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THE MIChIGAN DAILY
TlIURSDAY, -MARCHl 2S, 1946
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PATTERN FOR WORLD WAR III:
Pertinent Psychological Fable
I. HAYAKAWA's little book, Language in Ac-
tion makes a point which is even more signifi-
cant today than when it was written in 1939.
Hayakawa describes in simplified form a famous
experiment by Dr. N. R. F. Maier of the Uni-
versity psychology department. In the experi-
ment, a rat is trained to jump from a platform
at one of two doors. If it jumps at the right, the
door holds fast, and the rat falls into a net; if it
jumps to the left, the door opens, and the rat is
rewarded with food. After the rat has learned
this procedure the situation is reversed: the re-
ward door is made the right one, and the left
door punishes the rat by holding fast.
The rat continues to jump at the left door,
each time suffering for it. Finally, it r'efuses to
jump at all and has to be coerced. When
shocked or given a blast of air, the rat jumps,
again to the left, even when the right door is
opened and the food is visible. The rat per-
sistently jumps at the same door as before,
and falls into the net, becoming increasingly
nervous at the insoluble problem. After a time,
it jumps off the platform and behaves like a
crazy rat. It races around the floor, bouncing,
shaking, following a large circle. When it sub-
sides, exhausted, it goes into a coma, refus-
ing food and taking no interest in anything.
It can be rolled up into a ball or suspended in
the air by its legs. It has had a "nervous
breakdown."
"IT IS the 'insolubility' of the rat's problem that
leads to its nervous breakdown," says Haya-
kawa," and, it is the insolubility' of human prob-
lems that leads many human beings to-have ner-
vous breakdowns. Rats and men seem to go
through pretty much the same stages. First they
are trained to make habitually a given choice
when confronted by a given problem; secondly,
they get a terrible shock when they find that the
conditions have changed and that the choice
doesn't produce the expected results; third, they
continue making that choice anyway; fourth,
they sullenly refuse to act at all; fifth, when by
external compulsion they are forced to make a
choice, they again make that one they were
originally trained to make-and again are pun-
ished.
Finally, even with the goal visible in front
of them, to be attained by simply making a
different choice, they go crazy out of frustra-
tion. They tear around wildly; they sulk in
corners and refuse to eat; they cease to care
what happens to them; bitter, cynical, disil-
lusioned, they may even commit suicide."
The problem is "insoluble." "WARS CANNOT
BE STOPPED"; familiar words. And then there
was the rooster in the fable who starved to death
perched on the rim of a bushel of wheat, facing
away from the center!
-Milt Freudenheim
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NIGHT EDITOR-4PAUL HARSHA
Editorials published in The Michigan Daily
are written by members of The Daily staff
and represent the views of the writers only.
Nature of Our dilemma
(EDITOR'S NOTE: At the request of the editors
of The Daily, University Provost James P. Adams
drew up the following statement concerning the
present world situation.)
WHAT is the nature of the dilemma in which
the major powers find themselves at this
present moment? Fundamentally it is just this
-that, in the flush of victory and in the security
of their strength, they are finding it impossible
to give unified effect to the good intentions which
they shared in the dark days of danger when
they were suffering defeats. In those days their
physical resources were not enough. Their
strength lay also in their faith and courage, and
they expressed their objectives in terms of moral
'One Worl or None'
"ONE World or None!"
This is the title of a little book reporting
on "the full meaning of the atomic bomb," writ-
ten by 17 atomic scientists and American gen-
erals.
Stop and think of the awful import of these
four simple words-"one world or none." Either
man is going to have to learn at last the essen-
tial methods for living in peace with his neigh-
bors-neighbors not only in his own community
or his own nation, but all over the world-or else.
jDWARD U. CONDON, of the National Bureau
of Standards, points out that atomic saboteurs
could scatter atomic bombs over the whole U. S.,
ready to be set off at a given X-day. And none of
the contributors to "One World or None" holds
out any hope for an effective defense against the
atomic bomb.
General Arnold says that the B-29's of the
Twentieth Air Force, if supplied from the first
with atomic bombs, could have accomplished in
one raid all that they did in Japan during the
whole war.
Thus we are led to realize that the advent of
World War Three would mean the end of ouir
era of civilization, if not, indeed, the end of
human life on this globe. And the toll of mis-
ery and suffering in the process is too fright-
ful to consider.
That's the "or else."
WE MAY think the fearful effects of an atomic
war are too far in the future to worry about
now. But as the scientist-contributors to "One
World or None" emphasize, it depends entirely
upon our present world behavior whether World
War Three, the war to end more than war, ever
comes.
The scientists offer us only one hope-a world
government strong enough to make war impos-
sible, a feeling of world friendliness and unity
which would make it impossible for nations to
distrust each other. At the time of the San Fran-
cisco Conference last spring, thinking people had
idealistic visions of the ease with which world
unity could be attained. But since then they
have begun to despair of ever reaching this goal.
We must not give up-too much depends on
it-but must work actively and hard to gain
the truly effective world organization without
which, in 20 or 25 years, man will destroy him-
self; an organization which will consider
justly and fairly the disputes and distrust be-
tween nations.
The countries of the world must learn to live
together. This is no new and startling state-
ment; it has been made again and again. But
in view of the consequences, it is a statement that
everyone should not only think about but gov-
ern their feelings and actions by, now. Because
now we are facing alternatives we have never
faced before-one world or none."
-Fra'nces Paine
Sunday Blues- -
THE University School of Music is well aware
of the extraordinarily inadequate facilities
for practice. Yet on the one day of the week,
rndav whn the stdents can devote uninter-
purpose. Other things-such as spheres of in-
fluence and strategic bases and life lines-seemed
less significant. Today, when new relationships
must be worked out in concrete terms, these
other things appear to be more important. In
the midst of all of these "practical" problems it is
harder to keep our eyes focused upon the moral
issues. But this will not excuse our failure to do
so.
The United States is in a position to exer-
cise a moral leadership unattainable by any
other power. This is not because we have a
monopoly on moral purpose. It is based upon
the fact that, more easily than any other
power, we can free ourselves from the sus-
picion that we are serving some political in-
terest of our own. Our location, our history
of isolation, the part we played in the war,
and many other things have made this pos-
sible. We should take advantage of it in the
interests of mankind.
But, if we are to play this part, we must con-
tinue to assert our position in terms which are
unmistakably clear. We must express it in lan-
guage which will not only be convincing to
statesmen but which will be understood by the
peoples of the world.
Then, having posited our faith and defined our
objectives, we should do everything within our
power to give effect to our purpose, by scrupulous
adherence to the principles which have been
enunciated-enunciated not by us alone but by
the United Nations as a whole. Thi means that
we must take counsel of our faith and courage
and not of our fears. We must proceed with
conviction that the United Nations Organization
can be effective and with tenacious purpose to do
everything within our power to make it so.
Nothing short of this will be worthy of the
promises we made to ourselves and to the rest
of the world, but we shall fail unless this be-
comes the avowed purpose of the American peo-
ple as a whole.
OUT of the political eruption of Wisconsin poli-
tics last week has come a clear indication that
the liberal wing of the Republican party is going
to be strengthened.
Sen. Robert M. LaFollette's decision to return
the Progressive party to the GOP means that
Republicans, as well as Democrats, are faced with
an inner-party alignment struggle.
LaFollette has supported the New Deal on do-
mestic matters. Doubtless the present leaders of
the Republican liberal wing-Morse of Oregon,
Aiken of Vermont and Stassen of Minnesota-
will enlist his aid in combating the Old Guard.
LaFollette, however, was an outspoken iso-
lationist before the war, and he has made no
clear stand on foreign policy in recent months
beyond an attack on the veto power of the
Big Five powers in the UNO. It is possible that
on matters of foreign policy he will play into
the hands of Senator Vandenberg and other
advocates of a "get tough" attitude toward
Russia.
It is certain that LaFollette will bring the
liberal-conservative struggle in the GOP out
,into the open, performing much the same func-
tion that Henry Wallace is trying to perform for
his party. LaFollette's return .to the GOP, like
Wallace's demand that the name of Democrat
be denied those who vote against the party on
"fundamental issues," is significant for those
who are predicting a realignment of present-day
political parties.
-Clayton L. Dickey
IT SO HAPPENS
0 Discriminating Readers
WE are occasionally dumbfounded by the width
and depth of our reading public. Professors
may ignore us, but their eight-year-old daugh-
ters know better-and we can prove it.
Yesterday an alert, but careless reporter noted
on page two of The Daily that the third grade
of University Elementary School had plunged
headlong into class warfare with a demand for
more playtime. Today the deluge.
"Dear Michigan Daily,
I am sorry, but the third grade of the Uni-
versity Elementary School did not go on strike.
We are very happy with the playtime we have."
-Elisabeth Sinclair Ogden
"Letter to the Editor, (note here the sensi-
tivity to proper form).
In The Michigan Daily today I read an article
that the third grade went on strike. But that is
not true. We are happy with the amount of play-
time we have."
-Lce Ann Price
"To the Editor:
We would like to call attention to an error in
your paper for March 27.
In an article on page 2, it says that children
in the University Elementary School were carry-
ing signs saying 'The Third Grade is out on strike
for more play time.' This is not true! We did not
strike and we are not going to. We have had
more play time than usual since spring came.
We often do nice things at the U.E.S. and
we do not see those in your paper. We are hav-
ing an Easter Tea for our parents on April
11, 1946. Why not send a reporter to that?"
Yours truly,
3rd and 4th Grades, U. E.S.
We stand properly reproved; it was some other
grade which substituted the bass note of "Sol-
idarity Forever" for the high-pitched treble of
"Around and Around the Mulberry Bush."
Anyway, we've watched the whole proceed-
ings with sincere approval. At the age of eight
those kids know how to deny a story, they've
learned not to trust newspapers, and they've
picked up a publicity angle or two.
We'll have a reporter at that tea. We're afraid
not to.
The Unpredictable8 ...
REACTIONS to Aristotle, still read widely in
University literary college circles, are un-
predictable.
A philosophy class we know was giving the
great sage a terrible drubbing-you may have
noted that there are inconsistencies in the old
gentleman-when one student raised his hand
and pontificated:
"You might say that Aristotle was an un-
principled man-sort of like Dale Carnegie."
Never Stop To Think .,.
WE said it woula never happeni, but we were
caught dead in the State Theater last night.
We had staggered through 96 reels of an epic
called "Three Strangers" and were feeling pretty
alien ourselves as we waited patiently for the bliss
of 'Bugs Bunny." We clipped a passing Red Cross
cup for the price of admittance, leaned back
blissfully as the lights dimmed.
(If you started going to movies at the age of 10,
have a normal life expectancy, and visit the thea-
ters once a month, you are in the life-process of
seeing this so-called short entitled, "With Rod
and Gun Afloat in the Wilds of Northernmost
Heligoland" 240 times.)
Death was almost instantaneous.
(All items appearing in this column are written by
members of The Daily staff and edited by the Editorial
Director.)
Mlery4y. 0o-ROIIdI
By DREW PEAlCSON
F YOU ARE PUZZLED as to why returned vet-
erans can't buy suits, the confidential govern-
ment figures on woolen and worsted goods will
give you the answer.
Briefly, it boils down to the fact that more
woolens and worsteds are being woven than al-
most ever before--but they are all going to the
ladies. Women's clothing brings higher prices,
so the poor veteran is being left out in the cold.
If you don't believe it, look at the figures, Dur-
ing the last, quarter of 1945, the production of
woolens and worsted shot up 13 per cent over t he
previous quarter, and 31 per cent over the 1939
average. In other words, we were making more
woolens at the end of 1945 than before the war
started.
However, here is the pay-off. During the same
closing months of 1945, 20,000,000 additional
yards of woolens and worsteds went into women's
clothing. The amount used for men's clothing
did not increase at all.
This 20,000,000 additional yards of woolens was
enough to make nearly 6,000,000 men's suits in
three months. However, the men didn't get 'em;
the women did.
Here is the reason. During the war, woolen
looms were required to make fabrics for uniforms.
This was required by the government. But as
looms were released from war production, they
shifted to light wolen fabrics suitable for wo-
men's clothing, where there is a higher profit.
Government officials point to Jack Small's
Civilian Production Administration as the guilty
outfit. Instead of setting aside more woolen cloth
for men's suits, last week the OPA actually re-
duced the set-aside. Why remains a mystery that
only Mr. Small can answer.
(CoPyrigbt, 1946, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Publilcaton in the Daily Official buli-
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 3:30 p. m. on the day
preceding publication (11:00 a. m. Sat-
urdays).
THURSDAY, MARCI 28, 1946
VOL. LVI, No. 99
Notices
Students, College of Literature, Sci-
ence, and the Arts:
Applications for scholarships
should be made before April. 1. Appli-
cation forms may be obtained at 1220
Angell Hall and should be filed at
that office.
Each sorority, dormitory, aml
league house must tur~n into the Ju-
diciary Box in the Undergraduate
Office of the League by Friday
March 29, the name of their house
president for the spring semester.
Choral Union Ushers: Please re-
port at Hill Auditorium for the Alex
Templeton Concert. Use regular
Usher Card.
llopwood Contests: No petition will
be received by the Hopwood com-
mittee after April 1. See page 9, para-
graph 18, of the Hopwood bulletin.
Geology 12 Textbooks: Anyone
having a copy of the textbook for
Geology 12, please contact the Geol-
ogy office, 2051 Natural Science
Building. The department wishes to
buy, rent, or borrow any copies that
are available,
All Women Orientation Advisors
for Spring 1946 orientation week can
receive meal reimbursement money
at Miss McCormick's office in the
League.
The State of Michigan has sent our
civil service announcements of ex-
aminations for school principals, and
girls' training school assistant super-
intendent. Applications will be ac-
cepted up until April 10. Full de-
tailsdon these announcements are
available at the Bureau of Appoint-
ments and Occupational Informa-
tion.
Senior and Graduate Students in
Mathematics Programs, Employ-
ment after Graduation:
University graduates who have
completed substantial programs in
Mathematics are needed in the Bal-
listics Research Laboratories, Aber-
deen Proving Ground, and in the
Army Security Agency in Washing-
ton, D. C.
If you are interested in being inter -
J".o iL76k
We Agree
To the Editor:
I'm a ba-a-ad boy!
-Sidney M. Itogers
Elective Frce
March 26. 196
To the Editor:
One of the prominent student
groups held an election of officers
last night. In the call for presiden-
tial candidates one of the members
was nominated and declined to rm.
He stated that he lacked the campus
contacts necessary to do a good joh.
Three other candidates declined to
run.
Th vice-pesident was then non-
mnated for president and was unop-
posed. A member of the group in-
sisted that he leave the room so mhat
there could be a discussion of leis
merits. There was a discussion. He
was elected by a vote of 12 to 1.
Immediately lie assumed the
chair; the member who had just
declined to run told him that he
would have to leave all his person-
al ideas out of the meetings in the
future. Another member then stat-
ed that she represented six people
who felt the same way. The presi-
dent resigned.
The member "without eniougl co -
tacts for the job" now acceptdcii a
nomination for presiden t.
Someone suggested that Oh pve i
dent should be allowed to run agin.
He accepted, A third candidate va;
chosen from the members not pre-
sent. I left.
We cannot solve the world's prob-
lems when a group assembled on a
college campus to discuss and act on
national and international problems
reverts to nothing but little egoes
contesting for supremacy.
-Dean K. McClusky
viewed this spring b representatives
fi'om those agencies, please leave your
ame and telephone number in the
office of Professor Hildebrandt. 3012
Angell Hall. or Profe s-or Churchill,
315 West Engineering Building.
State of Michigan Civil Service an-
notunceinent has ;been rceived in this
office for:
lndustrial Iealth
ary $300-360
Chemist III Sal-
Airport
$290
Airport
$360
Airport
$440
Airport
$565
Closing
Engineer II Salary $250-
Engineer III Salary $300-
Engineer IV Salary $380-
Engineer V Salary $465-
date is April 17.
The hlydromeehanis Division of
the Efavid Taylor Model Basin in
,Washington, . I)C. is attempting to
expand its personnel with the expec-
tation of broadening its activity. Ma-
rine Engineers and Naval Architects
are needed. Salaries for a forty-hour,
five-day week are excellent. For full
information, inquire at the Bureau of
Appeitments and Occupational In-
formation, 201 Mason Hall.
Roberts College in Istanbul, Turkey
has positions for Engineers: civil, me-
chanical, and electrical; for men with
training in insurance, statistics and
mathematics for commercial posi-
tions; general science, English and
physical education. Appointments
arq for three years usually. Trans-
portation is provided by the College.
Full information may be had from
the Bureau of Appointments and Oc-
cupational Information.
The Institute of Living in Hart-
ford, Connecticut, is interested in
having applications from persons de-
siring training as psychiatric aides.
These positions are available for sum-
mer months only or on a permanent
basis. Full information may be had
from the Bureau of Appointments
and Occupational Information.
State of Connecticut Fersonnel
Department announcement has also
been received for: Senior Case Work -
er (Child Welfare) Salary $1860-
$2340.
There is no closing date.
For further information, cAll at the
Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason
Hall.
Girls interested in Camp Fire work
may interview Miss Helen McRae,
Field Secretary, today, between 3:00
p.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the Michigan
League, or by arrangement with the
Bureau of Appointments on Friday,"
March 29.
Girl Scouts: Miss Monna Heath,
representative of the Girl Scouts
from Chicago, will be in our office
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 2 and
3, to interview senior girls who are
interested in permanent positions in
Scout work all over the United States.
All those who wish to talk with her
should call the Bureau of Appoint-
ments, 201 Mason Hall, ext. 371, and
make an appointment.
Lectures
inivesity Lectures: Mr. Michael
Lindsay, formerly professor of Eco-
nomics, Yenching University, will lec-
turc on the subject, "The Chinese
Communist Areas," at 4:15 p.m.,
Monday, April 1, in the Rackhan
Amphitheater. Mr. Lindsay will also)
lecture on the subject, "The Problems
of Chinese Unity," at 4:15 p.m.,
Tuesday, April 2, in the Rackham
Amphitheater. The public is invited.
Snitarian Billings Fund Lecture,
Racklham Amphitheatre, Friday,
March 29, Professor Ernest J. Chave,
The Divinity School, The University
of Chicago, will speak on the sub-.
ject, "Basic Elements of thle Regions
Experience," the subject of his forth-
coming book. The public is invited.
A cademnic Notices
Language Examination for candi-
date for the degree of Master of Arts
in History will be given Friday,
March 29, at 4:00 p.m., in Room B,
Haven Hall. Students desiring to)
take this examination must sign up
for it at the History Department of-
fice, 119 Haven Hall.
Economics 51, 52, 53 and 54: Make-
up final examination for students
with excused absences from the fall
term examination will be given
today at 3:15 p.m., in Room 207, Eco-
nomics Bldg.
History Make-up Examinations:
Any student who missed his final ex-
amination in any history course will
be given an opportunity to take the
examination Friday, March 29, at
4:00 p.m., in Room C, Haven Hall.
When the student appears to make
rip the examination, he must have a
note from hi instructor which gives
him permission to take this make-
up examination. Students who have
such examinations to make-up must
contact their instructors sufficiently
early so that the instructor may have
time to draw up the examination.
Physics 25 make-up final examina-
tion will be given today, beginning at
3:00 p.m. in Room 202, West Physics.
Final Examination for Poltical
Science I will be given Saturday,
March 30 from 10 until 12 in Room
2037 Angell Hall.
L. H. Phillips
Remedial Reading: A non-credit
course in the improvement of read-
ing is again being offered this semes-
ter. The first meeting of the class
will be today at 4:00 p.m., in Room
4009 University High School. Inter-
ested students are invited to this
first meeting.
Orientation Seminar today at 3
p.m. in 3201 Angell Hall. Mr. P. S.
Jones will speak on "Pre-History of
Projective Geometry."
Seminar in physical chemistry will
meet today in Room 410 Chemistry
Building at 4:15 p.m. Professor L. S.
Ramsdell will speak on "Structural
Relationships between Modifications
of Silicon Carbide." All interested are
invited.
Concerts
Alec Templeton, distinguished
pianist, will be heard in a special
concert under the auspices of the
University Musical Society, Friday
evening, March 29, at 8:30, in Hill
Auditorium. The program will con-
sist of classical and satirical num-
bers.
A very limited number of tickets
are available at the offices of the
Society in Burton Memorial Tower.
Organ Recital: The first in a series
of five organ recitals will be pre-
sented at 8:30 this evening, by Mari-
lyn Mason, a student of Palmer
Christian. Given in partial fulf ill-
ment of the requirements for the
degree of Bachelor of Music, Miss
Mason's program will include com-
positions by Bach, Reger, DeLamar-
ter, James and Sowerby.
The public is invited.
Events Today
Business Administration Seniors:
Meeting at 4:00 p.m. today in Room
110 Tappan Hall to elect class offi-
cers.
The Undergraduate Education Club
will meet in the Elementary School
Library today at 4:00 p.m.
All students interested in Educa-
tion are invited. A round-table dis-
cussion on the English School Sys-
tem will be conduced.
L4a Sociedad Ihispanica will meet
tonight at 8:00 in Room 305 of the
Michigan Union. A talk on "Popular
Latin-American Dance Music" by
Augusto Malavet, a student from
Columbia, will form the major part
of the program. There will also be
some guitar music and Latin-Ameri-
can songs. Everyone is invited.
'l'he Modern Poetry Club will meet
tonight, at 7:30 in Room 3231 Angell
Hall. The discussion will be limited to
members only, and will consist of a
seminar onBeritical principles lhd by
Professor Bader and Dr. Greenhunt.
Art Cinema League presents
"Pearls of the Crown" with Sasha
Guitry, internationally famous
French historical production. French
dialogue, English sub-titles. Lydia
Mendelssohn Theater, today, Friday,
and Saturday, at 8:30 p.m.
Tea at the International Center:
The weekly informal teas at the In-
tei'national Center on Thursdays,
from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. are open to
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