Sixty-Eighth Year - r EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN "When Opinions Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Truth Will Prevail" 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 nus t be noted in all reprints. ESDAY, MAY 6, 1958 NIGHT EDITOR: LANE VANDER SLICE Opponents of Drinking Rule Change Ignore Rights of Students UNIVERSITY drinking rules are once again the subject of campus-wide attention and once again no sensible defense has been offered for the rules as they stand. Asked to comment on Student Government Council's recommendation that students 21 years old and older be allowed to drink in pri- vate quarters, Assistant Dean of Men John Bingley told The Daily that if this change was enacted, enforcement would be more difficult. He offered no explanation for this cryptic pro- nouncement but merely agreed with the sug- gestion that determination of ownership of liquor found in rooms might be more difficult. University security officer Harold Swover- land, in reply to the same questions said he could see no increase in difficulty of enforce- ment if the rule were changed. Neither could David Kessel, whose SGC committee presented the motion in the first place. Neither could SGC President Maynard Goldman. Nor could anybody else, for this "enforcement" criticism of the proposal doesn't make any sense. There are two kinds of faculty thinking re- sponsible for the present silly rule, under which, as Kessel is quick to point out, students are classed with parolees. First, there is the ever-present public relations or P.R. problem. This is so much of a problem that those con- cerned, including some students, are afraid to even talk about it. They warn that the Legislature won't like it if they read about students drinking it up in Ann Arbor. This is not too fair to the students over 21, although it makes some sense on a rather basic appro- priation-minded level. THE OTHER type of faculty thinking easily follows the first. "Take it easy," the sup- porters of this theory say, the University is pretty lax in enforcing the present rule so what do you care?" Needless to say, some of the same people support. this theory who sup- port the P.R. reasoning. So where does this leave the poor student. Maybe the drinking rules won't be changed. This means the student over 21 will still have to be quiet when he drinks - maybe he should drink alone - so no one would know he was violating the University rule. And he'll still have to be careful if he has a car, for he might receive two fines for the effort of one. And his respect for University rules as a whole will continue to decrease because the unfair drink- ing restriction is included in the same book- let with other, more justifiable University regulations. In short, the present situation would con- tinue. But if the rule were altered, the student over 21 would have the same rights he would enjoy if he worked in a Detroit auto factory or on an Allegan farm. That seems fair enough. He'd still have to worry about selling liquor to his friends under 21, and those friends would still have to worry, but that shouldn't be the Uni- versity's concern. That's what state laws are for. -THOMAS TURNER "Man, This Is Certainly A Good Joke On The Union" - ~i -ta A a . CAR MAY FESTIVAL: Gould Highlights Festival Season HE FINAL CONCERT Sunday night was in itself ample justification for the whole May Festival. It is a pity that concerts of this stature appear so seldom on the local scene; yet such are the vagaries of musical tastes and temperaments, of artists and composers, that one must, it appears, wait out with patience the boredom of the mediocre in hopes of catching a performance such as this. The concert opened in an air of excitement, for the reputation of the featured soloist had preceded him and the audience was full of anticipation. So that the late comers might not miss the main attraction, the program began with Beethoven's Egmont Overture, and pity the poor late comers. The Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy have been in particularly good form this Festival, perhaps reflecting anticipation of their coming foreign tour; they have, on the whole, definitely outclassed the soloists. This performance of an old warhorse revealed unexpected excellence in the familiar. One can mention details: The long held piano string notes which sustain the melodic line in measures 163ff were not obscured by the cello melody and wind har- monies, as is -so often the case; earlier the woodwind duets in thirds were models of balance and smoothness-but isolated parts are little by themselves. The sum was a performance which seemed perfect at ' ,,1 4 C "j'uFACTLu¢ WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Sec. Weeks Raises uestions By DREW PEARSON AAUP To 'Get Tough' (EDITOR'S NOTE: On April 25, the AAUP cen- sured the University for infringing upon academic freedom in the dismissal of Prof. Mark Nickerson,- of the medical school and H. Chandler Davis of the mathematics department.) A "GET TOUGH" policy directed against violators of academic freedom is being planned by the American Association of Uni- versity Professors. It is intended, in part, as an answer to critics who allege that the 44- year-old organization does not follow through in its attempts to protect teachers against un- fair practices on the campus. The new approach will concern itself more with the welfare of the teacher who was un- fairly dismissed or subjected to punitive measures. The current stress is on changing policies adopted by colleges and universities. The association is composed of 40,000 mem- bers from about 500 colleges and universities. Whenever violations are brought to its atten- ,tion the association makes a thorough inquiry, generally sending investigating committees to the offending institution, and then submits its recommendation to the membership at the annual meeting. The final decision is made by the members. THE ASSOCIATION has been criticized from within its own ranks and by outside sources for not being more firm with the administra- tions it censures. One of the most outspoken critics of the AAUP is Myron Lieberman, director of the Teaching Fellowship Program of Graduate school of Education, Yeshiva University. In a recent article in School and Society he write: "The most drastic action which the dele- gates take is a vote to censure the erring ad- ministration. The name of the institution is also included in a list of censured institutions published in the bulletin of the association. Such action, usually taken years after the event, has been the limit of association activi- ty. There is no tangible support for the victim, who almost invariably suffers a severe setback regardless of the merits of his case." At a recent meeting in Denver the group voted censure for six institutions and removed three from the previous listing. There are now twelve institutions under censure. The viola- tions included the dismissal of teachers solely for seeking protection of the Fifth Amend- ment; dismissal without charge; failure to honor employment agreements; faculty hear- ings given to accused teachers; and the firing of a teacher who had published a letter relat- ing to racial segregation. As the association has no power of enforce- ment, it must depend upon reasoning per- sausion and the sometimes embarrassing pub- lication of the censure list. Most colleges are anxious to. get off the censure list as soon as possible. AN INSTITUTION labeled as a violator of academic freedom may find that professors will shun it and potential contributors will withhold gifts. Despite the fact that the censuring action is directed against the administration rather than the college or university itself, the effect is more or less the same, although the associa- tion stresses the point that it is not condemn- ing the entire institution. Under current practice a college may be re- moved from the list by making certain amends, as in the recent case of Rutgers University, which deleted from its constitution a clause stating that a faculty member who invoked the Fifth Amendment would be automatically dismissed. The association holds that a teach- er should have an opportunity to explain his reasons to an impartial committee of his peers before action is taken. The AAUP critics contend that while it is admirable for an institution. to make amends by- revising its policies this should not be enough to take it off the censure list. How about the teachers who were fired? ALTHOUGHain the past the association has asked for a year's severance pay or rein- statement in cases of teachers whose dismissal is considered unjustified by the association, this phase of redress has not been pressed. At the Denver meeting Dr. Robert K. Carr of Dartmouth College, who retired as general sec- retary, advised the members that a firm step in this direction would be taken, probably in the form of greater stress on severance pay or reinstatement at the final mediation meet- ing when the lifting of censure is discussed. --New York Times WASHINGTON - Members of the House Appropriations Com- mittee are agreed that Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks' de- serves a trophy in the "How fool- ish can you get?" category as a result of his recent closed-door testimony before them. "Mr. Secretary," said Rep. Prince Preston (D-Georgia), "you have made a long statement here today, but I notice that you didn't touch on the current economic re- cession. As the Secretary of Com- merce, perhaps you would like to comment on that." n_ "I'm glad to," replied Weeks. "I don't know why we have to be concerned. This is no depression, or even a recession, but just a business lull caused by the Rus- sian Sputnik and the recent se- vere winter weather." * * * "DO YOU mean that?" in- quired Rep. John Shelley of Cali- fornia. "Do you mind explaining?" "Well, as I interpret it," replied Weeks, "the news about the Sput- nik launching caused some public alarm and affected the business economy. The people were scared so that we had a letdown in spending." "Thank you, Mr. Secretary," commented Democrat Shelley, without attempting to conceal his partisan feelings. "You have given us a good illustration of the kind of thinking in this administration on the problems of our people." At a recent meeting with Con- gressional GOP leaders, Presi- dent Eisenhower made it plain that he still was holding out against an income tax reduction. "We are already facing a defi- cit in this year's budget," he said. "Why add to it? In any case, the effects of a tax cut would be too late to alleviate the current .reces- sion. Besides, I think we will have an encouraging upturn in the economy by the time Congress gets around to considering a tax cut." * * * CONGRESSMAN Charles Hal- leck of Indiana said a tax cut wouldn't benefit either political party. Rep. Halleck pointed out that Republicans pushed through a tax slash in the 80th Congress, but lost control of the House to Democrats in the next election. The late Sen. Herman Welker of Idaho has left his earthly realm for happier climes, but his influence and relatives still hold sway in the Interior Department. The late Senator had an interest- ing working arrangement with ex-Secretary of the Interior, "Generous Doug" Mackay, when it came to nepotism. This nepot- ism has now fanned out a bit un- der lindly Secretary of Interior Fred Seaton. The Interior Department pay- roll shows that Welker has had three brothers-in-law on the pub- lic payroll. They are : Edward Woozley, Director of the Bureau of Land Management. Westel B. Wallace, Area Ad- ministrator of the Bureau of Land Management with headquarters in Denver. William Guernsey, who has been special assistant to his brother-in-law, Director Woozley, until quite recently when he re- tired because of an accident. However, this is not all of the nepotism roll-call. Woozley has branched out by putting his son- in-law on the payroll in the Den- ver Office of Land Management. ON TOP of this he has appoint- ed his brother-in-law, Ernest Palmer, as Assistant to the State Supervisor of California in the Bureau of Land Management. These are supposed to be under Civil Service. They are required' to be filled under an old and hon- ored law passed for the purpose of taking government jobs out of the category of political reward. Now, however, the motto is re- ward by relatives as well as poli- tics. It will be interesting to see what Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy does about the several plane loads of civilians which the Navy flew out to San Francisco at govern- ment expense to attend the Naval Advisory Council. Unofficial mo- tive behind the meeting is to mo- bilize friends of the Navy to re- sist Ike's reorganization of the Pentagon. The free trip was arranged by Admiral J. W. Reeves, (ret.) former Chief of the Naval Air Training Stationat Pensacola, Fla., who now heads the Naval Advisory Council. Reeves made a deal through his successor, Vice Admiral Robert Goldthwaite, for planes to pick up passengers in New York, Chicago, Washington, Dallas, San Diego, Sarasota, Fla., Pensacola and New Orleans. Admiral Goldthwaite was a .little reluctant about supplying the planes, but finally went ahead as a favor td Admiral Reeves. However, Secretary McElroy has publicly stated that an admiral or general who opposeshunification should resign and fight from out- side the service. It will be inter- esting to see what happens. (Copyright 1958 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) the time, and that is all that matters. * * . *, GLENN GOULD is good.'At vari- ance perhaps with the general be- lief, it gives a critic great pleasure to praise a performance. It is a pity that the opportunity arises so seldom. We went to Sunday's con- cert with twisted brain and sharp- ened pencil, and were subdued. His technique is excellent. He can play scale passages as only Gieseking in our time has done before: the in- dividual notes disappear in a con- tinuous rippling tone that almost sounds likeba bowed instrument. Technique by itself though is as nothingubut Gould has more: he is musical, he has the sense of musical phrasing. Or one can say that he displays the standard sig- nal of maturity in the several representations of the- normal or- gastic pattern: mastery of the decrescendo. This concept is more basic than music; it is of the na- ture of life. How else can one say it: it is easy to build a house, but hard to live in it; it is easy to get excited, hard to get back to work. This is the art of relaxation, the art of love-Beethoven, romantic, was one first composer to make significant use of the decrescendo, and Gould is up to the challenge. And one must mention the other musicians here. They performance was a partnership of equals (as Beethoven intended: see D. F. Tovey's essay on this work.) With- out the fine balance and continua- tion of line provided by Mr. Or- mandy and the orchestra much of Gould's work had been in vain. I have never heard, for instance, a string piansiismo like that of the penultimate bars of the andante. My companion remarked casu- ally between movements that Mr. Gould is a caution to watch. Such is indeed the case. He seems to. enjoy the music himself, and to feel things with his body that are usually left unsaid. This need not be annoying as one does riot need to look to listen, but his foot stamping is something else again . This grew so bad that an audible whispering of "It's his foot," made the rounds. One hopes that Mr. Gould will eventually uti- lize his mastery of the decrescendo in this mattgr. * * * AFTER intermission we heard Copland's Quiet City. This is an unpretentious work based on extremely simple materials: dis- tinctly superior to some of the larger works heard on other pro- grams of this festival. It was beau- tifully played by two solo wind in- struments and those marvelous strings, which put Mantovani to shame, and play music besides. The concluding work was Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pic- tures at an Exhibition, a familiar work which one likes to hear from time to time. It was an exciting performance, a fit and noisy end to May Festival 1958. -J. Philip Benkard AFTERNOON: Choral Concert SUNDAY afternoon's concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Choral Union, baritone Martial Singher, violinist Michael Rabin, and conductor Thor Johnson was cast into two sections. The first part featured choral music set to texts of different reli- gious origins : the "In Ecclesiis" for Chorus, Brass, and Organ by Giovanni Gabrieli, the "Sacred Service" of Ernest Bloch, and the "Canticle of the Martyrs" by Vit- torio Giannini. Already over three hundred years old, the monumental Gabri- eli "In Ecclesiis" will remain a masterpiece for centuries to come. The rather interesting Bloch "Sacred Service" may survive our century. However, the Giannini "Canticle," even for its occasional spots of curious polyphonic writing and shifting tonal centers, is not really original or convincing. If there was any influence of Morav- ian musical idioms, the end result was too much the sound of com- mercial television banality. * * * IN BOTH the chorus and brass the Gabrieli "In Ecclesiis" suffered from faulty intonation and attacks. The dynamics of the chorus were unbalanced because the sustain- ing power of the women's voices was not able to match that of the men. Both the organ and brass, though producing sufficient volume of sound, were inflexible and lacked clarity in the delivery of their lines. And the whole per- formance of the Gabrieli, it seemed to me, was paced too slowly to fit the character of the jubilant text. The Bloch performance also suffered from intonation prob- lems, and because the work is thickly scored in texture the mushy orchestra sound clouded its many interesting timbres. The second section of this con- cert was a performance of the Tchaikovsky "Violin Concerto." In- stead of following the "standing or dancing precariously around the stage" custom employed by most violin soloists, Mr. Rabin, suffering from a fever which easily justified cancellation of his appearance, es- tablished a precedent and per- formed from a chair in the orches- tra. Notable was his tasteful phrasing and lack of eKaggera- tion in the musical gestures. The fine sound he produced was well projected to the hall and care- fully modulated. Rather than the circus one us- ually expects from this too fre- quently rendered work Mr. Rabin and the orchestra gave -us a sensi- tive, convincing and mature per- formance. -Gordon Mumma I THE CULTURE BIT: Dante Goes Rock n Roll By DAVID NEWMAN DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN INTERPRETING THE NEWS: Ike, Acheson Emphasize Trade B J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst PRESIDENT Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Repub- lican, and Dean Acheson, a former Demo- cratic secretary of state, both spoke over the weekend of the importance of foreign trade in domestic and world affairs. The President addressed himself to angles connected with. extension of the reciprocal trade and foreign aid programs. Acheson approved the principle but criticized administration plans as inadequate. The pro- gram, he said, should be two or three times larger. He and President Eisenhower both mentioned the importance of export trade to the domestic economy, and the need for access to raw materials from underdeveloped countries. Acheson also emphasized something that most Americans have not yet realized-that Acheson said, to build up the industries of underdeveloped countries, to produce the' means with which these countries can buy-to make them good customers as well as to strengthen them against the get-rich-quick appeals of the Soviet Union. As the other face of the coin, he says imports from these countries should be deliberately increased and the International Monetary Fund overhauled to provide greater exchange facili- ties. ACHESON touched briefly on an angle which might be extremely valuable in convincing the underdeveloped countries that they can safely accept aid from the West without risking hegemony. The Soviet Union constantly plays upon old fears, relics from colonial days. But as Acheson points out, the industrializa- HOLLYWOOD is getting out of hand. A cursory glance at the nearest marquee brings a shudder. Clearly, the Apocalypse is just around the corner. We find, to no- body's satisfaction, a surfeit of horror monster movies taking over the visual arts. It is useless to conjure up funny titles-you can't beat "I Was A Teen-Age Were- wolf" for good yoks. Yet there seems to be some con- fusion of purpose among the cellu- loid gods. Whilst the till rings merrily with goul flick money, the major studios are concurrently re- leasing films based on classy liter- ature. No novelist worth his dust jacket has not been approached for screen immortality. * * *- WHILE Frankenstein rides high, Dostoyevsky puts in his bid. VA- RIETY gleefully lists the bonanza box-office returns of teen-age scare pictures each week, but such austere publications as the New York Times continue their daily plea for art. The venerable Sam Goldwyn was quoted in this past their full-color photos of Ricky Nelson mowing the lawn) And what happens to the horror craze? Scratching our unruly head, we have attempted to come up with a solution. Herewith is an imagi- nary press release that may be an indication of things to come, com- bining the horror, the art and the rock and roll in one Cinemascope extravaganza: , "HOLLYWOOD: Artsy Pictures announced today plans to film Dante's "Divine Comedy" as their major Academy Award bid pic- ture for 1959.Based on an Italian work, the title has been changed to 'Satan Place.' 'The public wants good stories,' said Vice-President Cecil Zanuck, 'and this one is a natural. It's got laughs, thrills, love-the whole bit. We may have to update it a little, however'," he commented. * * * "SLATED for leading roles in the Vista-Vision production are Tony Curtis as Dante, described by Zanuck as 'a sort of average Joe,' and Alec Guiness, British Academy "Surprise casting, which set Hollywood talking, was the choice . of Cinemaidol Sal Mineo at Satan. 'The role is a real challenge,' said Mineo, 'and I hope to really give an accurate portrayal. I come from a religious home, and my mother wouldn't have me ruin this one.' Screenwriters John Ciardi, Samuel Beckett and P. G. Wodehouse are trying to work in a drumming sequence for Mineo, who recently showed his rhymic prowess on the Ed Sullivan Show. "Artsy has given the picture a big budget, in hopes for a large box-office return. The film will probably play at advanced prices in the major cities before hitting the circuits. . * * * "THE STUDIO is still dickering for Marge and Gower Champion to appear as Paolo and Francesca, two troubled teen-agers. 'The kids will identify,' said Zanuck. 'It shows we understand their prob- lems, too. We got a moral- respon- sibility.' "Artsy hopes to finish the film The Daily Official. Bulletin is an official publication of the Univer- sity of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no edi- torial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3519 Administration Build- ing, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1958 VOL. LXVIII, NO. 154 General Notices Science Research Club. TheaMay meeting will be held in the Rackham Amphitheatre at 7:30 p.m. on Tues., May 6. Program: "Practical Applications of Electrokymography," Richard D. Judge, International Medicine; "Cosmic Rays," Wayne E Hazen, Physics; Elec- tion of officers; Dues for 1957-58 ac- cepted after 7:10 p.m. Mich. Chapter AAUP. The annual business meeting is Mon., May 12, 4 p.m. in W. Conference Rm., Rackham. Agenda includes: 1) Annual report of officers. 2) Report on National Con- vention by delegates Baker and Heady. 3) Election of officers for 1958-59 aca- demic year. .Lectures Concerts Scenes from Opera will be presented by the Opera Class under the direction of Josef Blatt, on Tues., May 6 at 8:30 p.m. in Aud. A, Angell Hall. Hugh Z. Norton is stage director, and the accompanists are Harry Dunscombe and David Effron. Included on the program are scenes from "Don Giovan- ni," "Samson et Dalilah," "The Merry Wives of Windsor," and "Otello." Open to the general public. Student Recital Postponed: The re- cital of Southard Busdicker, clarinet- ist, originally scheduled for Wed., May 7, at 8:30 p.m. has been postponed, and will be held on Wed., May 14, at 8:30 p.m. in Aud. A, Angell Hall. A cadem i Notices Instrumentation Engineering Semi- nar: Prof. F. J. Beutler ofthe Aeronau- tical Eng. Dept. will speak on "~Pre- diction and Filtering for Random Par- ameter Systems-II" on Tues., May 6, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 1508 E. Eng. Dept. Mathematics Colloquium: Will meet Tues., May 6 in Rm. 3011 Angell Hall at 4:10 p.m. Prof. H. B. Griffiths of the Univ. of Bristol, England will speak on "Poincare duality for Cech theory, in- tegers, and locally compact spaces." C i I 1