I PAGE FOUR~ THE MICHIGAN DALY T,.i JrT LsnAY. D i1YYtP 6';, 194 _____________________________________________________ __________________ I U Fi-rSigan ay Fifty-Sixth Year - ________-- to th e ____-__________________ ... .,.-S,....i Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board of Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Ray Dixon . . . . . . . . . . Managing Editor Robert Goldman . . . . . . . . . City Editor Betty Roth . . . . . . . . . Editorial Director Margaret Farmer . . . . . . . . Associate Editor Arthur J. Kraft . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor Bill Mullendore . . . . . . . Sports Editor Mary Lu Heath . . . . . . Associate Sports Editor Ann Schutz . . . . . . Women's Editor Dona Guimaraes . . . . Associate Women's Editor Business Staff Dorothy Flint. . . . . . . .. . Business Manager Joy Altman . . . . . . . Associate Business Mgr. Telephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of re- publication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second-class mail matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- rier, $4.50, by mail, $5.25. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1945-46 NIGHT EDITOR: LIZ KNAPP Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Curriculum Change jN THE midst of the current campus discussion of proposed revision of the curriculum, Princetoni University has announced that it will join Columbia, Harvard, Yale and others in a return to a more rigid required program for freshmen. According to the report in Wednes- day's Daily "The Princeton Plan is based upon the university's experience that many students graduate with little knowledge in any of the major fields of learning." If this is also true at this university, it is the fault of the students rather than the cur- ricula. The present requirement for twelve hours in each of three basic groups-lan- guages, sciences, and social sciences-means that only those students who purposely go out of their way to avoid learning are likely to graduate in the blissful ignorance of which Princeton complains. There are, furthermore, several concrete ob- jections to the recent trend away from the elec- tive system. The faculty would be charged with preparing general freshman courses which would be even more vague than those already presented, in order to cover a whole segment of one of the "major fields of learning" in one year. Teaching would be complicated by the forced inclusion in every course of large numbers of students whose attitude towards the subject material might range from enthusiasm to apathy. And both these groups would lose under the system; for the enthusiastic students would be wasting a year going over material they prob- ably learned on their own in high school, while the apathetic ones would be sleeping through classes, and very likely jeopardizing their schol- astic record thereby. I base these remarks on the reports of several close friends who have been attending Columbia University since the curric- ula change was inaugurated there. The gain a student realizes from four years of college is only partly dependent on the me- .chanics of the school system. They are largely determined by the student's personal enthusi- asm and desire to learn. These can best be satisfied through a reasonably free choice on his part. -Milt Freudenheim New Feuhrer IN GERMANY about a dozen years ago a man named Adolf Hitler, backed by a group of "gang men" started a policy which they were to pursue until the downfall of the German army and people-a policy of religious persecution. In Argentine today a man named Col. Juan D. Peron, vice-president of the country is con- ducting the opening stages of just such a pro- gram. Within the past ten days sporadic anti- Jewish demonstrations have occurred in the Jewish sections of Buenos Aires. Attacks made on Jewish citizens and Jewish-owned shops have been carried on with no intervention by the Buenos Aires police. The police, controlled by Peron are so obviously indulgent with the perpetrators of these outrages that they are no guarantee of protection. The realization that the bulk of the Argentines opposes his candidacy for the Presidency in the coming elections, has forced Peron to attempt to raise a dangerous political issue of religion in a country and city that have heretofore not been troubled by that issue. His actions in trying to make the Jewish Growing Racism TO THE EDITOR: ONE of the most danger-laden issues con- fronting the United States in this post-war period is that of prejudice against minority groups. In spite of the fact that the seriousness of this problem is, not realized by most of our population, the sore of racial prejudice is con- tinuously festering. The menace it creates to our society is one which we can ill-afford to push into the background of our thought and of our action. Yet the mass of tle American public is woefully unenlightened concerning the bitter trend of race relations, because of the vacillating approaches to the race problem which dominate our informational channels. Lynching and violence against Negroes have shown a definite increase since the termination of the war. The victims have often been veter- ans, sometimes wounded veterans. From the ever-burning embers of the Ku Klux Klan have sprung a miscellany of groups devoted to the perpetuation of so-called white supremacy. This activity has reached as close to us on campus as Detroit. How much closer it is, We do not know. The targets of this vicious element are not only Negroes, but Japanese-Americans, Jews, and other racial or religious minorities. No one of us can sit idly by and allow this situation to grow in intensity and force until it renders the entire nation helpless against its venom. Fighting prejudice has many phases. The Congress on Racial Equality has been ef- fective in its fight against prejudice through seeking to curb particular outgrowths of preju- dice, discrimination and segregation. Tonight at 7:30 in Room 316 at the Union, Mr. George Houser, the executive secretary of Congress on Racial Equality will speak under the sponsorship of the Inter-Racial Associa- tion. Mr. Houser's topic will be "How to Com- bat Racial Discrimination." Mr. Houser will discuss already successful means of fighting discrimination and segregation. -Terrell Whitsitt President, Inter-Racial Association Philippines U' TO THE EDITOR: THERE is no denying that of all countries who fought on our side the most devastated of all is the Philippines. As a veteran of World War II, I saw devasta- tion. Exchanging views with fellow G.I.'s who were both from the European and Asiatic thea- ters, we seemed to agree that the Philippines is the country that received the most terrible beat- ings in this war. And the one institution that received the punishment is the University of the Philippines, which was once the arsenal of American thoughts and ideas in the Orient. The main object of the Japs during the war was to burn the literatures and traces which bespoke of America. The enemy went far and wide in search of American books and burned them as fast as they could find them. American books, equipment, and buildings were systema- Nisei Exhibit ALL students should take a walk over to the Rackham Building to look at an art exhibit. It doesn't make any difference if you don't care a hang about art; you still should walk over there and look at some pictures that were painted in relocation camps by American citizens, who are called Nisei. These people lived in California and after Pearl Harbor a group, many of whom were eco- nomically interested, organized a campaign to evacuate and intern all the 115,000 persons of Japanese ancestry on the coast. It made no dif- ference that the Army Intelligence, the F.B.I. and the Honolulu Police had affirmed the loy- alty of these people; they were sent away with only the few things they could carry. They were relocated and their property and their business mysteriously slipped into other hands. This was the largest single mass movement in the history of our country. It was a move- ment against civilians, not one of whom had committed a crime. Not one had been given a trial or hearing and not one had even a charge against him. Now that the war is over American-born sol- diers of Japanese parentage are returning with Purple Hearts and Presidential Citations to find their parents still in the camps afraid to leave because of discrimination shown them. They have no homes, no money, no business and no desire to start life over again after such whole- sale deracination. This problem is one of the purposes of the exhibit. It is to prove to these people that we have an interest in their work, that we as Americans are friendly and do not sanction racism. It is also to present a few scenes of the relocation center life and to show that the evacuees have managed to retain artistic in- terests despite the hardship and shock of be- ing denied rights as American citizens. -Norma Crawford ticaly destroyed. Publications, which ranged from the primary grades up to the universities, were classed as contrabands. The University of the Philippines had been the training grounds for those brave boys who died defending the American 'ideals. Many of the teachers and students of that ruined university who fought to the last stand to up- hold the American way of life and to defend the Stars and Stripes, will not be back; for they died with the brave Americans in the field of battle. For a long time this institution was helping other colleges all over the islands. Private insti- tutions which were run by religious groups, many of them controlled by Americans, re- ceived help from the university. , As the student body of Michigan will be considering a university they would like to re- habilitate, they must remember the schools in which their friends, brothers, fathers, and country helped to found-the University of the Philippines. The continuous service fos- tered by this university will be a living symbol and an enduring monument of American ideals at work, the books, equipment, and other helps the American people give will al- ways bear fruit to each ensuing generation to all peoples of the world. -Mike Abe I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: Chain Reaction By SAMUEL GRAFTON IT IS being reported, almost with an air of consternation, that the German people dis- like us heartily; a solemn Army study, just re- leased at Frankfurt, is cited to show that the populace in our occupation zone is vexed with us for having won the war, for living in German houses, and for carrying on with German women. As news this ranks with a hot bulletin to the effect that the sun rose yesterday. I find rather more important a Berlin dispatch to the New York Herald Tribune which reveals that other Army studies (apparently not the same as that detailed in the Frankfurt docu- ment) show that a chief barrier to German po- litical education is the fact that many Germans firmly expect a war between America and Rus-- sia. American agents have found that German civilians are following with fascinated interest all signs of discord between the two great powers; and that is really news. Here we see one definite result of the break- down in confidence between America and Rus- sia, and it is of the greatest practical impor- tance. For Germans who expect a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, will not feel themselves under any great compul- sion to solve their own problems, or to ac- commodate themselves to the world as it stands today. So long as outstanding ques- tions between Russia and America have not been settled, the beaten and confused German may take refuge in the hope that nothing has been settled, that Europe is still fluid, that, in the event of a crisis, he may find himself being wooed by one side, or the other, or by both. THE Dreakdown between America and Russia, therefore, does not concern the two countries alone; it throws many other world questions into solution. As if in startling confirmation of this, Mr. Gunther Stein writes an ingenious article for the Christian Science Monitor, in which he sketches out the possibility that Japan may yet, incredibly, emerge as the dominant power in Asia, precisely because of the fear of Commun- ism in some quarters. ' The way Mr. Stein lays it out is to note that while we are destroying the rennants of feud- alism in Japan, and setting the small farmer free, for the first time, a precisely opposite policy is being followed in China. There the Kuomintang government, a government of rural landlords, is opposing the agrarian re- forms of the Communists, which, says Mr. Stein, are milder than those favored by Gen- eral MacArthur in Japan. The possibility ex- ists, therefore, that a purged and democratized Japan may arise as the strongest and freest power in a reactionary East Asia. The inference is plain (though Mr. Stein does not carry his analysis this far) that if the United States, out of its fear of Russia, helps the Chinese Nationalist government, instead of forcing reform and reconciliation, we shall be helping to create a situation which will put the former enemy on top, and leave the former ally in deep internal trouble. And many Japanese, like many Germans, are babbling about a war between America and Russia, noting the grim prospect with small and elaborate Oriental signs of gratification. Mr. Truman's rather airy dismissal of fur- ther Big Three meetings is, therefore, not a self-limiting move; it sets other events in motion, and starts adventure rolling, in a manner perhaps not contemplated, not even desired. In a world wired for atomic explosion, it is well to remember that there is such a thing as the chain reaction in politics, too. (Copyright, 1945, N. Y. Post Syndicate) Judicia ry DEMOCRATIC procedure was never more conspicuous by its absence than at the mass trials which the ju- diciary council conducted last week. In one day, during less than three hours time, the council reviewed the cases of University women guilty of latenesses, the majority of them hav- ing occurred Thanksgiving night. Privileges were suspended and warn- ings passed out with little consistency and with little apparent evidence of equality or fairness. Early in the afternoon a freshman appearing before the council because of two hours lateness was merely giv- en a warning as was the senior who followed her, though this was her fourth offense. It is hard to under- stand why another freshman who had been thirty-five minutes late was put on social probation for three consecu- tive weekend nights when she appear- ed before the board later that same afternoon. Privileges should not be taken away from individuals merely at the discretion of a group of girls who must resort to wearing black robes to represent justice. In order to have -decisions more generally applicable, more consistent, and, what is most important, more ac- ceptable to the student body, it is imperative that the rules of the judiciary council should be more explicitly stated and that they be absolutely binding to the members of the board. -Miriam Levy "That class always did give me trouble." -By Bob Chapin. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication inthe Daily Official Bu- letin is constructive notice to all mem- bers of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the Assistant to the President, 1021 Angell Hall, by 3:3 p. m. of te day preceding publication (11:00 a. m. Sat- urdays). THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1945 VOL. LVI, No. 28 Notices Memorial to Dean C. S. Yoakum. Under the auspices of the University, a memorial meeting will be held at 4:15 p.m., Monday, Dec. 10, in the Rackham Lecture Hall, in honor of the late Dr. Clarence Stone Yoakum,1 Dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies. Members of the faculties, students, and other friends of Dean Yoakum are invited to be present. Faculty, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The civilian freshman five-week progress reports will be due Dec. 6 in the office of the Academic Counselors, 108 Mason Hall. The five-weeks' grades for Navy and Marine trainees (other than En- gineers and Supply Corps) will be due Dec. 6. Department offices will be. provided with special cards and the Office of the Academic Counselors, 108 Mason Hall, will receive these reports and transmit them to the proper officers. A. Van Duren Identification Pictures will be given out between Dec. 4 and Dec. 8 from the cage in University Hall outside of Room 2, University Hall. Dec. 4 and Dec. 5 the cage will be kept open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. including the noon hour. 1946 Withholding Tax Exemption Certificate. Government regulations require that, if any change in the number of exemptions to which you are entitled under the withholding tax laws has occurred since you last filed an exemption certificate, a new certificate be filed immediately. If it is necessary for you to file a new form, it may be obtained at the Pay- roll Department of the University, Room 9, University Hall. This should be done immediately. The Michigan College Chemistry Teachers Association starts the semi- annual meetings Saturday, Dec. 8. The morning program will be held in Room 303 Chemistry Building and includes two papers: 10:00 a.m. - (1) Professor L. O. Brockway-"Electron Diffraction in a Study of Chemical Reactions at Surfaces." 11:00 a.m. - (2) Professor E. F. Barker-"Atomic Energy." 12:30 p.m. - After lunch at the Michigan League Cafeteria, the group will meet in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building (3d floor). 1:30 p.m.-The discussion topic is "Trends in Education." Dean Hay- dard Keniston-"What Is a Liberal Education?" Seniors and graduates in Engineer- ing, Chemistry and Physics: A repre- sentative of Chance Vought Aircraft, Stratford, Connecticut, will visit the campus on Thursday, Dec. 6, to in- terview February and June graduates in Aeronautical, Civil, Chemical, Elec- trical, and Mechanical Engineering, as well as chemists and physicists.J The company has positions open in1 aerodynamics, structures, flight test, testing, drafting, and in the Instru- ment, Electronics and Materials lab- oratories. Interviews will be held in Room 3205 East Engineering Build- ing. Interested men will please sign the interview schedule posted on the Aeronautical Engineering Bulletin Board. Approved Organi:atzons. The fol- lowing organizations have submitted to the Office of the Dean of Students a list of their officers for the academicJ year 1945-46 and have been approved for that period. Those which have not registered with that office are pre- sumed to be inactive for the year. Fraternities and sororities which maintain houses on the campus, or those which are operating temporar- ily without houses are not included in this list. All Nations Club Alpha Chi Sigma Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Omega Armenian Students Association J AssemblyJ Congregational Disciples Guild c Graduate CouncilJ Hillel Foundation Hindustan Association Inter-Racial AssociationI Latin American Society Le Cercle Francais Lutheran Student Association Michigan Christian Fellowship Michigan Youth for Dem. Action Phi'Delta Epsilon Phi Delta Kappa Physical Education Club for Women Polonia Club Sigma Rho Tau Sigma Xi Student Org. for International Coop. Unitarian Student Group Varsity Glee Club Veterans' Organization Wesleyan Guild Westminster Guild Women's Athletic Association Women's Glee Club. Candidates for Newark Teaching Certificates: We have received notice from the Board of Education, Newark, N. J., that examinations for candi- dates who desire to qualify for New- ark teaching certificates will, be held at the Central High School, Dec. 27, 1945. Anyone interested may receive further information by calling at the Bureau of Appointments and Occupa- tional Information, 201 Mason Hall. Lectures Frances Perkins, former Secretary of Labor, will be presented by the Oratorical Association Tuesday, Dec. 11, in Hill Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Miss Perkins returned last week from the International Labor Conference in Paris and is well qualified to speak on the subject "The Destiny of Labor in America." She appears here on Dec. 11 as a substitute for Richard Wright, whose illness has made a postponement of his lecture neces- sary. Holders of Wright tickets are requested to retain them for use when his new speaking date is announced. Tickets for the Perkins lecture go on Gaa n Wl Ainriiimhnv ffi Academic Notices Seminar in Physical Chemistry will meet on Thursday, Dec. 6, in Room 410 Chemistry Building at 4:15 p.m. Mr. John Biel will speak on "Elec- tronic Structure and Reactions of Acrylonitrile." All interested are in- vited. Exhibitions Exhibit of Paintings and Sketches by Various Japanese-American Ar- tists, On Relocation Centers. Through December 16. Sponsored by Student Council of Student Religious As- sociation, Inter-Guild, Inter-Racial Association, All Nations Club, Office of Counselor in Religious Education, Michigan Office of War Relocation Authority, U. S. Department of In- terior. Exhibit: Museum of Art and Arch- aeology, 434 South State Street. His- torical Firearms and other Weapons. Through Dec. 9. Weekdays, 9-12; 1:30-5; 7:30-9:30; Sundays, 3-5. Events Today Flying Club: An attempt is being made to reorganize the University of Michigan Flying Club. Information has been compiled and is now ready for presentation. All U. of M. stu- dents interested should report to Room 1042 East Engineering Building at 7:30 tonight, Dec. 6. Students with an instructor's rating are also urged to attend. For those who are interested but who are unable to attend the meeting on Thursday evening, con- tact Warren H. Curry at Room B-47 East Engineering Building before December 6. Inter-Guild is sponsoring a Fellow- ship of Song at 4:30 today at Lane Hall. A-10 and C-1 Classes: Professor Raleigh Schorling will give a lecture at 3:00 in the auditorium in the Uni- versity Elementary School. After the lecture there will be a party for all the A-10 and C-1 students in recrea- tion room of the University High 'School. "Free Fun Frolic" at 4:00; dancing and games for everyone. Inter-racial Association meeting tonight at 7:30, 316 Michigan Union. George Houser, Executive Secretary of the Congress on Racial Equality, will speak. Alpha Kappa Delta will hold its first meeting tonight at the home of Dr. A. E. Wood, 3 Harvard Place at 7:30 p.m. Le Cercle Francais will meet to- night at 8:00 p.m. at the Rackham Building. Dr. Francis Gravit of the Romance Language Department will give an information talk on "Souven- irs de Provence." Also on the program are: Charades, Group Singing, and Social Hour. The picture of the mem- bers of the club will be taken for the Ensian. The club is open to all stu- dents on the campus. Bring your membership cards or your dues. The Art Club and Youth Hostel Folk Dance clubs will meet at Lane Hall tonight at 7:30. Coming Events Campus Christmas Concert given by the University Women's Glee Club and the Varsity Glee Club, Wednesday Pvpninoq nhp 10 Q.Qfln in T1' AiO lkxn. BARNABY IMr. O'MaI ey, my FairyG aher, If's good he's shopping early. The By Crockett Johnson Cushlamochree! What an experience!