RELIGION SURVEY: Atheism Claims Scientific Basis By VERNON EMERSON Daily Feature Editor (EDITOR'S NOTE: This concluding article in The Daily's religious survey deals with the scientific approach to religion. Al- though the views expressed in the following article at first may not seem to be in keeping with the tenor of the preceeding eight stories, the editors feel that expression of the scientific-atheistio view (naturally not to be taken as the view of all scientists) has a place in any full discussion of theological thinking. The editors would like to note that the views expressed in the series are not necessarily their own, but those of the spokesman for the various beliefs, to whom we are indebted for their cooperation.) HISTORICALLY THE great popular split between science and reli- gion came in the last century when Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species became widely circulated. In the early ages, the scientist-philosopher viewed much of his work in a divine light. The works and laws of nature were interpreted as the -works of God. The natural and supernatural were often intertwined; they did not conflict. Then with Darwin the arguments of the biologist and geologist began to be circulated widely. At first their theories seemed to deny the very belief that God had created either the universe or man. The split grew until there seemed to be two camps: scientists of all kinds r, on one side; believers on the other. It was left to the individual to choose between the scientists and their view (popularly that man was related to, and in some supposed theories, descended from, the ape), and the church and its story of creation in the Bible. OVER THE DECADES, however, the gap between the two camps N has been lessened. On the one hand some of the religious have adopt- ed a less rigid interpretation of the genesis. These say that there is no real dispute between the two theories of creation, and have gone on to point out that much of modern scientific knowledge backs up their beliefs (for example, prohibitions against eating pork are further jus- tified by the findings of medical science that the meat is the trans- porting agent of trichinosis). And numerous scientists have also compromised their former stand, now holding that the conflict between religious and scienti- fic thought is at an end. But the scientist who believes that there is a strict line between dividing religion and science condemns this scentific theology as weak-kneed rationalization. * * * * AS FOR SCIENCE lending support to the beliefs of certain reli- gions, he terms this more of the same. One observer noted that such things as trichinosis were not thought of until the scientist investigated them. And perhaps John Herman Randall, Jr., writing in "Social In- stitutions" best criticizes the view of the religious-scientist when he says: "It is true that many physicists have recently blossomed forth as liberal theologians. Aware that modern physics has aban- doned doctrines that were once hostile to "religious claims, they imagine that there is no further conflict between religion and science. But they are abysmally ignorant of all that anthropology and psychology have discovered about the nature of religion itself. They are ignorant of the serious philosophies that have built upon such data. They do not realize that the present conflict of religious faith with science is no longer with a scientific explanation of the world, but with a scientific explanation-of-religion. The really revolutionaryeffect of the scientific faith on religion today is not its new view of the universe, but its view of religion. Reinterpre- tations of religious belief have been unimportant compared with reinterpretations of religion itself. For those who share them it has become impossible to view religion as a divine revelation entrust. ed to man. It has even become impossible to see it as a relation between man and a cosmic deity. Religion has rather appeared a human enterprise, an organization of human life, an exper- ience ...." See RELIGIOUS, Page 2 Students Lack Knowledge Of Religion, Professor Says By HELENE SIMON "The average undergrad knows little about religion, but is highly opinionated on the subject," according to Prof. Gerhard E. Lenski of the sociology department. Prof. Lenski, who is teaching the new course "Religious Institu- tions," claimed yesterday that the University's curriculum "relatively Li £fr -j3 brA6P 'Ah- :43 a t t Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LXII, No. 74 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1951 FOUR PA SL Postpones Bias Clause Action Bus Tickets Today is the last chance for students to purchase tickets for the Wolverine Club-sponsored special buses to Willow Run. The 50 cent tickets are being sold from 1 to 4:30 p.m. today in the Administration Bldg. The buses, arranged to ac- commodate vacation bound stu- dents, will leave from in front of the League at 11 a.m., 1:30, 3:15 and 5 p.m. tomorrow. A llies Delay1 Talks, Study POW.Lists By The Associated Press The Allies yesterday informed the Communists they need more time to analyzethe Red prisoner of war list before resuming sub- committee talks on prisoner ex- change. AngAllied liaison officer carried the message to the conference tent town of Panmunjom. He told the Reds it was not known how soon the Allied delegates would complete their exhaustive task and be ready to resume talks on the exchange of prisoners. M e a n w h i1e, in Washington, Pentagon officials drove ahead in the monumental task of double- checking and clarifying the list of Americans named by the Com- munist enemy as being still alive in prisoner-of-war camps in Korea. . * * AND IN Panmunjom, a second subcommittee discussing supervi- sion of the truce was going ahead with its daily talks. The Allies were insisting on effective super- vision of a truce and a lid on mili- tary buildup. The Allies were known to be unhappy with the prisoner list furnished by the Reds. The 11,559 names led by Maj. Gen. William F. Dean were unofficial- ly considered unrealistic. About 10 times that number of Allied soldiers are missing. Brig. Gen. Frank Allen, chief information officer for the Su- preme UN Commander, said many names "we had hoped to see there" were missing from the official Red list of 3,198 Americans. * * * PEIPING Radio and Communist correspondents complained about the UN list of Red prisoners even before the Allies expressed dissat- isfaction with the Red roster of UN prisoners. They said early yesterday the UN list of 132,000 Chinese and North Korean prisoners was "useless" because it lacked iden- tification of prisoners and was written in English -phonetic spelling instead of Chinese and Korean characters. An Allied spokesman, Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols, pointed out. that the Communists had already received information on prisoners held by the Allies through the In- ternational Red Cross. On the battlefront, the twilight war in Korea ended its third week last night with only light action along the fog-bound front. The fog even grounded most of the Allied Air Force, which has been averaging about 700 sorties a day. Straw Vote }i Favors IFCI StudyPlan LI Decision Delayed Until February By CRAWFORD YOUNG Student Legislature last night postponed until Feb. 13 any de- cision on the bias clause issue. After consideration of three al- ternative schemes of action, the Legislature recorded its unofficial preference by a straw vote for a plan essentially incorporating the Interfraternity Council-SL study committee approach. Then, after complicated parlia- mentary maneuverings, the body agreed to put off action till the second meeting in 1952. BECAUSE of final examina- tions,this will not be till next semester. Meanwhile, the Human Rela- tions Committee will further in- vestigate the problem. To avoid becoming bogged down in procedural red tape, the Legis- lature quickly adopted a motion by vice-president Bob Baker re- solving SL into a committee of the whole. THREE ' MOTIONS were then presented for informal debate by the committee of the whole: 1-The time limit motion, by Jules Perlberg, '52BAd, calling for an October 15, 1957, deadline for removal of discriminatory clauses from constitutional structures of fraternities and sororities. The Student Affairs Committee would be empowered to grant one- year extensions toman organization showing it has made a positive effort and has a "substantial prob- ability" for clause removal in the near future. 2-The study committee re- port motion, by Leah Marks, cabinet member-at-large, and Keith Beers, '52E, requiring the fraternity or sorority to present evidence each year that it had See SL, Page 4 UN Approves West's Arms, Election Plans PARIS-()-UN political com- mittees yesterday gave resounding majorities to the two big projects of the Western Powers at this as- sembly session - their plans for proceedings with disarmament and testing the possibility of unified German elections. The United States-British- French proposals to set up a disarmament commission and make a new start toward the peaceful goal of limited world armaments was adopted 44 to 5 with 10 countries abstaining and Burma refusing to take part. In adopting the program the committee by an equally impres- sive vote turned down Russia's in- sistent demand for an immediate ban on the atomic bomb, with en- forcement of the ban to be left to the future. 24* * * * * * I LLIO GR~ T II ASKED FROO ST I T 1 Record Higd By Hatcher Plan To Expan LibraryFacilith By DONNA HENDLEMAN The highest appropriation r quest in the University's histoi $25,830,000, will be requested fro the State Legislature for the 195 53 fiscal year, President Harl, H. Hatcher announced yesterda The request will include a reco $18,575,000 operating budget, a $° 385,000 petition for building co struction, embodying a $2,000,0 plan to begin an extensive libra program and $250,000 for a ft station; and $1,875,000 for buil ing modernization, rehdbilitati and heating plant extensions. * * * ONE OF THE largest single pr jects outlined under the budg the library program would invol tearing down the old West Eng neering annex and replacing with a new undergraduate brary. -Daily-Larry Wilk GRAB BAG-More than 40 rampaging kids were entertained at the fourth annual Phi Sigma Delta Christmas party for neighborhood children yesterday. Ice cream, candy and comic books were handed out in the fraternity's yearly attempt to "promote better relations" in the neighborhood. Reds Threaten Merging of U' Eligibility Arab Security, Rnnrrds Su Iested hv SL i i { rI i 1 A merger of the eligibility committees of the athletic department By The Associated Press and the Office of Student Affairs was recommended last night by The United States formally ac- Student. Legislature. cused Russia yesterday of threat- Also along the lines of the current de-emphasis controversy, the ening the security of the Middle Legislature decided to sponsor a "discussion to bring out the facts con- Eet adicker with Nazi-Germany cerning the status of inter-collegiate athletics at Michigan." for domination of that part of THE END to the separate treatment of athletes and students in the world. other extra-curricular activities was suggested in order to "elim- An American note to Moscow,------------ inate suspicion of a dual eligibility released by the State Department, ~ standard." utterly rejected Russia's charge t E ~A that a proposed new Middle East Further action is up to the mlitary command is aggressive. University -- none is currently * * * pending. ' RUSSIA'S OWN designs on the t area are to blame for the plan to The-"discussion" motion arous- set up the command, the United WASHINGTON-U)-As Amer- ed more heated discussion. Louis States declared. France, Britain ica's Steelmaster's and CIO Steel Mazzarela, '55, in supporting his World News ignores religion, which is a vital aspect of our society." Roundup I By The Associated Press PARIS-Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky in a bitter anti- American tirade yesterday charged four U.S. fliers held in Hungary were spies and said he hoped they would get "due attention" from Communist military and judicial authorities. MAINZ, Germany -A second German Protestant pastor has been given permissionaby Pope Pius X111 to become a Roman Catholic Priest and still remain married, church officials said, * yesterday. LANSING - Governor Williams was asked by the Adjutant General of Michigan yesterday to remove Col. Herbert F. Layle, Quartermas- ter General of Michigan, who has been suspended from duty for al- leged mishandling of state prop- erty. Another batch of heavy snow and arctic cold began moving across the storm-weary Midwest yesterday promising to cause trouble for Michiganders plan- CONSEQUENTLY, the instructor, an Eli, said that] surprised when as many students signed up for the he is now teaching. young' he was as 45 course I Prof. Lenski believes that the new course is "helping to fill the vacuum." Explaining the course, he added: "The concern of the course is not whether religion is a myth or a reality. The em- phasis is on religion as a factor affecting society." Students are not finding the course "a snap." It's rather diffi- cult, they admit, and "very en- lightening." Marvin Horowitz, '52, said "it presents material the kids are looking for, and I'm definitely getting what I expected out of the course." "Just right," Ann Hanson, '52, concurred. Miss Hanson, regards the religious institutions study as better than a curriculum of strict religion. "It's broad enough to get a bet- ter picture of religious factors, but not too broad to lose sight of the goal," Miss Hanson said. STILL UNOFFICIAL: List of American POWs Greeted with Joy, Tears and Turkey sent similar notes re- jecting the Russian protest. Shortly after the American text was released, Secretary of State Acheson made clear in a news conference that conditions in the Middle East itself arel highly worrisome to officials' here. Asked at a news conference how he regarded the situation, Ache- son told reporters it is quite ob- vious that it has grown in serious- ness. Ground has been lost, he said, in the effort to work out reasoned solutions of the Iranian and Egyptian crises. Meanwhile, Libya,. whose inde- pendence is to be proclaimed two days after Christmas, soon will announce an important agree- ment granting the United States long-term permisson to maintain its Wheelus air base here, it was learned yesterday. - Britain and France also will re- ceive permission to keep troops in L i b y a in agreements already reached in principle and due to be signed on independence day. Heart Attack Fatal To 'U' Linotypist U n i o n Leaders converged on Washington last night for govern- ment-guided wage negotiations, John L. Lewis offered to support the steelworkers if they strike. Whether there will be a walk- out when the present contract ex- pires Dec. 31 apparently depended on whether the industry can get price increases to offset wage boosts. Yon Three Others Indicted in RFC Probe proposal, suggested as an example that Prof. Hayward Keniston of the Romancedlanguages depart- ment might debate the situation with Director of Athletics H. O. (Fritz) Crisler. The proposal was opposed on the grounds that the issues had'al- ready been rehashed. SL also voted to sponsor a Cru- sade for Freedom fund drive. A stack library is--also includ- ed in the plans; its construction would hinge on approval of the giant Huron River research cen- ter which is under study by the Regents. The stack branch would be located in this center. The proposed $18,575,000 figure is $3,730,000 more than the 1951- 52 operating grant. Total operat- ing budget would be $23,291,500, including some $4,716,500 which would come from student fees and other incomes. PRESENT student enrollment of 17,000 is the basis for the $4,716,- 500 estimation, according to the president. I The $23,291,500 figure repre- sents a 19 per cent increase over the current budget, but is only a seven per cent increase over the original 1951-52 budget pro- posal. And the 1951-52 final appropria- tion of $14,845,000 was more than $2,000,000 below the amount nec- essary to adequately meet oper- ating needs, President Hatcher pointed out. THE NEW budget would help eliminate deficiencies caused by inadequate funds this fiscal year, the president said. "He cited the need for recovering accumulated shortages in supplies and mater- ials, adjusting salaries and wages, reinstatement of a number of aca- demic positions and the need for meeting the effect of spiraling operations costs. As a result of the 1951-52 final grant, 97 members of the academic staff had to be dis- missed, library and. mainten- ance facilities had to be cur- Itailed and instructional and op- erational supplies were reduced below minimum standards, he explained. Commenting on the budget pro- posal, President Hatcher said, "The unique character of the Uni- versity's educational program must be borne in mind in any appraisal of needs. "The conduct of numerous spe- cialized fields of training and study, such as medicine and law, and other graduate and professional programs, requires highly special- ized teachers, laboratory facilities and expensive equipment and ma- terials." 'nTI r"A Tn ,* ,+t* h * * * By The Associated Press American families by the thou- sands rejoiced with tears of hap- piness yesterday at word that their fighting men have been list- ed by the enemy as still alive in prisoner-of-war camps in Korea. But for thousands of others, the agony of suspense, heartbreak and tragedy only deepened as news wires completed transmitting from Tokyo the full roster of names sunlied by the Communists-and U.S. official figures list 11,051 Americans missing in action. Even for the wives, mothers, sweethearts and other kin who searched the long lists and found the name they so desperately longed to see, President Truman had a special warning that the Communist POW reports are cdtn- pletely unverified. The enemy has refused to permit Red Cross in- spection of its camps. WASHINGTON --EP) - E. Merl Young, husband of the former White House stenographer with a $9,450 mink coat, was indicted for perjury yesterday in the aftermath of a sensational investigation of influence peddling at the Recon- struction Finance Corporation. Young, a one-time $25 a week messenger who rose swiftly to affluence and enjoyed an entry to the White House, was accused of lying under oath twice to the Senate investigators and once to the grand jury. .. .::.