University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Dreams and ears of countries rising into existence, peoples clamoring for human rights in a world threatened with annihilation . . . these face today ' s youth, tomorrow s hope. CHHUNCt . 15

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SUUXi ROLE 4nu ELITES : INTELLIGENTSIA, 11IUTARX TRADITIONAL ECONOHIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIALIST CAPITALIST Voicing the heightened interest in vital issues, new groups have been born to articulate differing outlooks and bring them into the focus of campus attention. Challenge, one of the most vital and far-reaching intellectual movements in college circles, came to life at Michigan this year. Authorities such as Sir Hugh Foot, former British Governor of Cyprus, and Arthur Goldberg, Secretary of Labor, have visited the campus to take part in the program. Not a remote, pedantic exercise, Challenge brings into the spotlight the problems which shake our lives. It provides the basis dissimination of contemporary knowledge and opinion, Veefe y discussions and housing unit seminars with interested members of the faculty have further intensified the meaning of Challenge, personalizing it, bringing its impact directly to the individual. But this is not the only outlet the campus provides for the intellectual ferment gripping the world. The informal air of discussion when the Diag is transformed into Hyde Park, debates on the crises in the Middle East and Cuba, a model United Nations, these too reflect the attitude of Michigan. Not a groundless vision, but a fervent hope that through mutual discussion and understanding we can effect a brighter future. 14

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I I Intense concern with differing facets of larger problems mirrors itself in lively interest in campus issues, rippling and churning the otherwise placid stream of university life. The hue and cry echoed as business interests, in the form of student note-taking services, clashed with academic ethics, in the form of faculty members worried about a more detached and mechanical student attitude developing. A long hard look at living and social facilities brought about a rush of suggestions for revamping the Union Grill and the Quadrangle system. Reports ran rampant, claims and counterclaims filled the air, and tides of feeling poured forth. On yet other fronts, picketing students gave support to the sit-in movement in the South. More and more, the tedious and often painful task of seeking solutions to these problems has focused on the Student Government Council. Student interest has run high, giving birth to such groups as ' Voice Political Party to provide backing of specific programs. Life flows on, but the waters are not always tranquil and undisturbed. Yef the stream flows together, twisting. turning and moving ahead. 16