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)NESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1962

NIGHT EDITOR: GAIL EVANS


City Council Blind
To Proposed Danger

NO PERSON SHALL:
15. engage in any disturbance, fight or
quarrel in a public place.
16. collect or stand in crowds or engage,
encourage or abet the collection of persons'
in crowds for illegal or mischievous pur-
poses in any public place.
-Section 9:62, Disorderly Conduct
Chapter, Ann Arbor City Code
WPTO NOW, these two sections of the City
Code have been used, though very rarely,
to deal with student violence. However, fights
have recently broken out between University
and high school students and the police de-
partment wants stronger regulations to cope
with the problem. Last Monday, City Council
accepted on first reading a proposal to give
the police added power in this area; if council
again approves the motion on the second read-
ing next week, it will become law.
The present statutes on disorderly conduct
are bad enough. For example, the city code
makes it a misdemeanor to engage in a quarrel
in a public place. A quarrel, unless some legal
definition is hidden in the books, is generally
a non-physical dispute. Only a city with an
extreme passion for peacefulness would attempt
to outlaw "quarrels in a public place." It is
nevertheless dangerous to have such a broad
statement in the law books for one can never
know when he is going to be arrested.
In addition, the present city code makes it
a misdemeanor to stand in a crowd for a
"mischievous purpose." Again, unless the word
contains a hidden legal meaning, mischief is
usually particularly annoying jokes or fun.
Most boys, if this regulation were broadly in-
terpreted and strictly enforced, would be guilty
of a misdemeanor. Again, it is dangerous to
have such a sweeping statement in the law
books.
These laws would probably hold up in court
simply because disorderly conduct is an area
in which vague wording and obvious general-
ities are deemed necessary. The question how-
ever of whether the proposed amendment to
the city charter would hold up in court is not
at all clear,
THE PROPOSED amendment alters sub-
section 15 to read: "No person shall
engage in, or attempt to create any disturbance,
fight or quarrel in a public place or go to or
remain at such place for the purpose of pro-
voking a fight or quarrel."
The proposed law is much more vague than
the one it is intended to replace. The police,
officer who must decide whether or not to
make an arrest must answer the following
questions:
1) How close must a person be to a specific
place before you arrest him for going there?
2) How do you know someone is going some-
where to provoke "a fight or quarrel?" Must

he be carrying weapons or must he just look
angry? How do you know he is more than
curious about a fight a few blocks away and
intends to participate in it? How do you know
he isn't going to try to break it up?
It is obvious then, that the proposed statute
is a masterpiece of vagueness. It is so vague,
in fact, that it comes dangerously close to
threatening a citizen's freedom of !assembly.
The Washtenaw chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union is therefore studying the pro-
posed law.
BESIDES THE QUESTION of constitution-
ality, which is enough to make anyone
cautious about passing a law, is the question of
prudence. Is it wise to give the policeman so
much power?
The question is not whether or not the Ann
Arbor police can be trusted not to overstep
flagrantly their bounds in executing the new
law. The question is whether a police officer,
who must always make a quick decision, should
carry the burden of interpretation, and should
be liable to suit if he makes a wrong inter-
pretation. For, if the policeman makes a wrong
decision, arresting a boy who is later found
not to have broken any law, he can be sued.
The proposed law, therefore, gives-perhaps
unconstitutionally--more power to a policeman
and with the same stroke gives a policeman a
terrible decision to make in a short amount
of time. Such a law at least deserves a great
deal of discussion before it is passed.
BUT THE situation Monday night was exactly
the opposite. City Council refused by a
vote of 8-3 to schedule a public hearing on
the proposed statute. Only Democrats Lynn
Eley and Mrs. Eunice L. Burns and Republican
Wendell E. Hulcher voted for the hearing. And
only Eley and Mrs. Burns saw something wrong
with the amendment to the city charter.
In fact, Mayor Cecil 0. Creal thought it was
far more pressing to get the meeting over with
than to discuss the proposed law adequately. He
was quite reluctant to let Eley speak and at
once point severely limited the amount of time
he gave Eley.
The rest of Council just sat there wondering
what all the fuss was about. When their time
came to vote, they all voted for the proposal,
displaying a remarkable indifference to prob-
lems of civil liberties. Council will probably
give final approval after a second reading next
week and the proposed statute will become law.
When a city government considers such im-
portant and complex issues as disorderly con-
duct and civil liberties with less interest than
it considers traffic and parking problems, then
something is probably wrong.
And when councilmen zip through the
agenda, not even realizing that important ques-
tions are at stake, then something is most
definitely wrong.
--RICHARD KRAUT

The Philharmonic Hall

Access to Information

P EEDOM OF ACCESS to information is not
too well respected within the University.
Last week, the question of closing meetings
to press and public came up twice and the
results were mixed. On Thursday, the Graduate
Student Council voted to strike a clause from
its proposed new constitution that would have
given GSC power to hold secret sessions. It
was an act of courage and faith.
The next day, Vice-President for Student
Affairs James A. Lewis in a pre-emptive move
announced that he himself would decide
whether The Daily would be permitted to
cover sessions of the new OSA advisory com-
mittee. The usurpation of the 1 committee's
1ight to set its own procedures is an affront
to its members and to the University com-
munity which expects an autonomous com-
mittee.
The standard arguments for closed meeting
-consideration of delicate information and
personalities that would be harmful in public
-came up. But the majority of GSC members
argued that the council had little business
that would be better discussed in secret and
that, even so, The Daily could be trusted to
handle the matter tactfully. So, out went the
secrecy clause of the new GSC constitution.
THE COUNCIL exhibited unusual fortitude
in opening all sessions to the public. Most
campus groups-from the Regents downward-
Editorial Staff
MICHAEL OLINICK, Editor
JUDITH OPPENHEIM MICHAEL HARRAH
Editorial Director City Editor
CAROLINE DOW...............Personnel Director
JUDITH BLEIER.............. Associate City Editor
FRED RUSSELL KRAMER .. Assoc. Editorial Director
CYNTHIA NEU ..................... Co-Magazine Editor
HARRY PERLSTADT........... Co-Magazine Editor
TOM WEBBER.... .......Sports Editor

prefer to handle touchy issues in private, put-
ting an innocuous front before the public. How-
ever, GSC is willing to put its individual and
collective opinions to'a grueling test by placing
them squarely open to inspection.
Further, it was willing to trust the press
to cover the meetings accurately, fairly and
tactfully-a trust The Daily has established
through years of dealings with GSC. The
council has not only accepted a great respon-
sibility, it has also placed a significant burden
upon the campus newspaper.
ON THE other hand, Lewis; by usurping the
advisory committee's right to set up its
own procedures, displayed no trust in either his
group or The Daily. The committee was es-
tablished following recommendations of the
Reed Committee for an advisory group that
will serve as a channel of student and faculty
opinion to Lewis. It is an independent body
set up to advise the vice-president about stu-
dent and faculty views on OSA policy and to
transmit information to their constituencies.
His announcement indicates that the advisory
group will be an "advice device" subject to the
whim of the vice-president for student affairs.
It is a very revealing action. If the com-
mittee cannot even decide whether its meetings
are to be open or closed to the press, what
can it decide? The committee's lack of author-
ity to establish its own procedures is a strong
indication that Lewis plans to use the com-
mittee as a rubber stamp.
IT IS TRUE it can be argued that the com-
mittee will consider touchy subjects. How-
ever, the group is the only structural link be-
tween the student body and the policy making
levels of the OSA. It has a duty to air im-
portant OSA issues, to keep its constituency
informed of the status of alternative policies
and to assure the various represented segments
of the University community that their views

By MARK SLOBIN
Daily correspondent
TALKINGABOUT Philharmonic
Hall is a ticklish problem; in
the short time that has elapsed
since opening night, September 23,
it has been a prime subject of
discussion and controversy in New
'York.
To begin with, it should be said
that the judgment of the hall's
architecture and decor is strictly
subjective. There are no experts
in this sort of taste. There are,
however, altogether too many ex-
perts when it comes to the ques-
tion of acoustics; this article will
attempt to cover both areas of
discussion.
Whether one likes Philharmonic
Hall or not, it is a reality, and
it will be with us for a long time.
Since the opening, it has proven
to be amply satisfactory in pro-
viding additional room for the
vast number of concerts that over-
whelms the city. Almost any night
one can see the glittering show-
case effect produced by the trans-
parent architecture of the audi-
torium on Broadway and 66th, as
concertgoers are highlighted
against the interior lighting and
the roomy promenade area ex-
tending across both street sides of
tlfe building.
THIS SHOWCASE effect is the
most frequently commented-on
feature of Philharmonic Hall. Even
those who dislike the building are
forced to say, with an ironic smile,
"it certainly has enough room to
move around in during intermis-
sion," implying that this is the
only positive feature of the hall.
I would tend to agree with the
critical appraisal of the building.
It is interesting to note that one
rarely, if ever, hears anyone say
that he is completely satisfied with
the hall, or even more than just
reasonably content with the new
structure.
A major source of criticism is
the arrangement of space within
the hall. One's first impression
may well be "why all this empty
space for just one auditorium, and
that not such a larger one either?"
The building, which cost $15.5
million, is constructed like a series
of nested boxes: there is the outer
receiving area, which serves no
particular function except to house
the Philharmonic Cafe, about
which more will be said below.
Then there is the series of long,
wide corridors, uncarpeted, which
led one usher to say that working
in Philharmonic Hall is like "work-
ing in a hospital," with its un-
adorned stone hallways. Inside
is the third box, encased by glass
partititions, which surrounds the
auditorium itself and serves as
foyer to the actual musical arena
for which the building was built.
This is a carpeted box.
LAST, and not least in function,
although appearing so in the em-
phasis on outside space, is the
auditorium. Again, personal taste
dictates a favorable or unfavorable
impression, and my impression re-
mains unfavorable after several
visits. There is a barrenness about
the hall, somewhat similar to that
of Detroit's Ford Auditorium,
which is in good modern taste
perhaps, but which seems almost
austere by comparison with the
lush Metropolitan Opera House,
or even relatively unadorned Car-
negie Hall. The three balconies. or

called, so that one lacks the feel-
ing of largeness and open space
familiar to Carnegie _ Hall and
many other auditoriums.
Though thereare roughly the
same number of seats at Phil-
harmonic Hall as there are at
Carnegie, one has the impression
of a smaller place. The interior
colors are very dark royal blue for
the walls and subdued golds for
the sweeping terraces and seats;
there is little glitter.
Before getting on to the acous-
tical problems-a very sensitive
issue with Lincoln Center people,
as well as newspaper critics-one
more short description is in or-
der. Perhaps the weakest impres-
sion the hall gives is its entrance
lobby. After watching the gleaming
place from outside and walking
under the long canopy, one enters
into a large empty space on one
side, broken only by a rather in-
congruous-looking escalator, and
nearly trips over the Philharmonic
Cafe on the other side.
The Cafe is worth mentioning
in its own right. Prices are slightly
above the reach of most concert-
goers: coffee and tea run 40c,
lunch from $2.50-$3 (the cheapest
sandwich is $1.50), and dinner is
around $7.50. For this there is a
fine view of the escalator and
hallways.
* * *
BUT ABOVE and beyond the
physical layout of the building lies
the problem of acoustics. Through-
out the opening week ballyhoo of
publicity, one heard that "The
design of Philharmonic Hall has
been guided by acoustical studies
of 54 concert halls around the
world," to quote the official bro-
chure, and the name Leo Baranek,
acoustical consultant, was featured
prominently. After opening night
and the following days, the press
was filled with "fever charts," as
one critic put it, of the acoustical
state of affairs. Since then, con-
tinuous alterations, and confer-
ences by leading Lincoln Center
lights about alterations, have ta-
ken place, and as a result, one
is forced to take the sound of
Philharmonic Hall into considera-
tion when reviewing any event
that takes place in the hall.
The sound of Philharmonic Hall
has, then, not been a constant.
It has been described as dry,
harsh, mushy, brilliant, and much
else in the last month and a half.
Originally, critics gave their lati-
tude and longitude in the hall
when writing a review, to show
their particular vantage point for
criticism.
Current guesses as to when the
sound of the hall will settle down
to something final and character-
istic run from a couple of months
to never. It has even been sug-
gested that a course in panel-
tuning be given in music -school
and a set of remote control but-
tons be established, so that the
acoustics can be modified on the
spot according to the piece and
group occupying the stage.
* * *
THE PROBLEM. is not an
imaginary one. At a recent New
York Philharmonic concert, con-
sisting of a Mozart and a Bruck-
ner symphony (the foty-first and
seventh, respectively), I got the
following vivid impression: the
right side of the orchestra (celli,
basses and perhaps a couple of
brasses) was almost inaudible, at
least for th nnonn of orchestral

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
In Defense of Pakistan

To the Editor:
THE LETTER of Mr. Thomas S.
David of Bombay, published in
your December 2 issue, did not
come to us as a surprise. I only
wish that he had let the Ameri-
cans speak for themselves - at
least they would have used a
better language.
How can he talk about the
political somersaults of a country
when the one of his own has been
a recent exponent in this field and,
incidentally, got its nose rubbed
pretty badly in this process?. He
accuses Pakistan of now trying
to adopt a dual policy, forgetting
the fact that the past attitude of
India has forced us in the pres-
ent situation. Our President's
move for Joint Defense against
China was rejected sometime back
on the plea "Defense against
whom" - they know it now, I
hope. The ex-Defense Minister of
India Mr. Khrishna Menon had
been making his oft repeated dec-
larations that Pakistan and not
China is enemy No. 1 of India;
and these statements coming time
and again from responsible sources
did not fail to convince us about
the truth. We have every reason
to feel suspicious of our big broth-
er's intentions, a glaring example
of which is the way in which they
are holding on to Kashmir with
guns, bayonets and few puppets
who have lost all the inklings of
a conscience.
The greatest leader of that land
(one time a close friend of Pre-
mier Nehru) is now rotting in jail
for the past several years and has
not been even given a free trial.
The people of that land (80 per
cent Muslims) have been denied
their inalienable right of a free
and impartial plebiscite to deter-
mine the choice of country to
which they would like to accede-;-
in gross contravention of a prom-
ise made in an august body like
United Nations. In its place mock
elections were held in the occu-
pied portion with a reign of terror
let loose-the results of which were
obvious.
WITH THIS background the
common man in Pakistan feels
lost and asks himself the question

come of which may not be as dras-
tic as it has been made to appear.
Before concluding I would just
like to mention that our friend
talks at length about the feelings
of a man who has been jilted by
girls-perhaps he speaks from ex-
perience. I do not blame the poor
creatures, but only wish them bet-
ter luck next time.
-Ahinad Z. Faruqi, Grad
Cutouts.*
To the Editor:
PERHAPS in their next issue,
the editors of Generation could
both please Prof. Gindin and per-,
mit Mr. Wentworth to keep his
aesthetic integrity by running a
foldout page of Victorian Children
cutouts. Mr: Gindin would get, a
chance- to see the real Victorian,
child-either naked or, to be dis-
creet in his grubby"- Victorian
Child's underwear. And Mr. Went-
worth could continue to "make
the Victorian child" (his expres-
sion) by carefully dressing the
Victorian Children in whatever
garb he chooses. Those of us who
love Victorian children either
dressed or undressed can add a
little variety into our lives by
playing with the cutouts.
-Henry W. DeZutter, '63
Clarification...
To the Editor:
EGARDING Edward Herstein's
editorial in The Daily entitled
"Election Violations Mark New
Low in Integrity," we would like
to clarify a few points which have
been misrepresented.
First, the materials distributed
were election recommendations to
the residents of the building from
the building's student leaders.
These recommendations were made
because The Quadrants felt that
these recommendations were in the
best interests of the men of the
quadrangle.
* $*
HE FURTHER stated "The
Quadrants (S Q) signed the hand
bill (distributed in S Q) appar-
ently believing their action was

THIS, THEN, is Philharmonic
Hall. One additional fact, that its
construction was planned when
Carnegie Hall seemed doomed, is
relevant. As a completedsubstitute
for Carnegie, how would the new
hall have worked? Since Carnegie
is still filled continually with con-'
certs, and hosts several sym-
phonies in its own right, one tends
to think that Philharmonic Hall
would have proven inadequate to
meet the needs of New' York's
overcrowded musical scene.
Following this train of thought,
one wonders even more at the
number of seats provided for Phil-
harmonic Hall; if acoustical con-
siderations provided the reason for
constructing only 2600 seats, as
was reported, it might not really
have made much difference if
there had been another one or
two thousand seats for the people
who now, as before, never get in
to the New York Philharmonio.
concerts.

IMPRESSIVE SECOND BESTS:
Museum of Art Offers
Variety, Interest

By GLORIA BOWLES
THE MUSEUM of Art in Alumni
Memorial Hall has been at the
University longer than any of us,
but few students are acquainted
with- the art, objects of this im-
posing building located across
from the Michigan Union.
Art enthusiasts are.going to the
museum to see the current exhi-
bition, "Chi-Kwan Chen: A De-
cade. in Retrospect," from the Mi
Chou gallery in New York and
from private collections, but they
also discover an interesting col-
lection of modern French and
European art, and find more proof
for the theory that it is human
nature to look beyond our im-

mediate environment for beauty
and esthetic satisfaction.
Here in Ann Arbor of all places,
we find the painting of those mas-
ters whose best work is in New
York, London and Paris. But, just
the same, the French school Is
represented ;in' Ann Arbor with
small tableaux of Delacroix, Millet,
and Henri Fantin La Tour. The
work of Phillipe de Champaigne,
whose magnificent and well-
known portrait of Richelieu hangs
in the Louvre, is at the museum,
as is that of another famous por-
traitist who came some 100 years
later, Jean-Baptiste Perroneau.
Neither, of' course, rival the Paris-
ian masterpieces, but they are
still to be admired.
* * *
THE pre-impressionist school--
'Corot, Daubigny, Courbet, and
their master, Delacroix are also on
display. From Boudin come two
small tableaux, one of them Fish.
Market, Honfleur. It was at Hon-'
fleur that Boudin, with Courbet,
began painting in open air, and
it is thus that we derive the name
Ecole de Honfleur-Saint Simon.
In these pictures, we have painting
that is still dark, with the artist
more interested in atmosphere
than light. Impressionism is yet
to be born!
From the twentieth century
there is a small, and colorful "Ac-
robats," done in colored crayon
by Alexander; Calder, the American
artist whose exposition of mobiles
was a great success at Tate Gal-
lery in London this summer. And
in order to make room for Calder
at the August exhibition, Tate
moved to the'basement -some work
of sculptor Henry Moore, whose
lovely "Figure in Wood" is on dis-
play here.
Proving that anything signed by
Picasso will sell and be displayed is
a charcoal sketch of a horse in
motion. George Bracque's impres-
sion of a violin, in the Cubist
tradition, looks like a Picasso ,ol-
lage of the same subject in Lon-
don.
Another room has a colorful
exposition of color lithographs
from the Museum of Modern Art
in New York: Toulouse Lautrec
and his famous Jane Avril; one
from the Dabis, Mauris - Denis;
another drawn by Jacques Villon
-this a poster of the rue Cusas
in Paris, Ojust off' the Boulevard
Saint Michel in the center of the
Latin Quarter, apparently as no-
torious a street in Villon's time as
it is today.
And a few steps beyond, there is
an entire wall covered by a mag-
nificent panoramic Flemish tap-
estry in typical hues of green and
brown ..
* * *
I HAVE primarily touched on
the French school. Each visitor to
the museum will find objects of
art-not masterpieces, many leav-
ing something to be desired--
certainly not measuring up to the
greatest that each artist has done,
but still interesting, and relative to
individual artistic experience.
(Students of literature stopping
at the Museum should not, how-
ever, confuse "Courtyard in the