SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1951 SIX WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1951 I U I 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. * * * * 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. * * * * 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. y S TY L ES FIRST AT WILD'S -'- f METAMORPHOSIS MAID 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. Secretarial Careers TH ) VIA :::::>": COLLEGE x I,. I {{ I I o5 t CgIoa 4 washable woolbiended flannel in tiny windowpane plaid Thin lines of color overshoot richly muted backgrounds in j McGregor's luxurious version of toast warm flannel. 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