We^re num in libra spending MSU, the 15th largest university in the nation, ranks library than we do," Richard E. Chapin, director of MSU 27th in total expenditures for its library system. libraries, said. "It's a battle I've been fighting for years. The University of Michigan library spends more than We've made gains, but we're still battling." twice the amount per student MSU does. The U - M Chapin was an ex - official member of the President's Ad libraries also hold more than three times as many volumes Hoc Committee on the Library in 1964 which per student than the MSU libraries. recommended that an extensive program be undertaken to Yet MSU, according to a recent survey of the nation's improve the Library. largest educational institutions, is the largest of the three President John Hannah commissioned the committee to leading state universities. MSU ranks 15th in the nation "look into what we are now doing in library services, what both in full - time and total enrollment, while U - M ranks we ought to be doing, and how we ought to be doing it in 16th in both categories. Wayne State University ranks 26th 1970 and the years beyond." nationally in full - time and 20th nationally in total A survey by the Assn. of Research Libraries for 1969 - enrollment. (continued on back page ) January 19, 1971 "Michigan traditionally spends more money on their Weekly Supplement of the Michigan State News Council rates MSU grad programs Better than :By Diane Petryk^^s Although there will be no official University with more of their graduates participating in distinguished" although U - M offers no degree statement regarding the American Council on the survey would be more likely to rate their in that field. Education (ACE) survey of U.S. graduate alma maters highly. MSU beat U M in microbiology. The U - M - schools, MSU officials are looking with interest For instance, Harvard has been granting at the document. doctorates since 1873. MSU awarded its first department received a "good" rating. TTie MSU department is rated "strong to Released Jan. 3, the survey rated MSU Ph.D. in 1925. Ten were awarded between then and 1930, but from 1931 to 1938 none distinguished." graduate programs better than average. The University of Michigan wes rated number six in were given. The first year there were more Part of the ACE rationale for the survey is a the list of the 10 most distinguished graduate than 50 earned. In 1969 - 70 there were 675 hope that universities could benefit by schools in the nation. new Ph.D's from MSU. comparing themselves to the higher rated The apparent MSU hesitancy to comment "To be included in the survey is a schools. officially on the survey, as U - M officials have, compliment in itself," Minkel said. is over a desire not to seem to be apologizing Wilkie noted that the report states that its Although the report indicated that there has been an overall increase in the quality of for the University's rating. purpose is to aid graduate students. "We're concerned with not "Universities who use the report to their graduate education, it raised serious questions wanting to about increasing the number of graduate appear as if we're retorting to the articles (in advantage are abusing it," he said. "It's meant the newspapers) about where U - to be a guide." programs in light of the declining need for new M placed," Ph.D's. William R. Wilkie, special assistant to the Minkel said it can be misleading, however. president, said. "A student may choose the university with John D. Shingleton, Director of the MSU He added that he felt some of the reports the top - rated grad school in history, for Placement Bureau, said there has been a were not totally accurate in terms of the instance, and then find no one there in his decrease in the demand for people with relationship they indicated between MSU and specialized sub - field." doctoral and master's degrees. U-M. Wilkie agreed: "The main reason for this has been the Still, Wilkie has been asked to study the "In doctoral programs you work with a man substantial cutbacks in government grants report to "see what it means." — and he could be a Podunk University as funding research and educational programs A private organization, the ACE, which well as Harvard," he said. where advanced degree people are includes virtually every U.S. college and primarily Wilkie made a study of the Harvard faculty employed," he said. university compiled the report by surveying two years ago and said he found some myths Minkel agreed that the people - job ratio has some 6,000 scholars who rated faculties and destroyed. declined. graduate programs in 36 academic disciplines "Harvard has some poor faculty," he said. in "We're going to have much higher level five broad fields at 130 U.S. graduate In the ACE report, MSU was rated highest schools. trained people in jobs, which is good in itself, in botany — ninth in the nation, tied with but could be demoralizing for people who had MSU placed no department among the top Cornell University. five in any of the 36 academic areas, but 12 higher aspirations," he said. "We have one of the most distinguished Wilkie said MSU has been fairly lucky MSU departments were rated "strong to botany departments in the world," Jack having never been extensively involved in distinguished." Breslin, executive vice president, said. "That's sciences involved in federal cutbacks, but has Clarence W. Minkel, associate dean of why the Atomic Energy Commission located been involved more in the biological sciences. Advanced Graduate Studies, attempted to put its laboratory here." the survey into perspective. "Many of our Ph.D's do not have a difficult "There are 325 graduate programs in the U - M's botany department was rated second time finding jobs, although they may not get United States of sufficient magnitude to best in the nation, along with its departments their first choice," he said. belong to the Council of Graduate Schools," of psychology and geography. In population The Presidential Commissions on he said. Almost 200 of these were not even biology, U - M ties with the University of Admissions has been concerned with looking contacted by the ACE poll." Chicago as best in the nation. at this problem, he said. The 131 who were contacted were only Minkel denies that there is a competitive There's no simple solution, he said. surveyed concerning 37 disciplines, he said. feeling between the MSU and U - M graduate He indicated some of the questions that "You see, you're not including the whole schools. need to be answered in dealing with the batch," Minkel explained. "We have 81 "They're quite different places of course," academic units which grant advanced degrees.". graduate school problem. with different strengths and weaknesses," he How do allocate we our resources to The ACE survey did not include programs in said. "To compare them would be ridiculous. respond to demand and societal need? education, communications, veterinary We work in cooperation with the grad school What do do about tenured medicine business or agriculture "yet these are we faculty in at U - M. There's no competition or friction of some of the best we have," Wilkie said. departments where students are moving out any kind." because there are no opportunities? "It's difficult to judge over - all quality if Along with U - M and MSU, Wayne State For instance, the market is open in the you leave out area of primary focus," he University was the only other Michigan school added. ecology field, but closing up in physics. that qualified for the survey by awarding more A Munich nuclear physicist, according to a "You also have to remember that this was than 100 doctorate degrees in the past five report in Atlas magazine, has stated that an opinion survey," Minkel said. years. No Wayne department was listed in the "Every month we get two applications from Faculty polled were asked to rate academic survey, which included all departments rated new Ph.D's in physics from the U.S. They departments of their discipline at universities "adequate plus." cannot find jobs unless they want to drive across the country. Those schools who have Twelve MSU departments were listed in the taxicabs." been granting advanced degrees longer have "strong to distinguished" category. U - M "If we respond to the ecology trend in the more graduates in faculty positions across the departments rated in this category in all but same way we responded to the need for country. two of the 36 academic areas. physicists, well be in big trouble in 10 years," Therefore, Minkel contends, those schools MSU's Entomology dept. rates "strong to Wilkie said. Faculty polled were asked to rate academic departments of their discipline at universities mz-x&iacross the country. Those schools who have been granting advanced degrees longer have more graduates in faculty positions across the country. Manuscript found in a future time capsule Excerpts from "American Mythology By John Borger and Other Nightmares of the Twentieth Century" generally incapable of speaking in English. by Giacomo Leopardi, one In the days of Hannah the king, there was but king, who was on earth, and but one god, MADAV (from Madison Avenue), the god of who was elsewhere. And it came to pass that the deception, smooth talking and business expertise. people grew bored with their limited selection A few Americans saw Madav as a devil - figure, copyright 2188 and demanded more. but most simply accepted him as a natural part And Hannah said, "Let there be Free of life, although they had, at best, an extremely Enterprise" and lo, there was Free Enterprise in vague idea of his actual functions. the heavens and the gods were fruitful and Madav, of course, found this arrangement to multiplied past all understanding. be eminently satisfactory, as it allowed him a So there arose, from the mass of American great deal of freedom in his manipulations. ceremony, folklore and advertisements, THE HUPYERS, the god of mobility, speed and AMERICAN PANTHEON, whose membership youth. His opposition to The Establishment and included: hoary tradition frequently put him at odds with MAPF, goddess of tradition and most of his fellow gods and goddesses. sentimentality. Mapf was originally known as Hupyers nourished a special hatred for Madav, Motherhood, Apple Pie and the Flag, but this dating from the time the god of deception name proved to be too complicated to say mimeographed him to create Yuth(e). Although rapidly during prayers and was subsequently Hupyers managed to laugh at the gullibility of shortened. their followers while Yuth(e) were minor deities, The mere mention of her name was often his amusement turned to anger when they gained sufficient to produce a blind obedience to enough followers to become members of the tradition -- and her name was frequently Pantheon. He was particularly incensed whenever mentioned by politicians. someone confused him with the ersatz god of Her followers, who placed the utmost youth, Yuth. importance upon her virginal honor and quickly YUTH and YUTHE, god and goddess of attacked any of her critics, would grow misty - eternal vitality and everlasting adolescence, eyed while talking of her (especially if they were usually referred to simply as Yuth(e). Yuth(e) over 30). Her most devout followers even refused were "totally together" and symbols of "the new to make left - hand turns while driving their dawn." automobiles (an antiquated form of They claimed extensive followings among transportation.) aging adults and some young people who should Mapf is technically married to Arforfathers, a have known better, but they did not really exist. minor god of tradition. (Some students of the They were imitations of Hupyers created by Pantheon may find her marriage - to say nothing Madav for an advertisement. of her legendary motherhood of the country -- HUM, god of apathy, who never did anything. rather hard to square with her eternal virginity, LUV, goddess of love, peace and universal but they should realize that married virgin brotherhood. Warmly compassionate and mothers are not uncommon in the literature.) understanding, Luv cherished individuality but LAWANORDER originally a god of justice, , loathed bigotry. She taught that differences soon became a god of legal pressure to conform should be enjoyed, not feared. to the status quo. FASSBUCK, the hustling god of money. His The god demands prompt and unquestioning followers attempted to amass wealth by any obedience from all of his followers. Those who means available. resist him are immediately designated for BALLOT, once a god of political power, extermination. remained on the Pantheon largely because COW, a goddess considered so sacred that only Lawanorder thought he kept the masses the name, occasionally accompanied by "sacred" contented. or "holy," was ever mentioned. The TWELFTH POSITION was filled by a SYENS, god of progress and technological different deity each week, his identity being' "magic," possessed one of the smallest based on total record sales for the preceding denominations, primarily because he wa„ seven days^ 1 isn't any room over there," he said. Chapin said that if the Library ever did get a 100 per cent increase in books, the main Library would have to DESK CLOSED double its size and staff. The often -opposed extension of Library closing hours also depends on an increase of funds and staff, he explained. The faculty library committee is studying the PLEASE GO TO MAIN feasibility of keeping the main Library open until 2 a.m. "We would at least like to open the undergraduate library, space and materials, at exam time," Chapin said. "The problem is getting students to work that late, especially during finals." CIRCULATION DESK TO Chapin said he was confident the Library was serving the student body well, although he said its size and "Grand Central Station" atmosphere overwhelms freshmen. "Every year we have 10,000 new people to orient," he CHARGE OUT BOOKS. said. To a student who came from a school with library, MSU can seem terribly large. There isn't the a small familiar sight of book shelves on the first floor to comfort them." The Sullivan Report was President Hannah's effort to study the status and future of MSU's libraries. (continued from front) "President Wharton has given every indication that he 70 found MSU still short of several of the goals the thinks the Library is a matter of great importance to this committee recommended be realized by 1974. University," Chapin said.. Ranked with 39 other university libraries, MSU placed Chapin said he did not forsee another Ad Hoc Library 22nd in book and binding expenditures, up from 27th place Report, but pointed out that the library system is under on the 1968 - 69 list. The Library also went up from 21st constant reappraisal by the faculty library committee. to 19th place in volumes added. It remained 26th in number of volumes held, however, and dropped from 26th place to 27th in total expenditures, 28th to 36th in staff size and 8th to 11th in student assistant size. "Our growth depends primarily on funds, and our funds have been down in the past few years like everyone else's," Chapin said. "We did receive a small increase in funds last year but what we really need is massive transfusions, not just small ones," he said. "There is more than a 100 per cent gap between our collection and that of the libraries in the top 10." Harvard University, ranked as the leading university library system, spends a total of $8,523,692 and has a collection of 8,278,473 volumes. The Sullivan Report was written in 1964 under the supervision of Richard Sullivan, dean of the College of Arts and Letters. The problem then, as now, Chapin said, was obtaining additional resources in funds, books, space "We're pretty low and staff to meet the needs of serving a growing university. on the priority list, MSL"s major achievement since the Sullivan Report was but at least we are the construction of the new wing of the main Library three ahead of years ago. "We're pretty low on the priority list," he said, "but we Communication are at least ahead of Communication Arts." A new building Arts." for the College of Communication Arts has been planned Richard £. for several years. Chapin Chapin said that the library's total expenditures were $3,144,531 for 1969 - 70 because of an increase in the cost of materials. The report had projected that total expenditures would be $3,130,000. He added that the biggest Library expense was in duplicating copies, up 10 per cent from the previous year. He said that the two dorm libraries, Wilson and Conrad, are doing well and will continue to operate at present levels. "Brody will remain a small research library. There just Library resources of Michigan's three largest universities Total Exp. per Books per School Enrollment Rank Total Expenditures Rank student Volumes held Rank student MSU 44,092 15th $3,144,531 27th $71 1,638,197 26th 37 U-M 39,661 16th $5,988,750 5th $150 4,175,686 4th 105 $3,530,167 21st $99 1,277,421 43rd 35 Wayne State 35,655 20th