Farms · make up half of the campus The word "agricultural" long ago disappeared from Michigan State's name, but farms and farming remain a large part of the University - farm land, in fact, still occupies more than half of the 5,100 - acre campus. Most of the University's population and buildings are confmed to the some 2;000 acres of the main campus bisected by the Red Cedar River. But beginning at Mt. Hope Avenue, the University Farms stretch for more than 2* miles south to just beyond the 1-96 expressway, bounded on the east by Hagadorn Road and on the west by 1496. land for research makes MSU "one of the most fortunate universities in the nation," notes Byron H. Good, superintendent of the University Farms and professor of animal husbandry. T he close proximity of extensive ' SmaD animals day: Opening the farms to the pUblic. Few schools can offer scientists the advantage of being just minutes from their research, he says. And with so much land being put to a variety of uses, MSU is one of the region's largest farmers. * * * THE UNIVERSITY'S livestock population totals more than 10,000, ranging from t~keys, chickens and mink to cattle, sheep and swine. They are housed on several research farms, including the swine research center .on Forest Road, the dairy (Continued on page 6) . MSU News-Bulletin Vol. 2, No. 34 Michigan State University August 12, 1971 Inside . •• High marks for education, p. 2 Merit scholars, p. 3 A-P organization, p. 4 Research on rock 'n' roll, p. 5 Council sets meeting slate t The 1971 - 72. schedule of Ac ademic Council meetings, released recently, is as follows: Oct. 5, Nov. 2, Nov. 30, Jan. 11, Feb. 1, March 7, April 4, May 2 and May 30. Each of the Tuesday meetings is scheduled to start at 3: 15 p.m. the Con Con Room of for International Programs. in the Center Academic Senate meetings are set for Nov. 15 and May 17, beginning at 3 p.m. in Fairchild Theater. The faculty steering committee meetings ( 4 p.m., Room 443-A, Administration Building) are: Sept. 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 8, Nov. 22, Jan. 3, Jan. 24, Feb. 28, March 27, April 24, May 8 and May 22. Law, nursing college proposals awaiting more study, money Whatever happened to the ideas of establishing a College of Nursing and a College of Law at Michigan State? While the former proposal is the it newer one, that likely action may come'· first on the College of Nursing suggestion, while the proposed remains law school the mire of legislative - caught educational funding channels. seems in the official proposal The University administration received to establish a College of Nursing last September. It was forwarded by the provost to the Administrative Group (all University deans and vice preSidents) for study, and Robert D. Schuetz, acting director of the Institute of Biology and Medicine, was placed in charge. throughout Study continued the past school year, easing off during summer months, and Schuetz said that it will be taken up again when in September. He classes to be expects so completed during fall recommendations can be made to the provost's office before the end of fall term. resume the study phase the Representatives of the School of Nursing, the provost's office and the Office of Institutional Research have been involved in the Administrative Group's study sessions, Schuetz said. the objectives of the school and trying to discover what program of nursing will fulfill these objectives," Scheutz the said. "We've been looking at is decided, "Once that matter of whether, nursing forms a department, a school or a college wiI work itself out in the administrative structure of the University." Schuetz emphasized the Group's efforts to Administrative the --nursing proposal within study the the larger context of all University'S medical program, looking at nursing as it relates all of health education at MSU. The School of Nursing is currently a part of the College of Natural Science. * * * IN THE CASE of establishing a College of Law, the University has been bandying suggestions with the (Continued on page 6) Helping students grade the faculty There's a day of reckoning at the end of each quarter when students have a chance to "get even" with the prof who's been badgering them all term with talk, tests and term papers. That's the day when the student instructional rating forms are passed out, and the beleaguered scholar finally gets his say about how good or for professorial panic? Do beads of how bad a course was. Cause perspiration suddenly form on the brow of the faculty member as he Other evaluations developed. See page 3. approaches each row, smiling weakly, with forms and scoring pencils in hand? Not very likely. Some faculty view the evaluation form as a pain in the neck, some see it as a necessary evil, and others welcome the chance to obtain some kind of measure of their teaching effectiveness. If they realized the time and effort that went into designing and updating the forms, tabulating the data and consulting with instructors about the. findings, perhaps there would be even less criticism. ALTHOUGH THE UNIVERSITY initiated instructional evaluation in the lO-step the product of a two-year, the current system late 1940s, is * * * development program that involved both faculty members and students, spanning the various academic disciplines. to elicit faculty and student The development steps began in summer, 1967, when interviews were ideas of what questions and conducted responses would be most valuable in evaluating and upgrading the standards of instruction at MSU. Then began the lengthy step-by-step analysis of items the writing of the final report and manual, and - setting up a system of feedback. included, the preliminary forms, evaluations, revisions, fmally - to be The result of the process was a four-part Student Instructional Rating System (SIRS) which has as its central objective "the utilization of student reactions for self-examination and self-improvement on the part of the instructor. " The first part of the system, and the only part normally seen by the student, is the instructional rating form itself. THE SECOND PART of the system, * the computer printout of form results, is more significant to individual faculty members. In the printout the instructor can see the tabulation of his class's opinion of his teachir.g~ * * (Continued on page 3) Page 2, MSU News - Bulletin, August 12, 1971 • College of Education high marks from national group • receIves education." Accrediting team members last visited here in 1961. This year 12 leading educators from throughout the country again visited MSU and issued their evaluations. In the summary report they stated tha t the college's capacity for innovation and experimentation, and its stre ss on individual are the captured in several of -its programs. These programs include: "A new student in which teaching model students are assigned to public schools in clusters of 10 to 12 student teachers per building; internship student in elementary schools; and the constant revision of Education 200 (Individual and the School) and Education 450 (School and Society) so as to make these courses viable inputs in the training of teachers." teaching In reviewing graduate programs, the the one team praised accrediting offered in counseling, personnel services and educational psychology as "one of the most thorough and at the same time creative and innovative curricular programs developed in counselor education today." The report did recommend greater use of research and teaching assistants in order to increase faculty participation in research and. writing, and it suggested a systematic follow - up evaluation of graduates. It also recommended time be devoted to secondary education. that greater NCATE team members observed that "the College of Education does have avenues for long - range planning but too well organized or coordinated. it does not appear "This is not peculiar to MSU. The college is awru;.e of ,this and there are signs of intention to do something about it in the future." -BARBARA MCINTOSH SUNDAY, AUG. 15 (AM-FM) 2 p.m. - The Cleveland Orchestra perfonns Symphonie Fantastique and "Lelie" (The Return to Life) by Berlioz. TUESDAY, AUG. 17 8: 30 p.m. (FM) - The Boston Symphony features Hindemith's Concert Music for Strings and Brass, Mozart's Piano Concerto K. 271, Beethoven's Symphony No.5, Schuller's Five Bagatelles for Orchestra. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 18 1 p.m. (AM) - Fred Friendly, formerly of CBS-TV, discusses "Television News; Problems and Solutions." 8:30 p.m. - The M SU Concert features the Hebrides by Medelssohn, Mathis der Maler Concerto No. 2 by Prokofiev. Dennis Burkh is conductor, Ralph Votapeck piano soloist WEDNESDAY, :AUG. 25 (FM) 8:30 p.m. - MSU's Richards Woodwind Quintet perfonns Mozart's Fantasie, .K. 594; Fortner's 5 Bagatelles; Danzi's Quintet Op. 56, No.1; Francaix' Quintette. SUNDAY, AUG. 15 12 noon - John Hartford joins Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops for blue grass music, concert style. 1 p.m. - Elizabeth interviews U.S. Sen. Fred Harris, Drew former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. 11 p.m. "NET Playhouse" presents "The Lady with a Dog," a prizewinning Russian film adaptation of a Chekhov story. SUNDAY, AUG. 22 - 2 p.m. - "Fanfare" presents the first of two programs on maestro Leopold Stowkowski. 11 p.m. - An off-beat drama, "Heimskringia! or The Stoned Angels" is featured on "NET Playhouse." MSU News-Bulletin Editor: Gene Rietfors Interim associate editor:. Rita Rict 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 InfIJrtnation Services. Second' class postage paid at East Lansing, Mich. 48823 University radio programs to be broadcast nationally A new radio series from Michigan State made its debut last week on the Mutual Radio Network. "Twenty-Two from MSU" presents 22 minutes of ideas and events. Hosted by Maurice Crane, professor of humanities, the show is a public service offering of Mutual to its more than 500 affiliates. Mutual Radio network affiliates in include: WLEN, Adrian; Michigan WAAM, Ann Arbor; WYOC, Battle Creek; WCAR, Detroit; WMRP, Flint; WSHN, Fremont; WJPW, Grand Rapids; WHTC, Holland; WKHM, Jackson; WYYY, Kalamazoo; WBRB, Mt. Clemens; WCEN, Mt. Pleasant; WMUS and WMUS-FM, Muskegon; WNIL and WNIL-FM, Niles; WIOS, Tawas City; and WLKM, Three Rivers. The College of Education, particularly its teacher education to meet high programs, continues standards, according to a recent review of the college by the National Council for. Accrediting Teacher Education (NCATE). Team members analyzing the college's strengths and weaknesses said that "MSU, despite the size and complexity of its operation, seems to . achieved an overall have uniformity that bodes good for the teacher future of its operation in . . - - - - Science notes----.... A feeling of revulsion developing for science? "Science which began as a sincere and profound investigation of nature has been turned into an assault on nature carried out by what has been essentially inperialistic forces of the int~llect. "After the atom bomb had been employed, many horror - stricken physicists turned our their spiritual pockets to show that nothing impure was hidden there." He continued: "I am certainly among the first to agree that many motives compel or propel a scientist and that many of them are of the purest and most laudable kind. But I do believe that scientists will have to police themselves, and think a little more about what they are being led in to and what their fmdings can result in. " . . . The first eugenicists in Germany were far from Nazis. They were great geneticists. But the first extermination camps that were erected on German soil were for the extermination of insane or otherwise genetically incurable people. And look what it got us into." in MORE SCARE TALK? Not necessarily. Canadians were the news recently with attempts to strike out a law put into their books in those result of the 1930s as a eugneicists in Germany. Already, several innocent Canadians have been sterilized. " . . . These Canadian laws," said the Genetics Society of Canada, to prevent "were designed the reproduction of individuals with mental retardation and mental illness by compulsory sterilization. In most instances, no human geneticists were consulted the forumulation and execution of these Eugenics Acts. In fact, these Acts have little scientific validity either in their genetic basis or the anticipated population or social returns." in -PHILLIP E. MILLER Disaster has befallen science, a Columbia University biochemist has warned. In recent speeches, including one seminar this year at a earlier arranged by MSU microbiology' graduate students, Erwin Chargaff has referred to a "new feeling," present even among science students, that could be classified as "revulsion." Chargaff, Austrian born, earned the in chemistry at the Ph.D. University of Vienna in 1928. Scieritisfs used to work under poverty conditions, he said. Then, science was a noble enterprise. "Most of the revulsion to science is actually a revulsion against technology, especially the form it has taken in the Western World." "The notion is fairly recent that what can be done must be done," he said. "Even during the industrial revolution when the unholy marriage between science and technology was consummated, the brutalization of the scientific imagination so characterisitic of our time progressed only slowly. "For example, chlorine gas was known since 1774," he said. "Phosgene was known since 1811." Both gases have been noted and avoided by many generations of chemists. "Why did it have to wait until 1914 before the idea came to a few great men that these nasty substances could and, therefore, should be used in warfare?" he asked. " ... I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race." * * * THERE DOES NOT seem to be a remedy, said Chargaff. And the rift between nonscientists and scientists is getting bigger. "The nonscientific onlookers do not know what to make of a deadly serious game in which the marbles are nuclear bo~bs or perhaps. the genetic apparatus of men. And so they are becoming dissident, frightened, revolted and dazed by the enormous brain - washing machines of publicity." The blessings of pure science are not as obvious to the common person as are· the benefits of other fruits of the human mind, he said. People get much more pleasure from music, painting, or literature then they will derive from, say, the second law of thermodynamics. * * * REVULSION OF science, he said, has many reasons; the goals of science are among them. "For instance, we are told by Washington that our research should yield practical results. That is, it should be mission - oriented. I know that the prime example of mission - oriented research surely was alchemy. University of the Air set this fall Some people will take University courses, even earn college credit, while they breakfast, shower and shave. The University of the Air, a facet of the Continuing Education Service, is offering two Sumise Semester courses over the airwaves this fall. American Urban Politics and Classical Mythology in Literature, Art and Music, will be offered over CBS stations from 6:30 to 7 a.m~ Mondays through Saturdays beginning· in late September. Either may be taken for or without University credit. the cities and The urban politics course will spotlight the role of blacks and other minorities, the effect of the suburban ring around the timportance of schools and school affairs in the cities' political conflicts. It will discuss these matters against a backdrop of the political structure of the political behavior of cities, officials and intermeshing organizational arrangements. America's mythological heritage from Greece and Rome will be is a explored in the classical mythology course. The course journey through the myths and legends- which are background for much of literature, music and art. It will carry the student from the mythological creation of the universe throught the rise of the Olympian gods and the great heroic legends which were once part of every lad's education. location and Information on registration, credit, fees, times may be obtained from the University of the Air, 12 Kellogg Center, telephone 355-8326. Page 3, MSU News - Bulletin, August 12, 1971 Grading faculty • • • (Concluded from page I) The SIRS manual, the third section of the program, explains components of developing the program in the fourth part. the system, and a description of procedures used the in WillardG. Warrington, director of the Department of Evaluation Services, emphasizes the totality of the four-part program and the importance of the truly meaningful for the second (evaluation) step in making the fonns faculty member. "A professor may look over the fonns before they are scored in order to get some kind of idea of how his class felt about the course as he was teaching it, but often it's the consultation session available after the data has been processed then improving his teaching," Warrington said. in evaluating and that aids instructor the On certain days at the end of the tenn, some 40,000 to 50,000 student evaluation fonns are delivered at the data processing center for scoring and tabulation. The results are confidential and can be picked· up by the faculty member at Evaluation Services. It is then left up to the instructor as to how he or she will use the results. One option is to contact one of the Evaluation Services the data and interpreting it as it relates to the all-University norms of teaching. specialists about consulting on Warrington is frank in admitting that opinion on SIRS varies among University faculty. "While some faculty members believe that the forms provide an excellent way to upgrade · their teaching effectiveness, others criticize the program as being too standardized, too general or not 'significant' for the course they are teaching. Consequently, some departments have developed · their own forms of course evaluation." (See related story) . THE . SIRS PROGRAM * the University, however, with some 5,269 classes being administered the fonns during the 1970-71 school year. * the one most widely used across * is By action of the Academic Council at its Dec. 2, 1969 meeting, "each of the teaching faculty (including graduate assistants) at Michigan State University regardless of rank or tenure is required to use the Student Instructional Rating Report to evaluate (a) at least one course in every quarter in which he teaches and (2) every separate course he teaches at least once a year." Warrington hopes that within the next academic year there will be four forms available which will conform with the variety of instructional settings at MSU - large lectures, general-sized classes (30 to 60 students), small seminars and laboratory sections. "Four separate fonns plus spaces for individualized questions should help· the evaluating form both specific and significant enough for most -RITA RICE make faculty members," Warrington said. • Some departments design specialized rating forms in Faculty members and graduate assistants the Departments of Political Science and Chemistry have an alternative methods of obtaining student comment on their teaching methods - questionnaires specially designed for their subject areas. Th e p oli tical science and chemistry forms are alike in origin and style. They were devised because undergraduates and / or instructors wanted precise kinds of information not available in responses to the SIRS form. They consist primarily of objective questions, but essays are encouraged. Here similarities end. the The political science evaluation is a brief (five questions) one - page form designed to elicit students' oplO1ons which could be easily recorded and used as a handy reference guide for other students. the political Contrasting with science questionnaire the more is complex chemistry evaluation program which includes three fonns - one to be administered by the class lecturer, one by the recitation lab instructor and one by three are instructor, since' the usually different. The number of questions on the fonns ranges from 22 to 25. Results the chemistry qliestionnaires are made available only faculty member or graduate assistant and to the chairman of the department. instructor of Susan Lawther, individual the the of to political science and the department's undergraduate adviser, worked with the Student Undergraduate Advisory Committee to design the questionnaire which has been used for the past three years. * * * "THE STUDENTS WANTED information that would be valuable for to know before signing up for a certain course or instructor," Lawther said. the student Consequently, the form contains that _ are questions with responses easy to report in summary fonn. For exainpIe, students are asked to the grade both the course and teacher on the 4.5 to 0.0 scale. The results are tabulated and kept on me in Lawther's office. Chemistry'S Graduate Student Teaching Committee, chaired by graduate assistant Eugene N. Losey, provided the impetus for designing the three - fonn evaluation system. "The University form just didn't the way get to chemistry taught," said Losey, " sow e separate forms designed specifically for this department's lecture, recitation and lab sections." the crux of is tailored three Losey admits that chemistry stlldents may grow somewhat weary of completing three separate fonns for one course, but he emphasizes indiViduality of C'lch setting the and in the division explaining why the three forms are necessary. labor . Faculty evaluation: A pain in the neck? MSU leads enrollTnent of Merit Scholars National Merit Scholars continue to show a high preference for Michigan State, although the University's efforts to recruit merit finalists are considerably reduced. During 1970 - 71, reports the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, MSU led the nation in the number of merit scholars enrolled, with 632 undeIgxaduates. Following Michigan State last year were Harvard with 549 meIjt scholars, Yale (440), MIT (343) Macalester College (328), Stanford (30J). Princeton (235) Rice (207), University of Michigan (202) and Cornell (186). total of 691 colleges and universities enrolled A 10,803 qualifying scholars, the report showed. * * * IN THE UPCOMING fall term, MSU will have 557 merit scholars, according to Ira Polley, assistant provost for admissions and scholarships. In addition, the University will enroll several hundred merit finalists who are not receiving support through the corporation. Of the 557 fall enrollees, 253 will receive direct MSU sponsorship. A total of 133 scholars here are freshmen, 112 are sophomores, 164 juniors and 148 seniors. is as MSU's merit scholars will be enrolled in more than 40 majors in 15 colleges. The college - by - college follows: Agxiculture and natural breakdown resources 7; arts and letters 69; business 12; communication arts 16; education 7; engineering 53; human ecology 6; human medicine 9; James Madison 19; Justin Morrill 29; Lyman Briggs 70; natural science 151; social science 69; veterinary medicine 12; University College 28. Formal studies have not yet been made to trace the academic progress and post - graduate route of merit scholars here. MSU in 1963 became the first public univerSity to provide direct support of merit scholars. Emeritus faculty involved in variety of activities Members of the faculty and academic administrative staff with academic title who retire for reasons of age under the retirement program are granted the title "emeritus" in addition to the academic title at the time of retirement. At this time there are 232 former faculty and administrative staff members with the emeritus rank, said Kermit H. Smith, assistant the provost. to Persons with the emeritus title are entitled to attend Academic Senate meetings without vote, to march in academic processions such as at commencement, to receive the News Bulletin, to use the libraries and other to receive on request a facilities, faculty vehicle parking permit (Without charge), the University on appointment at academic ceremonies of other institutions, and in general to take part the social and ceremonial functions of the University. to represent in Page 4, MSU News - Bulletin, August 12, 1971 Up and down the organization Nearly five months after its fo rma tion, the 12-mem ber committee studying the University's ad m in istra tive-professional classification system is preparing to report its findings the A d mini st r a ti ve-Pr 0 fe s si on al Association. to And while that report is likely to suggest changes in the A - P classification system, committee chairman J. Henry Backus noted . that his group hopes to affect change through re ason and persuasion rather than by "blowing the lid off' the present system. Backus, an employment speCialist the Personnel Center, in - acknowledged the committee that anticipates "hesitancy and the part of the reluctancy" on administration idea of to that introdUCing "radical changes would disturb the present method of doing things." the in "It will require considerable courage, strength and power to bring about the immediate changes present classification systems," Backus said in a recent report on the group's progress. "The committee expressed the feeling that bringing about these changes in the system can only be accomplished long, patient and careful through issues, and consideration of the persuasion of individual members of the administration." J He added: ''The committee felt, however; that discouragement should not interfere with the search to fmd methods of correcting inequities and improving the present classification system." * * * - P SYSTEM was THE A established here in 1961, drawing from both civil service and industrial employment models. Backus, who was instrumental in setting up the system, said it was first designed for both A - P and clerical - technical employes in a single 20 - level structure, but was separated into the present 19 - level systems for A - Ps and C - Ts. "There was quite a bit of resistance to this in the beginning," he recalls, "because persons in A - P jobs had been Board appointees, and this had a prestige element." the With initial resistance past, the A - P system is now faced with the problem of adapting to MSU's growth and change. The system has not been altered since its creation, and last' fall's campus - wide review of A - P job duties was the first in the system's 10 - year history. Some members of the classification committee have the present expressed belief that system of titles and classifications harb ors is "deeply ingrained in tradition" and its occasional obscurities are perpetuated to "provide flexibility and to avoid possible criticism." inequities because it Newly elected faculty to join Aca.demic Council this fall THE PRE SEN T C LASSI FICATION study was launched last March after a survey - P Association's of the A membership showed strong support for a review of the system (Faculty News, Feb. 2, 1971). that A - P president William D. Kenney said the study was needed to see if the system could be moderniEed, and he noted that indications of there were many in inequities and classifications. irregularities manager and hold ranks of A - P 6 or higher. two associate editors Such apparent inconsistencies can to both confusion and lead discontent among the University's some 600 A - P employes, Backus said. And he said the study has raised several other questions, such as: Should titles represent specific levels in the structure (i.e., directors in A - P 9 and 10; associate directors in The committee has found some job titles that span the whole range (A - P 1 through A - P 10) of classifications. ..... There are, for example, nearly 50 administrative assistants on the campus, and as of last April they were found in every rank except A - P 9. The same across - the - board distribu tion, exists for persons holding titles of director, manager and editor. the The committee has also found that 28 directors, 33 managers and 13 editors are the A - P 1 in through A - P 5 levels, while 16 assistan t directors, one assistant A - P 6 - 8; assistant directors in A - P I - 5)? Should a college degree be used as a criterion for an A - P job? I s it desirable to maintain "high - sounding" titles in lower A - P levels? The classification committee's is set for Aug. 24. next meeting to Backus said his group hopes make the A - P Association's executive group early in the fall. its report to -GENE RIETFORS - Trying to chart MSU One of the immediate tasks facing the administrative - profeSSional classification committee is to create something that does not now exist inclusive - organization charts for the University . a set of all - looks "We need to know what our like before We organization can really get at any changes in the classification system," said J. Henry Backus, chairman of the classification committee. employes with other faculty and staff. Backus said that a properly designed chart would reveal "a balanced or unbalanced organization, and will show whether appropriate positions are provided at each level of the classification structure for planning, coordination and control." But he cautioned that any organization chart is simply "a snapshot of the organization at a particular moment," and needs to ,undergo continuing review. Such a chart can become quickly outdated because changes occur rapidly in large organizations, he added. The committee is drawing up an the chart organization chart, and will be submitted along with its report on the A - P classification system. - GENE RIETFORS take seats on Thirty - three newly chosen faculty members will the Academic Council beginning this fall. - The Council's new makeup altered as a result of provisions for voting student representatives - includes 66 elected faculty members, 19 appointed members, 32 student representatives and 19 ex officio members (12 of whom are chairmen of standing committees). Monaghan, John H. Reinoehl, Willard G. Warrington (R); veterinary medicine - Charles H. Cunningham~ noncollege faculty - John E. Dietrich (fills term of Jack Breslin); steering committee ~ James T. Bonnen, Walter F. Johnson (R), Beatrice Paolucci. He noted that while most successful corporations have detailed organization charts to portray their structure, there are apparently no large universities with such charts. MSU, for example, has no charts that reveal the University's complete organizational makeup to show the levels and relationships of A - P those Newly elected to the Council are reelected): ("R" denotes Agriculture and natural resources - Richard W. Chase, John N. Ferris, Harold D. Hafs (R), William T. Magee, Richard Pfister (fills term of James Bonnen); arts and letters - Thomas H. Falk, Herbert C. Jackson, James H. Pickering, Freder~ck D. Williams; business - William D. Lazer, Hendrik Zwarensteyn (R); communication arts - Patricia Walsh; education - Charles V. Mange, Herbert C. Rudman; engineering Thomas W. Culpepper, -Donald J. Montgom~ry; human ecology Joanne Eicher. Human medicine - Daniel F. Cowan (R); natural science - William Imshaug (R), C. Deal, Henry A. Daniel A. Moran, Frank R. Peabody (R), Lester F. Wolterink; osteopathic medicine John Barson; social science - Keith C. Groty, Moreau S. Maxwell (R), James B. McKee (R); Floyd V. UniverSity College - - Guess who's coming . .. Some 2,000 young band musicians from 21 Michi:gan high schools will be invading the campus in three separate week - long clinics Aug. 16 - Sept. 4. Practices will be supervised by individual band directors, with special counsel from Kenneth Bloomquist, director, and Dave Catron, assistant director of bands at MSU. Performances will be given each Saturday at 10 a.m; at Old College Field. Study continues on rock music effects Page S, MSU News - Bulletin, August 12, 1971 disorders within the test group were of no greater incidence than those in the general population, 5% of the total. The third and fourth studies utilized the temporary threshold shift (TTS) concept of audiology research which compares hearing levels before and after a person's hearirlg has been subjected musical or otherwise. to amounts of noise - The fifth study was conducted the past academic year and durirlg compared levels of the hearing frequent and infrequent rock listeners. No appreciable differences were found between the hearing levels of the two groups. In the study currently underway, Rin telmann and associates are retesting the hearirlg of the musicians of the earlier (second) study after an interval of three years. The concept to making of retesting definite, valid conclusions on the data that has been collected, he says. is crucial "Our tests so far have yielded no evidence that rock and roll music is hazardous to the auditory system, but onl)( continual retesting over a period of years will indicate whether there are subtle differences that went undetected or might develop later." * * * INQUIRIES ABOUT the rock and roll research at Michigan State have come from all over the world, including such faraway places as Czechoslovakia, Malaysia and Israel. Rintelmann stresses the importance of the research and its application to the present and future life styles of young people. "Rock and roll music is no longer a small phenomenon; it's a large part of the recreation enjoyed by youth of today, and I believe it's essential for scientists to discover and to reveal to the public whether it has harmful effects or not." In particular, parents of rock fans the research interested in may be being conducted. "Keeping parents informed will them from being unduly prevent the music ' their concerned about children are listening to. They should know that there may be a minor risk to auditory damage, but that their youngsters are not 'doomed to deafness' as is sometimes erroneously - RITA RICE stated." Time was when rock and roll music fans were chided: "Stop listening to that loud music; it will ruin your hearing." That charge now seems to have largely an emotional reaction, been unsupported by scientific evidence. Research since 1967 has raised questions with the criticism, and public opinion on the topic of rock music and its effects on hearing is gradually being tempered. leader Michigan State has been a national and world type of research. Five studies have been completed in the past four years and a sixth is now in progress. this in According to William F. Rintelmann, professor of audiology and speech sciences, there~s no clear - cut evidence that rock and roll has damaging effects on the auditory system. In fact, some of the studies at MSU suggest that both musicians and their audiences can experience rock and roll for long periods of time with no significant changes in hearing. Published statements on ' these fmdings are now accepted by some authorities, whereas first public mention of the conclusions was met with disbelief. * * * "WHEN OUR RESEARCH first received national publicity in the fall of 1968, we had many letters from people who were skeptical about our findings and conclusions," Rintelmann says. "But now that other investigators have analyzed our data and performed similar experiments of their own, our to initial findings are beginning receive more support from the scientific community." to ascertaining The purpose of the MSU studies has been twofold: To discover the normal volume "loudness" range of rock and roll music, and to analyze any effects of the music on hearing. The entire first study (1967 - 68) the was devoted loudness level of live rock and roll music. The range was discovered to be between 103 and 112 decibels (the quite different average was 105) - from plus levels which were being erroneously reported in some of the national media, Rintelmann notes. - -tHE . SECOND STUDY focused on ~ Id auditory musicians' hearing, the 120 - WMSB wins 2 awards WMSB-TV has won two of the three awards given by the Central Educational Network (CEN). The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, a three-part series produced by Thomas L. Turk, won the 1971 Best Series award. The promotion effort on behalf of WMSB's Music of the 20th Centruy won the 1971 Best Promotion award. "Joseph and Josephine," an original drama written by graduate student Tevia Abrams and produced by WMSB, was nomirlated for the Best Program award_ irl The last. program the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, featuring third prize winner Mark Wescott, will be aired on WMSB at 7 p.m. next Wednesday (Aug. 18). William F. Rintelmann uses Bekesy audiometer to test hearing of rock music fan. -Photo by Bill Mitcham Wilson Foundation suspends 1971-1972 awards competition This year's competition for first - year fellowships awarded by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation will not be held. suspended Foundation director H. Ronald Rouse said that the program is being the Wilson Foundation "believe that prospects of securing funds for the support of a Significant number of first - year graduate students in 1972-73 are too uncertain." temporarily because trustees of . He said that the 3-5 ' winners of the last competition will be the 1971-72 academic year. supported in graduate schools during That total irlcludes four students from MSU. the foundation plans Rouse said that the period of temporary suspension to deSIgn a new program of fellowships to be held in 1973-74. to use Page 6, MSU News - Bulletin, August 12, 1971' The Carter career: • musIc Football to Fourteen years ago Warrick Carter decided to abandon his budding musical talents as a member of his high school band to compete in the more rigorous world of football. Mter spending most of the season on the bench, Carter then a ninth grader, fmally made his debut and distinguished himself by promptly getting knocked cold. Today Warrick livingston Carter to a confmes his athletic activities few rounds of tennis and uses" his mucial abilities, which he developed interest after his with football exploits, two the music summer seminars department. to conduct renewed in A 1970 MSU graduate, he earned a Ph .D. in music education, in urban education and speCializing percussion. He is currently a visiting instructor in music here. from Carter's classes this summer are youth music, a course for high throughout school musicians the country, and a workshop on urban music education. * * IN ADDITION TO his teaching, Carter performs with a five - man lecture - concert combo called "The Black Ph.D's." All the members are. Most did not earn their degress in represent diverse, music, but fields. they * among others. AS HE SITS amidst a instruments, conglomeration of Carter's wirerim glasses, receeding Afro hair style and lanquid air make him the perfect picture of a sterm the bu t hip stereotype is broken by an amused expression that frequently comes to his face and an alert conversational tone which affIrms his confidence in his knowledge of music. jazz drummer. But Carter theorizes that black music has often forecast black politiCS. "Black musicians have always been i.nventive and avant - garde," he said. lists John Coltrane, Miles Davis He and Sun Ra among black musicians who have led musical trends which have had corresponding political trends. lead "Coltrane's in black nationalism in the late 1950s, and the radicalism Sun Ra and others are increased showing now indicate an spirit of black the future," Carter said. radicalism in -KAREN FITZGERALD Proposals ... (Concluded from page 1) State Legislature and the State Board intervals of Education at various since 1966. live thing "Our name is to show that no matter what blacks do, in what area, in they have a common music," Carter said. Group members throughout the nation and have come together to perform in such places as Federal City College in Washington, D.C., in Ohio and the University of Miami. The only other MSU member is Leslie . Rout, associate professor of history. * * CARTER BEGAN his musical career by playing the drums in the fourth grade. Illinois, and at * After earning his bachelor of arts degree Carter came to MSU because, he the music department had graduated black Ph.D's." said, "I knew Many universities had discouraged black doctoral candidates, he said. Carter has been a staff member at the University of Maryland - Eastern Shore Branch since 1965, where he is director of bands and music education. He also writes and arranges music and has had works performed by Mercer Ellington, in the At the present time, there is both a bill legislature and a proposal before the education board to approve initial planning stages of a law school at Michigan State. Before the University can begin even the first planning steps, such as faculty hiring a dean and members and starting a law library, funds must be so earmarked by the legislators, and the planning J,>roposal must be approved by the board. some What action, if any, will be taken is these measures on either of anyone's guess at this, time. to law The University is optimistic that school will be eventually a established. The Board of Trustees last spring approved the submission of the University's budget the legislature which included planning money for the law school. "We have been in establishing a for a law number of years," said Provost John that E. Cantlon, "but we interest and enthusiasm are not necessarily congruous with success in obtaining the necessary funding." interested school realize -RITA RICE Leslie B. Rout (left) plays baritone saxophone in jam session with conga -Photo by Bill Mitcham drummer Warrick Carter. Crop scientist details effort to develop a 'super-grain' A major revolution is taking place within the cells of one of nature's most important cereals, says a Michigan State crop and soil chemist writing in the August issue of Scientific American. D. D. Harpstead, professor and chairman of soil and crop science, describes a "super - grain" in the making. It is now called high - lysine corn. The high - lysine development began in 1963 with the work of Purdue University scientists led by Edwin T. Mertz. "Lysine is normally woefully deficient in corn," says Harpstead. "The amino acid is essential to life for humans and animals with only one stomach, because it is one which cannot be made by the body. In some animals with more than one stomach, such as the cow, ba:cteria make the lysine." The Mertz team developed a corn strain that increased lysine content by 69 per cent. - By 1967, the nation of Colombia was ready for large - scale testing of team of plant breeders, animal high led a nutritionists, medical doctors, grain nilllers and government officials in testing the corn. corn. Harpstead lysine He says that "the real contribution of high, - lysine corn will come in the fields and when it reaches the masses of people in the_marketplace, in the gardens." Although it was effective in helping malnourished children in Colombia, he said, the real objective of high - lysine corn development is to make it available as part of the normal diet in homes. Overseeing the University Farms • • • (Concluded from page 1) research center on College Road, the beef cattle research center on Beaumont and Bennett Roads, and the poultry research area on Jolly Road. In addition, there is a horse research center, testimony in part to that animal's resurgence ip popularity. And there are accommodations for imported pigmy goats, Tasmanian wallabies and other not - so - usual livestock. Farm animals constitute one of the University'S major attractions for visitors, Good notes. In addition to the thousands who tour the farms at the annual small animals day in May, he says, school buses in "a continuous flow" converge on the farms during each spring. . Although farms' personnel to accommodate all visitors - even those who arrive unannounced - Good says that precautions have take pains to be taken to insure that research projects are not disturbed by curious onlookers. And as the human population increases in the area, he adds, the rate of vandalism on the farms has risen. experimental plots. They range from crops for which Michigan is noted, such as beans and cherries, to an occasional study of one not - so - common, like tobacco. While MSU's farms are dedicated to providing knowledge and not to generating profits, some of the farm products are marketed commerCially, particularly beef, swine, milk, poultry and eggs. * * * IN PLANT 'SCIENCE, the farms provide research and testing in such areas as crop and soil sciences, botany and plant pathology, horticulture and entomology. A variety of crops is grown, for example, the prominent stand of corn along Mt. Hope between Hagadorn and Farm Lane. Farther south, grains, vegetables and ornamental plants are fields and on small large under study on including, * * * THE JOB OF maintaining the farms lies with a staff of about 75 permanent employes, whose the list of numbers grow to about 125 when chores increases during summer. . About 15 students have rooms and jobs in the sheep, beef, poultry and swine research facilities, where they help provide protective services and some animal care. Good, who in 1941, has been superintendent of the farms since 1950. His own particular interest is horses, and he has twice been called on to travel overseas and inspect Arabian horses. joined MSU - GENE RIETFORS Page 7; MSU News - Bulletin, August 12, 1971 Skaters keep cool despite the heat Amid the sweltering days of July · was run earlier in the summer. "It used to be that the only teen agers attending the figure skating ses sions were the real dedicated amateur skaters," Bainbridge said. "But re cently we've had a lot of kids who just got interested in skating and at- tend to their form." Faculty art exhibit Eleven MSU artists now have their creative works on display at the Kresge Art Center. The faculty exhibition, continuing into September, is supple mented by items from the permanent collection. Faculty members exhibiting paint ings include Tony De Blasi, Allen Leepa, Clif McChesney, Jens Plum, Nan Stackhouse and Irv Taran. Wil liam Gamble will also have paintings and original drawings on display. Drawings by James Fagan will be in cluded and photography by Roger Funk. Louis Raynor will have a stone ware exhibition, and James McCon nell will have serigraphs and three dimensional "things." 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. and August, activities such as picnics, swimming and golf come to mind. But for 16 hours a day, ice skating is the primary activity for participants in MSU's 23rd Summer Skating School. More than 120 young figure skaters each week gather in the ice arena for one to eight weeks of work in perfect ing their ice techniq ue. The skaters congregate from all over the Midwest to work out on the ice for six or eight hours a day- often starting as early as 5:45 a.m. "Most kids don't get too much ice time during the winter, with school and all," noted Red Bainbridge, -ice arena manager. "During the summer sessions, one day of skating can yield the eq uivalent of a week's worth of wintertime prog ress. It's getting so some skaters work for real progress in technique during the summer and use the winter to main tain their level of proficiency." The students practice under the tute lage of five professional instructors; including a Midwest champion, a mem ber of the U.S. World Team and an Italian world-class skater. School participants range in age from four years old to teenage skaters. According to Bainbridge, some of the young skaters stand a chance of developing into world-class figure skat ers-progressing in the footsteps of such world stars as Gary Visconti and Carol Heiss, both of whom attended the MSU school in the past. In addition, with the recent rise in popularity of both figure and hockey skating, a greater number of teenagers are attending both the figure skating school and a hockey program, ~ hich At the Museum . .. The romance of old-time Great Lakes fishing is captured in a new exhibit It is possible to see skaters perform under show conditions the remaining two Saturday evenings of the institute (August 14 and 21) from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the ice arena, free of charge. at the MSU Museum. The exhibit, which took Chet Trout one month to build, features the late 19th century gill net steamer and mackinaw boat unloading a day's catch at the dock., Trout handcarved all the human figures, buildings, pole light, docks, and fishing and smoking implements. The boats were carved and built to scale from original blueprints. The new exhibit ,is located on the first floor of the Museum. Hours are to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday. tional Summer Gymnastics Clinic is Charles DuBois, 68, of Kingston, Tenn. A retired construction engineer and 1926 Big Ten champion on the parallel bars for Purdue, DuBois now coaches ITvrnn:."tic at Oak Ridge High School travels throughout and giving instructional clinic~. More than 300 gymnasts of all ages are attending Michigan State's annual clinic which runs through Fri day, August 13, with a "Nite of Stars" performance Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Men's 1M Arena. Chivalry on the wane Is man a great protector of woman? A team of MSU researchers has found that if the age of chivalry isn't dead, it lacks some of its former luster. Psychologists Gary E. Stoilak, Lawrence A. Messe and Gerald L. Borofsky wanted to see how sex role affected the propensity of a bystander to come to the aid of an attack victim. So they hired a 'group of drama students, allegedly to perform a psychodrama before members of a psycholvgy class, but actually to feign a two u~suspecting students while researchers watched from fight before behind a one-way mirror to see if the bystanders intervened. In eacl , altercation, while as far as the students knew was unstaged, one participant was obviously beating up the other. The action was so real that one actress was removed to the heal~ center for treatment of cracked ribs. The mock fight was staged 42 tirnes, and the sex of the actors and bystanders was the only independent variable. Each fight involved one of four outcomes: a man beating up another man, a woman beating another woman, a' man beating up a woman, and a woman beating up a man. . The researchers hypothesized that male bystanders more often than in to help a victim, and they were right. But female witnesses, would step the psycholOgists also expected the greatest percentage of intervention would be when a man saw another man beating up a woman. They were wrong. In fact, in six fights involving a male aggressor and female victim, not once did a male bystander interfere. They stood aside when their gallantry was put to its severest test. .The scentists are reluctant to give reasons for the unusual results. They said there could be a vicarious gratification out of watching another man beat a woman, or perhaps the uniqueness of the situation kept the men from intervening. However, the researchers concluded that the definitive answer awaited further research. . . Calendar of'Events MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Friday, August 13, 1971 8 p.n:t. 8: 15 p.m. Planetarium Progtam - "Destination Mars" unveils the his tory, mystery and science of Mars. Included will be an ex planation of the Mariner program and the journey of the Mariner 9, scheduled to be near Mars in November. Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" will follow the 8 p.m. show ings. Abrams. Lecture-Concert Series- "The World of Gilbert and Sullivan" will be highlighted by six alumni of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, the American touring company of England's Gil bert and Sullivan for All, Ltd. in London. Tickets, $2.50, are available at the Union Ticket Office or at the door. Fair child Theatre. Saturday, August 14, 1971 2:30 p.m. Planetarium Program (see Aug. 13). Abrams. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 30s Film Festival-"Shipmates Forever" and "Ready, Will ing and Able'-' feature Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Allen Jen kins and Jane Wyman in leading roles. Tickets, $1, available at the door. 108B Wells Hall. Exhibition figure skating (see story pg. 7). Ice Arena. Planetarium Program (see Aug. 13). Abrams. - Sunday, August 15, 1971 4 p.m. Planetarium Program (see Aug. 13). Abrams. Friday, August 20, 1971 8 p.m. Planetarium Program (see Aug. 13). Abrams. Saturday, August 21, 1971 2:30 p.m. 8 p,.m. 8 p.m. Planetarium Program (see Aug. 13). Abrams. Exhibition figure skating (see story pg. 7). Ice Arena. Planetarium Program (see Aug. 13). Abrams. Sunday, August 22, 1971 4 p.m. Planetarium Program (see Aug. 13). Abrams. Wednesday, August 25, 1971 8: 15 p.m. Lecture-Concert Series- Under the baton of Georg Tintner, the National Youth Orchestra Association of Canada will perform. The 110 members of the orchestra, between the ages of 14 and 24, will make a two-week tour of the United States and Canada. The orchestra; now in its eleventh year, is re nowned for the enthusiasm and high standard of playing of the youth. Many former members are now professionals in major orchestras. There is no admission charge for the con cert, held in the University Auditorium. Friday, August 27, 1971 8 p.m. Planetarium Program (see Aug. 13). Abrams. Saturday, August 28, 1971 2:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Planetarium Program (see Aug. 13). Abrams. Planetarium Program (see Aug. 13). Abrams. BULLETINS--~----------~--------------- BOARD MATERIAL DUE The next meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held Thursday, Sept. 9. Items to be included in the agenda must be submitted to the Executive Vice President's Office or the Provost's Office by 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19. Material re ceived after that date will be held for the November meeting. FINAL GRADES Grade Cards will be delivered to depart- mental offices on Aug; 23 for basic courses, and for all other courses on Aug. 26. The cards should be checked imme diately to determine if there is a card for each student. The University's grading systems are printed on the face of each grade card. More detailed information is given on pages 112-116 of the 1971 Summer Term Schedule of Courses and Academic Handbook. Final grades are due in the Office of the Registrar, 150 Hannah Administration Bldg., (tel. 5-9596) 36 hours after final examinations are given. PUBLIC SKATING Through Aug. 23, the ice arena will be open for public skating 9 p.m.-1O:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3:30-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $1 for adults and 75 cents for faculty and staff with ID and chiIaren. Skate rental is 50 cents. Exhibition skating will be held 8-9 p.m. (see re lated story, pg. 7). U. CLUB COOKOUT The University Club will sponsor a "Sum- mer's End" lobster cookout Saturday, Aug. 28, which will include an art show, water show and dancing to the music of the big band era. Members wishing to exhibit paintings or prints for the art exhibition should contact Keith Groty (3-3904) or Sadayoshi Omoto (5-7633). Reservations must be made by Monday, Aug. 23. EXH IB IT IONS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Campus Plantings Beal Garden Specimen Sourwood tree IS in full bloom east of Auditorium section of Wells Hall. The mingled red and black fruits of the Maries Doublefile Viburnum are particularly attractive south of the Women's 1M Bldg. CONFERENCES Aug. 15-19 Aug. 15-27 Aug. 16-Sept. 4 Aug. 17-26 Aug. 22-27 Aug. 22-Sept. 1 Mich. Township Governmental Accounting Program Conf. Management & Communications V, U.J. Marching Band Clinic. Dorm. Basic Fire & Casualty Insurance Inst. Inst. of Scrap Iron & Steel Mgmt. Sem. Local Manpower Programs & Delivery Systems Aug. 23-24 Second Symposium on Animal Technicians Training Pro- gram. All conferences will be held in Kellogg Center unless otherwise noted. Students and faculty members are welcome to attend these continuing edu cation programs. Those who are interested should make arrangements 10 advance with the Office of University Conference, 5-4590. SEMINARS-------------------~ THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1971 FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1971 Reciprocal ova transfer in Lincoln and Southdown lambs. A. K. Karihaloo, Dept. of Zoology, U. of Alberta. 12 noon, III Giltner Hall. Center for Lab. Animal Resources. Normal birth following exteriorization and intravenous injection of the 40 day old sheep fetus. A. K. Karihaloo, Dept. of Zoology, U. of Al berta. 4 p.m., A149 Veterinary Clinic. Center for Lab. Animal Re sources. 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 co)'er an 8-day period, Friday through Saturday. During the summer the calendar will cover a two-week period.