PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7.1954 TTTF DAXY. "A. %.AUnTL" ':TZ ,&.7- 0 The City Editor's SCRATCH PAD By DOROTHY H. MYERS Daily City Editor DOPTION of Student Government Council in elections this week would be the death blow to meaningful student government at the University. The support of the University administra- tion and SGC's own structure clearly indi- cate it was not intended to be, and cannot be, a strong student government. For some time it has been clear that the administration generally, and President Hatch- er particularly, is opposed to criticism from any source-whether it be students, faculty members or 'outsiders.' Recently, at IFC and IHC meetings, President Hatcher specifically indicated his favor of those organizations who do not try to get anything out of the admin- istration or periodically criticize it. His senti- ments of strong disfavor to those who dare criticize him have been equally evident at both the student and faculty level recently. Apparently it does not matter to the ad- ministration that criticism, and the thinking behind it, is one avenue of liberal education, and that the voice of the students should be heard, even when it is a complaining one. What is also not evident to those who have chastized student criticism is that the stu- dents and the administration do have a basic conflict of interests. Both want to make the important decisions as to what many Uni- versity policies should be-whether it con- cerns driving bans, Thanksgiving week-ends, library hours or political speakers. If this fundamental conflict is clouded by pure har- mony, it would inevitably mean that one group has "given up" in its struggle to help make the decisions. So it is with the apparent hope of elim- inating any chance of strong criticism, that the administration has planned the Student Government Council. M EMBERSHIP in SGC is nearly a balance between elected and- ex-officio members. Seven members will represent the big power blocs on campus (who seldom oppose the ad- ministration); ten will vote as campus rep- resentatives (the eleventh elected member will be chairman, without a vote except to break ties.) Electing 11 people to represent nearly 20,000 students is bound to eliminate nearly all mi- nority opinion. In subsequent semesters, when only six members will be elected and each member will "represent" more than 3,000 students, the slight change of minority rep- resentation is even further weakened. For in reducing the number of elected mem- bers, both ends of the political spectrum which can be elected to SGC are chopped off- leaving middle-of.the-road believers in status quo to represent all students. The originality which inevitably comes from both the right and the left, nationally as well as locally, will leave SGC considering only the most ob- vioUs non-provocative tasks, and concluding with the most meaningless solutions to mean- ingless problems. STUDENT Legislature's history, it has been a vociferous minority which has con- tributed most to student government and to the campus. This minority has dared to criti- cize the administration, the townspeople and the student body. It has harangued and argued with the administration until it has secured opening the General Library on Sundays, a four-day Thanksgiving Holiday, removal of potentially discriminatory questions from Uni- versity admission blanks, ridding the Univer- sity of its former ban against all political speak- ers, and prevention of new groups with dis- criminatory clauses from coming on campus. This minority has also persuaded the more conservative members of SL into making a genuine study of discrimination in fraternities, barber shops, restaurants, and alleged Union dining room policies-with some successful re- sults. Many of these policies originated by SL's minority, and adopted by its majority, have opposed and embarrassed the University ad- ministration. So now the minority is to be silenced, in the "panacea" called SGC. And it would not be surprising if, with criti- cism from student government silenced, the administration then attempted to quiet or silence other areas and organizations which can oppose and criticize it publicly. Even the representation of the seven major power-bloc organizations on SGC is an in- surance against criticism. For the seven major organizations have an interest which differs from that of the campus-at-large. Each of them is interested in gaining more organiza- tional power, or at least in preserving the status quo. None of the members of this ex- officio group have given any indication they will relinquish any part of their own power to the new organization. And it is not at all unlikely that the principle of "I-won't-say- anything - about - your - organization - if - you- won't-say-anything-about-mine" will dominate the potentially-important SGC discussions, making more anti-bias bills or investigations of possible Union discrimination unlikely. Even if the major organizations were not basically conservative, there is no reason why they should sit on the student government at all. They were not elected by anyone, and do not represent anyone but themselves and their organizations which are a minute part of the entire campus. Their so-called "prestige" would be more likely to be detrimental than helpful to students who would honestly like to arrive at an opinion representing general campus sentiments. The function of a student "representative" and a student "expert" are fundamentally different, and there seems little need to mix them up in fairly equal propor- tions and call it student government. One excuse which those favorable to SGC have is that the body, within two years' time, will enlarge itself to a more representative group. That the group ever would enlarge it- self is highly doubtful-a person who was one- eighteenth in control of SGC would hardly be inclined to become only one-twenty-fifth, one-fortieth, or one-fiftieth in command of it. And even if members of SGC should ever de- cide the group needs to be bigger, it seems doubtful that the administration would ap- prove such a change (for with official admin- istration recognition of SGC, any constitu- tional changes would also have to be sub- mitted for administration approval). The ad- ministration desired a near balance between the two forces, and it is unlikely. they would risk enlargement of the popular portion of the Council. The minute size of the Council, however, would not mean SGC would collapse under the burden of work currently handled by SL, it would merely mean SGC could never undertake such a volume of work. But should all those blocs to student power fail, the administration has one last chance-- the Review Board. Now, as it has been out- lined in the Council's plan, the Review Board could only negate an SGC action when it "does not come within the scope of SGC." But it doesn't take more than a cursory glance at history to see that this was the idea of the Supreme Court too, and that judging the "constitutionality" of an issue inevitably be- comes judging the "advisability" of an issue no matter how competent Review Board, or Supreme Court, members might be. Thus if SGC ever wanted to pass an anti- bias bill, the Review Board might well decide such a measure was unadvisable or "outside the scope" of SGC. Although this would be an entirely probable step, it shows the possibility of great differences in power between SGC and the present Student Affairs Committee which has the definite and established power to con- sider such bills. Yet SGC is being "sold" to students as a stronger student government, with a combination of both SL and SAC powers. GIVEN the current disintegrative state of SL, it is obvious that a stronger student gov- ernment is currently needed. But it is equally obvious that SGC is not stronger student government and that the administration ap- parently does not wish students to have a stronger student government at this time, but rather a weaker one. Because of these reasons, it would seem best to defeat SGC in tomorrow's and Thursday's elections and begin new plans' formulated and discussed by student representatives, for strengthening Student Legislature. Only by in- sisting upon representative student govern- ment can a student government's most im- portant function-representing student opin- ion-be accomplished. And only by insisting upon representative student government can student government be strong. DREW PEARSON: Elephant Doesn't Forget WASHINGTON - The public's memory is short. But a states- man's memory must be long. And during the McCarthy debate the President, Mr. Nixon, and others must have experienced some in- teresting flashbacks as to what happened with some of the same principals in the McCarthy debate only a short time ago. Last 0 c t o b e r, Sen. William Knowland of California, Eisenhow- er's so-called Republican leader, attending the funeral of Sen. Pat McCarran in Nevada, conferred with Jenner of Indiana, Welker of Idaho, o t h e r s of McCarthy's stanchest friends. Together t h e y planned the fight to block his cen- sure. After the funeral they came away dead certain Bill Knowland would vote with them. They were not disappointed. Flashback No. 1 -Meanwhile Senator Knowland said nothing. He said nothing until last week when he rose to announce he would vote for McCarthy. Knowland is heavy- built, slow-moving. His speech can be ponderous, deliberate. "After great searching of my conscience, and mindful of the responsibilities I feel heavily from sitting in this chair," he said, "I shall not vote for the censure resolution. . . .The decision was not an easy one... I arrived at it only last night." McCarthy supporters smiled. The speech was no news to them. Flashback No. 2 - It was Sep- tember 1952. Tom Dewey, the man who got Eisenhower nominated. and was then his closest adviser, came to see him. He knew Ike was leaving for Milwaukee, where he must either be nice to Joe McCarthy or be tough with him. Dewey spent two hours with Ei- senhower urging him to be tough. "You will have to face this issue sooner or later," he said in brief, "and you might just as well face it now. I ducked on the issue of Curley Brooks (Chicago Tribune candidate for senator) when I cam- paigned in.Illinoismand it cost me votes. You can't compromise with the McCarthy wing of the party." Eisenhower followed his advice, inserted two paragraphs in h i s Milwaukee speech defending his old friend, Gen. George Marshall, indirectly c r i t i c i z i n g McCar- thy. One day later, GOP stalwarts Arthur Summerfield, Ferguson of Michigan, Hickenlooper of Iowa, with Tom Coleman of Wisconsin, flew to Ike's train, urged him to revise his speech. McCarthy him- self did the final persuading when smuggled up the service elevator of the Pere Marquette Hotel in Peoria. Ike yielded. He smiled on McCarthy in Wisconsin. McCarthy was re-elected. Flashback No. 3 - Eisenhower was on the stage at a political rally in Indianapolis. Senator Jen- ner of Indiana sat beside him. Ike was obviously unhappy. Jenner had called George Marshall, the man who promoted Ike from lieu- tenant colonel to lieutenant gen- eral in one year, a "front man for traitors" and "a living lie." But the candidate for president had been told to endorse all GOP can- didates. He couldn't discriminate. It was part of politics. So ae posed before the cameras while Jenner, gloating in the lime- light, held up his hand like a champ boxer bowing to the crowd. Last week, the same Senator Jenner strode up and down the aisle of the Senate Chamber. This time he held both hands clenched over his h e a d. This time he laughed hysterically. "Poor old Zwicker," he chortled, "he doeg not count. He is out the window. Zwicker is out and now you want to fight communism.,, Copyright, 1954, By The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 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 SL Questionnaire .. . To the Editor: IT SEEMS The Daily Sunday "flubbed" in reprinting my platform statement, so that part of the answer to question six was put in as the answer to questions one and two, and the answers to questions one, two, and five were entirely omitted. I would like to correct the state- ment at this time. 1. In answer to the first ques- tion about whether you favor the district system of representation -I would say that since a commit- tee that has been meeting for over a year now to work on this system has still not been able to come up with any satisfactory plan for its implementation, it would seem that the idea is neither desirable nor practical. 2. My answer to question two- "do you believe the Student Legis- lature should take stands on dis- crimination in private housing and organizations?" was an emphatic "yes: ' 3. By some strange accident the answer to the third question, "are you in favor of campus political parties?" was printed correctly and numbered "3." It was essential- ly "yes," since political parties would encourage the election of candidates on the basis of issues rather than personality. 4. "Do you believe SL should take stands on issues affecting the student body only indirectly? (i.e. severance pay, faculty suspensions, etc.)" My answer was "If there is a great deal of student opinion on such issues then any student legis- lature worthy of the name has the duty to take a stand on them. 5. In answer to "Should SL car- ry on service projects like the Book Exchange, Cinema Guild, etc.", I said "yes." 6. "Do you favor the proposed Student Government Council plan for student government?" My ans- wer was essentially 'yes' because the SGC would have greater power and also official recognition of the Regents. However, the plan has two serious defects that I would like to see chlanged once it would go into effect: 1. The members of the SGC should have the power to enlarge the organization if they deem it necessary, as I believe they may, since it is only an eighteen mem- ber body, eleven of whom are elected by the campus at large. 2. The SGC should be given a firm financial basis to insure its stability and also be given ulti- mate financial control of the other campus organizations whose acti- vities fall within the scope of stu- dent government. -Joan Bryan Chairman, SL Culture and Education Board , * SGC Proposal .. . Yo the Editor: I WOULD like to reaffirm my personal faith in the wisdom of official delegation by the admin- istration of commensurate auth- ority and responsibility to the chosen leaders of the students, recognizing that there must be certain definite limits to the area of such delegation. I feel that the SGC proposal in its present form has certain serious limitations which could lead to even greater misunderstanding between the students and the faculty and the administration. However, the pro- posal, if approved by the Regents, will involve official sanction for student government that has not been accorded to SL in the past. Furthermore, the accompanying "Come On Let's Take The Short-Cut" LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Questioning .,. To the Editor: MOST OF the candidates whose platforms appeared in Sunday's Daily did not face up to the mat- ter of SGC. If they cannot ask themselves direct questions, what can they as our representatives ask of others? 1. Just how will SGC be more "efficient?" This word has been used uncountable times. Efficiency is performance on a task, com- pared to a standard. What tasks, what standards. are SGC backers talking about? 2. Was it just an oversight that the administration didn't consider giving a student government more power without chopping its repre- sentation by three quarters? If the administration has reasons for rul- ing out alternatives, they must have reasons for the one they pro- posed. What are they? 3. Does it matter if the Regents may have made up their minds al- ready? Is that reason for letting it make up ours? I wonder if any candidates have thought this issue over since their statements were submitted to The Daily. If so, won't they tell us so? -Bill Livant Bhoodan Lecture... To the Editor: WOULD LIKE to express my ap- preciation of Jim Dygert's fine interpretation of Pat McMahon's service to the Land Gift Move- ment in India. A number of people have expressed interest in this lat- est manifestation of the Ghandian philosophy. Pat, who is a commit- ted Ghandian, will discuss her ex- perience with the Bhoodan Move- ment in further detail in a panel with Prof. John Muehl and Mr. Robi Chakravorti this Friday at 8 p.m. in Rm. 3KLMN in the Michi- gan Union. --Nancy Snider student tax already approved by campus referendum is a major feature of the SGC proposal and would take effect with Regental sanction of SGC. I am prompted to make one more comment by the letter to the Editor in Friday's paper from Wil- liam J. Moore, '55L, entitled "Why SL . .." I feel that Steve Jelin is entirely justified in declining to run for SL again for reasons of his personal health and welfare. With the uncertainty regarding the fu- ture of student government that has prevailed for most of this se- mester, it is enough to make any individual feel that one semester of office as SL President is all that he can survive, without wrecking his health or his academic stand- ing. Apparently Mr. Moore suffers from the illusion that a college education consists merely of the acquisition of factual knowledge. If he could have been present at the recent Conference on Higher Education held in Ann Arbor, he might have been enlightened by the constant emphasis from col- lege administrators, and partic- ularly from the Personnel Chief of the General Electric Company, on the need for higher education to train students in practical human relations in addition to training in the mere techniques of their future vocations. -Prof. J. Willcox Brown * * * Shopper's Lament .. . To the Editor: DECK THE streets with last year's trimmings; smutty Santas, drooping greens. 'Tis the season to be folly drumming up the Yule. Sing a song of sooty garlands, tarnished tinsel, tattered tulle, Thirty days hath the merchant for making spirits dulle. -B. Wagoner * * * ment and in my opinion SL or SGC can fulfill this need if we give our support. The CSP is really a refreshing beacon among all this fog of apa- thy on campus, especially in the Law School. Mr. Moore might do well to join the CSP and learn the issues. What we are seeking is more students in government and less government in the students, so let us get out and support the SL or the SGC, T&E, CSP, and the NIL. -Bill Cowlin, '56L I DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN , (Continued from Page 2) Supports Trusts . q To the Editor: THE PAST few letters to The Daily from the lawyers on campus are a good illustration .of the Law School's attitude on stu- dent government. It is really too bad that with the education they are receiving those lawyers can not be the campus leaders. With all due respect to Mr. Moore, we need student govern- gineering-Production, Design & Devel- opment. Thurs., Dec. 9 Gibbs and Cox, Inc. New York, N.Y. --B.S. Mech. E., and all degree levels of Naval Arch. & Marine E.; applicants must be U.S. citizens; for Research, Development & Design Engineering & Drafting. International Nickel Co., Inc., New York, N.Y.-All degree levels of Met. E. for Industrial Research-Operations-- Metallurgical Central & Development. Motorola Inc., Chicago, 111.-all de- gree levels of Elec. E. for Research, De- sign, & Development. Fri., Dec. 10 Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., Cin- cinnati Milling Products Div., Cincin- nati, O.-M.S. degrees in Chem. E.; must be U.S. citizens, and have had military service; for Research & De- velopment. Students wishing to make appoint- ments with any of the above should contact the Engineering Placement Of- fice, Room 248, W. E., Ext. 2182. Representatives from the following will interview at the Bureau of Ap- pointments : Wed., Dee. 8 Continental Casualty Co., Chicago, Ill.-LS&A and BusAd men and women who have had a Math. background for positions as Accountants, Actuaries, Advertising and Sales Promotionalists, Salesmen, Claim Adjusters and Exam- iners, Statisticians, and Underwriters. Thurs., Dec. 9 American Seating Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.-Feb. men and women in LS&A and BusAd for Sales Trainee, Manage- ment and Supervisory Trainee Posi- tions. Students wishing to make appoint- ments with any of the above shoulcl contact the Bureau of Appointments, Room 3528 Ad. Bldg., Ext. 371. PERSONNEL REQUESTS: School of Retailing, Univ. of Pitts- burgh, Pittsburgh, Penn. offers a train- ing program in retailing to graduates with liberal arts, business admin., or home econ. background. This is a one year course, offering both classroom work and actual store experience. L. Bamberger & Co., Newark, 7.J., has announced plans for a Career Open House during the Christmas vacation. Two new branches have been opened in Plainfield and Princeton, enlarging the opportunities for careers with this company. Interested students may vis- it the store on any of the following days: Dec. 27, 28, 29, and 30, Mon. through Thurs. Faculty members are also invited. Further information avail- able at the Bureau of Appointments. Mich. Civil Service Commission an- nounces an exam for an Institution So- cial Worker I. Minimum requirements include a bachelor's degree. Closing date for applications is Dec. 22, and the written exam will be given on Jan. 29. The Civil Service of Canada announ- ces applications for summer employ- ment in Agricultural Science, Chemis- try and Biology. Engineering, Forestry, Surveying, Architecture, Economics, General Arts, Sociology, Psychology etc. Applicants must be registered as stu- dents at a university, and must be British Subjects. Civil Service Commission of Canada, Ottawa, Canada announces applications for the following Civil Service posi- tions: Personnel Administration, Nat- ural and Medical Sciences, Engineer- ing, Architecture, Forestry, Geology, and Engineering Physics. For further information about any of the above or about other job opportu- Professor of Sociology, Columbia Uni- versity. Tues., Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m., Angell Hall. Academic Notices Geometry Seminar will meet at 7:00 p.m. Wed., Dec. 8, in 3001 A.H. Prof. D. K. Kazarinoff will speak on "Alha- zen's Problem." Exhibitions Union Student Art Exhibit will be held in the lobby of the Michigan Un- ion Dec. 4 through 15. Events Today Science Research Club meeting, Rack- ham Amphitheatre, 7:30 p.m., Tues., Dec. 7. "Bones, Joints and Body Loco- motion," Wilfrid T. Dempster, Anato- my; "Microspectroscopy, A Tool for Bi- ophysical Research," Darwin Wood, Bi- - ophysics. Election of new members. Dues received after 7:10 p.m. Mathematics Club will meet Tues., Dec. 7, at 8:00 p.m. in the West Con- ference Room, Rackham Building. Prof. R. M. Thrall will speak on "Mathemat- ics and Decision Processes." Meeting of the Academic Freedom Sub Commission Tues., Dec. 7 at 4:00 p.m. in Room 3R1 of the Union. The Congregational-Disciples Guild: 4:30-5:45 p.m., Tea at the Guild House. Square Dance tonight. Lane Hall. 7:30-10:00 p.m. La Sociedad Hispanica is holding its weekly "tertulia" today from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in Club 600 at South Quad. Episcopal Student Foundation. Stu- dent-conducted Evensong at 5:15 p.m., Tues., Dec. 7, in the Chapel of St. Mi- chael and All Angels. Alpha Chapter of Sigma Rho Tau invites engineers, architects, and tech- nicians to attend the practice meet- ing Tues., Dec..7, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. at 244 west Engineering. The Co-Recreational Badminton Club will meet at 8:00 p.m. tonight at Bar- bour Gym. Please bring your own shuttlecocks. We will begin a ladder tournament. Coming Events Le Cercle Francais will meet Wed. at 8:00 p.m. in the League. Two French students will give their impressions of the United States, and two American students will discuss their impressions of France. Film "Jeunesse de Neige," refreshments. Sophomore Engineering Class Board will .meetat 7:30 p.m. Wed., Dec. 8, in Room 1300, East Engineering Bldg. Fu- ture recognition plans will be made. Open to the public. Ulir Ski Club will meet in Room 3M&N of the Union Wed. at 8:00 p.m. Refreshments, movie, "Skiing in the Valley of the Saints," information about Christmas vacation ski trips. Psychology Club will meet Wed., Dec. 8, at 7:45 p.m. in the League. Dr. Al- linsmith will discuss "Child Psychol- ,gy," Episcopal Student Foundation. Stu- dent Breakfast at Canterbury House, MUSIC REVIEW i ir ..w i r.w A t Hill Auditorium... The Robert Shaw Chorale and Concert En- semble, Robert Shaw, Conductor. THE SHAW CHORALE remains the most pop- ular singing ensemble in the country, and beyond that they are probably the finest pro- fessional group of their kind we have ever heard. After describing the beauty of their tone, the perfection of their ensemble, and the con- summate artistry with which everything is pre- sented, the most lasting and convincing impres- sion is that music, any music, performed by this group is completely alive, and its vitality can't be escaped. People who examine a Shaw pro- gram before performance and find it not too impressive (for one reason or another) must be appointment which sometimes greets an artist on the concert stage after an all-to-brilliant and flawless debut on wax is not at all present with the Shaw Choral Two Schubert songs for soloist and chorus, Nachthelle and Standchen, were presented after intermission; the lyricism of these pieces was most beautifully captured. A contemporary work, Tom O'Bedlam by Jacob Avshalomoff, was doubtless the most interesting work heard during the evening, but hardly the most expres- sive. It seemed to me that there was just too much going on in this piece, scored for oboe, jingles, tabor, chorus and dancer, to result in anything but a rather confused impression. The last programmed number, a selection of chorses frnm Die Fledermanit was all effer- CURRENT MOVIES A THENA is an example of a good movie idea gone to waste. The script writers have taken the trouble to set up a clever comedy situ- ation about a health faddist family. But they do nothing with the sit- uation; instead, Athena becomes the traditional boy-meets-girl-boy- losses-girl-boy-gets-girl musical with a sprinkling of mediocre vocal numbers. What begins as a sparkling and exciting idea fizzles out into one of the year's more boring and soon-to-be-forgotten pieces. The Mulvain sisters, Athena (Jane Powell) and Minerva (Debbie Reynolds), live with their five other sisters and grandparents in one of those luscious outdoor-living homes. Grandpa Mulvain (Louis Cal- hern) is 78 and can do all sorts of parallel-bar exercises. Grandma Sa- lome Mulvain goes into hyponotic trances while she communicates with the moon. Into this world of muscle building, vegetarians, and astrology comes snobbish, verrry proper Boston attorney Adam Calhorn Shaw (Edmund Purdom). He is properly shocked by the celery-chewing fam- ily but later unfreezes in Miss Powell's arms. The finale sees everybody paired off nicely. Vic Damone is present as a crooner idolized by the teen set. IN THE MUSICAL department, Athena strains very hard to present some new songs by Composers Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, but achieves little success. Miss' Powell sings "Chacun Le Sait" from Daugh- .