MSU News -Bulletin Inside . .. · .. Alumni studied, page 2 · .. Wharton reports, page 3 · . ; Highway plans, page 4 · .. Exploring nature, page 6 Vol. 2,N. 32 Michigan State University July 15, 1971 Searches . . contlnue for deans As the summer progresses toward another academic year, so do searches for new deans of the College of Education and the College of Human Ecology. John E. Ivey Jr. is resigning as dean of education to return to teaching and research, and Jeanette A. Jeannette Lee to step down, page 4 is stepping down as dean of Lee human ecology. Another search, for a successor to Milton B. Dickerson as vice president for student affairs, is not expected to begin until this fall. Lee S. Shulman, professor of counseling and personnel services and chairman of education's search committee, reports the group is now in the "third phase" of fmding a new .dean. that (Continued 0!1 page 4) A wedding in 'Our Town' George and Emily tie the knot in the Summer Circle Free Theatre production of Thomtqn Wilder's classic "Our fown." Performances begin tonight at 8:30 in Kresge Cowt. Story and picture, page 5. Findings show 60 percent· of employes would enroll for prepaid health plan , Sixty per cent oftp-e faculty and staff respondents in a recent campus-wide survey said they would be willing to enroll in a University prepaid health care plan. And they ranked surgical procedures, doctors' services during hospitalization, and hospital room and board as most preferred items for coverage in such a plan. These are among initial findings of the survey taken in June by the Urban Survey Research Unit for the Office of University Relations. They were reported this week to the All-University Health Center Advisory Committee. If planning for the prepaid health care proceeds, the next step would be setting up a pilot model of the plan that would begin early in 1972. * * * SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES went to 274 permanent employes, 198 married single students. Responses were reported from 166 employes (61 per cent return), 100 married students (50 per cent) and 333 single students (44 percent). students and 793 Among the student samples, 49 per cent of the married respondents and 41 percent of the single students said they would subscribe to a prepaid health care plan. Of those who said they wouldn't join, most said that they didn't need all of the services proposed and that they already had insurance coverage. ranking coverage they wanted in prepaid health care, the faculty and staff respondents also listed items In X-ray services, outpatient services, drugs and medications, eye care and dental services as priorities from among a list of 16 suggested services. relatively Major differences among the three subgroups were low the rankings of surgical procedures, and hospital room and board by single students - items that were ranked high by both permanent employes and married students. ,OTHER FINDINGS in the report included: *The three most common concerns of permanent employes are availability of the "after University," the expense of the plan and its availability in other geographic areas. the plan leave I * Seventy-four per cent of the permanent employes, 63 per cent of the marrieds and 72 per cent of the single students said they were satisfied with their present medical care. Among employes, respondents said they were most pleased with competent service received, least pleased with high cos's. _ *Eighty-nine per cent of the employes now have University insurance coverage, and married students have coverage more widely distributed across various types of insurance programs. - GENE RIETFORS Campus ROTC objective: Try to stay in front ranks In the following story, campus ROTC officials comment on the military education policy statement recently endorsed by six higher education associations. Excerpts from the statement are on page 3. Michigan State's Army and Air Force ROTC units have kept well ahead of the updating recommendations made in the recent policy statement of six higher education associations. officials seem to have- had a critical eye set on the future and on what changes would be effective in maintaining ROTC as a valuable and meaningful course of study at MSU. Consequently, their efforts to update the military .curriculum and fuse the students' academic and military orientation have placed MSU as a forerunner of the education associations' policy recoIJl11lendations. * * * Perhaps because of the University's size, and perhaps because of the wave of anti - ROTC sentiment on the campus in recent years, local commanding officers, faculty members and administration COL. JEAN P. BURNER, professor and chairman of military science (Army), and Lt. Col. Richard B. Goebel, former chairman of aerospace studies (Air Force), were largely responsible for pioneering the changes in curriculum and working with the Military Education Advisory Committee chaired by Herman L. King, assistant provost, to coordinate the ROTC program as an integral part of MSU. ' Spokesmen for the programs agree that Michigan State has always enjoyed a position of maximum flexibility in tailoring a military education program specifically for its' students. One of the best examples of this shared responsibility and flexibility 'is the curriculum changes which have been incorporated into the military science program and which are scheduled to (Continued on page 3) Page 2, MSU News - Bulletin, July IS, 1971 The Big Ten: Alumni affluence An alumnus of a Big Ten university is to consume more alcoholic likely beverages, smoke less and have a more affluent life style than the average U.S. hoUseholder. A recent survey among eight of the Big Ten schools yielded these and other details about alumni. Northwestern University and the University of Illinois in' the survey, were not conducted by Daniel Starch and Staff of New York. included The most significant fuiding, not surprisingly, 'is that the average audience of Big Ten alumni magazines has buying power far above normal. The survey involved -interviews in 12 states with 510 persons whose names were compiled from alumni magazine subscription lists. * * * SOME 83 PER CENT of the alumni surveyed use or' serve alcoholic beverages re,gularly (more than once a month), compared to 48 per cent of ~e U.S. population. Domestic beer heads the list of favorite beverages, followed ' by bourbon, domestic wine, scotc4, gin, vodka and imported wine. At least one new car was purchase~ in the past five years by about 84 per cent of the respondents, compared to 44 per cent of the U.S. total. The Big Ten alumni prove to be well-traveled and heavy users of credit cards. In' almost one out of "two households, someone had vacati,oned in Canada in the past five years, and qne out of four in Europe. Following Canada and Europe for the most popular vacationing spots came Bermuda" the Caribbean area, Mexico, Hawaii, the Middle East and Asia or Mrica. the Bahamas and Almost 70 percent have flown by the past 12 in commercial airline months. In eight of 10 households, there is at least one credit card - with gasoline companies (77 per cent) and banks (44 per cent) issuing the most cards. , / * * * OF THE RESPONDENTS, 70 per cent are males, 78 per cent are married, 47 per cent have children under 21 years of age and 53 per cent of the household heads are between 25 and 49 years of age. Soine 90 .eer · cent are actually graduates. (At MSU, many people on the alumni magazine subscription list are considered the University.") Of these, almost 54 per cent went on to graduate school. "friends of The ~rgest group (51 per cent) falls into the $10,000 to $24,999 income bracket. Nationwide, the per<::entage of people making this income is 34 per cent. Almost 21 per cent report making more than $25,000. About half (51 per cent) of those questioned own golf equipment; close to half (44 per cent) own fishing equipment. A.bout a third (32 per cent) own hunting equipmen"t, and '31 per cent own camping.equipment. Almost 10 per cent· belong to a country or golf club, compared to about 4 per cent nationally, and 15 per cent own some type of boat. An interesting sidelight: A surprising 64 per cent of readers are nonsmokers. {lnly 21 per cent currently smoke cigarettes, compared to 38 per cent nationally. the -SUE SMITH Medical schools to enroll 115 new students this fall Michigan State will admit 115 new medical students this fall, an increase of nearly 65 percent over last year's enrollment, but only one out of every 15 wlio applied. The College of Human Medicine will admit 83 students, up from 45 last year, and the College of Osteopathic Medicine will enroll 32, an increase from 25. Counting the upperclassmen in the two colleges, 266 medical students are expected - 189 studying for the M.D. degree and 77 for the D.O. The totals include 31 M.D. students who are now training in advanced clinical in community hospitals in Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing and Saginaw and' will receive MSU's fIrst M.D. degrees in June 1972. Osteopathic medicine will have, 20 juniors slated to receive the University's fIrst D.O. degrees in June, 1973. They and members of the sophomore class will train at the college's Pontiac site and at hospitals in Detroit, F3nnington, Flint and Pontiac. The new class will enroll at East Lansing, beginning the transition here. Robert D. Schuetz, acting director of the Institute of Biology and Medicine, said the increases were made pos'sible by the opening thIs summer of the life Sciences I Building, the anticipated remodeling of part of Fee Hall (a student dormitory) and an "improvement grant" of $435,000 from the National Institutes of Health. The human medicin~ to grant enabled enroll 83 students this fall instead of an orginally anticipated 64. ": WMSB ,:~, . t~~ ".r.: ~', ' _., , .. )' :-- ,- THURSDAY , JULY 15 7 p.m. - Cornetist Bobby Hackett and his quintet entertain on "Just Jazz." FRIDAY, JULY 16 • 7 p.m. - Michigan's migrant farm workers are profiled in a documentary, "Campesino," produced by Detroit's public televiSion station. SUNDAY, JULY 18 1 :30 p.m. - "Artists in America," a new series, debuts with a portrait of Los Angeles sculptor Peter Alexander. 2 p.m. - William F. Buckley Jr. debates war crimes with Prof. Ernest Van den Haag on "Firing Line." 4:30 p.m. - "Above All Liberites" is a d'6cu-drama examining freedom of speech and the right to dissent on "Realities." 11 p.m. - "John Ross: The Trail of Tears" stars Johnny Cash and Jack Palance in the story of the Cherokee chief who led his tribe to Oklahoma. 7 p.m. - MONDAY, JULY 19 In the final porgram of the series, humorist Jean Shepherd ' gets stranded in a Wyoming blizzard on "Jean Shepherd's America." 7 p.m. - FRIDAY, JULY 23 ''The First Churchills" returns with the lust of 12 episodes on "Masterpiece Theatre." , SUNDAY, JULY 25 1:30 p.m. - Vocalist Roberta Flack is the featured performer on "Artists in America." 11 p.m. ~ The life of composer-poet Richard Wagner is dramatized on "NET Playhouse Biography." SUNDAY, JULY 18 (AM-FM) - 2 p.m. The Cleveland Orchestra performs Roman Carnival Overture by Berloiz, Piano Concerto No. 3 by Beethoven, Concerto for Orchestra by Bartok. MONDAY , JULY 19 . 8 p.m. (FM) 7'" The premiere performance of "Owen Wingrl/-ve" by Benjamin Britten. TUESDA V, JULY 20 8:30 p.m. (FM) - The Boston Symphony performs Symphony No, 8 by Beethoven and a bassoon concerto by Mozart. SATURDAY, JULY 24 1 p.m. (AM) - Author James Hecht and two University of Chicago' faculty members discuss "Racial Patterns in Metropolitan Housing," WEDNESDAY , JULY 28 1 p.m. (AM) - The oontroversialFederal Communications Commissioner is interviewed on "Nicholas Johnson Superstar." THURSDAY, JULY 29 1 p.m. (AM) - Live coverage of comments by {onner Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox before the National Press Club. Achievements • JAMES A. BROWN, associate professor of anthropology, wrote the for a series of monographs text describing some fmdings from the Craig Mound in Spiro, Okla. The monographs, published by the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Etlmcilogy at Harvard, depict shell engravings from the more than 1,000 artifacts found in the Craig Mound in the 1930s. Two members of the human ecology faculty, DENA C. CEDERQUIST and FRANCES M. MAGRABI, have been named distinguished alumnae in home economics by Iowa State University. Cederquist is professor of human nutrition and food science, and Magrabi is professor of family ecology. ARTHUR W. FARRALL, professor and chairman emeritus of agricultural engineering, won the 1971 Massey - Ferguson Award for "dedication to the spirit of learning arid teaching in the field' of agricultural engineering." The award, which includes a check for $500, was presented at the meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers at Washington State University. Dairy scientists HAROLD D. HAFS MSU News -Bulletin Editor: Gene Rietfors Interim associate editor:. Rita Rice Associate editor: Sue Smith Editorial offices: Rooms 323 and 324, Linton Hall, Michigan State University, East lansing 488:3, Phone 355-2285. Published weekly d~g the academic year by the Department of lnfOrination Services. Second - class postage paid at East Lansing, Mich. 48823 and ROBERT P. WETTEMANN were honored for their research during the recent meeting of the American Dairy Science Association on the campus. Hafs received the National Association of Animal Breeders Award and Wettemann was the first rec~pient oft,he Richard Hoyt Memorial Award as the dairy science graduate student performing the best research during the past year. NANCY G. HARRIES, a doctoral candidate in human ecology, has won the $4,000 Effie I. Raitt Fellowship presented annually by the American Home Economics Association. SUBBIAH KANNAPPAN, professor of economics, served on a development mission to Ceylon sponsored by the International Labor Organization. The team advised the government on employment and development matters. CHARLES F. REED, associate dean of veterinary medicine, has been named to a one - year term as president of the Michigan- Veterinary Medical Association. teaching assistant DAVID L. ROGERS, a graduate student and in journalism, has been named executive secretary of the Michigan Collegiate Pre~s Association. GORDON A. SABINE, professor of communication, is the author of "When You listen, This Is What You Clln Hear ... ," a book based on a poll of 1,603 18 - year - olds. It is published by the AmeIican College Testing Program, where Sabine spent the past year as a postdoctoral fellow. Curr~culum changes okayed Curriculum revisions that provide four distinct tracks for undergraduates have been approved for the Department of Theatre iIi the College of Arts and Letters. The new curriculum, okayed at last month's Academic Council meeting, provides tl)ree tracks' - in acting, in secondary teaching and , in "preprofessional" -=- and an avocational training emphasis for nonmajors that has no prerequisites. E.C. Reynolds, ch~rman of the department, said that creation of the optional tracks culminate several years of study. "We feel an obligation to serve a broad segment of the department, and this, enables us to channel students' energies into areas that, best suit their interests and capabilities," he said. 1\ basic objective of the revision is ~o take pressure off students who had felt they must engage in some active performance in theatre. "The acting traCK will train only those students who have a reasonable chance / for success ill- a terribly competitive field,?' he said. "The new curriculum reflects what's happening nationally in theatre. We were one of the fust institutions to support graduate assistantships in an .organized theatre company, and in the past nine years many other larger institutions have directed their programs toward professional orientation. Our efforts, however, are directed toward producing well-educated and skilled artists." * * * OTHER CURRICULUM changes approved by the Council include: Revision of the undergraduate major in agricultural engineering (Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and of Engineering); modification of the undergraduate major in economics (College of Business); change of requirements in audiology and speech sciences (College of Communication ,Arts); creation of graduate programs in metallurgy, mechanics and materials science (College of Engineering); and establishment of an undergraduate major in h~an environment and design (College of Human Ecology). The Council also approved 76 new courses in eight colleges. Most of the curriculum and course changes become effective this fall. ROTC makes use of flexibility. • • . Page 3, MSU News - Bulletin, July IS, 1971 (Concluded from page 1) begin in aerospace studies (pending approval by the Academic Council) in the fall. said Col. leRoy A. Wenstrom, professor and chairman 'of aerospace studies as of July 1. Of the six instructors of military science who will be teaching during 1971 - 72, all either have or are working on an advanced degree, Burke said. the term "We use 'cooperative teaching' to describe the combination of military - academic instruction which our students now receive in their ROTC training," said Capt. John C. Burke, assistant professor of military science. this kind of curriculum, international relations, political science, and geogra.phy are taught by nonmilitary faculty, while only the academic disciplines peculiar to the military are taught by officers." "Under As a result of these innovations, phased into the program from 1969 - 71, approximately half of the military science student's ROTC - related courses are taught by nonmilitary faculty. A similar program of cooperative teaching will be adopted by the Department of this Aerospace Studies if approved summer, Goebel said. Another important part of updating the ROTC curriculum has been to de - emphasize the regimented aspects of training such as drill and military to concentrate on inspection, and - educating a knowledgeable, well rounded corps of officers. · * * * MILITARY SCIENCE and aerospace studies program status and accrediting has always been governed by the normal regulatory channels of the University in the Department of concert with Defense. Curriculum changes and credits - per - course must be cleared through the educational policies committee, the the curriculum committee and Academic Council: The Military "Education Advisory Committee, founded in 1967, is responsible for supervising military instruction at the University. The policy statement's re commendation that military departments nominate servicemen who have advanced !1egrees and teaching ability as military instructors is also already being carried out at MSU. the five Each of instructors of aerospace studies who will be teaching in the fall has at least a master's degree, Six associations ~uggest military education changes Six higher education organizations have approved a policy statement on Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) joint academic - military planning and increased flexibility for the local' ROTC unit. that encourages Michigan State is a member of three of the endorsing orgartizations the . American Council on the Association of Education , American Universities arid the National Association of State Universities and Land - Grant Colleges. Following are excerpts from the statement text: *Shared responsibility., The authorizing law should be revised to provide that the curriculum of the several programs shall be developed and established as a joint and mutual responsibility of the participating the institution and academic respective military department. * Flexibility. Consistent with the central objectives of the programs, should be flexibility maximum permitted to adapt the program to local conditions on individual campuses. *Ovilian instruction. The institutions participating academic the military departments and should the maximum appropriate use of civilian faculties in course instruction. seek *Program status. The program should be afforded an academic sta tus consistent with the institution's organizational structure, and the institution should establish, in accordance with its normal governing procedures, a standing committee with general cognizance and responsibility for all facets of the program. *Academic credit. The matter of academic credit for particular courses of instruction should be determined at each institution on the same basis as is credit for other courses offered by the institution. * Appointment of military instructors. The military departments Should nominate to the institutions instructors who have military advanced academic oegrees, competence in appropriate subject matter areas, and demonstrated competence in teaching. *Minority participation. The military departments should continue their efforts to increase the enrollment of substantially in minority established programs, with an initial goal of doubling such enrollments. - group students the services,) *Financing. The Department of Defense legislative proposals for new fmancing - more scholarships (with appropriate concern for distribution among increased subsistence allowances, and cost sharing with institutions - should be adopted in the best interests of all parties concerned. In particular, the associations support, as a first step full t owa rd reimbursement, to provide the institution $500 per commissioned officer graduated. the objective of the proposal *Name change. The name of the program should be changed in the atfthorizing from Reserve law Officers Training Corps to (Army, Navy, Air Force) Officer Education Programs, thereby more accurately reflecting the broad mission of preparing young men and women in all for commissioned' service components of the armed forces. In discussing recruitment of minority. into University ROTC students programs, Burke and Goebel both reported that efforts over the past two years have had little effect. During the past two summers, both departments have prepared mailings in cooperation with the Center for Urban Affairs that .s 00 minority have been sent to some students. * * * FINANCING ROTC has long been a sore spot among opponents of military education on campus, and any proposed solution has its pros and cons, Burke said. Both he and Goebel consider suggestions to finance ROTC through more scholarships, increased subsistence allowances and cost sharing with the institutions as viable alternatives. return, including At MSU, Burke noted that a price of is estimated for $93,000 per year housing ROTC rent, facilities, utilities, secretaries and janitorial service. . In the inflow of University receives an apprOximately $400,000 revenue in generated f~om the presence of ROTC - including some 60 to 70 student scholarships paid by the government, subsistence allowances for students, faculty salaries paid by the Department of Defense, and ' government research grants extraneous to ROTC, Burke said. Of the proposals made by the six education associations, the name change is viewed as the least Significant by local ROTC officials. They believe that the spirit of modernization and encouragement of local unit flexibility are the crucial aspects of the recent policy statement. After the statement was issued, King sent a letter to each member of the Military Education Advisory Committee indicating University endorsement of each item, and noting that in almost the every proposed goal had already been taken by MSU's ROTC units. instance, toward steps "In away, I suppose you could say the statement is somewhat anticlimactic to the situation on this campus, but at least it shows that we've been going in the direction now recommended for ROTC programs across the country," Burke concluded. -RITA RICE 'Extremely confident of the future' Following are portions of "A Report from the President," sent this week by President Wharton to an audience that includes parents of students and selected alumni. It is Wharton's second academic - year - end report. * * * in May, 1970, are . . . Those of our students who were concerned about major issues just as concerned about them today. Some, however, would attribute the calmness of this spring to apathy or simply frustration. Still others argue that the students to politics as have shifted from confrontation encouraged by the 18 - year - old vote. Perhaps these are elements, but I do not'believe they tell the whole story, at least at MSU. Here, there has been, I think, a positive change on the campus. In the past year, everyone - students, faculty and administrators - have worked very hard to strengthen the constructive relationShips, attitudes and goals which must be present in a modern, progressive university. A willingness to listen and to work jointly toward appropriate solutions has tended to replace shouting and the demands. One would be foolish to state categorically that "campus umest" is a thing of the past. Every year there are new students and new issues. Yet, I feel that the foundation we are building based on mutual respect and honesty will be a steadying and constructive influence for the future. * * * Our University has continued its steady forward progress in providing a wide range of educational opportunities and programs to its more"ihan 40,000 students. My admiration for the quality of the MSU faculty has only increased in the past year as I have been better able to observe the dedication and intellectual ability of these men and women. is MSU increasingly being recognized at the national level as an outstanding community of scholars devoted to the discovery, transmission and application of knowledge. Our academic progress was exemplified by the recent study of graduate programs conducted by the American Council on Education. Its report showed MSU with 12 graduate departments ranking in the highest category, and 12 in the second highest. Indeed, MSU showed more improvement over a similar study made five years previously than any other major university. And MSU remains a leader in attracting to the campus National Merit Scholars and producing winners of National Science Foundation and Woodrow Wilson awards. * * * More than 7,000 new freShmen will join us next September, bringing the total on - campus emollment to more than 42,000. While the "bigness" reflected in these figures is awesome, our objective is to insure that students at MSU are recognized and treated as iildividuals. The code number assigned to a new student is a management tool, not a substitute for humanness. Much · of our effort is directed at improving the channels of communication between students, faculty and administrators. Only in this way will the student come to realize that he is a contributing member and beneficiary of the "system," and that the system is not a massive oligarchy which is umesponsive or unchangeable. One major channel opened up during the past school year is the inclusion of students as voting members on the Academic Council and its standing committees. . . . . * * * Despite the rather bleak financial outlook, I feel extremely positive about the future of Michigan State. Perhaps a president is not expected to say anything else about his university, but in this case I can say it and mean it. I anticipate that this future will be significantly affe~ted by a major report due this summer from the Presidential Commission on Admission!' and Student Body Composition .... Our future also holds a greater emphasis on the arts and cultural activities. MSU can be justly proud of its art and music departments and the cultural events which are attracted to the campus. Yet, our facilities to handle these programs are woefully antiquated and fail to do justice to performer and patron alike. Consequently, a performing arts center is very much needed to install MSU in a deserved position in the front ranks of the arts. Such a center, however, will require broad public and private support. Page'4, MSU News - Bulletin, July 15, 1971 Campus highway project • lS still alive Last month's action by the Board of Trustees rescinding its 1969 approval of plans for a cross-campus highway does not necessarily close the door on the project. In a June 28 letter to Henrik E. Stafseth, director of the Department of State Highways, Pres. Clifton R. Wharton Jr. expressed his conviction that "the boards and agencies of the state 'should cooperate, whenever possible, to accommodate their respective objectives. "Therefore," he added, "we are prepared for a continuation of discussions between representatives of the commission and the University, keeping in mind the strong feelings by the Trustees regarding the need for grade separations at Harrison, Farm Lane and Hagadorn, and depressing the highway." Wharton's report on the Trustees' reversal of its 1969 endorsement was followed by protests from officials of the state highway department and of the City of East Lansing. In a six-page letter sent to Wharton last week, highways director Stafseth asked for a reconsideration of the Board's latest decision. Stafseth also referred to the long period during which plans for the highway were developed. * .* * THE HISTORY OF a proposed highway across the campus dates back to 1949, when plans were announced to extend Main Street across a campus corridor along the Grand Trunk Railroad from Harrison Road to Hagadorn Road, joining with old U.S. 16 (now M-43). The Board agreed to that plan. But in 1956, the Board voted unanimously against an extension of old U.S. 16 that would have provided limited access along the same Grand Trunk corridor. In 1964, a proposed throughway across the campus was approved by the Board with the provision that the highway would allow for grade separations, since earlier plans provided no grade separations. Later, in 1967, the Board advised the highway department that without grade separations at Harrison Road, the proposed highway would create insurmountable problems for the University and for the community. Finally, on Sept. 19: 1969, the following plan was presented to and adopted by the Board: That the cross-campus highway would extend from Trowbridge Road eastward along the railroad, intersected at grade level by Red Cedar Road (with Red Cedar projecting north omy) , separated from Farm Lane (with Farm Lane elevated), and interchanging with Bogue Street (with Bogue Street below grade). Bogue Street now ends at the Veterinary Clinic, but plans are to extend it south to the new Ufe Sciences Building and the planned medical complex. Wharton said the Board's June reversal was based on "differing views on the overall propriety of the proposed highway." He noted that some Trustees are amenable to alternate plans; others prefer an alternate location; and still others oppose any new route across campus. A spokesman for the state highway department reported that plans had called for construction on the campus highway to begin during the fourth quarter of 1973. He estimated that the project would take about two years to completion. Changing 'home ec' to human ecology She's the last dean of the College of Home Economics and the fIrst dean of the College of Human Ecology. And, having won this unique position in MSU history, Jeanette A. Lee will retire Sept. 1. It could be she'll earn yet another distinction. If her successor is a man, Dean Lee will be the last in a long line of women to head the 75 - year old college, one of this University's fIrst: In 34 years, she has seen a host of scholars come and go to take their place as deans and teachers at other institutions - alumnae including Betty Hawthorne, dean of home economics at Oregon State; Laura Harper, dean at Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Linda Nelson, of the Food and Agricultural Organization, United Nations; and MSU'S Beatrice Paolucci, winner of a Distinguished Faculty Award and international authority on family and child science. But the panorama of changes that revolutionized home economics as a diSCipline stand out above other things in the memory of the energetic woman who contributed so much the change process. * * * THOSE CHANGES - from a feminine skills - oriented curricu1u~ to an interdisciplinary study of man and his near environment - culminated during Dean Lee's tenure in the reorganization of the college. Today, with almost 1,600 students emolled, the college is one ofthe top four in the nation and a pioneer in new directions for the fIeld. Gone are the days when women ruled the realm of home economics. Dean Lee is proud that the new human ecology thrust has caught on with men and students , in other disciplin,es. Currently, 10 percent of the faculty are men; two out of six department chairmen are men; male emollment in graduate programs especially is rising (six out of 36 doctoral candidates, and 10 of 148 master's candidates are males). Many more men, she notes, are emolled as minors. Dean - searching continues (Concluded from page 1) "During the fIrst week of July, letters were sent to top candidates in order to request more information from them and to get some assessment of their degree of interest in the position," Shulman said. He added that letters \Wre not sent to all serious contenders, however, because in some cases the committee ilieady had suffIcient information on the persons or had knowledge of their interest in the deanship, or both. "This third phase of the selection process follows the initial stage of soliciting nominations and the second stage of screening the nominees to obtain a substantially smaller number of particularly promising candidates," Shulman said. After replies are received from last week's inquiries, the committee will make another screening to reduce the list to approximately eight nominees. "These candidates will then be invited to East Lansing for intensive interviews early fall term," Shulman explained. The fIfth and fmal phase of the committee's work will be submitting three to fIve names (ranked in order) to Provost John E. Cantlon. "At that point the committee's work will be fmished," Shulman said, "unless all of our nominees would be unacceptable to the provost." * * * THE SELECTION committee for the College of Human Ecology submitted one list of nominees to Cantlon last fall. "Since then, names have been added," said Robert R. Rice, professor of human environment desigl). and co - chairman of the selection committee. Rice and co -chairman Beatrice Paolucci, professor of family ecology, said that one candidate will be interviewed by the faculty of the college sometime in mid - July. Neither of the search -selectioncommittees is projecting a defmite date for the ann0uncement of a new dean, but the education committee seems to be shooting for an end - of - fall - term' dead.l,ine on submitting a list to the provost. In the human ecology search, which has been going on for well over a year, spokesmen are , reluctant to set any kind of tentative deadline. -RITARICE~ "As a whole," she notes, "the progiam has probably never been as relevant as it is today." This revelance is substantiated by emollment data - 25 percent of undergraduate students in human ecology courses are from other colleges. Take just one course as an example of the new relevancy. "Man and His Near Environment" was introduced last fall as the required freshman core course for human ecology majors. The class was swamped with requests for entry from other majors. And new electives illustrate the interdisciplinary thrust and appeal: "Black Its Needs and in White America" and "The Community: Families Resources. ' CHANGE DIDN'T begin with Dean Lee nor will it end when she leaves. But the process of change found a catalyst under the leadership of the one - time high school teacher. Shortly after membeI "Committee on the Future of Home Ecomomics at MSU." Her charge to these change - makers: taking offIce, Dean Lee appointed an eight- "Major social changes and issues in society and the current ferment in the educational scene demand that every unit of the educational setting critically assess what it is doing, clarify its long - range goals and project its plans for the (uture." Looking back on the work of that committee laying the groundwork for subsequent reorganization and name change, Dean Lee concludes it was "the most satisfying thing about the deanship." OTHER THINGS, besides name, student mix and curricula have changed. "One of the things we've done is to change the model of the teacher of home economics ... and we've taken a lot of flak from the high schools because of it." She explains that teachers are trained less now in skills - cooking and sewing - and more in human relationships with emphasis on the consumer and the family. ''You are tile change agents," she tells future teachers. "There'll never be any change, unless you implement it. And we're beginning t o get evidence of changes ffitering down to the high school level." But while the fIeld of hrnre ecomonics and the training of teachers has changed, the image for the most part has remained static. "If there's any place where we have not done enough," she reflects,"it's in the recruitment efforts and advertising of our program. .- "But," she adds, "you know you can't change an image with just a word or by putting out a pamphlet." When September rolls around, Dean Lee says she's going to "take time to rejuvenate and do the things I haven't had time to do." Then, maybe, she'Utake a -GAIL MORRIS profeSSional assignment somewhere. Jeanette Lee 'Our Town' combines enthusiasm, talent Page 5, MSU News - Bulletin. July 15, 1971 Thornton Wilder wrote "Our Town" about the citizens ofa tum-of-the-century New England hamlet named Grover's Comers, but he was also writing about East Lansing residents of 1971. He employed simple, one-dimensionalcharacters to portray the most common events of a person's life, childhood games, marriage and death. Uncomplicated characters and staging belie the poignant message of the play, however as Wilder's theme examines man's failure to appreciate the everyday occurences of life. This evening, Thursday, Grover's Comers will come alive in Kresge Court as the Summer Circle Free Theatre series presents "Our Town" at 8:30 p.m. It continues Friday and Saturday nights. - . And if an enthusiastic director and cast are any indication of a s1,lccessful production, this one is bound to be a hit. Fred Piegonski, a· candidate for a master's degree in theatre arts at the University of Michigan, directs the play. He speaks of "Our Town"as a love story with a positive message. . "Everyone can identify or empathize with the characters because they are involved in the simple things experienced during life," Piegonski says in emphasizing the universal appeal of the play. "Our Town" succeeds in fulfilling the aim of Summer Circle productions, to get people of the community involved in the theatre. The cast and crew contain a motley group of individuals, united by the common element of interest in the theater. . Two of the main parts, the omniscient Stage Manager and Emily, are played by theatre majors James Maxwell of MSU and Erika Fox of the University of Michigan. The other lead, George, is played by RJ. Bonds, a Vietnam veteran and communications major at MSU who auditioned because he knew someone.in the cast and because "acting is something I've always wanted to try." How does he like ius fust taste of the stage? Enough to consider switching his major to theatre. Bee Vary plays George's mother, Mrs. Gibbs. A veteran of productions by Summer Circle, Okemos Bam Theater and the Lansing Civic Players, she considers the theatre as her main hobby. "I enjoy all aspects of theatrical work, but acting is particularly challenging· because you're constantly trying to be believable as the character you represent," she says. . Marion di Falco, a social worker at Olin Health Center, refers to acting as her avocation. She is enthusiastic about the production· of "Our Town" because she likes Wilder's philosophy of life: «In the play he stresses the importance of caring and loving as part of each day's activity. These are things people often take for granted.' . The