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1 n1111 Friday, February 14, 1961 Vol. V — No. 19 Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan Announcing the news at press conference: Knudsen, Varner, Ehrling and Semple. Music Festival Gets Oakland 'Off the Ground for the orchestra shell. The new shell, to be By Paul Turk eventually, a center for performing arts in built in the Sunset Terrace area of the Observer Editor general, as well as a music festival. campus, is expected to seat about 2,000 "We are off the ground" has become the Speaking, in addition to Knudsen and persons slogan of the organizers of the new campus Varner, were Ehrling, Robert Semple, sym- Ehrling endorsed the plan in his short Meadow Brook Music Festival, slated to phony president, and C. Allen Harlan, Uni- speech when he said, "If you want proof of begin in July with a four-week concert series versity trustee. my enthusiasm, I did a terrible thing. I can- by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Harlan outlined Board of Trustees approv- celled my European engagements. It doesn't its new director, Sixten Ehrling. al and enthusiasm for the project, and mean I'm going to cancel Oakland." He, too, Chancellor Varner, industrial executive quipped "All we want to know now is where's emphasized that the project was "off the Semon Knudsen and others kept returning to the music?" Harlan also announced that the ground" when he said "We'll start making the phrase as the official start of the project Birmingham firm of O'Dell, Hewlett and progress this very moment." press conference was announced in a Feb. 13 Luckenbach had been selected as architects (Continued on Page 3) at the Detroit Athletic Club. "Off the ground," according to those using the phrase, means that "the money, the horses and the racetrack have all become available at the same time." Women, Eight Men Knudsen, Chevrolet general manager and Four chairman of the project, ran the conference, calling for comment from persons involved with the Music Festival, which is to become, Elected to Dorm Council Of the Observer Staff large enough to affect the out- Dormitory Council's twelve come of the race, a second vote positions were filled from 29 was taken Monday. Three men candidates as the elections and three women opposed one an- for representatives to the other in the co-ed house, with the males sweeping the boards. Elect- newly-created council were ed were Harry Wirtz, Roseville held Friday. Four of the sophomore, Laurence Fishtahler, elected were female, eight Lathrup freshman, and Dan An- were male. drews, Birmingham freshman. Constitutional structure of the ' The new Council convened for new Council, which is to serve as the first time Tuesday, in an Oak- an opinion body for resident stu- land Center meeting. Surovell, dents, calls for election of three the leading vote-getter in the at- representatives from each house, large election, was chosen as the and three at-large representatives. group's chairman. A two-thirds Largest contingent in the race majority is necessary for election was in the "at large" slot, with as chairman. Surovell was op- ten candidates. Nine men and posed for the chairmanship by one woman entered, with the lone Levinson. female, Sandra Kyle, Detroit sophomore, winning a seat. At-Large Winners Varner Calls CONSTITUTIONAL CAMPAIGN—Robert Surovell (center, on chair back) leads an all- Other at-large winners were lounge, which ratified a constitution authorizing a Robert Surovell and Joel Levin- dorm meeting last week in Anibal son. dorm council for resident students. The dorm council is the first representative organ- All-Student 1962. Miss Kyle and Surovell, Alex- ization for the campus since the close of the old student government in April, andria, Va., sophomore, were With Surovell, from left, are Judy Gordon, Diane Smith, Jim Kinnebrew and the Ob- instrumental in drafting the con- Meet for Wed. stitution of the new server's Larry Virgin. organization. By the Observer Staff Levinson, a Brooklyn, N. Y. sen- Honoring a promise made ior, is in his third as a semester to an all-student meeting in To Open member of the Student-Faculty Announce Coffeehouse University Council. November, Chancellor Var- By the Observer Staff the outdoor stairwell leading to urday evenings. Additional Sun- Three Pontiac girls were elect- ner has called a general Oakland's long-debated student- the doors from ground level. day and Wednesday hours will be ed as Anibal representatives, in a meeting of the student body, operated, non-stainless-steel cof- Long the victim of heated con- added, said Beeman, if demand is four-candidate race. Chosen were in the resident cafeteria at feehouse, will be completed and troversy, incomplete project s, strong. junior Kay Cline and freshmen 1 p.m. Wednesday. open for business within a month, and lack of student-administra- The new facility will seat .10 Diane Smith and Margaret Varner committed himself to Gary Beeman, program advisor, tion coordination, the coffeehouse persons. A triangular stage will O'Reilly. "at least one all-student meeting revealed this week. issue has been present on campus be placed in one corner of the Fitzgerald Winners every semester" in the Nov. 20 Coffee, tea, doughnuts and ba- for two years. room, for occasional professional Nine entered the Fitzgerald meeting, and chose to call gels will be served in the new 'Anti-Cinderblock Students' entertainment. Walls of the room race. Elected were Karl Sjolander, Wednesday's meeting to keep the establishment, to be constructed Only in the last two weeks, ac- will be painted black, and burlap Troy sophomore, Kenson Siver, promise. in the southwest corner of the old cording to Beeman, has every- will be used as decorative mate- Hackensack, N. J. freshman, and When contacted, Varner said recreation-storage area in the OC thing "fallen right for the anti- rial. Ed Rudolph, Cleveland, Ohio there was "No burning issue, but basement. The outside doors in cinderblock wing of student lead- Paintings Provided freshman. we ought to get together to talk that corner of the building will be ership." Oakland's art department is ex- Due to a ballot total irregular- over things in general." used to service the coffeehouse, Planned hours of operation are pected to provide some paintings ty in the Pryale House election, with all ingress and egress via 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Sat- for exhibit. Page 2 THE OAKLAND OBSERVER February 14, 1964 morale. hypocritical in its present policy. 6. The amount of time involved We say this because, while Oak- Letters to for those participating. land prides itself on its academic The Oakland Observer 7. Some feel that a program program (and rightfully so), it FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1964 VOL. V—NO. 19 would not alleviate attrition. gives support to other extra-cur- the Editor Those of us who are in favor ricular activities, and denies sup- PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT ROCHESTER, MICHIGAN, BY THE port to an intercollegiate athletic UNIVERSITY of intercollegiate athletics give STUDENTS OF OAKLAND Athletics Again the following reasons, not neces- program. Hence, if these other EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS OFFICES To the Editor sarily in order of importance: activities are permitted and sup- 109 NORTH FOUNDATION HALL With the attrition of nearly 1. To curb the attrition rate. ported, we see no reason why the 100 students at the end of the policy should not hold true for 338-7211, EXTENSION 2221 2. Help admissions. Many ex- fall semester there has been con- tremely qualified students never athletics as well. PAUL TURK siderable talk of intercollegiate consider Oakland because we Because of the preceding rea- editor athletics for Oakland. If inter- have no intercollegiate athletics. sons for and against, we suggest collegiate athletics were institut- 3. "Institutional Identification," the following modest proposal: WOLF METZGER PETE GARCIA ed only for the purpose of curbing a focal point which Okland lacks. That Oakland adopt a program managing editor would be, JOHN MARSHALL the attrition rate, it 4. It would add considerably of intercollegiate athletics for a DAN POLSBY we feel, detrimental to the ath- trial period of three years with business and advertising CONNELLAN to the social life of this currently sachem BILL letic program and, consequently, the following stipulations: news editor apathetic campus. LARRY VIRGIN to the University. We think, how- 5. We have checked figures and 1. That this policy be thor- program of intercol- oughly studied at the end of the circulation BOB LINSENMAN DAVE LIGGETT ever, that a an intercollegiate athletic pro- legiate athletics can stand on its three-year period. staff writer SHERI JACKSON gram would cost approximately HOWARD COFFIN RONNA McINTOSH own merits. the same as the chorus and the 2. That there be no football. An informal poll of students 3. That there be no athletic LES LYON JACK RUHF theatre guild. MARYANN ARMOUR revealed that student opinion has scholarships or preferential treat- ED RUDOLPH JOHN YOUNG 6. It would give those students staff assistant changed considerably since last ment for athletes. photographers reporters athletically inclined an outlet. summer, and this is what prompt- 7. We agree that a certain 4. That intramural sports con- ed us to re-introduce the idea of amount of time is involved. How- tinue to be strongly supported. adopting intercollegiate athletics. ever, this is true of all extra- We hope that our proposal Several students were still op- curricular activities. would be given full consideration posed to intercollegiate athletics. 8. Richard Robinson, assistant by the Faculty Senate and ad- Off and Running Their main reasons were as fol- ministration. There are probably director of physical education, has lows: other factors, both for and and running again.

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