ALGE FOUR liik Altic"16AN EY~i JJl41Xi , $' 1 UE l~t .'fi87 i c.' ,s s..+ 'Atglw tCL. b"AY, O V h- - - --4. 195 I Student Government: Plenty To Worry About THERE'S A SMALL, almost minute, group of students on campus worrying about stu- dent government. Whether they have good reason to be troub- led can be individually determined by looking at some present facts. 1.) There is, as of now, no knowledge what the form of student government on campus will be in December. 2.) Students have not, and are not now, tak- ing the trouble to acquaint themselves with the two forms now in question. Campus feeling for student government is now at such a low point as to make it almost non-existent. 3.) Elections are coming up which will in ma- jor part decide the fate of whichever govern- ment plan is finally decided on. AS FOR THE first point, the issue is con- fused with a multitude of 'ifs' and 'buts'. Student Legislature is now the student gov- erning body. A 40-member student body, it has never achieved the power and student support for which it has been striving. The new plan for student government, is the Laing Student Government Council plan. The council would be of 11 student members, plus non-officio campus organization members, plus an administration-faculty-student review board to pass on all of its work. IT IS NOW possible that the Board of Re- gents may approve this plan. The SGC could' then replace SL and at the same time the Stu- dent Affairs Council, whose duties SGC would also adopt. But if the Regents do pass on this plan at their Nov. 12 meeting, the student body would then have to express its opinion in a special referendum. Since there is no other time to hold this referendum, it would come as the vtoing for members to fill the student govern- ment posts. Here the plan becomes very complicated. For if the students approvethe referendum, the candidates would then be for SOC, with the top 11 winning. If the referendum is not passed however, we're back where we started, i.e. the candidates are now running for SL, withithe top 23 elected. THIS, OF COURSE, brings a great many further complications. Many students have ex- pressed an interest in running for SL, but want no part of SGC. But if SGCis approved, all SL members who want to continue in office, and would do so under normal conditions be- cause their terms do not expire until the spring, would now be without jobs and so, would have to run for SGC. Where does all this leave us? Uo one is sure. November 12 and the Regents meeting should decide a great many of the 'ifs' but stu- dent approval is still the final consideration and this would not be decided until the election itself. AS FOR the second point, and 'student apa- thy' is the trite expression that sums it up, the picture is not very optimistic. When petitioning for the SL elections closed on November 1, 24 students had taken peti- tions. There are 23 posts open. Since then, with petitioning reopened, five more students have applied, but the total is still ridiculously low. There are even present SL members who are not willing to run again. Effective student government under SL with- out the help of an experienced nucleus is im- possible. Also students are too readily grasping SGC as a replacement for SL under the theory that "anything is better." This is a dangerous situ- ation in the climate of general ignorance sur- rounding the two plans. The big question is, "Is a change always for the good?" Students must understand the workings of both SGC and SL to decide. - THIS BRINGS us to 'the final point, the elections. On December 8 and 9 student gov- ernment at this University will be faced with its greatest crisis. Either SGC or SL can fail unless its sea ,s are filled by qualified and cap- able people. Too few of the people who are now candi- dates can fill the description. Too few in the past have been able to fill it, one reason for the dilemma today. Well, sum it all up. Perhaps that small, almost minute group of students has good reason to worry about stu- dent government. -Murry Frymer "Something In The Wind?" "ZI -. _ r4P- - LE TrTERS TO THlE EDITOR SPEECH DEPARTMENT PLAY: The Melancholy Dane At Lydia Mendelssohn THE SPEECH DEPARTMENT is now presenting an exciting produe- tion of Shakespeare's great tragedy, "Hamlet." This version, run- ning two-and-a-half hours is the B. Iden Payne production first pre- sented this summer. Though usual running time for the work runs closer to a three hour period, this version does not, on the whole, suffer. Now and then, however, the scenes blend into each other a little too fast so that there is a degree of effectiveness lost as well as a certain displace- ment of mood. Speeding the action is an ingeniously designed set that permits all action to proceed smoothly without lengthy scenery change; and, in- deed, the sparcity of scenery adds a great touch of naturalness. One must also say a word for the consistently excellent lighting, ably suggesting mood and tenor. But if any accolades must 'be awarded they belong to the Hamlet, Nafe Katter. His performance of the melancholic but quick-resolved Dane is an admirable one. Immediately one remembers Sir Laurence Olivier's Hamlet but there is no similarity. In the motion picture version, Hamlet was more soft in his words; Katter's portrayal seems more out-spoken, volatile and, while effective, louder. THOUGH HE HAD a tendency to give the soliloquies in a fast tempo, his blazing eyes put great emphasis on the words and their meaning. It was a regal performance. Paul Rebillot's Polonius was played strictly for laughs and this was quite successful. Though presenting a bumbling fool, Bebillot did portray insight in the old man. Also noteworthy is the *esty acting of Edward Stasheff as the Gravedigger. The Laertes walked through his role putting no voice in the words or the meaning behind them. To a large extent, this halted the flow of the play. The two important women in the cast, Gwen Arner and Beverly Blancett as Gertrude and Ophelia respectively, seemingly found their roles too big for them. Miss Blancett looked very pretty in her mad scene, but her acting lagged behind. This production at the Lydia Mendelssohn is well worth seeing. (Note especially the well-staged duel finale.) Director Valentine Windt has put a large group through their paces well, so there is lots of life in this work. An only regret is that the cast did not come out at the end to take a well-deserved curtain call. -Harry Strauss DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Undergrad Law Course To the Editor: W E, THE UNDERSIGNED, wish to express our support of Miss Zimmerman's proposal that a prac- tical course in legal and financial methods and principles be estab- lished in the Literary School. Such a course should entitle students to at least two hours of credit. We are especially enthusiastic about Miss Zimmerman's sugges- tion that the course include a "dis- cussion of the more important state and federal statutes of which one might run afoul-or wish to in- voke." While coverage of these statutes might require several whole class periods, especially if emphasisais to be placed upon busi- ness enterprises and investments, we have little doubt that it "would fill a . . void in the lives of many students." In order that the course not be excessively condensed, however, we recommend that it not include such bulky and complex matters as bills of attainder. Moreover, in order that the course include only "manageable portions" of the law, we suggest that not more than one week be devoted to the teaching of contract, will, and deed termin- ology (Bouvier could be assigned as supplementary reading). For the student who shows a high degree of interest in these matters no doubt an additional one hour seminar could be added. .-Robert Olsen, '55L Martin Packard, '55L Davis Roach, '55L Robert Rolnick, '55L C SE S**E * ** Michigan Spirit ... To the Editor: II WAS WITH a great deal of pride that I received the score of thedMichigan-Minnesotagame as played yesterday in Ann Arbor. Though facilities aboard ship pro- hibit printing a complete re-cap of the game, I am sure that the team provided the alumni with as grati- fying a Homecoming Weekend as anyone could have possibly hoped for. Though a relative "boot" as far as alumni go, I just wish to re- affirm my feelings that the Mich- igan spirit, as undoubtedly dis- played in Saturday's game, is go- ing to produce an almost unbeat- able force for many years to come. My congratulations to the team, the coaches and all others who took part in making the alumni very happy and very proud to be associated with the University of Michigan. God, and the Marine Corps, willing, I shall be on hand next year to watch the team in ac- tion. --John B. Daugherty, '53 Corporal, USMCR DREW PEARSONf Washington Merry-Go- Round WASHINGTON.- Now that the President has the elections and his Denver vacation out of the way, there is a problem right inside his own Cabinet which will require ex- pert and immediate attention. Otherwise, he's likely to have a Cabinent resignation blow up in his face. Only the phenomenal patience of Secretary of Labor James Mitchell has prevented such a blow-up be- fore this. All summer he has been turning the other cheek to the roughhouse tactics of his col- league, Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks, but how long it will continue is uncertain. This, of course, may be officially denied, but nevertheless here are some of the inside facts regarding this Cabinent friction. The chief current issue between the two men is the fact that Sec- retary of Commerce Weeks wants labor put under the antitrust laws. Secretary of Labor Mitchell does not. However, the issue actually goes even deeper, to the fact 'that Weeks, reared in a conservative Boston business background, con- siders it his job to champion every form of business, even to the ex- tent of barging into the preserve of his Cabinent colleague who han- dles the problems of labor. Weeks' father, a Bay State Blue- blood, was secretary of war under President Harding. And Weeks himself was head of the United Carr Manufacturing Company; Reed and Barton, Silversmiths; di- rector of Gillette Safety Razor, Pacific Mills, First National Bank, Rand Pullman Co,, Atlas Ply mouth, and so on. Mitchell, too, has represented business a good part of his life but his chief job was to represent it in dealing with labor. He was hand- picked by Governor Dewey for Ike's labor post because he knew how to deal with labor, and in a short period of time he has done a creditable job. Labor leaders, though disliking the Eisenhower administration, like Mitchell. The Weeks-Mitchell Cabinet squabble probably would be no worse than the personality tiffs that have occurred in most Cabi- nets in the past'were it not for the fact that Weeks seems so deter- mined to prevail on the question of the antitrust laws. He doesn't seem to care who Is secretary of labor just so long as his views dominate. He fought Ei- senhower's first labor secretary, Martin Durkin, and finally induced his resignation over the Taft- Hartley act. Now, If Ike doesn't step in and stick to his Cabinet knithing he may find himself look- ing for a new secretary of labor quicker than he thinks. (Copyright, 1954, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) President Eisenhower has now responded to the declaration of Chinese Communist intention to "liberate" Formosa by stating that any invasion of the island will have to get past the United States Seventh Fleet, since the orders to protect the island given to the navy by the Truman Administra- tion at the beginning of the Kor- ean War are still in force. Thus the two powers confront each other, each committed offi- cially to courses of action which, if carried out, mean war. -The Economist mtor4tgatt Datly, 0; I Large, Apathetic Vote Rises from the Mud THE ELECTION ordeal is over. These past few months oratory flowed like mud which flowed like water, and the result (we are sup- posed to be surprised at this) was apathy. Nixon attacked Stevenson for attacking Nix- on for attacking the Democrats, and Steven- son in turn attacked Nixon for all this. Into the picture stepped Leonard Hall. He demand- ed equal time on the air to answer all charges made in answer to charges made over free air time. Secretary Wilson barked "dog" and Walter Reuther assailed him for it, and in turn Reu- ther (but not Illinois' Republican Governor Stratton, who committed a like offense) was the object of criticism of Republican orators across the land. The major issue in Indiana seemed to be: which party's election would please Malenkov most? Also, how could Gover- nor Craig be so dastardly as to state that a Democratic victory would? It is not that realistic issues do not exist. Reductions in military spending, foreign pol- icy, the economics of the farm program, con- tinental defenses, tariffs, and the military reserve proposals all demand great attention and were practically ignored. The campaign of 1954 was fought over the question of which side called the other the dirtiest names. At least this seems to be as 'weighty- an issue as the politicians (or the newspapers reporting their speeches) were willing to trust the voters with handling. A few attempts at simulating issues were made. Voters were thrown a few sensational remarks about prosperity or the lack of it (on which neither party's policies has had much effect.) Too they were barraged with noisy promises that candidate Honest John Jones would support anything and everything in any Eisenhower program past or present. There was of course little discussion of the merits of any particular item in that program, save the in- evitable catchy slogan. Slogans may have been enough to sway senatorial votes, but the American electorate surely has been smart enough to see through them. Yet the politicians complained about voter apathy, a general lack of interest in their campaign shenanigans. Loud speeches by both party's leaders stressed the importance of the Congressional contests. Still the people, while voting in large numbers, were not awakened to the point of actual concern by the volume of the outcry- Once it was not considered too idealistic to say that election campaigns should perform a valuable function, should be an opportunity, as Adlai Stevenson called it, "to educate and elevate the American people." Campaign time, after all is the time a democracy sets aside for constructive focus on the problems that the next congress will decide and which the prev- ious congress has decided. His opponents failed to accept the challenge when Stevenson expressed it two years ago, and it seems that the sting of his defeat con- vinced Stevenson to repudiate it himself. The trend has been unfortunate. The verbal free-for-all we have witnessed in the last fe o months, striking at apathy in one breath and promoting it in all the others, reduced any idealsaabout the value of election campaigns to a farce. AMERICA VOTED, but it was more from habit than from determination. The size of the vote does not reveal the boredom with which it was cast. "Voter Apathy" was just a passive way of saying, "Let's get to the point." The politicians never did. -Pete Eckstein CURRENT MOVIES AT THE MICHIGAN .,.. WHITE CHRISTMAS IRVING BERLIN'S White Christ- mas is a film in which a tal- ented cast overcomes a mediocre musical score and a trite plot to provide a fairly pleasant two-hour entertainment. The story involves a song-and- dance team (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) and a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera El- len) who team up to save the boys' old army general (Dean Jagger) from bankruptcy by staging a mus- ical extravaganza at his Vermont inn. The ensuing romantic com- plications provide an old clothes line upon which to string a dozen musical numbers. ' Crosby sings in his "bu-bu-bu" style and gives his usual relaxed performance. One of his songs "Count Your Blessings," has a most asinine lyric ("When you go to sleep, count your blessings .. . and you'll fall asleep counting your blessings"). Minus his usual slapstick, Kaye proves an engag- ing dancer and adequate singer. His best number is a striking dance with Vera-Ellen to "The Dancing." Kaye's comedy routine, "Choreography," features him and a Martha-Graham-like chorus posturing in modern ballet atti- tudes while Miss Ellen and John Brascia provide a jazzy tap coun- terpoint. But Kaye the comedian would have probably lifted the pro- ceedings greatly. A skilled dancer, Miss Ellen in- jects spirit into what would other- wise be a series of cliched dance movements created by Robert Al- ton. She comes over best in an acrobatic minstrel show number dancing with Brascia and a male chorus. Later, Miss Ellen and Brascia do a rhythm tap to the Berlin oldie, "Abraham." MISS CLOONEY solos on an un- melodic torch number, "Love You Didn't Do Right By Me," and with Miss Ellen does a night club turn to "Sisters." In addition, several ARCHITECTURE AUDITORIUM THE SEA HAWK, with Errol Flynn. HIGH ADVENTURE and low visibility combine to make this a memorable film, with aid from Curtiz the Director, Flynn the Ac- tor, Korngold the Composer, and SL the Unmentionable. In short, the Sea Hawks are Bri- tish pirate ships which roam the seas in the 1580's, spoiling the evil plans of King Philip of Spain who would increase his empire. The Spanish are building an Armada for this very purpose, which is to be called the Spanish Armada, ERROL AND his merry band of warmed-over Robin-Hood gang- sters have been looting Spanish towns, freeing galley slaves, while pilaging Spanish ships, happily singing sea chants and mumbling about serving the Queen. After capturing a Spanish Ambassador and his niece (a stupid, beautiful girl), while sinking a Spanish ship, Flynn is given a royal slap by Queen E., (a suitably ugly wo- man who speaks without a trace of British accent). But she forgives Errol for this minor breach of manners and sends him off to the New World to steal gold from the cruel Spanish. Pity, but a court conspirator, Lord Wolfingham, has sent informa- tion ahead and Flynn's men are captured. Thus does 'Errol find himself chained to the galley, and rowing eighteen to the bar for Spain, while Queen E. plans to dis- band the British navy to spare the lives of Spanish sailors who are go- ing to invade England so that the Inquisition can examine British schoolbooks. BUT ERROL and his band break loose; after only.ten years in the galley on bread and bilge they are fresh as olympic cham- pions, and they sieze yet another Spanish ship, swinging through Lhe sails without any touch of scurvy, beri-beri, pellegra, or rick- (Continued from Page 2) Engineering Mechanics Seminar. Prof. D. J. Peery will speak on "Vibrations of a Suspension Bridge" at 4:00 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 4 in Room 111, West En- gineering Building. Zoology Lecture, "The Chemical and Molecular Physiology of Contraction - A. Sequence of Three Revolutions," Dr. W. F. H. M. Mommaerts, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Western Re- serve University Medical School, Thurs., Nov. 4. 4:15 p~m., Auditorium C, An- gell Hal. Astronomical Colloquium. Fri., Nov. 5, 4:15 p.m., the Observatory. Mr. Edward A. Spiegel will speak on "The Theory of Isotropic Turbulence." Doctoral Examination for William Nathaniel Wasson, Education; thesis: "A Study of Direct Measurements of Venous Pressure in Rest and During Exercise," Fri., Nov. 5, East Council Room, Rackham Building, at 10:00 a.m. Chairman, P. A. Hunsicker. Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business: Application blanks for the Feb. 3 administration of the Admis- sion Test for Graduate Study in Busi- ness are now available at 110 Rack- ham Building and 150 Business Ad- ministration. Application blanks are due in Princeton, N.J. not later than Jan. 20. Logic Seminar-Fri., Nov. 5 4:00 p.m. -443 Mason Hall. Mr, Addison will conclude his discussion of "Measur- ing Non-effectiveness." Biological chemistry Seminar: Profes- sor Richard J Winzler of the Depart- ment of Biological Chemistry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, will speak on "The Metabolism of Hu- man Leukocytes," Room 319, West Med- icali Building, Fri., Nov. 5 at 4:00 p.m. Concerts Carillon Recital: Percival Price, Uni- versity Carillonneur, will be heard in another of his current series of pro- grams at 7:15 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 4. The prograln will include a group of plainsongs, several chorales, five spir- itual numbers, and modern hymns by Dykes, Bortniansky, and Mason. The .Cleveland orchestra, George Szell,rconductor, will give the fourth concert in the current Choral Union Series, Sun., Nov. 7, at 8:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. The program will in- clude Smetana's Overture to "The Bartered Bride" Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3 by Henry Cowell: ""La. Mer" by Debussy; and Tschaikowsky's Symphony No. 5 in E minor. Tickets are available at the offices'- of the' University Musical Society in Burton Memorial Tower, and will also be on sale at Hill Auditorium box of- fice Sun. after 7:00 p.m. Exhibitions Styles in Chinese Painting, Nov. 3-23; Museum of Art, Alumni Memorial Hall, 9:00 a.m-5 :00 p.m. on weekdays, 2:00 -5:00 p.m. on Suns. The public is in- vited. Art Exhibit, Rackham Galleries. Chet Lahore, Associate Professor of Drawing and Painting. Work done while on Sabbatical leave, Feb.-July, 1954, in the Southwest. Open daily through Nov. 20 in Rackham Galleries. Title of show: "Space-scapes and Images of the American Southwest." Events Today Christian Science Organization Testi- monial Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Fire- side, Room, Lane Hall. All are cordial- ly invited. International Center Tea. 4:30 - 6:00 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 4, Rackham Build- ingr. will be led by two Frenchmen, Mr. Garduner and Mr. Clignet. The Congregational-Disciples Guild: Thurs. 7:00-8:00 p.m., Bible Class at the Guild House. "Great Ideas of the Bible . . . their development and un- derlying relationships to political, eco- nomical, social values." Phi Sigma Society. Drs. S. A. Cain, M. Bates, D. C. Pelz, F. Wyatt, and G. B. Sutterland will discuss Dr. L. A, Kuhie's provocative recent article from the American Scientist "Soco-Eco. nomic Problems of the YoungScientist. 8:00 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 4. Rackham Amphitheatre. Open to the Public. Westminster Student Fellowship sup- per in the student center this Sun. Telephone reservations to NO 2-3580 by Fri. The NAACP will present Dr. Winifred Ingram speaking on "The Psychologi- cal Aspects of Discrimination." The meeting will be held Thurs., Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Michigan Union. Vespers in the Presbyterian student center chapel at 5:00 p.m. "Skeptics Corner" will be held in Room 439 Mason Hall with Prof. Wil- bert McKeachie as the leader. Infor- al discussionuon the pros and cons of campus Issues. There will be a meeting, of the Or- thodox Student Society Thurs., Nov. 4. at 7:30 p.m. at Lane- Hal. Father Francis M. Donahue, professor of re- ligion at Michigan State College, will be the guest speaker. Refreshments will be served. First Social Seminar of the year. Sen. Jose P. Laurel of the Philippines will be our speaker. The meeting will be Thurs., Nov. 4th, at 7:30 p.m. in the Michigan Room of the Michigan League. Light refreshments. Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Full rehearsal for chorus and principals to. day at 7:15 p.m. in the League. Generation Staff: Ensian pictures will be taken of the Generation staff Thurs. afternoon at 5:00 p.m. in the Generation office. All members who wish to be included In the picture please appear at that time. Meeting of the Senior Board tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the League. The room will be posted on the bulletin board. The Congregational-Disciples Guild: 7:00 p.m., Bible Class at the Guild House. The Baha'i Student Group will spon- sor another in its series of weekly dis- cussions in the Woman's League Thurs. at 8:30 p.m. Shakespeare's "amlet" will be pre- sented at 8:00 today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Late-comers will not be seated during the first scene. The Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Box Officeis open-'from 10:00 a.m until 8:00 p.m. Coming Events Wesleyan Guild. Fri., Nov. 5. "Gay Nineties" Party in the lounge, 8:00 p.m. Episcopal Student Foundation. Can- terbury Club, 7:30 p.m., Fri., Nov. 5, at Canterbury House. Joseph Stanley, formerly of Yugoslavia, will discuss "Life in the Shadow of the Iron Cur- tain." SRA Coffee Hour will be held In the Library at Lane Hall, Fri., 4:15 p.m. Grace Bible students will be the Guild host First Baptist Church. Fri., Nov. 5, 8:00 pin. Joint square dance with Congre- gational group in Fellowship Halil The Con gregational-Discipls Guild: Fri., 8:00 D tm. E y'chano' Dart ibt the 41 ' I INTERPRETING THE NEWS By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst THE DEMOCRATIC "sweep" which appeared to be in the making, even through the first few hours of vote-counting, has turned out to be something less than that. Despite the importance of committee chair- men changes in Congress, the turnover is much less than the average for off-year elections. The Democrats, of course, will follow the already-exposed Truman statement that the voting represented a repudiation of the Eis- enhower administration. INSOFAR AS Eisenhower was unable to stop what has become traditional for off-years, there may be some loss of prestige. As applied to the Eisenhower program, there is a great Actually, there is more than one point where the returns give Eisenhower's program consid- erable advantage. FOR INSTANCE, neither the Democrats nor the Republicans who tried to block Secretary of Agriculture Benson's flexible farm price sup- port program will feel so brash as they did before.. At lot of surveys had shown that a good number of farmers were willing to pay some- thing for reclamation of a part of their tradi- tional independence. Whatever it was, the. big- gest farm states continued to go along with the Republicans. Dairying areas were an ex- ception. They have complained most at Benson. The administration failed to get through its foreign trade program at the last session. Too Sixty-Fifth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. 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