'J/-/ 17 / . - s MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PUBLICATION the SPARTAN handbook A STUDENT'S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSITY Telephone N ttmbers Michigan State University E. Lansing, Michigan Office of the President 319 Administration Bldg. Office of the Provost 306 Administration Bldg. Office of the Registrar 113 Administration Bldg. Office of Admissions & Scholarships 258 Student Services Bldg. Dean of Students 152 Student Services Bldg. University Business Office 204 Administration Bldg. Counseling Center 207 Student Services Bldg. Housing Office 259 Student Services Bldg. Placement Bureau 146 Student Services Bldg. Student Health Service Olin Memorial Health Center Area Code 517 355-1855 355-6560 355-6550 355-3300 355-8332 355-8322 355-5050 355-8270 355-8291 355-9510 355-4510 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PUBLICATION, Vol. 56, No. 11, April, 1962. Published monthly in July, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May and June and semi-monthly in August by Michigan State University, B Wells Hall. Second class postage paid at East Lansing, Michigan. rhe SPARTAN handbook This booklet for new Spartans will serve to introduce you to traditions, rules, and activities at Michigan State. It is issued by the All-University Student Government and the Office of the Dean of Students. Contents Freedom, Responsibility, Excellence 7 Getting Ready to Come to Michigan State 11 How You Will Select Your Courses 19 Getting to Know Your Way Around Michigan State 23 These People Are Here to Help You 37 Religious Life 47 Where You Will Live at Michigan State 51 All University Student Government 59 Rules and Regulations 65 Sororities and Fraternities 73 Your Appearance on Campus 79 Student Organizations 85 The Year Ahead 89 ~~your years on this campus can be happy and productive" President Hannah MOVING TO ANY NEW COMMUNITY can be something of a trial; there are new friends to be made, new customs and new traditions to be observed, new ways of doing things to be learned. Entering a uni versity community is no different; here too you will find it necessary to adjust your life to new demands, expectations, and opportunities. This handbook is published each year to help those who have come to the campus as students for the first time to find their places in the Michigan State University community quickly and easily. We have our special educational rules and traditions in addition to those im posed by society on all of us to insure reasonable standards of conduct in our relations with others. There are good reasons for them, as you will find, just as there are good reasons for an organized society of any kind to adopt laws and regulations. But here they have a special purpose: To help students gain good educations. I hope all of you will look upon education in its true light, not as something to be parceled out piecemeal by teachers, but as some thing each must gain for himself by utilizing the rich resources of the University. Lectures, recitations, laboratory experimentation, read ing, thinking, discussing - all are tools to facilitate learning, and you will find opportunities to employ them here in rich abundance. But even these are not enough to afford a true education. Part of it must be gained in association with others, by participating in stu dent activities, in contributing something of yourselves to the con tinual upbuilding of Michigan State University. This University is maintained by the people of Michigan for your benefit; its principal objective is to make it possible for bright young minds to be stretched and developed to their limits. What you make of your opportunities depends on you alone. Others will help you, and gladly, but you yourselves will finally determine how much you gain from your years at Michigan State. They can be happy and productive years if you choose to make them so. JOHN A. HANNAH, President Michigan State University eey ou will find all areas of the University willing to help" Dean Fuzak THE HISTORY OF MAN is spotted with critical periods - turning points in the record of his long striving toward the realization of his dreams. Yet it is doubtful whether any period in the past has been so critical as the time which now confronts us. The world seethes in struggle as all men demand the extension of economic opportunity and the possi bility of a better life. In facing the many dilemmas posed by this struggle, education carries the heaviest responsibility. Within the University organization, the responsibility for your education resides in the academic areas which provide the formalized structure of your college career. Nevertheless, the actual responsibility rests with you. Your active participation in a wide variety of learning experiences available within the University community will supple ment your classroom learning and make it far more effective. The opportunities at Michigan State University are almost unlimited. This handbook should serve to focus your attention upon some of the many opportunities for learning outside of the academic fields. It should help you to understand the established customs of the Uni versity community which you will undoubtedly wish to observe. Many significant services available to you during your stay at Michigan State University will be related to the Office of the Dean of Students. Some of these are: Counseling Center, Health Service, Placement, Housing, Religious Advisors, Men's Division of Student Services, and Women's Division of Student Services. You will find these and all other areas of the University willing to help you in your academic growth and in your cultural development. You will also be given many opportunities to develop your individuality along with qualities of leadership and responsibility in order that you may make your fullest contribution to society. The entire Office of the Dean of Students will strive to be helpful to you in capitalizing to the fullest upon your learning experiences at Michigan State University. J. A. FuzAK Dean of Students Michigan State University Entrance to the Student Services Building where the Offices of the Dean of Students and Student Government are located. Welcome Larry Campbell WHATEVER YOUR REASONS may be for joining the university community at Michigan State, I think you will agree that one reason common to all of you is to get "an education." If you have come just for "an education," be prepared to be disap pointed. By this I mean that our university has not found, even with involved research, a means by which one is able to obtain, through four years, 192 credits, and great effort, a neat package that is "an education." No, here at M.S.U. you will find limitless opportunities and facili ties to aid you in the process of self-education. M.S.U. is unable to do more than help you focus with greater intensity on a process which must be an individual one. So you see, before I could honestly welcome you, I felt we had to come to a basic understanding. You should enter into your as sociation with M.S.U. with your eyes open, realizing that only through mature and industrious effort will you achieve that most rewarding experience - the beginning of an education. Welcome! on behalf of the students of M.S.U. LARRY CAMPBELL, President All-University Student Government 6 The Spartan Handbook University Library PART ONE "Freedom, Reponsibility, Confront Excellence. Every Student" A HAPPY EVENT for more and more Americans is attending a college or university. For most of them it becomes the first period of living away from home. For most, acceptance by a college or a university indicates a choice of particular occupation or profession. But, more importantly, the individual also confronts there the preparation for becoming a useful and creative adult. An excitement always attends to entering the university. Ac cordingly, one may forget a quiet review of what is promised by the university. The student who looks forward to attendance at a univer sity will do well to reflect upon the nature of the university itself. He will have realized already that the university is of long importance in the world. In modern society in which change is so evident, the uni versity supports economic development, social understanding, the strengthening of moral values, and the deepening of the public and political life of man. As Cardinal Newman, famed student of univer sities, one time said: " ... the university is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society, at cultivating the public mind, at purifying the national taste, at supplying true principles to popular enthusiasm and fixed aims to popular aspiration, at giving enlargement and sobriety to the ideas of the age, at facilitating the exercise of political power, and refining the intercourse of private life." For so serving society, the university possesses a bewildering assortment of resources and activities. Among these the student will discover some of them devoted to assisting him in his healthful phys ical development and his social relations with others. But he should remember that the university exists for another purpose. It is a com- 8 The Spartan Handbook munity of the mind. Whatever else one may expect of the university, he must expect first to enrieh his knowledge of the world and his ability to reflect upon this knowledge with reason and wisdom. Many organizations and institutions in American society are devoted to making specific contributions. The university's contribution is the enrichment of the mind. Three ideas about the university confront every student. The first is freedom; the second is responsibility; the third is excellence. The university offers the student the freedom to learn. A distinguished faculty, the books in the library, the laboratories, the classrooms, and the instruments for research, all provide an atmosphere in which learning may flourish. What makes this successful, or may prevent it, is the presence or the lack of responsibility. In a university the ob ligations of learning are turned back ultimately upon the student. He becomes accountable for the consequences of his own actions. The student must be responsible to himself. Freedom and responsibility in the university are associated with excellence. Since the university is dedicated to the discovery and communication of truth, a disregard for excellence and high merit interferes with the learning of students and teachers. The university influences the student's disciplines of work and the habits of applica tion for the remainder of his life. Still another question confronts the student. What does he expect four years or more of his life in the university to give him? Some look to the university for occupational security. But this is less im portant than the combination of freedom, responsibility, and excellence which refines the student's character. By this is meant that the edu cational experience of the university should deepen the student's curiosity, his ability and willingness to ask questions in reasonably clear language, his desire to seek the grounds and cause as well as the ends of each subject or issue, his willingness to seek a worth-while intellectual or cultural goal with patience, and an awareness that there is a real difference between pleasure and happiness, between loneliness and contemplation. The university is not a continuation of the elementary, secondary, and high school chapters of the student's educational experience. It is a new beginning, a bench mark from which to continue through life with the freedoms and the responsibilities of adulthood. The student must come to the principle of joining knowledge and ex perience; he should discover this in the association of the young and the old in circumstances which make them friends and companions in learning rather than teacher and pupil. So in preparing to devote a significant part of his life to the university experience, the student might consider what it is he should Freedom, Responsibility, Excellence 9 bring as a human being to the university. He should come prepared to express and practice the highest possible personal integrity in reference to his studies and to the needs and interests of other people. The nature of the university demands that honor walks the campus; it calls upon personal integrity. The new student should come to the university enabled to rise above grades for the sake of grades and above the need of a college degree for the sake of occupational ad vantage. These results will take care of themselves if freedom, re sponsibility, and excellence are viewed as the principles of his work and personal behavior. With such an anticipation the new student may not only expect success in the usual meaning of the term; he may expect to discover the excitement of exploring the puzzles of the world and, of great importance, the examination of his own life. He may then depart the university prepared for the discipline of hard work, the exercise of freedoms and responsibilities in the never-ending quest for ex cellence in his own life and in his contributions to his family, the community, the profession, and the institutions of his society to which he is committed. And a part of him will always remain in the character and temper of the university which he attended. If such outcomes are missing, the university has failed the student and the student has failed himself, the university, his parents, and all those to whom he might have given his talents more fully throughout the unfolding of his adult life. In conclusion, the new student at the university will need to develop his own covenant with the university as a community of the mind. There will be many resources to assist him. But with all this, the covenant will be weak unless the student comes prepared to con tribute the best of himself as an adult; for the covenant is not only with the university but with himself. 10 The Spartan Handbook A Tower Guard explains registration procedures. PART TWO Getting Ready to Come to Michigan State CONGRATULATIONS on your decision to come to Michigan State. We take pride in your desire to prepare well for future responsibilities and leadership. You have chosen as "your university" an institution that wants to help you get the most out of a college education. Your academic adviser, your instructors, members of the Office of the Dean of Stu dents, your resident adviser, students, and the administration-all want to provide assistance in helping you to understand yourself, establish realistic goals, and progress through the University. Once you have received your Certificate of Admission to Michigan State University, you can begin to make specific preparations for your first term. Undoubtedly you have already read carefully the letters, and other information you have received in the mail. Many of you have met and talked with students, faculty, or administrators from State. However, many of you have unanswered questions about what it is like to be a student at M.S.U. What will the classes be like? Have you chosen the right major? Will you be lost on the large campus? What is a residence hall like? How much money do you need? Because your_questions and concerns are shared by other entering students, the Uni versity provides . various services and programs to meet your need for orientation to M.S.U. WHAT IS THE ORIENTATION PR.OGRAM? During the summer and for five days just before classes start in September, M.S.U. pro vides a program of activities and experiences planned to answer your questions, prepare Arrival on campus. 12 The Spartan Handbook you for your first registration, and help you establish yourself as a member of the University community. Certain of the orientation activities are required of all new under graduate students. Among these are tests of scholastic ability, English, reading, and mathematics or arithmetic. Since you have already been admitted to Michigan State, the results of these tests will have no effect upon your admission but will be used to determine whether you have any academic deficiencies or special competencies. These tests are included as part of the Counseling Clinics, Pre-Registration Conferences, and Welcome Week. COUNSELING CLINICS FOR BEGINNING FRESHMEN If you are a beginning freshman, plan to attend one of the Coun seling Clinics. The Counseling Clinic is your opportunity to get to know the campus early and with the help of University staff members to work out your plans for beginning your university career. During the three-day clinic you will have group meetings and in dividual conferences with University counselors and advisers. You will complete your required orientation testing. Using test results and other available information, you will decide which courses and how many courses to enroll for (including honors sections or remedial services), and you will complete enrollment. The clinic also offers an experience in residence hall living and an opportunity to learn about student life. Counseling Clinics will be held on the following dates: June 19-22 June 25-28 July 3, 5 and 6 July 9-12 July 16-19 July 23-26 July. 30 -August 2 August 6-9 August 13-16 August 20-23 August 27-30 A fee of $10 (plus board and room) is charged each student. A brochure describing these clinics has probably already reached you. For more information, write: Coordinator of Counseling Clinics, Coun seling Center, Student Services Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Orientation 13 PRE-REGISTRATION CONFERENCES FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS If you are transferring to M.S.U. from another college or uni versity, plan to attend the two-day Pre-Registration Conference for your college. During the Conference you will take the orientation tests required of transfer students, consult with college and depart mental advisers about your program, and learn about Michigan State. The Colleges of Communication Arts, of Arts and Letters, of Natural Science and of Social Science will hold their conferences on August 15-16. The Colleges of Agriculture, of Education, of Engi neering and of Veterinary Medicine will hold theirs on August 22-23. The Colleges of Business and Public Service and of Home Eco nomics and University College (No Preference) will hold theirs on August 29-30. About the first of July you will receive a brochure and an ap plication blank. For further information, write : Coordinator of Pre Registration Conferences, Counseling Center, Student Services Build ing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Members of two sophomore honoraries, Tower Guard and Green Helmet, will staff the information tent throughout Welcome Week. Informal meeting during Welcome Week. 14 The Spartan Handbook WELCOME WEEK - SEPTEMBER 22-26 Who should come to Welcome Week? You should - if you are a beginning freshman or undergraduate transfer student. Welcome Week overlaps the period for Fall Term registration and the schedule of activities will complete orientation and take you through registra tion to your first day of classes, September 27. When should you arrive on campus? That depends. 1. If you are an entering freshman who did not attend a Counsel ing Clinic, you must arrive on campus in time to take your orientation tests and attend orientation meetings on Saturday, September 22. The first meeting is planned for 10:30 that morning and residence halls will open at 8 a.m. for check-in. This program will include all of the required orientation activities but cannot, of course, provide as much individual attention as you would get at a Counseling Clinic. 2. If you are an entering freshman who attended a Counseling Clinic, you will have no scheduled Welcome Week activities until Sunday, September 23. You may, however, check in at your residence hall on either Saturday (between 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.) or Sunday (between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.) . Beaumont Tower is a well-known landmark on the Michigan State University campus. Orientation 15 3. If you are a transfer student, whether or not you have at tended a Pre-Registration Conference, your first scheduled Welcome Week activity will be on Sunday, and you may check in at your residence hall on either Saturday ( 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or Sunday (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) . WELCOME WEEK PROGRAM Your Welcome Week Program giving the schedule of activities for the week will be mailed to reach you about September 15. The activities for the week have been planned so as to enable you to complete registration, get settled in your residence halls, and become sufficiently acquainted with the University as a whole that you will be ready to begin classes. THINGS TO DO AND THINGS TO REMEMBER I. Figure out, in general at least, how you are going to make ends meet financially. Decide how much money you will need to bring to the campus . Determine how you are going to make your finances cover not only fees, board, room, and books, but also extras that are bound to come up like clothes, travel, dates, etc. It is much better to think this out in advance than to allow your concentration on classwork along about mid-winter to become plagued with the realization that unwise use of funds has too quickly drained a cash supply intended to cover the whole year. Here is a typical budget worked out by a student (Michigan resident): Fees"' ------------------------------------------------------ Board and Room"' ------------------------------ Books and Supplies _______ _____ ____ _______________ _ Shaving lotion, toothpaste, etc .. _______ __ Hair cu ts .................... _____ ..................... .. Laundry and Cleaning ........................ .. Church ------------ ---------------------------------------- Dates (Movies, Cokes, Coffee, etc.) .. .. Clothing .......... __ ..... ___ .......................... .. Travel Home ------ ------ -- ---- ---------------------- 0 Subiect to change Fall Term $ 93.00 255.00 45.00 10.00 8.75 25.00 5.00 38.00 10.00 10.00 Winter Term $ 93.00 255.00 25.00 10.00 8.75 25.00 5.00 38.00 10.00 10.00 Spring Term $ 93.00 255.00 25.00 10.00 8.75 25.00 5.00 38.00 10.00 10.00 A coed could work out a budget in similar fashion, substituting where appropriate, cosmetics for shaving lotion, visits to a beauty shop for haircuts, etc. 16 The Spartan Handbook A budget appropriate for you might be similar. On the other hand, it might be quite different. It all depends upon your desires and re sources. The important thing is to have a clear idea of how you are going to budget your finances. 2. Select those personal belongings you are going to bring to the campus. Basically, of course, the selection of what to bring is up to you. Some of last year's freshmen, however, have suggestions: The first is that although Michigan State residence hall closet and drawer space is ample, there is no room for clothes you are not going to wear or items you are not going to use. The second is that there is no need to rush out and buy a lot of new clothes just because you are starting college. Clothes that seem old to you will be new to new friends. (See pages for a discussion of clothes worn on the Michigan State campus.) The third is that there are a couple of quite-often-forgotten first day items that are essential: protective clothing in case it rains and blankets. (Linens, pillows, and towels are furnished.) The fourth is that there are a few things "not to bring to the campus." Do not bring drying racks, chairs, or electrical appliances such as toasters, irons, grills, etc. (Shavers and radios may be brought, however.) Also, since freshmen are not permitted to have automobiles on campus, you will have to leave your car at home during your first year. You'll meet members of the football team at a pep rally before the first game. Yau will soon be on campus. 3. Make certain that you have had your physical examination and that your filled-out Student Health Record has been mailed to the University. To avoid delay in your registration, you should ask your physician to return this form at least two weeks prior to registration. 4. Bring these with you when you come to the campus: Your Certificate of Admission. Your Housing Contract. (You will receive this approximately the last of August with a letter telling you of your residence hall assignment. The Housing Contract must be signed by a parent or guardian. ) Your Welcome Week Program. (This will be mailed to you on or about September 15.) Your Spartan Handbook. 5. Plan your trip to East Lansing in advance. Michigan State students often send trunks and heavy luggage by Railway Express, addressing such items to themselves in care of their assigned halls. If you wish to do so, send your trunk several days ahead of your planned arrival. Then, when you get to the campus, you will find your baggage waiting for you. Items may be sent by either parcel post or Railway Express, but all charges should be pre paid since it is not possible to accept collect packages. 18 The Spartan Handbook You will have lots of help in registering for classes. PART THREE How You Will Select Your Courses DURING WELCOME WEEK, or during the Summer Clinics, you will dis cuss with your academic adviser what courses to take your first term. Your academic adviser will be a member of the faculty in the department in which you plan to major - that is, if you have selected a major. If not, your academic adviser will be a member of the University College faculty until you select a major. The primary responsibility of your academic adviser will be to assist you each term in selecting courses that are in keeping with your interests and with the academic requirements of your major. He will assist you in other ways, too. He will discuss job opportunities, talk with you about requirements for, and opportunities in, careers re lated to your major, and he will refer you to other sources, such as the Counseling Center, for information and assistance when necessary. He will explain to you that a typical program will include at least two University College courses: American Thought and Language and Natural Science. Physical Education is required of all freshmen. (Exceptions to the Physical Education requirement, most of which are on the basis of age and health, are explained in detail in the Uni versity Catalog.) The sample program below illustrates how these required courses would appear on your enrollment card. Department Course Number 111 181 A. T. L. N. S. ----- H.P. R. 115 Fall Term Course Title American Thought and Language Natural Science (Two or more courses, either pertain- ing to your major or your electives.) Foundations of Physical Education Total Credits Credits 3 4 6-10 1 14-18 20 The Spartan Handbook The above program serves only as an example. For more detailed information you should consult the University Catalog, which lists the recommended program of courses for most majors. In planning a program the following points should be taken into consideration. 1. Electives In some majors, the 6 to 9 credits are specified. In other majors, selections may be made from several recommended courses. For "no preference" students, the courses may be selected from the various elective courses open to freshmen. 2. Physical Education Foundations of Physical Education 115 is required of all freshmen, men and women, in their first term. Other physical education courses will be available in later terms. 3. Military Science Men will have an opportunity at registration time to indicate their preference for Military Science (Army) or Air Science, if they elect to enroll in the R.O.T.C. program. 4. Quarter or Term The words "quarter" and "term" are used interchangeably. The M.S.U. academic year consists of the fall, winter, spring, and summer "quarters" or "terms." Students may enter the University at the beginning of any term. The material presented here is ar ranged for students who enter in the fall term and who do not plan to attend the summer term. 5. Number of Credits (a) The minimum number of credits required for full-time students in their first term is 12 and the maximum is 18. (Veterans attending M.S.U. under Public Law 550 must carry a minimum of 14 credits in order to receive full subsistence from the Veterans Administration.) In the majority of M.S.U. majors, a total of 192 credits is re quired for graduation. This averages 16 credits per term. (b) If you are confident about your academic ability, and if you will be free to devote full efforts to your studies, you may want to take the maximum number of credits per term. In such cases, you would add a free elective or a future required course for which you have the prerequisites. ( c) On the other hand, regardless of the total number of credits required or suggested each term by your major How You Will Select Your Courses 21 in order to graduate in 12 terms, some of the following factors may make it advisable to take less than the nor mal number of credits, particularly in your first term: • If your high school grades are in about the average range, or if you feel that you have not yet developed good study habits. • If some of your basic skills necessary for learning in college, particularly your skill in reading, are somewhat deficient. • If your health or physical condition might hinder your study efforts. • If it will be necessary for you to have a part-time job. • If you have other problems or obligations that will interfere with your study schedule. ( d) If you take fewer than the normal number of credits in the first term or two you can, in most majors, still grad uate in 12 terms by taking more than the normal credit load in some of your remaining terms. ( e) The range of 12 to 18 credits per term for status as a full-time student is one of the ways in which Michigan State recognizes individual differences among students. Success in the University depends in no small measure upon assessing your strengths and weaknesses and upon making academic plans accordingly. Your academic adviser will help you select your courses. 22 The Spartan Handbook A guided tour helps you get acquainted with the landmarks on campus. PART FOUR Getting to Know Your llay Around Michigan State EAST LANSING, the home of Michigan State University, is a residential city of 30,198 persons traditionally dedicated to education. City limits on the west meet those of Lansing, the state capital and bustling industrial center of 113,058 persons. Centrally located in the lower peninsula of Michigan's famed "water wonderland," East Lansing en joys normally mild winters and pleasant summers. The altitude is 863 feet above sea level. Crossing East Lansing from east to west, U.S. Highway 16 traces the northern boundary of the Michigan State University cam pus, separating the East Lansing business district of modern shops from main entrances to the campus. This tree-lined stretch of E. Grand River Avenue, on class days is a sea of MSU men and coeds, colorful in collegiate attire. THE CAMPUS AND ITS FACILITIES The Michigan State Campus and housing areas of 880 acres im mediately impress visitors and new students with boulevarded streets, pools, sculpture, trees and shrubs. In fact, there are 13,000 trees and shrubs on campus representing more than 3,200 different species. In all, the at-cost value of land, buildings, and equipment amounts to more than $144 million-a sizable investment on the part of the people of Michigan in the young people who, in increasing numbers, today are seeking a college education. The heart of the campus is an area within and surrounding two circle drives-West Circle Drive and East Circle Drive. West Circle Drive (see map on next two pages) takes you past the most photographed landmark of the campus, Beaumont Memorial CITY OF EAST LANSING 11 12 CAMPUS OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERS EAST LANSING , MICHIGAN ITY 1400 c D G H K Bldg. Abbr, A-1 A-2 A~ A-• .. AE AGH ANH AUD 1-3 1-• IDY IH Cl CH CHE DH DP " "' "' "' .. EH EPL "' F8 fSL GH GO HI MAllGOlD AVIJolUI BUILDING IND!X ' ' ' .... , ... , __ \ '\ \.- ... ·1· ;; ~ ~ ~ 5 ! c D G H K M lldg. Abbr. ... HG HMH HS JI Jf JG JP KAC KC KC< LIO MAH Ml ME MEl MH Ml Ml MPI NS OH PM Pl PSG QON '" TV " WH wn WI 19 26 The Spartan Handbook Tower. Given to the University by John W. Beaumont, Class of '82, the carillon tower stands on the site of College Hall ( 1857-1919), the first building in America erected for the teaching of scientific agricul ture. Also on West Circle Drive, you will see the Library (which con tains approximately 900,000 volumes arranged in open shelves so that students may have ready access to them), the Administration Build ing (where student records are kept), the Union Building (where students meet new friends over Cokes or coffee between classes, buy their books and supplies, or relax in the comfortable lounge), the Museum, the home of President Hannah, several classroom buildings, and a group of women's residence halls. East Circle Drive takes you past the Student Services Building (where you will find the Office of the Dean of Students, the Admis sions and Scholarship Office, the Housing Office, the Counseling Cen ter, and the Placement Bureau), the Olin Memorial Health Center, and classroom buildings ranging from natural science to home manage ment. One of the first buildings you will want to locate on campus will be the Auditorium which is about a block south of East Circle Drive. Here you will go for a convocation during Welcome Week. Later in the year you will return to this building for outstanding cultural events. East of the Auditorium, you will see Fairchild Theatre (where you will attend campus plays) and Kresge Art Center (a facility second to none in the country), where exciting exhibits of some of the world's finest art may be found. The easternmost, westernmost, and southernmost parts of the campus are housing areas. On the east are residence halls for women, Van Hoosen apartment residence hall for women, Owen Graduate Center, and Shaw residence hall for men. On the far west, across Harrison Road from the Kellogg Center, is the Brody group of resi dence halls for men. On the south are the new Case and Wilson residence halls. Also on south campus, you will see physical education facilities including the 76,000-seat football stadium, the ice arena, and the 18-hole golf course; the new impressive College of Education Build ing; numerous classroom buildings, and apartments for married stu dent families. THE FACULTY AND THE PROGRAM To this campus has been brought an instructional faculty of 1,634 members. This faculty is fitted by temperament and training to help students attain proficiency in general education and specialized fields, discover their abilities, interests, needs and goals, and assume responsi bilities for their individual growth and development. Getting to Know Michigan State 27 Art exhibits are open to all students at beautiful Kresge Art Center. Organized into eleven colleges (Agriculture, Arts and Letters, Business and Public Service, Communication Arts, Education, En gineering, Home Economics, Natural Science, Social Science, Veteri nary Medicine, and the University College), this faculty has developed an educational program as up-to-date as today's newspaper. To cite just a few of the current highlights of this program: • Keeping pace with the demands of the space age, the curricu lum in electrical engineering requires a junior student today to have as much mathematics as was required for the master's degree 30 years ago. In connection with this interest, staff and students built a high-speed digital computer which is now available to the entire University. • The College of Education now has the largest teacher-training program in the entire nation. This unique off-campus program, whereby the person doing student teaching can live in the com munity, has developed as an effective job placement device re sulting in offers to most graduates from the same school systems they served as practice teachers. • As the country has become extremely conscious of the worth of studying foreign languages, Michigan State has been able to offer its students a language learning laboratory with 122 booths which enables a student to do two years of language work in one. • An "Honors College" program, unique in all America, allows top students considerable freedom in selecting their fields of in quiry and the opportunity to delve deeply into great issues. 28 The Spartan Handbook • The Federal Bureau of Investigation, which ought to know about such things, rates the School of Police Administration as the finest in the country. • Its sister departments around ' the nation rate the Department of Political Science as at least third best in the United States. • While nationally enrollment in agriculture has declined ap proximately 10 per cent in the past several years, at Michigan State the enrollment in the College of Agriculture has gone up 18 per cent. • The College of Veterinary Medicine has the largest graduate enrollment in the nation, and also the largest number of significant research projects of any veterinary medicine school in the country. • A Pulitzer Prize winner continues to produce top-ranking books in addition to his work as an English professor. • The Music Department presents more than 100 free perfor mances a year to enrich the cultural offerings of the campus. • The College of Home Economics is considered among the top three in the United States in the quality of its research. • To teaching, research, and extension work, Michigan State has added the new dimension of international involvement to an extent equaled nowhere. Through agreements with foreign governments, the United States International Cooperation Ad ministration, other governmental agencies, and private founda tions, Michigan State University maintains major advisory groups in countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. It frankly would take shelves to hold all that has been written in books and magazines about the Michigan State program. In months ahead, you will discover more and more exciting facts about the various aspects of the program and those persons who make it what it is. The eleven colleges offering courses, plus the School for Advanced Graduate Studies and the Honors College, are described in the follow ing paragraphs. THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE The University College, until recently known as the Basic College, is designed to provide for each student, regardless of his major field or vocational aspirations, a common core of rigorous courses in gen eral education. General education in University College embraces Getting To Know Michigan State 29 those fundamental areas of knowledge which should be the common possession of all educated men and women-wholly apart from the training provided by the specialized disciplines. All freshmen and sophomores are enrolled in both the Univer sity College and the College in which they wish to major. This dual enrollment is referred to as enrollment in the University College with "a preference" for a major in a certain College. Students who have not selected their major are enrolled in the University College as "no preference" students. The four University College courses, American Thought and Lan guage, Natural Science, Social Science, and Humanities, are required in all majors that lead to a bachelor's degree. In most majors these four courses are taken in the freshman and sophomore years. These are three-term (full-year) courses and comprise approximately one-half the total academic credits taken in the freshmen and sophomore years, or about one-fourth the total credits required for graduation. Edward A. Carlin is Dean of the University College. The Uni versity College Office is in 276 Bessey Hall. 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. Departments include agricultural chemistry, agricultural econom ics, agricultural engineering, animal husbandry, dairy, farm crops, fisheries and wild life, food science, forest products, forestry, horticul ture, poultry husbandry, resource development, short courses, soil science, and the school of packaging. In addition, the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service are parts of the College of Agriculture. Thomas K. Cowden is Dean of the College. Offices are located in 104 Agricultural Hall. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS Formerly a part of the College of Science and Arts, the College of Arts and Letters is now a separate college offering a liberal arts ed ucation to all students. It includes the departments of Art, Music, English, Foreign Language, History, Philosophy, Religion, and also the Liberal Arts Program for Adults, and the Humanities Research Center. The dean and the location of the offices for the College will be announced at a later date. 30 The Spartan Handbook COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE The largest college on the campus, the College of Business and Public Service maintains curricula to train for leadership and compe tence in industry, government, or other fields of administration and research. The College is composed of the following departments in busi ness administration: Accounting and Financial Administration, Busi ness Services, Marketing and Transportation Administration, and Personnel and Production Administration. In addition to the programs in business administration, the College includes the Department of Economics (joint with the College of Social Science), School of Police Administration and Public Safety, Department of Political Science (joint with the College of Social Science), School of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management, School of Social Work, and Depart ment of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture. The Graduate School of Business Administration offers work leading to the masters' and doctors' degrees in the various business areas. The Bureau of Busi ness and Economic Research and the Bureau of Social and Political Research serve as research outlets for departments in the College. Alfred L. Seelye is Dean of the College. Offices are located in 411 Eppley Center. COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ARTS Established in 1955, the College is the first of its kind in the United States. It encompasses degree-granting programs in mass, group, and interpersonal communications - advertising, journalism, radio, television, drama, rhetoric and public address, speech pathol ogy, and speech education. Its departments include advertising, tele vision-radio-film, journalism, general communication arts and speech. The Communications Research Center conducts basic and applied research in appropriate areas. The College has no administrative relationship with the campus media (a daily newspaper, two radio stations, a television station, and seven magazines) but its students use these media for practical laboratory experience. Fred S. Siebert is Dean of the College. The Communication Arts Office is in B Wells Hall. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION The College of Education provides professional education pro grams for elementary and secondary teachers, college instructors, and adult educators. It also provides for the professional preparation of Rain! The famous Sparty statue. personnel who offer leadership or special services in the educational system, such as counselors, principals, superintendents, supervisors, and visiting teachers. Teaching certificates, issued upon completion of the required cur riculum, enable graduates to teach in public schools in Michigan. Teaching certificates may be earned by students other than education majors upon completion 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. William Hawley is Acting Dean of the College of Education. Of fices of the College are in 501 Education Building. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING The College of Engineering has established various curricula to prepare students for entrance into any of several fields. These pro grams are as broad as possible while still offering a high degree of specialization. Engineering students are especially trained in practice and ap plication of scientific method, engineering procedures, and experi mental work in engineering problems. College of Engineering curricula include agricultural engineering, applied mechanics, chemical engineering, civil and sanitary engineer ing, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and metallurgical engineering. The College maintains a Division of Engineering Re search, and operates a Computer Laboratory for the University. J. D. Ryder is Dean of the College. Offices of the College of En gineering are located in 101 Olds Hall. 32 The Spartan Handbook COLLEGE OF HOME ECONOMICS Students in the College of Home Economics are educated in the science and art of home living and are prepared for careers in home economics. The College offers professional training in general home eco nomics, foods and nutrition, child development, clothing and textiles and home furnishings. Elective courses are offered to students majoring in other fields and a two-year terminal course is offered in cooperation with the University College. Thelma Porter is Home Economics Dean. Home Economics of fices are located in 7 Home Economics Building. COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE The former College of Science and Arts has recently been sub divided into three colleges. One of these is the College of Natural Science which will offer a liberal arts education in the sciences for all students. The College contains the departments of Botany and Plant Pathology, Entomology, Microbiology and Public Health (joint with Veterinary Medicine), Physiology and Pharmacology (joint with Vet erinary Medicine), Zoology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, Statistics, and Biochemistry (joint with Agriculture). Under this College will also be the School of Nursing, the Biophysics Program, the Kellogg Gull Lake Biological Station and the Science and Mathematics Teaching Center (joint with Education). The dean and the location of the offices for the College will be announced at a later date. COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE The College of Social Science is one of the three new colleges recently formed from the College of Science and Arts. Included in it are . the departments of Geography, Psychology, Sociology and An thropology, Economics and Political Science (both joint with Business and Public Service). The dean and the location of the offices for the College will be announced at a later date. COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE The College of Veterinary Medicine offers two curricula, one in veterinary 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. Getting To Know Michigan State 33 Although the pre-veterinary program is not limited, admissions to the professional 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. The medical technology curriculum, leading to the Bachelor of Science degree, is designed to train students for laboratory work in bacteriology, pathology and biochemistry. During the senior year in the program, students gain experience as interns in approved laboratories. W. A. Armistead is Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Offices are in Giltner Hall, veterinary medicine in room 103 and medi cal technology in room 100. SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDIES Ten colleges are authorized to give advanced degrees covering 275 fields of study. More than 70 of the departments in these colleges are authorized to give both the master's and the doctor's degree. The colleges offering graduate programs are: Agriculture, Arts and Letters, Business and Public Service, Communication Arts, Education, Engineering, Home Economics, Natural Science, Social Science, Veterinary Medicine. The Dean of the Graduate School in collaboration with the Uni versity Graduate Council exercises over-all review and supervision of the graduate programs conducted in the several colleges. Each col lege administers its own graduate programs within the framework of policies and regulations established for the University and consistent with the highest national professional standards of respective fields. Authorization to offer programs leading to doctoral degrees and the Diploma for Advanced Graduate Studies requires the approval of the Graduate Council before confirmation by the Academic Council and Senate. Academic programs are in the hands of competent faculty enjoying national and international reputations. Michigan State Uni versity ranks 22nd in the number of doctor's degrees awarded an nually. This past year more than 200 doctor's degrees were granted. Milton E. Muelder is Vice President for Research Development and Dean of the School for Advanced Graduate Studies. HONORS COLLEGE Closely coordinated with the foregoing colleges is the Honors Col lege, which provides a challenge to students of high ability by offering the most advanced work for which each is ready. It also offers flexibility in the program of students who have special educational goals. 34 The Spartan Handbook All students who have finished their freshman year at Michigan State with a "B+" average are given the option of entering the Honors College. Transfer students from other universities and from junior colleges who have achieved a 3.5 average are given the same option if their record during the first quarter at Michigan State is at a "B+" level. The Honors College scholar is assigned an adviser in the field of his major interest; the adviser and the student then work out a program of study that seems appropriate for the individual. Except for the total number of credits, all course requirements for graduation are waived. Permission may be granted to take advanced under graduate or graduate courses regardless of usual course prerequisites. The program may include independent study under a faculty member, course credit by examination, or interdisciplinary study In short, the students in suited to the individual's needs or talents. the Honors College are allowed and encouraged to take more ad vanced work in their chosen field, or related fields, just as soon as they are ready for it. In addition, seminars, colloquia and other co-curricular functions are arranged for Honors College students. Members of the College are granted graduate student privileges in the University library and the use of an Honors College lounge. A high percentage of Honors College graduates have gone on to Graduate School and professional schools and most have been assured of graduate fellowships, scholar ships, or assistantships. The program is under the direction of Dr. Stanley J. Idzerda. The Honors College office is in 404 Library. THE ADMINISTRATION To serve Michigan State students, members of the administration direct and carry out a diversity of meaningful activities. President Hannah, who is appointed by the Board of Trustees (the governing board for the University selected by the people of Michigan), presides over the whole University operation. His chief aides include: Dr. Clifford Erickson, Provost, who heads the instruc tional program; Philip J. May, Vice President for Business and Finance, and Treasurer; Dr. Milton E. Muelder, Vice President for Research Development and Dean of the School for Advanced Graduate Studies; Dr. Gordon A. Sabine, Vice President for Special Projects; James H. Denison, Assistant to the President and Director of University Re lations; Jack Breslin, Secretary to the Board of Trustees, and John A. Fuzak, Dean of Students. These men are seeking to provide top quality instruction both for you and for the growing number of students who will be coming to Michigan State in years ahead. Getting To Know Michigan State 35 As already mentioned, Michigan State is organized academically in eleven colleges. All these must be administered. But that is just a beginning. There must be persons to take charge and take care of resi dence halls, dining halls, the health center, the counseling center, a registrar's office, a purchasing office, an athletic program, etc. And this list can be extended to include a bookstore, the radio and television stations, the audio-visual center, and many, many other offices and units essential to the operation of a great university. Elsewhere in this booklet several of these units are described. In this foregoing part, we have been talking briefly about Michigan State's facilities, its faculty, its administration, its organization, its program, and its students. Within a few weeks you will be on campus as a student. When you arrive, don't hesitate to ask questions. You will be among friends who will be happy to help you learn your way around Michigan State. MSU's Outdoor Swimming Pool 36 The Spartan Handbook Many of the Student Personnel Services are located in the Student Services Building. PART FIVE These People Are Here to Help You MANY SERVICES AND FACILITIES will be available to you as a Michigan State student. There will be someone to help you regardless of what your need or problem may be - academic, financial, or personal. Student Personnel Services Several of these services are under the direction of the Dean of Students. Called Student Personnel Services, they include the Coun seling Center, the Health Center, the Housing Office, and the Place ment Bureau. All are described in following pages. The Dean of Students Office proper is divided into the Men's Division and the Women's Division of Student Affairs. Both the Men's Division and the Women's Division assist students with their problems, act as agencies of information, and refer students to proper University offices where information and help can be secured. Students residing in residence halls can usually receive desired information from a member of the hall advisory staff, but all students, regardless of where they reside, are encouraged to visit the Dean of Students Office or the Men's Division or Women's Division of Student Affairs concerning any type of assistance or information they desire. MEN'S DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS The Men's Division has as its major function the organization and programming of the residence halls, fraternities, co-operatives, student government, and student organizations. In addition, this division has general administrative responsibilities for loans, within term with drawals, advisement of students with personal problems, and disci plinary matters relating to men students. The Men's Division is located on the first floor of the Student Services Building. 38 The Spartan Handbook WOMEN'S DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS The Women's Division is responsible for implementing the per sonnel program as it relates to women students. Major functions in volve the organization and operation of women's residence halls, sororities, Associated Women Students, and all women's organizations. In addition, the screening of loan requests, withdrawals, referrals for personal problems, and disciplinary matters for all women students are concerns of this division. The Women's Division is also located on the first floor of the Student Services Building. COUNSELING CENTER Many new students need help in adjusting to their university en vironment. Some may be concerned about choosing a vocation or selecting a major. Others may discover that they are having difficulty with course work. Some may have personal problems. The Counseling Center has been established to give assistance to students with problems such as these. In a permissive atmosphere in which he may express his feelings and thoughts, the student is helped by the counselor to gain new insight into his problems and possible solutions. A complete testing service is maintained, and when it is appro priate, the counselor and the student may select tests to appraise abili ties, interests, or personality characteristics. Students also frequently make use of The Library of Occupational Information which the Center maintains. Counseling is usually initiated by the student. Appointments with a counselor can be made by phone ( 355-827'0), or in person by seeing the Center receptionist. The Counseling Center is located in Room 207, Student Services Building, and is open from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday each week. HEALTH CENTER The Olin Memorial Health Center provides facilities for students in need of medical, acute surgical, or psychiatric care. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 to 11 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays for emergencies and urgent cases only. All students regularly enrolled in the University and taking 7 or more credit hours are entitled to health service during the term in which they are enrolled. Any student, who has been eligible for care in the immediate past fall or winter term, may use these services during the winter or spring recess, provided he or she intends to enroll in the subsequent winter or spring term. If a student utilizes the Services and Facilities 39 facility during a recess period and then fails to enroll for the sub sequent term, he or she will be billed for the services rendered at the conventional medical fees. No fee is charged the student for his or her visit to the Health Center if the visit occurs during the hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Students requesting services after 7 p.m. and before 7 a.m. are charged a service fee of $1 for that visit. All medications and medical supplies are dispensed at a cost plus a reasonable handling fee. X-ray services are provided on a cost of the film basis. The services of the Departments of Mental Hygiene and Physio therapy are provided for a "per visit" fee which is specifically estab lished for each case and varies with the extent and type of services involved. Students who have procured, at their own expense, special medi cations or allergy vaccines, may have the scheduled administration of the products performed at the Health Center for a minimal service fee for each treatment. The University does not pay for ambulance service unless the need for such service arises from injuries sustained through classroom work, participation in scheduled intramural sports events, or university em ployment. The ambulance fee in all other cases is charged to the involved student. Students who are too ill to attend classes are hospitalized in the University hospital under the care of Health Center staff physicians and at a charge derived solely from the above-mentioned fees, which are apropos to their respective cases. There is no charge for the hospital room and meals up to a total of 40 hospital days per student in any one school year. After a total of 40 hospital days has been sur passed, a fee of $12, plus the conventional drug and special services charges, will be made for each additional day. Consultants are called upon the recommendations of the staff physicians and their fees are charged to the respective students. All surgeon's and anesthetist's fees are charged to the respective students. Parents are notified by the Health Center, at once, through a person-to-person prepaid long distance telephone call whenever a student is hospitalized in any of the following categories: 1. serious or significant illnesses 2. surgical observation or emergency surgery 3. 4. prolonged hospitalization anticipated 5. significant emotional upsets traumatic cases (auto accidents, significant falls, etc.) If any student is in the hospital 72 hours after admission and the respective parent has not been notified because the case did not ap pear to fall into any of the above cited categories, the proper parent 40 The Spartan Handbook is then notified by the same type of prepaid telephone call. If a parent has visited the student during the 72-hour post-admission period, the phone call is not placed. HOUSING OFFICE The Housing Office, Room 259 of the Student Services Building, maintains a close working relationship with the management of the residence halls and the married housing units on campus. Here all assignments are made to men's residence halls, women's residence halls, and married housing units. In addition, this office maintains a listing of off-campus rooms available. The office approves homes, makes periodic householder contacts and annual inspections, and serves as a mediary in any student-householder disputes. All initial inquiries about housing should be directed to this office. PLACEMENT BUR.EAU The Placement Bureau, in Room 142 of the Student Services Building, is a centralized operation responsible for .placement activity for all departments and colleges of the University. The Bureau serves students through three main areas of employment: 1. Senior and Graduate Placement Each year hundreds of employers representing Business, Industry, Government, and Education visit the Bureau to interview graduating students for career employment. In addition, employers from all over the country list job open ings for which graduating students may apply if they have the background and qualifications as requested. 2. Student Employment The Bureau provides a service for students seeking part time jobs while attending school and also summer em ployment. Employers from both on and off campus list jobs with the Bureau and these are posted on the Stu dent Employment Board on a first-come first-serve basis. Students possessing special skills which are in demand are registered with the Bureau and referred to positions as they are listed. Tests for typing and shorthand are ad ministered as necessary. Physically handicapped students, financial hardship cases, or those in unusual circumstances which demand special attention are interviewed and reg istered by a member of the Placement Bureau and referred to jobs according to their qualifications. Services and Facilities 41 The Bureau also promotes an extensive summer employ ment program for students. Many employers, particularly from camps and resorts, as well as technical industries, interview students at the Bureau. Also, hundreds of job opportunities are listed in the summer employment cata logs which are available to all students. 3. Alumni Placement Graduates of Michigan State University who are seeking new or better positions may register with the Bureau for assistance. Alumni are then referred to prospective em ployers based on their interests and qualifications. The Placement Bureau also sponsors the annual Career Carnival, the annual Summer Employment Kick-Off Program, co-sponsors maintains a Placement Library on hundreds of employing organiza tions, disseminates vocational information to the student body, and keeps the faculty, staff and administration informed about place ment trends and job information. M.s.u. LOANS A University loan service aids students needing assistance in meet ing payments for tuition or board and room. Three general qualifica tions are required for any type of loan: evidence of need, an All-Uni versity C-average, and a satisfactory university citizenship record. Any student, except a first-term freshman, is eligible to apply for financial assistance through the loan program. A maximum of $150 may be loaned to freshmen, $300 to sophomores, $450 to juniors, and $600 to seniors. Loans may be extended up to two years beyond graduation. All loans for more than 90 days bear an interest of 4 per cent. A National Defense Student Loan Fund has been established by the federal and state governments in agreement with Michigan State University. In the selection of students for these loans, special con sideration is given to (a) students with superior academic backgrounds who express a desire to teach in elementary or secondary schools, and (b) students whose academic backgrounds indicate superior capacity or preparation in science, mathematics, engineering, or a modern lan guage. To be eligible for loans from this fund, an applicant must be a full-time student in good standing. A freshman must have been ranked in the upper quarter of his high school graduating class. Other students must maintain a 2.6 All-University grade point average and make normal progress toward the degree for which they are working. The specific amount to be loaned to any student is determined on the 42 The Spartan Handbook basis of need, availability of funds, and evaluation of scholastic ability. Maximum amount to be loaned to a student is $1,000 a year. All loan applications and promissory notes for minors must be co-signed by a parent or guardian. Further information may be obtained from the Loan Office in the Men's Division of Student Affairs, 162 Student Services Building. Additional Services ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE The Alumni Relations office serves as the liaison agency be Its purpose is to foster a tween the alumni and the University. spirit of loyalty and interest among the students, alumni and friends of the University; to stimulate, organize and direct their efforts by acquainting them fully with the University's progress and needs; to unite them in closer bonds of fellowship and mutual assistance to the University, and to assist in interpreting the Univer sity to its publics. The office maintains records and mailing lists of all alumni. Students in good standing who find it necessary to withdraw from the University may, upon request, be added to the alumni files. Students are cordially invited to visit the Alumni offices, Room 257, Student Services Building. MSU DEVELOPMENT FUND Gifts of money, securities, and art objects from alumni and friends annually provide support for the University. The Develop ment Fund is the receiving agency for these gifts. Each year the Senior Class, through its Development Fund Committee, seeks donations from members of the class to present an appreciation gift before Commencement. Gifts from seniors for this class gift also count as their first annual gifts to the Development Fund. Scholarships, faculty recognition awards, research projects, and the planetarium are among the many worthwhile projects supported by alumni gifts to the Development Fund. OFFICE OF THE FOREIGN STUDENT ADVISER The Foreign Student Adviser's Office gives assistance, where needed, to foreign students in matters relating to their incorporation into the life of the University. Assistance is also available on matters pertaining to visas, passports, and reports to embassies and consulates. This office is in Room 339D, Student Services Building. Services and Facilities 43 SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE The scholarship program at Michigan State is administered through the Office of Admissions and Scholarships. Most scholarships available are those established and maintained by the Board of Trustees. There are also scholarships which have been established for students in particular fields. Inquiries concerning eligibility for scholarship assistance should be directed to the Office of Admissions and Scholarships, Room 258, Student Services Building. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION GUIDANCE CENTER The Veterans Administration maintains an office located at Room 13, Student Services Building, to assist veterans and war orphans who are going to school under one of the various Public Laws. This office is primarily concerned with educational and vocational coun seling of veterans and war orphans, although assistance with problems relating to the Veterans Administration will be given. The office is open from 8 to 11:45 a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday each week. KELLOGG CENTER Facilities Kellogg Center for Continuing Education is headquarters for all extension programs. Built with funds from the Kellogg Foundation for the promotion of the health, education and welfare of mankind, with out 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, and institutional management students. Its facilities include 21 con ference rooms, several dining rooms, a banquet hall and ballroom and 193 twin-bed rooms. Parents of students, alumni, visiting athletic teams, Lecture-Con cert Series performers and college business visitors are welcome to make use of the Kellogg Center facilities. LIBRARY Michigan State's $4,000,000 library has total volume holdings of approximately 900,000, a volume capacity of more than 1,000,000, a seating capacity of 2,500, and a full-time staff of more than 90 persons. 44 The Spartan Handbook 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 to 11 p.m. During Welcome Week, new students take guided tours of the library. At this time, procedures and organization of the library are explained. 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 located on the second floor. The Union is the center of student recreation and relaxation for freshmen as well as upperclassmen. Its functional and attractive facili ties are designed to enrich college education and supplement academic accommodations and services. Probably the most populated spot in the Union is the Union Grill. Off the north wing of the grill is Old College Hall, a room traditionally reserved for seniors. On the ground floor below the grill is the Union Cafeteria. With seating capacity of more than 450, it is an ideal place to take guests for dinner. In the first floor concourse is the main desk, which serves as an information center for visitors and students, a cigar and cigarette counter, news stand, and the office for tickets to All-University activi ties except athletics. Lost and Found, where articles picked up from all over the campus are deposited, is located in the first floor checkroom in the concourse. Articles are kept for a maximum period of 90 days and then turned over to charitable organizations. For relaxation there is a spacious mixed lounge as well as a women's lounge. Among the recreational facilities are 16 modern bowling alleys with automatic pinsetters and 14 billiard tables located in the Union basement. Also located in the Union are a barber shop, a browsing room, a telephone room, and a music room where students may listen to all kinds of phonograph recordings, from popular to classical. During Welcome Week the busiest place in the Union is the bookstore where books, supplies, and Michigan State souvenirs may be purchased. The second floor ballroom, with a capacity of 300 couples, is used for record and band dances. Dances occasionally are held in the parlors across the second floor concourse. Also found on this floor are private dining rooms and the Union business office. Meeting rooms in the Union are available for any organization by reservations made through the Union manager's office. Services and Facilities 45 A table tennis room is located on the fourth floor. Paddles can be checked out at the first floor checkroom. The United Nations Lounge in the Union affords a gathering place for foreign and U.S. students, office room and meeting space for the International Club and the various national and area organi zations among the foreign student body, and an area for exhibits of handicraft and other items of the many cultures represented on campus. 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, posters, stunts, showcase and union desk displays must be approved beforehand by petitioning the Union Board. A detailed list of building rules is available in the Union Board offices on the second floor. ATHLETIC FACILITIES Athletic facilities include the Jenison Gymnasium and Fieldhouse, seating 12,500 for basketball and 4,000 for indoor track. Demon stration Hall is used for ice hockey games, ice shows, recreational skating in both winter and summer, and physical education instruc tional classes. The Men's Intramural Building provides courts for handball, squash, basketball, badminton, tennis and volleyball, as well as indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and individual rooms for such sports as archery and weight lifting. The Women's Intra mural Building contains gymnasiums for basketball, badminton, volley ball, and tenni~. Two swimming pools and an activity room for gymnastics and dancing are also included. The Spartan Stadium is used for football games and large outdoor occasions such as commencement; its seating capacity is 76,000. The Forest Akers Golf Course, an 18-hole golf course financed through a gift from Forest Akers, long-time member of the governing board, is located just south of the campus at the corner of Mt. Hope and Harrison roads; it includes practice driving range and practice greens. The Old College Field is the location of baseball diamonds, intramural sports fields, and a golf green. Ralph Young Field contains a field for outdoor track, a soccer field, and 40 tennis courts. 46 The Spartan Handbook The Alumni Memorial Chapel, located on the Michigan State campus, is open to all persons, regardless of race or religion. Sunday afternoon vesper services in the Chapel are sponsored by many campu~ groups. PART SIX Religious Life MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY recognizes that religious values have a vital place in your present and future life. While no two of you will probably embark on exactly the same program of courses at Michigan State, all of you will share one com mon objective - the attainment of a sound philosophy of life. All aspects of your experience at M.S.U. will make some contribu tion to your own pattern of living; the various religious student cen ters near the campus will seek to relate these aspects to the ultimate reality called God and His will for you in your life. While at Michigan State you will not be pressed to adopt the creed of any other church than your own. You will find there is respect for the convictions of each individual. There is recognition that there are many approaches to spiritual matmity. You will be free to develop your own personal insights. You will find religious student centers in East Lansing devoting their facilities to the meeting of student needs. These units have staffs of trained ministers, priests, rabbis, and directors of student activities. The groups provide Michigan State students with the chance for participation in programs of religious worship and the opportunity to meet other students through well-planned social activities. If you are interested in a balanced extracurricular program, you may find participation in a religious group a tremendous asset as you prepare for life after graduation. American Baptist Student Fellowship - The purpose of this group is to pro vide Baptist students an opportunity for personally enriching fellowship and service, and to provide a Baptist witness to the MSU campus. The fellowship seeks to supply a vital supplement to the ministry of the several Baptist churches in the area through a variety of activities - week day prayer and Bible study groups, week night fellowship groups, recreation, discussions, lectures, forums, debates, convocations, conferences, and deputation team ministry. The American Baptist Student Center at 336 Oakhill, East Lansing, is the base of operations, serving as residence for the Baptist chaplain and as student center. Its doors remain open. Baptist Student Union-The Baptist Student Union is sponsored by the Baptist State Convention of Michigan, the Student Department of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, and the local Baptist Churches associated with these conventions. Its mailing address is 1148 Beech Street, East Lansing. 48 The Spartan Handbook B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation-The Foundation at 319 Hillcrest Avenue is designed primarily to give Jewish students a deeper and more significant under standing of their religious and cultural heritage. The program includes religious services on the Holidays and Sabbath evenings followed by Oneg Shabat Socials; forums, discussion and study groups; Sunday evening Supper Clubs and Kosher Kitchens followed by discussions of timely topics. Canterbury Club-Canterbury Club is the officially recognized Episcopal student organization on campus. It meets every Sunday evening in the All Saints Episcopal Church, 800 Abbott Road, and during the week for special activities that relate to any area of the purpose. Catholic Student Organization-The Catholic Student Organization, under faculty and chaplain direction, endeavors to contribute to the spiritual, educational, and social growth of the Michigan State Catholic student. Activities include Sunday Communion breakfasts, biweekly informal hours, daily rosary novena, lectures, picnics, term dances, discussion, retreats, and student mission. Masses are offered daily at the Catholic Student Chapel, and facilities of the Student Center are always available. Two priests are in residence at the Rectory, 327 M.A.C., and are available for private and group conference. Channing Murray Fellowship - The Channing Murray Fellowship is a Uni tarian-Universalist student organization affiliated with the International Religious Fellowship and the continental Liberal Religious Youth. Meetings are held Sun day evenings in the Union. Programs consist of discussions, forums on ethical, philosophical and religious subjects, and recreation. Christian Science Organization-The Christian Science Organization is com posed of Michigan State students who indicate a preference for Christian Science when entering the University. Weekly meetings, conducted by students, are held each Tuesday evening during the academic year in the Union Building. Christian Student Foundation-The Christian Student Foundation is the interdenominational student organization at Michigan State for Congregational, Disciples, Evangelical and Reformed, Evangelical United Brethren, and Peoples Church. Through forum and study groups there is opportunity to discuss topics which are vital in the areas of faith and life. Worship, deputations and service projects offer opportunity for growth and personal enrichment. College House is located at 148 W. Grand River. Deseret Club-The Deseret Club is an association of students of the Morman Faith. Its mailing address is 149 Highland Avenue, East Lansing. Disciples Student Fellowship - The Disciples Student Fellowship is spon sored by the Michigan Christian Missionary Society and the First Christian Church (Disciples) at Eureka and Holmes Streets, Lansing. The D.S.F. meets every Sunday evening in the Union Bu:!:ling. The Student Center is located at 133 Milford, East Lansing. Liahona Fellowship-Liahona Fellowship is the officially recognized student organization of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on the campus. Liahona Fellowship meets every Sunday evening and during the week when special meetings are called. Missouri Synod Martin Luther Chapel-Location of the Student Center is at 444 Abbott Road. Gamma Delta, the organization of Lutheran students of the Synodical Conference, meets every Sunday evening for cost supper and fellowship. The chapel is open daily. Morning worship services are held on Sundays. Religious Life 49 National Lutheran Council-University Lutheran Church-The Lutheran Stu dent Association meets every Sunday evening. The association is open to Lutheran and all other interested students. Student members of the congregation sponsor socials and discussions, sing in the choir, usher, teach, and serve on the Church Council. Holy Communion is celebrated on festivals and Wednesdays at 7 a.m., followed by breakfast at 7: 30. The Student Center-Church is located at Division and Ann Streets (Two blocks north of Berkey Hall). Pan-Orthodox Student Association-The Pan-Orthodox Student Association of Michigan State University was formed in January, 1952, with Orthodox ecclesias tical approbation. Membership is open to all Eastern Orthodox students at MSU, regardless of national background. The Association encourages students to attend the Divine Liturgy at either of Lansing's two Eastern Orthodox parishes: St. Andrew's at 2621 North East Street, or Holy Trinity (Hellenic) parish at 109 East Elm Street and South Washington Avenue. Presbyterian Campus Christian Fellowship-Uniting all Presbyterians on campus is the purpose of this group. Its purpose is three-fold: worship, fellow ship, and service. Office of the pastor is College House, 148 W. Grand River, Lansing. Religious Society of Friends-Friends, or Quakers, meet each Sunday morning at College House, 148 Grand River, for the purpose of waiting upon God in fellowship. Meetings for public worship are grounded in silence, without program and without the mediation of an individual between the worshiper and God. Meetings for business, discussion groups, and work projects are scheduled through out the year. Sunday School for children is held in the basement concurrently with the meeting for worship. Spartan Christian Fellowship-Spartan Christian Fellowship is the MSU chapter of the international Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. Activities include fall and spring conferences, campus programs, prayer meetings, and various social activities. Informal lecture-type evening programs are presented weekly in the Union Building or at Bethel Manor, 803 E. Grand River Ave. Trinity Collegiate Fellowship-Trinity Collegiate Fellowship, a Christ-centered, interdenominational student organization, is designed to deepen and strengthen the spiritual life of the MSU student. Weekly meetings are held on Sunday evenings in the Educational Building of Trinity Church. Services are held in East Lansing Trinity Church, 120 Spartan Avenue. University-Community Branch, Young Men's Christian Association-The Uni versity YMCA, active on campus since 1881, has become a portion of the over-all program of the greater Lansing YMCA. Thus not only are the facilities of the Y House at 314 Evergreen available to members, but also the facilities of the downtown Y. Participation and/or membership does not imply any particular religious affiliation; rather the "C" in YMCA implies the Christian atmosphere in which participation in search and service is undertaken. Wesley Foundation-Wesley Foundation is the Methodist Student Movement at Michigan State University providing opportunity for spiritual, social, and intel lectual growth for individuals of the campus community. At the heart of Wesley Foundation are persons who are seeking to develop a coherent philosophy of life, integrating their academic knowledge with all experience, and doing so within the fellowship of Christ and His Church. To accomplish this purpose, a program of inspiration, worship, study, discussion, service, and recreation is provided. This program includes a Sunday Evening Forum. A new Wesley Foundation building is located at S. Harrison Road and Sever Drive. 50 The Spartan Handbook Students returning from class to the Brody residence halls for men. PART SEVEN Where You Will Live at Michigan State AS AN INTEGRAL PART of the Michigan State program of higher educa tion, student housing is designed to give you the greatest possible experience in group living, self-discipline, and development of good taste and social manners. MEN'S RESIDENCE HALLS Men have been assigned to the following residence halls: Armstrong Bailey Bryan Butterfield Emmons Rather South Case East Shaw West Shaw East Wilson Owen Graduate Center (Men) The six halls, Armstrong, Bailey, Bryan, Butterfield, Emmons, and Rather, are known as the Brody group. Brody Hall is centrally located and furnishes dining and recreational facilities for halls in the group. A resident adviser lives in each residence hall to counsel with and assist residents. He is usually a man completing his doctorate in the personnel and guidance area. The resident adviser's office is centrally located and always accessible to his students. Each hall is divided into precincts and there is a resident assistant (usually an upperclass student) for each one. The "RA" supervises organization of precinct athletic teams, parties, exchange dinners, other social activities, and generally helps students in his precinct over any rough spots they may encounter. Rooms in the residence halls are set up to accommodate three men. The University furnishes the rooms with single beds, inner-spring mattresses, pillows, dressers, study desks, chairs, waste baskets, win dow drapes and, in the Brody group, study lamps. Linens and towels are also furnished. 52 The Spartan Handbook There are always friends to walk to class with at the Women's residence halls. Room and closet space is limited and residents are encouraged to bring only seasonal attire that will be used. Trunks and foot lockers are not allowed in the rooms; they are taken to the storage room and left there until time to leave. In each residence is a valet room with equipment for washing, drying, and ironing clothes. You will be able to obtain newspapers, magazines, and recreational equipment such as footballs, billiard cues, and so forth, in the mail room of your hall. Each residence hall has a grill at which students can obtain coffee, hamburgers, and snacks, as well as shaving supplies, toothpaste, cigarettes, and candy. rJl, Lt- Residence hall rooms are comfortable. Where You Will Live 53 Your meals will be served cafeteria-style in the dining rooms. Preparation of food is under close supervision of a group of trained dietitians; menus are planned by a committee of food supervisors. Menus and hours are posted on the residence hall bulletin boards. Each residence hall has a council, composed of representatives from each precinct, which is the legislative body of the hall and which sponsors residence hall events. It is financed by a small dues assess ment collected from each student in the fall term. Social activities include frequent record dances, exchange dinners with women's groups, term parties, and precinct dinners. Residence halls also take part in various All-University activities, including Water Carnival, and Junior 500. WOMEN'S RESIDENCE HALLS Women have been assigned to the following residence halls: Abbott Campbell Gilchrist Landon Mason Mayo North Case Phillips Snyder Williams Yakeley West Wilson Owen Graduate Center (Women) Furnishings in women's halls include single beds, mattresses, pillows, chests, mirrors, study desks and chairs, and an easy chair. Coeds bring their own blankets, dresser scarves, and study lamps. Coeds may also bring small rugs and wall hangings, but space limits prohibit additional furniture. Linens, washcloths and towels are fur nished. Radios may be brought into the rooms, but they must be used with consideration for others. Trunks are not allowed in the rooms; they are stored in luggage rooms on the ground floor of each hall. Personal laundry facilities, including electric irons and dryers, are available in each residence hall, along with hair dryers. For late snacks, kitchenettes are located throughout the residence halls. Here coeds may brew coffee, make toast, and fix sandwiches. Under no circumstances may girls cook in their rooms. Each hall has a recreation room where residents will find a pleasant place to have meetings, play cards, or just sit and talk. Each residence hall and unit within the hall has its own govern mental organization charged with the responsibility for implementing the program within the hall. The coordinating body is the Women's 54 The Spartan Handbook Trained dieti tians supervise preparation of meals. Inter-residence Association, composed of a President's Council and Women's Inter-residence Council with representation on a population basis. The scholastic, social, sports, safety, and judicial programs and projects are financed by house dues assessed at the beginning of the fall term. Residents of the Women's halls are also represented in such All University bodies as Associated Women Students and All-University Student Government. RESIDENCE HALL ASSIGNMENTS Your residence hall assignment has been made by the Office of the Housing Director upon receiving a completed housing application and $25 deposit from you. As a freshman or transfer student, you are required to live in a University residence hall your first year at Michigan State. Exceptions to this rule of required residence are students who live at home with parents, married students, transfer students 21 years of age or those who have been admitted to upper school (junior standing), and veterans who live in off-campus University-approved housing. In all cases, exceptions must be approved by the Housing Director. Veter ans are defined as those who have served with the armed forces for 21 or more months. Anyone commuting from home beyond a 50-mile radius must have special permission from the Housing Director. Where You Will Live 55 CONTRACTS The contract which you sign when assigned to a hall covers the entire school year for both room and board. If you leave school, the contract is automatically terminated; however, the contract is still in force should you return during that school year. To obtain a release from your contract for any other reason, you must file a written request on a form secured from your resident adviser. This request is submitted to the Contract Committee whose decisions are final. There are few reasons warranting a release from your housing contract. ROOM AND BOARD It is a University policy that residents pay in advance for room and board. However, because some students would have difficulty doing this, a payment schedule has been devised which is sent to all new students and posted in the residence halls. A certain minimum amount must be paid at registration and two other installments are paid over the quarter. Questions regarding this "Pay As You Learn" plan should be directed to the University Business Office, Administra tion Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Friends are quickly made and scenes like this one in Phillips Hall are not at all unusual. 56 The Spartan Handbook APARTMENT RESIDENCE HALL FOR WOMEN Although it is not open to freshmen, one of the newest housing units on campus - one that you girls may be interested in when you become sophomores - is Van Hoosen residence hall. It contains 32 apartments, each accommodating four to six women. Each apartment has a bedroom, bath, living-study room, and kitchen-dining area. Students in each unit share the cooking and cleaning in their unit and pay for their own telephone. In addition, they staff the reception desk in the lobby of the hall for about four hours a month. Women must have at least a sophomore standing, recommenda tions from two persons, and a 2.2 All-University academic record to be assign~d to Van Hoosen. Applications for assignment may be picked up at the Housing Office, 259 Student Services Building. MEN'S CO-OPERATIVES Another type of housing at Michigan State is what is called the Men's Co-operatives. Here again, this type of housing is not open to freshmen. However, you men may want to consider a Co-operative a year from now. In brief, the Men's Co-operatives are made up of men students who live and work together, owning and operating their own houses. The men themselves manage their houses, buy supplies, cook and serve meals, make repairs, and do everything necessary in a smooth running organization. The Co-operatives carry out these functions under rules and regulations of the University under supervision of an assistant to the Dean of Students. Men's Co-operatives at Michigan State are Beal House, Bower House, Elsworth House, Hedrick House, Howland House, Motts House, and Ulrey House. To apply for membership in a Men's Co operative, a student may submit his name to the house in which he is interested or place his name on file with the assistant to the Dean of Students in charge of them. lt1ARRIED HOUSING Cherry Lane Apartments, University Village, and Spartan Village, all in the southwest section of the campus, provide 2,056 modern apart ments for married students. These furnished apartments have venetian blinds, two lounge chairs, a sofa-lounge (may be converted into a bed), desk, and dinette with four matching chairs. The master bedroom has a double bed, chest of drawers, and a mirror. In the two-bedroom apartments, the second bedroom has only a chest of drawers. Application for assignment to a married housing unit is made at the Housing Office, Room 259, Student Services Building. Because of Where You Will Live 57 the demand for this type of housing, a one-to six-month waiting period should be anticipated. All residents must continue to carry 12 credits each term they are in school. OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING All single undergraduates are required to live in quarters ap proved by the University as meeting required standards of safety and sanitation and where reasonable standards of behavior will be main tained. Unsupervised quarters may be approved for single men living away from home, but only for men enrolled in the upper colleges, or veterans with 21 months or more of active service, at least 21 years of age, and with a minimum grade point average of 2.0. Undergraduate men and women who are at least 25 years of age are not required to reside in University-approved housing. The housing area in which quarters may be located is bounded by Mt. Hope Road on the south, east to North Okemos Road, on the west, Pennsylvania Avenue north to Saginaw, then north on Wood Street to include Hopwood Acres and then east to take in the annexed part of East Lansing to Abbott Road, Abbott Road to Saginaw, east to North Okemos Road. Each landlord requesting the University to approve his facilities for a student must agree to determine the eligibility of each student negotiating a rental agreement with him. Inspection for approved quarters is made between April 1st and September 15th of each year for the ensuing year. A list of approved rooms may be secured at the Office of the Housing Director. However, it is up to the individual to find his own off-campus room. He must sign a contract with the householder which is binding for one term. It may be broken only with consent and approval of the Housing Director. Shoulq the student leave the room for which he has contracted before the term is over, he may be liable for the room rent for the entire term. Overnight guests are permitted only if the householder approves. The householder may charge for this privilege. The same rules of conduct are in effect for students regardless of where they reside, on or off campus. Members of the opposite sex are not permitted to be in unsupervised student living quarters. Intoxi cants and gambling are not permitted in approved housing which comes under the general University regulations concerning these misconducts. The cost of off-campus housing varies with the facilities. Usually double rooms range from $6 to $8 per person per week, and single rooms from $7 to $10. 58 The Spartan Handbook Student Congress in Action. PART EIGHT All-University Student Government MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY is dedicated to the task of educating the whole student. In the pursuit of this goal, extracurricular activities are offered in nearly every field imaginable. Coordinating most of the clubs and organizations on campus and serving dynamically as the voice of the students is the All-University Student Government (A.U.S.G.). A.U.S.G. has had a proud and colorful past. On March 20, 1908, the student body of what was then Michigan Agricultural College held a mass meeting at which they passed the following resolution: "For the future settlement of all class matters and the maintenance of the college traditions and customs, a 'Student Council' shall be formed." This was the beginning of student self-government on our campus. Today, more than 50 years later, this "Student Council" has developed into what has been called one of the three best student government structures in the country-your All-University Student Government. It gives the students increased voice and responsibility in their own affairs. The students have taken this responsibility well and have more than justified the administration's confidence. A.U.S.G. sponsored the first student-financed, student-adminis tered scholarship fund in the country when they held a fund-raising ice show, "Silver Blades," in 1957. Our student government was also instrumental in the forming of the Big Ten President's Association which has now become one of the most successful organizations of its kind. In 1956, action was taken by A.U.S.G. for a low-cost group policy hospitalization plan. This is an especially beneficial plan for the students not covered by family hospitalization plans. Coverage has now been extended to include spouses and children of married stu dents. Policy holders are covered while on or off campus and through out the summer. Married students may include their wives and families for an extra charge. The A.U.S.G. also sponsors and promotes other activities and 60 The Spartan Handbook services such as a small loans bureau for students, an annual scholar ship for some outstanding student, Activities Carnival, Salk polio shots and a thermofax and a mimeographing service. Through its pro grams, A.U.S.G. has established a record that is looked up to by student governments throughout the country. In the past few years, A.U.S.G. has earned the respect of faculty and administrators with good investigations of campus problems, and has considered such issues as class attendance, housing regulations, the loyalty oath affidavit, and class officers. The presentation of these reports to University officials has helped to solve many student problems as they relate to the university. ORGANIZATION Each Spring the campus is livened with campaign speeches, sign boards, and promotion stunts as the student body turns out to elect the A.U.S.G. president, Congress representatives, class officers and other officers of various governing groups. Those elected then hold office until the following Spring. In this way, each voting student has a voice in selecting his A.U.S.G. representatives. The president of A.U.S.G., as the chief executive officer and representative leader of the student body, is responsible for the coordination of all three branches of A.U.S.G. - the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial - and their activities. Working with him in this task are his appointed administrative officers: the Execu tive Secretary, Chairman of the Executive Board; Administrative Vice President in charge of programs concerning the total operation of A.U.S.G., the Executive Vice President, and the treasurer who is re sponsible for the control and maintenance of the budget. EXECUTIVE BRANCH The executive branch of A.U.S.G. is represented by the Presidenfs Cabinet, composed of the directors of the various executive agencies. The Executive Vice President is the director of the Cabinet and it is his responsibility to see that the various programs and services offered by the executive agencies are coordinated and function smoothly. Executive Agencies Academic Bene-fits. Academic Benefits attempts to create student awareness of the many cultural and intellectual opportunities avail able at Michigan State. This bureau also sponsors a "Freshman Seminar" which is a series of lectures and discussions designed to acquaint able students with the cultural opportunities afforded by the University. Student Government 61 Campus Chest. Campus Chest is the only legal money-raising body on campus. Its purpose is similar to that of a community chest. The money raised by Campus Chest is given to many charities, such as the World University Services and the Y.M.-Y.W.C.A. During Winter term, Campus Chest has its annual fund drive. It is from this drive that it gets most of its money. Other events such as Penny Nights and balloon sales contribute to the fund. Organizations. Student Government charters nearly 200 campus organizations. Organizations Bureau is responsible for co-ordinating the activities of these organizations. The Bureau puts out Sparta Guide, Student Organizations Directory, and newsletters to assist the organizations. It is also responsible for chartering new organizations. Elections. Two All-University elections are held each year in the spring and fall. It is the responsibility of the elections commissioner to run these elections successfully. In addition to administering the election laws, the commissioner gives advice and answers questions concerning the elections. Orientation. Every student who enters Michigan States comes in contact with the orientation program. The director of orientation is chairman of the Student Executive Committee on Orientation. This committee is responsible for carrying out much of the program. High School Cooperation. The purpose of this department is to inform high school students of the opportunities at Michigan State. This is accomplished by sending various materials to the high schools and answering any questions the students have. This enables prospective high school students to communicate directly with M.S.U. students rather than faculty or administration. Public Relations. The Public Relations Department has the job of making student government and its activities known to the students, administration, community, and other schools. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Student Congress, as we have already seen, is the legislative branch of A.U.S.G. Its membership is comprised of representatives from living unit districts - residence halls, fraternities, sororities, married housing, and off-campus housing. There is approximately one representative for every 300 students. Members are elected to one-year terms during the spring term election. It is through this branch that the student's voice is heard most clearly; often when student feeling is strong, as it recently was against compulsory R.O.T.C., Student Congress is able to take action which leads to an 62 The Spartan Handbook alteration of existing policy. Action by Student Congress has also been influential in changing the name Michigan State College to Michigan State University and in raising funds for the new University library. Each new Congress elects a speaker, a speaker pro-tern, and a secretary from among its membership. The speaker serves a dual function. He leads Student Congress and he is vice president of A.U.S.G. He succeeds to the office of president should such a vacancy occur. He is a member of the President's cabinet and represents Congress at Spartan Roundtable. The fourth officer of Congress is the clerk, who is appointed by the Speaker. Student Congress acts in numerous areas to benefit the student body and the University. Some of the legislation initiates investi gations into problem areas affecting students, followed by recom mendations for relieving or eliminating these problem areas; provides student health insurance; establishes eligibility and election laws; sets the A.U.S.G. budget each term; charts student organizations and seeks to improve the motor vehicle regulations. To operate must efficiently and otherwise aid in evaluating pending legislation, Congress has five standing committees: Academic Affairs, Student Rights and Welfare, Congress Business and State Affairs, Finance, and Organizations. Legislation, when passed by Student Congress becomes an ordinance applicable to the whole stu dent body. The Student Congress, working with the administration and faculty of the University, presents the student viewpoint and estab lishes cooperation and interaction to the mutual benefit of both the student body and the University. Examples of this are student faculty committees such as the Student-Faculty Motor Vehicle Com mittee and the Student-Faculty Social Committee. Whenever students are faced with a problem, they should dis cuss it with their Student Congress representative. He can then take it to Congress for investigation, discussion and action. Thus, A.U.S.G. is effective as a tool of communication between the student and administration. JUDICIAL BRANCH The Judicial Branch is established to review action of Congress and the Executive and to hear cases of student appeal. The All University Judiciary handles cases which are appealed to it from lower courts, such as residence halls, fraternities, sororities, Associated In addition, Women Students, and the elections reviewing board. all disciplinary cases, except those involving remedial or medical treat- Student Government 63 ment, are referred to the All-University Judiciary by the Dean of Students Office. · The All-University Judiciary is composed of a Chief Justice and 12 other justices appointed by the president, and a representative each from the offices of the Men's and ·women's Divisions of Student Affairs. Decisions reached by the court are recommendations s.ubject to review by the Office of the Dean of Students. The Student Traffic Appeal Court also acts as an appeal court. The court, comprised of student members, reviews cases of driving and parking violations and a favorable decision frees the student from any fine. A.U.S.G. plays a major role in the process of educating the sh1- dent in the basic democratic principles upon which our nation and our university are founded. Every spring term students on campus may vote in campus elections and all are invited to attend the Wednesday night session of Congress and even speak out on the issues being discussed. There is also ample opportunity for the student to participate actively in some branch of student government. He may run for Congress from his place of residence, or he may petition for a position in the Judicial Branch. The Personnel Bureau of A.U.S.G. arranges, by interview, jobs within the executive agencies. In any of these branches, the opportunity to learn about people, to work closely with faculty members and to develop one's full po tential is a rewarding experience. Student Services Building, where all A.U.S.G. offices are located. 64 The Spartan Handbook All-University Judiciary. PART NINE Rules and Regulations MosT INSTITUTIONS assume a moral obligation to assist in the regula tion of the student's academic and non-academic training during the period he is enrolled. Michigan State University is a leader in this respect because it considers the university years not only a period when the theoretical understanding of democratic concepts and principles is acquired but also a period when the practice of these concepts and principles is translated into daily living. By virtue of his enrollment at a university, a student enters into an informal moral agreement with the university. He agrees to obey rules and regulations both of an academic and non-academic nature and to observe the standards expected of students by the university. The student further agrees that he will take advantage of the educa tional opportunities available at the university. This agreement is reciprocal, and the obligations of agreement are binding on both the student and the university. The university agrees to furnish the student an environment conducive to growth and development and to furnish such things as classrooms, professors, co-curricular activities, lecture-concert series, resident hall programs, inter-collegiate sports programs; in fact, an environment where the opportunities for educa tional development are limited only by the capacity of each student. The people who, by moral and financial support, make possible the educational opportunity which we call a university, hold officials of the university responsible for keeping the student-university re If a student violates a public lationship within acceptable limits. law or university regulation, refuses to take prescribed courses or does inferior academic work this is evidence that his relationship with the university needs attention. University officials through the Board of Trustees are charged with the responsibility of taking the initial action to clarify this relationship and to assure that both the student and the university fulfill the obligations of the moral agreement. The goals of the student and the goals of Michigan State Uni versity are synonymous when the student takes advantage of his op portunities for improving himself academically, socially and in many other areas. When the goals of the student are not synonymous with 66 The Spartan Handbook the goals of the University, it is the responsibility of University offi cials to acquaint the student with this difference in objectives. It is also the responsibility of the University officials to utilize all the Uni versity resources in an effort to effect changes which will motivate the student to redirect his course of action and avail himself of the educational opportunities at the University. When all University resources, both of an academic and remedial nature have been ex hausted, the University officials are then obligated to break the Stu dent-University agreement and to separate the student from the Uni versity. This separation is called a scholastic withdrawal, administra tive withdrawal, or a disciplinary suspension, according to the area in which the agreement is broken. It is the student's responsibility to take advantage of the oppor tunities which the people of Michigan provide for his personal and professional growth. It is the responsibility of University officials to prevent, or eliminate as much as possible, those things which will prevent the student from getting the utmost from his educational opportunities. In essence, the goals of a university experience can be achieved only with the cooperation and the acceptance of respon sibility by both the University and the student. The previous statement of the relationship which exists between the student and the University simply means that every student should thoroughly understand the fundamental concepts which guide the Inherent in relationship between the student and the University. these concepts are a number of values, developed and tested through time and experience. Some of these concepts are explained here briefly and simply. Having accepted the privilege of admission to the University, the student accepts the responsibility for utilizing the resources of the University for the purposes for which they were intended. This implies using them in a positive, constructive manner so that he is able to progress successfully to the accomplishment of his scholastic In Ms relationship with other students, he cannot interfere goals. with their accomplishment of the same objectives. Each student must assume the responsibility for always behaving in such a way as to reflect creditably upon the University. No student possesses the right to be the source of unfavorable, unflattering publicity which brings discredit upon himself, the group of which he is a member and the total University. By the same token, the University must conduct itself with credit so that students may feel proud to have attended such a fine institution. Such a University is Michigan State. For more than a century, men and women of the highest caliber have made great and significant con tributions to the end that this University would become a great Uni versity in the eyes of the nation and the world. Michigan State Rules and Regulations 67 University feels great pride in her students and expects her students to demonstrate pride and respect in her. Today, Michigan State en joys a reputation of world renown and it should not be difficult for a student to feel great pride in being a member of this great institution. In any kind of human relationship, differences may exist. As a University community, we are committed to the use of intelligent, reasoned discussion as a means of resolving our differences and problems. Consequently, the use of pressure, threats, violence, ill temper, immoderate language, or ultimatums of any sort is inap propriate to the university-educated man or woman as a solution to problems. This means that we must work through our duly delegated representatives, who are the most capable of reasoned and reasonable discussion unencumbered by emotion. A word should be said about the responsibilities of each student as a member of his group. He has a responsibility for making a posi tive, constructive contribution to the program in which his group is involved. He must be a member in the fullest sense of the word. His presence must contribute to the general welfare and to the common good. By the time each student graduates from this University, the tax payers in the state of Michigan will have invested some $4,000 to $5,000. The return expected by them is in terms of not only technical knowledge but of good citizenship and the voluntary contributions in community service. If one is to realize these expectations, he will offer his services to serve on committees, to run for offices, to volun teer to help in many available ways to make his group or hall a better place in which to live because of his wholesome influence. One who serves as an example with a good attitude will be the strongest influ ence of all. The spirit which resides in this Student-University Agreement is one of mutual cooperation and teamwork. It requires that all be will ing to work together toward the accomplishment of larger goals than either could accomplish separately. GENERAL REGULATIONS There are some general regulations formulated by the Board of Trustees which apply to all students. These are: I. Alcoholic Beverages Students shall neither bring, possess, or consume on the campus of Michigan State University, or in buildings controlled by it, alcoholic beverages, including beer. Violation of this regula tion is a suspension offense. Students must also observe 68 The Spartan Handbook the liquor laws of the State of Michigan, especially as they apply to: age of the purchaser, furnishing liquor to a minor, transporting liquor in an automobile, or falsely representing age by a minor in a liquor purchase. 2. Living Quarters Men must not enter women's living quarters, and women must not enter men's living quarters, except during a registered open house, or when such quarters are being used as a cloak room for a registered party. 3. All-University Social Regulations (a) All group social functions attended by student couples must be registered, with the exception of those functions sponsored by clubs which are attended exclusively by married couples. Registration requires information con cerning place, time, and chaperones for the event. (b) Overnight social activities are not permitted. ( c) Week-end social activities must be terminated by 12:45 a.m. Dances scheduled on Saturday nights must end at 12 midnight. Mid-week social activities, except banquets, are to be terminated by 8:00 p.m. ( d) The use of alcoholic beverages at social functions is prohibited. Copies of the complete social regulations and standards for student groups are available at the Student Organization Office, Room 320, Student Services Building, or at Men's Division of Student Affairs. You should become thoroughly familiar with the informatio.n contained in this publication. 4. Automobiles and Parking Any student who is enrolled at Michigan State and carrying seven ( 7) or more credits must register any motor vehicle with the Department of Public Safety. Freshmen may not possess or operate a motor vehicle unless they are either married, reside off campus, are twenty-one ( 21) years of age, or are paralytic. Student parking areas are provided south of the Red Cedar; however, student parking is permitted north of the Red Cedar river after 6 p.m. each day and on week-ends. A complete set of the Motor Vehicle Regulations should be acquired by each student either during registration or at the Rules and Regulations 69 Department of Public Safety. Students should study them carefully, since they are responsible for observance of the provisions. 5. Correct Address Each undergraduate is required to report his or her correct address at the time of registration each term. If any change in residence is made during the term, a report of the new address must be filed promptly on forms available in the Housing Office, Room 259, Student Services Building. ASSOCIATED WOMEN STUDENT REGULATIONS Hold it men! Don't pass up this section, it's important that every fellow know about such things as closing hours, signing out, and late minutes. Hours. All women's residences close at 11:30 p.m. weekdays, at 1:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at Midnight on Sunday. Freshmen and upperclassmen who do not have a "C" ( 2.0) average must return to the residence hall by 10:30 p.m. week nights. Fellows may call for coeds and wait for them in the lounges after 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, and after 11 :00 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Fellows calling earlier may wait just five minutes in the lobby. Permissions. When attending All-University functions, freshman coeds are given a 10:30 plus permission and upperclassmen an 11:30 plus. These are special extensions of time for an All-University function such as a concert which may last beyond normal closing hours. Girls who have jobs which keep them out after normal closing hours must petition A.W.S. Judiciary-Legislative Board for a special working permit. The A.W.S. adviser must also be consulted. Overnight Absences. A coed wishing to be away from the campus overnight must receive the permission to do so from her parents unless a general permission is recorded on a "yellow slip" which each girl receives before coming to M.S.U. For those having a limited permission, a note must be sent by the parent to the housemother for each overnight absence except to her own home. Permission to stay in an out-of-town hotel must be sent directly from the parents to the housemother each time. A woman 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 two overnight permissions in either Lansing or East Lansing. Two overnight permissions in other University residences are granted each 70 The Spartan Handbook term. No overnights after a dance or registered party may be taken without specific written permission from home in advance. Signing out. A coed planning to be out of her residence after 8:00 p.m. or for overnight (under conditions described in A.W.S. Handbook) must sign her own "sign out" card which will be filed on the main floor of the residence hall. She must include her exact destination so she may be reached in case of an emergency. Exact -sign out procedures will be discussed at a meeting the first night the student is on campus. Such information will also be printed in the A.W.S. Handbook which will be given to new students soon after arrival. Guests. Coeds may have three guests per term, only on Friday and Saturday nights, except that none are allowed the weekend before final exams. General Residence Hall Information. A system of quiet hours is enforced in women's living units to encourage effective study. Hours are set aside for showers and typing so studying will not be disturbed. Smoking is permitted in all areas of the residence except the living rooms, sun rooms, dining rooms and staircases. Consideration should be shown for a roommate who does not smoke. Bermuda shorts and slacks may be worn to breakfast every day and to lunch on Saturday. Shorts must never be worn in the dining room. Jeans, shorts, or bermudas should not be worn in the residence hall living rooms, in classrooms, office buildings, in the library or the Union. Residence Penalties. A.W.S. has been delegated, by the ad ministration, the responsibility of controlling and enforcing residence hall rules. Infractions of regulations are dealt with by the' A.W.S. Judiciary-Legislative Board. Each living unit has at least one repre sentative on the Board. Breaking the rules 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 weekend night within the following two weekends. When a girl is campused, she must remain in the private areas of her residence hall after 10:30 p.m. until the next morning at 7:00 a.m. It is expected that the conduct of every woman resident will be that of a good citizeri in any community. Accumulation of late minutes represents a lack of thoughtful consideration and respect for the rights of others. lules and Regulations 71 In some ways you assert your individuality. In other ways you conform. 72 The Spartan Handbook Visiting a fraternity. PART TEN Sororitie~ Fraternities THE COMMON FACTOR and essence of all Michigan State Greek units (fraternities and sororitie~) is the principle of close friendship based upon choice and compatibility, a friendship which outlasts under graduate days. In addition, fraternities and sororities offer the ad vantages of small-group living, fine food, a full program of activities, and guidance and companionship which can help a student adjust quickly to college. Fraternities and sororities provide their members with a stimulat ing atmosphere, conducive to the development of leadership ability, social fluency, and general maturity. The social activities of the Greeks include intramural athletic competition, term parties, living unit dis play competition, community service projects, and Greek Week. CHAPTERS ON CAMPUS The following is a list of the member fraternities of the National Interfraternity Conference which have chapters on the Michigan State University campus: Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Sigma Phi, Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Chi, Delta Sigma Phi, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon, Farmhouse, Kappa Alpha Psi, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Tau, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Kappa Phi, Psi Upsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma (:;hi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Theta Chi, Triangle, Zeta Beta Tau, and the Oaks Club of Theta Delta Chi. In addition, the following National Men's Professional Fraterni ties are represented at Michigan State and are active in campus social life and activities: Alpha Chi Sigma (Chemistry), Alpha Kappa Psi (Business), Delta Sigma Pi (Business), and Phi Mu Alpha-Sinfonia (Music). The sororities of the National Panhellenic Council at Michigan State are: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, 74 The Spartan Handbook Delta Zeta, Delta Sigma Theta, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Mu, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa, and Zeta Tau Alpha. The Greek organizations maintain their own housing units in East Lansing, and each has a housemother who acts as hostess and counselor. She has her own apartment in the chapter house and is on call at any time to help members with their problems. Of course, both sororities and fraternities are under University supervision. Women living in chapter houses must observe the same Associated Women Students and University regulations as followed by students living in residence halls. Activities of the fraternities are governed by the Interfraternity Council which is composed of three divisions. The President's As sembly is the legislative body, the Executive Council is the coordi nating body, and the standing committees make up the administrative body. I. F. C. promotes harmony among the various houses and coordinates fraternity activities. In addition, I. F. C. supervises fra ternity rushing and co-sponsors the fraternity intramural program and Fraternity Sing. It promotes such all-university activities as the I. F. C.-Pan-Hel Ball, Greek Feast, and Homecoming display com petition. I. F. C. also sponsors several service projects which are supported by the individual houses. Sororities are under the student supervision of the Panhellenic Council. Two members are elected from each chapter to represent their sorority on the Council. This group supervises rushing and tries to make it as easy as possible. The Council also assists in sponsoring Sorority Sing, Homecoming display competition, Greek Week, and Greek community projects. The Sorority Presidents' Association is also part of Panhellenic. Its main aim is to coordinate the activities and establish better relations among the individual chapters. Flt.ATER.NITIES As an entering freshman at Michigan State you are faced with an important decision of your undergraduate years - whether or If you feel that you are interested in not to join a fraternity. fraternity life, the selection of the right fraternity for you is a matter which will be of equal importance to you both during your college years and in later life. In order that all freshmen may have the opportunity to learn as much about fraternity living and participation as possible, the Interfraternity Council (the fraternity governing body) presents a varied informational program during Fall Term. As first term fresh- Sororities and Fraternities 75 men are not eligible to pledge a fraternity, this program emphasizes a general period of "getting acquainted" with all of the campus fraternity chapters. The first step in the I. F. C. program Fall Term is the Rush Convocation. Here a student has the opportunity to hear the officers of the I. F. C. explain the advantages and the operation of the fraternity system. Following the talks will be a question and answer period during which you, the prospective fraternity member, will have the chance to have any particular details of the fraternity system explained to you. Two weekends during Fall Term will be devoted to Rush Smokers. All interested freshmen are divided into small groups which visit every fraternity chapter house on the campus. This will provide you with an opportunity to judge the extent and variety of the Michigan -State fraternity system, make many new ac quaintances, and form an impression of each individual chapter. To be eligible to pledge a fraternity a student must either be a transfer student, or have been in residence at least one term and have established an All-University C average. However, to become an active member of the fraternity he must have a 2.2 All-University average and a 2.2 average during the term in which he served his pledgeship. This rule may be waived in the case of a student who has a 2.0 All-University average and a 2.5 average the term he pledges. The college fraternity is based upon four principles: brother hood, scholarship, activity, and social participation. The theme of fraternity life is that a man can benefit most from his college years by sharing his work and his good times - and thus forming a strong bond of brotherhood - with an organized group of friends. The fraternity is well aware that scholarship is the main pur pose of this University. Each chapter attempts to further this pur pose through organized scholarship programs for the pledge which include study tables and tutorial assistance from active members of the chapter. In the field of campus activities the fraternity strongly encour ages participation by its members as an opportunity for the develop ment of the leadership potential of every individual. As there are fraternity men actively participating in every campus activity, the pledge is presented with a fine opportunity for assistance in enter ing the activity of his choice. Additionally, each fraternity supports a strong program of participation in intramural athletics. The fraternity is the center of much of the social life of the campus. Ranging from the annual I.F.C.-Panhel formal dance to the individual fraternity weekend parties, there is a wide and varied program of social activity available to those interested in fraternity life. 76 The Spartan Handbook SORORITIES At Michigan State, one of the important parts of campus life for the new coed is pledging a sorority. There are 21 national sorori ties on campus with a total membership of about 1,400 girls. Nine teen of the sororities have their own houses located off campus. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors live in the houses. Living and sharing work and play with your sorority sisters is a wonderful part of college life. Each house accommodates approxi mately 40 girls and emphasis is put on gracious, home-like living. A sorority opens many new horizons for the coed. The houses work with the fraternities on Water Carnival in the spring and have desserts and other activities with various fraternities during the year. Homecoming is a big weekend for all sorority members. The sorori ties compete with one another on their homecoming displays and a trophy goes to the winner. In the spring all Greeks combine and sponsor "Greek Week," which includes a feast, exchange dinners, athletic events, and Sorority Sing. In addition to all-Greek activities, sorority members are encouraged to join in other All-University func tions. Sororities also maintain a scholastic average far above the all-women's average. The houses pride themselves in fine scholarship. Panhellenic is the organization which governs the sororities. It is made up of two representatives from each sorority. Panhellenic runs the rushing program. At Michigan State there is deferred rush; that is, rushing takes place the second term (winter term). Deferred rush gives the prospective rushees an opportunity to become accli mated to campus life before becoming a sorority member. In the fall the sororities have "Fall Open House." All prospective rushees visit all the sororities on one weekend. Prior to the teas, Panhellenic has a convocation for the rushees. A movie is shown of the different houses and booklets are given out describing each sorority. These teas are of on open house nature and give the rushee her first glimpse of sorority life. Each rushee has a counselor who meets with her and gives further orientation. The rush counselor is always willing to answer questions and help the rushee solve any problem she might have. At the beginning of winter term, Panhellenic again stages a convocation which gives all rushees a preview of the parties to be held the following two weeks. To be eligible for rush, a coed must have an All-University C average the previous term, and she must have been enrolled at Michigan State. After each informal rush party, the rushee picks up her bids at the Pan-Hel post office. She indicates, from the bids she receives, the parties she would like to attend at the next stage. The parties are climaxed by a "preference" dessert that the rushee attends by mutual choice. Informal Rush in a Sorority. All during rush, the Pan-Hel post office is open at certain hours for the rushees. Those having particular problems are encouraged to talk to their counselors who are impartial and eager to help them in every way possible. After the last stage, "preference" dessert, rushees go to the Pan-Hel post office for the last time and pick up their bids from sororities asking them to pledge. Formal pledging takes place the following day. Each new pledge proudly displays her pledge pin. She soon finds the joys of being a "sorority girl" as she is drawn into the close harmony of sorority life. Saturday mornings are spent doing pledge duties at the house to become better acquainted with the active members. The new pledge also finds herself attending sorority pledge parties and other special events in her honor. She soon begins to realize why "it's great to go Greek." In the middle of the following term pledging comes to an end with a moving and impressive c~emony as the pledge becomes an active sorority member. The sororities are also open to informal rush spring term. This is conducted in much the same manner as winter term rush. 71 The Spartan Handbook Students at Spartan Stadium dressed for Michigan State's colorful football games. PART ELEVEN Your Appearance on Campus COLLEGE! Another big step. Another new world. New places to go, new people to meet, and new standards for which to strive. The clothes you wear will have a great deal to do with the first impression you make on your new friends. Michigan State students are noted for their casual, well-groomed look. Students here are very definitely style conscious and are atten tive only to fashion that is in good taste. Upon entering college, it is not necessary to have a large number of clothes. The size of your wardrobe is an individual matter, but remember that there isn't an abundance of excess closet space, so don't bring those things you may not need for a while. One can dress for all occasions within the bounds of good taste if he watches the line of clothing worn by campus leaders and upper classmen. For the classroom, Michigan State coeds usually wear sweaters and skirts, bobby sox or knee sox, and comfortable shoes. About the only departure from usual campus attire is that, for some reason, coeds at Michigan State don't carry large purses on campus, preferring instead to transport wallets, combs, cigarettes, ad infinitum, in clutch purses and notebooks. Formal and semi-formal wear at Michigan State means formal or cocktail dresses while informal refers usually to more casual wear, depending upon the time or occasion. Michigan State men prefer conservative clothes. 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 clothing - but the so-called Eastern style is the thing. For kicking around cam pus - to classes and on the most casual of dates - suntans have become popular, but slacks still are more common. Men who object to strait-laced dress will be pleased to know that the tuxedo is as formal attire as you will ever have to wear, and then only on those special occasions termed formal. Semi-formal means suits, and casual or informal means suits or sport coats. • In the classroom comfort is the thing ... have a well coordinated wardrobe for versatility. Term party time - coeds usually wear a cocktail dress or short formal. Your Appearonce 81 Select comfortable but neat togs for the casual coffee or movie date. Coats on parade ... come prepared for the march of seasons. On campus you'll see many kinds of coats and jackets. They can all be stylish. For the lecture concert coeds pref er a basic dress with simple accessories. Your Appearance 83 Playtime, free time, any time. When it's time to build the Water Carnival float, find clothes you wouldn't mind having spattered by a brushful of paint. 84 The Spartan Handbook Planning session. PART TWELVE Student Organizations IN THE REALM of extra-class activities there are many groups which offer students the opportunity for assumption of responsibility, decision making, and experience in teamwork efforts. The choice of affiliation is extremely important, since it may greatly influence your academic career. For the most part the student organizations are closely related to the academic colleges and many of them require an above-average scholastic standing for admission. The Student Organizations Council of All-University Student Govern ment coordinates the clubs and interest groups and attempts to make them as meaningful as possible. An important part of this process is a regular check of the activities of the clubs to see if they perform worthwhile functions for their student members. Students who plan to assume positions of leadership are advised that they must first exhibit satisfactory academic achievement, a 2.0 or "C" All-University average before they can be considered officer It is the responsibility of the candidates in student organizations. Student Government to check the eligibility of students and to inform them if they should withdraw from the position if their academic standing is being jeopardized. A list of the organizations chartered by Student Government appears below. Those marked with an asterisk ( ") admit freshmen to membership. Further information about these organizations may be obtained from the Student Organizations Office of Student Govern ment. GENERAL-SOCIAL AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS "Accounting Club Acrobat's Club "Agricultural Economics Club "Agricultural Education Club Agricultural Council "Agronomy Club "Alpha Kappa Psi (Business) "Alpha Phi Omega (National Scouting Fraternity) Angel Flight "Arab Club "Association of African Students "Association of Off-Campus Students Beta Beta Beta (Zoology) "Block and Bridle Business and Public Service Council "Campus 4-H Club "Campus United Nations "Carribean Club "Child Development Club "Chinese Student Club Circle K Club / 86 The Spartan Handbook Conference of College of Education Students "Conservative Club "Dairy Club Debate Club Delta Gamma Mu (Fencing) Delta Phi Epsilon (Foreign Service) "Delta Sigma Pi (Business) Delta Sigma Rho ( Speech) Education Council Elementary Education Club Engineering Council "Engineers' Wives "Filipino Club "Fisheries and Wildlife Club "Floriculture Forum "Foods and Nutrition and Institutional Administration Club "Forensic Union "Forestry Club "French Club "Freshman Home Economics Club "Geology Wives "German Club Graduate lntervarsity Club "Hawaii Club "HPR Club "History Club Home Economics Council Home Economics Teachers Club "Hotel Association "Humanist Club "India Students Association "Industrial Designers' Institute "Industrial Education Club "International Club "International Relations Club 'Iranian Student Club "Jazz Society of West Circle Drive "Judo Club Kappa Alpha Mu (Photo-Journalism) Knights of St. Patrick (Engineering) "Korean Club Les Gourmets "Marketing Club Men's Glee Club "Mobile Homes Student Club "Music Educators' National Conference "MSU Economics Club "MSU Hospital Association "MSU Players "MSU Management Club "National Association for Advance ment of Colored People "Nursery and Landscape Management Forum "Orchesis "Packaging Society "Packaging Wives Society "Pakistan Student Organization "Park Management and Recreation Club "Pershing Rifles "Phi Beta Lambda (Bus. Educ. and Sec. Administration) Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science) "Pomoler Club Porpoise Club (Men's Swimming) "Poultry Science Club "Pre-Law Club "Pre-Med Club "Pre-Vet Club "Promenaders Psi Chi ( Psychology) Psychology Club "Related Arts Club "Retailing Club "Rifle Club "Russian Club "Sailing Club Scabbard and Blade "Sem Bot Group Short Course Club "Sigma Alpha Eta (Speech & Hearing) "Sigma Phi Delta (Engineering) "Ski Club "Skating Club "Sno-Caps (Nursing) "Social Work Club Social Work Club (Graduate) "Spanish Club "Spartan Badminton Club Spartan Bellringers "Spartan Pistol Club <'Spartan \Vireless Club "Spartan Wives' Club "Spartan Women's League "Transportation Club "2 x4 Club Varsity Club "Veterans' Association "Veterans' Wives Club "Vocational Home Economics Club "Volleyball Club "Weightlifting Club "Winged Spartans "Women's Athletic Association "Women's Glee Club 0 Young Democrats' Club 0 Young Republicans' Club 0 Young Socialists' Club HONORARY ORGANIZATIONS Alpha Delta Sigma .. ...... .. Advertising Alpha Delta Theta. Medical Technology Alpha Epsilon Rho .. .. Radio and Television Alpha Kappa Delta . . . . "Alpha Lambda Delta . . . Sociology All-University Freshmen Women Alpha Zeta ...... .. ............... . Agriculture Army ROTC Officers Club Arnold Air Society ... ........ . AFRO TC Beta Alpha Psi ..... ...... .... . Accounting Beta Alpha Sigma .. ..... ...... .... . Landscape Architecture Beta Gamma Sigma .. ...... Commerce Blue Key ............. ... ... ... ... .... .... . All-University Junior and Senior Men Chi Epsilon .... .. .. .... Civil Engineering Circle Honorary ..... ....... ... .... . Residence Hall Women Delta Omicron .. ... ... .. ..... .. ....... .. Music Delta Phi Delta .. ..... ... ..... ............ . Art Eta Kappa Nu .. .... .... ... .. ... .... . . Electrical Engineering Excalibur ...... .. ... ......... .. ...... ... . All-University Senior Men Green Helmet ..... ................. ... . All-University Sophomore Men Gamma Alpha Chi . Women's Advertising Gamma Theta Upsilon .... Geography 0 Green Splash .... Women's Swimming Kappa Delta Pi ........ ......... . Education Mortar Board .... .............. ... .... . All-University Senior Women Omicron Nu .......... Home Economics Phi Alpha Theta .. ...... ....... ..... History Phi Epsilon Kappa .. ............. . Men's Physical Education 0 l'hi Eta Sigma .... ... .. . All-University Freshmen Men Phi Kappa Phi ... .... ................ . All-University Seniors Student Organizations 87 Phi Lambda Tau .......... . Engineering 0 Phi Mu Alpha ... ..... .. ........ ..... ... Music ... Mathematics Phi Mu Epsilon . .............. . Botany Phi Sigma ... . Phi Zeta .. ..... ... .. Veterinary Medicine Pi Alpha Xi ........ .......... ... . Floriculture Pi Kappa Gamma ... ........ . Packaging .... .. Mathematics Pi Mu Epsilon Pi Omega Pi ........ Business Education Pi Tau Sigma ... . .................. . Mechanical Engineering Sigma Delta Chi .............. . .Journalism Sigma Delta Pi ......... ... ... .. ..... Spanish Sigma Gamma Epsilon ... ..... Geology Sigma Lambda Chi ............. .. . Building Construction Sigma Pi Eta ........ .. .. ....... .. .... . Hotel Administration Sigma Pi Sigma ..... ..... ....... .... . Physics Tau Beta Pi ....... .. .. ... ...... Engineering Tau Sigma .... .......... ... ... ........ . . Business and Public Service and Science and Arts Theta Alpha Phi ....... ... ..... .Dramatics Theta Sigma Phi ....... ... ... ..... . . Women's Journalism Tower Guard .. ............ ..... ...... . All-University Sophomore Women Xi Sigma Pi .... .... ... ..... .......... Forestry PROFESSIONAL FRATERNITIES AND SOCIETIES Alpha Phi Sigma (Police Administration) American Chemical Society American Finance Association American Foundryman's Society 0 American Institute of Chemical Engineers 0 American Institute of Electrical Engineers - Institute of Radio Engineers. 0 American Society of Agricultural Engineers American Society of Civil Engineers 0 Am~rican Society of Mechanical Engineers American Society for Metals American Veterinary Medical Association Delta Psi Kappa (Women's Physical Education) 88 The Spartan Handbook Phi Delta Kappa (Education) Phi Gamma Nu (Women's Business & Economics) "Pi Sigma Epsilon (Food Distribution) National Association of Home Builders National Association of Musical Therapy "Society of Automotive Engineers "Student Association of Landscape Architects "Student National Education Association "Student Society of Urban Planners "Christian Student Foundation (Interdenominational) "Deseret Club (Mormon) "Disciple Student Fellowship (Disciples of Christ) "Gamma Delta (Lutheran) "Kappa Phi (Methodist Women) "Liahona Fellowship (Mormon) "Lutheran Student Association (Lutheran) "Pan-Orthodox Student Association ( Eastern Orthodox) "Presbyterian Campus Christian Fellowship (Presbyterian) "Reformed Christian Fellowship ( Reformed Christian) "Religious Society of Friends STUDENT RELIGIOUS GROUPS (Quaker) 0 American Baptist Student Fellowship "Baptist Student Union "B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation (Jewish) "Canterbury Club (Episcopal) "Catholic Student Organization (Catholic) "Channing-Murray Fellowship ( Unitarian-U niversalist) "Christian Science Organization ( Christian Science) "Seventh Day Adventists Spartan Club "Sigma Theta Epsilon (Methodist Men) "Spartan Christian Fellowship (International Inter-Varsity) "Trinity Collegiate Fellowship ( Undenominational) "University YMCA "University YWCA "Wesley Foundation (Methodist) A full house of 76,000 fans jammed into Spartan Stadium. PART THIRTEEN The Year Ahead EDUCATION comes not alone from the classroom, the laboratory, and books. Living for four years with students having a variety of in terests, backgrounds, and points of view is broadening and maturing. Such an experience develops tolerance, independence, and respect for the individual. A student is challenged to think out his own beliefs and values. And friendships made become one of the finest parts of education. The year ahead promises an exciting beginning for your ex perience in living at Michigan State. Upon the following pages are noted but a few of the year's planned events and activities. Many, many more will be announced in your personal copies of the student edited daily newspaper, the Michigan State News. FALL TERM 1962 September 22-26 Saturday through Wednesday- Welcome Week and registration of students September 27 Thursday, 8 a.m. - Classes begin September 28 Friday - Orientation Dance for new students October 6 October 8-9 October 11 October 12 .Satur