THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1955 9Ur m:id$ianl kai Sixty-Sixth Year EI EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAx UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PuICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 .I * * 1 s i." ;x!G., + .A .. , +,"'+li- ' ''y ' ,i r r.t" * " .4 *;"* .. ,;. ..:'+t#- v %A 'd" ' **".. i ,'w. ~y.*.aa+ .fi } . r. =" Y ..P L2 y:, " ' Z± s . " «' :S R. '...+' t-" " 'M+:o+ y.,,.-"' .h~t "' ~' 117~ .+ ' a.tb ':' 'A ,t ;., , ,, yi.wty , .f: ;'' ;MS .." :.4.: " + .< >+' "' S4": ,i. ",p w ,. ". az r 'i ..r 's !iei"t ' . -^' a_ i,«,r.: ". ;R_ V .', . " + t,/'S, TZ, tM ,trr. i,"w' , r.: X < « _t, s . .X . "5s . .,"-.; ,y . !' Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. This must be noted in all reprints. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2,1955 NIGHT EDITOR: ERNEST THEODOSSIN EDITOR'S NOTE: First-Semester Rushing Not Fair to Freshmen TWO WEEKS of fraternity rushing starts to- is still difficult they have basis for deciding day. In two weeks, more than 300 fresh- to go fraternity and secondly which fraternity men, with less than three weeks contact with to go to. the University behind them, will become part of the fraternity system. At present freshmen are free to pledge first Enlightened leadership should prevent this semester. Many enter rushing determined mass solicitation of unsuspecting freshmen to just rush and wait on pledging. Smooth men. . talking fraternity rushers often change their With' due consideration to fraternity advan- minds. Students wit three weeks background tages it is extremely difficult to find reason for are too unfamiliar with the whole situation to first semester freshmen joining the fraternity make decisions free from immediate influences. system. To avoid this unfair situation serious thought Despite kidding about the "glad-handshake" should once again be given to deferred pledg- and the "rah-rah" boys fraternities can be a ihourdtenitieo enthinking- valuable experience for college students. A 1ng. Fraternities will oppose such thinking, but majority of fraternity members would never the arguments overwhelmingly favor such a change their original decision to leave inde- plan-E pendent life. However even granted a student DAVE BAAD is completely pre-destined to be a fraternity man he should wait until second semester to become affiliated. Attack This Problem, MAJOR CONSIDERATION in all rushing Please Dr. Salk questions should be on the individual- the rushee. The fraternity system has several arguments favoring first semester rushing but AUTUMN has come to the University of most revolve around what's best for the frat- Michigan campus. ernity system. It has been borne on the back of the wind The old points-no first semester pledging that blusters its way across the Diag, scatter- will hurt small house memberships or fratern- ing the terrified leaves in front of it. ities can't rush successfully handling extra men But with autumn have come red noses and who wouldhave to rush second semester if the runny eyes. (Sniff.) Professors and students pledging period was concentrated in the second alike snuffle their way through classes, and semester-are aimed at organizational benefit, Kleenex stocks are skyrocketing. with Individual secondary. With few exceptions freshmen are not orient- Medical science has progressed far in past Withfewexcptins resmenarenotorint-decades. Man's enemies-typhoid, malaria, tu- ed to the University when they are forced to decdes anee s-tphoid, mia, u- make a decision on pledging fraternities. They berculosis, cancer-all have been either cured have been here three weeks, two weeks of or greatly alleviated. (Sniiiiif!) which they were rushing from fraternity to fraternity. LAST SPRING, Dr. Sall made a great and Not only Is this not enough time to become significant contribution to the prevention adjusted to University life but certainly not of dread polio. (Honk.) So it is only proper an adequate period in which to pick the frat- that we make a suggestion for further studies ernity of his choice. . Salk's part Even the original decision can't be made- Attack this problem wholeheartedly, Dr. Salk. should I join a fraternity? Freshmen may hear Rout these germs, these viruses, filterable and residence halls food is terrible and dorms pre- unfilterable, that prey od unwary man and in- sent inadequate social life but they have had vade hib when he least eggsbects it! Down, no time to find out for themselves. DOWD, we say, with this idderober, this vo- ladder of huban rights and decency! Led your SECOND SEMESTER pledging actually does neggs achievbed id the field of bedical sciedce not cut into student's association with be a cure for man's greadesd edeby, the cobbod fraternities. By contract, freshmen are required code! ACHOO! to stay in residence halls for one year. They TAMMY MORRISON could not live in fraternity houses until first semester of their sophomore year and most fraternity men say real fraternity life can't First Things First, start until a man has moved into the house. Many mistakes are made by inadequate We Always Say knowledge of fraternities. Fraternities say, when mistakes are made, a man can depledge. Financial note: The University will build Depledging isn't easy. Many hard feelings re- a new Stadium press box to increase faciliti . sult and it is sometimes a disadvantage to re- for radio, television and newspaper men. rush when it is known you depledged. The raised press box will also allow By second semester, freshmen know if they Stadium seating to be increased to 100,000. can meet the University's various challenges. Cost of the construction-$500,000. They have had fifteen weeks to study residence , Can anyone spare a dime for student hall life and have had a chance to reflect on housing? Michigan's fraternities. Although the decision .u-MF.g * Mu rry Frymer - N THIS CORNER ' Raids Need Solution, Not Lectures AT THE STATE: 'Wichita' No Answer To Davy "WICHITA" IS Allied Artists' answer to Davy Crockett, and as such, offers the great Tennessean and Walt Disney little competition. It is the saga of the famous Wyatt Earp, with a bit of Bat Masterson thrown in for good measure, although the picture makes it clear that Masterson was a hanger-on and Earp's stooge, rather than an equal** The moment the movie-goer sees Earp (Joel McCrea) silhouet- ted against the purple sunset, it is obvious that here is a good man, a righteous and nqble char- acter. He rides into Wichita, newly booming because of the coming of the railroad, and within the space of 15 minutes breaks up a fight between Masterson and the town villain, meets THE girl and dis- patches with three would-be bank robbers. *.s s *'WW s96 MCwS.rcrv ops'r g.. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND- Foreign Problems Face U.S. I -B TpME and tide, it is said, wait for no man. And while the President lies sick in Denver, some crucial matters speed to a climax in various parts of the world. Disunity with West Germany- John Foster Dulles has been so irked at the concessions Chancel- lor Adenauer made in Moscow that the Chancellor offered to fly to New York this week to confer with Dulles and straighten things out. The offer was not accepted. Instead, German Foreign Minister Von Brentano is in New York. Irritation with Eden - Dulles and Prime Minister Eden are also rubbing each other the wrong way. Dulles suspects him of slid- ing over toward the Russian view in regard to Germany. Eden, in turn, is so sore at Dulles he hardly communicates with him. Explosion in Greece - The trouble between Greece and Tur- key is even worse than appears in the headlines. Worst development is the possibility that the strongly pro-American government of Pre- mier Papagos may be overthrown. Meanwhile American refusal to support Greece both in regard to Cyprus and in its quarrel with Turkey has started a tremendous wave of anti-American feeling. These two countries are the backbone of the anti-Communist American alliance in the Near East. Together they lie athwart the Dardanelles and Russia's en- trance to the Black Sea. Billions of American dollars have been in- vested in the defenses of these two countries in a daring move by President Truman to block Rus- sia. If they continue their quarrel, these defenses may be neutralized. Or if Premier Papagos falls, a neutralist Greek premier will probably take office and might turn to Russia for support. - * * * THIS IS the most serious, urgent crisis facing the State Depart- ment. Secretary Dulles, engrossed in Germany and the coming For- Y DREW PEARSON eign Ministers Conference, done little about it. has Russian arms to Egypt - For weeks U.S. Ambassador Byroade in Egypt has been, cabling the State Department, warning that if the United States didn't sell arms to Egypt it would buy from Rus- sia. He Informed Dulles that Mos- cow had offered Premier Nasser $100,000,000 worth of tanks, artil- lery, and infantry equipment any time he wanted it. That warning was all too accurate. Russian arms to Egypt, now officially and pub- licly offered, will set a precedent for both Russian arms and Rus- sian influence in oil-rich Saudi Arabia and other Arab areas, al- ready seething with revolt. For some of the things that happened inside the Kremlin when Adenauer conferred with the Soviet leaders have now been leaking out. American diplomats were not present, of course.mBut through talks with the Germans they have pieced together some ,of the things that happened. ' * s " KRUSHCHEV is reported to have treated the West German chancellor at times like a small boy. At one point he is reported to have decreed: "You want your prisoners. All right, send us an ambassador." Adenauer got so indignant at one point that he ordered his plane prepared to leave Moscow. But one of his advisers urged that he would be finished politically if he came home with no agreement on the return of German prison- ers held in Russia. So Adenauer. threw away his chief bargaining weapon, the resumption of diplo- matic relations with Russia, to se- cure the return of German pris- oners - how many of them re- mains to be seen. In Washington, Undersecretary of State Hoover had announced that Adenauer had done a great job. But the private reaction in- side the State Department was just the opposite. Ambassador Bohlen cabled from Moscow that Adenauer had been virtual putty in Russian hands, and warned that the United States could not trust the West Germans to stand up against the Kremlin in the future. Copyright, 1955, by Bell Syndicate, Inc. FOR HIS daring and handiness with a gun, the town business men offer him the job of marshall, which he refuses twice because he naturally disapproves of violence. He changes his mind-when the men of the "Big W" start shooting up the town and kill a little boy. He faces about twenty of them and skidaddles them off to the calaboose without firing a shot. * * * THEN HIS two brothers drift into town, and with Masterson along, they are a formidable four- some indeed. Doc Black, the villain, is told to get out of town and does so, but comes back with some badmen from the "Big W." In trying to kill Earp, they kill THE girl's mother. Earp and co- horts kill them, but Black gets away and rounds up the rest of the "Big W" crew.. They come a roaring for re- venge, but go meekly off when they learn they are in the wrong. Earp and his new bride ride off to clean up Dodge City, which, in the words of one character is "twice as bad as Wichita." Noth- ing could be twice as bad. The cast turns in as good a performance as could be expected under the circumstances, but nothing much can be done with lines like "Howdy, m'am" and "Be out of town before sundown." * *- * THERE IS also a theme song, called, surprisingly enough, "Wich- ita." It is destined for everlasting oblivion except among the youn- ger set. "Wichita" is neither as bad as Hopalong Cassidy and Gene Autry nor as good as psychologi- cal thrillers like "High Noon" and "Bad Day at Black Rock." It emerges in every respect as an average and completely undistin- guished Western. -Tammy Morrison ALP-LIKE: TV 'Heidi' Rief reshig THE QUIETLY pleasing tale of the Swiss orphan girl Heidi was presented Saturday evening as Max Liebman's latest spectacu- lar production. The familiar tale of the simple girl who refuses to allow the hy- pocrises and angers of worldly living to spoil her alp-like purity of mind and life was a strangely refreshing television experience. Capably acted and directed, "Hei- di" stands with "Peter Pan" as the best of the Television Specta- culars, for, like "Peter Pan," it was the opposite of "spectacular." *4. * - THE CHORUS ACTIVITY was limited to participation in only three episodes, and each compli- mented and developed the action of the play, a unique television at- titude which would be a wonder- ful habit to adopt. Heidi's charm and meaning lie in her simplicity and innocence, her love for the world and every- thing in it. 'Jeannie Carson's Heidi was the reality of clean and intelligent appreciation of the mighty rocks and bright greenesses which made her montain life beautiful, and which she refused to desert. Richard Eastham as the magni- ficent old grandfather who re- fuses to allow the world to de- stroy his individuality, combined powerful acting and voice to de- liver the outstanding performance of the production. * * *«* UNFORTUNATELY, Wally Cox's very special type of humor was not used in the production. His pof- trayal of Peter the shepherd was 'disappointingly un-Coxian; his was a role any fairly capable juvenile could have handled. The DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Orrlla! bunemn is an official publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsi- bility. Notices shouldl be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3553 Administration Building before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for the Sunday edition must be in by 2 p.m. Friday. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 195 VOL. LXVII, NO. 7 General Notices Meeting of all those interested In the Rhodes Scholarships on wed., Oct. 5, at 4:15 p.m., in Room 2013 Angell Hall. Application blanks for Rhodes Scholarships may be obtained from Prof. Clark Hopkins, 2011 Angell Hall, and must be returned to 2026 Angell Hall on or before Fri., Oct 14. Freshman Testing Program: Make-up sessions for Freshmen who missed any of the Aptitude tests given Mon., Tues., wed. or Fri. of Orientation week will be held on Tues., Oct. 4 and Thurs., Oct. 6. Please report to Aud. B, Angell Hall promptly at 7:00 p.m. For further information call Ext. 2297. The following persons will please pick up their Choral Union and Extra Series usher tickets at Hill Auditorium box office on Monday and Tuesday, October 3rd and 4th between 5 and 6 P.m." Paul E. Andrews, Robert B. Andrew, Reed Andrew, Hugh B. Anderson, Ann Andrews, Stanley Aizinas, Solveiga Aizinas, Mary Munira Ackall, Mrs. Hugh B. Anderson, Judith Lee Arnold, Bob Ashton, Susan B. Armstrong, Janice Anspach, Judy Anderson, Alfred J. Brothers,- Lois J. Brown, Alice Burton, Priscilla Bickford, Nancy Jane Brun- eau, Evangeline Broderick, Harriet Beach, OdileaBenoit, Marjorie Ann Black, Jean Bahr; Ann Becker. Astrid Beige, Mary Jane Briggs, Joan M. Barber, Nancy S..Bar- nette, Glynn D. Barnette Elizabeth Jo Beebe, Grace A. Bodenstein. Lois Ann Blum, Marjorie Brooks, Yolanda Boach, Nancy E. Bodley, Celia Brown, Carolyj Berlowiltz, Doris Bauer, Marjorie Bouws, Elaine Burr, Beatrice Berger, Barbara Brothers, Christiene Baker, Mary Ann Beidnharn; Robert L. Carr, Fred Coulter, Charles H. Croninger, Shirley Croog, Tse We Chu, David F. Carpenter, Marcia Cus- ter, Joan Case, Judith Deh Crump, Symon Coleman, Donna Cha, Betty virginia Carlson, Jane Ceser, Mary Alice Claggett, Cynthia Conway, viola Chang, Constance Castle; Ronald De Bouver, John E. Dudd, Joan M. Dudd, Kathleen Dannemiller, Sonya Douglas, Ivy Ruth Dickstein, Chloe Dandison, Geraldine Day, Cyn- thia Diamond, Andree' De Jong, Caro- line Dieterle, Alice Dutcher, Martin David, Mrs. Fred Dawe, Jean Davis; James Edmonds, nona Engle, Ruth J. Ezekiel, Mary Elmore, Emerson Foster, Stephen Fox, W. Flenniken, John C. Fisher, Douglas Finney Dr. L. Feenstra. June Feenstra, Cyril Freedman, Bernie Fogarty, Joy Faily, Jean Fraser, Evelyn Fink, Joseph Faris, Shirley Forrest, Jane Faly; Jerry M. 3ray, David winnell, Kath- erine Gemuenden, Zina Gefter, Mrs. Jerry Gray, Margaret Goldonyl, Gerrie Gross, Shirley Ann Gosling, Harry Gaines, Cindy Gibbs, Eleanor Ganger, Anna Gonda, Marilyn Guillaume, Tona Tilberry, Nancy Hoyt, Ellen Hlberry, Mary' Hackney, Dorothy Hoektra, Geo. J. Hoekstra, Lee Irish, Agnes Inus, Marilyn Jackson, Kay Jordan, Barbara Jens, Carl D. Johnson, Betty Jackson; Sydney C. Keinan, Constance Kamii, Nina Katz, Sally Kornwise, Martin L. Klein, Joan Kinsey, Lois Krawitz, Joan Kadri, Sandra Keckonen, Bernard Kendler, Alice Kretschmar, Thelma Kavanau; Kirke Lewis, Marilyn K. Larkin Kath- ryn C. Lucas, Paul E. Lewly, Kathy Lindsay, Marilyn Lindsay, wesley S. 'Loos, Phyllis Levitt, Leila Love, Elaine McLaughlin Joan Levin, James L. Lewis, Tara Lewis, Carolyn J. Little, Susan Levy, Virginia Large; Arthur C. Markendorf, Sherwin Mal. kin, Vangie Mack, Winnie Martin, Ruth Martin, Janet Bliss Mason, Jane Marks, David Marks, Judy Monzis, Joy Meyers, Isabel Martin, Keith A. Moore, Hermine Meeter, Annette Movitz, Mary E. More- land, Murray Melvin,-Mary A. McPher- son, Fred McCluskey; erick M. Phelps 3rd, Gail Oliver, Joan S. Olson, George Papich, Mary J. Pal- mer, Marol Pearson, Judith Panush, Ilona Planken, Stephen Paraskevopou- los, Pandora Paraskevopoulos, Elizabeth Patterson, Elissa Panush; william Ookland, Marilyn Oakland, Donald Ridley, Roger Reynolds, Patricia J. Ray, Phyllis F. Rhodes, Wiliam Roberts, Gertrude Reams, Betty Jo Richter, Ann Rowlson, Larry Robinson, Charlotte Rolnick, Bernie Rozran, .J. R. Sinek; Fred Sansone, Labron K. Shuman, Carol Seltzer, Priscilla Stockwell, Alex- ander M. Sarko, John B. Sikorski, Thomas R. Stengle, Arthur Schwartz, Emy Schlageter, Karen Stokstad, Mari- lyn Stokstad, Patrick D. Smith, Law- rence Steiner, Ruth Selby, Elaine Schwartz, Mary K. Sloan, Mary Sauer, Joan Steiner, Donald Seltz, Nancy Sayner; Ruth Taylor, Katherine Tirpak, San- dra Tase, Jeannette Tobic, John C. Van der Velde, Marilyn Van der Velde der Velde, Marilyn Van der Velde, Edwin von Boeventer, Charles van Atta, David Van Fleet, Emily Vinstra, Cynthia Vary, Stanley weiss, Arthur Wrench, Mrs. Arthur Wrench, Robert wilcox, Ronald west; Thomas wilson, Jane Wilson, Marlies D. West, Patricia Wright, Sarah Jane Weston, Janet Wormley, Shirley P. Wolfe, Arthur C. Wolfe, Hans Wagner, Eugene ,Zaitzeff, Louis R. Zako, Nor- man Zilber, Richard Zusi, Luvia Zusi. The following persons will please pick up their Lecture Series usher tickets at Hill Auditorium box office on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 3rd and 4th between 5 and 8 p.m. Paulw . Andrews, Mary Munira Ack- al, Ann Andrews, Janet Anspach, Al- fred' G. Brothers, George E. Benko, Evangeline Broderick, Marjorie Ann Black, Ann Becker, Astrid'Beigel, Lois Ann Blum, Nancy E. Bodley, Carolyn Berlowitz, Joan M. Barber, Marjorie i TO The EduceA That Certain Something To the Editor: I AM completely in favor of girl cheerleaders. Many freshmen, like myself, graduated from a high school having girl cheerleaders. It seems strange to see male cheer- leaders, although it is the custom here at Michigan. I agree with you 100 per cent. Girl cheerleaders are more "in- teresting" and have that "some- thing plus" to get the attention of the students for cheers. However, I'm not in favor of getting rid of the present male cheerleaders, but instead add four .I IFJNIVERSITY STUDENTS are in for a great deal of lecturing on the immaturity of panty raids. Deservedly so, but its really un- necessary. The thrill-seekers who participated in the march to the dorms realize this isn't their greatest achievement in college. And they realize that the publicity does very little to boost the name of their chosen university. Yet they did it. It happened before in 1952, and it might happen again. And don't be sur- prised if, like in 1952, universities from coast to coast also undergo a repeat epidemic. Editorial Staff Dave Baad ................. Managing Editor Jim Dygert .............,.........City Editor Murry Frymer ..................... Editorial Director Debra Durchslag ..................... Magazine Editor David Kaplan ..... ...........,.. Feature Editor Jane Howard ........ ......Associate Editor Louise Tyor ................,....... Associate Editor Phil Douglis ............................ sports Editor Alan Eisenberg ................ Associate-sports Editor Jack Horwitz .................. Associate Sports Editor Mary Helithialer ..........Women's Editor Elaine Edmnonds .............Associate Women's Editor John Hirtzel ..................... Chief Photographer Rarely do they occur at small colleges. Not that the mind of the small-college student is any more mature. But quite often the average one-in-twenty- thousand student is struck by a lost or left-out feeling. A chance to assert himself in any way, foolish as the act may be, is often inviting. It might make an interesting study on the part of social psychologists to investigate the reasons for such mob outbursts. Probably they would find a connection between the size of the institutions and the incidents. And there's the temptation, also occuring mostly in big schools, to break the cold, formal social relationships set up for guys and girls. It's a chance to smash all the rules, and let your protest be heard. BUT ASK any participator and he'll give you a more obvious, and even better reason. "Why not? What else can you do around here to let off a little steam." We all have to let off a little steam once in a while - adults, children, college students. And even in an ideal social climate like a campus, pressures tend to build. This reason might point some way to a solution. Certainly, panty raids aren't for- givable - and they're expensive. But better "organized" pep rallies, as has been suggested, is no solution either. That's exactly what the students are pro- + ani n c-i' n. - nr4ni , .nn ra + a 'no m , . LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS bDk~k SIbIt / / /1 -- 1 '''!. girl cheerleaders, and make it a total of eight cheerleaders. This, I think, would add a lot more spirit to the football games. -Larry Fried, '59 'Height of Snobbishness' To the Editor: ON BEHALF of the Dramatic Arts Center we wish to ex- press our great distress on read- ing the article by Milton Levin on "University Theater" in Friday's Daily. This appears to us the height of snobbishness and to be the kind of criticism which sad- istically erodes a culture, instead of lending a helping hand where it is needed. That most of the virulent state- ments therein are far from true needs no special comment. Elmer Rice has been quoted as saying that the student production of "Dream Girl" was as fine as any professional production he had seen, and that the students gave of their best to make a top per- formance solely for art's sake, with no box-office to worry about. To object to the Civic Theatre and Dramatic Arts Center produc- ing plays which have appeared on Broadway seems to us a most ridiculous criticism. If we were to follow this to its logical con- clusion, we would have to set up a censorship board to prevent good plays from being produced on Broadway! Let all of us who are struggling to build a finer life in Ann Arbor not be disheartened by such a .- tC I CCI1 In/ Business Staff 0 Dick Aistrom .............Business Manager