PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, DECEMBER Is. 196i PAGE TWO TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY. DECEMrn~R IA 1O4~ .....v..w.s+.a:....x ...iuarasa uia:+a ivy 1.7vw I BACKSTAGE: Folk Trio Shows Authentieity By BURTON MICHAELS Southern mountain music is in- vading urban and collegiate Amer- ica through the medium of three witty New Yorkers known as the s New Lost City Ramblers. The trio, composed of John Cohen, Mike Seeger and Tracy Schwarz, is not designed to be popular. "We try to present the music honestly, as we feel most popular folly music groups do not Y do. We'll never be a hit group," S Y said Seeger. None of the three reads music. Their arrangements and lyrics are identical to those of the moun- tain musicians who first recorded the songs for sale during the '20's and '30's. Despite their Ivy out- fNts, their music reminds one more of nay than of echo chambers. No Chambers Program Notes FULL-YEAR OPERATION: Schools Prepare for Changes 1 Echo chambers they need not. With mandolin, banjo and guitar -and occasionally such imple- ments as two banging spoons- they achieve a clarity and reson- ance of sound unmatched by the marvels of Tin Pan Alley. And Schwarz's a cappella chant, at- tempted for the first time at the group's appearance here recent- ly, attests to his tonal virtuosity. Yet the trio has problems. "We're having trouble playing the college circuit. supposedly our biggest au- dience," said Seeger. "And our six records have not sold as well as we had hoped. Our press has been phenomenally good, better than our audiences." Another Rambler crusade is the explosion of popular myths about the uneducated, unintelligent hill- billy. "We like the rural artists and audiences as people. Even if unlettered, many show a deep folk intelligence. And people like Doc Watson, dean of the mountain musicians, are amazingly articu- late and brilliant," said Seeger. Trio Song The trio demonstrates the moun- tain intelligence in a song about a mountaineer and a traveling sales- man who are lost, in which the former comes out far on top. The group was founded four and a half years ago. Cohen and Tom Paley, one of the original mem- bers who is now playing in Europe, had played together at Yale. Seeg- er joined them in New York, where they played as amateurs until their appearance at a community con- cert before an audience of 300. Schwarz, Paley's replacement, had played with Seeger in Washington, D.C. The three had all been attract- ed to mountain music casually. Seeger heard mountain records at his parents' house as a child. For a while he "tried to play" classi- cal guitar and the five-string ban- jo, forte of his half-brother Pete, but "disliked formal music." Like Seeger's, Schwarz's parents were -Daily-Todd Pierce VIRTUOSOS-The Lost City Ramblers, John Cohen, Tracy Schwarz and Mike Seegar, strive to present a program of folk music similar to that heard in of America in the 1920's and '30s. musicians who exposed him to mountain music. The trio's honesty to the orig- inal seems particularly fortunate in light of the music's evolution. Standard mountain music realized its peak during the '20's and '30's, when the guitar was a relatively new instrument in the hills. The appearance of the blues during the '30's influenced the form to the extent that "blues and mountain music often were inseparable. "The most recent and popular the southern mountain regions evolution has been bluegrass," said Seeger. Bluegrass uses a faster tempo with a fiddle and double bass. Even with bluegrass, less mountain music is being originat- ed today, he said. The Ramblers have acclimated themselves to evolutionary trends. They have extended their range to both early mountain music and bluegrass. However, the group plans to remain a trio, rather than expand to bluegrass' custom- ary five musicians. Prof. Maynard Klein of the mu- sic school will conduct the Uni- versity Choir and Symphony Or- chestra in their annual Christmas concert at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Hill Aud. The groups will present the Ann Arbor premiere of Fran- cis Poulenc's "Gloria," and Mo- zart's "Mass in C Minor." Dance Performance... The Concert Dance Organization will present student and faculty GSC Revises Constitution By PHILIP SUTIN Graduate Student Council ap- proved a new constitution and by- laws at its meeting Wednesday night. The new document modernizes the old document and redefines a graduate student as those in the graduate school and those in the medical, dental, Law, business ad- ministration and music schools who are working for professional degrees. It also provides a more flexible committee structure eliminating the standing special projects com- mittee and giving the executive board more power to create ad hoc groups. Sasaki Proposal GSC president Edwin Sasaki brought up Wednesday night's mo- tion at SGC that would have ex- panded that council from 18 to 23 members including the addi- tion of a non-voting ex-officio from Graduate Student Council. Sasaki called the motion a step in the right direction as it elimi- nates voting ex-officios, but it does not go far enough as council mem- bers are elected by proportional representation. He indicated that he favored electing SGC members by school as this procedure would put council members in closer contact with their constituency. GSC Considers Action Sasaki said that the GSC was considering future action to take as a result of the motion. GSC has written several letters this semester to Student Govern- ment Council urging changes in the latter's structure. It hassug- gested that GSC be given an ex- officio seat on Student Govern- ment Council as a temporary mea- sure and the restructuring of council to represent the schools and colleges. Like his predecessors, SGC presi- dent Steven Stockmeyer, '63, has brushed aside the GSC request. compositions in ballet, jazz and modern dance at 2:30 p.m. today in Barbour Gymnasium. Cooper Sonata ... Robert and Lydia Courte, violin- ist and pianist, will play "Sonata (1961)" by Prof. Paul Cooper of the music school and works by Handel, Mozart and Stravinsky at 4:15 p.m. today in Rackham. Art Exhibit .. The Art Museum is exhibiting Art. Nouveau objects borrowed from local collections through Jan. 20. Chamber Music... Student and faculty members of the music school will present a program of chamber music at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Rackham Lec- ture Hall. Sculpture . . Mrs. George Forsythe will lecture on Romanesque Sculpture in France at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Romance Language Lounge of the Frieze Bldg. Bach Performance... The "Kyrie" and "Gloria" of Bach's "B-Minor Mass" will be presented at the Northside Baptist Church at 8 p.m. Wednesday by a choir and orchestra conducted by David Sutherland, Grad, and in- cluding music school students. Art Techniques... The use and effects of light and motion in painting will be discuss- ed by Prof. Guy Palazzola of the architecture school and Prof. Vic- tor Miesel of the history of art' department at noon today on tele- vision station WWJ. (Continued from Page 1) semester", he added. These will be staggered so that faculty members will not be required to spend every summer in Ann Arbor, Prof. Esch- man added. Geology 111 and 112 may be combined into one 15-week sum- mer course for non-majors, he said. These and other all distribu- tion courses may also be more staggered so that they are avail- able three times every two years. The public health school plans to use the full summer semester add a significant number of cours- es to its curriculum, but rather spread them out so that more will be available in the three-semester academic year. Dean Wegman cau- tioned that plans are still in the "discussion stage." The astronomy and chemistry departments and the pharmacy college plan to add courses to meet student demand for summer class- es. Astronomy department chair- man Prof. Orien C. Mohler said that his department would prob- ably add courses as needed. Prof. Leigh C. Anderson, chairman of the chemistry department, ex- pressed similar sentiments, saying his department was waiting to see what sort of student demands ma- terialize. The astronomy and chemistry departments also are considering plans for the split short summer sessions that will run currently with the third full semester. In the early May through late June session, regular summer school courses would be taught. In the second part, classes for advanced teacher training would be given. Shorten Program The pharmacy college prepared its full-year operation program a year ago, Dean Tom Rowe de- dared. More courses will be offered in the summer to allow pharmacy students now on a five academic year program to graduate in four calendar years. The dental school full-year oper- ation plans are "still in the for- mative stage," Dean William R. Mann reported, As clinical facili- ties are too hot in the summer, the first problem to be faced is air conditioning, he said. "With the clinics air condition- ed, the dental school can operate in the summer months," Dean Mann asserted. "The school cannot go ahead without air condition- ing." Discuss Plans Proposals for enriching the den- tal school program or for allow- ing students tom graduate earlier are still in the earlydiscussion stage before the faculty, he noted. The engineering college and the physics and botany departments are awaiting--further developments before preparing for full-year operation. "The engineering college will ex- pand, but only after it has student reaction," Attwood said. "The problem of student reaction is hard to predict." He noted that more money, stu- dents and faculty will be needed if year around operation is to work. Consideration is being given to increasing summer courses and staggering courses. throughout the yea~r so that students may gradu- ate early, he added. Attwood declared that the engi- neering college "is getting in MYRON E. WEGMAN ... discussion stage to enrich its program. Dean Myron Wegman explained that most stu- dents come only for the current one academic year program be- cause it is difficult for them to get longer leaves of absences from their jobs. The school does not propose to Charge NU Fraternities With Sales Tax Violation KENNETH L. JONES .. nothing formal shape" to meet full-year operation when it occurs. Tentative Stage The botany department's plan- ning is in a very tentative stage, Prof. Kenneth L. Jones, chairman of the department, said. "The department has not for- malized anything yet, but has rec- ognized the need to schedule field courses when there is field to go to," he added. Prof. Jones noted that courses in ecology and taxonomy which require field work will probably be given in the fall and summer se- mesters as the spring semester ends too early for field work. The introductory course Botany 101 will have to be given every semes- ter, Prof. Jones noted. Studying Implications The physics department is studying the implications of full- year operation, departmental ad- ministrative assistant Bernice Beh- rens noted. Few of-the deans or department chairmen noted any faculty grum- bling about the impending full- year operation. In the natural re- sources and public health schools, the faculty is already on a full- year appointment, the deans re- ported, and the calendar change will be of little meaning in that regard. In the geology department and the public health school plans are being made to stagger courses so that the added full semester will not interfere with research plans. Teachout To Run For City Council John L. Teachout, local busi- nessman and musician, announced his candidacy for the first ward seat on -the Ann Arbor City Coun- cil yesterday. He is a Democrat. Goodman Says Scholars Should Leave Universities A number of fraternities and sororities at Northwestern Uni- versity have been charged by the State of Illinois of having violat- ed the state's food sales tax laws. The state claims that the units either have not collected sales taxes on food sold members or1 have not collected the taxes prop- erly, the Daily Northwestern re- cently reported. The cause of the action lies in. an amendment to the state taxt laws which was passed in August, 1961. The measure removed fra- ternities and sororities from the list of non-profit organizations exempt from paying taxes. As of now only schools, charitable or- ganizations and churches are ex- empt from taxes. Date from 1961 up to the fraternities and soror- ities to either "set up procedures for the tax or contest the deci- sion." May File Claim If the latter course is adopted the units will have 30 days after the agreement to file a law suit claiming they are educational and therefor exempt. A Northwestern inter-fraternity council official commented that while not the official university view, "the fraternities may be part of the educational organiza- tion." By EDWARD HERSTEIN In order to correct the ills of education, students and teachers should secede from their univer- sities and set up their own schools, said Paul Goodman in a recent ar-, ticle in Harper's Magazine. "I am inclined to be amused," commented Vice - President for Academic Affairs Roger W. Heyns, after reviewing the article. Goodman proposed that "a core faculty of about five professors secede from a school, taking some of their students with them; that they attach themselves to an equal DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN .. £ ...4v..~~vr: n lam A lk117AdT 1 '"Kl lU .7CNII V 1 ! 1VI If the fraternities eventually NOTICES have to pay the back taxes the average amount would come to 3.5 per cent of the value of all food sales since August, 1961. It Conservative Study Group, n is estimated that about 10 frater- tional Meeting, Dec. 16, 2-5 p.m., Union, . Rm. 3D. nties are involved. * * University officials have warn- Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student ed the affiliated units involved Group, Supper, 6 p.m.; Candlelight not to take "individual action" in Choral Service, 7 p.m.; Dec. 16, 1511 the matter. They plan to take their * * * case to the Illinois Department of Pakistan Students' Assoc., Social Eve- Revenue sometime in the near ning-movies, refreshments & BIG sur- future. prise, Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m., Union, Rms. If an agreement is reached be- 3R-S. All welcome. fa gemnti ece e tween the officials and the state Sociedad Hispanica, Tertulia, Dec. 17, on sales tax procedure it will be 3-5 p.m., 3050 FB. * * * . Wesleyan Guild, Seminar, Dec. 16, 10:15 a.m., Pine Room; Supper & Train-I ing Sessions for S.R.S., Dec, 16, 6 p.m., Pine Room; Carols, Dance, Play in Praise of the Christ Child, Dec. 16, 7 p.m., Lounge; Open House, Dec. 17, 8-1i p.m., Jean Robe's Apartment. "* s s Congregational Disciples E & R Stu-j dent Guild, Open House-Cecil North;+ talk on his pictures displayed in Guild House, Dec. 16, 8:45 p.m., 802 Monroe. * * * Lutheran Student Assoc., Xmas Party sponsored by Pastor & Mrs. Yoder, Dec. 16, 7-11 p.m., Hill & Forest.+ s* * Graduate Outing Club, Tobogganing, Sun., Dec. 16, 2 p.m., Rackham Bldg.,I Huron St. Entrance.{ To Consider, RBio-Engineers Another in a series of seminars on the engineering college's bio- engineering program will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Multi- purpose Room of the UGLI. Associate Dean C. M. Sliepcevich of the engineering college at the University of Oklahoma will speak on "The Chemical Engineer in Bio-Engineering." 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. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 Day Calendar 2:30 p.m.-Concert Dance Organization will present a Studio Performance at the Barbour Gym studio. Admission is free; the public is invited. Coffee after- wards. 4:15 p.m.-School of Music Faculty Sonata Recital-Robert Courte, violist; and 'Lydia Courte, pianist: Rackham Lecture Hall. 7:00 and 9:00 p-m.-Cinema Guild- Greta Garbo, Frederic March, and Mau- reen O'Sullivan in "Anna Karenina"; short, "Lafcadio": Architecture Aud. General Not ifes The Student Automobile Regulations will be lifted for Christmas vacation from 5:00 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 20 to 8:00 a.m., Thurs., Jan. 3. Midyear Graduation Exercies will be held Sat., Jan. 26, 1963, in Hill Aud. Further notice will follow. Recreational Leadership Class: Women students interested in preparation for summer camp jobs or recreational work this summer may apply for a class in Recreational Leadership to be held next semester and offered by the Dept. of Phys. Ed. for Women. Applications and further information may be obtained in Rm. 15 Barbour Gym. A completed application should be turned in by Dec. 20 at the latest. MIDYEAR GRADUATION EXERCISES Jan. 26, 1963 To be held at 2:00 p.m. in Hill Aud. Exercises will conclude about 4:00 p.m. All grads of the summer session of 1962 and grads as of Jan. 1963 may attend. Reception for grads, their relatives and friends in Mich. League Ballroom at 4:00 p.m. Please enter League at west entrance, Tickets: Four to each prospective grad, to be distributed from Mon., Jan. 14, to 1:00 p.m. Sat., Jan. 26, at Window 2, Diploma Dept., first floor lobby of Admin. Bldg. except on Sat., Jan. 19, when ticket window will be closed. On Sat., Jan. 26, window will be open from 9:00 to 1:00 p.m. Academic Costume: Can be rented at Moe Sport Shop, 711 N. Univ. Ave., Ann Arbor. Orders should be placed imme- diately. Assembly for Graduates: At 1:00 p.m. in Natural Science Aud. Marshals will direct grads to proper stations. Graduation Announcements, Invita- tions, etc.: Inquire at Office of Student Affairs. Programs: To be distributed at Hill Aud. Doctoral degree candidates who qual- ify for the Ph.D., the Sc.D., the A.Mus. D., or the Ed.D. degree and WHO AT- TEND THE GRADUATION EVERCISES will be presented a hood by the Univ. Hoods given during the ceremony are all Doctor of Philosophy hoods. Those receiving a doctor's degree other than Ph.D. may exchange the Ph.D. hood for the appropriate one after the cere- mony. Such exchange may be made in Room 1139 Natural Science Bldg. during the half hour after the recessional march, or in Rm. 2465 Admin. Bldg. on the following Mon. morning. Summary of Action Taken by Student Government Council at Its Meeting of December 12, 1962 Remanded: Report on Joint Student Faculty Government back to commit- tee for further consideration and com- mended the committee for its work. Adopted: Fact: Three weeks ago, Pres- ident Kennedy named several cabinet members to a task force, headed by Robert F. Kennedy, to study the feas- ibility of a 'domestic Peace Corps." This national service would enable trained youngpeople, including those who re- sponded to and could not be used in the limited overseas program, to take an active part in improving living con- ditions in various parts of our own country. It was stated in a report by a staff committee under the direction of the Attorney-General, that thereareo"32,- 000,000 persons .living at a lower level than America is capable of pro- viding for its citizens." Though the or- ganization still remains in the idea stage, volunteers would be working with such groups as Harlem juvenile delinquents, American Indians, and mi- grant laborers. Emphasis would be plac- ed upon promoting more and better em- ployment, and improved education and health services. This program would lack the diplo- matic element of the Peace Corps which (Continued on Page 5) number of like-minded profession- als in the region; collect a few more students and set up a small uncharted university that would be nothing but an association. No More Controls He said that his plan would dispense with the external con- trol, administration and bureau- cratic machinery which have swamped our communities of scholars. He observed that the effect of these on education is summed up by a quote from Prof. Oscar Hand- lin of Harvard: "Many of our most sensitive youngsters simply throw up their hands. They turn their backs on the whole process .. increasingly, the able students are among those who leave before graduation." Furthermore, he claimed that "for the near future, at least, the prospect of large-scale reform in the great majority of schools-and especially in the big ones-is dim. The changes that are most needed are the very ones that the college administration will resist." Heyns Disagrees Heyns, however, strongly dis- agreed. "I don't think it is im- possible to experiment in a large university structure," he said, not- ing the current plans for a small literary college experiment at the University. Heyns did acknowledge that "large institutions are more con- servative," but feels that "most of our existing practices have been carefully thought through by the faculties and are not nonsense." He pointed out that "new schools don't deviate far from existing practices, even when en- couraged to do so." Sugyavara To Give Physics Lecture Prof. Mafao Sugawara of Purdue University will speak on "High Energy Behavior of Elastic Cross- Sections" at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow in 2038 Randall Laboratory. 11 U.P.A. 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