.3 ran E "When Opinions Are Free Truth Will Prevail" "What IS 'Modern,' Anyhow?" i1 r mi4gan Bagit Sixty-Seventh 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 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1957 NIGHT EDITOR: DALE McGHEE .4 -~ 4 4W ~1 4 rn s y : . , a - i l: 1 # 1 .. l . , _- CHAMBER MUSIC: Quartet Excels In Romantic Music THE QUARTETTO ITALIANO performed 'last night in Rackhamu Auditorium quartets of Mozart (K. 465), Valentino Bucchi (No. 1), and Debussy (Op. 10). One of the most remarkable aspects of the playing of the visiting Italians is their conception of ensemble string tone. Each composer is rendered with an almost unique color. A light bow and a minimum of vibrato produces an almost viol-like timbre fitting for early violin music #' Efficiency and Equity In Military Service TWO PROGRAMS to effect more equitable and efficient use of American manpower for military service were proposed recently. The first, calling for six months basic train- ing for National Guardsmen not previously in active service, touched off a small explosion in Washington. Although Secretary of Defense Wilson may have been somewhat tactless in terming enlistment in the Guard during the Korean war as draft dodging and a "sort of scandal," his charges hold a good deal of truth. The Guard did harbor a sizeable number of men who joined purely" to avoid the draft and active military service. While this is an unfortunate reflection on the Guardsmen who have served the nation well, it nevertheless is a situation needing remedy, however late. The six months training pro- gram will eliminate some of the draft dodging and properly equip for military service a group of men who are now at best only partially trained. THE SECOND proposal, made by Selective Service Director Hershey, calls for military training for 3,700,000 fathers and 4-F's, to be called up in the event of a general mobilization. This plan would remove some of the inequi- ties and inefficiency of present manpower uti- lization. While physical incapacity is good rea- son for being excused from military service, the circumstances of private life, with certain ex- ceptions, are not. Physically fit fathers have the same obliga- tion to serve as their unparented contempo- 4 raries. It is patently unfair for the man who is not a father either through choice or circum- stance to have to spend two years of his life doing something involuntarily while the father slides by without doing his share. As for those currently classified 4-F, many men, incapacitated to the extent that they can- not perform combat duty, can still be profitably employed in the defense system. The modern military establishment, with its heavy logistic and administrative burden, needs trained men to function in these areas, freeing the physi- cally fit for more strenuous tasks and combat. Fathers and many 4-F's can certainly be ex- pected to fill these jobs. AMERICA'S MILITARY might rests largely in her technological and industrial strength. But men are still needed and must be trained for military missions. They must also be used efficiently in the technological and industrial elements of defense. Should the fight for survi- val with the Communist world break into open war, America will find herself seriously out- numbered.. To win or even achieve a stalemate, more than a technological advantage, slim as it now is, will be necessary. All available manpower will have to be organized in the most effective manner possible. Preparations for the eventuality of all-out war, because of the speed with which it will come, should begin now.4 -RICHARD HALLORAN Editorial Director r 4 i ; ;x = 3 ' .' '; . ' 4 o F QU6 F.p o . Y ti Q(st Wpsd a /r4 ai 0 .. RACKHAM EXHIBITION: Contemporary Art Tell Represented Galens and an Incomplete' Drive IN ITS RECENT withdrawal from the spring Campus Chest drive, Galens Honorary Medi- cal Society claimed the Society was "entirely in accordance with the unification of fund drives if they are complete." This statement reiterates the basic purpose of Campus Chest-complete combining of individ- ual fund drives into a single effort. Ironically, Galens' withdrawal from the spring drive seems unjustified in light of its own statement. By its non-participation, Galens itself has made the Campus Chest drive "incomplete." T HE SOCIETY gave as additional reasons for its withdrawal a "full schedule" in the spring and fulfillment of its own needs for the current year during its December city-wide fund-raising drive. Since its plans for a December fund drive were set before all the problems of Campus Chest were solved, Galens is probably justified in its withdrawal from Campus Chest this year. If Galens"withdrawal is based on the reasons given and it is sincerely considering a change in its policies in order to participate in Campus Chest next year, this year's withdrawal is based on sound consideration. IF IT IS merely trying to, cover up doubts in the outcome of the University's first all- charity drive, or still maintains a sour-grapes attitude over Student Government Council's refusal to allow a separate on-campus drive in December, its insincerity will be evident in the action it takes next year. We hope that Galens effects the necessary internal policy changes in its traditional spirit of service to the University in order that next year's Campus Chest drive is the "complete" one it would like to see. -JAMES BOW CONTEMPORARY art, in its di- versified and indiviualized approaches to medium and style, is well represented in the faculty art show in the Rackham galleries. The exhibition, to be at Rack- ham through Monday, illustrates the modern emphasis on abstrac- tion and the way in which differ- ent artists abstracting simple sub- jects can emerge with completely different style, technique, pattern, and color. The subject of all this modern art is its composition; yet each artist creates on canvas his own individuality. Albert Weber's control of me- dium and his technique are not surpassed in this show, nor indeed are they surpassed very often. His style is'in the manner of Cezanne --that is, he is a formalist; his compositions are fairly tight (per- haps they are too well-organized and not free enough, i.e. the dark line outlining his Moby Dick) ; he paints transparent layers of oils atop each other. Weber hasn't as much to say about his subjects as Cezanne does. Yet his style is fine. The chiaros- curo, the tension of shadows moving in and out, the balance of masses, the subtle handling of color and the blending of portions of The Cliff are sensitive and ar- tistic. Weber's best work is that with the last referential content. He is not so successful- when he paints flatly in The Spanish Village, which has nice pattern but lacks the interesting surface tension present in most of Weber's paint- ing. Nor is he as successful in his completely decorative Matisse-like The Striped Dress, although, as in most of his work, he daringly and u n a s h a m e d 1 y utilizes brilliant color. AS A DECORATIVE artist Leon- ard Zamiska, too, often daringly combines colors. (i.e. orange with pink is a favorite of his). His color sense is not as keen as Weber's, however. Some of his paintings could sell as travel posters (i.e. Icon); others look like story-book illustrations (i.e. Joseph with his multi-colored robe). Zamiska creates an interesting contrast by applying paint in flat opaque sections occasionally and in other portions of the same paintings, he utilizes tiny semi- transparent lines of broken color that are almost impressionistic. His main fault lies in his muddy- ing of some of the paintings by overdoing the broken color. * * * FOR A COMPLETE CHANGE, one can enter the next room of the exhibition, where the works of Tavelli and Mullen are. If the viewer is unacquainted win mod- ern art, his first impression might be that the paintings are products of a kindergarten drawing lesson. Otherwise, he might imagine that Jackson Pollack had left some paintings here. The subject of these paintings is the beauty of the paint (or chalk or ink) when almost accidentally applied. There is no form to be conveyed, so color and brushstroke and the potentiality of conjuring up an emotionalyresponse are the only bases for value judgement. Albert Mullen's oils are exciting, because of his vivid and expressive use of color. His Garden No. 3 in vibrant full strokes of green and sweeping rich blues with touches of many other colors does look garden-like from a distance. And his Autumn in its golden glory almost smells of burning leaves. Mullen is not so successful in his ink drawings; his artistic flair lies more in his full, free, un- embarrassed flaunting of color. * * * IN HIS ATTEMPT to achieve a sponteneity and freedom of line, Louis Tavelli attains nothing else. His colors are taken from the tube and are neither blended nor ar- tistically selected. Ink was not invented to be smeared in combination with lines of chalk, as Tavelli does in his Pastels, J. E. L. Eldridge primarily ex- hibits paintings of the same type: large, swirly, fluent, vaporous forms, which appear as though the paint had been sprayed. He has a feeling for form and harmony, but the technique is what interests the viewer. Several paintings (i.e. Insectile Lilt) look like finger-paintings; ink or paint was probably wiped off in broad sweeping motions. Eldridge experimented with some sprayed collage, like Honey Tube Time to a Tickle. He generally uses only a few colors, mostly red, silver, black, and yellow-not interesting and vivid shades. * * * ALSO exhibited are some sculp- tures of Jim Miller: ceramic Mod- igliani-type heads, a few graceful and fresh figures like the Dancer with the pony tail. Some of the metal sculpture is mechanical-looking as are his fig- ure drawings; they are a cross be- tween robots and Charles Adams cartoon characters with their ribs exposed. Whether the viewers like this{ show or not, this is modern art. This is the work of representative members of the faculty of the College of Architecture and De- sign. Linda Goodman (witness the Vitali and Neri on Friday evening). Mozart is more glistening; and Prokoflev and Buc- chi stood apart like morning and night. The feeling for ensemble is fab- ulous. In the Mozart, the instru- ments are equalized in 'a weaving of individual lines; but in the Bucchi, the players constitute one homogenous sonority. Introspec- tion into the character of the works is devoted and knows no oversight; and the interpretations become superbly balanced, memor- able. * * * THE QUARTET of Valentino Bucchi is too personal to try to create or belong to any "school." A sequence of textural fragments, counter-posed, lovingly reiterated, becomes the technique of composi- tion. What seems to be kt first glance incoherent rambling be- comes through its insistence the very principle of coherence. One could parallel the work of Bucchi with the quartet of the American composer John Cage, except that the latter is obviously more experimental. Indeed, Cage concludes with "an evocation of street tunes," and the main theme of the "Epilogo" of the Bucchi is something of a carnival march, almost in season. * * * THE ITALIANS did the best they could with the Debussy, yet the famed Impressionist was slug- gish and refused to follow. Only the second movement was tender and fleeting; and it sounded Spanish and was well plucked. The third movement was a mono- logue, dialogue and structure of over-sweet perfume; and the first movement picked at withered petals, piled up like match-boxes. The quartet was not even a very successful applause-provoker, and that through no fault of the per- formers. * * * ALTHOUGH WE have gotten barely past a whole year of Mozart celebrations and performances of all sorts, the new offering of his work is still to be accepted with gratitude. For one, his output seems to be never ceasing; and for another, he was no mean dabbler. The Mozart quartet heard last night is one of the greatest compo- sitions ever put on paper. Its tonal wanderings and libertine shiftiness are akin to Shakespeare; its dances are the essence of move- ment captured in a symphonic image. It was angelically played, music pure like a virgin yet with- out the parade of stuffy merits of the latter; music tuneful, leaping with energy, alive. -Avo Somer LETTERS to the EDITOR - Time Says So... To the Editor: IN REFERENCE to the letter of John A. Roberts, '60, Feb. 13, which reads Giant is "the best production of Hollywood this year." Well, if Time says so... . -.-Hilda Engle, '57 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1957 VOL. LXVII, NO. 94 Lectures Barbara Ward, British economist, author and lecturer, wil Ispeak at Hill auditorium -Tues., Feb. 19 at 8130 p.m., the sixth in a series on the Ora- torical Association. Her subject: "The Untiy of the Free World". Tickets on sale tomorrow and Tues at the Audi. torium box office. University Lecture. Dr. Charles F. Hockett, professor of linguistics Obr- nell University, will speak on "Human Language and Animal communication" Mon., Feb. 18, 4:00 p.m., Aud. C, An- gel Hall. Sponsored by the Dept. of Anthropology; open to the public. Academic Notices Philosophy 34 final make-up Wed., Feb. 20, 2:00-5:00 p.m., Room 2208, An- gel IHall. Botany I Fall Semester Make-up F- nal examination Tues., evening, Feb. 26, 7:00-10:00 p.m. in Room 2033, Nat- ural Science Building. 1957-58 Scholarships for Engineers. Applications are now being accepted for 1957-58 scholarships in Engineering. Blanks are available in the Office of the Secretary, 263 West Engineering Building. Closing date for making ap- plication Is March 1, 1957. See bulletin board notices for further details. The Extension Service announces the following class to be held in Ann Arbor beginning Wed., Feb. 20: The Romantic Viewpoint in the Arts. 7:30 p.m. Auditorium B, Angell Hall. This lecture course will explore both the work of individual artists and cer- tain cultural movements reflected in the arts. Lectures and panels. Ten weeks. $15.00. Lecturers, Prof. Marvin Felhelm, Prof. H. Wiley Hitchcock, Prof. Marvin J. Eisenberg, and Prof. Leonard K. Eaton. Registration for this class may be made in Room 4501 of the Administra- tion Building on South State Street during University office hours and in Room 164 of the School of Business Ad- ministration, Corner of Monroe and Tappan, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mon. through Wed., Feb. 18, 19 and 20. Seminar on the Foundations of the Theory of Probability. Organization meeting will be held on Monday, Feb- ruary 18 at 3:00 p.m. in Room 2016 AngellHall. Speaker: A. H. Copeland. Mathematics Colloquium: Tuesday. February 19 at 4:10 p.m. in Room 3011 Angell Hall. Prof. Oscar Wesler will speak on "Topology, Group Theory and Statistics." Tea and coffee will be served at 3:45 in Room 3212 Angell Hall. Beginning with Tues., Feb. 19 the following schools will have representa- tives at the Bureau of Appointments to Interview teachers for the 1957-58 school year. Tues., Feb. 19 St. Clair Shores, Michigan - Elemen- tary; Special Education (Deaf, Visit- Ing Teacher, Orthopedic). Walled Lake, Michigan-Elementary. Fontana, California - Elementary; Junior High Arithmetic; English/S; Counselor; 'Senior High Girls Physical Education; Language/Art. Thurs., Feb. 21 Flint, Michigan - All Elementary Special Education (Mentally Retarded); Art; Elementary and Secondary Vocal & Instrumental Music; Science; Ele- mentary & Secondary Girls Physical Education; Elementary & Secondary Boys Physical Education; Math; Home Economics; Industrial Arts; Speech Cor- rection; Auto Mechanics. Battle Creek, Michigan - All Ele- mentary; Special Education; Speech Correction; English; Social Studies Math; General Science; Home Econom- ics; Girls Counselor; Special Reading (for secondary.) Fri., Feb. 22 Flint, Michigan - See Above. Los Angeles, California - Al Ele- mentary; Industrial Arts; Math; Sci- ence; English; Social Studies; Business Education; Home Economics Girls Phy- sical Education. For additional information and ap- pointments contact the Bureau of Ap- pointments 3528 Administration Build- ing, NO 3-1511, Ext. 489. Organization f Noices Use of this column is restricted to OFFICIALLY REGISTERED student or- ganizations. Registration forms are available in the Office of Student Af- fairs, 1020 Administration Building. Registration for the current semester should be completed not later than March 2. Graduate Outing Club, Tobogganing and Supper, Feb. 17, 2 p.m., Rackham. * s s University of Michigan Folk Danc- ers, a program of basic dances, new members welcome, Feb. 18, 7:30-10:00 p.m., Lane Hall. * s s Undergraduate Math Club, meeting, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., 3201 A.H. * * Contemporary Literature Club, meet- ing Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m., Union room 3A, * k** B'Nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, Sup- per Club, Feb. 17, Hillel * * * The Congregational and Disciples Student Guild, World Day of Prayer DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN '4 1Ā¢ I 0 A 'College' Becomes a 'University' E ONLY GOVERNOR G. Mennen William's signature is needed to give Michigan its fourth university-at least in name-and it is highly unlikely he will refuse it. A bill to change the name of Western Michi- gan College to Western Michigan University has passed both houses of the State Legislature and now waits the Governor's approval. It is interesting to note there has been little, if any, of the noisy objections that surrounded the recent similar change in the title of Michi- gan State-a much larger institution. Objec- tions to the Western change may have been present, but they were not given the volume of coverage which State's critics received. The apparent general agreement that West- ern has reached the status of a university- whatever that is-appears to have been justi- fled. WHILE THE NAME or title of a higher edu- cational institution in this country signifies virtually nothing, we believe that the change, in this case, does indicate progress of the school. The terms "college" and "university" are constantly being abused in America, making a consistent distinction between the two some- what vague. Editorial Staff RICHARD bNYDER. Editor RICHARD *HALLORAN A LEE MARKS Editorial Director City Editor GAIL GOLDSTEIN .............Personnel Director ERNEST THEODOSSIN .. .......Magazine Editor JANET REARICK ... Associate Editorial Director MAR'Y ANN THOMAS............... Features Editor DAVID GREY. ......... .Sports Editor RICHARD CRAMER........... Associate Sports Editor STEPHEN REILPERN ........Associate Sports Editor VIRGINIA ROBERTSON...... .. . Women's Editor JANE FOWLER ............Associate women's Editor ARLINE LEWITS.............Women's Feature Editor JIOHN HIRTZEL.........Chief Photographer Business Staff DAVID SILVER, Business Manager . MILTON GOLDSTEIN Associate Business Manager WILLIAM 0USCH..............Advertising Manager CHARLES WILSON . . . .... inance Manager Despite this, educators have made some pro- gress in separating the two: "college" tending to mean a higher educational institution where courses lead to a bachelor of arts degree; "university" tending to indicate a group of colleges or departments where work can lead to a master's or doctor's degree as well as a, bachelors. Universities, If Michigan is an example, also devote considerable effort to research and "widening of human knowledge." QO MUCH FOR definitions. What about West- . ern? Compared to this University, Michigan State and Wayne, it is hardly impressive-at. least in size. Western's enrollment will exceed 6.000 this semester, with over 500 of them graduates. It has always been primarily a teachers' school, now offering a master's degree with specialization in education. But it offers bachelor's degrees in arts, science, music and business administration from its five different schools. The change can actually do little more than increase the prestige of Western because the value of any school really depends on its his- tory, objectives and methods. But the change from Western Michigan Col- lege to Western Michigan University-for which we extend congratulations-does seem war- ranted; and it does show that schools do not necessarily have to be big to be universities. --DAVID TARR New Books at the Library Azuela, Mariano-Two Novels of Mexico: the Flies, the Bosses. Berkeley, University of Cali- fornia press, 1956. Browne, Douglas G.-The Rise of Scotland Yard, a History. N.Y., Putnam's, 1956. Cannon, Poppy-A Gentle Knight. N.Y., Rinehart, 1956. Capote, Truman -- The Muses are Heard. N.Y., Random House, 1956. Fisher, Vardis - A Goat for Azazel. Denver, Alan Swallow, 1957. Gernsheim, Helmut and Alison-L.J.M. Da- guerre. Cleveland and N.Y., The World publ. co., 1956. 4 4 TALKING ON TELEVISION: And In This Corner, Weighing 190.. . #1 By LARRY EINHORN Daily Television Writer A FEW MONTHS back I was thinking out loud rather face- tiously, as I often do, about the plight of the television quiz pro- grams. At that time it seemed as though they had become quite out of hand, with talk of shows that would give up to one million dol- lars away to victorious contestants. It was then that the thought oc- curred that eventually the quiz show would take over television, and the only goal one could seek would be how many quiz programs he could conquer. Contestants would jump from one quiz program to another, challenging other winners, and the whole thing would wind up in sort of a World Series of quiz programs. Don't look now, sports fans, but someone who has the authority to start such an evolution has started to set this plan in opera- tion, mainly the producers of the two biggest quiz programs on tele- vision. * * * THERE SEEMS to be one Char- les Van Doren, who besides being a very smart young man also has the charm and appeal of the best specializing in everything. He won $64,000 on a quiz show which gives away that much money, and is currently on its sister show, "The $64,000 Challenge." At present he is challenging any- one in the United States on any subject, and even the best mathe- maticians would have a difficult time figuring out how much he has won, because he has so many matches going at once. He is challenging a few college professors who are answering ques- tions in their own field, which seems ridiculous in that the pop- ular appeal of the quiz programs thus far has been based on the average person answering ques- tions in a field which he has studied only as a pastime. And so the situation begins to unfold. Two weeks ago, on "Chal- lenge," Mr. Nagler publicly chal- lenged Van Doren to appear on "Challenge" and that Nagler would allow Van Doren to- chal- lenge him on any subject on the board. Van Doren accepted the chal- lenge and invited Nagler to appear on his program and challenge him. The next Sunday Nagler stated of a race to see who can win the most money. Curiously enough, the present leader in that race is neither Nag- ler nor Van Doren, but Leonard Ross, who has thus far won $164,- 000 by successfully winning the summit on both "The Big Sur- prise" and "The $64,000 Chal- lenge." He was the first person to cross the network lines by appear- ing on major quiz programs on both NBC and CBS. But this was a little different story, since both of these programs are owned by the same producers, which made it a routine transi- tion. But then, he is only an ex- pert on the stock market and thus could not "challenge anyone in the United States on any subject." * - * * THERE ARE a few interesting aspects involved if this challenge of all challenges between Nagler and Van Doren ever comes about. It is evident that eventually (al- though the producers would prob- ably like to see it go on forever) one of them would defeat the other. Then he would be riding the champion's role on both programs at once. If you want to carry it the same group which owns the two $64,000 programs. Barry was fired in the middle of the season by ihis group and had some bitter words to say to the press at the time about the way in which he was treated while in their employ, and the way in which he found out about his firing (reading about it in the papers). Now why would Barry consent to letting Van Doren ap- pear on a program which is spon- sored by this same group? This brings up the question as to whether Barry has any control over Van Doren's appearances on other quiz programs while he is appearing on "Twenty-One." It wouldn't seem that contestants have to sign exclusive contracts with quiz programs. * * * ANYWAY, the whole thing is just a bunch of good publicity for both programs. If they really wanted to work out a match be- tween the two contestants it would be very easy to arrangĀ° for a meet- ing between the producers of the two programs and arrive at a de- cision as to the time, money and place of battle. They wouldn't have to go