FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY FOVR TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 19~4 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8,1954' A43 THAT FLOOD! Cleaning up the Comics: Publishers' Self-Control BOUR BOYS brutally stomp a man to death in Brooklyn, atempting to see if he reacts as did he hero in their horror comic book. Two playmates tie a third to a tree and set him n fire in imitation of tribal rites illustrated in their omics.. A teen age gang commits a series of robberies, onvinced they had found the flaw which landed heir comic book co'unterparts in jail. And across the country juvenile court judges and educators violently protest the flood of gar- bage that pours from the pulp presses to leave its stain on the minds of young readers. Faced with an angry public demanding control rnd possibly government censorship, the comic ook industry has acted in a praise-worthy manner. Following in the footsteps of the niovie industry, vhich instituted a vigorous self-imposed censorship hrough the Breen Office, 24 of 27 comic book pub- shers in America have agreed to appoint a czar to ule the industry. Former New York City Magistrate Charles F. Murphy was appointed as the industry's censor last month and given full authority to enforce a strict set of ethical standards for comic book publishers. John Goldwater, ptesident of the newly formed omic Magazine Association of America, claimed, "The attacks made recently against our industry have been appalling." This method of control, namely ceding authority to a neutral, non-governmental body, seems an ex- emplary way of handling a difficult situation. .Those who preach democracy find government consorship odious but absence of censorship allows publishers and producers to pander to the baser emotions. Because of their vast control over young, impres- sionable minds, comic books are a potential danger. Until recently, publishers, rather than admit the danger and try to modify it, rationalized their prod- ucts. The law always won out in crime stories, hor- ror stories didn't influence anyone, they claimed, and piulp love stories served as an emotional re- leases. Adolescent crimes of harsh brutality have prov- ed them wrong. Educators' claims that the trash thrown up by comics is detrimental to young minds are being recognized. Murphy has a tough job ahead. He has to protect the industry from government censorship and teen age minds from pulp. With him lie the hopes of a multi-million dollar business which is just waking up to the fact that it cannot ignore ethics in the mad scramble of competition. -Lee MarkA TODAY and TOMORROW By WALTER LIPPMANN Sadism In The Movies About a month ago in an article on the increase in theamount and in the gravity of juvenile crimes, I wrote that "the movies and tele- vision and the comic books are purveying violence and lust to a vicious and intolerable degree," and I then went on to say that "until some more refined method is worked out of controlling this evil thing, the risks to our liber- ties" from censorship of the mass entertainment of the young "are decidedly less than the risks of unmanageable violence" in the, community. The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., of which my friend Mr. Eric Johnston is presi- dent, replied in a closely typed four-page letter written by Mr. Ar- thur H. DeBra, director of the Community Relations Department. Before I go further I should say that I happen to know that Mr. Johnston saw neither my article nor Mr. DeBra's letter about it. The letter is very long and diffuse. But the main point, considering who wrote it, is important. Mr. DeBra does not deny that the movies, for which he speaks, are purveyingcviolence, lust and sadism. le contends, however, that it is "a confusion of cause and effect" to say that such mov- ies incite to violence, lust and sad- ism. Mr. DeBra's opinion is that the presentation of these movies is "a reflection of the concern of the public with these things and a de- sire to see them dramatized in the mass media." DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN AT THE MICHIGAN ABOUT MRS. LESLIE, with Shirley , Booth and Robert Ryan SOMETIME in the nineteenth century an English girl named Charlotte Bronte set the reading publid agog witha novel called "Jane Eyre." Whether or not the majority of her readers were wo- men is unrecorded. Since then, however, "Jane Eyre" has served as the prototype for a whole train- load of books, that have been called, justly or not, "women's" fiction. "About Mrs. Leslie," by Vina Delmar, is the latest to be jar- red loose from the pile by Holly- wood in its casting about for a vehicle with which Shirley Booth could follow her Academy Award success, "Come Back, Little Sheba." When the book drop- ped, either a lot of pages fell out and got lost with the im- pact, or else the novel was trash from the start. Even an actress of Miss Booth's large talent has not been able to save what they scraped together for a film script. The story is distasteful on both an aesthetic and a moral level. Miss Delmar, first of all, gives us her version of Jane and Mr. Roch- ester in the persons of an unloved middle-aged chanteuse named Vivian, and a mysterious, dyspep- tic-looking "manufacturer" nam- ed Mr. Leslie. This role is played by Robert Ryan. Mr. Leslie-Roch- ester's gambit is to invite "Jane" to his palatial California vacation- home with him to spend six Pla- tonic weeks with him at his ex- pense. Partly out of a natural de- sire to travel, partly out of that dark charm that Mister Roches- ters possess, she accepts, and they enjoy the six glorious Platonic weeks, fishing, romping in- the surf, and drinking toasts. So far, so good. Jane still, does not know Mr. R's secret, but we are persuaded that it is going to be a good one. Lot of mysterious scraping and ringing on the long distance telephone in the other room. After they part, nothing hap- pens for a year. Jane goes on scrimping and saving for another twelve months when darned if he doesn't call again and, they go through the same business: drink- Channel Crossing CU R R ENTMOVIES U' Press Club and Freedom THIS WEEK journalists and people connected with journalism are celebrating National News- aper Week. More than just a time for the industry to pat self on the back for a job well done, it is a time o reflect on the many ramifications of the words freedom of the press." On August 4, 1735, John Peter Zenger, printer end publisher, was aquitted by a jury after ten ainutes of deliberation on a charge that his news- aper published "false, malicious and seditious iscussion' tending to alienate the affections of eople to His Majesties government." A journal of the time called the, case "a public est of glorious defense in thedcause of liberty."' Alexander Hamilton declared in the eighty-fourth 'ederalist Paper ". . . I hold it (freedom of the ress) to be impractible; and from this I infer, hat its security, whatever fine declarations may e inserted in any constitution respecting it, must ltogether depend on public opinion, .and on the eneral spirit of the people and of the govern- aent." Contrary to this opinion the members of le first Congress chose freedom of the press as ne of the main points 6f the first amendment o the Constitution. On December 15, 1701 the first amendment was atified making it illegal for Congress to abridge hie freedom of the press. Although this freedom has been jealously guard- d by newspapermen from that time on there is articular reason to do so today. The emergence on the national scene of men ke the junior senator from Wisconsin who would control the editorial content of this country's news- papers has made journalists and readers alike aware of the danger. Inffnitely more harmful than any one transi- tory demagogue is the impression that those in other lands hold of us. This impression is largely gathered from reading about America in the news- paper. The University Press Club which is meeting today and tomorrow on campus has realized the great importance of our press freedom and also of our effect on people of other lands through their' papers. One of the main functions of the club is the awarding of two two-year fellowships to practicing foreign journalists so that they may continue their studies in America. This year's recipients are from Ireland and the Netherlands. Last year's winners were from Iraq and India. These men will be the ones to go back to their editorial typewriters and either blast or defend America. Another feature of the meeting will be several evaluating discussions on the press. This after- noon the theme will be "Do We Have A Respon- sible Press?", a subject that is becoming increas- ingly important as journalistic interpretation of world affairs becomes more prevalent. The Club has extended an invitation to all those interested to observe these discussions. We wish to take this opportunity to welcome the editors on campus and urge all those interested in a free press to attend. --Michael Braun The Daily Official Bulletin is an 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 3553 Administration Building before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication (be. fore 10 a.m. on Saturday). FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1954 Vol. LXV, No. 16 In other words according to the j press agent of the Motion Picturej Association, the vogue that we Notices may call Mickey Spillaneism is not Staff members who wish to JoinBlue a commercial pandering to sadism Cross-Blueshield hospitalization plans,e but is a reflection of the commu- or those who wish to change the coy- nity's concern with sadism. That, erage on their present plans, will have it seems to me, is a tall story,- an opportunity to do so from Oct. 11 that the Mickey Spillane type of through Oct. 22, at the Personnel Of- : movie is made because it reflects fiee, Room 3012, Administration Build- conernwit th dnges o Mik-ing. New applications and changes willII concern with the dangers of Mick- become effective Dec. '5, with the first ay Spillaneism. payroll deductions on Nov. 30. 1 Persons not already enrolled, who do not join during this period, will not Mr. DeBra's argument makes it have another opportunity to do so un- difficult to believe that the Motion til April, 1955. New staff members, Picture Association is willing and however, are accepted for membership able to exercise adequate control at any time during the first 3 days of over anti-social motion pictures. If employment. these are the theories of the volun-, tary censors, it is easy to under- Faculty, College of Engineering: There stand why when one goes to a !will be a meeting of the Faculty of stndwh wenon gestoathis College on Mon., Oct. 18, 4:151 movie theater one sees so often p.m. Room 348 West Engineering Build- what one sees,-a calculated and !ing. Nebulae," Sat., Oct. 9, Observatory, at 2:00 p.m. Chairman, F. D. Miller, Concerts Special Vaughan Williams Program,, 8:30 p.m. Mon., Oct. 11, Aud. A, Angel Hall, presented in his honor and in celebration of is 82nd birthday, Oct. 12, by members of the faculty and stu- dents of the School of Music. Harold Haugh, tenor; Robert Courte, violist; Charles Fisher, pianist; and the Michi- gan Singers, Maynard Klein, conduc- tor, will present the program of compo- sitions by Dr. Vaughan Williams. The concert, as well as the lecture by Dr. Vaughan Williams, to be given at 4:15 p.m. Tues. in the same place, will be open to the general public. Exhibitions Museum of Art, Alumni Memorial Hal. The Classical Motif, Oct. 8-29. Museum hours: 9-5 on weekdays, 2-5 on Sundays. The public is invited. Events Todav Wesleyan Guild. 8-12 p.m. Fri. Ha- waiian Party. Games, refreshments, en- tertainment by members of the Ha- waii club. Washington Merry-Go-Round deliberate exploitation of violence, cruelty and lust. Mr. DeBra's the- ory will either have to be revised so that the voluntary control is greatly improved or the law will have to be invoked. I believe these remarks, though severe, are fully justified by Mr. DeBra's denial that the showing of sadistic pictures is an incitement of the sadistic impulses. If that were true, there would be no rea- son for having an elaborate organi- zation with a code of morals and all the rest. For it would not mat- PERSON INTERVIEWS -- Week of October 11, 1954 Representatives from the following companies will conduct personal inter-' views on the campus at Engineering: Monday, Oct. 11 Rome Air Development Center, Rome,. New York - All degree levels in Elec- trical Engr., and B.S. & M.S. in Engr. Math and Physics, Chem. Ennr. if in- terested for Ground-Based Electronic Research and Developnent. Detroit Arsenal, Centerline, Mich.- BS. in Chem., Elect., Mech., & Metal.' By DREW PEARSON EN ROUTE THROUGH SOUTH AMERICA-Jot- tings From a South American Notebook-In Wash- ington you don't hear much about the United Nations except the rantings of Vishinsky or debates over Red China. But down here the UN is doing a great job for the Andean Indians of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia ... Enrique de Lozada, a long time in the U.S.A. with the UN and the Nelson Rockefeller Committee, is working with Bill Dillingham of Philadelphia and Swarthmore, Pa., to resettle several thousand In- dians. Up on Lake Titicaca, highest lake in the world, they have established an Indian farm co-op. Since the UN didn't want to work on land exprop- riated by the government which might later be liti- gated under the new land reform; Lozada persuaded his friend, J. Sanfines, to give the Indians 1,000,000 acres of land. The Indians then got acquisitive, also took 400 head of Holsteins and 1,500 head of Here- fords. They had been caring for them for years, they said, so the cattle should go with the land ... But Dillingham finally persuaded the Indians to pay for the cattle on the installment plan and, believe it or not, they are now ahead with their payments,.. Captain Sanfines, the man who donated the million acres, is a former student of Iowa State University and West Point who later put the Bolivian army to work at irrigation, welldrilling and health projects instead of politics. However, he rowed with the new "National Revolutionary Movement" and is now in exile . . . What President Paz needs most is to get some of this energetic young blood back. Diving in Titicaca-The man who knows most about Lake Titicaca is Victor Andrade, now Bolivian ambassador to Washington. He was exiled to an is- land by the previous conservative regime, found the water terribly cold but the only way to get a bath ... Braving the cold of Lake Titicaca shortly will be William Mardorf, U.S. frogman who has signed a contract with the Bolivian government to dive for Inca gold thrown into the lake several hundred years ago. Mardorf has spotted one area where the Incas worshipped the sun gods by throwing gold in the water, and if the shores of the lake are not too steep* he may recover a fortune. Most of the lake is ex- tremely deep, however, and the gold may have slid down beyond recovery ... Mardorf will not use a conventional diving suit. Oxygen can't be pumped down to him at such high altitudes. He will wear a Navy frog suit with three oxygen tanks strapped to his back. Under the suit he will wear plenty of heavy underwear, for his chief problem is icy water. He hopes to stay under two hours on each dive ... Pre- vinim nlivian T gnv - rnmLnt+. m iA ,si gnnne nnr h-,n route. Next shipment was sent by air and lived. For 10 years no one fished them and they grew to be the biggest trout in the world, also the most vora- cious. They are rapidly devouring all other fish in the lake ... American missionaries are doing a fine job in South America. Near Montero, Bolivia, I met Fathers Foley and O'Brien of the Maryknoll Fathers. With friendly simplicity they are conducting schools and hospitals for the Indians. Also doing fine jobs, though I didn't get a chance to see them, are the Methodists and Seventh Day Adventists. Jails Are Full-One great problem of President Paz is the number of political prisoners in Bolivian jails. U.S. Ambassador Eddie Sparks has remon- strated with Paz, urged him to release the prisoners. Replies the President: "You remember what hap- pened to my friend President Villaroel? They hung him from a lamppost. It was very uncomfortable. I don't want that to happen to me." ... Actually Pres- ident Paz is in an almost impregnable political po- sition-thanks to the Indians. As I traveled with him across Bolivia I saw delegation after delegation come to meet him, deluge him with flowers.. . When Senator Capehart of Indiana visited La Paz about a year ago, opposition politicians staged an incipient revolt hoping to discourage U.S. funds for Bolivia. Two leaders of the Paz cabinet were seized and kept in hotel rooms. Whereupon Indians came down from the plateau above La Paz, crowded the streets carrying rifles. The white population would have been massacred if anything had happened to one hair of President Paz's head; and they didn't dis- perse until Paz came out on his balcony and told them to go home ... Paz now has his own private Indian army, thanks to the fact that nearly all In- dians carry rifles. The regular Bolivian army is in the background, used chiefly for engineering and health cleanups. Americans Build Friendship-Ambassador Sparks has done an outstanding job in South America, but will be replaced next week by Ambassador Jerry Drew. The high altitude necessitates frequent rota- tion of U.S. envoys ... Unofficial envoys are the crews and personnel of Panagra. They penetrate to the farthest jungles of Bolivia, have won lots of friends for the U.S.A. ... Some Panagra planes fly over such wild areas that Indians try to shoot them down with bows and arrows ... Les Thayer, radio expert for the Macco Pan Pacific Company, found it difficult to use telephone wires along the new Ameri- can-built highway connecting the lowlands with the Andes. Reason: The Indians took the telephone wires rlnwn +o n mkie hronnint. Mren a n Paeifie de.. ter what the movies produced. They Engr .for Research and Development. would merely "reflect" the condi- s. tion of public morals. They would Firest one Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio-B.S. & M.S. in Mech., Elec., Ind., have no effect on public morals. Chem., & Metal Engr., and Chemistry Mr. DeBra's contention is unten- and Bus. Ad. graduates for 1955 Col- Mr. e~ras cotenion s unen-lege Technical Group. able and it is in fact a mere ahim_ i_ t th ing toasts, fishing, and playing Hillel: Friday Evening services. 8:00 ping-pong. They are crazy about p.m. each other, The Psychology Club cordially in- Well, impossible as it may, vites all interested students to attend sound, this all happens still a the first meeting of the semester on third time, and in the interim, by Fri., Oct. 8 at 3:15 In room 3A of the the way, Jane finds out his sec- Michigan nion. Refreshments will be ret (he is married and is an "out- served, standing aircraft specialist.") The Economics Club will meet Fri., Oct. secret is just dull enough that 8 at 8:00 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. Jane decides not to break up the Robert B. Bryce, Secretary of the Cabi- old ping-pong game; she's in- net, Ottawa, Canada, will speak on clined to think it~ won't last for- "The Canadian Economy." All staff ever anyway. members and graduate students in Eco-e any say' nomics and Business Administration AS it turns out, it desn't. A are especially urged to attend. All oth- heart attack takes the measure ers are cordially invited. of Mr. R, and all that dark S.R.A. Saturday Lunch Discussion. sexless energy comes only to Ulrich Curtius, formerly of University dust. All that is left for Jane is . of Bonn, will be speaker. Call reserva- tions to NO 3-1511 ext. 2851 by Fri. noon. Department of Astronomy. Visitors' /et i TO Night, Fri., Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m. Dr. Dean B. McLaughlin will speak on "The Planet Mars." After the illustrated talk The Daily welcomes communicatl in 2003 Angell Hall, the Students' Ob-a general interest, and will publish allI servatory on the fifth floor will be and in good taste. Letters exceeding open for telescopic observation of the libelous letters, and letters which for, Moon and Mars, if the sky is clear, or be condensed, edited or withheld from for inspection of the telescopes and editors, planetarium, if the sky is cloudy. Chil- dren are welcomed, but must be accom- panied by adults. Adverse Citicism ... Episcopal Student Foundation. Can- To the Editor: terbury Club at 7:30 on Fri., Oct. 8 atI Canterbury House. The Right Reveren rHE NEXT time someone asks Dudley B. McNeil, Bishop of Western I H Michigan, will discuss "What Shall I why SL is ineffective one ans- Do With My Life?" j wer which should be given is that The Daily has been giving it ad- The S.R.A. Workeamp committee will verse and unfair publicity. T refer meet Fri., 4:00 p.m., Lane Hall. Dr. to Murry Frymer's article in Tues- Frances Sayre will be the guest of SRA day's issue. This article which at its Coffee Hour Fri., 4:15 p.m., in purports to be straight news is Lane Hall. Take advantage of the op- uprst esrih esi portunity to meet this man, formerly fairly obvious in its editorializing. Undersecretary of State and now Repre- Editorializing in news items is sentative of the Protestant Episcopal generally recognized as being ex- Church in Japan. ceedingly poor journalism. The Newman Club will sponsor Furthermore, this sort of des- Pan American Open House Fri., Oct. tructive attack from one who AT THE STATE ... The Human Jungle, with Gary Merrill, Jan Sterling. 'T'HIS IS NOT to be confused with a recent picture of similar ti- tle: "The Naked Jungle." This one has people in it, while the earlier one had ants. I kept finding my- self wishing, though, that this thing had ants in it too; ants, at least in profusion, are fascinating little creatures, and in "Naked Jungle" they were very savage and vicious. But this atrocity has nothing what- soever to recommend it, not even the advertised "shocking brutali- ty," or something. It just has lots of people doing nothing whatso- ever, and badly at that. The cast possess all the acting ability and interesting qualities of a large glob of wet concrete. The plot has been used so often it is falling apart at the staples. It has to do with a cop (Merrill) who would rather be a lawyer, but his superior (abom- inably played by Emile Meyer) asks him to be captain of d pre- cinct in the roughest, most vice- ridden section of town. He ac- cepts nobly, which peeves his wife no end. She's getting awfully sick of sitting on the sofa till the wee hours waiting for him to come home. But he revitalizes the lazy police force, cleans up the precinct, and decides to keep on being a cop after'all. In the pro- cess he meets a hulking hood named Shottup or something like that, whose "doll" (Miss Ster- ling) is being grilled by the cops to find out if she'll help them clean up the city. She doesn't want to, though; she'd rather keep on being Shottup's doll. But Shottup thinks she squealed, so he gets mad and chases her through a bottling plant with the cop in hot pursuit. She escapes, and the cop catches Shottup, who is so tired after his arduous run that he agrees to spill the beans about all the criminal activity in town. This pleases the cop very much, so he looks out over the city with a pleased expres- sion, and, I guess, decides be- ing a cop isn't such a bad idea atfer all. If all this weren't enough to drive the cinemagoer to drink, we are also presented with a sub-plot about a young rookie who can't shoot straight. He's aiming at a geta- way car and manages to granulate a man on the sidewalk instead. The papers make much of this. And as a matter of fact, nobody but the rookie seems at all sorry. Except the audience. They seemed to be thoroughly unhappy about the whole movie. I don't blame them. -Norm Hartweg some money in the will which she turns into a rooming house for a slew of people who bore her and us during all the occa- sions when her memories of Mr. Leslie are not running rampant across the screen. Even one hundred years ago, it is doubtful that people would put up with junk like this. -Bill Wiegand THE EDITOR ions from its readers on matters of letters which are signed by the write 300 words in length, defamatory or any reason are not in good taste will m publication at the discretion of the feasibly be construed to be slan- derous. If, as Mr. Braun said, he crawled out with his tall between his legs, it can only be assumed that per- haps the animal that he made reference to was the same one to which tails are pinned by other people, also unable to see. -Donald D. Graber Sixty-Fifth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Eugene artwg...Managing Editor Dorothy Myers.............. City Editor Jon Sobeloff..........Editorial Director Pat Roelofs........Associate City Editor Becky Conrad.........Associate Editor Nan Swinehart.......Associate Editor Dave Livingston...........Sports Editor Hanley Gurwin. Assoc. Sports Editor Warren Wertheimer ..Associate Sports Editor Roz Shlimovitz........Women's Editor Joy Squires,., , Associate Women's Editor Janet Smith. .Associate Women's Editor Dean Morton,.......Chief Photographer Business Staff Lois Pollak.........Business Manager Phil Brunskill, Assoc. Business Manager Bill Wise. ...Advertising Manager Mary Jean Monkoski. .Finance Manager Telephone NO 23-24-1 f f sop stry inveneU to cover m grave delinquency of his own asso- ciation in resistingg the sadism which has been so much the vogue in recent years. It is allowing the peddling of a high-powered kind of celluloid dope and Mr. DeBra is trying to argue that this dope has no bad effects. As a matter of fact no one, and that includes Mr. DeBra, can be- lieve that young people, and for that matter adults, can watch the enactment of scenes of violent lust, of extreme cruelty, of roaring bru- tality, and be unaffected by them. Mr. DeBra's comment on this is that "the presentation of evil is not the issue. The issue, to quote the production code, is rather whether the sympathy of the audi- ence shall be thrown to the side of crime, wrong-doing, evil, or sin. Through our Production Code Ad- ministration we have seen to it that it is not." To this I would say that the Production Code Administration is deluding itself if it thinks that "the sympathy of the audience" is turn- ed against evil by exhibiting the fullness of evil, and by an ending in which the wicked man is punish-# ed. The sadistic scenes are far more compelling than the scenes of moral retribution. For in them we experience without civilized re- straint the play of the most power- ful underlying impulses and pas- sions of human nature. The effect of this experience is to make these impulses much harder to restrain. In juveniles who for one reason or another are weak, neglected, un- loved, disoriented, there is no de- nying that the experiences of evil makes for evil. (Copyright, 1954, w - v .:- -..a n~ sa { United States Gypsum Co., River Rouge 18, Mich. - B.S. in Chem., Elect., Mech., & Ind Engr. for Pro- duction Supervision and Plant Engi- neering.j Tues., Oct. 12 National Advisory C'omm. for Aero- nautics, Cleveland, Ohio-All degree levels in Aero., Chem., Elect., Mech., Metal, Engr. a nd Engr. Mechanics, I Engr. Math., and Engr. Physics for l Research, Development, Design, & Op- erations. PERSONNEL REQUEST-: United States Civil Service Commis- sion has announced an examination: for an accountant for the General Ac- counting Office, Washington, D.C., GS- 5. Students completing their courses before Aug. 31, 1954 may apply. Appli- cations must be filed not later than Oct. 26, 1954. For further information concerning this or other job opportunities, con- tact the Bureau ofl Appointments, ext. :71, Room 3528 Administration Bldg. Lectures lecture by Dr. Roger W. Jeanloz, in- ternationally known biochemist, of the Harvard Medical School. Sat., Oct. 9,t 11:00 a.m. in Room 1300 Chemistry. The topic is "Amino Sugars." #Academic Notices LS & A Students: No courses may be dropped from your original elections after Fri., October 8. Astronomical Colloquium. Fri., Oct. 8, 4:15 p~m., the Qbservatory. Dr. Law- rence H. Aller will speak on "Current Research Programs at the Mount Wil- son and Palomar Observatories." LOGIC SEMINAR 4:00 p.m., Fri., Oct. 8, Room 439 MR. J. 0. Brooks and WI. B. Woolf will speak1 on the existence of recursive functions which are not primitive recursive. The Department of Biological Chem- l ,l -l : 8, from 8:30-12 in the Father Richard Center. There will be an orchestra for dancing, and refreshments will be served, Lutherau StudentAssociation Fri., 6:45 pin. Choir rehearsal. claims to be a constructively cri- tical supporter of SL (see the edi- torial by the same author about a week ago) shows either real con- fusion or real hypocrisy on the part of Mr. Frymer. Instead of be- ing one interested in having SL Lutheran Married Group - Fri., 8:00' serve the student body, Mr. Fry- p.m. The first meeting of the year with mer seems to be far more con- a short program and social hour. cerned with destroying SL so that it can not do anything for any- Generation fiction staff meets today b n so d nyiing it in at 3:00 p.m. This will be the only meet-bodyin so discreditingdithe ing before publication of the first is-_ eyes of the student body that it sue, so all members should be present, can not possibly be effective at all. The editors seem to me to have Westminster Student Fellowship will meet in front of the church at 8 p.m. for a roller skating party. Coming Events Open House after football game, Sat., Oct. 9 at Muriel Lester Co-op, 900 Oak- land. Refreshments served. All wel- come! been guilty not only of the cardi- nal sin of slanting their news re- ports but of condoning sophistry on the part of their staff. And yet they support SL? -Betty Cope * * * K tE-a-Cit .: To the Editor: f S.A. Saurdvil, Lu~inch fDiscuss~.ion. IWvTlrruy r Th1 T-I4. 4.1+......n_