F ~ra~ MUHIGAN 1~AIL~ T-W1DNE SAY;, MI4RCHW" I; !9W _ . . . _ ... The City Editor'sw SCRATCH PAD By AL BLUMROSEN STUDENT OFFICERS over at the Union are wearing worried looks on their faces these days and are busily explaining a com- plicated organizational chart to anyone who gets interested in reorganizing the Union constitution. It is easy to see that the constitution needs rewriting. It is old and does not in- elude many of the practices followed by Union officials. For example, the consti- tution as it stands now does not require that the president and secretary come up through the ranks of students who actual- ly work in the Union. It only stipulates that the officers be student members of the Union. This, theoretically, throws the office open to any male student on cam- pus. Obviously, no organization can be run effectively if its top people do not have a working knowledge of it. There has never been a time, in recent years, when a Union head has come from the "outside" student body. Thus, in prac- tice, the constitution is way behind the system under which the Union functions. * * * BUT ONE QUESTION regarding the Un- ion constitution has not been considered in all the discussion so far. Why do the student vice presidents have to come from the various schools? There are six student vice-presidents of the Union who sit on the 18-man board of directors. The rest of the board is made up of faculty and alumni members and Dean of Students Erich Walter. The job of the board is to "oversee" the operations of the Union. These six "vice presidents" who would better be called "student members" of the board are elected, one from each of six major colleges. On the surface, this is an attempt to get representation BY COLLEGE on the board of directors. There is no good reason for this. There are no major prob- lems-relating to the Union which are held by only one college in the University. The Union's problems are common to most of the people who use the place, irrespective of their college. In practice, this provision means that there CANNOT be a general campaign for the posts of Union Vice-President. The running of the Union CANNOT become the subject of a campus-wide political con- troversy as long as people with definite ideas have to do their campaigning among a group of literary college students, or engineers. Where on this campus can you find organized residence groups which ared"restiiited to students of only one College? In professional fraternities and nowhere else. As long as those interested in Union poli- cies are forced to make such an insignifi- cant campaign the students can never be adequately represented on the Union board of directors. The post of Union Vice-Presi- dent can never be anything but a minor poli- tical post, not worth much campus atten- tion. IN OTHER WORDS, I'm asking that the post of Union Vice-President be thrown into the spotlight of campus politics where it belongs. Let's have slates running on' "Clean-up-the-Union" platforms and op- posing slates on "Keep-the-Union-as-it-is" programs. Only by opening the election to the entire male student body can this be done. Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Dailystafff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: JIM BROWN The Euthanasia Issue T TOOK SEVENTY MINUTES for the mercy slaying and place it ont jury to bring back the verdict: Not guil- as a back-alley hatchet murd ty. Dr. Hermann Sander became a free man requires. again by virtue of the humane law which So too, the authorities in home town were on the spot says a man cannot be convicted for killing man who had dedicated his lif a corpse. gation of suffering, arraigne But while the Sander euthanasia case is court on the charge of first d forever to be a closed record there are How could he be prosecuteda quite a few questions which still remain with a clear conscience? Clea unanswered. A prominent pathologist has killed Mrs. Borroto he had b explained that it would have been impos- and must pay the prescribed sible for 40 cc. of air to kill, and yet the The only solution to this dil fact remains that Dr. Sander did make horns of which too many imp the injection, at least ostensibly for the squirmed, was to prove that D purpose of ending the painful life of can- not killed, that Mrs. Borroto cer-stricken Mrs. Abby Borroto. dead. Truly this was an in with competent medical testin "Something snapped," was Dr. Sander's it up, not implausible though explanation for the act, an explanation strikingly similar to that which won the Dr. Sander was acquitted, freedom of Carol Paight who was accused was acquitted and so, it seen of the mercy slaying of her father, one else who slays in the nan No one, of course, can accuse either Dr. The precedent has been set Sander or his competent witnesses of per- er will an unpleasant issue ha jury and yet it is peculiar that a man in squarely. Mercy killing now b the throes of the irrational fit which Dr. esting (to say the least) sta Sander describes, could make what he legally and officially condem thought to be a fatal injection and be ra- accompanying huzzahs of the tional enough to make a note of it on the moralistically minded) and un hospital record for all to see. doned (to the reverberating "Step Outside And Say That" the same level er, as the law Dr. Sander's . Here was a fe to the miti- ed before the egree murder. and convicted Lrly if he had Broken the law penalty. emma, on the portant people ?r. Sander had was already teresting and, mony to back ht. Miss Paight ms, will any- me of mercy. and no long- ve to be faced has the inter- atus of being mned (to the religiously or officially con- sighs of relief C ONEIRESSIO,4AL. a 0 mm *r..n .-,. , n : -: - x ; ,,_-, t:.:.:4aa-,k. , yys, .:fir= ? . ,., i. I, *?. All that is left now is to indulge in spec- ulation - an activity, however, not entire- ly without rewards. For it begins to seem that what had started out as a plain honest mercy killing has been aborted and sub- borned into a complex manipulation de- signed to prevent the fundamental issue involved from ever coming before the courts. A lot of people were put in embarrassing and peculiar positions by the Sander case. The American Medical Association in con- junction with the medical schools finds it- self on the one hand teaching doctors to deify the sanctity of human life as stated in the Hippocratic Oath, and on the other dedicated to the struggle to alleviate human pain and suffering. For religious as well as technical and ethical reasons the A.M.A. finds the principles of Euthanasia untenable and yet doctors cannot come out and con- demn a legitimate (if such a thing can be) of the sympathetic). 1z But who is fooling whom? The whole issue by becoming a social hot potato subjects legal procedures which were de- signed to protect the innocent to the ca- pricious whim of the authorities who in effect make a prejudgment of each case. It would seem from the reaction to these two most recent acquittals that there is enough difference of opinion over the doc- trines of euthanasia to warrant intelligent discussion. But as the situation, and more particularly, the legal situation, stands to- day there is little likelihood that the prob- lem will ever be dragged out into the open where it belongs to be discussed in a logical and rational manner to arrive at some con- clusions which all can abide by. Rather the spectre of mercy killing seems condemned forever to haunt that nether world of un- settled and "untouchable" issues. -Allan Clamage 0 9w me s~c ue'osr a /ette' TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all letters which are signed by the writer and in good taste. Letters exceeding 300 words in length, defamatory or libelous letters, and letters which for any reason are not in good taste will be condensed, edited, or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. Mrs. Robeson's Talk . . . Traditions . . Te Liquor Ban ASIDE FROM THE FACT that it didn't make very good sense, Al Blumrosen's liquor ban editorial Saturday was pretty well written. When he grabbed up what he respect- fully called "Sunday's accident" and hurl- ed it at University officials and students, The Daily's city editor, consciously or not, was employing an ancient and venerable principle of rhetoric. Wherever he learn- ed the trick of fitting the communication to the particular mental frame of his au- dience, it is to his credit. Blumrosen's job was to persuade everybody that the liquor ban has got to be modified. Unfortunately, he spiked his editorial punch with a po- tent emotional liquor, brewed, however honestly, with the knowledge that the University community still suffered from a hangover of grief arising out of Sunday's incident. Some people don't hold their liquor very well. They drunkenly believe that the Uni- versity is partially responsible for Sunday's tragedy. They are wrong. Jo Chapel is dead because the car she was in didn't turn in time. Her death is as indirectly connected with the liquor ban as it is with the invention of the auto, or with the glacier that placed Whitmore Lake where a road would later need to run, causing a dangerous curve. To charge that the liquor ban is even partially responsible for Miss Chapel's death is not much less ridiculous than blaming the University for the death of some students returning home from a vacation last year, on the grounds that such a tragedy would never have occured, had the University been located where the students lived. As long as there are cars, there will be accidents, and people will always think of reasons to travel in them, liquor ban or no liquor ban. I remarked that Blumrosen's editorial doesn't make very good sense. What does the whole editorial revolve around? The ligour ban, and how it is supposed to have contributed to Sunday's accident. What solution does Blumrosen have for the liquor ban? He proposes some sort of club, where students over 21 might im- bibe in peace. When Blumrosen offers this idea, he ap- parently forgets the whole point of his edi- torial, which is to arouse the students and the University to "eliminate conditions which can lead to tragic consequences." But what would happen to students under 21, if Blum- rosen's club plan went into effect? They would continue to go out of town for their liquor. They would drive cars. People would get killed in them. And that is exactly what the editorial asks us to prevent. Blumrosen thinks maybe a club where students over 21 could drink "MIGHT in the long run calm the understandable desire of younger students so that they would wait until 21 to have their drink- ing parties." That "MIGHT" is frightfully weak pro- tection for a somewhat silly statement. The -younger students would of course want to drink all the more. I think the liquor ban is one of the most sensible of the University's rulings. And I don't think it had anything at all to do with Miss Chapel's death. Furthermore, if there were any connec- tion between the incident and the law, the fact that there was a nasty consequence of the law would not invalidate it. How many similar tragedies would occur if the law were removed? -George Walker To the Editor: IN VIEW OF the many important local, state-wide, national and international issues facing us to- day, it is difficult to see justifi- cation, excluding me're editorial whim, for your "playing up" of the outrageous front-page story, on March 8, of Mrs. Paul Robeson's talk. Recently, a Michigan Daily edi- torial defended the democratic, non-leftist leaning of the editorial policy of youreorganization. Your handling of the story of Mrs. Rob- eson's "impressions," - to put it politely - of Communist Russia does not lend veracity to the recent editorial. A two-line, two-column headline, two and a half double- column paragraphs, and a three- inch picture on the front page do not lend weight to anything ex- cept tacit editorial approval of the significance of the story, as well as of the import of its content. It is the opinion of the present writer that Mrs. Robeson's "im- pressions" are nothing more than unadulterated Soviet Russian pro- paganda; Izvestia and Pravda would be proud to read the front- page article. The story itself is seriously de- void of quotes. The one and only quoted passage-and it is a reveal- ing one - reads: "The Russians don't want to waste atomic energy in destruction when it can be used for construction." Externally, "construction," to the Kremlin policy makers, has always signified politicaltunrest,Ibrutality, gang- ster methods. Internally, it has meant Russian "democracy," i.e., that "everyone has the right to vote,"-or, better said, that all Russian subjects are forcedto cast their ballot, on which the name of even a single candidate, out- side of the Communist Party- sponsored official slate, has yet to appear! It is this kind of editorial fea- turing of one woman's transpar- ent impressions that lends rise to criticism of the editorial policy of The Michigan Daily. -Gunther Marx, Grad.I To the Editor: LAST FRIDAY'S Daily indicates that it is still forbidden for ladies to enter the Union through the front door. Now, I wish to in- quire is this only a lot of foolish- ness to be resorted to, on occasion, for advertising purposes? Is it, like the weather, just something to write about when there's no real news? Or are there really some who suspect it is a genuine tradition? Because of its tender years andj policed enforcement, this practice is plainly not a tradition.Other articles in The Daily during the past few months, concerning this same thing, lead one to suppose that it is nothing but a source of column-inches. It would be inter- esting to learn how many girls who are not advertising water bal- lets pass through those doors, un- troubled by valiant sentries. Once, I encountered a doorman there, whose only duty, apparently, was the enforcement of the "tra- dition." He was in good health and had worked for the University for about two years. I therefore as- sumed he was neither on rest duty nor was he retired after long ac- tive service. Can it be that men are hired for that sort of foolish- ness? I did not inquire whether he thought his existence was thus justified. There is this incessant wail from University students to be treated like adults, even while situations like the above persist. Any student will tell you he's not a kid, any- more; but you don't look long to find one going to class in a burlap undershirt, or carrying a bowl of goldfish, in order to establish that he is a good man. But it's "tra- dition" ... "They've always done that way." Now, if there must be traditions, let them be in some way reason- able: for example, that no path be beaten across the campus lawns. (What an army it would take to enforce that if it were decreed an official "tradition"!) If reason is too much to ask of University people, then let traditions at least cease to be an annoyance or in- convenience to anyone. -George W. Byers March 14: Gamma Phi Beta. March 16: Library Science Class of '50. March 17: Alpha Delta Pi, Al- pha Gamma Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Jordan Hall, Kappa Nu, Phi Sigma Kappa, Tri- angle, Young Progressives of America, Zeta Tau Alpha. March 18: Acacia, Adams House, W.Q., Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Al- pha. Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Chi Phi, Delta Chi, Delta Gamma, Delta Sigma Pi, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Zeta Hawaii Club, Hayden House, E.Q., Hillel Foundation. International Students Assoc., Kappa Sigma, Michigan Christian Fellowship, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Kappa Sgma, Phi Sigma Delta, Robert Owen Coop House, Sigma Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta Delta Chi, Theta Xi, Tyler House, E.Q., Winchell House, Zeta Psi. March 19: Alpha Epsilon Phi, Nelson House, Newberry Resi- dence, NewhWomen's Residence, Phi Delta Phi, Tfheta Chi. Lectures Lecture. "Religion and the World Community," Dr. Perry Gresham, Central Christian Church, Detroit; auspices of the Religion in Life Week Program. 8:30 p.m., Thurs., Mar. 16, Rackham Lecture Hall. Academic Notices History 12, Lecture Section II, Make-up examination, Sat., Mar. 18, 10-11 Rm. G. Foreign Language Examinations for the A.M. in History. 4 p.m., Fri., Mar. 17, Rm. G, Haven Hall. Use of a dictionary is permitted. Students taking the examination must register in 119 Haven hall, before Frday. Faculty, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Freshman five-week progress reports are due Fri., Mar. 17, Academic Counsel- ors' Office, 1210 Angell Hall. School of Business Administra- tion: Students from other Schools and Colleges intending to apply for admission for the summer ses- sion or fall semester should secure application forms in 150 Business Administration Building as soon as possible. Bacteriology Seminar: Thurs., Mar. 16, 9 a.m., 1520 E. Medical Bldg. Speaker: Mr. P. G. Rajam, subject: The Role of Ascorbic Acid in Infection. Engineering Mechanics Semi- nar: 4 p.m., Wed., Mar. 15, 101 W. Engineering. Dr. Paul F. Che- nea will discuss "Numerical Shell Analysis." English 184. Mr. Davis' class, will meet Wed., Mar. 15, as fol- lows: Those with names begin- ning with "A" to "L" inclusive in Rm.g Haven Hall. Those with names beginning with "M11to 1Z inclusive in Rm. 1025 A.H. Physical - Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: 4:07 p.m., Wed., Mar. 15, 2308 Chemistry. Speaker: Dr. W. Wayne Meinke will briefly review books on nuclear chemistry. Mr. R. J. Weaver will discuss "Elec- trode Reduction of Complex Ions." Wildlife Management Seminar: 7:30 p.m., Thurs., Mar. 16, 1139 Natural Science Bldg. Prof. Donal H. Haines, Journalism Depart- ment, will speak on Conservation Journalism. Sociology: Prof. Werner S. Lan- decker will not meet his sociology classes today, Wed., Mar. 15. Concerts Student Recital: Warren Bellis, clarinetist, will be heard at 8:30 p.m., Wed., Mar. 16, Rackham As- sembly Hall, in a program present- ed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree. A pupil of William Stubbins, Mr. Bellis will be assist- ed by Eva Havas, pianist, Robert Pfeuffer, bassoonist, and John Crawford, clarinetist. Open to the public. Events Today Religion in Life Week: 4:15 p.m., Christian Science Or- ganization, Rackham Auditorium. "Christian Science in Student Life," by Mr. James Watt, C.S. 5 p.m., Daily Chapel Service, Meditation Period.. "Faith and Christian America," by Dr. John S. Everton in the Congregational Church. 7:30 p.m., Novena Devotions and Benedictions with Lenten Sermon by Rev. F. X. Canfield, St. Mary's Student Chapel. Supper Discussion: 5:30 p.m., Congregational Disciple and Evan- gelican and Reformed Guild. Phone reservations in to 5838. Westminster Presbyterian Guild: 5 p.m., Lenten Vespers, "Even These Least." Tea, 4-5 p.m. Baptist Students: Weekly "Chat" and fellowship, Rger Williams Guild House, 4:30 to 6 p~m. Michigan Christian Fellowship: Bible Study, Lane Hall( Upper Room), 7:30 p.m. Discussion: "The Scriptural Basis for Missions," us- ing booklet "Therefore Go," Les- son 7 and 8. Wesleyan Guild: 4-5:30 p.m., Do-Drop-In Tea, Lounge. 6 p.m., Pot Luck Supper for stu- dents and members of the church in Social Hall. 7:15 p.m., "The Best in the Lu- theran Faith," will be discussed by Rev. Walter Brandt, Social Hall. 8:30 p.m., Open Cabinet Meet- ing, Lounge. Canterbury Club: 5:15 p.m., Evening Prayer and Meditation. 7-10 p.m., Rev. and Mrs. Burt are at home to all Episcopal stu- dents and their friends. Sociedad Hispanica: The Span- ish play, "Dona Clarines," 8 p.m., Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Mem- bers of La Sociedad Hispanica will be admitted by paying only the tax. American Chemical Society: Meet- ing, 8 p.m., 1300 Chemistry Bldg. Dr. Lyman C. Craig, Rockefeller Institute, will discuss "Isolation and Characterization of Substan- ces of Extraction." Film Program for students, fac- ulty, and general public. "Great Historical Figures: Thomas Jef- ferson and Benjamin Franklin." 4:10 p.m., Kellogg Auditorium; auspices of Audio-Visual Educa- tion Center and the University Ex- tension Service. No admission charge. Lecture: Edward J. °Wormley, noted furniture designer. "Design vs. Styling," 7:30 p.m., Architect- ure Auditorium; auspices of the School of Forestry and Conserva- tion. Open to public. UNESCO Council: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Lane Hall. Elections. Delta Sigma Pi presents "Job Opportunity Panel" with Harold Scott, of Haskins and Sells, Geo- rge Hall, manager of Ann Arbor Sears and Roebuck; James Brink- erhoff of personnel department of Square D Co.; Kenneth Haven, executive vice-president of Reich- old Chemical Co.; William McClin- tock, vice-president of National Bank of Detroit; and Prof. Rob- ert L. Dixon. 8 p.m., 130 Busi- ness Administration. Flying Club: 7:30 p.m., 1042 E, Engineering. Generation: Meeting of all per- sons scheduled to sell "Genera- tion," 4:15 p.m., Student Publi- cations Bldg. Anyone interested in selling who has not signed up may do so at this time. (Continued on Page 5) M 4 E DIW r ix l ' "i 1. .[ A 4 ,A ,. LdiAMA DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN DONA CLARINES with Georgina Fier- ro, Ethel Cada, Joseph Plazonja and others from the Sociedad Hispanica. In Spanish, at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre today. ANYONE with a working knowledge of Spanish will find entertaining fare in this comedy on love and financial scheming in a Spanish household. Although the plot involves a not unusual combination of sit- uations, the Quintero brothers put them to- gether into a play which has amused audi- ences since 1909, and a generally competent cast managed to do it justice last night. The problems center around an eccentric old lady who always tells the unadorned truth, her spendthrift brother's attempts to get ahold of their neice's legacy, and the inevitable love angle with minor complica- tions. Until the lovers get together, the play goes along quite well, with the perform- Gothic Film Society THE GOTHIC FILM SOCIETY has brought thrills, chills, amazement and amusement to more than 300 delighted, paying mem- bers. A really astounding catalogue of films has been shown - all in the Gothic tra- dition. They include the weird, the ex- perimental, the fantastic, and even the supernatural. Starting with "The Cabinet of Doctor Cal- ighari," a symbolic description of society and the havoc caused by a mad doctor- hypnotist, continuing with the full-length psychology-thriller "M" and the commen- tary on life in Paris given in "Rien Que Les Heures," Gothic Film's first year on campus can already be termed highly successful. The Snietv ha1 it heinnings vear nago tically guaranteed an audience after their trial run of the original Frankenstein last summer packed the theatre in a free, trial show. Although memberships are limited to graduate students to assure use of the Rackham facilities, the sell-out of sub- scriptions at the beginning of this school year has lead the officers of the Society to plan some additional showings, and to broaden their definition of what may be termed Gothic. According to the Society's president, the borders of the genre have been arbitrarily expanded to include even the Marx Brothers. -Rosemary Owen J ;f;m ;nnJ t finnm (Continued from Page 3) A very few people will be con- sidered with bachelor's degrees. All applications must be filed before Mar. 22. Part of the appli- cation form is to be filled out by faculty, and time should be al- lowed for this purpose. Transcripts are also required. Application blanks are available at the Bureau. F o r additional information please call at the Bureau of Ap- pointments, 3528 Administration Bldg. Bureau of Appointments: Interviews for teaching positions in the Dependents Schools over- seas will be held Fri., and Sat., Mar. 17 and 18, Mon., and.Tues., Mar. 20 and 21. Teachers are need- ed in the schools for American children in Germany, Austria, Oki- nawa, Guam and Japan. Most of the positions are in the Elemen- tary field with a few openings in the following fields: mathematics, science, social studies. A few nur- ses and counselors are needed. Three to five years teaching ex- perience is required of applicants. Women 25 to 40 and men 25 to 50 years of age will be considered. Contact the Bureau of Appoint- ments immediately for further in- formation and appointments. Approved Student Sponsored So- cial Events for This Week: Fifty-Ninth Year Edited and managed by students 4of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. 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