i Seventieth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH." Phone NO 2-3241 The Senior Column "When Opinions Are Free Truth Will Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. DAY, JANUARY 12, 1960 NIGHT EDITOR: KATHLEEN MOORE, --- f ^ I AS I SEE IT *"**"By THOMAS TURNER N IMPORTANT TEST of the faculty's good will regarding student discipline will take place early next semester. At that time, the Faculty Subcommittee on Discipline will meet with Joint Judiciary Coun- cil, to discuss opening- sessions of the latter when the student "defendant" wishes. This action, if taken, would guarantee to the' student a right defendants in court have- possible public vindication when the facts of his case become widely known-and would at he.same time preserve another student right, that of privacy (if desired) regarding what is essentially a private matter between him and the University. There is, of couse, another benefit which may well be realized: open hearings would pro- vide students, other than those unfortunate enough to have appeared at a session under the closed system, with information and impres- sions necessary for intelligent discussion of ju- dicial philosophy and procedure. Such discussion, with participation by as many students as possible, might lead to some needed changes; certainly, it would necessarily precede any changes which might occur. No alternate plan stands out as an ideal way of disciplining students, but a number of trouble-spots are obvious. THE PRINCIPAL consideration behind criti- cism of the student judicial system has been tlat of "double jeopardy." The critics have a valid point but are obscuring it by use of this phrase. "Double jeopardy" is ordinarily used to refer to one's legal protection from being tried twice on the same charge. It does not imply con- sideration of the dichotomy between federal and local jurisdiction. For if in the course of a t, trial in a .loal court evidence of violation of a federal statute arises, charges may also be brought on the basis of this violation. To the extent that Ann Arbor courts and University judiciaries are parallel systems, the term "double jeopardy" is not relevant. A POINT of greater importance is overlooked also, for the teZ'mp. "double Jeopardy" implies that Joint Judic is a court. It is, in the sense that it hears cases and imposes penalties. But in another sense it is not, for students appearing before Joint Judic in disciplinary cases.arenot found guilty of violation of a regulation there, but of "conduct unbecoming a student." They are presumed by Judic to have violated some rule or law, though they may be able to prove they have not. Then Joint Judic decides the extent to which each student has been guilty of "conduct un- becoming;" 95,per cent of those who appear are found guilty to some extent.d This does not, of course, eliminate the point the critics who cry "double jeopardy" are try- ing to make. It does, however, make two points out, of the one: what should be the objectives of University discipline, and what should be the role of students in enforcing that discipline? In any case, students penalized twice for violation of ordinances, state statutes or federal laws deserve an explanation from the University. THERE WOULlp APPEAR to be a number of objectives in the University's disciplinary system, not completely consistent with one an- other. Student participation in discipline cannot be discussed adequately unless the manner in which cases are referred to Joint Judic is con- 'sidered. If, for example, a male student is arrested, tried and convicted by the City for a- drinking violation, Assistant Dean of Men John Bingley knows about the situation shortly after the arrest; he will ordinarily refer the case to Joint Judic for consideration as "conduct un- becoming a student." He will usually handle the case himself if a morals violation is involved, however. And sometimes, as in the case of a 27-year- old student, Bingley will handle the situation himself through the violation is not in itself touchy. "The student's welfare is presumably a major criterion in who handles the case as is the good name of the school. Handling a case himself, Bingley is able to take advantage of his extensive experience in dealing with personal problems. Presumably, Editorial Staf THOMAS TURNER, Editor PHILIP POWER ROBERT JUNKER Editorial Director City Editor CHARLES KOZOLL ........ Personnel Director JOAN KAATZ..................Magazine Editor BARTON HUTHWAITE ........... Features Editor JIM BENAGH...................Sports Editor JAMES BOW.. , .,........ Associate City Editor PETER DAWSON .. .... .. Contributing Editor FRED KATZ ................ Associate Sports Editor the cases he passes on to Joint Judic do not require such treatment. BUT ONE WOULD never know it, to hear members of Joint Judic earnestly describe "peer counseling"-their interpretation of the Council's role. This, they seem to believe, is the chief advantage in having a student judiciary handle a given case instead of an administrator. Students on Judic are supposed to be able to understand their "peers," it is argued, and help them to obey the rules. Yet it is obvious that the relative sophistica- tion of the Deans as opposed to the student Judic members makes what is a valid approach for the former-"helping someone"-out of something which is nonsense for students to offer one another. Few students on this campus believe there is anything mnorally wrong with being caught drinking. Since this includes Joint Judic mem- bers as well as others, the Joint Judic members take refuge behind obligation to the letter of the law. This causes the puritanical mien which so enrages students who go before the Council and are told of "peer counseling," and asked if they thought about "the effect of your action upon the University." Student violators would certainly be far happier with a mechanistic campus judicial system, in which a fairly rigid system of penal- ties and precedents Were relied upon. The administration could handle this-if students have a role it is considering excep- tions, meeting only on appeals to adminisra- tion decisions. ONE MAY ASK at this stage, well and good, but why should the University punish stu- dents? There would appear to be a number of objec- tives embodied in the University's judicial sys- tem, objectives which are not consistent with one another. Dean Bingley's concern with handling cases personally would indicate an attempt to be cor- rective. Expelling students would indicate an attempt to rid the school of unfit students. But fining students through Joint Judic would seem to indicate nothing more than a desire to burn the fingers of offenders so they won't err again. Why fines would be thought to demonstrate obligation to the University is by no means clear; if the only issue is showing the danger of breaking the law, the law en- forcement and judicial institutions of Ann Arbor are capable of carrying out this duty. SINCE OBLIGATION to the University arises from the fact that this 'is an educational institution, and one must show that he deserves an education, and since the ultimate penalty is severance of the connection between student and school, there is no reason not directly connected with money why a series of demerits or penalty points would not be as effective as fines. This would eliminate the present necessity for weighing a fine of so many dollars against probation of so many weeks, and would make the question of whether or not a city convic- tion had been obtained irrelevant. 'A change to such a system, if combined with an observable system of precedent for violations of various types, would go far to make Joint Judic a respected body. It would also remove, in part at least, the temptation to Council members to play the role of conscience or psychologist. JOINT JUDIC CASES have thus far been discussed in terms of those which chairman Joel Levine calls "disciplinary." There is an- other category, called "traffic" cases. While there are some disciplinary cases which are given to Judic after consideration as to whether or not the administration wants to handle them, there is no weighing of traffic violations by the administration. The administration has laid this menial labor in Joint Judic's lap. The way in which this came about is indi- cative of an unhealthy attitude toward stu- dents-that the University can "make deals" with them. When the driving age was lowered from an incredible 26 years of ago to a more reasonable 21, jurisdiction over traffic violations (obviously to be more numerous in the future) was given to students. Handling these routine cases makes a mock- ery of student judiciaries, regardless of what grounds such judiciaries are justified on. Joint Judic now splits into two small boards to hear such cases. Since a half-council obvi- ously is no quorum, this is an extra-legal means of disposing of the cases, anologous to Detroit's use of "referees" whose decisions may be ap- pealed to actual judges. The question is not the morality of automatic traffic fines, but the ethics of imposing such coolie labor upon students who are supposedly being entrusted with the important duty of sharinr in discinmin nf their flAUw sidents. RECENT anti-semitic outbursts which have spread from West Germany through Europe and fi- nally to this country (reaching even to Ann Arbor) are quite like- ly to produce emotional reactions among American Jews. Much of the concern and fear will be aroused by the presence 'of the very connotative swastika em- blem which' was the symbol of Nazi tyranny. Thousands of people still remember what occurred from 1933 until 1945 and the signs which are reappearing on syna- gogue walls revive memories of these very objectionable scenes. It would be very easy for these people to demand action in pas- sionate orations. Sympathetic and unaffected civic leaders in com- munities fromJacksonville, Fla. to Santa Fe, .New Mexico. could implement sweeping and super- ficial movements designed to ap- prehend the culprits and suppos- edly gt to and destroy the roots of the problem. * * * SUCH SERMONS and legisla- tive action might. ostensibly alle- viate the situation by stamping out the rash of incidents, but it is quite questionable if the real causes of the anti-semitism will be discussed or even realized. The more rational members of the Jewish and non-Jewish com- munities affected will point out that there are certain logical cor- ollaries to any legal action. One of these is certainly that educa- tion must follow any moves to change the minds of men by co- ercive means. The more articulate of this group will state that mental atti- tudes cannot be shaped by laws. The ignorant must be shown why this form of hatred is illogical and unacceptable before they will agree to new legislation. * * * LEADERS of all faiths will un- doubtedly mention that brother- hood is a necessary requirement for the type of nation the United States government claims to maintain. Cooperation between all groups, regardless of race, creed or color, is necessary for the effi- cient functioning of all phases of our national.existence. Politicians will add that these overt manifestations of racial or religious hatred do much to weak- en your already shaky position among the Afro-Asian bloc of na- tions. Relations with a country that contains practicing bigots aren't the most desirous, especial- ly if the second nation is domin- antly Negro or Asian. It is important to have these valid statements reiterated when- ever the problem of anti-semitism appears. More important than these statements would be for the Jews themselves to realize that they may consciously or uncon- sciously provoke ill will 'by many things that they do or say. THE BIGGEST area of conflict is the concept of a "Jewish Com- munity" existing in this country. For reasons which now seem to lack cultural validity, Jews tend to isolate themselves in certain areas of cities they live in. The grouping, which can be traced back to Eastern European days when this religious-ethnic group was forcibly enclosed in ghettoes, is sometimes justified in terms of proximity to a syna- gogue. People invert a cause and effect relationship here when they say that the synagogue appears first and the community rushes to congregate around it. * * * THE ISOLATION, sustained by geographic location, extends into other areas. Large numbers of Jews in this country will refuse to mix socially with non-Jews; coun- try clubs of one ethnic orientation are a most pronounced example. Under the guise of taking pre- cautions against mixed dating, Jewish parents will prevent their children from having social con- tacts with those of another reli- gion. This attitude, ingrained at an earlier age, is carried on to the college campus. Besides requesting roommates of the same religion, men and wo- men later consolidate into pre- dominantly Jewish fraternities and sororities. Some students who would be interested in a non- Jewish fraternity or sorority are subject to local or familial pres- sures against such a move. * * * IN ADDITION to the geograph- ic and social factors, there is an outdated Europeanrview that Ju- daic religion is inextricably mixed with its culture. Adherence to re- ligion (and culture) requires a certain srparation from the gen- tile community. To maintain the religion anrd prevent assimilation, the Jew must consolidate and re- sist cultural indoctrination. Among large segments of the community this view has been re- jected. But there are still many who do not separate the idea of a religion and a culture because of this refusal; one segment de- nies their Judaic heritage as too demanding, another accepts it blindly. Among these two groups that are unwilling to logically figure out what place their religion has, there is a tendency to practice the geographic and social' separa- tion that gives rise to anti- semitism. Certainly ignorance plays an important part in the malicious and destructive practices which characterize this form of hatred. But it also must be recognized that Jews sustain group practices which antagonize the rest of the community. Unless the maligned group takes efforts to correct some of the col- lective inadequacies, no amount of preaching or legislation or educa- tion will eliminate the recurrence of these outbursts. Congress Reconvenies: What Will I t Do? SEVEN ARTS: Jazz from the Outside III (Continued from Page 1) tary spending, because of the pro- posed budget surplus, and that the $41 billion will not be increased much. * * * AS FOR the space program, the. President has said he will ask for $800 million next year, compared with $500 million being spent this year. He said he would propose changes in its organization. Some Democrats may demand a consid- erably bigger program. Foreign aid, now a little under $4 billion a year, probably be at- tacked in Congress, cut by the "usual" 20 per cent, and passed, the Times says. More novel will. be the President's attempt to get other industrial countries to aid underdeveloped ones. * * * OTHER ISSUES besides the budget will be: Civil rights. This comes up in the Senate in the middle of Feb- ruary; some members of the House have been trying to get it onto the House floor sooner. Since this is an election year, both par- ties are expected to be cautious about what they do. Two proposals are especially prominent. ne is to require elec- tion boards to keep voting records for at least two years and show them to the Justice Department on demand. The other, proposed by the Civil Rights Commission, is to provide for sending federal registrars into places where the state registrars are shown to dis- criminate. The registrar proposal has "a very small chance of passing," Prof. Peek thinks, and other ob- servers seem to agree. But he thinks Congress will probably pass something about voting records, largely because Sen. Johnson and Sam Rayburn want to get a civil- rights bill credited to Johnson, so as to further his chances for the Presidency. FEDERAL AID for building schools. This subject is high on the priority list of both the Ad- ministration and the CAngression- al Democrats. The Administra- tion's proposal is to help school districts float their own bonds; Democrats propose granting them considerable sums directly. "I'm not very sanguine on the school bill," Prof. Peek says, and The Atlantic adds that "federal aid to education once again ap- pears to havelittle chance of passage." It has always gotten caught in two cross-fires, Prof. Peek explains. Its supporters have in the past become divided over two questions - whether to allow states to give money to parochial schools, and whether to limit as- sistance to school districts prac- ticing segregation. * * * LABOR. The steel strike raises the question whether some more (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third of a series of articles dealing with the socio-psychologicai aspects of jazz by Mr. You~ng.) By AL YOUNG Generation Co-Editor HAVE the habit of whistling Bird tunes (i.e., Charlie Parker compositions) or' Woody -(Her- Iian) tunes or Lady (Billie Holi- day) tunes when I'm walking, es- pecially on late, quiet nights. It was a long time before I came upon other whistlers in the night who whistled some of the same numbers that made up my book, even echoed some of the same mu- sicians I copied. I was full of steals and para- phrases from practically every- one I had ever listened to. Now and then some Ella Mae Morse would slip in with the Miles and Duke. Her "Cow-Cow Boogie" is one of the clearest tunes I can re- call from my childhood. A buddy of mine always manages to get in one or two Louis Jordan licks in any piece he whistles. This will give you some idea of what period we grew up in. Analyzing my own whistling and that of other jazz whistlers is the way I learned how much ex- terior influence goes into the making of any artist. I'm not calling myself an artist, mind you, but it was certainly important to find that I wasn't as musically original as I would liked to have thought, being able to improvise at the drop of a hat. * * * I ONCE tape-recorded some of my whistled solos. Playing them back, I could spot and trace many fragments and ways of turning a phrase right smack back to the player I'd stolen it from. It was almost embarrassing, at first, to discover how very few original fig- ures went into my whistling. I had no "undeveloped command of in- strument" to blame either. I could control my own little limited whistle better than I could any instrument proper. I had to face the uncomfortable fact that, es- sentially, Iwas a jazz whistler of a highly derivative style. I think the turning point was my Sonny Rollins period - a brittle, disjointed, cubistic-type whistle that took every vehicle it tackled apart at the seams. After that, I loosened up in my whistl- ing and consciously began to cul- tivate what I thought was a prob- ing, freewheeling style. It was around this same period that the tenor saxophonist Rol- lins was altering his own approach and drifting off toward the some- what permanent transitional state evident in his playing today. *' * * I BEGAN listening to a lot of old recordings - Frankie Trum- whistle. It's really a very sparse "horn" when you come down to it. Its range is unbelievably meager though the tone can be worked out if you're prepared to take the time it will require to develop the proper muscles. Still I'd like to get together with perhaps two or three other whistlers and cut an LP with say, Red Garland, Wen- dell Marshall and Osie Johnson working the rhythm section. In the meantime, I've taken up the recorder which is truly limited as a jazz instrument but which has such a lovely, if not controllable, tone. * * * ONE OF MY high school cronies is now a narcotics addict - youngster, barely in his twenties, who will probably never make very much of himself as he has no interests save "digging jams and getting high" (i.e., listening, to jazz recordings and experiencing intoxication)., He plays no instrument, knows no trade, studies nothing. I knew him when he was sullen and rest- less, but sober most of the time. In those days, he was strictly a rhythm and blues man -- went in for Ruth Brown, Willie Mabon and B. B. King. Records such as King Pleasure's "Moody's Mood for Love" and Annie Ross's "Twisted" eventually became the bridge to gap his entrance into bop and the so-called "Cool School" which, even then, was un- dergoing a thaw. He went crazy over George Shearing (so many of us were struck by those early boppish 78s of his). Then we put him through his paces, trying him out with the work of Stan Getz and Ward- ell Gray. By the end of the year he was all ears for "Yard" (i.e., Charlie Parker) and Thelonius Monk. We even turned him on to some of Charlie Mingus's initial sides - which no more than half- a-dozen people will remember - "Extrasensory Perception" and "Pink Topsy" (Mingus was still dabbling with the notion of break- ing Schoenberg and Webern down into jazz terms at that time, c. 1950). OUR ENTHUSIASTIC initiate was skipping lunch to save money and buy records like the rest of us, and putting down (denounc- ing) "Top Ten" more vehemently than we ever dared. In this re- spect, he was like many "converts" we had known who were often more passionate and more dedi- cated to the faith than the dyed- in-the-wool adherent. He went overboard. If the trgth were known, we had already learned to work such jazz cpusins as Sinatra, June Christy and Perez Prado into our musical diets.. Our "convert", however, had no eyes outside of the little closed circle of boppers and "moderns." adequate system for settling ma- jor strikes is needed. In his State- of-the-Union speech the Presi- dent proposed no new legislation. "I have a feeling," Prof. Pee says, "that nothing will be done about this question." It is a con- plicated subject, he said, that re- quires hearings. Furthermore, la- bor is still reacting to the Lan- drum-Griffith bill, and the steel strike has been settled. Others seem to agree that nothing will be passed. AGRICULTURE. The Admin- 'istration will try to lower the price-support level for wheat, and to extend the soil-bank program, by which farmers are paid to keep land out of production. Demo- crats are expected to resist, hop- ing to exploit farmers' discontent. Over both issues, the Times says, battles seem likely. Interest rates. The Administra.; tion will try to get Congress to re- move the present 4% per cent ceiling on the interest rates for marketable Treasury bonds. Some Democrats are expected to resist vigorously. Why they will, Prof. Peek does not see; he thinks the ceiling simply makes it harder for the Treasury to sell its bonds. * * * HOUSING. The President ve- toed two Democratic-sponsored housing bills last year because of its high spending levels fr things like slum clearance and public housing. This year new federal funds for home mortgages will be needed, and a coalition of Demo ; crats and Republicans is expect- ed to fight for the provisions the President opposed last year. Here Prof. Peek expects some' success, by the action of Speaker Rayburn and Sen. Johnson for the sake of the latter. Social security. Higher benefits and more liberalization of the Old Age Survivors' and Disability In- surance System have become standard practice for election year, and this one is expected to be no exception. AT THIE CAMPUS: Sca e oat CUPPOSE you are a teacher of French in a provincial English University-and, what is infinitely worse, lived like one. Then one day you change places with a man who owns a sixteenth-century cha- teau, a title, a foundry, and a beautiful mist'ess. If you are "The Scapegoat," the dream shortly becomes another man's nightmare peopled with a neurotic x.:ife, children who threat- en to leap from turret -windows. and mothers who are addicted to morphine. Alec Guinness, as Da- phne Du Maurier's hero-heel is splendid in th'e dual role of the cruelCountand the imposter. The' Count, with his urbanewt and cruel charm is the more at- tractive character from the stand- point of acting him. His deftness of mind and his bored treachery are a joy to behold. Guinness as the conniver is much more enthralling than. Guinness the very gentil partfit knight. * * * "COMPARATIVE strangers," the Count and the school-teacher meet in Paris one night. After more brandy than the law of the Eng- lish University allows, the teacher awakes to find himself with the Count's passport and the Count's' problems. Why the switch was made be- comes painfully clear with every step made in the Count's shoes. Du Maurier has long since mas- tered the technique of mystery and the audience anxiously leaps the hurdles that her "Scapegoat" must clear. Unfortunately the mastery of mystery is not possessed by the director or some of the principles. Because of the director's habit of leaping harshly from scene to scene, the most crucial point in the movie can be lost to the ma- jority of the audience. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Discuss Homosexual s (EDITOR'S NOTE: Letters to the Editor must be signed, in good taste and not more than 300 words in length. The Daily reserves the right to edit or witthoid letters for publication.)} Discrepan*cy -. To the Editor: THE LARGE discrepancy be-. tween the action called for by present law and that indicated by present knowledge is always an area of concern to those holding the ideal of a fair and rational legal system. It is especially frus- trating to those who have made serious efforts to understand hu- man behavioral phenomena and yet are not in a position to make changes based on the resulting knowledge. The question of the legal status of homosexual behavior should be approached from the point of view of knowledge obtained through traditional scientific procedures, anc not in terms of ancient taboos which may have served purposes appropriate to societal functions long since past. It is disconcerting involving not so much a person 's isolated behaviors, but more their genesis and development; and the meaning and effects- of thes~e be- haviors in a given environmental situation. When decisions have to be made as to whether ar not pathology exists, they must be made in terms of our present knowledge of behavioral dynamics, and not in terms of undifferenti- ating-and gross descriptive cate- gories. It is my hope that the new generaltion of legal administrators will be more cognizant of the re- alities of human functioning, and will modify our laws accordings. -Robert B. Abelson, Grad. Dept. of Psychology Good and Bad . To the Editor: MR. THOMAS Hayden's editorial, "Homosexual Crackdown of Dubious Value," appearing in the January 9 Daily, represented an honest and straightforward treat- ment of a difficult and perplexing for their opinions, these opinicen should not be circulated to the campus community: Thecontrast between the re- sponsible and straightforward ed - torial of Mr. Hayden's and the anonymity and irresponsibility of allowing letter contributors to hide behind "Name Withheld on Re- quest" prompted me to write this letter asking The Daily why it publishes signed editorials and yet permits unsigned letters also to appear in its publication. -Richard O. Parmelee Other Problems , . , To the Editor: R EGARDING Mr. Schaadt's (Residence Hall's Business Man- ager's) plan to serve Brunch in the Quads (a progressive idea) because his son and daughter (nice kids, I'm sure) who attend Michi- gan State University 4(1Horrors!) did not have time for breakfast (like many of us), I can only hope (with tongue in cheek and no malice etc.) that his son and