CEO *r~lallBath9 Seventy-First Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLIcATIONS BLDo. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. 0 Phone NO 2-3241 FOREIGN STUDENTS: ISA Stumbles Forward' eOpinions Are Free uth 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. AY, MAY 24, 1961 NIGHT EDITOR: PETER STEINBERGER HnRevision: Better Living or Selfraise? By GERALD STORCH Daily Staff Writer -NTERNATIONAL Students As- sociation is at present barely adequate in its attempts to bring American and foreign students at the University closer together. In- ternal confusion and recent poli- cy statements from its new offi- cers only promise to threaten the little effectiveness it has. The activities of ISA are pri- marily social in nature. The club gives parties, cooperates with the International Center in present- ing a weekly International Tea and provides other social func- tions, Along with an occasional educational seminar or discus- sion. These activities are appar- ently working successfully with- in their limited context; social interaction does take place since half of ISA members are Ameri- can. But within these limits ISA is stagnating. It has failed to intro- duce any new concepts or pro- posals to further the integration ANYTHING is going to lead to failure in writing the Michigan House Plan, it will he completely contrasting views of why e should be any revision. sistant Dean of Men for Residence Halls i Hale is concerned with rewording cer- outdated passages. Inter-Quadrangle vcil President Thomas Moch wants to use as an opportunity to take a good hard at the residence hall system. Hale's ideas are the guiding light of the ect, the rewriting will be a failure. The plan will include several more pages of ring history of the residence halls, will gnize the fact that IQC exists, and will a notation that the staff is no longer corn- d of faculty members. In effect, the only tg accomplished would be a recognition of status qup. There is no conceivable benefit from such an approach and the University might just as well not expend the time, effort and money for such an end. THE ONLY MEANS by which there can be any useful result is to follow Moch's view-' point. The rewriting of the plan could and should serve as a means to ultimately improve the residence halls. It must not be a restate- ment, but an evaluation. Somewhere along the line, the Michigan House Plan has failed. The residence halls are drifting along without purpose. The rewriting of the plan must take cognizance of this dis- turbing fact or it will be a meaningless gesture. As things are, a choice lies before those in charge of the project; they can produce a ridi- culous document of purposeless self-praise or can give a new meaning to residence hall living. --DAVID MARCUS A 'Privilege' for None 'HE WISDOM of the University's ruling per- mitting women to visit in men's apartments contradicted by the folly of calling this ob- us right a "privilege" and withholding it )m freshmen.. The decision to declare apartments off-limits freshmen women casts doubts on the ad- nistrators' motives in passing the new regu- ion. Lifting a restriction because it is un- fotcable is certainly preferable to leaving it the books. Perhaps it is even tantamount tacit agreement that the restriction was un- st. Nevertheless this is not the responsible or en graceful way for a university administra- >n to behave. If the administrators are lifing the regula- >n because it was unenforcable, they ought to 'mit it. If they are lifting it because they alize that students, like all human beings, ve a right to visit where and with whom ey please, they ought to admit this too. N EITHER CASE, the exclusion of freshmen is indefensible. Assuming that the adminis- ation has the best interests of the freshmen heart, the reasons given by Vice-President wis for keeping them out of apartments do t make sense. Lewis says freshmen need time adjust to the. campus and learn campus gstoms before they can be extended the rivilege." There are two basic objections to this at- tude. The first is that freshmen learn about te campus by imitating upperclassmen. The ly way notions and traditions are perpetuated by a system of inheritance. If freshmen see tat sophomores, juniors and seniors are per- itted to attend apartment parties, they must sume that this is the acceptable form of impus dating. How are they to learn what these parties 'e like if they are never permitted to attend? fter a year of adhering religiously to the "off- nits" restriction, they would be no more pre- pared to enter the upperclass no-man's land than they were as freshmen. THE SECOND OBJECTION is that there is no such thing as a system of campus cus- toms in the sense of a campus value system which would impress upon sophomores a code of personalethics they might lack as freshmen. These objections aside,,it is not doing today's freshmen women justice to assume that they are totally naive fledglings just out of the parternal nest who must be watched over and protected every minute. Some of them un- doubtedly are. The vast majority are not. Most students have a fairly clearly defined set of moral standards by the time they reach college. If their standards are high, it is in- sulting to assume that students will lower them just because they are permitted to enter apartments. If their standards are not particularly ad- mirable to begin with, it is not the purpose of a university to attempt to change them, nor is it likely to succeed even if it*should try. IT IS OBVIOUS, then, that the University is being unrealistic no matter how it tries to justify the ruling. If the change is due to an inability to enforce the present regulation nothing has been gained since it will be far morendifficult to enforce in its new form. It is very hard to pick freshmen out of a mixed crowd of students, and as long as parties are legal and need no longer be shrouded in se- crecy, it would be an almost impossible task for the police to check each gathering to see' if any freshmen girls happened to be there. If the change is due to a realization that students should be free to come and go as they please in a free society, there is obviously no justifyable reason, Mr. Lewis' included, for withholding from freshmen the "privilege" of entering a man's apartment. -JUDITH OPPENHEIM DAILY OFFICIAL B ULLTIN (Continued from Page 2) BS-Ms in Chem. E. Advance Develop- ment Chemist-PhD in Organic Chem. For Silicone Prod. Dept. Professional Engrg. Associates, Bir- mingham, Mich-Greatest need for C. E.'s and Surveyors. Also interested in other fields of Engrg.--BS. A firm of Engrs. & Architects specializing in de- sign and consluting services. Harnischfeger, Milwaukee, Wis.-BS in ME, EE, GE. Need 2 Electric Mining Shovel Servicemen to erect and service equipment at mine sites the world over. Prefer single men because job necessi- tates being away from home up to 90% of time, for first 10 yrs., on both do- mestic and foreign assignments. 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Please contact Bureau of Appts., 4021 Admin., Ext. 3371 for further informa- tion. Part-Time of the foreign student into cam- pus life. The recent suggestions by the Union, made independently of ISA, to promote better foreign student-American relations by es- tablishing exchange dinners, re- ciprocal social functions, discus- sion groups and even a system whereby a foreign student and American could room together, have emphasized ISA's inertia.- * * * WORSE YET, the club may at- tempt to "strengthen" itself with a new plan to revise the constitu- tion so as to draw ISA much closer to the individual nationality clubs by creating an executive board composed of all the club presi- dents. This board alone would elect the ISA president each year, and the grass roots members would have no voice in the election. Such an inane plan was favored by the 1960-61 ISA president, but so far the new officers have for- tunately been unenthusiastic about it although the proposal remains under consideration. Another of the new "ideas" is to level a compulsory fee for ISA on each foreign student,; whether he Joins the club or not. This would be somewhat akin to hav- ing a mandatory subsidy paid to the Young Democrats or Republi- cans from student fees. ISA is im- potent indeed if it cannot acquire financial support from its mem- bers and must resort to such tac- tics. Yet the most disturbing thing about ISA is the internal confu- sion about the club and its func- tions. For example, the vice-pres- ident did not even have an ap- proximate knowledge of how many people are members of ISA. There have been issues, such as how much revision the constitu- tion needs,. in which the presi- dent and vice-president have had conflicting views. * * * IT IS OBVIOUSLY time for an improvement in ISA. It should be much more than a club which provides social services - some- thing which any other organiza- tion could do. It should first of all tryto regain the initiative in the field of helping American-foreign student relations by establishing original and useful programs. Sec- ondly, it can and should move in- to new areas of concern. One new area could be the co- ordination of English Language Institute students (ELI's) into its programs. Although there are fun- damental problems involved with the EL's, they should definitely become a part of ISA. These stu- dents are here for only eight weeks, re tied up with an ex- tremely intensive course in basic English and are usually somewhat reticent due to the sudden shock of having a new culture surround- ing them. But their unfamiliarity with the campus indicates their need for friendships and services ISA could offer. And ISA's attempt to create closer bonds between itself and the nationality clubs almost forces an integration of ELI's into ISA. Some of the nationality clubs fully integrate the ELI's into their ac- tivities, while others do not even bother to contact them. Thus if ISA is going to work closely with nationality clubs, it will natural- ly have to work with some of the ELI's. If it works with some of the ELI's, it should not intentionally or unintentionally exclude other ELI's from its activities. * * * ANOTHER AREA of ISA con- cern should involve a portion of the club's purpose as stated in its constitution--"to represent the foreign students in matters in- volving their interests." There are issues at the University and in other parts of the United States which directly affect each foreign student, regardless of whether he comes from the United Arab Re- public or Israel, from India or Sweden. ISA could serve as the spokesman for foreign students in these issues, just as Young Re- publicans does for Republicans and Interfraternity Council does for affiliates. In this manner, ISA could dig into the mysterious and touchy is- sue of discrimination against for- eign students in off-campus hous- ing. It could investigate situations such as the total absence of any women ELI students in. women's dormitories. It could pass reso- lutions on incidents such as the disgraceful treatment given to Negro ambassadors to the United States in certain Southern restau- rants. There are surely many more issues which involve the interests of foreign students here and which demand a statement of opinion or policy. A strong ISA is defifiitely need- ed on this campus. The foreign student population is rendered ineffective merely because its members are not native Ameri- c'ans. They pay tuition and have the same legal obligations as oth- er University students. They should become an integral part of the campus community, not a body misrepresented in student affairs. The ISA officers should consider these necessities and change the club's current vapid, routine pro- gram and revise the unwise direc- tion of its policies. A 4 MAXWELL ANDERSON'S sometimes-obvious excursion into the world of child psychopathology, "The Bad Seed," is the second week's offering of the 1961 Ann Arbor Drama Season. Featuring Nancy Kelly of the original Broadway cast the production had some fine acting from a few members of the cast and a wagonfull of others that tended to pull the tension down and make the play seem less than the well-paced drama it should have been. * * * * MISS KELLY was as subtle and thoroughly professional as one would have expected, though many of her finest efforts at achieving dramatic climaxes were hopelessly bogged down by other members of the cast who either would not or could not follow her lead. As a mother who slowly realizes her only child to be a full-blown psy- chopathic killer at the age of eleven, Miss Kelly proved herself adept at the difficult art of keeping character consistent but con- stantly moving toward a horrible, inescapable conclusion. This effort was not helped by the opposition of Nancy Cushman as Monica Breedlove, whose near farcial overplaying brought laughs (intended) to the opening sequences, and total disbelief of sincerity (unintended) to the latter, tragic scenes where Monica must stop clowning and be a thoughtful, mature woman. This tendency to play stock characterizations was evident in much of the rest of the cast, including a very dull radio-actonish performance by Stephen Elliott as Reginald Trasker and a sincerely felt but totally underplayed Richard Bravo by Royal Beal.,.r * * * IN TWO OF THE SMALLER PARTS, Fred Stewart as Leroy and Michaele Myers as Mrs. Daigle gave depth, authority and polish to characters that might almost have gone unnoticed. Mr. Stewart made his bumbling, sly, wicked- janitor a perfect gem of sullen understate ment that paid off handsomely when he and Rhoda, the child- murderess, were left alone to taunt one another. Miss Myers played a drunken, ironic, shell of a women who has lost a son and now has nothing but drink and the suspicion of who killed her boy to keep her going. She played it with full compassion and without resorting to any of the stereotyped mannerisms of the stage drunk. * * * * I HAVE LEFT eleven year old Patty Growe to the last. For an actress of her youth to portray a psychopathic killer is asking more than might be expected from any child. Miss Crowe gave a thoroughly polished, professional performance and, except for a tendency to give the character away with a bit too much petulance, outshone many of the older members of the cast. -Barton Wimble LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Constitutional Guarantees: Condiinl 4q TODAY AND TOMORROW T ragedyAinAlabama x>., By WALTER LIPPMANN Employment The following part-time jobs are available. Applications for these jobs can be made in the Non-Academic Per- sonnel Office, Room 1020 Administration Building, during the following hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Employers desirous of hiring part- time or temporary employees should contact Jack Lardie at NO 3-1511, ext. 2939. Students desiring miscellaneous jobs should consult the bulletin board in Room 1020, daily. MALE 5-Miscellaneous jobs, mostly yard- work. 1-Speech correction major, 1-2 morn- ings or afternoons per week, thru summer and fall. 4-Experienced full-time day camp counselors. 2-Waiters every day at noon, for one hour. 3-Inventory clerks, full-time from May 28, thru June 1 or 2. 4-Salesmen, commission basis, must have car. 17-Psychological subjects, hours to be arranged. 3-Counter assistants, hours to be ar- . ranged. 4-Meal jobs. 1-Counter clerk, Monday, Wednesday,. Friday 3-7 p.m., and Tuesday, Thursday 4-6 u.m., Saturdays 2-6 p.m., must be in Ann Arbor at least one full year. FEMALE 46-Psychological subjects, between the ages of 21 and 30, to participate in drug experiments. 3-Waitresses, every day at noon, for one hour. 3-Waitresses, hours to be arranged. 1-Speech correction major, 1-2 morn- ings or afternoons per week, dur- ing summer and fall. To the Editor: FRED ULEMAN, in his May 17 editorial attacking the HUAC, raises an interesting point when he says, "If democracy is unable to survive as democracy with freedom, it does not deserve to survive under the name of democ- racy at all." Without condoning certain excesses by the House com- mittee, I would challenge the larger question Uleman has raised. During a national emergency, a democracy is unquestionably jus- tified in invoking extra-constitu- tional measures to insure its sur- vival. Lincoln, Wilson and Frank- lin Roosevelt, each ,recognizing wartime threats to our national survival, found it necessary to sus- pend, certain constitutional guar- antees. In. defending himself against the accusation of having overridden the Constitution, Lin- coln replied: "Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution?" Many people believe that we are rapidly approaching, or have al- ready reached, this point in our struggle with the international Communist conspiracy. Whether or not this is true, I would dis- agree emphatically with Mr. Ule- man's conclusion that " . . , it freedom is suppressed, the name of the suppressor is irrelevant." -Paul Breymann, '60 Israeli Details . To the Editor: N REGARD to the Israel-Arab' conflict, a speech by Mr. Fawzi Abu-Diab and his representation of the real and absolute truth, I would like to add some "minor details" which occurred to me as an Israeli student that I am sure were forgotten by the honorable director when-he brought the "un- debatable truth" before the public. He claims, for example, that Israel refused to return to a reso- lution by the United Nations in 1948. The idea of the resolution is certainly very attractive; after all, what is simpler than to accept a "million" people whose "love and reality" to Israel stands "beyond doubt." (I can't forget the com- parison that someone mentioned that this is the same as bringing sixty million devoted Communists into the United States, relatively that is.) The lapse of memory of the honorable speaker is unfortunate indeed. Had he looked a little fur- ther back into the past resolutions of the United Nations he couldn't possibly have overlooked another resolution that determined the in- dependence and'autonomy of Is- rael (Nov. 1947). Had it not been for his shortness of memory and the shortness of foresight of his leaders there wouldn't be a "mil- lion refugees" problem at all. A "million" rooted people own- ing houses, fields, and other prop- erties do not just leave all this overnight, no matter what pres- sure is put on them, 'certainly not without a battle. After all, there is a long tradition of Arab hero- ism. But they left with the thought of coming back soon which was granted and supplied generously by seven Arab armies, who prom- ised to sweep off the Jews. "If this is the case why take the risk of all the shooting." ** . MR. ABIU-DIAB unfortunately. (I am sure not intentionally) tends to forget some little and unim- portant details and facts; Israel suggested and expressed its readi- ness to enter into any talks about the refugee settlement and the entire Israel-Arab conflict, and al- ways expressed its willingness to pay compensation to those who, suffered loss of home and prop- erty, but not under the precondi- tion of the ultimate return of all the refugees to Israel as the Arab countries requested. I believe that Mr. Abu-Diab was joking when he spoke about the expansion plans of Israel and its geography books; if not, I can't understand how he got the num- ber, twenty million. (The total number of all the Jews in the world, including men, women, and children) and eight million who claim that they are first American, Russian, French, etc.,,is fourteen million.) If with God's help we will be vigorous enough to ever get to the twenty million mark, the Arabs at the time, according to the present birth rate, will num- ber about seven hundred million which will naturally balance our pressure for expansion I can't avoid sharing Mr. Abu- Diab's feelings about the Jewish influence in those democratic countries where they are a part of the democratic process with the right to hold opinions and ideas in their own interests. After all the word democracy in Its different practical applications has small use in the Arab countries. In conclusion, I am afraid that Mr. Abu-Diab didn't even repre- sent his leaders' opinions about the subject. The latter announced in the past and keep announcing in the present that the only real solution is pushin gthe Israelis back to the sea, a pretty humane and logical solution, except that some of us are bad swimmers in- deed. -Michael Lehmann (Letters to the Editor should be limited to 300 words, typewritten and double spaced. The Daily re- serves the right to edit or withhold any "letter. Only signed letters will be printed.) HE DISORDERS in Alabama are tragic and ominous. For they raise questions which lsewhere in the world have proved to be insol- ble by rational political means. What has happened in Alabama is that into he long controversy over civil rights, which has een waged for a century in Congress, in the >urts, in the press, there have in recent times een added direct actions on which human lives re staked. WHAT HAD BEEN a movement of gradual reform is showing unmistakable signs of urning into a movement of physical confronta- on, with all the dire possibilities of reprisal ,d counter-reprisal, Federal law is being nullified by state laws rhich contradict it and by overwhelming white entiment which does not recognize it. NullifI-, ation exists by the failure of the state authori- ies to enforce Federal law and by the abdica- ion of local authorities to mobs. We are witnessing a non-violent rebellion gainst this nullification, non-violent in that .he agitators are unarmed and passive. This ebellion marks a lessening of hope and faith ni the processes of the courts, of elections, of :ongress, and of education. It is influenced, no ,oubt, by the demonstrations in Africa that white domination can be ended by agitation nd rebellion, We must recognize the grim fact hat we have no immunity here. It would be ain for anyone to expect that there can be a uick and easy end to the kind of courage and .etermination. which has been shown in the us rides and in the lunch-counter sit-ins. No ne should expect this kind of thing to disap- ear leaving everything as it was before. W7TT T.TrA TCKT i. n +fha 1hinninao nf an ex- by the bus riders is one of wisdom as well as of law, there is no doubt at all that their ride into Birmingham and Montgomery was lawful. There is no doubt..that the Governor of Ala- bama and the local law enforcement officers failed to prevent mobs from depriving the bus riders of their lawful rights. The authority of the law must, therefore, be vindicated, and the Attorney General has acted swiftly and boldly to do just that. BUT THAT is only the beginning of the story. The Administration and the country are compelled to face the problem of direct action as a method of promoting civil rights. This is a real and pressing problem. For it is evident that after the lawful rights of the bus riders have been vindicated by the Federal Marshals, the Federal government will almost certainly be in a position where it may be called upon to intervene whenever and wherever someone chooses to make a physical demonstration against the nullification of civil rights. The question is what kind of precedent is to be es- tablished by the sending of the Federal Mar- shals. The matter cannot be left at the point where the Federal government is in duty bound to protect those whose actions it cannot advise, guide, and control. It follows, so it seems to me, that the Ad- ministration will have to have a thorough dis- cussion with the leaders of the direct action movement. It must do this before the incipient rebellion gets out of hand. For while agitation cannot, and should not be suppressed, it can- not be left unlimited and uncontrolled. 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