c lrMrbiijau Bat Seventy-Fih Year EDIrTED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS JOHNSON'S ATTITUDE: 0 ® -: WheeOdpfIn~ofl A" Free 420 MAYNARD ST., ANN Awou, Mca. Truth Win Uvt NEWs PHONE: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1965 NIGHT EDITOR: BARBARA SEYFRIED Professors Don't Need Education Courses IT HAS OFTEN been suggested t fessors be required to take co, the techniques and methods of tion before they be allowed tot colleges and universities. This argument is completely fa It rests on the assumption t schools of education can adequat vide a prospective educator witht needed to effectively inspire a cla Unfortunately/ this is not true tion courses tend to stifle i among the prospective teachers. a student to spend an entires writing a book for seven yeart on the various kinds of rodents student no insight into the prob the techniques of teaching. U.S. Interventi Completes Cy THE CYCLE OF POLITICS mad turn in Santo Domingo this we Aside from the FBI inform President that the alleged domin the rebels was no longer existe George Bundy of teach-in in fame, also reported on Wednesd the rebels were willing to neg compromise but the junta forces w The junta, a product of Unite intervention in the land of' seems to be rebuking its godfath are unwilling to back a compromt erment headed by Antonio Guzn in fact seem adamant on perm establishing themselves as th clique without any reconciliati the liberal forces of the country. AT THE PRESENT POINT, the, have to retain its troops in1 minican Republic to make suret wounds caused by the interven American troops do not develop infection of an authoritarian dicta -BRUCE WASSER hat pro- urses in educa- teach in llacious. hat the tely pro- the tools ss. Edi,,a- RATHER THE STUDENT'S energies are completely misdirected. Drawing col- orful pictures and printing neat letters become the ends rather than the means to further understanding the problems of the seven-year-old. It is true that many teachers and pro- fessors ought to take a course in the philosophy of education but a course to teach the techniques of education is abso- lutely useless. Are 1 By STEPHEN BERKOWITZ THE ATTITUDE of the Johnson administration towards the public is a bit. of pure Americana that should warm the hearts and chill the souls of all potential and prospective Thorstein Veb- len's. To the grey-flannel millions- the great unweaned-nothing may seem awry. To be deceived, lied to, chastised-is all part of the business of being a junior, senior or meta-senior executive. But to the present generation, nursed on the social pablum of in loco parentis, but reared in the traditions of the civil rights move- ment, adjustment comes harder. One has an intense sense of deja vu-of having seen it all before: to the college student, the current attitude of the Johnson adminis- tration towards the public smacks strongly of that of an overly pro- tective dean of women. The American people-including some of its most capable sociolo- gists, mathematicians and political scientists-are to be treated as in- tellectual virgins-naive, misin- formed and undisciplined-who must be protected from themselves until they are experienced, per- ceptive and intelligent. UNTIL that golden time arrives -when the lambs may risk lying down with the lions-they must be spared the hard decisions of in- ternational politics lest they loose their pristine virtue and sweet innocence at the hands of "the Evil Communist Conspiracy." Of course, as any good, old- fashioned housemother knows, the innocents can't simply be locked up all the time-they have to be allowed to try their wings in an enticing-but harmless-manner. Hence, a Congress has been in- cluded in the blueprints for the Great Society. At the present mo- ment it enjoys a prestige and im- portance second only to that of SGC. But lest this activity become too dangerous, a "curfew" has been established. For most senators (some senior members have late permission)--and virtually all the representatives (underclassmen?) this time comes during quorum call. IN ORDER to keep the girls en- tertained after hours, the admin- istration has devised a host of "programs." Sometimes these are given jazzy titles-"wars" on pov- erty and against taxes. At other times they are just called "sce- narios." A "scenario," as anyone in con- tact with haute monde circles ought to know, is a pre-arranged plan into which various actors and directors can be "plugged" to bring about a desired outcome- one according- to the sponsor's wishes. In Washington today, scenarios are very much in demand-a good one is worth its weight in special assistantships. In those days before "Special- vision" (a technological improve- ment invented by the Johnson administration, but immediately claimed by the Russians) things were farsimpler. IN THE PAST, as Prof. Kenneth Boulding of the economics de- partment is wont to say, there were only two parties-the Demo- crats and the "stingyes." In those primitive days, the Democrats tried to do things-- some of these wise, some foolish -and the Republicans tried to stop them. But today, as anyone reared in the "TV generation" can tell you, we live in the era of the "adult western" which is, of course neith- er adult nor western. Everyone wears "gray hats" as opposed to the traditional black and white, and the hero, we are confidently informed by the writ- er, is a "man with problems" who is just trying to overcome them. THUS IT IS in the larger world of Washington (soon to be re- named "Johnson City" for televis- ing on another network). "Lindsay-L, As In LaGuardia And Liberal-I. As In Independents-N, As In Native New Yorker -D, As In-u--Demcrat-Like-"' -, II - I? ..c tr s'f =f: E c \ 3LW~sc o seem to have enough problems of their own without worrying about other peoples'. Of course, both mom and dad have to keep on their toes to deal with all the problems the children -McGeorge and Robert-keep getting into. Because the family lives in a tough neighborhood, the Johnson kids are always involved in scrapes with other youngsters in the neighborhood. The local bullies (who change however from one serial to the next) can't seem to leave Mc- George alone. Robert, a more stu- dious boy, is always getting em- broiled in other peoples problems. "GUNSMOKE" is a show which deals with the heroic exploits of a Western mashal in the little town of Perd'nales city. The marshal wears the grey head gear of the adult western, but still manages to shoot it out every week with villain-type (black hat). Somehow, however, the marshal manages to shoot the villain first (to keep from getting shot). It's all in self defense, of course. After a few nights of this sort of thing, some of the minors in the "Great American Dormitory" may get fed up. Recently some of the inmates have been staying out all night at teach-ins. Various members of the OSA- Office of Sage Authority-have criticised these teach-ins as being "wild parties" and "not in the best interests of the university." But this has been the exception -especially after one of them discovered that most of them were being held in the home of a pro- fessor of political science. From this point one, everyone was told to ignore them. HOWEVER this didn't work, and the student newspaper is campaigning to get rid of the dean of women. e A Population of Children? A good teacher is one who is enthus- nitiative iastic about the subject he teaches. Most Forcing good teachers seem to have a natural semester ability to communicate their enthusiasm children for a subject to the students. Trying ar- gives a tificially to inspire a teacher through ed- ucation courses to prepare better lectures only imparts a spirit of artificiality on the class rather than excitement over the material of the course. lon The major problems in the education- al system in the United States occur at cl the elementary and high, school levels. Teachers at these levels are forced by state laws to take a certain number - of e its full education courses. Yet these courses cer- ek. tainly do not prepare them for better ing the teaching. For-even fairly bright students iation of can still get through the eighth grade ent, Mc- without thoroughly understanding basic absentia arithmetic. lay that otiate a. EDUCATION COURSES for elementary were not. and high school teachers have not d States positively affected their abilities to teach. Trujillo, In fact they have probably done more to Ter. They stifle the initiative of the teachers rather er.s They than to inspire them. man gand There are many excellent professors eanently who have never taken an education anngycourse. These should be allowed to teach n with and their positions and salaries should be based on the quality of their teaching. Professors who cannot teach-whether U.S. will or not they have had education courses- the Do- should not be allowed to. teach. They do that the not have the enthusiasm to face 200 stu- ntion of dents each day. Education courses would into an not inspire this enthusiasm. atorship. -JUDITH WARREN STEIN Co-Editor Some of the decisions the hero has to make are so difficult, as any viewer can see, that only he can be privy to them until after they have been made. All we have to do, in this situation, is to wait for the endings when. we all can ride off into the sunset of the "Great Society." Some of the programs seen dur- ing a typical evening's viewing on "specialvision" are a bit trite. A recent showing of "Gunboat Di- plomacy, 1965," for instance, re- ceived very bad reviews. However, compared to the rest of the fare offered, even offerings as tired as this seem to be some- what worthwhile. One of the older shows, "Life With Father" is about a typical American business executive, Lyn- don Johnson, who is constantly beset by people who don't like the way the company is being run. THE FAMILY SECRETARY, mother, sticks up for daddy. She sagely says that she sometimes wonders about these people-who MATTER OF FACT: Vietnamese Military Situation\ Looks Ominous Election Costs Must Be Curbed BECAUSE OF THE NATURE of our mass society, the electorate never knows the real candidate; all they are familiar with is his projected image. This image is the result of a public relations job whose quality is a direct function of a candi- date's campaign chest. In the late 19th century many of the politicians were controlled by special in- terests because of the financial backing of these powerful elements. In our age the people who control the financial in- terests are now in politics. JUDITH WARREN .. ................Co-Editor ROBERT HIPPLER .....................Co-Editor EDWARD HERSTEIN............ .....Sports Editor JUDITH FIELDS................. Business Manager JEFFREY -LEEDS....... ......Supplement Manager NIGHT EDITORS: Michael Badamo, John Meredith, Robert Moore, Barbara Seyfried, Bruce wasserstein. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich. Published daily Tuesday through Saturday morning. Thre is nothing wrong with having the rich men in government, but there is something drastically wrong with hav- ing only the rich men in government. Our political system is now a plutocra- cy and the passport to a career in public service is a bankbook rather than one's mind. The attempts to halt this trend have been feeble and fruitless. Despite some limitations on expenditures for cam- paigning in states such as New York, sophisticated candidates are able to by- pass these restrictions as easily as multi- millionaires side step high income tax rates. LAWS TIGHTLY limiting the expendi- tures of candidates must be passed and enforced if this country is ever to bear any resemblance to a representative de- mocracy, for under our present system the bankroll and not the man is poli- tically supreme. -BRUCE WASSERSTEIN By JOSEPH ALSOP DA NANG-The Marine camp here is so big and so full of powerful, heavy equipment that one has the impression that the army of Alexander the Great after Arbela could probably have been fitted into the helicopter sector. The Marines themselves are as impressive as their camp. On the day of a recent visit they had been clearing a little village whence they had been getting sniper fire. A company had swum the river by moonlight; two more had come upriver in huge amphibious tanks. But the Viet Cong had swiftly retreated, and except for under - ground bunkers and the like there was nothing that seemed warlike except the herd bull of the village water buffaloes. "I KIND OF WISH he'd come after us," remarked a giant bronzed, sweaty and rather bored Marine corporal. "I'd kind of like to rassle him." And the corporal indeed looked as though he might have won. All this is reassuring; but it has to be admitted that some source of reassurance is badly needed in Viet Nam at the mo- ment. For the truth of the matter is that the outlook is very much more ominous, and the North Viet- namese intervention is very much more flagrant and massive, than anyone seems to imagine at home in America. IN FEBRUARY-MARCH the Communist forces were undoubt- edly surprised and even briefly disheartened by the wholly un- expected American decision to PETER SELLERS: 'Double The Pleasure, Double The Fun' bomb North Vietnamese targets and the less publicized but almost equally important decision to use U.S. air poweroffensively in South Viet Nam. But a single harsh surprise will not keep a hardened enemy per- manently off balance. And the enemy's hidden assets are far greater than is generally supposed. In the provinces composing this first corps area, for example, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong battalions probably outnumber South Vietnamese army battalions by a factor of about three to two. This rather amply explains the need for the Marines. IN THE COUNTRY as a whole the enemy's regular forces-not the guerrilla and local forces, mind you, but the regulars-almost cer- tainly exceed 60,000 men. This is three times last year's official figure. It includes the entire 325th Division of the North Vietnamese army. it the State Theatre IT'S THREE and one half hours of pure delight. A double barreled best of "Sellers" comedy program that should not be passed up. Only too seldom doesta double feature like this combination come along, and if you were , one of the unlucky ones who missed either "Pink Panther" or "A Shot in the Dark" when they first came around then you have a real de- licious treat ahead of you. The reason for all the fun is Inspector Clouseau, the bumbling but dedicated French official who stumbles through the two films attempting to solve crimes. The crime in "The Pink Pan- ther" is the theft of a famous jewel by a pair of smooth sophis- ticated "artists" in crime, Robert Wagner and the crafty David Niven. The crime in "A Shot in the Dark" is murder, and more murder and more murder. But worry not, Inspector Clouseau is there to punish the guilty-even- tually. In the meantime there are laughs galore. For the fumbling confused po- liceman is Peter Sellers in one of his most successful comedy creations. Whether it's a wild romp through a nudist camp with Elke Sommers, a pool rack that refuses to cooperate, or the ultimate em- barrassment, a can of cold cream that fights back, Sellers is at his brilliant best. OF THE TWO FILMS, "The Pink Panther" is perhaps the more cohesive. In it Seller's role is minimized with greater attention played to plot and action. This allows for a more satisfying com- bination of mystery and comedy, yet it still allows for such magnifi- cent slapstick moments as the final chase scene in which people rush back and forth, across a deserted intersection at night about a single pedestrian standing perplexed and watching quietly. "A Shot in the Dark" while weaker structurally, and slightly less smooth, nevertheless remains alive with solid comic achieve- ment. This time however, the credit belongs entirely to Sellers. Even the cold faced George San- ders and the beautiful Elke Som- mer take a back seat. From the globe in his office to the houseboy at his apartment, the world seems to be against Inspector Clouseau. The color photography in each is pleasant, the musical score is by Mancini in both cases and the direction is apt and occasionally quite inventive. Blake Edwards smeem oreat hom ein "The Pink Two additional battalions of an unidentified North Vietnamese regular regiment are also reported to have crossed the demilitarized zone into the two most northerly provinces of this corps area. To be sure, only one North Viet- namese regular battalion is shown in the South by the American "order of ,battle," which is now governed by rules that make it as unreal as the ceremonial of the Byzantine Court. But no compe- tent American military judge doubts the presence of the 325th Division . as a whole, and the American advisors on the spot have few doubts about the entry of the two additional battalions in the two most northerly pro- vinces. IN ADDITION, the North Viet- namese 304th Division is known to be in position on the frontier. And if the 325th Division has en- tered the country already, the eventual entry of this other di- vision must logically be expected. Nor is that the entire story by any means. The old twaddle about this being a mere civil war, in which the purely indigenous Com- munist forces are wholly armed with captured' U.S. weapons, is twaddle in another and even more important way as well. In reality, in the Viet Cong's hard core of regular battalions, as in the invading North Vietnamese Can They Do All? THE COMPUTERS, we are led to believe, can do almost any- thing a human being can do-and can do it better. Now, university admissions of- ficers are using punch cards to pick their freshmen, and at a meeting in Chicago the other day they defended their machine operations staunchly. No, it is not cold and heartless, they say, for a computer to decide whether your son or daughter is going to have a college education. A long day of poring over ap- plications might well tire the ad- missions officer and his weariness might cause him to pick the wrong candidates. But they say the ma- chines never err. Well, we can understand how a computer can be perfectly objec- tive in dealing with statistical things like a student's grades, but can a machine really decide whether he's sincere in wanting to go to college? Can a machine battalions, almost no captured weapons are now used. For the moment, to be sure, the enemy high command is not mak- ing intensive use of its powerful regular forces with new weapons and reinforcements from the North. The regulars are mostly hidden, now, in jungle and moun- tain redoubts. BUT THESE WEEKS are likely to prove no more than the lull before the storm. And it may be a pretty black storm, despite the planned use of American troops as urgently needed reserves. (c) 1965, The Washington Post Co. Chaplin Is 'Everyman At the Cinema Guild "SHOULDER ARMS" has been called the story of Everyman at war. But this is only one facet of Charlie Chaplin's genius-he can be Everyman in a story fla- vored with irony, pathos and satire. Some of the scenes in the movie have become film and World War I classics. In one, Chaplin, disap- pointed at not receiving any mail himself, vicariously enjoys an- other soldier's letter. Reading over his shoulder, Charlie reacts with the same pleasure as the other soldier-shock with shock; smile with smile-until the other soldier glares him away. Another great scene shows Chaplin behind enemy lines cam- ouflaged as a tree trunk. When discovered, he craftily escapes into a forest. Some of the swifter pieces of humor include scenes in which, bunk underwater Chaplin careful- ly fluffs his pillow before lying down or' satirizes the stars and stripes or hurls a limburger cheese grenade into the enemy trench. EVERYMAN AT war encounters the same difficulties. For in- stance, conforming to the routine and postures of the army (espe- cially difficult for Chaplin whose feet either turn out or in, but he can't seem to master the regula- tion march position). 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