THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, FE 7T-YOURSELF: Weavers View Appeal In Folk Music ON TOUR-The Weavers, Eric Darling with the banjo, Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays and guitarist Fred Hellerman brought the "do- it-yourself" quality of folk singing to Ann Arbor Saturday. "The effect was similar to that used in practicing hymns. The. of an Israeli song in tonight's singers would practice first with audience," he said. "Most of them the notes of the scale and then substitute words. didn't understand it but we hope Southern Songs they could enjoy it." Their 'round "Also, the songs a southern the world collection, a medley of plantation owner would hear while songs of six areas, ranging from sitting on his front porch in the Arkansas to India, has now be- evening would really be signals come a trademark closing. summoning the Negro slaves to Lee Hays, the "big daddy" of meet near the river bank and plan the quartet, was unable to attend ways to escape." the interview because of the strain The quartet started as a chorus on his voice from the two hour group more than ten years ago, concert. During the program, how- with Pete Seeger as banjoist, Miss ever, he analyzed some of the Gilbert said. It broke up in 1953 origins of folk songs. and got together again when Dar- 'Fa, so, la,' for example, was ling replaced Seeger. Historian Sees Campus As 'Laboratory of Life' By ANDREA RUMPS .. Slay Views Tutor Plan For Negroes By JANET WOLFE A different approach to the problem of integrating Negro youth into the Ann Arbor com- munity is being attempted by Charles Slay, '62, and other Uni- versity students through a pro- gram of tutoring and seminars designed to give "confidence and a feeling of direction" to Negro high school students. The program, conducted at the Ann Arbor Community Center each Monday and Thursday even- ing, has drawn participation from some 20 students In a Wednesday night "person- ality seminar," educational films such as "Know Your Ideals" and "Booker T. Washington" are shown. The goal toward which these tutors are donating their time is "to build strong characters and to raise the level of confidence to the point where both community acceptance and self-acceptance can be realized," Slay said. The program was originated when Slay became aware of "the inadequacies of both the com- munity center program, which took students from their studies to play pool, and of the lack of scholastic aid to lagging students." Academic aid and counseling were offered to the group, which grew from 10 to 65. Help was solicited and received from many civic organizations. Slay plans next to establish "direct contact" with parents by having fraternity members visit homes, the basic unit in which, Slay feels, "the start of racial peace must begin." Slay pointed out that "the very institutions set up for Ann Arbor youth were self-defeating in that the Community Center, in an all- Negro section, and the YMCA, in and all-white section, are formally segregating youth and preventing interaction." "The need for such an approach to supplement the work being done by such groups as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Com- mittee on Racial Equality exists," Slay said, "because people are in too much of a hurry." "Slay said that his program stresses the need for preparation on both sides and intergroup ac- tivity to promote understanding. Local MCCII Set To Initiate New Chapter The Michigan Citizenship Clear- ing House will hold its first meet- ing 4:15 p.m. Thursday in the Michigan Union. MCCH is the state affiliate of a national organization which is de- signed to stimulate the develop- ment of political leadership. The organizing committee is composed of representatives of the Young Democratic and Young Re- publican Clubs. The campus chapter will spon- sor events designed to stimulate participation in political parties and will assist in state-wide MC- CH projects including political parties day, legislative day and legislative internships. FOLK ARTS GUILD PRESENTS ODETTA Fri., March 10th Tickets now on sale at " Disc Shop, 1210 So. University " Hi Fi & TV Center, 304 So. Thayer I -DaUy-James warneka PREDICTS SOCIALISM-Prof. David Apter of the University of Chicago said at a Challenge meeting Sunday that the underde- veloped countries would turn to socialism. Apter Cites U. S., Soviet Lag In Appaigto New Nations * Broken lenses duplicated * Frames replaced " Contact lens fluid sold CAMPUS OPTICIANS 240 Nickels Arcade NO 2-9116 1 By PETER STEINBERGER The underdeveloped nations will turn toward socialism because neither American nor Communist traditions can be used by them, Prof. David Apter of the Univer- sity of Chicago told a Challenge audience Sunday. "Our kind of system, exported abroad, tends to cause local sep- aratism, graft and corruption. Communism, although it offers a morality for coercion, is also un- acceptable to the new national leaders desiring to change their countries. "This is in part because the un- derdeveloped countries have a par- tially humanistic tradition and their leaders are reluctant to be new Stalins." Must Attack He said that any of the new na- tions which wish to change them- selves into modern societies 'must attack old traditions and supply substitutes for them. "The American tradition is real- ly anti-tradition, or 'What's good enough for papa ain't good enough for me'" We don't live in the 'real' world of poverty, but in unique plenty. "We have only one central tra- dition-that of individual liberty," Prof. Apter said. "We have a Con- stitution which we consider sac- rosanct. So long as its guarantees of personal freedom are safe- guarded, all other values are al- lowed to change. Support Tradition "The tradition is supported in this country because it offers ma- terial reward. Other countries can't give their citizens the same amount of material satisfaction." He explained that the problem of the new nations is how to instill civil loyalty above tribal loyalty. They must create what Western society began with. "With the smaller prosperity of these nations, tradition becomes more important. When a society is richer it needs less tradition. English Example "England is the example in both cases. When she was poorer, she was more traditional; today the 'Teddy-Boys' symbolize both Eng- land's greater prosperity and dim- inished tradition." "Socialism, a third system,, places a high value on both tra- dition and bundance. It has little ideological content and therefore great flexibility. It is a process of education and cajolery, not Com- munism's coercion. Social Freedom "At the same time socialism emphasizes not individual liber- ty but social freedom. Whatever allows the national polity to emerge becomes justifiable.v- Many leaders of underdevelop- ed countries are trying to find in old traditions real or mythical analogues to some elements of modern innovations, Prof. Apter said. "This' seeking for continuity is the process of building tradition. Socialism is emphasized because production is wanted. Thus, there will be a drift to the left through- out the world. SGC, Others Set Petitioning Petitioning for six posts on Stu- dent Government Council and senior class officers will open to- morrow. Petitions will also be available for positions on the Board in'Con- trol of Student Publications, the' Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Michigan Union's Board of Directors. Interested students may obtain petitions on the first floor of the ,Student Activities Bldg. Thursday at H ILLEL at 8 The Purimshpiel by Faculty "The Relative Merits of the LATKE and HAMANTASH on 'The New Frontier' in the SPACE AGE." it Debate and Refreshments Admission free 41 "ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST a w im by ROBERTO ROSSELLINI' saran VIii Next: "NEVER ON SUNDAY" Shows at 7 and 9 o'clock 4 CHALLENGE fresents Prof Robert Crane Prof. Morris Janowitz discussing The Role of the Elites Inteiligensia, Military and Traditional Sunday Afternoon 4 PROF. LOBANOV-ROSTOVSKY ...plans to retire' Prof. Lobanov-Rostovsky was born a prince of Imperial Russia, to a family which had been prom- inent in the diplomatic service. He studied at the Imperial School of Law in St. Petersburg and at the political science school of the Uni- versity .of Paris. During World War I, he was a lieutenant, and later a captain in the Russian Imperial Guards. After spending several years in London as a journalist and lec- turer, he came to the United States in 1930 and joined the faculty of the University of California at Los Angeles. Aud. B March 5' 1961 2:30 P.M. I DRAMATIC ARTS CENTER presents ONCE A Festival of Musical Premieres CHALLENGING NEW COMPOSITIONS by some of the most brilliant creators of our day performed by professional musicians. Fri., March 3 at 8:30 Paul Jacobs, Pianist COMING! Mar. 7, 8:30 P.M. I i COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Washington State University To Effect Voluntary ROTC Sat., March 4 at 8:30 Orchestra, Wayne Dunlap First Unitarian Church, 1917 Washtenow Tickets: single $1.77, week-end $3, DAC members 10% less, on sale at Marshall's Book Shop 11 SEATTLE - Washington's Gov- ernor Albert D. Rossellini (D) has approved a bill which will en- able military training at Washing- ton State University to become voluntary. The bill gives that university's Board of Regents power to make ROTC an elective course. Before going to the Regents, however, the question will be discussed by the educational policies committee and residence faculty. The change must also be ap- proved by Washington State's president C. Clement French be- fore it goes to the Regents. WASHINGTON-A recent Gal- lap Poll indicates that the idea of a peace corps is "highly popular with the American people." More than 75 per cent of those who expressed an opinion favored the proposal and 70 per cent of the parents interviewed indicated they would like to see their sons participate in the proposed youth corps. The poll also reported more en- thusiasm for the idea among younger than older people. 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