THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRID iversi tyDiscipline Policies Ill. "Come Back Any Time" THE NEW disciplinary method, called Dean's Probation, now in the experimen- tal stage sounds in theory like an ideal pro- gram to take the place of suspension, but in practice may prove a detriment to the University. Under this system the offender works in the University Hospital for a period of not less than four academic months. Dur- ing this time the student may have no other extra-curricular activities, and can- not join in any house activities. This system will serve to keep University men from being drafted while under sus- pension, and undoubtedly the women work- ing under this plan will appreciate being able to attend classes while making retri- bution for a misdemeanor, but it is unlikely that under the circumstances they will do their job with any degree of enthusiasm. A job such as this is usually taken over by voluntary workers who are eager to do the job well and get pleasure out of doing it simply because it is voluntary. They are not doing it because they have to, but because they want to. Even though students are free to choose either wrk under the new plan or sus- pension, those who decide to take the work will probably regard it as little more than the lesser of two evils. The hospital job wil seem to them a grind and an im- position on their freedom. They will prob- ably put just enough effort into their work to avoid being referred back to Uni- versity officials, but no more than that. Such an attitude is not beneficial to a hospital job, or to any type of charity work. The students will not gain anything under this plan, and the hospital stands to be the loser -Cara Cherniak. Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: RON WATTS The Weekend In Town EVVENTS OF UNUSUAL INTEREST IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND: SPORTS HOCKEY with Michigan College of Min- ing and Technology (Houghton) tonight and tomorrow night at 8, Coliseum. DANCES MILITARY BALL, sponsored by the Army, Navy and Air ROTCs, replete with miltary fanfare and decorations. No corsages, but Paul LaVole's orchestra. At the Union, from 9 p.m. today to 1 a.m. tomorrow. LITTLE CLUB at the League tonight. All the thrills of a night club without liquor. THE DEANS of Students and Women have proposed a punishment policy which would seriously impair the Univer- sity's standing in the academic world and threaten its faltering reputation as a liber- al institution. The plan, Is to punish students who break University rules by making them work 16 hours a week without pay in University Hospital instead of suspending them as now. Many persons have criticized the plan as cruel and extreme but the critics have ig- nored the main point: the scheme is only another unpleasant evidence of the Uni- versity's unnecessary and harmful discipline policy. Many students condemned fining Psi Up- silon fraternity $2,000 but condoned the li- quor ban which Psi U violated. Similar pro- tests have been raised against the deans' "work off your punishment" plan, by per- sons who accept the rules the plan is meant to enforce. If we grant the liquor ban is just how are we to determine how severe an enforcement of it is just-$2,000, $1,500 or $3? If social probation' is just punishment for a woman who stays out late isn't suspension a suit- able penalty for one who stays out later? Isn't involuntary servitude an acceptable substitute for expulsion? As long as the University attempts to re- gulate the manners and morals of its stu- dents we will have odious rules and intoler- able punishments. Protests against certain punishments should be directed to the rules which are being violated. The disapproval should focus on the University rules which attempt to control students' morals and per- sonal habits., Of course the University must have some control over students' actions, but University officials should apply to their restrictions on student behavior the same test libertar- ians apply to legal restrictions on citizens' actions: An individual may be prevented from do- ing only those things which would injure someone else; he may not be restrained from actions which might harm himself. It is true that the University is not an ordinary government and therefore does not have the same obligations to students that a civil authority has to citizens. However, one of the purposes of a university, often reiterated by University officials, is to pre- pare its members for life as free citizens. This can be done only if the university community provides, besides formal academic training, the permissive atmosphere neces- sary for the preparation of independent ci- tizens. For this reason the University must never protect its students from themselves. In practice, this means the University must do away with the liquor ban, women's hours, "mixed company" regulations and all its other blue laws. Then fines, social probation, suspension and "work off your sin" plans will be unnecessary. There will still be, rightly, penalties for plagiarism, cheating on exams and all other offenses which invade the rights of others but experience shows these genu- ine offenses constitute an infinitesimal portion of the University's discipline cases. Those who find the latest step in the dis- cipline program a little too much to take should realize that the system which makes such punishments necessary is the proper object of their scorn. Students must under- stand their protestations against the work plan and the deans' arguments for it are merely clouding the main issue, the Uni- versity's unnecessary, unwanted and unwise controls over students' actions. -Floyd Thomas . I CIN*EMA At Ill Auditorium . .. ORPHEUS with Jean Marais and Maria Cesares A COCTEAU FILM is never dull. While his efforts may seem pretentious and his intent somewhat fuzzy at times, his imagina- tive tinkering is always visually exciting and the notion is inescapable that he is con- stantly trying to enlarge the possibilities of the film as an art form. This is an attempt to recast and enlarge the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice into a modern setting (though the characters have a certain timelessness). As you may remem- ber, Orpheus was a Thracian poet of great gifts who recovered his wife Eurydice from the nether regions only upon the condition that he not look back until they reached the earth. Orpheus did look back and his wife vanished. He was later killed by a group of Bacchantes enraged by his prolonged grief. While this serves as the framework for Coc- teau's attractive expansion, he has a larger THE RECENTLY announced Dean's disci- plinary policy has once again brought up the old question of whether or not stu- dent conduct should be regulated by the Uni- versity. The plan, providing as it does for an alternate system of ' punishment, war- rants little discussion in itself. Essentially, it is a liberalization of the existing me- chanics of discipline, and constitutes only a minor change in a much older and much more important theory. The theory, that the University should have some control over student conduct, has been battered at great and undue length in these columns. It has often been assumed almost at the outset that regulation is or- ganized only to thwart natural and worthy motivations, and has no per se value. This empty condemnatory attitude has effectively blocked any real consideration of the purposes of regulations. In an adjacent column, the attitude is carried to its equally empty end: advocation of no controls at all. Of course, it may be argued that the Uni- versity should only prevent those actions which do harm to other people. Ideally, this is fine. But further, Mr. Thomas assumes that a dichotomy exists between those Uni- versity rules against harmful actions, and others which "protect the students from themselves." If it were possible to make rules so perfect that they accomplished exactly what they are intended to do and nothing else, his dichotomy might hold. But how many regu- lations in effect here exist- primarily to pro- tect a person from himself? Upon close examination, it would seem that each, in a primary sense, exists first for the protection of other people; only in an auxiliary connec- tion do they restrain the student "from ac- tions which might harm himself." Floyd Thomas says that the University "must do away with the liquor ban, women's hours," and all the other attendant miseries of academic life, evidently because the rules are not perfect. True, if everyone were ideally suited for unlimited freedom and capable of taking the added responsibility which goes along with such freedom, removing all restrictions would be the ideal'solution for everybody's prob- lems. The Deans could spend their time at tea parties, because there wouldn't be any- thing for them to do, and the lucky stu- dents could bask in whatever type of free- dom appealed to them at the moment. Similar schemes have ended in a spectacular sort of confusion. Arguments against regulations are usually valid, so long as men are considered infinitely perfectable. Although I do not feel that men in general, or University stu- dents in particular, are essentially evil, I do not consider them very holy either. University regulations are clearly a prac- tical measure. Like all practical measures, dismiss them as "unnecessary, unwanted, and they are far from perfect, and we can only hope that use will improve them. Simply to dismiss them as "unnecessary, unwanted and unwise" is evading the issue. -Chuck Elliott. THE MAGIC FLUTE by Mozart pre- sented under the auspices of the Depart- ment of Speech and the School of Music at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. In the literature of Opera Buffa few works are equal to Mozart's Magic Flute. The libretto is adequate in expressing the humour and allegorical implications of the plot. Mu- sically it is insurpassable in its display of humour, in its subtle moral inferences, and in its portrayal of romance. The production given last night 'was on the whole successful. Special praise must go to Rose Marie Jun (Pamina) and Bob Elson (Papageno). Miss Jun was breathtaking in her very expressive and understanding sing- ing of her arias. She sang with beautiful tone and sure phrasing. Elson was excellent in recapturing the comic antics of Papageno. Also performing well were Reid Shelton (Tamino) even though handicapped by a cold, and Carol Wilder (Queen of Night) who sang her difficult coloratura arias with much facility. The ensembles how=. ever, were sometimes inaudible, especially the "Go Back" in Scene 5, Act 1, but good balance was achieved particularly by the three attendants to the Queen. Technically, one fault appears in the set. The opera is extremely difficult because of its many scenes, but this does not condone the fact that the set was out of character. Magic Flute is fantasy. The ponderous set painted with greys and blacks, was not suit- ed to the magic and beauty of the opera. The costuming was in keeping with the spirit of fantasy with one exception. Tam- ino's attire seemed dull in comparison with the rest. The staging as a whole was suf- ficient. Prof. Wayne Dunlap conducted the orchestra. All in all here is a production worth at- tending. The music alone should be in- centive enough, but this coupled with the fine singing adds up to a satisfactory eve- 'rin-. _ 1-0, CMOD iOS a, $QTEL d 11 tetter TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all letters which are signed by the writer and in good taste. Letters exceeding 300 words in length, defamatory or libelous letters, and letters which for any reason are not in good taste will be condensed, edited or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. IFC Position on the Time Limit C .. . p - l i { ON THE Washington Merry-GO-Round with DREW PEARSON ION DANCE tomorrow night 9 to night, with Frank Tinker's orchestra. mid- (Ed. Note: Drew Pearson is on a flying tour of Europe and the Middle East, surveying the world situation.); BELGRADE-If Russia follows the doctrine of the famous German war strategist, Count Karl Von Clausewitz, as it has in the past, it would seem likely that Moscow would order an attack on Yugo- slavia some time this spring, for Clausewitz taught that the time to make war is when you are strongest and your potential enemy is weakest. The moment your enemy begins gaining strength, according to the war theory followed by the Germans and Russians for the last hundred years, then it's time to strike. A careful, cold-blooded diagnosis of Russian strategy in the past shows rather definitely that they expected the United States to fall apart at the seams economically after V-J Day in 1946. The depres- sion which even some American economists expected after the war was banked on by Moscow to start unemployment, unrest and riots and either bring the United States into the Communist orbit without war or else make military victory easier for the Russians. Certainly the expected depression, Moscow figured, would bring Communism to Western Europe., And there was a time, late in 1947, when this strategy almost suc- ceeded in Europe. This was when droughts, plus a Communist-inspired strike of Italian harvest hands, plus French railroad and shipping strikes, plus riots and general war disouragement had certain Euro- pean democracies near the toppling point. It was at this crucial time that such American aid as the friendship trains, followed by a special session of Congress which voted food for hungry Europeans, followed by the Marshall Plan, broke the back of the Communist drive to take over Europe. Since then the pro-American democracies in Europe have been getting stronger while the Communist movement is getting weaker. Moscow definitely missed the boat in those immediate postwar years and now is faced with the quandary of whether it may miss the boat again or whether it should cold-bloodedly precipitate a war, for the beginning in earnest of European rearmament under General Eisen- hower means that the military advantage now enjoyed by Moscow soon must pass from its hands. Unpleasant as the contemplation of those facts may be, nevertheless they are facts we have to face and no country need contemplate them more carefully than the one nation which dared to thumb its nose at Moscow-Yugoslavia. WHEN TALKING PRIVATELY, the man who now bosses Yugo- slavia is extremely frank about the danger of an attack on his country this spring. Tito fought in the Bolshevist army in 1917. So he knows what the Russians are like. If the Russians attack, he told a friend recently, they will do so in April or May. If June passes and they have not attacked, then there will be no war this year. In fact, Tito predicted, if there's no attack this spring it may be that we won't have to worry about war for some time to come. Tito also expressed the view that, if the Russians attack, they will drive through the British Zone of Austria, skirt one side of Trieste, and advance down the unguarded Dalmation coast. This would cut off all Adriatic seaports and make it impossible for the United States to send military aid to him. Simultaneously, Tito predicted, the Bulgarian army would advance from the opposite direction to cut off the rail line from Yugoslavia to Salonika (Greece). He added that, in anticipation of such an attack, he had established a series of hidden forts in the hills along the Dal- mation coast-forts that are well stocked with food and ammunition and could hold out for some time. Tito also expressed the opinion that Moscow did not want the Korean war to spread and actually had tried to hold back the Chinese from taking the offensive against the U.N. forces there. He based this view on his own experiences with the Kremlin; also because the Russians had sent Yugoslav, Polish and other satellite nationals to work in China in an attempt to cement the Soviet orbit through an exchange of personnel. Some of these Yugoslavs, he said, had reported their impressions of Russo-Chinese relations back to him. Vigorous in his denunciation of Russia, Tito said, "We do not propose to become an appendage of Russia." Then, to his American friend he added, with a smile, "nor of America, either." PERHAPS the most important fact about present American aid to Yugoslavia is that, in effect, we are buying the support of 32 Yugo- slav divisions. This brings up the all-important questions: will those divisions fight, are they prepared, and will they last longer than the Yugoslav army in 1941, which caved in almost overnight before Hitler's blitzkrieg? The answers are obviously difficult. However, American military observers, for the first time in years, recently have been permitted to inspect Yugoslav troops and consider them well trained, tough and moderately well equipped. Furthermore, the present Yugoslav leaders went through the most difficult fighting of the war when Tito's parti- san bands held out against the Germans in the mountains of Herze- govina for two long years. They know what it is to fight. Finally, the present Yugoslav leaders would be shot in 15 minutes should Russia take over their country, so they have every reason to resist. (Copyright, 1951, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) (Editor's Note-The following letter is an official statement of the IFC position on the bias clause time-limit motion recently approved by the Stu- dent Affairs Committee. It was writ-, ten at the request of The Daily edi- tors.) To the Editor: HAVE recently been asked by many students to discuss brief- ly the goals and policies of the Interfraternity Council pertaining to the "restrictive clause" prob- lem. More particularly I would like to discuss the recent appeal action as determined by the House Presidents' Assembly of the IFC. In answering the many ques- tions which seem pertinent, how- ever, one may be assured that I do so with much personal convic- tion that the IFC position has been a noteworthy one. The IFC has in the past and does now favor the removal of any "restrictive clauses" from member group constitutions. Our overall objective is to attempt some sort of alleviation of what we term "discriminatory practices"~ or "pre- judice." The removal of the claus- es from the constitutions of the some fourteen groups most di- rectly affected exists only as a more immediate goal to this long- range objective. We are in oppo- sition to the SAC resolution not because of its objective, but rather because of the methods it incor- porates to effect this objective. We strongly feel that our program of research better represents a positive approach to the poblem. The plan the IFC has incorpor- ated is one that is presently being used by some of the larger indus- tries in the nation to study em- ployee attitudes and morale. The first step of this plan with our problem in mind was to conduct an opinion survey to find out how fraternity men feel about the idea of admitting members from minority groups into all social fra- ternities. This was done last year Pacifism To the Editor: ALTHOUGH I do not agree with Col. McKean's point of view in his letter of March 8th, I am sure that his statements and ac- tions in the case of Bob Lapham have been sincere attempts to do the right thing. In answering his' letter, I should like to bring out what seem to me to be the issues at the root of Bob's case. There are two aspects of paci- fism. The first is the belief that a nation's objectives can be better accomplished by peaceful means 'than by war. This means that an entire nation committed to peace- ful means might have greater strength than a warring nation. I do not know of any pacifist who believes that merely a "passive- resistance task force" disp'atched to the U.S.S.R. would "defeat Sta- lin." The second aspect of pacifism, which is our concern in Bob's case, is an individual's loyalty to something beyondhis country which makes him say, "I cannot kill this man, because his life is as precious to me as my own." In a person like Bob, this is not an evasion of responsibility; it is a sincere, driving belief. Naturally, people who believe this way are destructive factors to a national policy of war. (This is why Germany and more recently, Russia have had to curtail free- dom of expression.) Our present national emergencydemandso1 the Navy and of the University that a person of Bob's belief and actions be dealt with severely. But our country, as Col. Mc- Kean points out, is fighting for the ideal of the "primacy of the individual." To him, this cause seems to justify the suppression of one individual's right to act o his beliefs. Perhaps it does. Per- haps we are at a national crisis in which'I our ideal of freedom mustsbe sacrificed for security, Yet must we sacrifice this idea: within our own country in ordei to fight for it on a world scale? The pressures of our national emergency upon Col. McKean and upon the University are under- standable and they are great. ThE point at which I feel that Box Lapham has been unjustly treat- ed concerns his rethinking of hi, financial obligation and his later offer to repay the Navy. Knowing Bob, I know that this was not merely a move to "get back in.' Nhatever the crisis, Bob's sin- cerity should not have been doub- ted as it was by the Engineering Discipline Committee. -Alice Sutton with a very able assist from our consultant committee. The second step was to arrange -for "report-back" 'sessions, in which the results of the survey are, presented to each house by a dis- cussion leader using charts to ob- jectively report the facts. It is' hoped that the fraternity member will be able to see at this meeting how the opinions of his house dif- fer from those of all fraternity men, as well as what differences there are among the men in his own house. In industry this "re- port-back" method has been found to be one df the most ef- fective systems by which people can discuss their owA attitudes and those of their group members., The sessions already held have re- portedly been quite successful. At our request, a staff under the di- rection of Dr. Ronald Lippitt of the Research Center for Group Dynamics will control and handle these sessions, and its integrating Psychology 193 course, open only to interested fraternity men. Ours- is indeed a significant and posi- tive program. The recently passed resolution in some people's minds represents legislation that resulted from the. dogmatic growlings of a few cam- pus pseudo-politicians. Others are firmly convinced that the Univer- sity should not exercise control over the right of free association which is itself an essential of de- mocracy. Many fraternity men, as evidenced by the dichotomy of their actions, are strongly in fa- vor of the resolution. And a large. number of others find it difficult$ to form any "one-way" feeling on the matter at all. Emotions too. often tend to obstructobjectivity and we find the Problem becom- ing a political issue rather than a- social one. Because we feel coercion from without rather than from within begets resistence, we shall appeal the SAC decision. We are not as, anxiously interested in those houses that are most directly af- fected as we are with the prin- ciples established by its passage. We feel sincerely that our pro- gram represents better a con- structive approach to a solution. I think that the fraternity men can take a good deal of pride in the fact that they have initiated, and are continuing in spite of the, pressure put upon them, to ap- proach this issueoinaneintelligent and objective manner. Our ap- proach is consistent with the times and ideas traditionally stressed by fraternity life, and is consistent' with the position of social leader- ship which our group has long, held on this campus. -Peter B. Johnstone Human Aelations Committee: Chairman U s OPERA THE MAGIC FLUTE, Mozart's opera in a full scale production by the Speech Depart- ment and School of Music. At the Lydia Mendelssohn, tonight, tomorrow night (Mon- day and Tuesday nights as well), at 8. See Review this page. DRAMA THE RESPECTABLE PROSTITUTE and THE RED PEPPERS continue their much- applauded runs at the Arts Theater Club, 2092 E. Washington St., today, tomorrow and Sunday, 8:30 p.m. For club members and guests only. MOVIES ORPHEUS, the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in a modernized version by the noted French poet Jean Cocteau. Today and tomorrow 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. at Hill Auditorium. BORN YESTERDAY, a return engagement of the movie version of Garson Kanin's stage comedy about a dumb blonde who doesn't remain so. Extremely funny. At the Michigan today. BITTER RICE. The picture itself isn't said to be too hot, but it contains an attractive young lady. At the Orpheum today, tomor- row and Sunday. HIGHWAY 301, about a gang of thugs who managed to "slash a 1000 mile crime scar across the map of America!" Plus PRELUDE TO KOREA, written and narrated by Quen- tin Reynolds, at the State today and tomor- row. THREE GUYS NAMED MIKE are inter- ested in Jane Wyman, who is an airline stewardess. At the Michigan starting Sunday. THE STEEL HELMET, a war picture with Korea as a background. Seniors take note. At the State starting Sunday. Sixty-First Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control O¢ Student Publications. 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