Eighty-Seven Years of Editorial. Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, M1 48109 Saturday, November 20, 1976 News Phone: 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan " A~-T T"AT ' viwmK / A) K. lib Acct-vF A POST rou ~E U o A M (AXT'~$Ax s~ / iWEIvq Ric c- S I E C\IN "...' . '>\ f I/I/1 ('I,;.: r J :r _, ~ ,,, C. , .- ,,_, / 3 '1VCC IN C OMIN4!~ Twas the Night Before Michigan TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE MICHIGAN, when all thru the place Not a creature was stirring, except Woody Hayes. The uniforms were hung by the locker with care, Awaiting the battle which would soon take place there. The offense was restless while lying in bed While visions of Graves and Hicks danced in their heads. With Woody in his white shirt and the coaches in caps, They studied the game plan and gave up their naps. When out in the street there arose such a clatter That everyone sprang up to see what was the matter. Away to the window Woody started, but fell. "Who put that football.. ." he started to yell. The moon on the breast of the Buckeyes' home turf, Made Woody wish he were someplace other than Earth. When what to his wondering eyes did appear, But throngs of Ann Arborites with Boone's Farm and beer. Led by a man with cheeks all aglow, He knew in a moment, it had to be Bo. More powerful than Spartans, his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted to the tea n all by name.. "NOW LYTLE, now Morton, now Davis and Hennessey, On Pickens, on Leach, on Zuver, and Huckleby." To the stands went the fans and the players to the lockers, All the running backs, quarterbacks, safeties and blockers. As dry leaves that before the huricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So up to the occasion the Wolverines rose To sprair every ankle and break every nose. And then in a twinkling the'Anthem was played. The kickoff then followed, and the price would be paid For these skeptics who rated Ohio State first, Would find their prediction was one of the worst. And what of this Woody, a droll little man, With the tact and the poise of a crumpled tine can. He's dressed in white shirt sleeves, when others wouldn't dar I wonder if he has nothing else to wear. He has'a broad face and a round little belly That shakes when he yells like a bowl full of jelly. He's chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laugh when I see him, in spite of myself. A wrinkle of his nose and a tw- t of his head, Meant the defense had failed and Michigan was ahead. HE SPOKE MANY A WORD as the Buckeyes sank lower, And the Michigan team saw its finest hour. As the final gun sounded, he covered his ears, So as not to hear any of the Michigan cheers. Then giving a nod indicating defeat, He picked up his players and moved into the street. The Wolverine fans went wild with glee. Once again had their team met sweet victory. "Back to Ann Arbor," a shout rang up clear. "Back to the V-Pell for Boone's Farm and beer. And they heard in Columbus as the fans passed from view, "Happy football to all and to all a GO BLUE!" Editor's note: This poem was printed in The Daily some six years ago, and has been rewritten to fit the present situation. The author is anonymous. MICHAEL BECKMAN N HIS LATEST INSTALLMENT of Perspective, Daily columnist W. L. Scheller has gone too far. In his statements on capital punishment, he has transcended the comfortable confines of ana- lytical journalism, and has placed himself into the lofty roles of judge, jury, executioner and psychoanalyst - positions for which he has at, best, dubious qualifications. To attempt to debate Mr. Scheller's views on capital punish- ment is not the purpose of this rebuttal, Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and any arguments on the pros and cons of state-spon- sored execution are purely subjective. 'Thus, they are well en- trenched in every individual's moral upbringing, and aren't sub- ject to easy metamorphosis. To put it more simply, if W. L. be- lieves in the eye for an eye, revenge philosophy of life, that's not my problem. What poses a danger to everyone in this country is people like.W. L. Scheller appointing themselves judges of who deserves to die and for what reason. Who is he to decide what crimes de- serve the death penalty or not? If the man stuck to his tenets and maintained that those that killed a fellow human being (a term that staunch conservative inhumanists like Mr. Scheller probably cringe at) be given their just death, then while I still wouldn't agree with him, at least I would be able to discern where he is coming from. BUT HE GOES much farther than that. He delves into an Aristotilian classification of the geneology of homicide. And then, the psychoanalyst in him surfaces, for he contends that the pun- pn ishment for committing a murder should be based on the psycho- logical nature of the crime. He first claims that the taking of a life should be punished by the taking of the killer's life, and then he counters by saying that the criteria for taking that life is the killer's motivation for killing. RNAL He feels that crimes of "passion" are excusable, :while po- litical murders and crimes of "greed" deserve a like fate. How is he able to place such arbitrary boundaries on murder? Further, from what expertise can he claim the divine wisdom of being able to delineate the different motivations in a person's mind that would cause him or her to take another life? This argument smacks of uncertainty in its author's own mind as to the views he so strong- ly espouses. Mr. Scheller then rattles off a list of crimes which he feels warrant capital, punishment. He singles out rape among them. Rape? By citing non-homicidal offenses that he feels deserve oach. death, he has gone beyond the realm of the term for which he is n re- arguing, capital. A capital offense is the taking cf a human life. dnes- Rape only rarely falls under this category. . K. ERHAPS THE MOST TELLING statement of Mr. Scheller's tes- philosophy towards humanty occurs inthe following sen gres- tences from his column. "There are people in this world who are the a danger to all. They bill, rape and terrorize the populace. Should sur- they be allowed to continue existing to the detriment of others?" r at- Again, he is setting himself un as a judge of humanity, deciding vould who has the right to live or die. o re- And no power on earth has that right - not the Supreme take Court, not the state's executioner, and not W. L. Scheller., r THE MILWAUKEE $OUR DISLOWfdd No-.osper 8a is of thing.' seem to have a knack for this soft Letters to The Daily aat/hy To The Daily: I AM DISGUSTED by the apathy expressed by the vast majority of students on this campus .toward issues that di- rectly affect their educations and lifestyles. As the Michigan Student As- sembly's Personnel Coordinator, I have been responsible for finding students to serve on University and MSA commit- tees. Despite a series of adver- tisement, the number of appli- cants has been ridiculously low for every position available; in some instances, there have been no applicants whatsoever. Should MSA pack it in and decide that students ar terested in what's goin the Big U., the studer will not longer have inl the University'shstructi avoiq such a situation, that any students inter( working with the Asse tilt at a few windmills come up to the MSA of the very near future. G. J. DiGiusepp November 19 TODAY'S STAFF News: Ken Chotiner,. Schick, Jim Tobin,' Jeff Ristine, Tim Bill Turque Editorial Page: Michael Beckman, Rob Meachum, Tom Stevens Arts Page: Lois Josimovich Photo Technician: Scott Eccker u " " By The Associated Pr The placing of a ternational boundary Inv Canada may resul Americans, being barred one of the world's r fishing grounds. A dispute between the' States and Canada over R of the line could invol third of the famed G Bank. The issue came u the two nations passes taking control over fishin 200 miles off their shore claims of the two n overlap because of the c of the coastline along England and the Ma Provinces. At present th seems stalemated "We have not had sign progress," said David C State Department lrawye, are seeking other ways conmrrodation, but so f positions of blxh sides been quite fixed." Both the United Stat Canada contend that should have jurisdictio the 700-mile-wide north edge of Georges Bank area contains the' Fishing Ground, one of t fishing spots on the Atlantic. 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There shl no cause for alarm staff, however; inocula mono, desiccated, napht harrass, and parallel six hardest words for cans to spell. Oh, my ar Randy Hilfman November 12 To The Daily; I AM NOW convibced end is truly near. For2 we've had the capability out the entire human ra thermonuclear weapon this has acted as a dete any large scale war the U. S. and the U.S.S. of the estimates that seen has predicted t most intelligent speci w o u 1 d survive thermo en't in- war would be the cockrc g on at Well, there must have beer nt body joicing among insects We put into day as they heard Mr. T ure. To .Jones of Boeing Aerospace I wish tifying in front of a Con, ested in sional committee. Accordin mbly to Mr. Jones 98 per cent of s would population of Russia could ffices in vive an all out U. S. nuclea tack, and their industry v pe . take two to four years tc cover. Our industry would 12 years to get back on its Of course having a spokes eli!!/IS from the company with per the greatest vested intere the increasing proliferatio D mis- this type of weaponry r by The seem like, having Stroh's B ole "n" ery sneak for returnable able of ties, but Congressional con ould be tees and politicians in get by the are notably unobservanti tion, ki- it comes to making such dis ha, em- tions. are the It is this kind of game pl Ameri- with statistics that poses rm! greatest danger to the futu the human race in this ai nuclear weapons. To give ticians the tools to be ab rationalize the use of1 1ukes weanons is to invite disa As Mark Twain put it, "Th three kinds of lies: lies, that the lies, and statistics." 20 years John P. McHugh to wipe ace with November 18, feet. swan haps st in n of may 3rew- bot- nmit- neral when stinc- aying the re of ge of poll- le to, these aster. ere's damn ns, and rrent to between ).R. One I have hat the es that onuclear Ietters should be typed and limited to 400 Words. The Daily reserves the right to edit letters for length and grammar. By JEFFREY SEL$ST AFTER sitting through in- nu m e r a b l e operatic oeuvres in my life, I have come to two obvious but inescapable conclusions; first, that opera is much more'than merely sung drama, and second, that opera tends to trivialize its subject. And my conclusions are neat- lv borne out by nthe Music School's production of The Cru- cible, which I saw at Mendels- sohn Thursday night. Let me make it clear that the School's production is plenty good- and we'll take it from there. The opera is based on the play by Arthur Miller. It was dramatically adapted by Ber- nard Stambler and set to mu- sic by Robert Ward. And set to music is- really the way to de- scribe it. In this "opera", the music plays a subservient and fairly uninteresting foil to what is virtually a rehash of the Mil- ler play. Yet it is the power of the original play that allows it to stand on its own without music. Why then add another variable? IT MUST BE due to some reasoning process that says if a play is good without, why then think of the possibilities with! But this is spurious logic. Any good playwright knows how to utilize silence-as did Miller in this play. An opera, by its nature, denies silence. All moments are filled with sound. Which, in itself, is okay. Who'd want to see La Roheme or Il Trovotore without their music? They'd be a pathetic you have on the one hand banal music which compensates for nothing, and - on the other- a story whose dramatic poten- tial is actually lessened by be- ing set to music. THE ONLY WAY out of this trap is to shut your ears and puat on a visually and drama- tically perfect show. Insofar as this is possible, the Music School did it. The cast, led by nrincipals David Parsons (John Proctor?., Susan Kivela (Abi- sail Williams), Blanche Fore- man (Titliba), Lauran Fulton fMairy Warren), John Little- field (Giles Corey), and Lor- rnine Manz (Elizabeth Proctor), did a creditable job, vocally. There were even certain scenes, sach as the end of Act I, where the cast sings a concerted hymn: and the onening of Act IV, as well as the Finale of Act IV, where the music was even decent and sort of half- way listenable. The rest of the time I had my mouth open, because the singers were mak- ing suich gold out of such hay. Oh, well. And, as for the music, it faithfully reproduced the emo- tions of the play. The trouble with it was mainly in its lack of distinction and its subserv- ience. There were few memor- able moments in the score; cer- tainr'l nothing, that would make von yearn for a repeated hear- And of coutrse. opera never does reveni itself fully on first hearing. Even so accessible a score as that old chestnut, Bo- Contact your reps Sen. Phillip Hart (Dem.), 253 Russell Bldg., Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. 20515. Sen. Robert Griffin (Rep.), 353 Russell Bldg., Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. 20515. Rep. Marvin Esch (Rep.), 2353 Rayburn. Bldg., Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. 20515.