, Vts,U \l£~'J~~1\C,Ak F~lf, /'1.J II{ - ller>,\- fllf M\CHm~ ~ L. /~ ~ D_ ~ IL-J • . ~ Published list scuttles advisory group The formal evaluation process has been aborted, but the objective remains unchanged: President Wharton said early this week that he intends to secure "the best possible person as vice president for student, affairs" and submit that person's name to the Board of Trustees in May. (Milton Dickerson resigned the vice last summer and Milton presidency Muelder, vice president for research development, has been acting vice president for student affairs.) Wharton will have to conclude the selection job without the aid of the evaluation committee he appointed in November. Eight of the nine committee members submitted - and the president accepted - a request that the group be dissolved in the wake of last week's (April 13) publication in the State News of a list of 14 persons alleged to be candidates for the vice presidency. In a resolution to Wharton, the evaluation committee contended that the State News list was inaccurate _(The resolution appears on page 5 of today's paper.) Both the committee and Wharton said that the State News action damaged the integrity of the committee process. But State News Editor John Juel argued that the paper's action was in the public interest - particularly the student interest. "Frankly," he said this week, "we see no reason why it (the list) should be secret right up to the time Wharton makes his selection." And Juel ch:~Jlenged the claim that the State News list was inaccurate or imcomplete. He said that the names had been verified with some members of the committee (although the original source, he said, was outside the committee), and he contended that the inaccuracies were minor: The affiliations of two persons were incorrect, and a third name was misspelled. Juel said that the State News list was information to which the public should expect access. He - said last week's disclosure was c~)flsistent with the State News decision last fall not to publish the well - circulated faculty salary list (News - Bulletin, Jan. 6). The paper would have printed the salary list, he said, if it could have gathered information beyond just names and salaries. . (Continued on page 5) Inside. · .. The money crisis, page 2 · .. Campus roundup, page 3 · .. Inside the library, page 4 ... Fellows named, page 6 MSU News -Bulletin ' ~ECEJVEn APR 211972 Vol. 3,No. 25 Michigan State University April 20, 1972 ,LrE: ; E.! ,:CE 'Y~o 'ARTMr CHIGAN S/}\ it:. UNIVE, ;, oj;3 , J.,RY Hart will receive Sigma Xi prize Outstanding researcher, educator and humanitarian - these are the traits most often mentioned by MSU chemists to describe Harold Hart, who will receive the 1972 Sigma Xi Senior Research Award Monday (April 24). Hart, professor of chemistry, will also deliver the annual Sigma Xi lecture. The talk, open to the public, will beat4p.m. in Room 138 Chemistry and is titled "Oxidation of Aromatic Compounds." The MSU chapter o( Sigma Xi science honorary annually recognizes an outstanding senior scientist on campus. The junior award went to Harvey Graham Purchase (News - Bulletin, April 13). Since Hart joined the faculty in 1946, said chemistry colleague Gerasimos J. Karabatsos, his work has been addressed to timely and significant constantly chemical research problems. "His research has been characterized by originality, imagination and experimental skill that have rightfully earned him a position of leadership in said organic chemistry today ," Karabatsos. "He has set high professional standards that are admired by his colleagues, and his enthusiasm for chemistry has become a constant inspiration to younger chemists. " Hart was a Guggenheim Memorial Fellow at HarvaraUniversity, a National Science Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at Cambridge University and in the early 1960s received the American ChemJCai Society A .... "rd in PetroleujJ, Chemistry. AtMSU he received, in 1960, the Sigma Xi Junior Award and, in 1965, the Distinguished Faculty Award. Currently he is editor of Chemical Reviews. (Continued on page 6) HARotDHART Inside the library -Photo by Dick Wesley The quiet of the MSU Library belies the extent of activities that its growth and maintenance involve. A close look at the library is on page 4. Legislative report Hearing produc~s more questions than answers An atmosphere of caution concerning financial resources for higher education prevailed at the University'S budget hearing Monday (April 17) before the Senate Appropriations Committee. Sen. Garland Lane (0) of Flint summed it up. "We're going to try to get what you need," he said, "but the state is facing growing deficit spending." Areas of concern to the Appropriations Committee included: ENROLLMENT AND MIX. The Committee was concerned that there might be changes in enrollment projections. President Wharton indicated tha t the original figure of 41,369 students for fiscal year 1972 - 73 was still a true one. Sen. Charles Zollar (R) of Benton Harbor, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, expressed concern that a court decision might give in - state residency status to students who are currently cbnsidered by the University as out - of - state students. He asked Wharton what the University would lose in revenue if such a ruling was handed down in the near future. Wharton replied that MSU would lose some $4.5 million in out - of - state tuition. ACAUEMIC PRODUCTIVITY. Referring to infonnation which the Appropriations Committee gathered from all state - supported, four - year institutions concerning faculty teaching loads, Wharton presented new figures which were based on the same criteria used by the other public universities. Sen. Lane maintained that the purpose of ~he information was not to compare institutions but to offer for the first time a meaningful guide in academic productivity. Wharton argued with the assumption that nonteaching time was not academically productive. He called for other categories such as research and public service. Sen. Lane attacked the (continued on page S) Page'2, MSU News-Bulletin, April 20, 1972 .. ' . rost -Civil W ar period brought cutbacks ~ , When Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill (land - grant) Act in 1862, Michigan legislators renewed their dream that MSU (then the state agricultural college) would 'in , a f~w years be automatically financed, this time from interest accruing from money acquired by sale of the federal lands. But the first interest (in 1869) from the sale,s was a paltry $58.96. Perhaps in an attempt to prove this self - sustaining theory, legislators began to :chqp, ,away at the college's annual appropriations for operating expenses until in 18134 the funds dropped to a mere $8,385 from a high of $20,000 in 1870. By tRat time land sales had picked up until a quarter -million dollars had been collected and was drawing interest. Some appropriations running as high as $43,000 were also granted each year for "special purposes." B.ut the college was really introduced to hard times in 1885. Beginning that year ' ~d'for the next 16 years, not a penny was appropriated by the state for operating , ex.p'tmses. Some meager appropriations did come for special purposes, but generally the administration had to scrape along on interest from the land - gran t fund, the ,ve~y low'student fees and receipts from the farm. " The dearth of funds in those years could be traced mainly to the lack of en thusiasm 'by the farmers of Michigan for a c()llege. Although well represented in the legislature, they displayed a lingering suspicion of book learning and their support was half hearted. '" J,\gricultural research came to the fore front in 1887 wit h the passage of the fedentl :Hatch Act and its first endowment of $15 ,000 in 1888. This became a yearly grant and later gradually increased until it doubled to $30,000 in 1913. Further federal help came in 1890 with the second Morrill Act and its initial endowmen t of $15 ,000. This had become $50,000 by 1913. AT THE TURN of the century, the college's desperate situation suddenly b'Fightened. By comparison with the preceding half century, the next 10 years could be categorized as sumptuous. ' 'Following some political maneuvering, the legislature in 1901 passed a tax bill pfOviding Michigan Agricultural College wi th the return to a maximum of $1 00,000 from a one - tenth mili ' general state property tax. This represented a real breakthrough for college financing. The first big year was 1902 when the $100,000 limit became effective. This; plus interest from land -grant funds and the Hatch and Morrill endowments, provided $205,08lfor operation expenSes. : State purse strings loosened even milre in 1905 when the legislature generously appropriated $81,000 for ~extras,iitcIuding fmancing ' of the Upper ,Peninsula Experiment Station, and'expimsion ofexperimental work with livest6ck:and money for a new barn and dorrilil'ory. Tha't year the total revenue for all purposes very nearly reached an' astronomical $300',000. The follOwing year the ceiling on the millage tax was raised, peniiitting added'funds until by 1912 the appropriation for operating expenses alone had grown to $228,800. Another financial crisis came in 1913 when legislators started sniping at the engineering school because they thought it duplicated the curriculum at U - M. A bilL to increase the mill tax on behalf of the college from one -\ en th to one - fifth mill was passed by the Senate, but the ways and means committee refused to report it out. Only· after a hearing 'attended by influential persons did the committee reluctantly bring it to a vote. It was changed to one - sixth mill with a provision that no more than $35,000 could be spent for the engineering division, a restriction later declared invalid by the Michigan Supreme Court. But despite' or note. Things seemed to go downlull from 1920 on , with income never enough to met ! the outgo. By 1927 the fin ancial crunch clin1axed with a fiscal- year deficit of $~24,708 . It developed P,Tim aril~ . because of a large increase in enrollment over a l period of several years, and despi.t~ the removal of a one - million - doUar lid on the mQI tax. This brought an increase )o the appopriation of more than a half-million, bu,~ no real assurance of sol~ency b,ecau se expenses were rising so rapidly. , The financial woes of t his period were in part responsible for the resignation of Pres. Kenyon L. Butterfield and the appoin tment of Robert S. Shaw as president in 1928. / j~thletic ticket orders ready Ticket applications for the 1972 football season and information on changes in basketball and hockey ticket poliCies will be sent this week to all full tirlie' UniverSity employes, reports Bill Bea(dsley, athletic ticket manager. T'he material includes a ticket application, a cord for those who wish to charge their tickets with either Master Charge or Michigan BankAtrericard, and a the new policy for letter outlining bask~tball and hockey policy. J\1SU News -Bulletin Editor: Gene Rietfors Associate editor: Beverly Twitchell Associate ,editor: Patricia Grauer r 'E:ditori:il offices: Rooms 323 and 324, Linton HaJJ, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823. Phone: 355-2285. Published weekly during the academic year by the Department of Information Services; Second-class postage paid at East Lansing, Mich. 48823. Faculty and staff will be able to buy reserved season tickets next year for basketball and for hockey at reduced rates. Beardsley said that all employes (some 8,000) will receive applications this year tlu:ough campus mail. Those who order tickets will receive them at their homes this summer via U.S. mail. Departments wishing additional application forms can order them from the ticket office at 355 -1610. Employe golf rates are set The Athletic Council this week approved rates for both the east and west courses at Forest Akers Golf Course. Single rounds will cost $1.75 at the nine-hole east course and $3 at the l8-hole west course. Season rates are $70 for a single employe, plus $40 for a spouse and $40 for each child over 14. Second in a series of three articles No man could have been selected to head the institution with a better reputation for fiscal ability. Three times during the preceding eight years Shaw had been appointed caretaker president when the books didn't balance. Each time he was able to shrink the deficit. He was referred to in Madison Kuhn's "The First Hundred Years" as "the canny Scot." Shaw may have possessed some extra sensory perception because he went into . action as if he knew that the nation's fmancial crash and the depression years were just ahead. In one year Shaw as able to turn a deficit of $65,000 into a reserve of $98,000. Quoting from Kuhn's book: "By policies of cautious expansion, Shaw adjusted spending to the gradually enlarging income from property taxes and student fees. By the close of June, 1931, he had accumulated a quarter - million - dollar reserve." Witpout Shaw's foresight, what had become Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science in 1925 could have foundered in the early depression years. By June of 1931 the state treasury owed the college nearly $300,000 of the mill tax appropriation. Only Shaw's reserve made it possible to complete the 1931 - 32 school year without drastic reductions in its programs. In the spring of 1932 the legislature trimmed 15 percent from all appropriations for the coming year. Tne reserves were sufficient to avoid the discharge of any of the staff, although other state institutions weren't so lucky. - W. LOWELL TREASTER History in sound 'America first, last, always' (Actual recordings that detail this and other events are available in the National Voice Library on the fourth floor of the MSU Library . An appointment can be made by caUing 3S S - S 122.) By G. ROBERT VINCENT Curator, National Voice Library The overflow crowds at Madison Square Garden in New York were singing: "America first, American first, last and always/So follow the crowd and sllOut it out loud:/ America first, last and always./There are 80 percent who are with us strong, and 80 perc en t just can't be wrong/America fIrst , America fIrst, America first, last and always." It was the summer of 1941, and I was there to record the rally. The America Firsters, an organization dedicated to keeping this country out of World War II, didn't want the U.S. to aid Britain. One of its chief spokesmen was Sen. Burton K. Wheeler of Montana: "My friends, I say to you, this isn't my fight; this isn't Lindbergh's fight; this is the fight of the common people of the United States against the' war mongers of the United States . .. The war zones that the war mongers and the administration are sending Americ~ ships through are the war zones proclaimed by one Franklin Delano Roosevelt himself (prolonged boos). Again, I say don't boo somebody who isn't here .... " I also did the recording for a dinner of the American Legion at Providence, R.I. The speaker was Theodore Roosevelt Jr., a veteran of World War I. Among his comments: " ... As a nation, let us make up our minds that our frontiers are not in France but on the shores of this hemisphere, and that our first duty is not to all peoples of the world, but to our American citizens .... " Not many months thereafter, while working at my sound and recording studio in New York - on a Sunday, catching up on unfinished work - I tuned in for the latest news and heard this (via shortwave): "This is KGU in Honolulu, Hawaii. The island of Oahu in the Pacific, one of the most thickly populated island of the Hawaiian group, was attacked by Japanese planes this morning, starting at about 8 o'clock. "No one would believe , when reports eminated from the two radio stations here, that theislands had been attacked. But when bombs began falling in various parts of the city, and in different Army and Navy posts and bases, people knew that Japan was endeavoring to eradicate America's outposts in the Pacific .... " • Isola tionism became an unpopular belief. (Next: A visit with W. C. Handy) ... Page 3, MSUNews-Builetin, ApritlO, 1912' . ~ Around the campus: A weekly review Wayne, ,EMU set runoff races Elections have been held but results are inconclusive in collective bargaining races at Wayne State and Eastern Michigan Universities, According to Don Beck, editor of the Wayne Report, the runoff election held last week at Wayne State shows no winner yet. The Wayne chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) polled 596 votes of 1,231 cast, and the Wayne chapter of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) polled 578. There were 57 challenged ballots. The Michigan Employment Relations to meet Commission (MERC) was the Tuesday (April 18) to settle challenged ballots. Until those are resolved, no election winner can be declared. The challenged ballots relate to a problem of eligible voters. In the first unionization election last month, 1,555 persons were reported eligible to vote. Tbis was based on a list of descriptions the approved by MERC, university was to supply names. That list is now being challenged. to ,which In that election last month, the AFT chapter had 544 votes, followed by the AAUP chapter (331), no union (188), and the WSU Faculty Association (145). * * * AT EASTERN MICHIGAN the situation is even more complicated, notes C. Keith Groty, MSU's assistant vice president for personnel and employe relations, because unit , definition has not been finally determined. According to Groty, the question of unit definition was appealed to the Court of Appeals, which asked that balloting be conducted, but with the b allots kept separated according to sections. Since four different "appropriate" units were being challenged, ballots were prepared by color, and there were four different counts and as many different results. MERC assumes that its unit will be it is the governmental upheld since agency. If that is the case, "no union" received the highest number of votes, with the AAUP and AFT chapters in a close race for second place. The EMU chapter of the Michigan Education Association (MEA) was fourth and out of the runoff race, and a number of ballots were challenged. So once the Court of Appeals rules on an appropriate unit, EMU may need a runoff election. And if the MERC defined unit is approved, the runoffwill be between "no union" and either AAUP or AFT, depending on how challenged ballots are resolved. Spraying to save elms In contrast to many Michigan communities whose ' elms have been devastated by Dutch elm disease, the Universtiy still has a population of about 1,700 of the valuable trees - thanks to its spray program. MSU will carry out its annual Dutch elm disease spray program sometime between now and the end of April. The program, a continuing effort since 1958, is aimed at curbing the disease on campus by spraying all elms to control the disease - carrying elm bark beetle. "Our spraying is done by helicopter, as , weather conditions permit," says George Parmelee of the University Spray Committee. "If conditions are right, we can complete the entire project on a single morning. The insecticide used is M ethoxyc hlor, a chlorinated hydrocarbon which is less persistent in the environment than the so - called 'hard' pesticides and is not known to build up in biological systems." Helicopter application requires only one - third as much spray material as ground spraying, and has the added bonus of providing maximum protection in the upper part of the tree's crown, where most beetle feeding occurs. Beetle - borne disease spores generally enter the vascular system of the tree through wounds caused by the insect feeding in the crotches of small twigs. "Spraying will be done during periods of relative atmospheric calm, when the temperature exceeds 40 degrees," says Parmelee. "These conditions usually occur at dawn and tend to minimize pesticide drift. Atmospheric calm assures maximum concentration of spray material in the target zone and minimizes the chances of accidentally spraying automobiles." , Drift is further reduced by adding a polymeric gelling agent, Dacogen, to the spr-ay mixture. This results in larger - sized spray particles which respond faster to the pull of gravity, there by sticking to a more compact pattern in the target area. To insure that only elms are sprayed, the helicopter pilot carries a large scale campus map on which elms are distinguished from other campus trees by a color code. Each year the spray program is timed to precede the annual spring emergence of the disease - carrying elm bark beetles. -JAMES LUTZKE \ Orchestra sets meeting times The new reading orchestra will continue to meet. Thursday evenings throughout spring term, says Dennis Burkh, orchestra director. According to Burkh, enough musicians turned out at the first meeting to make it worthwhile to continue. The , orchestra will read and rehearse a wide range of music when it meets from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays in Room 120 of the Music Building. There is no registration fee. More trees for roadways Detroiters will witness some of the most active tree planting in the state this year when Michigan celebrates Arbor Week, April 23 - 29. The reason is a new highway tree ecology study initiated by the Michigan Legislature and calling for a cooperative effort between the State Highway Department and MSU's Department of Horticul ture. Highway department personnel will plant more than 1,000 trees of 28 different species along various roadways (mostly I - 75 and 375) to determine which species are best adapted to the highway and urban environment," said Harold Davidson, MSU horticul turist. . landscape During the next few years, scientists will observe growth and development of the trees and samples will be analyzed here to determine possible toxic content. Scientists busy' at meetings expert from the Michigan Department of Public Health reported they have Isolate-d virus from drinking water listed as usafe?' Theirs is the nation's first isolation' 6f virus from drinking water. Their discovery suggests transmission of Viruses by drinking water. Mack emphasized ~hat identification ' fiom isolation and drinking water are only part ofthepJoof necessary to confirm that a virus can spread from water to humans. - , ,~ '.' , \ The traditional early spring crop of national scientific meetings included a large number of papers by MSU researchers at the annual meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in Atlantic City, in Boston at the meeting of the American Chemical Society, and in Philadelphia at the gathering of the American Society for Microbiology. Although other spring meetings attract University scientists, three conventions produced some 60 formal presentations of research by more than 100 MSU cO)1tribu tors. these Topics rang~d from' the effects of hexachloroph¢ne and mercury to the effects of drugs and birth control hormones. ,. ,; One spring publication not involved with any of the meetings was a lengthy report, in the New York Times, about the work of a microbiology team headed by Walter N. Mack. Mack, Yue - Shoung Lu and a health It had been assumed that if water intestinal passed standard tests for bacteria, it was safe to drink. . ' ': • ', I . No faculty band for awhile >:' ,. ; , , There won't be a faculty band, at least not before next fall. . MSU Band Director Kenneth BloQmquist' e~r1ier this year issued a call fpr any faculty members interested in iorming a f~~u1ty band (News-Bulletmj J~P,. 24). H~, reported that 16 facult.y. '~~pressed int~rest in having a group, but A~a,t it won't))~ possible now because of a ,prqblem with instrumentation. ... ,,:~, ~F.o,r one th!ng, Bloomquist noted, tnc;- gr.oup includ~d,~ix tuba players. ~ : ,~ He said thal.-he may ask again next fal{ fo! .?n expression of interest in a faculty, band. WOMEN ALLOWED. Two long - time barriers against women have recently fallen, , in at the University of Michigah. Although women students have been regularly using , the Michigan Union for years;last month the MiChigan Union's directors gave its"_ approval to making women eligible for life memberships in the union. And this~:, month the U - M's Science Research Club - celebrating its 70th anniversary - voted' , to include women ' in its membership. It meets ~bl1tly to hear scientific paper~ r, ,:' presented,by faculty researchers. , : - " ~ CUTS AT CMU . Only six newfac'ulty positions ~re being atJocated for 1972 -73 a,( Central Michigan University, a sharp decrease fTOfu recent years. In addition, 17 ~ _, facult y posit ions are being re;illocated within the \!niyersity. Decis.ions are based on fl :,; 1972 - 73 total enrollment increase of fe wer tl~an 200 and on the govemor'~ recommended budget for CUM. Thirty - five new faculty positions were authorize.d ~ for the current year, and 50 new slots were available in 1970 - 71. EAT MORE, PAY MORE. The University of Wisconsin at Madison has announced that it will increase dormitory room and board expenses next year. But there will1>e a new twist: Students who eat more will pay more. U -W offers four food plans under , ': which payment is made only for items selected by students at each meal. TRASH POWER, A preliminary study at the University of Iowa has £leen ' completed on the feasibility of generating stearn power by burning solid was{e~. Such a plant using trash as fuel is estimated to cost from $4.5 million t o $6.5 ~oi;t,: depending on size. The Iowa City landftll is nearing capacity, and a plan. (or satisfactory disposal of solid waste must be proposed by November under prese,nt " ," ,:' , Iowa law. WOMAN DEAN AT MINNESOTA. The University of Minnesota nas' its ~ ; second woman academic dean. May Brodbeck, professor of philosophy and head of her department for four years, is the new dean of the graduate sqoo01:-. Minnesota's first woman academic dean is M. Isabel Harris, dean of nursin g;Sint~ ... -'. 1969. - . "J!,tr. .. ,', GNING IS UP AT IOWA, UW. Fund - raising efforts at both the University of Iowa and the University of Wisconsin brought in r~cord totals for 197 ~. The University of Iowa Foundation reports that it raised almost $6.1 million last y~ar, with contributions from 11,000 individuals, businesses and organizations. Iowa's total includes a single gift of $3.5 million in common stock - the 'largest gift to a university last year. Wisconsin received $2.5 million last year from 15,497 contributors, an increase of 19 percent over the previous year'-s dollar figure. Page 4, MSU News-Bulletin, April 20, 1972 MSU .Library: A reflection of the Univer In its park - like setting near the Beal Botanical Gardens, the MSU library serves a quiet heart - beat function for the University's academic pursuits. But inside, the activity is .throbbing - and so extensive that even the longest tenured may not be aware of all that goes on. Here is a look at the library's functions, resources, activities and future. A library s resources ... Some librarians on short coffee break were discussing the rewards of their jobs: Meeting so many kinds of people, one - to - one relationships ·with people, the good feeling of finding just the right thing for someone, and "at least the hope that we're forwarding the human condition." And the biggest complaint: Why do they tear up our books? These librarians are part of the staff of 195, including 70 professionals, at MSU's libraries. They have charge of some 1.8 million volumes - a figure that has doubled in the past 12 years. (The average resource library doubles in size in about 16 years.) Director of Libraries Richard E. Chapin says the MSU Library is one of the fastest growing in the country. The growth, as might be expected, is attributed to increased recognition of library needs and to the development of graduate programs. Yet it is seventh in the Big Ten in total expenditures, 10th in expenditures for books and binding, eighth in staff size (with less than half the staff the University of Michigan has, for example), eighth in volumes held, but sixth in volumes added. Like anything, an acquisition program has its.price. The cost of storing what comes into the library each year is equal to the annual salary of a full profe:;sor, ~~in~L ' What gets accomplished with t hat relatively lit tle staff has to be impressive, and is the reason Chapin says one o f t he library's strengths is its staff. All of the professioIlallibradans have at le ast r;naster's degrees, and some have doctorates. A tour-from Brookover to Shakespeare . .. A LIBRARY'S STRENGTHS can reflect those of the campus on which it is located. MSU's is strong in: Biological sciences and 20th century literature, and it holds the outstanding collection in the country on the history of veterinary medicine, according to Chapin. Most campus research , Chapin says, is done with materials published within the last 10 years. He says the MSU Library has a good current acquisition program - as good as any . , . An average of about 400 books is added to the library each day - or 100,000 volumes a year. . The full - time staff is supplemented by the full - time equivalent of 125 students. Together they supervise facilities for a million customers a year. The holdings include: All , U.S. and Canadian governmental documents, United Nations documents, listings of copyrights and patents, phone books from around the country, college catalogs, books concentrating on "olit - of the way languages which are taught," according to librarian Bob Williams. The reference library handles everything from lost - and - found to questions on any topic. Its holdings are in the tens of thousands, with titles from the student directory to "Books in Print" to the Negro·Almanac to the Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources (News - Bulletin; Feo~ 10). . It also has a "vertical file" with newspaper clippings on current issues and biographies of peopel from Wilbur Brookover to William Shakespeare, and demographic, geographic, and.,P.Oljtical infortn!ltiOD on Michigan. The public service sect.ion houses facilities for 6lind students, the National Voice Library, and the audio library where selections ranging from Chopin to an MSU sociology professor can b~ peard. . 1 : :, '" There are 112 faculty carrels, lockers for graduate students, seating space for some 4,000 students or library users. Besides the undergraduate library (with books on every conceivable :mbject, says William), there is an urban affairs library, the Hubbard Information Center, maps and microfilms (which contain the New York Times from September, 1851, to the present in only five feet of space). Theses and early American imprints (dating as far back as 1639) are also on microfilm. Bound volumes of the New York Times and the State News, a "careers me," and a section devoted to current literature on "Campaign '72" (national, state and local) are also in the undergraduate library. The Assigned Reading section circUlates 1,000 to 1,400 items to thousands of students each day. On the ground floor is a self - contained science library (destined, eventually, for its own building when capital outlay gets that far). The special collections section includes rare books, first editions of important authors, fragile books that are irreplaceable and usually beautiful and valuable, plus science fiction, underground press editions, and - if the University has any, Williams says - the "dirty books." From receiving dock to shelf . .. Bur ALL OF THIS still covers just part of the functions housed in the library. Its own "life system" covers an immense area, including an acquisitions section where existence of books is verified, and books are ordered (with mUltig:>pies of cards) and received. The cataloging department takes care of getting the books to the shelves in some kind of order. It also has a section for reclassification of books. In 1957 the library began reclassifying books from the Dewey Decimal system to the Library of Congress sytem, and books are still being reclassified. The periodicals department covers one large area, receiving about 30,000 titles a year. There is a small section for "gifts and exchanges" - MSU publications are exchanged worldwide and book gifts come in from "all over." Some 250 newspapers - from Variety to the Nepal Press Digest - arrive and are unwrapped or microfilmed and placed out in the main library. And there is the data processing section, where books get their IDM cards before being discharged, sorted and shelved. And then, as Williams says, "they belong to the world." With ail average of some 400 books to be done daily, the library shop keeps pretty busy, but still some books don't get catalogued immediately and may be in storage for 10 to 12/years, Williams notes: Others go through the whole process in as little as 12 days. And there is more. Library staff serve many functions outside the shelved - book area: There are courses in bibliography, tours of the library, course assistance, special projects like a list of MSU publications or a "how to find", series. Fifteen branch libraries on this campus need to be coordinated. And the library serves the entire state. Often requests come from state government, for example, and anyone beyond high school age can obtain a library card. Professional bibliographers have to keep up with what the library ought to be acquiring, and they are helped by faculty members to keep them informed of research and publications in their fields. How do they select? They use bibiolgraphies and reference tools; they must know the University in the broadest sense, courses. taught, facUlty strengths and research. First priority goes to current English language materials - U.S.; Canadian or British, Chapin says. Books get worn out and need to be replaced or repaired, and there is a "binding preparation" shop on the ground floor for that. In periodicals, some $1,000 is spent each month to replace missing issues, which is a'librarian's heartache, because, as Librarian D. for new books or serials. The library of the futu NOTHING SEEMS TO STOP in the future will be making increasec he said, people will rely more on example, that the 1980 census will Instead, it will become a matte , detenning how to get it out for use] Other new or expanded program Film supervision; an art library audio facilities; a browsing room f program; orientation programs; fal areas of high use by students and service center to provide such eql office equipment, an education libr And while this has described t: forgotten. Concern is never focuse( be mindful of the future For example, some serials being and nothing is ever thrown awa} demand. And, as Chapin said in one of from now we will probably be ren in developing research collections resources should probably go il collections in areas for expansion. Chapin has.said it many times: faculty. It is the mirror of a good ir It is easy to blame a library fc service institution, and it reflects th Cataloging: A never - ending job to get things where they belong . It.. . ' 'sity Evaluation group dissolved • • • Page 5, MSU News-Bulletin, April 20, 1972 (Concluded from page 1) IN HIS RESPONSE to the evaluation committee's petition to disband, Wharton said that the "unauthorized release and publication of a list of purported candidates has compromised the achievement of a wide participation in University governance." He pointed out that "this was the ftrst time at MSU that a broadly based rating committee was formed to assist in selection of a vice president for student affairs. It was a meaningful extension of the policy which I have strongly pursued for over two years to open up the decision - making processes at this University as widely as possible to members of the MSU community." Wharton said that the "unfortunate victims" are those named in the State News list. Since not all the names are now active candidates for the job, he added, "a number of individuals have had their names mistakenly and needlessly brought up for public speculation. " (The State News countered that inclusion on the list could enhance rath'er than ' damage an individual's present position.) "In the future," Wharton said, "I hope it will be possible to achieve legitimate conftdentiality for individual the widening of candidates despite participation in the, selection process. "Failure to do so would leave as my only recourse making recommendation without consultation. All elements of ' the University must be responsible and cooperative if we are to achieve our goal of a genuine University community." * * * THE STATE NEWS action also caused a stir at WJIM - TV in Lansing. In an editorial last week (April 14), the station charged : "Implicit 'in the 'people's right to know' is their right to know the facts," the editorial said. "By publishing an incomplete and inaccurate list, the State N'e ws forfeited its journalistic prerogatives." " And the station concluded that "despite the disclaimer, it's quite clear evaluation corr.mittee broke a secrecy pledge to President Wharton . President Wharton would be justifted in naming his own designate ... " . . that , one or more members of the • A committee dissolves itself -GENE RIETFORS Whereas, the publication of an inaccurate list of the candidates for the post of vice president for student affairs violates the established procedures of the evaluation process, Whereas, such revelation may seriously jeopardize the professional standing of candidates in their present positions when they and been assured of confidentiality, Whereas, the failure to abide by the accepted policies of confidentiality regarding the potential interest of a candidate represents a serious breach of the integrity of the committee process, Whereas, such actions gravely undermine recent progress toward greater involvement and participation by various University constituencies in the University governance process, and . Whereas, such ,irresponsibility undermines the public image and the integrity of Michigan State University, Therefore, the underSigned hereby request the president that the committee be dissolved from its original charge and cease further operation. (Signed) Walter F. Johnson (professor of administration and higher education), Emery G. Foster (asristant vice president for business operations), James D. Rust (University ombudsman), Thomas M. O'Shea (graduate student), Dozier W. Thornton (associate professor of psychology), Ruth S. Hamilton (asristant professor of sociology), Marjorie E. Gesner (professor of history), Robert Rosenthal (undergraduate student). Paula Fochtman, undergraduate representative, declined to rign the resolution. A. I. RABIN, professor of psychology, has written "Kubbutz Studies," published by the MSU Press. It is a digest of 125 books and articles on the Israeli commune written by social scientists, educators and others. RICHARD SCHLEGEL, professor of physics, is the author of "Inquiry into Science, Its Domain and Limits" (Doubleday and Co.) It attempts to define and explore the fundamental limitations of the scientific method. DONALD M. JOHNSON, professor of psychology, has written "A Systematic Introduction to the Psychology of Thinking" (Harper & Row). It is an attempt to summarize signiftcant trends in the psychology of thinking. " -Photos by Dick Wesley Senate appropriations' -hearing ,. • • .. ., .,1 ~ t. David C. Taylor says, that money could be used ture ... • in the library - including progress. Libraries of sed use of computers, Chapin said. In the future, )n information than on books. He predicts, for vill not be published in the same way it has been. tter of storing information in computers and tsers. )filS Chapin has asked his staff to consider are: rry; visual cassettes; expanded urban affairs and a for current popular books; a general education faculty delivery service; information packages in nd faculty; an Asian - Mrican library; a library ~quipment as typewriters, calculators and other .brarian; and on and on . . . . . the library in quantifying terms, quality is not sed only on the present; a University library must ' ng purchased now may not be in use for 20 years, ray, because no one knows when there will be of his suggestions for consideration: ''Ten years emembered only for how effective we have been !l.S for use in the 1980s. A major portion of our into areas of developing substantial research " es: ''The library is no more and no less than the l institution. " for any sort of shortcoming, he said, "but it's a the larger institution and i~s priorities." - - BEVERLY TWITCHELL (COncluded from page 1) tenure system in higher education and called for some way of removing "dead wood" from the teaching ranks. MEDICAL LIBRARY HOLDINGS. Provost John E. Cantlon spoke on the need for $312,000 to increase the University's holdings in medical books and literature to be temporarily housed in the University's main library. Sen. Lane and Sen. Joseph S. Mack (D) of Ironwood expressed concern over the great distance that medical students would have to travel from Fee Hall and Life Sciences 1 to the main library. Wharton indicated a willingness to provide informafion to the Appropriations Committee concerning the cost of locating library space closer to the medical facilities. INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION. Cantlon discussed the University's request for additional funds to upgrade and 'modernize the University's large instructional television system on campus. He spoke in terms of the credit load carried by televised courses. Sen. Mack raised questions concerning' the payment of faculty members for their part in television tapes used off campus. Cantlon indicated that MSU was studying the copyright question as related to television tapes in order to develop a policy in this area. He added that MSU is governed by ' the traditional philosophy of copyrights in the development of educationaf materials. Sens. Lane and Mack urged the establishment of some kind of statewide systems of exchange of television tapes so as to spread needed educational resources in Michigan. DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. Wharton discussed Gov. William G. Milliken's request for funds to aid disadvantaged students in Michigan's public colleges and universities. He pointed out that universities are now faced with additional students who have not yet reached their academic potential due to educationally or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Cantlon added that with its $889,000 request, MSU could help 5,000 such students. relatiolfsh'ips with Michigan's " j community colleges. SALARir INCREASES. Wharton said that MsU had been seeking a 14 percent salary increase to place the University in the upper levels of the Big Ten university salaries. But Gov. " Milliken's recommendation was for a .:: 6.5 percent increase . Wharton added <~ : that unemployment insurance and social - security costs would also have to come out of this figure. Sen. Lane stated that the committee would try to see that salary levels can be raised without placing State Government in the hole . COMMUNITY COLLEGES. Sen. Carl D. Pursell (R) of Plymouth expressed concern that in developing enlarged programs to help disadvantaged students, the four - year institutions would adversely effect Michigan's community colleges. Wharton answered that he didn't think MSU would compete with the community colleges ' in this area. He added that he felt the larger ' universities had the resources to provide much needed research on how to help disadvantaged students. He argued that jn fact such research will also help the universities deal with transfer students with disadvantaged the backgrounds who come from community colleges and thereby would be of help to community colleges. And Wharton maintained that MSU will continue to develop working LAW SCHOOL. Wharton reviewed MSU's proposal for a law college with the committee. Sen. Lane expressed concern that the University was not increasing the size of next fall 's entering class in the College of Osteopathic Medicine in order to fund a law schooJ_ " Wharton indicated that this was oot true and that at present the University's request was for $100,000 of planning funds for a law college to op'en fall 1973. Sen. Lane called for a prograIll in legislative bill drafting to be part of the law school on the basi~ that there is' an : important need for trained personnel in: " , this area in the legislative service ,and '. that no other school is training SUCh persons. There seemed to be committee support for the law School depending on the availability of funds. -MIKE BORN Page 6, MSU News-Bulletin,ApriI 20, 1972 Eddie Meadows: Promoting the cause of .jazz. -Photo by Bob Brown Bringing jazz to campus Jazz is becoming a serious, accepted art form at the university level, says Eddie Meadows, direcicn of MSlPs- Jazz Ensemble. The ensemble will present a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday (April 22) in the Erickson Hall Kiva. Featured with the group will be Arnie Lawrence, saxaphone soloi~t with TVs Tonight Show orchestra. , Meadows, an assistant profeSsor of music, contends that "jazz has been snubbed by musicians even though it is one of the most significant art forms America has contributed to music." . , But as the popularity and acceptance of jazz grow, he says, its nature will change. "The underground jazz people will come out into the open and perform j~z as an art, creating a new audience and using jazz as an educational tool." "But the pure jazz artist will always be able to stand out," Meadows adds. "People will always recognjz'e him over the novices." Meadows was born . and raised in Memphis, Tenn. He earned the B.S. in music education from Tennessee State University and in music education from the Uhlversity of lllinois. the M.S. He came here in 1967 as a graduate student in music education, received his doctorate in 1970 and was appointed assistant professor the same year. , Meadows has also taught at Kentucky State College, ,at Wiley College in in the Chicago Marshall, Tex., and . ' Public Schools. Along with his duties as professor, Meadows coordinates music extension programs and teaches~.Afro - American music, a course which will be offered regularly next year. . As director of. the MSU Jazz Ensemble, Meadows .tries to scan a variety of jazz styles. "Jazz is many things to many people," he says. "You have to keep this in mind as you prepare for concerts and train students for any performing situation they may encounter. You them try flexible musicians." to make Meadows' own experienCe has been playing trumpet. Although his teaching duties take up most of his time, he says he plans "to get back into playing the trumpet." He says that no jazz artists of the first< · rank have perfonned on the campus, mainly because there is no student pressure to bring jazz artists here. "It's surprising that in a University of this ' Size, people don't attend jazz involved," . conce.rts and become Meadows observes. Although a small core of jazz lovers here buy recordings and attend concerts off the campus, ''you see the same faces at concerts," he says. -DARIA SCHLEGA Four more fellows are announced . Newly selected as Presidential Fellows in the fourth and final roUhd of a program which involves them in the MSU administrative process are: R. Judson Carlberg, director of advisement and assistant professor, Lyman Briggs College; James' C. Votruba, doctoral student in higher education administration; Gary L. Reinhardt, a in veterinary medicine; and Eugene J. Wilson, a senior in psychology. senior They will serve as Presidential Fellows from September, 1972, to June, 1973. Previously, fellows had been elected for a six - month term. The fellows will be assigned initially to the president's. office for a two - to - four week orientation and then will be assigned to a University administrator for the duration of the nine - month period. They will continue to be involved in the president's office, including biweekly seminars with President Wharton. The undergraduate and graduate fellows will not be emolled for academic credit, and the junior faculty fellow will not have teaching responsibilities during the fellowship. Each will receive a stipend for. his work. The program, patterned after the highly successful White House Fellows Program, provides an opportunity for selected students and junior faculty members under the age of 35 to secure experience in the university administrative process. The first fellows were selected in the fall of 1970. The program is being funded by a $75,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. The four individuals were selected out of 70 who applied. . Carlberg, the junior faculty fellow, had served previously as the director of student affairs at Lyman Briggs College. He in received his master's degree college student personnel administration in 1968, and his doctorate in higher education administration in 1971, both from MSU. He also holds the B.A. from Wheaton College, Wheaton, ID. and the B.D. from the Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary, Denver. James C. Votruba, a doctoral student in higher education holds both the B.A. and M.A. from MSU. He has served as an instructor in sociology at Lansing Community College, an instructor in political science at Drake University, and a director in the Office of Student Residence at Drake. Hart wins a ward . (Concluded from page 1) He is known for his 1956 discovery of a method which pioneered the synthesis of many important organic compounds. . "His investigations on the behavior of the se compounds brought him international recognition as an authority in the chemistry of small rings," said Karabatsos. "Professor Hart has played a leading role in the field of oxidation of aromatic compounds." Some of these compounds have served as the starting point to make unique chemicals and to test concepts of photochemistry. Hart's more recent work has emphasized the region of photochemistry, or chemical reactions brought about with light. "He discovered a new photochemical phenomenon," said Karabatsos, "the significance of which explored ... " is now being Chairman of the chemistry department, Jack B. Kinsinger, said of Hart: "His contributions are made always with the motivation to provide for the common good, and no matter where the contribution is, it can be counted as being significant. . "Professor Hart is highly regarded in the department by both faculty . and students as an extraordinary teacher, and to as an advisor. His contribution undergraduate i s education as significant as his very well known efforts in graduate education." The MSU educator has graduated more Ph.D.'s than any other chemistry faculty member. He has directed approximately 100 students to various degrees. - PHILLIP E. MILLER Paying 'social dues' in the ghetto " Admission and education of so - called disadvantaged students has received considerable attention. But what comes after the four years at college? In the office of Patricia Julius, an Instructor of American thought and language, there has been extensive talk of what happens after graduation ... first with one student, then with as many as 50 more. A black student, ghetto - born and bred, nearly ready to leave MSU with his degree, was torn between his desire to "get out of the ghetto," and his conscien~, which dictated a return to the ghetto and his people. The student brought his dilemma to Mrs. Julius, "and I couldn't let him go out without an answer," she said. So she had an idea: The student "- could go back for three years, to work in whatever area in which he received teaching, business, his de gr e e - whatever. He could help people with income tax, do the books for a grocery • store, tutor young people. He could live at a bare minimum; his fees can be whatever people can afford to pay. And he would have an "in" in the community. He wouldn't be an outsider coming in to do his bit for society. He would be a member of the community returning to "pay his dues." * * * IN SO DOING, the student could serve to encourage the young people in the community that there is a way . out of the streets, Mrs. Julius said. The gradaute could be "living, breathing proof that it can be changed." Just by being there, she said, the student could show other younger people that . they can succeed in another world - that there is an exit from the ghetto. After three years, the student would no longer need to feel guilty about his own exit, she said, nor to feel tom between desires and obligations. The three years would also be practical experience for future jobs. Each year a new wave of graduates could return to the ghettos to work in the same manner, with previous groups serving in part as resource personnel for them. * * * THIS ISN'T REALLY a formalized, structured program. It is an idea which has been adopted by a group of Mrs. Julius' students - blacks, Chicanos and Indian - and perhaps, she thought, an idea other faculty advisers might like to try. Why don't the students just do it on their own anyway? Because, she said, "this way it isn't so lonely." Her role as an adviser is to help in any way she can to help the students frnd jobs, with aid from the Placement Bureau's minority counselors. But the rest, she said, must necessarily be the students' own· "People like me have to stay out," Mrs. Julius said. "The students have to do it themselves. The knowledge that they did it helps them." She said she has learned that "kids will play any game as long as they know the rules." This plan has rules; it's clear, tangible, and has an ending, she said, and "you can do anything so long as you know it isn't 'always.' " - BEVERLY TWITCHELL ~ Page 7, MSU News-Bulletin,April 20, 1972 EXTENSION WIVES BULLETINS------~------------------------- Sigma Theta Tau nursing honorary initiation is holding annual and installation ceremonies at 7:30 p.m., Friday, 'April 28 in the Life Science Auditorium. Irene Beland will speak. The Extension Wives will meet at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, April 27 at the Beekman Center, 2901 Wabash Rd., Lansing for a tour and talk on the Center. A 11 :30 a.m. luncheon at Jacobson's will follow. For reservations, call Mrs. Robert Maddex, 339-8112 or Mrs. James Boyd, 337-2211. SIGMA THETA TAU spring JAMES McCARTNEY James McCartney, reporter for Knight Newspapers Washington bureau and specialist in national security matters, will speak at 1 :50 p.m., Wednesday, April 26, in 105 S. Kedzie. His visit is sponsored by the School of Jour nalism. ARCTIC MEETING An international meeting on arctic and mountain environments will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 22 and 23 in 100 Engineering. The symposium, the first of its kind, will deal with tiny plants and animals of glaciers, h~alth in glacial environments, and glaciers and climatic conditions. CO-OP NURSERY The MSU Community Co-op Nursery, at the corner of Jolly and College Roads, is holding an open house at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 23. Classes for four-year-olds are held either mornings or afternoons on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and for three-year-olds on Tuesday and Thursday. For information contact Mrs. Gary Lightfoot, 349-0397 or Mrs. James Urquhart, 393-4903. OPENING EXHIBIT There will be an opening at Kresge Art Center Gallery at 7:30 p.m., Friday;. April 28 for the exhibition of student works in various media. Refresh ments will be served. FACULTY FOLK GOLF Members of Faculty Folk who are interested in playing golf are invited to attend a coffee at 9 a.m., Thursday, April 27, at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house, 605 M.A.C. Ave. Those attending should know their Faculty Folk numbers and bring $1.75 for prize money. STUDENT WORKERS Departments or organizations deSIring to employ students may contact ·'the Student Employment Office at the Placement Bureau. Student ap plications are on file listing available working hours, past experience and qualifications. Each job is posted for students to view while an attempt is made to match job openings with available applicants. Referral lists are also available for babysitting, housekeeping, typing, yard work and odd jobs. Students and faculty members may wish to employ part-time typists for manuscripts and class papers. If you wish to employ an MSU student, call 5-9520. EXHIBITIONS----........ - -.......... ~...-----~---- Kresge Art Center Main Gallery: Works from the permanent collection. Entrance Gallery, North Gallery (April 28 - May 21): Works in various media by undergraduate and M.A. students. , ' , .. Hidden Lake Gardens Tipton, Michigan Plants geographically diverse and varied in climatic adaptation are on display in -the Tropical Dome, the Arid Dome and the Temperate House. Open daily 8 a.m. until sun