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NUMBER 15
By Walt MacPeek
Life Editor-in-Chiel
CMU's Board of Trustees voted Tuesday not to appeal
a decision by the State Court of Appeals which denied a petition to prevent the State Senate Investigating Committee
from issuing its report.
Central's Board of Trustees met in executive session
for more than three hours Tuesday to decide whether or not
to take its case to the Michigan  •
FINAL REHEARSALS are being held in preparation for the Festival Chorus, which
will be presented this Sunday at 8 p.m.  .	
Supreme Court.
In handing down its decision
Dec. 23, the State Court of Appeals judges ruled that the
CMU Board of Trustees did not
take "the proper method for
seeking relief."
The decision noted, "The
court ... recognizing that
timely objections were not
made during the course of the
investigations under Senate
resolution No. 88 . . . hearings
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By Neil Hopp
Life Managing Editor
Action by university officials on the fate of five students arrested during mob
destruction on Dec. 16 has not
yet been taken.
According to James Bealer,
assistant, student personnel
services, information is still
being gathered in the case of
Wilson Barnes, 20, Dearborn
junior; Donald D. Cox, 19,
Mount Clemens freshman;
Theodore H. Heidloff, 18, Rose-
ville freshman; Dennis M.
Adams, 18, Owosso freshman
and Merlin E. Little, 20, Bad
Axe sophomore.
The five were arrested by
Police and spent three days in
jail before coming before Municipal Judge Russell Otter-
bine on Monday, December 20.
They were ordered by the
c?urt to make $42.55 restitution each to the university and
fined $31.10 each on charges
of being disorderly persons.
AU Pleaded guilty to the
charges.
According to university offi-
"als, damages exceeded $300
dwmg the disturbance. Henry
Mitchell, business, said twenty
windows were broken in
Barnes, Beddow, Barnard, Calkins. Trout and Larzelere Halls
and some curtains were destroyed.
$300  Damage
"We figure the damages at
about $300 but that doesn't include cleaning up or the costs
of labor," Mitchell said
Security Police Chief Ver-
nell Davis said the five were
arrested because they were
some of the worst offenders.
He said that one of them had
a mask over his face to hide
his identity. , ,
"The whole thing started
about 10:30 with the students
forming in small groups; but
they began to grow to larger
proportions   about   11,     Davis
said. „     TT .
Called for Help
When the group got out ot
hand Davis called for enforce
ment  help  from  city,  county
and state police officers
"They were chanting we
want pants,' but they changed
to singing Christmas carols
when we approached, Dav.s
said.
He said his men and other
police scuffled briefly with a
number of students, including
the five that were arrested.
The mob, estimated by city
police at between 400 and 500
students, was witnessed by a
crowd of some 200 other students.
OSlt
filtered
Central's  enrollment  is   ex-
S2ed to reach 9'400 for the
J™° fall semester. This would
oe an increase  of   1,200  over
™s semester's total of 8,200.
finn t°Ut 2'600 Ashman and
r> transfer students will be
•""tutted for the fall sessions.
tU ? Jan- l> 3>918 applica-
Jjns have been received  for
^mission next fall, a 23.4 per
ent increase over last year at
wis time.
dents will be admitted this
soring depending on the num-
bPerin5 present students who
cancel their matriculation
Presently, 584 apphcaUons
have been received foi next
semester.
i@niors^
••■*» nine.
J^ Austin J. Buchanan, ad-
""ssions,   attrihntpc    t h p    in-
at ♦?   nurn°er of applications
i,ji date to tne fact that
sclents are filing earlier.
^Proximately 300 new stu-
In order to receive a yearbook this spring, seniors who
will not be on campus should
send their name and address
to the Chippewa, in care of
James Solomon, business manager.
Students   who   have   been
registered for classes on campus during the Fall Semester
1965, need not make the Enrollment Certification Depost
for the Spring Semester. Students   not   registered   for   the
Fall Semester on campus   but
who   are   planning   to   attend
on-campus   classes   in    he
Spring Semester, are expected
To fill the Enrollment Certification Deposit Cards with the
$45.00  deposit  by  January  ^
If space is available, deposits
will be accepted without penalty until 7 calendar days preceding  relation  day.  after
which a late filing fee of $10.00
will be assessed, increasing the
deposit to $55. Only $45.00 of
?h£ amount will "PP* °££e_
^n^rlng^fS
S^S^f—*
cL*,,rrlav    evening,   full   ana
Saturday,   ev , d t0 flie
part-time   are expectea
S6   Eif "c "ds  wiS  a   $45.00
Deposit  Carcis   w
deposit by July 15- i    Pwin
P°Slt   t wnl apply on the fees
Is the work of the State
Senate Committee investigating faculty-administration relationships at CMU
over?
Not officially, says Gerald
J. Cotter, who has acted as
attorney for the CMU Board
of Trustees during the investigation.
"The Senate requires that
a vote among committee
members be taken to disband the committee when
its work is finished. To my
knowledge, no such vote has
ever taken place," says
Cotter.
"The court took Senator
' Robinson's (Edward J. Robinson, committee chairman)
word that the investigation
was concluded, but I believe he acted without complete authority," added Cotter.
"Actually, the committee
could re-convene at any
time, hold more hearings,
issue more subpoenas or do
any number of things. I
don't believe they will do
any of these things, but I
understand that the members of the committee will
meet once more before the
final report is submitted to
the legislature this month,"
Cotter concluded.
Senator Robinson was unavailable for comment.
esfra, Voice
F
The Festival Chorus oratorio
will be held on Sunday at 8
p.m.
Guest soloists for "The
Gloria" by Antonio Vivaldi are
Mary Ailsworth, music; Mrs.
Stephen Hobson, Mt. Pleasant;
and Lucile Hazekamp, former
faculty member.
The student quartet of soloists will be Sharon Williams,
soprano; Karen Munn, contralto; Ed Cunningham, tenor
and Gerald Phillips, bass.
A small chamber orchestra
will accompany the chorus.
The oratorio will be in the
Warriner Auditorium and admission is free.
are now terminated and the issue is rendered moot."
Specifically, the court indicated that witnesses should
have refused to answer questions which were outside the
boundaries of the State Senate
investigation into faculty-administration   relationships   at
CMU.
Difficult Decision
Mrs. Katharine Hafstad, recently elected chairman of the
Board of Trustees, admitted
that Tuesday's decision was
"a very difficult one to come
to."
When asked the Board's
main reasons for not pursuing
the issue in the court, Mrs.
Hafstad said, "It is very hard
to single out the main reasons
for our decision because so
many considerations were
weighed during the course of
our long discussion."
Mrs. Haftad did agree with
Board member Lloyd M. Co-
fer, who said, "Rather than
stir things up again, we decided not to press the issue,
although Board members were
disappointed in the court's decision."
Cofer also said he felt the
constitutional issue would be
settled soon and expressed surprise that the court did not, at
least, settle that portion of the
question.
Robinson Agrees
Senator Robinson also was
disappointed that the appeals
court had not cleared up constitutional issues involved in
the case.
Robinson was quoted by UPI
saying, "I regret that the Court
did not settle a constitutional
issue. I believe the right of the
Legislature to make a proper
inquiry into the non-academic
areas of a university is constitutional."
Gerald J. Cotter, who acted
as the Board of Trustees's attorney during the investigation and in filing suit against
the State Senate Committee,
said the Appeals Court "sidestepped the issue.
"I believe their decision was
unfortunate and that they did
• not take advantage of being in
a position to be of service to
the state in clearing up this
issue," said Cotter.
Cotter, who was contacted
before the Board of Trustees
decision Tuesday, said, "I believe this case (CMU's Board
of Trustee's suit) should be
appealed."
Cotter added that he was
surprised at the court's decision and said, "I don't think
the court realized what that
kind of a decision could mean."
He also questioned the court's
statement that "timely objections" were not made during
the investigation and said the
suit contained reports of numerous objections voiced by
various witnesses.
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