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SDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1961
NIGHT EDITOR: JUDITH BLEIER
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Michigan City Income Tax:
A Twinkletoed Evasion
HE LATEST in the state Legislature's
twinkle-toed attempts to sidestep its respon-
ibility to Michigan displays all the irration-
lity, expediency and lack of vision which have
haracterized virtually every proposal emanat-
ig from Lansing in the modern era.
Instead of seeking new ways to tap revenue,
op Republican lawmakers are discussing a plan
i ,cut expenditures by reducing state aid t#'
ities, forcing the municipalities to levy income
axes to maintain financial breath. The GOP
eaders, however, are gracious enoiugh to re-
rain from using their constitutional rights to
irtail the cities' taxing powers.
Such a move would release funds that might
o into meeting the requests for higher edu-
ation, mental health and public welfare Gov-
rnor Swainson will lay before the Legislature
his session. Unless the aid to cities is cut,
wainson's program will probably again be
ared to subsistence level.
City income taxes have only one advantage-
nd that is a political one. Nobody blames the
bate legislatures for the added money they
ave to pay; the local units get all the guilt.
F THE MOVE is approved, Detroit will prob-
' ably be the first city to adopt its own income
ax. The state's largest-and richest-munici-
ality has been toying with the idea off and on
or a couple of years and, at one point, hadc
pproved it. Successful 'mayoralty candidate
erome Cavanagh endorsed the tax in his cam-
aign.
Once Detroit levies its tax, the suburbs
round it will follow suit and the movement
'ill spread over both peninsulas dumping all
inds of income taxes with litle standardiza-
ion of exemptions. Gross duplications of ef-
ort in collecting the taxes would arise. The
ourts would be bogged down with cases of
etermining the amount of tax a traveling
alesman would need to pay in each city he
isits or to which town suburban commuters
we money. It might take years of haggling
o determine whether a University professor
ays tax on his salary to Ann Arbor, Lansing,
r none at all.
Worse yet, the profileration of city income
taxes would benefit the state as a whole for
only a year. The extra money the state pockets
by aid to cities is a constant sum every year.
Suppose Michigan gives out $100 million a year
in aid. From now on this figure must be raised
by the cities. Let's say that an average tax of
five per cent across the state would do the trick.
Next year, when the total citizenry boosts its
income-posting a progressive economic cli-
mate-the cities will take in much more than
the $100 million.
The Legislature saves the $100 million a year,
but -it could be making more than that figure
if it was the agency collecting the income tax.
(For some reason or other, this thought re-
vulses our representatives in Lansing.)
The added revenue the cities collect does not
get channeled into the universities or mental
health hospitals, but will be used for com-
munity improvement or to lower local property
taxes.
THE OTHER alternatives for the state are
renewing the nuisance taxes or removing
some of the exemptions on the current four
per cent sales tax. The former is but another
stopgap measure violently opposed by the
state's citizenry. The latter - which would
bring in enormous amounts as from the sale
of machinery products, farm equipment, etc.-
would accelerate the drive of industry out of
the state.
The only other possibility, of course, is
what Michigan economy has long been crying
for-a statewide income tax. Legislators are
slowly beginning to realize that this tax is an
eventual necessity but their realization came
too late to help the state.
Michigan can not afford to wait until the
Constitutional Convention delegates resolve
their differences and develop a new tax struc-
ture for Michigan. The recommendations will
come too late to prevent an austerity budget
for next year, a budget which could precipitate
sharp declines in the quality of the University
and accelerate the losses in other agencies.
A state income tax is necessary now and
should be the prime item of business when the
state lawmakers convene next month.
-MICHAEL OLINICK
(EDITOR'S NOTE-This is the last
of three'interpretativesarticles on
the men's residence halls as related
to the current study of the office
of student affairs.)
By RICHARD OSTLING
Associate Editorial Director
HERE HAVE ALWAYS been
grumblings in the quads about
business policies. Often these are
just a matter of being tired of a
basically sound institutional diet,
or the result of going down the
tubes afteran exam, but most ac-
tive students feel the mechanical
operation of the buildings is com-
pletely beyond their control-or
service.
The matters of high finance are
pretty well set, and where mis-
takes have been made-in the
planning of a building, for ex-
ample-nothing can be done but
hope for better luck next time.
Finances have caused many lim-
itations. Everyone agrees houses
should be smaller, but expense is
prohibitive. The Oxford project in-
cludes many small units, but it
is doubtful that the University
can afford many facilities like
this.
THE MOST DISCOURAGING
thing to the average house resi-
dent is not the large units, but
the small restrictions. A house
can't spend some of its own
money on lounge furnishings. A
quad resident can't buy an apple
fromn a vending machine. Men
can't wash their hands in wash-
rooms because soap dispensers are
verboten.
There is considerable turnover
in business personnel, an; these
administrators often seem indif-
ferent to student concern, if and
when it is expressed.
Residence halls business mana-
ger Leonard Schaadt says stu-
dents often don't bother to use
existing complaint channels.
Francis Shiel, manager of Ser-
vice Enterprises which oversees
all quad finances, says the flow
of information is not what it
should be in either direction. He
adds that when students don't
vent their feelings, this is when
trouble begins. "Students should
be consulted on major decisions,
or at least prepared for what is
going to happen." The second
phrase hints decisions are made
without student consultation, and
represents what students think
goes on most of the time.
As one RA remarked, "The only
time the business office listens to
the students is when they're afraid
there's going to be a riot."
S* *
ANOTHER REAL PROBLEM
came to light when I asked
Schaadt about what philosophy
residence halls should have, or
what their role on campus should
be.
"My first responsibility is to
provide well-balanced, appetizing
meals, good living conditions and
proper recreational areas," he an-
swered.
Under the present system this is
true. He has no contact with a
wider philosophy of the halls, nor
do these considerations seem too
important in formulating business
policy.
The dualism of counselling and
business, symbolized by the place-
ment of the two offices in the
SAB, extends to the, quad level,
where neither business manager
nor resident director seem to have
precedence in administering the
building.
There is a definite need for co-
ordination of the two offices.
Ideally the persons responsible for
student life in the halls should
supervise the business manager
and his workers.
OF THE MORE GENERAL pol-
icies governing quad life, one of
the most controversial rules is
the freshmen residence require-
ments. The principle is to orient
new students to the University
and make them live with persons
of differing backgrounds for at
least one year in their life.
These are valid points, but Den-
nis Moore, president of West
Quadrangle this year, points out
that if the rule were eliminated
and freshmen were only encourag-
ed to livemin the quads, most of
them would do this anyway. And
the tone and spirit of the houses
would naturally ' improve, since
the living situation would be the
choice of the individual.
There is every reason to believe
this change in rulings would be
economically feasible.
CO-ED HOUSING is another
issue of long-range importance.
Vice-President James A.rLewis
says the University is definitely
committed to having men's and
women's living units in close prox-
imity. Present indications are that
something will be done to revert
present facilities to co-ed status,
since Lewis has said the experi-
ment in the three quadrangles
was successful.
Also, the new North Campus
dormitory, when built, will be on
a co-ed basis.
* * *
THERE IS ANOTHER problem
which is very touchy. Indications
are that administrators in the
halls have caused many existing
problems. This fault; real as it is,
is improper for editorial exploita-
tion, but it would be fair to say
that the quality of personnel must
be higher and that the presence
of certain persons in their present
jobs is -hard to justify.
* * *
UNDERNEATH the pros aAd
cons of 'the mass living situation,
personnel problems and everything
else that is buzzed about in the
halls of the three quads, there is
a basic problem which has not
been mentioned-so far:
What should be the goal of
residence halls?
The classic statement of philos-
ophy for the quads is Prof. Litzen-
berg's Michigan House Plan, and
few persons quarrel with its basic
set of purposes:
1) offering the student oppor-
tunities for self-development and
self control.
2) profitable use of leisure time.
3) organizing recreational, so-
cial and cultural programs.
4) contributing to education in
the broadest sense (including or-
ientation to University resources,
reconstructing misconceptions
about what University life means,
and the like.)
One administrator active in the
halls when the report was being
prepared said recently: "As far
as I know, not a single tenet of
the Michigan House Plan is being
applied today."
This is probably over-pessimistic,
but when freshmen entered the
University this year, they weren't
oriented in this ideal fashion, in
most cases. And all of them were
handed a yellow booklet, purport-
edly an introduction to residence
halls, which only listed rules, rules
and a few more rules.
BEYOND the usual little irrita-
tions of group living, there are
many reasons why over half the
residents move out each year.
Some of them may never be over-
come, but many can be greatly im-
proved during the OSA re-orien-
tation presently in progress.
The greatest weakness of the
halls is their failure to be more
relevant to University life. Many
house members never take an in-
terest in activities going on around
them. Many join the cult which
sees education as so many blue-
books or machinations of the slide
rule. There is no real sense of
academic climate.
The residence hall must be all
things to all people. Houses set up
new programs with no guarantee
that students will show interest.
They cannot force people to do;
anything. In other words, the in-
dependent houses have to be some -
thing like fraternities, but every-
thing is against them.
But the weakness of the halls
is also their strength. They have
only activities which arise spon-
taneously.
Continuity and house identifi-
cation are always elusive because
of the great heterogeneity of mem-
bers and the high rate of turn-
over. But in these characteristics
are fascinating opportunities to
expand ideas and appreciation of
personalities.
Many people never bother. In
the halls it is largely an individual
decision how much is made, of
these experiences.
Even though our men's halls are
good in comparison with those at
many other schools, there are
still questions as to how well they
are doing at the University. Better
administration, more student au-
tonomy and fewer restrictions are
needed to allow the student enough
elbow room for individual ad-
vancement.
UNIVERSITY PLAYERS:
Henry the Fourth-
Uneven and Frantic
THE OPENING NIGHT of "Henry the Fourth, Part I" proved to
be an uneven and frantic affair. The staging, the stylized delivery
of lines, the tempo itself were for the most part a mindless parody
of the grand Shakespearian manner.
For instance, the opening lines were delivered so briskly and
with such meaningless inflections that the sense of all the dialogue
was lost. Indeed, it is only with the first comic exchanges between
Falstaff and Henry, Prince of Wales (Hal) that one is able to ,et
most of the lines. I
Not only were so many of the speeches garbled, but the new
stage itself, which was built to avoid "breaking the dramatic and
poetic flow of Shakespeare's dialogue," was decidedly distracting. In
order to give a light an dynamic movement to their oftentimes
mechanically drowning out of the lines at the end of a scene. Either
the actors shouted their muffled lines from the exits or their voices
were lost under the rumbling of the center dais.
* * * *
DESPITE THESE major objections, one could not help acknow-
ledging some excellent acting and skillfully managed scenes. David
Saunders as Hotspur was magnificent: fiery, articulate, unpredictably
chiding, now strong, now humorous, always intelligent. Through the
mire of weighty and uncharacterized words he cut a bold and strik-
ing pathway. The choice character role of Mistress Quickly was
professionally played by Nancy Enggass; when she was on stage
we felt we were seeing the real thing. Edward Cicciarelli as Prince Hal
was natural and effective in the low-life prose scenes, but confused
with the noble, poetic lines. This confusion can probably be attributed
to the breakneck pace at which these exchanges were taken.
Falstaff, played by William Halstead, was rendered competantly
and occasionally wittily, although always too loosely. Falstaff is a
broad character to be sure, but one with sharp psychological delinea-
tion. In short, Mr. Halstead's Falstaff was successful but somehow
sloppy.
* * * *
ONE THING this production demonstrated is that beautiful cos-
tumes cannot save a dull play. Although one sometimes welcomed
the brillant relief the velvet and gold provided from the frequently
soggy effect of the action, nevertheless the relief was only momentary
and insufficient.
-Edmund White
GILBERT & SULLIVAN:
'inafore' LacsStye
THE COMIC OPERAS of Gilbert and Sullivan are the chief remnants
of the Victorian era in view before the public. We have rid our-
selves of so many of the conventions of that day, and a performing
group has problems in communicating material which lampoons in-
stitutions which no longer exist.' The best possible solution to this
problem is to present the entertainments with as much precision,
flair and vitality as pbssible. In a word, the only salvaton for the
works of Gilbert and Sullivan today is style.
Unfortunately the element of style was almost entirely absent
in last nights resurrection of H. M. S. Pinafore. The actors were, on
the whole, ineffective. Vocally, the majority of the cast was inept.
The music which Sir Arthur Sullivan provided for the operas is not
the sort of stuff to be tampered with by young, inexperienced vocalists.
The often brilliantly saterical dialogue of William S. Gilbert, the most
conspicuous area of "style," was last evening rendered flat, prosaic,
third-rate and even inaudible by this gallant and hard-working
neo-Victorian band.
* * * *
ON THE PLUS SIDE the choral and orchestral sound was, for
the society, rather acceptable. Under Felix Pappalardi the orchestra
was moved to moments of sheer audibility.
The chorus, especially during the finale of Act I had genuine
beauty and body. This was a singular moment in a show that was
so musically paced as to be stuffy and unexciting. This attitude of
unoriginality extended itself to the direction of the work. Tom Jen-
nings has overloaded the piece with all the Victorian gingerbread-
gestures at his command producing an unfortunately static effect
on, the audience.
The one glimmer in these pedestrian goings on was Miss Carolyn
Klein. The young lady achieved the almost impossible in this per-
formance of being able to sing her music and speak her lines. The
few set pieces and the make-up deserved each other and the show.
The cast seemed to think that their duty was one of re-creation'
rather than originality.
-David Schwartz
TODAY AND TOMORROW:
Red China in the U:
The Concrete Problem
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Peace Corps Exam
B S e
By SUSA* FARRELL, Personnel Director .
DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
THE PEACE CORPS examination is quite fas-
cinating to take. It Is designed, to discover
not only specific skills but also the applicant's
potential and motivation for work in the Peace
Corps.-
All applicants must take hour-long exami-
nations in verbal aptitude, modern language
aptitude and United States history and insti-
tutions. In addition, all are asked for bio-
graphical information and a personal analysis
of their skills, physical and emotional health
and suitability for the Peace Corps.x
Those who wish to be on general assignment
may choose from four additional exams: Eng-
lish, health sciences, mechanical skills or agri-
culture. They also have the option of taking a
second examination of the four, or being test-
ed on their knowledge of French or Spanish-
or of doing neither.
Applicants who wish to teach on the sec-
ondary school or college level take three-hour
examinations in their field of specialization.
THE VERBAL APTITUDE EXAM is a fairly
standard one, testing understanding of ver-
bal relationships and comprehension of mater-
ial read.
But the three-part test of aptitude for mod-
ern languages is ingenious and very much fun.
The first section consists of approximately
sixty words whose spellings have been disguised
in a number of ways-by the elimination of
vowels and double letters or by the use of
phonetic spelling, for example. Under a very
strict time limitation, applicants are asked to
demonstrate their recognition of the words by
choosing the synonym of each one from a group
of four possible answers.,
The second section tests understanding of
grammatical relationships within a . sentence
and ability to recognize similarity of gram-
matical construction in different sentences.
The third requires applicants to memorize a
list of approximately twenty Kurdish words and
their English definitions in a very short period
of time-and later to prove how fast they can
learn and how well they retain this sort of
knowledge by choosing the definition of each
word from four possible answers.
THE EXAMINATION on United States history
and institutions is perhaps the most inter-
esting. And even with the limitations imposed
on it by multiple-choice answers, it .is a fine
exam.
questions deal specifically with American his-
tory and some are concerned with modern so-
cial, political or economic conditions.
(In general, though, the questions raise his-
torical and political issues simultaneously.)
And, after checking the answer, one is foiced
to wonder how he would ,explain the same
point to, someone unfamiliar with the concep-
tual framework and totally unable to imagine
the social and political environment from which
the question arose.
THESE ARE THE ONLY three examinations
given to all applicants. The others may be
chosen according to the applicants' special skills
or interests.
Among the biographical information asked is
level of educational attainment; parents' oc-
cupation, educational attainment and group as-
sociations; participation in religious, political,
civic and volunteer groups; amount and qual-
ity of reading usually done; sections of the
country lived in for long periods of time;
amount and depth of involvement in extra-
curricular activities; amount of travel within
the country as well as outside; amount of con-
tact and degree of friendship with people
from other countries; job experience.
Applicants are also asked their ability to do
and to teach a wide variety of things: ride a
tractor, sew clothes, give first aid, plow a field,
fix a small appliance, can preserves, play bask-
etball, climb a mountain, diaper a baby, lead
group discussion.
Some attempt is also made to determine the
general physical health of the applicants (are
you sometimes, often or never troubled by head-
aches, dizziness, colds, backache, inability to
sleep, nose bleeds, etc.). Considerably more
time and space is devoted to discovering the
emotional stability of -applicants: are you able
to work under pressure; do you have night-
mares; are you unusually tense; would you
mind living in extreme climactic conditions; are
you often lonely.
QUESTIONS ARE ALSO ASKED - directly
and indirectly--labout the applicant's own
estimation of his suitability for the Peace Corps.
They range from the very simple (would you
mind eating yams, canned pineapple juice or
powdered eggs;. are you disturbed by bats,
cockroaches, non-poisonous snakes) to a very
difficult one asking applicants to check any
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7
General Notices
Applications for The University of
Michigan Sponsored Research Graduate
Fellowship to be awarded for the Spring
semester. 1961-62, are now being accept-
ed in the office of the Graduate School.
The object of these fellowships is to
permit those individuals who are em-
ployed on sponsored research and also
doing graduate work, to devote more
time to their studies. The stipend is
$1,125 plus tuition per semester. Appli-
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have been employed at The University
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time basis are eligible and preference
will be given to applicants who have
completed the equivalent of at least
one full semester of' graduate work at
the time of application. Applications
and supporting material are due in the
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than 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 8,
1962.
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tion offers several fellowships for grad-
uate study in Scandinavian countries.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens, and
highly qualified graduate students.
Deadline for completion of applica-
tions is Feb. 1. Further information
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The University Players of the Dept.
of Speech will perform Shakespeare's
"Henry IV, Part :One," in Trueblood
Aud. in the Frieze Bldg. at 8:00 pm.
this evening through Mon., Dec. 11. A
matinee will be performed Sun., Dec.
10 at 3:00wp.m. Tickets priced at $1.50
and $1.00 Thurs., Sun. and Mon; $1.75
and $1.25 Fri. and Sat.are on sale
from 12:00 noon daily at the. Trueblood
box office.
Events Thursday
Lecture: A. M. Cohen,,landscape archi-
tect who has just returned from 18
months travel in Japan and study in
landscape architecture, will talk on
Japanese Gardens Thurs., Dec. 7, at
3:30 p.m, in the Architecture Aud. His
talk will be illustrated. The public is
invited.
Applied Mathematics Seminar: R. J.
Lomax, Visiting Prof. of Electrical En-
gineering, will speak on "Incoherent
Scattering of Radio Waves by a Plas-
ma" on Thurs., Dec. 7, at 4:00 p.m. In
246 West Engineering.
Refreshments in 274 West Engineer-
ing at 3:30 p.m.
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By WALTER LIPPMANN
ON THE QUESTION of China in
the UN it now 'seems likely
that a show-down will be avoided
during this session of the General
Assembly. If it is avoided, it will
be because a majority of the 103
members uphold our contention
that the question of who'repre-
sents China is "important." On an
important question more than a
simple majority, a two-thirds ma-
jority, is required to reach a deci-,
sion. Almost certainly there is now
no such two-thirds majority in
favor of seating Red China and of
expelling Nationalist China.
If all of this is correct, the China
question will go over until next
year. But postponing a problem
is, of course, not to solve it.
* * * *
WHAT, THEN, is the concrete
problem, stripped of the hot rhet-
oric and the big generalities? It is
that the Chinese civil war has,
been concluded and Is now in
stalemate. There are at present
two Chinese governments. They
are at war with each other. The
mainland government with its cap-
ital in Peking is backed by the
Soviet Union. The Taiwan govern-
ment with its capital in Taipei is=
backed by the United States.
The undeniable and compelling
reality in the Chinese question
today is that as the result of the
war and revolution there are these
two Chinese states. There are oth-
er divided states in the world-
West and East Germany, North
and South Korea, North and
South Vietnam. For the United
Notinns th onnlv imnntant dif-
THI PROBLEM cannot be set-
tled by a vote which chooses one
China or the other. Last week Mr.
Zorin, the Soviet delegate, showed
with brutal candor what it would
mean if the UN ousted the Nation-
alist government and seated the
Red Chinese government in its
place. Red China, he said, would
then have "the right to liquidate
the clique of Chiang Kai-shek
both by peaceful means and
through the use of force." Thus in
Mr. Zorin's view, by withdrawing
recognition from the Nationalist
government, the. UN would be li-
censing the armed conquest of
Taiwan by the Communist- gov-
ernment. But as the United States
is committed to the defense of
Taiwan, the UN would be licensing
a Chinese-American conflict. (That
is not good enough for a world or-
ganization devoted to the mainte-
nance of peace.)
During the existing stalemate
in the civil war there can be no
solution of the Chinese question
in theUN except by admitting both
Chinas, or neither of them. China
is in fact in the same position as
Germany, Korea, and Vietnam -
unable because it is divided to play
its part in the United Nations.
That is the true justification for
a policy of delay-to find the time
and to set in motion the forces
which could bring about a recog-
nition by both Chinese states that
they must co-exist.
Until and unless this can be
done, it is true that the existing
situtinn -. which is a trouble-
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