I THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1953 Education School . Admission By DONNA HENDLEMAN Daily Associate Editor THE UNIVERSITY'S education school has made a poor bid for a higher enroll- ment by lowering its grade point require- ment for admission. Although the discarded prerequisite for education school standing, 2.25, was by no means an .extraordinary one, the school officials have decided they had set their standards too high. Now, a two-point is all that is needed for entrance into the upperclass School of Education. Although this move will probably draw more people into education school, Dean Olsen's professed object in the change, to bring more people into the teaching pro- fession, will probably not be fulfilled. A mere advancement in education school enrollment will not mean an increase in available teachers. Already there are num- bers of students in the education school who have never entertained any intentions of teaching, but have discovered that edu- cation courses often provide an easy way to get through college. in order to bring more and better people into any profession, it is necessary to make preparation for and work in the field at- tractive to the people who will be best suit- ed to enter it. As.long as teachers are un- derpayed and under-rated professionally, teaching will be considered a comparatively bleak way to map out one's future. As long as a school presents no chal- lenge for good people, it will be shun- ned by them. Although correlation be- tween grades and post-school success is shaky and often even non-existent, it seems fair to demand a certain amount of academic prowess to complement profes- sional training. When a school goes so far as to make it- self especially attractive to the poor student, it stands the chance of losing many good ones. Although Dean Olsen maintains "se- lection for the profession has been and will continue to be high" the fact is that the only screening education school candidates undergo involves their ability to meet -the point requirement. Education school stu- dents can look forward now, more than ever before, to spending their academic career in a school which caters to the "C" student. I. :'I BEHIND THE LINES 0 The MSC Miama By CAL SAMRA Daily Editorial Director W HEN BIG TEN Commissioner Tug Wil- son placed Michigan State College on probation Sunday for allowing sideline sub- sidization of its athletes by an alumni organ- ization, the perennial question came to mind as to what the proper relation between sports and education on a college campus should be. At tiro.'es, it is rather difficult to ser- iously consider the college to the West as primarily an educational institution, particularly when one is frequently con- fronted with evidence to the contrary. It is even more difficult to regard MSC ob- jectively when: A Detroit News sports writer boldly reveals that the 1951 Spartan football squad was bolstered by a player with an IQ of 80. A star Detroit prep halfback, Jerry Mu- setti, is mysteriously spirited off the Uni- versity of Michigan campus, ending up at State. The Michigan State News, MSC student newspaper, devotes columns upon columns of editorial page comment on the profound subject of sports. The Big Ten Commissioner points to the "notoriety" of the Spartan Founda- tion, the defamed alumni organization which was founded for the rwirpose of soliciting funds for athletes. Apparently, sports is king on the State campus, and the entire student body, plus administration and alumni, seems to be suf- fering from acute monomania. All the pub- lic relations men in East Lansing cannot erase this impression. Sports are definitely an intrinsic part of college life, but when a college is carried away by the benign contemplation of mus- cular meatballs, its academic dignity is bound to suffer. The University, fortunately, has never. permitted its sports to outshine its status as an aducational institution. Even in the latter forties, when Michigan football teams were the pride of the nation, the University was not losing, but gaining respect in the eyes of the academic world -thanks to the balanced policies of the Ruthven Administration. In light of its most recent black-eye, it would seem time for MSC to re-evaluate itself in terms of the balance between sports and education. As a comparatively young, growing institution, State is suffering from the usual birth pains. If it is to continue to grow, to realize its potential as a great Michigan university, the college must be convinced that, while successful athletics may net millions, they do not contribute one iota to the academic prestige of a univer- sity. Many Southern, and some Western, col- leges have tasted the bitter fruits of glor- ified sports. Educational standards are invariably lowered at institutions where high-powered, semi-professional sports are the rule. Most of these institutions have fallen into academic disrepute. With a little soul-searching, State might arrive at the conclusion that the Musetti's and the alumni recruiting systems are not really as indispensible to the college as some may think. "One Side, Bud - We're Citizens Of Europe Now" , fr n b6 Z *twy 7v WhASJ441«4 P'ST ' . (Continued from Page 2) DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 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. MATTER OF FACT Bly JOSEPH and STEW'ART ALSOP I CINEMA At the Orpheum,. .. BRANDY FOR THEIPARSON BRITISH austerity, though it may be hard on Englishmen in general, is really a boon to their moviemakers. Shortages and bureaucracy give this picture a focus for a great deal of wry good humor. Two very nice people off on their sail- boat for a holiday accidentally smash up the craft of a third person, a blithe and genial, smuggler. Before they've finished apologizing, they find themselves commit- ted to hauling ten barrels of contraband across the channel and into London. The officials in hot pursuit aren't actual- ly ogres, but they are singularly single-mind- ed. Looking like Horatio at the bridge, a port officer relentlessly scouts around in his launch after clues. Later, a terribly wizened little judge pronounces sentence on the mis- creants like the original lion under the throne. Besides the government, some other venerable institutions take their subtly de- livered lumps. The whole coup is brought off with doz- ens of deft touches. Making their way along the old Ronan roads followed by five loaded ex-circus ponies, the group calls itself the "Imperial Trans-Andean Expedition, just practicing to get our wind up, y'know." Again, a roving troop of boy scouts is cajoled into doing its good deed, for a fee: hauling the brandy out of a bay. James Donald, Kenneth More, and Jean Lodge play the leading smugglers, and an engaging group they are. They inject just enough seriousness into the roles to keep things from dissolving into foolishness. -Bob Holloway W ASHINGTON-A ,reckoning with Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, of Wisconsin is very likely to be the next stage in the Eis- enhower administration's shakedown into an effective working team. The truth of the matter is that Mc- Carthy and certain of his Congressional imitators apparently think the Eisen- hower administration is just as fair game as its predecessor. And since the election has given McCarthy and the other like- minded Republicans control of their in- vestigating committees, they are not sub. ject to any restraint whatever. McCarthy's immediate target, of course, is the State Department and its allied agen- cies, such as the Voice of America. With regard to the department itself, the tactic adopted by McCarthy is to invite every mal- content in the organization (which numbers some 40,000 people) to tell his or her story. Reform of the State Department, and res- toration of public confidence in the depart- ment and its officers, are of course among Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' chief objectives. There is no doubt that the re- form will have to extend to the filing and security systems. But orderly reform cannot be carried out, and public confidence certainly can- not be restored, while every discontent- ed clerk is encouraged to blacken the State Department's name under the full glare of national publicity. The case of the Voice of America is, if anything, even more acute. This wretched organization was originally established on the motion of McCarthy's committee col- league, Sen. Karl Mundt, of South Dakota. Almost from the day of its establishment, it has been treated by Congress as silly gar- deners treat plants-it has been regularly pulled up by the roots to see how it was going along. If there have been foolish po- licies' and wasteful practices in the Voice of America, the main reason is that the "Voice" has never had time to settle down to its job. Again, there is little doubt that the "Voice," and indeed the whole ridiculously swollen American information program, should be thoroughly overhauled. But what reputable men will choose to tackle this as- signment, as long as McCarthy is waiting in the wings with a hatchet? These questions have already thrust themselves, rather rudely, on Secretary Dul- les and his co-workers. The new Under Secretary of State in Charge of Adkninistra- tion, Donold Lourie, has come to the de- partment from the cloistered confines of the Quaker Oats Company. A Chicago business man who had mainly read McCarthy's side of the story in the home-town press, Lourie is known to have been astonished, appalled, and angered by the conditions that actually confronted him when he took over his new office. A former football player, Lourie is a two-fisted fighter. The tattletale secur- ity officer, Matson, was transferred out of the head office, to work on a beat, after he had given his testimony. This caused Sen. McCarthy to shout a threat to Samuel Boykin, acting director of the State Department's Security Bureau, that he would have him thrown out of his job. But Under Secretary Lourie was in fact only persuaded with great difficulty not to dismiss the McCarthy pet, Matson, out of hand. For all these reasons, Secretary Dulles and Vice-President Richard Nixon will shortly meet with Sen. McCarthy, to see whether some sort of modus vivendi can be worked out. But there are two obstacles to any such agreement. First, Sen. MCarthy will almost certain- ly ask for the head of every State Depart- ment officer who has ever incurred his en- mity, which Secretary Dulles cannot hon- orably grant. Second, Sen. McCarthy has higher ambitions than a mere blood purge in the State Department. Any limitations on his peculiar methods of attaining these ambitions are not likely to suit him. This' is why it is a good bet that the Eisenhower administration is eventually going to have to fight McCarthyism at home, just ass it has to fight Stalinism abroad. (Copyright, 1953, New York Herald Tribune Inc) A Challenge . To the Editor: ON FEB. 13, a typical piece of "Hollander-style" journalism appeared in The Daily on the Ro- senberg case. In it, the said Zan- der Hollander falsely waters-down Albert Einstein's appeal for clem- ency as being based solely on the grounds of mercy. Now the taking of two lives is a serious matter, and if for no other reason, the facts relevent to the case should be cited accurately. Here is what Einstein actually said: "Dear Mr. President: My con- science compels me to urge you to commute the death sentence of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. This appeal to you is prompted by the same reasons which were set forth so convincingly by my distin- guished colleague Harold C. Urey, in his letter df Jan. 5, 1953, to the New York Times." Urey's letter is too long to quote, but among other things, he said "I found thebRosenbergs' testi- mony more believable than that of the Greenglasses. . -. " (The conviction was 4obtained on the testimony of the Greenglasses.) In short, Einstein and Urey ques- tioned the evidence in the case, and did not appeal for clemency on the basis of mercy alone. This is not the first time that Zander Hollander has exhibited a disregard for the facts. At the end of last semester, the Labor Youth League also got the Hol- lander "treatment." An air of mystery, intrigue, secrecy and machination was conjured up around the LYL with such "tal- ent" as to make struggling young detective-fiction writers green with envy. The LYL was the main char- acter in this great drama, but the "plot" was supplied by Mr. Hol- lander's fertile imagination. Apparently Mr. Hollander thinks that if McCarthy can do it, he can too. If that's the case, the students should be entitled to hear both sides of the story so they can make up their own minds. I am therefore challenging Mr. Hollander to a public debate on his late and unlamented series to see if we can't "mutually" arrive at the truth. -Mike Sharpe, Chairman, Labor Youth League (EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Sharpe has amply presented his viewpoints pub- licly in letters to the editor, and pri- vately in the senior editorial office. Beyond this, we recommend that he negotiate directly with Mr. Holland- er.) J-Hop Extra... To the Editor: Y COMING to the defense of the J-Hop Extra, Edna Mary Poe raises the question of how poor taste is to be defined. I as- sume that there are three kinds of material which might appear in a newspaper. There are articles to which none could take excep- tion; there are articles which vi- olate the public stautes; and in between there are articles which while not Punishable by law are felt to be in poor taste. This third area is not easy to define, but one might include in it open or con- cealed references to bodily func- tions which are natural in them- selves but which are ordinarily carried out in privacy, whether of the bathroom or the bedroom. I would include in this class the ar- ticle "This I Conceive" and the ar- ticle on "Hot Fertilizer." I would also have included the article on President Hannah of Michigan State College (Dr. John A. Hum- ble), but on further examination it seems clearly to violate the state law against libel as quoted in the Daily's own handbook. "Any publication .. . which tends to in- jure one's reputation . . . or which tends to hold him up to scorn, ridicule, or contempt, or which is calculated to render him infamous, odious, or ridiculous, is prima facie a libel, and implies malice in its publication." -Joshua McClennen (EDITOR'S NOTE: The J-Hop is- sue is an annual attempt to view with a measure of levity the events and issueswhich we have reported with gravity during the semester. Placed in this context, we do not feel the profile of "John A. Humble" was malicious and therefore libelous either implicitly or .otherwise.) *. * * The Philly Story .. . To the Editor: THE MUCH criticized critic, Mr Tom Arp, has done it again This time it is a rather long te- dious and highly inconsistent re- view of "The Philadelphia Story.' One begins to wonder if such re- views are worth the space the take or if they are simply space- fillers. Let us look at a few quotes from Mr. Arp's review. In the first para- graph he says, "The choice 01 Barry's drawing room comedy gave the Student Players an opportuni- ty to try their hand at a more so- phisticated play than "Brigadoon' or "Finian's Rainbow." The resul is a jolly and entertaining eve- ning." However, in the last para- graph we have: " .. . they broughi to the play all the poise and fresh- ness that could be expected," bul in the sixth paragraph Mr. Ar changes his mind and says, "Ther was very little of the freshnes which might have given it the ex- hilaration and bounce that Barr3 must have wanted." I should thin tfhnat hefnreven ou zi honnina~t There will be a representative from the Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., of Pittsburgh, Pa., at the Bureau of Ap- pointments on Thurs., Mar. 5. He would like to interview men receiving their degrees in June for positions in Mar- 'keting, Accounting, Statistics, Indus- trial Management, and Industrial Re- lations. Personnel Requests. New York Civil Service Commission announces examination for Social Workers in local Public Welfare De- partments. Applications will be ac- cepted up to Mar. 13, and the examina- tion will be given on April 18. To fill the minimum qualifications for the examination one must have received or be expecting to obtain his Bache- lor's degree by July, 1953. The resi- dent requirements vary in the differ- ent counties, there is a bulletin avail- able listing details. For appointments, applications and further information,tcontact the Bu- reau of Appointments, 3528 Adminis- tration Building, Ext. 371. Lectures French Lectures. Mlle. Elizabeth Ni- zan, former actress and "societaire" of La Comedie Francaise, will offer, in French, three lecture-recitals on Thurs., Feb. 26, at 4:15 p.m., Auditorium A, An- gell Hall (not in Kellogg Auditorium as announced in Weekly Calendar), Mo- liere: scenes from "Les Precieuses Ridi- cules" and "Les Femmes Savantes." On Fri., Feb. 27, at 11:10 a.m., Room 3-S of the Michigan Union: "Les Comedi- ens et leurs Auteurs." On Fri., Feb. 27, at 4:15 p.m., in Auditorium A, Angell Hall: "Actualite de La Fontaine." These lectures are under the auspices of the Department of Romance Lan- guages; the first and third lectures are open to the general public, the second one is reserved for the faculty and for the students of French. University Lecture, auspices of the College of Architecture and Design, "Esthetics and the Ego," Dr. Daniel E. Schneider, practicing psychoanalyst and author, of New York City on Thurs., Feb. 26, 4:15 p.m., Rackham Amphithe- ater. Mr. Arthur Knight, film critic for the Saturday ReviewofLiterature and lec- turer on modern movie techniques at C.C.N.Y. and the New School, will lec- ture on "The Revouton in Hollywood" this Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 25, at 4:10, in Auditorium C, Angell Hall. The talk will deal largely with the new Cinerama medium. Auspices of the English Department. Mathematics Lecture. Prof. David G. Kendall, of Magdalen College, Oxford University, will speak in 3011 Angell Hall, at 4 o'clock on Fri., Feb 27, and at 1 o'clock on Sat., Feb. 28. The first talk, entitled "A Probabilistic Lattice Point Problem," will be given under the aus- pices of the Department of Mathemat- ics. The second talk, on "Theory of Queues,' will be sponsored by the Ro- tating Statistics Seminar of Michigan State College, University of Michigan, and Wayne University. All interested are invited to attend. A cad emiNotices The Applied Mathematics Seminar will meet Thurs., Feb. 26, at 4 p.m. In 247 West Engineering. K. M. Siegel and H. Weil, both of Willow Run Research Center, will speak on "The Far Zone." Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Theory of Growth will meet on Thurs., Feb. 26, at 4 p.m. in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building. H. O. Halvorsen and Ruth Lofgren will speak on "Growth in Microorganisms." course 402, the Interdisciplinary Semi- nar in the Applications of Mathemat- ics to the Social Sciences,.will meet on Thurs., 'Feb. 26, at 4 p.m., 1007 Angell Hall. Dr. Paul S. Dwyer of the Mathe- matics Department will speak on "Lin- Sear Programming and the Personnel Classification Problem." SEngineering Mechanics Seminar. Prof. D. C. Drucker, of Brown University, will speak on "Stress-Strain Relations in The Plastic Range-Basic Experi- mental Information and Theory" at S3:15 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 25, in 311, West Engineering Building. S Make-up Examinations in History on Sat.. Feb. 28 9:00-12:00 a.m., 429 Mason Hall. see your instructor, then sign list in History Office. Seminar in Organic Chemistry. Thurs., Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m., 1300 Chemistry Build- ing. Mr. R. M. Fitch will speak on "Der Neber Rearrangement" Concerts Arts Chorale Concert Cancelled. The Arts Chorale program previously an- nounced for Thurs., Feb. 26, and &- cluded in the current University cal- endar, has been cancelled. The new date will be announced later. Events Today UNESCO Council. Meeting at8 p.m., Room 3-MN, Michigan Union. Dr. Rob- "- ert E. Ward, of the Political Science Department and Assistant Director for Japanese Studies, will speak on the Formosan Question. Students in in- ternational relations, faculty, and townspeople are invited. The Linguistics Club will meet to- day at 8 p.m. in the East Conference Room, Rackham Building. The speak- ers for 'the evening will be Miss Eloise Kerlin and Professor L. B. Kiddle. Miss Kerlin's subject is "Language and Cul- ture: Notes onWhorf." Professor Kid- die will discuss the use of Vos in Span- ish-American Spanish. All members and all faculty and students interested in Linguistics are cordially invited to attend the meeting. Phi Lambda Upsilon cordially in- vites the public to hear Dr. Henry J. Gomberg speak at 8 p.m., in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building on the topic, "Current In- vestigations of the Phoenix-Research Program." Literary College Conference. Steer- ing Committee meeting, 4 p.m., 1010 Angell Hall. Society for Peaceful Alternatives will sponsor a program of peace movies at 8 p.m., in Auditorium . C, Angell Hall. The movies are "No Place tog Hide," "Peace Will Win," and the Quaker movie "A Time for Greatness." Small admission. Pershing Rifles. Regular drill meeting for all actives at 7:25 p.m., Rifle Range. All persons interested in pledging are requested to attend this meeting in uni- form. Please bring gym shoes. Roger Williams Guild. Lenten Chat from 4:30 to 5:30 at the Guild House. All Baptist students and their friends are cordially invited to come. Wesley Foundation. Morning Matin on Wed., Feb. 25, from 7:30 to 7:50. Also refresher Tea from 4 to 5:30. Speech and Hearing Association. Constitutional meeting will be held today at 7:30 at the Speech Clinic. All members are urged to attend. Hillel. Adventure in Judaism Series at 4:15 p.m. Prof. George Mendenhall, Visiting Professor of Near Eastern Studies, will speak on "Dialectics of the Talmud." Everyone welcome. Westminster Guild. Dr. William Ba- ker, Student Pator, will speak on "What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him? at the Lenten Vesper Service at 5 p.m., Presbyterian Church. U.J.A. needs clerical helpers. All those interested please report to Hillel Tues. or Thurs. from 1 to 5, or Wed. from 3 to 5. The Senior cabinet meeting will be tonight at 7:15 in the League. Congregational Disciples Guild. Dis- cussion on "Theology and English Lit- erature," 6:45 to 8:00 p.m. at Guild House. Coming Events Roger Williams Guild. Yoke Fellow- ship meets in the Prayer Room of the First Baptist church at 7 a.m. Thurs- day. We breakfast, afterwards and are finished in time for our 8 o'clock classes. International Relations Club organI- zational meeting on Thurs., Feb. 26, at 7:30 in Michigan League. Meeting is open to the student body and all in- terested persons. International Center Weekly Tea for foreign students and American friends, Thurs., Feb. 26, from 4-6 p.m. The Michigan Sailing Club will hold their weekly meeting Thurs., Feb. 26, at 7:30 in 311 West Engineering Build- ing. The guest speaker for the evening will be the distinguished thistle de- signer, Gordon Douglas, who will speak on sailing technics. Society for Peaceful Alternatives. The Rev. CharleseHil will speak on "Peace Is Impossible under Present U.S. Foreign Policy" on Thurs., Feb. 26, at 8 p.m., in Kellogg Auditorium. Kappa Phi. Supper and program Thursday at 5:15. All members and pledges are requested to be present. Christian Science Organization. Tes- timonial meeting, Thurs., Feb. 26, 7:30, Fireside Room, Lane Hall._ La Petite Causette will meet tomorrow from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the North Cafeteria of the Michigan Union. All in- terested students are invited. Young Republicans. Secretary of State Owen J. Cleary will speak at a meeting of the Young Republicans at 7:45 p.m., Thurs., Feb. 26, Room 3KL, Union. New members and guests are invited to attend. Alpha Phi Omega will meet Thurs., Feb. 26, 7 p.m., at the Michigan Union. N 9 I I r r Y'1 A i I 1 '4 4 ON THE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND with DREW PE ARSON .01' LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler WASHINGTON - The backstage details vi have never been told, but President Eis- enhower held a dramatic meeting just be- fore his first press conference in order to discuss the biggest problem on his mind- the farm crisis. This column has seen the President's private notes that he used both at this meeting and later to guide him at the press conference. In talking to the press, however, he left out several points on farm prices which he had written down in his notes. Those who met privately with the Presi- dent were: Secretary of Agriculture Benson, Senate Agriculture Chairman Aiken of Ver- mont, and Senator Carlson of Kansas, a close friend and representative of a big "Notes on the Farm Price Situation," and stressed the "action taken by the Secretary to remedy the price situation." It may have been an accident, due to ner- vousness in holding his first press confer- ence ,but Eisenhower didn't give the press much of what Secretary Benson had done to alleviate the farm crisis. These Benson moves, as listed in the President's private notes, read: "Price support programs have been ad- ministered. There have been heavy pur- chases of dairy products and large quan- tities of corn and wheat have gone under loan. OPS interference with prices and grading of cattle has been removed. Orderly marketing has been encouraged. Cooperation has been given in strengthen- outline showing that the biggest drop in farm prices come under the Democrats. His notes pointed out: "extent of over- all decline in prices of farm products- from the peak, February 1951, to election time, November 1952, 12 per cent; from election time, November 1952, to inaugur- ation, January, 1953, 4 per cent." Another matter straightened out during the White House farm session was Benson's relations with Congress. The new Secre- tary of Agriculture has been considered a bit aloof and uncooperative, but he promis- ed the President that he would consult with Congressional leaders on farm policy be- fore making any more moves. He added that he had appointed several advisory com- m~itte.paonddidn't intend to act until he Sixty-Third Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. 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