THE MICHIGAN DAILY Orchestra To Present Eighth Concert in Series Howard Mitchell will conduct the National Symphony Orches- tra in the eighth concert of the University's Choral Union Series at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditorium. The program for the evening will include. "Leonore Overture, No. 3" by Beethoven; "Sheep May Safely Graze" by Bach-Walton; excerpts from Stravinsky's "Pe- rrouchka;" and Sibelius' "Sym- phony No. 1 in E minor." Before the National Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1931, Washington had been the only major capital city of the Western world that did not have its own orchestra. , Hans Kindler, renowned Dutch cellist, became the orchestra's first conductor, and led the or- chestra to fame with one of its most popular projects, the sum- mer Watergate Concerts. The Watergate site, part of the Lincoln Memorial area, was ori- ginally planned to serve as the ceremonial entranceway to the city by water, but had never been used for this purpose. With the audience seated on the steps and the orchestra on a barge on the Potomac River, the Watergate Concerts were played'to capacity crowds in this picturesque out- door concert setting. The concerts were discontinued, however, in 1950, when increas- ing highway and air traffic noise led to their abandonment. Mitchell began working with the orchestra as conductor of its .hildren's concerts. He was ap- pointed associate conductor in 1948, and upon Kindler's resigna- tion in 1949, became the per- Amanent conductor. Commiti (EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a partial text of the report present- ed by the Natural Science Study Committee to the Curriculum Com- mittee of the literary college.) Summary of objectives, ob- stacles and deficiencies of the present distribution program': The objectives of the Science Distribution Program are: 1. To increase an understanding of science by the non-scientist; 2. To improve the attitudes toward science, and 3. To recruit an adequate sup- ply of qualified scientists. Meet Obstacles The obstacles of effectively meeting the objectives are: 1. The low importance placed on- teaching science to the non- scientists by the professional sci- entists. 2. The dual position of the teaching fellow in the distribution course and in the graduate pro- fessional program, which de- ee HOWARD MITCHELL . to conduct - "VERY LITERATE FILM- MAKING!" "Sly, droll, extraordinarily effective, delightful!" - Beckley, Her. Trib. "A WITTY SHOW! A sublime sense of fun! Tati - a master!" -Newsweek "'BEST- FOREIGN FILM OF THE YEAR! -Nw York Film Critos' Awcrd "KY UNCLE" is Eastman COLOR EXCLUSIVE SAYGAGEMENTI Forwards Suggestiom SUPPORT CASTRO: SGC Presents Discussions On Cuba's Political Future.- By JEAN HARTWIG with corpses," she reported. "They The Cuban revolution began in did things you would never dream the University of Havana, Raquel would be done to a human being." Marrero, '59Ed., explained at the Criticizes U.S. Student Government Council sem- Miss Marrero also criticized the miar Sunday. United States for aiding Batista's Miss Marrero, Abelardo Beaz regime. Commenting on the claim and Ernesto 'talle, native Cubans, made by the United States that were guests of the group. The topic they must recognize the existing for the discussion was "Cuba: Dic- ghernmet secite the "disfer- tatorship or Democracy?,, government, she cited the "differ- tatoshi orDemcray?"ence in recognizing 'the, govern- Giving the history leading to ment and helping a dictatorship." Fidel Castro's revolution, Miss Asked about the charges of Cas- Marrero said that Batista began tro's Communistic sympathies, his seven-year reign by "first seiz- Miss Marrero explained that, ing property and taking govern- Batista, "who bragged he was a ment funds which he invested for self-made man," had no education his personal use." and resented students. As a result, Attempts Seizure he labeled Castro communistic to On July 26, 1956, Castro, a grad- put him in an unfavorable light. uate law student from the Univer- Philip Gladstone, 'one of the sity of Havana, tried to seize a fort participants, commented that the on the island and gain the support United *States, allegedly supplying of the soldiers. A "completely des- arms to Batista, "supports every perate" attempt, he had only 82 decadent government in the world men and was taken prisoner for a to protect its capital investments." year. Cites Investments A policy of torture to his politi- Agreeing, Miss Marrero cited the cal enemies was inaugurated by large sugar investments as exam- Batista, she said. "Anybody op- ples. "There is a big difference posed to the government would be when the Republicans and Demo- either tortured or killed." crats are in office," she explained. When he was released from "Everybody in Cuba was praying prison, Castro landed in Eastern for Stevenson." Cuba with a small force of men Beaz, who explained the present for another attempt at control. He constitutional government, noted was again defeated and escaped that it was "just provisional, with into the mountains with only two elected officials who will have con- of his men. trol until "everything is normal." Farmers Help Hey compared Castro to a prime "Here he began to get help from minister, who will "definitely not the farmers. Slowly more and more run for president" in the general people joined him," she added, ex- election scheduled for two years. plaining that Batista closed the Explains Policies. University of Havana at about the Explaining Castro's policies, Beaz same time because he feared fur- said he plans to industrialize Cuba ther student participation in the in the near future. He also praised revolt. In spite of this, however, governmental control over gam- many students fought in the un- bling, comparing the situation in derground movement. Batista's regime when "everyone In March, a group of students could go into the middle of the attempted an attack on the presi- streets and gamble anytime they dential palace. The president of wanted." the student body was killed and In answer to a question about "let bleed in the streets," Miss the mass executions recently held, Marrero noted. "The vice-presi- Miss Marrero said they were neces- dent was also killed by the police sary to "save people from mob while he was hiding in an apart- ! slaughter." ment with three other students," "If you had a father or sister she added, killed by one of these men, it is "Now the whole country was hard to forgive. People just completely against Batista," she wouldn't believe they were dead," said, adding that the upper classes she added. were with his regime because of Asked if Castro would shave his the lower taxes. At this time the beard, since the revolution is over, dictator "took revenge on the she said it was a "symbol" of Cu- farmers. He said he killed rebels, ban freedom. "Besides," she added, but they were really just farmers." "I think he's quite good-looking "The police stations were filled with a beard." mands that there be an adequatet number of students in the distri- bution course to support an ade-t quate professional graduate and" research program.1 3. Present College admission re-e quirements do not insure that we1 have students in our courses who are capable of utilizing mathe- matics concepts in the .natural sciences. Cite Deficiencies Deficiencies in the present pro- gram are: 1. Less than five per cent of the non-science students take distri- bution courses in physics or, chemistry, a broad area in the significant knowledge of science. 2. In 'the science distribution courses that do not also serve as pre-professional courses for large groups of students, the academic level is set by competition for number of students so that our teaching fellows might have jobs. 3. Our present program leaves much to be desired in producing an understanding of science and the need for experimentation and research. s s * ., The Natural Science Study Committee proposes the following revised plan for the Natural Sci- ence Distribution Program, tied to the necessary committments in college admission policy: Natural Science (14-16 hours); -Four courses, at least one from each of the following three groups, and including a laboratory sequence in one science: I: Chemistry or physics. II: Astronomy or geology. III: Zoology or botany. Laboratory Requirements Three of the four courses elect- ed must have a laboratory. Up to eight hours of the distribution re- quirement can be waived by ex- amin tion in one or more sciences, the level of passing being such that the student could elect the next course in sequence in the science. The enrollment in the introduc- Baroque Trio To .perforkm Handel's .Music The University's Baroque Trio will perform in a public concert devoted to the music of George Frederic Handel at 8:30 p.m. to- day in the Rackham Lecture Hall. Prof. Florin Mueller, oboe, Prof. Marilyn Mason Brown, harp- sichord, and Prof. Nelson Hauen- stein, flute, of the music school faculty, are the members of the group. They will be assisted by Elizabeth Grotegut, Grad. SM., soprano, and Harry Dunscombe, Grad. SM., cello. The program will open with "Trio Sona a in D minor;" "So- nata in B fl t for Oboe and Harp- sichord;" nd "Chaconne con Variazioni for Harpsichord." After the intermission, the con- cert will resume with "Sonata in G for Flute and Harpsichord;" Aria, "Flammende Rose;" and "Trio Sonata in G minor." Reci- tativo and Aria, "Un' Alma In- namorata;" and Recitativo and Aria, "Languia de Bocca Lusing- hiera," will also be played. NSF Awards Grant to Kish The National Science Founda- tion has awarded a grant of $18,- 000 to Prof. Leslie Kish of the sociology department. The funds will support basic research for a period of two years on "analytical statistics for com- plex samples." Prof. Kish noted that the grant will assist work in a very im- portant problem area in the so- cial sciences. A great deal of social scientific research is done by means of complex samples of data, Prof. Kish noted. This is because the distribution of the population is rather complex. Research data are often col- lected by means of complex sample designs, which correspond to the complexities of the distri- bution of the population. Prof. Kish explained' that the investigation will deal with the approximate formulae which are based on the actual complexities of useful sample designs. "The purpose of this research is to design some relatively simple methods for computing these sta- tistics in such a way that the as- sumptions of simple random sample will not be central to it." tory laboratory courses in each I group is to be equally divided be- tween each science in the group. This is done by restricting- the number of laboratory sections in each science to accommodate one half the anticipated enrollment in the group. The proposal in essence is the present distribution program, to which: a) The number of courses in the natural sciences is increased from three to four. b) The number of prescribed laboratory courses is increased from two (the sequence) to three (the introductory course in each group.) , Pediatricians Hold Meeting The first post-graduate course in pediatrics, sponsored by the Amer- ican Academy of Pediatrics, held its first meeting yesterday at the Medical Center. The meeting will continue through Thursday. About 75 speci- alists in pediatrics from through- out the country have assembled for the course, which is dealing with problems of the newborn and children's disease and psychiatric problems. Two visiting faculty members will also appear on the program. Prof. Warren E. Wheeler of Ohio State University's Medical School, and Dr. Fredrick C. Robbins, direc- tor of the Department of Pedi- atrics and Contagious Diseases at the Cleveland City Hospital. IA DIAL NO 2-3136 - c0 Promotes upgrading of natural sciences is prescribed, in- cluding the chemistry and physics area. d) Credit for part of the distri- bution requirement may be waived by examination. Plan's Accomplishments The major accomplishments of this plan are' that it: a) Exposes all students to physics or chemistry; it provides exposure to all areas of natural science; b) Eliminates competition for r students ; c) Promotes upgraduing of courses by elimination of this competition, by recognizing su- perior high school training in sciences, and by requiring mini- mal prdficiency requirements in mathematics for admissions to the college. In other words, the plan permits accomplishing the objectives of the science distribu- tion program. The plan does not accommodate interdisciplinary courses in the history and philosophy of science (except as now satisfy distribu- tion requirements) but the com- mittee feels strongly that it should first strengthen the sci- ence education of the non- scientist both in the college and in the high school before advocat- ing an interdisciplinary program. When, by means of examination waiver, most students are taking only 12 hours in college courses to satisfy the science distribution requirements, the program may then be made to complete the tie between natural science and so- cial sciences by requiring history and philosophy of science courses. IA- DIAL NO 2-2513 BMWk rGARY' ;COOPER MARIA SCHELL MALDEN in-- me IMRTl hBeN iABrd Shriffcto f J "The Sheriff of Fractured Jw" I t~ i in "THE HORSE'S MOUTH" A MAY FESTIVAL FRIDAY Bell, Book and Candle" 1. SEE IT! presented k by ANN ARBOR CIVIC THEATRE on MARCH 5, 6, 7, at 8:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, LAST PLAY OF THE SEASON - Box Office Opens March 2-7, 10-4 P.M. NO 8-6300 "SEE YOU AT THE LEAGUE" I!1 : III j arfUtof N//me TRAVELOGUE I "The Seine at Night" . . . . THOMSON Paganiniana, Op. 65 . . . . * CAsELLA "'Power Among Men" . ,. . . THOMSON .. - I U - "THE GOLDEN WEST" .