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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SUNDAY, DECEIMER 4,1949
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SL 'Procrastination'
E VERYONE HAS BEEN jumping on the
Student Legislature for "procrastinating"
in taking over the work of the Committee
to End Discrimination and to take a defi-
nite stand one way or the other.
The principle of CED-which is to re-
move questions from University appli-
cation blanks referring to race, religion
and nationality, and the request for a
picture-is generally agreed on. Yet the
Legislature has taken no stand.
But SL, in investigating the problem, has
not taken a stand on it for very good rea-
son. The motion as passed by the Legisla-
ture turns the problem over to the Campus
Action Committee to make a thorough
study of it and to get all arguments before
recommending action to the group. "Making
a study" is an unfortunate term to use in
this case, because it so often means that
the body has simply dropped the subject.
SL, before taking a stand, must know as
much as there is to know about it, and
then approach the powers-that-be on an
equal basis. The Legislature does not want
to antagonize deans of the various Uni-
versity schools and colleges by going off
half-cocked in its zeal to get rid of such
questions.
CED last Friday refused to merge with
SL until it takes a stand-so now we have
two groups involved: one wants action
now, the other wants to proceed more care-
fully. Which will succeed only time will tell,
but the Campus Action Committee has a
decided advantage not only in its approach
but with two or three students who are
accustomed and able to work well and ef-
ficiently together.
The CED approached the problem badly
in the first place, implying that the
questions on application blanks are
actually discriminatory in themselves.
They aren't, but are construed by many
persons to be so. The deans insist that
they are for convenience in processing
applications and in procuring housing
for individual applicants.
SL is certainly doing something, and
though it will take longer, I feel it will
accomplish more in the long run by ap-
proaching deans tactfully, cooperatively
and with knowledge of the entire subject.
-Peter, Hotton.
MATTER OF FACT:
JVishinshy Finds Us Out
By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP
WASHINGTON-Perhaps Andrei Vishin-
sky was showing unusual knowledge of .
American criminal history when he de-
nounced these correspondents as "congeni-
tal murderers" at the United Nations last
week. A century or so ago poor Dr. Webster
undeniably dismembered rich Professor
Parkman, and stuffed the pieces into the
Harvard physics laboratory furnace. And
poor Dr. Webster was undeniably the great-
great-great-uncle, or first cousin nine times
removed, or some such relation, of these
correspondents.
In short, there is no use arguing the major
charge of the Soviet Minister of Foreign
Affairs. Mr. Vishinsky went on, however,
to describe these correspondents as "ban-
dits of the pen"-a phrase borrowed from
the pages of "Pravda," which probably means
the same thing as such epithets as "alarm-
ist,' "interventionist" and "war-monger,"
as used by many worthy persons in this
country. It may thus be permissible for
"these correspondents to forget, momentarily,
the normal rules of the reporter's trade, and
to explain why they write in a way to
get themselves called such hard names.
E VERY REPORTER has, after all, an
inner picture of the world, which makes
the day's events seem important or unim-
portant, serious or comic. One reporter,
with one kind of inner picture, will be
solemn about the curious charge of Guy
Gabrielson, Chairman of the Republican
National Committee, that President Truman
was trying to steal the headlines from the
dim little Republican farm conference by
announcing the Soviet atomic bomb. An-
other reporter, with another inner picture,
will be equally solemn about the worst
maunderings of Henry A. Wallace.
The views of these particular reporters
lie somewhere between these two ex-
tremes, and more to the left than to the
right. Once this has been said, however,
it is then necessary to inquire how ser-
iously a reporter takes the processes of
history; and, if he is an American, what
role he gives America in the historic pro-
cess.
In the case of these particular reporters,
the answers to these questions are simple.
It would be pleasant to pretend that we are
living in the secure and happy world of
our grandparents. It would be soothing
to believe that the remorseless advances of
science and technology are not, by indirect
effect, constantly increasing the importance
and extending the frontiers of state power
Editorials published in The Michigan Daily
are written by members of The Daily staff
end represent the views of the writers only.
NIGHT EDITOR: DAVE THOMAS
Opium Den
HE nationally-known cigarette company
which is currently bargaining off ciga-
rettes in the Union and League at cut-rate
prices might well direct its promotions ac-
tivities toward another phase of product
selling in another campus building.
There is no stronger argument against
taking to cigarette smoking than the de-
plorable, wretched and contaminating
conditions which exist in the Angell Hall
Smoking Room-a rather sterile moniker
for what closely approximates in reality
an opium den.
Surely no person with half a wit can wit-
ness a typical between-class orgy in this
debauched first floor hangout without
shuddering at the thought of "touching
even one more drop."
Personally, I consider Dante a piker
each time I peek into the blazing, smoke-
MIer h--n"It . w-th n 1rpnina
in society. But these are aspects
historic process which cannot be
away.
* * * *
of the
wished
IN THIS NEW WORLD of increasing state
power, it would also be far more agree-
able if two sharply different forms of so-
ciety had not emerged. But this is also an
aspect of the historic process that must be
faced. In the free world, with all its multi-
formity and all its faults, the total power of
the state may grow and does grow with every
month and year. But the rule of the fret
world is that, no matter how much state
power may grow, the state is there to serve
the. individual, the citizen, the man in the
street. And in the slave world, on the other
hand, the man in the street is the mere
serf of the impersonal machinery of the
state.
In this difference, moreover, lies the
seed of an irremediable struggle between
the free world and the slave. It was the
struggle that was waged against Adolf
Hitler-and which culminated in war only
because the free world was weak. It is the
struggle that is being waged against the
Soviet Union. And in this titanic convul-
sion, the after-effects of the second world
war have forced upon the United States the
role of indispensable leader of the free
world.
Finally, it is necessary to inquire how
you believe this country should exercise its
leadership. Proudly, confidently, with un-
tiring effort, and with certainty of victory,
would be. the answer of these reporters.
Nothing is more sure than victory, in this
great struggle between slave world and
free, if this nation will but bear its lead-
er's part with boldness, with generosity,
and with wisdom. Nothing is more certain
than the power of our people, if they are
but told the honest truth.
On the other hand, nothing is more sure
than defeat if this country falters, or weak-
ens, or wanders into self-indulgence. And
nothing is more certain to promote such
folly than any attempt, by political leaders,
or business leaders or ordinary reporters or
others having some responsibility, to gild
the harsh colors and soften the grim out-
lines of the facts of our time. In short, if
plain reporting of plain facts makes you a
"bandit of the pen," these reporters take it
as a title of honor.
(Copyright, 1949, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.)
ROILING STONES
... by Harold Jackson
A DeflatedOllie
0LLIE JENSEN, the Philosophic Swede,
was outfoxed this week by-of all things
- a coed.
The Swede squired to the movies a
sultry brunette with active eA brows who
has so far been aloof to his overtures for
a more permanent attachment.
On State Street, Ollie was amazed to
discover in a bookstore window as an ad for
a photographer-a glamorous photo of one
of his former flames.
Capitalizing on the opportunity, he point-
ed out the picture with his dark haired
companion. He offered snide comments on
HER obvious inferiority to his former love
-an exotic blond. She said nothing. He
was highly pleased with himself.
As they continued on towards the theater,
Ollie was stalking so haughtily he scarcely
noticed when She stopped to examine the
window of a Liberty Street barber shop.
Returning, the Swede sobered slightly
when he saw on display the pictures of
two varsity football players She used to
date. And his ego utterly collapsed when
She turned and said with eyes that were
much too innocent:
"I just thought I'd stop and compare you
with some of MY friends."
She smiled, offered him her arm, and led
a limp Ollie on to the theater to see "Adam's
Rib."
* * * *
Victim of Crackpots .. .
VERNON EMERSON, aggressive young
Daily reporter, spent a worried few hours
recently when he thought he was going to
be sued for libel by the Crackpot Club, a
group of fun loving business men in Grand
Rapids.
Emerson wrote a scathing editorial in
The Daily denouncing the Crackpot Club's
attitude of laughing at world problems in-
stead of trying to solve them.
Three days later there arrived on
Crackpot Club stationery a very formal
letter promising immediate legal action.
He showed us the letter and we saw why
he spent a few hectic hours before he
doped out the Crackpot Club's hoax-and
it requires careful reading:
"We are very insulted," the letter read.
"We are referring your editorial for action
to our legal firm of MAWTH, EATON AND
RIDDLED."
* * * *
The Faculty's Gettin' Wise . .'.
F^ACULTY MEMBERS have apparently
formed their own version of the "Thank
God it's Friday Club."
In a "cafe" on Liberty Street especially
rented for the occasion, faculty men and
graduate students and wives met Friday
evening for the first session of the Bull-
ring Club, expected to become a weekly
affair.
Billed as a "central spot for encountering
old friends and making new ones-for talk-
ing not of shop but of the world," the club
promises that professors, instructors and
graduate students may meet on a "demo-
cratic basis." Memberships are $2 for
profs, $1 for grads.
"The Bull-ring Club functions without
'papers,' or program or officers except for
a secretary treasurer," the circular con-
tinues. "Drought beer will be dispensed at
the old standard rate of ten cents a glass."
This, we believe, is the first liberal faculty
action taken since the abolition of high
button shoes. We hope the Bull-ring Club
prospers and that it will eventually hold ex-
change "suds seminars" with its student
counterpart which decided four years ago
that the best part of a week was the end
of it.
DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Gee Thanks, Pop!
Continued from Page 2
students invited. Refreshments
and Social Activities following.
B'Nai B'rith Hillel Foundation:
Open Meeting, Lox and Bagel so-
cial to follow.
Inter Guild Council: 2:30-4 p.m.,
Lane Hall Library.
Sigma Alpha Iota: Annual Can-
dlelight Service, Presbyterian
Church, 8 p.m. Actives and pledges
are requested to be at the Church
at 7:30 p.m. Open to public.
Scalp and Blade, Michigan
Chapter: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Rm.
3K, Union.
Buffalo and Erie County stu-
dents are invited.
Movies: Michigan-Minnesota
Game of 1948.
I.Z.F.A.: Hebrew Circle meet-
ing, 11 a.ni., Union. Check bulletin
board for room.
Phi Sigma: Closed meeting, 8
p.m., Mon., Dec. 5, 1949, Rackham
Amphitheater. Initiation of new
members. Speaker: Dr. Henry van
der Schalie (National Secretary of
Phi Sigma) "Organization of Phi
Sigma." NOTICE: Wed., Jan. 4,
meeting will be devoted to projec-
tion of color slides entered in the
Photo-Art Exhibit sponsored by
Phi Sigma. Exhibit date, Jan. 4-31,
1950. EXHIBITORS: Please have
all entries ready by Dec. 31.
Zeta Phi Eta: Meeting, 4:30 p.m.,
Mon., Dec. 5, at the League. All
members must be present to meet
the National President, Miss Ma-
leese Black.
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation:
Organizational meeting for those
groups interested in submitting a
Hillelzapoppin script, Tues. Dec.
6, 7:30 p.m., Hillel.
Gilbert and Sullivan Society:
Playing of "Pirates" recordings
and election of new officers for
next semester, 7:15 p.m., Tues.,
Dec. 6, League.
Cercle Francais: Christmas
meeting, Tues., Dec. 6, 8 p.m., Hus-
sey Room, League. Christmas car-
ols and refreshments. Bring gift
for Galen's Fund. Faculty and
members invited.
Hiawatha Club: Meeting,
7:30 p.m., Garden room, League,
Mon., Dec. 5 (instead of Wednes-
day as previously, announced).
Transportation possibilities to the
U.P. will be considered. Speaker:
Dr. F. C. Bald, Michigan Histori-
cal Society.
Sociedad Hispanica: Social
hour, Mon., 4-6 p.m., International
Center. Refreshments.
Naval Research Reserve Unit:
Meeting, 7 p.m., Mon., Dec. 5, 18
Angell Hall.
/etI4TO THE EDITOR
The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of
general interest, and will publish all letters whichsare 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.
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Inter-Arts Union: Meeting, 8
p.m., League. Room will be an-
nounced on Bulletin Board.
UWF Study Seminar: 6:30 p.m.,
318 E. Madison. Topic: Chicago
Draft of a World Constitution.
Young Progressives of America:
Meet in front of Union, 3:15 p.m.
to go bowling.
Coming Events
American Society for Public Ad-
ministration: Social Seminar, 7:30
p.m., Mon., Dec. 5, Henderson
Room, League. Speaker: Mr.
Charles B. Stauffacher, Assistant
Director of the U.S. Bureau of the
Budget, Executive Office of the
President, Washington, D.C.
AIM & CED
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To the Editor:-
DURING the past semester or
two, an organization known as
the Association of Independent
Men has been attempting to make
its weight felt on campus. Its latest
grab for the headlines was a rath-
er nasty attack on the CED, which
attack, to my mind at least, was
wholly unwarranted.
In view of the nature of these
charges, and in view of other at-
tacks made by AIM (notably
against the IFC) I would like to
state one fact, make one observa-
tion. and ask the officers of AIM
four questions.
Fact: There are, on this campus,
some 12,000 independent men, that
is, about 60 per cent of the entire
student population.
Observation: An organization
which calls itself the 'association"
of "independent men" implies, by
its title, that it represents and
speaks for the independent men
on campus; that is, it implies that
it represents and speaks for the
majority of the student body.
Questions: 1. Precisely how
many members of AIM are there?
2. Does AIM have general mem-
bership meetings? If so, when was
the last one, and how many mem-
bers were present?
3. Who chooses the officers of
the organization? If they are
chosen by the membership, h-ow
many voted in the last election?
4. For whom does the AIM ex-
ecutive council purport to speak?
That is, do the members speak as
individuals, do they represent
their membership, or do they claim
to speak for all independent men
on campus?
Respectfully yours,
-Mort Simons.
* * *
To the Editor:
AFTER READING the content of
the resolutions passed by AIM
concerning CED, they did not, it
seemed to me, ask CED to disband.
In fact, they stated that AIM will
continue to participate in CED.
Yet The Daily's headline to the
article about these resolutions was
"AIM Council Acts To Disband
CED." How about some explana-
tion.
Leon Rechtman
Chairman, CED
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Under the pres-
sure of time while putting out the
paper, The Daily's night desk crew
sometimes allows a headline to get
into print which does not accurately
represent the news. This is one of
those cases. We would like to point
out, however, that the AIM's reso-
lution implied the eventual assump-
tion of CED's functions by the Stu-
dent Legislature; in this sense the
headline was accurate. It is inac-
curate in implying that the AIM
looked for the immediate dissolu-
tion of CED, and for this inaccuracy
the editors of The Daily apologize
to all concerned.)
* * *
To the Editor:
HAD MR. SILVER, author of
Wednesday's editorial, AIM
Errs on the CED, been at AIM's
meeting the previous Tuesday, he
would have been as much surpris-
ed as I at the innaccuracy of the
news article covering same meet-
ing and the gigantic headlines
proclaiming, "AIM Council Acts to
Disband CED."
After recovering from the first
shock, I engaged in a bit of pro-
found thought and failed to recall
the formation of any AIM policy
aimed at the dissolution of CED.
On the contrary, AIM is whole-,
ly in accord with the purposes and
maxims of that organization. In
fact, if CED delegate Ray Frank-
lin's statement that his organiza-
tion is interested in seeing the
job done in the most effective
manner, can be construed as CED
policy, the aims of both groups are
almost synonymous.J
Although The Daily usually does
a fine job of reporting, every so
ofteneit reads non-existent issues
into motions. What was reported
was not AIM'S policy, but extran-
eous side comments of one or two,
of the members thereof. Com-
ments were also made to the effect
that CED has done a commend-~
able job in bringing this all im-
portant issue of discriminatory
questions on application blanks to
the attention of the faculty and
campus. But this doesn't make for
as much sensational reading as off
the cuff opinions of a small min-
ority. Action taken by CED has
moved other organizations, such
as Student Legislature, to similar
action. AIM, like CED, wants to
see the job done most efficiently.
Silver Errs on AIM rather than
AIM Errs on the CED should have
been the headline to his editorial.
AIM most certainly did not issue
charges that CED was dominated
by ultra-leftist forces nor was
there any emotion over the Young
Progressive pamphlet as charged
by Mr. Silver. We would be the
last group to judge the purposes
and aims of one organization by
the makeup of other groups who
are also in accord with those pur-
poses.
Mr. Silver, you shouldn't believe
everything you read in The Mich-
igan Daily.
I hope the position of the Asso-
ciation of Independent Men in
relation to the CED has been sat-
isfactorily clarified.
In closing, I would like to cor-
rupt a phrase coined by one of our
older independent men who made
good, William Shakespeare, "Dis-
cretion should be the better part
of journalism."
-Cal Klyman,
Secretary, AIM
* * *
Reply to Emery.. ..
To the Editor:
I WAS GLAD Mr. Emery's Sun-
day letter was in good taste be-
cause otherwise it wouldn't have
been printed. It is quite an accom-
plishment after only four years
in the university, and I'm sure it
will advance some educational
theory whatsoever.
Especially since his achieve-
ments were made under a tre-
mendous handicap: for Emery
was plagued all along by sex-
-minded youths, drunken brawls
and athletic monsters and didn't
get to read of any other scholastic
achievements. It's kind of heroic
when you consider him doing all
this and not thinking about dates
or anything; but you can see his
success was due to his thinking,
talking, acting and sleeping on the
idea of the free world created 173
years ago; which is a pretty stimu-
lating thing to do because I tried
it and you feel that adventure
and romance back there, what
with the slave traders and the
witch trials and the Good Neigh-
bor policies with Indians and the
Virginia aristocracy.
It was especially profound when
he said the U. of Chicago had done
"a wonderful job in the defeatism
of delinquency vs. education,"
and I was thinking it's about
time we got a little defeatism
around here. One of those athle-
tic monsters told me the tuition
at the U. of Chicago was as high
as you would find it anywhere in
the country, but even so when
Hutchins reads the suggestions
about socialized education he'll
lower it down some.
I'd like to hear Mr. Emery dis-
cuss the atomic theory, Babson's
economics and cancer res'earch
sometime. I wouldn't be able to
talk very. intelligently, but I al-
ways like that feeling of ripen-
ing like a China orange in the
sunshine.
One of my sex-minded former
acquaintances read the letter, and
just to show you how stupid they
are, he says, "Hey, what was it
killed the social climbers? Did the
Cadillac run over them or was it
the girl..."
I get ashamed at how I used to
say it was hard to be a youth and
not get sex-minded, even when I
didn't believe it. Maybe in the
next generation we can get rid of
them. No children of mine are
going on any flamboyant flings
I dare say; nor shall their minds
starve behind any shovel or
broom. If they have to starve I
want them to do it like Emery's.
And say, come to think of it,
I'll bet that fellow was drunk
when he came walking along and
says, "Socialized medicine, so-
cialized medicine, socialized medi-
cine."
And I says, "What you saying
that for?"
And he says, "I'm throwing the
words around because I didn't like
Emery's letter."
And I looks down my nose at
him and says, "What's the mat-
ter with Emery's letter?.
And he says. "It stinks."
-William C. Coon, '49.
* * *
Shorter Drop Period ...
To the Editor:
IT SEEMS that the LSA heads
have done the impossible. They
have made their college even more
archaic than it has been. This
time it's shortening the drop per-
iod for courses.
The sages at the top refuse to
admit the shortcomings of
the school. They refuse to
admit that a good portion of the
courses do not give the students
what they expect. They refuse to
admit that a good portion of the
professors in the departments
have ridiculous notions of what
to put on tests. They refuse to
admit that the student should
have the right to choose the type
of education they are going to
receive.
If anything, the drop period
should be extended until mid-
semesters are given. Then the
student would be able to see if
what he is getting from the course
corresponds to what his instructor
thinks he should be getting from
the course. Instead, the clay gods
who rule the school have handed
down an edict saying that courses
must be dropped within three
weeks, if at all. And why? Because
we have an "excessively high
number of election changes, as
compared to other institutions."
If we must mimic other institu-
tions why not choose a progressive
institution to mimic.
Congratulations, Dean Peake,
you must havesat up for nights
thinking of this one.
-Peg Nimz.
Lila Nagler.
. * * *
Watch It, Haggerty!
To the Editor:
REFERENCE is made to letter
by Mr. Haggerty.
You should not be walking in
your sleep on the Diagonal so early
in the morning.
--Jack Kenyon
Jack Welsh
Chet Williams
Farrell Elliott
Jack Thorsberg
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COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE AND
SCULPTURE IN PERU, by Harold E
Wethey. Harvard University Press, 1949.
TH THIS book, Prof. Wethey of the fine
arts department here makes available to
all of us the rich culture of colonial Peru.
This is the Peru whose fabulous wealth in
silver and mercury helped, more than any
other single factor, to make Spain for a
period the leading nation in Europe. And
it was these riches, combined with the fer-
vid religious zeal of Counter-Reformation
Spain, that served to strew churches and
cathedrals in lavish splendor from the coast-
al cities to the towering Andes.
The material wealth of the land, and
its early cultural development, were
matched by the greatest richness in artis-
tic styles.
Gothic, felt to be the most structurally
sound construction in this land of earth-
quakes, persisted into the eighteenth cen-
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sance derived directly from Italy and the
ornate Renaissance facades that belong
peculiarly to Spain. Intricate, carpet-like
Islamic patterns, used to enrich ceilings and
tile walls, carry to the New World that
strong blending of Christian and Moorish
art that we call mudejar. A French king on
the Spanish throne brought the gay lilting
rhythms of the French Rococco to New
through to impose striking geometric pat-
terns in the midst of the sophisticated,
florid rhythms of European Baroque
churches.
Wethey points out also how the special
flavor of the way of life of a people can
often appear in its architecture. In the
Torre Taglo Palace at Tina, for example, the
Spaniards took over the Islamic concept of
sheltering their high-born ladies behind
shuttered balconies, where they could tip
the bars to peer down on the crowds in the
street without having their sex and rank
profaned by the stares of commoners.
The superb quality and variety of this
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Many people besides professional scholars
should find reading this book a thoroughly
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Rackham School of Graduate Studies, as
well as the American Council of Learned
Societies, for making its publication pos-
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-Robert Enggass
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