E IHE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1954 EDITOR'S NOTE "This Is Serious-Get Me The Republican National Committee" 4 .' v( >. By GENE HARTWIG Daily Managing Editor )URING THE NEXT weeks campus attention is bound to center on the Student Govern- ment Council plan. Up to now SGC has been a strange-sounding ollection of letters standing for a plan that has laimed the time and energies of several stu- ent-faculty committees for more than a year. GC has received headlines and stories report- ig its progress and has been subject to serious iscussion and debate in a small number of mpussgroups, including Student Legislature. Among those who have worked with or who now anything about the plan, sentiment in its avor is nearly unanimous. But favorable sen- ment among a hundred or so people on cam- us is not enough. Student government implies opular support from the campus. Before SGC an be voted to replace Student Legislature, here must be general understanding of the rganization and over-all implications of the ew form. The next three weeks should see roup and individual discussion examining ev- ry detail of the SGC plan. Behind such discus- ion lie motives: 1) to stimulate as wide participation as pos- ible in the Dec. 8-9 elections and, 2) to provide students with sufficient infor- nation to be able to vote intelligently in the oll. TOME EXPLANATION ought to be made of recent SGC history to neutralize oft-heard iuddled speculation about Regental motives ,nd intents regarding SGC. The Student Government Council proposal ras first presented to President Hatcher late a May when the Laing committee, authorized o study the student government problem, com- leted its report. The president accepted the aing report which contained the statement of he SGC plan, and in July turned it over to ewly-appointed Student Affairs Vice-President ames A. Lewis for his study. The procedure for passing the plan suggest- d by the Laing committee included Regental pproval pending the outcome of an all-campus eferendum to determine whether SGC could o into effect. SGC would then have operated n a two-year trial basis supplanting the pres- !t SL and Student Affairs Committee. ;INCE THE Board of Regents did not meet in July, the plan did not officially come to heir attention until the August meeting. At that me the foremost item on the agenda was the aulty dismissal cases and the Board directed committee including Regents Bonisteel, Her- ert and Eckert to study the document and re- ort back. The Regents' committee did not report back t the next meeting but met with Vice-Presi- ent Lewis and Faculty members of the Laing ommittee to suggest changes in at least 20 ifferent places in the document. These con- isted largely of clarifying lines of jurisdiction end of editing. Nothing of the basic concept was o be altered. Meanwhile Student Legislature, neeting the night before, came up with three ecommendations of its own. The Regents' com- littee did not report back to the full Board but uthorized Vice-President Lewis to work out he changes suggested by their committee and L. This became the job of the new advisory ommittee appointed by the vice-president early in October and which completed its work two weeks ago. The revised plan was sent to the Regents for action at their November meeting and it was hoped that Vice-President Lewis would at that time be able to secure Regental approval for the whole plan pending a refer- endum. IN THE COURSE of discussions with several Regents prior to the meeting, it became ob- vious to the vice-president that the only action the Board would be willing to take at that time would be authorization of a poll of student opin- ion, the results to be used in the Board's final decision. Such action would follow the Board's precedent of making all its decisions final, not subject to approval by any other body. The vice- president then determined that he would ask the Regents for such an authorization in hopes of getting some action rather than nothing at all. So at the meeting in the afternoon when Presi- dent Hatcher asked, "what action do you want at this time," the vice-president replied, "an understanding that the plan could be submitted to the students for their opinion." A motion ac- knowledging receipt of the report and author- izing the student poll was then made by Regent Eckert and supported unanimously by the Board. The interesting thing about the action was the comments made by various Board members be- fore and after the vote was taken. Regent Boni- steel indicated the rationale behind the Board's action when he said, it was important to first see the energy with which the poll was carried out and the interest in the plan shown by the students before any final Regental action. There was no dissent to comments made by the vice- president that the plan "in every respect meets the type of student government we are seeking to attain." Regent Baits expressed enthusiasm for the concept of the plan and President Hatch- er indicated his gratification with the responsi- ble work being carried on by many student groups on campus. THE ABSENCE of unfavorable comment or of additional suggested changes by the Re- gents is a strong indication that the Board has in effect adopted the plan in principle and is waiting only for a favorable expression of stu- dent opinion before taking final action. This be- ing the case thee only thing that could prevent positive action being taken at the Dec. 17 meet- ing of the Board would be an inconclusive or negative vote in the student poll. It is always risky to speculate about what the Regents may or may not do at a given meet- ing. Prophets have been embarrassed often in the past. Yet in this case it is very difficult to see how the Regents could justify further study of the plan resulting in possible changes after the proposal in its present form is accepted by a student vote. It is almost certain that the Board itself approves the plan or it would not be sticking its neck out calling for the opinion poll. Obviously a great deal depends on the outcome of the poll. If there is to be any solution to the knotty problem of student government in the near future the poll must show an overwhelm- ing majority in favor of SGC. In any event there must be a clear-cut decision either for or against the plan. An inconclusive vote will un- doubtedly stymie Regental action and prove the undoing of more effective student government in the near future. DREW PEARSON: Ike Sees Friendly Congress WASHINGTON - President Ei- senhower and Speaker Joe Mar- tin were in fine fettle when they breakfasted at the White House the other morning. Over grapefruit, eggs, coffee, toast (one piece for Ike, who still watches his waistline), the two men optimistically agreed: 1, that the GOP could have done a lot worse at the polls; and, 2, that re- lations between Ike and the Dem- ocratic-controlled congress would- n't be as strained as some experts think. "Naturally, I wanted very much to win so that our party would re- main in control of congress," Ei- senhower told Joe Martin. "But I'm not discouraged. The Repub- lican party is still in good shape and I think I'll be able to get along with the new congress." Martin, who tells friends that his party lost a "Scotch decision" -a close one-also voiced opti- mism about the chances of the Eisenhower legislative program under a Democratic congress. Youngdahl and Justice '0 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Turkey Talk.... To the Editor: SENATOR McCARTHY hopes that over the Thanksgiving vacation he can reverse his retreat. Instead, the people can turn it into a rout. A thanksgiving letter from your- self, family, and friends to your Senator can prevent his being in- timidated by McCarthy's swansong abuses. Censure . . . recall... oblivion. Our letters now can write that epitaph to McCarthy's career. -Bill Livant * * * Driver Dilemma ... To the Editor: IN RESPONSE TO "Six for Twins." A cow might enter the road with- out looking, but this is to be expect- ed. She doesn't know any better. Then too, old Bessy might wander through a stop sign into the path of an oncoming car, but again, she is only a poor dumb animal. Yet the driver who attempts to pass through the campus area may wonder if such meandering is lim- ited to the bovine specie. Such things as cross walks and stop signs seem to mean little to the "fellow walking student." (Not knowing Miss Bennett, this bor- rowed term is meant to apply to the class at large.) For those who find this hard to believe, I would suggest that you observe the intersection of East U. and South U. about 1 in the after- noon, but if this time and place is inconvenient, contact me, and I am sure that I can select a time and place to fit your schedule. The drivers will give you a brake, so why not give them a break? -Bruce Gifford Teacher Problem . . To the Editor: A FTER TEN YEARS' experience I must protest the attacks on teachers in Ben Wise's article. The teacher shortage will continue until Schools of Education and certify- ing agencies understand teachers better. Teachers who have spent years on preparation are discour- aged when certification require- ments are lowered. They know they will do not only their own work, but much of the new teachers' mis- takes will make extra work for the, professionals. Therefore for emergency teacher hired,a one professional leaves. Fr ly teachers who leave do n Cate their reasons. Wishing main on good terms with m of the community, and feelir can not present their case p without violating profession ics, they keep silence. I ha to find Schools of Education serious attention to thoser other than salary forwhich ers abandon work in whicht vested years of their lives. Teachers interested in imr their own organizations lea they are looked upon by istrators as potential organ; teachers unions, and become at demonstrating all the at of good "followers." Th "plums" in the way of "r time" are habitually hand to the best "yes-women."'' Teachers have fought h maintain-fair salary sched is usually the administra terested in hiring one more er, and unwilling to admit community that what the c nity is willing to pay won't1 pert service, who secretly gates the schedule. I think it might be well rector Carmany to note tha is sullen resentment asv apathy on the part of our ers.tWhen society hires and pays ill-equipped, middl women with children of the to stand the terrific nervous of too large classes, too long in undesirable surrounding can Directors of Public R (who should understand things) expect except apath they concerned over the effe young children of the re resentment? Fie on those w dain such menial tasks the for berating the teachers. --Katherine Sawyer Lii Clarion Call . . . To the Editor: W E NOTED today withs the decision to retire o Jelin, president of theS Legislature. Not for famei ward, not for place nor fo but in a simple devotion student body, he accept clarion call to duty and bro this midwestern campusa ernment with a heart in it Here's hoping for more li -David MacDc Bill Swainson WHAT THEY'RE SAYING every A backstage incident has just at least leaked out which throws shocking iotni- light on the justice department's toot e charges of "prejudice" against tobre- Judge Luther Youngdahl. Justice ng they has never been able to explain why roperly Youngdahl is prejudiced, except al eth- that he disagreed with the depart- ave yet ment on the Owen Lattimore case. paying But it now develops that Attor- reasons ney General Herb Brownell slip- teach- ped around to see Judge Young- they in- dahl six months ago and begged the judge to run against Demo- proving cratic Sen. Hubert Humphrey in rn that Minnesota where Youngdahl, a admin- staunch Republican, has an en- izers of thusiastic following. expert The judge turned down the in- tributes vitation, explaining that he was e little through with politics and was sat- eleased isfied to spend the rest of his life led out on the bench. It was after Youngdahl's refus- ard to al that the Attorney General cook- ules. It ed up the unsupported charge of tor, in- "prejudice" against the judge. teach- NOT--On the same evidence, to the any judge who rules against the commu- justice department could be ac- buy ex- cused of "prejudice." y' abro- Vice President "McNixon" for Di- Vice President Dick Nixon may f there have outsmarted himself when he well as slashed at the Democrats with the teach- McCarthy meat ax during the re- under- cent bitter election campaign, e - aged Nixon realized the Democrats eir own might be sore at being called s strain "soft" on Communism. But he fig- g hours, ured his campaign tactics would s, what endear him to the old guard and elations strengthen his position inside the s u c h Republican party. Instead it has hy? Are done just the opposite. It has unit- ct upon ed the old guard, who fear Nixon pressed is coming up too fast and who rho dis- don't want him as a candidate mselves for 1956. As a result, a stop-Nixon move impus is gaining ground inside the GOP, and the Vice President's tail is caught in a Republican-Demo- cratic pincer. Republicans refer to him sarcastically as "Tricky Dick," and Democrats call him sadness "McNixon." f Steve The stop-Nixon drive is led by Student such right-wing stalwarts as Sens. nor re- Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, r rank, Everett Dirksen of Illinois, John to the Bricker of Ohio, and Homer Cape- ed the hart of Indiana. Senate majority ught to leader Bill Knowland of Califor- a "gov- nia, who has no love for Nixon, ." naturally is cooperating. ke him. Their strategy is to block Nixon onald in the 1956 GOP convention, where they figure the ambitious young vice president will shoot for the top spot. Nixon's opponents have looked up the historical records which show that no vice president has stepped into the White House, ex- cept through the President's death, since Martin Van Buren succeed- ed Andrew Jackson 118 years ago. And the Republican right-wing doesn't intend to let Nixon break And it that long precedent. ds who If President Eisenhower chooses )pportu- to run again, the old guard will t voting pressure Ike to drop Nixon as his , when running mate. They are counting lack of on Ike's willingness to compromise :ompas- for the sake of unity in the party. . Either Bridges or Dirksen will be a good proposed as the new vice president, s ques- so the right-wing will be present- ed on the GOP ticket. in our Bridges for President round a If Eisenhower doesn't run, Nix- another on can be counted upon to make ther his bid for the presidential nom- g water ination. But the old guard will our feet move heaven and earth to stop Sa peo- .him with a favorite-son candidate. t air is They will swing the California delegation behind either Senate magnify- majority leader Knowland or Gov. al Pain Goodwin Knight, and, without the support of his home state, Nixon ts there would be hard pressed to win the in deep nomination. n dee, Meanwhile. Nixon cn ao ex- IRISH PLAY: Characters Are 'Ideas' In Arts Center Drama THE MOON IN THE YELLOW RIVER, by Denis Johnston, presented by the Dramatic Arts Center. "THE MOON in the Yellow River," the second presentation of the Dramatic Arts Center, is an Irish play first produced at the Abbey in Dublin in 1931. It is, as the Center program points out, "metaphy- sical rather than poetical." In other words, it is closer to the Conti- nental drama of that time than it is to the traditional lyricists of the Irish stage like O'Casey or Synge. It reminds one a great deal of the Arts Theater Club's "On the Way," by the Norwegian, Helge Krog, which was I believe, written the same year. In both plays, the major characters are predominantly vehicles for "ideas" rather than people who are important in their own right. Consequently, it is the pertinence of the dramatic conflict of these ideas on which the play depends. Fortunately, they are of much deeper interest and less coyly persented than were Shaw's in "Arms and the Man." Johnston's clever manipu- lation of them overcomes both his lyrical shortcomings and his sur- prisingly contrived "solution" of the conflict. "The Moon in the Yel- low River" thereby engages, although perhaps it never quite captivate- The play's title is derived from Ezra Pound's "Epitaphs": Pu T Fu I loved the high cloud and the hill. Alas, he died of alcohol. Li Po And Li Po also died drunk. He tried to embrace a moon In the yellow river. The moon here is the symbol of the patriot dream in Ireland, the reflected illusion which continued to entrance the Rebel spirits even into the late Twenties. These men were sucking the dregs in the long nationalist binge that had just about run its course, and was making way for a new commercial efficiency,,represented in the play by a power-plant project in the river valley near where the drama's action takes place. A German, Herr Tausch, spearheads the invasion of purpose and reality from without; he is opposed by the revolutionary leader, Dar- rell Blake, who is author Johnston's "playboy" as Christy Mahon was Synge's. If Blake makes, however, a far more sophisticated playboy than Christy, still the time is out of joint for him. His very lack of innocence dooms his plan to destroy the plant. He falls before Tausch and that is the play. The important difference, however, is that while Synge loved but censured his "playboy," Johnston settles for pity and idealization of his. Johnston. also needs a philosopher character to verbalize his sentiments where Synge needed none. This vestige, the philosopher, indeed almost undoes the play in the last act by constantly making tortuously paradoxical what is rather abundantly clear: that the poet has been vanquished by order, justice, and progress. To help his humorless Polonius seem a little less foolish, Johnston also adds a gratuitous irony by permitting a couple of drunks accidentally to blow up the plant after all. This forces the philosopher back to what is apparently life's only consolation: children. Toora Loora Looral," as sung by the Irish maid, becomes the play's final statement, hammering home the much-labored death-birth dichotomy. As a production, the play was smooth and well-acted. James Coco, as the German, has the best role in the play and does it handsomely. In furnishing the only comic touches that do not come from the stock village types, he is especially effective in the very amusing first act. He is the man of progress in all his guises; there is a lot of Chekhov's Lopahin in him. As Blake; a newcomer, Peter Breck, is suitably galvanic but not dark enough perhaps; he needs a wisp of cosmic sadness that is more than cynicism. Director Joseph Gistirik is stuck with the philosopher's role and can do little with it. He is best as the weary bystander; worst as the bitter father whose personal problems are rather badly integrated into the work. Supporting him, Irma Hurley plays a daughter of highly un- certain age. In minor roles, Burnette Staebler, Ralph Drischell, and Jerold White do particularly well. Paul Carr, another new pro, turns in a sensitive job as the young Commandant. His moment as execu- tioner was uniquely effective drama. A few technical troubles remain at the Center. Sets seem sprawling and cluttered. Tri-colored backgrounds continue to be distracting. Lighting seems too general and uniform; acoustics are still only fair, and some incidental music might have helped. But I believe what the theater needs most is bigger audiences. When enough people start coming, the company may take a chance on offending some of them, on saying "what the hell" without fear of the echo mocking them from the cavernous balconies. Because they are the best group in town, they have a right to expect more chairs to be filled. --Bill Wiegand DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN ,, k r 4 : I -4, 4 SADISM is the most vicious aspect of ob- scenity. No harm is done to society by teaching, even if somewhat irresponsible, the beauty and happiness that may come from the sexual relations of men and women. In the West commercial interests are allowed to cover our walls with an endless titillation of sexual appetite. This can be defended on the ground that the evils of censorship are greater. But to apply this to children's books is senseless. Those who want the civilization of the West to be destroyed could not have imagined a subtler or a swifter method of undermining it than to pervert a whole generation of child- ren; to give them an immoral instead of a moral upbringing; to teach them that love is ugly, that brutality is manly, and that every- thing that Christ taught is "cissie." Finally a quote from Dr. Wertham: 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 Sobelo-f...... ....... ...Editorial Director Pat Roelofs........Associate City Editor Becky Conrad..................Associate Editor Nan Swinehart.........................Associate Editor Dave Livingston.............Sports Editor Hanley Gurwin.................Associate 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 Polak ...........................Business Manager Phil Brunskill..............Associate Business Manager Bill Wise..........................Advertising Manager Mary Jean Monkoski........,........Finance Manager '7'..Ttnnc s nA '9 "The atmosphere of crime comic books is un- paralleled in the history of children's literature of any time or any nation. It is a distillation of viciousness. The world of the comic book is the world of the strong, the ruthless, the bluff- er, the shrewd deceiver, the torturer and the thief. All the emphasis is on exploits where somebody takes advantage of somebody else, violently, sexually, or threateningly. It is no more the world of braves and squaws, but one of punks and molls. Force and violence in any conceivable form are romanticized. Construc- tive and creative forces in children are chan- neled by comic books into destructive avenues. Trust, loyalty, confidence, solidarity, sympathy, charity, compassion are ridiculed. Hostility and hate set the pace of almost every story. A nat- ural scientist who had looked over comic books expressed this to me tersely, 'In comic books ife is worth nothing; there is no dignity of a human being.' " This Nazi morality is now also being fed to English children. Can magistrates be per- suaded that sadism and horror, especially when offered to children, may be properly included in any definition of obscenity? Can British parents be roused to action in time before the vested interests in child seduction are too pow- erful? -Kingsley Martin in The New Statesman and Nation New Books at the Library Basso, Hamilton-The View from Pompey's Head, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. Cochran, Jacqueline-The Stars at Noon, Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1954. Martin, Martha-Home on the Bear's Do- main, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1954. Miller, Merle-Reunion, New York ,The Vik- ing Press, 1954. Stegner, Wallace-Beyond the Hundredth Meridian. nBosnn TTnuhtnn Mifflin Cnmnanv f ,; ELBOW AND ANKLE:' Tears Shed, Statesmen Prepare To Leave (EDITOR'S NOTE: Roy Akers, a creative writing student at the Uni- versity, has contributed the follow- ing political observations.) WE FOUND ourself in a local pub the other evening, into which we had meandered for a plump aspirin and a cold glass of water, and happened to bump into this character. "What do you all think of 'the Elbow?' " He wanted to know squaring his fist and glaring at us through a pitcher of foam. Knowing that this character, in his brighter moments, attends a certain kindergarten near Lansing, and is a resident of the Congres- sional district, thereof, we sort of parried the fist-lined question. "Did you, or did you not-in the recent election-vote for the, shall we say, non-victorious Inquisitor?" we asked. "A guy's politics is something npsnnnel " hPranlitrd thrnnoih a. for changing their minds. will present to the cowar would not have voted an o nity for doing just that-not at all. The mercy of men motivated by a quivering1 courage, can exceed the c sion of angels." We smiled "Then you think it'ss thing?" This character ask tions eagerly. "STOP sticking wordsi mouth!" We shouted ar crunched pretzel. Sipping half-pitcher full of soothing we calmed ourself and puto on the table, relaxing. "If cowardice is good and ple being frightened of hot wonderful," we answered "then the Elbow' is a T cent carricature of a Nation in the Ankle." This character, he just sit scratching his knee capi -t.,,.,.-i. ~~ ~a ;- - ,,.. +i 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). Notice of lectures, concerts, and organization meetings cannot be published oftener than twice. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1954 VOL. LXV, NO. 54 Notices Teaching Candidates: A representative from the Mount Clemens, Michigan Public Schools will be on campus Tues., Nov. 23 to interview interested elemen- tary teaching candidates. For appoint- ments, contact Bureau of Appoint- ments, 3528 Administration Bldg., No 3-1511, Ext. 489. 1955 Campus Parking Permits: All those eligible to receive Campus Park- ing Permits for the calendar year 1955 may apply at the Information Desk, Second Floor Lobby, Administration Building. Permits will be issued to those who have obtained the State li- cense plate for 1955. No permits for 1955 will be issued for 1954 license plates. Please present registration card for 1955 when applying for permit. The permit for 1955 will be a decal and is to be placed in the lower right-hand cor- ner of the rear window. Please fol- low the directions for attaching decal. Air Force ROTC: Notice is hereby given that the Air Force Officer Quali- fying Tests for AFROTC cadets will be given in Kellogg Auditorium from 1:00-5:00 p.m., Fri., Dec. 3 and from "8 a.m.-12:00M. Sat., Dec. 4. Attendance of all concerned at both sessions is School of Business Administration, as soon as possible. Students in the pre- business program in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts should secure the forms from a prebusiness. adviser and return the completed forms to him. Mathematics Colloquim. Tues., Nov. 23, 4:10 p.m., Room 3011 Angell Hall. Prof. A. H. Copeland will speak on "Integration Theory and Probability in Spaces without Points." Sociology Colloquium: Dr. Irene Taeu- ber, Research Associate of the Office of Population Research, Princeton Uni- versity, will discuss "Population, Peace and War in Japan's History and Pros- pects," 7:30 p.m. Tues., Nov. 23, in the East Conference Room of the Rack- ham Building. Open to the public. Engineering Mechanics Seminar. Dr. C. S. Yih will speak on "Stability of Free Surface Flow" Tues., Nov. 23 at 3:45 p.m. in Room 329 West Engineer- ing Building. Concerts Leonard Warren, baritone, will pre- sent the sixth Choral Union Concert Sun., Nov. 21, at 8:30 p.m., in Hill Au- ditorium. His program will include Handel's Aria di'Floridante from "Flor- idante"; songs by 17th century compo- sers Monteverdi, Caccini, and Buonon- cini; songs by French composers Faure, Ravel, d'Indy and Bizet; Ford's Mono- logue from "Falstaff" by Verdi; "Largo el factotum" from "The Barber of Se- ville" by Rossini; Avant de Quitter from "Faust" by Gounod; and four songs by contemporary composers. Tick- ets are available at the offices of the Musical Society until 12:OOM. Sat., and at the box office in Hill Auditorium after 7:00 p.m. Sun. The Stanley Quartet. Gilbert Ross and Emil Raab, violin, Robert Courte, I