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CHORAL UNION OPENER:
London's Voice
Blends Music Drama
GEORGE LONDON, baritone of the Metropolitan Opera, opened
the eighty-third Choral Union Series in Hill Auditorium with an
impressive display of vocal prowess and dramatic skill.
Mr. London's voice is a fine instrument, possessing an individual
timbre and a wide range. I went to this recital, with some reserva-
tions, but the baritone's persuasive artistry dispelled most of these
before he finished.
The voice is considerably darker now than it was a few years
ago. This may well be 'due to the types of operatic roles he under-
takes. He seems to be favoring a bass sound, not so much the
brilliant baritone he once had. This is not necessarily a fault, of
course.
One or two vocal problems intruded. Mr. London tends to con-
strict his voice and force in the extreme upper range. He also uses
--
RSDAY, OCTOBER 5,1961
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NIGHT EDITOR: CAROLINE DOW
University Needs
African Studies
A PERIOD when Africa's future may
ing in any direction, when the difference
een war and peace hangs on the shoulders
few world diplomats and African leaders,
ledge of that continent is crucial.
is thus encouraging to see that the an-
pology, geography, history, political science
sociology departments indicate in the
iry college announcement their intentions
aching courses concentrating on Africa:
rtunately, this illusion is shattered when
finds in the time schedule that (for one
Alarmists'
'S A BAD DAY when the fire department
arrives before - the alarm is sounded to
cuate a "building. The first most of the
s who live in Kleinstueck House in Alice
yd Hall" knew of the fire on the fifth floor
when the fire trucks arrived, on the
ht of October 3, at about 8:50.
t was a case of pure luck that there weren't
s hunt or killed by ithe total mismanage-
nt of the fire alarm system in the dorms.
t is true that this fire was minor; but it
uld be a mistake to assume all' fires will
In this case by the time the alarm reached
housemother's room only a few minutes
y have been wasted, but in case of fires
n a few seconds can. mean the difference
;ween life, and death. Timing is the essen-
1 element.
-M. BERRY
reason or another) not one is being taught
this semester.
THIS SITUATION cannot be tolerated.
The complex African .situation can be
dealt with properly only by informed, coura-
geous men. Not only is it necessity for African
leaders to be such men, but also the represen-
tatives of other nations, including the United
States, who wish to work with or assist Afri-
cans.
Concern alone can not resolve problems of
nationalism, eliminate superstition, introduce,
indusrialism or bring about economic sta-.
bility.
No !matter how well-meaning their inten-
tions, Americans unware of the basic nature
and conditions of the African nations can
not be qualified, except in narrow technical
fields, to offer aid. Economists without know-
ledge of the unique economic climates and
potentialities of the various states are useless.
Diplomats without an understanding of the
intricate political considerations that must
be taken into account are ineffectual. Even
the casual visitor whose ignorance and mis-
conceptions are considered insulting worsens
international relations to some degree.,
INSTITUTIONS such as the University must
assume responsibility for making available
the information that both scholars and in-
terested laymen need to understand Africa.
Courses in all aspects of African life and
culture are needed now. The day when the
University's African. program' has matured=to
the point where it can be formalized into an
African center can not come too soon.
-SANDRA JOHNSON
a glottis attack on the beginnings
of many phrases which causes him
to miss the first pitch slightly.
THE HANDED GROUP which
opened the recital was probably
the least effective part of the
program. Handel wrote music
which separates the supreme
vocalists from the rest of the sing-
ers. That Mr. .London did not
prove to be one of the former in
this literature is not to his dis-
credit, but had he succeeded he
would be rated with the immortals
of song.
Five Schubert songs brought out
the artist's dramatic projection
of text and a much steadier tone.
It is worth noting that London
projects the musical meaning of:
these songs along with the words.
Opera is this singer's chief oc-
cupation and it was in the aria
"Ella giammai m'amo," from Ver-
di's Don Carlo that he became
most at home. This is a bass aria
and Mr. London still claims to be.
a baritone, but this was one of
the high points of the recital.
* * *
MR. LONDON substituted Du-
parc's "Chanson triste" for the
same composer's "Phidyle" to be-
gin his French group. It was a
lovely performance of a great
song. Duparc's sixteen songs de-
serve more attention, especially
such loving care as was provided
here.
The other French songs were
sung well, but the effort was
wasted on Mme. Holmes trite "Au
pays." However, even fine artists
seem to enjoy singing trash.
Five British folk songs con-
cluded the program. Mr. London's
approach to these was effective,
but his voice is just not suited to
this music, except for the mag-
nificent "Alleluia" which was mas-
terfully sung.
--Robert Jobe
WAR:
Temporary
.Deferment
By ROBERT SELWA
Daily Staff Writer
PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY
is encouraged enough by the
way the meetings are going be-
tween his Secretary of State Dean
Rusk and the Soviet Foreign Min-
ister Andrei Gromyko to wish to
meet himself with Gromyko later
this week.
The atmosphere in the Rusk-
Gromyko meetings has been con-
structive, and Kennedy -appears
ready to take advantage of this.
- * * * .
THE PRESIDENT is seeking to
avoid the head-on collision that
would mean war over Berlin. To
do this he is willing to let Nikita
Khrushchev save face in the crisis
that the Soviet Premier created.
Kennedy has defined what is not
negotiable by the West in the
Berlin crisis: the freedom of the
people of West Berlin and the
Western rights of access to that
isolated half-city. He is willing to
achieve an honorable accomoda-
tion' with Khrushchev on other
matters, /an agreement that will
not tip the cold war balance.
* * *
IT IS IN the meetings going
on between the leaders of the
West and East that the founda-
tion for the coming accomodation
is being lait. In this accomoda-
tion will lie the temporary sal-
vation for the world from the
"nuclear -sword. of Damocles."
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Greek Life Has Positive Values
The Three Elephants
IE IRONY, vanity and total waste of time.
which goes into thinking up the ideas for
necoming displays and then bickering over
m, once the Homecoming Committee has
le .adninistrative decisions, is appalling.
election is based on priority in filing peti-
is and non-duplication of theme. This year
en-Rumsey House stood outside the Home-
wing office for almost 24 hours to submit
ition number one. But they might as well
e submitted, petition number 66 because it
s not duplicated.
'he wide range of creative possibilities of-
ed by the theme, "What in the World"
er really 'materalized. There were more
igaroos and windmills than there were
Oinal ideas. The only two petitions dealing
h sub-Sahara Africa depicted these nations
nibalistically boiling Purdue in a big blue'
And the only Israeli petition looks as
ugh it were an advertisement for "Exodus."
EIIS YEAR only 14 of the 66 petitions were
rejected for outright duplication, showing
the lack of consistency in these decisions.
Only last year the committee did not believe
that the campus evas large enough for two
volcanoes, one of which puffed up victory
smoke signals while the other crushed Pompeii
with lava. This year the committee is per-
mitting three distinctly different ways of in-'
corporating elephants' into displays.
The committee also permitted two windmills
,to be built on campus, which demonstrates not
only inconsistency, but lack of thought on
the part of the petitioners. The theme deals
with foreign lands and the windmill was
obviously chosen by some housing units because
it, was, easy to build, readily identified with
the Netherlands and the arms of the windmill
move (motion counts). But the actual charac-
ters in the display could just as well have
been standing before Big Ben, the Washington
Monument or Burton Tower.
The amount of imagination which goes into
such displays hardly justifies the existence
of this gala weekend. .
-HARRY PERLSTADT
TODAY AND TOMORROW
when the Future Began
,By WALTER LIPPMANN
To the Editor:
IN ATTEMPTING to inform those
who are new on this campus
as to the merits and faults of
fraternity living, The Michigan
Daily has succeeded only in pre-
senting a distorted and one-sided
picture-obviously based on a
misconception of the place of fra-
ternities on this campus.
It is hard for me to comprehend
how Mr. Marcus, not being affili-
ated in any way with Greek liv-
ing, can intelligently criticize
something with which he is not
familiar. His ignorance is aptly
demonstrated by his reference to
the "hot box" and the idea that
.. men of strong intellect gen-
erally do not join fraternities."
The "hot box" is largely a thing
of the past, and anyone familiar
with the system will realize that
intelligence of a high calibre can
and does exist outside The Daily
and within the fraternity system.
To say that fraternity life is aca-
demically narrowing is a rather
broad statement, especially com-
ing from someone who has seldom
been inside a fraternity house; I
have been affiliated with the Greek
way of life for over three years
and have found it to be reward-
ing, both intelectually and social-
ly.
IN ADDITION, if The Daily is
going toy express'views concerning
fraternity living, it should en-
deavor to include the positive
valuesof fraternity life. If there
is no one on the Daily staff who
is capable of expressing these,
there are a number of men with-
in the fraternity system who
would be more than happy to
write such an editorial. I realize
at present this is contrary to
Daily policy; perhaps in the inter-
est of presenting both sides of an
issue The Daily should re-examine
its policy.
I would be the last one to say
that the fraternity system is with-
out fault, but the recent editorials
present a misleading and inaccur-
ate idea of the Greek way of life.
-Robert, V. Peterson, '62
IFC President
Assertions ..
To the Editor:
RECENTLY in The Daily there
appeared two editorials on the
fraternity system. To those in-
clined to believe everything they
read without first investigating
and ascertaining the truth of the
matter, their assertions may seem
valid. Those persons interested in
the truth, however, should take
into account two facts before
judging the merit of Mr. Marcus'
claims.
First, and, perhaps, most im-
portant is the fact that Mr. Mar-
cus is not an affiliate and thus in
no position to pass judgment on
the study habits, degree of drink-
ing or individuality of fraternity
men. Second, only one year ago
Mr. Marcus, himself rushed, pre-
sumably with full intention of
pledging if he were to receive a
bid. What caused you to make
such an abrupt about face, Mr.
Marcus?
too have lived in the quadrangles,
and the atmosphere there was no
more conducive to study than that
of a fraternity house; in fact, I
found it less conducive. In the fra-
ternity I know that I have certain
activities and I have learned,
therefore to budget my time. Let
us not blame the fraternity when
one of its members flunks out,
but let us blame the man himself
for not having the common sense
to be cognizant of the reason he
is up here for in the first place.
To study or not to study is his
personal choice, and no one can
force him either way.
* * *
MARCUS and McReynolds alsd
claim that fraternity men drink.
They fail to mention, however,
that independents have, in many
instances, been known to keep a
bottle in their cupboards. Some
fraternity men drinkibut is quad
or apartment drinking any dif-
ferent than fraternity drinking?
Perhaps the most baseless claim
is that fraternities stifle inde-
pendence and limit development
of the individual. Certainly, when,,
as was stated, fraternity men di-,
rect such activities as SGC, Mus-
ket, 'Michigras, Spring Weekend
and The Union, fraternities do
not hinder development of com-
munity leaders. I say we are as-
sociated with these varied func-
tions because we are interested in
the betterment of the campus
community and because our indi-
vidual intellects and desires to
excell drive us toward them.,
* * * '
IF MEN of strong intellect do
not join fraternities then how does
Marcus account for the fact that
many of the top doctors, lawyers,
industrialists, and statesmen in
our nation are fraternity men?
I would also like to know where
the writers got their information
on the qualities looked for in a
prospective pledge. They state we
look for money, clothes, manners,
etc. . . One of their statements
is true I must admit; we do look
for good manners, for manners
are a virtue.
We look for a person who is per-
sonable, can carry on an interest-
ing and intelligent conversation,
would be willing to work for the
house, is academically proficient
and is interested in extra-curricu-
lar activities. In other words,'we
look for a person who is a well
rounded individual. Money? I've
never heard of a rushee, at least
on this campus, who was black-
balled because he was in- poor fi-
nancial straits.
--Warren Perlove
Fire! . .
To the Editor:
WHY was the fire scene at Alice
Lloyd one of mass confusion?
Whose fault was the delayed exit
that could have cost hundreds of
lives?
Tuesday evening, at approxi-
mately 8:50, the burglar alarm
from one of the downstairs ,doors
was vaguely but persistently audi-
ble to the girls of Kleinstueck
House, the northernmost quarter
of Lloyd Hall. Outside of the
building, a small crowd gathered.
pointing to the flames on the
fifth floor and signalling their
friends to come down. After sev-
eral minutes of shouting, screans,
and exchanges of rumor, the gen-
eral consensus of opinion deemed
it best to leave the building.
Why this indecision and ineffi-
ciency? Why was there no all-
over signal?
It seems that our alarm system
is constructed in such a way that
the initial signal from the affect-
ed area goes through a complex
series of steps before being rec-
ognized and approved as genuine.
On Tuesday night this procedure
proved a bit too 'complicated for
execution as evidenced by the fact
that the warning gong never was
set off until after the bustling
arrival of the fire department.
This is a grave and dangerous
situation. To put it bluntly, we're
scared.
-Beryl Gorbman, '64
-Merry Edwards, '64
CITYSCOPE:
Washtenaw Relief:
Sensible, Mderate
By MICHAEL HARRAH
Daily staff Writer
PLAUDITS to Washtenaw County,
Welfare Director Alfred. Brose,
who, unlike many of his con-
temporaries, takes a strict yet
humane hand in a sorry but prev-,
alent situation.
Though we might view welfare
as an all too common situation
to be swept under the rug, it-still
continues to be troublesome. The
situation must be improved, but
proponents of the' welfare state
philosophy are of no help in the
remedy, for they only contribute
to the problem.
* * *
SOME WELFARE BOARDS are,
too strict. They hold a death-like
grip on relief payments and even
the very needy have difficulty col-
lecting. Witness some parts of
Colorado. True, poverty there is
low, but the relief problem has
simply been shifted to some neigh-'
boring area, where regulations are
not so strict. In the long run, this
alleviates nothing.
But many more welfare boards
are lenient to the point of being
ridiculous. Practically any one -can
get on the rolls and once there
can conceivably get a, free ride
9 GR4EAT BRITAIN as, well as in West Ger-
many a great debate is going on which will
ad to a momentous decision. Both debates
e about the future.
The British debate arose out of the decision
the government to apply for membership
the Common Market of the six West Euro-
-an continental countries. The issue before
e, British is whether they can enter 'the
omm&n Market on terms which will not
use a more or less rapid dissolution of the
)mmonwealth.
The West German debate ,arises out of the
pdt that the old dual and contradictory
rmula of the Adenauer-Dulles era-integra-
on with Western Europe combined with re-
ziiclation with East 'Germany-has collapsed.
These two parallel crises are related in that
r both countries the issue is whether to give
ramount priority to economic and political
lion with Western Europe. F~r Britain the
-ice of unity may be the attenuation of the
es which bind it to Canada, Australia, New
ealand, and to many of the newer dominions.
West Germany the price of unity with
estern Europe is the recognition, though
cit and de facto, that there are two Ger-
an states and that they will have to nego-
ate as sates for some closer union.
r- IS NOT an accident, and it is not a mere
coincidence, that these two crises have come
the same time. Europe, west of the Iron
irtain ,is now engaged in adjusting itself
the great historic consequences of the
econd World War. For Germany the con-.
quences have been the dismemberment of
ie Eastern provinces and the partition of the
mainder. For Great Britain the consequence
I
find not only their economic salvation but to
play a leading part in a new political entity
capable eventually of exercising equal in-
fluence with the superpowers.
This union in Western Europe, which Great
Britain may now join, has' from' its founding
in 1951 rested on the premise that West Ger-
many must get reconciled with France, and
that a new political community must be
created which controls Germany sovereignty
and recognizes tactitly that the reunification of
Germany is impossible. The West European,
union is inspired by a vision of great prosperity
in a very rich market and of political in-,
fluence based on the combined power of
therold and experienced states of Western
Europe.
This vision is being realized, and it is the
true answer to the pressure of Communist
expansion in Europe. The rising prosperity of
Western Europe, if combined with a far sighted
overall central European arrangement, will be
an enormous attraction and influence in East-
ern Europe.
ALTHOUGH the United States favors this
development as being in the best interests
of Europe and of mankind, it is the fact, of
course, that we are outside the European
community. Its tariff wall and perhaps its
monetary policies will affect American in-
terests. There are problems here. But con-
sidering our own size and our enormous po-
tential, we have no reason to exaggerate and
dramatize these problems. What we should
give great thought to is how not only we
but Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Latin
American Republics, and other states outside
the Communist orbit can make a satisfactory
adjustment to the very. big and very new
fein -; i mn nrwi vi 1: i .Brtain inins the
until the end of his life-at the
taxpayer's expense. Here again
we've no solution, and the policies
themselves are -incentives to loaf.
* * *
HAPPILY, the two extremes are
not the rule, though one hears
of them more than the normal
procedures. Washtenaw County's
moderate approach presents a
healthy and constructive attitude.-
The county is currently employ-
ing a graduate of the School of
Social Work t'o investigate the
possibilities of adult education,
so that the county may re-educate,
or even educate for the first time,
many of its reliefers to pursue
constructive lives on their own.
There is also a state-Wide move-
ment to improve the quality and
qualifications of welfare officials
,themselves, to better equip them
to cope with such. problems.
This all represents a sensible
point : of view. It can be said that
such constructive procedures will
not . work everywhere, but this
hardly seems to ge the case. 'true,
there are areas like Newburgh,
New York, which find themselves
in such welfare chaos that they
must institutea crash program to
clean up the mess before they can
tackle the real problem with any
success, but by and large these
localities are in. a minority.
HOWEVER, with Newburgh, the
whole country is faced .with the
real problem that is the crux
of growing welfare difficulties-
somehow, somewhere, sometime
the people of America (or a grow-
ing number, at any rate) have
gotten out of the habit of feel-
ing they must support themselves
at all costs. A contrary philos-
ophy of self-sufficiency would
automatically keep many of our
reliefers of the rolls.
I don't know that the origin
of this welfare-statism can be pin-
ned down, except it did not prevail
until the Depression. Since then
we've had trouble restoring our
thoughts to the "day's work for
a day's pay" philosophy.
ALONG THOSE LINES the
Newburgh plan will be effective,
for it forces a man to support
himself, which should be indeed
be desirable. But what is not gen-
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"The Spanish Repertoire of the Ren-
aissance" on Thurs., Oct. 5 at 8:30
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Events Friday
Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Ragnar
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way, will speak- on "Intuition in Con-
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Aeronautical and Astronautical Engi-
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