E{eI4jgan tBal Sixty-Sixth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 "Oh, Joyous Day" ' Opinions Are Free, uth Will Prevail" torials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staf writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. L1956 'U' LITTLE SYMPHONY: Student Orchestra Has Bright Future LAST SUNDAY'S premiere performance of the University Little Symphony revealed an organization which has promise of a great future. The concert, which was entirely a student presentation, opened with Mozart's Overture to Cosi fan tutti, with Robert Hause conducting. One was immediately impressed with the clarity and fullness which the orchestra achieved. The string section sounded especially fine, perhaps because it wasn't hampered by the inflexibility which a large cumber- some group brings. BENJAMIN PATTERSON conducted Mozart's "Konzertantes Quar- tett" for the second number on the concert. The quartet consisting of Patricia Stenberg, oboe; Virginia Catanese, clarinet; Eleanor Becker, bassoon; and Howard Howard, French Horn; did a wonderful job in its AY, MAY 29, 1956 NIGHT EDITOR: MARY LEE DINGLER Four Years Evaluated: Dave Baad Writes -30- AFIER HARPING for at least a year on the apathetic condition of the University com- munity, it might seem proper to explose some other problems as one sets down his final words in The Daily's editorial columns. But this situation concerns so many students and fac- ulty members that some further exploration certainly is still timely. IHC with its political forums, Student Gov- ernment Council with its Academic Freedom Week, and initial steps toward liberalizing the Lecture Committee's philosophy have been encouraging inroads toward reducing the le- thargic atmosphere, but their effect can at best be termed microscopic. As one more and more surveys this problem, it becomes evident that it goes much beyond a concentrated effort at providing concrete opportunity for student discussion and thinking on controversial issues. The response to oppor- tunities this year has not been completely de- pressing, but has fallen far short of producing a concentrated student interest in fundamental questions. Basically, the problem involves the complex- ion of today's student body-not so much a unique apathy among this University's stu- dents, but rather a complexion that apparently extends throughout all the nation's campuses. COLLEGE IS no longer the citadel ofintensive higher education, as epitomized in the tra- ditions of American institutions. Whether it ever reached the goals of intensive intellectual cogitation and research proposed by our ideal- istic forefathers or not, the undergraduate school today appears to have taken on a different orientation. The bachelor's degree, supposedly indicative of success after four years' intense study, no longer is the unique honor of a few. Today the degree means little more than did the high school diploma of 25 or 30 years ago; that many more students are graduating from colleges. It is now the socially accepted thing to go on to college after graduation from high school, and our overcrowded institutions of higher learning reflect this changed emphasis. When a degree means little more than a stepping-stone to a good job, it is difficult to envision a university student body with much consciousness of the important and burning' questions of the time. SOME SAY a p iiori the educational standards of the University will descend ever further as the University doubles in size. This makes the challenge even greater. Considering the apathetic overtones already in existence the revelation of the great enrollment increase was perhaps the most significant development in higher education in 1955-56. Efforts to undermine apathy have almost insurmountable obstacles in this situation. But it is still crucial that present efforts to reduce intellectual apathy be maintained. It is im- portant that there be continual striving to produce an atmosphere of free intellectual ex- change. If this atmosphere can be promoted, there is wonderful opportunity for bulwarking the basis on which a democracy is founded. An educated populace is the ideal and essence of a really strong democratic country. With an excellent academic atmosphere, the Uni- versity can only prove beneficial to the country, with the great increase of students attending undergraduate school. THE NEWY-FORMED SGC assumes a tre- mendous responsibility in maintaining and exerting the students' viewpoint on the funda- mental educational questions facing us today. For the first time since before the war, stu- dents here have government machinery which can influentially put forth their viewpoint. SGC, in cooperation with other facets of the University community, has made inroads on some, problems in its first year of existence. Its initiative produced a driving ban change, and reflected an unbiased all-University view- point in changing the sorority rushing system from fall to spring. First steps were taken toward clarifying the present chaotic coun- seling system of the University. An initial exploration is taking place with the Lecture Committee problem. These, for one year, were fine accomplish- ments. But the responsibilities facing the future's thoughtful students are immense. As the University expands from 20,000 to 40,000 students in the next 15 years, students will have a crucial role in maintaining and improv- ing the present University atmosphere and standards. THE PROBLEMS of lethargy, mentioned ear ier, will only be augmented by the en- rollment increase. It is the responsibility of thinking students to take an interest in and keep abreast of an ever-changing educational Editorial Staff situation, although the number of concerned students will probably continue to be a small minority. It will be up to this minority to provide lead- ership for student opinion, and not to be pure- ly a reflection of the student body. SGC showed signs of leadership this year. The Council has a responsibility to continually encourage students, so that stuent government will maintain a high level of responsibility in helping to solve educational dilemmas. SGC is no place for honor-seekers and dab- blers. The appointment of Vice-President Lewis to serve as a liaison between'students and the University Regents makes student government's position too important for this type of person. Vice-President Lewis' appointment was a recog- nition that students have a part to play in formulating University policy affecting them and half-interested SOC members are not worthy of being invested s with responsibility by their constituents. But, in commenting on the year's activity, some events should not pass unnoticed. Of current interest is the recent crackdown on athletic subsidization. UCLA and Washington, of the reputable Pacific Coast Conference, and several southern schools, have suffered severely from the recent investigations. It was the most serious attack on the touchy semi-professional collegiate football situation in many years. Some called the discipline un- fair. If this is the end of the ciackdown, their criticism is justified. But if this is the beginning, as seems to be the case, of a nationwide re-examination of athletic subsidization, then the steps of the the past few weeks are commendable. It's been obvious that the slipping of money to college athletes has been getting out of hand. It has been rationalized that athletic scholar- ships give some not otherwise privileged stu- dents an opportunity to get a college educa- tion. This is good rationalization, and in the case. of Michigan any money spent has some justification. The recent Michigan Alumnus article indicating how many athletes go, on to professional school emphasizes that Michi- gan athletes haven't been oriented exclusively to-athletic fields. BUT RECENT comments from the Athletic Department that Michigan is finding it harder and harder to compete for top-notch high school athletes suggests continual over- professionalization of college sports. It is hoped that this year's discipline will scare colleges back into perspective in their emphasis on athletics. Subsidization should be reduced to reason- able scholarship programs, which could be administered or guided by the National Col- legiate Athletic Associatalon. This- would give the good athlete an opportunity for advanced education, keep the good football Saturday a tradition, and eliminate the ridiculous competi- tion carried on by alumni money-bags. AT THE RISK of becoming overly sentimen- tal, I would like to acknowledge some people who provided great assistance in making my senior year an outstanding experience. First of all, to Donna Netzer and Jane How- ard, who sacrificed valuable time during these last work-filled weeks to take dictation for a victim of a tapping tragedy. , To Jim Dygert, who provided both an intel- lectual tone and a top-notch news sense to The Daily; to Murry Frymer for his uncompro- mising and stimulating liberalism; to Debra Durchslag for providing atmosphere for the editorial office and, by the way, an excellent Sunday magazine; to H. David Kaplan, for his tireless efficiency and introducing me to the Choral Union Concert Series; to Jane, who as the staff's best writer has earned a job with Time, Inc.; and to Louise Tyor, who as well as being the staff horticulturist extraordinaire, produced one of the best Daily under staffs in years, my grateful thanks for continuous co- operation, when the chips were down-as they are every day at The Daily. Also, accolades to Phil Douglis, for his pro- lific interpretation of sports, to Mary Hell- thaler for dedicated work on the Women's Page, to the hardest-working Business Man- ager in memory, Dick Alstrom. Thanks, too, to the Junior Staff for their consistent operation as the backbone of The Daily. A special thanks to Ernie Theodossin, for stimulating an essen- tially noncritical mind, and for providing friendly counsel with intellectual overtones. THE WHOLE administration is to be com-' mended for its increasing interest and co- operation in solving student problems. Again, thanks to Vice-President Lewis and Dean Rea, for beneficial counsel in indecisive moments. My gratitude to Delta Upsilon for its sympa- thetic approach to my time-consuming activi- ties. Also to Donna Netzer, Janet Neary, Hank Berliner, Tom Bleha, Hazel Frank, Bob Wein- baum, Debbie . Townsend, Jeanette Grimn, Todd Lief for their close companionship as we struggled through Student Government Coun- cil's first full year. A thank-you to the faculty members, who ....9+iun-sl~ n. a+P,.timy Ainn.I siln_- . {: 4..' , '= . . 7/V vnes ' ' i x s% '" d "' ' F3tRp' yoG f , - ,, ,. Or~ - ~~AV.4VA*Cr.AS ~ c~. DRAMA SEASON: 'Chalk Garden' Mild Symbolist Play GLADYS Cooper, Barbara O'Neil and Betsy von Furstenberg tried very hard last night to pro- ject themselves beyond the mild confines of Enid Bagnold's "The Chalk Garden." Unfortunately, neither the performers nor the playwright came out very well; and if there is a necessity for de- termining exactly who was res- ponsible for what was a decidedly passive evening of theater, the blame ,must rest more heavily on the writer than the players. To begin, "The Chalk Garden" is one of those symbolist pieces of writing that Hemingway once referred to as having their sym- bols stuck in like raisins in bread: when the finished product is baked, the raisins always stand out. * * IN "THE CHALK GARDEN," the participants converse part of the time in standard, everyday English-American dialogue. The remainder of the time, they dis- cuss their problems through gar- dening metaphors, and these latter passages are not only overly ob- vious, but perpetually intruding. Miss Cooper is cast as Mrs. St. Maugham, a grandmother who has done an unsuccessful job of raising her own daughter, and is doing an equally unsuccessful job. of raising her granddaughter (Betsy von Furstenberg). Into her chaotic home comes Miss Madrigal (Barbara O'Neil), applying for a position as the girl's governess. Miss Madrigal speaks much of the time to herself in halting sent- ences and gazes into space ab- stractly-it is obvious that she is a wise woman with a hidden past. The extent of Miss Madrigal's past is eventually revealed, but not be- fore she has compared Mrs. St. Maugham to the "chalk garden" in the back of the house: both have unhealthy soil for growing things, too much lime, you can't grow things in bad soil, why not put some potash into the ground? By the play's end, Miss Madrigal has taken the audience through a close reading of a manual of Eng- lish countryside gardening. While this is sure to please botonists and bio-chemists, it does not make for a very entertaining theatrical eve- ning. PLAYWRIGHT Bagnold creates characters that do not develop in any manner whatever; the best they can do is come to final ex- pression, as in the case of Miss Madrigal who serves. as a force of goodness. But all the indivduals are stereotypes. Miss St. Maugham is the vivacious old lady with dis- tracted witticisms; the - grand- daughter is the typical adolescent with a lively and sadistic imagin- ation; the others-a judge, a nurse, a servant, the girl's mother -are all that twentieth-century drama has led one to expect from secondary characters. * s a DIRECTOR O'Shaughnesy has had obvious trouble in xeeping his people restricted to the smallness of Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The Misses Cooper and Von Furst- enberg play theri roles with a broadness and heavy gesturing quality that is better suited to a huge auditorium. Anne Hunter, as the mother, and Miss O'Neil are contrastingly quiet, and hence a welcome relief from the loud, over-enunciated speech of the others. Aside from the aforementioned projection difficulties, the per- formers give credible portraits. But "The Chalk Garden" is a difficult play for an actor or actress to make come alive; and regardless of the craftmanship and artistry of the players, the passivity of the play seems to stifle any excitement that might be gen- erated. Robert Mellencamp's single set, a room in an English manor, and Cecil Beaton's costumes are ,ap- propriate and sensitively conceived. -Ernest Theodossin AT THE STATE: Mamie' Virtuou~s MAMIE STOVER isn't nearly the woman of ill-repute the advertisements suggest her to be. In fact, she is almost too virtu- ous to be true. Mamie, played by a tired-looking Jane Russell, is escorted out of town by a gentlemanly San Fran- cisco policeman. Denied readmis- sion to the Golden Gate city, she decides to make a try for the big money as a taxi-dancer in Hawaii. ,On the steamer, Mamie makes the acquaintance of a bronzed god played by Richard Egan. They embrace twice, once passionately, and go their respective ways at the dockside. While he retreats to his socially correct mountain home to write things, Mamie shows herself to be the more ambitious and is very soon the flaming rage of the is- land. The war comes, and with it, prosperity in the form of several thousand eager GI's who serve only to increase the high-fidelity bedlam. Mr. Egan is called to battle, Mamie vows to wait and knit, but can't resist the lure of the dance floor. She is caught, as her lover sneaks home on leave, and all is lost. In the end, Mamie realizes that all. that, glitters isn't, gives her new-found riches away, and goes home to Mississippi without mon- ey or man. It's all very proper and virtuous, but a little sin would have helped things a great deal. -Allan Stillwagon LETTERS to the, EDITOR Trash? s . To the Editor: TRASH, by definition is some- thing to be discarded, To say that music which has been with us for over 175 years should now be discarded is the height of ridic- ulousness. After hearing the Missa Brevis (K. 192) performed last night by the Michigan Singers, I can truly say it was one of the most refreshing musical experi- ences I have ever had. --Walter M. Chesnut, '58M DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN soli passages. The fast runs were extremely smooth in their execu- tion. The orchestra performed its role of accompanist very, well, never overshadowing the quartet and always adding to- the expres- siveness of the music. Two songs written and conduct- ed by Jerome Neff were next on the program. Unfortunately the orchestra was rather overpowering with its accompaniment and fre- quently covered the fine voice of Hildred Kronlokken. The songs did reveal Mr. Neff as a composer well versed in the modern idiom. Emerson Head conducted the final number on the program, Beethoven's "Symphony No. 1 in C major." Although some of the tem- pos seemed a little too fast the overall performance of this work was quite good. Probably because the Intimate quality of Mozart's work is par- ticularly suited to orchestras of this size the first two works on the program sounded the best. The student conductors all showed a great deal of maturity in their readings. --Bruce Jacobson aU 4 ; ly ENROLLMENT INCREASE: To Solve the Problem, Shut Your Eyes 0 (Continued from Page 3) A-Blalock-231 Angell Hall B-Lenski-1025 Angell Hall C-varley-Natural Science Aud. D-varley-Natural Science Ad. E-wilensky-Aud. B, Angeli Hall SOCIOLOGY 1 - MAKE-UP: Mon. June 11, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. All lectures: Aud. C Angell Hall. SOCIOLOGY 60: Sat., June 9, 9:0 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Instructor Room Curtis 1210 Chemistry Peterson 1300 Chemistry Slesinger 1400 chemistry Weller 101 Economis SOCIOLOGY 60: Make up: Sat, June- 9 2:00-5:00 p.m. All sections: 35 Angell Hall. College of Engineering. Summer School classification in the Engineering College will be done on. Fri., June 22, only. Students who register on Thurs- day according to the alphabetical sched- ule will classify in engineering courses at the corresponding hour on Friday.a Students who register on Friday will classify in engineering courses one half hour after their assigned registration time. This supersedes the instructions for engineering classification as printed in the~ Summer Session Time Schedule.- History 50 final examination, Tues., June 5, 2:00-5:00 p.m.: Aaron-Klawson, Natural Science Aud. Klein-Smink, Architecture Aud. Smith-Zinn, Aud. C, Angell Hall. Room Assignments for Final Exami. nations in English 1 and 2, held o Wed., 'June 8, 1956, 2-5 p.m. English I Boyd, 5 Econ.; Duclos, 2042 NS; Fields, 1200 Chem.; Levin, 1200 Chem.; Phillips, 13 Tap.; Ruland 5 Econ.; Stanwood, 2042 NS; Vande Kieft, 2 Tap.; white, 4082 Ns. English II Aivaz, 6 AH; Allison, 1020 AH; Baker, 1025 AH; Bloom,25 AH; Brown, 25AH; Burns, 2013 AH; Cooper, 2235 A; Dow ner, 1025 AU; Drake, 1025 AU; Elevitch, 4024 Chem.; Engel, 1035 AH; English, 1025 AH; Fisher, 101 Econ.; Fitch, 4225 Chem.; Glenn, 2003 A; Gohn, 2335 A; Greene, 1035 AH; Grolman, 2448 M; Hagopian, 215 Econ.; Harris, 1035 AH; Hart, 2003 AH; Hooks, 2013 AH; Howes, 25 AH; Hughes, 2 Econ.; Huntley, 1025 AH; Hynes, 1035 AH; Kinney, 435 MH; Kleinberg, 205 RL; Lacey, 1300 Chem Lid, 451 MH; Manierre, 1429 M; Mason, 411 MH; Miller, 2435 MH; Muehl, 2054 NS; Nicholson, 2003 AH; Orlin, 1400 Chem.;_ Parsons, 202 Econ.; Rhodes 1300 Chem.; Rice, P., 310 RL; Rockas, 2054 NS; Russell, 101 Econ.; Schmeri, 4403 Chem.; Schutter, 3016 Chem.; Seward, 101 Econ.; Shafer, 1025 A; Simon, 207 Econ.; Smith, 2413 M; Spilka, 18 A; Stone, 3 Tap.; Strempey, 4054 NS; Stroud, 2082 NS; Thackrey, 3409 MU; Wall, 1400 Chem. Wareham, 407 M; Warshausky, 2054 NS; Wasserman, 3427 MU; Weimer, D., 1400 Chem.; Weimer, J., 2003 AH; Weist, 1053 NS; Wigod, 4014 NS; Williamson, 1058 NS; Wykes, 2308 Chem.; Yosha, Sec. 17, 209 AH and Sec. 92, 212 AH Zale, 2440 MH. Chemical Physics Seminar, Tues., May 29, 4:10 p.m. Room 2308 Chemistry Building. Dr. W. C. Bigelow will speay on "Electron Metallographic Studies of Heat Resistant Alloys."- Department Colloquim, Thurs., May 31, 7:30 p.m., Room 1300 Chemistry Building. Mr. E. Antonlades will speak on "The Schmidt Reaction of o-Substi- tuted Benzophenoes. D. Overbeek will speak on "Synthesis of Some Azepine Derivatives.' -4 A 4, a4 iA 4 By MURRY FRYMER Daily Editorial Director THERE WAS an uncomfortable squirming of tired torsos as the the professor ran a little past the hour-then he concluded his lecture; the final one of the year and the two hundred and some students shuffled out to go home, or hear the concluding_ words of another scholar. The faces that had been blank, weary, almost unconscious for the hour now resumed interest as friends were met, weekend jokes were repeated, and groans for the oncoming final exams were interchanged cordially. I was one of these faces, yet I stopped for a moment to notice the others. Behind the faces were the minds of our society's intellectual superiors, minds that were being trained in an enormous variety of fields to grapple with the problems the present generation was leaving them. But as they shuffled out of the lecture hall I had the uncomfort- able feeling that behind those faces there wasn't what I thought at all. There didn't seem to be any energy there, any confidence, any determination. It was as if these minds hadn't ever grappled with any- thing and either didn't know how, ort were out of condition. Their notebooks were full-that's where the knowledge came-out of the months of lectures into the notebooks of students without passing through any grappling stage at all. What was scribbled in those note- books was truth-if they had written it down accurately. No doubts, no disagreements-there was no time for that. There was only one more stage now to success-getting what was in those notebooks down into bluebooks at the appropriate time, and in the appropriate way. No doubts, no 4isagreements-there was no time for that, no place for that, no one wanted that, no one asked for that. THESE STUDENTS and thousands of others like them had seen in the newspaper last week that the University enrollment was going to jump 1,600 next semester. That meant about 24,000 here in the fall. Well, what difference did it make? Did it matter whether there were 200 or 225 in the lecture hall? Did it matter whether there were 110 or 150 sections of English composition? function, their jobs were being sterilized by the growing mass passivity. They'll still be able to teach. Just sit back and absorb. Will the students listen? Least of all. They don't want to debate, evaluate. No one ever asked them to before. They're not sure they know what it means. "Listen pal, that guy up there has been studying this stuff for a hellava long time. You mean I should say HE'S wrong. What do you want me to argue about?" "But that's what education is! Maybe he's right, maybe he isn't. But we're not sops. Let's talk about it, make him explain if you're uncertain, contribute your own thoughts." "In a room of 200, are you kidding? You want to sit around here all day. I got better things to do!", -Does anyone know what academic freedom is? Didn't we just have a week devoted to that? Why bring it up again? -You mean this is a one-week a year proposition? This university won't let us hear "subversives." Shouldn't we? How are we going to know what they're subversive about? Aren't we cutting down on all freedom by limiting theirs. They're only ADVOCATING the loss of our freedom. We're making that loss of freedom a reality. -Sure. Sure. You don't like it here, go someplace else. Leave me along, will ya bud. -There were ten thousand at the final football scrimmage; only about 200 ALL WEEK LONG for Academic Freedom week. -Sure. Sure. Leave me alone, will ya bud. Ya don't like it here? Go someplace else. NO THAT'S not the answer. You can't go someplace else. The prob- lem is here. The problem of a university, esteemed around the world, becoming a mass introdoctrination factory. The problem of an administration playing public relations with the future of its students, the problem of a faculty interested first, and foremost in selfish security, the problem of a stenographic student body, uninterested, passive, insecure, tired. They're upping the mass to 24,000 next semester. Then up and up. Forty thousand in 1970, they say. Forty thousand individuals? No, a mass. A mob. Writing down what a television screen says and repeat- ing it at an appropriate time, and looking forward to the weekend for the big game, and "Rose Bowl, Rose Bowl, Rose Bowl!" What are our. rhanPr hi A e.) rm.i: i a 'R nw,, kn,.holde a 4 '' '4 A I- 1 DAVE BAAD, MURRY FRYMER Managing Editor JIM DYGERT J I