I Seventy-Fifth Year DITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIe5UGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF IOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Where Opinions Are Free, 420 MAYNARD ST., ANN ARBOR, MicH. Naws PHONE: 764-0552 TIruth Willz Prevail Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Laudable Student Performance at Rockwell Speech THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1964 NIGHT EDITOR: JOHN BRYANT Residential College Planners Find a Workable Solution T'HE RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE faculty planners have found what is probably the best solution to the inconveniences they will have to face when the new liv- ing and learning operation opens. Their plan calls for opening half the college's residences and classrooms in the fall of 1966 and the other half a year or two later. It still must be discussed with a parallel student committee and its fi- nancial feasibility explored. Then it will have to go to the administration. N ANY. CASE, it is superior to a num- ber of other alternatives which have faced the two committees: 1) The college might build, for 1966, only residences for the 1200 students it will eventually contain. With no class- rooms, library space or faculty offices, the 300-odd students comprising the college's first class would either travel to the cen- tral campus for instruction or receive it in makeshift facilities in the residences. The main disadvantage of this plan- and of all other plans-is that students who had not begun their University years in the residential college would have to be housed in some of its facilities. With Ann Arbor's burgeoning student popula- tion, present dormitory overcrowding and the inadequacy of additional housing units currently being planned, empty residence rooms would be unconscionable. Nevertheless, the presence of "outsid- ers" during the first few years of the col- lege is considered by many of the plan- ning committee as a definite detriment to the separate culture and self-suffi- ciency which are basic foundations of the residential college idea. FURTHERMORE this first proposal maximizes the number of outsiders, since its 1966 time tag makes it extreme- ly difficult for the college to begin with more than one class of students. 2) Only if the residential college be- gins in 1965, with a pilot operation in existing central campus quarters, could it start with two classes of its own-those who had enrolled in 1965 and those en- tering in 1966. If some of the empty liv- ing units were then used temporarily as classrooms and faculty offices, it is con- ceivable that as few as 200-300 extra spaces would have to be filled by out- siders. But the difficulties of beginning even pilot operations next fall are just too great. The proponent of this alternative feels the extra effort required by the planners would be well worth the bene- fits of minimizing the number of out- siders. Yet most other committee mem- bers feel the tasks of picking a faculty and a curriculum, setting admissions policy and student regulations and arranging for temporary quarters are too great. IF A 1965 DATE were imposed, they ar- gue, most of the value of the leisure now enjoyed in the planning process would be lost. 3) If the residential college does not open until 1967-when both housing and classrooms should be completed -R the University will most likely just appro- priate the dorms as "overflow housing" during 1966-67. The faculty committee has strong ob- jections to this prospect: they feel they could not stomach prostituting their bright child to the enrollments crisis. While this is essentially a selfish objec- tion, the only choice is using some of the dorms for residential college students in 1967-essentially what the first alterna- tive offers. 1N ANY CASE, there is probably good reason for not wanting to take the shine off the college-especially in its first days-by turning it over completely to the University for a year. A sense of pioneering, of high hopes, even, to a certain extent, of being very special is crucial to the residential college's poten- tial. 4) One other way of enhancing the pioneer spirit would be building the whole college step-wise-dorms and classrooms for one class at a time. Some contend that, while this alternative would vir- tually eliminate the necessity of includ- ing outsiders, the confusion created by noisy construction on the campus would be too detrimental. Most, however, view this confusion as only a minor evil and possibly an advan- tage-not only would it lend the whole place an exciting atmosphere, but it would allow student and faculty planners more chance to correct mistakes they find in the first structures before all are built. The plan accepted Tuesday night is a modification of this last alternative, proposing construction in two instead of four steps. Its time tag is not too early for thorough planning before construc- tion. It avoids temporary classes or busing to the central campus. It avoids the nec- essity of pilot operations in present fa- cilities, a necessity which is expedient but has little or no educational value. It provides the University some over- flow capacity without relinquishing the whole project for a year or allowing two-thirds to three-fourths of the college to be outsiders. It minimizes construc- tion distractions without eliminating their pioneer-spirit contribution. THE PROPOSAL still involves outsiders, of course, but there are mitigating considerations. None of the residential college planners wants the unit to be to- tally isolated from the rest of the cam- pus: certainly the outsiders would en- sure some contacts. The outsiders - all who would be above the freshman level- could be chosen very carefully to include only those willing and able to adapt to the new "culture," only those who would not disrupt the intellectual and experi- mental atmosphere of the college. Given the whole range of priorities which the residential college planners must consider, their plan seems unques- tionably the best. There is not too much question that the student committee will agree. It is now up to the administration to recognize a good thing when it is pro- posed. -JEFFREY GOODMAN To the Editor: WOULD first like to commend the performance of the students attending George Lincoln Rock- well's appearance in Ijili Auditor- ium Tuesday night. Although Rockwell always seems to find a few that will play into his hands by hissing and booing, most stu- dents remained silent. This performance was quite dif- ferent than the one where I first. saw Rockwell, at San Diego State College. I didn't know he was $peaking that day, and while I was walking to one of the parking lts I heard loud booing and shouting from the outdoor theater. As I walked in, the speaker was shout- ing: "You asked, so I'll tell you. It's an international Jewish Com- munist conspiracy. If we threw all the Jews and niggers out of the country . . ." One of the students, Ed Cherry, jumped onto the stage and approached Rockwell, offer- ing to speak. Rockwell shoved Cherry, and Cherry retaliated with a lunge, although I don't think he actually hit Rockwell. As Rock- well walked away, students fol- lowed him, jeering and throwing things at him. SINCE THEN Rockwell has changed markedly. He has learn- ed to delve out his hate and racism in a smoother manner. Also, we were prepared fr him here, and protest was much more dignified. Now that the big event has passed, tht loud protests and at- tempts to keep Rockwell from speaking seem to have been rather amusing, for they were fought to prevent a quite incoherent and certainly unpersuasive talk. The educational benefit of this exper- ience was not the content but the form of the speech and the methods used. Denying him the right to speak only furthers his cause as a poor, misunderstood and persecuted martyr; while letting him rant and rave to an orderly audience defeats him and his purpose of emotional agitation. I am.glad I went, and that the performance wastas orderly as it was. He gain- ed a victory at San Diego State, while he lost decisively here. -Tom Moore, Grad SGC To the Editor: TONIGHT AT 7:30 in the Multi- Purpose Room of the UGLI, Student Government Council will hold its first Constituents' Asse- bly. It will primarily be directing its attention to the vast and com- plex area of grievances which have been the subject of student discussion since the beginning of the semester. There have been several organized attempts made by the students directly concerned with these problems to gain re- dress through rallying and pro- testing. SGC's attempt tonight will be to explain the developments of its continual consultations with the administration concerning such student interests as economic wel- fare, housing, academic reform, and Ann Arbor community prob- lems. As the main function of the meeting, however, it will actively solicit the opinions of its con- stituents in these matters. * * * TO THOSE OF US who have worked in SGC, there has long been a realization of the need for student opinion and student ac- tion in areas of student concerns. SGC members know that action is being taken and that programs have been and continue to be pre- sented. But most students have no such general perspective. They do know, however, when the axe has fallen on them. The purpose of the Constituent Assembly then is to combine all interested par- ties, regardless of their level of involvement, in a common effort to promote student welfare. The Regents, President Hatcher, and Vice-Presidents Heyns and Lewis have all had occasion to deal with SGC, and all have ex- pressed their approval of it as a body for presenting the students' opinions and representating the students' interests. But an eight- teen member Council is not big enough to handle all its work alone. SGC needs committee work- ers-People whose interest will lead them not into meaningless rallies and tirades against the has been dominated by students who are part of the apathetic mass. They are not interested in doing anything which might "rock the boat." They are satisfied with the University as is, and are easily intimidated by the administra- tion whenever their minds begin to stray too far from docile thoughts. SGC is afraid to chal- lenge the administration .because. their commitment to improving the lot of students and the Uni- versity in general is at best luke- warm-never sufficient to give them the courage it takes to do the job. The administration has long recognized the useful role SOC plays on this campus. SGC exists as a facade of student government and University democracy. It is a place where the administration Iqbal Geoffrey Exhibition HE PRESENT EXHIBITION at the Forsythe Gallery of paintings by Iqbal Geoffrey leaves one feeling rather disturbed and un- settled about his aesthetic critical abilities. The Pakistani artist, who left Pakistan because "art is not considered respectable there," presents works which include use of both Indian and English writing, Johnson and Humphrey buttons, and the words "great" and "truth" placed intermittently throughout the paintings. The paint itself is applied with seemingly almost utter abandon, sometimes with a brush, more frequently in drops or splashes in the "turn-table" technique. Geoffrey's colors are chiefly blacks. browns, chartreuses, and pink-reds. Their effect is a generally subdued one, nevertheless, but the effect of his ungoverned shapes is that of chaos-at least on first examination. GEOFFREY'S WORKS have been shown in London and New York, and have been highly praised by many critics. There is no easily aparent merit to the paintings, however. They are un- distinguished compositionally and, at first, coloristically. The viewer is disturbed by a work in which he feels he can become involved, in which a bright pink arrow pointing to nothing appears from nowhere, and hovers on the surface of the painting, having no relation to the rest of the painting. At first glance the paintings appear classifiable as merely another variant of the already un- popular dada art of post World War I, because of the incongrou nature of the materials and styles which Geoffrey employs. But the paintings exert a hold over the viewer which leads to eventual doubt of any valid classification. The paintings balance precariously between the blasphemously superficial and the impressively aesthetic. They present a good deal of challenge to the viewer. -Frances Hynes bureaucrats get upset by these "in- cidents" but, honestly, it seems this is the only way to get things done. I think SGC signed its own death warrant by calling off this week's scheduled Diag protest rally. It would be so much easier to change things on this campus if President Hatcher had to think of more imaginitive ways to side- track movements for change than turning them over to SGC, -David C. Aroner, Grad CrowdS To the Editor: IF THOSE STUDENTS that re- cently called off a protest march or rally in protest to overcrowd- ing want to be patted on the back for their respect for the Univer- sity image they ought to think twice. May I suggest, to those in the dorms that have a new roommate (and those on the Daly that have not been in a dorm since their freshman years) to check the figures, or better yet, ask their parents what the dorm and Uni- versity conditions were like at the end of the war. If they think that a few converted doubles look bad now, they'll stop fast when they see -what the War Vets had to live and study with. I WASN'T a veteran, and I can't say that the crowding didn't bother them, but I do know that they made the best of the situa- tion that they were in and got the education they came to school to get. May I take the liberty to suggest to these overcrowded, locked out students that they stop feeling sorry for themselves and start doing what their parents did 20 years ago, i.e., work for an education and be glad that the chance is there to obtain it. There is still a happy note left for those still not satisfied with my suggestions. Fear not overcrowded Quaddie. In only one and one half semesters you will be able to move out f the dorm into that nice new, ultra-modern apartment you've wanted. Just think how nice it will be to pay only $50 per month for all this (provided of course that you can find that fourth man to go in with you and your friends). -J. Downs Herold, Grad Theatre To the Editor: I FIND IT an amazing and dis- couraging phenomenon that a University of the size and stature of the University of Michigan must rely on a theater as inadequte as the Hill Auditorium for its major theatrical and artistic per- formances. This problem is particularly evident in dancer stage presen- tations. The make-shift stage is far too small and too slippery for any respectable dance presenta- tion. The result is that only com- panies of relatively minor artistic merit are shown, and even these companies cannot make use of their scenery and other theatrical effects. Major dance companies, like the. Leningrad Kirov Ballet currently touring the country, can- not appear at all. The inadequate stage is less of a problem with dramatic pre:,entations, but here the barn-like atmosphere of the auditorium is a distinct disad- vantage. S* 4 ASIDE FROM the inadequate stage and backstage facilities, the other side of the footlights (fig- uratively speaking, since there are none) offers just as little. Leg- room is virtually nonexistent, while the sight lines are generally poor at best. It has to be an exceptional performance that can make a spectator forget his sheer physical discomfort, while one either misses much of the performance or be- comes tired and irritable from constant straining to see. Given the totally inadequate facilities, it is a double insult to be brazenly informed by the University Musical Society that one is seeing the best from the four corners of the globe. This simply is not the case, for a dance or drama company of truly major importance can not be accom- modated (even the APA is not at Hill, and their present home is not too much better). If the University public is satis- fied with the relatively second rate theatrical performances put on at Hill Auditorium, I suppose that the present situation is quite adequate. However, if this is the case, I think that we all better recognize that we are settling for second best, and plan to look for genuine artistic greatness and in- tegrity elsewhere-Detroit or East Lansing seem to be the closest alternatives. It seems to me that in art, like so many other things, we all settle for second best n this campus. -Ronald Federico, '66 Currently in the preliminary plan- ning stages are a theatre, to be located in the eich Park area of central campus; and a concert hall, to be built somewhere near the new Music School Bldg. on North Campus. Main problem, of course, is money; these structures must compete with the University's many ed construction funds available. other building needs for the limit- -K. W. PHILHARMONIC Difficult Tiask An ORCHESTRA that chooses .. program of Berlioz, Chpin, and Beethoven is immediately re- stricting its harmonic vocabulary. Its task then is to emphasize the differences, to play sparkling Ber- lioz, introspective Chopin, and solid Beethoven. But Stanislaw Wislocki did not lead the Warsaw Philharmonic with this much con- viction last night. Berlioz's overture "The Roman Carnival" did not reveal the fire- works that this orchestra is cap- able of. From the English horn solo that followed the introduction, one became conscious of a thin wind section that never did pro- ject well. Only the instance of the low flute sounding through the strings gave a sense of balance. Of course, Berlioz's music char- acteristically "runs down", from time to time, but the composer always manages to save the situa- tion by the injection of a surprise effect. The orchestra responded well to these kicks. THE CHOPIN Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra is a problem piece from a structural standpoint. The piano entry into the first movement is always ef- fective, but when rhythmic in- tensification of the solo part de- mands orchestral support the timid string chords are inadequate. Likewise the material of the sec- ond movement fails to span the time it takes. (The resort to operatic tremolo is as out of place here as Chopin's piano would be in the theatre.) Pianist Wladyslaw . Kedra did well within these limitations. His sense of phrase was best heard in the slow movement. The playing was effective in the mazurka-like finale, but the orchestra's catch- ing up the last three chords is an insufficient close to a work of this length. Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony was a long haul. Wslocki's de- tached notes in the woodwind second subject typified his need for continuity within the entire work. The orchestra was at its best in the gay scherzo. This program would have gained much had there been more opportunity for this sort of playing. -Barry Vercoe .y 1 University, but rather into posi- tions of responsibility in an organ- ization dedicated to their well- being. Let all those who wish to serve their best interests come tonight to be heard and to join SGC as workers on its commit- tees. --Sherry Miller --Nancy Freitag -Rachel Amado -Maxine Loomis --Scott Crooks --Gary Cunningham SGC Committee for the Constituents' Assembly Protest To the Editor: IT IS NO SURPRISE to hear President Hatcher urge that protesting students channel their grievances through Student Gov- ernment Council or other estab- lished lines of communication. President Hatcher must be given credit for recognizing how to delay facing the legitimate complaints presented by the students. If the President is lucky, the minority of students who care about the Uni- versity might become discouraged by the Presidential "brush-off" and allow the administration to permanently turn their collective backs on the students. STUDENT Government Council can bury critical issues in a struc- tured sea of apathy. Of course, should SGC by some fluke do something which offends the ad- ministration, there is always the veto power of the Vice-President for Student Affairs. History has shown that the veto need only be an extraordinary measure. * * * THE LABOR and civil rights movements have long recognized the effective necessity of inde- pendent political action. When the "appropriate" channels are structured so as to stifle change, new channels must be established. The Student Action League (SAL) and the student employes union (UMSEU) will be recognized by the students as legitimate and "appropriate" channels for nego- tiating with the administration because they have already con- trasted so well with the stumbling, bumbling, face-saving, image con- scious, dead end that is SGC. SGC has allowed the adminis- tration to neglect the interests of students in favor of the "property rights" of rent-gouging landlords, money grubbing local businessmen, and other such petty tyrants. It took a non-"appropriate way" to get the administration to speak out for the interests of its stu- dents and employes in the city fair housing debate last year. I know President Hatcher and all sorts of petty and not-so-petty :_ -.... . ' ;ยง DNN5DN ,,Ea 1 A . . , 1 ,: , S7 i . 1/ ^14w.. 1 1f ,.5+ i 1 Rockwell Can't Be Dismissed ANYONE WHO DISMISSES George Lin- coln Rockwell as a man who wants to kill Jews is missing the boat. Anyone who would stay away from Rockwell on the grounds that "genocide is not debatable" is making a mistake. There is a lot more to Rockwell than this, and, as a result, he is much more dangerous than if he simply fit the popular stereo- type of a two-bit Hitler. ROCKWELL says he has nothing against any Jew who is not a traitor. Those who are should be gassed along with other traitors, irrespective of race, creed, or religion. He does, however, go so far as to say that Communism is a Jew- ish conspiracy. He may be right in saying the Russian Revolution was started by Jews. We could even, for the moment, accept his assump- tion that most present-day Communists are Jews. It still doesn't seem terribly important, because it does not follow that most present-day Jews are Communists, ALTHOUGH ROCKWELL rejects Gold- water, enough of his beliefs are suf- ficiently similar to attract essentially the same kind of people. To give but one example: "There is no American nationalism any- more, no uniting spirit that makes men strong and dedicated. Our country is be- ing insulted by men like Castro all over the world. It's time we had some leaders who aren't about to take any of this and time we had some men who have enough pride in themselves to die for their coun- try." If Goldwater can come in reach of the American Presidency, it is conceivable that Rockwell might, because many of his non-racial beliefs are only a step further than Goldwater's. Even his racial beliefs are shared by some of Goldwater's fol- lowers,namely those bigoted individuals, who have adopted the shibboleth of states' rights as an excuse for perpetrating hatred and inequity. i e * ' qEh . - 'r~ JUDITH: A Moving Drama THE APA'S OPENING NIGHT production of Jean GiraudouX's "Judith" transformed a difficult piece of literature into compas- sionately moving drama. The play in its production builds steadily through an expository first act to the impassioned second act which culminates in a some- what shaky conclusion. This is not the fault of the production or of the direction, rather it seems to be the playwright's own weakness. Holofernes tells Judith that "woman is caught in a web and all a man has to do is gently untangle her," and then the playwright introduces a "fallen" angel to provide his conclusion by untangling the web for Judith-the only discordant note struck in the production. ROSEMARY HARRIS brought Judith through all of the difficult transitions from young girl to physically passionate woman and seemed more than capable of taking her on to sainthood or self- destruction without the intervention of the deus ex machina. A brilliant complement to the warmly feminine Judith was Paul Sparer, a handsome, suavely sensual Holofernes-the man who believed so completely in utter simplicity, calmness and the gentle word of "pleasure." These two were nobly and notably supported by Clayton Corzatte, John; Carol Teitel, Susanna; and Paddy Croft, Sarah. All three present counterpoint to Miss Harris' role. Judith's farewell to herself, t - 2 , 999.)"x" a! " i * z I "~~'