,. Seventy-First Yea? EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN -_ UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS re Opinions Are Free STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 ruth Will Prevail" Editorials printed in The JMichigan Daily ex press the individual opinions of staff writers F or the editors. This miust be noted in all reprints. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: 'Challenge' Fights Apathy, Not Publicity SIDELINE ON SGC: McComb Issues Avoided Y, OCTOBER 29, 1961 NIGHT EDITOR: ROBERT FARRELL Public Relations Phobia Should Not Aff eet U' Policies DM MANY contemporary novels and ma- ies, "public relations" has taken on some of mystical status as an omnipotent, omni- It factor in the formation of public opin- Unfortunately, here at the University and There, many administrators llave come to pt this distorted image. And so, in addi- to the legitimate functions of public re- rns, as served by.the University Press Serv- and the Office of University Relations, e has been a consistently growing concern brictly educational matters about the ef- that any change might have on the alum- he Legislature, the citizenry or any one number of assorted pressure groups. is the reason, for example, that many Uni- ty officials refuse to take public stands early all crucial public questions, or why University might have second thoughts t allowing the removal of recognition from aternity or sorority. OSE WHO HAVE QUESTIONED this :po- y as intellectually dishonest have not y asked the question of how much good outlook has done for the University. tually; the answer is little or none. In of legitimate lobbying efforts and all the ions that 'have not been taken, the Uni- ty has not had an adequate budget for s. There is little evidencef to show that. either formal or informal efforts have made any impression on the august deliberations in Lansing. AS FOR THE ALUMNI, the University has done more to please them, and received less in return, than with any other group. Their children receive special preference on Univer- sity admission. They receive special considera- tion on football tickets. And it can be reason- ably assumed that one of the major reasons that a fraternity or sorority expulsion might be reversed would be an effort not to scare the affiliate alums. And what have they given in return? Last year, they contributed under $500,000, a mere pittance compared to the University's needs and what they could afford. It is true that alumni have donated over half the physical plant of the University; but one is hard put to name any major alumni contributions since 1950. IF LITTLE CAN BE SAID for the alumni, even less can be said for the public as a whole. There is no evidence that because mother is sure that daughter is safely in her dormitory after midnight, she will go out and demand her local state senator to appropriate an extra million to the cause. THE POINT is there is a dichotomy between the legitimate and the weak-minded type of public relations. Legitimate public relations at- tempts to mediate between the University and the remainder of society by interpreting to the public what the University is. The weak- minded sort attempts to make the University palatable by altering the University and its functions to fit what it conceives as the pop- ular mentality. And, overall, neither of these types seems to have been spectacularly successful although the. former has a meaningful place in the Univer- sity community. If the second, the illegitimate and meaning- less kind of "public relations" thinking pre- vails, the University will almost certainly de- cline. For, it is this approach that is char. acteristic not of the pursuit of excellence but of the pursuit of approval. And the overt pursuit of public approval is often the .pursuit of con- spicuous mediocrity., --DAVID M1ARCUS To the Editor: NTHE interest of editorial ac- curacy, we should like to pre- sent some facts relevant to Miss Bleier's editorial on the Challenge program. Challenge has not only publi- cized its seminars through the Daily and postcards, but also at our Sunday meetings. Where was Miss Bleier when the announce- ments were made? If, as Miss Bleier asserts, people are too busy to attend seminars, will publicity make them less busy? Furthermore, Challenge in- vites all those at the Sunday meetings to sign up for our mail- ing list. The "select few" to whom Miss Bleier refers are those who can write their names-legibly-. on our seminar lists or come to the seminars. If students do not have th einterest to be on the mailing list, then evidently they do not have the interest in the seminars. We think that the reason for "this apathy" is not as obvious as Miss Bleier suggests. It is clear that our publicity is adequate. We are sincerely concerned that more people have not shown interest in one of the most pressing prob- lems df the day. * * IT SHOULD also be noted that this is the first semester that Challenge has held seminars on a large scale. The seminars are not as vital to the program as Miss Bleier implies. They are meant to complement the major focus of the program which is the Sun- day meeting. The seminars are in- tended to be small discussions in which individual views may be freely exchanged. We do not consider our semi- nars a total success because of the lack of interest shown in them. Neither are we convinced that they have been a failure. Miss Bleier's analysis was superficial ,nd misinformed. We welcome con- structive criticism of our program. We also welcome any and all to sign the list at our Sunday meet- ings or at our office (2522 SAB) and, regardless, to attend our seminars.. --Lawrence Meyer Spokesman for Challenge --Barbara Gans Chairman, Seminar Committee YD's-and Voice * To the Editor:' [ WISH to call the attention of the entire campus to a very serious matter which has arisen in connection with the coming SGC elections. A full-page edi- torial in the "Young Dem Date- line" for October .4 states in part: " We want the best pos- sible .people to 'be elected to SGC, and to this end we as a club are supporting the Voice political party candidates . . . This election gives liberal YD's the chance to express their preference for other Democrats (for all the Voice can- didates are from our party) and to help wrest the control of SGC from the conservative element on campus." Some questions must be asked: What valid criteria for judging SGC qualifications automatically equates "best possible people" with "other Democrats"? If there are 'candidates who are not run- ning on the Voice ticket, yet who are Democrats also, why do they not receive the same support of their 'brother' Democrats? Does the YD group ask all Re-, publicans and Independents to vote against Voice in order to "ex-. press their preference" for other! non-Democrats? Finally, what sort of intelli-! gent, unbiased, reasonable judg- ment is the YD leadership asking its members to make in voting for Voice on the basis of the criteria given? , -Sohn Allen '62I ISA Purpose . .. To the Editor: MR.,STORCH'S contention thatI the International Students' Association has failed to fulfill a (mythical) responsbility to the campus in cancelling the Syrian discussion reveals an unawareness or an ignorance of the function' of that organization. ISA is not a political group designed to pre- sent to the campus questions f a controversial nature. Its purpose is to create a sense' of fellowship, a mutual under- standing and respect for differ- ing customs and ways of life of members, Americans and foreign students. The means which are' implemented to attain this end, be they political discussions, ath- letic programs, or social events, are subservient to the goal. When they do not contribute to the at- tainment of that goal, they should not be executed. The strong op- position of the Arab club to the proposed discussion precludes the possibility of the discussion be- ing in conformity with the aims of the ISA.' -Jack Maer '62 DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of The Univer- city of Michigan for which The' Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsibility. Notices should be sent 3n TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3564 Administration Building before 2 p.m., two days preceding publication. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29 General Notices Woodrow Wilson Fellowships: The deadline for nominations by members' of the faculty is October 3. Letters postmarked October 31 will be accept- ed. They should include the local ad- dresses of the students nominated, and should be sent to Deas Richard Armi- tage, The Graduate School, Ohio State University, 164 west 19th Ave., Colum- bus, Ohio.. Seniors:College of 'L. S. & A., and Schools of Business Administration, Education, Music, and Public Health: Tentative lists of seniors for February graduation have been posted on the bulletin board in the first foor, lobby, Admin Bldg. Any changes therefrom should .be requested of the Recorder at Office of Registration and Records, window Number A, 113 Admin. Bldg., School of Music Honors Program: Ap- plications now are being received for the second semester, 1962. Forms are available in the School of Music Of- fice, Lane Hall. Deadline for receipt of applications, and supprting state- ments, by the Honors Council, Wed., Nov. 15. Engineering Seniors and Graduate Students: The 1962 College Pacement Annual, official occupational directory of the College lacement Assns., is now available free to seniors and grad- uate students at the Engineering Place- ment Service, 128-H West Engrg. Bldg. Freshmen Nursing: Students will make out election cards before second semester courses in Room M4118, SNB, on the following dates: Thurs., Nov. 2, 8-12 a.m., 1-3 p.m.; Fri., Nov. 3, 8-12 a.m, 1-5 p.m. (Continued on Page 5) , By KENNETH WINTER Daily Staff Writer W ITH A MORASS of uninform- ed debate on legal technicali- ties, semantic trifles and methods of action, the real issues of the McComb situation seldom came to the surface at Student Govern- ment Council Wednesday night. Much concern was expressed over the fact that detailed knowl- edge of specific cases of violence and injustice were not at hand. But the purpose of the SGC com- munications is not to give their recipients a legal education nor to inform them of the situation. The aim of messages from the Coun- cil, rather, can be only to influ- ence men who know the sittia- tibn and are capable of exercis- ing their powers to live up to their obligations and take action." S* * AN EXAMPLE which the Coun- cil debated at length is that of Brenda Travis, now in jail for participating in a pray-in in Mc- Comb. By itself, the present charge (violation of probation) she faces may be technically legitimate. But the original charge on which it is based ("breach of the peace" for participating in a sit-in) and the discriminatory laws which are the general bases for that charge are legally and morally wrong. A good stone atop a bad pyramid doesn't make it a sound structure. Arthur Rosenbaum observed that SGC letters to key figures in national affairs are "hollow gestures," generally ineffectual. The absence of even anacknowl- edgement of the recent Council telegram to Attorney - General Kennedy would seem to prove this point. But what more can SGC do? To take other,'more direct action costs money, =and last week the Council decided against using its funds to aid the Student Non- violent Coordinating Committee's work in McComb." Following the rationale that one small telegram is a "hollow ges- ture" perhaps each University student should not bother with the hollow gesture of casting his one small vote in the SGC elec- tioi. AFTER OVER AN HOUR of meandering debate, Council mem-, ber David Croysdale made a final attempt to scuttle the whole af- fair by submitting an inane mo- tion: that EGC send a telegram to the Attorney-General of the Unit- ed States asking SNCC, in effect, to protest for human rights in a way that won't make their ene- mies too angry. Fortunately, the effect of the motion was just the opposite. The Council woke up, defeated the Croysdale measure, and rapidly agreed upon well-constructed mes- sages to be sent to Robert Ken- nedy and Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett. Thus SGC proved that it is pos- sible for the body to act efficient- ly and intelligently when in agree- ment on the central issue of a mo- tion. It came precariously close to demonstrating that extended de- bate over the details of such a motion can destroy this accord and its benefits. By Niehuss? "WASHINGTON, OCT. 27 (P)- The budget is like a black balloon. It keeps going up but you can't see through it." It's the Law in Mississippi: State Constitution, Section 11: "The right of the people peace- ably to assemble and petition the government on any subjiect shall not be impaired." August 30, 1961-Three Burg- lund Negro High School stu- dents arrested for participating in sit-in at McComb, Mississippi bus station. October 4-114 persons ar- rested for nonviolent march to and pray-in at McComb City Hall. * * * State Constitution, Section 'l: " nor shall any law be passed in derogation of the paramount allegiance of the citizens of this state to the government of the United States.". Section 207 , -- "Separate schools shall be maintained for children of the white and col- ored races." U.S. Supreme Court, May 17, 1954 - .Racial segregation in public schools ruled unconsti- tutional., U.S. Supreme Court, May 31, 1955--Public school desegrega- tion shall proceed "with all de- liberate speed ... all provisions of federal, state or local law 'requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle." * * * State Constitution, Section 244: ".'.. every elector shall .. . be able to read any section of the Constitution of this State; or he shall be able to under- stand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable in- terpretation thereof." A Negro with a master's de- gree in political science was failed on a registration test., State Constitution, Section 14: "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, except by due process of law." Section 2087.5 of the Missis- sippi Code allow s an arrest if the arresting officer feels that a person's presence may lead, to a breach of the peace. This law has been interpreted in instruc- tions to juries that if the ar- rested person's presence would lead to breach of peace by per- sons other than the defendant, the defendant must be found not guilty. And yet over 300 freedom riders have been arrested on this charge and are now being tried~ on a two-a-day basis. be- fore. all-white juries in segre- gated courtrooms. The prosecu- tions are based on the interpre- tation of section 2087.5 which the jury instructions have al- ready ruled irrelevant. Convict- ing decision from the juiries are based on the same interpreta- tion. * * * State Constitution, Section 29: "Excessive' bail shall not be re- quired . ." Bail on three student sit-in participants now held in Mc- Cpmb: $10,000. Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett, Mississippi Attorney- General Patterson, and the Jackson District Attorney all threatened to revoke the Mis- sissippi credentials of a Con- necticut bonding company if it put up bail for a single Freedom Rider. State Constitution, Section 123: "The Governor shall see that- the laws are faithfully executed." Escape. I O DER to explain exact procedures for fire detection and prevention within the ident halls, business staff members spoke Alice Lloyd residents at house meetings t week. Chey' announced that dooars which had con- ted houses within the hall and had pre usly been locked to foster intra-house so- lization are now unlocked. Che change was made because it. has just ne to the attention of the business office, t these doors can serve as fire exits.. Sow many more fires are needed to prove= ,t preventing inter-house relationships is as important as providing extra fire exits the safety of the residents? -E. SILVERMIAN Demonstatiao of Idiocy 6IS IS A' PROTEST to certain Detroiters who were at the Friday evening performance the Leningrad Kirov Ballet. These people. didn't attend the performance;. her, they put on a little show of their own front of the Masonic Temple where the let was being held. )istributing pamphlets which purported to iw a direct link between the dancers and ing, waving American flags and carrying ters which proclaimed "Better Dead than :" and "Cultural Exchanges are Fronts for nmunist Espionage," they showed the un- tunate aspect of the right of free speech, .t inane people can express ignorant opin- Demonstrations of this type fan only lead to a further straining of the tenuous bond be- tween America and the Soviet Union. What is needed is more cultural exchanges for a better knowledge of the people whom so many Amer- icans hate without even understanding. It was an insult to the intelligence of Ameri- cans, but more important, it was an insult to the superb dancers of the Kirov Ballet who. have travelled so many miles only to demon- strate the purity of their artistic technique, the grace and beauty of their dancing, and whom, I am sure, have neither the time nor the inclination for espionage. -BARJARA PASH PREVIEW: India"s Ravi Shanakar. Rhythm, Improvisation (y E CHARACTERISTIC of our age is an increasing awareness of the diversity of culture. Musical proof of this can be seen when Ravi Shankar and his associates appear ip Rackham Auditorium Mon- day at 8:30; At that moment, one of the great art musics of India will be heard by an audience largely trained to hear a different music tradition. There. was a time when such an audience would view all non-Euro-American art music as iprimitive or exotic. Expanding knowl- edge and a contracting world no longer make this possible yet. the Western listener may legitimately ask, "How do I listen to this music? What do I listen for in it?" The first thing to note is that this is an art of improvisation. The two vital factors upon which the improvisation s based are the "raga" and the "tala." A raga is defined as a melody-type. It contains all the notes to be used somewhat in the manner of a scale in the West. In addition, however, special ornaments and turns of the melody are also part of the raga. Such ideas exist in a less sophisticated form in certain Euro-American art musics, but they have never been as specific as those in Indian music. One point of continuitiy between Indian ,and European music is the relation of mood, time of day, and ethical qualities in the raga and the so-called happy-sad concept of the western mnajor-minor scales. The point of contact. for these ideas is ancient Greece but the direction of greatest development is towards the East. * * 4 TATLA IS THE BASIC RHYTHM conceit of Indian music. The word is found in gothic European music but it never developed to the extent found in India. In brief, a talais ,a rhythmic pattern. It may be of almost any length. Through extensive training the Indian musicians are able to keep track of these unitg so thatthe end of the musical idea will coincide with the end of the tala. When the tala is 9, 13, or 55 beats long this becomes quite an accomplishment. ' Compositions usually begin with an alap, an introduction in which the player tries to reveal the basic mood and melodic characteristics of the raga. A drone is played throughout the piece .which establishes the pitch center of the raga against which the improviser can work. When the proper mood seems settled, the tala is begun by the drummer and the great musicdi adventure is under way. The School of Music and the Center for Southeast Asia Studies are providing an opportunity this evening for the sensitive listener to experience this adventure first hand. " -Prof. William P. Maim School of Music AT THE STATE: t TPherpiendoTrof Inge: P recise, Tru thful 1 CONTROL: Space Demands Co-operation "If You Don't Want The Kid Harmed, Come To Cemetery Hill, And ..." HE PROTESTS with which some astronom- ers have greeted the United States' intended th-girdling belt of copper fibers dramatical- illustrate the need for an international con- ition governing space research. There seems to be little technical reason for icern that the fibers will interfere with, her radio or visual astronomical studies. In- ad, Project West Ford scientists, who hope use the belt for 'experimental radio trans- ssion, say they expect to have a good deal of uble locating it 'even with the special equip- nt they have developed for the purpose. Extensive and well-publicized studies by the tional Academy of Sciences and the presi- ntial Science Advisory Committee have giv- reassurance on every technical objection that s been raised by the protesting astronomers. eir concern thus seems to be based more on ;picion that the United States does- not have eir welfare 'at heart than it is on informed entific analysis. HIS SUSPICION, which the best American efforts have been unable to allay, probably uld never have arisen if the project were ng carried out under international auspices. How timely then is the United States' seven- int program calling for action to establish ch international supervision! It was an- unced October 22 by Assistant Secretary of ate Harlan Cleveland.. thie 4irhinn ?ailt Its proposals, to be presented to the United Nations General Assembly, would apply the UN Charter in space and put celestial bodies be- yond the claims of any one nation's sovereign- ty. They call for a special space unit in the UN Secretariat and for international registration of all manmade space objects. They also urge an international weather and communications satellite program. THE UN'S permanent space committee, which should have been making progress toward international regulation of space, has been hung up by Soviet obstructionism since its appoint- ment in 1959. The proposals put forth by Mr. Cleveland offer a way around this road block. If fully implemented, they would do much to discourage the use of space for military ad- ventures. But, what may be more urgent, they would prevent an unco-ordinated development and peaceful uses of space that might greatly impair the potential of this valuable resource. THE STIR AROUSED by West Ford is mild compared to the potential 'dismay of one. day finding that the unco-ordinated growth of space uses with their attendent electronics had' really usurped someone's traditional use of part of the radio frequency spectrum. To pro- tect radio astronomy and communications in general, a firm international allocation of fre- quencies for space purposes is needed. The proposals would not replace existing machinery for making this allocation. But they would take space research out of the realm of nationalist competition and make it a joint WILLIAM INGE'S Splendor ii the Grass Is a great motion picture. In spite of the fact that the country's finest director and a com- petent cast are also involved in the movie, the picture is essentially William Inge's, for he takes William Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" and gives it an uncompromising modern interpre- tation. Elia Kazan utilizes his medium effectively. The screen juxtaposi- tion of Dini with the girl who is crushing the "glory in the flower," while Dmini tries to explain the meaning of Wordsworth's lines, is brilliant. The use of detail (such as the repulsively abundant dinner Dini's mother prepares for her) . is always significant and never merely "mood-setting." The filming is unpretentious and often un- imaginative, but when Mr. Kazan does film a conversation by watching parents' feet swing to the time of their rocking chairs it is meaningful action. It is difficult to believe that the Natalie Wood who is so good as Dini could be the same girl who has been so bad in her recerut efforts. Warren Beatty presents a definitive portrayal of Bud, and the supporting cast is excellent even when asked to draw a character- ization from an abstraction of an idea--as Bud's father must do. * * * * IT HAS BEEN SAID, that there are flaws in "Intimations of Immortality,"' and, if this is true,r William Inge has been faithful to his inspiration. Dini says, "I'll do anything for you, Bud!" too often. Mr. Inge has used strikingly similar characters before, but na,,a..cn nra11 *!