TffE MICHICAN DAlff _.' '.' rslmm;iy 21, I9ta- ... May Festival Programs IN THE COLUMN to the right colleague Greenbaum expounds at length on the shortcomings of the May Festival program- ming. About all I can do here is say, "Len- ny, of course it all boils down to a difference of opinion - but in my opinion, you're full of it." I'm perfectly willing to admit I'm no musical intellectual. I can't even under- stand Schoenberg, much less explain his twelve-tone system. I'm just a person with plebeianly esoteric tastes, happy to shell out $12 of my father's money for May Festival tickets. I don't want to sound like Harry Truman applauding the status quo, but I'm fairly well pleased with the works to be played. Sure there are some pieces I would rather have had scheduled than those which have been, but all of us have our own particular favorites. I would, for instance, rather have Primrose do Berlioz's "Harold in Italy" in- stead of the Bartok concerto, but then there are, I suppose, some people who like even Bartok. And I say, let them be served. This festival is set up for everybody, not just for a classical clique or a mess of maso- chistic modernists. Of course, there may not be enough mod- erns for a person like Lenny, or enough clas- sical works for a person like me, but general- ly I think the festival boys have done a pret- ty equitable job in spreading the goodies around. Getting more specific, it seems to me the "happy balance" claimed for the program has been achieved. The concerts are slight- ly9 weighted to the late romantic period because that's apparently the music most people like best. Of course, a few workhorses are going to be performed, as they should be. It would be strange procedure to rule a good work like Prokofieff's "Classical Symphony" off concert programs merely because it's popu- lar. Lenny is certainly right when he says that some of the pieces lack distinction - yet this is an inevitability. You can't have cavi; ar all the time and still appreciate it. Thus this program slumming might just have been committed intentionally. Hearing MacDon- ald makes you appreciate Bach all the more when it's played. But Lenny's way off base when he says the festival will perform no examples of the "important and beautiful" (sic) in -new music. What about the Mennin and the Bartok? True they're both in those Johnson concerts he admires so much, but viewed in the context of the whole festival as they must be, they succeed in giving that well-rounded look to the affair. Well, there you are. It all boils down to the question of whether the programming pleases most of the concertgoers most of the time. I think it does. .-Davis Crippen Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: DAVE THOMAS GLEN TAYLOR (Democrat of Idaho), up for reelection this fall, doesn't mention he was Wallace's running mate in his Con- gressional Directory biographical sketch ... Looks like a red-hot fight over public v. private power when the newly signed Canadian treaty for the Niagara Falls development reaches the Senate; Truman favors public power ... Acheson's California speech-making tour is a new attempt to "sell" him and the Ad- ministration foreign policy to the public; Truman is willing to do everything, appar- ently, save make a fireside talk himself ... -The New Republic ACCOMPANIED BY BLASTING trumpets and mountains of literary paraphenalia, the musical event of the year, the May Fes- tival has announced itself. With all the publicity it is to be logically expected that the festival, the climax of the concert season, would present a series of well-balanced programs containing a wide variety of the finest possible music. The forward in the University Musical Society's announcement of the festival em- phasizes this point. "In building programs great care is exercised," it states, "in secur- ing a happy balance between contemporary, romantic, and classic works." The deck, however, ha obviously been stacked in favor of the romanticism of the late nineteenth century, the period when understanding of music as a structural art was at a low point among composers. Romanticism is represented by major works by Sibelius, Richard Strauss (two), Berlioz, Moussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Tchai- kowsky, Brahms (two), Mahler and Liszt. Contrast this with the absence.of any works by Beethoven and Haydn, the representa- tion of Mozart by two arias. The so-called happy balance has certainly been achieved between classicism and romanticism, but in a very odd fashion. Further scrutinization of the proposed programs shows an apparent lack of per- ception and intellect in the appearance of several of the works. The choice of "Death and Transfigura- tion," Mr. Peerce's arias, the Tchaikowsky Fifth, and even the Mozart arias of Ljuba Welitch and the Prokofieff "Classical Sym- phony" does not reflect any imagination. The complaint about these works does not concern their qualities or lack of same. It concerns merely the frequency of their performance elsewhere. The excitement of the May Festival would be greater if such works were replaced by less frequently per- formed compositions of high quality; and among these some of the great number of seldom performed vocal pieces of Mozart. The most painful fact of all, however, is that some of the music is completely lacking in distinction. This is especially true of the last program. The choice of the "Hispanic Pieces" of Earl McDonald, former manager and program annotator of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the "Pines of Rome" of Res- pighi is musically unjustified. The inclusion of Sibelius' "Seventh Symphony" and the. Rachmaninoff "Piano Concerto" is almost equally so in spite of their possible popular- ity. One of the most exciting aspects of musical experience is the achievement of familiarity and understanding of im- portant and beautiful new music. True, all these works date from comparatively recent years, but instead of the important and beautiful in new music - works of Hindemith, Stravinsky, Milhaud - we have compositions of lushness and trite- ness. This is more than disappointing to those who expect in music intellectual power, and emotional force handled with wit and beau- ty. It must be pointed out that the two pro- grams to be conducted by Thor Johnson are exempted from the above criticism. In fact, one finds these ideal programming - im- portant and fresh works by most disting- uished composers of various periods. This is also true to a certain extent of the works programmed by Miss Anderson. One finds, however, much less than ideal programming for the festival as a whole. The responsibility lies completely with the University Musical Society, which arranges the programs to the tune of bombastic ac- claimations and little else. By the selection of fresh vital works the May Festival could have been a real climax to the concert season, an exciting event rather than merely a pretentious one. -Leonard Greenbaum VA Hospital Controversy LAST FALL, the Veterans Administration announced their intentions of building a 500-bed veterans hospital in Ann Arbor. On a site just north of the city, at Glacier Way and Geddes Road, that proposed construc- tion is now going on. However, from the very beginning, the idea of having a veterans hospital in this town has been vigorously opposed for vari- ous reasons and by various means by a small group of townspeople. As long ago as last October, residents of the area, which is not a part of the city of Ann Arbor, but is zoned as a class B resi- dential district by the township, met to pro- test the selection of the site by the VA. Although township regulations do not ex- clude hospitals from a class B residential district, the property owners evidently felt that a hospital would be a nuisance to have around. Their protests were apparently calmed somewhat by General Carl Gray, a VA of- ficial who met with the group, when he in- formed them that it would not be a psychia- tric hospital, but a general hospital. But when the residents discovered, this February, that a general hospital, as a matter of course, included a certain num- ber of so-called "psychiatric" cases, re- bellion broke out again. Opposition this time took the form of pet- ty public nuisance charges against the con- struction company doing work on the build- ing. Although some of the charges were probably perfectly legitimate, the volume was certainly unjustifiable. Then apparently "power," in the person of William A. Lucking, a former Ford corpor- ation lawyer, and Ann Arbor resident stepped into the picture. Lucking does not seem to be in any way connected with the group of property-owners in the area. But he is certainly helping theirE cause with vigor. He has recently filed, in the Washtenaw County Circuit Court, a bill of complaint to enjoin the city from extend- ing water and sewage mains to the hospital. This action, if upheld by the court, would serve to effectively throttle the con- struction of any hospital on this Ann Ar- bor site. Lucking bases his argument on several shaky but eye-catching statements. The first of these, perhaps the most appealing to the taxpayer, is that if the hospital is built, city taxes would be boosted by the tremendous sum of $25,000 per year. The enormity of this figure shrinks quite perceptibly when examined in the light of total city taxes. A second excuse rests on the thin sup- position that if the hospital is built, the cost of treatment in the University and St. Joseph's Mercy Hospitals will rise accord- ingly, because of "the higher scale of wages paid by the government for nurses and other hospital employees," to quote from the actual bill of complaint. Also, we are expected to believe that "a serious scarcity of nurses and other personnel will be created in Ann Arbor. Other reasons enumerated in the bill are of a similar nature. But they all seem to add up to one essential thing: Lucking's actions, while nominally concerned with the well-being of the citizens of Ann Ar- bor, are rather inexplicable. For some reason, William Lucking and certain of Ann Arbor townspeople have been trying to prevent a veterans hospital from being built in this town. But the facts that they present to support their reasoning are tenuous, to say the least. If their case is to stand up under even feeble scrutiny, they had better think up some new arguments. -Charles Elliott dI "They're Playing Their Cards A Little Cautiously, Now-" DAILY OFFICIAL' BULLETINj r tlaiI ;: . g4 x _ w t:"^ 5 ill l t27 / tt A td R¢tpcic p fN rW WgSM N1tp{ VoDt u. I e4 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. To the Editor: SOME FACTS need stating with regard to the late and cele- brated trial of Dr. Sullenberger for allegedly assaulting a woman in the University Hospital: One witness who told me that she heard Mrs. Philpot screaming to the doctor to take his hands off her, and to get away from her, from the elevator shaft as she waited for the' elevator on the floor directly above the scene of the alleged assault was not even called as a witness. This witness, the next best to an actual visual witnessxto the affair, was and is a nurse's aid at the Hospital. Her story gives the lie to Sullenberger's story about striking Mrs. Philpot in self-defense. But, to repeat, she was never called. In a sworn affidavit, Mr. Top- losky, who came upon the scene after the blows were struck, swore that he saw Dr. Sullenberger brandishing the foot lever over Mrs. Philpot'shead when he ar- rived; and that he was afraid to interfere to stop the doctor be- cause of fear of the doctor and (EDITOR'S NOTE: In publishing this letter at full length, we are making an exception to our policy of limit- ing letters to the editor to 300 words. We believe this is justified by the Importance and unusual nature of the case, and by the fact that the writer, who was associated with the prosecution, brings out some points that deserve consideration and have not been presented until now.) the foot lever he was so threaten- ingly holding. Yet this was not brought out in the testimony of Mr. Toplosky at the trial. There was no attempt of the prosecution to bring it out, and Mr. Toplosky did not volunteer it. Mbre damn- ing evidence that was never pre- sented against the doctor. In the selection of jurors, there was practically no attempt to weed out those among them who might have been prejudiced against Negroes. In effect, the on- ly question that was direceted to this aspect of the qualifications of the jurors were, "Are you pre- judiced against the complaining witness because of the fact that she is of the colored race?" It is most unreasonable to expect an affirmative answer to this ques- tion from even the most violent bigot. And the facts of life being what they are, it is pretty reason- able to believe that there were persons on the jury who tpok her race into account when rendering a verdict. Though some of them may have been above this, it is unlikely in the extreme that they all were, living as they do in a culture which is run through-and- through with color bias and dis- crimination. The defense made a big issue out of the fact that Dr. Sullenber- ger had been working long hours, had performed many operations that day, and was therefore tired. They also said that he was rush- ing to a critically ill patient at the time of the incident, a fanci- ful story that the prosecution squelched in no time, on cross- examination of the doctor. Though the prosecutor objected to much of this line of testimony as be- ing irrelevant to the charge of assault and battery, most of it got into the record, and into the minds of the jurors. Of what pur- pose was all of this testimony? So far as I can see, tIhere could have been but two possible rea- sons for the defense's use of it: To create a jury prejudice in fa- vor of a busy healer of the sick, which purpose does not speak well of the doctor's innocence of the offense charged; or to provide the doctor with an excuse for committing an assault, the ex- cuse being that his nerves were shot, and that he was very tired. This, of course, is no excuse. And so this defense was almost an ad- mission, a "confession and avoid- ance" of committing the offense charged. There was a variance in the tes- timony as to how many people were in the elevator when Dr. Sullenberger entered. Both the complaining wtiness and Miss Powell, Nurse's Aid, who was wit- ness to Dr. Sullenberger's "cuss- ing" of Mrs. Philpot before the blows were struck, testified that there were only one or two per- sons on the elevator when the doctor entered. Yet the doctor, on cross-examination, said that there were about five or six. He stressed that the elevator was crowded. Yet the prosecutor made no effort, in cross-examination, to break down the doctor's testi- mony, that was in direct conflict with the testimony of the other witnesses. Had this been done, the doctor's credibility, a vital factor in the case, would have been weakened. Another weak spot in his testi- mony, that should have been ex- ploited and wasn't, was his state- ment that he did not come onto the elevator in an angry fashion and that he did not speak angrily to Mrs. Philpot or curse at her. Other witnesses testified that he did. In its summation to the jury, the defense claimed that the pro- secution introduced the racial is- sue into the case. In point of fact, that is what the defense did, on the very face of the record. After the prosecutor had almost successfully challenged some of the testimony that the defense was trying to put into the case, defense lawyer Burke, feeling a little uneasy, spent the next ten minutei, at least, referring to Mrs. Philpot, the complaining witness, as "that colored woman." She is a woman; she is an elevator operator; and she was the com- plaining witness. All of these terms would have adequately de- scribed her. Yet Burke, to whom the racial question was immater- ial, stressed and hammered away at the fact that the victim of the alleged assault was "that colored woman." Presuming that Burke knew what he was doing, and that he chose his words very carefully, the inference is obvious that he was trying to discredit Mrs. Phil- pot in the eyes of the all-white jury. She was nothing but "that colored woman." The instructions to the jury included every instruction that the defense would have requested, and none that the prosecution in its right mind would have want- (Continued from Page 2) on all caps and gowns. Those who, return them within a week will receive a larger deposit and those who keep them for graduation will receive the minimum deposit. Freshmen or sophomores inter- ested in Reserve Officer Candidate training (6 weeks-summer) call Mr. Briggson, ext. 709, before Mar. 23. Men's Housing Applications for the Summer Session 1950: Men's housing applications for the sum- mer session 1950 for Residence Halls will be accepted after March 21. Application blanks may be ob- tained in the Office of Student Affairs, 1020 Administration Bldg. 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They are to be filled out and returned to that office accompanied by three letters of recommendations, as specified by March 31. The sum of $125.00 will be awarded to the winning applicant to be used the following academic year. University Community Center, Willow Village: Tues., Mar. 21, 8 p.m., Bridge session. Wed., Mar. 22, 8 p.m., Women's sports group; Christian Education Study Group, and Ceramics. Thurs., Mar. 23, 8 p.m., Ceramics and Choir. Fri., Mar. 24, 8 p.m., Lenten Service. Academic Notices Astronomy 30, Section 2 (11 o'clock) Wed., Mar. 22. The one- hour examination will be held in Natural Science Auditorium. Botanical Seminar: 4 p.m., Wed., Mar. 22, 1139 Natural Science Bldg. Subject: "A Mycologist in Cuba," by F. K. Sparrow. Open meeting. Geometry Seminar. Tues. Mar. 21, 3 p.m., 3001 A.H. Mr. Jesse Wright will speal on "The Line in Meta-projective Geometry." All interested are invited. Five-week grades for all Engi- neering Freshmen are due in Dean Crawford's office not later than Fri., Mar. 24. The Teacher's Oath will be ad- ministered to all June candidates for the Teacher's Certificate on Tuesday and Wednesday, Mar. 21 and 22, 1437 U.E.S. This is a re- quirement for the teacher's certifi- cate. ed. For example, the prosecution should have wanted an instruc- tion that being in a hurry is no justification for an assault. There was none. In fact, the charge to the jury consisted, to my mem- ory, only of instructions as to the law of self-defense and that, to find defendant guilty, the jury must believe his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. This is all he could have wanted. It might be added that the jury did not find that the doctor was telling the truth, and that - the blows were struck in "self-defense". It only. found that under the evidence re- ceived, there was a reasonable doubt as to his guilt. In the light of the foregoing, all of the evi- dence was not received. Because of the constitutional safeguards against double jeo- pardy, the doctor will not be tried again criminally. But in the light of the foregoing, I do not see how it can be said that there was a fair trial. -Robert Silk The University Extension Serv- ice announces the following cour- se: Introduction to Music Litera- ture. A six-week series of lectures devoted to the programs of the 1950 May Festival. No previous knowledge of music is necessary for enrollment in this course, which is nontechnical in nature. Noncredit, six weeks, $7.00. Prof. Glenn D. McGeoch. Wed., 7 p.m. 206 Burton Memorial Tower. Concerts Student Recitals Postponed: Re- citals previously announced for Tues. and Wed., March 21 and 22, in the Rackham Assembly Hall, by Helen Simpkins and Mary Mar- garet Poole, pianists, have been postponed. New dates will be an- nounced later. Events Today Congregation. Disciple Evangeli- cal and Reformed Guild: Tea, at the Guild House, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Canterbury Club: 5:15 p.m., Eve- ning Prayer and Meditation; 7:30- 9 p.m., Seminar on Paul's Epistle to the Romans. Lane Hall Craft Shop Group: Lane Hall, 7:30-9:30. Instruction in leather work, bead work, shell craft and finger painting. B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Reservations for Passover Meals must be in within the next two days. Call 3-4129. S.R.A. Council: Lane Hall, 5-7 p.m. Supper. Anthropology Club. Meeting at 7:30 p.m., 3024 Museums Bldg. En- trance to the building by the rear door. Dr. Frederick Thieme will address the club on "The Lysen- ko-Mendelian Controversy in Ge- netics." Chess Club: Meeting, Union. Continuation of ladder tourna- ment. Quarterdeck Society: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Rm. 3M, Union. Photography: Any persons inter- ested in the study of photography and picture developing, contact Al Boyce at Lane Hall. Wolverine Club: Flash Card and Cheering Section Committee meet- ing. 7:30 p.m., Union. I.S.A.: Regular meeting, 7:30 p.m., International Center, Square Dance Group: 7 p.m., Lane Hall. Cleveland Club: Meeting for members wishing transportation for Spring Vacation, 4 p.m., Lea- gue. Elections, and discussion of plans for the spring affair in Cleveland. (Continued on Page 5) ffitr4*u Dil .; .4 -4' ^k 4 -{ CURRENT MAU/!e MUSIC At The State 0 . . WHEN WILLIE COMES MARCHING HOME with Dan Dailey, William Demar- est, Evelyn Varden, and Corine Calvert. T HE HUMOROUS side of war may never have existed, at least not as uproar- iously as it does When Willie Comes March- ing Home; but, certainly, it's a point of view that comes more easily seven years after and one which this film demonstrates need not be the grotesque humour of the slit trench. The spoofing of the war and homefronts, animated by Dan Dailey, (Wil- lie), William Demarest (His American Le- gion Father), and Evelyn Varden (Willie's motherly mother), is for me, at any rate, just what the doctor ordered, after the vivid war recapitulations of Twelve O'clock High et al. Pearl Harbor: Willie is the first to go, and does so amidst hozannas and hull- abaloo; he's back in a month for two years stationed as he is at the air base near Punxsatawney, the home town, where everyone is finally convinced that At The Michigan,.. . NANCY GOES TO RIO, with Jane Pow- ell and a lot of stars who should know better. N DOUBT about it, Miss Powell is im- proving. But it's a shame that we have to watch her while she goes through the process. Main appeal of this film is the sump- tuous technicolor. Next in line comes the over-worked humor on over-worked sit- uations: Mother (Ann Sothern) suspect- ing Daughter (Miss Powell) of being about to bear, for which she blames innocent bachelor (Barry Sullivan). Seeing her mistake, Mother also falls in love with bachelor--now laugh, blast you! So all we have is a lot of futile running around so that songs by Powell and Car- men Miranda can be thrown in, which are scarcely worth the effort. Much more impressive, however, is the M-G-M cartoon about wages and prices. They don't come right out and say so, but they imply that. they have discovered which PROFESSOR Stevenson said, at the open- ing night of the Inter-Arts Festival this past week-end, "I feel it in my bones," when speaking on the subject. "What's the Good of Art Anyway." Now, when trying to express why I liked Zino Francescatti's violin play- ing last night, I feel I must plagiarize from Professor Stevenson, for aside from the cur- rently accepted criteria used in judging solo instrument performances, I basically must say-"I felt it in my bones." (Must I be placed in the nineteenth century for this?) The Hindemith sonata No. 2, a work infrequently heard in concert performance by the major artists, opened the pro- gram. Extremely pleasant to the ear with long melody lines, marked contrast, in theme, mood, and tonality, and lucid form, it is one I would like to hear more often. The pionist, Mr. Arthur Balsam whose name was overlooked on the program, must be mentioned here as an extremely fine musician whose performance of the Hindemith together with Mr. Francescatti showed a mutual understanding so often lacking in sonata playing. Bach, played with many liberties in came in the form of the unaccompanied Partita No. 2. 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