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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1951
SIX WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1951
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AMERICAN SPIRIT:
Love of College
Surprises Italian
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a series of articles on how
Americans appear to foreign students. The writer, a Fulbright scholar, was
formerly on the editorial staff of Corrieri di Napol, a prominent Neapolitan
daily.)
By ALDO CANANICI
I was introduced to a man and his wife, and asked them if they
were both students; their answer sounded very strange to my ears:
"Not any more, we graduated here a few years ago, we have returned
now to spend our honeymoon."
It seemed almost impossible to me they could so love their univer-
sity as to want to spend as important an occasion of their lives as
their .honeymoon in it.
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I DON'T THINK this is an infrequent occurance.
It's a matter of fact that American youth has a great affec-
tion for their colleges and universities much more than in Europe
or elsewhere. University life seems to have a great deal of im-
portance for the individuals in this country.
It does not constitute a determined period of years. Many Amer-
ican friends on the campus have told me that they were almost un-
willing to leave this kind of life for they really enoyd it. This is
particularly seen among the younger students. The older students
who are veterans seem to be in a hurry to get their degrees as soon
as possible so as to begin their professions and raise families.
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THIS FEELING toward the university is caused by the fact that
it is the entire life of a student, both social and educational. This is
not true in Europe also for the reason of the environmental situation.
Colleges are almost always situated in the biggest cities; stu-
dents go there just.to attend classes or laboratories and then re-
turn home without having any further practical intrest in the
university. Dances and meetings are very infrequent. After the
class hours there is quite a different system of life that has no
connection with the school.
Here the college itself has been quite differently built. Very often
it is in a small and quiet town and the town assumes much import-
ance only because of the university campus. Everybody is compelled
to live on the campus far from his home and family. He has to spend
all day long in this atmosphere and is necessarily influenced by it.
On our campus we also have groups dedicated to improve educa-
tional and social activities, but the student is primarily interested in
an intimate group of friends. Such small groups are also found here
but they do not occupy the greater part 'of a student's time outside
the classroom as they do in Europe.
American students are interested in a great variety of organi-
zations in their extra-curricular life, so that the difference be-
tween study and amusement becomes even thinner.
Even sports with all kinds of teams and games form no small part
in binding students to their universities.
AN AMAZING THING is the relationship between teachers and
students. I do not believe that professors could be more encouraging
to learning or finding friends. I will always remember one of the
first seminars I happened to attend here. It was at the home of the
chairman of a department. We sat in his living room talking for a
long time about many extemporaneous topics. When he offered us
a cup of coffee at 1 a.m. we had forgotten that he was a chairman of
a department.
A very small percentage of foreigners seem to approve the
system on which the classes are based.
Completely unique for us are the too frequent -blue books (we are
accustomed to examinations only at the beginning of fall or summer,
never during semesters).
The system of assigning seats and taking roll would be considered
more appropriate for a high school than a university. We consider a
university student to be mature enough to follow his course of study
without any compulsion.
A PECULIARITY of the American college is "specialization" You
frequently hear this word and it means that the student is obliged to
follow his own program of studies and only that program without in-
teresting himself in other fields.
This produces a student who in his field of specialization is
often very well informed but feels and shows the lack of a varied
and broader culture.
The danger in this is that it puts intelligence into a fixed scheme.
Another feature of American college life is represented by the em-
phasis which the university gives to all sorts of amusements and to
sports in particular. But this shall be the topic of the next article.
'U' Grad Receives Grant from Mexico
Kafka Film
Will Arrive.
ThisWeek
Ann Arbor doesn't witness world
premiers very often, but Monday
night it will have its chance.
"Metamorphosis," an experi-
mental film version of Franz
Kafka's short story, will be given
its premier showing at 8:30 p.m.
Monday and Tuesday nights at
Hill Auditorium.
RICHARD KRAUS, director of
SL Cinema Guild, yesterday an-
nounced that final plans have
been completed for the initial
showing. The Cinema Guild is co-
sponsoring the presentation with
Gothic F i 1 m Society, through
which the film is being released.
According to William Hamp-
ton, Grad., director of "Meta-
morphosis," "the film is now in
the final process of being made
into a composite print, combin-
ing the music and sound tracks
with the original print."
Since the actual shooting was
completed last summer, the film
has become the subject of national
interest. The first feature length
.sound movie ever to be produced
on .an American college campus,
"Metamorphosis" will be featured
in December issues of "Genera-
tion," "Films in Review," "Mod-
ern Photography," and several
other photographic journals.
"Metamorphosis" stars D a n a
Elear, Pat Newhall, Bette Ellis,
and Joyce Edgar. Original music
was composed by Ed Chudacoff,
Grad., and William Wiegand, 6
Grad., adapted the script.
Soloists Will
Be Featured
In 'Messiah'
Four soloists, Nancy Carr, so-
prano; Eunice Alberts, contralto;
David Lloyd, tenor and James
Pease, bass, will highlight the
Choral Union's annual perform-
ance of Handel's "Messiah," which
will be given at 8:30 p.m. Satur-
day and 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Hill
Auditorium.
The chorus and soloists will be
accompanied by the special Uni-
versity Musical Society Orchestra
conducted by Lester McCoy, Asso.-
ciate Conductor of the Society,
and Mary McCall Stubbins, organ-
ist.
Tickets are now on sale at the
offices of the University Musical
Society in Burton Memorial Tower
for 58 cents and 42 cents. They
will also be sold at the Hill Audi-
torium box office immediately be-
fore each performance.
THIRD PRODUCTION:
Arts Theatre To Present Stein Play
By VIR.GIINIA VOSS
Gertrude Stein's "Yes Is for a
Very Young Man" has never before
been performed in area style,
which is one reason why Ann Ar-
bor's Theater Club has decided to
make the play its third production
of the current season.
The naturalistic drama is sched-
uled to open Friday night and will
run three weeks through Decem-
ber 22.
Student Helpers
To OfferAdvice
Student advisors will be on hand
1209 Angell Hall to help any stu-
1209 Angell Hal lto help any stu-
dent wishing advice on selection
of courses.
The Student Legislature spon-
sored advisory program is designed
primarily to help freshmen and
sophomores, b u t upperclassmen
are also eligible for advice.
SET IN FRANCE between the
day of the Franco-German armis-
tice and the Allied liberation of
Paris, "Yes Is for a Very Young
Man" has a five-year action span.
During this time, the author ex-
plores the reactions of the group
of characters to the continual
crisis.
As Henry, Dana Elcar is an
active member of the terror-
ists-the underground resistance
movement In France. His wife,
Gal en's
CHRISTMAS
DRIVE
Dec. 7-8, 1951
Denise, played by Paulle Karell,
is a frivolous French woman
whose only reaction to the ar-
mistice is that it interferes with
her husband's income.
Barbara Lowndes, as. a cultured,
elderly American woman, symboli-
zes the foreigner in France. As
the remaining lead, Don Dou,4as
will appear as Henry's brotier
Ferdinand, who can't decide where
he belongs in the complex set-up.
TIME-LIFE are
Xmas favorites
High on the list of college gifts
are subscriptions to Time and
Life magazines. These are sent
to fellow students at the special
low rates which are available
through the Student Periodical
Agency, 330 Municipal Ct. Bldg.,
phone 2-8242., Other magazines
may also be ordered there.
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Hatcher Cites Plato, Emerson
As Personal Guides to Living
The works of Plato, Emerson,
Browning and the Bible were out- 52, president of SRA and Hiru
standing literary influences that Shah, Grad., originator of the
helped to shape his life, President , series.
Harlan H. Hatcher said yester- actually a self-made-man," he
day. actually a sett-made'man," he
Speaking on the Student Religi- Said, in reply to a question, "be-
ous Association's new series' of cause of the many outside person-
radio broadcasts "Books and Per- alities which have affected me."
sonalities that Shaped Your Life" His father, a high school princi-
he illustrated how these authors pal, in particular, helped to direct
from the thousands he has read, his reading and thinking during
particularly guided him. his youth, President Hatcher ex-
* * * plained, by assuming the role of
"IN THE Bible, Plato and in teacher in the family circle.
Emerson there is expressed the When asked why he happened
same concept of a pursuit of jus- to choose Browning for the sub-
tice," he said. "All are talking the ject of his doctoral thesis, the
same language when they say that President confessed with a smile,
great experiences in life are pos- "Because I like Browning, T Gtill
sible for all people, not merely havea lot of fun from reading it."
those who have Proved to be out-.
standing."
The President, an author him-
self, was interviewed informally
in the program by Ann Cotton,
Wayne Professor
To Address Group
"Some Attitudes of Detroit Peo-
ple Toward Detroit" will be the
topic of a speech by Dr. Arthur
Kornhouser of Wayne University's
psychology department, when he
addresses the Sociology Colloqu-
ium at 4:15 p.m. today.
The meeting wil be held in the
East Conference Room, Rackham
Building.
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Edward Worthen, Grad., has
been awarded a one year grant by.
the government of Mexico for
study in a Mexican university.
The fellowship, for the academic
year beginning February, 1952, is
one of nineteen given to Ameri-
cans through the Institute of In-
ternational Education in N e w
York. The awards were estab-
lished under the Mexican-United
States Commission on Cultural
Cooperation and are ,designed to
promote good relations between
this country and Mexico.
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