PAGE TWO TH - M . -C, -- piv.47v FI~ Ai n.j _ "1L L' 111 VlYll¢HL LfY l1.y T. ' SUNDAY, NOVEMP ARTS AND LETTERS: Forums Serve Composers By MARTHA MacNEAL y "Even though the Composers' Forums are quite- unusual and give an exceptional chance for insight into the trends of contemporary music composition, very few stu- dents and faculty members at- tend them," Roger Reynolds, Grad, said. "This situation reflects the un- willingness of society to know its own art ,Rather, society seems to reject it,", he continued. The Composers' Forum, was or- ganized by Prof. Ross Lee Finney through the school of music in 1948. Presently under the direc- 'Voice' Guest To Consider tons to War David McReynolds, executive secretary of the War Resistors League, will speak in Ann Arbor Monday and Tuesday. On tour fo rthe Student Peace Union, McReynolds will speak for Voice Political Party on "Non- violent Alternatives to War" Mon- day at 7:30 p.m. Rm. 3R-S of the Union. Tuesday noon, McReynolds will speak on "The Immorality of Civil Defense" at the Guild House. He will speak on "Nonviolence in a Violent World" at 8 p.m. in the Wesley Lounge of the First Meth- odist Church. McReynolds is a conscious ob- jector, and has contributed to "Progressive" and "Liberation Magazines." tion of Prof. Leslie R. Basset, (on leave); Prof. George B. Wilson; and Prof. Finney. Cites Opportunity It offers the opportunity for graduate and some undergraduate students to hear their composi- tions played and discussed by other students and faculty mem- bers. Works are selected for per- formance by professors on the basis of merit from manuscripts submitted by students. Three forums are held each year, and are recorded by WUOM. "This is not done at most schools," Reynolds stressed. "Special co- operation with teachers of applied music makes it possible." Discussion Period After each forum, there is a discussion period allowing the composer to hear criticisms, and suggestions about his work. "The composer hopes to learn from audience reaction-but there is hardly any audience," Reynolds said. "Another problem is that it is difficult to criticize a work after having heard it only once." Re- vision follows, usually in con- sultation with faculty members who consider the capacity for re- vision, when necessary, extremely important. Bridge 'Gap' "There is sometimes a wide gap between what the composer thinks he will hear and what he does hear," Reynolds declared. "A painter can look at his picture as he creates it, but the composer has to wait until his work is com- plete before he can hear it as it actually sounds. Test playings before the forums would be good, but are not always possible. Often, the students and faculty members are able to point out instances when the musical notation does not seem to fulfill! the composer's intentions," he ex- plained. "The problem of transferring the composer's idea of sound to actual instrumental performance is a difficult one. Rehearsal's Role "The composers oversee and work with the performers during rehearsal, to see what difficulties arise and to learn the capabilities of certain instruments as they apply to their works," Reynolds said. "It is very difficult to get works in alvanced idiom performed pro- fessionally; students have fewer prejudices about the kind of music they will play, and often give ex- cellent performances. Lessons and seminars also give performance opportunities to new works. Rehearsals may begin sev- eral months in advance of the performance date, or only a few weeks before, depending upon when the compositions are finished and how difficult they are," he ex-, plained. Direct Compositions A composer often writes music with a specific performer or group of performers in mind,and asks them specifically to play it. "If there are many string per- formers, and if they are go'd, a great deal of string music will be written because the composer wants a sympathetic perform- ance," Reynolds notel. Mental and technical difficulty of compositions often necessitate1 contact between the composer andI performer. "The composer at-. tempts to talk the performer into believing in the musical validity1 of the piece. This enlarges the performer's scope of musical ideas, and helps the composer to learn what is ac- ceptable to a performer," Rey-1 nolds said.i ITALY-Prof. George Kish of the geography department dis- cusses ancient Rome and Italy with Prof. J. A. Hanson of the classical studies department on a recent program in his series "The Story of Italy." PROGRAM NOTES: Russian oprano To Present Concert Vacation A victim of a fraternity prank has proven that survival on 15 cents is possible in a trip to New York. Dan Denawetz, 20-year-old Michigan State University sen- ior, was sent on thestrip by his fraternity, Phi Kappa Sigma. He is expected to return today. The adventure began Wed- nesday when Denawetz was having dinner with the frater- nity. Told of a long distance call, he went to the next room to be seized by eight fraternity pledges. The pledges forced him into a car and drove him to the Willow Run airport. They gave him a one-way ticket to New York City and a United Air Lines plan, making sure he had no more funds than a dime for a telephone call and a nickel for a post card to the frater- nity. On board he met an alumnus of the University, who lent him $3. Arriving in Newark he call- ed the fraternity and his fath- er, Joseph Denawetz of Detroit. The fraternity said it' would send him return fare, and his father sent him $25. "I'm not angry anymore," Dan commented after receiving the additions to his original spending resources. "Educational Utopia in Science circa 1984" ... a discussion based on John Hersey's book, The Child Buy- er, moderated by Dr. Claud Eggertsen, professor of Educa- tion. MONDAY, Nov. 20 4:15 P.M. Room 4009 U.H.S. Shonsored by Ed. School Student Council many residents of benefiting from the change. Second is the lack of privacy and the disturbance that might be created from forcing the residents to keep their doors open when they have visitors. Public Reaction Public reaction to the change has been largely against it. Letters to the editor have usual- ly charged that, if approved by the Board of Governors, quad room visiting privileges would lead to moral deterioration of University students. Although Tirrell said there is no organized alumni opposition and says he has received only a few letters, he added that sev- eral groups have gone to see Uni- versity administrators about the matter. Alumnae Opposition One Detroit alumnae said that both she and the local women's group of the Alumni Association were against any such visiting privileges. University President Harlan H. Hatcher said at last Friday's Re- gents' meeting that, "We ought to be calm and judicial" about the request. He noted that the Regents could overrule a Board of Governors de- cision, since power is delegated to the Board by the Regents but that "anything said here would be prejudicial to the orderly process." IFC Proposal A similar resolution has been approved in principle by the In- terfraternity Council Executive Committee but the process for ap- proval is different. First, a resolution must be for- mulated and submitted to the Fra- ternity Presidents' Association. Then it must be approved by the Sub-Committee on Discipline, the Vice-President for Student Af- fairs and the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women. Like the IQC resolution, IFC wants to allow each fraternity to decide within certain hours wheth- er or not it wants women in the house. Board To Consider 'Ruling Allowing Women in Quads (Continued from Page 1) l v Galina Vishnevskaya, a leading soprano of the Bolshoi Opera, Moscow, will present the seventh concert in the Choral Union Se- ries 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, in Hill Aud. She will sing "Cantata No. 21," 'Suefzer, Tranen, Kummer, Not,' and "Mein glaubiebes Herze" by Bach; "Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du him?" by Beethoven; and Four Songs and Dance of Death, by Moussorgsky. Organ Conert. Prof. Ray Ferguson, of the mu- sic school, will give a public con- cert at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Aud. Pieces by Bach, Langlais, Lizet, Peeters, and Messlaen will be pre- sented. Renaissance Music * .. The Collegium Musicum, a University organization present- ing old or little-known music of the Renaissance era, will give a concert at 8:30 p.m. today. The concert will include music by C. P. E. Bach, de Vitoria; Bux- tehude, Garbiele, Carissimi, Vec- chi, Schultz, Lassus, Hammer- schmidt, and de-Mondonville. Italian Culture... The story of Italian culture as reflected from its churches, tombs, palaces, and art will be discussed by Prof. George Kish, in his tele- vision series, "The Story Italy," noon today on WWJ-TV. Entitled "The Tale of Four Ci- ties" the program will view the culture of Ravenna, Palermo, Venice, and Florence. Class, Politics . . Prof. Seymour Lipset of the Uni- versity of California at Berkeley, discusses the effect of American class structure on its politics withj Prof. Morris Janowitz, of the so- ciology department, on "Accent," 7:15 a.m. Saturday on WJBK-TV. Continuous Today From 1 P.M. -Guinness Festival * 2 Encore Hits! DIAL NO 8-6416 Musicians Testify on Plight Of Performing Arts in U.S.. I ALEC GUINNES BEST ACTORIOF THE YEAR SCORES A NEW TRIUMPH!" ALEC -Cue Magazins GUINNHESS KIDHAT 0ENNiS YRtERfE JOAN W N ,PIE-S OLERIE N0AI O CORONETS AND Solid satire...a choice piece of movie foolery"--Newsweek as 1 .i T1410 MAN } IN THEP wso starring Joan Greenwood and Cecil arker A J. Arthur Rank organitation Presentation i "The future of fine arts in the United States is in grave danger," conductor Leopold Stokowski said. Stokowski testified Wednesday at a hearing at the United States Court House before Representa- tives -Frank Thompson Jr. and Charles S. Joelson, both Demo- crats from New Jersey; and Robert S. Giamo (D-Conn). Thompson is chairman of a select committee of education of the' House Education and Labor Committee. The subcommittee is ch1i gan State Receives Gifts, For Cyclotron EAST LANSING - More than $900,000 in gifts have been received by the Michigan State University Board of Trustees toward the con- struction of a campus planetarium and cyclotron. A grant of $700,000 from the National Science Foundation will be used for the design and con- struction of a new 50-MEV vari- able-energy, multi-particle cyclo- tron, which is expected to be the nucleaus for a scientific research area. investigating the economic plight of performing artists. List Witnesses Included among the witnesses were George London, Metropoli- tan Opera star; the managers of the New York Philharmonic or- chestras; and Herman Kenin, presilent of the American Federa- tion of. Musicians. Almost all who testified urged Federal, state and local subsidies to save the arts, pointing out that the performing arts which are subsidized by - governments in Europe and the Soviet Union enjoy much more prestige. Kenin cited the "indifference of some 173 members of the House of 'Representatives who voted down, during the closing days of the first session of the 87th Con- gress. a very modest but mean- ingful proposal to create a Fed- eral Arts Council." Sponsors Bill The bill was sponsored by Rep. Thompson. The bill had "the nonpartisan blessings of the two most recent occupants of the White House, as well as those of art patrons," he said. "Serious music cannot survive much ,longer in the United States without assistance from the gov- ernment," he stressed. FOR SERVICE, RESEARCH: Regents Grant Leaves of Absence, - - r SIC FLICS. "IT IS A POWERFUL MOVIE" -Richard Ostling, Michigan Daily "Hard-Hitting! Realistic! Memorable!" -A. T. Weiler, N.Y. Times R KIRK DOUGLAS IN TWN1 WITHOUT - PITY DIAL 5-6290 - TONIGHT at 7 and 9 MY UNIVERSITIES The Gorky Trilogy, Part 3 The University Regents granted 16 leaves of absence for reasons of military service, research, fed- eral appointments, and miscel- laneous requests. One sabbatical leave was cancel- led by request. Sick leave was granted Prof. William Haber of the economics department from October 28 until the end of this semester. Gilbert B. Lee, reseaich as- sociate in the opthalmology de- partment; Prof. Wiliam C. Mc- Crary, of the Spanish department; and Juris Upatnieks, research as- sistant in the Institute of Sciahce and Technology all were granted leaves for military service. Permission for leaves to gov- ernment appointees were granted to Prof. John C. Kohl, of the engineering department, who will ORGANIZATION NOTICES Cercle Francais, Nov. 21, 8 p.m., mo- vie, Brigitte Bardot, "En Effeuilant la Margerite," Undergraduate Library, Multipurpose Room. Congregational Disc. E & R Student Guild, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., "Peace Ac- tion: The Ethics of Compromise," Grey Austin,'Guild House, 802 Monroe. Folk Dancers, Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., In- struction and dancing, Hil1el, 1429 Hill. Gamma Delta Lutheran Student Club, Nov. 19, 6 p.m. supper; Ensian picture, 6:45; business meeting, initiation, 1514 Washtenaw Ave. Lutheran Student Association, Nov. 19, 7 p.m., Student Center, Hill and Forest, "Federal Aid to Education," Paul Kauper. Graduate Outing Club, Nov. 19, 2 p.m., hike. Meet at Huron Street en- trance, Rackham. Wesleyan Guild, Nov. 19, 7 p.m., Dr. Hoover Rupert, "Why I am a Meth- odist," Wesley Lounge, Methodist Church. become assistant administrator. transportation of the Housingand Home Finance Agency, and Prof. Robert L. Knauss of the law school to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Leave Granted Prof. Warren L. Smith of the economics department has beer granted leave to. serve on the Council of Economic Advisers to the President of the United States and to advise on fiscal policies. Prof. Waldo E. Sweet of the romance languages department was granted two-thirds leave to complete the production of auto- mated Latin learning materials. In other research requests, Prof Albert H. Marchwarlt of the Eng- lish department was granted leav to visit Japan and Thailand to study English language projects. John F. Weir of the English Lan- guage Departmentwas also grant. ed leave to prepare himself for his work. Off-Campus Assignments Off-campus assignments wer granted to Irene Hess of the In- stitute for Social Research to as- sist the National Council of Ap- plied Economic Research in New Delhi, India. Prof. Geraldine Scholl and Prof. Irving H. Ander. son, both of the education school, have been granted leave to do a comparison of English, Scottish and American children's achieve- ments 'in reading, writing and spelling. Sabbatical leave was grantec Prof. Carl H. Fischer who wil conduct a survey of the social Take a bus to the airport this Thanksgiving! WILLOPOLITAN November 22, 1961 Tickets on sole at the Fishbowl. Another service of Alpha Phi Omega. I1 e e ) e 0 s security system of the Philippines. The study will be a follow-up of his original study made before the system was put into operation. Prof. Russell T. Woodburne, chairman of the anatomy depart- ment, has been granted leave to serve as visiting professor of ana- tomy at the University of Wash- ington during the winter quarter. In miscellaneous action, Jean W. Butman of the Institute for Social Research was granted one month's maternity leave and Prof. Edward E. Hucke of metallurgical engineering was granted his re- quest to cancel his second semes- ter sabbatical leave. En Effeulilant la Margerite BRIGITTE BARDOT Tuesday-8:00 Multi-purpose Room UGLI CERCLE FRANCAIS u6iE , 5MvERS IOeiACC Co. 4 "Thanks, Mr.Frobish-but I still think I'd rather have CHESTERFIELDS !" 21 GREAT TOBACCOS MAKE 20 WONDERFUL SMOKES! AGED MILD, BLENDED MILD- NOT FILTERED MILD-THEY SATISFY .--..om... DIAL 2-6264 dNwI SHOWS AT 1:00- 2:50-4:55-7:00 and x:10; Feature starts 10 minutes later lI LAND HO! A NEW MUSIC AL COM EDY OL I