., In ancient Greece, a Helot was a slave who served his Spartan master. This handbook, for you new ·spar tans, will serve as your slave in: intro dµcing . you to the traditions, rules and activities at Michigan State. ' PLEASE BRING THIS BOOK to CAMPUS WITH ·you ' ' the helot Published t hrough the courtesy of Student Government and the Dean of Students Office by Blue Key and A ssociated Women Students. MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE PUBLICATION Vol. 49 Septemb er 1954 No. 3 P ub li shed m on t hly b y Mi ch igan State Coll ege. E n te r ed at th e P ost Office at Eas t Lansing, M ich igan 1 as second cl ass matter under the A ct of Congress, Aug ust 24, 1912. HELOT EDITORIAL STAFF • 1954 BURTON GERBER editor LOU VARGHA BILL SHANNON art and layout editor copy editor SYLVIA MOYER assistant editor BOB FARRALL photo editor COPY STAFF MARY JO MAGUIRE associate copy editor MARY PAT DOWELL religious editor MARCIA ALLEN MARTHA HINKLEY DIANA KAROLL - 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS - 3 - MSC SHADOWS MSC, we love thy shadows When twilight silence · falls, Flushing deep and so,£tly paling Our ivy covered halls; Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our hearts to thee, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises MSC. When from the scenes we wander And twilight shadows fade, Our mem'ry still will linger Where light and shadows played; In the evening oft we'll gather And turn our thoughts to thee Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises MSC. .A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Many of you may look upon education as something imparted by teachers and garnered from books and labora tory experiments; these elements are highly important, but learning to be good citizens is important, too. You who have been accepted as students at Michigan State College have an exceptional opportunity to learn good citizenship by actual practice while you are here. One o,f the riches of Michigan State is the wide opportunity it offers for students to live and work together towards worthwhile goals. The student who fails to participate actively in the life of the campus community misses an important educational experi ence. This handbook is published to enable you, who now are strangers in our community, to become part of it as quickly and as pleasantly as possible. It will help you to become familiar with the laws and customs of this community, which as good citizens you will want to obey and observe; it will help you to learn the names and responsibilities of your -6 - I I community's officials and organizations, the places to which you can turn for help if you should have personal difficulties, the major events of the year on the community's calender, and the details of a wide variety of student activities in which you may participate. This univers ity exists for your benefit ; its principal objective is to maintain a situation in which each student can grow and develop to the limits of his individual capacity. You will have access to great cultural and intellectual treasures; you will have the guidance o,£ a distinguished faculty and the u se of fine facilities; you will live and work in a congenial atmosphere. Everything that can be done to stimulate your growth and development will be done. What you make of your opportunities depends on you alone. Your years on the campus can be happy and productive if you ch.oose to make them so; it is my hope and belief that you will. JOHN A. HANNAH -7 - YOUR WELCOME WEEK ACTIVITIES Your first week at Michi gan State will be a busy one for you . " Welcome Week" serves the purpose of introduc ing to you the administrative officials of MSC , the extra curricular activities which are available to you, and the standards which are expected of you on this big campus. Your parents will be interest'ed in the first convocation for parents which will be held Sunday, September 19 at 2 P .M. in the auditorium. This program is to acquaint par e.,nts with Michigan State's objectives and procedures. Monday morning, September 20, at 9 :00 a.m., you will attend an opening convocation for all new students. This meeting marks the beginning of a week of activities, tests and meetings designed to assist you to become better ac quainted with the university, the staff and your fellow stu dents as well as to prepare you to begin your college work. At the Monday morning convocation you will be intro duced to President Hannah, Dean King, Dean Hamilton, Dr. Menzies of the Health Service, and the, president of the All-College Student Government. You · will receive more detailed instructions and programs for the testing schedule and for the other activities of Welcome Week. Special convocations for students enrolled in certain schools will follow this meeting. Engineering, Education, Home Economics and Veterinary Medicine will have intro ductory meetings for new students in their schools and the Basic College will sponsor a program for non-preference students. you meet the president Monday evening will be an important night for you. I_n the Union Building, President and Mrs. Hannah will meet you at an informal reception. You will also have the opportunity to meet other administrative and faculty per sonnel and student leaders, as well as new fellow students. The MSC Men's Glee Club will sing and teach you the Spartan songs, and the entire Union Building will be open for you to inspect and visit. On Tuesday, a series of campus tours will begin which will continue every day for the rest of the week. These tours will leave the South Terrace of the Union at half hour intervals. Tuesday evening, students enrolled in the School of Agriculture will have an opportunity to meet staff members and to become acquainted with the school and opportunities in the field. All men s tudents are invited to a program sponsored by the Inter-Fraternity Council designed to pres ent a glimpse of fraternity life at Michi g an State. Other Tues day evening activities include a YMCA- - 8 - YWCA mixer for all students in the Union Building. The "Y" house will also be open. Women stu_dents will meet Wednesday evening for a program sponsored by A WS (Associated Women Students). This program will explain to you women's activities, extra curricular activities and campus life. The religious groups on campus will open their doors to you on Thursday evening. Each of the denominational groups will sponsor an open house, party or reception as out lined in the program which you will receive at the start of the week. a look at the team Your first look at a college pep rally will come Friday afternoon. The team will be leaving for the Iowa game and the Spartan Spirit Committee has planned a send-off to in clude a demonstration of plays. Friday evening you will have the opportunity to choose from a number of social activities. There will be a square dance, an informal dance in the Union Building and a street dance, the Delta Street Shuffle. Closing out your Welcome Week activities on Saturday evening will be "Collegiate Capers," a dance sponsored by the student government which will give you an opportunity to meet more students and become a part of the important social life at Michigan State. During the day you will be busy taking a series of tests. These tests will be used to determine your proficiency in fundamental academic skills. If the tests indicate some weaknesses, you will be assigned to one or more of the Improvement Services where you will have the opportunity to correct this weakness. The results of most of these tests will be available to you in the Counseling Center beginning about the fourth week of classes. Many students find these tests helpful in their educational-vocational planning. Among the tests which you will take during Welcome Week are a psychological examination, a reading test, an English test, an arithmetic proficiency test, a hearing test and a speech test. All students will receive a chest X-ray and women students will receive a physical examination which will be used in planning a physical education program for you. Men students will take a swimming test and those passing it will receive credit for the course. With a faculty member, you will plan your courses for your first term at Michigan State. He will advise you and help you in filling out the proper forms. You will see your enrollment officer according to the schedule in the program you receive during Welcome Week. Registration will be an important time for you. During this process you will make payment for your course fees and for your board and room. You will register in your classes and arrange your class schedule for the term. Good luck! -9 - ADMINISTRATIVE Dean Tom Kinq Dean Tom King is the Dean of Students of MSC. His office, in 305 of the Ad Building, has direct supervision over the Placement Service, housing, alumni re lations, the Health Center, Counseling Center, draft deferments, Michigan State College Fund, foreign students, Registrar's office, High School Coopera the scholarship committee. tion, and Dean King's office is also in charge of all breaches of college rules by students. Dean Thomas Hamilton Dean Thomas Hamilton is the Dean of the Basic College. All students, new to Michigan State College, are required to enroll in the Basic College, which is composed of four comprehensive core courses: Communications Skills, Natural Science, Social Science and Humanities. The Dean's office is located in the Basic College Building. Dean William Camba Dr. William H. Combs is Administrative Assistant to the President on Academic Affairs and Dean of the All-College Division. As an Assistant to the Presi dent, Dean Combs in charge of academic personnel, instruction and re search programs. As Dean of All-Col lege Division he has charge of the Li brary, Air Force and Military Science ROTC programs, the College Museum and the Audio Visual Center. His office is 318A Administration Building. is -10- PERSONNEL Arthur Brandstetter Mr. A. F. Brandstatter is the Chief o,£ Police on the campus. His department is responsible for the enforcement of college ordinances and the state criminal code and is particularly concerned with the student driving and parking regula tions. Chief Brandstatter is ably assist ed by an enforcement staff of 22 men including a fire inspector. His offices are located on South Campus at 103 Quonset Hut. Mr. Brandstetter is also head of the Department of Police Administra tion. Jack Breslin Mr. Jack Breslin is the Director of the Placement Bureau which is located at 101 Morrill Hall. This office aids stu dents who are seeking part time employ ment while in school. Prospective gradu ates and alumni may also arrange for interviews for employment with repre sentatives from business, industry and the teaching profession. Lists of · sum mer job opportunities may be obtained by students at this office. Tom Dutch Mr. Tom Dutch is the Director of the Housing Office which is located on the first floor of Wells Hall. This office is primarily concerned with assigning students and faculty to college living quarters. Lists of college-approved off campus housing may be obtained at this office. Students seeking quarters in the married housing units may also obtain aid from thi s department. -11 - Emery Fo•t•r Mr. Emery G. Foster is the manager of the dormitories and food services. His office is also responsible for the main tenance of the physical property and food services of the men's and women's residence halls, the Union Building, Kellogg Center, Food Stores, and Mar ried Housing on South Campus. His office is located on the third floor of the Administration Building. Robert Linton Robert S. Linton has been Registrar at MSC since January 1, 1939. His office has the responsibility for admissions, records, evaluation of credits, registra tion, diplomas, class room scheduling, schedule books, directories, catalogues and many other reports. It is necessary for him to maintain close cooperation and coordination with students, parents and other universities in order that the office may carry out its many functions. Colonel Dorsey Rodney Colond Dorsey R. Rodney is the Chair the Committee of Military man of Affairs which coordinates two ROTC programs. He is also the Co ordinator of Military Affairs and as such, advises students on matters per taining to draft status. The Colonel's office is located on the first floor of Mor rill Hall. the -12 - Mildred Jones Miss Mildred Jones is manager of the women's residence halls. Her office is in East Landon Hall and students with problems about the buildings, food serv ice, or other business concerning the physical plant are welcome to visit her. Kenneth Lawson Mr. Kenneth Lawson is the manager of all o,£ the men's residence halls and as such has charge of the physical plants of these halls, which includes main tenance and food services. Mr. Lawson's office is located in East Shaw Hall. Robb Gardiner Mr. Robb Gardiner is an assistant to the Dean of Students and is in charge of men's activities which includes fraterni ties, the IFC , Men's Council and Stu dent Government. Mr. Gardiner also will assist students seeking loans. His office is on the third floor of the Ad mini stration Building. Lurline Lee Mr s. Lurline Lee is an assistant to the Dean of Students who handles coopera tive housing, the A WS Activities Board and the Student Government. Mrs. Lee's office is in the Women's Division Office on the third floor of the Administration Building. -1 3 - Dorothy Parker Miss Dorothy Parker is an assistant to the Dean of Students and is responsible for the personnel program in the wo men's halls, disciplinary cases, A WS dorm representatives and the social and athletic programs in the women's resi dence halls. Her office is in the Admin istration Building on the third floor. Mabel Peternen Miss Mabel Petersen is an assistant to the Dean of Students who deals with the A WS Judiciary Board, sororities and the social affairs of the student organiza tions. Miss Petersen's office is located in the Women's Division Office on the third floor of the Administration Build ing. John Truitt Mr. John Truitt is an assistant to the Dean of Students who deals with the personnel program in the men's resi dence halls, disciplinary cases and the athletic program of men's dorms. He also assists students seeking loans. Mr. Truitt's office is on the third floor of the Administration Building. Ellwood Voller Mr. Ellwood Voller is an assistant to the Dean of Students and is the coordinator of student organizations and their all college activities. Mr. Voller also works with the advisors of student organiza tions. His office is on the third floor o,£ the Administration Building. -14 - • • d ~ .. :, . . . . HISTORY OF MICHIGAN STATE Since its founding in 1855 as an agricultural school, Michigan State has grown to the rank of a university with ten schools and many specialized courses. The first state agricultural college in the nation, Michigan Agricultural College expanded with the Morrill Act which provided funds for one-half of the college revenue. Under the terms of the Morrill Act, the college focused most o.f its attention on vocational education, especially Agriculture and Engineering. Later, training in Home Eco nomics, Veterinary Medicine, Forestry, and the liberal arts was added to satisfy the needs of a great many of the student body. In 1925, along with the diversification of the college training offered, the name of the school was changed to Michigan State College. In the years since 1925, Michigan State has taken its place as one of the forerunners in higher education. A school which had less than 500 students in 1896, enrolled 3000 in 1927, 7000 in 1939, and reached its peak in 1948 with over 16,000 students studying on the campus. Along with the growth in student body, came a corre sponding growth in physical facilities. Such buildings as Berkey Hall, Natural Science, Physics-Mathematics and Macklin Stadium were erected to take care of the overflow which crowded MSC. The teaching staff was raised to a new high of over 1000 and the Extension Service grew until its present status as the School of Continuing Education. Michigan State has been a pioneer in the development of the Basic College program to give to all students a common background in general education. This program has served as the basis for similar plans throughout the country. Truly a college of the people of the state o.f Michigan, MSC has stressed service through its 100 years of existence. -15 - CENTENNIAL PROGRAM CALENDAR OF EVENTS As of February 12, 1955, birthday greetings will be in order for Michigan State College. Having reached its lOOth year as an educational and service institution, it has been long preparing for a big celebration. Sharing the birthday spotlight on February 12 with President Lincoln will be the parade of Founder's Day activities. It was on this day in 1863 that the Morrill Act which established the land-grant college system was passed. Campus tours will begin the Founder's Day program, fol lowed by a luncheon at the Kellogg Center. Afternoon activities will be headed by a convocation fea turing Dr. James B. Conant, former president of Harvard University, as speaker. This will be a formal academic affair complete with caps and gowns. College professors and college presidents from other schools and countries will be in attendance. Approximately fifty students from the various Big 10 schools will also be invited to the program. Closing the big day will be a banquet in Rather Hall, the dining room for the new men's dormitories. Special recog nition awards will be given at this time. Also on the agenda are a series of 10 symposia. Educa tional problems in these 10 fields will be discussed at each one of the symposia. The partial schedule for these symposia is as follows: February 14-19, Agriculture Symposium Fe_bruary 25, Continuing Education Symposium March 2, Engineering Symposium April 11, Business and Public Service Symposium April 18, Home Economics Symposium May 2, Basic College Symposium May 11-14, Industrial Exposition May 16, Science and Arts Symposium June 27, Veterinary Medicine and Experiment Station Conference Co-ordination of all student activities to the theme of the centennial year is another part of the proposed celebra tion. The Water Carnival will have a centennial theme and the Wolverine, the college yearbook, will publish a special centennial edition. Student conventions will center around the centennial idea. Special services will be sponsored by a student-faculty commission for centennial. Guide services will extend throughout the year for the purpose of conducting tours for all the visitors that will be attracted to the campus. A -16 - special talent bureau listing speakers, entertainers, and other student talent will be available to groups which sponsor programs. In addition to special services above, certain special events have been planned. A student musical in the form of a special centennial operetta will be performed as part of the birthday celebration. CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES fall term September 20 - Welcome Week Begins F reshman Convocation September 21- " Y-Mixer" for New Students September 21 - Fraternity Welcome to Men Students, Music Aud. September 22 - Religious Programs for New Students September 23 - A WS Program for New Women Students September 24 - Delta Street Shuffle SWL Mixer for Transfer Students September 25 - All-College Dance sponsored by Student Government September 28 - Inter-Fraternity Council Smoker October 2 - Harvest Ball October 23 - Purdue Football Game (homecoming) Homecoming Dance November 20- IFC-PanHel Dance December 3 - Coronation Ball winter term Feb. 4, 5 - J-Hop February 12 - Founder's Day Banquet March 4 - Spinster's Spin April 16 - Spartacade April 22- Co-Hop, sponsored by ICC and WCL spring term April 30 - Senior Ball May 14 - Engineer's Ball June 2, 3, 4 - Water Carnival June 5 - Commencement -17 - .1 ! ! TRADITIONS AND EVENTS spartan round table The Spartan Round Table is a meeting through which the students and college administrators can exchange views on common problems. Student representatives are chosen by President Hannah and are generally the presidents of the various student organizations, governing bodies, and living units. Many members of the faculty are also present at these dinner meetings which are held throughout the school year. hannah's open door About the busiest man on campus is President John A. Hannah. Through his never ceasing work he has helped to make State one of the leading schools in the country. How ever, he still finds time to personally help any students with college problems. The door of the President's office in the Administration Building is always open for anyone who wishes to speak to him. msc - u of m rivalry The spirit of rivalry between MSC and our neighbor to the east is at its height during fall term when the Spartans meet the Wolverines of the University of Michigan in the annual football classic. During the week before the game, Sparty, our statue on South Campus, invariably receives a coat o.f paint and large M's ap pear on campus buildings and sidewalks. sorority sing The sororities all put their 'best foot forward' when they meet each spring to compete for the trophies in the annual Sorority Sing. Each group of thirty women sings one familiar song. This event, held in the band shell, is sponsored by the Pan Hellenic Council. lantern night Lantern Night, a traditional event for women students, sym bolizes the passing of responsi bility from class to class with -18 - the passing of lighted lanterns from one cl~ss to another. Outstanding senior women are honored at this event. senior ball The Senior Ball, although primarily emphasized for seniors, is an all-college event. For the seniors it is the last college formal which they attend as undergraduate students. senior swing-out parades to the The senior class, led by its president, auditorium for one of the last events be,fore graduation. A farewell address is given and it is followed by the elec tion of alumni officers. high school letter sweaters ' Remember, you're in college now. Those letter sweaters may have been the rage in high school but not here at MSC. Tradition says that anyone seen on cam pus wearing a high school letter is in viting a dip in the Red Cedar. canoes One of the first signs of spring is the opening of the canoe shelter. From early April until late fall , State students of both sexes find ample time to participate in this favorable water sport, canoeing up the Red Cedar. sog The 38 miles of sidewalks on campus were placed there to be used. Students seem to forget this as each spring finds new foot -paths marring the lawns. Annually, Alpha Phi Omega places signs in strategic spots to help remind stu dents to S 0 G : Save Our Grass. fraternity sing Near professional quality issues from the band shell each spring term when Alpha Phi Omega holds its annual Fra ternity Sing. WKAR broadcasts the program, in which each fraternity group sings two songs. Trophies are awarded to the most outstanding performances. senior table carving Each year a table in Old College Hall, off the Union Grill , is set aside on which the seniors carve their initials. Table tops are hung around the room on the walls after the indi vidual class has graduated. turkey trot Inaugurated in 1941, the annual Turkey Trot becomes more popular each year. All women's living units sponsor male teams which run in the mile long race on Old College Field. Turkeys are awarded to the team accumulating the most points. -19 - I; I Ii I friendly campus The tradition of friendliness is part of Michigan State. College sponsored dances along with mixers, teas and par ties held by the many campus organiza tions give students an opportunity to meet new friends. This is a friendly campus. activity carnival A WS and Men's Council sponsor the A ctivities Carnival which is held - _ .,, ~"o..~~t>i'».,;-,;,~;-;rr" every ,fa ll term. The purpose of this carnival is to acquaint the students the campus organizations and with thei r activities. Displays are shown in the concourse beneath the college stadium. -~ d - · -E~ coronation ball T he Coronation Ball, sponsored by the Army and Air Force ROTC units, is held during the fall term in the Audi torium. The corps honorary colonels and individual unit sponsors reign at this annual affair. career carnival Every fall term the Union Building is the scene of a Career Carnival. At this time major companies throughout the country send representatives and displays to the campus to inform the students of job opportunities with the various firms. This event is sponsored not only as an aid to gradu ating students but also to create interest within the entire student body. harvest ball The first all-college semi-formal dance of each school year is the_ Harvest Ball which is sponsored by the Agricultural Council. A queen and court are chosen to reign over this popular event held in the Kellogg Center. porpoise show Members of Porpoise present an annual water variety show each winter term. The highlights of the Porpoise Show, which is held in the Jenison Gymnasium pool, is an outstanding display of synchronized swimming. The theme of the show is usually built around humorous aquatics. greek feast Each year the IFC and Pan Hel sponsor a Greek Feast. One of the fraternities is host for an evening of eating, entertainment and dancing. All fraternity and sorority pledges and actives may attend stag or with a date. frosh-soph day An annual affair each spring is the Frosh-Soph Day. Con tests, races and a tug of war test the strength of the two classes. The day's activities sponsored by the Frosh-Soph Council, are concluded with a dance held in the Kellogg Center. The "little brown jug" is awarded to the winning class. -20 - parents week end An opportunity is afforded parents of students to become better acquainted with Michigan State College during the annual parents' week-end held in May. Tours of the campus, sporting events, open houses and teas are some of the activi ties available for the parents at this time. water carnival Floats decorated in accordance with the theme of the year may be seen on the Red Cedar River as Water Carnival, a traditional spring term three-day extravaganza, is pre sented. The last activity presented by the senior class, the Carnival is a spectacle of color and dramatic splendor. Dur ing intermission on the final night, new members are tapped for Excalibur, senior men's honorary. homecoming The annual homecoming celebration for alumni celebrated by the traditional half-time presentation of the homecoming queen and her court. Displays decorate dorms, fraternity and sorority houses. First, second and third place winners are announced during the ceremony at the game. The alums are given a cordial welcome back to the campus, and win or lose, the festivities are concluded with an all-college dance with the queen and her court presiding. block s Block S is the name given to Michigan State's new fl.ash card section. Stadium spectators and TV viewers can watch this spectacle at all the home football games. This activity is sponsored by the junior class, and those students partici pating are juniors and a .few fortunate freshmen and sopho- mores. christmas tree lighting ceremony Near the end of fall term, members of Pi Beta Phi and Delta Tau Delta sponsor the annual lighting of the large spruce tree located in the parkway near the west entrance to the Union Building. Chorus and community singing high light the evening. spinster's spin Turn about is fair play. The gals pay, make their date's corsages and play chauffeur as they take over at the annual Spinsters Spin, a semi-formal dance, sponsored by Tower Guard, Mortar Board and Spartan Women's League. crystal ball On the agenda of the many formal dances annually is the Crystal Ball, sponsored by the men's and women's co-ops. A queen and her court are selected from the women's coopera tives. may morning sing On the first of May each year at the Beaumont Tower, the Men's Glee Club sets the stage for an impressive ceremony. -21 - At this time, the new members of Tower Guard and Mortar Board are tapped. junior 500 Since 1948, Lambda Chi Alpha has sponsored the Junior 500 push cart races in which all men's living units partici pate. Both competitive and humorous entries participate for prizes. Coeds representing the entries reign over this mid spring event. men's inter-dorm dance The Men's Inter-Dorm Council sponsors a semi-formal dance each year. The dance is held at one of the men's living units, and transportation is provided for the men and their dates. I I ' um o c Really they are not so bad. For the Ugliest Man on Campus con-~ G "~ '!'J test, the women's living units each~~~~'""""""",___~ ~~~5> select a well-known man on campus -~-,;~~'-0 ~Jf1"A \..:::....._~~~ for whom they camp~ign . ~ach penny collected for their candidate counts as a vote. The money from this contest sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega goes to Campus Chest. _r __;..;z~ · :__.,-> ... · _ _,. ~ ~ _,.---":.._l(_"\J;\:::--;:-r::~· ~ ~- ~ -- r$) 0 1•17', Y-, .> j hop For many years the junior class at MSC have presented the annual J-Hop. A big-name band provides the music for the big week end. It is a custom for the Friday night dance to be semi-formal and the Saturday night dance to be of formal dress. TRADITIONALLY SPEAKING best foot forward Casualness is the keynote of fashion at MSC . There is no definite style or material to be followed , only basic patterns of dress, variation depending on the individual. For boys, a sport coat or suit is always correct when the girls wears hose and heels, or flats. A tux is required only for the formal night of the J-Hop. Jeans are fro w ned on for anything but canoeing or parties at the lake or possibly for winter sports. For class, slacks and sport shirts, or sweaters, are the thing with white bucks, saddles, or loafers. These clothes are also appropriate for evening organizational In cold weather, meetings unless otherwise stipulated. jackets are worn to class, but for evening the topcoat or overcoat will make the best impression. The female of the species seems to have more of a choice fashionwise. One exce p tion is the hat, however, and there -2 2 - are so few occasions demanding a hat that two or three of them will usually last all four years. For class a sweater, or blouse, and skirt is the favorite or occasionally a casual suit. In cold weather the storm coat is very popular along with the famous Chesterfield. Red, yellow and pastel-colored slickers take care of the rainy days and %- or shortie-length coats keep ,formals in the best condition on the way to a dance. Saturday is official jeans-day and they can be worn all day, except for dinner. Other days you'll use them just for lounging in the room or canoeing up the Red Cedar. Most social functions will be classified as formal, semi formal or informal. Formal means formal or cocktail dresses and tuxes; semi-formal means formal or cocktail dresses for women, suits for men. Informal means dressy or casual. A good rule is to keep in mind the event and the place. The President's Reception for freshmen is quite dressy, heels for girls, and ,for men, suits, white shirts, and- ties. Lecture-Concert Series' programs require hose and heels or flats; men should wear coats and ties. courtesy This isn't going to be a long treatise on manners. There are etiquette books in residences for you to consult about points of etiquette with which you are unfamiliar. If you don't find an Emily Post there or you don't want to show your ignorance to your resident advisor, you can find the answers in the office of the Men's and Women's Divisions of the Dean of Students' Office. They have all sorts of treatises on manners for college students and they know a few of the answers themselves. Whenever you go to a new community you will find it has its own special ways of doing things and Michigan State is no different in this respect. The surest and quickest way to find out how things are done here is to ask someone who knows. It's not always safe to rely on a fellow student for information; you may just be pooling ignorance, and even upper classmen are not infallible. They may be learning the hard way. Maybe they will tell you it is all right to go to the President's Reception in a sweater or a T-shirt or bobby socks because the invitation says "informal" when, of course, you should come in your best Sunday "go-to-meeting" clothes. You aren't being a "sissy" if you stand when older people come into the room or when you hold a door open for -them to let them enter. When you stand up as you should, when President Hannah rises to speak to you at a ccnvocation, you are showing respect for him and his position. When you show consideration for your roommates' study habits you are showing respect for them as individuals. When you ob serve quiet hours in your residence you are being considerate -23 - I I I I of the other students. When a man is concerned about his girl friend and her welfare, it is a compliment to her and shows his consideration for her. To be on time for classes as nearly as distances permit is to show courtesy for your professors. integrity This is a big school, and it may look like no one is con cerned about you, or about how you achieve those coveted marks which permit you to stay in college. Believe us, your professors have a pretty good batting average in hunting down students who show signs of giving or receiving help on exams. What we are really anxious about is your real achieve ment. I.£ your chief goal in coming to college is to get an education, you won't acquire what you want by 'working angles' just to get by. You are just cheating yourself and missing your opportunities here to acquire not only knowl edge and skills, but self discipline and the ability to apply what you have learned, as well. So don't be surprised if your fellow students turn down any request for aid that would not be· cricket. They are not being ' hardnose', but are helping you to look at yoursel,f and strengthen your values so that you can live with yourself. Frankly, we resent it when a student expects us to be dis honest to get him out of a jam. He might try studying the way we have had to do. That doesn't mean that you should not study with a pal or with your girl or boy friend , or that your four-point friends won't be glad to clear up a problem in calculus or a passage in a symphony. We don't need to go into the dif ference between legitimate helpfulness and cheating. You know what we mean. TRADITIONAL PROCEDURES activity books Your activity book is your passport to many campus activities. It is made up of numbered pages which can be exchanged for tickets to athletic events, lecture concert series programs, and many other activities. Your activity book has a space ,for your student number and name. Each time you receive a ticket to an event you tear out a particular page of the book and give it to the person at the window in return for the ticket. We advise you to guard your activity book with your life. It is pretty disheartening to watch everybody in the dorm troop off to a football game while you can't go because you have lost your activity book. -24 - attendance Michigan State College is always happy to see new ,faces, but it is doubtful if any group of people are more happy to see students than the gentlemen who act as instructors in your classes. From the first day that you sign into a course the professor is waiting to see you with open arms, every day that the class meets. Our professors are very sensitive people and they are often deeply hurt if you ignore their welcome, and desert the class for the seemingly more sympa thetic company of your contemporaries in the Union Grill. We can tell you truthfully that it is a terrible thing to hurt a professor's feelings . A wounded professor is often more dangerous than a wounded Cape Buffalo. The rules on attendance, as generally laid down, are flexible, and vary from prof to prof. It is generally expected that you will attend every class period, unless you have a very valid excuse for absence. An instructor has the right to consider attendance as a factor in deciding your grade. Some professors will lower your mark in accordance with the number of times you miss the course. Missing classes will probably impair your knowledge of the material studied. Excuses for classes missed, are acceptable if they are re ceived from the Health Center. These excuses allow you to make up the work that you have missed. An excuse from any other source than the Health Center does not necessarily give you the right to make up work missed. withdrawals If you find it necessary to voluntarily withdraw from college, it will pay you to know the college rules regulating this procedure so that you may receive proper credit and a partial re.fund of your course fees. First, secure permission from the Dean of Students' Office -Men's or Women's Division-and have this permission approved by the dean of the school in which you are en rolled.. Women students must have parental permission. Present this approved permission and your student fee receipt card to the Registration Office where you will receive an authorization which you must present to the Cashier's Office along with your student receipt for a re fund of half your fees if you are withdrawing before mid quarter. If you withdraw before the first eight weeks of the term, you will not receive a grade for any course in which you are enrolled. After eight weeks, if you withdraw, you will receive an 'Inc' in courses in which you were doing satis factory work. In other courses, you will receive an F. If you are called into the armed services during a quarter you will receive a full refund of course fees if it is before mid-quarter; or you will receive full credit for the courses -25 - you are carrying and their grades to date if you are called after mid-quarter. drops and adds ' . When that last week of classes rolls around and the pos sibilities of getting through that class that you cut 15 times are getting smaller and smaller, it is too late to drop out. The administration knows that some classes may not be quite as important to you as they looked when you signed up for them, so they have made provision for you to drop them, but not after a certain date in each term. You can find out that date by looking on the Union Board Term Calendar. Until that date you are perfectly free to drop a course that seems unimportant or inconvenient to you. After that date you can drop the course with a mark of no grade, with the special permission of your dean. We would advise you not to try dropping a course that you are flunking, after the drop date, because you will re ceive an automatic F, anyway. You would be wiser to sweat your way through the final and pull your grade up. The same rule applies to adding courses to your schedule. It's per missible up to a certain date. your 'ID' number please in addition In a college the size of Michigan State, you will find that great use is made of the Identification Card issued to you during registration. This card is commonly referred to as the 'ID' card. The number appearing on its face is your number that identifies you all during your stay at Michigan State. You will be asked to present it for hun dreds of reasons: voting, library use, lecture-concert pro grams, all types of athletics (often to your admission ticket), to obtain taxes waiver of state sales when buying goods on cam pus, registration, and so on ad infinitum. Always make a hab it of carrying it with you where ever you go. There is nothing so disgusting as wait ing a half hour for a book in the library and then discover ing that your ID is in your other jeans back home. Hell hath no fury as a student who forgets his ID. They don't want your name, they want your number. ACTIVITY CARD MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE FALL , -26 - I BASIC COLLEGE The Basic College, in which all freshmen and sophomores are enrolled, is an important feature of Michigan State's broad educational program. It is designed to give to you a common background which will be of service to you as a citizen and a leader. All upper-school courses are taught on the assumption that you will have had this common edu cational experience. For you who are undecided about a major field of study, the Basic College offers an opportunity to explore various fields and to choose the one most closely related to your interests and ability. The Basic College also provides for acceleration for you who have had exceptional high school preparation or who have done independent study. The Basic College curriculum requires you to take four comprehensive core courses: Communication Skills, Natural Science, Social Science, and Humanities. These courses are composed of carefully chosen and related subject matter. You must also take whatever introductory or exploratory courses are required by the school into which you seek en trance. In the case of 'no preference' students, courses should be elected which will contribute to general educa tional and intellectual growth. Also required for basic stu dents are Military Science for men and Physical Education for men and women. The four basic courses extend over three quarters and you are to complete the three quarters in uninterrupted sequence. Through demonstrated ability, you may be allow ed to take an examination for advance credit in a basic course without being enrolled in that term of the basic. This is done by securing special permission through the particular department. If this petition is approved, an examination must be taken to determine the grade for that course. If you earn a grade lower than an A or B on the examination, no credit is given and you must enroll in that term of the course and take the regular examination at the end of the next term. If taking a special examination, your grade for the term in which you were enrolled will be the instructor's evaluation of your work. You will not receive special per mission to take an examination if you have· taken more than nine credits in related subject matter taught by the upper schools. It is the established policy that you will take the required basic courses before beginning related courses in the upper school. For regular students, the final grade will be determined by a two-hour comprehensive examination at the end of each term given by the Board of Examiners and by the grade that the instructor assigns on the basis of work done in class and attendance. The comprehensive examinations are cumu lative from one term to the next. Thus, an examination over -28 - second and third term work will include material from the previous term or terms as well as current material. Those of you who enter Michigan State without choosing a field of study are called 'no preference students'. You are enrolled in the Basic College and are assigned to an enroll ment officer from the basic college staff who will work with you in developing a field of study. Some o.f you, however, enter college and immediately become identified with your major field of study through dual enrollment. You are then enrolled in the Basic College with a preference for a par ticular upper school. You are assigned an enrollment officer in that school who will help you plan your electives to meet that school's entrance requirements. If you wish to change from 'no preference' to a definite curriculum preference or from one preference to another, you must do this in the Counseling Center. If that change is entirely within the School of Science and Arts, your enrollment officer can accomplish the change. For all other students, the change must be made after the end of one term and before the beginning of the next term for enrollment purposes. When you have completed your Basic College require ments and have attained a C average in 92 credits, you will be transferred into the school of your choice. In case you have not attained a C average in 92 credits, you will be dropped from the college unless the Dean of the Basic Col lege grants permission for you to remain one more teri:n. If you are so continued and do not meet the transfer requirements after one term but do reduce your point defici ency, you may be continued one addi tional term at the discretion of the Basic College Dean. At the end of this second probationary period, you will be dropped .from college if you have not met the transfer requirements. the For you who do not desire or need a four year education, MSC has es tablished terminal courses. At the end o.f two years, stu dents completing 92 credits including the basic courses will be given appro- priate certification. two year - Terminal courses offered at MSC include Agriculture, Insurance, Re tailing, Secretarial - Science, Retail Merchandising, Home Economics, and Science and Arts. Consult the college catalog and your enrollment officer or counselor if you desire to enter one of the two-year programs. -29 - -i I SCHOOLS OF STUDY agriculture The School of Agriculture, the oldest division of Michi gan State College, is designed to give you a broad under standing of general agricultural problems and practices as well as a specialization in a particular field, if you desire. If you elect to enter the School of Agriculture you may choose one of eight curricula which are : a general agricul tural series, including Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Education, Journalism, Animal Husbandry, and Soil Sci ence; the Agricultural Engineering Program; the Dairy Curriculum; the Horticulture Series; the curriculum in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning ; the Agricul tural Education Curriculum; a curriculum in Food Tech nology; and a Division of Conservation, including Forestry. The School of Agriculture makes use of the college farms in experiments and demonstrations and will give you plenty of experience in coming into contact with actual agricultural problems and applying the principles learned in classroom work. The offices of the school are located in 113 Agriculture Hall. business and public service Training in bus iness and in fields of admini strativ e nature is the job of the School o,£ Business and Public Service. The School has set up several curricula to prepare you to enter business, politics, police and social work and physical edu cation. The School is divided into several divisions and depart ments. The Division of Business includes the fields of Accounting, General Business and Business Education and Secretarial Studies. The Division of Hotel, Restaurant, and General Institutional Management offers courses in those fields, using the Kellogg Center as a laboratory. The De partments of Economics, Journalism, Police Administra- tion, Social Work, Political Science and Public Admin istration, Physical Educa tion for Men and Physical Education for Women all offer curricula leading to degrees as well as offering elective courses for other students of the college. The offices of the School are located in 114 Morrill Hall. -30 - education If you enroll in the School of Education, you may receive training to be an elementary, secondary or college teacher. Areas of s pecialization include Physical Education, Health, Recreation, Industrial Arts, Vocational Agriculture, Trade and Industries, Home Economics Education, Administration and Supervision, School Psychologists, Counselors, Adult Education and College Teaching. Completion of the required curriculum will enable you to teach in the public schools of most states, depending upon their respective requirements. Practical experience is required of all education majors. Student teaching is carried out in the public schools . The School of Education has its office in 116 Morrill Hall. engineering The School of Engineering has established various cur ricula to prepare you to enter any one of several engineering fields . These curricula are as lfroad as possible, while still offering a high degree of specialization. Engineering students are trained especially in the prac tice and application of the scientific method, engineering procedures and experimental work in engineering problems. The divisions of the Engineering School are Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Sani tary Engineerin g . There is opportuity in your senior year to specialize in one of the options of the divisions . The School of Eng ineering is located in 101 Olds Hall. home economics You students who enroll in the School of Home Eco nomics will be trained in the broad field of the science and art of Home Economics and will also receive instruction which would be valuable to you in entering a profession. Home Economics deals with family living, child care and development, nutr ition, clothing, housing and efficient use oJ income in home management. The School offers you professional training in General Home Economics, Foods and Nutrition, Institution Ad ministration, Retailing, Clothing and Textiles, and Home Furnishings. The School also offers elective courses for students majoring in other schools but wishing to take home economic training . The office of the school is in 7 Home Economics Building. -31 - science and arts Most of you will take your elective courses in the School of Science and Arts which has the largest teach ing staff of any school on campus. The school not only offers several curricula leading to bachelor degrees but also furnishes courses for students who need a broad ·supplement to their training. The specialized School of Science and Arts offers a liberal education for all of you who wish to take advantage of it. Five divisions make up this School. These are the divisions of Biological Science, offering you training in Bacteriology, Botany, Zoology and Nursing Education; Fine Arts, including Art, Dramatics and Music; Language and Literature, which contains English, Foreign Languages and Speech; Mathematical and Physical Sciences, includ ing Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Geology ; and Social Sciences, which is comprised of History, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology. The School of Science and Arts is located in 101 Natural Science Building. graduate school ~f, after finishing your four year requirements for your first degree, you still want to stay in college, you may apply for entrance into Graduate School and work towards a Master's or Doctor's degree. The Graduate School offers courses in most of the major fields of study that you may elect as an undergraduate. It usually takes at least one year of study for you to qualify for the Master's Degree. After three years of graduate study, you will be ready to receive your Ph.D. The Graduate School's office is located in 112 Morrill Hall. veterinary medicine In the School of Veterinary Medicine you may choose one of two basic curricula. The degree of Doctor of Veter inary Medicine is awarded to you if you finish the veterinary curriculum. Admission to the curriculum in Veterinary Medicine is quite limited and therefore quite selective. It is based partly on your record in your first two years of pre-professional -3 2 - I. I I study. Once you have been admitted to the curriculum, you must finish four years of professional training in order to qualify for the degree. The medical technology curriculum, which leads to the B. S. degree, is designed to train you to do laboratory work in bacteriology, pathology and biochemistry. You will be prepared for a position in a hospital or a laboratory by your practical experience as an intern in a hospital which oper ates a school for the training of clinical laboratory tech nologists. Offices are located in Giltner Hall, Veterinary Medicine in room 103 and Medical Technology in room 100. continuing education The Continuing Education Service is the agency of your college which spreads the services of MSC , except for agri cultural extension, throughout the state, especially to adults . Continuing Education brings educational programs directly to Michigan communities. It annually handles approximately 500 conferences, special courses, institutes and clinics on the campus, attracting more than 150,000 participants. MSC staff members conduct this work which disseminates practical information and covers a wide variety of subjects. The Service also plans broad programs in educational and community services; it helps business, industry and labor with problems confronting them ; and it cooperates in broad public service programs with health and government agencies. This special activity of the college is located in the Kellogg Center for Continuing Education. -33 - ROTC PROGRAM Unless he is a veteran or has had ROTC in high school, each physically fit male student must take two years of Army or Air Force Basic ROTC during his freshman and sophomore years. Following the two year basic course, during which he learns the fundamentals of the army and air force, a stu dent may request admittance into advanced ROTC . Suc cessful completion of the advanced course at the close of his senior year qualifies the cadet for a commission in the United States Army or Air Force Reserve as a second lieutenant. Those Army ROTC students who display exceptional qualities o,f leadership and military science proficiency may be designated Distinguished Military Graduates and may apply for a direct commission in the Regular army. Air Force Distinguished Military Graduates are given special consideration for regular commissions after eighteen months active duty. army rote During the first two years of army ROTC, cadets receive practical instruction in military history, leadership, weapons and marksmanship, ~mall unit tactics, map reading and other basic subjects, much of which will be of future value to them either in the service or in industrial or professional careers. Those cadets who qualify for entrance into the advanced programs are classified early in their junior year into one of 15 branches of the army. This classification is done by a committee consisting of the PMS & T and several senior deans of the college. Consideration is given to the cadet's branch preference, his leadership potential, his academic standing and his college major and minors. Later in the junior year final branch assignment is made by the Depart ment o,£ the Army. The cadet then attends the summer camp of that branch between his junior and senior years. Some of the branches available are infantry, artillery, armor, military police, signal corps, and others. Upon completion of the program which includes summer camp, the cadet is commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve. Following commissioning the officer is in the active reserves for a period of eight years, the first two of which, under present policies, are spent in active service. -34 - air force rote The freshman years of AFROTC is devoted primarily to political science subjects and is comprised of intro duction to global geography, international security organiza tion, introduction to aviation and the instruments of national security. The sophomore year of the air force program is spent by the cadets learning the elements o.f aerial warfare neces sary to an understanding of the Air Force mission. During the junior and senior years, the air force cadet studies the management and organization of the Air Force, military aviation, and the art of war. Like the army program, an air force board reviews cadets during their junior and senior years to determine what job they will be best fitted for within the air force. Air force officer procurement is centered primarily on pilots, navigators, and bombadiers with a limited number of vacan cies for the ground officer. summer camp Between the junior and senior years, all Army and Air Force cadets attend summer camp throughout the United States. Reveilles, mess calls, retreats, parades, inspections, drills, bivouacs and marches are all part of the program. Air Force cadets have the opportunity to fly in, and to become familiar with, all types of aircraft. Here the cadet has the opportunity for practical experience to supplement his previous classroom instruction. Cadets are instructed in the use of various types of arms and are acquaint ed with army and air force base pro cedure. Cadets are rated on their work at these summer camps and these rat ings are reported to their ROTC units. Summer camps are held at Army and Air Force bases in Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky, Colorado, Maryland and Louisiana. Army cadets attend for six weeks, while the Air Force summer camp extends over a four week period. -35- PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physical education for men and women is a stron g feature of the college's educational system. All men stu dents are required to enroll in physical education courses during their freshman and sophomore years or until they have completed six terms including one course in swim ming, unless they are excused by the Health Service. Veterans of the Armed Forces are exempt from physical education on the same basis as they are exempt from military science, and students who are thirty years o,£ age or more are also exempt. Exemption certificates must be secured from the college registrar's office and presented at enroll ment if an exemption is claimed on any of these grounds. Students with physical handicaps will be enrolled at the discretion of the Health Service in Adapted Sports, the only physical education course which may be repeated for credit. Women with physical handicaps may enroll in an Individual Gymnastics class. If enrollment in a physical education course is deferred for any reason, it must be made up before graduation. A standard gymnasium uniform is required of all male students enrolled in physical education. This uniform con sists of shirt, shorts, socks, supporter, and shoes. These articles may be purchased at the Gymnasium store in Jenison Fieldhouse. For most of the women's gym classes a regulation white blouse, blue gym shorts, and tennis shoes are required. All students enrolled in physical education must secure a locker by paying a two-dollar locker fee which is refunded at the end of spring term, or when the student does not enroll in physical education. A charge of one dollar per term for the towel service is charged at the beginning of the term . This fee is not returned. Students are assigned to small basket lockers and use the large lockers only when participating in class. When the class is over, the basket and lock must be returned to the small locker. All injuries received in physical education classes are reported by the instructor to the Health Center. The col lege is not responsible for services rendered by an outside physician. i ' I I -3 6 - / . i ' I FACILITIES union buildinc;i The center of student act1v1ties at Michigan State is the Union Building. The Union Board, composed of in terested students, plans and carries out activities beneficial to the student body in the building. The Union is the hub of student recreation and relaxation for freshmen as well as upperclassmen. Its facilities , func tional and attractive, are designed to enrich your college education and make it ,four years well spent. Union facilities include the grill, probably the most popu lar spot on campus to have a coffee date. Off the north wing of the grill is Old College Hall, a room traditionally reserved for seniors. On the ground floor below the grill is the cafe teria, an idea place to take guests for dinner. It has a seat ing capacity of over 450. In the concourse of the first floor is the main desk, which serves as an information center for visitors and lost stu dents, a cigar and cigarette counter, the clearing house for tickets to all-college activities, and a travel bureau which can plan a trip for you to any spot in the world. For your relaxation there is a spacious mixed lounge as well as a women's lounge and a men 's lounge. Here you may read, rest, or meet your friends. Among the recreational facilities in the Union, are the sixteen modern bowling alleys in the basement and fourteen modern tables are avail able for billiards and equipment can be rented for a small charge. A table tennis room on fourth floor is furnished with several ping pong tables. Paddles can be checked out at the first floor checkroom. Across from the table tennis room is a card room equipped with card tables and chairs which students are welcome to use whenever it is open. Cards may be secured at the first floor checkroom. Also located in the Union are a barber shop, a browsing room furnished with various magazines and news papers, a telephone room, the Art Room, where students may see the works of fellow students and faculty members as well as art collections from famous art museums, and a Music Room, where students may listen to all kinds of records, popular as well as classical. The busiest place in the Union, during Registration . Week, is the bookstore, where all books and supplies, as well as MSC souvenirs may be bought. A ballroom on second floor is the site of many record and band dances. Up to 300 couples can dance at the same time on this floor. Some dances are also held in the parlors across the concourse. -38 - In the Union, are located the offices of all MSC student. publications, as well as · those of the Student Government, A WS , and variou s other student organizations. Meeting rooms on the third floor are available for any organization by reservations made through the Union manager's office. At the first floor checkroom in the concourse, is the Lost and Found, where articles ,found all over campus are de posited. Lost articles are kept for a maximum period of 90 days and then turned over to charitable organizations which can make use of them. Union building rules have been kept to a minimum but it is necessary to have some for the benefit of the entire student body. Food is not to be taken from the grill to another part of the building. No pictures, furniture , or other equipment is to be moved from one room to another or from the building. All decoration, posters, stunts and use of showcases and · the union desk must be approved beforehand by petition ing the Union Board. A detailed list of building rules is available in the Union Board office, which is located on the first floor of the building. health center For the benefit of the students' health, the college main tains a complete medical and hospital service at the Olin Memorial Health Center. The purpose of which is to pro tect the health of the students and to enable them to return to classes as soon as possible after an illness. The regular office hours at the Health Center are 8 :00 a.m. to 11 :30 a.m. and 1 :30 p .m. to 4 :30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For service during these hours, a fee of 25 cents per visit is charged. This is done to prevent abuses of the service. The Center is open on Saturday and Sunday by appointment. For service after 7 :00 p.m. a charge of one dollar per visit is charged. Students that are ill are expected to come to the Health Center since no services are provided outside the Health Center. There is no limit to the number of visits that a student may make to the Health Center during a term for treatment. Routine medical supplies are dispensed without charge and sustaining drugs are furnished at cost plus a small handling fee. Students may be hospitalized in the clinic for up to 40 days per college year without charge. After that time, there is a flat rate charge of 12 dollars per day spent in the hospital. Free ambulance service is provided only for a student who has sustained injuries in participation of required classroom -3 9 - I i 1 1 work or employment if the individual is unable to make his way to the hospital. In all other cases, the student will be charged for the ambulance service through the college. Students admitted to the hospital are under the care of the college staff. All except minor surgery is referred to outside surgeons who will charge a fee to be paid by the student. All examinations not required by the college are charged to the student. In the event of emergency surgical care, an immediate effort is made to contact the parents by phone. Students under 21 must have parental permission for major surgery. All duly enrolled students carrying more than 10 credits are considered full time students and are eligible for health serv ice. Part time students, those carrying less than ten credits, are not eligible for care in the Health Center. The ID card must be presented when apply ing for services. A student is considered enrolled only when the term is officially in progress; when the term ends, a student is no longer considered enrolled and is not eligible for free care. library The College Library is where you may spend a good deal of your studying time in writing papers, reports, and theses. In order to avoid any unnecessary delay or unpleas antness in these jobs, you should acquaint yourself com pletely with the library procedure. The first floor of the main building houses bound general periodicals, rare books, the graduate study room, and the office of the librarian. The card catalogs, the main circula tion desk, the main reading room and reference rooms are on the second floor. These catalogs are divided into author title catalog and subject catalog. Another reading room is on the third floor. In the basement are located a reading room for the blind, a juvenile and textbook library, and the religion department library. Books may be charged out at the main circulation desk by presenting a call slip properly filled out. Only graduate students and faculty members are allowed to enter the storage stacks. Undergraduate students must wait for an attendant to secure their books. Books are charged out for a period of two weeks with a renewal privilege unless the book has been reserved for another borrower. -40 - If a book is charged out when it is requested, you may reserve it by paying a charge of two cents for the post card which is sent as notification when the book is available. If a book is returned late, the borrower is charged two cents per day for each overdue day. In the case o.£ lost books, the borrower must pay the fine as well as the initial cost of the book to the library. Certain books such as reference works, periodicals, United States government publications, and rare books are not lent out of the library without special permission. In the Main Reading Room is located the Reference Department where encyclopedias, dictionaries, bound period icals, and document indexes, handbooks, gazetteers and at lases, census reports, and other volumes containing reference material are shelved. The material on these shelves may be consulted without any formal procedure but the volumes may not be taken from the room without the consent of the staff member on duty. If you have problems of research, you should consult the staff members in the Main Reading Room who will help you and make available to you all of the resources of the library. However, make an attempt to seek this aid a reasonable time before the assignment is due, so that the staff will not be over-loaded. Across Circle Drive from the main building is the Library Annex where the assigned reading room, and the United States documents room are located. On the second floor are the Home Economics library, the Beaumont Memorial Library, and the current periodical reading room, as well as several other reading rooms ,for users of books from the assigned reading room. In the assigned reading room are books, documents, magazines, and pamphlets which have been put on reserve for assigned reading in certain courses. Text books are not available in the assigned reading room. When requesting a book, ask for it by its title and author, and present your identification card to the attendant who will copy your student number and ask you to sign your name. Only one book per course may be withdrawn at one time, and books may be kept for only a two-hour period, unless on one- or three-day reserve. If a book is not returned in this time , the student is fined for each hour or fraction of an hour overdue. Some books may be checked out overnight from the assigned reading room. You may do this between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on every day but Saturday, when the hours are 5 p.m. t o 6 p.m. The books are due the next morning by 8 :10, except on Sunday they may be kept until 2 :15. You may reserve a book for overnight use by filling out a reserve slip at the desk no sooner than the day before the night you want to use the book. Reservations cannot be made orally -41 - i , I i .I or over the telephone. Only one book per course may be taken out overnight. Any person taking books out overnight without the proper procedure, will be fined $1.00 plus the overdue fine. Certain books may be taken out for one or three days. Such books are due at 10 a.m. on the date due, unless it is Sunday, when the time is 2 p.m. A fine of 25 cents per day is charged for each day overdue. The Periodical Room contains current volumes of 4,000 periodicals which the library receives. These volumes are arranged on the shelves by the Dewey Decimal classification and may be consulted by the student whenever the room is open. General bound periodicals are shelved on the first floor of the main library and classified bound periodicals are secured at the main circulation desk. There are several departmental libraries around campus. Agricultural Engineering, Chemistry, Physics and Mathe matics, Music, and Veterinary Medicine all have depart mental libraries in their respective buildings. In Agricul tural Hall are office collections o,f volumes on Agricultural Economics, Animal Husbandry, and Farm Crops and Soils. There is a Chemical Engineering collection in Olds Hall, Physiology in Giltner Hall, and Art on South Campus. There are some Geology maps and books in Natural Science Building. The hours of the library are Weekdays 7 :30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays 7 :30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays 2 p .m. to 10 p.m. If you have any additional questions on library procedure consult your Communications Skills syllabus or ask one of the librarians. international center A 'home away from home' for all State students is the International Center, located on Circle Drive directly across from the President's residence. At the Center, you can become acquainted with students from countries all over the world and learn of different customs and practices of other peoples. The Center has recreation and relaxation facilities which all students are invited to use. Any American or foreign club may use the Center for its meetings and parties. An International Center working committee sponsors the annual International Festival every spring term at which exhibits, displays and programs from various countries are presented. Mr. Donald Gemmell, advisor to foreign students, serves as the Center director. The Center is open from 9 :00 a.m . to 9 :45 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 9 :00 a.m. to 11 :45 p .m . on Fridays and Saturdays. -42 - wkar and wkar-tv WKAR-TV is the college television station which carries educational and informational programs. Departments of the college as well as non-college agencies supply material and personnel for the production of shows and feature pro grams. WKAR-TV also broadcasts certain athletic contests and special events. Some classroom and extracurricular activities have also come under the TV camera. The station serves as a training aid in teaching students proper TV techniques and practices. The college radio station is WKAR am and fm. Along with local programs which originate in the studios in the auditorium, the stations carry network shows of educational nature. The radio station does not serve as a workshop for radio majors but student personnel are needed for some of the jobs on the station. athletic facilities Michigan State's ,facilities for physical recreation are among the finest in the country. All physical education buildings and grounds are available for use by students and faculty members except when the facilities are scheduled for regular classes or sports squad practices. Jenison Gymnasium and Fieldhouse, located on South Campus, is the center of most physical education activities. The gymnasium, the front part of the building consists of a basement and four floors. In the basement are located various service rooms and seven four-wall handball and squash courts. On the ground floor is the main locker room, accom modating 2900 basket lockers and 300 large lockers. The gymnasium store, where all physical education equipment may be bought, is also located on the ground floor as are the equipment room, training room, and several visiting team rooms. The entrances to the swimming pool are through two shower rooms on either side of the pool on the ground floor. On the second floor are the offices of the physical educa tion department, the ticket office, the adapted sports room, class rooms and the entrance to the balcony of the swimming pool which has a 650-person capacity. The main gymnasium floor is on the third floor, contain ing three basketball courts, and several volleyball and bad minton courts. Also on the third floor are tumbling and fencing rooms. The boxing and wrestling rooms and some storage rooms take up the third floor. The fieldhouse is located in the rear of the building. There are lobbies and ticket windows at either end o,f the fieldhouse . Inside are facilities for indoor track meets and during season, the basketball court. To the east of Jenison Fieldhouse is Macklin Field, the college's football stadium which has a seating capacity of 50,745. The stadium has locker room facilities for spring and fall sport teams. -4 3 - Southwest of Macklin Field in the quarter-mile track-oval with 220 straight away which is one of the finest in the mid dle west. Up to 3,500 spectators can be seated on the bleachers. The college provides 24 tennis courts for use by students and faculty members as well as for classes. There are six clay courts, and 18 hard surface ones adjacent to the stadium. The Demonstration Hall, across from Jenison, is an indoor ice rink which offers skating to students and the general public 1for a nominal fee. There is a skate rental service and a skate sharpening service as well, adjacent to the rink. The rink is open during fall and winter terms. The baseball diamonds, the soccer field, and intramural sports fields are located directly north of Jenison. The prac tice football and baseball fields and intramural practice fields are located south of Macklin Field and Shaw Lane. There is a golf green located on Old College Field. In making use of the athletic facilities, you should respect them as well as enjoy them. Only soft-rubber soled shoes are allowed on the gymnasium floor and on the tennis courts. Street shoes are not permitted. kellogg center The Kellogg Center for Continuing Education located on Harrison Road is the headquarters for college extension work. Recently built with funds from the Kellogg Founda tion 'for the promotion of the health, education, and welfare 01f mankind .. . directly or indirectly, without regard to sex, race, creed or nationality . .. ', the Kellogg Center serves as host to hundreds of conferences and clinics which are held in its facilities annually. Conferences and conventions in such fields as retailing, insurance, public transportation and agriculture head the list of num- erous events which take place at the Kellogg Center. The facilities of the Center include 15 conference rooms, several dining rooms, a banquet hall and ballroom, and almost 200 double rooms. There is also an auditorium which seats 355 people. teams, Parents of students, alumni, visit ing athletic lecture-concert performers and persons on college business are welcome to make use of the Center's facilities. However, be cause of the numerous conferences held there and the limited space, you should always make a reservation in advance of the time you desire the facilities. -44 - SERVICES placement bureau The Placement Bureau, in Morrill Hall, is one of the few completely centralized placement bureaus in the nation, serving all schools of the college and all students, alumni and faculty members. Its main service is to MSC graduates who are seeking jobs in their specialized fields, but it also gives assistance to undergraduates who are seeking jobs to help themselves financially through school. For students seeking part time employment, the Place ment Bureau has a list of jobs both. on and off campus. If you desire to earn some money, you should apply at the Bureau immediately after registration. Once you have listed your name with the bureau and have indicated the hours you are free to work, you will be notified of any openings for which you have the necessary qualifications. It is also a good idea to keep in contact with the bureau to take advan tage of the many jobs that are listed there every day. In jobs on campus, students are allowed to work up to 20 hours per week. Written permission of the Dean o,f Stu dents is required if you want to work more than this amount. If you are dissatisfied with your job or if you failed to secure one, reapply after registration the next term. Among the types of part time jobs available through the Placement Bureau are janitorial work, office work, baby sitting, sales, clerking, housework, tutoring, waiting on tables, serving as bus boys in women's dormitories, and various odd jobs. First term freshmen are advised not to work until they are thoroughly adjusted to college life. The Placement Bureau also arranges contacts for stu dents interested in summer work in hotels, camps, and re sorts. Requests also come in for students for summer work in the fields of engineering, business, physical education and hotel administration. If you are interested in this type of work, you should watch the State News ,for an announcement that applications for summer work are available. Once you have filled out such an application, you will be notified by the Bureau when a vacancy occurs in the type of job and region you specified. You then write the prospective employer and may secure the job. The Placement Bureau serves seniors in securing jobs by arranging interviews with interested companies by keep ing up to date records of job opportunities, holding the annual Career Carnival, sponsoring career conferences and watching closely employment trends. -45 - I , , , I ! I 1 1 I I I I Seniors should file application early in the college year and watch the State News and departmental bulletin-boards for announcements of visiting interviewers and then sign-up for the interviews in the Placement Bureau Office. counseling center Since MSC is a large school with a large student body and faculty, some students may sense an impersonal feeling because they have not made the proper adjustment to college life. Other students need help in deciding what courses they should take, and still others are in doubt as to the major field in which they should specialize. The Counseling Center, located in the Basic College Building, is equipped to help you solve your educational, vocational, and personal problems. The men and women of the Center are specially trained in psychology and student personnel techniques and have had long experience in dealing with student problems. If you desire to take advantage of the counseling services, you will be assigned to a counselor, unless you express a preference for a particular one. In an interview with you, the counselor will try to understand all the factors in your problem. If it is one of a vocational or educational nature, he may suggest a series of tests to determine where your abilities and interests lie. He will make available to you files of information on occupational opportunities. These files in the Counseling Center may be consulted whenever the Center is open. Once your counselor has secured all the information possible, he will recommend to you several solu tions and will help you to choose the best. Later interviews may analyze how well the problem has been solved. For students who are having academic difficulty, the Counseling Center will recommend competent and available tutors. The student himself may bring his problem to the Center, or his enrollment officer or instructor may ask that he be given tutoring. Referrals are made to Green Helmet, Tower Guard, professors or instructors in the field, the department head, or other staff members or graduate stu dents. Those needing the service are advised to consult with the Center as soon as they realize it, so they may begin receiving help immediately. The Center especially encourages personal counseling initiated by the student. Since most adjustment problems occur during the first two college years, the center works closely with the Basic College. However, all students are invited to make use of the counseling services. Students -4 6 - may come to the center anytime ·between 8 :00 a .m. and 5 :00 p .m. , Monday through Friday, but it is recommended that appointments be made in advance to avoid unnecessary waiting. improvement services Because proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and arithmetic skills is necessary for successful college work, the Basic College has established five improvement services, designed to increase your ability in these areas where you may be weak. Enrollment in the Arithmetic, Speech and Writing Im provement Services is based on orientation tests given to all new students. Those who fail to pass are required to enroll in these services without college credit. Enrollment in the Reading Improvement Service is optional and enrollment in English as a ,foreign language, a course designed for students whose native language is not English, is also optional for freshmen. However, any upperclassman may enroll in any of the improvement services any term if he feels he needs assistance. If you are in doubt as to whether you should enroll in one of the services or not, consult your counselor or enrollment officer. The Improvement Services office is located in BuHding A-3 on South Campus. You enroll in the services in the same manner that you enroll in your regular courses. All of the improvement services, except English as a foreign language, meet two hours per week. All of the courses are non-credit and are given at no additional cost to the student. The work is usually carried in addition to your regular college work. loans A college loan service is set up to aid deserving students who need assistance in meeting payments for tuition or board and room. For any type of loan, three general qualifi cations are required: evidence of need, average academic standing (2.0 or better), and a satisfactory college citizenship record. Students of any class, except first term freshmen, are eligible to apply for a 'short term loan'. These loans must be repaid before the end of the term in which they are issued. Short term loans are limited to $150.00. There is no interest charge. Occasionally, loans of larger amounts, up to $250.00, are made to upper classmen who show exceptional need. These 'long term loans' are without interest while the student is registered in school. In the event the loan continues -4 7 - • J<•i· •ltt~tl •llri•;oM .,,.., .. _If• _JJ ••111)11•1u~ after the student has graduated, a four percent interest charge is made. Both men and women students make application for loans at the Dean of Students' Office, Men's Division, Room 309 in the Ad ministration Building. No new loans will be granted until pre repaid. loans have been vious Loans are repaid at the cashier's window on the first floor of the Administration Building. scholarships By a Faculty Committee on Scholarships, the scholarship program at Michigan State is administered through the Scholarship Office, located in 323 Administration Building. Most of the scholarships available are those established and maintained by the State Board of Agriculture from the General Fund. However, there are scholarships which have been established for students in a particular field, from a particular area or with a particular goal in mind. The Entrance Scholarship is the most numerous type given to qualified high school seniors of Michigan high schools who have demonstrated ability in scholastic per formance, citizenship, and certain extra-curricular activities. These scholarships are granted for a period of one year, and if the student's point average is 2.6 or higher at the end of that time, his scholarship will be extended on a yearly basis. This scholarship is available mainly to aid students who could not otherwise attend college. Other students who have completed three terms or fifty credit hours at MSC, regardless of school or residence, may apply for scholarships if they can exhibit an outstanding academic record, leadership ability and financial need. Transfer students may qualify for these awards after they have completed one term at MSC. In addition, there are certain scholarship aids to be granted under conditions prescribed by the donor. These endowment scholarships are used generally as grants-in-aid and the Scholarship Commit tee requires that the student should be enrolled for one year and have shown academic ability as well as financial need to the point that the applicant could not remain in school with out this aid. Applications for scholarship are centralized so that an applicant for one type of scholarship is automatically con sidered for all other kinds applicable. Students desiring scholarship aid should apply well in advance of the time it is needed. Any inquiries into the nature of scholarships or methods of application should be directed to the Scholarship Office. -48 - lecture-concert series The Lecture-Concert Series at Michigan State is recog nized as one of the finest in the country. A varied program of music, opera, dance, lectures and world travel series color films are brought each year to the Auditorium for the enjoyment of students, ,faculty members and the general public. During the current year the Lecture-Concert Series will present the Old Vic Company of London, the London Festival Ballet, the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, the New York City Opera Company, Roberta Peters, Boston Symphony, Myra Hess, Vienna Choir Boys, Detroit Sym phony and Isaac Stern. These programs serve both an educational and enter taining purpose and are looked upon by most students as an important part of their cultural growth. Full time stu dents are admitted to all regularly scheduled numbers with out charge. The State News announces ticket distribution for the various programs. Coupons in your activity book may be exchanged for the tickets. All of the series are held in the Auditorium which has a seating capacity of 5000. campus chest Campus Chest is an agency of the Student Government. Its purpose is to combine all charity drives on campus into one intensified campaign. Under the direction o.f a seven man board of directors, this group plans a series of fund raising programs and distributes the money raised to various charities according to a schedule which is revised each year. Fall term each year Campus Chest activities begin with a Kick-Off Banquet followed by 2 days of campus solicita t io n . A student-faculty auction at which student and a dministration leaders are sold to the highest bidders is held Spring term. Spartacade, a student carnival at which living units sponsor midway attractions, is another source of income for Campus Chest. The annual Ugliest Man on Campus also adds money to the charity drive. stun STUN, Student Texts Used and New, has been set up to enable you to buy and sell books at a fair rate. The STUN file is found in the A WS office. If you have a book for sale, fill out a card, including the price you wish, and have it placed on file . Then the person who wants the book will take the card from the file and contact you. Together you decide on the price. -49 - i I This service is carried on from registration week until the end of each school year by A WS and Men's Council. alumni relations When you have finished your four years at MSC and received your degree, you will join the large body of alumni spread throughout the United States. The Department of Alumni Relations will keep in con tact with you and inform you of homecoming activities, send to you the alumni publication, The Michigan State College Record, and arrange a reunion for your graduation class every five years . Since 1950, 50 members o,f each class, chosen because of their activities and leadership ability, have formed the nucleus of each class alumni group. The club plans the alumni activities for its class and supervises reunions. You will have an opportunity to petition for your class alumni club near the end of your senior year. Alumni clubs have been formed by Michigan State gradu ates and former students throughout the country. These clubs rekindle interest in MSC and act as liaison agents with the alumni relations office. Co-operating with the college alumni office is the Alumni Advisory Council, composed of 12 alumni from the state of Michigan and six from out-of-state. Members of thi s council are chosen by the various alumni clubs. union board information service The Union Board, in its office on the first floor of the Union Building, maintains an information service for stu dents, parents, and visitors. The personnel in this office can direct you to where you want to go, ,furnish you with in formation regarding campus events and activities and advise you as to the hours that campus buildings are open. You may find information on various campus organizations and publications in this office. This service is available throughout the day, Monday through Friday. for veterans only Since 1946, veterans at Michigan State have become an integral part of campus life. So that their particular prob lems can be handled and their questions answered, the Office of Veterans Affairs has been established to assist veterans in adjusting to student life and in securing the benefits which are due them. This office is located in the Administra tion Building. -50 - . If you have at least ninety days active service or a dis ability discharge , you .are allowed one and one-half days of f ull time education or its part-time equivalent, for every day you served on active duty since June 25, 1950. The maxi mum time allowe d is 36 months, but if you also earned bene fit s under the World War II G.I. Bill, 48 months of school ing are allowed. Monthly allowances available for school or college edu cation are a s follows: No Dependents $110 80 50 One Depend. $135 100 60 Two Depends . $160 120 80 Full-Time Three-Quarters Time One-Half Time For less than one-half time tuit10n and fees are paid within limits adequate to cover charges for almost any course offered by the college. In undergraduate work, full-time is defined as 14 credits or their equivalent, three-quarters time as 10 credits, and one-half time as 7 credits. You must make u se of these educational benefits within two years of your discharge or else you forfeit your right to aid . Also you must continuously stay in school except for interruptions authorized by the Veterans Administration. Once you have chosen a course of study, you may change that course only once. Before making a change you must notify your V.A. office. Changes are acceptable within two years of your discharge date, but after that time course changes are possible only under unusual conditions and only with special V .A. approval. Before you decide to change your course, check with the Office of Veterans Affairs and your local V.A. office so that all proper forms are filled out. Once you have arranged for G.I. benefits, all allowances are paid directly to you and you must make arrangements with the college for the payment of fees , board and room, and supplies char g es. Processing delay at the beginning of the school year means that your first check will not be iss ued until at least 8 or 10 weeks after classes begin. There fore it is necessary for you to be prepared to cover all costs until that time. You will be required to make your course fee payments, your first payments on board and room and your payments for books and supplies. Each month that you are in school you are required to sign a certificate indicating that you are enrolled in Michi gan State. These form s are available in the Administration Building in the Veterans Office. You must have your claim number with you when you sign these forms as this number mus t appear on each form. If you are eligible for disability compensation because of injuries or sickness sustained in the service, your educa tional benefits may come under a different Public Law. Check . -51 - with your Veterans Administration office for particulars if you fall in thi s category. You may be given college credit for your military or naval service or for sp ecialized training which you have received if you present the proper forms to the Registrar in the Administration Building. Your discharge papers and any certificates of completion you may have will serve this purpose. Special sections in all Basic College courses are reserved for veterans. Check with your enrollment officer or counselor on the proper procedure for registering in these special sections. The advantage of these sections is that students of the same general level of maturity and experience are together and instruction can be geared for them especially. You should also check with your enrollment officer about the advisability of taking special remedial courses which might help you in brushing up on certain fundamentals. These courses are described in the section on Improvement Services. Finally you should remember that before you change your courses or major or drop courses in which you are registered, you should notify the Office of Veteran Affairs to determine if there are any procedures to go through. Also if there is a change in your marital status, your home or college address, or in the number of your dependents, you should notify the office so that you can receive your checks promptly and correctly. Remember that the Veterans Administration places the responsibility on you of insuring that your records are accurate and that you are receiving your proper benefits. If you have any questions regarding proper procedure, you should check with your Veterans Administration office or the Office of Veteran Affairs. special for veterans As a veteran, you are eligible for membership in the MSC Veterans Association, a club made up of men and women students who have served in the armed forces for a minimum of 60 days. To apply for membership in the Veterans Association , present to the membership committee your certificate of discharge . Among the objectives of the association is to. promote the social interests of veteran students so that they can come together informally and take advantage of the activi ties which exist on the MSC campus for group participation. An important function of the organization is its contacts with the Veterans Administration office in Detroit. The club is attempting to promote smoother operations between the VA and vet students on this campus. To effectively do this it needs your support. Watch the State News for announcements as to when this organization will meet . -52 - i I 'I I I I I I I I A.W.S. REGULATIONS Hold it men! Don't pass this section just because you think it applies to women only. It's mighty important that every man know the rules and regulations that the girls he dates have to abide by. You should know what time your date has to be in, why she can't go out with you on some nights and the rules that you yourselves have to follow in regard to your conduct as a guest in her residence. Now, ladies and gentlemen, let's get acquainted right away with the facts of college life. All the residences where women live close at ten o'clock on Monday through Thursday evenings ; on Friday and Saturday nights they close at 1 a.m.; and on Sundays, the closing hour is 11 o'clock. Of course, a girl may get permission to stay out longer in some cases, but we'll talk about that later. If a girl wants to visit a fellow at his residence or go to his residence to study or ,for a dance, it is perfectly all right provided that his housemother is there and it is after 12 noon. In most cases, the young lady is not per mitted to go anywhere in the residences except the lobby on the main floor or rooms designated for dances or parties. Don't go into the hall corridors in the case of dormitories or upstairs in the case of a house. Of course, individual residences may set up their own hours when girls are per mitted to visit, so it is a good idea to check with the fellow before just dropping in. Also the A WS office in the Union has a copy of the visiting hours of all the men's residences. Needless to say, you must return to your own residence at closing time. If a man wants to call for a girl at a dormitory, he can do so any time after 7 in the morning, but he cannot go into the lounge before 11 a .m. Monday through Saturday or 10 a.m. on Sundays. (You've got to cut it short though, boys; they only give you five minutes to call for the girl before those morning hours.) After that, you can visit with her to your heart's content. If she wants to take you down to the dorm recreation room for a coke or a game of ping-pong, or house party she can only take you there from 9 until 12 :45 on Friday and Saturday nights, and Satur day and Sunday afternoons ,from 1 o'clock until 5 o' clock. If a dorm wants to obtain more lenient hours than these, they can submit their request to the A WS Judiciary Legislative Board for approval. If a girl happens to live in an off-campus residence, men can not call for her until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Be sure to check with the girl if you want to call for her beJore that time. . -54 - Michigan State is pretty lenient in the case of permit ting coeds to smoke, more so than many other universities. However, there are a few rules concerning smoking that must be ob served by both men and women in the girls' residences. The girls can smoke only in their student rooms, hallways, kitchenettes, recreation rooms and study rooms. They cannot smoke in the -living rooms and adjoining sun rooms, lobbies, phone booths, stair cases, laundries or lava tories. Their guests are required to follow these rules also. So men, don't get caught smoking in the lobby or lounge when you are waiting for your girl or visiting with her. Men are permitted to smoke in the recreation rooms when they are open to them. The house council in each women's residence has the power to enforce these smoking rules and it can suspend this right if it is abused. In the case of individual girls showing a persistent la ck of consideration for these rules, a second offense on her part will be referred to the A WS Judiciary-Legis lative Board. Now if a girl finds that she wants to take a job that would require that she work later than the closing hours of her residence, here is what she must do: first , she must have an all college two-point grade average the term preceding her application. That means that first term Helots cannot get extension of hours for work until second term. Secondly, she must get a permit from the A WS advisor in the office of the Dean of Students and submit it to the Judiciary-Legislative Board of the A WS for approval. The latest she can stay out under these circumstances is 12 o'clock Sunday through Thursday, and 1 :30 on Friday and Saturday nights. When she signs out of her residence on a night that she will be late due to work, she must give the name, address and telephone number o.f her employer, and also sign out on the regular nightly sign-out sheet. If she is baby-sitting, she must not have her boy friei:id over. It's strictly taboo. Also, when she is returning to her residence after regular closing hours from a baby-sitting job, someone from her place of employment must accompany her unless she has made other arrangements in advance with her housemother. Concerning the matter of signing out of your residence, there are a number of procedures that you must follow. Let's discuss them according to the type o.f leave you are taking. SIGNING OUT FOR THE EVENING: If you are plan ning to be out of your residence after eight p.m. you must sign yourself out on the daily sign-out sheet. You must -5 5 - 1.:.· ·I 11 ! ' for that you may be contacted include the following information on this sheet: exact destination so in case of emergency, i.e., Michigan Theatre, Library, A 2 South Cam pus, etc. ; and the time of expected return. Concerning thi s, you should sign out for the latest possible return since you will be considered late if you return after the time signed out for-even within closing hours. If you plan an all-day trip, be sure to sign out for the latest possible hour of return in case you don't know your exact time of return. FOR FUNCTIONS GRANTED TIME EXTENSION: You may sign out on the regular sign-out sheet for 10-plus the Lecture-Concert Series, and other college functions for which a special time extension is granted by the A WS. Special arrange ments are to be made with your house mother for evening classes. FOR WORK AND BABY SIT TING : You must sign out on the regular sign out sheet, giving your place of employment as destination and also the time granted for return. If your work is baby sitting, you must also sign out on the house holder's sheet and give the time of granted return. LEAVING AT THE END OF THE TERM : Sign 'return ing' or ' not returning' on the vacation sign-out sheet. You must return to your residence within the closing hours on the day you come back. FOR OVERNIGHT OR WEEKEND ABSENCES: A special sheet is provided for signing out for an overnight absen·ce. You must sign yourself out on the 'Overnight Absence Sheet' by 10 p.m. and not the daily sign-out sheet. You must leave the residence before the closing hour of the night o,f your departure. On this sheet, include the name, address and telephone number of your hostess, and the dates and times of your departure and expected return. For all the above mentioned cases, the procedure for signing in is essentially the same. Upon return to your residence, you are honor bound to sign in the exact time of your return on the sheet on which you signed out. If you return to your residence after regular closing time from attending an event for which a time extension was granted, you must present your ticket-stub or program to your house mother to avoid a penalty. If you find that you cannot make it back to your resi dence before the time for which you signed out or before the regular closing hour, you must call your housemother and tell her yourself the time you expect to be in. Don't send word along with a friend. It won't be accepted. Call the college number, EDgewood 2-1511, and ask for your -5 6 - housemother on her private line. Don't hesitate to call collect i,f you do not. have enough money. If you fail to do this, you will receive an automatic 10 late minutes as a penalty plus the penalty decided upon for being late. The penalty for calling after the regular closing hours is five late minutes. .. Earlier we mentioned that it was possible for girls to get permission to stay out longer in the evening than the regular closing time permits. So now let's get better acquainted with this brighter aspect of rules and regulations for women students. A late permission is an hour and a half extension of time beyond the regular closing time of women's residences, except on Sundays, when it is an hour. No late pers are permitted on Friday or Saturdays. If you maintain an all-college two-point grade average, you are entitled to six late pers for every term i,f you are a sophomore, junior or senior. If you are a freshman, you are entitled to three until you earn a two-point. You should be careful that you do not use more than your alloted number of late pers, since penalties are awarded for this type of error. Your housemother will keep track of late pers but you are urged to check with her when in ~oubt since you are responsible for this knowledge. Arrange ments for using a late per must be made with the house mother in person and you must sign out on a special sheet as well as the regular sign-out sheet noting late permission on the latter. If you should decide you need a late per during an evening, call your housemother in person and make arrangements with her before the regular closing hour. You must remember that late permissions are not strictly a social privilege, but are to be used in cases of emergencies. The conditions governing the use of late permissions are many, and a girl should thoroughly acquaint herself with them to avoid any misunderstandings that could arise from such ignorance. You cannot use a late per on Mon day night except in the case of seranades. Of course, if you have a late per, you may return to your residence before 11 :30 (12:00 on Sunday), but you cannot again leave after the regular closing hour. Similarly, you cannot just 'come in for a minute' and bounce out again after the regular closing hour. You're stuck. If you would like to get an exten sion of a late per until 12 o'clock instead of 11 :30, you can arrange with your housemother in advance to do so by for feiting one week-end night (not Sun day) within the coming two week-ends plus the late permission. Any all-college function covered by the activity book may be attended without using a late permission; but you must return directly to your residence after the function. Any other college function not covered by the activity book requires a late per to stay over the regular time. This last -57 - Jl ___ l____l::= j I ru!e holds true for plays, concerts, and lectures held in Lansing and East Lansing approved by A WS. You must have a late per and upon return to your residence; you must show your ticket-stub or program to ycur house mother. Only one late per may be used in any one night. If you decide not to use a late per after requesting one, you have the privilege of canceling it immediately upon return to your residence before closing hours by notifying your housemother of this fact. In this way your late per may be rescinded, and you can use it another night instead. If you obtained a late per for Sunday night, thinking to use it in case you do not return to campus from a week-end trip on time, try to return on time and then you can use this late per for another time. For taking an overnight or going home for the weekend, a girl must have written permission on file in the house mother's office from her parents. Yellow slips are available for you to send to your parents in requesting this permis sion. There are a few types of special permissions that should be noted here. U you desire to take an overnight after a dance or term party, you must obtain permission from your parents in advance of the event. This permission must be sent by your par<-nt directly to your housemother. This procedure holds true regardless of your destination. You are permitted to stay in a Lansing hotel only with your parents and only after they have talked directly with your housemother. Each girl is permitted to have one overnight permission per term either in Lansing or East Lansing. They can be taken at any time providing she has permission as stated above_. This means only one night away from her residence and not one yveek-end. She is also granted two overnight permissions in another college residence per term which can be taken any time that such guests are allowed. A college residence is a residence where hours are kept, i. e., dormi tory, cooperative house, approved off-campus house, or soror ity house. During spring term, special privileges are granted to graduating senior women. They do not have a petition for this special privilege except in the following cases: seniors who will graduate at the end of the following summer, fall or winter terms; and Junior Medical Technology students. These students must petition to the Judiciary-Legislative Board of A WS to obtain senior permission. Senior women's closing hours during the spring term will be 11 pm during the week, including Sunday, and 1 am on Friday and Satur day nights. Seniors may use their six late permissions to obtain 11 :30 hours during the week, and 12 o'clock on Sun day nights if they so desire. This also includes Monday -58 - night. If a senior girl attends a Wednesday night senior party, she may stay