THE MICHIGAN DAILY THMUSDAY, NOV Campus in Transition THE FALL of 1945 will go down in the history of the University as a crucial year. Thus far, it looks as though history will smile, instead of frown on the efforts of the University ad- ministration and the student body to assimilate the hoard of returning veterans and other stu- dents who returned to school this year. This is the first time in a good many years that the high-sounding phrases about "it's a bright new world" or "'America is depending on her youth" or "the United States is a land of opportunity," actually mean something. These dreamy quotations have been repeated for centuries-usually with tongue in cheek. Now, in 1945, realization is possible. But the way will not be easy. We must be careful that this University and all other uni- versities do not degenerate into the state of mind which followed the First World War. That was the notorious "raccoon coat era" when students majored in co-education, went to school to have a good time and forgot about the war. There was little real planning or thought given to preventing a future conflict. Students took their elder's word for it that another war was impossible, and proceeded to get drunk-if not with booze, with the idea that America was destined for perpetual prosperity in spite of, not because of, the thoughts and actions of her people. History is repeating itself. Now, in 1945, stu- dents are again faced with the choice of free- thinking or free-playing. Probably a compromise between the two is possible. To some extent, the effectiveness of educat- ing students here to the ways and means of preserving peace will depend on the Univer- sity administration. THERE can be little doubt that the tremendous influx of veterans since V-J Day caught the University with their rooms down. Coeds had taken over a number of the fraternity houses that ordinarily would have been reserved for men, Victor Vaughn House, the medical dormi- tory, was turned over to women this year, and many landladies had been convinced that they should take women instead of men. On top of this, more than half of the East and West Quads were being reserved for servicemen sta- tioned on campus. Then, out of nowhere, came the civilian men. It looked like an impossible situation. But the University got busy and arranged for some of the fraternities without a full membership to take non-fraternity men this semester. More places were put on the University rooming list. Married veterans were also taken care of as Wil- low-run housing units were transferred from the Ypsilanti area to the field beside the hockey rink and arrangements were made for some to live outside of Ann Arbor and commute to classes.. The rooming situation is still very tight and quite a few students are living in undesirable 10- cations. However, the important point is that the University did manage to find rooms for the men who are coming back. So far as can be learned, no one from this state was refused ad- mission because of lack of housing space. Next semester should see a big improvement in the living quarters available. THE NEXT big problem to be faced is the method of handling veteran scholarship. The transition from military to scholastic life is a difficult one. Deciding how far the University should go in "understanding" the veteran in spite of possible poor marks his first semester will be a red hot issue. On the one hand, the University will want to keep its high standard of scholarship; on the other hand, it will be dif- ficult to tell a man with years in the service that he is not re-adjusted enough to continue at the University. Demands for "another chance" are going to be frequent. If the request is denied, charges of unfairness are almost bound to come. What hurts is that it will be almost im- possible to find a standard formula which will fit all cases. Earh one will have to be decided on its cwn merits. This will call for trained perscnnel-whif h the University has-and un- derstanding on both sides-which can be de- veloped. But the charactcr of the student body for the next ten years will for the most part be up to the students themselves. The University is vir- tually helpless in determining what the students do and think. The Administration can promote constructive thinking, but it cannot insure it. The Class of '49 will have a good deal to say about what sort of University this will be during the next four years. The whole character of the campus will be changed during their stay here and for the most part, it will be up to today's freshman and veteran to determine whether it will change for better or worse. More important, it will be up to them and all ether students to shape the world of the future. As Dr. Ruthven said at the freshman rally, "The most important means of lessening the chances of war lies in education." -Ray Dixon Book Exchange MICHIGAN again has a Student Book Exchange. Student enterprise has come forth this term to revive one of the many old campus institutions which were discontinued during the war because of the manpower shortage. With the gradual return of the University tok its pre-war enrollment, the need for1 such an organization appeared. It has been satisfied by the opening this week of the Student Book Exchange at the League. In the past an exchange was con- ducted by the Union to help students sell their books advantageously. The new Exchange, a non-profit service organization, is conducted completely by students for this same purpose. The members of the Exchange plan to make this organization permanent, an integral part of campus life. It has already proven, in this, its first woek, its usefulness. During the war period, when there was no such organizations on campus, the need for one was ap- parent. New that one has been es- tablished, its success depends crn- nltely on student cooperation in turning used books over to the Ex- change fer sale and in buying texts there. This project deserves the support of every student in the uni- versity. Molcolm Roemer SHARE ATOMIC ENERGY: Theory Is Product of Years Of Teamwork Among Nations AMERICA is unreasonably jealous of the efficiency of her scientists and the efficacy of her 2 billion dol- lar investment. Atomic energy is not our production nor our possession. Like the Egyptian- pyramids which were built by living genera- tions piling fresh stones on stones already laid by past generations, the atomic theory evolved from in- tellect to intellect through 3500 years until it grew from specula- tion to secret knowledge controlling the existence of mankind. Congressmen debating whether to award this secret to a national or an international board should remember we would have no knowledge if men of many nations and many centuries -men like the Greek Democritus, the English Dalton, the Russian Mende- leef, the German Meyer, the French Becquerel, the Polish Curie, the American Millikan-had not cooper- ated to correct and expand each other's theories and extend their re-, sults to the world. Scientific prcgress depends on teamwork between intelligent men of every nation and every era. Why can't the nations producing these men cooperate intelligently? Must history be the story of a child named mankind who builds civilization like towers of wooden blocks-for the fun of knocking them down? -M. A. Dieffenbacher School Strikes RACIAL STRIFE has again broken out in Gary, Indiana. Four hun- dred white students at Froebel High School went on strike again Tues- day, protesting the return of the school's principal, termed as favoring Negro pupils. The series of outbursts in Gary, as well asin New York, can not be shrugged off as 'kid stuff', nor will it suffice to point out that 'higher- ups' are instigating the strikes and to let it go at that, hoping the trouble will disappear. What is important is that these strikes are going on. They indicate a major, failure in our school sys- tem, in that we fail to instruct stu- dents in the concept of true democ- racy. -Myron Marks 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. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL. ADVERTIS1ING DY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADisON AVE. NlEW YORK. N.Y. CmCAGO * BOSTON . Los ANGELRS O SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1945-46 DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN NIGHT EDITOR: RAY SHINN Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by mhembers of. The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. VrmL oa n drive NOVEMBER 20 will see the opening of the Vic- tory Loan Drive in Ann Arbor. During the ten days ensuing, all forces in this area will be bent on raising $4,005,000 in the sale of Victory Bonds. As an integral part of this community, it is our responsibility as members of the Univer- sity, to pledge and buy a share of this amount. The end of the war, rather than sounding the finale to our increased efforts through the war years, brought the curtain up on a new era of work and sacrifice. The mountainous task of insuring the peace we have won lies before us. It is the purpose of this Drive to raise part of the funds needed to carry through this program of insuring the fu- ture.- The challenge before us is of the greatest im- portance. If we fail in this, we not only fail our government, but by token of the nature of our system, we fail ourselves. Our government is calling for our continued support in an under- taking which will serve as an indicator of the nation's attitude. We must see to it that the pointer falls in a positive direction. In the words of Fanny Hurst, "The, same strength which won us the war will win us the peace. Buy Victory- Bonds for dear life, and for lives that are dear." -Marshall Wallace World Culture TODAY MARKS the opening of the first United Nations Conference on Educational and Cul- tural Cooperation, which will draw up a consti- tution for a permanent Educational and Cultural Organization to operate under the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Organiza- tion. The proposed ECO will foster international co- operation in education and free cultural inter- change, under the belief that such cooperation is necessary to promote the mutual understand- ing and confidence which is vital to world peace. The ECO will not only seek to develop such un- derstanding but also will help to extend to all peoples the world's fund of knowledge and cul- ture. These aims will be pursued by consultation among educational leaders, exchange of students and teachers, the encouragement of :national educational programs and research on cultural and educational problems. The projected organization of the ECO will consist of a conference, representing all mem- bers and meeting annually, an Executive Board and a Secretariat, headed by a Secretary-Gen- eral. The proposed ECO is the most ambitious at- tempt at international cultural unity ever to be organized. The constitutional conference which opens today is the culmination of three years' work by educational leaders of the United Nations. It represents the most de- termined effort so far implemented by a troubled world to eliminate conflict by striking at its roots. --_ ___ '__t _a f w +~e n c~lne+ t . I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: History Repeats i Delin SessIons By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON.-Inside the closed-door ses- sions of the Allied economic directorate in Berlin history seems to be repeating itself. It was Britain's defense of Germany after the last war which played such a big part in the re- moval of the Allied Control Commission and the gradual rebuilding of Germany. Britain was then following her time-honored balance-of- power policy of jockeying France against Ger- many. The secret debates in Berlin show that this policy was not changed, except that she is now balancing Germany off against Russia with the U. S. delegates generally siding with the British. Here are verbatim excerpts from the secret Allied debates taken from the Berlin economic meetings of October 10. The meeting began with a plea by Britain's Sir Percy Mills that the Allies import coal and building materials to aid Ger- many. He spoke with considerable vigor and feeling-so much so that the French delegate, M. Sergent, took exception. "Let me remind you," he said, "that the French have a far greater claim to building materials. We too have many buildings de- stroyed. We too need coal. There has been absolutely no activity in building construction in France for five years." The Frenchman proposed that a survey of the building situation be made by the economic di- rectorate, and this was finally agreed. The Russian delegate, General Shabalin, was then asked if he could not persuade the Poles to export coal to Germany. "I am in no position to speak for the Polish government," he replied. Po- land can decide for herself whether she has any coal to spare for her old enemy. "Besides," continued the Red Army officer, "why don't the British send over some coal, since Sir Percy is so worried about the state of health of the German people?" Report Criticized . THE ALLIED economic directorate next took up the report prepared on German agriculture prepared by a sub-committee. It was severely criticised by General Shabalin. The findings he said, were "silly" and "'childish." "I would be ashamed," he grunted, "to sign such a report." Shabalin singled out particularly that part of the report which recommended seed, fertilizer and agricultural machinery for Germany. He also claimed that the report dealt too much in generalities rather than specific recommenda- tions. "I have been a farmer myself," said the Gen- eral, "and in fifteen minutes I could draw up rec- ommendations which would get to the real heart of the problem, instead of dealing in cheap gen- eralities. "Let's go back to the Potsdam agreement," he said. "It outlined the basic fact that Ger- man agriculture is to be increased at the ex- pense of industry. Let's stick to that. The Potsdam aggrement is good enough for me." Gen. William H. Draper, the American dele- gate, then moved that the report be sent back to the agricultural sub-committee with a recom- mendation that the whole report be re-sub- mitted within 30 days. War Potentil . . rfHE FRENCH delegate then took up the ques- tion cf destroying all of Hitler's chemical warfare plants. He first submitted the report of the committee on war potential which was a compromise view, and asked that the Allied rep- resentatives comment on it. General Shabalin immediately commented that the report was meaningless and the Potsdam agreement pro- vided for the complete destruction of all Ger- man chemical warfare facilities. "Personally I would suggest that the con- trol start immediately to burn, destroy or sink all Nazi means of chemical warfare," grunted the general. On this for the first time there seemed to be complete Allied unity. After a short debate it was agreed that the compromise report be. sent to the committee on war potential with instruc- tions to be specific and precise about eliminat- ing, once and for all, all chemical warfare fa- cilities in Germany. (Copyright,,1945, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Publication in the Daily Official Bul- 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 theyPresident, 1021 Angell Hall, by 3:30 p. in. of the day preceding publication (11:00 a. m. Sat- urdays). THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 1945 VOL. LVI, No. 1 Notices Studenits wishing dormitory accom- modations for the summer session or fall semester, 1946: These students may apply at the Office of the Dean of Women. Application blanks will be available at the Office of the Dean of Women on or after Nov. 1, 1945. Completed applications for the sum- mer and fall of 1946 must be returned by mail, and in no case willthere- ceipt of the completed form be listed until Nov. 15. This applies to stu- dents now on campus as well as those not now at the University. Only stu- dents tentatively admitted or already enrolled in the University may reserve housing space of any kind. Students on campus wishing to be put on the waiting list for dormi- tories for the spring semester of 1946: These students may be placed on the list only if they have previously filed dormitory applications. Due to the limited number of openings expected for the spring semester only those women who are now enrolled and who have previously applied for dor- mitories will be considered for place- ment for the spring. Such students may call at the Office of the Dean of Women on and after Nov. 15, 1945, for a limited period of time to request reinstatement of their applications. A $10.00 deposit should be placed on file. Students are cautioned that only those who have already filed the dor- mitory application form and who do not have assignments in dormitories may apply for the spring semester. The Office of the Dean of Women as- sumes that students now at the Uni- versity will keep their present hous- ing assignments in dormitories and converted fraternities for the spring semester unless this office is other- wise notified no later than one month before the end of the fall semester. Students wishing to secure living accommodations in league houses for the spring semester of 1946: These students are instructed to communi- cate first with the Office of the Dean of Women so that they may be refer- red to vacancies. Those who wish to keep their present assignments in League Houses should notify the Of- fice of the Dean of Women to this ef- fect as soon as possible (no later than one month before the end of the fall semester, to assure themselves of the reservation. After this prelimi- nary step, students will be instructed how to complete the reservation by direct contact with the League House mother. No assignments in League Houses will be considered final until they have been recorded in the Office of the Dean of Women. Students not now on campus for whom space in the dormitories or converted fraterni- ties is not available will be sent upon request aLeague House application blank with specific instructions on how to proceed. Only students tenta- tively admitted or already enrolled in the University may reserve housing space of any kind. Football Tickets: Students who did not receive their football ticket ad- mission in Waterman Gym may call for same at the ticket office at Ferry Field. This should be done before 12 o'clock Saturday noon In order to re- ceive admission to the Minnesota game. H. O. Crisler Mathematics Dept.: A meeting of all who intend to take part in semi- nars will be held in Room 3011 Angell Hall at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6. B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation: All men interested in being student can- tors at Friday evening services please contact Rabbi Cohen or Miss Char- lotte Kaufman immediately at the Foundation, 730 Haven, or by phone, 2-6585. Lectures The 1945-46 Lecture Course, pre- sented by the Oratorical Association of the University, opens Tuesday eve- ning at Hill Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. with Helen Gahagen Douglas as the speaker. Mrs. Dougias, Congress- woman from California and formerly a star of stage and screen will speak on the subject "The Price of World Peace." Other numbers to be pre- sented this winter are: Nov. 28, Owen Lattimore, "Solution in Asia"; Dec. 5, Vincent Sheean, "Personal Opin- ion"; Dec. 11, Richard Wright, "The American Negro Discovers Himself"; Jan. 16, Frances Perkins, "The Des- tiny of American Labor"; Feb. 5, Mime. Vijaya Pandit, "The Coming Indian Democracy"; Feb. 15, Guthrie McClintic, "The Theatre, Remini- scences and Predictions"; Mar. 5, Edmund Stevens "Russia' Is No Rid- dle"; Mar. 12, Robert Boothby,-"Brit- am Looks to the Future"; Mar. 21, Leland Stowe, "What We May Expect in the Future." Tickets for the course are on sale daily at the box office, Hill Auditorium. Academic Notices Graduate Students: Preliminary examinations in French and German for the doctorate will be held on Friday, Nov. 9, from 4 to 6 p. m. in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Building. Dictionaries may be used. Freshman Health Lectures for men: It is a University requirement that all entering freshmen are required to take, without credit, a series of lec- tures in personal and community health and to pass an examination on the content of these lectures. Trans- fer students with freshman standing are also required to take the course unless they have had a similar course elsewhere. Upper classmen who were here as freshmen and who did not fulfill the requirements are requested to do so this term. These lectures are not required of veterans. The letures will he given in Room Please note that attendance is re- quired and roll will be taken. College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Schools of Education, For- estry, Music and Public Health: Stu- dents who received marks of I or X at the close of their last semester or summer session of attendance will re- ceive a grade of E in the course or courseseunless this work is made up by December 1. Students wishing an extension of time beyond this date in order to make up this work should file a petition addressed to the ap- propriate official in their school with Room 4, U. H. where it will be trans- mitted. Chemistry 41. A special laboratory demonstration will be held on Fri- day, Nov. 2 at 7:00 p. m. in room 151. Thereafter the regular demonstration will be held every Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. as announced. English 297: Students for my sec- tion will meet to arrange hours Mon- day, N '. 5, at 3:00 in Room 3216 Angell Hall. E. A. Walter Mathematics Concentrates: The Mathematics Concentration Exami- nation will be held Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 4:00 p.m. in room 3011 Angell Hall. Concerts " Paul Robeson, baritone, assisted by William Schatzkamer, pianist; and accompanied at the piano by Law- rence Brown, will give the opening concert in the Choral Union series Saturday night, Nov. 3, at 8:30, in Hill Auditorium. The second concert will be given by the Cleveland Orchestra, Erich Leins- dorf, Conductor, Sunday, Nov. 11, at 7 o'clock sharp (on account of broad- cast); and at later dates the following additional concerts will be provided: Alexander Uninsky, Pianist-Nov. 19. Jennie Tourel, Contralto-Nov. 27. Don Cossack Chorus, Serge Jaroff, Conductor-Dec. 3. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor-Dec. 10. Heifetz, Violinist-Jan. 18. Chicago Symphony, Desire Defauw, Conductor-Jan. 31. Artur Schnabel, pianist-Feb. 13. Detroit Symphony, Karl Krueger, Conductor-Mar. 11. Tickets for the Paul Robeson con- cert have been exhausted but a limit- ed number of tickets for several of the other concerts are available at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Memorial Tower; and immediately before the respective concerts at the box office in Hill Auditorium. Events Today Catholic Students: Today, the Feast of All Saints, is a holy day of obligation. Masses at St. Mary's Stu- dent Chapel at 6:30, 7:00, 8:00 and 9 o'clock. :Coming Events Orientation coffee hour: Friday afternoon, Nov. 2, 4:30 to 6:00 at the Student Religious Association-Lane Hall located at Washington and State St. ..SOIC executive council will meet 4:15 p.m. Friday third floor union. Imperative that heads or delegates of membership organizations attend. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity will hold its first meeting of the fall term I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: Amu r Ambiguity of Truman S Foreign Policy Scored 'v By SAMUEL GRAFTON FOOTNOTES ON FOREIGN POLICY. 1. Mr. Truman's foreign policy speech is now in the process of being interpreted, and there are many interpretations. Holders of the most diverse pos- sible opinions are finding things in it that they like. Our bluff and hearty military thinkers are en- chanted by the speech's references to our great present and future naval power; and, in fact, by the Navy Day setting given to this statement f m .i'am n,-i1ipu nn riOur internationalists are President's strong declarations on behalf of hu- man freedom; others hope he will also use these principles to help wipe out the pestilence of col- onialism in Asia; many Americans, of many sorts and kinds, are delighted with the implica- tion that the welfare of men, both in Romania and in Java, is our concern; yet the same speech includes a strong warning to the rest of the world not to concern itself with the affairs of, and conditions of life in, the Western Hemis- phere. Thne who feel that the 'atomic bomb Those who favor taking a strong stand agaitst Russia, and those who favor patching up the quarrel with her cannot long travel in blissful parallel lines together; one or the other will be ditched. Similarly, those who favor sturdy independent deci- sions, and those who are for interna- tional accord, cannot forever keep arms linked.