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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1952

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MATT7E0R OF FA C "t
By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP

WASHINGTON-In Korea, the easy way
out has proved, as usual, to be a dead
end. 'The great sticking point in the peace
negotiations has been the American objec-
tion to forcible repatriation of our prisoners
of war. Until rather recently, however, it
had been hoped that only a few of the
Communist prisoners in our hands would
refuse to go home-2,500 was the official
estimate.
The further hope was that some system
of jiggery-pokery would conceal or con-
done the failure to return this small num-
ber of prisoners. Instead, when a census
was taken in the prison camps, it was
found that out of 170,000 prisoners in our
hands, no less than 100,000 all but pre-
Grading
DUCATORS ARE always first to admit
that grading is a necessary evil. They
also agree that the ideal system of learning
for learnings sake alone could not be suc-
cessfully applied at a large school.
But although no grading system can be
perfect, certain steps toward the ideal
could be taken:
1. Intra-Semester quizzes, bluebooks -
Nobody would miss these remnants of high-
school 'tests' save perhaps the manufactur-
ers of the azure colored booklets. Whena
student reaches the college level of educa-
tion it can be assumed that he has achieved
enough maturity to by himself fulfill his
academic requirements. These examinations
assume that he hasn't and that it is neces-
sary for the instructor to keep constant
check on him in order that he keep up his
studies,
With this system the student naturally
falls into the habit of directing his studies
toward passing each small exam, rather than
at his own time and discretion gaining a
mature understanding of the courses. One
comprehensive final examination would
serve as the necessary final check.
2. Conference System-Evaluating a stu-
dent on the basis of one examination is
obviously unfair--any number of factors
could detract from the students perform-
ing his actual best even assuming 'that
the examination is as perfect as possible.
With the time saved from the grading of
and giving the intra-semester quizes and
bluebooks, a conference system could be in-
stituted through which the instructor by
Individual discussion with each student
could evaluate the students work. By active
contact between student and instructor a
good percentage of the, final grade could
be determined by the latter's evaluation.
Arguments are always raised against any
sort of subjective evaluation by the instruc-
tor: 'it isn't possible for any human being
(especially a teacher) to be perfectly fair
and not allow personal prejudices to enter
the picture.' 'It would be a hit or miss type
of thing.' Yet under the present system it is
even more hit or miss-perhaps you did just
happen to study that passage before the
impromptu or did have time to cram for
the bluebook. Moreover with a greater ra-
port established between student and in-
structor through discussion of ideas, prob-
lems and accomplishments an honest evalu-
ation would be more apt to be foeocoming.
3. De-Emphasis-As in football, grades
cannot be completely de-emphasized. But
some of the great importance currently
attached to high or low gradese could be
minimized. Even though he has to be
graded at the end the student should be
made to feel that he is not plugging to
achieve a four-point average but rather
to become an educated person. This could
be achieved by a two-grade system con-
sistem merely of a passing or failing grade.
The genuinely good student does not need
a written A to know that he has derived the
most he could from his courses.
-Jan Winn

ferred death to repatriation. And. so the.
negotiations in Korea have broken down,
or all but broken down, again. -
There has been a sort of grim irony in
this episode. The very fact that should make
us jubilant-the enormous proportion of
these Communist prisoners who wish to
change sides-has instead profoundly upset
and depressed our policy makers. But the
irony pales, unfortunately, when compared
to the episode's possible implications. In
plain terms, governmental leaders here, in
Britain and in France are beginning to won-
der just how long the present situation in
Korea can be kept going. The prisoner prob-
lem has proven to be a good deal more than
twenty times as big as was thought.
AT THE SAME TIME, the Soviet peace
offensive which raised slender hopes of a
Korean settlement, has also been rebuffed
by Secretary of State Dean G. Acheson. And
the Kremlin has gone out of its way to in-
dicate that there really wasn't any peace of-'
fensive after all, by denying the previous
reports of Stalin's alleged advocacy of Big
Four negotiations to the retiring Indian
ambassador.
Maybe the UN effort to break the Kor-
ean deadlock may get somewhere, but it
hardly seems likely. It is much more
probable that the armies in Korea will
continue to confront each other, while at
Panmunjom, the negotiators will continue
their empty haggling.
Can this situation be indefinitely pro-
longed? In theory, of course, it can. The
morale and training of the American and
United Nations' forces are considered ex-
cellent. Their equipment is ample. Gen.
Matthew Ridgway not long ago invited the
enemy to attack, an'd promised to make him
regret it. But if the enemy does not attack,
how long can we afford to have the bulk of
the American Army stranded on this dis-
tant peninsula?
* *,*
BY THE SAME TOKEN, the Chinese
Communists and Korean forces have been
able, during the long lull, to build up their
forward and. intermediate stockpiles and
supplies to unprecedented levels, thus mak-
ing possible a more sustained offensive than
they have ever previously put on.
The build-up of their air power has
continued, although at a more gradual
rate. Of their strength there is no doubt.
But they have suffered fearfully from
plague and other diseases through this
winter. And where lies their advantage in
prolonging this curious stalemate, with all
its inherent risks?
It is worth asking these questions to point
up what increasingly seems to be the cen-
tral fact in this Korean situation. The plain
truth is that American and Allied policy has
not been able to devise any satisfactory
answer to any of these questions, which are
now so insistent. The positive courses-with-
drawing from Korea, or resuming the offen-
sive with enough power to make the Com-
munists want a peace- are too repellent.
Hence the basic questions have never been
answered, and we have gone drifting along
in the vain hope that the Panmunjom talks
would somel ow, someday, produce an agreed
settlement.
Perhaps it is right to bide time in this
manner, although if this is the aim, the
American people ought to be told about
it in plain terms. But it is certainly dan-
gerous to assume, in the way that is now
fashionable in Washington, that this
drifting involves no risks of its own., "
Meanwhile, the new breakdown of the
Korean talks has also caused a new wave
of apprehension about a renewal of serious
hostilities there. Perhaps this may rule out
Gen. Ridgway in the end. Yet it is still ex-
traordinary that with the Korean task so
obviously unfinished, the end of danger in
Korea should ever have been taken for
granted for a moment. While the drift goes
on, the danger will also.
(Copyright, 1952, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.)

Prof. Struik's
Siopnsin
Pro. Dirk Struik, self-admitted Marxist
who was suspended from MIT, recently
spoke to a small group of University faculty
memb.ers at a private dinner held in one of
the local churches.
Struik, an internationally known mathe-
matician at MT for the past 25 years, was
suspended from his teaching position
pending the outcome of his trial for al-
legedly advocating the overthrow of the
governments of Massachusetts and the
UnitedStates.
A Massachusetts committee of about 60
individuals, consisting mostly of college pro-
fessors and clergymen is. trying to raise
funds for Struik's defense. The committee
states: "Without taking a stand on Struik's
political opinions, we feel his indictment is
a potential threat to the freedom of expres-
sion of all of us..Agreement or disagreement
with Prof. Struik's views is not an issue here,
and this statement is directed to Americans
of all political beliefs."
Prof. Struik's talk here in Ann Arbor was
concerned mostly with raising funds for his
trial. Struik, who refers to himself as "a
Marxist in the broadest sense," has been a
scholar on Marxism and lecturer for years,
but claims that he does not advocate the
violent overthrow of the government.
This however, Is not the real issue in
question. Unfortunately, the Struik case
is another example of the growing ten-
dency to consider a man guilty until he
can prove his innocence. The state has not
yet found Struik to be guilty of advocat-
ing the overthrow of the government. This
is only the charge against him. The trial
has not even begun.
MIT, in suspending Struik pending the
outcome of his trial,. has, in its own way,
flouted the traditional American concept of
regarding a man innocent til proved guilty.
They have taken on the added function of
being a jury, as well as an institution of
learning.
-Conrad L. Teitell
Coed Fours
THE RECENT decision to grant late per-
mission to women for the Arts Theater
performance of "Othello" has served to im-
press the'campus with the truth of the rule
book statement affirming the power of the
League and Women's Judic to regulate clos-
ing hours.
Until now, there has been a consider-.
able lack of confidence in the ability of
any student group to change any rules as
seemingly well entrenched as those in
"Judy Be Good." However, the realiza-
tion that a change is possible has created
more interest and support for other meas-
ures.
Recently, there has been strong sentiment
expressed in favor of an over-all change
in the women's closing hours system. Sever-
al possible solutions have been presented.
One of the systems suggested is that of
graduated closing hours. This would have
its advantage in not restricting the more
mature student on the basis of regulations
designed for a woman who has not had the
chance to acclimate herself to the Univer-
sity.
Another proposal has been for a sys-
tem whereby each woman would be allow-
ed a limited number of late permissions
every semester. This would alleviate sever-
al of the mechanical problems posed by
the first system.
The fact that these opinions, and many
others, ex'ist on campus, indicates that a
League-Judic investigation into the ideas of
women students on this subject is in order.

It is clearly their duty to survey the vari
ous aspects of opinion, and to try to formu-
late a reasonable set of regulations on the
basis of this information.

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and in good taste. Letters exceeding 300 words in length, defamatory or
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ON THE
Washington Merry-Go-Round
with DREW PEARSON
W ASHINGTON-A lot of people are still speculating that President
Truman may ,change his mind and consent to be drafted by the
Democratic National Convention at the last minute-especially if the
Republicans nominate Taft whom the President does not like.
A close friend of Mr. Truman's, who once served under him as
an ambassador and accompanied him to Potsdam, had this in
mind when he told him that he should not put himself in the
position where he could not ultimately be drafted. The situation
might be such, this elder statesman cautioned, where the demands
of the party would be too compelling.
"You know me," replied the President decisively. "I'm a mule. And
when I make up my mind nothing can change it."
* * * *
-TRUMAN'S WORD REVERBERATES-
CHIP BOHLEN, State Department counselor, walked in to the State
Department staff conference at 12:30 last Thursday with per-
turbation written'over his usually suave visage.
"Hold your hats," he exclaimed, then told how the President
had dropped a diplomatic bombshell at his press conference regarding
an alleged "ultimatum" to Russia in 1946. Since our European Allies
are on constant tenderhooks over our trigger-happy relations with
Russia and constantly worry that we will drag them into war by
just such an ultimatum, the State Department worked for about two
hours preparing a diplomatic refutation of the President's off-the-
cuff remark.
The State Department couldn't say so, but it was equally
unhappy about the President's previous burble about the possi-
bility of seizing the press,
Though he corrected this later, the State Department feared It
might affect the fate' of the freest and fairest newspaper In Bolivia,
La Razon. The New Bolivian Government, which is pro-Argentine
and has some,Communist links, may well follow the example of Peron
and seize La Razon exactly as he seized La Prensa.
* * * *
-U.S. FOR FREE PRESS-
ON TOP OF THIS, American diplomats for some time have been
arguing in the United Nations for complete freedom of the press. Not
all Latin American governments agree with the United States on this
point. Several have joined Middle East and Asiatic countries in trying
to get the UN to adopt an amendment which would require newspapers
to print statements by governments "correcting" supposedly erroneous
news. These amendments, in the opinion of the State Department,
would be an infringement of the press and could be expanded to
mean government interference.
Therefore, when the Chief Executive of the United States
announced that he has the power when he sees fit to take over
or control the press, it put him in direct contradiction to his own
official representatives abroad.
Remarked one Latin American editor who had been listening to
American delegates argue for international press freedom:
"Maybe the U.S. press had better start worrying about laws to
protect itself on the national level rather than on the international
level."
* * * *
-MASSACHUSETTS PRIMARY-
THE MASSACHUSETTS PRIMARY today will be a tougher test
of the American voters' intelligence than even that in Nebraska. In
Nebraska it was necessary for write-in voters to spell correctly the
full name of "Dwight Eisenhower." If they misspelled either name, or
used "Ike" instead of "Dwight," their vote was ruled out. The name
"Robert Taft" also had to be spelled correctly, but this was a lot easier.
In Massachusetts today, however, voters have to know in ad-
vance and memorize the delegates pledged to Eisenhower. Taft's
delegates are tagged with the label "pledged to Senator Taft,"
but Eisenhower's aren't. In fact, his name appears nowhere on the
ballot. This is because Massachusetts is a "written consent" state
and a candidate's name appears on the ballot only with his writ-
ten consent.
But what really makes the ballot confusing is that Taft managers
have entered a second set of delegates in several districts in order to
befuddle the voters and make their memory test more difficult,
-CHIANG KAI-SHEK KNEW-
MOST OF THE Truman cabinet were caught completely off base
when their chief made his dramatic Jackson-Jefferson dinner an-
nouncement that he would not run again. But Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek in far-off Formosa had been informed in advance.
On March 25, the Generalissimo and Madame Chiang enter-
tained Under-Secretary of the Interior Richard Searles at dinner.
The Generalissimo did not talk much since he does not speak
English. But at one point, he leaned toward Searles and, speaking
through an interpreter, asked:
"And Dow is President Truman's health?'.
"Fine," replied Searles. "He seems in excellent health and spirits."

"And what are his plans for re-election?"
"I am convinced he will not run," replied the Undersecretary of
of the Interior. "Furthermore, I think he'll announce this on March
29."

Parade ..
To the Editor:
ET'S HAVE rope-barriers put
3 up for future parades, if that
is what is needed to restrain the
Big Kids (including university
students and various goldbricking
functionaries) who push out into
the street and spoil the view of
the kindergartners. To be sure, a
parade is for the young of heart
of all ages. But thateespecially in-
cludes little lads, the hungry-eyed
youngsters who know what curb-
stones are really for. After waiting
patiently for over an hour, some
of these little citizens were rudely
shut out by their inconsiderate eld-
ers, who ought to be ashamed.
--Robert T. Swart
McPhaul Dinner .. .
To the Editor:
(Below is the context of a
notarized statement which I
have submitted to Dean Rea, re-
lating to the charge that my at-
tendance at the McPhaul din-
ner was a violation of the Re-
gent's Rules:)
"On Saturday morning, April
26, I called up the Michigan Un-
ion and requested a dinner reser--
vation for a private party of about
35 persons, the dinner to take
place on Thursday, May 1.
"After I first made this request
over the phone, there was a few
moments wait. Apparently, the
secretary was checking to see
whether a room was available. I
was then informed that the res-
ervation could be made.
"The secretary then asked me
what organization was sponsoring
DAILY
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works by Scaratti, Cesti, Bononcini,
Mozart, Brahm, Hahn, Ravel, and Car-
penter. Sung in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of Me-
ter of Music, the recital will be open to
the public. Mr. Thompson., is a pupil
of Arthur Hackett.
Voice Class Program under the direc-
tion of Arlene Sollenberger, 4:15 p.m.,
wed., April 30, in 506 Burton Tower.
Soloists: Lillian Vaughan, Mezzo-so-
prano, and John Robinson, Baritone;
accompanists: Glenna Gregory. Open
to the public.f
Events Today
Christian Science organization: Tes-
timonial meeting, 7:30 p.m., Upper
Room, Lane Hall.
Deutscher Verein. German Folk danc-
ing will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the
basement of Lane Hall. Refreshments.
Everyone welcome.
J-flop Committee' Meeting of the
1953 and 1954 J-Hop committees, 7:30
p.m., Room 3K, Union.
Canterbury Club: The Confirmation
Class meets at 7:30 p.m.
Michigan Dames. Meeting at Univer-
sity High school. Everyone is invited to
attend the play which starts at 8:00
p.m. Guests are invited.
Square Dance Group meets at Lane
Hall, 8 p. m.
S. R. A. Electorate meeting, Lane Hall,
7:15 p.m.
Coming Events
Student :Marketng Club. "Distribu-
tion System for Ford Cars and Trucks."
Mr. L. W. Smead, General Manager of
Ford Division, Ford Motor Company,
will be the guest speaker on Wed., Ap-
ril 30, 4.p.m., 268 Business Administra-
tion Bldg. Meeting open to all students.
Drama Season Tickets on Sale To-
morrow. Season tickets for the Uni-
versity of Michigan Drama Season will
be placed on sale tomorrow, 10 a.m. In
the Garden Room, Michigan League
Building. Opening May 13, the Season

offers stars of stage and screen in five
outstanding plays in five weeks. The
bill includes: Sylvia Sidney in the gay
comedy of college life "Goodbye, My
Fancy," May 13-17; Joan Blondell in
the prize play "Come Back, Little She-
ba," May 20-24; Betty Field and Bur-
gess Meredith in an exclusivetrelease
of the current Broadway hit, "The
Four-poster," May 26-31; Constance
Bennett in a pre -Broadway presenta-
tion of the comedy "A Date With Ap-
ril," June 2-7; Edward Ashley and Mar-
garet Phillips in the prize play of this
season "Venus Observed," June 10-14.
Mail orders will be accepted.
Canterbury Club: Holy 'Communion
and breakfast, 7 a.m., Wed.
Hillel Social committee meets Wed.,
4:15 p.m. at the new building, 1429
Hill Street. All members and interested
people are invited.
Wolverine Club. Meeting Wed., April
30, 7:15 p.m., League. Election of offi-
cers for next year.
Weekly Union Bridge Tournament.
Wed., April 30, 7:30 p.m., Room 3B,
Union. Open to all students. Late per-
mission for coeds.
Spanish Club. Thurs., May 1, 7:30 p.m.,
League. Job Opportunities in the Field
of Spanish. Singing and dancing to fol-
low program.

the dinner. I replied that it was
no organization's dinner, but a
private party, and gave my name
as the sponsoring individual. The
secretary then told me to call up
later in order to decide on the
menu, and so the arrangements
for the private dinner were con-
cluded.
"It should be noted that, in mak-
ing this reservation, I was not
asked any of the following things:
"1) Whether or not I was a stu-
dent.
"2) Whether or not any speeches
were to be made at the dinner.
"3) Who my guests would be. or
whether any reporters were to be
present.
"4) Whether or not the Lecture
Committee had given its approval.
"It is thus the case that the
Michigan Union does not require
any information of te above sort,
for . granting dinner reservations
to private parties. The Union is
thereby violating the Regent's
Rule which reads, 'No permission
for the use of University property
for meetings or lectures shall be
granted to any student organiza-
tion not recognized by University
authorities, nor shall such permis-
sion be granted to any individual
student.
"Either the Union violated the
rule in this instance, I repeat, or
else one of two things must be
true: either Union rooms rented
out to private parties are not,
technically, University property,
and hence Lecture Committee rul-
ings do not apply; or else the fact
that "the Committee on Univer-
sity Lectures is given jurisdiction
over all public lectures and ad-
dresses held in University build-
ings' does not imply that the Lec-
ture Committee has any authority
over speeches made at private din-
ners.
"In conclusion, I maintain that
the fact that individual students
may arrange private dinners at the
Union with no questions asked-
and may continue to so arrange
private dinners now, even after the
McPhaul dinner case-shows that
violation of University rules is
not the issue in the McPhaul din-
ner case.
"The issue is one of freedom of
speech and political discrimina-
tion." -David R. Luce
Investigation . .
To the Editor:
Y WAS INDEED shocked Thurs-
day when a friend of mine
phoned to say that he had been
called to appear the next day be-
fore the Joint-judiciary. I was
indignant because the only reason
the person was summoned is that
he is a friend of mine-we lived
in neighboring rooms for three
years in the East Quad. My friend
belongs to no organizations of any
type, attends no meetings, our only
relationship now that we are both
out of the quad and live at oppo-
site ends of the campus is an oc-
casional beer in downtown Ann
Arbor. This person is in no way
connected with the McPhaul din-
ner or any other activities outside
of his studies-his sole contact
with any of the "16" is through
me.
It is quite obvious that the Ad-
ministration, by calling this fel-
low, is trying to intimidate both
of us. It is apparent to my friend
the reason he was called.
The student members of the
Judiciary are apparently being
used to intimidate acquaintences
of "accused students" so as to
attempt isolation of certain stu-
dents from their non-political
friends.
I deeply resent these tactics of
the Administration.
-Gordon MacDougall

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At The State . ..

THE AFRICAN QUEEN, with Katharine
Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart.
SUFFERING MOSTLY from an incredible
story, "The African Quetn" nevertheless
appears to be one of the better adventure
films to be made recently. Most of the praise
belongs to the two Hollywood veterans who
allowed themselves to be messed up almost
beyond recognition for the sake of the pic-
ture.
Notwithstanding the recent Academy
Award announcements, this reviewer pre-
fers the work of Katharine Hepburn to
that of Bogart. It is hard to imagine any-
one doing a better job of portraying the
prim, naive missionary, completely inno-
cent and yet alive with physical desire.
It is n't necessary to make a trip to Africa
to feel the acute discomforts she exper-
iences; seeing her go through it all is quite
enough.
When we come to Bogart the problem of
evaluation becomes more difficult. Perhaps
his "Oscar" is the result of the different type
of role he assumed; "Casablanca" was never

At The Michigan .
THE MARRYING KIND, with Judy Hol-
liday and Aldo Ray.
TVHE HERO of this picture is a postal
worker. He and his wife at times try
very hard to take themselves seriously but
neither rain, nor sleet, nor heat of day can
quite spoil the fact that this movie is a.
comedy-and a good one at that.
Why the apparent direction of the film
was braked midway is not certain, but, the
scenarists may have decided that marriage,
unfortunately, has a serious side, and im-
pending divorce is something more than a
good joke.
The "believability" of the marriage is,
however, within the terms of comedy, and
when the monkeyshines of the courtship and
the dream sequence are replaced by the
soap-opera stuff of the later reels, the de-
mands on the audience for readjustment
become occasionally too great.
Replaying her "Adam's Rib" role, Judy
Holliday seems constitutionally unable to
muff a line. Her co-star, Aldo Ray, is even
pretty good in his Willy Loman scenes.
All of which adds up to hassenpfeffer,
1nrantiima s. hn ml-cana Vnt _ma

Et Tu, Brute?
THE PEOPLE of Michigan can thank cer-
tain soft headed and hard faced citi-
zens of their own state for the rioting in the
penitentiary at Jackson. It was these senti-
mentalists and zealots who succeeded in
abolishing capital junishment in the state,
with the result, that the convicts can't be
executed no matter how many guards or
fellow prisoners they kill. The convicts had
nothing to lose. Hence the riot.
Michigan used to be famous for common
sense but of late years its reputation has
been slipping. A majority of the voters
sent Vandenberg back to the senate after
he had gone global and thought well
enough of Soapy Williams to make him
governor.
Perhaps the outrages in the penitentiary
will shock enough people in Michigan suffi-
ciently to assure common sense not only in
state and local government but in sichi-
gan 's attitude toward national questions
also. Michigan already has some of the
ablest men in congress in its Republican
delegation, and should have more like them.

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