o, 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 TO THE EDITOR: Books, Bookstores Draw More Comment hen 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. :RSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1959 NIGHT EDITOR: NAN MARKEL Khrushchev's American Visit And- Reasonable Discourtesy m A FEW THINGS need to be cleared up about the comments relating to Khrushchev's recently-ended American visit. In inviting the Red boss, the government ap- parently had two objectives in mind: personal conversations between him and the President could lead to a lessening of world tensions; and a personal look at the United States might give Khrushchev a direct impression of Amen- can strength and determination. Apparently, the first objective has been at- tained-the leaders parted expressing a desire to continue talks; and later, at his post-tour press conference, President Eisenhower strongly hinted that, contingent to allied agreement, a summit conference is in the offing. Further, Khrushchev himself just agreed to take all time limits off Berlin talks. TO SAY however that this objective was formulated and carried out with the pri- mary objective of gaining a partisan advantage for the Republican party seems absurd. True, peace would be an important platform element in the next Presidential race, but it is hard to. believe that anyone would work for peace merely to have a campaign slogan. No one said. that President Roosevelt was trying to win the war to win elections. Only Khrushchev knows if he .got a new impression of American might, and he is not likely to say anything about it. In order to give him what it thought was a true impression of the- American people, the Administration advised that he be treated with the respect due the head of a major foreign government; it called for no show of love for him, only respect. The anti-Russia propaganda campaign which has gone on since World War II would have been too much to overcome, not- withstanding the fact that there is little reason for Americans to love Khrushchev or what he stands for. THIS WAS the gist of Vice-President Nixon's remarks about questioning Khrushchev about his views. Americans, in other words,' should not let him mistake good maniers for agreement. The labor leaders who met with him in San Francisco seemed to follow the policy to the letter, and probably gave him a time he will not soon forget. The objective of the tour was to impress him with exactly this American solidarity. ; The Administration itself seemed to maintain a consistent attitude of courtesy, but its ex- ample was not followed. It could not order Los Angeles' Mayor Poulson, or any other American for that matter, to 'do anything like that. Besides, that some Americans were discourteous when they should not have been only shows that we are not a totalitarian people, having to obey such orders from the government. It is men like Khrushchev who can produce cheering crowds when the occasion demands. Though we can be ashamed of the fact of the discourtesy, we should not be ashamed that Americans have the right, within reasonable limits, to be discourteous. -PHILIP SHERMAN KHRUSHCHEV, EISENHOWER'AND MRS. KHRUSHCHEV RIDE INTO WASHINGTON CAMP DAVID TALKS: Khrushchev Visit Causes Optimism By JUDITH DONER Daly Staff Writer MANY political experts and lay- men who forecast that only bad could result from Soviet Pre- mier Nikita Khrushchev's visit here have now altered somewhat their line. of thinking. Since some of the results of the Camp David negotiations between Khrushchev and President Eisen- hower were announced, a quiet note of optimism has crept into the opinions of those who were wholly pessimistic before and dur- ing Khrushchev's tour. *And the quiet note rang some- what louder after the Soviet chief's Tuesday pronouncement, agreeing with Eisenhower that any time limit previously set on the Berlin question was no longer operative. * *' * BUT THOSE who are dyed-in- the-wool fact listers may find all this somewhat hard to swallow. They will point out that the two specific issues major to the United States remain unchanged: 1) The problem of a divided Germany remains. Khrushchev believes that the Big Three have no right to remain in Berlin. He requests that they withdraw, leaving Berlin a free city, and sign a peace treaty with two separate Germanys. The United States and the West reject the plan. They re- fuse to leave Berlin until Ger- many's fate is settled. They do not want Germany divided between East and West. 2) The problem of disarmament and inspection remains. Both sides agree that disarmament would be wise. They cannot agree on methd or degree of inspection. The Soviet Union will not accept the West's position that inspec- tion methods must precede dis- armament. In his United Nations' speech, Khrushchev seemed to re- iterate his "cart before the horse" position. ONLY THOSE. who refuse to face facts, which fact-listers by their very nature cannot be, could deceive themselves into believing that a mere 'three-day meeting' between Khrushchev and Eisen- hower could immediately solve these major conflicts. And although the facts of these two issues have not been altered, the atmosphere surrounding them very definitely has: 1) New talks on Berlin will be held either at a foreign ministers or lower level conference and pos- sibly at a summit meeting. 2) The prograi of exchanges of all kinds between the United States and the Soviet Union will be broadened. The two nations U and Fire Protection. WITHIN the past week there have been two fires in University residence halls of suf l- ciently serious nature to warrant calling the. Fire Department. In Stockwell Mall, a candle tipped over, igniting a tissue box, setting the curtains on fire. Students turned in the alarm and put out the fire with an extinguisher before the Fire Department arrived. A grease fire that developed in the deep fat frier at West ,Quad was extinguished by the Fire Department. Neither fire, fortunately, did serious damage. ONLOOXERS at the Stockwell fire remarked how lucky it was that the girls knew what to do and commended them for "great presence of mind." And this they undoubtedly had. But it is somehow appalling that a matter of truly life and death importance should be left to luck and presence of mind. University fire drills emphasize closing win- dows, wearing shoes, keeping order, and assem- bling rapidly outside. Fear of a large fire is evident in the seriousness with which drills are conducted. But all the students questioned in an admittedly small but representative sur- vey reported that they had never been shown the location of their dorms' fire alarms or extinguishers. The one person who knew how to work an extinguisher had learned how in. a chemistry lab. Such negligence of basic safety education on the part of those entrusted with the physical well being of University students is inexcus- able. It is high time the University took advantage of the city fire department's annual offer to talk about fire prevention to the students of all housing units. --SUSAN FARRELL have also agreed to begin explora- tions of trade questions. 3) The two heads of state agreed, issuing a statement to'the effect that "all outstanding inter- national questions should be settled not by the application of force but by peaceful means through negotiation."' 4) THE always-present, never-. settled, World War II Lend-Lease question will be reopened, Khrush- chev and Eisenhower decided. The people of the United States and the Premier of the Soviet Union have met one another * * * THIS LAST fact may, in the last analysis, prove the most im- portant. To most Americans Nikita Khrushchev is no longer a 'label attached to an abstract figure. He. is a very definite personality, ca- pable of shaking hands, accepting cigars, blowing his top, cracking jokes, speaking powerfully and well, and hitting back at his op- ponents with beautifully, sarcastic remarks. He, in turn, undoubtedly has a newer, broader and more accurate conception of the American people, their environment and personal- ity. He has found that the Voice of America, which his subordinates try vainly to muffle, speaks the truth about conditions in the United States. Certainly his visit visibly re- laxed the tensions existing be- tween the Soviet Union and the United States. Although what comes next is anybody's guess, it would seem that both sides would be happy to proceed slowly and cautiously with the negotiations which have been proposed.,. Admittedly, our guard is'down. We have been taken in, to a de- gree, by the peace proposals of the Soviet premier. Perhaps he was affected similarly. New Books at Library, Leautaud, Paul-The Child of Montmartre; N.Y., Random House, 1959. Lipton, Lawrence-Holy Bar- barians; N.Y. Julian Messner, 1959. Niebuhr, Reinhold-The Struc- ture of Nations and Empires; N.Y., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. To the Editor: HAVING SEEN repeated men-- tion in The Michigan Daily of the "book store" situation and be- ing not a little disappointed with what we found on coming to the campus this fall, we would like to describe a campus book store with which we are familiar. This book store is owned and operated by the Associated Stu- dents of the University of Wash- ington at Seattle. Physically, it has two full floors and a balcony. The floor space of either of the floors is roughly twice that of a Michigan type book store (Fol- lett's, Urich's). The lower floor -is given over mainly to a well-or- ganized, complete, self-service text book department. Besides having all of the required and suggested books for courses there are in this section, shelf after shelf of relat- ed books. On the. second floor there is a book department which handles paper backs and no-text book hardbounds. There is, of course, a large section devoted to student, engineering, artist, etc. supplies, There are also the following: a sporting goods and clothing de- partment which features ski ren- tals; a photography department; a typewriter sales and service de- partment; a men's clothing de- partment; a women's clothing de- partment; and a gift shop. Each of these departments is, compar- able to a store handling its spe- cialty. TO INDICATE the profitability of this bookstore, it remodeled last year, doubling to its present size, and completely modernized in- cluding a three-story glass and aluminum front. Also, at the end of each year students receive a chases except clothing and gifts, 10 per cent rebate on all pur- but including all books, typewrit- ers, records and supplies. This bookstore runs in compe- tition with two other large book- stores which are privately owned. The first of these bookstores is similar to Follett's except that it has a larger, more convenient, and more complete text book depart- .ment. The other bookstore is a modern, non-text book store spe- cializing in paper backs, reference books, best sellers, rare collectors' books, and prints. Conservatively, its display of paper backs is roughly five times that of Bob Marshall's. It also has a rental library. This book store is at least twice as large as any Ann Arbor bookstore.. These book stores serve the university district near the- Uni- versity of Washington almost ex- clusively. Downtown Seattle is served by many metropolitan book stores. Although the student body of the University of Washington is only about two-thirds that of the University of Michigan, the' university district is about the -same size as Ann Arbor. If anyone on this campus is in.- terested, we are sure that the ad- ministration of the University of Washington or the management of the University Book Store (4326 University Way, Seattle 5 Wash- ington) would be glad to furnish its annual financial reports'or any other information. It is rather unfortunate that the University of Michigan, with all its many advantages over nearly any. other American campus, does not have a first-rate bookstore. Ronald Fleming -Dualne Lindstrom Auction .. To the Editor: YOU FIGURE it out.. .he ironies of life never cease to amaze a perceptive observer. The SOC bike auction, tehind the Stu- dent Publications Building, was one of those ironies which de- serves a few frst-hand comments. SGC should be given credit fodr their attempt to ease the students mobile and financial plight. Un- fortunately, this morning's fiasco benefited few in either respect and virtually none in both objectives. There were many students who had sincere hopes of getting a "Bargain." By the time the rains came, and the auction was moved inside, many bikes had been sold and only a few at or below their appraised price. The crowning glory of the aggressive auctioneer was the sale of a piece of appara- tus for $45, which was valued what free bidding in a free econ- around $20. Isn't it wonderful omy can do for the poor, finan- cially-abused student? Tied Cohnt, '$g Reading .. To the Editor: T HE CARTOONIST for The Michigan Daily has done slme interesting and provocative car- toons thus far. It is unfortunate that two of them contradict each other. In one, he complains about Stu- dent Government Counel, which ' he implies is an organization 'at is about as successful as a mis- launched Vanguard missile. In the other, he laments classroom over- crowding and the resulting lack of "intellectual intimacy." It is too bad The Daily cartoon- ist was too busy at his drawing board to notice that Student Gov- ernment Council is sponsoring 1 Summer. Reading and Discussio program, the chief object of which is to extend the atmosphere of intellectual curiosity beyond the crowded confines of the classroom. OPERATING under the hypo- thesisthat a student can be cramped intellectually, as well as physically, this program is offer- ing discussions between students and faculty in seven reading areas.- Participants come from all ranges of university life; they even include people living In Ann Ar- bor but not attending the Univer- sity. Thus far, there have been three initial meetings of these- discus- sion groups. With the exception of,- one, all have been planned as fair- ly small groups. Because of exces- sive demand, one was atence4- by over one hundred interested students. THE SGC Summer Reading and Discussion project has actively In- volved a large part of the student'. body. On the basis of seminars -al- 'ready held, at least tiree hundred students will take advantage of the seminars. But numbers in such a program mean very little. What. is import- ant is not that a large nuinbe,r-at'of students are taking part but, rath- er, thanl interested and intellec- tually alert students ai'e involved It is too bad that Daily cartoon- ists do not notice such things. -Roger Seasonwein . EUROPE VS. U.S.: What's To Be Done In the Academies? TODAY AND TOMORROW ARound One' By WALTER LIPPMANN THE FIRST ROUND being concluded, one can say, L think, that the President's initiative has prqspered. His main purpose in proposing the exchange of visits was to reopen the clogged and frozen channels of' diplomatic communica- tion between the Western alliance and the' Soviet Union. This he has done, and this is the meaning and the significance of the conversa- tions at Camp David. There are to be exchanges through normal diplomatic channels. When our allies have been consulted about the place, the time, and the agenda, there will be a Foreign Ministers' meeting and a summit meeting. There are to be continuing multi-lateral negotiations about disarmament. There are to be bi-lateral nego- tiations about cultural exchanges and also about a settlement of the lend-lease debts. And beyond all these, there is to be in the' spring a visit/by the President and his family to the Soviet Union. This much is on the record. How far there was a meeting of minds off the record on the specific issues, we do not now know. But Mr. K. in his press conference on Sunday implied that there had been more understandings than the omicial communique reveals. Having been one of those who were filled with misgivings about the venture in personal diplomacy, and also about the risks of accidents and incidents in Mr. K's public tour, the results of Round One is a pleasant surprise. I CAN SEE NOW that I had failed to realize how mighty are the compulsions which are working on both the President and on Mr. K. They are compulsions to find ways by which, as the communique said, "all outstanding inter- national questions" can "be settled not by the application of force but by peaceful means through negotiations." For neither of the heads of governments is there, to use the memorable sentence spoken by Mr. Eisenhower some years ago, "any alternative to peace." The source of these compulsions is the race of armaments. As between the USSR and the total war. Each of the two governments is able to inflict intolerable and unacceptable losses upon the other's country, and neither could "win" a war which caused such widespread, such long lasting, and such irreparable devas- tation. Although the balance of power may fluctuate, there is at present no prospect what- ever of the kind of scientific breakthrough which would give one or the other of the governments a safe and reliable supremacy. This exerts a mighty compulsion upon them to respect the status quo, whether it be that of the Western presence in West Berlin or that of the Soviet presence in Eastern Europe. The agreement to open up a series of negotiations rests upon the applied assumption that while diplomacy cannot change importantly the status quo, it can make it more acceptable and more viable. In both governments the compulsion to At- tempt to do this springs from two great con- siderations. The first consideration, which is widely rec- ognized, is that the cost of armaments, forty billions here and twenty-five billions in the Soviet Union, is a very heavy mortgage on social and economic development. One of the most interesting little disclosures made by Mr. K. was his personal impatience with the bur- dens of his own military establishment. MR. EISENHOWER is very conscious 'indeed of what it means to spend forty billions a year. And undoubtedly he is aware of the fact that after the tax reduction made by his Ad- ministration, the pressure on the budget from the Pentagon on the one hand, from the civil needs of our people on the other, constitute a permanent threat to inflation. Moreover, the pressure on the dollar, which is no joke, comes in some part from our enormous military expenditures abroad both for our allies and for ourselves. But there is a second consideration which exerts great compulsion on the heads of gov- ernments. It is that if the situation does not _--SL n. L. .. .il _ 4 - _ ..... * L By AL YOUNG Generation Co-Editor A FRIEND recently complained, "Why should I have to go to class everyday?" A legitimate enough question, and one that is probably asked daily by half the student body. Students of art, technical sub- jects or languages would answer, for obvious reasons, "Because you won't learn anything if you don't." My friend is an English major in his third year. Having satisfied his distribution recluirements for the School of Literature, most of his courses are English courses. "All my courses are reading courses. I read t the material at home, go to class, and sit for an hour and listen to inane discus- sions. I think it's ridiculous." He made me think back to courses I have taken that made me feel much the same way. I'VE TAKEN several courses re- quiring comprehensive textbooks. What did the lecturers do? They talk for an hour, lecturing, it would seem, page per page out of the book. On such occasions, I hear unoriginal, uninspired lec- tures offering nothing that could not have been culled from read- ing the text. Examinations in such courses are inevitably geared to the book used in the course. ' English. History. Sociology. Bot- any (lab sessions excepted). All literature courses. *' * * ISN'T IT conceivable that a stu- dent could get along quite well reading assigned and suggested texts for courses such as these, at- tendingran occasionally scheduled lecture? How many professors have tak- en the trouble to conduct original research and present fresh, in- teresting material on the lecture podium or in the classroom? "In Europe, it's different," a f o r e i g n studenthinforms me. "There the student has to look out for himself. The professor pre- sents a list of material that the course will cover; and the student spends his days devouring li- any difficulties the student might encounter during the course of his study." This kind of, procedure may seem lax and informal but ac- tually it is quite challenging. The student must rigidly discipline himself If he is to master the ma terial and adequately prepare himself for examinations. THE PROFESSOR is freed from the duties of baby-sitter which he is expected to carry out in Amer- ica; and, not having to keep a hawk's eye out for "delinquent" students, he may then spend his- valuable time attending to aca- demic interests. The poor student will fall by the wayside 'through his own lack of effort. The European system of higher education is often attacked by American educators because it 'defeats" the purpose of a liberal education. Europeans say that Americans try to produce college graduates in the same way as they do automobiles and television sets. Both of these conflicting views of the problem are extreme, of course, but important enough to reflect the fact that allis not well in the American academies. DAILY OFFICIAL/ BUCLETI N The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of The Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Dailyaassumes no edi- torial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3519 Administration Build- ing, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1959 VOL. LXX,. NO. 9 General Notices Regents Meeting: Fri., Oct. 23. Com- minications for consideration at this meeting must be in the President's hands not later than Oct. 13. "Say, Who's Besieging Who Around Here?"