PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954 PAGE POU1~ THE IIHCWIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954 P ick Your, Sys term IN SPITE of the frequent brilliant praises aimed at the structure and workings of civil service in the United States there is virtually no real civil service in the national government at the present time, and there has been none for many years. The present system was inaugurated so that government workers, regardless of party preferences or political neutrality, could work up as far as major policy- making positions in government on a ca- reer basis, learning well a specialized field, and carrying out Administration policies in an unbiased manner. In return, they would be guaranteed a high degree of se- curity in their positions. Actually such a system has not been In effect under any recent Administration, al- though the present Republican policy has been more openly in violation of civil ser- vice ideals than was the previous Adminis- tration.' Even under Democrats, ho\vever, many ap- pointments to the service were of a very po- litical nature. There are more than iso- lated cases, where an applicant for a non- policy making position was forced to register as a Democrat in his home town or to get party certification from his local precinct captain before he could obtain a job under the so-called "career" system. And Eisen- hower's recent decree that a special post shall be created in every major government department or commission tq locate vacant posts and fill them with deserving party members was not unknown under Demo- crats. Then, however, it was often someone filling a highly-paid "regular" post who performed the function of finding and dis- tributing "political plums" that were ac- tually jobs within the civil service and not appointment positions. President Eisenhower has not only re- fused to strengthen the civil service idea by correcting past policies, but has con- tinued the former policies and has re- moved all feeling of security from every civil service worker. Out of power for 20 years, the Republicans seem to eye every civil service position as a place for a de- serving Republican precinct worker. In addition to the handicaps of, continual, often blunderbuss-style, Congressional in- vestigations and pay far below that found in private business, government workers now are labelled "security risks" for every actual or potential minor misdemeanor. The open appointment of a political job- finder in every department has brought home to even the lowest-paid level of civil ser- vice personnel, however, just how insecure their present jobs are. Some advantages no doubt can be found in such an appointment. A bureau or divi- sion chief who is friendly with the job- finder can often secure the appointment of a person whom he knows as capable and wants in his office, and he can also weed out the do-nothings that inevitably creep into any office, whether it be in government or business. It is doubtful if any such political job- seeking methods, however, can eradicate the age-old problem of getting the best people into government and getting them to stay in a government post rather than using it only as a stepping stone to a highly-paid private position. If the Administration and the public pre- fer an open spoils system into civil service, that fact might as well be admitted and the entire civil service system be replaced in favor of another method of government hir- ing and firing. If the civil service ideal is to be made a fact rather than remain a fic- tion many new reforms 'will have to be passed by Congress. In either case, the Pres- ident should appoint a special commission of leading officials both in and out of gov- ernment to re-evaluate the Present mudder situation with an aim of presenting a plan, for an entirely new system of making recom- mendations which would establish a 'true civil service, --Dorothy Myers The Quest of the Perfect Student What's Wrong with Him? .. e I N A UNIVERSITY as large as this one, there is room for all kinds of people. There are one-sided geniuses, pleasant- but-not-too-bright people, shy people, pop- ular people, healthy people, wealthy peo- ple, good-looking people, quarrelsome peo- ple, people we like, people we can't stand, people we don't care about one way or the other. Now the Admissions Office is trying to pick a small group of these people. Because of financial limitations on the size of this small project of the Admissions Office, the peo- ple they'll pick will be men only. These men will be picked because they have intellectual capacity as measured by grades and tests. They will also have ability to get along with people, they'll look nice, and they'll make a nice impression on peo- ple. And they'll be in top condition physi- cally. These people will be "successful, all- around students." The Admissions Office will then study their high school records to find out what if anything was unusual about these people when they were in high school. If the Admissions Office is successful in finding characteristics of high school stu- dents which are associated with later suc- cess in college, then they will have done society a big service. Tremendous numbers of such potential leaders never get beyond high school. If a way can be found to pick them out while they're still in high school and see that they get to college, a great waste of valuable hu- man resources will be avoided. Questions of methodology can be raised here. But the gathering of empirical evi- dence on this important subject is cer- tainly a worthwhile first step in the right direction. All of which, further, is not to say that other kinds of people who aren't well-round- ed and successful in the ways Dr. Feather's group members are, shouldn't come to the University. It's a big school-there is room for all kinds of people, including slobs, gen- iuses, and supermen. The aim of the study is just to ultimately increase the number of one of these desirable types of student. -Jon Sobeloff What's Right with Him? . . IT'S ABOUT time someone refined the pro- cess of turning out "well-rounded" in- dividuals. Dr. Feather deserves every en- couragement in his scientific endeavors. University curriculum experts have found the formula for machine-stamping "good citizens" and "all-around gradu- ates" (16 hours of natural science, eight hours of language, two semesters of phy- sical education, etc.) To mark such men in high school will greatly facilitate getting students off on the right diploma assembly line from the moment they enter the pa- ternal campus homestead, for four years of filing off corners before they emerge as ... perfect circles, I suppose (the antonym "square" is a popular term which needs no amplification). More intense research should turn up a method whereby potential "supermen" might be determined pre-natally. A couple of psy- choanalysts recently presented a rather in- teresting paper on how pre-natal experiences affected some neurotic patients with all kinds of complexes. With controlled pre-natal con- ditions-well, it's too exciting to even con- template. And for those who might somehow miss out on the wonders of science (due to par- ental ignorance, perhaps) the University could substitute courses on "Developing a Salesman's Personality" or "The Well- Rounded Executive." It's also definitely encouraging that the survey is not attempting to rate coeds. Wo- men are much too unpredictable. They will always be inferior to men and-well, just im- agine 70 women trying to decide which of their sex has the most personality or best physical condition. --Gayle Greene T HE Athenians attached much greater im- portance to beauty than do modern democracies. The individual was under an obligation to render his body beautiful by physical exercise; and the community to render the body within which it lived beau- tiful by attention to architecture and town planning. We have only to compare Athens with London, 'or perhaps more justly with Detroit, Liverpool or Marseilles, to realize how profound was the difference between the social values of the Athenians and our- selves. --Alexander Loveday "We Should Have Taken A Vote First, Ourselves" 'ga -~- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN I ;, ' - Ai. .: V" T - srgLacrt.. 4'M51'fN1c wA6awanM TVS-rr tetteJ4 TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of t 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. Citizens hip Proposal ...has occurred and is almost, so it was suggested by someone, policy To The Editor r edesigned by reporters to attract IPtn the attention of the editors to their IN PROPOSING that Congress articles, thereby obtaining better strip citizenship from Commun- assignments. I was certainly aware ists convicted under the Smith of a seeming attempt to get me Act, Eisenhower has demonstrably to change my views for publica- revealed that his Adminjstrationrtion. Evidently my views and opin- has decided to hug McCarthyism ions were not as Miss Greene and with both arms. Miss Conrad thought they should In the past, lesser lights such be. Perhaps by making the edi- as senators and other political spokesmen have proposed repres- sive legislation on the order of the Smith, McCarran and McCar- ran Walters Acts; but never a President. For the first time a President is recommending an act of political terrorism. Previously loss of citizenship has generally tors of The Daily aware of this practice, the staff of The Daily will return to more ethical journal- istic procedures. --Carol Lee Walker . g e . TB TW Die *.. _7 ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round with DREW PEARSON 1: 'I Ir- 4u- WA44- --iii _ . ..-.- -I Lill CURRENT MOVIES WASHINGTON-The Eisenhower Admin- istration almost scared the shirt off big business the other day. It did so when the Justice Department showed its teeth on anti-trust prosecu- tions in a more glowering manner than Thurman Arnold and Franklin D. Roose- velt. What it did was bring suit against Pan American Airways, long considered the sacred cow if both Republicans and Democrats. A few weeks ago Sam Pryor, vice-presi- dent of Pan American in charge of Wash- ington lobbying, spoke with confidence about the Eisenhower Administration. "Things have changed in Washington," he said happily. "We don't have to take all that guff we used to take. And we're not going to tolerate it." Sam had reason to be happy and con- fident. In the first place, he was long a member of the Republican National Com- mittee from Connecticut, a top manager of Wendell Willkie, and a generous mon- ey raiser for the Republicans. So even though his friend and wire-puller for Pan American, Sen. Owen Brewster of Maine, had been defeated, Sam had every reason to expect well of the Eisenhowerites. He knew that, back in the Hoover Ad- ministration, Pan American had been able to get Postmaster General Brown to send an amazing and unprecedented instruction to the State Deparment asking that "all practical assistance be given to the Pan Am- erican-Grace Airways in preference to any other American company." This was in vi-' olation of the age-old ruling that the U.S. government does not favor any one com- pany abroad at the expense of another. * * * FDR LOVED PAN AM E VEN UNDER Democratic Administra- tions, Pan American continued to get just as many favors. Ed Stettinius, brother- in-law of Juan Trippe, Pan American pre- sident, was long in the Roosevelt Adminis- tration and for a time a member of the cabinet. FDR liked both Ed and Juan Trippe and he also liked Pan Am. The latter got the heaviest mail subsidies-and still does. And, when trust-busting Thurman Arnold, assistant attorney general, proposed prose- cuting Pan American for violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, he was stopped dead in his tracks. "If you insist on this," warned Attor- ney General Robert Jackson, "you'll have to resign." Arnold backed away for a time, but still made noises about going after Pan Ameri- can. Shortly thereafter and much to his own surprise, he was abruptly promoted to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Imagine the surprise of the aviation world, therefore, and particularly Sam Pryor, when the Eisenhower Administration this week slapped exactly the same antitrust suit on Pan American that Roosevelt had vetoed. Pan Am with the Grace steamship lines and their subsidiary, Panagra, were charged with monopolizing air transportation between the United States and Latin America. Ironically, the suit came shortly after Robert C. Hill, vice-president of Grace, was rewarded by the Eisenhower Adminis- tration by being made U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica. NOTE-Latest wise crack among Wash- ington lawyers: "How soon wlil Assistant Attorney General Sanley Barnes be pro- moted to the Supreme Court?" (In addi- tion to Arnold's promotion to the Court of Appeals when he tried to sue Pan Am, Har- lan F. Stone, then attorney general, was ap- pointed to the Supreme Court by Calvin Coolidge when he insisted on prosecuting' Andy Mellon's Aluminum Corporation of America. Mellon was then Secretary of the Treasury and a cabinet colleague of Stones.) 150,000 AUTO THEFTS SENATE INVESTIGATORS are calling up- on the automobile industry to supply the answer to the nation's most common* juvenile crime-auto thefts. The Hendrickson Committee, investigat- ing juvenile delinquency, has found that nearly 150,000 autos are stolen each year, mostly by teen-age kids. If cars could be made tamper-proof, it would help curb this flagrant contribution to delinquency. As a result, the committee will invite in- dustry spokesmen to explain what is being done to protect automobiles from juvenile "hot wire" specialists. This is the name given to auto thieves who pick the ,ignition lock, cross certain wires and start the car without a key. Committee investigators have found that thieves usually break into a car by forcing the side window-vent or picking the out- side lock. What is needed, they say, is a side window that can't be smashed or forced, an outside lock that can't be picked and an inside lock on the ignition. * * * CHURCHILL IRKED PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL has sent a diplomatic though pointed warning to President Eisenhower that Britain wants to be kept fully informed during the secret Russian-American talks on atomic energy. Churchill has sent a special message to the White House pointing out that Bri- tain, as an atomic power and ally of the United States, must be consulted every step of the way. been connected with an overt act ; o te Edior: of war resulting in conviction forIN BEHALF of the Washtenaw treason. Now the President comes County Tuberculosis Associa- up with a method of coping with onty Tubercos Adoia- political opposition which, in the tn, its Board of Directors and its theDetoitFre Prssstaff, I would like to thank the words of the Detroit Free Press University of Michigan students Editorial of Jan. 9, "is undoubted- from all over Washtenaw County ly the most drastic form of pun- who contributed so generously to ishment ever recommended in e t ho9C.ri.td soSene United States-even exceeding in The cooperation of an alert, some ways the death penalty in well-informed public has brought its effects and severity." What about an amazing reduction of does Eisenhower's proposal imply the number of tuberculosis cases but open season on Communiststhnumherpotudeculsihas and other dissenters? What is it within the past decades. With a but a warning to the American firm belief that tuberculosis-the people that they cannot be too No. One killer among infectious careful in criticizing the Admin- diseases-can be defeated, the as- cstauinritiadcizing heAmn- sociation now moves into a new istration or in advocating depar-- year of continuing progress to- tures from the status quo? This s ward its goal. u statements as those of our It is our conviction that the stu- Such statetsCardthoseoior;dent body is an integral part of "own" Rep. Kit Clardy (who is this community particularly with preparing to conduct the U'n-'ti omnt atclrywt AmericanCommitnduehearingsin respect to its health problems. The Michigan) show how every attack tubercle bacillus does not discrim- on the Communists today is but inate between "town and gown." a preparation for attacks on the To the students who so gener- whole people tomorrow. Speaking ously gave of themselves to fight March 16, 1953, Clardy said".. tuberculosis, and to you and your It staff who have covered the tuber- is avr odie t the Americans for Democratic Ac- culosis problem in this community, tion), That left outfit has ap- the Washtenaw County Tubercu- proved the teaching of Commun- losis Association expresses its ism in our schools. It has spon- deepest gratitude. sored the idea that teachers be .-Frederick M. McOmbr allowed to belong to the Com-- President, Washtenaw County must Party. Maybe we should Tuberculosis Association look into the antecedents of that outfit." What, one might ask, is to be done with those citizens who are t turned into "aliens" by a wave of the magic wand? Since they be- long to no foreign country, where will they be deported? Is it incon- ceivable that the dozen or so con- centration camps built under the _ provisions, if the McCarran Act might be readied for such occa- sions? The Eisenhower recommenda- tion has ominous overtones, and can deal a body blow to democracy if it is not nipped in the bud.S Mike Share himnSixty-Fourth Year -MikerSharp, Chairman Edited and managed by students of Labor Youth League the University of Michigan under the The Daily Official Bulletin is a official publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsi- bility. Publication in it is construc- tive notice to all members of the University. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 2552 Administration Building before 3 p.m. the day preceding publication (before 11 a.m. on Saturday). FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954 VOL. LXIV, No. 83 Notices Attention February Graduates. Col- lege of Literature, Science, and the Arts, School of Education, School of Music, and School of Public Health- students are advised not to request grades of I or X in February. When such grades are absolutely imperative, the work must be made up in time to al- low your instructor to report the make- up grade not later than 8:30 a.m., Mon., Feb. 1, 1954. Grades received after that time may defer the student's gradua- tion until a later date. Recommendations for Departmental Honors. Teaching departments wishing to recommend tentative February grad- uates from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and the School of Education for departmental honors should recommend such students in a letter sent to the Registrar's Office, 1513 Administration Building, by 8:30 a.m., Mon., Feb. 1, 1954. College of Engineering Registration Material. Students enrolled for the cur- rent semester should call for spring reg- istration material at 244 West Engineer- ing Building, Jan. 20 through Fri., Jan. 22. The hours are 8:30 to 12 and 1:30 to 5. Material will also be available Feb. 1 through Feb. 5, from 8 to 12 and 1 to 5, and on Feb. 6 from 8 to 10:30. AUTOMOBILE REGULATIONS The following schedule will govern the lifting of the AUTOMOBILE REGULA- TIONS for students in the various schools and colleges of the University. The regulations will go back into effect at 8 a.m. Mon., Feb. 8, the first day of classes for the second semester. The ban will be lifted Jan. 28, 5 p.m., for the following schools: College of Architecture and Design School of Business Administration School of Education College of Engineering College of Literature, Science and the Arts School of Music School of Natural resources School of Nursing College of Nursing College of Pharmacy School of Public Health Horace H. Rackhain School of Gradu- ate Studies For the following schools the sched- ule below is applicable: School of Medicine Freshmen & Juniors Jan. 29, 5:00 p.m. Sophomores......Jan. 29, 12:00 noon. Seniors.........Jan. 23, 12:00 noon. Law School .............. ...... Jan. 30, 10:30 a.m.'' School of Dentistry Freshmen........Jan. 26, 12:00 noon Sophomores......Jan. 27, 12:00 noon Juniors..........Jan. 28, 10:00 a.m. Seniors...........Jan. 28. 3:00 p.m. School of Social Work Jan. 22, 5:00 p.m. The Behavioral Sciences Division of The Ford Foundation announces a sec- ond annual competition for first year- graduate fellowships in the behavioral sciences. Under the terms of this pro- gram stipends of $1800 each are awarded to successful applicants who wish to study such behavioral sciences as psy- chology, sociology,and anthropology but who did not as undergraduates con- centrate in these areas. A total of fifty- eight institutions have been invited to submit applicants and it is estimated that approximately twenty-five fellow- ships will be awarded. The University of Michigan has been asked to nominate four candidates for these fellowships. Applications should be made before February 1 on forms to be obtained at the office of the Gradu- ate School. Awards will be announced on April 1, 1954. February Graduates. If you are still seeking a position and have not yet registered with the Bureau of Appoint- ments, we would like to suggest that you do so before leaving the University. Men going into the armed forces are particularly urged to register prior to graduation. We do receive calls from employers continually, and we can only be of service to those who are regis- tered with us. Contact the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Administration Building. Change of Address. February graduates who are registered with the Bureau of Appointments are requested to notify te if you have already accepted a position; if not, to advise when you will be leav- ing Ann Arbor and where you will be. If not informed otherwise, the Bureau assumes you are at your permanentrad- dress after the date of Commencement. It is necessary that we know of your plans so that we may correctly inform employers, and notify you promptly of openings. Call the Bureau of Appoint- ments, 3528 Administration Bldg., Ext. 371 or 489. Lectures . The Ziwet Lectures in Mathematics. The last lecture of Professor A. M. Gleason's series on "Locally Compact Groups and the Coordinate Problem" will be given Fri., Jan. 15, 4 p.m., 3011 Angell Hall. Academic Notices Astronomical Colloquium, Fri., Jan. 15, 4:15 p.m., the Observatory. Dr. Hel- en W. Dodson of the McMath-Hulbert Observatory will speak on "Solar Flares and Associated Radiation at 200 mc/ sec and 2800 me/sec." Courses in Chemistry. The following changes in hours and rooms should be made in the Time Schedule for the second semester: Chem 141, lecture WF 11, 3403 Chem.; Chem 256, lecture WF 9, 4225 Chem.; Chem. 260, lecture MW 10, 2308 Chem. The Ninth Review Session for Stu- dents of French I will be held on Jan. 18, in the Romance Languages Building beainninc~,t7'7 r. Doctoral Examination for Robert Lee Craven. Chemistry; thesis: "Reactions of 2-Halocyclohexanecarboxylic Acids," Fri., Jan. 15, 3003 Chemistry Bldg., at 1 p.m. Chairman, W. R. Vaughan. Doctoral Examination for Myron Ju- dah Helfgott, Social Psychology; thesis: "The Effect of Variations in Mobility Norms upon the Legitimation of the Personnel Distribution by Subordinate Populations," Fri., Jan. 15, 613 Haven Hall, at 1 p.m. Chairman, 01 E. Swan- son. Doctoral Examination for William Knox Harrell, Bacteriology; thesis: "Fractionation and Differentiation of Human, Bovine, and Avian Strains of Mycobacteriuintuberculosis by means of their Infrared Spectrums," Mon., Jan. 18, 1954, 1566 East Medical Bldg., at 2 p.m. Chairman, W. J. Nungester. Doctoral Examination for Juan Auara Sales, Pharmaceutical Chemistry; thesis: "Simply Amines which Contain Cyclo- heptyl, 4-Methycycloheptyl, Cyclooctyl, 2- and 4-Pyridyl Groups," Tues., Jan. 19. 2525 Chemstry Bldg., at 1:30 p.m. Chairman, F. F. Blicke. Doctoral Examination for Henry Ed- mond Millso, Jr., Pharmaceutical Chemistry; thesis: "Basic Diovolanes,"* Wed.. Jan. 20, 2525 Chemistry BIdg. at 1;30 p.m. Chairman, F. F. Blicke. Doctoral Examination for 'Thomas Samuel Heines, Jr. Chemical Engineer- ing; thesis: "Operaion of Continuous Thermal Diffusion C1umns for Liquids," Mon., Jan. 25, 3201 East Engineering Bldg., at 9:30 a.m. Chairman, J. J. Mar- tin. Doctoral Examination for George Ulrich Brauer, Mathematics; thesis: "Some Abelian Semi-Groups of Linear Transformations of Hausdorff Type" Sat., Jan. 30. East Council Room, Rack- ham Bldg., at 9:30 a.m. Chairman, George Piranian. Concerts Organ Recital. David Craighead, Guest Organist from Occidental College, Pasadena, California, will present a program at 4:15 Sunday afternoon, Jan. 17, in Hill Auditorium. It will include Vivaldi's Concerto in A minor, Buxte- hude's Chorale Fantasia, "How Brightly Shines the Morning Star," two Bach works, Vivace from the Second Trio-So- nata, and Toccata in F. Following In- term ission Mr. Craighead will - play Pastorale, by Roger-Ducasse; Fugue in C-sharp minor, by Honegger; and Two Meditations for Ascension, by Mes- siaen. The recital will be open to the general public without charge. Band Concert Cancelled. The concert by the University Symphony Band, pre- viously announced for Tues., Feb. 23, in Hill Auditorium, has been cancelled. The next concert by the Band will be given at 4:15 Sunday afternoon, Mar. 28. Faculty Concert Postponed. The pi ano recital by John Kollen, scheduled for Thurs., Feb. 11, in Lydia Mendels- sohn Theater, has been postponed. The new date will be announced later. The Griller String Quartet and the Reginald Kell Players will participate in the 14th annual Chamber Music Festi- val in Rackham Auditorium. The Grill-, er group is composed of Sidney Griller and Jack O'Brien, violins; PhiipBur- ton, viola; and Colin Hampton, cello: and will present two programs, Fri- day evening, Feb. 19. and Sunday after- noon, Feb. 21. The Keil Players include Reginald Kell, clarinetist; Joel Rosen, pianist; Melvin Ritter, violinist; and Aurora Natola, cellist. This group will be heard Saturday evening, Feb. 20. Tickets for the three concerts are available at the offices of the Universi- ty Musical Society in Burton Tower, at $3.50 and $2.50; and for single concerts at $1.75 and $1.25 each. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Ernest MacMillan, Conductor, will give the 6th program in the current Chdral Union Concert Series, Wed., Feb. 10, at 8:30, in Hill Auditorium. The oc- casion will mark the first performance of this Canadian orchestra in Ann Ar- bor. Tickets are available at $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, and $3.00 at the offices of the University Musical Society, Burton Me morial Tower. Exhibitions Museum of Art. Alumni Memorial Hall, Watercolors and Drawings by Ga- varni, Jan. 2-24; Persian-Hindu Mina- 4 tures, Jan. 3-24. Open 9 to 5 on week- days, 2 to 5 on Sundays. The public is invited. Events Today S.R A. Coffee Hour. Drop in for coffee from 4:30 to 6:00 today in the Lane Hall Library. Good music and pleasant- com- pany Lane Hall. For that "break" between exams or study, drop in to Lane Hall for coffee and cookies any afternoon during the exam period. Everyone is welcome so come along with your friends. Hillel. Evening Services, 7:30 p.m, Hillel. This week's Friday Zwming Kosher Dinner has been canaelled. Hillel Chorus. No further rehearsals till Feb. 7. Newman Club. Open house will be held this evening from 9 to 12 pam. at the Father Richard Center. Everyone is invited. Episcopal Student Foundation. Tea from 4 to 5:30 this afternoon at Can- terbury House. All students invited. Episcopal Student Foundation. Can- terbury Club, 7:30 p.m. this evening at Canterbury House. Evening of Fun. Coming Events Foreign Language .Group will meet on Mon., Jan. 18, at 8 p.m. in West Con- ference Room, Rackham Building. Speaker: Professor James C. O'Neill. The topic: "Suggested Plans for Use of the SAnn Arbor High School Building by the University." Faculty members and graduate students of the various lan- guage departments are invited. 4 -~1 -t i 4rchiteCture Auditorium JOHNNY BELINDA with Jane Wyman and Lew Ayres CINEMA GUILD'S current revival of John- ny Belinda renews one's faith in the ability of the film to present fine adult en- tertainment without the aid of wide screens, three dimensional projectors, or stereophonic sound. Certainly nothing I might say could add to the critical praise Jane Wyman has al-' ready received for her acting skill. As the deaf-mute, Belinda, she raises the art of serious pantomine to a new height, while presenting one of the most articulate per- formances seen in a long while. Lew Ayres, as the young doctor who teaches Belinda to speak with her hands and guides her back to a useful position in so- ciety, gives his part the right amount of sym- pathy without falling into sachrine senti- mentality. If he seems too good to be true, it is what the script demands and not due to any lack of skill on his part. The townspeople also deserve special praise as real people living real lives, which demand enormous physical exertion to live a Quotes and Context .. . To the Editors: I HAVE never believed that let- ters to the Editors solved any problem. However, I see no other recourse in this situation. Since a "quotation" attributed to me ap- peared in the January 7 edition of The Daily I have been questioned often on the issue of the Thanks- giving vacation and my vote on this issue. I would like to clear the matter now. On January 6 at 11:45 p.m,' 12:00 Midnight, and 12:15 a.m. I received telephone calls. Two were from Gayle Greene, one from Becky Conrad, of The Daily. On all three calls I was asked ques- tions and told, after answering, that these were for publication. I refused to be quoted on each call authorityor the BIoar mv J ontroi or Student Publications. Editorial Staff Harry Lunn.........Managing Editor Eric Vetter ................. .Oty Editor Virginia Voss.........!Eitorial Director Mike Wolff.........Associate City Editor Alice B. Silver..Assoc. Editorial Director Diane Decker. .....Associate Editor Helene Simon........Associate Editor Ivan Kaye...............Sports Editor Paul Greenberg.....Assoc. Sports Editor Marilyn Campbell.......Women's Editor Kathy Zeisler.... Assoc. Women's Editor Don Campbell.......Head Photographer Business Staff Thomas Treeger......Business Manager William Kaufman Advertising Manager Harlean Hankin....Assoc. Business Mgr. 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