(I TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1951 The Housing Problem-Two A lt2rntatives DEFENDERS OF men's residence halls are justifiably disturbed over the possibility that a business-minded University admin- istration may convert more men's housing for use by women students next semester. The present housing and enrollment sit- uation bears out these fears. For the past three years there as been a proportion- ately greater increase in women's under- graduate enrollment than in men's. In ad- dition undergraduate women are required to live in organized University housing with few exceptions, while their male counter- parts are allowed to leave the dorms and shift for themselves after their first year. At the same timeno new University hous- ing has been made available to take care of the influx. Obviously a population pressure situation has built up in which women, by virtue of University policy, have top priority. Thursday night the Inter-House Council suggested three possible solutions to the problem. There are other approaches, each with an argument opposing it from the ad- ministration point of view. The only real solution to the problem, as long as the University is unable to build additional dormitories, lies in limiting the size of undergraduate women's enrollment to the housing facilities available. There is one important point that must be faced by the administration. In a case where a choice must be made- which shall take priority, the education of men or the education of women. By housing more women in men's resi- dences at the expense of forcing upperclass- men out to compete in the scramble for off- campus living quarters, many men students are going to be squeezed out of the Univer- sity. Living outside of the residence halls is at best an expensive proposition. With more men competing for off-campus quarters prices could be expected to go even higher. To a University with responsibilities to the state and nation for turning out edu- cated men to fill positions in its industries and public service there can be no ques- tion where the priority lies. There are only two alternatives: either provide more housing for women-not at the men's expense-or limit enrollment of wo- men students to the amount of authorized University housing available to them. -Gene Hartwig + ART I ..Leter to tke &clitor ... a A LEWIS AND LEWIS (William and Ethel Kudrna, husband and wife) showing of watercolors and ceramics opened Tuesday evening at the Forsythe Gallery, 1101 Martin Place. It will continue through April 1st, hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, or by appointment. William Lewis has been a regular con- tributor to local shows in the past few years, and most of you who have attend- ed them regularly will best remember him for his watercolors, although his contri- butions include some very good oils, mo- biles, and even ceramics. My attention first fastened on him as one party to a three-man exhibit at Rackham a year a half ago, and his efforts since then have only heightened my initially high opinion of his talents. Although more than competent in sever- al. media, Lewis prefers to work in water- colors, and his persistent experiments and practice show in his complete mastery of technique. He takes excellent advantage of the relative freedom of his medium, combin- ing grace with power, movement with sub- stance, in the same composition. "Flying Dutchman" is one of the nest representational works in the show; the col- ors are dark but rich, and the composition is full of appropriately violent movement. All the components-line, color, composition, conception-combine to make this one of the most striking pictures in the gallery. An- other ship (No. 15), in a placid mood, shows Lewis' ability to handle mass in a composi- tion without allowing the bulk to weight it down. Its heaviness suggests power, and the movement, though slow, is unmistakable. The pure abstracts are hardly less com- pelling than the others, although there is less one can say about them. They exhibit the same qualities of line and color, rang- ing from quite subdued to very bright con- structions. Lately, night scenes of cities seem to have captured Lewis' fancy,- and there is a whole series of these on display. All of them combine the abstract with the rep- resentational with good results. In no case does the painter trouble himself over- ly with naturalism, but in every case his compositions vividly communicate his feel- ing for his subject. "City Across the Wa- ter" is as successful as any, and may be taken as a typical example. Considered as an abstract construction, it is difficult to imagine a neater balance of flowing and static lines, or of color areas. As a "view," it is recognizable and psychologically true, with the lights sparkling through the sur- rounding gloom. The combination is an artistic unit, impressive and exciting, and cannot be described in words. Perhaps the most unusual painting in the show is "Aircraft Factory," which is also the piece that has its roots in the oldest tradition. The brush-strokes are unmistake- ably influenced by the Chinese. Done en- tirely in red and black, with a little gray wash, on white, it combines very nicely the oriental approach with the modern subject. It would be difficult to select any one painting in the show as outstanding, or even one type as preferable to another. The selec- tion is well-balanced, and the paintings are of an almost uniformly high quality. In an- other material, Lewis' "Red Mobile" is also very good-a fairly large, constantly shim- mering piece, very "free" and highly decora- tive. * * * * E THEL Kudrna Lewis has also contributed her pots to a number of exhibitions, but her name will be less familiar to gallery-go- ers, both because this is her first large show- ing, and because pottery is relatively unob- trusive among the arts, much more limited in form and color than painting, and con- sequently less individualistic. Within the rather confining limitations of her medium, Mrs. Lewis works veryv well. Her choice of forms is conservative; her bowls,rvases, and free-forms are simi- jlar to work that has been done in pot- tery for centuries. At the same time, one notices her high regard for craftsmanship, and her shapes are as honest as the earth she works with, having character and a quiet beauty. In her glazes, Mrs. Lewis also prefers the subdued and simple colors and combina- tions. An opalascent blue bowl (No. 8) is about as bright a glaze as she cares to use. There are a number of mottled browns, and where decoration is used at all, it is unaf- fected and well adapted to the particular shape (see No. 14, a striped vase). My favorite among Mrs. Lewis' pieces is a carved vase (No. 13) of modest proportion, whereon a pattern has been incised in the raw ware around the base, and covered with a delicate cream-gray glaze. Throughout her work, the same general good quality pre- vails, and the most pleasing thing about them to me is their warmth. As a footnote to the show as a whole, I might add that the arrangement is tasteful and calculated to make up an extremely pleasing display. The pieces not already sold are up for sale, and are all of them, in my estimation, considerably underpriced. -Siegfried Feller Rubbish ... To the Editor: "Have A Care, Sir" MUSIC ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round' with DREW PEARSON THE article, "Men Gripe About Coeds" on the front page of today's Daily is an insult to the student body of the University and an example of The Daily staff's confusion about what is good jour- nalism. On page six were several very worthy news articles which certainly should have filled the space taken by this bit of foolish- ness. To suggest that the student body is more interested in the men's opinions of the coeds ankles than in their SL is truly an in- sult to that student body. If The Daily staff is interested in social relations on campus that is fine and good. A constructive I survey of possible solutions to campus social problems would be worthy of the staff's efforts and of space in the paper, but if The Daily is so hard up for front page material that rubbish like this must be printed I recommend Dick Tracy or an Advice to the Lovelorn column be used instead. --Betty Cope Sloppy and Ugly. . To the Editor: AFER READING the article by Murry Frymer concerning the Michigan mans attitude toward co-eds on this campus, we would like to make a few comments. , Concerning Stan H e r m a n 's. statement that older co-eds have! a more mature dating attitude than younger co-eds, we feel thati after his three and a half years at a University it is truly a world-; shaking deduction that older peo-i ple are more mature than youngerJ people. As for Tom Skrentny and his supressed desire to walk around1 campus "ill mannered, sloppy, and1 ugly," we suggest that he join his fellow Michigan men who have caught the spirit quite well. 1 It is gratifying to realize that the logical intelligence of the ar- ticle is a reflection of the quality, of our Michigan males! -Janice Glass Peggy Schwartz * * * On Rushing .. . To the Editor: IT SEEMS that The Daily has really gone to bat in favor of spring rushing. It i fine that a campus newspaper and an organ of public opinion should take a stand on an issue. It is only regret- table that such an issue should be so publicly debated. Supporters of both sides of the question are now well aware of the basic issue, and it is not necessary for the Daily to so obviously attempt to insti- tute a breach which does not exist between independent and affiliat- ed women, not that the supporters of the issue are divided into these two groups. However, in presenting the two sides of this issue, The Daily has certainly made the dis- tinction between independent and affiliated women most clear. I feel that affiliated women are voting on an issue, the outcome of which will determine the strength and position of sororities on this campus in years to come. I don't think that belief in a group of which one is a member can be called "selfish." Affiliated women are very sincerely interested in the individual, since they, too, are individuals live as individuals and incidentally, rushed as individuals. A strong Assembly and a strong Pan-Hellenic Association creates a healthy and beneficial situation. When one group dominates the other, the competition is no longer an asset in forming valid policy. Some affiliated women feel that the strength of their organizations will be deleted if spring rushing is re-instated. These women only ask the preservation of a system that they feel supports the liberal atti- tude prevalent on this campus, and gives the co-ed a chance to make a choice - a choice which should be her own. --M. Ann Heidbreder * * * Student Courtesy.. To the Editor: ALTHOUGH the grievances cited in Miss Loewenberg's article on the standards of courtesy prevail- ing in campus restaurants were well founded, I believe half of the subject remains to be covered. I refer to the courtesy, or rathe the lack of it, displayed by students in these same establishments. . Ample material for a "follow- up" article could be found by ob- serving such student practices as their continuing to occupy tables long after they have finished eat- ing despite the fact that other peo- ple are waiting, and especially the use of partly filled cups of coffee or glasses of water as receptacles for cigarettes and napkins. 1. fH44 TkG ywyxq rNd'ront P' T ~' the driving ban, at this time, is the definite lack of parking space. This has been all too evident to the residents of University Terrace who are faced daily with the prob- lem of either beating their neigh- bor to the insufficient number of parking places or parking their car on the curb which is usually an invitation for a parking ticket. Even married students, who are allowed to have a driving permit, choose to leave their cars parked in front of their apartments. The chances of parking one's car near campus are so slim that they pre- fer to walk. Modifying the driving ban would result in more cars but with the same number of parking places which eventually would lead to havoc. I cannot readily see the need for allowing students to have cars on campus. In cases when a definite need exists the administration is very willing to issue driving per- mits. However, there are few places on campus, or for that mat- ter in Ann Arbor, which are so far that one cannot walk to get to them. If one views the situation ob- jectively, which I believe I am able to do because I would in no way be affected, one must conclude that the cons far outweigh the pros in this issue. Let us review what the cons are: 1) insufficient parking space, 2) increased traffic probab- ly demanding more police power and resulting in greater traffic problems, 3) a diversion factor in the now closely knit campus, 4) tremendous parental objections, 5) social inequality to those stu- dents who are unable to afford a car, 6) greater number of inci- dents of immoral behavior. There is only one pro in this is- sue and that is that lifting of the driving ban would enable students to get around Ann Arbor more speedily and perhaps get home on weekends and vacation period by car. When criticizing the president of a university the critic must be able to justify his criticism. To date none of these "critics" have found it necessary to do so. -Eve Kemmel A Cactus and A Rose .. . To The Editor: FROM the viewpoint of a disin- terested observer I cannot feel that the opinions voiced in Mr. Frymer's survey express the com- mon opinion of the University's male population. I have observed women students in universities in Paris, Madrid, Heidelberg, and Brazil as well as in most of the states. After almost two years at Michigan I have con- cluded that in the areas of per- sonality, appearance, character, and friendliness the U of M coeds rate with the best. Perhaps a man doesn't truly appreciate the beauty of' a rose until he has seen a cactus. -F. J. Picard * * * "I Suceeded" ,,, II'I E COMPOSERS' FORUM At Angell Hall Auditorium .. . THE SECOND in this year's series of Com- posers' Forums featured four works by composers new to these concerts, a setting of three traditional Yiddish folk songs, and Aaron Copland's Piano Variations, which continues the policy of presenting a work of an established composer along with the stu- dent works. Copland's Variations, dating from the 1920's or his middle period, were a welcome addition to the program since their novelty in exploiting the piano's percussive charact- er was in stark contrast to the more tradi- tional focus of the student works. Anita Carlton gave a lucid and penetrating inter- pretation of their poignant and sharp need while also bringing out their underlying plan. The Three Yiddish Songs were given piano accompaniments by Elaine Fried- man, and very sensitively, never trying to steal the show from the melodies or ob- scure their expressive intent, yet never banal but providing rhythmic interest and tonal stability. Sophia Fedonis, mezzo-so- prano, and Ellen Sherman, pianist, per- formed them convincingly. Fred Fox's Serenade for Violin and Piano, Gordon Sherwood's Two Piano Pieces, Noc- turne and Toccata, Judith Marcus' Two Songs, and the Violin Sonata of Barbara Garvin comprised the original student com- position. Mr. Fox's Serenade had both lyric and harmonic interest and lay well for the violin. The Piano Pieces of Mr. Sherwood were indeed imaginative, this factor com- pensating for their lack of architecture. Wil- liam Deppman's performance gave them energy and fire. The songs of Miss Marcus, performed nicely by Marilyn Eliason, so- prano, and Ann Pletta, piano, had a lovely lyric flow, though their brevity indicated that more of the same would have made them nicer. Miss Garvin's Sonata was performed by herself in the solo role and Bruce Wise at the piano. They also performed Mr. Fox's Serenade. The strongest point of the Sonata was its melody which sang particularly well on the violin. Its weakest point was the structure of the last movement. Its lasting effect was however that of song, a lovely at- tribute which would likewise be well-received in other works by this composer. WASHINGTON - When naive, fair-mind- ed Secretary of the Army Stevens hud- dled with Republican members of Senator McCarthy's investigating committee, Sena- tor Mundt of South Dakota typed out their mutual agreement with three fingers on a typewriter. In it he inserted a paragraph that the trouble inside the Army-over Major Per- ess, General Zwicker, etc.-was all the fault of the previous Administration, re- ferring of course to Truman days. "No," remonstrated Secretary Stevens, "that was not the case, and it would not be fair to say so." * * * * -INSANE PUERTO RICAN- PUERTO RICO'S statesmanlike Gov. Luis Munoz-Marin has been asked why he re- leased nationalist leader Albizu Campos from jail last September despite the fact that Campos lived for two years in the home of Oscar Collazo, one 'of the two nationalists who tried to kill President Truman in 1950 and who also plotted against Munoz-Marin. Discussing this with me, Governor Munoz explained: "Campos had become a martyr to many people and the longer he remained in jail, the more martyrdom he assumed. Actually he was a mental case. And now that he is released from jail, people can see how crazy he is and no longer take him seriously. "While in jail, Campos wore cold towels around his head to protect him-so he claimed-from atomic rays from the Unit- ed States," Governor Munoz explained. "He was convinced that the United States government was directing atomic rays into his jail cell to kill him. "Now that he is out of jail, he still wears the towels around his head, and of course people realize that if the United States had the power to direct such a ray they would have used it first perhaps on such a person as Joe Stalin. So he has become quite ludi- crous to the people who one looked up to him as a great martyr. "The editor of Bohemian, the Cuban mag- azine, for instance, was among those who wanted to make a martyr of Campos; play him up as a victim of United States oppres- sion. However, when they came to see him and realized his mental condition they, alists went out of their way to try to get messages to him and also to revere him as a saint. "I doubt whether Campos had much to do with this unfortunate incident," the Gover- nor concluded. "It is a few young hotheads who were responsible." * * * * - NO CURB ON SENATE PROBES - SENATOR Ferguson of Michigan, chairman of the powerful Republican Policy Com- mittee of the Senate, seemed to mean busi- ness when he.announced an overhauling of Senate investigative procedure. He even told newsmen that the overhaul was aimed at Senator McCarthy's methods. It was also made known that the President himself wanted such an overhaul. However, the charming Senator from Michigan is not a man who shows great determination when put on the hot spot as far as other Senators are concerned. Once before, when he was chairman of the committee McCarthy now presides over, Ferguson let it be known he would probe the speculation of Sen. Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, a Democrat who used his high place on the Senate Agriculture Com- mittee to speculate in cotton and other farm products. Though Ferguson actually started the probe, he suddenly called it off. His right-about-face took place after re- ceiving a letter from Senator Thomas-sub- sequently published in this column - in which Thomas told him he knew of certain favors received by the Ferguson family from the Chrysler Company in Detroit. After receipt of the Thomas letter, the Senator from Michigan said no more about probing the Senator from Oklahoma. Though Ferguson started out with a bang regarding a probe of McCarthy's tactic, he has now quietly decided that any committee reforms shall be "mutual consent." To this end he is currently in the process of call- ing up Senate committee chairmen, asking them to please follow the rules of fair play. * * -POSTAL PAY- YOU CAN jot it down for future reference that Postmaster General Arthur Sum- merfield's much-publicized plan to boost the pay of postal workers won't pass Con- gress-at least, in its present form., Chief objection to Summerfield's S60,- To the Editor: AS THE sun must every morning rise in the east and every even- ing sink below the horizon to the west; as one side of a right tri- angle must be the hypotenuse; so must, by definition, a philosopher be able to arrange his thoughts in a precise and definite manner. It is because of this that I feel I must take issue with The Daily and The Detroit Free Press in re: my stated opinion on the Michigan co-eds, as it appeared in these two publica- tions on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. It will be recalled that both pap- ers introduced my opinion with the words, "Tom Skrentny, '54 tried to sum it up . . . " Sirs, I beg your pardon. Tried indeed. As a deli- gent student of the philosophies and the fine arts I feel I can safely say that I have arrived at a point of culture wherein I need no longer f A IbITI I ITATl try" to do things. Attempts I no longer make-success I constantly achieve. Therefore I did not "try" to sum it all up-I succeeded in summing up the situation, and, I might add, did so accurately and efficiently. I will admit however, to soft pedalling my personal feelings to a certain extent so that irrita- tion of the "fairer" sex might be minimized. This I did out of the bountiful goodness of my heart. I direct this letter to all men on campus who are irritated with my sympathies on this matter, and leaving you with a bit of philoso- phizing-Buy Bonds and Go to Church on Sunday-I close, hoping for a change. -Thomas Skrentny Go West, Young iIan. .. To the Editor: DON'T any of the men at Michi- gan have a good word for the coeds? I was highly enraged for my sex by certain statements in The Daily article on Wednesday. My purpose in this letter is not to return to the men the same kind of unjustified insults that were dealt to us, but to try and defend Michigan women. The dating situation may seem bad to the men but believe me it's just as bad for the women. You'd never think that there are two men to every woman on this cam- pus if you'd see the number of girls sitting in the dorms on week- ends. With the present ratio if only fifty peicent of the fellows had a date on Saturday night there wouldn't be one girl with- out a date. Still, the figures never seem to be that perfect. You say Mr. Adams that we are too hard to date. Don't you think that co- eds enjoy social life too? We don't go out with a fellow as a favor to him. I think that most girls are willing to date a fellow whom they meet socially without that list of recommendations. What annoyed me most was the complaint about the looks of the coeds. Mr. Tennenbaum, I feel that your statement is quite rash. Have you looked carefully around your classes? Chances are you won't find any raving beauties but the girls are nice looking and some are pret- ty. At least we aren't as ugly as you intimate. I'll bet you're no gorgeous George yourself. As to the comment that we're too inteligent, thanks for the com- pliment, but if 'you don't like it my only advice to the young man is: Go West, Go East, Go North, So South, But Leave Town Quick. -Judy Wiener * * * Don't Throw Stones .. . To the Editor: THE Michigan Daily lies before me. I have just completed your article entitled, "Men Gripe About Coeds." I have only one thing to say to all those who have been so derrogatory towards the looks of the Michigan coeds . . . "People who live in glass houses should not throw stones." As for the intellect of these young women, well, it's a heck of a world if the men are admitting that the women are smarter than they are. ... Progress towards an evident truth is being made. I must say that it is indeed a sad case if men can judge a woman merely by the measurement of an ankle. There's a great deal going on above that part that deserves some consideration, I'm a New Yorker and I don't believe that in all my life and aft- er my many travels, I have met a finer, more intelligent and con- genial group of girls. -Roberta Rosenblatt, '57 Sixty-Fourth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staf Harry Lunn.........Managing Editor Eric Vetter..............City Editor Virginia Voss........ 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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). SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1954 VOL. LXIV, No. 106 Notices General Faculty 'Meeting. There will be a general faculty meeting at 4:15 p.m., Mon., Mar. 15, in the Rackham Lecture Hall, to permit the President to discuss with the members of the fa- culty the state of the University. All members of the teaching staff, includ- ing teaching assistants and teaching fellows, are invited to attend. Selective Service Test. It is recom- mended that all men, those in ROTC included, take the Selective Service Qualification Test which will be given April 22. Applicants should apply in per- son at the Ann Arbor Selective Service Board No. 85, 210 West washington Street. You should apply before 5 p.m. March 8. Correction: Late permission for wo- men students who attended "Ariadne of Naxos" on March 2 will be no later than 10:50 p.m. Late permission for women students who attended "Ariadne of Naxos" on March 3 or March 4 will be no later than 10:50 p.m. Events Today Ariadne of Naxos, Richard Strauss' comic opera, wili be presented in Josef Blatt's English translation tonight at 8 p.m. in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Tickets for this Department of Speech and School of Music pro- duction are on sale at the Lydia Men- delssohn Box Office 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. for $1.75-$1.40-$1.00. S.R.A. Saturday' Lunch Discussion. "Why Interreligious Work?" or "If You Have a Faith, Why Aid a Man in Pur- suit ofa Differing Faith?" 12:15 noon at Lane Hail. All students welcome. The Inter- ArtsUnion will hold its weekly meeting this afternoon at 2 p.m. in the League. All interested persons are invited. Hillel. Sat., Mar. 6, 9 a.m. Sabbath morning services followed by kiddush- luncheon. Sunday, 5 p.m., Hillel Chorus. 6 p.m., Sunday evening supper club. The Lutheran student Association will meet at the Student Center, cor- ner of Hill St. and S. Forest Ave., at 8:15 p.m. this evening'to go to see the Martin Luther picture. Coming Events Undergraduate Math Club. The next meeting of the club will take place Monday evening, Mar. 8, at 8 p.m. In Room 3-B of the Union. Prof. Piranian will speak on "Cantor Sets." All inter- ested are invited to attend. The Russky Kruzhok will meet Mon- day evening at8:00 in the International Center. Featured on the' program will be a talk on the Moscow Art Theatre by Conrad Stolzenbach, student in the De- partment of Speech. Refreshments. Ev- eryone interested in Russian is cor- dially invited to attend. -i I i I 1 - r AwnmL N7 !t r ab dL1