..I THE CASE FOR GEORGE MEADER See Page 4 I L Latest Deadline in the State aaii4 IL FAIR AND WARMER VOL., LXIII, No. 30 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1952 SIX PAGES I -----4> * * * s 1- s : s " s *U 'THIS I BELIEVE': No Divine Plan Seen in World EDITOR'S NOTE: In conjunction with the coming lecture series, "This I Believe," The Daily is presenting statements of belief of prominent mem- bers of the University community. Hunting is an active member of the Unitarian Student's Association. By ALFRED HUNTING Graduate Student in Physics While it would be brash of me to claim a fully worked-out set of beliefs I would offer this set of principles as a fair indication of where I stand, trusting you will not think them particularly representative of anything except myself. 1. The universe is self-existing, not created: that is, its origin is unknown; while speculation may be interesting, any conclusions reach- ed would make no difference to anyone. 2. The universe is essentially a unity. The dualisms of the tradi- tional philosophies-mind and body, flesh and spirit, sacred and pro- fane, natural and supernatural, absolute good and absolute evil, salva- tion and damnation-must yield to the unity in experience that, as scientific analysis is increasingly showing, pervades all of life. 3. The cosmos is neutral with regard to the success or failure of humanity. Man is on his own. He alone is the source of purpose, of meaning, of value. No external non-human agency has laid down eternal principles to guide his path, nor is life's endless suc- cession of tragedies and triumphs a part of any mysterious divinef plan. 4. That there is an absolute of any sort operating in or applicable to the real world is completely without demonstrable meaning or prac- tical usefulness. 5. Science, broadly interpreted as the totality of useful, verifiable knowledge, and the scientific method-the process of continually re- checking and adding to that knowledge-and our only dependable resources in the quest for certainty; yet in all probability science will never provide real certainty. Awareness of this, with the increasing consciousness of that yet to be learned, is what makes the real scientist truly humble before the triumphs of present knowledge and the im- mensity of the still unknown. 6. The burden of proof that a supernatural order exists lies exclusively with those who assert that it does. Similarly, to say that faith in God is no more unreasonable than, say, faith in casuality and the orderliness of the universe is to ignore the fact that our mere existence tacitly recognizes casuality and order. 7. This life is all there is-there is no scientifically-acceptable evi- dence to the contrary. Any ethical behavior must be based upon this- worldly reasons and motivations, rather than upon the impossible promise of eternal bliss or the monstrously inhuman threat of eternal torment. 8. That life appears eminently worthwhile in spite of inumerable individual and communal tragedies, that we do experience happiness as well as sorrow, derives largely from the labors of many generations of devoted lives in organizing and adapting society and its institutions for more adequate provision for the possibility of happiness and a sense of worthwhileness. 9. Progress is not inevitable, but is achieved by man taking thought of his own existence and struggling for improvement. Periods of re- gression should be occasions for firmer resolve. The only resources of mankind are its own, and these must be adequate. 10. The basic principles of the good life-to do justice, love mercy, love one's neighbor as oneself, to strive for the greatest possible de- velopment of the potentials and resources of all-are not only worthy moral precepts but much more significantly the very practical les- sons derived from all past experience. CONVICTED OF ARSON: Retrial for Stacy OK'd If New Evidence Given The Washtenaw County Bar Association said in a resolution passed Thursday that Robert Stacy, convicted of arson in the June 1950 Haven Hall fire, could seek a new trial if "new evidence can be found by Stacy or those who have interested themselves in the case." The resolution, a product of two weeks of study by the association's Legal Aid Committee, emphasized however that there "is not the slightest evidence or suggestion .. . indicating that the trial pro- ceedings were less than complete, fair, and just ." Thus far, the HOMECOM ING CC resolution points out there is no evidence which would seem to justify a request for a new trial for the former University teaching P hi G a fellow.i Tied with Purdue For Big Ten Lead Kress, Howell, Green Lead Squad; Brown Jug Returned to Ferry Field By ED WHIPPLE Daily Sports Editor Sometimes they looked like Michigan five years ago, and some- times they looked like Michigan last year, but they were the Wolver- ines of 1952 that fashioned a 21-0 whitewash of Minnesota for the benefit of 70,858 Homecoming fans in the Stadium yesterday. The victory was full of significance for Michigan, Minnesota, and the rest of the Big Ten. The Wolverines now share the Conference lead with Purdue. The Boilermakers equalled Michigan's 3-0 Con- ference record by trouncing Illinois, 40-12. Coach Bennie Ooster- baan's team has three league games remaining with Illinois, Purdue, and Ohio State. LIKE MICHIGAN, Minnesota was fighting to preserve a perfect Conference slate, but the Gophers left the field after two hours and 20 minutes of football with theirt * * * -Daily-Malcolm Shatz PASS-SNAGGER, LOWELL PERRY RACES FOR A GAIN BEFORE BEING HIT BY MINNESOTA'S END DICK DARGIS National Roundup By the Associated Press Gen. Eisenhower and Gov. Stev- enson traded new blows last night' as the great political struggle of 1952 drove toward its climax. Stevenson said Eisenhower has endorsed "Old Guard" Republi- cans who vote in Congress the way our enemies like to see them vote. Eisenhower issued a statement accusing Stevenson of having pro- Gov. Adlai Stevenson will broadcast at 2:45 p.m. on ABC and at 10 p.m. on the Mutual Network tomorrow. posed a "soothing and appeasing" formula for meeting Russian Com- munism. He said this would en- courage aggression. Prof. Montagu To Lecture Prof. Ashley Montagu, chairman of the Department of Anthropol- ogy at Rutgers University, will de- liver the first lecture in the "This I Believe" series 8:30 p.m. Tues- day at Rackham Lecture Hall. The subject of Prof. Montagu's address will be "Man and the Uni- verse." The "This I Believe" series is sponsored by the Stu'dent Religious Association. TWENTY-THREE POSITIONS:I Thirty-Three To Compete inSL Race Thirty-three candidates will make the race for 23 Student Leg- islature seats in the Nov. 18-19 all-campus election, SL elections chairmanRobin Glover, '53, an- nounced yesterday. Representing the smallest slate of nominees in recent years, the New V Dean group reflects a progressive decline in the number of students seeking SL posts over the last few semest- ers. IN THE FALL of 1950, 60 candi- dates scrambled for 27 positions; in the spring of 1951 the number declined to 51 running for 25 posts. Last fall a slate of 45 candi- dates was in the race for 25 seats, and this.spring only 39 tried for the 22 open posts. Not all of the candidates' time will be spent in the traditional campaign activity around cam- pus, for they will undergo an ex- tensive training program design- ed to introduce them to student government. Training meetings are scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the SL Bldg. In addition the aspirants are required to attend all regular SL meetings between now and the election. ** * FOLLOWING is the list of the 33 candidates : Keith Beers, Grad.; Tony Bon- adio, '55; Jack Boyce, '54; Dudley Chapman, '56; Shirley Cox, '54; Sam Davis, '53; Pete Dow, '55; Lee Fiber, '54; Mary Jo Gibbs, '54; Rajesh Gupta, Phil Jacobus, '55; Steve Jelin, '55; Dave Kornbluh, '54; Lisa Kurcz, '53; Paula Levin, '55; Dorothy Mackay, '53; Dunc Magoon, '54; Barbara Mattison, '54; Leah Marks, '55L; Ron Mau- er, '55; Bill McArthur, '56; Don McClelland, '55A&D; Mark Ot- tati, '55; Bob Perry, '53; Robert Ploeg, '54 BAd.; Bob Reardon, '54; Chris Reifel, "'55; Robin Renfrew, '55; Ruth Rossner, '55; Ned Si- mpn, '55; Bud Strout, '53BAd., Richard Thomas, Grad., and Cathy Wilson, '54. Eleven of the Legislature mem- bers whose terms will expire in November are not running this time. They include three cabinet members and three committee chairman. Cabinet vice-president Phil Berry, Grad., member-at- large Rog Wilkins, '53, and cor- responding secretary Karen Fag- erburg, '54, are among those who will not make the race. Play Ticket Sales Begin Tomorrow Tickets for all performances ofj "The Shadow and the Rock," which opens here at 8 p.m. Thurs- day, will go on sale at 10 a.m. to- morrow at the Lydia Mendelssohn box office. A special $.50 student charge will be offered for Thursday night as well as the regular $1.20, $.90 and $.60 rates. third loss of the season. It was the first time in two seasons Coach Wps Fesler's team has been shut- out. And the Little Brown Jug, nearly forgotten in the scramble for the Conference lead, was put in its box by equipment man- ager Hank Hatch, and quietly trundled back to it's well-worn niche in the Ferry Field ticket office for the tenth straight year. There must have been more than a few regulars among the 70,858 who couldn't help thinking back half a decade as Michigan marched 81 yards in ten plays on the first series of the game to score what turned out to be the winning touchdown. MICHIGAN received the kickoff and Tony-Branoff ran it back 24 yards to the Wolverine 29. On the second play from scrimmage, he might have looked like Bob Chappuis, but it was tailback Ted Kress who drove off tackle for 17 yards and a first down on the 42. And it might have been Bump Elliott, but it was wingback Frankie Howell on a reverse through center on the next play -that picked up 12 yards and another first down on Minneso- ta's 42. Fullback Dick 'Balzhiser made no gain up the middle, and quar- terback Ted Topor's pass to Low- ell Perry was incomplete. On a key play (third and ten) Kress could have been Chappuis again as he fired a pass to Perry who was downed on the 17. * * * CHAPPUIS used to pitch to Dick Rifenberg and Bob Mann, but it would be slighting Perry to say he emulated those two. The-Ypsilan- ti senior snagged four passes yes- terday (he now has caught 12 in three league games) and each time they came on important plays. One catch in the third quar- ter would have made Joe Di- Maggio look like a Pony Leag- uer. Perry flashed across paral- lel to the scrimmage line and fielded the ball inches off the ground on a dead run. He was See BALOG, Page 3 Alums Swarm To Ann Arbor In BigCrowds Young Polio Patients Get To View Game By CAL SAMRA Editorial Director Pennant-waving alumni, de- scending on Ann Arbor in nos- talgic droves, had their day yes- terday, andsthe public relations couldn't have been any better. Temperatures were pleasant, the Wolverines trounced Minnesota 21-0, the Michiganhand deserved the usual superlatives, and the many homecoming displays, the later . housewarmings and recep- tions added a sentimental touch to "dear old Michigan." BUT THERE was something else which a lot of students noticed. Dicky Brink, 10 year old respira- tory patient who was denied a1- mission to the Michigan-Indiana game two weeks ago, was sitting comfortably in Athletic Director Fritz Crisler's personal box on the 50-yard line. Hospital officials made the necessary arrangements, which included a chest respirator. Dicky and 12 year old Patricia O'Brien, another polio patient at the University Hospital, were having a great time with a score of dignitaries and celebrities around them. They even got Gov. G. Mennen Williams' autograph. *, s * THE PRE-GAME and half-time festivities delighted the estimated 80,000 fans. Michigan's crack marching band vied with a sharp 140 member Minnesota band, and though the Gopher squad was trailed around by 30 musically- minded young ladies, the high- stepping Revelli-men danced off with the honors. At half-time, swivel-hipped drum-major Dick Smith led the Michigan rockettes through a routine of "There's no business like show business," including formations paying tribute to Al Jolson (Mammie hands), Jim- my Durante (a schnozzle), Jack Benny (a discordant violin), Ed- die Cantor (rolling eyes), and Ted Lewis (a top hat.) The Minnesota band also got a big hand from the crowd with its Paul Bunyan theme formations. IN THE pre-game antics, form- er members of the Michigan band, here for their third annual re- union, wiped the cobwebs off their instruments and joined the young- er set in a Block 'M' and a rous- ing version of "The Yellow and Blue." A spirited bunch they were, casting no doubts that old musi- cians never fade away. First Union Head Visits 'U' WALTER B. REA . . . Dean of Men ONTEST PRIZE WINNERS: ma Delta, Chi Omega Displays Cop Honors .W . ".irate V i/w i.M In drafting this resolution, J. Don Lawrence, chairman of the Legal Aid Committee, said, the group had acted upon the re- port of a three-man subcommit- tee which studied all relevant material available in the Stacy case. These included: 1-the report of a student vol- unteer group, primarily law stu- dents, who had worked for nearly a year in preparing an informal compilation of data and possible leads for future investigation. * 2-materials furnished by or- ganizations and persons interested in Stacy. 3-Stacy's own letters, written since his sentencing to five to ten * * * * * * * * By ERIC VETTER A mechanical voting booth and a giant iceberg with the theme of "Keep Kool" captured first place in the Homecoming display contest yesterday for Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and Chi Omega sorority. Second place honors went to Alpha Tau Omega for their realistic Gopher trap and Alpha Gamma Delta for the cleaning up of Minne- sota's "Gopheristist." * * * * KAPPA SIGMA and Victor Vaughan, woman's resident hall, took down third place awards. Stockwell Hall and Delta Delta Delta in the women's division and Chicago House and Theta Xi in the men's group won honorable mention. The winning Chi Omega display showed a penguin cooling itself on an iceberg while waving a Michigan pennant. Phi Gam's winner was an involved mechanical affair which had Big Ten football ulavers entering a voting booth, a Michigan player ' ". ,.... ,. ;"