AN~ ~DAItY 'Ignorance Poll' ACCORDING to, a recent Daily poll, a surprising number of University students are completely ignorant of the facts and personalities which comprise the major part of our national news. The poll showed that more than half of the students contacted didn't know what the Kerr Bill was, and more than a third were ignorant of who Senator Mc- Carthy and Louis Budenz were and why they were making top national news. When University students graduate they are expected to become active,- informed citizens, mainly because they have had col- Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: VERNON EMERSON lege training, Four more years of schooling should mean four more years of active con- sideration of the problems inherent in a democratic society. Students should learn to be 'social ani- mals' along with their training for a parti- cular job. Their preparation for the 'cold, outside world' iiust include training for citizen- ship. This can't be gained from the theories which are spouted in lectures, but only ,from individual consideration of the latest news, supplemented and thoroughly hash- ed over in bull sessions. No student can have a legitimate excuse not to keep up with the news. If, as the so-called Ignorance Poll would indicate, Michiganders are failing in this respect, it's time for them to knuckle down and fulfill their responsibilities as college students. -Rosemary Owen THOMAS L. STOKES: Sen. Pepper's Defeat W ASHINGTON-Perhaps the major im- mediate effect nationally of Senator Claude Pepper's defeat in the Florida Demo- cratic primary will be to open up hitherto buttoned-up big Republican checkbooks for contributions to the Republican Congres- sional campaign. Because Senator Pepper had come to be such a symbol of New Dealism and Fair Dealism, his unseating is the best news that Republicans have had since they read the returns of the 1946 elections when they recaptured Congress for a brief two- year interval in a long dry spell. It was not surprising, therefore, that Re- publican National Chairman Guy George Gabrielson was the first to speak up, and before the returns were all in. He chirped up just as gleefully as if a real Republican had won a major victory, instead of a Dem- ocrat who, however, attacked enough of the Truman program to qualify among Republi- [CJINJEFMA' At The Orpheum... THE YEARLING, with Claude Jarman Jr., Gregory Peck, and Jane Wyman. "The Yearling" represents a slightly above average Hollywood attempt to out-do itself while suffering under a poor script. To the casual observer, it would seem that the producer, faced with the problem of creating a fine motion picture, gives only passing thought to the backbone of hi masterpiece, depending on the glories of Technicolor and the artistry of his tech- nicians to wire up the cracked vertebrae into a coherent work of art. As it turns out though, the wire is the only fit part of this movie. To be sure, when it came to adapting the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Pulitzer Prize-winning novel into a motion pic- ture, the producer already had one strike against him. He had to depend on a child star to play Jody, the little boy who lived in backwoods Florida and wanted a pet. Claude Jarman, Jr., manages quite well, a difficult part, but in comparison with some of the current child stars, such as Bobby Henry who starred in The Fallen Idol, his performance is far from extraordinary. Although Gregory Peck and Jane Wy- man, as Penny Baxter and wife, Jody's paw and maw, try hard, they are severely handicapped by the taciturn hill-billy-ish script inflicted upon them. On the lighter side, the technical quality achieved makes up in sheer optical enjoy- ment for any weak parts in the script. Two scenes alone would justify seeing this movie. The first, a bear hunt, is carried off with some of the most exciting photographic work we have ever seen. The second, the flight of a group of deer through a thick forest, is marked by the same excellent photography coupled with an arrangement of the theme from the scherzo of Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream. -Peter Holmes cans as a happy symbol. Rep. George Smath- ers, the victor, had support from Florida Re- publicans, of whom there are a good many, as well as powerful financial interests which are Republican, politically.j * * * ANOTHER EFFECT of the Pepper defeat also-and likewise a major one-is ex- pected to be increased emphasis on what is known as the "Red issue," which was ex- ploited against Senator Pepper by Rep. Smathers. The latter accused his opponent of sympathy with Russia and Communist causes. Chairman Gabrielson, himself, has been using it loosely and recklessly in recent speeches with charges of Communists in the Truman Administration, naming no one, of course. He, unlike Senator -Joseph Mc- Carthy (R., Wis.), has no Congressional im- munity. Rep. Smathers' success offers Repub- licans a sample and a text, for which Senator McCarthy already is providing a national sounding board and seemingly has stirred up a national issue, as least temporarily. In the smoke screen of confusion that is being raised the progressive political forces of the nation will unquestionably find them- selves on the defensive more than at any time in recent years. That is apparent now. It will be President Truman's endeavor to clarify the atmosphere on behalf of his party on his forthcoming cross-country "whistle-stop" tour. He faces a real test and knows it, even though he starts out with the title of "the cleverest politician ever to oc- cupy the White House," awarded by Harold Stassen, who called him at the same time "the worst President." While Republicans eagerly pounced upon the Pepper defeat as the beginning of a trend, it is early to draw too broad infer- ences from a conservative victory in the usually conservative South in which, it may be recalled, President Truman lost four states in 1948, though these did not include Florida. The result is being hailed as a defeat for President Truman's labor allies. It was that, though the degree of the defeat may be exaggerated. While both CIO and AFL work- ed hard for Senator Pepper, the CIO is numerically and vote-wise very weak in Florida- The AFL is stronger. Both count for more in other sections of the country, and their leaders are using the Florida set- back to whip them up to renewed efforts, realizing the psychological effect of a re- verse so dramatically advertised at the start of a campaign. *~ * * THE REAL background of the Congres- sional campaign will be in the Middle West which, though for so long normally Republican territory, was where Democrats clinched the Presidency and strengthened themselves in Congress in 1948. President Truman recognized that in his itinerary for his tour. If the Florida primary denoted a reaction against the labor policy of the Administra- tion, which some are reading into it, that might have a meaning in the farm states where labor is a minority element and much less influential than in populous urban cen- ters, though stronger than in the South. Movies THAT The Daily movie reviewers take a rather dismal view of nearly every motion picture they write up is common knowledge to any Daily reader. Indeed, after a while one might begin to think that the editors feed their reviewers unsweetened grapefruit juice for breakfast, so tart and searing are their comments. It is also evident that for every pessi- mistic review of a movie written, there are 10 people ready to pounce upon the critic for his unsparing analysis of the particular movie. Many a movie shown in Ann Arbor has been thoroughly raked over the coals, first, by a Daily critic panning it, and then by some letter-to-the editor refuting these comments, and even prais- ing the same movie. However, this battle-of-the-critics is hard- ly a worthwhile issue. It is not important whether a movie is termed "excellent,"- which they rarely are-or "lousy,"-which they often are-by The Daily critics. What may be a very good movie to one person may be of no interest at all to another person. In considering this matter, then, the more pertinent issue would be to see what can be done to bring better-quality movies to Ann Arbor, rather than to continually squabble over the relative worth of a movie, good or bad. If we are to accept the opinions of The Daily reviewers, even in a modified form, then it is certainly apparent that few really "good" movies are shown in Ann Arbor theatres. But wailing about the poor quality of the ones that play here week after week does little good if no change is effected. Movie-goers must make known their desire for more and better movies in order for a change to occur. It is, of course, less troublesome, and often- times less expensive, for the movie-proprietor to bill an average film, rather than one that is widely acclaimed; hence the movie-house operator with no public pressure at his back can quite easily take a lackadaisical attitude in choosing the pictures he runs. This situation comes about when the apathetic movie-goer-apathetic because he does nothing to demand better movies- places himself, unwittingly, under the thumb of the movie-operator. Here we have the same disinterest, or "let John do it" attitude that is encountered bian- nually in campus elections. Unfortunately, the solution to this prob- lem is not an easy one. There are quite naturally many factors involved in bringing better pictures to town; often it is difficult for a movie-proprietor to get just the pic- ture he would like to. But the point remains that there is wide room for improvement. Hence, with an abatement in the movie- criticism war between Daily readers and reviewers, supplanted by a more concerted effort on the part of both to bring better movies to Ann Arbor, we would perhaps be- gin to find movies appearing on local screens with which little fault could be found. -Larry Rothman R J\AMA VOLPONE, by Ben Jonson and several others. Presented by the University of Michigan Theatre Guild. At the Pattengill Auditorium. THERE seems to be a case of misrepresen- tation here. I'm not sure whose Volpone this was, but it didn't have a great deal to do with Ben Jonson. When last I looked, Jonson's was a vicious and vituperative so- cial satire. Last night's performance was strictly for the big broad yuks. While I have no particular quarrel with yuks qua yuks (and there was an impressive number of them), I regretted exceedingly the omission of the point B.J. was trying to make in his play. The thing began with high egough pur- pose. But along about midway there be- came apparent a tendency to underline the more obviously comic and to neglect the essentially unpleasant commentary on human behavior. Thus Harvey Stuart, as Mosca, went from the scheming parasite to a kind of merry andrew, and wound up as a scruple-ridden Boy Scout. Len Ros- enson's Volpone evolved downward from a lower-case satan until he snivels ab- jectly off the stage in the last act; and the three legacy-hunters finish strongly as low barition. Rosenson was good. I remember him last in the leading role in J. P. Sartre's "No Exit," in which he was also good. As Vol- pone he was wholeheartedly lecherous, pro- perly conniving,-and thoroughly nasty: and all of it in spite of this particular version of the play. Stuart's Mosca was considerably hamper- ed by the last-act acquisition of a conscience. Voltore, Corvino, and Corbaccio, rendered from left to right by Bill Webb, Jack Laza- rus, and Don Hawley were, again from left to right, amusing, raucous, and horrorific. Lazarus delivered his lines at times at such a high decibel rating as to be incomprehen- sible, and Hawley's gothic makeup deserved in itself special commendation. It is difficult to be a virtuous heroi.!'e and emerge with any particular distinc- tion. Laurel Roden demonstrated this fact last night as Columba. (Celia to those who haxi- rob ri the hnnkl _ Art R P neT. nnn TIME OF CLASS TIME OF EXAMINATION SR 0NI , SIEMETh ..,., e,,,,,,;,,,;.. ..1. Monday; Monday; Monday Monday; Monday; Monday; Monday Tuesd ay Tuesday Tuesday; Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday, at 8 ............................ .Fri., at 9.............................Mon.,. at 10..............................Mon. at 11 ................... .......Wed., at 1.............................Thurs., at 2........ .. .................Sat., at 3 ............................ .W ed., at 8 .............................Sat., at 9 .............................Tues., at 10............................Tues., at 11.............................Thurs., at 1 .............................Sat., at 2........ ................... .W ed., at 3.............. ................W ed., June June June June June June June June June June June June June June 9, 12, 5, 7, 8, 3, 14, 10, 13, 6, 8, 3, 14, 7, 15, 9-12 9-12 9-12 9-12 2- 5 9-12 2- 5 9-12 9-12 9-12 9-12 2- 5 9-12 2- 5 9-12 EXAMINATION SCHEDULE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND CONSERVATION SCHOOL OF MUSIC JUNE 3 to JUNE 15, 1950 NOTE: For courses having both lectures. and recitations, the time of class is the time of the first lecture period of the week; for courses having recitations only, the time of the class is the time of the first' recitation period. Certain courses will be exam- ined at special periods as noted below th'e regular schedule. 12 o'clock classes, 4 o'clock classes, 5 o'clock classes and other "irregu- lar" classes may use any examination period provided there is no conflict (or one with conflicts if the conflicts are larranged for by the "irregular" class). A final examination on Jurie 15 is avail- able for "irregular" classes which afe unable to utilize an earlier period.4 Each student should receive notification from ;his instructor as to the time and place of his examination. In the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, no date of examination may be changed without the consent of the Corpmittee on Examinations. Conflicts and Irregular.....................Thurs., June These regular examination periods have precedence over any special period scheduled concurrently. Conflicts must be arrang- ed for by the instructor of the "special" class. 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French 1, 2, 11, 12, 31, ......Sat., .......Mon., .......Tues., .......Wed., .......Fri., .......Fri., .......Sat., .......Mon., .......Mon., June June June" June June June June June June June June 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 9, 10, 12, 12, 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 32, 61, 62, 153.........................Tues., Speech 31, 32 .............................Tues., 13, 2- 13, 2- SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Courses not covered by this schedule as well as any; changes will be indicated on the School bulletin board. necessary SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND CONSERVATION Courses not covered by this schedule as well as any necessary changes will be indicated on the School bulletin board. SCHOOL OF MUSIC Individual examinations by appointment will be given for all applied music courses (individual instruction) elected for credit in any unit of the University. For time and place of examination see bulletin board of the School of Music. SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Courses not covered by this schedule as well as any necessary changes will be indicated on the School bulletin board. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, College of Engineering SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATIONS JUNE 3 to JUNE 15, 1950 NOTE: For courses having both lectures and quizzes, the time of class is the time of the first lecture period of the week; for courses having quizzes only, the time of class is the time of the first quiz period. Certain courses will be examined at special periods as noted below the regular schedule. All cases of conflicts between assign- ed examination periods must be reported for adjustment. See bulletin board outside of Room 3209 East Engineering Building between May 17 and May 24 for instruction. To avoid misunder- standings and errors each student should receive notification from his instructor of the time and place of his appearance in each course during the period June 3 to June 15. No date of examination may be changed without the con- sent of the Classification Committee. TIME OF CLASS TIME OF EXAMINATION Election ...t To the Editor:Y was pleased to see the question-j naire for Student Legislature candidates in The Daily. As Mr. Connable pointed out, it is un- fortunate that the candidates are limited to "yes" or "no". in theirI opinions on important issues. But these brief answers accomplish a, great deal in indicating the views1 of those we vote for. I can atleast pick my candidates on the basis1 of opinions rather than familiar-; ity with names from classes or high school., As far as Mr. Connable's com-; plaint about the 50-word platform is concerned, it seems 50 words, were more than adequate for most. With such a limited opportunity; to set across their ideas, some wasted space in defining the Stu-; dent Legislature's purpose. Inter-1 esting, but what has this to do, with platforms? Here was the op- portunity to clarify the "yes-no" answers to those important ques- tions. I noticed only four such clarifications. Most of the candi- dates had "clearly defined" objec-; tives of promoting better student government and benefiting the student body. We voters assume this much, or they wouldn't be running for office. It's a good thlhg there wasn't a 100-word platform requested, for the candi- dates would have resorted to quot- ing the almanac to fill space. My hat's off to candidates like Hartzell who voiced three specific aims in as many sentences. -Lawrence Chick * * * Ad Nauseum... To the Editor: ATER READING Mr. Bershad's brilliant work in The Daily I feel convinced that I must have been wrong about this country, and I will attempt to add a few facts in support of Mr. Bershad (of course I cannot hope to ap- proach his eloquence, but I will do my best). First, let us look at the many things we lack under our decad- ant capitalistic system; for one thing concentration camps - these are an institution of high intellectualism, in which those people of perverse minds who have not seen the true beauty of Com- munism are given an opportunity to re-educate themselves (all ex- penses paid by the government too), andi thus rehabilitate them- selves to become useful members of society. I think we intellectuals at the University should at once organize a committee to begin this worthy notion in the United States. (FCC - the Committee for the Furtherance of Concentration Camps - it makes a nice set of initials too). Freedom of Speech - This is a decadent notion of capitalism, and .democracy which the com- munists have been completely suc- cessful in --avoiding. Under this system the common people are allowed to say what they think, and this certainly is dangerous; as such utterances should be confined only to people of superior intelli- gence and ability, such as Mr. Ber- shad. Also if we did not have such an unfortunate institution such incidents as the banning of Mr. Phillips would never occur, as any- one who disagreed with the gov- ernment to that extent would long since be dead, and no longer able to propigate dangerous ideals. (Freedom of the press, and of re- ligion are concepts of equal dang- er, of course.) Highest standard of living in the world - This is another thing that we should immediately abol- ish, as under it we are so busy in material gain that we do not have time to think - and thus fail to see the real worth of a communis- tic society. I think that perhaps an im- mediate step which could be tak- en, in order that the decadent capitalistic minds on this campus could get a start toward re-edu- cation, is to build a revolving plat- form with neon lights, (and a soap box on top) and have Mr. Bershad speak on the glories of Commun- ism for 24 hours a day. No doubt we all would soon see the true light. -Beecher Russell * * * SL... To the Editor: TIME TO VOTE for our repre- sentatives to the Student Leg- islature is approaching in the near future. We will all be flocking to the polls to vote, but will we be prepared to vote wisely? We could readily find out if we asked our- selves these two questions: Am I familiar with the functions of the SL; its construction and constitu- tion? Was I familiar with even one-third of the candidates whose names were listed on the ballot in the last election? I picked twelve students at ran- dom and asked them these ques- tions. To the first question as to whether they were familiar with the SL, eight answered no, three answered not very well, and only one answered yes. As to the sec- ond question pertaining to the number of* candidates they were familiar with, with approximately twenty-five listed on the ballot, five students answered one, three answered two, three answered three, and only one student an- swered five. From this it is easy to see how unfamiliar we are with our Student Legislature. This ignorance, I believe, can and should be corrected, but this can be only brought about with cooperation from the student body. If we are to become SL con- scious we must become more fam- iliar with the functions, policies, and above all candidates of the Student Legislature. It is on this point that I wish to suggest the following plan. At some time, soon before the election, a campaign meeting should be held in Hill Auditorium, or any other, suit- able place. This meeting should consist of two things. The inner workings of the Student Legisla- ture should be analyzed and ex- plained. Then the candidates should be introduced and should give a short talk on their quali- fications and the policies they plan to pursue if elected. In this way we could have a Student Legis- lature which is built on a stable and firm foundation composed of a student body that is well in- formed and supports wholeheart- edly the organization that repre- sents it in this University. -Tim D. Slagh * * 1 Elections . . To the Editor: I F EVEN 10,000 students vote, there are, still over 10,000 who don't vote. Why? It seems to me we will gain additional under- standing of ourselves and of de- mocracy if we can find the an- swers to this question. Al Eglash. IN FRANCE, the vintners' indig- nant campaign against Coca- Cola took the form of satirical stories of the lengths to which American advertising would go to undermine the French allegiance to wine. 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'Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second-class mail matter. Subscription during regular school year by carrier, $5.00, by mail, $8.00. I .' FRIDAY NIGHT'S Festival program was composed mostly of infrequently heard music, but all of it was of the very highest quality, and was well performed also. The program commenced with a perform- ance of the "Brandenburg" D Major Con- certo for violin, flute, piano and orchestra, by Bach. The performance of this deeply felt music was all- but ideal. To be sure, there were times when the orchestra, under Thor Johnson, seemed lacking in rythmic impulse, but they were comparatively few and far between. Of special interest was the playing of James Wolfe, the pianist involved here. 'is playing *jas extraordinarily clean, would shame many another contemporary baritone. The Bartok Viola Concerto is, like most of that composer's late works, one which is of immediate appeal to the listener. While its idiom is modern in the extreme, one has the feeling that its composer was not using the idiom for its own end, but rather as a tool for some tremendously valid musical ideas. William Primrose, the soloist, did a perfectly stupendous job of playing, made even more remarkable when one realizes the difficulties involved. Mr. Johnson and the orchestra provided a generally fine background. Last but by no means least, was the Bach Magnificat. There is little that can be said C.E. 4 ..................................Sat., C.E. 22; E.M. 1, 2; M.E. 812; Span...........*Mon., Draw. 1; M.E. 13, 135; Phys. 45; Berm.......*Tues., Chem. 1, 3, 4; C.E. 21.....................*Wed., Ch-Met. 1; M.P. 3, 4, 5, 6 *Fri., Ec. 53, 54, 102 ............................ *Sat., C.E. 1, 2; Draw. 3; EngL 11; M.E. 136....,.*Mon., Draw. 2; E.E. 5, 160; FenchT...ues......... e, A s Conflicts and Irregular................Thurs., June Evening, 12 o'clock and "irregular" classes may use any of the periods marked (*) provided there is no conflict. The final period on June 15 is available in case no earlier period can be used. . . -. BARNABY No, 'Malley. There's beq n no-census take'r here- Well! Your Fairy Godfather will certainly let Washington hear about this!- -: No. I'd just as soon they Oiidn't count me. If they did, I'd have to make out those horrible income tax forms- AA rerun. nn-rr cA .4nd ra Sn in nanl~mgni I I I a N