1' TUITION HIKE: Smaller than You Think Seventy-First Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS 'Where Opinions Are Free STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 Truth Will Prevail"' Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. DAY, OCTOBER 24, 1961 NIGHT EDITOR: HARRY PERLSTADTI 'U' Must-Hold Tuition Line By ROBERT FARRELL Daily Staff Writer IS THE UNIVERSITY going to raise tuition this spring? Most likely-but not much. Nobody seems to know. Cer- tainly the Regents have, in Presi- dent Harlan Hatcher's words, agreed to give "very serious con- sideration" to boosting tuition to keep up with any addition to state funds. Equally certainly, the Regents are extremely voluble in proclaiming that they do not want to raise tuition. * * - LOOKING more closely . . . The Regents have pretty much guaranteed that they aren't going to hike the fees above the point where they total about one-third as much as the state's contribu- tion. (Only in an "emergency," President Hatcher said, would any raises above this ratio-the tradi- tional proportion of University in- come from tuition-be considered.) Optimism or no, the state just isn't in a position to increase the budget very much. Perhaps, with luck, the University will get '$2 million or so more than last year. Perhaps not.t One-third of $2 million is $667,- 000. Dividing this by some 25,000 students, one concludes that a flat raise in tuition of some $27 per student per year would probably be the most the Regents would pass. And with the fact that the raise would probably be some three times as heavy on the out-of-state students as the in-state, one gets a maximum raise of some $18 for in-state students, $54 for out- of'-state. If the out-of-state boost is more than three times the in-state, the amounts would be still further apart and, the in-state boost even lower. Okay. If tuition goes up, it isn't going up far. Now, is tuition going up at all? THE ADMINISTRATION and the Regents seem to have spent THE REGENTS' decision Friday to hold a, tuition boost in abeyance was attractive tactically. It was basically a bad decision. The Regents should have taken the position that they will not increase University tuition this year. Their reasoning is simple: it is based on a feeling that the student should pay a cer- tain percentage of his educational expenses- at maximum, the present proportion of 23 per cent. Though itJis indeterminate just why 23 per cent is the magic figure, the principle has been established by action of the Regents, and their public statements; as Eugene B. Power says, it would be "unwise to deviate" from the 23 per cent ratio, and the statement issued by President Hatcher took the same line. I F THE LEGISLATURE raises the appropria- tion, as it may, and the student fee level remains the same, the proportion the student pays goes down. Thus, if there is an increase from the state, tuition can go ,up and per- centage ratio is preserved. But, given the fact a $1-2 million increase is likely, the proportional increase in student fees just won't be that large-only a few hundred thousand dollars, which is a drop in the bucket. Even, doubling in-state tuition to $560 would net only $5 milion-about .half of the $10 million increase the University says it needs this year. 'But the fact that a tuition boost would be ineffective as a source of. extra revenue is only part of the argument. ANY TUITION BOOST would in some sense be a sell-out of the ideas of low-cost, quality education. It would be, in effect a repudiation of the idea that low cost and quality are compatible. As Regent Irene B. Murphy pointed out, 23 per cent represents the maximum burden on students within the University's experience; tuition has been, at times, proportionally lower. The University should seek in every,_ way Symbol UNITED NATIONS DAY will undoubtedly go unnoticed by most people on campus today, or, for that matter, in the world. Yet it is significant because the, United Nations, of- ficially, formed 16 years ago today, is our symbol of hope for peace in the world. As the constitution of UNF CO 'says, "since wars begin in the minds of men, it is. in the minds of men that defenses of peace must be constructed." -H. SCHIFF possible to lower its fees-if it could provide free education, that would be the ideal,. even if it meant that some didn't take their edu- cation seriously. Education is a society's means of perpetuating itself, and skyrocketing fees are certainly a good way to start on the road to the dissolution of the present relative har- mony in the United States. Just as slum dwellers are being deprived of decent education by lack of attention to their problems, so will other, middle-class citizens, be deprived of the university education they need to develop their academic capabilities. THE STATE UNIVERSITIES will be creat- ing another class division if they continue to raise fees until they are beyond normal means. That they would remain lower than private institutions is no argument, because too many people would be able to afford neither. Liberal scholarships are not an answer either, because the money still has to come from somewhere; and anyway, the object is to edu- cate everybody who has the ability not the few at the top of the heap. It is said that a fee boost will encourage the faculty by showing it the University is concerned with its "plight." But to make tuition boosts appear as a solution would be to lie. EVEN IF TUITION is raised a bit this year, and even if it is raised more next year, still it cannot truly be an ever-expanding revenue source. The only such source is the tax struc- ture, of the state of Michigan and of the United States. Reassurances to the faculty will come only from Lansing, not out of .students' pockets. And no matter how bleak the Lansing situa- tion may appear today, the University must still resist the temptation of a tuition boost. For high tuition does not merely mean the end of low cost education; it entails a drop in University quality as well. An educational institution's excellence is linked with the cal- iber of the students who attend it. High fees mean economic selection-lower quality but richer students. And the University's relatively low costs are a positive attraction to good' students who could also go elsewhere. - ABOVE ALL, low costs are necessary for the University's societal role. If it can't accept intellectually qualified students, re- gardless of their wealth, or lack of it, then it will have ceased to fulfill its central function. Without adherence to this principle, the University will have unquestionably failed- for without it, any future accomplishments will indeed have a hollow ring.. -PHILIP SHERMAN City Editor LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Arab Students Reject 'Any. Interference' To the Editor: N AN ARTICLE published in The Daily (Oct. 19), Mr. Storch failed to do justice to both the Arab group and to the commend- able ISA stand in connection with the Arab letter of protestation. He was untruthful about the con- tents of the letter which clearly stated "The Arab students at the U of M reject any kind of inter- ference in the Arab domestic af- rairs by any group or groups of interested or non-interested par- ties." To an intelligent reader this means that Mr. Storch's conten- tion of no "burning Arab letters" on this score concerning Hillel is false. It is well understood why the Zionist Student Organization, as it turned out to be, was the only body interested in middling in the Arab affairs in spite of the letter of protestation. * * * THEY SPONSORED a lecture by Professor Grassmuck, who told an audience of eighteen that it is highly speculative and prema- ture to try to draw any intelligent conclusions due to lack of fact on the Syrian subject. However, the president of the ZSO had to put in a plug for Israel and asked whether Nasser in hisadisgust may launch an all- out attack against Israel. Pro- fessor Grassmuck gently told her that he does not think so. The ZSO's stand was contrary to the ISA's honorable stand. -Mohamed M. A. Yousef, Grad -Mahmond O.Kuleib, Grad -Abbud Bishar, Grad -Adel H. Altimsahy, Grad Marc on Broadway ... To the Editor: THE THEATRE-GOER who sips his coffee and reads a play's review over breakfast can take or leave the opinions of the news- paper's theatre critic. The critic. either raves about or pans the show. However, said critic seldom shows genuine disrespect for the effort displayed by the director, cast and crew, even in his severest criticism. Marc Zagoren in his re- veiw of "Mr. Roberts" showed this disrespect towards the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's production. It seems to me that no matter how unpleasant a show might be for the restless Mr. Zagoren, the least he coulddois to spell cor- rectely the names of the cast members. It stms a pity that college students can't even copy from a very clear program the names of the play's participants. The cast of Civic Theatre's production was indeed not the Broadway cast. Mr. Zagoren was very clever in his observation. But neither is Mr. Zagoren Brooks Atkinson. If Marc Zagoren desires to emulate the professional style, I think it would be advisable for him to show a little professional respect for the object of his criticism. -Lynn Williams Spec. Cowardice* To the Editor: CONCERNING Mr. Starkweath- er's appraisal of "Ikiru": W. H. Auden-has written some- where that fantasy is "an es- cape from one's own suffering," while art is "a compelled sharing in the suffering of another." Mr. Starkweather seems to have been seeking the former, and, not find- ing it, he has failed to notice the latter. "Ikiru" is certainly not a pleasant experience but then it does not deal with pleasant things: it is a merciless examination of the plight of 'one human being, and because it is "art" it compels the rest of us to suffer with him, and to grow with him. To anyone accustomed to the finger-snapping pace of American comedy the film seems tedious, but it is not--it is thorough. The direction is an nearly flawless as anyone could' wish. Some experience will only be accepted by those who have cour- age; "Ikiru" is one of them. Mr. Starkweather has found sufficient reasons for failing to identify with its hero-he is a Japanesebureau- crat, and he has cancer, while Starkweather is an American stu- dent and has only ulcers. My opinion- is that the failure lies with the reviewer rather than the film, and that the cause of it is cowardice. The kind of security Mr. Starkweather wants he will get in "Aunti Mame," and other fantasies, but it will only be got- ten at the price of reality, and of art. -,Steve Friedman,1'64 Subtlety . . To the Editor: MR. STARKWEATHER'S review of Ikiru is a masterpiece of insensitivity and ignorance. The tedium he experienced at times while seeing the film is to his own discredit: it shows how in- capable he is of being involved in the profound. The profound is often simple and quiet rather than dramatic. Ikiru is one of the most "Japanese" ofuthe recent films, from and about Japan, in the sense that one receives an intimate insight into contemporay Japan, and one of the most human in that it presents man as an every-day creature, who, with luck, can just lift himself above trivia before dying. -Gottfried Paasche, Grad a great deal of time divising a statement that talked alot about this, but never did get down to indicating an answer. Perhaps they want to leave themselves, as President Hatcher said after the meeting, "flexible." Well, they did-after reading the statement, a legislator will know exactly what he did before-no- thing more, nothing less. But there are some things they have avoided mentioning in their statement: The University has got to have more money-ust about as much as it can get. It has got to have it now-not in the distant 'future, not even in the near future. Some of the most influential ad- ministrators favor a tuition boost -even a larger one than the Regents are willing to make. * * * WITH THESE FACTS, a raise seems all too likely. It is still de- pendent on the Legislature's ap- propriating more money, though. Will it? Everybody-both University of- ficials and influential legislators -seem to think so. Of course,' if the state gives only $100,000 more this year than last, a tuition raise of $2 per year per student would be the maximum. And, since this is sense- less, it probably wouldn't pass the Regents. What if the state doesn't grant any more money, though? Would- n't this be the condition under which the tuition increase is most needed? Yes, but as one Regent pointed out: "It would set a dangerous precedent." * * * ONCE THE UNIVERSITY starts increasing its financing by tui- tion hikes without other aid, the Legislature can (and probably will) ask it to continue. Tuition goes up and up and up, but never quite fast enough-a University education gets worse and worse and more costly: the solution just doesn't work. So, if the Legislature gives the University some more money (and it probably will), and the sum is not so small as to make one-third of it laughable, tuition goes up. But not as much as had been dis- cussed-$10or $20 for Michigan residents $50 to $75 or so for out-of-state. 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 3519Administration Building before 2 p.m., two days preceding publication, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 General Notices Regents' Meeting: Fri., Nov. 17. Com- munications for consideration at this meeting must be in the President's hand not later than Nov. 7. Please sub- mit twenty-one copies of each commu- nication. Faculty, College of Architecture and Design. The freshmen five-week prog- ress reports (all grades) are to be sent to 207 Architecture Bldg. (Dean's Office) before 5:00 p.m., Wed., Oct. 25. Physical Education-Women Students: Allwomen students who were medically excused from physical education for the first season of the first semester, but who will be able to resume activity for the second season, should fill in reg- istration forms in Office 15, Barbour Gym, immediately., Lectures in Psychology 101, Introduc- tion to Psychology as a Social Science, begin Tuesday, October 24: 9 a.m, An- gell Aud. A.; 3 p.m., Angell Aud. A; 7 p.m., Angell Audi C. Joint Concerts-Duke University and-. University of Michigan Men's Glee Clubs, Sat., Nov. 4, at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. In 'Hill Aud. Tickets available' at Hill Aud. Block orders: Oct. 23 through Oct. 27; General sales: Oct. 30 through Nov. 4. Approval for the following student sponsored activities becomes effective twenty-four (24) hours after the pub- lication of this notice. All publicity for these events must be withheld until the approval has become effective. (Continued on Page 8) PREVIEW: Youth and Enthusiasm' High light 'Mazowsz' F OR MOST OF US, Polish music brings to mind the polka, or at best the mazurka and polonaise. Tonight at 8:30, in the first con- cert of the Extra Series, the University Musical Society presents the Mazowsze (pronounced Mah-off-shuh', a vivacious and colorful group of over 100 Polish dancers, singers and instrumentalists. They un- doubtedly will dispel our lop-sided view of that country's music. The songs and dances will be staged in their traditional costumes and performed in many solo and ensemble, combinations. The dancers and singers consist of the best young talents in the central Polish district of Mazowsze from which the group has taken its name. Although they are well-known in European concert centers, the present tour is their first to North America since the group's inaugural concert in November, 1950. THE MAZOWSZE was founded in 1948 by the late Tadeusz Syzietynski and- his wife Mira Zaminska-Syzietynska, the present artistic director. They selected the top talents from over 5,000 youths and trained them in music and ballet. Their ages range from sixteen to twenty-five, With new lighting techniques, curtains and a newly constructed orchestra pit at Hill Auditorium, the University Musical Society can now bring such stage productions to Ann Arbor. The Mazowsze will afford concert-goers the privilege of hearing and seeing enthusiastic music and dancing previously available only in small doses, largely through stylized dance music such as Chopin's mazurkas and polonaises for piano. -Delmar Rogers AT HILL AUDITORIUM: Ovation for Munch: Genuine, Rational AARON COPELAND'S Quiet City made an effective transition be- tween a splendid autumn afternoon and the concert hall at Sunday's performance of the Boston Symphony. Conductor Munch, in his last Ann Arbor appearance, drew forth lovely quiet sustained sounds from his string section in this duo for trumpet and English horn. The solo instruments complement each other nicely. The English horn can be like a rich baritone trumpet, and thus the two instru- ments extend the sound range of each other. A nervous tone marred the trumpet part somewhat, but Copland's work remained a pleasing piece in a conservative contemporary idiom. It was fresh to have both this and Saturday's concert begin with subdued music rather than the usual off-and-running overture. Variety was aided in both concerts by inclusion of American, French and G'erman works. Both programs were designed to build dra- matically to the end, and sections within the works were interpreted with similar effect in mind., This tampering with the dynamics, and tempos of a piece can become boring if done repeatedly; but it's good showmanship, if that's what you want. Debussy's Iberia is Spain seen through a veil of incense and mist. Munch's romantic inclinations are well suited to this type of music. His suave, easy conducting establishes a level from which he ca command nuances, many unwritten, which are a major com- ponent of his style. He often selects slow tempos which allow an exciting accelerando, but it is precisely these slow tempos and frequent alterations of speed that destroy the dynamic drive of sections where cross rhythms and syncopation are predominate. * * * * RHYTHMIC DRIVE is intrinsic to Beethoven, but it was lacking in Munch's reading of the "Eroica." Beethoven's masterpieces of musical achritecture are carefully timed and are dramatically suc- cessful when played as he wrote ,them. In the funeral march, Munch's fine. sostenuto was effectively applied about half way through, the movement at the return to C minor. There was a feeling of strength as the sustained sound grew. It would have been more effectively capped by a trumpet tone which had less fuzz and more solid concentrated sound. A delightful reading of the Scherzo sparkled with Mendelssohian lightness. Munch excels in this type of music and in sostenuto passages. Although seemings sometimes to overbalance, the timpani was es- pecially effective in the last seventeen bars of the finale. I wonder how many standing ovations in history have been fully genuine and rational ... -Donald Matthews ias W{ I TODAY AND TOMORROW -11 On Khrushches Speech By WALTER LiPPMANN I IT IS TOO EARLY to know what the experts will find when they have examined the whole text of Mr. Khrushchev's long speech. But in the reports we now have there are at least three significant points. One is that the Soviet Union will explode a fifty-megaton bomb. The second is that in the Berlin encounter the deadline of Decem- ber 31,, which amounted to an ultimatum, has been lifted. The third is that there is a capital shortage in the Soviet Union which compels a pause for at least a year in starting, new industrial projects. I VENTURE TO 'THINK that these three points are aspects of- the samecondition of affairs. All three indicate that when seen from the inside, as Mr. Khrushchev sees it, the power of the Soviet Union is limited.; Whatever may be the Communist dreams of the future, in the present the Soviet Union is. by no means omnipotent, either for war or in peace. The Soviet Union is having to learn,, as we too of course are having to learn, that all power is relative and that no one can have his way absolutely. THE FIFTY-MEGATON BOMB is an ado mission, so it seems to me, that while the the Soviet Union is ahead of us in rockets, it is behind us In nuclear weapons. The fifty- megaton bomb is not an efficient weapon against the United States. Most likely, it is intended to be an instrument of intimidation in Europe. As such, it is probably a dud even if it is, exploded. For the prevailing European view is fatalistic. There is no dif- ference between being destroyed by three twenty-megaton bombs and being destroyed by three fifty-megaton bombs. I cannot help thinking that the coming fifty-megaton bomb, and the one-hundred- megaton bomb which is supposed to be in reserve, are the cover for the realization thatE achieved in the Rusk-Gromyko talks. This makes it possible to negotiate. But it does not offer any promise ° that the negotiation will lead to agreements. On the basic issue, which is the political connection between West Ber- lin and West Germany, the two sides are far apart and negotiation is bound to be long and stubborn. Negotiation will, however, be possible, and therefore might succeed,. if there are no ultimpata backed by military measures that could "escalate," that is to say could spiral upward, into nuclear war. THE THIRD POINT, the pause for a year in new capital investment, may be the most significant of all. The Soviet economy, which is progressing spectacularly in industry, rests on an agricultural economy' which is extremely inefficient and backward compared with the best in the Western world. It is backward as compared with our own, with Canada's, with that of most of Western Europe,;; that of Australia and New ,Zealand. This weak and expensive and inefficient agricultural base is probably the underlying reason for the shortage of capital. This shortage of capital is made up of a shortage of labor, which is held on the farms, and of raw materials which are not adequately produced. This indicates where and why and how the Western world can and will compete suc- cessfully with the Communist orbit. On the continent in Western Europe today there is in progress a highly successful industrial revolution. In the efficiency of production, and in the rate of growth, it is more than a match for the remarkable developments of the Soviet economy. It is demonstrating that a progressive economy is quite possible within the Western liberal way of life. 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