PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1954 I £ 'The Crary Plan THE PROBLEM of the academic calendar is like the traditional Gordian knot: all attempts to unravel it appear to have failed and the proposal to cut the knot and institute an entirely different system has raised a storm of controversy. For some time the calendar has been criticized. Not enough time to study for finals, insufficient time in between se- mesters, seniors graduated unofficially-- these are some of the problems that have existed under past and present systems. All attempted modifications have failed; the last when there was no dead period before finals was a complete fiasco. This month the Deans Conference will consider the Crary plan which provides for a completely new calendar, thus attenipt- ing to eliminate the failures of the old. If the plan is adopted, the first semester will begin at the end of August and close at the end of December with a four-day break for Thanksgiving. After nearly a six week vacation the second semester would start at the end of January and finals would be held' at the beginning of May. As yet there has been no decision as to how long spring va- cation would be or even if there would be one. Under this plan, there would be ade- quate time to study for finals, students would be provided with a real break be- tween semesters, and seniors 'would offi - cially graduate at Commencement. But the plan would involve other complica- tions, not apparent at first glance. The most glaring drawback is the deci- sion to begin school In August. Granted that with the semester ending in May, stu- dents will have a head start for summer jobs. But they will have to quit those jobs in August and thus certain lucrative posi- tions. will be closed. Jobs in summer re- sorts, camps, and relief office work usually require students to wor until Labor Day --with school starting in August this will obviously be impossible. Another scheduling problem is encoun- tered when one considers the long Chrsit- mas vacation. Delightful though it may be to consider six weeks with absolutely nothing to do in contrast with the two crowded weeks we have now, there is also the fact that many students spend the Christmas vacation catching up on their reading and doing term papers. The new plan would provide no break in which to accomplish this. Here, indeed, is the crux of the prob- lem. Operating under the Crary plan, students would have a semester which would run sixteen weeks with only a few days break. Such a rushed schedule would put students under a tremendous strain. This would hit especially those students who work or who are engaged in campus activities. The Crary plan was introduced to allow students sufficient time to study for finals and yet insure the administration's wish that seniors receive official diplomas at Commencement. But although it has solved this problem it has introduced others just as serious, making the plan little better than the existing system. -Arlene Liss ICURRENT MOVIES] At the State,. . HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE, with Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall THIS PICTURE is solidly in line with the American entertainment tradition that finds the girl on the make for a rich hus- band an irresistible object for spoofing. Probably the ludicrous contrast of girlish innocence and capitalistic shrewdness which the gold-digger presents is what the pro- ducers rely on as a sure-fire formula. In How To Marry a Millionaire the formula is a bit tired-and the-necessity for having to create three different specimens of the type very nearly exhausts the picture's limited resources. Marilyn Monroe plays a dumb gold-digger, Betty Grable an amateur one, and Lauren Bacall a tough one. Miss Bacall, as the really determined member of the trio, is the one who con- ceives the idea of going after millionaires in their own stamping ground. She rents a penthouse and instructs the other two in stalking techniques. The contrasts in the adventures of the three, as each ,of them separately decides that fortune hunting as a way of life has its short- comings, is the stuff the movie is made of. And it often is very flat, forced stuff in- deed. Miss Monroe is the most entertaining of the three. She plays, surprisingly enough, a kind of mousey girl whose personality is all torn' up because she has to wear glasses. Her romance with David Wayne (who con- vinces her she looks ravishing in cheaters) is the only affair in the picture that has the lightness and originality of good comedy. Miss Grable, traduced into playing the kind of role Miss Monroe usually has, gives an indifferent performance. And Miss Ba- call I found completely unsympathetic, de- spite her eleventh-hour change of heart. Vulgarity and viciousness are her strong MATTER OF FACT: The State of the President-- A First-Year Resume "1945 - 46 - 47 - 48 -49-- 50 - 51-52-53-"9 By STEWART ALSOP W ASHINGTON-President Eisenhower, in his Little White House in Georgia, has been putting the finishing touches on his State of the Union message. Meanwhile, as he nears the end of his first year in office, what is the state of the President? According to those who have almost daily contact with him, the state of the President is good, and getting better all the time. During Eisenhower's first months in office, there were many re- ports that he detested Washington and his job. There was certainly some truth in these stories-at least enough truth so that friends and supporters became con- vinced that he would under no circum- stances run again. He still takes no pleasure in the awful isolation and terrible pressures of life in the White House. "I am not going to be mad at anyone today," he remarked on Christmas Day, "I was so happy to get away." The chances are that President Eisenhower will never come to love the Presidency as Franklin Roosevelt loved it- or Harry Truman, after his first few humble and awe-stricken months. Eisenhower, according to those who know him well, does not relax easily under the weigth of tremendous responsibility. "He's a natural worrier," one of his aides has re- marked. His tendency to worry probably had a good deal to do with the stomach cramps which briefly troubled him in the early autumn. But these cramps had no organic origin at all, and it can be reported on undoubted authority that the Presi- dent's health is amazingly good. What is more, he now worries far less than he once did. The reason is quite clear. Eisenhower is now really getting on top of his job. The country knows it, and he knows it, and both are relieved. All those who participated are agreed that the President put on a downright remarkable performance during the re- cent conferences with his Congressional leaders. He displayed charm, tact, force and a surprising knowledge of the sub- stance of issues which were completely unfamiliar to him a few months back. He also displayed great shrewdness in keep- ing the headlines centered on himself, despite the almost instinctive efforts of the Capitol Hill politicians to grata them. Those who work with him rate him a first class administrator. It is significant that he has now made the National Se- curity Council the chief instrument of de- cision on matters of vital importance. Un- like Truman, who attended only occassion- ly, Eisenhower takes the chair at almost all Council meetings. The Council has thus all but replaced the unwieldly cabine't re- ducing the out-dated cabinet system to a shadow. * * * THE PRESIDENT has certain very well- marked ways of attacking his job. It has often been rumored that he hates to read, and will read nothing but Westerns. It is true that he reads much less than Tru- man (who, surprisingly, read a great deal- he had a special fondness for long intelli- gence reports). Confronted with the in- evitable pile of papers on his desk, Eisen- hower will turn to Sherman Adams or another aide, and say "tell me what's in them." His aides have learned to be ready to brief concisely and in detail-and to be ready for searching questions. But they have also learned to be ready to tell him, where necessary, "Mr. President, this is one you've got to read." When this hap- pens, the President will cheerfully read the paper in question. He is, according to one of his aides, "a quick, tight reader, with remarkable recall." If a paper is presented to the National Se- curity Council, and even a very slight change has been made in the wording since the President read it, Eisenhower will instantly spot the change, It has also lTpen rumored that the Presi- dent has very 'little to do with his own speeches-that he merely repeats what- ever his aides give him. It is true that once in a great while he will accept a draft virtually unchanged. But far more often, he will send back a draft prepared by C. D. Jackson, Bryce Harlow, or anoth- er White House ghost, covered with pen- cilled interlineations, so that the speech as finally delivered will be almost wholly in his own words. "After all," one of his aides has accurately remarked, "Ike used to be a ghost himself." All in all, it is still too early to say who will win out in the inevitable struggles be- tween the ..White House and Capitol Hill, which lie ahead. But it is beginning to be very clear that President Eisenhower is not the amiable compromiser his critics once thought him, and that he is by no means prepared to see the power of the Presidency whittled away during his tenure of office. His enemies on both right and left may find him a more formidable opponent than they had counted on. (Copyright 1954, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION SCHEDULE University of Michigan COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS HORACE H. RACKHAM SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF PHARMACY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SCHOOL OF NURSING SCHOOL OF MUSIC January 18 to January 28 For courses having both lectures and recitations, the time of class is the time of the first lecture period of the week. For courses having recitations only, the time of class is the time of the first recitation period. Certain courses will be examined at special periods as noted below the regular schedule. EDITOR'S NOTE-Officials have reported that extra copies of this examination schedule will not be printed for distribution. Courses not included in either the regular schedule or the special periods may use any examination period provided there is no conflict or provided that in case of a conflict the conflict is arranged for by the class which conflicts with the regular schedule. Each student should receive notification from his instructor as to the time and place of his examination. Iq IDAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN~ i TIME OF CLASS TIME OF EXAMINATION (continued from Page 2) ing of Circular Plates" at 3:45 p.m. on wed., Jan. 6, in 101 West Engineering Building. Refreshments will be served. Seminar in Complex Variables will meet Tues., Jan. 5, at 3:30 in 3011 An- gell Hall, Mr. David A. Storvick will speak on Asymptotic values of Mero- morphic kunctions. The Department of Aeronautical En- gineering is sponsoring a seminar by Episcopal Student Foundation. Teal from 4 to 5:30 at Canterbury House. All students invited. S.R.A. Council meets at Lane Hall, 5:15 p.m. Square and Folk Dancing. Instruc- tion for beginners and new dances for the experts. Everyone welcome. Lane Hall, 7:30-10:00 p.m. ' Coming Events MONDAY TUESDAY (at (at (at (at (at (at (at (at (at (at (at (at (at (at (at (at 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 Tuesday, January 26 Monday, January 18 Wednesday, January 20 Saturday, January 23 Monday, January 18 Monday, January 25 Thursday, January 28 Thursday, January 21 Monday, January 18 Wednesday, January 27 Tuesday, January 19 Friday, January 22 Monday, January 25 Thursday, January 28 Thursday, January 21 Saturday, January 23 9-12 9-12 9-12 9-12 2-5 2-5 9-12 2-5 2-5 9-12 9-12 9-12 9-12 .2-5 9-12 2-5 1 9 i Dr. Robert C. F. Bartels, Mathematics American Association of Universityt (Eng.), on "Surface Wave Phenomena" Professors. There will be a discussion to be held on Tues., Jan. 5, at 4 p.m. of problems raised by current congres- in 1504East Engineering BuildingAll sional investigations led by Professors interested are cordially invited to at- Gardner Ackley, Robert C. Angell, Paul tend. G.Kauper, and Edwin E. Moise, at 8 W n~, Sp.m., Thurs., Jan. 14, in the East Confer- Women Studenits' Skating Classes will ence Room, Rpekham Building. not meet at the Coliseum on Tues., Jan. 5, but will meet at the regular hours on A.S.P.A. Social Seminar. All students Thursday. andfaculty and their friends are in- Doctoral Examination for Priscilla vited to attend the social seminar of JeanAlde, Pscholgy; hesi: "A the Michigan Chapter of ASPA on Jan. Jean Alden, Psychology; thesis: ''An6 at 1:30 p.m., in the West Conference Exploratory Study of Self-Rated Em- Room, Rackham Building. Dr. John A. pathy," Tues., Jan. 5, 7611 Haven Hall, Perkins, President of the University of at 1 p.m. Chairman, E. L. Kelly. Delaware and President of the Amerl- can Society for Public Administration, Caroctoral Examination or John J e will be the speaker of the evening. Aspects of Alternate Methods of Fi- The Congregational-Disciples Guild nancing Old-Age and Survivors Insur- DiscussionGroupat Guild House, Wed.; ~nce," Tues., Jan. 5, 105 Economics Jan. 6, 7 p.m. Building, at 9 am. Chairman, R. A. }____ SPECIAL PERIODS LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS Psychology 31 French 1, 2, 11, 12, 31, 32 Spanish 1, 2, 31, 32 German 1, 2, 11, 31 Zoology 1 Botany 1, 2, 122 Chemistry 3 Sociology 51, 54, 60 Political Science 1 Economics 51, 52, 53, 54 Monday, January 18 Tuesday, January 19 Wednesday, January 20 Wednesday, January 20 Friday, January :22 Friday, January 22 Saturday, January 23 Tuesday, January 26 Tuesday, January 26 Wednesday, January 27 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 .,r ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round with DREW PEARSON 4! {ff) 1# _ r i- - w i w !.l W ASHINGTON-Mr. John Q. Public will be chiefly watching taxes, social se- curity, national defense, and other head. line issues as Congress gets under way. Backstage, however, two of the most pow. erful groups in the nation-the American Legion and the American Medical Associa- tion-are getting ready for a cutthroat bat- tle against each other that will end up in the halls of Congress. The issue, in effect, is "socialized medi- cine. " The American Medical Association, which ranks second among registered Washington lobbies, spent $270,174 to in- fluence Congress in 1952. The Legion, which ranks eighth, spent $106,235. Both are among the top lobbying spenders to influence Congress. But in this case the battle goes deeper than Congress, with the A.M.A. encouraging doctors to infiltrate the Legion as ordinary veterans in order to fight the socialized- medicine battle from the inside. The A.M.A. has even set up a "front" group, the Nation- al Medical VeteransbSociety, to fight the socialized-medicine battle and warns its members to confine their statements to remarks "cleared through the A.M.A. to make sure you all say the same thing." The Legion in turn has alerted its 18,000 posts to start shooting at the A.M.A. Bluntly, the American Legion magazine warns: "the Legion has definitely lost pa- tience with the American Medical Asso- ciation's weaving, twisting, opportunistic attacks on the federal system of care for veterans. "Never before," says the Legion, "had the A.M.A. defined 'socialized medicine' in such a way as to compel America's war veterans to be for it." NONSERVICE DISABILITIES WHAT THE BATTLE boils down to is a proposal by the doctors to ban free hospital care by the government for non- service-connected disabilities. In other words, when a veteran gets sick for reasons other than a disability suffered in war, he would be denied treatment in a Veterans Administration hospital. Actually, this affects not merely the Am- erican Legion but about 20,000,000 vets, or An npr o.a ft r e +"u. lrti1m ne nonn1tinn of them are not sold on A.M.A." the $25 dues to the *9 ** PRESSURING CONGRESS DR. JOSEPH D. McCarthy of Omaha, a member of the A.M.A.'s committee of legislation, gave the doctors a- peek at A.M.A. lobbying tactics. He explained that his legislative committee has a member as- signed to each geographic division of the United States to alert key men in those states on "pressing legislative problems." These key men, in turn, are responsible for getting in touch with their Senators and Representatives and "informing them of the medical profession's attitude toward proposed legislation." "This method," Dr. McCarthy added, "has worked admirably in the past." Dr. William B. Walsh of Washington, president of the A.M.A.'s "front" organi- zation, the National Medical Veterans So- ciety, cautioned doctors against declaring open warfare on the Legion. "Education," he maintained, "is the cornerstone of the campaign." And as part of that education, he said, "we must encourage physicians to join the American Legion, but to avoid the creation of doctor's posts. By remaining informal (one of the boys), the doctors will be more effective in an ordinary post." Sentiment at the closed-door meeting was far from unanimous, however, and several doctors spoke up in disagreement. Dr. William A. O'Brien of Nevada ask- ed if the group thought it would be wise for medical societies to tell the nation's doctors not to care for nonservice-con- nected cases not in V.A. hospitals. Dr. Walter B. Martin, president-elect o the A.M.A., warned that any such drastic step would be a fatal error and the doctors would "get our throats cut and get in the doghouse permanently.", One doctor, whose name was not identi- fied in the minutes, asked his fellow doc- tors what plans they had for treating the 87 per cent nonservice-connected cases. "How," he queried, "could these patients be placed in already overcrowded local hospitals? How does it help the taxpayer if the burden is simply shifted from the federal to the local government?" Musgrave. Doctoral Examination for Hug-o Al- fredotCabrera, Epidemiologic Science; thesis: "Temperature Studies and Tem- perature Adaptation of E. Histolytica and the Effect of Adaptation of Viru- lence," Tues., Jan. 5, 3012 School of Public Health, at 2 p.m. Chairman, R. J. Porter. Doctoral Examniation for Elihu Geer, Civil Engineering; thesis: "Stresses in Very Deep Beams with Applications to End Blocks of Prestressed Concrete Beams," Tues., Jan. 5, 313 West Engi- neering Building, at 4 p.m. Chairman, L. C. Maugh. Doctoral Examination for Alexander Weir, Jr., Chemical Engineering; thesis: "Two- and Three-Dimensional Flow of Air through Square-Edged Sonic Ori- fices," Wed., Jan. 6, 3201 East Engi- neering Building, at 2 p.m. Chairman J. L. York. Doctoral Examination for Harry Ed- ward Bailey, Aeronautical Engineering, thesis: "Wing-Body Interference at Supersonic Speeds." Wed., Jan. 6, 1077 East Engineering Building, at 2 p.m. Chairman, A. M. Kuethe. Doctoral Examination for Arthur Ner- sasian, Chemistry; thesis: "A study of Some Azo Nitriles," Wed. ,Jan. 6.h3003 Chemistry Building, at 2 p.m. Chair- man, L. C. Anderson. Doctoral Examination for Gilbert Richard Horne, Business Administra- tion; thesis: "The Receivership and Re- organization of the Abitibi Power and Paper Company, Limited," Wed., Jan. 6, 816 School of Business Administra- tion, at 3:30 p.m. Chairman, W. A. Paton. Conce rt Tartuffe; or, the Impostor, Moliere's classic French comedy, will be present- ed by the Department of Speech, at 8 p.m., in the Lydia Mendelssohn Thea- tre, Wednesday through Saturday, Jan. 13, 14, 15, and 16. Mail orders are bing accepted now for $1.20, 90c and 60c. A special student rate of any seat in the house for 50c is in effect for the Wednes- day and Thursday performances. 2nd Laboratory Bill of Plays, present- ed by the Department of Speech, will be presented in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre this Thursday and Friday, Jan. 7 and 8, at 8 p.m. Included on the bill are G. B. Shaw's satiric-comedy, PRESS CUTTINGS; Noel Coward's hilarious, WAYS AND MEANS, from the famous "Tonight at 8:30" series; and William Butler Yeats' poetic dance-drama, DEIRDRE. There is no admission charge, and the seats are not reserved. The Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre will open at 7:30 p.m. Final Speech Assembly for the fal semester will be held at 4 p.m., Wed., Jan. 13. in the Rackhanm Lecture Audi- torium. The guest speaker for this as- sembly will be Russell McLauchlin, Drama Editor for the Detroit News, who will use "The Fabulous Invalid" as his topic. The speech assembly is open to the public with no admission charge. Roger Williams Guild. Yoke Fellow- ship meets Thursday morning in the Prayer Room at 7 a.m. Roger Williams Guild. Tea and Chat, Wednesday afternoon, 4:30 to 6:00, Chess Club of U. of M. will meet Wed., Jan. 6, 7:30 p.m., Michigan Union. All chess players welcome. Episcopal Student Foundation. Stu- dent breakfast following 7 a.m. Epi- Drawing 3 English 11 MIE 136 CE 23, 151 Drawing 2 EE 4, 5 EM 1, 2 PE 11, 13 CM 124 Drawing 1 MIE 135 CE 21, 22 Chemistry 3 PE 31, 32, 131 Economics 53, 54 Monday, January 18 Monday, January 18 Monday, January 18 Monday, January 18 Tuesday, January 19 Tuesday, January 19 Wednesday, January 20 Thursday, January 21 Thursday, January 21 Friday, January 22 Friday,'January 22 Saturday, January 23 Saturday, January 23 Tuesday, January 26' Wednesday, January 27 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING . I 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 M phany Corporate Communion, Wed., Student Recital. William Doppmann, Jan. 6, at Canterbury House. pianist, will be heard in a recital at 8:30 Wednesday evening, Jan. 6, in Auditorium A in Angell Hall. A pupil of Benning Dexter, Mr. Doppmann will open the program with Kreisleriana, Op. 16, by Schumann. It will continue with/ Beethoven's Sonata in A-flat major, Op. r Ila I i 110, and Barber's Sonata, Op. 26. The general public will be admitted with- out charge. u g .~ ___ Sixty-Fourth Year Edited and managed by students 0f SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS No date of examination may be changed without the con- sent of the Committee on Examination Schedules. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING No date of examination may be changed without the con- sent of the Classification Committee. All cases of conflicts be- tween assigned examination periods must be reported for ad- justment. See bulletin board outside Room 3044 East Engineer- ing Building between January 4 and January 12 for instruction. SCHOOL OF MUSIC Individual examinations by appointment will be given for all applied music courses (individual instruction) elected for credit in any unit of the University. For time and place of examinations, see bulletin board in the School of Music. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SCHOOL OF PHARMACY SCHOOL OF MUSIC Courses not covered by this schedule, as well as any neces- sary changes, will be indicated on the School bulletin board. ______ -__ous subpoena and (2) cancella- tion of the even more ominous "inquisition" to be held by Rep. /ette/4Cla rdy of Michigan in the near R Ifuture. TOeTH E ED ITOIt seems that on Dec. 11, Har- old Mosher appeared before the Subversive Activities C o n t r o 1 Board at a hearing on Justice De- LYL... partment charges that the LYL STo the Editor: is a Communist front. He testi- fied that he joined the Commun- 0N NOV. 19, the House Com- ist Party in 1947 as an under- mittee on Un-American Acti- cover agent for the F.B.I. in the vities struck again. With a sharp New Haven youth branch. subpoena to the Labor Youth Lea- Mr. Mosher stated that the LYL oati nf Michian. it ordered not was set u vin May. 1949. after the y i X I U L -N 1 the University of Michigan undert Museum of Art, Alumni Memorial authority of the Board in Control Hall, Watercolors and Drawing by Ga- Student Publications. varni, Jan. 2-24; Persian-Hindu Minia- tures, Jan. 3-24. Open 9 to 5 on week- Editorial Staff days, 2 to 5 on Sundays. The public is Harry Lunn..........Managing Edi invited. Eric Vetter ................City Edi --____ Virginia Voss......... Editorial Direct t TodMike Wolff ........Associate City Edi Even s . ® Qy AiceB. Silver. .Assoc. Editorial Direct Science Research Club. The January Diane Decker. . .Associate Edit meeting will be held in the Rackham Helene Simon.........Associate Edi Amphitheater tonight at 7:30 p.m. Ivan Kaye..... ....Sports Edi Program: "Electrical Methods in Or- Paul Greenberg....Assoc. Sports Edi ganic and Biochemical Analysis," Philip Marilyn Campbell.......Women's Edi J. Elving. "The World Health Organi- Kathy Zeisier....Assoc. Women's Edi zation Pilot Project for Control of One Don Campbell.......Head Photograp of Egypt's Most Devastating Diseases," Henry van der Schalie. Business Staff The Congregational-Disciples Guild. Tomas Treeger A...Busine Mana Tea at Guild House. 4:30-6:00 p.m. Harlean Hankin.... Assoc. Business M. The Badminton Club will meet to- William Seiden........Finance Mana night from 8 to 10 p.m. in Waterman Jamessharp.....CirculationMan Gymnasium. Bring your own birds; the rackets will be furnished. Anyone who Telephone NO 23-24-1 the tof ito to tor tor ctor itor itor itor itor tor her ger ger Mgr. ager age; z