i It
Seventy-Second Year
EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
__ -UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD TN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS
ir Opinions Are Free S~TUDENT PUBLICATIONs BLDG.* ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241
'ruth 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.
Meanwhile, Back At The Collective --
SIDELINE ON SGC:
Council's OSA Stand
Too Little, Too. Late
:ARCH 9, 1962
NIGHT EDITOR: HARRY PERLSTADT
Government Road to Space:
Who Collects the Tolls.?
SILL is being debated by the Senate's space
ommittee that will bring the Space Age
tly into the home and pocketbook of every
m who owns a telephone. One would think
he interests of gaining votes for them-
s and good-will for the space-program the
tors would be interested in making the
icial bite as small as possible. But politi-
s are obviously motivated by higher in-
ts.
e bill is concerned with operation of the
nunication satellite network which will
ably exist in a few years. These satellites,
h are now in the orbital testing stage, relay
ages from ground stations to anywhere
arth. Three of them, orbiting at an al-
e of 22,000 miles, can cover the entire
. They will be the first commercial ben-
of the space age, and could make trans-
nic calls cheap enough for common use.
ing a little further into the future they
the potential to relay radio and television
rams in the same manner, also at reduced
They will bring about a "revolution" in
nunications.
e large communications industries, par-
arly the American Telephone and Tele-
h Co. have their own ideas as to who'
Id benefit. They would like to see a com.
imuncatio n
pany set up whose stock could only be bought
by existing communications carriers. This com-
pany would control the satellites and the
ground receiving stations, where the largest
opportunity for financial profit would develop.
The government would launch the satellites
for them at cost.
GOVERNMENT'S PLAN is better (that
wasn't hard to do). It would set up a com-
pany which would sell stock to existing com-
munication carriers, other companies and the
general public. The large carriers could not
dominate the company. It would have a fed-
erally appointed advisor and its contracts for
ground stations in foreign countries would be
negotiated by the State Department.
As one government official said in defending
the administration's bill, "it would be un-
consceiiceable to turn over this monopoly to
a limited group of participants." The rockets
which will launch the satellites were developed
by the government (out of tax money) as
Intermediate and Intercontinental Range Bal-
listic Missiles. The satellite prototypes were
built and early tests conducted by the federal
government. To make the carriers pay just
for each launching is making them a gift of
billions of dollars and man-hours. Furthermore,
any development work that would have to be
done on the satellites by the carriers would
be made very easily merely by raising service,
rates. Once the system is working they could
be expected to charge the highest possible price
for this service.
THE ADMINISTRATION'S BILL is designed
to correct some of these potential abuses.
But it does not go far enough. An existing
government agency or a new one should be set
up to run the satellite network.
The road to space was built by the govern-
ment using public tax funds. Now the com-
munication companies want to collect the
tolls. Space is \not an area to be explointed
by a small group of American companies.
Ideally the system would be run by the United
Nations, since men of all nationalities have
contributed to its development in a process that
is as long as history itself. If that is too
idealistic, for the present, the system should
at least benefit all the American people.
The people's representatives in Washington
have some funny ideas as to what is good for
the public. Many Senators are backing the
A.T.&T. proposal. A.T.&T. itself has a large
lobby working in its behalf which includes a
former Senator among its members. Just about
the only important interest group left virtually
unrepresnted is the people.
-RONALD WILTON
:
';;.
t : -
r.'
.; 1
1
a _
M V.
t
;; c
.
r S k. .. "
tJrgbZ -xe{ actt-4r..lG I" wI pC t- im <. .
EUROPEAN DATELINE:
It's.Hard Learning French in Paris.
.4 s*
T *1'
S
!I
By PHILIP SUTIN
Daily Staff Writer
ALTHOUGH Student Govern-
ment Coucil has had strong
reservations about the student's
fitness to govern himself, it took'
a stand for student rights and
responsibility Wednesday night.
Unfortunately, it is too late to be
effective.
In.January, the Council had an
opportunity to take a strong, de-
finitive stand. However, it rejected
the Glick-Roberts motionand by
inference declared that the stu-
dent was nothing more than a
laborer in a University "company
town" who had to bargain with
the administration for the rights
he may enjoy.
* * *
THUS the legitimate influential
agency for voicing strong student
opinion lay m'ute. Faced with
pressures ,stronger than those of
the largely silent, but vitally af-
fected, students, the Office of Stu-
dent Affairs Study Committee pro-
duced a report with a vague phi-
losophy and attempted only to
untangle the OSA structure with-
out making any major reforms.
Anything Student Government
Council now says is ex post facto.
The Reed Report, having been in-
spected by the Regents, is now in
the hands of Vice-President for
Student Affairs James A. Lewis.
DAILY OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
The Daily Official Bulletin is an
official publication of The Univer-
sity of Michigan for which The
Michigan Daily assumes no editorial
responsibility. Notices should be
sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to
Room 3564 Administration Building
before '2 p.m., two days preceding
publication.
FRIDAY, MARCH 9
General Notices
Urgent Notice to All Concert Ushers
at Hill Auditorium: The final concert of
the Extra Series of Choral Union Con-
certs was to have been on Mon. March
12, with Lentyne Price as the artist.
This concert' has been moved up to
Friday, Mar. 9, with the artist changed
to Eleanor Steber. Please note the
change of date and artist and report
at the usual time on Fri., Mar. 9. If
you do not report as indicated, you will
miss;y ourvchance to sign up for the
May Festval.
Staff Paid Parking Notice: In order
to make rom for construction of the
Thompson Street parking structure. it
is necessary to vacate the parking lots
on the west side of the 500 block of
Thompson Street by"-March 12, 162.
Ample staff paid parking space is
available at the Thayer Street parking
structure.
The' Ilniversity of Michigan Blood
Bank Association, in cooperation with
the American Red Cross, will have its
regular Blood Bank Clinic on March
28, 1962. The Clinic hours are 10:00
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:00 to 3:30
p.m. Any full-time or part-time reg-
ularly employed staff member of the
University interested in becoming a
member or renewing his membership
should contact the, Personnel Office,
1028 Administration Bldg., Extension
2834.
Summer Housing Applications for
graduate and undergraduate women
will be ;accepted from women now reg-
istered on campus beginning at noon,
Mon., March 12, at the Office of the
Dean of women, first floor, Student
Activities Bldg. Applications wil be ac-
cepted for residence halls and supple-
mentary housing.
Delta Delta Delta (local) Scholarship:
Applicants: any current sophomore or
junior women, full-time students, eigi-
bility based on an over-all average of
2.8, citizenship and need. Application
blanks available. at the Office of the
Dean of Women, March 12-23.
Summary of Action Taken by Student
Government Council at its Meeting of
(Continued on Page 5)
Opinions about the report are
set. All the Council can do is
react
In commenting on the report,
the Council adopted a strongly
worded philosophy advocating full
student participation in determin-
ing the extra-classroom conduct
rules under which he lives. Noting
that "the college is both life itself
and preparation for future life,"
the Council urged that the Uni-
versity attempt to instil social con-
sciousness in its students and, at
the same time, encourage Jdi-
viduality and privacy.
YET, Council's specific recom-
mendations fall short of its high
minded philosophical ideals. As
a means of implementing the
philosophy, a policy commission
with wide powers directly respon-
sole to the vice-president of stu-
dent services (proposed name foi
the vice-president for student a-
fairs) was suggested.
The commission, with four of
its ten members as students, would
have complete authority over rule
making, hear grievences, formulate
judiciary policy, and advise the
Regents on personnel appoint-
ments. The Regents would be the
final authority.
Union President Paul Carder at-
tacked this plan on the narrow
grounds of "administrability." No
administrator would want to work
under such conditions, he charged.
UNFORTUNATELY, Carder and
other Council members failed to
grasp the significance and scope
of extra-classroom administration.
Unlike other University sectors, it
is removed from academic con-
cerns and has a quasi-governmen-
tal function not found in most
administrations. The University
imposes a whole series of non-
academic regulations 'determining
when,, where, how and with whom
a student may associate.
This characteristic negates many
standard practices of administra-
tion, and calls for participation
by the governed according to the
democratic ethic of American so-
ciety. But the current OSA is a
benevelent dictatorship in which
students have the right to protest
policies and administration and
little else.
* * *
THE ORIGINAL report by the
structure committee' would give
students full rights and represen-
tation in determining the rules
under which they live. Daily Editor
John Roberts' subcommittee un-
dermines the policy commission,
since it is subject to the veto of
the man who is supposed to carry
out the policy. In essence, the real
power remains in the vice-
president's hands. He can refuse
to carry out any of the policy
commission's rules.
In passing Roberts' motion, SOC
compromised the ideals it set
as a guide in criticizing the Reed
Report. This watering down was
continued throughout the rest of
the committee reports.
* * *
THE RULES and regulations
report urged elimination of sex
distinction in judiciaries, but did
not demand due process. The
Council maintained compulsory
freshmen housing, though it did
ask to end required dormitory
living for upperclass women.
It isaunfortunate that Council
threw, away its opportunity to seek
effectively more student rights
last January. The mild SGC re-
action to the Reed Report, coming
after it was written, is too little
and too late.
ERAL REGENTS have started an in-
ormal policy of meeting with student
ps to sample student opinion.
e meetings will take place when the Re-
s are in Ann Arbor each month for board
ings.
ds policy is to be commended. The Regents,
live away from Ann Arbor, do not usually
the opportunity to meet students very
isively.
: BOARD IS, of course, responsible to the
>ters' of the state of Michigan for its
ns. But it ought, to find out what the
ersity itself-the teachers, students and
inistrators-think. The Board sees the
inistration as a matter of course, and often
s with the University Senate Advisory
mittee.
t it does not see students as often. Stu
s have ideas and problems, desires and
ions, that the Regents ought to be familiar
in order to oversee the University in the
possible fashion.
ie knowledge from the Regent-student
ings will therefore be valuable.
Now It's Our Turn
ESIDENT KENNEDY very eloquently told
he nation last week just why the United
es will be "forced" to begin testing next
1. But he was careful (perhaps in deference
he recently publicized "peace 'movement")
ake it plain just how very "painful" a deci-
it was-"very reluctantly" the president
Ld just to make sure that the United States
d be completely absolved of all moral blame
ts "necessary" pollution of the atmosphere,
nedy very "dramatically" (as the papers
said) placed the burden on the. Soviets
selves. The Russians started first, and they
Oppo0rtunity
JDENT GOVERNMENT COUNCIL has an-
ounced the opening of the Sigma Nu case
in time to provoke a lively, issue-oriented
ig election. With a topic that interests al-
every student for inspiration, a well-.
med,- conscientious group of candidates
I force the campus to consider all facets
he discrimination issue and at the same
revive dwindling interest in SGC.
ith a wide field of candidates, to choose
for the six open slots, the election could
i about a whole new orientation toward
pus problems, and student responsibility.
have the opportunity to end American testing,
at the Geneva talks.
Tests will not be resumed, says Kennedy, if
the Russians agree to an inspected nuclear ban
-an inspection system which would preclude
clandestine preparations for testing such as
those which took place in the Soviet Union just
prior to their test series. Thus, the president
has said, the United States would never be
caught by surprise again. To fulfill such a guar-
antee would require a system of inspection so
complex that it would involve thousands of
agents in each country and would require the
abdication of virtually all security measures by
both sides. Kennedy knows that the Soviets will
never agree to such a plan for the same reason
that he would never commit the United States
to such an agreement. If the President is sin-
cere in proposing this as a necessary criterion
for any future compact, he will have precluded
any success at Geneva.
All of the President's public statements have
given evidence that, for a change, his words are
not empty. He was asked at his Feb. 21 press
conference why it wouldn't be just as satisfac-
tory if both sides were to be publicly prepared
for testing, ready to act if the other side should
break a future moratorium. Said Kennedy: "We
have to consider the effects upon our security
by those (the Russian) tests." As Washington
journalist I. F. Stone has pointed out, this
translates into "since they had a' round, we
have to have a round .too."
By GLORIA BOWLES
Daily Correspondent
PARIS-"I want to learn to speak
French."
The young American who leaves
the Big Ten or the Ivy League
behind and comes here "to learn
French" is embarking on a year of
great adventure. There is fascina-
tion and challenge in a student's
pursuit for perfection of a foreign
language. He will experience many
emotions, ranging from profound
discouragement to the greatest joy
in the time of success.
But if his personal limitations
aren't enough, the young Ameri-
can. arriving here finds built-in
obstacles to learning French. The
worst one is not easily dismissed-
there are just too many Ameri-
cans. An American who travels in
Europe finally comes to the con-
clusion that, no matter how hard
he tries, he just can't avoid run-
ning into his own countrymen.
* * *
A SERIOUS language student
gets the habit of running in the
opposite direction when he sees
Americans.
Two weeks ago I arrived at the
Gare de Lyon in Paris, looking
forward to a ski, trip to Chamonix
with a group of Frenuch students.
A knot of young people had gath-
ered at the appointed meeting
place. In the corner stood two
young girls, unmistakably Ameri-
can. We all looked at each other-
no-one too happy to see each other
-and said, almost in unison, "I
really was hoping there wouldn't
be any Americans on this trip."
Needless to say, there were even
more in Chamonix.
SUCH AN ATTITUDE is not at
all a question of lacking love of
country. The student. trying to
learn French just has to limit the
all too tempting contacts with
English speaking people or else
defeat the fundamental purpose of
a trip here.
In Paris, there are numbers of
American students sharing apart-
ment with American friends. These
students go to class together, eat
lunch together, and discuss the
opera together between acts . . .
all in English. The American way
of life is transplanted to Paris.
There are scores of Americans
who leave Paris without being able
to do much more in French than
ask for a cup of coffee. In fact, it's
easy to spend a whole year in Paris
without speaking a single word of
French.
Isolation from your native lan-
guage and countrymen is essential
to learning a foreign language,
especially at the beginning. When
you reach a certain proficiency, it
is not so dangerous to talk to
English speakers.
WHEN THE American decides
he wants to take his business of
learning French seriously, he en-
rolls at the Sorbonne or Alliance
Francaise, and begins his search
for Frenchmen.
But the French are very difficult
to meet. The most common com-
plaint of the foreign student in
Paris is:
"Well, I love Paris,' and the
theatre and my courses are pretty
interesting, but I really would like
to meet some French people!"
can't be bothered with strangers.
The mentality and character of
the French also tends to make
them inaccessible. The story of the
45-year-old Parisian who has
never left France illustrates the
point. "Why should I travel outside
of France?" he asks. "Where would
I go?"
The traditional Frenchman is
quite satisfied with his own life in
France. He hasn't much desire to
travel, and foreigners in his own
city don't hold much interest for
him. There are exceptions, of
course, to the rule. The younger
generation is more liberal in this
regard, but even so you aren't
readily taken in by a closely knit
group of French students.
AS A RESULT, the wise foreign
To the Editor:
KENNETH WINTER'S column
on SGC demonstrates an ig-
norance of fact, petulance of in-
tent, and disregard for the fact
that Daily interpretives are the
student body's only ones when
dealing with SGC. Specifically, the
following are some of the more
ill-considered portions of his
column:
1) Mr. Winter mentions the "un-
equal" division of subcommittees,
both topically, and in terms of
personnel. He should have realized
that these divisions corresponded
substantially to those of the re-
port itself: that they were as near
a rational division of labor as
possible; that members' interest
was the main determinant of ser-
vice on a subcommittee.
2) He (Mr Winter) realizes
that members were struggling to
stay attentive Tuesday night, and
that most failed. He should also
realize that that is when the meet-
ing adjourned, that members had
spent great amounts of time on
their subcommittees, and that they
felt it imperative to attempt to
get some work done before Wed-
nesday's regular meeting. More-
over, he implies that Moch's mo-
tion to do away with an official
Council opinion on the Reed re-
port was a desirable one. Without
exhorting him as to his citizen
responsibilities, I merely wish that
he would keep that in mind next
time he or his colleagues throw
gleeful barbs of "irresponsibility"
at Council. That Council chose to
continue is commendable, not oc-
casion for childlike sarcasm.
* * *
3) FINALLY, Mr. Winter seems
to imply that the Styles commit-
tee will not be able to draft a
cohesive report. Did he expect a
group of a dozen people to draft a
report of a few thousand words?
Or does he think it naive that
they can do a good job?
4) In general, Mr. Winter's
column, "Sideline on SGC" is a
shallnw. vnical misinformed, pet-
their newspaper and their general
outlook, will not long stay that
way if they insist on low-quality
thinking, and writing. I expect
more of them.
-Bob Ross, '63
On Chastitie .
To the Editor:
F OR MYSELF and my colleagues,
Messrs McNamara, Gaylord,
Creeth, English, Allison and No-
vak, may I publicly thank the
members of the so-called Honors
Seminar, English 480, who in-
serted the, Personal Notice today
(Mar. 8) describing the seminar as
a "Workshoppe in Chastitie."
They are to be congratulated on
restoring to campus circulation a
term ("Chastity," if I may repeat
it) which according to my re-
searches last appeared in the pages
of the "Daily" on Sept. 12, 1911,
as a misprint for "chastise."'
The announced topic of the
seminar must appear in these days
to be so technical and archaic that
a word of explanation may be
welcomed. Perhaps an annotated
list of the readings will elucidate.
The list follows. "Sir Gawain and
the Green Knight" (or, who was
that lady in theknight's bed-
chamber?), Selections. from the
"Morte d'Arthur" (or, the adultery
of Guenevere and Lancelot), "The
Miller's Tale" (not Henry's but
Chaucer's; this, it must be con-
fessed, points an unadorned
moral), "The Faerie Queen," Book
III (containing the Garden of
Adonis and the Masque of Cupid),
"The Knight of the Burning
Pestle," (let the title suffice to
characterize it), "Tom Jones," (or,
the adventures of one night in
a country inn), and "The Rape of
the Lock" (let the title suffice).
Clearly, if regrettably, it has prov-
ed impossible to study one thing
without the other.
I must deny, however, the mis-
taken implication in the term
"Workshoppe." No contamination
by nractical considerations is con-
student takes a room with a
French family as a paying guest,,
or works in exchange for room.
and board. Goal: to hear and
speak the French language. Some-
times this is the only opportunity.
The average foreign student in
Paris has an international circle
of friends including, if he is lucky,
four or five French acquaintances.
But generally he consoles him-
self with a few French friends,
reading French newspapers, living
in a lovely French apartment, go-
ing to the theatre and Opera twice
a week and to the movies even
more frequently. None of this is
very painful; in fact, it's a rather
glamorous life.
Tomorrow-Textbook vs. spoken
language.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
SGC Reporters Show
'wiseGy ttds
CIVIC THEATRE:
'Pajama Gme
Deight ful
PAJAMA GAME is not an "important musical play. It has neither
the lush sensuality of Kismet nor the wit and sophistication of
Pal Joey or My Fair Lady. It has no "message" like that of South
Pacific or West Side Story. The score is not particularly distinguished
(though two of its songs became popular), and the book is rather
loosely put together, being constructed of a series of vignettes, more
in the style of a review than a play. It is even a bit "dated."
Yet it does afford an opportunity for a delightful evening of
theatrical diversion, and that is just what the Civic Theater production
which opened last night in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, is.
I DIRECTOR "DUDE" STEPHENSON has assembled most of the
musicaly comedy "veterans" of the town-and they are are very
talented bunch. They give the entire production an air of polished
professionalism, not frequently encountered in amateur efforts.
Outstanding is David Smalley (Sid) whose rich, full voice is
thoroughly'pleasing. What is more, he shows the animation and in-
tensity which have previously been lacking in his portrayals on the
Ann Arbor boards.
It is a tribute. to Tom Jennings' talent and experience that he
could manage to be so amusing as Hines in spite of a severely in-
capacitating laryngitis. Sue Breckenridge (Babe) apparently always
sounds like she has a sore throat, but somehow it doesn't matter that
her voice leaves much to be desired. She displays an intense kind of
concentration, a requisite for a convincing performance.
* * * *
THE RATHER LARGE chorus is well handled on the cramped
"Lydia" stage (when, oh when, will there be an adequate stage for
Ann Arbor?). The credit for this goes, of course, to the director and
ko an+ An ern + r -l " ...nzzfn ...hc- cim- n n a, na n 'n 1.. an1..
4
)RTUNATELY, petitioning has
sed.
Editorial Staff
JOHN ROBERTS, Editor
RMAN FAITH WE'
for Editorial t
already T'S THE OLD BATTLE of who hit first, and
in this particular argument our case is not
--P.G overly convincing in lieu of "necessary" Hiro-
shima and the "necessary" Nevada proving
grounds. Meanwhile the other people of the
world will go on-while their genetic structure
is being overhauled--poisoning their ears for
alert sirens and glancing to the window for a
flash of light while Pravda and The New York
Times argue it out.
iNSTEIN The President says we can forsake the "bal-
Director anced deterrent even though we are at present
el Director "ahead" (a balance in our favor). We can not
ine Editor risk the remote possibility that without new
rts Editor tests the balance will become equal (the only
city Editor realistaic balanced deterrent) or the even re-
al Director
nrts Editor nroter possibility, that the balance will shift to
rts Editor the favor of the Soviets."
LIP SHE
City Edit
FARRELL...............Personn4
STUART..................Magaz
EL BURNS...................Sp
OLDEN.........Associate C
RD OSTLING .Associate Editori
ANDREWS... ...Associate Spn
MARKS..Associate Spc