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"Cap'n, You Keep Chasing After That Great White
Whale, We're All Gonna End Up In Trouble"
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1962
NIGHT EDITOR: JUDITH BLEIER
Chapter Must Evaluate
Motivation of National
IN 1959, two chapters of Sigma Kappa sorority
were put on probation by their national after
having' pledged Negroes. Last week, Delta
Gamma at Beloit College was put on probation,
one month after pledging a Negro.
In 1959, Student Government Council at-
tempted to withdraw recognition from Sigma
Kappa for having a bias clause since the
Regents Bylaw prohibited organizations from
having such a clause. However, this decision
was overruled by a Board in Review of Student
Government Council and the chapter is still
on the campus.
Will SGC deal with the University chapter
of Delta Gamma in the same way?
Probably not and for a number of reasons.
In the first place, there is the precedent of
the Sigma Kappa case. But there is also the
statement of two people that Delta Gamma
does not have a bias clause.
MRS. RUSSELL NASH, who is accusing the
national of putting Beloit's local on pro-
bation because of alumni pressure, has said
"Delta Gamma does not have a bias clause."
Miller Upton, president of Beloit College has
said that no sorority on that campus, in-
cluding Delta Gamma, has a bias clause
in its constitution.
But even if the national does not have
a bias clause, the situation is still unclear. The
question revolves around the issue of what
constitutes "discrimination because of race"
referred to in our Regents' Bylaw.
Sorority alumni are considered by nationals
to be on an equal footing with collegiate locals.
For that reason, many nationals have dual
positions in many offices, one for alum chap-
ters, the other for collegiate groups. And every-
one who has at any time been in a, sorority
is considered a "sister" for life.
For these reasons, if one accepts the sorority's
logic, alumnae have every right to decide on
members of the group, for every new pledge is
a potential "sister" to all past members, not
only those women with whom she will live.
BUT IN THIS CASE, the alumnae are pro-
testing the pledging of a woman not be-
cause they know her and feel that she is not
the type of woman they would like as a "sister"
but merely because of her race. And this; is
blantant discrimination.
Alumni opinion can affect a local, as is
obvious from the recent Beloit action. And if
the alumnae knew the woman the pressure
could be considered valid. However, the Dean-
of Women at Beloit college has said that the
pressure of the alums did not begin in the city
of Beloit or, to her knowledge, even in the
general area.
What has happened, then, seems fairly ob-
vious. Alumnae in all the corners of the nation,
who do not know the Negro who was pledged
have automatically said that she is not suitable
as a "sister" and this decision can only have
been made on the basis of one fact-she is
a Negro.
The University Delta Camma local is now
faced with choosing among four alternatives to
its problem.
THE NATIONAL is only faced with two; it
will either drop its attitude that Delta
Gamma is: a private organization and offer
an excuse for its action, or it will maintain
its attitude and offer no justification whatso-
ever, no matter how filmsy.
The local faces the situation that the na-
tional can offer no excuse and therefore the
charges of discrimination would be proved
in a negative way. It must then decide if it
wishes to be associated with an organization
that discriminates.
If the local decides that it does not want
to remain affiliated, it 'must go local. Going
local implies loss of monetary support, the
initial loss of prestige and the possible loss
of the house which the alumnae probably
own.
The chapter can decide to stay affiliated with
the national, knowing that the national dis-
criminates and that in the future it may not
be able to pledge a' woman whom the otherj
women living in the house want. In this case,
too, it will be faced with problems resulting
from violation of the Regents Bylaw and again
-a loss of prestige on the University campus.
BUT IF THE NATIONAL decides to give a
reason (for example if the local at Beloit
did not fill out required forms) then only the
University chapter can know for sure how
valid the excuse is. The required forms may not
have ben filled out, but is the national usually
lenient on this type of issue? Has the national
ever put a local on probation for such a
matter? Is the timing indeed unfortunate?
These questions only a local Delta Gamma
chapter can answer.
Once the reason is given, the local must
decide if it will accept a flimsy excuse that
it knows to be untrue (and therefore accept
the national's policy), or reject such a reason.
And depending upon how the local decides
concerning the merit of the excuse, it must
again decide whether or not to go local.
With a national issuing a reason, however,
public opinion will still be against Delta
Gamma and due to the timing of the pro-
bation action this conclusion seems justified.
But, of course, legislation against the chapter
would then be very hard to implement.
IN TOTAL, the reason for the probation ac-
tion must first be given by the national
before any conclusions can be reached. But in
any case, Delta Gamma national has shown,
on the surface evidence available, that dis-
crimination has occurred and pressure from
the alumnae will prevent the pledging of
Negroes in the future.
Delta Gamma locals all over the country
and especially at the University will be faced
with the same problems and the same choices.
Mrs. Nash sums up the situation when she
said "It looks like they discriminate in reality
whether they do on paper or not. I think they
should do one or the other." She has resigned
in protest. Other protests will be heard too,
and soon.
-ELLEN SILVERMAN
MAY FESTIVAL:
Beethoven Program
Proves Erratic
THE 69TH ANNUAL May Festival opened in Hill Auditorium last
night with a program devoted to the music of Beethoven. The
Philadelphia Orchestra was under the direction of Eugene Ormandy
with Byron Janis as the soloist in the piano concerto.
A large audience greeted the conductor and orchestra with en-
thusiasm and the performance began with the traditional national
anthem.
The high point of the performance came after the, intermission
with the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor, Opus 37.
The work was written in 1800, the year of Beethoven's first symphony,
and reflects the composer's great admiration for the piano concertos
of Mozart.
* y * *
HOWEVER, this concerto reveals the true Beethoven character
in many of its wonderful aspects. The opening theme of the first
movement and the superb harmonies immediately following the
cadenza of the first movement are just two of these moments.
Byron Janis displayed his brilliant technique, clean articulation,
and musical phrasing throughout the performance. The pianist has
a marvelous command of dynamics and makes it possible to follow
all the inner voices with ease.
The second movement of the concerto opens with a very slow
theme in the piano. Many pianists, in the attempt to carry the musical
line, tend to make this mushy. Janis played just as slowly as most,
but kept it clear, projecting the line without over-pedalling.
THE FIRST and last movements sparkled with life; the tempos
were excellent.
There are those who would probably find the pianist's tone a little
too brilliant, but in this work it suited my taste perfectly.
The orchestra did its best playing in the concerto. Their sound was
lovely, much improved from the first part of the program. In the
past, I have noticed that Mr. Ormandy seems in his best element
in concerto work. The audience gave the pianist and orchestra a
much-deserved ovation.
* * * *
THE FIRST HALF of the concert fell short of the standards
which one normally associates with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The
program opened with a cold and imprecise performane of the
"Coriolanus" Overture. Beethoven's overtures tend to pose many
problems for the performer and too often they are thrown off as
openers.
The violins had a strident tone in the high passages of the
overture and never seemed to settle down in the work.
The major composition on the first half of the program was
the Symphony No. 6 in M major, Opus 68. The "Pastoral" Symphony
is Beethoven's major contribution to the field of "program" music.
To some, this writer included, it is unfortunate that Beethoven
chose to attach verbal reflections as sub-titles to the various move-
ments.
Subsequent 19th century composers too often used this. as the
justifaction for their own attempts to tell stories or paint pictures
with music. This misfortune is that few of them possessed Beethoven's
genius or his taste and discretion.
THE SIXTH SYMPHONY can be followed with satisfaction as
"pure" music, I.e., non-programmatic, and the benefits from such
an approach are considerable. I have never ranked this work among
Beethoven's best, but it is a lovely, musical work and does not need
the support of words.
Unfortunately, the performance left much to be desired. It was,
quite frankly, dull.
The violins continued to play with strident tone in the upper
passages and there were a number of out-of-tune sections.
* * * *
ON THE WHOLE, the tempos appeared to be good, but nothing
sparkled. The third movement started off at a peculiarly draggy tempo
and then picked up as it went along. It would have been livelier had
it started at the tempo it eventually arrived at, not to mention being
more consistent.
The slow movement started off very well and the string tone
improved. However, the inner lines were covered and slack. The
transitional fourth movement did come to life, almost too much so
for this context.
Only one other word; Ann Arbor audiences should have the
courtesy to remain quiet between the movements so that the con-
ductor need not wait for their attention.
-Robert Jobe
THE OUTSIDER:
Film Parallels Theme
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LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT:
Majority Propose Solution-
'Acceptable' Adult Conduct
THE REED REPORT'S suggestions for re-
forms in the University's student affairs
administration have drawn varied and in-
teresting comment from many sides. The most
recent reaction became official Saturday when
the Alumnae Council passed a resolution an-
nouncing its views on the Office of Student
Affairs shakeup.
The Council's opinions, ranging from ap-
plause for certain aspects of the Reed report
to reaffirmed demands for the retention of
the Dean of Women's post in all its glory, add
up to a watering-down, in the direction of the
status quo, of the already moderate Reed
Report.
There is one demand in the resolution,
however, which is far worse than just disap-
pointing. It reads: "We believe that the Ad-
ministration of the University has a respon-
sibility to formulate clearly and make known
widely, rules based on such conduct as is ac-
ceptable in adult society.'
THIS IMPLIES that the members of the
Alumnae. Council feel strongly that the
conduct of the present adult society is a
Stampout
THE INDIAN government plans to issue a
special postage stamp commemorating last
December's takeover of Goa and two other
Portuguese enclaves.
It's a new way to stamp out your opposition.
-K.W.
Business Staff
desirable standard. No one can question their
right to hold this view, nor their right to try
to convince students that it is correct.
But there is a world of difference between
convincing and coercing, the difference being
the presence or absence of personal freedom.
Evidently, the Alumnae prefer the latter for
University students.
A first objection is that this position con-
tradicts the educational philosophy advocated
by the Reed Report, to which the Alumnae
claim to give "wholehearted approval." The
Reed Report says that students should be
"actively encouraged to question, to accept
nothing uncritically and submissively." Later,
the report adds, "For the student animated
with new knowledge and ideas, it is a period
of eager discussion, of debate, and of testing
not only of knowledge and ideas but also of
institutions and of itself."
How can the University hope to encourage
critical examination of the accepted conduct
in our society while it simultaneously forces
its students to conform to these values? It's
like encouraging prison inmates to evaluate
critically the existence of their prison. Are
students supposed to be free to form ideals
but not to act according to those ideals?
THE CONTRADICTION is clear, but beyond
this the Council's ideas are vague. Its
resolution fails to specify exactly how much
area the term "conduct acceptable in adult
society" is to cover. If it merely means that
students should obey the law, this is obvious.
If it means more-that students must be
forced into the mold of present polite society--
it not only denies them the right to determine
their own standards, but is also bad for the
society. For example, should such accepted
adult practices as conformity, status-seeking,
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the
second of three articles on appor-
tionment. Tomorrow's article will
analyze the majority report.)
By MARK BLUCHER
Daily Staff Writer
THE MAJORITY proposal on
apportionment was presented to
the Constitutional Convention by
the 14 members of the Legislative
Organization Committee on Feb-
ruary 2.
The majority members saw that
"few problems of state govern-
ment recur so persistently or are
so critical as legislative appor-
tionment and redistricting. As
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FRIDAY, MAY 4
General Notices
The following student sponsored so-
cial events are approved for the com-
ing weekend. Social chairmen are re-
minded that requests for approval for
social events are due in the Office of
Student Affairs not later than 12
o'clock noon on the Tuesday prior to
the event.
Thayer Street Parking Structure, Ef-
fective April 30, 1962. The two open
decks on top of Thayer Street Structure
will be made available to students for
parking purposes. Student users of this
space will pay for their parking at the
rate of 25 cents per day. This assign-
ment of parking space is on a tempor-
ary basis and will be effective until
further notice.
May 4: Alpha Gamma Delta, Twist
Party; Alph Phi, Pledge formal; Alpha
Tau Omega, Party; Arnold Air Soc.,
Dance; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pledge
formal; Phi Sigma Sigma, Pledge for-
mal; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Decoration
Party; williams, Open-open house and
dance; Kappa Alpha Theta, Pledge for-
mal; winchell, Open-open house and
dance.
May 5: Acacia, Party; Adams, Open-
open house; Allen Rumsey Ho., Spring
Dance-Open-open house; Alpha Delta
Phi, Theme party; Beta Theta Pi, Band
party; Betsy Barbour Ho., Open-open
house; Chi Phi, Party; Delta Chi, Pledge
formal; Delta Kappa Epsilon, Pledge
formal; Delta Upsilon, Mothers week-
end, (May 5th and 6th); Greene, Open-
open house; Lambda Chi Alpha, Pledge
party; Phi Delta Theta, Pledge formal;
Phi Kappa Psi, Pledge formal; Phi Sig-
ma Kappa, Record Dance; Phi Rho
Sigma, Dance; Prescott Tyler, Open-
open house; Reeves, Open-open house;
Reeves/Scott/Kelsey, Dance; Sigma Al-
pha Epsilon, Pledge formal; Sigma Nu,
Pledge formal; Triangle Frat., Casino
Party; Zeta Psi, Record dance.
May 6: Kelsey, Dance and open-open
Events
Doctoral Examination for Robert Lee
Gorring, Chemical Engineering; thesis:
"Multiphase Flow of Immiscible Fluids
in Porous Media," Sat., May 5, 3201 E.
Engin., Bldg., at 9:00 a.m., Chairman,
D. L. Katz.
The Washtenaw County Student
Nurses Association is sponsoring a car
wash on Saturday, May 5, as part of a
nationwide campaign for funds for a
nurses' dormitory at the National De-
fense Medical Center in Taipei, Taiwan.
The car wash will be held at the Kroger
Store on Broadway, in Ann Arbor, from
most delegates recognize, this sub-
ject conditions the whole matter
of constitutional change.
"The substantial population
shifts which have occurred in.
Michigan in recent decades pose
serious problems for representa-
tive government.
"In the three - and - one - half
months of deliberation, it was the
intent of the Committee on Legis-
lative Organization to preserve for
Michigan an apportionment plan
which would befair, equitable, and
as valid 30 or 40 years from now
as it is today. It is our belief that
this intent is fully realized in the
proposal now placed before the
Convention. This plan will encour-
age and foster interest and par-
ticipation in the affairs of our
state by citizens in every part of
the state."
* * *
THE MAJORITY proposal sug-
gested a Senate ranging from 36
to 40 members choosen from single
member districts for a four year
term that was to run concurrently
with that of the governor.
For the purpose of electing Sen-
ators, each county will be assigned
apportionment factors. These are
determined by multiplying the per-
centage of each county's popula-
tion by four and adding to this
the percentage of each county's
land area. For example if a county
had three per cent of the state's
population and one per cent of
the state's land area it would have
a total of 13 apportionment fac-
tors. The county units, then, be-
comes the major building block in
creating Senate districts.
* *4*
AN APPORTIONMENT commis-
sion will have the job of redis-
tricting .the state after every Fed-
eral decennial census. This takes
the task out -of the hands of the
Legislature which has, in the past,
been very reticent to make any
changes in the district structure.
Four members will be appointed
by the State Central Committee of
each major party. The members
will be chosen from four areas
of the state very similar to the
ones used by the minority in its
proposal for the Senate.
In case no agreement is reached
by the commission each member
may submit a plan to the state Su-
preme Court which will then de-
cide which plan is most equitable
according to the provisions of the
Constitution.
* * *k
COUNTIES with 13 or more ap-
portionment factors would be en-
titled to one senatorial district.
Any county with 19.5 or more ap-
portionment factors shall be en-
titled to not less than two Senate
districts.
The remaining counties of the
state with less than 10 appor-
tionment factors shall be arrang-
ed into Senatorial districts that
are "compact, contiguous by land,
and as nearly rectangular in shape
as possible" and have as nearly as
possible 13 apportionment factors.
However, the range can extend
from 10 - 16 apportionment fac-
tors.
Counties that are entitled to
two or more senators shall be'
divided into single member dis-
tricts as nearly equal in popula-
tion as possible but not deviating
by more than 25 per cent, in
either direction from the ratio
of representation. This ratio is
determined by dividing the popu-
lation of the county by the number
of senators assigned to it.
* * *
UNTIL THE reapportionment
following the 1970 census the Sen-
atorial districts under the provi-
sions of the 1908 constitution shall
remain. However, the counties of
Genesee, Macomb, and Oakland.
shall receive one more senator and
Wayne County will receive two
more.
The plan which will go into ef-
fect after the 1970 census, bases
representation 80 per cent on pop-
ulation and 20 pe rcent on area.
The Republican members of the
Legislative Organization Commit-
tee feel that this plan offers many
advantages. "It is responsive to
population shifts so that the pre-
cise balance of population and
area can be maintained. It limits
considerably the discretion of the
apportioning commission because
it is based on a clearly stated,
formula rather than vague guides.
Most important, the plan achieves
precisely what it is designed to
accomplish, a blend of population
and area factors in a logical and
effective way."
THE production of "The Out-
sider parallels its theme prob-
ably more closely than Hollywood
anticipated. The story concerns
Ira Hayes (Tony Curtis), the In-
dian who was processed into a na-
tional idol by the government for
its World War II bond drive.
He had accidentally been photo-
graphed in the now-famous pic-
ture of Marines raising the flag on
Iwo Jima. The film traces the true
and ironic progress of the naive
and unassuming Hayes as he
drunkenly spirals through victory
parades, luncheons and receptions
into a miasma of self-doubt and
loneliness.
There are two themes in this
film which are closely linked. One
relates the loss of identity a? pub-,
lic figure experiences, the other,
the pain of an outsider at the
death of another human being
who has extended him acceptance.
* *
SURELY the message the film is
meant to convey is'that too many
impersonal hands can rob an indi-
vidual of dignity and integrity by
forcing him into a mold of heroic
proportions which no can man fill.
In the handling of thismaterial,
one can sense an effort on the part
of Hollywood to probe deeply and
sensitively into the torments of a
shattered man. If the picture is
not completely successful, it is be-
cause Hollywood hasn't listened to
the message of its own film.
Too many impersonal hands
have tampered with the sharpness
of an image which must be precise
to be effective. For instance, al-
though the dialogue in key scenes
is important, that of peripheral
scenes becomes over-stated and
obvious.
In the same way, the camera
moves swiftly and even brilliantly
through sequences, and then re-
sorts to banality in others. Such
unevenness is indicative of Holly-
i
.1
A WORD must be said about the
performance of Tony Curtis as
Hayes. For one who began as es-
sentially a matinee-idol, he has
had excellent direction and selec-
tion of material since his debut as
a serious actor in "The Defiant
Ones."
Curtis does not attempt to do
the impossible. Occasionally the
self-conscious speech patterns of
a shy reservation Indian are tinged
with inflections which smack
strongly of the Bronx, but in the
final analysis he handles his as-
signment with sensitivity and un-
derstanding. The stoicism which
characterizes so many of his roles
serves him very well as a confused
and guild-ridden Indian, and his
final scene is both moving and
convincing.
Obviously some of Curtis' suc-
cess must be attributed to his di-
rector, Delbert Mann, who builds
the tension of frustration through
effective use of symbolism and
brilliant pacing. He moves a totally
competent cast through a series of
what remain essentially episodic
and fragmented scenes with deft-
ness and control.
The degree of unity which he
does achieve is partly through the
device of taking the original image
(i.e., the photograph of the flag-
raising on Iwo Jima) and subtly
transforming it into what in the
last scene becomes a depiction of
personal tragedy.
But where heand the picture
fail is at the edges of the movie, in
transition and detail. Hollywood
has recently attended the classes
of Resnais, Fellini, DeSica, and
Bergman, but unfortunately hasn't
done its homework.
-Ed White
-Jack O'Brien
Life
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Ques ions about Peace
To the Editor:
TODAY AT 3 P.M. I will talk in
the diag on the topic, "Ques-
tions about Peace to ask your
Professor." In this talk I will try
to show that:
1) The University today can be
a revolutionary institution.
2) One of its duties is to study
the topic that people generally are
too busy or afraid to think about.
3) The problems of a world
without war is such a topic.
4) Just as the political problem
is to make of such topics issues
for political activity, the Uni-
versity problem is to make of such
topics issues for intellectual ac-
tivity.
where have already begun such
work.
9) Students can make an in-
tellectual contribution to this field,
for on many of these crucial topics
little is known and we are all
students. A serious student can ex-
pect and demand to be taken
seriously.
-William Paul Livant
Mental Health Research
Institute
Deathblow .. .
To the Editor:
W/HEN SOMEONE sits down to
write an editorial, the extent
+o whis hp iknowsthat what he