Seventy-First Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSrTY OF MICHIGAN "Where Opinions Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Truth Will Prevail" STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BIDG. " ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. 'HURSDAY, MAY 25, 1961 NIGHT EDITOR: MICHAEL HARRAH CO-OPERATIVE LIVING: The Forgotten A lternative? Exam Reading Period Practical, Desirable EVERY FEW YEARS at this time, the admin- istration tantalizes embattled students by reopening the possibility of establishing a read- ing period of adecuate length between the end of classes and exams. Every few years, it is promptly dropped, leaving the final exam sit- uation in the same miserable, contradictory, confusing mess that we are all about to face. The University places great emphasis on final exams. It considers the current two-week "extended" exam period an integral and signifi- cant part of higher education. One of the big objections to the trimester proposal for full- year operation was the necessary cut a three semester operation would make into the final exam; the three hour final is usually the most important single factor in a grade. BUT WITH ALL, the emphasis on the final, the University handles its final exam scheduling in a haphazard and unavoidably unequitable manner. Exams fall purely by chance-the lucky will have theirs evenly spaced with three days before they begin, the unlucky moan that they have four exams the A Change. WHY HAS President John F. Kennedy re- fused to see Korean Premier Chang Do- Young after a definite, even if not too diplo- matically correct, indication by the Korean leader that he would like to visit the United States and see Kennedy? There would appear to be two possible ex- planations. It might be that this is just a cal- culated slight to one of our more minor allies (a nation in which we still have United States armies, one might note). ,Or it might be because Chang is the leader of a military junta which is ruling its, country by force-essentially tyrannical, however be- nign it may be. ONE WOULD HOPE that the latter explana- tion is correct, and that this indicates a major change in American foreign policy. Pre- viously this country has been all too willing to ally itself dipl natically with dictatorial regimes as long as they would continue op- position to Communism. (Witness Batista, Betancourt, Saud, Rhee and similar rulers who were supported by the might of the United States.) If this refusal to invite Chang to this coun- try is really indicative of a reversal of this policy, it deserves praise. Although opposition to strongmen may be less helpful in combatting the Soviets, it is the more ethical stand for a nation which claims to uphold democratic, libertarian ideals. It is high time for a resurgence of idealism in this country's foreign relations, and if it is coming under Kennedy and Rusk, we should salute it. -R. FARRELL first two days and a week and a half, till the fifth.} Having the exam schedules printed with the time schedules is not the cure-all it was in- tended to be. At best, it adds another variable to the already difficult task of trying to cram five courses into reasonable hours (sometimes difficult in the current fad for offering all the most popular courses MWF 11 or MWF 2). At worst, Cassandra-like, it leaves the student pre- warned and helpless with an inevitably horri- ble exam schedule made unavoidable by re- quired courses which fall at specific hours. IN FACT, knowing the exam schedule at reg- istration puts the student in a very strange position. He can either sacrifice the courses he wants to take to the goal of "no eight o'clocks" and a great exam schedule,'' or he can take courses for their academic merit and suffer. One way or another, a student's grade point can easily hang on a room scheduling secre- tary's whim. The University can do something about this, and the administration knows it. There are various possibilities; all of them have been kicked around the dean's offices in the past few weeks. The reading period is the best idea. If classes are scheduled to end on a Friday, exams would start one week from the follow- ing Monday, and run straight through the week. This would eliminate the chance factor from the exam schedule and give all students an equal chance to study for the same exams. It would also give the best students the op- portunity to do extra reading, and the most lax a chance to catch up (which is not abso- lutely immoral, despite the opinion of many members of the faculty). It would give the average.student more time to synthesize a course, to let it settle a while- giving the opportunity not only for more cramming but for more consideration of ideas, and hopefully, even for creation of some new ones. IT IS DIFFICULT'to see what is wrong with this plan--what the disadvantages are, or how they outweigh the considerable advantages. It has the solid precedent of Harvard's read- ing period successfully behind it; it is reason- able enough to keep coming up for considera- tion every time the exam problem is discussed. It would not even take more time than the present system. One week would be used for the reading period. The next week would be filled with exams. Even if the exam time were extended to a week and a half, the few days lost would be insignificant and well spent. The Haber report suggests that this time of impending transition to full-year operation is also the time for experiment with educational forms. The institution of a reading period would not be a particularly daring experiment, but it would be a change both useful to the student and certainly more consistent with the University's general attitude towards final examinations. -FAITH WEINSTEIN Acting Magazine Editor By STEVEN SHAW Daily Staff Writer HE recent Scheub report on conditions in residence halls regardless of its "faulty sampling techniques," seems to have caused a bit of discussion about one of man's basic needs-shelter. And in the process of talking, making motions, referring to committees, no one-besides the bearded anar- chist who mumbled something about arson-appears to have come up with anything startling or even semi-exciting. Strangely enough, one seemingly important type of housing was almost entirely overlooked. The Co-ops were hardly ever mention- ed. Most people simply don't know what a co-operative is-or else they harbor some dim childhood impression of Russian peasants hauling wheat to a communal grain mill, followed by fierce look- ing cossacks. * * * BUT perhaps this advertising failure, can tell one more about the "inner nature" of the co-ops than any concentrated Madison Avenue campaign could. The first thing that often strikes a visitor when he enter a co-op is that no one is trying to sell anything. If a house is dirty, chances are a co-oper., after a few feeble excuses, will tell you it's usually like this anyway (most co-op houses, by the way, are kept quite clean). There is no attempt to present the visitor with a gilded image. Most cooperative houses are en- tirely student run operations, al- though the University does oper- ate several of its own houses for women. The co-op movement to provide low cost student housing actually originated on this campus during the early '30's, rapidly' spreading to many colleges and universities all over the country. Today, at the University, a co- ordinating body-The Inter-Co- operative Council-made up of stu- dents, owns three men's houses, five for women and one for mar- ried students. * * THE MOST APPARENT advan- tage in co-op living is the cost. Those who live and eat in the house usually spend about $250 per semester. Boarders usually pay about $160. Since there are no janitors, maids, or hired cooks, house members are required to PEOPLE seem to gain a sense of genuine solidarity and friend- ship through useful physical work. This is the avowed purpose of the euphoristic "work week" that many fraternities require. It's ac- tual usefulness is sometimes open to question-but not so with co-op labor. And there is also an often over- looked "equalizing" effect of man- ual labor. This, is more apparent when a co-op visitor finds out that of the three men on cleanup -one is a middle class American studying philosophy, another a high caste Indian of aristocratic lineage majoring in physics and the third a future African leader whose British accent might dis- guise his tribal origin. Because of the diversity and age differences in a co-op house, so- cial functions are not what they could be in a homogeneous "fra- ternal type existence." Most houses are not too enthusiastic about or- ganized dances and time-consum- ing" floats. While occasional open houses and "wet" folksings are somewhat sporadically organized, the majority of houses seem to be fairly apathetic in this realm. Of-' ten a social budget is spent on magazines before a majority of' the house members will vote an appropriation for a dance. Some- times when the "social movement" gets this far, a motion suddenly appears proposing an all male beer party. Of course, since those pres- ent are "all male," the vote is overwhelming. Several of the co-ops, have had some difficulty with the Univer- sity's Environmental Health de- partment. Since funds are not abundant it is sometimes diffi- cult to replace an old but still operating stove or remove wooden shelves and replace them with stainless steel ones. Few of the co-op rooms can compare with the functional modernity of those in South Quad. * * * SOME PEOPLE - particularily those who live in co-ops will con- tend that these drawbacks are minor-if anything really becomes objectionable, one can just pick up his valise and leave the house after a semester-all men's con- tracts extend only for that long. Surely, co-op living is not ideal -it can't compete with the smooth operation of a Benedictine Monas- tery. There can be bad food, people with whom one would rather not live, and certain work cdmnmit- ments that can get burdensome. Yet within this framework-one can "risk" a co-op for a semester and then feel no reproach when he decides to move out four months later. But there are some advantages in living with people who are just plain different-who are Moslems, Hindus, atheists, segregationists or utopian socialists. Here is the aim of the University's residence halls realized-and on an un-simulated voluntary basis. Here is also where graduate student can talk to un- dergrads and often provide the type of natural "intellectual at- mosphere" which some other forms of housing are so earnestly trying to provide. Y work from between three and a half to six hours per week. Food is generally better than that of- fered in the residence halls and since the house elects its own steward who plans all the menus, considerable pressure can be brought to bear on "quality con- trol." A co-op is rarely torn by in- ternal politics. Officers are elected each semester and posts are not looked upon as "prestige positions." Each house has a distinctive at- mosphere-even in politics as in- dicated by a recent mock election this fall. Some houses voted Demo- cratic, one Socialist, and another Republican. There can be no "co- op sterotype," no standardized dress, ideology, or interests. It seems that "the -co-op spirit," if there is such a metaphysical en- tity, exists only in the futile at-. tempt to define one. * * * SINCE there is little standar- dization within each house, the co-ops have traditionally attract- ed a large number of foreign stu- dents. Probably more than any other formal type of Ann Arbor housing, the co-ops offer signifi- cant possibilities for real contact and friendship between Americans and international students. Because discipline is rarely a problem and because of the gen- erally higher level of maturity, there are few burdensome regula- tions. Besides the usual restric- tions on women, those who live in the co-ops are quite free to do as they please, as long as their fellow co-opers and the University never become involved. Rules cease to have an autonomous existence and are maintained only so far as they serve a mutual and agreed upon purpose. There are no dress standards. The disadvantages of co-op liv- ing are those inherent in any type of organized housing. One has to live in a group and thus sacrifice some part of his own individual freedom. However, it is probably safe to say that this sacrifice is the least of all forms of housing available on this campus-with the obvious exception of one man apartments. While the food is us- ually good-there is always the occasional cook who burns or un- der cooks the chicken and forgets to mash or wash the potatoes. Surprisingly these "unfortunate" instances are unfrequent. Never- theless,' a non-profesional co-op cook can rarely compare with those employed by fraternities and sororities. d i , r j WARREN'S PROPOSAL * Uniform Law Code Would Add Flexibility By JUDITH BLEIER Daily Staff Writer CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN announced last week that he has appointed a committee to look into the possibility of establishing a uniform code of evidence for the Federal. Courts. At present the rules which determine what is acceptable evidence in a federal trial, are based upon precedents which have evolved from decisions laid down by individual judges from case to case. This system derived from the traditional English .common law, a I at first glance appears to be more LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Advice for Grad Council. i r t Y f t Y E C T I t 1 c E f l f 1 CITYSCOPE: United Fund: A Misnomer 7E ANN ARBOR Chapter of the United In the UF there are charities of almost every Foundation seems to be intent on perpe- description; many of which, I am certain, the trating a deception in its very name. donor would never think of contributing to, Across the nation its sister organizations were it not buried deep in the rolls of the UP. have persisted in implying that all charities The fact that the Roman Catholic Church are united under one banner when indeed happens to sponsor a charity should make this is not so. Locally, UF action seems to have absolutely no difference, since in many in- reached the very height of inanity. stances charities are included which are spon- It seems that the Catholic Social Services sored or boosted by labor unions or other spe- agency has been denied UF membership by cial interest groups, both extremely objection- one vote, right on the heels of an appeal by able to a large bloc of the public. 19 local Protestant clergymen to .keep them By the ministers' argument, the public out. should not be asked to contribute to any or- Perhaps the two events have no connection, ganization backed, wholly or partially, by any but one tends to doubt it. Apparently the element to which he does not subscribe. United Foundation will continue to be a mis- nomer. Such prominent organizations as the If everyone used this reasoning, the United March of Dimes refuse to get in, and in light Foundation would be the world's most spectac- of the fact that such worthy causes as the ular flop. Catholic Social Services Agency are kept out, And anyway, according to UF publicity, one it is not hard to see why the Dimes people are is "allowed" to designate which of the includ- intents on avoiding UP. ed charities he wishes his donation to be given to. Presumably, therefore, one would not have. THE MINISTERS based their opposition on to donate to the Catholic agencies if he did the alleged duplication of most of the not wish to do so. Whether or not this situation services offered by Family Service of Ann Ar- actually prevails is something else again. bor (a weak excuse indeed; there are many duplications in the Uf), and on a sectarian HOWEVER, it must be pointed out, in their basis "as their denomination prescribes." rejection, the Catholic Social Services The ministers also expressed the belief that Agency joins a rather prominent group of UF community support should be asked for "only 'outsiders': The March of Dimes, as already non-sectarian agencies which will be less like- mentioned, the Cancer Society (in some places), ly to treat clients with bias." Muscular Dystrophy, Multiple Sclerosis, Christ- This is outrageous, to say the very least. To mas and Easter Seals, and a whole host of even suggest that the Catholics, or any other other smaller groups. church group, would consciously discriminate against a needy person because of his creed is That's an impressive list, and it goes to prove extremely unlikely, and such remarks must something: In many areas, UF uses the slo- not be tolerated. In fact, it casts some doubt gan, "Give to one, and the giving is done," a on these 19 ministers and their unbiased inten- monstrous falsehood. In fact, the Catholics tions, by the very suggestion, should look at the company they are keeping among the other 'outsiders,' and the reputa- RUT PERHAPS the most ridiculous state- tion those charities have individually, and be To the Editor: IF THE Graduate Student Coun- cil really wants to keep afloat and raise some money, let it do the following: set up a desk over in the Rackham Building, where all graduate students must go to pick up registration material, and collect 25c from each of the 9,000 students the Council claims it rep- resents. That would yield $2,250. If the Council wants to do some- thing effective for the graduate community, let it co-operate with the Inter-Disciplinary Scholars' Council, a new organization set up to do some studying and thinking about problems before passing resolutions about them, and let the Council concentrate on major issues which it could do something about. :-J. B. Reid, Spec. R. E. Seavoy, Grad. Interdisciplinary Scholars' Council Psych 31 ..., To the Editor: HOW CAN psychologists decry the mind-body problem if they force this dichotomy upon the students before they are even aware of the nature of the science? Certainly the separation of the "physical" and "social" nature of psychology in an introductory course oversteps the bounds of the present unhealthy educational trend toward specialization. It gives non-psychology majors an unrepresentative view of the field and psychology majors a senior year to integrate what the de- partment has managed to sepa- rate. To make matters worse, the student grades will be based on a "depth study" of an individual topic. Perhaps this means an in-' tegration course consists of re- conciling the thalmus with the hypothalmus. Having "colloquium- type lectures by specialists" seems to be a way of paying lip service to the aims of education-breadth of knowledge and ability to com- municate with divergent groups. -Bernard Weiner, Grad -Stuart D. Klipper, '62 -J. Curtis Senie, '63 Movie Criticism To the Editor: THOMAS BRIEN did an intel- ligent and stimulating article defining the facets of cinema art concerning a series critic. It would is .evident in most of the signifi- cant films made in the world. * * * AND THE OLD RULE of thumb that the best way to tell whether a picture is worth seeing is by who directed it retains its validity. Look at a worthless, anonymous hodgepodge like "The Big Show" (made by a couple of unknown hacks named Clark .and Sherde- man), which wasn't worth the review space it was given, and then highly individual, significant creations like Wilder's "Apart- ment' Bergman's "Virgin Spring," Zinnemann's "Sundowners" and DeSica's "The Roof." Exclusively impersonal film cri- ticism of the type advocated by Mr. Brien can sometimes become overly abstract and vague. A bit more attention in reviews to the director and his personal style could add to their readability and interest. * * *A DAVID MARCUS' ARTICLE on films in the latest Daily magazine needs one comment. It should be remembered that only the better foreign films are imported into this country (andneven then many low-quality French Bardot vehi- cles, British lowbrow farces, and Italian costume spectacles are in- cluded). Therefore, generalizations to the effect that a good foreign film is intrinsically better than a' good American film are based on unequal comparisons. In any case, there is room for a bit more tolerance in Mr. Mar- cus' article; that is, neither pro- nor anti-foreign prejudice, but an objective viewpoint, taking each film on its own merits regardless of national origin. Or, if Mr. Mar- cus' main interest, as seems likely, does lie in foreign films, let that be stated at the start of the ar- ticle, but not be used -as the un- stated bais for generalizations about American vs. foreign Cin- ema. -Steven Hill, Grad. Folk Music, Jazz ... To the Editor: YOUR ARTICLE on folk music ("modern America needs this means of communication, etc. ad nauseum") is the final straw which breaks my silence .. . Miss Dow's effort . .. shows a lack of understanding of jazz, and relatively little . analysis of the half-truths and mistaken beliefs concerning it which are included in the article. Apparently, she is incapable of comprehending any symbol system more abstract than, our sign language, as you do not feel that the sounds of jazzdwhich are used to represent feeling are "'coherent". In fact, by stating that we became "near-machines" as a result of listening to music which you admit is pure "feeling" (i.e. emotion), you lead me to question your ability to compre- hend, or at least to use coherently, the English language. I ask you: have you ever tried to picture an emotional machine? We have trouble holding an "old-fashioned" folksing today. Why? Certainly not just because we don't know any folk songs, for if folk music was a valid expres- sion of our society, we would, by definition, be the ones to originate the songs. The difficulty lies in- stead in the fact that we are con- tent to listen to others sing at concerts and on records rather than singing ourselves, even though we "think we could do better". And so we are led to consider why the people of a so- ciety which needs the personal ex- pression of folk music" choose not to express themselves in folksings. The answer is that they are pro- ponents of "mental inertia," a trend in modern society toward non-participation in life. -Paul Wiers, '63 flexible than a specified code, snd gives a judge greater leeway to meet each particular situation with its own special applications. This is not necessarily the case, however. OVER A PERIOD OF TIME as a result of the Common Law pro- cedure, certain rules do begin, to emerge. But they are not broad, flexible axioms; they apply speci- fically to individual cases. A judge, who is faced with a decision re- garding evidence has before him a multitude of particulars, which are not applicable to the situation at hand.u So long as there are no problems it is thought that it is better to leave the common law system as it is. But today the complexity of modern society has forced the is- sue out into the open. "The de- mand (for a uniform code of evi- dence) has been so widespread, and has come from such respon- sible sources, that the matter should be given very serious thought and attention," the Chief Justice said. Actually such a measure is not a radical step in our judicial sys- tem. It is in keeping with the trend toward uniformity and greater power and control in the hands of the Federal government. FEDERAL RULES of civil pro- cedure were established in 1938, and in 1946 rules for federal crim- inal procedure were drafted. These rules were devised by professional committees and then established by the Supreme Court under a Congressional enabling act. The proposed rules on evidence would specifically apply to 'the Federal courts, but professors of law predict that such rules would probably be picked up by the states, following the general ten- dency, particularly on. the part of the western states, to incorpor- ate Federal judicial rulings into their systems. This result would indeed be de- sirable. A uniform code would al- low more flexibility than the com- mon lay system. A judge would be less bound. Broad, general rules would allow him a new discretion. THE UNDERSTOOD CHILD: Newest Problems In Growing Up THE GROWTH of a new attitude toward child-rearing has meant that most parents in bringing up this generation have made a genuine effort to understand their children and not to impose parental authority in ways that might inhibit the young child. As a result, it is extremely difficult for the child to rebel, since he is understood rather than repressed. This has its consequence in giving him nothing but feather pillows to fight, and in developing an attitude of self-understanding before there is a great deal of self to understand... IF AN EFFORT is made by parents to assert authority, it is usually rejected, since both parents the parent can do about refusal to accept authority. The, modern parent is unlikely to threaten the sixteen-year-old with bodily harm. and threats to withhold money or special privileges very often pro- duce more tensions and problems than they solve .. . Most sixteen-year-olds are suf- ficiently sophisticated not only to know the limits of power possessed by their parents if it were to be put to the test, but are also pre- pared to live an independent emo- tional life by depriving the par- ents of a return of affection, by appearing a minimum amount of time at home, by surface con- formity to demands, or by simply and child know that there is little DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN [y --+. t.3 , " t 7 A . y~rA. .rn rV .o. y .N r." rT+C"{34"Ys ASri; k'"+.a JJo."¢ ,¢ 'S7S: '.t0.A'NS- .:F2. V '°IfY«:5"A'!{":" ' i . a".A.:}:: AVA .'4'fi IdM.fli': +2i." Y . '+J' wA1n l t" 1b ':!i WV .' I The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of The Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsibility. Notices should be sent, in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3519 Administration Building, before 2 p.m., two days preceding publication. THURSDAY, MAY 25 General Notices on Fri., May Men. 26. Office of the Dean of Disciplinary Action: One student fined $100 for removing without charging books from the Undergraduate Library. Office of the Dean of Men. The Applied Mathematics seminar scheduled to meet Thurs., May 25 at 4:00 p.m. in 246 West Engineering has been cancelled because of the Univer- sity Senate meeting. Students who are receiving Education and . 'Trnii nc Allin.. nn i in. fl,,l.i BICYCLE OWNERS: 1. Any bicycle parked on University property (classroom areas, residence halls, University owned apartments, Medical Center, etc.) must bear a CUR- RENT ANN ARBOR LICENSE (expiring 9-30-61). 2. Summer storage of bicycles on Uni- versity property is not permitted. Bi- cycles not in use during summer school must be taken home or put instorage. For your protection as, well as for good order on the campus, bicycles stored (left over 48 hours after June 13 with- out a "hold" order) in the racks on University property will be Impounded. nx