Election IssueVol. 69, No. 30 University of Chicago, April 12, I960 31History of governmentBackground of present SGTho UC Student govern¬ment was founded in 1947.Since that time, SG has seena great many parties, haswithstood much criticism, hasachieved a fair number of posi¬tive accomplishments, but hasnever received full support ofthe majority of students.The need for an organized stu¬dent government on any campusis outlined by a former SG presi¬dent: “Without such a groupthere would be no means of for¬mally addressing the administra¬tion of the school. If a student hasa complaint, there should be chan¬nels by which he can collect sup¬port for his argument and pre¬sent it to the faculty, to othergroups of students on this cam¬pus and throughout the nation,and even to higher legislativebodies in our political system."Beyond tills there are the ob¬vious advantages that can be ob¬tained by any organized group oflieople. For example, each yearti»e student government has of¬fered a chartered flight to Eu¬ro)*, available to anyone con-neeted with ttie University andhis family, at a rate much lowerthan standard airline flights; SGoperates a service center, whichprovides a laundry and dry-clean¬ing services, a book exchange,and a student loan service, in thebasement of the Reynolds club.However, only about 22 percent of the registered students oncampus voted in the spring elec¬tions of 1959.To gain a better perspective onthe relation of SG to the studentbody, one might review the or¬ganization’s 12-year history.At the founding of SG in 1947,there existed a group generallyconsidered to be representativeof the fraternity system and agroup voicing independents’claims. One year later, both ofthe original parties were reducedto the state of dissolution when anew group, the Independent Stu¬dent League (ISL), took over. In¬terested primarily in “the studentas students” ISL swept 75 of theavailable 85 seats in the govern¬ment.In the elections from 1949 to1952, ISL succeeded in retainingcontrol of the government in spiteof the formation by opponents ofsuch parties as the Student As¬sembly Reform Coalition (SA-RC), Non-Partisan StudentsLeague (NPSL), and the Inde¬pendent Coalition (IC).The election in 1949 gave 55seats to ISL and 20 seats to SARC.The assembly sought to definethe general purpose of the Gov¬ernment and establish some rap-|M»rt with the administration ofthe school. A “Statute of Powers"was drawn up. The administra¬tion accepted the “Student bill ofRights." Thus, SG had begun toestablish its scope of power notonly with these documents, butalso with the original constitutionof 1947. SG was granted thepower to recognize and regulatestudent organization, and the Stu-derd-Faculty-administration courtwas established.In 1950, ISL took 60 seats andits oposition took only five. It wasin this assembly that ISL estab¬lished the principle that the partywi power had the right to regulate the machinery of the Government.This was carried out when ISLtook over all the seats on theExecutive council.Two more parties came intobeing in the election of 1951 asNPSL died. Independent Coali¬tion and the Union of College in¬dependents were in fact onlysplinter groups of the old ISL andmanaged to gain only 25 seats be¬tween them, while three morewent to other independents.Throughout these elections, ISLhad stressed a policy of slowlyworking problems out.with theadministration through confer¬ences and discussions. The oppo¬sition was founded on the beliefthat controversy should be solvedas quickly as possible with what¬ever means were at hand.A student exchange programwith Frankfurt university wasestablished that year.Finally in 1952. ISL was de¬feated by a newly formed party,the Student Representative party(SRP). Their slogan was, “A freeuniversity in a free society" andtheir victory was a narrow one,25 seats to SRP, 21 to ISL, andthree for IC.ISL rallied again in 1953 to winthe election of that year with 29 seats taken against 14 for SRP.Discrimination, a question thathad first appeared on the floorduring the previous year, was re¬considered in a bill called theMichigan plan. Passed in 1952,this plan resolved not to recog¬nize any student organization oncampus that practiced discrim¬ination.In 1954, ISL won its most de¬cisive victory by sweeping 42seats to SRP’s 3. SRP bouncedback in 1955 however to win bya slim 2t>-24 count. 1955 was thedesperate year that saw so manypresidents (four) and an anti-SGpetition. ~In the 1956-57 elections, ISLswept the College slate by takingall 19 seats. They also took 18seats in the divisions for a totalof 37 seats to 13 SRP and three toIndependents.In the elections of 1957, a newtype of party came into beingwhich expressed a disgust withsuch stunts as the walkout of theISL party one week before NSAelections. This new party wascalled VICE, and promised “ifelected, we will not serve.” Theydrew 17 per cent of the voters.The rank and file party mem¬bers of ISL who felt that they UC students gather together to discuss election predic¬tions.were doing all the work while afew “hacks” ran the governmentwent on to form their own party,the Independent Association (IA).Meanwhile the hacks themselvesformed a party called the UglyTen (UT) and ruled Student gov¬ernment in a coalition with SRP.The end of the school year saw abill from this coalition which in¬dicated Dean of Students RobertM. Strozier for threatening toveto a pay raise for service cen¬ter employees. The dean politelyignored the “indictment."The 1957-58 assembly was con¬trolled by SRP (30) while ISLheld only 16 seats.The government of 1958-59 wasprimarily concerned with off-cam¬pus issues. Also in the list of ac¬complishments for last year were several re-evaluations by SG andthe revival of a newsletter.Last spring’s election saw an¬other victory for ISL. Independ¬ent parties were active also. Theywere the Independent Revolution¬ary party (IRP), and the Partyfor Student Action (PSA). IRPwas concerned with representa¬tion by residence; PSA seemedmost concerned with practicalproblems such as the bookstore,car pools, etc. The Law schoolgave “overwhelming” support tothe Nazi party, a new party, withthree seats.This year, the activities of SGcentered on both on-campus andoff-campus issues. On campus, SGexpanded the Student flight toEurope, conducted a-referendumon UC’s participation in NSA(Continued on page 4)USNSA furthers welfareFive national delegates, andfive national alternates, willbe elected by the campusWednesday, April 13, to rep¬resent UC in the NationalStudents Association.NSA is a confederation of col¬lege student bodies representedthrough their student govern¬ments. With some 300 membersrepresenting 600,000 students, theAssociation is the largest repre¬sentative national student organ¬ization in the world. The dele¬gates elected on Wednesday willrepresent UC to NSA on twolevels. The “top five" will be dele¬gates to the Congress at the Uni¬versity of Minnesota this summerat which the “second five" willserve as alternates. These dele¬gates plus one other person willbe the delegates to the Illinois-Wisconsin regional meeting heldat this University, April 22, 23,and 24. Six alternates will bechosen by the Executive council.The basic unit of NSA is thestudent body. The student gov¬ernment is the channel throughwhich the Association reachesthis large group. Well over 90per cent of all accredited col¬leges have some type of self-governing body which by virtueof its composition and constitu¬tion is recognized by both the stu¬dents and the administration asrepresentative of the student com¬munity as a whole. NSA is neithersuperior to nor independent ofthe student community as awhole; rather it functions as anintegral part of the body.-All policies and programs ofNSA are established by the an¬nual National Student congress.Each member school may sendone or more voting delegates tothis meeting according to theschool population. Emergency policies may be enacted by thenational executive committee be¬tween meetings of the Congress,but these policies are subject toreview.Each of the member schools be¬longs to one of the twenty regionsof NSA. These regions have theirown constitutions, officers, dues,and programs of intercollegiatecooperation. The latter includeconferences, workshops, clinics,newsletters, and region-widemeetings or assemblies.Each region has one representa¬tive on the national executivecommittee (NEC) and this isusually the regional chairman.Larger regions (more than 40,000students represented) have a sec¬ ond member on the NEC. Thisbody meets three times a year toreview the operations of the Asso¬ciation and to hear reports fromthe national staff.The national staff is made upof the six elected national offi¬cers and appointed administrativepersonnel. The national officersare elected by the National Stu¬dent congress for one-year terms.They must be students at mem¬ber schools and accredited mem¬bers of the Congress at the timeof their election. Five of these of¬ficers take a year’s leave of ab¬sence from their studies to serve.NSA was founded in 1946 whentwenty-five American students at¬tending the World Student con¬ gress at Prague became awarethat the United States stood al¬most alone without a representa¬tive national student group.Their interest led to the callingof the Chicago Student confer¬ence in December, 1946, to con¬sider formation of such an or¬ganization. It was held on the UCcampus in Mandel hall. Represen¬tatives from 300 colleges and 25student organizations preparedrecommendations on its charac¬ter and structure and elected acontinuations committee to pre¬pare a draft constitution and or¬ganize the Constitutional conven¬tion.(Continued on page 2)Candidates voice opinionsIn an attempt to further ex¬plain the various parties’ standson pertinent campaign issues theMaroon interviewed candidatesfrom the four parties (ISL, SRP,IRP, GAPS) and some independ¬ent candidates, for their opinionsReorganization ofStudent GovernmentSidney Weissman, IRP: “I be¬lieve in complete reorganizationof election methods so that thestudent will have some contactwith the people he elects. Underthe present system, no one is cer¬tain who his own individual rep¬resentative is, which leaves SGresponsible solely to itself. Thisfault would be remedied by elect¬ing representatives according toresidence. This would entailgranting a certain number ofseats to people in the differentdorms and fraternities plus a pro¬portional number of representa¬ tives to be elected by the com¬muters and apartment dwellers.”Dave Emin, independent: “I be¬lieve that the ineffectiveness ofthe present system of apportion¬ment is manifested in the ineffec¬tiveness of SG. Many non-inter-ested people control many SGseats. The people most active inSG are college students, not thedivisional students who are notconcerned with most of the SGquestions. (Many of these peopleare married and feel no responsi¬bility to SG.) The most effectivemeans of combatting SG apathyis to arrange the system accord¬ing to living units so that peopleoff campus can point to their rep¬resentative. The people off cam¬pus will have their representa¬tives also. The number oi repre¬sentatives should be proportionalto the number of votes cast bythe group. Reapportionmentshould be yearly, and the neces¬ sary data is always readily avail¬able. This will provide an activeand efficient Student govern¬ment.”David Margolies, SRP: “Thestudent body is not just an under¬graduate thing. All forms ol re¬organization suggested so far willdestroy the unity of the studentbody in favor of housing units,cutting out most graduate stu¬dents and many undergraduates.”Maureen Byers, ISL: “The ques¬tion of restructuring the assem¬bly of Student government hasbeen in the wind for nearly threeyears. Many proposals have beensuggested, investigated, offeredto the campus for approval, andsubsequently rejected on groundsof infeasibility. Three years ofconsideration have led me to be¬lieve that the present system ofrepresentation is the most work¬able and desirable.Many objections have been(Continued on page 4)/SG considers manydeeds of past year“This year’s Student govern- Dean. A study of the Bookstorement, though perhaps faced with has been conducted and plansmore than the usual number of made for the establishment of ahardships, has accomplished co-operative bookstore on a smallmore of benefit to the students, scale. An amendment to the Stu-both on the practical and repre- dent Code has been passed whichsentative levels, than any govern- establishes a room reservationment of the past four years,” said priority system administeredMaureen Byers, president of SG. jointly by the Activities officeAmong the achievements of SG and SG. A list of faculty members .this year are: who are willing to serve as facul- For the first time in years Chicago’s Student governmentA list of Hyde Park stores ty fellows has been compiled and is right where it belongs: on its feet. All in all, this year’swhich give discounts to students distributed by the StudenbFacul- Assembly. It is also now easier to government has been responsible, articulate and informedwas published by SG for the first ty Relations committee. A pro- bring legislation to the floor of Fighting a tradition of in-group bickering and politicking!time in three years. SG success- gram of seminars with faculty tbe Assembly. the fifty representatives who compose the student Assemblyfully negotiated for longer libra- members, in their homes, is being SG has held a referendum have managed to complete a number of significant projectsry hours, especially the reserve Planned1 m cooperation with Dean which showed that campus sup. Now that this fortunate tradition has been establishedand reading rooms. A Student Li- bimpson. port was behind NS A. A new more productive measures should follow,brary Advisory board has been Following the recommends- method of choosing alternateestablished to provide communi- tions of the NSA, the assembly delegates to NSA regionals has SG is now strongevenUnfortunately, it will probably be several years before thecation of the student needs to the has passed resolutions calling for beeiT established. This will pro- £amPus as a whoite realizes the change which has come overLibrary administration. These the withdrawal of UC from the vide a training ground for Na- goveinment. Until campus opinion catches up with thewere all done by the Campus Ac- National Defense Education act, tional delegates. SG has worked fa^ts, Student government will be plagued by an erroneoustion committee. The Executive if the disclaimer affidavit act, through NSA to give unequivocal reputation and a grievious lack of prestige,committee established a second the loyalty oa t h requirements support to the "sit-in” movements At no time of the year is this lack of prestige more unfor-flight to Europe. were not dropped. Negotiations the South. NSA has authorized tunate than now — election week. Too many students,The Student Service center, un- are being carried on with the the NSA committee of SG to help despairing of government ever accomplishing anything, sim-der the direction of former SG Housing office to get the discrim- organize and support an All Chi- ply refuse to vote. Other students, for reasons inexplicable topresident Emil Johnson, has cut inatory listings dropped from the Cago civil Rights committee. us, form splinter parties distracting voters and sincere can-its deficit from $950 to $50 over University file. The Government feels they didates from the serious questions involved in the electionthe past three years Plans for a A bill to expedite the removal have made real progress this year Too many students vote out of ignorance, assuming that therefootbridge across Woodlawn ave- of SG members who do not at- and have laid the groundwork for u nothing to know about the government,nue have been submitted to the tend meetings was passed by the future government action. An ^ stlfdent government fa *f immenSe value to thecampus. There are certain governmental activities which noother group seems capable of duplicating: the flight to Europe,the Student service center, increased library hours, enforce¬ment of the Student Bill of Rights and so forth.We urge you to examine the record of this year’s govern¬ment; to consider the proposals and platforms prof erred bynation plagued by segregation and racial prejudice, a nation threatened by legislation grant- 5JS 5n aSing money for education on the basis of a sworn oath. These are situations which affect us ^J\h ^ ilrt °«^ mw e^tl+V!f an.(by virtue of our citizenship. Simply because we are students, we are not offered an exemp- . ..." *n s^ort» "e urge ^ou *° vote* an(* t0 vo1°tion from these problems; rather, as students we are given a basis for our stand. SRP, g y‘recognizing this situation, bases its philosophy on three premises:Student-as-student and stu-SRP PARTY PLATFORMThe United States today is a nation in danger of contamination from nuclear fall-out, al.dent-as-citizen are one and insep- body a clear report of exactly the goals of the world disarma-arable, and to attempt to separate where the student’s money goes, ment and a ban on nuclear test-the two is unrealistic. of how his tuition, and particu- ing. We feel that or.iy in a world (Continued from page 1)NSA lists aims2. As citizens, as students, we larly how his fees are spent,must, ourselves, make our opin- SRP believes that a feasible al-ions known. ternative to the proposed student3. Not only must we speak, but cooperative bookstore, which weact as well have long supported, is an expan-SRP believes that the program 5io" Realities of the stu-it here presents, as well as those ,b°°^ exchange to includeit has presented in the past, is ordering new books for students. free from the tensions of war and . , ,. , „the fear of atomic annihilation This was held in September, ties for education and foster thecan true academic freedom and 1947, at the University of Wiscon- recognition of the rights and re-an unfettered spirit of inquiry sin and was attended by represen- sponsibilities of students to theexjst# tatives of 350 colleges. Establish- school, the community and God,SRP joins the rest of the world ing the PrinciPle of membership and to preserve the interestsin deploring the police brutality by student government rather and integrity of the governmentand mass murder in South Africa, * b a n national organization, they and the constitution of the Unit-fully consistent with, and a dem-,a® Sreat sa ings over LC boo and believes this a violation of ification by individual alleges, As the most representative stu-onstration of, this philosophy. . .. , , . "*be Universal Charter of Human ejected officers and mapped out a dent organization in this country,chniiid in ri* Rights” of the United Nations, program for the new Association. NSA focuses national and worldregarding the curriculum and We would urge the Trusteeship As each college government ad- public attention on the views ofwould like to see established a council of the U.N. to compel the °Pted the constitution, it endorsed the American student. It alsoUnion of South Africa to forfeit the aims and Purposes of NSA as serves the students of the nationits claim to South West Africa,mandated to it under the Leagueof Nations, until it respects itsagreement regarding the livesand welfare of the peoples of that... in the UniversityCommunitySRP is disturbed by the growthof a paternalistic attitude on thepart of the administration in itsdealings with the student body.We believe that University of Chi¬cago students are mature enoughto regulate their private lives.Consequently, we object to the student-faculty advisory boardthat would at least make knownstudent opinion on academicchanges.SRP believes that the Inter-Fra¬ternity council itself should con¬duct a complete and thorough in-University’s strict regulation of v^stigation of early rushing and region.hours for women in the dormi¬tory system, to the harsh and un¬even punishments meted out forinfractions of these regulations,to the University’s attempt to es¬tablish a code of proper socialbehavior, and to the practice of throughout the South who arethe effects it might have on theUniversity community.. . . in the NationSRP extends its support to theNegro and white students a free University in afree society outlined in the preamble, which by planning and promoting Inter-dedicated the Association to: collegiate projects. Through themaintain academic freedom, annual meeting of the Nationalstimulate and improve demo- Student congress and through re-cratic student governments, de- gional assemblies, policy decisionsvelop better educational stand- are taken on issues "which affectaids, improve student welfare, students in their role as stu-promote international under- dents.” These decisions guide thestanding, guarantee to all peo- NSA officers in their activitiespie equal rights and possibili- throughout the year.IRP PARTY PL1. Representation by Residence — Under the present system of delegates chosen from thepersonal reports written on stu- protesting discriminatory treat- college “at large,” no representative really is responsible in government to anyone but him-dents by housing assistants who ment in public eating places. We self. The government is thus effectively divorced from the campus as no workable machin-many times know little more than urge support of NSA and CORE ery exists by which the delegates may ascertain campus opinion. On the other hand thisthe student’s name and are sel- in coordinating and organizing lack of connection promotes and has promoted the pall of apathy which hangs over the gov¬ern qualified to evaluate him. sympathy demonstraticns. We ernment as a whole. IRP proposes that each residence system (fraternities,dorms,apart-We pledge ourselves to work for further urge that our fellow stu- ment( commuters) be directlya more enlightened hours policy, dents withhold patronage from rpnr ’ ntpH hv a rPenont.jbip elate there are 50 interested people. Itand for the abolition of assistant the chain stores involved in these fd] t Lt onlv do we be. is not fine when at the end of theresident head evaluations. ctriw” ,,^tu tu™ or aeiegaies. inoi omy ao were ***~"sit-in strikes AimsThe only aim of IRP is to re-SRP recognizes that discrimi- their discriminatory practices allnation in any form is repugnant over the country,to the dignity of man. We are SRP feels that the bill pres-therefore opposed to the present ently in Congress proposing apractice of the administration of "Point Four Youth Corps” as anuntil they alter .. ... mj„ht stir interest but year its composition is entirely form the Student government bynni nraiitipoB nil ° t , u .1 .1. - • , ,, . 1 , 4different from what it was at the whatever method is most feasible,beginning, if it cannot get a quor-it would also give students’ representatives whose problems aretheir own.2. Sliding proportional repre¬listing discriminatory housing in alternative to the universal draft station—IRP believes that the works to the disadvantage of anits housing file, and we urge sup- offers an effective and construe- present system of representation, jnterested) enthusiastic govern- *port of the Jacobson-Mendelson- tive solution to the draft problem. the divisions receive over ment> as frequently, in the eventRiddick bill, designed to eliminate We therefore offer our support 50/<? of the delegates and castthis practice. to this bill and urge that Student under 50% of the vote, is absurd.SRP supports the principle and government do the same. Since our stand places responsi-practice of urban renewal as be- SRP believes that a provision bd^ interest on the systeming necessary for the growth and for a loyalty oath, as well as a earner than on the student, wedevelopment of urban centers, disclaimer affidavit, in wmnpv favor a reorganization um, or if half its time is spentfilling vacancies. Here again thepresent representation systemof a one party sweep, indifferentand disinterested "last-minute”candidates are elected.4. It is nice to order Mao outof Tibet with fiery letters. How-uevt-iupineiii UI uioan centers, disclaimer amaavit, in money J^or a reorganization ^which ^ ^ ^ goyernment rep_However, we oppose any program given for education is repugnant ^ldr„^Lntation acco?dine to resents at ieast 50 % of the stu-which overtly or covertly sup- to democratic principles and to ®10n representation according to believes we shouldports racially segregated housing academic freedom. We therefore Jbe P^as, of .the stick to our own problems,patterns. We ask the directors of continue joining our voice with total cast in the previous election.the program of redevelopment for others in asking the University to Tbis is better than any arbitrary 5. IKF pledges that any candi-Hyde Park to clarify their pro- withdraw from the National De- divis.lon- “ “ bases apportion- date elecM on its sla e w. 1 sup-gram and explain what provisions are included for the hous- oath is retained,ing needs of students.SRP would ask that the admin¬istration present to the student2 • CHICAGO ment on interest and will give port this platform exclusively. Wemose representation to those wil1 no* re interpret, philosophize,most interested allow our personalities to run3. A scaling down of the whole ™npant, or go back on our plat-government apparatus - A 50 form in any way as the presentSRP continues its support of member assembly is fine only if government has done.MAROONfense Education Act if the loyalty!n the World Students voting in las*year's SG, NSA elections.April 12, 1960ISL I'AUTY PLATFORMrISL holds that representation in ths assembly must rest on the broad base of a firmparty structure of principles and programs Since 1948 we have maintained the principlesof the group responsibility of an organized political party in Student government.No SG should spend its time trying to solve the problem of the world. On the other handan SG which pursues the ostrich-like policy of pretending that the students’ interests arebounded by 55th street and the Midway will not be fulfilling its proper function. Soundjudgment and. efficient orgamza- — 1 ution are required to strike the common goals. Competing fae- which are required for courses,proper balance between on and **ons w“h no more in common A successful operation of thisoff campus activities. than a desire for control would project would demonstrate thatDuring the past year, the ISL cons!^eJ‘ a* len8th matters which students have the ability to rungovernment has overcome the would be better left to the Inter- more extensive co-operative serv-inertia created by two years of house. mid the Inter-Fraternity ices. ^administration by the opposition councils. Negotiations will be carried outparty. The activities include a supports the proposed Stu- with the housing staff to bringgreater range of programs which dent Code amendment requiring about codification of maximumhave resulted in more concrete that a student must be in his sec- punishments concerning women’sactions benefiting the students. ond quarter at the University in hours. This would protect stu-However, there is much left to be order to pledge a fraternity—i.e., dents from arbitrary punishmentsdone. Several programs have been deferred pledging. We feel that while allowing for flexibility ininitiated which require the con- preservation of deferred cases with mitigating circum-tinued efforts and attention of Pledgmg is of University-wide im- stances.ISL in the government and the portance and that SG has the re-sustained support of the campus, sponsibility of insuring that it isNSA effective agency retained.ISL believes that NSA repre- Establish bookstoresents the most effective agency ISL believes that the most ef- .. T ,. .for dealing with off-campus af- fective and informed actions on . Il\ the e.ve!lt that the flle re’fairs and that the committee sys- off-campus issues can be obtained mai!?ed discriminatory or was dis¬tem represents the most effective by working through the auspices co"tlnl^5’ Student* governmentorganization for dealing with of USNSA and particularly the J.ndeF T.SL.woul.d establish a non-those of the campus. Accordingly, ,NSA-Academic Freedom commit- discriminatory file of its own. Inwe have divided our platform into tee on campus. A separate and en- Edition, we propose that SG m-specific proposals for action by iarged budget should be provided A ° "TT Pr.°b'the SG committees and NSA. for this committee which could *em °.fISL believes that the experience appropriate funds from the budg- own?d or subsidized by the Um-of the past year has shown that et independent of the Assembly versity-the present system of representa- when executing a decision or re- The University should work totion in SG is a workable one and qUest of USNSA. Insure a number of apartments inthat the Assembly should con- isl favors the institution of a the Hyde Park area that are in-tinue to act within it rather than Faculty seminar program to be expensive enough for students,spend valuable time considering administered by the Student- We favor the re-establishmentfurther plans for restructure. Faculty Relations committee of of the Student Advisory boardIn particular, we believe that SG. The program would consist which would confer with repre¬representation by living units of weekly or bi-weekly meetings sentatives of the faculty. In par-would be unwise. The first objec- of eight to twelve students with ticular ISL members of the boardtion to this system is that many a faculty member at his home on would be concerned with improv-students living off-campus could prearranged subjects of the fac- ing the advisory system, reversingnot be effectively represented, ulty member’s choice. the trend away from trusting stu-Secondly, the representatives ISL will establish a student-run dent judgment, and insuring thatelected from University houses co-operative bookstore. This store the general education portion ofand Fraternities would have no would sell paper bound books the curriculum not be decreased.G&PS PARTY PLATFORMUC assures apartmentsThe University should re ,?vediscriminatory listings from itshousing file or abolish the file it-The Graduate and Professional studentsparty feels that in the past, graduate schoolcandidates of the major undergraduate par¬ties have been induced to run merely so thatthe political party in question could win con¬trol of the Student government. As a conse¬quence of this, few of the graduate representativesever actively attended meetings of the govern-mnt and as a result the government has been con-trolled by undergraduate groups. Our party feelsthat most graduate students often do not haveenough time or interest to attend Student govern¬ment meetings. We feel therefore that the under¬graduate students should have their own Studentgovernment. (With some provision for representa¬tion of graduate divisions in a separate structure,if necessary.) However, we feel that as the gov¬ernment stands now, graduate students must takea more active role in order to prevent the occasion¬ally irresponsible acts of the current Student gov¬ernment, which represents the entire University.We take the following stands on importantissues:1) We believe in more responsible legislation onthe part of Student government and in general weobject to actions taken by the government concern¬ing non-University and non-student affairs.2) We support the right of Student governmentto back southern and all other students in theirlegitimate and non-violent attempts to achieve lib¬erty and equality as guaranteed them by the Con¬stitution of the United. States.3) We feel that the traffic situation on the Uni¬versity of Chicago campus is dangerous. Arrange¬ments should be made for the closing of Ellis,University and Woodlawn avenues to through ve¬ hicular traffic. We believe these actions should betaken before, and not after some major pedestriantragedy occurs.4) We feel that the current housing list of theUniversity should be changed to exclude all per¬sons offering rooms for rent with restrictions onthe basis of the race or religion of the prospectiveoccupant.5) We fully support the action of the most re¬cent meeting of the Student government in recom¬mending the construction of a new swimming fa¬cility on campus.6) We are in favor of investigation of the pos¬sibility o * the return of football to the UniversityIntercollegiate athletic program as suggested atthe last Student government meeting. We feel,however, that the initiation of such action shouldbe from the Faculty senate.7) We believe a more extensive counciling andadvising system is necessary for the students ofthe University.8) We believe that the two political parties cur¬rently owing the Student government close to onethousand dollars be obliged to make an attempt atsatisfying this debt.Our slate of representatives for Student gov¬ernment:Medical School:Lawrence HefterRobert HillmanPaul HofferOur slate of representatives for NSA are:Dennis BartonGeorge PlazkPaul B. Hoffer, temporary president.Graduate and Professional Students partyINational Student AssociationDelegates — 5 seatsSRP IRP GfirPSPMady Chalk Jim Duncan Dennis BartonThea Feldman M. Heyman George PlzakM. Friedman Ronald KayeL. Landry Elliot LilienDave Margolies S. WeissmanISLMaureen ByersLen FriedmanGail ParadiseDan SchubertJim Thomason IndependentBob BrownAlternates ■ 5 seatsISL SRPJohn Kim John HicksDave Nelson^ Paul LevyJohn Hodgess Roper Art MacEwenJohn Schuerman Richard MerbaumVivian Scott Bill Routt IRPJudy ChristianArt HarrisRichard LevySteve McCreadySteven Meltz SG election slateCollege — 18 seatsIRP ISLHayden Boyd Maureen ByersSusan Buccinna Bert CohlerMarcia Buchman - Ozzie ConklinJay Budin Len FriedmanJudy Christian Judy FrostGary Crane Caryle GeierJim Duncan Jay GreenbergJill Gerson Maitland GriffithSheldon Glasser Pete HarrisonMary Jo Graham Bob HauserMarjory Heyman Liz HeathRonald Kaye Dave NelsonRichard Levy Gail ParadiseElliot Lilien Bill ShewStephen McCready Buzz StennSteven Meltz Jim ThomasonWill Provine Betty WolfSidney Weissman Janet ZlotowSRP IndependentsThea Feldman Jim BestJay Flocks Frank P. BhunklotsMarie-Louise Friedman Fred DavisLeanne Goldstein David EminHarry Henderson Mike HrindaJohn Dimitry Hicks Stan IrvineEugene Kadish Thayer LindauerMichael Kaufman Steve MaxsonNeil Kemeson Fred MillerPaul Levy John MillsArthur MacEwan William RosenthalDavid MargoliesRichard MerbaumDonald NelsonGlenna RossWilliam RouttMurray SchacherArthur SilvermanBiological Sciences — 2 seatsISLRobert ProctorFrank WeingartenHumanities — 4 seatsISLFinley CampbellPeter McKeonKitty Scoville SRPJoan BoydPhysical Sciences — 4 seatsISLRichard ArnoldJay BakerSocial Sciences — 8 seatsISLAlan DowtyJohn KimDan KlenbortDon RichardsNorm RobertsonDan SchubertVivian Scott SRPPeter BrownstoneLawrence LandryDesmond SealyMedical School — 3 seotsGfirPSPLawrence HefterRobert HillmanPaul HoefferISLJohn JanewiczDave Rothman ISLEdward BrodyLarry SchweitzerLow — 3 seotsSRPFred Cohen SRPRostik ZajtchukIndependentsArt PetersonGary StoUISLFrank BroudeJerry Case Business — 3 seotsSRPJan Dahler IndependentJerry ZaugFederoted Theological School — 3 seatsISLWalter BaeseNancy McFaddenFred WeinbergSocial Service Administration — 2 seotsISLEldene BushBarbara HunterGraduate Library School — I seatAnril 12 I960 • CHICAGO MAROON •Candidates support partf standsf Continued from page 1) structuring of government. Openraised in the past and are being meetings that were well publi-raised now, against the system of cized in the Maroon were heldrepresentation by academic units, by the E and R committee, andThe most serious of these con- the complete lack of student re-cerns the role that the graduate sponse indicated a strong apathyrepresentatives play in the work toward the question of restructur-oi the assembly. For a long time ing of Student government,now the political air has been However, the E and R commit-fiiled with the cry that graduate tee did make one last attempt atstudents are not interested in Stu- discovering whether there was adent government; that they do general dissatisfaction with thenot particularly wish to be repre- present system and whether theresented; and that by using a sys- was an alternative system thattern of academic representation, had considerable campus-widethe government is forcing them support. Within the SG assembly,into a situation in which they de graduate students had suggestedsire to have no part. This cry can that there might be support atbe answered in two ways—philo- least in the graduate schools andsophically and factually! the divisions for a student gov-“The academic situation on this ernment that either representedcampus is unique insofar as there undergraduates only or else rep-is no absolute line of demarcation resented undergraduates andbetween the student’s life as an graduates in separate bodies,undergraduate and as a graduate. Some representatives from theThis point taken, it must also be College suggested that studentconsidered that 62 per cent of the government should represent thepopulation here is graduate and entire University, but without dis-cannot justifiably be excluded, linction of academic status oreven partially, from the govern- registration.ment of the campus. The Univer- The E and R committee undersity is one community, not two the SG assembly’s direction con-separate bodies. This must be ac-jKducted a straw poll along withcounted for in any governing the winter NSA referendum thatagency. gave students a choice of any one* . i . ' . _ i of the three proposals outlinedA?o7,bey SSVSrM »•*>- and retentionlike to say this: The MKMsn as Present system o lpn.iwrt.omdsembiy is imposed of 19 College representat'on^lrom academyrepresentatives and 31 from the that the retentiondivisions and professional schools: ,hebresent system receivedIn thepast assemblies, It has-®1 ,lle Present system reeeiveabeen found that by the end of a he greatest number of votes mterm of office, this composition- *he Col ege the divisions, and thehad changed radically- to the professional schools,point where the College was af-, > The votes for the other threeforded many more represent a- proposals were fairly evenly di-tives than it was originally al \ ided, and less than ten percentlowed. This year, however, such of those voting suggested an al-has not been the case. At present ternate proposal to the four pre-the assembly has five vacancies, sented. More than half of theWith the: 45 iremaining members,■; alternate proposals consisted ofeach academic.unit is represented■■ the abolishment of Student gov-in the proportion which it is a! <m nment.lowed by the Constitution with Combination of apathy,only two individual exceptions. . . .This ■■means' that the assembly’s satisfactioncomposition has remained about The results of this straw poll95 pei cent constant, so far as clearly showed a combination ofacademic unit representation is apathy toward any particular re-concerned. But this is no accident, structuring proposal, including“It requires a great deal of ef- any particular one not repre¬fort on the part of the assembly sented on the ballot, and someas a whole to effect this result, amount of satisfaction with theHowever, taking into account the present structure of the Studentdisadvantages of other proposed government assembly. In the SGsystems and their lack of sup assembly, there was generalport. I consider it ext remedy agreement that further discussionworthwhile to expend the effort of restructuring would be fruit-involved to retain the present sys- less, and all restructuring pro*tom on an effective basis." posals were thereupon tabled in-Len Friedman, ISL: “For more definitely. y.than a year, restructuring pro- The only proposal for restrue-posals concerning the apportion- turing that was not specificallyment of seats and the method of dealt with by the assembly waselection involved in the determina- that of representation by livingtion of who is seated in the SG units in the assembly, a proposalassembly have occupied a great that was brought forth by IRP inthe spring 1959 elections.There was no support at ali forsuch a restructuring plan withinthe assembly and no plan wasever formally presented to theassembly or the E and R commit¬tee. The last time such a plan hadbeen discussed in a SG electioncampaign was in the fall 1957campaign, when Gary Stoll whowas then running as an independ¬ent from the College promised tolook into the feasibility of repre¬sentation by living units. Uponfurther consideration of the plansubsequent to his election, Mr.Stoll decided that the plan wasvery impractical.The impracticality of this planlies in the constitution of the elec¬torate at UC. Less than forty percent of the registered studentslive on the campus either in dor¬mitories or fraternities.Representing forty percent ofthe campus by one system andsixty percent by another systemcould only lead to a general de¬terioration of campuswide sup¬port for SG and a far greater dif¬ficulty in obtaining candidates forthe assembly who could truly besaid to represent the wholecampus.Int. House impossibleto representIn addition, living units such asInternational house would be im¬possible to represent as an inter¬est group, and they would defeatthe only reasons for this repre¬sentation plan. Furthermore, evenif this plan was feasible, it wouldbe undesirable. The result of thisplan would not be to bring ameaningful student governmentmore in contact with the studentson campus, but rather would- beto disgust more students on cam¬ pus with a Student governmentthat would be involved with thepetty interests of people who arevoting as members of a livingunit rather than as members ofthe University community.Government would be reducedto a group of people whose con¬cerns and responsibilities wouldbe to small groups of studentswhose natural concerns would beonly those issues that particu¬larly touch their life within theirliving unit. This reproportion-ment plan would truly turn gov¬ernment into an organizationwhich would only deal with prob¬lems contained within individualliving units.Art Peterson. Independent: “Re¬sponding to some very generalquestions regarding my candi¬dacy for SG as an independent, Iwill make some equally generalcomments. With the busybodytype of government we now haveeven the students who care andwho have interest are not beingrepresented by their “representa¬tives.” I believe Student govern¬ment should be more than anorganization set up solely to pro¬vide a few people with some “pol¬iticking” experience, and willlend my efforts to the attempt torealize some degree of efficiencyand efficacy for the government.I do not formally affiliate withany of the existing parties forthey apparently are the ones per¬petuating this sad state, and Ithink that binding myself to ex¬press the views of one groupwould hamper my representationof the Law school. In a matterconcerning the Law school I, ofcourse, would do my best to pro¬tect its interests. In other issues,properly within the scope of thegovernment, the people I align with and my strength as an independent will obviously depend onthe issue. Believing that Studentgovernment probably does have arole to play on compus, I’d likehelp it find that role.Judy Christian, IBP: “There is ia general feeling of apathyf'Jfrnot a feeling that SG is a com- !plete farce. I feel that this is nota healthy attitude and shouldremedied if possible. IRP’s planof living-unit representation is astep toward a cure, and I heartilvsupport it.” THarry Henderson, SRP; “SRpitself does not plan to restructurethe Student government itself, itplans to work within the frame rwork to make SG activities moienotoriously and internationally di¬rected. In other words the?'changes we hope for will occur”with the basic structure of go\ernment itself.” . .S;Sue Buccinna, IRP: “I think SB-1is rather ineffective at this point: .It needs more action that’s workable and on a much less ideal-istii-:W39.Michael Kaufman, SRP: “Student government over thetdast'*>term has been rather inactive .They have not proposed mu>garding what to do on the fi.i-%temity problem, on the loyal tvoath, and on such social questions 5as South African apartheid. Andwhile this is not directly assoni .ated with the University it is aconcern of the students as uti-zens.Jill Gerson. IRP: “I’m runningsunder the presumption that «through some of IRP’s policiesStudent government can become ’,representative of the entire cam¬pus. Specifically I am referring,to the plan for population repi.sentation.”■. ; ' -petitions for library hours(Continued from page 1)which reaffirmed campus supportof that organization, published alist of neighborhood stores whichgive discounts to student, peti¬tioned for and obtained better li¬brary hours, passed a studentcode amendment further protect¬ing the right of student organiza¬tions to invite speakers of theirchoice to campus, established asystem by which organizationsmay not have rooms taken awayfrom them less than two weeksbefore the reserved date, provi¬ded/in conjunction with the Stu¬ dent Activities office, for emer¬gency rooms for organizationsneeding space at the last minute.Off-campus, SG took the standthat the University should with¬draw from the NDEA unless theLoyalty Oath and Disclaimer Af¬fidavit provisions were removedfrom that act, a stand later takenin large part by the administra¬tion; SG expressed its sympathywith the philosophies behind theSouthern non-violent sit-in move¬ments and also condemned what ' (_ i'i■Ife'.ttSM termed “the unfair arrests”., ofstudents in Nashville, both ac¬tions taken in conjunction witltthe USNSA.So, in a capsular form, hei>c isthe result of the last twelve year-of campaigning on the UC canvpus: ISL has controlled the as,-,semblies of ’48, ’49, ’50, ’51, ’53,’54, ’56, and that of this year; SRPhas controlled Government in theyears ’52, ’55, ’57, and ’58. 6Jrof the two parties has alwaysbeen in power. J'fdeal of the Student government’stime and effort. I believe ’ thatevents that have taken place dur¬ing the past year and inherentfactors within the constituency of As we g0 to press petitions arestudents on campus make further circuiating throughout the cam-discussion of restructuring a pUS have this referendum putwaste of government manpower on the ballot. It would repiacethat could be better employed in article 2. sec x of the studentsrepresenting the student’s views Bm of Rights which now reads-and serving the students needs. .L officers, chairmen, andE & R discussed plans representatives may be re-During the fall and winter moved for neglect of duty,quarters the E and R committeeof government discussed amt for¬mulated several plans for the re I clearly stated by a % vote, aft¬er having been offered a hear¬ing in the Assembly.”WUCB presentsWUCB will present two spe¬cial Student government pro¬grams this week in connectionwith the SG elections, an¬nounced Bill Katz, News andSpecial events director of thestudent radio station. A discus¬sion of the issues at stake in theelection will be heard at 8:00Tuesday evening, Katz said. Can¬didates fro all the campus polit¬ical parties will be heard in thedebate, moderated by Steve Gold¬man.On Thursday WUCB will devotethe entire evening’s broadcasting to coverage .of the ballot count¬ing, which will be held in Rey¬nolds club North lounge. “In pastyears WUCB has been as muchas half an hour ahead of the Elec¬tion and Rules Committee in an¬nouncing the final results,” saidKatz.Between reports from theNorth lounge recorded music willbe heard from WUCB’s Mitchelltower studios. Both prograjnscan be heard by residents of B-J,C-Group, International house, andNew Dormitories by tuning to 640kilocycles AM. The proposed replacement ofthis section reads:“Article I-I of the Student Gov¬ernment Constitution of 1957 shallread In its entirety:“Officers, chairmen, and rep¬resentatives shall be immediate¬ly and automatically suspended,by the Election and Rules com¬mittee, for neglect of duty clear¬ly stated in the By-Laws. Thissuspension shall affect theirmembership only in that bodyin which they have failed toserve as set forth in ArticleVI-B of the By-Laws. Such sus¬pension shall result in a va¬cancy to be announced by EARat the first Assembly meetingsubsequent to the time of thesuspension unless the suspend¬ed officer, chairman or repre¬sentative is present at that As¬sembly meeting for a hearing,or a written request is submit¬ted in absentia by him to theAssembly for delay of saidhearing. However, such delaymay be granted only once. Atthe close of the hearing, a 2/3vote of the Assembly shall benecessary to expel any officer,chairman, or representativefrom the position for which hewas cited for neglect of duty.Without 2,’3 vote for expulsion,the suspension is ended.”CHICAG O MAROON • April 12, 1960 Ballot box scheduleThe ballot box schedule as announced by the Electionsand Rules committee of Student government (chairman,:Jim Thomason), is as follows:Wftdnmday, April 13Mendel ... . 9:00-7:00|-Social sciences 9:00-2:45Judd .... 3:00-4:45 ,New dorms 5:00-7:00Cobb .............; 9:00-4:45International house 5:00-7:00Law school . 9:00-11 :45Medical school 12:00-2:15Jones 2:30-4:45Gates 5:00-7:00Judson ......; 5:00-7:001Thursday, April 14Mandel .... * . 9:00-7:00Social sciences 9:00-4:45 /.New dorms 5:00-7:00Cobb .... 9:00-4:45Snell V. 5:00-7:00Eckhart 9:00-10:45Business school 11:00-1:15Swift .. 1:30-4:45C-Group 5:00-7:00Burton 5:00-7:00Bring ID cards when voting