of matters :raised . with the faculty affairs committee are generally totally irrelevant to student concerns." Besides, she said, "I can't imagine any student who would be interested .. .By and large, our meetings are dreadfully dull." Page 6, MSU News - Bulletin. April 29. 1971 Credit Union has money for all reasons One summer the MSU Employees Credit Union received an unusual request for emergency funds from a member atop Alaska's Taku Glacier. Maynard M: Miller, professor of geology and director of the annual Summer Institute of Glaciological and Arctic Sciences, asked for $3,000 to pay for a helicopter to rescue student explorers from emergency situations and carry supplies into 20 research camps in the glacier area. Miller received the money within 21 hours. "It was all in a day's work - just part of the individualized service we strive to give each Credit Union member," says Mrs. Frances Lesnieski, general manager * * * SERVICE HAS BEEN the key ~ord at the Credit Union since a handful of University employes established the nonprofit organization in 1937. Only two services were offered 'at that time: Savings accounts and low - interest loans. Today's Credit Union has 14,000 members, has some $18 million in assets and offers 34 services under the five broad divisions of savings, loans, insurance, special services and consumer information. But officials aren't satisfied. "Our goal is to have every MSU employe as a member of the Credit Union because we're here to serve them," says Jim Robie, associate manager. Any full or part - time University employe, anyone employed by an on - campus organization or working in a campus - related activity is eligible for membership. For $5, an employe gets one share and may participate in any CU services. Established services grew out of the recurring needs of members who sought help at the Credit Union. "Our consumer information service is one of our newest and most popular programs," Mrs. Lesnieski said. "We can provide product information that the consumer can't obtain from any other source." As an example, she cited car purchase counseling. Once a member has scouted the market and decided on the type of new or used car he wished to purchase, he can consult the Credit Union for price information. . In another area of consumer service, the Credit Union in 1961 joined other Michigan credit unions to found the Co-Optical Service, where a $1 fee entitled a family to eye examinations and eyeglass service at a minimum charge. Probably the most convenient CU Service is the payroll deduction savings plan, which provides an automatic deduction from an employe's paycheck into his CU savings account. * * * THE VARIOUS LOAN services are the most frequently used Credit Union programs. During 1970, aPPI.'.e heard in concert at 8:15 p.m. Monday, May 3, in the Auditorium. Performing under its conduc~or and founder, Paul Steinitz, the group will present works by Bach, Mozart, Henry Purcell and David Matthews. the Lecture -Concert Series, KEEP COOL IN SUMMER This summer departmental offices will be able to rent a refrigerator for summer term. These are appliances normally rented to students through Dormitories and Food Services during the academic year. A 4 cubic foot refrigerator, cleaned and delivered, will rent for $25. For more information, contact Mr. Andrews, 5·7467. GAMUT ON WMSB Michigan '.s fifth largest industry is featured this Saturday, May 1, on Gamut. "Lumbering in Michigan" will explore the past, present and future oflumbering, one of the few resources being replenished. Robert Manthy and Henry Huber of the forestry -department will discuss lumbering and show film depicting wood precessing. ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURE Bastian Van Elderen will discuss the recent excavations of early Christian churches in Jordan at 8 p.m. Thursqay; May 6, in Kresge Art Center. In 1970 excavations near Amman uncovered 4th and 6th century churches with beautiful colored mosaic floors. Their significance for the history, art, architecture, and worship of the early Christian Church will be discussed in this illustrated lecture sponsored by the Central Michigan Society of the Archaeological Institute of America_ The public is invited. {JOPS CONCERT SUNDAY The Wind Ensemble will be featured in a light pops concert Sunday, May 2, at 4 p.m. in Fairchild Theatre. Guest soloist with the, 47-member ensemble will be Warren Covington, former conductor of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra who will per form "Rhapsody for Trombone." Selections by the ensemble will include "Stoney End" and "One Less Bell to Answer." The Jazz Ensemble will also appear on the program. Tickets are available at the Union Ticket Office or may be purchased at the door. Admission is $1.50 for MSU students; $2 for the public. DERBY DAY EVENTS The Faculty Club will hold" a Derby Day Dinner Dance Saturday, May 1, beginning with a social hour at 6:30 p.m. Activities include horse racing, bridge and dancing and a special Kentucky Colonel's banquet. Reservations will be accepted through today or until the limit of 300 is reached. CONFERENCES-*----------------------------------- April 3-May 1 May 1 May 2-14 May 3·6 May 3-6 May 3-7 May 5 May 5-7 Twentieth Century Literature Michigan Home Economics Association Management & Communications IV U.I. Social Work Manpower: Effective Use of Resources Workshop Coordinators of Alcohol & Highway Safety Projects Juvenile Officers Course Social & Te.chnological Change & the Public Administrator Agricultural Engineers Midwest Planning May 6-7 May 9-14 Urban Health Sciences May 9·14 Manpower Problems in Urban Areas All Conferences are held at Kellogg Center unless otherwise noted. Students and faculty members are welcome to attend these continuing education programs. Those who are interested should make arrangements in advance with the Office of University Conferences, 5-4590. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Information on MSU events may be submitted, for possible inclusion in the bulletins, to Sue Smith, Dept. of Information Services, 109 Agriculture Hall, (517) 353-8819. Deadline for submitting information is 5 p.m. Tuesday preceding the Thursday publication. The calendar of events will cover an 8-day period, Friday through Saturday. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Calendar of Events Friday, April 30, 1971 8 a.m. May Morning Sing-Featuring Tower Guard and Mortar Board students. Beaumont Tower. International Film Series-"Falstaff' stars Orson Welles as the famous Shakespearean character. Tickets, $1, available at the door. Auditorium. Planetarium Program-"The New World" is an original science fiction drama created especially for presentation at Abrams. Planetarium Program (see above) Abrams. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 10 p.m. 8:15 p.m. Lecture-Concert Series "B"-The 40-voice London Bach Society, conducted by Paul Steinitz, will present work-s by Bach, Mozart, Henry PUrcell and David Matthews. Tickets available at the Union Ticket Office. Auditorium. Tuesday, May 4,1971 12 Noon Faculty Club Luncheol)-Guest speaker will be Loren Fessler, AUFS lecturer, specialist on China and Taiwan. Baseball-MSU vs. Western Michigan. Kobs Field. 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, 1971 9 a.m. 1 p.m. 2p.m. , 2:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 8p.m. 8:15 p.m. 10 p.m. Small Animals Day-All University Farms, featuring newlyborn farm animals, will be open until noon. Maps available that day at corner of Farm and Shaw Lanes. Baseball-MSU vs. Michigan. Kobs Field. Lacrosse-MSU vs. Ashland. Old College Field. Planetarium Program (see Fri.) Abrams. Faculty Club Derby Day Dinner Dance. Planetarium Program (see Fri.) Abrams. Graduate Recital-Organist John Courter will perform U.S. premiere of works by Erkki Salmenhaara, Finnish composer. Hart Recital Hall. Planetarium Program (see Fri.) Abrams. Sunday, May 2, 1971 12 Noon 2:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. MSU Judo Invitational-Men's I.M. Sports Arena. Planetarium Program (see Fri.) Abrams. Planetarium Program (see Fri.) Abrams. Concert-Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform. Guest soloist will be trombonist Warren Covington. The Jazz Ensemble will also appear. Tickets, $2 (MSU students $1.50), available at the Union Ticket Office or at the door. Fairchild Theatre. Monday, May 3, 1971 8 p.m. Faculty Club Family Night Buffet and Movies. Water sports fIlms will be shown. Wednesday, May 5, 1971 3 p.m. 7:30p.m. Tennis-MSU vs. Michigan. Varsity Courts. Faculty Club Informal Bridge. Thursday, May 6, 1971 7:30 p.m. International Film Series-"The Fifth Horseman is Fear" explores the fear a doctor faces when asked to help a wounded member of the underground. Tickets, $1, av.ailable at the door. Auditorium. Friday, May 7,1971 8 a.m. 3 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8p.m. 10 p.m. Golf-Spartan Invitational. Forest Akers Golf Course . Tennis-MSU vs. Ohio State. Varsity Courts. International Film Series (see Thurs.) Auditorium. Planetarium Program (see previous Fri.) Abrams. Planetarium Program (see previous Fri.) Abrams. Saturday, May 8, 1971 8 a.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2:30p.m. 3 p.m. 8p.m. 8:15 p.m. 10 p.m. Golf-Spartan Invitational. Forest Akers Golf Course. Track-MSU vs. Purdue. Ralph Young Field. Lacrosse-MSU vs. Notre Dame. Old College Field. Planetarium Program (see Fri.) Abrams. Tennis-MSU vs. Indiana. Varsity Courts. Planetarium Program (see Fri.) Abrams. Concert-Percussion Ensemble will perform. Music Auditorium. Planetarium Program (see Fri.) Abrams. EXH IB IT IONS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kresge Art Center Works from the permanent collection. Main Gallery. Works in various media by undergraduate and M.A. students representing all aspects of the art department program. Entrance and North Gallery, May 2-19. Beal Gardens Weeping Higan cherry on Library terrace. Manchu cherry at S.E. corner of Women's Gym. Campus Plantings Forsythia in bloom. Higan cherries at Yakeley Hall. Hidden Lake Gardens Primroses, tulips and daffodils are now blooming. Woodlands, water and wildlife are year around features. Tipton, Mich. SEM INARS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Monday, May 3, 1971 ROBERT OLIEN-Freezing intensity and nature of stress in plant tissues. 4: 10 p.m., 106 Plant Biology (AEC Plant Research Lab). GEORG BORGSTROM-Food Science Forum. 8 a.m., 103 Food Science (Food Science & Human Nutrition). Wednesday, May 5, 1971 DONALD B. MCCORMICK, Cornell U.-The biological significance of factors influencing the coordination of metal ions. 8 p.m., 138 Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry). ROY EMERY-Writing a journal article. 4:10 p.m., 131 Anthony Hall. (lnst. of DANIEL P. RADAWSKI-Role of cations, osmolality and oxygen in local blood Nutrition). flow regulation. 4 p.m., 216 Giltner Hall. (Physiology). Tuesday, May 4,1971 B. TROST, U. of Wisc.-Some aspects of synthetic organic chemistry. 4 p.m., 136 Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry). KUSUM NAIR-Old men's tales: issues in agricultural development - technology, growth and change (a critique of Schultz, Ruttan and Hayami). 3 p.m., 3 Marshall Hall. (Economic Development). H: J. BUYENS, Swift Dairy & Poultry Co., Chicago-Environmental control: the challenge of the future. 4 p.m. 110 Anthony Hall. (Food Science & Human Nutrition). CARL R. ANHAEUSSER, U. of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa The geological history and evolution of the three billion year old Barberton Mountain Land, SO\lth' Africa. 3 p.m., 205 Natural Science. (Geology). IZAAK WIRSZUP, U. of ChicagO-Mathematics education in Eastern Europe. 4: 10 p.m., 304A Wens Hall. (Mathematics Education). M. Z. V. KRZYWOBLOCI@-Air-power theories and technology assessment. 4:10 p.m., 312 Engineering Bldg. (Met. Mechanics & Materials Science). KEN GALLAGHER-Lead toxico~is in animals. 4: 10 p.m., 346 Giltner Hall.(Pathology ). JAMES PRICE, Abbott Labs. & U. of Wisc.-Carcinoma of the urinary bladder. 11 a.m., 346 Giltner Hall. (Pathology & Biophysics). RICHARD GILLfS",' Georgetown U.-Neural factors in the genesis and control of cardiac arrhythmias. 4 p.m., 334 Giltner Hall. (Pharmacology). WAYNE OXENDER-Endocrine development of the bovine fetus. 12:15 p.m., 213 Veterinary Clinic. (Lge. Animal Surgery & Med.). DOROTHY ARATA-Undergraduate education at MSU. 3 p.m., 322 N. Kedzie (Natural Science). EUGENE DICE & TIMOTHY SMYTHE-Expansion patterns of Michigan family camping. 11 :30 a.m., 338 Natural Resources. (Park & Recreation Resources). JOHN WARDELL-Formation of heartwood and discolored sapwood in white oak and white spruce. 4 :10 p.m., 168 Plant Biology. (Plant Pathology). LOREL ANDERSON-Further studies with cryofibrinogen and cat proteins. 7:45 a.m., S123 Veterinary Clinc. (Small Animal Surgery & Med.). Thursday, May 6,1971 W. T. WIPKE, Princeton U.-To be announced. 4 p.m., 138 Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry). JOANNE EICHER-Birds of a feather; high school girls friendships, social class, and conformity. 3 p.m., 102 Human Ecology Bldg. (Family & Child Sciences). Friday, May 7, 1971 PETER DORNER, Director, Land Tenure Ctr., U. ofWisc.-Needed redirections in economic policy for agricultural development. 3 p.m., Parlor C, Union Bldg. (Agricultural EconomiCS) W. PETER CROWCROFT, Director, Chicago Zoo-Zoological gardens ana um versities- prospects for future relationships. 1 :50 p.m., 116 Natural Science Bldg. (Zoology). '