1965-01-15; Central Michigan Life

              MICHIGAN'S   NUMBER  ONEx COLLEGIATE WEEKLY
Central Michigan University, Friday, January 15, 1965
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' Number 14
In Off-Campus Housing Units
Bator, Walton
Receive Top
Class Awards
Marcia Bator, South Haven
senior, is Central's January
valedictorian with an average
of 3.85. Bette Walton, St. Johns
senior, is the salutatorian with
a 3.72 average.   ■
Mrs. Bator graduated from
South Haven High School a-
; irxong six receiving a straight
A average.
She has majored in biology
and will receive the B.S.-ide-
gree on the elementary education curriculum. She plans
to do graduate work at Central next semester.
Mrs. Bator is a member of
Alpha Lambda Delta honor
society, Canterbury Club, Kappa Delta Pi honor society and
the Washington Apartments
Council. She is on the Teacher Education Project.
Bator
Negro Turned Away
By 10 of 15 Owners
By Tom Needels
Life Managing Editor
If. you're a white man and want to live off campus in.
the spring — go ahead. ..'...        ■"*.'.
If you're a Negro and want to live off campus —■ you
better be ready to take whatever you can get, because a lot
of the householders won't allow Negroes to rent the apartments. ' ,.
According to a survey conducted last Saturday, Negroes
are acceptable people in some but not all of the housing
units.
(LIFE Photo by Tom Needels)
CECIL RICE, "Willow Run junior, was the Negro that
participated in the off-campus housing survey. During the
survey Rice received 10 rejections at homes where the
white surveyor was accepted.
Two white men and one Negro took a copy of the "Approved" off-campus housing
list from the housing office
and set out to prove or disapprove the rumor that Negroes
were being discriminated
against by the householders.*
Of the 34 possible openings
in the under-21-year-old housing, 30 places were contacted.
There were 23 reactions and
seven places where no one
was home.
Of the 23 reactions eight of-
the apartments were filled to
both white and Negro. Of the
15 remaining householders five
said that the Negro could have
the apartment—10 said that he
couldn't.
In some of the instances the
Negro went to the houses first
Senate Discusses 18 Year Vote;
Offers Grant-ln-Aid Scholarship
Walton
Salutatorian Bette Walton is
we daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
fester Walton of St. Johns.
•«»e is a June, 1961, graduate
°r Rodney B. Wilson High
acxiool, and has been on the
elementary education curric-
Ulu*n.  She will receive a B.A.,
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By Natalie Hildreih
Life Staff Writer
A resolution pledging Senate's support of a bill in the
State   Legislature   concerning
the 18 year old .vote was tabled
pending further discussion. In
^other action Senate re-issued
a grant - in-aid scholarship
•j^hich will be made available
-or next senlester..        ■
;-   The question o the 18 year
"old vote was brought   up by
Kurt  Ciske,   Robinson.   Ciske
wanted the Senate   to pledge
-their-, support  o a  bill which
will come up or consideration
in the Michigan Legislature in
the near future.. v    -
Ciske felt that if 18 year
olds were, allowed to vote
there.would be more interest
in student government at Central. He also pointed out that
the Senate should let the representatives in the Legislature
know that we are interested in
.this bill.
Mike Snyder, Robinson, in
opposing C i sk e ' s resolution
stated that university students
are a minority o the state's
18 year olds: He felt that
thought should be . given to
this aspect of the situation.
.Synder also-expressed that the
-age-of"21 should be'kept since •
they were "the big men in the
tribe."
A §75 grant-in-aid scholarship for next semester will be
made available by'Senate. The
grant-in-aid was originally issued to a student who will not
be returning next semester.
Students who are interested
should contact Joe Sweeney
or Bill Primm,. chairman of
the Educational Awareness
Committee.
The right to copyright policial party names, originally
brought up by Jim Maybaugh,
Men's Union has officially become into effect. Some political party names already turned in.are: Voice, Joe Sweeney;
Vim, Jim Sweeney -and John
Johnson, and Action, Jim Has-
sleback.
A number of political party
names were also applied for
by Jim' Sweeney and Leo Di-
giulio.
Applications ofr copy rights
are available in the Student
Government office. In cases of
conflict over copyright, the
Student Judiciary will decide
the case.
Planning  permits   for   the
Conservation  Club    and    the
Anchoras, a aqua group, .were ,
'approved by the Senate.  "
Kent France was accepted as
the Elections Director.
Michigan Week activities,
including an exchange of Student Body Presidents and a
meeting between the city of
Mount Pleasant and the university were "approved. Michigan Week activities extend
from May 16 through May 22.
A schedule for the student
body elections for the spring
semester were also approved.
Students Pre-register
For Sock
In order to facilitate—registration for the Spring semester, the department of sociology-will pi'e-register sociology
majors and minors, social science majors, and those on
special curricula which require
specific sociology courses.
- Such students are to come
to Room 215 Rowe Hall at 1-5
p.m. and 7-9 p.m. next Wednesday, and at 1*5 p.m. on
Thursday.' It is hoped that
this effort will be of significant aid to both the. student
and the department of sociology.
and in others the white went
to inquire first. Then, after a
lapse of time, the other person
would go to the house and test
the first reaction.
In one case the Negro was
told that the rooms were full
but was told that he - could
have the address of the owner
if he wanted to talk to him.
The white applicant was told
that there were three rooms
available, was shown all the
rooms and was told that he
would be welcome for the
spring semester.
In another case the Negro
was told that all the rooms'
were taken. The white was*
told that there was a double
available, was .shown the room,
was told that the room Would
not be held and was? asked to
stay there.
In one case the Negro went
to the door first and was invited to enter the house, asked if
he wanted a cup of coffee and
invited to stay for breakfast.
He was told that there had
another fella at-the apartment
who was going to.let them
know if he wanted it. The Negro was toid to check back at
the first of the week.
Then the white man went to
the house. He received the
same type warm welcome and
was shown the room. The
householder told the applicant
that a Negro had stopped to
inquire about the vacancy earlier. When asked if the woman
was going to rent' tfte apartment to the Negro she said *.-.-.,
no.
Another householder told
the Negro that he could not
have the apartment. The
white, was told that there was
an opening for two and that he
should stop back in the afternoon.
Still another told the Negro
that the vacancy had been filled for the spring but to come
back and check for the fall
with the understanding that
the present renters would
have the first '-choice on the
vacancy. The white applied
and was told that there was
room or one.
"No, No, No . . . we're full,"
was the reply the Negro received from one of the householders. When he asked if
there would be any vacancies
for the fall he was told yes.
When the white applied he
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