I PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1954 Decency, Opinion Ignored In Severance Pay Action By PAT ROELOFS Second reaction is among active members of Associate City Editor the American Association of University Pro- " FTER CAREFUL consideration of the cases fessors: The national AAUP secretary informed local University officials of a bylaw that "in of H. Chandler Davis and Prof. Mark Nick- dismissal cases not involving moral turpitude" erson, the Regents conclude that the circum- one year's severance pay should be granted. stances of these cases do not warrant sever- Moral turpitude was not charged in either the ance pay." Davis or Nickerson cases. Furthermore, in the No further explanation was given the public past the University has granted severance pay when the Regents took this action Friday. Be- to persons dismissed for "just cause," the "just" cause the session in which this decision was cause for dismissal in these particular cases has made was closed to the press, we will never never been agreed upon by all factions of the learn what the "curcumstances of these cases" University community; therefore, we wonder on that resulted in the disappointing decision what basis the Regents did base their decision were. not to grant these men one year's pay. The AAUP bylaw did not influence them we know. The impact of Regents' refusal to give pay to faculty members, dismissed for refusing to BUT THE question of the justness of dis- disclose political beliefs to a Congressional in- missals aside, there is still the strong feeling vestigating committee, is not mere disappoint- among students as well as faculty members, ment however. that in the Davis case, because he is still un- employed, some financial settlement should be FIRST, and most bitter reaction on the part given. As anyone can assume, absence of in- of faculty members in the literary college, is come does bring hardship on the Davis fam- distrust of the Regents' responsibility; they ily. It seems that common decency would enter have ignored the vote of the faculty and de- into the matter, that sudden dismissal of a cided not to act in accordance with a request faculty member should bring with it a finan- for severance pay for the dismissed mathe- cial settlement from the dismissing body. matics instruqtor. Between 80 and 85 per cent Common decency, faculty opinion, AAUP op- of the literary college faculty present at a inion, what part did they play in the Regents' meeting recently voted to make the request of action? One feels less and less significant day the Regents-but for reasons we shall probably by day in this University. Does speaking out do never learn, their request had little weight for any good? The many are becoming powerless; the Regents. the few have ignored them again. STILL ATTACKING: Sen. McCarthy Keeps Right on Going DREW PEARSON: Election Thwarts McCarthy WASHINGTON-Secretary of the Interior "Generous" Doug McKay isn't the only member of Ike's Cab- inet who seems interested in grant- ing commercial concessions in our national forests. Another is Ezra Benson. As sec- retary of agriculture, Benson is head of the Forest Service; and, if he followed tradition, he wouldn't interfere with decisions of career national foresters. But he has brok- en the time-honored practice of his office and refused to accept a For- est Service veto of ancapplication to strip mine in the Cumberland National Forest in Kentucky. Benson has been warned that not only would lovely forestland be made barren if he overrules the Forest Service and allows strip mining, but the unpolluted water- sheds would be filled with poison- ous by-products of the surface coal mining. Also, Benson has been told, the land will be disfigured and made worthless by erosion if the trees are cut down. Benson hasn't made his final de- cision yet. Says he wants to ap- point a committee to decide wheth- er to submit to the wishes of Stearns Coal and Lumber Co. of Stearns, Ky. This makes him the first secretary of agriculture in history to refuse to back up the Forest Service. B-29 Appeasement Air Force officers are burned up at the way President Eisenhower shrugged off the B-29 incident. He conceded that the plane was flying over a disputed area when it was shot down by Russian fight- ers, through we don't recognize Russia's claim to the area. But, by the same token, the open seas can be called "disputed territory" S for a hundred miles out from Si- beria. In fact, the Russians claim the Arctic Ocean all the way to the North Pole as Soviet territory This will invite the Russians to attack our planes and ships if they come within a hundred miles of Siberia, Air Force generals warn. One top general charged privately that it looks as if the President is com- mitted to a policy of peace at any price. Will Joe Martin Step Down? Close friends of GOP Speaker Joe Martin say he would like to step aside as House leader of his party when Congress convenes in January. Martin Is discouraged about Re- publican loss of the House; also, the years are beginning to weigh on the popular, 70-year-old speak- er, and he reminded friends re- cently: "I am not getting any younger." However, if Martin steps down as GOP boss in the House of Rep- resentatives, it would mean a hot, intra-party battle over his possible successor - Congressman Charles Halleck of Indiana, who is not as popular as Joe. To prevent such a fight, friends have been pleading with Martin not to relinquish his leadership, but to stay at the party helm for at least one more term of Congress. (Copyright, 1954 by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 'Now We've Got a Man Who'll Turn His Back On Anybody' i a dJ' K 1 °I jjljj \g3% k n ' . -Z'S. , l // { ,' Y7'1 4 4 ,,, . may ." n ; ti ti ., - - .'-swt .,.....r... ; * 's;,p . oC ptom. A. IT IS STILL too early to forecast the outcome of the motion of censure of the junior Sen- ator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy. However, after the first few days of the special session of the Senate, several tell-tale tendencies have been revealed by Sen. McCar- thy, his would-be censorers and his supporters. The motion of censure, a complicated docu- ment proposed unanimously by the now famous Watkins Committee, seems likely to draw sharp criticism, not for the censure but for the sec- tion to amend Senate investigative rules. FIRST AND MAIN part of the motion is a detailed account rebuking the junior Senator for his actions before the 1952 Sub-committee on Privileges and Elections and for his treat- ment of Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker. The rules revision includes protection for witnesses against a one-man investigation com- mittee such as Sen. McCarthy chairmaned. The motion sets up specific rules limiting the calling and interrogation of witnesses, dis- closing testimony to the public and investi- gating expenses. Sen. Malone (R) of Nevada has termed this a move "aimed to destroy the investigative powers of the Senate." But since the Demo- crats are leaving the feuding up to the Re- publicans and not many are making their views on either side public, actual outcome of the vote next month is still in doubt. AT THIS STAGE of debate Sen. McCarthy himself may be the deciding factor of the issue. The junior Senator is being censured for his abusive conduct and treatment of wit- nesses and Gen. Zwicker. For his defense of the censure motion McCarthy has used the same tactics. He seems unable to defend himself other than by attacking and hurling abuse at the Watkins Committee and his opponents. Sen. McCarthy is using for his defense the identical methods that caused the censure charge to be brought against him. WILL HIS FELLOW Senators, who are as- sembled to judge his questionable acts in the past overlook in their decision his undeterred use of these questionable acts in the present? -Mary Ann Thomas WEEK IN REVIEW : Regents, Painters Highlight News Local*... INTER SCHOOL rivalry and a series of policy decisions by the Uni- versity Board of Regents dominated the campus scene this week. An estimated 30 Michigan State College students wielded green and white paint brushes on campus Monday night. Of the 20 suspects picked up by police six pleaded guilty and ended up paying $5 a piece in fines and $6.85 in court costs for their pains. Four others who stood trial in court yesterday pleaded guilty and the same financial punishment was meted out. Trial of one MSC stu- dent is set for Wednesday while 11 were released for lack of evidence. Although the State campus was decorated Tuesday night with a large block 'M' no University students were apprehended. HUGE GAME CROWD-Numbering 97,239, the largest crowd to watch any football game in the nation so far this season saw Michigan down a slightly favored MSC team. REGENTS ACTIONS-A student poll on the proposed Student Government Council Plan prior to final Regents' decision, was author- ized by the Board of Regents at their Friday meeting. Approval was also given to a request to the State Legislature for $3,680,000, estimated cost of a new library strictly for undergraduate use. Holding approximately 150,000 volumes and featuring open shelv- ing, the new structure will be located on the present site of the Engi- neering Automotive Laboratory. The University ruling body also voted to deny severance pay to Prof. Mark Nickerson and H. Chandler Davis, who were dismissed from the faculty in August after refusing to testify before the Un-American Activities Committee. National . .. McCARTHY CENSURE ROW-Marked by heated exchanges be- tween "the defendant" Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis) and Chair- man of the committee which recommended his censure, Sen. Arthur Watkins (R-Utah), the censure issue was debated in the Senate special session, which opened Monday. By the end of the fourth day of debate it was suggested that Sen. McCarthy could evade at least one of the two charges. Despite this hint from Sen. Francis Case (R-SD) the controversial Wisconsinite showed no sign of making the necessary apology to Sen. Robert Hen- drickson (R-NJ), a member of the 1952 Gillette Committee. Sen. McCarthy called the New Jersey Senator "a living miracle . . without brains or guts." GRANDSON OF JUDGE APPOINTED - Filling the vacancy left by the death of Justice Robert H. Jackson, United States Circuit Judge John Marshall Harlan was appointed to the Supreme Court Monday. A lifelong Republican, the New York judge is the grandson of Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan who in 1896 registered the only dissenting opinion when the court layed down the "separate but equal" segregation doctrine. The new Justice may hear arguments pertaining to enforcement of the recent reversal of that doctrine. -Phyllis Lipsky AT MUSEUM OF ART: Chinese Paintings Show Fine Ink Brushwork AN EHIBITION of Chinese paintings of the Ming and Ch'ing dynas- ties (1368-1912) from the Metropolitan Museum, New York, is cur- rently on display at the Museum of Art. The show illustrates the vary- ing styles of this final phase in the great tradition of Chinese paint- ing. Marked differences in the aim and technique of the oriental artist will be at once apparent to a western audience. Most obvious is the nature of the format itself, which consists usually of a long, vertical scroll (kakemono) or of a horizontal scroll (makemono) meant to be unrolled slowly in the hands in the manner of a Roman scroll. Again, the medium used is that of ink on silk or paper, and so is largely mono- chromatic although sometimes enlivened by the addition of color. With- in such definite technical boundaries, a most subtle and refined art was evolved whose primary focus was on realizing the vital spirit (ch'i) of its subject matter. Thus; realism in the western sense, was subordi- nated to the main purpose of infusing the painting with an inner vital- ity from the universal spirit or Tao. For this reason, one finds that the Chinese painter emphasizes the importance of proper spiritual prepara- tion for painting by meditation and concentration before beginning to paint. Such a spiritual preoccupation may thus ignore problems of exact portrayal as three point perspective, or modeling with light and shade-which had been of major concern in the west from Hellenistic times to their solution in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. MASTERY IN the play of ink and brush is the essence of the Chi- nese painter's expression. Concentrating all of his powers on the de- velopment of a brush-stroke technique with which to convey the vary- ing hues and textures of valley and stream, he has reached with ink alone an extreme sensitivity to the slightest tonal variations as was never achieved in the west, where inks remain a secondary media in contrast to the main stream of coloristic experiment. Although often repeated, it is a fallacy to suppose that the highly developed art of calligraphy, or writing with brush and ink, is a corollary to the artistic genius which produced the great masterpeces of Chinese painting, for it is evident that an expert calligraphist need not be an excellent ar- tist. Such speculations were however, indulged in by the literati of the Ming and Ch'ing periods as well as by modern writers. The amateur painters of this circle are responsible for many a dry and lifeless work dependent upon a scintillating eclecticism gathered from earlier mas- ters, especially from the finest period of Chinese painting: the Sung Dynasty. THE PAINTINGS on view are a grouping of just such works which naturally reflect their heritage from past achievements. Indeed, many explicitly state an intentional imitation of the stylistic concepts made famous by a former master. Such attempts, of course, have their pit- falls; some of which unfortunately, are painfully obvious. Again, the brilliant brushwork of the Che School from the Ming period has pro- duced some striking results, illustrating very well the force of the brush in the hands of a polished epert. The enormous kakemono by Shen Chou, a celebrated master of the Ming period, should be noted for the vitality of rough brushwork and the delicacy in the atmospheric use of color. The oriental lack of interest in creating a unified perspective is everywhere evident in the vertical spacial arrangments, in which fing- ers of mist and water indicate a horizontal spacial progression. The highly developed ability of the Chinese painter to simulate a moving, golden haze, creating the illusion of atmosphere is perhaps best seen in the piece attributed to the style of Kao K'o-kung, stemming from the school of Mi Fei. For the student of brushwork, this show offers a wealth of variety in the many styles of the Chinese painter. THE VERY NATURE of the brush, offering as it does so many pos- sibilities for stylization, is responsible for the often highly abstracted nature of Chinese rendition. The extreme skill behind each stroke be- comes all the more striking when the observer remembers that each stroke of ink on silk is final and unchangeable. Perfection of brushwork is thus the sine qua non for Chinese painting. -Jane Tilley DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN t f MUSIC REVIEW I i A t Hill Auditorium ... COMBINED CONCERT -- Michigan State College and University of Michigan Men's Glee Clubs RAISE YOUR glasses now on high, shout your praises to the sky . . . Such were our feel- ings upon leaving the concert last night. The two glee clubs in their combined efforts man- aged to instill a great feeling of satisfaction into the audience. Both groups took a good long time to warm up, but when midway through the game, both began to emerge victorious, and we may say that the score ended in a tie. The kickoff, for State seemed slightly un- sure. Individual sections of the chorus took the field, rather than a well-knit organized body. Musical unsteadiness was particularly apparent in the Brahms Liebesleider Waltz, while the Schubert "Omnipotence" plodded along with little subtle phrasing and dynamics. The Spartan Quartet received a pass from soprano soloist June Cannon and proceded to soothe our ears-with only an occasional flaw in intonation. The first touchdown was scored with the Negro spiritual arrangement of "Noroh." The men finally got that spirit! James McMahon did a fine solo of the Serenade from the "Stu- dent Prince," but the choir became a little over-powering at times. Michigan took the field for the second half, but they took half their program to get the ball. The sound was more balanced at the start, but the spirit was lacking until the mid- point. Solos were sung by Tom Lester, Dan Pressley, and an old friend Russ Christopher. Accompanist Joseph Savarino stepped forth to give us some modern jazz, which caused every foot in the house to beat. The evening ended with Michigan songs and the two school Alma Maters. They had real drive behind them, as well as excellent singing. Off hand, I would say that the Spartans did not practice quite enough restraint in their singing, so that the sound was rowdy at times. As for the Wolverines, the intonation was off occasionally. When you take a leap up, boys, let's think high, and I'm sure you'll land ac- curately. With the audience rising to sing the "Yellow and Blue," hands on our hearts we left joy- ously, for the technical shortcomings did not in any way mar the total effect produced. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1 rll ll 1 1 I r1 1 II CURRENT MOVIES Drama Panel.. . To the Editor: T ATTENDED last Sunday's per- formance of "Arms and the Man," which I found thoroughly 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 Hartwig.......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 Telbn> e O23-4- satisfying and enjoyable; however, I was disappointed in the panel discussion which took place after- ward. I would like to have heard a lively discussion of Shaw and his plays, for I believe there is much benefit in this kind of "aud- ience participation." But one im- portant thing was obviously lack- ing Sunday night-an audience. Of the small number who attend- ed this performance, some people. left immediately following the play so that when the panel began, the assembled cast almost outnumber- ed those of us who sat scattered about the auditorium. After un- successful attempts by Professors Pierce and Engel and Director Gis- tirak to raise questions about the play and its background, the dis- cussion became desultory and, I thought, irrelevant. Perhaps if the single article I saw in the Sunday Daily had been printed on page one rather than buried on page five, better publi- city might have brought out the :rowd this event deserved. I sug- gest that hereafter sufficient ad- vance notice of Arts Center panels be given so that all persons who are interested may plan to attend on those particular evenings. But even more, I strongly urge every- one genuinely interested in drama to become a member of DAC, to on themselves the right to claim we of M-J like Beef Birds. The mere fact that we didn't protest as loudly as Lloyd is no indica- tion of our satisfaction. We all agree there is nothing wrong with "good meat" and stuf- fing but razor thin slices of dried out meat with soggy tasteless stuf- fing is not good. Let those who like eat it but not where we all must eat it with them. The story of the problem on the hill is more than Beef Birds. It is a general problem of high rates and decreasing value. Many a day we are confronted with a salad for lunch. Now, there is nothing wrong with a salad but one leaf of lettuce, a half pear, some sher- bert, and an olive is no lunch for hungry people. There are three dietitians in M-J, yet when we are confronted with the dinners forced on us, they always come out cold. A stuffed pork bone without any meat is bad enough, but a cold stuffed pork bone with tepid buttered potatoes, that's too much. We hasten to add that one part of the meal is warm, the milk (and the ice cream and soup when we have it.) The telephone situation on the hil is-- e ahnihpT fm talcef (Continued from Page 2) by Radcliffe College and Harvard Grad- uate School of Business Administration, to provide a one-year graduate train- ing course for young women in the Administration field. Numerous fel- lowships are available in addition to college loans. Aeroquip Corporation, Jackson, Mich- igan announces several positions for Trainees in Sales Engineering and Serv- ice Engineering Departments. For further information about these or other job opportunities contact the Bureau of Appointments, Ext. 371, Room 3528 Administration Building. Lectures John Dos Passos, Noted American Author, will speak Thurs., Nov. 18, 8:30 p.m., in Hill Auditorium, third num- ber on the 1954-55 Lecture Course. His subject is "Jefferson's Times." Tickets for this lecture will be on sale in the Auditorium box office Wed., 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. and Thurs. 10:00 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Concerts Choral Union Concert Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American pianist, will give the fifth concert in the Choral Union Series Mon., Nov. 15. at 8:30 p.m., in Hill Auditorium. Mr. Bolet will play the Haydn Andante con variazioni; Beethoven's Sonata in E-flat major (Les Adieux); Liszt Sonata in B minor; and four Chopin Scherzos-Numbers 1, op. 30; 2, Op. 31; 3, Op. 39; and No. 4, Op. 54. A limited number of tickets are available at the offices of the Uni- versity Musical Society in Burton Tow- er. Tickets will also be on sale on the night of the concert after 7:00 p.m. in Hill Auditorium box office, Student Recital: Phyllis Bentley El- son, pianist, will present a recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music at 8:30 p.m. Sun., Nov. 14, in Auditorium A, Angell Hall. A pupil of Benning Dexter, Mrs. Elson will play the fol- lowing program: Partita No. 5 in G Major, Bach; Sonata in E Major, Op. 109, Beethoven; Ondine, Ravel; Ru- manian Folk Dances, Bartok; Ballads in G Minor, Op. 23, Chopin. The pro- gram will be open to the public with- out charge. Events Today Movies: Free movies. "Famous Fish I Have Met," "Introduction to Haiti," Nov. 9-15, 4th floor Exhibit Hall, Mu- seums Building. Films are shown daily at 3:00 and 4:00 p.m., including Sat. and Sun., with an extra showing on Wed. at 12:30. Wesleyan Guild., Sun. Nov. 14. We to the regular Sun. evening meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Youth Room to hear Edmond DeVine, Washtenaw County Prosecutor, discuss "Catholicism from the Layman's viewpoint." The Unitarian Student Group will meet Sun., Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the church. Topic for discussion, "Extra- sensory Perception." Students needing transportation will meet in front of Lane Hall or Alice Lloyd Hall at 7:15 p.m. Informal Folk Sing at Muriel Lester Co-op, 900 Oakland, Sun., Nov. 14 at 8:00 p.m. Open - Open House at Jordan Hall Sun., Nov. 14, from 2:30-5:00 p.m. Eve- ning, Sock-Hop in the lounge. Graduate Outing Club will meet at 2:00 p.m., Sun. at the north entrance of the Rackham building. Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Rehear- sal at Lydia Mendelssohn at 2:15 p.m. for the principals and at 6:00 p.m. for the chorus. First Baptist Church. Sun., Nov. 14, 9:45 a.m. Guild studies Philippians and Colossians, 11:00 a.m. Sermon, "What- ever Happens," 6:45 p.m. Student pan- el on "Christian Basis of Ethical Choice." Episcopal Student Foundation. Can- terbury House breakfasts following both the 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. services. "Faith of the Church" lecture series, 4:30 p.m. at Canterbury House. Student Supper Club, 6:00 p.m. followed by a joint meeting with the Methodists, at the Parish House. Coffee Hour and bull session at the Student Center follow- ing 8:00 p.m. Evensong. Westminster Student Fellowship will meet in the Presbyterian student cen- ter at 6:45 p.m. Coming Events La P'tite Causette, informal French conversation group, will meethtomor- row from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the right room of the Michigan Union cafeteria. Xi Chapter of Pi Lambda Theta will give a tea for prospective members Tues., Nov. 16 at 8:00' p.m. in West Conference Room, Rackham Building. Academic Freedom Sub-Commission: First Meeting Tues., Nov. 16, at 4:00 p.m. in Room 3K of the Union. The Corecreational Badminton Club will meet Tues., Nov. 16, at 8:00 p.m. in Barbour Gym. Bring your own shuttlecocks. Duetscher Verein, 7:30 p.m. Tues., Nov. 16 in Room 3-R of the Union. I I (Editor's Note: This review was first published in the May 30, 1952 issue of The Daily. The reviewer is no longer on campus; but reappearance of the film warrants a reprinting Of this discussion.) At Architecture Aud. GIGI, with Daniele Delorme, Frank Villard, and Yvonne DeBray. THIS IS A movie that could never have been made In the United States, not so much because of what is done, but because of the basic situation in the story. It is the story of the demimonde, that self- respectable half-disgraceful world inhabited by women who have inventionally entered "the ,orl's odestnfesn Tse omn. ho,_ WITHIN THIS framework is unfolded the story of Gigi. She is a young girl who is being carefully trained and molded by her aunt and grandmother to take her place in the ranks of the finest courtesans. Gigi treats it all as an exciting game, appar- ently not understanding the goal the two old women have set for her. These two veterans are cautious to ptoreserve her innocence and youth. ful appearance, much more than we might an- ticipate considering the career she is about to enter. The gentleman they have picked out for her target is a young wastrel who specializes in entertaining young ladies; he is also a very good friend of Gigi's grandmother, and he spends a lot of time at their house.