THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER! T,195S __ I s Lierary' College Conference HOW MANY TIMES has the student sit- ting next to you in a class, after rousing himself from his normal stupor, explained that he hadn't done his assignment because he: had gotten into a discussion about Freud, football or females the night before, and just hadn't gotten around to his school work. It is because of debacles like this that the bull session has acquired an unsavory reputation in some circles. The institution, Itscritics say, produces no material re- suIts. They waste time. But there is on Editorialsp ublished in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: RICH THOMAS ART E NTIRELY WITHOUT FANFARE an ex- hibition of pen and ink drawings by Richard Wilt of the College of Architecture, and Design quietly appeared several days ago on the walls of the south corridor of that building. That they should be as deftly with- drawn on Nov. 11 without having been trum- peted to a larger audience would be a shame- fiul. dereliction of duty: If knowledge, like charity, best begins at home any local seeker into. the meaning of contemporary art will be truant to his best interests if he fails to pay this show a visit. Wilt studied art at Carnegie Tech, grad- uating in 193. After the usual wartime hiatus-as the pilot of a B-26 over Nazi Europe-he, studied mural techniques at the New Scho'ol for Social Research and taught at the University of West Virginia, coming to Michigan in 1947. Numerous prizes in regional shows, including four consecutive awards in annuals of the As- sociated Artists of Pittsburgh; testify to his emerging talent. His ability is matched by the genuine hu- mility that compels him to describe the awards as "on my level, not on a national level." The implied recognition of a present leVel of development must not be construed as acceptance of ceiling limitations, how- ever, for the artist is sure of his direction. Articulate, cerebral in his approach, he drives himself on a day and night schedule of al- ternate painting and drawing, impelled only by a sincere love of' creatlve work-as con- trasted with the typical American hunger for success. He will not force his reputation but is content, with patience, to let the fu- ture judge his merits as he continues to de- velop. EnIjoying a natural facility with drawing, he uses it as a means of "getting into a pic- ture," organizing his concept for ultimate expression in oil. Yet the drawings can stand alone as full statements of a theme. Basial- ly realistic, with a conpletely recognizable "subject," his art is carefully devised. Dis- tortion and elimination are employed with trained sureness to validate a sound empha- sis on design. These are the antithesis of the amorphous, the confused, the accidental ele- mients that typify the work of some of the sensational short-cut experts who create au- tomaticaly, from the subconscious. Uncomplicated, tenuous, often dotted, lines, counterpointed with soft, gray tones of finely-interwoven hatching, define the over- lapping planes which substitute formally for any academic system of modelling. Wilt is a superb draftsman, a fact which, in con- junction with a highly-developed decorative sense, leads to one of his most distinctive characteristics. Delightful linear patterns nodify the essential severity of his forms. Such are the stylized swirls of infant hair, the meticulous insistence of flower petals, the jewels of hieratic diadems. Whimsy appeals in the sparing, yet tell- ing, line that caricatures the flutist and in the kinetic frenzy of the drummer. A more penetrating humor lurks just below the surface of many. One of the most pleasing is the recent drawing of the little girls clinging to the wrought iron fence, in which imagination has created enchanting fantasy in the interplay of repeated ovoid forms-heads, bodies, and apertures of the grill. Many solemn variations of themes of infancy are Sao more than the "diary" of the artist's recent personal experience of paternity. But always there are people: their existence recorded with sympathy and understanding-=rather than their problems in terms of "social protest." No- where is felt' the unhealthy intrusion of political ideology. Strong, clean line gains a striking boldness from the large scale and augments the overt geometry, of handsome individual interpre- tations of limited, but deeply-felt, aspects ofj life. (Note: these drawings are for sale-and not beyond 'the means of the student col- lector.) -"-D. R. Matheson THOSE WHO are trying to stop the "world peace congress" from meeting in Shef- field in November should stop to think again. It is the Communists, not the British Government, who are taking a grave risk by staging such proceedings in level-headed Yorkshire and at. the heart of a strike-free campus a group which contradicts the anti-bull sessioners. It is the Literary College Conference. Now this isn't to say that the students backing the Conference hit on their group as a way of making the bull session pay off materially. The Conference is now what it always has been: an attempt by a group of students interested in letting the administra- tors of the literary college know what they think of the way things are run in the col- lege. But it still operates like a bull session, with all the students present throwing their ideas in on the subjects under discussion. The material results come 'about indirectly. Several faculty members-from Dean Kenis- ton on down-attend the meetings to answer and to listen: they answer any questions which come up in the discussion that, be- cause of their positions they are best quali- fied to deal with; they listen to get the ideas of the lit student, and when later the time comes for policy making, it is hoped that they remember. In at least one case the words of the Conference have been remem- bered. Several suggestions put forth in it were incorporated into last year's faculty evaluation. The Conference was started in 1944 but it. was only last year that things really got rolling. As a result of last year's spadework, the nucleus from last year's conference has decided to tackle two specific problems this year: the improve- ment of 1. the curriculum and 2. student- faculty relationships. Just one thing though. Like oui; football team, the conference has been hard hit by graduation. It needs new, interested blood. It just so happens they're having a meeting to- night at 7:30 in the League to start work on their two problems. If you're a lit student in- terested in either your' relations with the faculty or the curriculum, it might be worth your while to drop in. -Davis Crippen. So hation THE SOCIALIST-LABOR Party did the country a great service at David Lilien- thal's recent lecture here by wakening his audience to the simplicity of finding a solution to the problem of wars. ' Even though many considered it a tasteless act to trick people into reading of the revolutionary movement by begin- ning the pamphlet with explanations of the atomic era, the Socialist-Labor Party contributed to the evening of logic in its own incomparable manner. Their solution to the world's ills (which David Lilienthal so thoughtlessly forgot to express) sounds reasonably workable. "This rotten'capitalistic system must be destroyed and replaced with a social order of peace, abundance and production for use." How one destroys the capitalistic system in a peaceful manner is left to the reader's imagination as are the obvious faults in- herent in our present productive methods. But this does not mean the pamphlet was useless. For the first time the work- ings of- a truly democratic society were explained. Councils should be elected "democratically from the industries." These councils -will direct "our collective efforts." "Our" of course excludes those Wall Street war lovers who make no effort to do anything about all the profits gained when stocks go down during a critical period. It does not even include the middle class fools who aren't smart enough to be a part of the Socialist-Labor Party's electoral college in industry. After considering this definition of the democratic society as it should ekist, anyone cannot help but realize that an anarchy is, after all, the best form of government. But while they are working for this anarchy it might be advisable for Socialist- Labor Paity members to do something more constructive with their time than spreading the message of "revolutionary Socialism." -Leah Marks. "Germany For Us Germans! - Korea For Us Koreans! - The Philippines For Us Filipinos! -- " DAILY OFFICIAL 'BULLETIN Xette^6 TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters o1 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 withhed from publication at the discretion of the editors. ON THE WasWhington Merry -Go-Round WITH DREW 'PEARSON HARRISBURG, Pa.-The state of Penn- sylvania, which has sent some freak Sen- ators to Washington in the past, this year can't very well go wrong. It has two good men to pick from: Gov. James Duff, Re- publican; and Sen. F'rancis Myers, Demo- crat. I.owever, if the tremendous swing which nominated Duff last May continues, he will. be the new Senator in Washington next January. This--if it happens-will mark something more than just a new Senator from Penn- sylvania. For Duff represents a new philoso- phy 'inside the Republican party which it needs more of if it is ever going to recapture the White House. He also is a man who is sure to be considered a Presidential candi- date if he wins on November 7. When Duff was nominated to the Senate last spring he received letters from ajl over the country stating: "Thank God for a change in the Republican Leadership. We're Democrats, but we would vote Republican, if the Republicans offered something new." What they referred to is the fact that Duff has not tried to tear down all the New Deal legislation FDR built up. Nor has he based his campaign on the Senator Mc- Carthy bogey that Communists lurk under State Department desks. Instead, he has followed a policy not unlike that.of Governor Warren of California of taking the best of the New Deal program and adding some features of his own-cleaning up one of the chief rivers of his state, reforming the in- ~URRNMOVIES At The Michigan . PASSPORT TO PIMLICO with Stanley Holloway, Hermione Baddeley and Mar- garet Rutherford. THIS IS ANOTHER blue-ribbon British comedy in the tradition of Kind Hearts and Coronets and Tight Little Island. If anything, it is somewhat subtler than those two fine imports. Thenaction revolves around the hilarious consequences which result from the un- earthing of an ancient royal charter grant- ing an area of London to the Duke of Bur- gundy. Because of the grant's undoubted authenticity, Pimlico takes on all the aspects of foreign territory and its few inhabitants are declared aliens. This creates a crisis in Whitehall and the explosive issue is passed from department to department in a futile attempt to cope with it. As you can well imagine, the film exploits to the utmost the often ludicrous incongrui- ties of diplomatic action. Obviously, tte situation calls for cool heads and a little common sense, but rigid protocol is studious- ly observed and the matter degenerates into an international incident. Stanley Holloway is excellent as the cock- ney prime minister of Burgundy while Hermione Baddeley (well remembered as the over-protective mother in the kite se- quence from Quartet) occupies much of sane asylums, improving the schools, and Sputting the Pennsylvania Manufacturers As- sociation in its place. For years, Pennsylvania was ruled by the barons of coal, steel, gas, and oil. What they wanted, they largely got. And the normal GOP Governor in Harrisburg usually did their bidling. Governor Duff, however, re- versed this, and in so doing won the undying. enmity of that insatiable disciple of the high tariff, Joe Grundy, plus all his fellow manu- facturers. They did their best to defeat Duff at the primaries and, believe it or not, they are now conspiring with.a Democrat, Sena- tor Myers, to try to defeat Duff in Novem- ber. * * . PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL Jim Duff is big, barrel-chested, redheaded, rides horseback at the age of 67 two or three times a week, works late hours, reads till one or two a.m., and drinks water incessantly. If it wasn't for his age he would be excellent Presidential timber, though in these days, with MacArthur 71, General Marshall 70, and Harry Truman one year younger than Duff, he can't be counted out. Duff inherited some of his crusading bel- ligerency from his father, a. Presbyterian minister in Westmoreland county, near Car- negie. His. father supported five children on an income of $3,700, and sent all of them to college. When Jim Duff was a boy, he remembers an oil con'pany drilling wells opposite his father's farm and offering to buy the Duff place-for a song. His father refused Instead, he drilled eight wells on his own land. But when he could not get the oil company to buy his gas, the elder' Duff simply uncorked a well, let the gas gush out, thus lowering the pressure in the wells across the line. After that the oil company came to terms. That was when Jim Duff got his first taste of bucking big business, and he has been bucking the barons most of his life. His next brush came when he was Attorney General of Pennsylvania and closed the legal loopp'oles permitting dumping in Penn- sylvania rivers. Later, as Governor, he start- ed the almost revolutionary project of dredg- ing out the Schuylkill River. TURNS DOWN RETAINERS There is an interesting contrast between the life of Jim Duff and that of Joe Hanley, Lieutenant Governor of New York. When Duff was urged to run for Governor, he also pled lack of funds. But a friend argued: "You can get two retainers for $20,000 and $15,000 that will supplement your state sal- ary." The friend mentioned two Pennsylvania utility companies for whom Duff had worked in the past. Unlike Hanley, however, Duff replied: "Not me. When I work for my State or my Government, I don't take money from an outside source." After conferring with Mrs. Duff, however, they decided to curtail their domestic bud- get and thus run'for office. Governor Duff belongs to a small b u t SL Funds . To the Editors: ON OCTOBER 15, 1"8, the Stu- dent Legislature, with strongi support of The Daily, conducted its .tag drive during which $1,078 was collected for the University of the Philippines. On December 2, 1948, Jim Brown, now Managing Editor of the Daily and writer of yesterday's article "exposing" the supposed "misuse" of funds by the Student Legislature, was elected to that same Student Legislature which, according to Mr. Brown, "went merrily 'on its way spending the funds which had been generously donated to the Philippine univer- sity by the entire campus." Editor Brown points out that any SL member at that time had access to the accounts wherein the Philippine funds were recorded-; one-time SL member Brown there-; fore had access to the books, and must share in any guilt which may attach to the SL as a whole. This letter is not intended as a denunciation of SL member Jim Brown; as Editor Brown points out, there was considerable doubt; at the time whether the funds would be properly spent in the Philippines. It was not until re- cently that clearly responsible groups were identified. Thus the funds could not have been sent much before the present-any de- lay caused by the temporary over- sight is, therefore, in effect im- material. Certainly this mix-up, thoug not to be casually shrugged off, does not merit the artificially sen- sational front-page "revelation" given it by Editor Brown. At any rate, SL member Brown and to- day's Editor Brown being indis- tinguishable. there may be justice in saying that people who live in glass houses should dress in the dark. -Walter Hansen '53L -Walt Oberreit '51 (Editor's Note-Yes.) SL Funds ... To the Editor: IN OPENING I wish to commend Mr. Brown and The Daily for its 'prompt action in revealing the S.L. "so called" misuse of funds -two years: Further, I 'would like to thank Mr Brown for being such a cap- able and consciencious snember of the legislature the semester 'ol- lowing the misuse of funds. I challenge him to produce min- utes of any S.L. meeting during his term, in which, he actively 'campaigned for the immediate sending of the money to the JAil- ippines and if he chooses to hide behind the cloak of ignorance, then I challenge him as a poor legis- lator, since the Philippine Drive should not have been that remote in his memory as a student leader. . I feel that the Legislature has been done a grave injustice at a time when it deserves the whoe hearted support of every student on campus. The legislature in the past two years has done a :om- mendable job in leading a hetero- geneous student population. It seems strange that men like Mr. Brown can forget the worthwhile things that the Legislature has BARNABY done, for the sake of writing, what a newspaper man would call a "Good" article. In closing I would repeat that the explanation of the blunder falls on the shoulders of the for- mer legislature member J i m Brown. His lack of interest and inertness are as much the cause of such mistakes as anyone's. Further let me remind every student that elections are in the near future, let's see that legislature is stocked with good, capable material-not 25 Mr. Bro"vns. -A. G. Miller SL Member Absentee Voting.. To the Editor:' ARE YOU voting by absentee this fall? If you are, and if your state re- quires your ballot to be notarized, and if you have missed The Daily's announcements that your Student Legislature is supplying a free no- tary service for absentee voters, let me remind you that I will be in the Student Legislature Office, 122 S. Forest from 4:30 to 5:30 to- day and tomorrow waiting to no- tarize your ballot. -Tom.Walsh, SL Member * * * Student Directory... To the Editor: IT IS unfortunate that space in this column must be devoted to answering letters written by in- dividuals who haven't the fore- sight to check their facts before they start making noise. However, since Keith Beers has placed him- self in that position by his letter in Tuesday's issue, I feel that an answer is in order so that his ig- norance may not be foisted upon others. Mr. Beers, please note the fol- lowing FACTS: This year's Student Directory is NOT several weeks late, as the record of the past five years will reveal. 1946-sold on Dec. 2 1947-sold on Nov. 3 1948-sold on Nov. 9 1949-sold on Oct. 28 1950-sold on. Oct. 31 The directories were available for sale this year on the 28th, but I think that even the most im- practical will concede that Satur- day is a poor day for any campus sale. Tuesday was chosen to take advantage of publicity afforded by the Daily. There were 8% (not 10%) fewer names this year, but on the other hand there were 9% more books printed this year in an effort to make a book available to all who desired one. These factors tend to cancel each other so that I hardly feel you are justified in expecting that the book should come out earlier because of the drop in en- rollment. 3) The directory was sold for 75o last year; and as a result, Stu- dent Publications suffered a loss. (Student Publications, i.e., The Michigan Daily, The Michiganen- sian, Generation, and the Student Directory) The directory was sold for 75c for only that one year, and it was due to the aforementioned FACTS that the price was returned to the $1.00 at which it had sold for many years. Contrary to your (Continued from page 2) Lectures University Lectures in Journa- lism: Blair Moody, of the Detroit News Washington Bureau, +'will lecture before a journalism as- sembly Fri., Nov. 3, 3 p.m., Rack- ham Amphitheatre. S u b j e c t: 'Building Strength for Freedom." Open to the public. Academic Notices Cancellation: Botany Seminar scheduled for 4:15 today, at which Dr. Winifred Curtis was to give an illustrated talk on the flora of Tasmania and Australia, has been canceled due to the illness of Dr. Curtis. Algebra (1) Seminar: Thurs.,; Nov. 2, 4:10 p.m., 3011 Angell Hall. Mr. R. Z. Norman will finish his talk on "Ideals in commutative rings," and Mr. G. S. Ritchie will speak on "The general decompo- sition theorem." Seminar in Applied Mathema- tics: Thurs., Nov. 2, 4 p.m., 247 ,W. Engineering Bldg. Mr. J. A. McFadden continues his talk on "Conical Supersonic Flow." Orientation Seminar in Mathe- matics: Meeting, Thurs., Nov. 2, 3001 Angell Hall. Mis's Curran will conclude speaking on "Jordan's Theorem." % Special Mathematics Colloqui- um: Prof. H. Hopf, of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, will speak on J'Surf aces with a relation be- tween the principal curvatures" at the special Mathematics Collo- quium, Thurs., Nov. 2, 3 'p.m., 3201 Angell Hall. Concerts Carillon Recital: 7:15 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 2, by Percival Price, University Carillonneur. Program: Four compositions from the reper- tory of Joannes de Gruytters; Passing By by E. C. Purcell, and In Summer Time on Bredon by G. Peel; three works by Wilhelm Bender; four Canadian folk songs, and Song of Freedom by Rabin- dinath Tagore. Events Today Canterbury Club: 10:15 a.m., Holy Communion. University Lutheran Chapel Stu- dent Assembly: Monthly business meeting, 7:30 p.m. at the chapel. Gilbert & Sullivan Society: Full chorus rehearsal, 7 p.m., League. Michigan Crib, University Pre- Legal Society: 8 p.m., Room 3-S Union. Speaker: Mr. Douglas K. Reading, Prosecuting Attorney of Washtenaw County. "The Prose- cutors Office." All old, new, and prospective members invited. Opening tonight: Shakespeare's comedy "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," presented by the Department of Speech at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, with The Little. Symphony. Box office open from 10 a.m. through 8 p.m. All three performances begin at 8 p.m. Beacon 7:45 p.m., W. Filley, partment. Undergraduate Psychologicki So- iety: Meeting 8 p.m., 1121 Natur- al Science Bldg. Prof. T. M. New- comb will speak of "War Hyster- ia." New members welcome. Polonia Club: 7:30 p.m., 'Inter- national Center. Discussion of En- sian picture. Coming Events Westminister Guild: Sadie Hw- kins Party, 8:30 p.m., Fri., Nov. 3, First Presbyterian Church. Wesley Foundation: "Pie in the Eye" party, Fri., Nov. 3, 8 pm., Wesley Foundation. A small fee charged for the D. P. fund. Physical Education - Women Students: Registration for the next eight weeks' classes in physical education for women Will be held in the fencing room, Barbour Gymnasium as follows: Nov. 3-- 7:30 a.m.-12 noon and Nov. 4- 8 a.m.-12 noon. Young Progressives of' America: Party, Fri., Nov. 3, 8:30 p.m., League. Graduate Outing Club: Co-ed Sports Nite, Fri., Nov. 3. Meet at Intramural Building at 7:30 p.m. for volleyball, badminton, swim- ming. Bring sneakers, gym togs, swim suits, University Identifica- tion Card. Activities open to new- comers. International Radio Round Ta- ble: Auspices of International Center and WUOM. Discussions are held every Friday at 2:30 p.m. on WUOM and are broadcast m~ the Voice of America to foreign countries. Subjects for discussion: Peace and the Atomic Energy-- Nov. 3. Commonwealth of Nations - Nov. 10. International Travel-Nov. 17. American Family-Nov. 24. Students interested in partici- pating in the programs may con- tact Hiru Shah, Moderator of the Roundtable, 2-1644 or Charles Ar- nade, Organizer of the Program, International Center. University Museums Program for Friday Evening: "Water Birds of Michigan and Other States" Colored motion picture, "Birds of the Seashore," issued by the Na- tiohal Film Board of Canada. 7:3Q. p.m., Kellogg Auditorium. Nar- rator: Dr. George M. Sutton, Re- search Consultant in the Museum .of Zoology. Exhibits of water birds on the 3rd and 4th floors, Mu-! seums building, open to the pub- lic from 7 to 9. Ur- 7:30 p.m., 311 W. Engineering Bldg. Shore school for all., U. of M. Women's Glee Club: Rehearsal, 7:10 p.m., League. Women of the University Facul- ty: Weekly tea, 4 to 6. p.m., Club Room, League. Association: Meeting, League. Speaker: Dr. Political Science De- r La p'ti4e League. Michigan p.m., Radio causette: 3:30 p.m., Singers: Rehearsal, 3 Studio. .Michigan Education Club: 7:30 p.m., U n i o n. Student - Faculty mixer. International Center Weekly Tea for foreign students and American friends, 4:30-6 p.m. University Marketing Club pre- sents two 30 minute movies: "Foundation for Conference Sell- ing," and "Your Way to Success in Selling," 4:10 p.m., 131 Busi- ness Administration. Open to the public. Ice Skating Club: Organization- al meeting,.5 p.m., Barbour Gym. Beginners, advanced, graduates and under-graduates welcome. U. of M. Sailing Club: Meeting, inference, yours truly did not re- ceive any personal benefit from raising the price. The benefit was realized by STUDENT Publica- tions. I realize that you have put your- self in the position of a self-styled benefactor of the unprotected stu- dents, but it is no excuse for "ed- dling misinformation. -Roger Wellington Editor-Student Directory Sixty-First Year *Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff. Jim Brown............Managing Editor Paul Brentlinger............City Editor Roma Lipsky ......... Editorial Director Dave Thomas...'.-.... Feature Editor Janet Watts .......... .Associate Editor Nancy Bylan. . Associate Editor James Gregory........Associate Editor Bill Connolly........... .Sports Editor. Bob Sandell. Associate Sports Editor Bill Brenton.....Associate Sports Editor. Barbara Jans........Women's Editor Pat Brownson Associate Women's Editor ; Business Staff Bob Daniels........Business Manager Waiter Shapero Assoc. Business Managet Paul Schaible..Advertising Manager Bob Mersereu......Finance Manager Carl Breitkreitz.... Circulation Manager Telephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or iotherwise credited to this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein are also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor. Michigan as second-class maail matter Subscription during regular school year: by carrier,~ $6.00; by mall, $7.00. -2 Don't interrupt your Fairy Godfather, m'boy. And pay attention. The purpose of my little super nature talks A -Dragging something! Something invisible'- p. Merely a talking bird of some sort, Barnaby, with a talent for ventriloquy and a peculiar sense of As 1 was saying, their supposed fear of being carried off is absurd in that they are invisible-- r I