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THE MICHIGAN D AILY
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1949
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Good Old $%:?;$! RL
T HE ROMANCE Language Building is still
standing. Why?
Endowed with as much glamor as a coal
shed, this perennial eyesore is not only
carrying "ivy-clad" tradition too far, but
remains a serious fire hazard.
Ann Arbor Fire Chief Ben Zahn has
corroborated this observation by noting
that RL is one of the three campus struc-
tures where a really serious fire could occur
(in addition to Temporary Classroom
Building and University Hall).
He says that inspections are made of all
University buildings twice yearly, and that
safety equipment has reduced the possi-
bility of major fires to a bare minimum.
For a flame-susceptible wooden structure
as RL, used by such a large percentage of
the student body, I refuse to accept this
"bare minimum" as the standard we want.
Rather, fire possibilities should be reduced
to nil. '
Outside, RL may look safe from fire
threat. Inside, room walls are literally
crumbling to pieces. Floorboards are anc-
ient, cracking and would make excellent
kindling material. And the stairways
stand far below what we consider ordinary
standards.
In addition to being a tinder box, RL
offers freezing rooms in winter, unbearable
temperatures in springtime. And finding
the men's rest room, tucked in an obscure
fourth floor corner, would give a bloodhound
a run for his money.
Summarily, unwholesome rooming, light-
ing and heating conditions at RL are far
from conducive to good work, on both stu-
dents' and faculty members' parts.
Taking this into consideration, the
University could dig into the treasure
chest and emerge with a new language
building-that's one of the things ap-
propriations are for.
It's been proposed before; nothing was
ever done. But is it asking too much?
-Don Kotite
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At The State.0.
ROSEANNA McCOY, with Farley Gran-
ger, Joan Evans, Charles Bickford and a
passel of reckless mountain boys.
Not that ah warn't expectin' it, under-
stand, but ah was mighty surprised when
this hyar film turned out to be good.
Centering on the notorious feud between
the Hatfields and McCoys, the story takes
up in the midst of the quarrel over the
Hatfields' crippling of Ma McCoy. The
families are instructed to leave each other
strictly alone, so when daughter Roseanna
falls for Hatfield scion Farley Granger,
there naturally results a lot of internal
and external conflict.
Roseanna, ably portrayed by wide-eyed
newcomer Joan Evans, is shortly led astray
and finds herself in the Hatfield camp. There
follows some fast and furious feudin', large-
ly engendered by a homicidal uncle on the
Hatfield side. ,
Neither side will permit the wedding of
the young couple, and the situation becomes
nearly irresolvable before the two mend the
rift in their own way.
The whole cast does a darn good job,
while the script is very well-constructed
dramatically. The production job contri-
butes its part to point up the tension and
the very effective climax.
Even minor details in the movie have been
carefully attended to, as for instance cast-
ing the McCoy family so that the members
somewhat resemble one another, and mak-
ing sure that the Hatfield children behave
in a suitably lewd, crude manner.
-Fran Ivick
Editorials published in The Michigan Daily
dre written by members of The Daily staff
and represent the views of the writers only.
NIGHT EDITOR: DAVE THOMAS
At The Michigan. .
THAT FORSYTE WOMAN with Greer
Garson, Errol Flynn, Walter Pidgeon, Ro-
bert Young, and many other high-paid
stars.
A ND IT'S NOT ALWAYS EXAMS. Some
people don't go to the movies just be-
fore Holiday time because they fear the. same
film will be on for a whole long-nighted
week when they get home. If you're the kind
that figits around the homestead, don't
check That F o r s y t e Woman while
you're in Ann Arbor, and for that matter,
think twice before you leave a hot text dur-
ing vacation to see it.
Knocking out about three-fourths of Mr.
Galsworthy's novel, the Hollywood people
have come up with a feverishly compli-
cated pentagonal plot that Miss Garson,
as That Woman, attempts to whirl around.
The family of her suitor (Errol Flynn-
who does very well) is high bourgeois and
therefore by Mr. Galsworthy's standards,
unbearably mercenary, but not, as this
movie shows, unbearably dull. All rich
people aren't stupid. Certain ones, who, for
example, edit Mr. Galsworthy's prose
might be. Unrich Miss Garson after a
spirited battle acquiesces Errol and as a
Forsyte, begins to languish in 19th Cen-
tury chic and around some very lush sets.
It is about here that the innanity of the
dialogue becomes unbearable, which with
another dialect might have been written for
God's Little Acre. For some strange reason,
it is assumed that "my dears", "rathers",
"reallys", etc., differentiate the talk of the
rich and the poor. There is a commonality
among men but it has more to do with a
few Christian doctrines and the number of
arms, legs and heads rather than tea table
wit. Mr. Pidgeon, the fourth man, rumbles
to Miss Garson after she has seen for the
first time in five years Mr. Flynn, "My dear,
you look as if you had seen a ghost."
She whispers, "I have."
-S. J. Winebaum
The
City Editor's
SCRATCH
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By AL BLUMROSEN
OR WEEKS NOW, a little group of alpha-
bet agencies has been vying with one
another to see who would take the toughest
crack at the Committee to End Discrimina-
tion.
It has become a campus sport.
The conventional argument goes that CED
is too "Progressive" - note the capital P.
And so we should all make a lot of noise
to discredit it and have the Student Legis-
lature do the work in their own way-
which is usually picking up something
someone else has started and seeing it
through to a conclusion.
So everyone got on the band wagon and
passed resolutions. They were not going to
be tainted with the "radical activities" of
the Progressives.
MEANWHILE, the question of discrimina-
tion on entrance blanks goes by the
boards.
University officials deny that there . is
any "quota-system" around here, and the
CED says there is one by inference be-
cause of the so called "discriminatory
questions" on entrance blanks.
As long as these questions are on an ad-
mission blank, the University denials that a
"quota system" exists will continue to sound
hollow.
A quota system is intangible. It may exist
with or without any written words to back it
up, and the existence of the "discriminatory
questions" does not necessarily mean that
there is a quota.
The presence of these questions is valid
circumstantial evidence that admission to
the University may be based partly on a
"quota system."
Some officials have said that the questions
are used for purposes other than admission.
From this, it appears that there is no need
for the university to have this data BEFORE
THE STUDENT ARRIVES. Once he is here,
on his merits, it may be a different question
-and the university could easily enough get
this information then.
Now here is something that the CED,
the SL, and any other alphabet group
with guts could work on.
Take the Administration at their word.
Offer to help them get that information-
after the student is securely anchored in
Ann Arbor.
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THE COLD - CRUEL - WORLDISTS keep
saying that once you are out of college,
the idealistic vision of an equal society is a
sad myth. And today it is true. But in col-
lege, there is no reason to perpetuate an
illogical, irrational policy.
A university should be the place to break
away from it.
If the student groups which claim to be
"working" on the problem will start by tak-
ing the University at its word, and go along
on that basis-they will get some results.
If the Administration comes through; it
will prove conclusively that they are on
the level.
'If they do not, it will prove just as con-
clusively that they are hiding behind words.
But at least give them a chance to show
where they really stand.
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THIS BUSINESS of "working" on the
problem of discrimination in admissions
really has no reference to CED.
So far this fall they have not contacted
any University officials, they have not of-
fered any concrete suggestions, they have-
n't done anything but make a little small
talk. -
If the groups in CED don't like this par-
ticular versidn of an attack on the alleged
"quota system,"let them come up with some-
thing else - something other than petty
scuffling among themselves.
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And That's the Physics Building
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A FEAST FOR the eyes, if not the ears,
was provided last night in Hill audi-
torium by Rise Stevens. The gracious Met-
ropolitan Opera soprano, gowned in a beau-
tiful blue and green ensemble, which was
set off to perfection by the bouquet of red
roses, put on a first-rate entertainment, and
captivated her audience with a poise and
charm which compensate in some measure
for her vocal inadequacies.
Miss Stevens approached her program
with intelligence and care. There were
several numbers in which she displayed
genuine musicianship, and she was,
throughout the evening, a delightful and
convincing actress. But she lacks the es-
sentials of an adequate vocal equipment.
Her voice is naturally rather small, and
she forces all dynamically demanding
tones. Her breath control is inadequate,
for which she compensates by a strained
muscular "set" in the vocal cords. The
result is a harsh, pinched tone, and short,
choppy phrasing.
The opening number, "Where'er You
Walk" by Handel, was straight-forward
and pleasing and several of the lighter
numbers had a lilt and delicacy which were
good to hear. The Negro spirituals, done in
the school of spiritual singing which apes
Negro style and dialect, resulted in an of-
fensive caricature of what the songs were
meant to be.
The less said about the Schumann,
Strauss, Brahms and Wolf group the
better. But the three excerpts from Car-
men and the Bizet encore, deserve real
praise. Carmen is probably Miss Stevens'-
best role, and the numbers from it were
the high points of last night's recital.
Sympathetic accompaniments, and a post-
A fashion editor says the American de-
intermission solo group, were provided by
Brooks Smith.
Miss Stevens has managed to over-step
the primary requisite for an opera singer,
namely a fine voice, and to compensate for
her vocal deficiencies with certain extra-
musical attributes. The desirability of this
substitutionwishhighly questionable, but she
gets away with it.
-Louise L. Goss
To the Editor:
TODAY the Student Affairs
Committee will be presented
with the IFC's resolution on dis-
crimination. This is an open let-
ter from an affiliated student ask-
ing that this resolution be defeat-
ed. At first glance this might ap-
pear to be an effort to block an
honest attempt on the part of the
affiliates to tackle this most con-
troversial issue. But it is not. I
feel the resolution should be de-
feated for the following reasons:
1. It is not a resolution indicat-
ing a true attempt to inquire into
any of the basic problems which
it purports to remedy. This, I feel,
can be substantiated by an inves-
tigation of the committee which
proposed the measure-the IFC
Committee on Discrimination. The
attendance at these meetings to
draw up this resolution was vol-
untary. As a matter of fact,aat the
three meetings 14, nine, and four
out of a possible 40 fraternities
were represented. This attendance
might be partially due to the fact
that the IFC failed to announce
these meetings either at the house
presidents' meetings or in the
DOB.
2. The resolution is overshadow-
ed by ulterior motives for its pas-
sage. Namely, to stop pressure on
the IFC by other student organiza-
tions. There is much evidence to
support this since this sub-com-
mittee was divided into two parts,
one to discuss solution to the dis-
crimination problem, and the other
to stop pressure being applied to
the fraternities. The year time-
limit which the resolution recom-
mends to allow the fraternities to
petition their nationals seems a
bit absurd.
3. It is a watered-down resolu-
tion which feigns a perfunctory
superficial solution to a problem
of affiliated discrimination which
other student organizations hoped
the IPC could solve. In my opin-
ion, the' closed meetings, which
discussed, tabled, and re-tabled
any motion with teeth in it until
they evolved this meaningless re-
solution, support this conclusion.
I wrote this letter because I feel
that at first glance anyone inter-
ested in this problem might be
swayed to sympathize with the re-
solution, being blind to its con-
tent. And because I want the SAC
to hear one affiliate's viewpoint on
a resolution which supposedly re-
presents all affiliates on campus.
--Don Rothschild,
House President,
Zeta Beta Tau
To the Editor:
THIS AFTERNOON the Student
Affairs Committee will con-
sider whether or not fraternities
with discriminatory clauses will be
allowed one year's time to write a
letter to their national chapters. It
isn't hard to predict what the ef-
fect of such a proposal would be
if accepted. In effect, it would stop
any further action on the prob-
lem of house-discrimination for
one year.
Certainly, very few could quar-
rel with any motion which had as
its sole purpose the writing of let-
ters against discriminatory clauses;
and, perhaps, if two weeks or a
month had been allowed, the IFC
might well be commended. But to
allow the completely unreasonable
time of one year to compose and
mail a letter is clearly indicative
of the insincerity of those who
proposed the motion.
I have always felt that the IFC
should be given every opportunity
to clean up their own dirty linen,
but for the SAC to encourage a
step which is so directly opposite
to the expressed goal of the entire
campus would be .certainto hurt a
University which is today well on
its way toward ridding itself of a
serious blot.
-Ralph Sosin
Crime' . .
To the Editor:
FROM the town of Vernon,
Mich., comes the story of a
crime-the crime of speaking one's
mind in behalf of world peace.
The "criminal" is one Rev. Albert
Kauffman. He will be fired from
his pulpit because he made the
following statements:
"If we can only live through the
present Truman administration
until the fervor of the radical and
foolish p a triotic organizations
cools off, I am sure there will be no
war with Russia . . . It helps me
greatly to understand and to be
patient with the patriotic editors
and Legionnaires when I recall
similar zealous groups at the end
of World War IL"
The president of the trustees of
Mr. Kauffman's church, Arthur
Davis, gives this reason for his
firing Mr. Kauffman: "I have a
great deal of sympathy for the
man but not with this wrong (em-
phasis ours) side of the ques-
tion . .-
The American Legion, whose last
patriotic demonstration was at
Peekskill, N.Y., will picket the
church Sunday.
We, the undersigned, feel that in
view of the above facts a loud note
of protest should be sounded
throughout the country against
any possible removal of the Rev.
Mr. Kauffman. The proposed fir-
ing of the reverend, and the antics
of the American Legion, represent
in this situation the main threat
to democracy and peace.
Freedom of speech, whether it
be from a street-corner or a pul-
pit, must be protected if we are to
survive as a free nation.
-H. Koski
H. Bershad
C. Cazden
Al Lippitt
John Neufeld
B. Houston
M. Maloff
0. McMorris
M. E. Gluckstein
John Houston
poration is interested in L.S.&A.
graduates, married, with premedi-
cal, biology or chemistry majors
or Pharmacy graduates, 23-28
years of age for Semi-Technical
Sales.
The Timken Roller Bearing
Company has opening in the Engi-
neering Sales Automotive Di-
vision for Mechanical Engineering
Students, single, 21-24 years of age
in the upper half of their class. It
is desirable that applicants live
near Detroit as final placement will
be in Detroit Branch Office.
The Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company has openings in
their Semi-Technical Sales de-
partment for single L.S.&A. grad-
uates, 21-25 years of age. The Line
Operations (Stel) is interested in
obtaining Mechanical or Metallur-
gical Engineering graduates, 21-26
years of age, in the upper half of
their class. 18-month on-the-job
apprenticeship type training pro-
gram is followed by placement in
a supervisory situation. There are
also opening for Commerce gradu-
ates with majors in Accounting, in
the upper quarter of their class,
22-26 years of age, for 18-month
on-the-job training program.
For additional information and
appointments for interviews call
the Bureau of Appointments, 3528
Administration Bldg.
University Community Center
Williow Village
Tues., Dec. 13, 4-5 p.m. Church
School Christmas Play; 8 p.m.
Bridge Party. Everybody invited.
Wed., Dec. 14, 8 p.m. Ceramics.
Thurs., Dec. 15, 3-5 p.m. Party
for chilclren of Nursery and Wives'
Club. 8 p.m. Ceramics, Water-
color.
Lectures
University Lectures in Journal-
ism: "The Press in a Changing
World." Benjamin M. McKelway,
Editor, Washington Star, and
President of the American Society
of Newspaper Editors: auspices of
the Department of Journalism. 3
p.m., Wed., Dec. 14, Room C, Haven
Hall.
Academic Notices
Doctoral Examination for John
Edward Dougherty, Physics;
thesis: "Synchrotron Injection,"
Tues., Dec. 13, W. Council Rm.,
Rackham Bldg., 3 p.m. Chairman,
H. R. Crane.
Doctoral Examination for John
S. Malik, Physics; thesis: "A Fre-
quency Modulated Accelerating
System for a Racetrack Synchro-
tron," Tues.,aDec. 13, E. Council
Rm., Rackham Bldg., 1:15 p.m.
Chairman, H. R. Crane.
Doctoral Examination for Jay
Dykhouse, Education; thesis:
"Dualism in American Public Edu-
cation Since 1906 with Special
Reference to the Vocational Edu-
cation Movement," Tues., Dec. 13,
715 S. Forest Ave. (Mr. Moehl-
man's residence). 3 p.m. Chair-
man, A. B. Moehlman.
AE. 160 Seminar: 4 p.m., Wed.,
Dec. 14, 1504 E. Engineering. Prof.
M. V. Morkovin will speak "On
Wind Tunnel Corrections." Re-
freshments. Visitors welcome.
Engineering Mechanics Semi-
nar: 4 p.m., Wed., Dec. 14, 101 W.
Engineering. Mr. F. W. Nieden-
fuhr will speak on the "Analog
Computer." All interested persons
welcome.
Theory of Games Seminar: 7:30
p.m., Wed., Dec. 14, 3001 Angell
Hall. Note change of date.
Bacteriology Seminar, Tues.,
Dec. 13, 10:30 a.m. Rm. 1520 E.
Medical Bldg. Speaker: Dr. Carl A.
Lawrence. Subject: Chemotherapy
of Tuberculosis.
Physical-Inorganic Chemistry
Seminar: 4:07 p.m., Wed., Dec. 14,
2308 Chemistry. Prof. J. H. Hodges.
"Activation in Unimolecular Reac-
tions."
Concerts
Choral Union Members: The
next regular rehearsal will be held
Tues., Jan. 3, 7 p.m., Room B,
Haven Hall.
University Choir, Maynard
Klein, Conductor, will present its
annual Christmas concert at 8:30
p.m., Tues., Dec. 13, Hill Audito-
rium. The program will include
compositions by Victoria, Prae-
torius, Palestrina, Gabrieli, Bach,
Rachmaninoff, Britten, and
Vaughan Williams. The choir
will be assisted by the Repertory
Orchestra with Carol Neilson and
Norma Heyde, soprano soloists,
and Priscilla Eitel, harpist.
The general public is invited.
String Quartet Class under the
direction of Oliver Edel and Paul
Doktor, will present a program at
3:30 p.m., Tues., Dec. 13, in 'the
Rackham Assembly Hall, to which
the public is invited. It will in-
clude Beethoven's "Rasoumouvsky
Quartets," with Edward Troupin,
Donald Miller, Larry Owen, Lois
Utzinger, Genevieve Shanklin, and
Andrew Lisko, violinists, Theodore
Powell, David Ireland, and Donald
Sandford, violists, and Harriet
Risk, David Baumgartner and
Joan Lewis, cellists.
Events Today
American Association of Univer-
sity Professors, Michigan Chapter:
Meeting, 6-8 p.m., Faculty
Dining Room, Union. Dinner
from 6-7 p.m. Discussion: "In
the event that a member of the
University of Michigan faculty
were accused of being a Com-
munist and his tenure challenged,
would our present machinery and
procedure be adequate to handle
the problem?" Frank Huntley,
moderator; presentation of cases
by Charles Jamison and Wesley
Maurer.
Research Club meeting, Rack-
ham Amphitheater, 8 p.m. "The
Atmospheres of the Sun and the
Earth," by Leo Goldberg, Profes-
sor of Astronomy, and Robert R.
McMath, Professor of Solar Phys-
ics; "The Research Program of the
Institute for Social Research," by
Rensis Likert, Professor of Phy-
chology and Sociology.
Cleveland Club If you want to
pay your bus fare, dues or pay for
your dance bid you can do so at
the Administration Building from
3 to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday and Wed-
nesday.
Russian Circle: Meeting, 8 p.m.,
International Center. Christmas
party.
Canterbury Club: 7:30 p.m.,
Chaplain's Seminar conducted by
Rev. Burt on the basic doctrines of
the Christian faith.
Christian Science Organization:
Testimonial meeting, 7:30 p.m.
Upper Room, Lane Hall. All are
welcome.
Campus Leaders Loan Library
Tet Book Drive, sponsored by Al-
pha Phi Omega. Meeting, 6:30
p.m., Rm. 3N, Union. If unable to
attend, send representative.
Wolverine Club: 7:30 p.m., Un-
ion.
Quarterdeck Society: Meeting,
7:30 p.m., Rm. 3A, Union.
5440th Military Government
Training Reserve Unit: 7:30 p.m.,
131 Business Administration Bldg.
Lecture on Operations and Orders
will be given by Captain Stanley
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WITH DREW EARSONv
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WASHINGTON-Old man Einstein, the
godfather of atomic energy, is having
his house painted. It needs more than that.
It stands, gray and weather-beaten, on a
residential street in Princeton, and one post
of the porch is eaten away at the base by
ants or termites.
But the things that make Albert Ein-
stein sad are not related to painting and
carpentry.
In international affairs, Einstein is troub-
led by the cold war and its effect of re-
building Germany. He does not share the
views of political and military experts about
the menace of Russia. He thinks that a
strong Germany offers a far greater menace
and that the western policy of rebuilding
Germany as a bastion against Russia is utter
folly.
He doesn't express these views for publi-
cation. He tries to keep out of public life,
and he shuns interviews. He was deeply hurt
by attacks in the press and by mail which
followed a previous expression of views.
When a visitor called on him recently,
ment, but needs money to hire paid organ-
izers. Meanwhile, the Republicans are keep-
ing on close terms with such Southern
Democrats as Congressman Jim Davis of
Stone Mountain, Ga., whose voting record is
97 per cent Republican-even more so than
Senator Taft's.
RUSSIAN INDUSTRY HUMS-The Amer-
ican Embassy in Moscow has warned the
State Department that, contrary to predic-
tions, Russian industry is breaking all pro-
duction records, especially in tanks, planes
and war materials. Ambassador Kirk says
the Russian factories are turning out so
much stuff that Moscow is planning to an-
nounce that the five-year plan has been
achieved in four years.
(Copyright, 1949, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
SEVEN American states have passed laws
requiring loyalty oaths of teachers or
other state employees or both-Arkansas,
California, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey,
New York and Washington. The Maryland
law was declared unconstitutional last Au-
gust in a ringing decision by Judge Joseph
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