PLEASE BRING THIS BOOK TO THE CAMPUS WITH YOU the helot Published through the courtesy of Student Government and the Dean of Students OHiCe by Blue Key and Associated Women Students MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PUBLICATION No. 4 September, 1956 Vol. 51 Published monthly by Michigan State University. Entered at the Post Office at East Lansing, Michigan, as second class matter under the Act of Congress, August 24, 1912. -1- TABLE of CONTENTS MICHIGAN ST ATE UNIVERSITY __ ___________ ___________________ ______ Page 4 COURSES OF STUDY ___ ___ __ _____ ______ __ ____ ________ ___ ______ ____________ ____ Page 24 FACILITIES AND SERVICES ______________________________________________ Page 36 RULES AND REGULATIONS __________ _____ _______________________________ Page 50 HOUSING -------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------Page 64 ORGANIZATIONS __ _____ __________ _________ ___ __ _________________________________ Page 78 RELIGIOUS _____________________________ __________________________________ _____________ Page 110 ATHLETICS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 112 DIRECTORY --------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 115 1956 HELOT STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF __________________________________________________ C. Douglas Wiest HEAD STAFF WRITER __ _____ _____________________________ __ Audrey Ma'ckneish RESEARCH STAFF Suzanne Runde Judy Valentine Sharon Linton Marilyn McCarthy Phyllis Hurwitz Herb Harmon -2- and organizations, the places to which you can tum for help ii you should have personal difficulties, and the, de tails of a wide variety of student activities in which you may participate. This University exists for your bene fit; 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 ac cess to great cultural and intellectual treasures; you will have the guidance of a distinguished faculty and the use 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 this campus can be happy and productive if you choose to make them so; is my hope and belief that you will. it JOHN A. HANNAH MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Many of you look upon education as imparted by teachers and something garnered from books and laboratory experiments; these elements are highly important. but learning to be a good citizen is important too. You who have been accepted as students at Michigan State University have an excellent op portunity to learn good citizenship by actual practice while you are here. One of the riches of Michigan State is the wide opportunity it oilers for stu dents 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 education experience. to become part of This handbook is published to enable you, who are now strangers in our it as community, quickly and as pleasantly as possible. It will help you to become familiar with the laws and customs of this com munity, which as good citizens you will want to obey and observe; it will help you to learn the names and responsi bilities of your co~munity's officials -3- The MSU Auditorium, scene of registration and many campus activities. MICHIGAN ST ATE UNIVERSITY WELCOME WEEK together friendliness The use of the name "Welcome Week" should convey to you the spirit of for which Michigan State is well known. Students, faculty, and administration work to make your first days on campus as pleasant as possible. There will be many things to do to prepare you for the beginning of your social and aca demic life. ASSISTANCE FOR NEW STUDENTS If you ar.rive by train or plane, on Sunday, September 16, you will find in the terminal an information booth with students the campus. If you drive, other students are stationed throughout the campus to direct you to to provide information. Near the Ad large informa ministration Building a tion tent, manned by students and faculty , will be set up. You who live in University residence halls will become acquainted with "dorm life" Sunday evening. Early in the week student guides will take you on a campus tour to help you locate key buildings and learn the shortcuts on our large campus. registration. Besides Each college provides faculty mem bers, called enrollment officers. to help you plan the courses you will take. In order to facilitate your first registra tion for classes, the registrar's office has prepared a series of film strips of the process of this, student guides will help you plan class schedules and will take you to the auditorium for a prevue of registration. During registration there will be many students and faculty to answer your questions and to offer whatever assist ance you need. PRE-REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES Before you begin any activities, you will meet in a relatively small group with counseling center staff members who will explain the entire orientation process to you and answer your ques tions. ·You will be given a series of tests, before registration, designed to determine whether you might profit from enrolling in one of the "Improve ment Services," special no-credit classes in arithmetic, English, and speech. Chest X-rays will be given for your protection. Men will take a swimming test and attend a meeting where mili tary officers will explain the require ments in military science and the choice of branches, army or air force. Finally you will visit your enrollment officer to plan your courses and attend the pre registration registration meeting and this tour. After you have completed process, you will for your classes and become officially a Mich igan State student. HIGHPOINTS OF WELCOME WEEK register Monday morning, Dr. John A. Hannah, President of Michigan State, will give -6- Saturday nights will bring the Union Board Dance and the Student Govern ment Dance. to M.S.U. you his personal welcome Tom King, Dean of Students, will join President Hannah to tell you briefly about student life. and the President of Student Government will extend his best wishes. Monday evening you will meet the dean and many of the faculty of the college in which you plan to take a major, at the "College Open Houses." There will also be an open house for "no preference" students, who will then be invited to attend the open house of a college in which you think you may be interested. interested in obtaining Tuesday evening the University "Y's" will greet you at a mixer and dance. The same evening, Inter-Fraternity Coun cil will conduct a panel discussion for informa men tion concerning fraternity procedures. Thursday evening, new women students will attend a special program sponsored by Associated Women Students while the men are invited to the Inter-Fra ternity Council rush smoker, and an orientation meeting for men not living in residence halls. Also campus re ligious groups will welcome you with receptions and open houses. Friday and THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES Orientation activities will also con tinue during the first week of classes, which begin Monday, September 24. Wednesday evening, there will be a very important meeting for new basic college students which will acquaint you with the basic college, in which State has been a pioneer. Orientation does not end with the first week. Most of the formal events will take place the first week or two, but faculty and fellow students will continue to be interested in helping you feel at home at Michigan State, both in your academic life and the campus community. -7- ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL DEAN KING exercizing control over service, housing, The all-important Dean of Students' post is held by Tom King. His Office in the Administration Building is a busy the place, Placement alumni relations, the Health Center, the Coun seling Center, draft deferments, Mich igan State University Fund, foreign students, and high schoO'l cooperation. Student breaches of University rules also are handled by Dean King's staff. DEAN HAMILTON is Dean of Thomas Hamilton the Basic College and is Vice President for Academic Affairs. All freshmen students in Basic are autO'matically enrnlled College. which is composed of compro hensive core courses in communications skills, social science, natural science, and humanities. Dean Hamilton's office is located in the Administration Build ing. DEAN COMBS is William H. Combs the newly appointed Dean of University Services. In his area of supervision are the library, the military sciences, the Office of the Registrar, the Audio-Visual Cen ter, the museum, and the Lecture Con cert Series. His office is located in the new library. -8- MR. BRANDSTATTER Arthur F. Brandstatter is Chief of the Campus Police and head of the Department of Police Administration. His staff is responsible for enforcement of University ordinances and the state criminal code, particularly driving and parking regulations on the campus. His office is at Quonset 103 on South Campus. MR. BRESLIN Students in search of employment are referred to Jack Breslin, who is Director of the Placement Bureau in 101 Morrill Interviews with representatives Hall. from business, industry and education are arranged for prospective graduates and alumni. The Bureau also helps students find part-time and summer jobs. MR. DUTCH Wells Hall is headquarters of the Housing Administration and its director, Tom Dutch. Assigning students and faculty to University living quarters is his principal duty. Lists of University approved off-campus housing as well as aid for married housing may be ob tained here. -9- MR. GRUMMON the second floor of Donald L. Grumman is responsible for one of the University's most im portant services of particular interest to new students, the Counseling Center. Located on the Basic College Building, the Counseling Center offers vocational, educational and personal guidance to any student who requests it. In his capacity as steering committee chairman, Mr. Grum man also has charge of the orientation program. MR. SMITH for admissions, Kermit H. Smith is the new Registrar at Michigan State. His office has re sponsibility records, credit evaluation, registration, diplomas, class room scheduling, directories, cat alogues and many reports. The regis trar's office is located on the first floor of the Administration Building. MR. FOSTER Emery G. Foster is manager of dormitories and food services. His office is also responsible for maintenance of the physical property and food services of the Union Building, Kellogg Center, Food Stores and married housing. His office is on the third floor of the Admin istration Building. -IO- MR. THORBURN Lyle Thorburn is manager of all resi dence halls and as such has charge of the dormitory physical plants. His office is in Brody Hall. MISS JONES Miss Mildred Jones is Food Director in charge of all food served on the campus, which includes the Union and the men's and women's residence halls. Her office is in Brody Hall. and stu dents with food service problems are welcome to visit her. MR. TRUITT John Truitt is an assistant to the Dean of Students and head of the Men's Division. He deals with the personnel program in the men's residence halls and disciplinary cases. Mr. Truitt's office is on the third floor of the Administra tion Building. MISS DE LISLE is Miss DeLisle is assistant to the Dean of Students and head of the Women's Division. She the personnel program in the women's halls and disciplinary cases. Her office is on the Administration the Building. responsible for third floor of -II- MR. GARDINER As an assistant to the Dean of Stu dents, Robb Gardiner is in charge of men's activities, including fraternities, Interfratemity Council and Men's Coun cil. In addition, he acts as advisor to class council activities, and assists stu dents seeking loans. His office is on the third floor of the Administration Build ing. MISS PETERSEN Miss Mabel Petersen is an assistant to the Dean of Students who deals with A.W.S. Judiciary Board, sororities and social affairs of student organizations. Miss Petersen's office is on the third floor of the Administration Building. MR. VOLLER Ellwood Voller is an assistant to the Dean of Students and is coordinator of student organizations and their all-col lege activities. Mr. Voller also confers with students on problems of with drawal. His office is on the third floor of the Administration Building. -12- PLANS FOR THE FUTURE In 1970, an estimated 35,000 students will be attending classes, playing on the athletic fields, and living in dorms or married housing units on campus. To keep pace with growing enroll ments, the University is continuing to expand its faculty, its facilities for study, and its living and recreation areas. Expansion of the Music Building. Olin Memorial Hospital, Kellogg Center and Macklin Stadium is already underway. A new $4 million College of Education building will be completed by Spring. 1958. Work will soon be started on a new Student Services Building which located between the Home will be Management House and the Natural Science Building. Construction will also begin on a new Women's Intramural Building which will be added to the present Women's Gym, and on a Men's Intramural Building which will be built on the present site of the tennis courts, -1 3- between the Stadium and Demonstra tion Hall. New classrooms on south campus, an International Center near the audi torium, and additions to the Administra tion Building and Jenison Field House, are among the many plans being formulated now for construction in the near future. Although Michigan State leads all other colleges and universities in the country in the number of students living in dorms and married housing, the task of providing adequate living quarters for the increased enrollment continues to be a pressing need. By this fall, three more dormitories in the Brody group will be ready for use, and a $2,600,000 project providing 312 apartment units for married housing students will be completed. As students at one of the nation's foremost universities. Spartans can take pride in the fact that State's faculty and facilities are among the best in the land. UNIVERSITY SCHEDULE FALL QUARTER, 1956 September 16-21 ........................................................ Welcome Week and Registration September 24 .............................................................. Mo·nday, 8 a .m. -Classes Begin November 22-25 .............................................................................. Thanksgiving Recess December 4 ...................................................................................................... Classes End December 5-11 .................................................................................... Final Examinations December 11 ...................................................................................... Fall Quarter Closes WINTER QUARTER, 1957 January 2, 3, 4 ................................................................................................ Registration January 7 .................................................................... Monday, 8 a.m.- Classes Begin March 16-2 2 ........................................................................................ Final Examinations March 22 ...................................................................................... Winter Quarter Closes SPRING QUARTER, 1957 April 1, 2, 3 .................................................................................................... Registration April 4 ...................................................................... Thursday, 8 a .m.- Classes Begin June 12 .............................................................................................................. Classes End June 13-19 .......................................................................................... Final Examinations June 19 ................................................................. : ........................ Spring Quarter Closes FOOTBALL, 1956 September 29 ..................................................................................... .Stanford - Away October 6 ............................................................................................ Michigan - Away October 13 ............................................................................................. .Indiana - Home October 20 .................................................................................... Notre Dame - Away October 27 .............................................................................................. Illinois - Away November 3 ...................................................................................... Wisconsin - Home November 10 .......................................................................................... Purdue - Home November 17 .................................................................................... Minnesota - Away November 24 ................................................................................ Kansas State - Home BASKETBALL December L ....................................................................... .Iowa State at East Lansing December 8 ................................................................ Brigham Young at East Lansing December 17 ........................................................................ Butler at Indianapolis, Ind. December 22 ........................................................................ Marquette at East Lansing December 27, 28, 29 ............................................ Big Seven Tourney at Kansas City January 5 .................................................................................... Purdue at East Lansing January 7 .............................................................................. Michigan at East Lansing January 15 .................................................................. Notre Dame at S'outh Bend, Ind. January 19 .......................................................................... 0hio State at Columbus, 0 . January 26 ................................................................ Minnesota at Minneapolis, Minn. January 28 .......................................................................... 0hio Sta:e at East Lansing February 2 ...................................................................... Northwestern at Evanston, Ill. -14- February 9 .................................................................................. Illinois at East Lansing February 11 ............................................................................ Purdue at Lafayette, Ind. February 16 ............. : ..................................................................... .Iowa at East Lansing February 18 .......................................................................... Illinois at Champaign, Ill. February 23 .......................................................................... Minnesota at East Lansing February 25 ........................................................................ Wisconsin at Madison, Wis. March 2 ..................................................................................... Jndiana at East Lansing March 4 ...................................................................................... Michigan at Ann Arbor FALL CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES September 17-21 ........ ---······················-····················-·········--------·---······----Welcome Week September 21---------------·-··-·--···-·····--·---·--·--····-·-------------------·-·----···--···Delta Street Shuffle September 22.·-·-----·-·----------·--·-------·-···--··-·--·-·-···-··---------····--··-·-·····-··----0rientation Dance September 27·-···-------------------·-·--·--····--------·-·-··-········-··-····-··--·-···--··--·-·Activities Carnival September 29-------------·-·-···-----·-··-·-·---····-···----···-··----------------------------···------···-·-·Harvest Ball October 1-2--------·-··--------------------------------····-·-------------------···----------··-··-······Career Carnival October 13---------------------·-·······------·-·-----------------····--·---···-·-Homecoming Game (Indiana) Homecoming Dance October 26 .. ·--·----·--·---··-------·-···-------------·-··----·-·-----------··-·--·-·----------·····------Coronation Ball WINTER February 8-9---------------···-···-----·· --·······------·-·-·-··-----··--·-·-·-·--------··-·----···------··--·--··-··-··-- J-Hop February 16.·-·----------·-······---------·-···-···------------·····-·-·--------- ------·-···-·-·-·-·-·.Foresters Shindig March 1----------------------------------·-·-----------···--·-··---·--·--··--------------·-··----·-·--···-·-----.Spinster Spin SPRING May 10-12 ........ ----···----------------------------------------------·-·-·----------·-------·-·---··Parent's Weekend June 6, 7, B---··-------···---··--------------------------------···----·-·-·----·--·---------------------·--Water Carnival June 9----------------- -------------------------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------- Commencement -15- TRADITIONS AND EVENTS campus organizations and encourages them to take part in campus activities. THE PRESIDENT'S orncE President John A. Hannah is one of the busiest men on campus. Through his constant efforts he has helped Michigan State become one of the nation's leading universities. However. he still finds to give students personal help with their problems and welcomes the opportunity to meet stu dents. His door is always open. time SPARTAN ROUND TABLE The Spartan Round Table is a meet· ing at ~hich students and admin· istrators can exchange views on com· mon problems. Student representatives usually are presidents of organizations, governing bodies and living units. these Faculty members often attend meetings, which are held throughout the year. FRIENDLY CAMPUS The traditions of friendliness is a part of Michigan State. University sponsored dances, teas and parties give students an opportunity to meet new friends. But don't always depend on others to make the initial move, you must help keep up this tradition. HOMECOMING Homecoming weekend is filled with activities honoring returning alumni. Displays decorate the living units and winners are announced during half-time ceremonies at the football game. Alums are given a cordial welcome with ban quets and teas, and festivities are con cluded with an all-university dance at which the Homecoming Queen and her court preside. BLOCKS Block Sis Michigan State's flash card section. Stadium spectators and TV viewers enjoy the synchronized cheering sections at all home football games. The activity is sponsored by the Junior class, and students wishing to partici· pate sign up at registration. For the first time, green and white capes will be worn by Block members, who sit between the IO and 25 yard lines. MSU-U. OF M. RIVALRY The spirit of rivalry between MSU and the University of Michigan is at its height during fall term when the Spartans meet the Wolverines in the annual football classic. ACTIVITIES CARNIVAL A.W.S. and Men's Council sponsor the Activities Carnival fall in the Stadium concourse. The carnival seeks to acquaint new students with term, The HARVES.T BALL first all-university, semi-formal dance of the year is the Harvest Ball sponsored by the Agriculture Council. A queen and court are chosen to reign over this dance held in Kellogg Center. -16- the Union. Major Career Carnival is held fall CAREER CARNIVAL term in corporations throughout the country send represent atives and displays to the carnival to job opportunities. inform students of This event is sponsored to aid graduat ing seniors and to help others who haven't decided upon their major. PORPOISE SHOW Porpoise fraternity. men's swimming honorary, presents an annual water variety show winter term. The highlight of the show, held in the Jenison Gym nasium pool. is a display of synchron ized swimming. day's activities, sponsored by Frosh Soph Council, are concluded with a dance in Kellogg Center. The winning class is awarded the "Little Brown fug." Inaugurated TURKEY TROT the annual in 1941 , Turkey Trot is a popular fall activity. Women's living units 'sponsor a male team which runs in a mile race around Old College Field. A turkey is awarded to the most the points. team accumulating an Coronation Ball, CORONATION BALL all-university semi-formal dance sponsored by the Army and Air Force ROTC units, is held each December in the Auditorium. A military-style ceremony during inter mission honors coeds selected by the ROTC units to serve as their honorary colonels. CHRISTM.l\S ACTIVITIES Holiday festivities are opened with the lighting of the large spruce located in the parkway near the Union. Chorus and group singing climax the evening. J-HOP The junior class sponsors the annual "J-Hop" in February. A name band provides the music for the big week end, and the auditorium is dressed in elaborate decorations. It is the custom for Friday night to be semi-formal and Saturday night to be formal. FROSH-SOPH DAY Frosh-Soph day climaxes the friendly rivalry between the two classes with contests, races and a tug of war. The -17- SPINSTERS SPIN Turnabout is fair play. The coeds do the inviting, foot the bill and make their date's corsages at the annual Spinsters Spin. The spin is a semi formal dance sponsored by Tower Guard, Mortar Board and Spartan Wom en's League. UMOC For the Ugliest Man on Campus con test, the women's living units select a well-known man on campus and cam paign for him. Each penny collected for their candidate counts as a vote and the results are announced at the King's Coronation Dance. Money from this con test goes to Campus Chest. Men's SNO BALL Inter-Dorm Council sponsors the Sno Ball each winter term. The semi-formal affair is held at one of the men's living units for men's dorm resi dents and their dates. SOG Thirty-eight miles of sidewalks on campus were placed here for the stu dent's convenience. This is often for gotten as each spring finds new foot ·paths marring the lawns. Alpha Phi Omega places signs in strategic spots to help remind students to SOG: "Save Our Grass." CANOES One of the first signs of spring is the opening of the canoe shelter. From early April until late fall, State students may be seen enjoying this popular sport, canoeing up the Red Cedar. FRATERNITY SING Near professional vocal quality issues from the Band Shell spring term when the Interfraternity Council and Alpha Phi Omega sponsor the annual Fra ternity Sing. WKAR and WJIM broad cast the program as each fraternity group sings two songs. Trophies are awarded for the most outstanding per formances. the program 1956 TRANSFER PROGRAM A new activity on the Michigan State campus; is transfer designed to acquaint transfer students with the campus. The organization con sists of 20 groups. each of from 10 to 15 girls. One student leader and one faculty advisor are assigned to each introductory meeting has group. An been set for the first Sunday of Orienta tion Week traditions and answer questions. An informal social hour for male and female transfers will of be held Wednesday Orientation Week, and a dance and mixer are scheduled for the following Saturday night in the Union. to discuss afternoon CO-HOP One of the many semi-formal dances is the Co-Hop, sponsored by men's and women's organizations. A queen and her court are selected to reign at this all-university dance. -18- ceremony MAY MORNING SING On the first Saturday . of May, in an impressive at Beaumont Tower, new members of Tower Guard and Mortar Board are tapped. The freshman and senior honoraries select their initiates on the basis of scholar· ship, the leadership and service University. to JUNIOR 500 Since 1948, Lambda Chi Alpha fra· temity has sponsored the Junior 500 push cart race around West Circle Drive. Men's and women's living units enter racing and humorous carts, and trophies are awarded in each division. SORORITY SING In May, 30 members of each sorority compete the annual Sorority Sing held in the Auditorium. The event is sponsored by Pan-Hellenic Council. trophies for in GREEK FEAST Inter-Fraternity Council and Pan· Hellenic Council sponsor an all-uni versity picnic each spring term. One of the fraternities is host for an eve ning of entertainment and dancing. Attendance is stag or date. eating, PARENTS WEEKEND An opportunity is afforded parents to become acquainted with Michigan State during the annual Parents Week· end in May. Tours of the campus, sport ing events and open houses are a few of the activities presented for parents. On the first weekend in June WATER CARNIVAL the senior class presents Water Carnival. three-day parade of displays. The the living units, are sponsored by floated down the Red Cedar. Trophies are awarded to the floats which have best carried out the carnival. theme of the SENIOR TABLE CARVING Each year a table top in Old College Hall, adjacent to the Grill, is reserved for seniors to carve their initials. The table tops are hung on the walls after each class has graduated. SENIOR BALL Senior Ball, although primarily for seniors, is an all-university dance. The last MSU semi-formal dance for the seniors, it features a name band. Lantern Night, a LANTERN NIGHT traditional event honoring senior women, symbolizes the passing of responsibility from class to class, as the seniors present lighted lanterns to the underclassmen. SENIOR SWING-OUT The senior class, led by its president, parades to the Auditorium for one of the last events before graduation. As the line moves towards the Aud, seniors who have been waiting in front of their respective schools, join the parade. -19- CAMPUS FASHION University fashion emphasizes com fort tempered with good taste. For the girls, classroom wear gen involves sweaters and skirts, erally bobby socks and comfortable shoes, and the red, white or blue blazer has become very popular in recent years. About the only departure from usual im campus attire practical reason or other, girls at Mich igan State don't carry purses, preferring transport walJets, combs, instead to cigarettes, hankies, lipstick, powder puffs, ad infinitum, in their pockets and notebooks. that, for some is Date wear is along the same order. Heels and hose are reserved for the Lecture Concert Series and special for occasions, and hats are saved church and a very few other special occasions. Saturday finds Michigan State coeds variously attired in Levis, jeans, bur mudas and pedal pushers. Levis and jeans are great for canoeing, but they are frowned upon the classroom and the Union. in Formal and semi-formal wear at MSU means formal or cocktail dresses while informal requests usually more casual wear, depending upon time or occasion. the Fashions for the men doesn't require too much elaboration. Suffice to say that you might as welJ leave your electric blue, one-button rolJ, drape suits at home. The "DA" haircut likewise has a way of drawing laughs from the crowd; at the same time an ordinary haircut now and then is considered appropriate. If you've waited for publication of the Helot before you bought any off-to colJege clothes, conservative fashions are recommended. This doesn't mean you must look like a fugitive from the Ivy League - there is a certain amount of radicalism even in ultra-conservative but the so·calJed Eastern clothing - the style is rapidly becoming thing. For kicking around campus - to classes and on the most casual of dates - sun tans have become popular, but slacks still are the common thing too. to straight-laced dress will be pleased to know that the tuxedo is as formal a get up as you will ever have to wear, and then only those, special occasions marked on format Semi-formal means suits, and casual or informal means suits or sport coats. Those who object -20- COURTESY In keeping with the .Michigan State tradition of friendliness is the correlated tradition of courtesy. The essence of courtesy, contrary to some schools of opinion, is not merely a matter of conforming to a few dozen social conventions, but is to be found in the area of genuine interest in and respect for the rights and privileges of other people. What it all adds up to is something like this: You're not considered espe cially fashionable when you show up for your date half an hour late or when you come straggling into your eight o'clock class at 9:45. Neither is it sharp to have the hi fi turned up full volume when the rest of the stu dents in your precinct are trying to eke out a C average. And you're not exactly the coolest man on campus when you sit on the Union steps oggling the girls passing by. Courtesy is largely a matter of mature conduct as well. No one likes a loud mouth and few enjoy the company of the "wise guy" except perhaps as a refreshing change from the "big deal." INTEGRITY Although this is a big school. and student morals can't be subject to con stant scrutiny, it is rare indeed when a student gets away with anything as outlandish as copying his classmate's essay examination. It hardly should be necessary to re peat the admonitions a student has heard all through his earlier academic life because most students have ac cepted this good advice and will stoutly refuse to help out the student who would rather cheat than study. to This is not to say studying together is discouraged. On the contrary, most lend a students will be happy tutorial hand whenever needed. It's not only a decent thing to do, but the tutor himself benefits from the review. Green Helmet and Tower Guard make a project of tutoring free of charge. More basic problems are better solved with the aid of the Counseling Center. The point is that tutoring is best done before, not during, the examination. Another side to academic integrity comes during the class period itself. There is no better way to incur the wrath of your classmates than to apple polish on their time. If you think your instructor is naive enough to be taken in by insincere questions and remarks, approach him after class where he can set you straight without publicly em barrassing you. - 21- WITHDRAWALS If for some reason you find ii neces sary to withdraw from school, you don't just up and leave. is First step to secure permission from the Men's or Women's division, Dean of Students Office, and have this permission approved by the dean of your college. Women students also must have parental permission. Next is to present your approval slips and fee card to the Registration Office. After that, if you are leaving before mid term, you will be refunded half your course fees at the Cashier's Office. If you withdraw before the first eight weeks of a term, you receive no grades. After that, you receive an "incomplete" in courses in which you were doing satisfactory work, "Fs" in those you were failing. If called into the a1111ed forces before mid-term, you get full course fee 1dund. If you leave after mid-quarter. you receive full credit for your courses and grades received to date. DROPS AND ADDS The knows administration some classes may not look quite so important after a week as they seemed on reg istration day, and provision for drop ping them has been arranged. In the same manner, other courses may be added after registration has been com pleted. No subject may be added, however, after one week of classes, and none may be dropped after two. Exact dead line dales are included on the Union Board term calendars. ATTENDANCE Enforcement of attendance regulations the individual in- is the province of is not a structor, and although there is some variance most are guided by the fact that MSU correspondence school. You are, in short. expected to attend every class period unless you are sick. Excuses given by the Health Center in all cases entitle you to make up any missed work; other types of excuses are acceptable only at the discretion of the instructor. YOUR "ID" NUMBER the In a college the size of Michigan State great use is made of the Indenti fication Card issued during registration. The number appearing on l.D. card remains with you all during your stay at the University. It must be pre sented on many occasions: voting, use of library, Lecture-Concert Series pro grams, all types of athletics (often in addition to the admission obtain waiver of state sales taxes when buying goods on campus, registration, and so on, ad infinitum. It is a good idea to form the habit of carrying it at all times. ticket), to ACTIVITY BOOKS tickets Your activity book is your passport to many campus activities. It is com posed of numbered pages which can be exchanged for to athletic events, Lecture-Concert series programs and many other University functions. The book has a space for the student's name and number. Each lime you re ceive a ticket, you tear out a particular page and present it with the book itself to the ticket office. It is important to keep the book in lost book cannot be a safe place; a replaced! -22- - nGHT SONG On the banks of the Red Cedar Is a school that's known to all; Their specialty is winning, And those Spartans play good ball. Spartan teams are never beaten All through the game they fight; Fight for the only colors, Green and white! Go right through for MSU; Watch the points keep growing. Spartan teams are bound to win; They're fighting with a vim! RAH! RAH! RAH! See their line is weakening; We're going to win this game. Fight! Fight! Rah! Team, fight! Victory for MSU! ALMA MATER MSU. we love thy shadows When twilight silence falls. Flushing deep cmd softly paling Our ivy covered halls; Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our hearts so true. Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, MSU. When from the scenes we wander, And the twilight shadows fade. Our mem'ry still will linger Where light and shadows played; In the ev'ning oft we'll gather And tum our thoughts to you, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, MSU -23- Registration in the auditorium; a familiar sight for Spartan students. COURSES OF STUDY BASIC COLLEGE Every student. regardless of his in tended major field of study, is enrolled in the Basic College during his freshman and sophomore years. An important feature of Michigan State's educational program, the Basic College offers its students a general educational back ground, valuable not only for its own sake, but also for the perspective it lends to more specialized endeavors. CURRICULUM The Basic College curriculum requires that each student complete each of four comprehensive "core" courses: Com munication Skills, Natural Science, So cial Science and Humanities. These courses are composed of carefully selected subject matter, and emphasis is laid upon the relationships among the contributions of each. Communication Skills, studied during the freshman year, involves concentra tion on effective use of living English, both in expression and interpretation. Writing essays, giving speeches, and critically appraising professional and student essays and speeches occupy the student in this course. Natural Science, usually studied in the freshman year, introduces the stu dent to the methods of science. General understanding and application of prin ciples common to all sciences are stressed, but students have the oppor tunity in the fields of chemistry, physics, geology. botany and zoology. · Both lecture and laboratory sessions are included in this course. to work more particularly Social Science, usually studied in the sophomore year, is keynoted by inte gration. Instead of spending a few weeks on each of the many social sciences, students draw from all of them as they investigate three general fields of inquiry: orientation of man in his social environment, gratification of human needs and wants, and regula tions of human behavior. Humanities, also a sophomore course, studies man as a specially endowed being, capable of creative thought and action. Humanities introduces the stu dent to the studies of art, literature, philosophy and history. Basic College students also are re quired to take two years of courses in physical education, including one term of swimming. and for the men, two years of Military or Air Science. CREDIT AND EXAMINATION Credit in the Basic College may be earned by special examination as well as by enrollment and completion of a course. In order to take a proficiency exam the student must first request permission from the head of the department in charge of the course in which he hopes to obtain advance credit. If the de partment head or Dean of the Basic College judges the student to be quali fied on the basis of past performance. independent study or other evidence, he is encouraged to attempt the exam ination. He must score an A or B on the test in order to pass a course this way. For the ordinary student, course grades are determined by two·hour ex aminations at the end of each term together with the instructors' evaluation of the student's class work throughout the two-hour exams, pre pared and administered by the Board of Examiners, are cumulative, including material from the past term or terms as well as the current one. term. The -26- the University unless the Dean from of the Basic College grants him an extra term in which to make up the grade deficiency. If at the end of the extra term the student still is deficient MAJOR PREFERENCE A student who enters the University undecided as to what• subject he will elect as his major is classified as a "non-preference student" and has the opportunity to survey a wide range of subject matter and expert counseling and guidance before settling on one field of concentration. His en rollment officer will be a member of the Basic College staff and will en courage him to survey carefully as many fields as possible before he makes his final decision. receive to A student who wishes identify the outset with a major himself at field is assigned an enrollment officer from the school in which he plans to do his specialization. With the aid of his enrollment officer, he will supplement his core courses with studies pre requisite for entrance into the upper school of his choice and will be en couraged to survey more directly re lated fields. PREFERENCE CHANGES to another are Changes from non-preference to a definite curriculum preference or from one preference im plemented through the Counseling Cen ter. If such a change is made within the College of Arts and Sciences, it may be done during registration week through the regular enrollment officer. All other changes must be made in advance of in which the term change is to become effective so that a new enrollment officer may be assigned. TRANSFER TO UPPER SCHOOL the When a student has completed his Basic College requirements and has attained 92 hours of credit with an all-University average of C he is trans the college of his choice. ferred Failure to present a C average at this time means the student will be dropped to but has materially reduced his de ficiency, he may be granted one more term in which to put himself in good standing. At the second the end of proba.tionary period, he will be dropped unless he has satised the transfer re quirements in full. TERMINAL PROGRAMS For those who do not need or do not desire a four-year education, Michigan State has established: two-year terminal curricula. Upon completion of 92 credits, including the basic courses, the terminal student receives appro priate certification. the courses include offered Terminal Insurance, Retail Mer Agriculture, chandising, Secretarial Science, Build ing Construction, Engineering Drawing, Home Economics and Science and Arts. Anyone who wishes to investigate fur these curricula ther opportunities should consult the University Catalog and his enrollment officer. in -27- COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE The College of Agriculture, the oldest division of Michigan State University, is also the oldest agricultural College of its kind in the nation. Curricula in the Ag College are dedicated to pre senting a general understanding of agricultural problems and practices in addition to specialization in a particular field. Students electing to enter the Agri cultural College may choose one of eight curricula: general agricultural study, agricultural engineering, dairy, horticulture, landscape architecture and urban planning, agricultural education, food conservation, and technology which includes forestry. The College of Agriculture uses Uni versity farms in experimental work and demonstrations and offers ample ex perience with actual agricultural prob lems and application of principles learned ill the classroom. A terminal course is offered to stu dents who will attend college for only two years. C. M. Hardin is Dean of the College. College offices are located in I 04 Agricultural Hall. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBUC SERVICE The largest college on the campus, the College of Business and Public Service maintains curricula train future economists, journalists, salesmen, accountants, hotel administrators, police men and public administrators. to includes The College is divided into several divisions and departments. The Division of Business fields of accounting, general business, business education and secretarial studies. The Division of Hotel, Restaurant and Gen eral Institutional Management offers courses in those fields, employing the the facilities of Kellogg Center as a labora tory. The Departments of Economics, Police Administration, Social Work, and Political Science and Public Adminis tration all offer curicula. leading to degrees in addition to offering elective courses for students of other Colleges. H. J. Wyngarden is Dean of the College. Business and Public Service offices are located in 116 Morrill Hall. COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ARTS Students planning to enter the com munications field will find the Depart ment of Speech and the School of Journalism brought together in the Col lege of Communication Arts to offer training and background in their chosen vocation. The Speech major may concentrate his work in any of these areas: Rhetoric and Public Address, Speech and Hear ing Therapy. Theater and Interpretation, Radio and Television, and Speech Edu cation. In Journalism, the student may major in advertising or news-editorial. The College offers combination ma jors for those desiring a broad background or having an interest in the over-all area of communication arts. A broad, general background in the social sci- -28- ences is stressed for all students. Gordon A. Sabine is Dean of the College. The Communication Arts office is in 204 Journalism Building. cedures and experimental work engineering problems. in College of Engineering curricula which may be entered include agri cultural, chemical, civil, electrical, me chanical, metallurgical and sanitary COLLEGE OF EDUCATION The College of Education offers pro grams leading to degrees and certifica tion in elementary. secondary and col lege teaching. Areas of specialization which may be elected by education majors include industrial arts, vocational agriculture, trade and industry, home economics education, physical educa tion, health, recreation, administration and supervision, counseling and guid ance, educational psychology, and adult education. Teaching certificates, issued upon completion of the required curriculum, enable graduates to teach in public schools in most states depending on their various requirements. Teaching certificates may be earned by students other than education majors upon com pletion of a number of education courses. Student teaching is required of all candidates for the teaching certificate. This internship is carried out in nearby public schools. C. E. Erickson is Dean of the College of Education. The Education office is in llO Morrill Hall. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING The College of Engineering has estab to prepare lished various curricula students for entrance into any of several fields. These programs are as broad as possible while still offering a high degree of specialization. Engineering students are especially trained in practice and application of pro- scientific method, engineering engineering and construction, hydraulics and hydrology, soils, structures, survey ing and transportation. J. D. Ryder is Dean of Engineering at MSU. Offices of the College of Engineering are located in 101 Olds Hall. COLLEGE OF HOME ECONOMICS, in Students the College of Home Economics are educated in the science and art of home living and are pre pared for careers in home economics. The College offers professional train ing in general home economics, foods and nutrition, child development, cloth ing and textiles and home furnishings. Elective courses are offered to stu dents majoring in other fields and a two-year terminal course is offered in cooperation with the Basic College. -29- Thelma Porter is Home Economics Dean. Home Economics offices are located in 7 Home Economics Building. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Employing the largest teaching staff of any college at the University, the College of Arts and Sciences attempts liberal education for all to provide a students and encourages students in specialized curricula to take advantage of its courses. Arts and Sciences majors identify themselves with any one of five di visions wherein their major program lies. These divisions include Biological Science, offering training in bacteriol ogy, botany, zoology and nursing edu cation; Fine Arts, including art, dra matics and music; Languages and Lit erature, containing departments of for eign languages and speech ; Mathe matical and Physical Sciences, includ ing chemistry, physics, mathematics and geology. and Social Sciences, com posed of departments of history, phil osophy, psychology and sociology. Milton E. Muelder is Dean of the College of Science and Arts. Arts and Sciences offices are in l 0 l Natural Science Building. COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE The College of Veterinary Medicine offers two main curricula, one in veter inary medicine, leading to a Bachelor's degree in four years or a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in six, the other in medical technology, leading to a Bachelor's degree. Admissions to the veterinary medicine program are limited to 64 per year, with students from Michigan given first preference and students from states not maintaining a veterinary school given second. A board of selection reviews all applications and admissions are judged within the above requirements, on the student's pre-professional record in the Basic College. The medical technology curriculum, leading to the Bachelor of Science de gree, is designed to train students for laboratory work in bacteriology, path the ology and biochemistry. During the program, students senior year in interns gain experience as the laboratories of the Michigan Depart ment of Health. in C. F_ Clark is Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Of:ices are in Giltner Hall, veterinary in room 103 and medical medicine technology in room 100. SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDIES Graduates of Michigan State Uni versity and other institutions having substantially the same undergraduate requirements are eligible to apply for admission to the Graduate School and begin work toward a Master's or Doctor's degree. The Graduate School offers advanced degrees in nearly all fields of study available to undergraduates. It ordi narily requires a student one to one to complete his and a half years Master's degree, three to four to com plete his Doctorate. Undergraduates at Michigan State who have uniformly high scholastic standing and not more than 15 credits to complete for their Bachelor's degree may receive per mission to begin their graduate studies early. Thomas H. Osgood is Dean of the Graduate College. Office of Graduate Studies Morrill Hall. the School for Advanced in 112 located is -30- CONTINUING EDUCATION SERVICE The Continuing Education Service is in charge of spreading the work of Michigan State, except for agricultural extension, throughout the state. Designed especially for adults, Continuing Educa tion brings educational programs di rectly to Michigan communities in addi to conducting over 400 special tion courses, conferences and clinics which attract over 150,000 participants to Kellogg Center each year. Facilities of WKAR and WKAR-TV are bringing similar programs directly into Michigan homes. MSU staff members conduct this work, disseminating practical information cov ering a variety of subjects ranging from homemaking to problems of business. industry and labor. Public service pro grams are also launched in cooperation with stale and federal agencies. Leslie Scott directs the Continuing Education Service. Continuing Education Headquarters are located in Room 5 in Kellogg Center. -3 1- ROTC PROGRAM The military program consists ol courses in the Senior Division of Army and Air Force Reserve Officers Training the National Corps, established by Defense Act. Unless a student is an alien, a vet eran, enrolled in short course, physically unfit or over twenty-three years of age, two he must enroll during his first college years in either Army or Air Force ROTC. Courses in the two years of Basic ROTC requires three hours a week plus various drills and parades held from time to time during the year. Choice of branch is left io the student, with the reservation that the Military and Air Force Science departments each will enroll approximately 50 per cent of registering students. Upon successful completion of the Basic Course, a student is eligible to apply for admission to the Advanced University C average and passage of a screening test. The Advanced Course counts for elective credit and requires five hours to attendance per week in addition between the junior and senior year at ROTC summer camp. Students who successfully complete the Advanced course and earn their academic degree commissioning as are Reserve Second Lieutenants the United States Army or United States Air Force. eligible for in Students enrolled in the Advanced Course sign a contract with the govern ment. This contract requires the student to complete Advanced Course training, attend six-weeks summer camp, accept a commission if tendered, and serve three years active two years active, reserve duty in the Army or three years active, two years reserve in the Air Force. In return the student is granted deferment from selective service, sub- Course. Minimum requirements for ac ceptance are U.S. citizenship, good moral character, age less than 27 for the Air Force, the Army or 25 passage of a physical examination, sufficient time remaining in the Uni versity to complete the course, an all- for sistence allowance of 90c a day (max imum two year total: $535.50) and $78 per month plus board and housing while at summer camp. The contract remains in effect until such time as the student may withdraw from school or is dropped from the Advanced Course. -32- ARMY ROTC The general objective .of Army ROTC is to produce junior officers who are suitable for duty in the United Stales Army Reserve or the Regular Army. instruction During the first two years of Army ROTC, cadets receive instruction in the military fundamentals, including military history, weapons and marksmanship, map reading, and other basic subjects. Those cadets who qualify for en trance into the advanced program re ceive in subjects common lo all branches of the Army, the cadet attending summer camp between the junior and senior year. Early in the cadet's senior year, he is classified into one of fifteen branches of the army. The classification is made by a com the Professor of mittee consisting of Military Science and Tactics and sev eral senior deans of the University. Consideration is given to the cadet's branch preference, leadership potential, academic standing and his· University major and minors. in Upon completion of the program the cadet is commissioned a second lieu tenant the United States Army Reserve. Following commissioning the officer remains in the active reserves for a period of eight years, the first two of which, under present policies, are spent in active service. AIR FORCE ROTC The freshman year of Air Force ROTC is devoted primarily to the study of global geography, international security organization, instruments used for na· lional to aviation. security and introduction The sophomore year of the Air Force program is spent learning tactics of aerial warfare. Also is a leadership training laboratory, giving the student experience in leading small units. included During the junior and senior years, the Air Force cadet studies the man agement and organization of the Air Force, military aviation, and the art of war. As in the Army program, an Air Force selection board reviews cadets during their junior and senior years to determine what job they will be best fitted for in the Air Force. Although Air Force officer procurement is centered primarily on pilots, navigators, and bombardiers, there are a limited num ber of vacancies for ground officers. -33- ROTC SUMMER CAMP PHYSICAL EDUCATION Between the junior and senior years, all Advanced Course Army a nd Air Force students attend summer camp at various locations in the country. Here the cadet has the opportunity to put to use many of the things he has been taught in the classroom. Early reveilles. mess calls, hikes, bivouacs, marches. demonstrations by tours of units of the Regular Army, in technical, military and stallation when and of course. athletics and social events in troduce cadets the armed forces. industrial practical, life in to Cadets are instructed in the use of several types of weapons, and Air Force Cadets have the opportunity to fly in and become familiar with U.S. aircraft. Cadets are rated on their performance this challenging experience, and in their records are sent back to units at the University. their to in addition Students are paid a wage of about $78 a month, travel expenses and free housing and board, during their stay at camp. Army cadets attend for six weeks while Air Force Cadets attend for four. For the past two years all MSU Army Cadets were sent to the same camp; Air Force cadets were sent to several different ones. Physical Education for men and women is a strong feature of Michigan State's educational program. All stu dents are required to enroll in physical education courses during their freshman and sophomore years or until they have completed six terms of it, including a term of swimming. Exceptions to this rula are students excused by the Health Service because of physical handicaps. veterans of the armed forces and students who are thirty years of age or older. Men students with physical handicaps may be enrolled at the discretion of the Health Service in adapted sports, the only physical education course which may be repeated for credit. Wom en with physical handicaps may sim ilarly enroll in a course in individual gymnastics. If enrollment in a physical education course is postponed for any reason. it must be made up before graduation. Courses offered men and women are almost all-inclusive. Main areas of participation include games, aquatics, gymnastics, even combatives, dance, in addition to the many pro fessional courses offered to students in that curriculum. and A standard gymnasium uniform is -34- required of all male students enrolled in most physical education courses. This uniform consists of shirt, shorts, socks, supporter and shoes, all of which may be purchased at the gym· nasium store in Jenison Field House. For most women's gym courses a reg ulation white blouse, blue gym shorts, and tennis shoes are required. All students enrolled in physical edu cation must secure a locker by paying a two-dollar locker fee at the beginning of fall term. The fee is refunded at the end of spring term or whenever the student is no longer enrolled in gym courses. A charge of one dollar per term is made for towel service. This sum is not returned. Students are assigned small lockers in which to keep their equipment when it is not in use. Large lockers are used only during class or during evening and afternoon recreation sessions. When the student leaves the gym, his basket and lock must be returned to his small, individual locker. Any injury that might occur in a physical education course is reported to the Health Service by the instructor in charge of the class. The University cannot assume responsibility for med ical services rendered by an outside physician. - 35- The famous Boston Pops, one of the many features of MSU's Lecture-Concert Series. FACILITIES AND SERVICES UNION BUILDING The hub of most student activities at Michigan State is the Union Building. Activities within the building are planned and carried out by a student Union Board, whose office is localed on the first floor. The Union is the center of student recreation and relaxation for freshmen as well as upperclassmen. Its functional and attractive facilities are designed to enrich college education and supple ment academic accommodations and services. picked up from all over the campus are deposited, is localed in the first floor checkroom in the concourse. Articles are kept for a maximum period of 90 days to charitable then and organizations. turned over For relaxation there is a spacious mixed lounge as well as a women's lounge and a men's lounge. Among the recreational facilities are sixteen mod em bowling alleys and fourteen billiard tables localed in the Union basement. Probably the most populated spot in the union is the Grill. Off the north wing of the Grill is Old College Hall, a room traditionally reserved for sen iors. On the ground floor below the grill is the cafeteria. With a seating it is an ideal capacity of over 450, place to take guests for dinner. In the first floor concourse the main desk, which serves as an in formation center for visitors and lost students, a cigar and cigarette counter and to all-Uni· varsity activities except athletics. the office tickets for is The LoiH and Found, where articles Also located in the Union are a bar ber shop, a browsing room complete with a television set. a telephone room, an art room, which displays the works of students and faculty members in addition to collections from famous a rt museums, and a music room, where students may to all kinds of phonograph recordings, from popular to classical. listen During Registration Week the busiest place in the bookstore where books, supplies. and MSU sou venirs may be p urchased. the Union is The second floor ballroom, with a capacity of 300 couples, is used for many record and band dances . Dances occasionally are held in the parlors across the second floor concourse. Also - 38- found on this floor are private dininq rooms, the Union business office, and the alumni office. Offices of the yearbook, newspaper. humor magazine and A WS are located on the third floor. Student Government facilities have been moved to the Union basement, and the IFC now directs its many activities from the fourth floor. Meeting rooms on this floor are avail able for any organization by reserva tions made through the Union Man ager's office. A table tennis room is located on the fourth floor. Paddles can be checked out at the first floor checkroom. Across from the table tennis room is a card rooin equipped with card tables and chairs. Cards may be secured at the first floor checkroom. Building rules have been kept to a minimum, but a few are necessary 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 decorations, post ers, stunts, showcase and union desk displays must be approved beforehand by petitioning the Union Board. A de tailed list of building rules is available in the Union Board offices on the first floor. - 39- HEALTH CENTER Michigan State maintains a complete medical and hospital service for stu dents at the Olin Memorial Health Cen the ter. The health center protects health of the students and enables them to return lo classes as soon as possible after illness. All students enrolled for more than 10 credits are considered full-time students and are eligible for health service. Regular office hours Monday through Friday are: 8.00 a .m. lo 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For service dur ing these hours there is a fee of 25 cents per visit. The Center is open on Saturday and Sunday by appointment. For service after 7:00 p .m. there is a dollar charge. There is no limit to the number of visits students may make lo the Health Center. Routine medical supplies are dispensed without charge and drugs are furnished at cost plus a small handling fee . Students may be hos pitalized in the clinic up to 40 days per college year without charge. After that, there is a flat rate of $12 per day. Except for students who sustain injuries while participating in classroom activ ities or employment and are unable to make their way to the hospital. a charge is made for ambulance service. Students admitted to the hospital are under the care of the University staff except for minor surgery which is re ferred to outside surgeons and paid for by the students. In the event of emerg ency surgery, an immediate effort is made to contact the parents by phone. Students under 21 must have parental permission for major surgery. term the Health Center will be enlarged from its present 72 bed capacity to 142 beds. Another new policy will enable students to have a pre-entrance physical examination by fall By their family doctor and tum the results over to the Health Center. NEW LIBRARY Spring term, 1956, marked the open ing of MSU's new $4,000,000 library, which largest university library in terms of floor space under a single roof, in the nation. the fifth is For the first time, students will have the convenience of open book shelves and spacious multiple study areas. But to obtain your material in the shortest lime, a working knowledge of the li brary's divisions and procedures is important. The ground floor of the new building provides space for a microfilm, biog raphy, fiction and documents rooms. There is also a section reserved for materials used in the Basic College and for current periodicals. The binding room is also located on this floor. The first the Social floor contains Science and Literature room, which has material relating to philosophy. sociol ogy, history and English, American, German and French literature. The card catalogs, location directory, circulation and the reference department, which is also the information center, are localed here. Divisional rooms on the second floor, - 40- contain the College of Business and Public Service, the College of Educa tion and, a Fine Arts room. There is an assigned reading counter on this floor and also the third. The third floor has divisional rooms for Physical Science and Biological and Applied Science, which includes agri culture and home economics. Your first stop when looking for your book, should be the card catalogs and the location directory on the first floor. if your book is in the stacks, Then present your card at the circulation desk. If the book is not in the closed stacks, the directory will give you the exact location of it in the open stacks. Information about periodicals may be the card catalog and obtained from from the Kardex Visible File on the reference desk. All periodicals, both current issues and bound volumes, are located with the books covering the same subjects. Books, pamphlets, periodicals and documents assigned by instructors are located on the second and third floors, and must be used in the library for two hour periods only, unless they are on a one or three day reserve. These reserved books are due at 10 a.m. on the date due, excepting Sunday, when the time is 2 p.m. A fine of 25 cents per-day is charged for each day overdue. Some books may be checked out overnight from the assigned reading room between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. every day except Saturday, when the hours are 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Books are due the following morning by 8:10 except Sun day, when they may be kept until 2:15 p.m. A book may be reserved for over· night use by filling out a reserve slip at the desk. Only one book per course may be taken out overnight. No book may be obtained at the library, unless the student presents his identification card. Books from the general reading room may be charged out for two weeks with the privilege of renewal if not reserved for another borrower. If a book is re turned late, the student is charged 5 cents per-day for each day overdue. In case the book is lost, the borrower must pay the fine as well as the cost of the book. The library is open on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. -41- INTERNATIONAL CENTER A home away from home for all State students is the International Cen ter, located on Circle Drive directly across from President Hannah's home. The Center provides an opportunity to become acquainted with students from countries all over the world and ob serve their customs. All students are invited to use the Center's recreational facilities. Any campus organization may use its the International Center for meetings and parties. The International Center working committee helps sponsor the annual International Festival spring term which presents exhibits from many foreign countries. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Moran serve as host and hostess for the International Center. The house is open from 9 a .m. to 9:45 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. supply material and personnel for the shows. WKAR-TV broadcasts certain athletic events, classroom activities and serves as a tra ining aid in teaching students TV techniques. The campus radio station, WKAR, am and fm , is the third oldest station in Michigan. The station carries educa tional shows and local programs which originate in the studios of the Audi torium. Over 30 students are employed as announcers, technicians and clerical help. Those students interested in such work should contact the station. ATHLETIC FACILITIES Jenison Gymnasium and Fieldhouse is the center of most physical education activity. It contains a gymnasium, hand ball, volleyball, basketball and bad minton courts, boxing and fencing rooms, a swimming pool, locker rooms and an equipment store. Basketball games and indoor track meets are held in the fieldhouse. Ticket offices for ath letic events and the physical education department are also housed in Jenison. Macklin Field, the huge football stad ium, has been enlarged to a seating capacity of 60,000 for this fall. The stadium also has locker room facilities for spring and fall sport teams. South of Macklin Field is the track seating field grounds with a and capacity of 3,500. WKAR and WKAR-TV WKAR-TV, the campus television sta tion, carries both educational and fea ture programs. Departments of the Uni· versity as well as outside agencies Twenty-four tennis courts for students and faculty are located next to the stadium. There are six clay courts and 18 hard surface courts. Demonstration Hall, across from Jen ison, contains an ice rink which offers recreational skating to students for a nominal fee. The baseball diamonds, soccer field - 42- and intramural sports fields are located north of Jenison and there is a golf green located on Old College Field. Construction is underway for a new 18-hole golf course to be located on Harrison and Mount Hope Roads. KELLOGG CENTER Kellogg Center for Continuing Edu cation is headquarters for all extension the programs. Built with funds from Kellogg Foundation for the promotion of the health, education and welfare of mankind, without regard to sex, race, creed or nationality, the Kellogg Center each year serves as host to hundreds of conferences. The building also provides training facilities for hotel, restaurant manage ment and institutional management stu dents. Its facilities include 21 conference rooms, several dining rooms, a banquet hall and ballroom and 193 twin-bed rooms. Parents of students, alumni, visiting teams, Lecture-Concert Series athletic performers and college business visitors are welcome to make use of the Kellogg Center facilities. PLACEMENT BUREAU The Placement Bureau, is one of in Morrill Hall, the few completely centralized placement bureaus in the the students, nation, serving all of alumni and faculty. Its main service is to graduates who are seeking jobs in their specialized fields. It also gives assistance to undergraduates who are seeking part-time and summer employ ment. Students seeking part-time employ ment should register with part-time placement. All persons registered are two categories, into then classified hours available or type of work desired. As jobs are received calls are. made to five different students per job. The job will the student bulletin board. Students are urged to check the student bulletin board as often as possible. If they are unable to obtain a they are urged to contact the Placement Bureau's part time employment receptionist for per sonal assistance. then be posted on job, Students are allowed to work at campus jobs up to 20 hours per week. the Dean of Written permission of Students is required to work in excess of this amount. If a student is dissatisfied with a job or if he failed to secure one he should reapply or check with the Bur eau at any time. Among the types of part time jobs available through the Placement Bureau are janitorial work, office work, baby sitting, sales, clerk tutoring, wailing on ing, housework, tables, serving as bus boys and odd jobs. First term freshmen are. advised not to work until they are thoroughly adjusted to university life. The Placement Bureau also arranges contacts for students interested in sum mer work. fobs are solicited from pros pective employers and then listed in a -43- summer catalog according to camp, resort, industrial or hotel ~anagement positions. Students select the jobs they are interested in from the information given, which includes dates, qualifica tions, salary, and other pertinent in formation. The student is then given an appli cation blank which he completes and to the employer. Any sends directly correspondence is between thereafter the employer and student. Some resorts and camps prefer to conduct a personal interview and in that case the Place ment Bureau arranges an interview. The Bureau serves seniors in securing jobs by arranging interviews with in terested companies, by keeping up-Io date records of job opportunities, hold· ing the annual Career Carnival, spon soring career conferences and closely watching employment trends. COUNSELING CENTER in New students often need help deciding what courses they should take and frequently what major field to in. The Counseling Center specialize in the Basic College Building is equip ped to help solve students' personal. educational and vocational problems. The staff of the Center is specially trained in psychology and student per sonnel technique and have had long in dealing with student experience problems. Those desiring to take ad vantage of counseling services will be assigned to a single counselor. it Interviews with the counselor will try to determine the nature of the problem. II is vocational or educational he may suggest that a series of tests be taken to determine where the student's abilities and interests lie. He may then recommend a possible solution. For students having academic diffi- -44- the Center will culty, recommend competent tutors. The Center especially encourages personal counseling initi ated by the student. Since most adjust ment problems occur during the first two college years, the Center works closely with the Basic College: Students may come time between 8 a .m. and 5 p.m.. Monday through Friday, but it is recommended that appointments be made in advance to avoid waiting. the Center any to IMPROVEMENT SERVICES The Basic College has established five improvement services to correct weak nesses in reading, writing, speaking and arithmetic skills. improvement services Enrollment in the arithmetic, speech and writing is based on the results of orientation tests given to all new students. Those who fail to pass are required to enroll in these services without receiving college credit. Enrollment in the reading improve ment service is optional and enrollment in English as a foreign language, a course designed for students whose native language is not English, are also optional for freshmen. Any upperclass man may enroll in any of the improve it will be ment services if he feels helpful. The office of Improvement Services is in Building A-3 on South located Campus. Enrollment is done during registration in the same manner as in regular courses. All of the improvement services, except English as a foreign language, meet two hours per week. They are non-credit courses and are given at no additional cost to the stu dent. The work is usually carried in addition to regular studies and a grade is given upon completion. LOANS A university loan setvice is set up to aid deserving students who need assist ance in meeting payments for tuition or board and room. Three general qual ifications are required for any type of loan: evidence of need, an all-college C-average and a satisfactory University citizenship record. Any student, except first term fresh men, is eligible for a short term loan which is limited to $150 . These must be repaid within six months. There is no interest charge but there is a one day wail while the loan is processed. Occasionally, to $300 are loans up made to upper classmen who show exceptional need. These are without interest while the student is in school. Men make applications for loans at the Men's Division of the Dean of Stu dents' Office. Women apply at Women's Division. Loans are the cashier's window on the first floor of the Administration Building. repaid al SCHOLARSHIPS The scholarship program at Michigan State is administered through the Schol arship Office at 323 Administration Building. Most scholarships available are those established and maintained by the State Board of Agriculture from the General Fund. There are also schol arships which have been established for students in particular fields. A faculty committee on scholarships reviews all applications. The Entrance Scholarship to qualified is awarded high school seniors of Michigan who have demonstrated ability in scholastic extra citizenship performance, curricular activities. These scholarships are granted for one year, and if the student's point average is 2.6 or higher and a t the end of that time, his scholarship will be extended on a yearly basis. Students who have completed three terms or fifty credit hours, regardless of school or residence, may apply for they exhibit an out scholarships if standing academic record, leadership ability and financial need. Transfer students may qualify for these awards term. after they have completed one There are certain scholarship aids to be granted under conditions prescribed by the donor. These endowment schol arships are used generally as grants in-aid and the Scholarship Committee requires that the student be enrolled for one year and show academic ability as well as financial need to the point that the applicant could not remain in school without this aid. LECTURE-CONCERT SERIES Michigan State presents a Lecture Concert Series which offers a varied program to the students and the general public. The 1956-1957 program includes Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians, Royal Danish Ballet, New York City Opera Company, Berlin Philharmonic Orches tra, DePaur Opera Gala, Jerome Hines, Original Don Cossack Chorus, New York City Ballet Company, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Les Com pagnons de la Chanson, Arthur Rubin stein. and the Boston Pops Orchestra. The series serves both educational and an entertainment purposes, and most students include ii as an important part of time students are admitted to all regularly scheduled programs without charge. The State News announces ticket dis tribution dates for the programs. their college life. Full Coupons in your activity distribution may be exchanged for the tickets . - 45- CAMPUS CHEST is Its purpose Campus Chest is an agency of Stu to dent Government. combine all charity drives on the campus into one intensified campaign. Un'der the direction of a seven-man board of directors, the group plans a series of fund raising programs and distributes the money to various char ities. The major part of the money is used in projects which directly benefit the students. Fall term Campus Chest activities begin with a Kick-Off Banquet followed by two days of campus solicitations. A student-faculty auction al which slu· dents and administration leaders are sold is held the highest bidders to spring term. Spartacade, a student carnival in which living units sponsor midway attractions, is a major source of income for Campus Chest. STUN STUN, Student Texts Used and New, has been set up by Men's Council and A WS lo buy and sell student books al reasonable prices. STUN offices are localed in quonset 59, on South Campus, near the television studio. Students wishing to sell their used books take them to the STUN offices al the beginning of the term. They set their own prices and leave a card at the office. The State News carries notices a few weeks later on when students can pick up their money from STUN. Students buying books pay STUN directly and they in turn pay the owners. ALUMNI RELATIONS The Department of Alumni Relations keeps in contact with all graduates and informs them of Homecoming activ ities, sends out an alumni publication called The Michigan State College Record and arranges a reunion for graduation classes every five years. in ability Since 1950, 50 members of each class, chosen because of their activities and leadership school, have formed the nucleus of each class alumni group. The club plans the alumni activ ities for its class and supervises re unions. Students have an opportunity to petition for their class alumni club near the end of their senior year. Alumni clubs have been formed by Michigan State graduates and former students throughout the country. These clubs keep an interest in MSU and act as liaison agents with the alumni rela tions office. Co-operating with the college alumni office is the Alumni Advisory Council, composed of 12 alumni from Michigan and six from out of state. The members are chosen by alumni groups. -46- UNION BOARD INFORMATION SERVICE The Union Board has its office on the first floor of the Union Building and information service for maintains an students, parents and visitors. Student personnel in this office direct people to places on campus, provide information regarding campus events and activities the hours and advise visitors as to campus buildings are open. It also gives information about campus organ izations and publications. The office is open throughout the day, Monday through Friday. It also houses the Union Board committee rooms where students on the Board plan the many activities which take place in the Union. VETERAN AFFAIRS life. So that Since 1946, the veterans al Michigan State have become an integral part of campus their particular problems can be handled, the Office of Veterans Affairs has been established to assist veterans in adjusting to stu dent life and to secure the benefits due them. This office is located in the Ad ministration Building. education or Veterans having at least 90 days active service or a disability discharge are allowed one and one-half days of full-time its part-time equivalent, for every day served on active duty since June 25, 1950. The maximum time allowed is 36 months, for veterans who have earned but benefits under the World War II G.I. Bill 48 months of schooling is allowed. FINANCIAL BENEFITS Veterans going to school full-time with no dependents receive $ll0, one dependent $135 and two dependents $160. Vets going to school thre-quarters time receive $80 for no dependents, $100 for one dependent and $120 for two dependents. Those going to school one-hall time receive $50 for no de pends, $60 for one dependent and $80 for two dependents. For less than one hall time, tuition and fees are paid within limits, adequate to cover charges for most courses offered by the college. In undergraduate work, full-time is defined as 14 credits or their equivalent, three-quarters time as IO credits and one-half time as 7 credits. Veterans must make use of these edu cational benefits within two years of their discharge or else they forfeit their right to aid. They must also stay in school continuously except for interrup tions authorized by the Veterans Ad ministration. CHANGE OF COURSE Once a course of study has been chosen, it may be changed only once, and the VA office must be notified of it. Changes are acceptable within two years of discharge, but alter that time swttches are possible only under un usual conditions and only with special VA approval. to When arrangements for G.I. benefits have been made, all allowances are paid directly the vets who must make their own arrangements with the University for payment of fees, board and room and supplies. Processing de lay al the beginning of the school year means that the first check will not be issued until at least 8 or IO weeks after classes begin. Vets should be pre themselves pared until then. to cover all costs Each month that veterans are they are required in school to sign a certificate indicating they are enrolled at Michigan State. These forms are available in the Administration Building in the Veterans Office. Claim numbers must appear on each form. -47- DISABILITY PAY KEEP VA POSTED Veterans who are eligible for dis in ability compensation because of juries or sickness sustained the in service, may receive educational bene fits under a different Public Law. Check with the Veterans Administration office for particulars. for College credit may be given military service or for specialized train ing if the proper forms are presented to the Registrar in the Administration Building. Discharge papers and any certificates of completion may serve this purpose. Special sections in all Basic College courses are for veterans. reserved Check with enrollment officers 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. It is also advisable for veterans to check on the possibility of taking special remedial courses which might help in brushing fundamentals. These up on certain courses are offered by the Improvement Service. Veterans should remember that before they change their courses or major, or drop courses in which they are reg istered, they should notify the Office of Veteran Affairs. Likewise if there is a change in marital status, home or college address, or in the number of dependents, the Veterans Administra tion should be told so that check can be received promptly and correctly. the Vets should remember that the Vet re erans Administration places sponsibility on them for insuring that their records are accurate and that they are receiving the proper benefits. Vet erans having any questions regarding proper procedure should check with their Veterans Administration office or the Office of Veteran Affairs. SPECIAL FOR VETERANS Veterans are eligible for membership in the Michigan State Veterans Associa tion, 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 -48- Association, vets must present to the membership committee a . certificate of discharge. is to promote The Association the social interests of veteran students so that they can get together ir.formally, take advantage of campus activities and participate in student organizations. An important function of the organ i~ation is its contacts with the Veterans Administration office in Detroit. The club is attempting to promote more efficient operation between the Veterans Ad ministration office and vet students on this campus. The Veterans Administra tion must have the support of all vets if function effi::iently. They should watch the State News for an nouncements as to when the organ ization will meet. it is to -49- An all-university dance in the Auditorium. RULES AND REGULATION A.W.S. REGULATIONS Hold it ment Don't pass up this sec· tion, it's important that every fellow know the rules and regulations by which coeds must abide. HO UBS All women's residences close at 10:30 p.m. on Monday through Thursday eve· ning, 1 a .m. on Friday and Saturday, and 11 p.m. on Sunday. Fellows may call at women's dormitories after 10 a .m. on Sunday or 11 a .m. Monday through Saturday. If they must call before this, they may only stay in the dorm five minutes. Earliest calling hours for off-campus approved houses are 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Coeds may entertain their dates in the dorm recreation rooms from 9 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights and 1 p .m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Women students may visit only those men's residences where an offi cial housemother is present. They may not go above the ground floor nor visit during morning hours. They may not remain in the men's residences beyond the closing hours of women's residences. SIGNING OUT FOR THE EVENING Coeds planning to be out of their residences after 8 p.m. must sign a daily "sign-out" sheet. They must in clude their exact destination so they may be contacted in case of an emerg ency. Expected time of return, which should be the latest possible, also must be given. Upon returning, the girls must record the time. For attending all-university functions. coeds are permitted a 10:30 which re quires they be in half an hour after the function ends. Girls who have jobs that keep them out after closing hours must get a permit from the A WS ad visor in the office of the Dean of Stu dents and submit it to the Judiciary Legislative Board for approval. She must have a 2.0 all-college scholastic average, and the latest she can stay out is midnight on Sunday through Thursday and 1:30 on Friday and Sat urday nights. When she signs out, she must give the name, address and tele phone number of her employer. LATE PERMISSIONS Late permissions of an hour and a half are granted to all coeds with an -52- all-college 2.0 average. Six "late pers are given to all girls exc;ept first term freshmen who are given only three until they establish an all-college 2.0 average. These permissions enable coeds to stay out until 11.30 p.m. on week nights and until midnight on Sunday. No late permissions are given on Fri day and Saturday nights. Arrangements for using a late per must be made with the housemother before closing hours by signing directly with the house mother on a special sheet as well as noting "late permission" on the regular signout sheet. If a girl has forgotten to sign out or decides to use a late per while she is out, she must personally telephone her housemother before her expected time of return. When calling for a late per, the call must be made at least 15 minutes before regular clos ing hours. OVERNIGHT ABSENCES A girl must sign herself out for an overnight or weekend absence before 10 p.m. on a special signout sheet, the overnight absence sheet. She must leave her residence before closing lwurs on the night of her departure. She must give the names, address and phone number of the person with whom she plans to stay. She must sign in as soon as she returns. If she expects to be late, she must call her housemother in advance. Permission to stay in an out-of.town hotel must be sent directly from parents to housemother each time. A student is permitted to remain overnight in a Lansing hotel only with her parents and then only if her parents talk to the housemother directly. Each student may have one overnight permission in either Lansing or East Lansing each term. Two overnight permissions in other college residences are granted each term. No overnights after a dance or registered party may be taken without specific written permission from home in advance. GUESTS in with Coeds may have weekend guests three times during the term. They must be signed the housemother before 10 p.m. and also on the regular sign-out sheet. Guests must observe all the rule~ and regulations of the living unit. Any late minutes incurred by the guest is applied to her hostess. Guests are allowed only on Friday and Saturday nights and may not stay overnight during final examination week or the weekend before. GENERAL RULES A system of quiet hours is enforced in women's living units to encourage effective study. These may be slightly altered by a vote of the dorm council. During final week these quiet hours are continuous. Hours are set aside for showers and typing so studying won't be disturbed. Smoking student is permitted rooms, hallways, kitchenettes, recrea tion rooms, lobbies, study rooms, phone booths, lavatories, and laundries. It is not permitted in the living rooms, sun rooms, dining rooms, and staircases. Consideration should be shown for a roommate who does not smoke. in -53- rooms, sun rooms, lobbies, phone booths, stair cases. lavatories. Consideration should be shown for a roommate who does not smoke. laundries or Bermuda shorts and slacks may be worn to breakfast every day and to lunch on Saturday. Blue jeans may be worn lo breakfast and lunch on Satur day only, except for final exam week when they can be worn at every break fast and lunch except Sunday. Shorts must never be worn the dining room. Jeans, shorts or Bermudas may not be worn in the living rooms, to classes nor in the Union. RESIDENCE PENALTIES in Breaking any of the rules that have been discussed brings a penalty of late minutes. A record of these late minutes is kept by the housemother. An accumulation of 15 during the term requires that the girl be automatically "campused" for one week-end night within the following two weekends. The second accumulation of 15 late minutes in a term brings a complete weekend campusing (Friday, Saturday and Sun day nights) within the following two late minutes weekends. The third IS will require a full week of campusing lo begin immediately. When a girl is campused, she must remain in her room after 8 p .m. until the next morning at 5:30. She may have one recess of 15 minutes, but she may not leave the living unit during this time. She must notify the housemother and counselor in person at 8 p .m. of the night she plans to take her campusing. She may not make or receive phone calls or callers during her campusing. She may not receive callers in her room. If a girl is unable to complete her campusing before a vacation, the penalty will be carried over to the next term. A WS has been delegated the re sponsibility of controlling and enforcing these and other rules by the admin istration. Infractions of regulations are dealt with by the A.W.S. Judiciary Legislative Board. A girl who has a legitimate excuse for breaking one of the rules has the privilege of submitting a petition obtained from the house mother, to the Women's Division of the Dean of Students' Office before Tuesday noon following the offense. If it is late, there is a penalty. The petition is re ferred its discretion in trying any case and de ciding the penalty. A girl may appear in person. If dis before satisfied with the judgment, she may reappeal to the Board. Final jurisdiction ordinarily is that of the all-university judiciary, but with permission of an Assistant to the Dean she may further appeal her case to the Dean of Students for Women. the Board which uses the board to -54- UQUOR The policy on liquor . at Michigan State is one of the most clearly defined of the lot. Whether over twenty-one or under, no student may bring any form of alcoholic beverage on the campus at any time. A State Board of Agri culture ruling provides automatic sus pension for any student violating this policy - with no exceptions. Drinking in off-campus housing is subject to exactly the same restrictions. Michigan statute prohibits open bot tles of alcoholic beverages in automo biles and minors may not transport alcoholic beverages, open or sealed, in their cars at any time regardless of who bought them. Minors, of course, are not permitted to purchase or accept alcoholic bev erages anywhere in the stale. Students caught violating this law are subject not only to University action, in the likely event that state authorities report them. but to criminal prosecution as well. Students over twenty-one are subject to exactly the same campus restric:ions, but when off campus they are on their own and may drink legally. Excessive drinking, however, is considered ::ilrictly in bad taste by both students and the University and disciplinary action is likely to follow immature lack of judg ment. EXCERPTS FROM THE STATE IJQUOR LAWS 436-33 AGE OF PURCHASER Section 33. No alcoholic liquor shall be sold to any .person unless he shall have attained the age of 21 years. 750-141C MINOR FALSELY REPRE SENTING AGE IN LIQUOR PURCHASE Any person under the · age of 21 years who shall by documentary evi dence falsely represent himself to be 21 years of age or over ,for the purpose of purchasing or attempting to purchase any alcoholic liquor, or who shall give any such false information regarding his age to any person selling alcoholic liquor, the purpose of securing sale thereof to himself or to any person under the age of 21 years, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 750-141A FURNISHING LIQUOR TO A MINOR for Any person who willfully gives or furnishes any alcoholic beverage to a minor except on authority of and pur suant to a prescription of a duly licensed physician, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. AUTOMOBll.F.S AND PARKING A complete set of the Motor Vehicle Regulations is is:sued to each student driver at registration and is always available at the Campus Police head quarters. Student drivers should obtain these regulations and study them care fully, since they are held responsible for all rules and provisions which the regulations contain. Before any student can have a car at Michigan State, he must register it with the Campus Police department. Any student driver under twenty-one years of age must bring to the Campus Police a letter of consent from his par ents or the registered owner of the automobile. Student "S" permits are issued to regular students, while special "SP" permits are given to paraplegics and graduate assistants. Parking lots are provided for all student cars south of the Red Cedar River, but "SP" permits -55- may park on North Campus in certain areas. Fines for violations of the rules are extremely high and infractions of the regulations are considered very serious by the University. Students may appeal to the Student Traffic Appeal Court, if they feel the ticket is unjust. SOCIA!. RULES The Student-Faculty Social Committee has established a set of rules to govern mixed social activities at Michigan State. All events involving mixed groups must be registered unless they are strictly for business purposes. Social activities and their chaperones must be registered together before 11:45 a.m. on the Tuesday of the week in which the event is scheduled to take plac:e. at the Women's Division, Dean of Stu dents Office. All facilities and places used for social activities must be approved by the Social Committee. It is recommended that requests for facilities and sites used be limited to the area within fifteen the University. Two couples miles of or one couple and a resident hostess are required to properly chaperone all social activities. There is to be no drinking of intox icating beverages at any time in stu dent residences nor during any social activity whether the activity is on the campus or off. Social activities must be terminated by 12:45 a.m. and dancing must end by 12 midnight on Saturdays. According to a Student Government ruling, there is a ban on flowers for open University social events, and they are anything but customary at smaller parties in the residences. At social activities, dates are not permitted to enter sleeping quarters ex cept in cases when such space is set aside for wraps. No permission will be given for overnight social affairs, and the committee has decided there shall be no approved social activities Mon day through Thursday, except exchange dinners, desserts, picnics and banquets, in addition to spring term senior dances. In case of any alleged violations of these and other rules, social restrictions -56- often will be recommended by the social committee. Freshman elections ordinarily fall in the middle of fall term, and copies of the governing ordinance a re available for the asking at the Student Govern ment office. ELIGIBILITY AND ELECTIONS For those who tire of studying all the time there is no shortage of extra curricular activity at Michigan State. Student Government, itself a giant em ployer of student talent, has in its files records of well over 150 campus clubs and organizations. takes over, U none of these suit you, you can always start your own. To bring a new organization into the MSU world, one simply has to submit a list of the pro posed organization's members and copies of its constitution. From there Student Government in vestigating the nature of thE club and its members. If everything seems to be on the up and up, the chili is granted a probationary charter for a year. At the year another careful the end of check is made on the manners and morals of the club as Congress debates the advisability of granting a permanent charter. Once your club is going, you still must submit each year eligibility lists and officer's names to student gov ernment so they can check growth and scholastic standing. Running for office once again brings you in contact with the powers and controls of Student Government, ever watchful lest someone conduct his cam paign in anything but the most Simon pure tradition. After demonstrating your ability to maintain a C average, you may find yourself called upon to answer illegal campaigning charges. So it gen erally pays to become thoroughly ac quainted with the pretentious Student Government election ordinance, which covers nearly every conceivable facet of election procedure and eligibility. DISCIPLINARY ACTION Violation of University rules and reg ulations leads the student to answer for his action and often to penalties of varying severity. depending on the nature and seriousness of the offense. While there is no mysterious figure lurking about the campus, cloak and dagger fashion, the administration does feel that there is little excuse for stu dents failing to comply with University laws. When a student elects to enroll at Michigan State, he accepts not only the benefits but also the responsibilities, just as in joining any organization. He signs no contract, but he enters a moral agreement with the University. Administrative officials, in tum, do not feel they exist merely to punish violators, but more important to return them to and keep them on the right track. Instead of a very formal system of rigid discipline, Michigan State's policy is keynoted with cooperation and mutual understanding. This is not to say students can get away with murder. The system has not degenerated into mere wishy-washy acquiescence. and penalties for viola tions of the rules can be expected by the violator. Expulsion from the University is the responsibility of the President, but for all practical purposes this measure, with its provisions for failing grades, forfeit of fees , and ineligibility to return to MSU, is not used to enforce discipline. More common is suspension, which is similar to expulsion except in the fact - 57- that here the student may return to the University upon recommendation of the Dean of Students. Suspension is the most serious form of penalty, but close to it is disciplinary probation, the responsibility of the Dean of Students. While allowin9 the student to remain on the campus, disciplinary pro prevents his participation in extra curricular activities, brings a notice of the action to his parents, and is re corded on his permanent transcript record, in addition to any special pro visions which may be deemed appro priate. to remain in his room for Another responsibility of the Dean of Students is social probation which requires the student to report to his specified residence each night at a time, the remainder of the night and to secure special permission for going home on weekends. A WS Regulations govern women on social probation. Other re strictions may be added by the Dean, and unofficial probation may include any restrictions up those of dis ciplinary. to to In short, students are expected act their age. Ninety-nine per cent of the students need only to be told the rules and the reasons for them and they will understand their importance, but for those who are inclined to learn the hard way this section is written. ALL UNIVERSITY STUDENT GOVERNMENT To become good citizens of the United States, we must know as much as possible about our government and how it works. to This principle may be applied those who already are, or who are about to become, students at Michigan State University. By becoming acquainted with State's All University Student Government, you will be able to understand more fully the functioning of student affairs. following: " We The preamble to the All University Student Government Constitution states the the students of Michigan State University, in order to form a more perfect student body; to provide for full student representation in all matters pertinent to student af fairs; to promote all things of value and of general welfare to the students and the University; and to assist in the integration and coordination of the activities of all student organizations; do hereby ordain and establish this constitution for the All University Stu dent Government." is The A.U.S.G. the head of an integrated system of governing bodies, and three main branches, the Executive, Legislaitve, and Judiciary. EXECUTIVE BRANCH is divided into it The Executive Branch of Student Government is headed by the President, who is the representative of the under graduate student body. The President is elected from the Congress and is directly responsible for the enforcement and administration of all laws passed by the Student Congress. To do this, -58- he may create such agencies as he deems necessary. These agencies form the backbone of the · Executive Branch and are responsible for the smooth running of the government. time, At the present the Executive Branch is divided into two main de partments: Government Affairs, and Campus Chest. is An administrative assistant re sponsible for coordinating the activities of each bureau and commission within the executive branch, and for special projects which must be carried on under the auspices of the Student Government. Under the administrative assistant, there are eight divisions, which include the following organizations. (1) The Elections and Eligibility Commission which has the responsibility of election and eligibility laws passed by the Student Congress, which governs all University elections and participation in extra curricular non-athletic events. administering the (3) The purpose of (2) The Organization Bureau, which is responsible for all administrative de tails connected with the chartering of all undergraduate campus organizations. the Personnel Committee is to handle the personnel problems of the Executive Branch of the government. These problems con sist of procuring and placing the needed personnel on the various committees. (4) Finally, the Information Services Bureau, which is divided into two sec tions, public relations and art. The pub lic relations section, supplies all re quested information from other colleges and hometown newspapers as. well as from persons on and off campus. The art section silk screens posters and ads for on and off-campus organizations. is (5) Spartan Spirit Commission designed to promote school spirit and help support sutdent athletic events. The Commission is most active during football season, sponsoring pep trains. It the rallies and student football also co-sponsored the Rose Bowl trip. (6) Academic Benefits program is the student body designed more aware of the cultural and edu cational faciltiies at the University. to make (7) The purpose of the High School Cooperation Commission. which was organized in 1952, is to work closely with the administration's high school cooperation department in acquainting high school students with Student Gov ernment and M.S.U. is the A.U.S.G. (8) A recent addition to the Execu tive Branch of the Orientation Commission. The Commis sioner's function is to serve on the All University Administrative Committee in Charge of Orientation Steering Commit· tee which is directly responsible for the programming and carrying out of the orientation schedule. The Campus Chest the second department of the Executive Branch and was established in 1951 as the Student United Fund Drive. The Campus Chest is organized into. five bureaus: Per sonnel, Solicitations, Special Events, Public Relations and Spartacade. is of drive outdoor The head of each of these committees is on the Board of Directors of Campus Chest. Money comes from the annual fall solicitations, Spartacade, which is the annual spring carnival, and the Student Faculty Auc tion, where leading students and faculty are auctioned to organizations and liv ing units. STUDENT CONGRESS The Student Congress is the legis lative branch of the Student Govern including fra ment. All ternities, dorms, married housing and off-campus students are represente,'1. living units, sororities, Each member has he expresses the one vote by which sentiments of his -59- ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~:::::::.i.11;:;;;:::;:c!l::::~~r;:;;:;;;!!I::::::I?1:::;;:;;!!1:::::::JL!!:;;;:::~~::::~r::::;;J!lI:::::l!l!:;;~~~~~:::J>k::~~~~~~~~~~~l8~~~:~19~~l .. ---- m--==m==::i:R;::::::::::==' --rrn;----Iill==::i~;;:::;;;:i;l!1•J::=:..i1s SITY 17 13 12 11 - EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN CAMPUS OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVER • < CITY' Of U ST LANSING 1000 1200 1400 c , --~-- - 1 : : ' l ·: : H rr-f rJ I Ji 1 K -60- - - group. These members are elected in the spring and are assigned to com mittees which include Organizations, Elections, Finance, Student Rights and Welfare, Congress Business and State Affairs, and Traffic Court. the right Some of the responsibilities of Stu dent Congress to include appropriate all university student, con gressional, judicial and executive mon ies for the purpose of student govern ment functions according to the financial regulations of the University. And to elect a President of Student Government from its own membership. When a bill is introduced in Student Congress, it is referred to one of the six committees by the speaker; this is the first reading. The committee studies the bill, and gives a report either favorably and unfavorably, or with amendments the next week. This is the second reading and with Congress meeting as a whole there is no limit to the debating. The third reading. is the final reading on the bill, and this whole procedure takes two weeks, with a minimum of two meetings to get the bill passed. to importance Bills of major the campus are frequently adopted by the congress. Driving regulations are al ways a problem and the congress works closely with the Traffic committee to create more agreeable driving condi tions. The Student Traffic Appeal Court meets with students who are appealing campus traffic tickets in private ses sions, and if it decides in favor of the student he is not compelled to pay the fine. The seven man tribunal is the highest court you can appeal to regard ing driving and parking violation tickets. STUDENT JUDICIARY The Judiciary Board of the A.U.S.G. decides whether enactments made by Student Congress are constitutional. This branch of the Student Government rules on the actions of the congress and the executive. It hears appeals from the men's and women's judiciaries and the election reviewing board. It also hears student disciplinary cases. The Judiciary Board is comprised of a Chief Justice and eight justices, which includes six students, a graduate -62- student. and a representative from the offices of the Dean of Men and Women. All nine are voting members of the court, and five constitutes a quorum. to All disciplinary cases, except those treat involving remedial or medical ment. are the Student referred Judiciary. This highest of all courts handles cases which are appealed to it from the lower courts, such as dorms, fraternities, sororities, Associated Wom en Students, and the election reviewing board. All decisions reached by this court are subject to review by the dean of students, but in the long history of the court, a decision has never been reversed. for a reappointed The Judiciary determines its own rules of procedure and the Justices may be twelve-month period. This branch of Student Govern in special session upon ment meets twenty-four hour notice at the call of the Chairman. when a case arises in which immediate consideration is re quested. Student Government is here on campus for the benefit of everyone. and it is up to you, the student, to support it, to take an active interest in its activities and elections, and to use the many services Student Government provides the student and the University. -63- An exterior view of a new men's dorm in the Harrison Road group. HOUSING RESIDENCE HALLS Student housing at Michigan State is designed to give you the greatest possible experience in group living, self discipline and development of good taste and social manners. As you live in - University housing. you will realize that there are very few rules which restrict you, but most of the rules are designed so that you and your fellow residents may together harmon iously and efficiently. It is up to you, the resident, to make the most of the advantages which campus housing offers you. live REQUIRED RESIDENCE University housing is available for single men, single women and married students. Because dormitory life is of great value in becoming adjusted to new college experiences, all freshmen and transfer students are required to live in a University dormitory for their first year at school. Exceptions to this rule are students who live at home or with close rela tives, married students and veterans of the armed forces who live in off-campus approved housing. All exceptions must be approved by the Housinq Director and any underqraduate permitted to live oft-campus must reside in approved houainq. DORMITORY ASSIGNMENTS Assignments to dormitories are made by the office of the Housing Director upon receiving from you an approval for-admission slip. Dormitory assign ments are made by the Housing Director on the basis of the date of receipt of your application. Accompanying the application must be a $25.00deposit, which will be refunded to you when you leave the dormitory, provided there are no deductions for breakage, re to placement or forfeiture for failing the University of withdrawal notify from school. CONTRACTS When you are assigned to a dormi tory you must sign a contract for the entire school year for both room and board. If you leave school, the contract is automatically terminated. If you wish to obtain a release from your contract for any other reason, you must file a written request on a form secured from your resident advisor. This request is submitted the Contract Committee whose decisions are final. There are not many reasons to warrant a release from your housing contract. MEAL TICKETS to Board and room payments fixed under the contract are not subject to refunds in case of missed meals. In establishing rates, a certain amount of absenteeism is expected and planned for. Therefore, the dormitory cannot reimburse you if you miss some meals. Likewise, if you to be away you cannot are going arrange for another person take your meals; meal tickets consequently are not transferrable. RENT PAYMENT to It is a University policy that residents pay in advance for room and board. However, because some of them would have difficulty in doing this, a payment schedule has been devised which is sent to all new students and posted in the dormitories. A certain minimum amount must be paid at registration and two other installments are paid over the quarter. If a student fails to meet an installment, dining privileges may be withheld but he is still re sponsible for the full term's charges. RE-REGISTRATION During spring term, room reservations for the next year may be made. If you wish to return to the same room or to change rooms or dormitories, you should -66- make this · known to your resident ad· visor or manager, wh