Sixty-Ninth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NQ 2-3241 Underdeveloped Areas" r SOpinl~us Are Free utb Will Prevail" 'itorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. ESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1959 NIGHT EDITOR: PHILIP MUNCK Partners Not DOmination, Ust Mark U.S. Foreign Policy 'SOCIETA' CONCERTS: Core li Concer ti: Baroque in Bloom (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of three articles which will appear in The Daily discussing the works of the three composers featured in this weekend's Societa Corelli concerts. The articles appearing today and tomorrow will deal specifically with Corelli and Vivaldi and their respective roles in the development of the concerto. The third one in the series will move on to Boccherini.) By MICHAEL COHEN Daily Reviewer THE ENTHUSIASM that has beenaccorded the works of Bach, Han- del, and Vivaldi in our time has been encouraging. Nevertheless, the late Baroque masters are not representative of the full tradition. It is important to note that their works came at a time when tonality had already been established. But for the tonality experimentation of the earlier Baroque masters, the late masters would never have achieved their "greatness." Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) occupies a rather unique position in Baroque music. He has been called the father of modern violin tech- nique which is interesting since none of Corelli's concerti require a violinist to go beyond third position. TVEN THOUGH Charles E. Wilson has long departed from the Eisenhower Administra- on, a paraphrase of one of his foot-in-the- outh comments seems to' sum up the policy ' the United States in regard to the rest of 4e free world, "What's good for the United tates is good for the world." The latest illustration of the long line of isguded patriotic acts concerns a contract lat was opened for bids by the Office of Civil efense Mobilization. After all the bids were ieived the governm'ent decided to award the brtract to an American company even though British company offered a bid that was 19 r cent lower. If the British bid had been ken, the Federal Government would have wed $300,000 in a year of presidential econ- fy and budget cuts. Decisions. such as these are inexcusable dur- ig a period when the United States is con- onted by deteriorating relations with other ations. For too many years the United States as expected all to follow without hesitation Economy -and VIT H THE STATE'S, financial crisis being discussed at service club luncheons, by isiness men's groups, and at the state capital, e bearers of solutions have aligned themselves .two camps-the proponents of economy and e advocates of new taxes. While both cases have some merit, it is be- nnng to appear that additional levies can be e only-successful answer. However, not until the taxpayers have seen at the services which they have grown to :pect from their government cannot be pro- ded by current funds, will they admit the need a new tax structure. The people of this state, already antipathetic ward the present taxes, will justifiably de- and economy. But "economy" as an end in self is not desirable if the needs of the state e allowed to suffer because of it. In recent ars, the cost of administering state agencies as grown apace with other costs. Tax revenues, eanwhile have failed to keep up. The problem .me to a head this winter and was felt here hen the state was no longer able to meet its yments to the University. DMIT'rEDLY, tight budgeting could (and- should) save the state thousands of dollars, 3-HopShriu 1HE J-HOP has squeaked through one more year. Apparently it will not lose much, if y, money this time and there may even be other one next year. Unfortunately it looks as if these are only e death throes of a once-proud University adition. Following the pattern of many other aditions this one has lost in attendance or herence, apparently failed, bjounced back, at st slightly, and then flopped completely. But J-Hop may not disappear entirely. It may ly shrink. Bolding the dance in the League was an econ- y measure and it apparently paid off. It's ubtful, though, whether this -will work again. OR EVIDENTLY people just don't like mon- strous dances that are either grossly over- >wded or so sparsely attended that it feels iculous dancing on the I-M fioor with enough' ra room for battalion maneuvers. Why pay seven dollars for tickets, plus more O formal wear, floral adornment, transpor- or doubt in Uncle Sam's footsteps. In the years following World War II, other countries were willing to do this, but recently they have been formulating policy on their own that in many cases opposes the United State's position. THIS HAS to be expected if the other coun- tries of the world rightfully maintain pride in their independence. Eventually any nation will reat against a country that does not re- spect its sovereignty. The world has advanced to a point in which no nation can exist without the help and partnership of the other countries. In the future, the United States policy makers must be more sensitive of the thoughts and feelings of the rest of the world. Unless this happens it is very probable that the other free 'nations will stop altogether listening to Amri- can advice. To insure the existence of the free world, partnership and cooperation should be stressed instead of the interests of one single nation. --KENNETH McELDOWNEY Responsibility but the current deficit is measured in millions. The keepers of the state coffers gained a tem- porary reprieve last week when some of the state's biggest taxpayers agreed to pay their taxes in advance. The sums received will make possible the meeting of expenses for a while, but the real problem remains unsolveti. For this was in effect, an emergency loan against the future, and soon the state will again face the problem of being unable to keep commitments. It remains for the state legislators to make a decision for their constituents. Either the state outs back the spending to live within present income or rebuilds the tax system to provide the necessary income for expenditures. Basically; this is a question of values, since the first alternative entails a curtailment of services. Do the people of Michigan want to continue to have high calibre universities, good roads, and improvements in mental health fa- cilities, and are they willing to pay for these? A responsible Legislature will best serve the interests of this state if it acknowledges the people's need and desire for such services, and chooses to institute tax reforms in the current session. -MICHAEL GILLMAN iks Through tation, perhaps dinner, and other necessary items, to go dancing with five or six hundred strangers? Of course double-dating is fine, if you can keep track of each other .. and your seats. Affiliates apparently prefer their more inti- mate dances where people are at least ac- quainted. Independents usually get more fun out of the smaller but less "en masse" dances that are scheduled periodically. 1 HE ONLY THING that speaks for the J-Hop is tradition. J-Hops are traditionally "big deals." Not to attend used to be somewhat less than "socially smooth." Attendance now is not a matter of prestige. Of course with increasing freshman classes, perhaps the six hundred tickets can be sold more easily and thus J-Hop will continue, partly on the basis of innocent attendance. Unfortu- nately this in itself batters of the proud heri- tage of J-Hop. Maybe it's time to try a fresh- man prom. --RALPHLANGER Corelli is usually associated with the development of the concerto grosso form. He bridges the gap between early experimentation -and the full flowering of the late Baroque. Corelli initiated the late Baroque by comirlfg to a definitive realization of tonality in instru- mental music and by beginning to formalize the new idiom. The seventeenth century had ushered in a gradual change from a religious outlook, as expressed in sixteenth century polyphony, to a miore humanistic, theatrical out- look which seems to be reflected in Baroque opera and instrumen- tal music. Instrumental composers of the day developed more bril- liantly ornamented passages, made use of more aggressive disso- nances, and pitted groups of in- struments against one another, echoing the thematic material. The Baroque spirit is wonderfully exemplified in the concerto grosso form which became definitive around 1680. The concerto grosso made use of a concertino, or a group of solo players, contrasted with a chamber orchestra known as the tutti. THE TWELVE concerti com- prising Corelli's Opus 6 (of which Nos. 1, 5, and 8 will be performed) represent the first known exam- ples of the true concerto grosso. Corelli was by no means, however,. the first composer to utilize the tutti-solo contrast. This principle is found in some of the works' of Vitali and Stradella, and is even found as far back as Gabrieli. Corelli's concertino throughout the Opus 6 is composed of two vi- olins and a cello, an already exist- ent form known as a trio sonata. This group is pitted 'against the orchestra. Corelli cast his concerti in the two most prevailing types of instrumental music of his time, the church sonata usually made up of four contrasting movements and the chamber sonata, coin- posed of a prelude and a group of dances. The first eight concerti became the newly established church concerti; the last four, chamber concerti. The thematic material in Cor- elli's Opus 6 is much the same in both concertino and tutti. This lack of differentiation and the ex- treme brevity of the contrasted phrases indicate that Corelli was primarily interested in the con- trast between loud and soft and the cultivation of a singing tone. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the first allegro of concer- to No. 8, the Christmas Concerto. In other sections of this Opus 6, the first violin of the concer- tino is given greater prominence than usual, placing Corelli on the threshold of the sole concerto. THE BYRD MACHINE: Apple Grower Reaps Political Fruits (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec- ond of three articles on Virginia politics.) By NORMA SUE WOLFE Daily Staff Writer NINE pre-electoral appointed governors, a "closed shop" for other high positions in the state, and passage only of legislation ap- proved by what has been called the nation's tightest and oldest politi- cal organization-this is the Byrd machine of Virginia. Paradoxically, the strength of such corruption rests on a scrupu- lously honest foundation. For this reason, the machine has ascended to the height of an oligarchy that has ruled Virginia, with only minor interruptions, for the past 66 years and which recently held Virginia in a static policy of "mas- sive resistance" to desegregation. Virginius Dabney, noted South- ern editor, wrote in the Jan. 7, 1950, Saturday Evening Post, "The Virginia Democratic machine ..-. goes back to the time of United States Sen. Thomas S. Martin, its dominant personality throughout the early years of this century down to his death in 1919." Henry De La Warr Flood, U.S. Congressman from Virginia, took control. With his death in 1921, a political void was created in the Old Dominion. * * * AND SHORTLY thereafter, Flood's logical successor rushed in to fill that void. He was Harry Flood Byrd, Flood's nephew who was then serving in the State Senate. The real fruits of the harvest began for Byrd, the U.S.'s largest apple grower and a newspaper publisher, when he entered Vir- ginia politics in 1915 as the pro- teg6 of Flood and U.S. Represen- tative (later Senator) Carter Glass. For a decade he served as a member of the Commonwealth's Senate. In 1923, Byrd led the first of many successful fights, one identi- fying him with the "pay-as-you- go" financial principle. He later employed this as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. In 1925, the self-made million- aire was elected Governor of Vir- ginia by the machine for a four- year term. Appointed to a vacancy in the U.S. Senate in 1933, he has been reelected by his own well- oiled machine five consecutive times. "His cherubic features belie both his shrewdness and his dynamic energy," (The Reporter, Oct. 3, 1957). FOR THE beginner in Virginia politics, there is only one trail to advancement. This is the road to cultivating the "right men" in the machine and adopting their poli- cies and candidates as his own. Eventualrmachine leaders must climb a ladder of county jobs and election-day work in order to be supported for high positions. If any of the boys of this second echelon become impatient, the machine leaders have a fast and effective method of discipline. "A State Compensation Board, whose chairman is appointed by the governor, can fix salaries and grant expense accounts for sher- iffs, state's attorneys, treasurers, and commissioners of revenue. Byrd's uninhibited personal choice," (The Reporter). THE MAGAZINE went on to additionally claim that the Byrd machine also makes the laws of Virginia through its control of the legislative body, names the judici- ary, elects most of the county officers and to a large extent shapes the social attitudes and the thinking of the state. Fundamentally, the strength of the machine rests on Virginia's poll tax, a $1.5o0 levy per year whichamust be paid six months prior to elections (U.S. News and World Report, Jan. 14, 1955). Dur- ing such a period when neither personalities nor issues have be- come apparent, most of thQ state voters are shrouded in political apathy. But the machine voters are prodded into registering by ma- chine workers, whose job it is to do just that. The result is a primary election turnout that averages . Just 11 per cent of the adult population. Thus a candidate usually is chosen by only six or seven per cent of the state residents. With such a small turnout, the state can easily be dominated by a machine of just 10,000 people. Each successive light turnout has helped the Byrd machine grow progressively stronger until it has reached a position of such strength that it is seldom challenged, al- most never beaten. AT HILL AUDITORIUM: Tebaldi Best in Arias SEN. HARRY F. BYRD cherubic features belie shrewdness and energy" rule, which may be the hardest of all:hHe must stand aside and await his turn for political ad- vancement," (The Reporter). Gubernatorial candidates who get the nod from Sen. 'Byrd are as good as in office, subject only to confirmation by the voters. And no Byrd appointment has failed to win confirmation. . '.each of the last eight (now nine, including present Gov. J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.,) gentlemen who have presided over this an- cient commonwealth has been THE FIRST Ann Arbor appear- ance of Renata TIebaldi last night in Hill Auditorium was, pre- dictably, the occasion for some of the most sumptuously beautiful singing to be heard anywhere to- day. Tebaldi fans who had come in expectation of hearing the so- prano in any of the various oper- atic characterizations which are her natural habitat may well have been disappointed in the evening's, offering, since Miss Tebaldi had chosen to set forth a program of "recital" numbers, culminating in a single operatic selection. Unfor- tunately, Tebaldi is strictly lim- ited as a recitalist and her per- formance was variable in effect. The Tebaldi voice has, to be sure, opulence, luster and power. It has also a recurrent hard, bright edge with a tendency to thicken with overtones. Miss Te- baldi's expressionistic devices are somewhat limited and consist mainly of dynamic and intona- tional shadings, resulting in a generally monotonous vocal color. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: 'Something Better' Replaces Tradition INTERPRETING THE NEWS:F Rds Trip on Airms BY J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst HE NEW ATTITUDE of the United States toward the neutralists, as displayed by the of arms to Indonesia, comes just at the chological moment when Soviet Russia's ition on the subject is under question in e of the'Asian and African countries. 'he U.S.S.R. has always played two major es for the underdeveloped countries. >ne has been a pretension of genuine ideol- ,al support for nationalism, especially when ompanied by anti-European sentiment. he other has been disavowal that, by offer- aid, she is grinding political axes. i UNITED STATES has been more frank in connecting " bootstrap", aid for under- eloped countries with her efforts to build up orldwide front against international com- nist expansion; Editorial staff RICHARW TAUJB, Editor In the background of this effort has been the feeling that nations were shortsighted in fear- ing American economic tieups while not recog- nizing the truly colonial aims of Soviet Russia. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles once referred to neutralism on this basis as "im- moral." Now the sale of arms to Indonesia comes as tacit acceptance that neutralism is the best that can be obtained in some cases, and should be supported. On the same day that the sale was an- nlounced, delegates of a truly neutral nationalist tinge were leaving the Soviet-sponsored Asian- African Youth Conference in Cairo with a bad taste in their mouths. The South Viet Nam delegation had already left in a walkout._ The complaint was that the Reds had re- vealed themselves as merely paying lip service to neutralism, while actually demanding anti- westernism and allegiance to Soviet Russia. EGYPT ALREADY had been put on formal notice of this by Khrushchev in connection with the repression of Syrian Communists and through the struggle between Communism and To the Editor: LAST Saturday J-Hop, amid a spectacular space-age setting, took a final choking breath, sighed a little, and died. And one more Michigan tradition - de- spite efforts by Chairman Murray Feiwell and his committee of res- pirators -- became extinct. Why? Student apathy, the greatest scapegoat of them all, is what many student leaders and just plain students are screaming. I reject this answer; student apathy has lost its value as a rea- son and has dwindled to nothing more than an excuse - a True University of Michigan Intellec- tual excuse, I might add. Apathy can't be used to explain the demise of the Union Opera. Crowds packed the Michigan theatre in December 1955 to see the all-male cast perform "Film- Flam." The acting wasn't the best and the humor could have been improved - but the show was Michigan, all Michigan, and the audience loved it. We whistled the original songs for weeks there- after. Somehow the idea of an all- male cast lost its appeal. Students wanted women to play women. And so MUSKET was introduced and the Union Opera died. It didn't die because of apathy. It died because students wanted something better. "Brigadoon," MUSKET's first production, was perhaps. a bit too "New Yprkish" before automobiles were in wide use on the campus - when a kiss under the Engine Arch at mid- night would make the blushing freshman woman a co-ed. Self- consciousness - not apathy -, wrecked this campus tradition. The bright lights of the Engine Arch make it a ridiculous place to make love -- at any time. There are better places now ... Because students have found better things to do - things like ski weekends and private parties -J-Hop died. Because of the big- ness of it all, the impersonality of. 1,600 feet triping over each other --J-Hop died. Apathy has little to do with it. Spring Weekend stu- dent leaders are already blaming apathy for the soon-to-come de- mise of that event. And Greek Week died because of apathy, IFC officials have said. I believe leaders of these events, after careful examination, will discover Greek Week and Spring Weekend offer little to the indi- vidual. And those individuals, my- self included, are going to find something better. Most of us en- joy a good time, we aren't apa- thetic. If the all campus events lose their individual appeal, we'll find something else. John S. DeMott, '59 HER PROGRAM, restricted en- tirely to the Italian repertoire, opened with the usual group of arie antiche, a vocal realm not en- tirely suited to Miss Tebaldi's large and ripe voice. Thus, her aria from Handel's Amadigi was nobly declaimed, but with some unsteadiness and spreading of tone. Songs by Galuppi and Scar- latti fared better, with the singer achieving a delightful delicacy of projection. Two works by Mozart were marred by certain stylistic man- n e r is m s, particularly sudden swells and pianissimos. Not until the Rossini-Bellini songs were Miss Tebaldi's finest resources brought to the fore. Here, Bellini's . "Vaga luna che inargenti" was one of the most beautiful moments of the evening. * * * M A S C A G N I'S "M'ma, non m'ama" was a decidedly unprom- ising start for what was otherwise the evening's most distinguished group - the song verges on the ludicrous and the vocal sound was over-ripe to the point of unpleas- antness. In songs by Respighi, Piz. zetti, Davico and Tosti, however, Miss Tebaldi moved into a realm of Latin warmth and sentiment eminently suited to her tempera- ment and technique. The floated high notes, the gentle caress of a phrase, the passionate outburst of tone, all part of Tebaldi's' vocal nature, made songs such as Res- pighi's "Notte" and Davico's "0 lune che fa'lume" first-rate musi- cal experiences. Desdemona's arias from Otello were a feast of tonal beauty. The ease and perfection with which Tebaldi floated the haunting phrases of the Willow Song and the Ave Maria were very nearly awesome and the encored aria from Butterfly was hardly less impressive. It is in the lyric world of Verdi and Puccini that Miss Tebaldi demonstrably achieves the level of a great singer. -John McLaughlin DAIL'Y OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publicatlon of The Univer- sity of Michigan for which Tae Michigan Daily assumes no ed.l- tornal responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3519 Administration Build- ing, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1959 VOL. LXIX, No. 90 General Notices , 4