TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1962 TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9,1982 .1 9'ORTHCOMING BOOK: Burks Examines Probability Chasins Sees Mediocrity In Contemporary Music By MICHAEL SATTINGER While on sabbatical leave, Prof. rthur W. Burks of the philos- )hy department is writing a book, Dause, Chance, and Reason," hich studies the philosophy of ,use. "I draw heavily on the mathe- atics of probability and I look examples in science to see how asoning is done. So while the udy is all done by thinking and riting, it is not done in a vac- im," he said. "The book trie's to answer basic questions," Prof. Burks continued.' The first question involves the nature of probability: How does one justify a probability judge- ment, and how does he know whether something which thought' to be evidence really is evidence? Causality Paradox The second question asks the nature of causality. "There seems to be some relation between cause and effect which cannot be ob- served, and. yet science is based on Chase Explains Procedure For Defense Contract Bids f --- By DAVID FAINBERG President John F. Kennedy's newly created Arms Control and Disarmament Agency was the top- ic of discussion at a recent meet- ing of the Institute for Arms Con- trol and Peace Research. Philip Chase, a physicist and director of arms control programs at Bendix Systems Division out- lined the procedures necessary in bidding for defense or research contracts through the agency. Some of the contractual provi- sions of ACDA, Chase pointed out, had to do with security clearance Blaze Starts In Lloyd House Lloyd and Chicago Houses in West Quadrangle were evacuated early Wednesday morning after a fire broke out among Homecoming display remains in Lloyd House's recreation 'room. The fire was contained to the room, but heavy smoke caused the evacuation. The original cause of the fire has not been established. ISA Committee To Present Dance The International Student As- sociatioll social committee will sponsor a square dance from 8:30- 12 p.m. today in Dining Room Onei of South Quadrangle. There is noa charge for ISA members but non- members must pay $.50 apiece. w h i c h may take anywhere from eight weeks to six months, depending on the diversity of work done by members of the bidding firm. Employment Problem This creates a definite employ- ment problem, in that highly trained people are often unwilling to wait that long before they can begin their work. ACDA also re- quires strict control over personnel and a close liaison with the firm throughout the project. Chase went on to cite Bendix's recently-received government con- tract, TIP (Techniques for In- spection Procedures), which is in- volved in monitoring the location of missile and defense bases, es- pecially in the Soviet Union. This project is directly concern- ed with effective inspection of such installations if an agree- ment is reached on world dis- armament. Disarmament Research The Arms Control Institute it- self is a newly formed association 'concerned with research relevant' to the technical and applied prob- lems of arms control and disarma- ment." Its activities during the year will include the publishing of, "The Journal of Arms Control," dis- tribution of a timely newsletter of activity in this field, and an in- ternational arms control sympo- sium, Dec. 17-21, which will draw professional men from all over the world. The participants will in- clude Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D- Minn) and ACDA Director W. C. Foster. observation. Hence there seems to be a paradox," Prof. Burks com- mented. From the study have come two main conclusions. The first is the theory that "the rules of proba- bility are pragmatic and are rules for action. To say that the proba- bility of an event is such-and- such is to say that you should bet correspondingly, assuming moral- ity permits," he added. The second conclusion is that any proposition about probability presupposes certain general prin- ciples about the universe. Cause and Effect One such principle is the uni- formity of nature. "The same cause produces the same effect, no mat- ter where, no matter when," Prof. Burks remarked. Using a great deal of symbolic logic, Prof. Burks invented a new logic of causal propositions which enables one to make inferences in causality in a mechanical way. "One can put causal relations in symbols and manipulate them to get the result," he explained. The book is an outgrowth of a course Prof. Burks teaches in on the philosophy of science. ORGANIZATION NOTICES B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, Sab- bath Services, 7:30 p.m., Zwerdling- Cohn Chapel; Lecture: "The Radical Right," Sol I. Littman (Dir., Mich. Council of Anti-Defamation League), 8:30 p.m., Brasley Lounge; Nov. 9, 1429 Hill. * * * Canterbury Club, Open House, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., 218 Division. Speaker: Rev. Gordon Jones, "Unspoken Theology of Contemporary Literature." * * * Congregational Disciples E & R Guild, Cost Luncheon Discussion: Pros-Cons- NSA, Nov. 9, Noon, 802 Monroe. * * * India Students Assoc., Deepavali Banquet, Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m., Union Ball- room. Guest: Dr. S. M. S. Chati, First Secretary, Education, Embassy of India, Washington, D.C. Tickets available at the International Center. Mich. Christian Fellowship, Lecture & Discussion, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., Union, 3rd Floor Conf. Room.Speaker: Dr. Ivan Lowe, Physicist & Missionary, "Brazil, A Missionary Challenge." * * * Newman, Club, Monte Carlo Party: "Another Night at Louies," Nov. 9, 8:30 p.m.; Ilinois Dunkers' Hour, Nov. 10, After Game; 331 Thompson. * * * Student Governors Program of Alumni Association, Coffee, 9:30 a.m., Meeting, 10' a.m., Nov. 10, League, Henderson Room. Speaker: Walter B. Rea, Office of Student Affairs. Excellence has become a rare commodity in the field of contem- porary music, Abram Chasins, au- thor, composer, and pianist, said recently. Despite the fact that more mon- ey is spent on concert tickets than on baseball tickets, and despite the boom in record sales and cul- tural activities, an erosion of ex- cellence exists in all fields of pro- fessional arts today, Chasins con- tinued. "We are sweetly tolerant - so terribly tolerant about things hap- pening in our midst that we de- serve what is happening to us," he noted. "It is time that we become im- patient, that we demand something to the point," Chasins added. The supply of mediocre talent is greater than the demand. Con- sequently, those who are excellent -Daily-Tom Brien STEARN'S DISPLAY-Now on exhibit at Hill Aud., Raymond Harary's rare Wagner tuba combines characteristics of the French horn and the tuba. Rare Instrument Exhibt Features'Wagner Tuba are unable to make a living. In both creative and re-creative art we must know the difference be- tween "a real creator and one who manipulates fashionable devices." "The important thing is indi- viduality, not originality," he ex- plained. Indian Dinner To Hear Chari The India Students' Association will sponsor a Deepavali ("Festival of Lights") banquet at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Michigan Union Ballroom. S.M.S. Chari, first secretary of the Indian embassy, will speak. Tickets are available today only at the International Center. U To Host Conference On Injcries The University will conduct a seminar today and tomorrow on the latest research into techniques in the daily hospital treatment of victims of accidents which result- ed in severe burns. Representatives of 15 institu- tions, including military surgeons and representatives of other uni- versity medical centers, will be participating in the conference. The two-day meeting, to be host- ed by Doctors Irving Feller and Marion S. DeWeese of University Hospital was primarily designed "to provide for an easy exchange of ideas between surgeons who de- vote a considerable amount of time to seriously burned victims." Attendance is limited to medi- 'cal personnel. I I, By JEFFREY CHASE "Many historical musical instru- ments, often rare in the United States, are so commonplace in Europe that nobody even bid against me when I bought this tenor Wagner tuba two years ago at an auction in Vienna," Ray- mond Harary, Grad, commented about his purchase. The Wagner tuba, a hybridiza- tion of the French horn and the tuba, was invented by Richard Wagner for his operatic cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen." Its tone is broader and less concen- trated than that of the horns of Wagner's day, Prof. Robert War- ner of the music school explained. The bore, which is tapered, is an intermediate between that of the regular tuba and that of the late nineteenth century horn. The funnel shaped mouth piece is identical with that of the horn. It was intended that the second quartet of horn players, that is, horns five, six, seven and eight, should play these instruments when called for, Wagner continu- ed. The four octave range of this Shepard To Give Psychology Talk Roger Shepard of Bell Tele- phone Laboratories will speak on "Extraction of Metric Information from Non-Metric Data" at a psy- chology colloquium at 4:15 p.m. today in Aud B. instrument is lower than that of the horn but higher than that of the tuba. It is possible to produce a full chromatic scale in all regis- ters as well as a full gradation of dynamic effects. The matter of quality rather than that of range prompted the creation of this in- strument, Harary noted. The musical parts for the Wag- ner tubas are like those for reg- ular horns. These tubas are used to support and contrast, both melodically and harmonically, the brilliant brass-the trumpets and trombones. They are especially valuable for achieving a different quality in a full blend of brass color; a blend which the horns alone could not accomplish, Warner commented. Right Hand Use Unlike the German Wagner tubas, the valves on the Austrian variety, this one made by Boh- land & Fuchs in Graz, are played by the right hand. In both types the free hand is not held in the bell as is done while playing horns, but is used to support the instrument. The four valves work on the rotary principal and the bell is pointed up and to one side, Harary explained. Today these tubas are ra.-ely used. Either a euphonium or a regular horn, the bore of which has been enlarged since Wagner's time, is employed for their parts. Harary has consented to dis- play this historical instrument for an indefinite length of time with the Stearn's collection in Hill Aud. V . -I ff HELD OVER AGAIN ! 3rd BIG WEEK BEST P1C TURE/ Winner of 10s i Academy A wards!I IE Dial 2-6264 Morn.-Thurs. at 2 and 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat.-Sun. at 2-6:45-9:25 Weekday Matinee 90c, ..'h4,.Y:.. .. ,. ::4... .rr rih:?.:."rn" .v Sr. -... r r ..W A..n-: . . DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN .^4w1..4l"A: :1.4.S. Y:\:li::. . .."~ . " i "4K: :4:" r1f:: "rr>J4x4 :J:^i .A, 4,:::4.{ : Nights and Sunday $1.25 Children All Times 54c ..N e lu EO ArTSTS NO RESEVED SEATS NEXT "THE CHAPMAN REPORT" TODAY AT 7-9 P.M. imm DIAL 8-6416 "A Great French Film !" -BOSLEY CROWTHER, N.Y. Times ANEW ANDRE CAYATTE's omorroW ismyn turn'::, The Daily Bulletin is an official publication of the University of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsi- bility. Notices should be ,sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3564 Administration Building before 2 p.m. two days preceding publication. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Day Calendar 8:30 a.m.-Institute of Environment Sciences Lectures on "Environmental Forces, Their Effects and Remedies"- Registra-tion, Rackham Amphitheater; Dr. I. Vigness, "Some Fundamentals of Mechanical Shock and Vibration," 9:30 a.m.; John C. New, "Achieving Satellite Re- liability Through Testing," 10:30 a.m.; Arthur D. Radke and Robert W. Cos- tin, "Low Frequency Vibration Environ- ment and Its Effect on Human Beings- Some Remedies and Isolating Tech- niques," 11:15 a.m.; Prof. Jesse Ormondroyd, "Environ- mental Problems of Electronic Equip- ment and Missiles on Shipboard," 2:00 p.m.; Dr. S. C. Knapp, "Some Thoughts on the Relationships of Laboratory Tests and Service Life of Elastomers," 3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.-Depts. of Mathematics and Physics and Institute of Science and Technology Lecture-George W. Mack- ey, Professor of Mathematics, Harvard Univ., "Mathematical Aspects of Quan- tum Mechanics": Aud. C, Angell Hall, 4:15 p.m.-Dept. of Psychology Col- loquium-Roger N. Shepard, Bell Tele- phone Laboratories: Aud. B, Angell Hall, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.-Cinema Guild - Vera Baranovskaya and Nikolai Bata- lov in "Pudhovkin's Mother"; short, "What Who How": Architecture Aud. 8:00 p.m.-Department of Astronomy Visitors' Night-Stephen P. Maran, "The Planet Mercury"; to observe Jupiter, Saturn, and Moon: Rm. 2003, Angell Hall. General Notices Faculty, College of Lit., Science and the Arts: Midsemester reports are due, Fri., Nov. 9, for those students whose standing at midsemester is "D" or "E." The green report cards for freshmen and sophomores should be sent to the Counselors Office for Freshmen and Sophomores, 1213 Angell Hall; white report cards for juniors and seniors to the Counselors Office for Juniors and Seniors, 1223 Angell Hall.. Students not registered in this Col- lege but who elected L. S. & A. courses should be reported to the school or col- lege in which they are registered. At the Request of the 1962 General Co-Chairman of MUSKET, Women's Ju- diciary has extended hours on Sat., Dec. 1, until 1:30 a.m. Events Student Government Council Approval for the following student-sponsored ac- tivities becomes effective 24 hours after the publication of this notice. All pub- licity for these events must be withheld until the approval has become effective. Voice-Lecture on the Problems of Academic Freedom by Wendell Phillips, Nov. 15, 4:15 p.m., 3529 SAB. Michigan Union - November Mass Meeting, Nov. 11, 7:00 p.m., Union, Room 3-B. Panhellenic Assoc.-Selling of wom- en's Campus Pac, Nov. 12, 13, & 14, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Diag., Eng. Arch., Palmer Field, Fishbowl. The Dept. of Engineering Mechanics and the Dept. of Mathematics present lectures on Mon. and Tues., Nov. 12 and 13 at 4:00 p.m., in Rm. 311 W. Engrg. Bldg. Prof. C. A. Truesdell, Prof. of Ra- tional Mechanics, Johns Hopkins Univ., will speak on "The Natural Time of a Viscoelastic Fluid" on Mon. and "In- equalities and Analytical Problems in Elasticity" on Tues. Coffee preceding the lectures at 3:30 p.m. each day in Rm. 214 W. Engrg. Bldg. Degree Recital: Ronald C. Attinger, also saxophone and oboe, will present a recital on Sat., Nov. 10, 8:30 p.m. in Lane Hall Aud., in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Music in Wind Instruments. His accompanist will be 'his wife, Beverly J. Attinger. Compositions he will play are by Creston, Parcham, Mueller, and Bon- neau. His recital is open to the public. The National Ballet of Canada will appear in the second program of this season's Extra Series (under the aus- pices of the Univ. Musical Society) to- night in Hill Aud., at 8:30. The Ballet will present the following program: One in Five (music by Josef and Johann Strauss); Concerto Barocco (Bach Con- certo in D minor for Two Violins); Lilac Garden (music by L'Chausson); Judg- ment of Paris (music by Kurt Weill); Les Rendez-vous, Ballet Divertissement (music by Auber). A limited number of tickets are still available, and are on sale during the day at the offices of the Univ. Musical (Continued on Page 8) i 1I 1% Golden Lion VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 1st prize NICOLE COURCEL GEORGES RIVIERE CORDULA TRANTOW "An Exceptional Picture!" -Herald-Tribune I S.oG.C. inena ji/d * TONIGHT at 7:00 and 9:00 Saturday and Sunday at 7:00 and 9:00 Pudhoykin's MOTHER Alfred Hitchcock's Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov E ~ V . .~ ~. ~ S. U