Sixty-Eighth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICNIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN GONTROL'OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3 241 When Opinions Are Free Truth Wil Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. "Down, Boy" 4 4 EXTRA CONCERT SERIES: Serkin Recital: Bach to Brahms pIANIsT Rudolph Serkin's recital last night at Hill Auditorium fea- tured four major works from Bach to Brahms. It is unusual and unique these days that one pianist runs the gamut from the Baroque to the romantic, and furthermore, that one pianist plays all major works. Yet this is what Serkin did in his very personal, precise, and nervous style. Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fague i 1D Minor provide a vir- tuoso opening to the recital. Serkin takes liberties with the woik, as any good pianist must in an attempt to project the same spirit of the harpsichord, for which the piece was originally written. Serkin's use of the pedal, his dynamics, and his (I ~RDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1957 NIGHT EDITOR: MICflAEL KRAFT Union Senate A Shows Well Thursday Night \ U NIVERSITY men should be aware of the good job done Thursday night by the Union tenate. For the Union Senate that night not only proved itself to be a workable body, but it iroved that it can be of benefit in discussing ampus issues. These two points, while sus- rected before, were made very evident at last 'hursday's meeting. The speed and unanimity with which the Jnion Senate handled the procedural question rhlch had taken up the main part of'the last aeetlng was amazing. Credit goes to the plan- ding committee which worked out a very good lan, which is both specific enough to provide Sworkable framework for the Senate, and gen- ral enough not to hamper the Senate in ac- ompllshing its aims. Credit should also go to he Senate as a whole for realizing that much ould have been lost by quibbling over pro- edural fine points. The second topic on the agenda was discus-. Ion of pre-registration exam schedules. The lenate came off very well on this topic too, bowing by their vote that early publication of zam schedules is something desired by a good miajority of the Senators. Many Senators made I plain 'too that they had made an effort to ;et house opinion before coming to the meeting. DISCSSION of Homecoming brought out many suggestions for improving Homecom- ing. Many could have been thought of by the Homecoming Central committee, to be sure, but it is doubtful whether any ideas coming from the Homecoming committee would have expressed so precisely what the students felt could- be done to improve Homecoming. But the Union Senate is in rather a peculiar position. No matter how qualified its repre- sentatives may be, or no nmatter how much im- port the topics discussed may have, the Union Senate will have very little effect unless the Senate representatives can feel that their housing units are showing some interest. For apathyf breeds apathy as the Student Govern- ment Council elections have shown. If the Sen- ators lose interest, the Senate is finished as a body of any benefit to the University. With the last meeting the members of the Senate have shown themselves, both individu- alfy and collectively, to be capable. Now it is up to the men of the University to fulfill their half of the "bargain" and show the. Senate representatives that they too are interested in campus problems and in making the Senate a success. - --LANE VANDERSLICE -~ .- -" r-~~ .,., ~ ~ -. 4' 'I Q,9%w ntf '~).'~04 p.a6vwa. ~O~r ~ 'U' Must Maintain and Expand WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Post Office A waits Sputnik By DREW PEARSONX RECENT SPEECH by Harold M. Dorr, dean of state-wide education, was gretifylng In some respects but could also be slightly mis.- leading. In light of the recent remarks by many educators urging the reappraisal and re-evalua- tion of our high school educational programs, Dean Dorr's comments on the role of the Uni- versity In high school education were especially appropriate. Of particular note was the Dean's remark that through the University's extension service high school teachers can continue their educationi while remaining in their own com- munities, Most of the students who heard the speech were probably very happy to hear Dean Dorr express concern over the higher cost of educa- 'tion. It was also gratifying to hear the Dean say he did not think the University would in- crease its tuition percentage-wise. This is very nice to hear from the chairman of the Univer- sity fees committee. The Dean made some very good points show- ing that the University is doing its share for education in the state. His reference that the University is a state-wide institution with only its head in Ann Arbor was very well taken. HOWEVER, we must not allow ourselves to be lulled into a state of unconcern just because one dean tells us that we have done and are continuing to do a job of which we can be proud. It is true the University has carried on one of her finest traditions in establishing Flint College anfd the 'Dearborn Center but this is not enough. Though *we point with pride to our efforts in fostering higher education throughout the state, we must not forget about the needs of the main campus. When our scienists ask for increased facilities or salaries to meet the needs of the present situation, the University cannot expect to mol- lify them by saying it cann,ot give them what they ask, but that we do have a beautiful new Aiologist urgently requesting more micro- scopes or more specimens to teach with, will not understand if you tell him the University cannot afford to provide him with these things but that it Is starting a new concept in educa- tion with the founding of the Dearborn Center'. Even an engineer will be hard pressed to appreciate it when the University refuses his request for more research facilities, but tells him he should be proud anyway because a per- son can get a degre'e in engineering without attending this campus thanks to the extensive facilities of our extension service. This all points up the fact that the University has done a fine job in state-wide education and should continue to do so, but this should be' done along with, and never at the expense of the main campus, where so much is needed thus to mpaintain the greatness of this Univer- sity as it serves the nation. -RICHARD SALW The Weaker Sex, The Stronger Hearts TE STRONGER SEX must have lost some of Its strength a few weeks ago. It seems as though the great big strong males on this cam- pus had difficulty stretching their arms and flexing their fingers then, when confronted by a Campus Chest collector. Out of a total of $3,847.89 collected, sthe men living in organized housing on this campus managed to scrape together only $652, while their female counterparts contributed $1,544- over twice as much. The 21 sororities on campus gave $570 to Campus Chest; 42 fraternities only put forth $220. Great ratio isn't it, even more astonishing when you consider that each sorority averaged $27 per house and each fraternity only $5. Excuses are a dime a dozen. But there is no excuse for such a poor showing in a Campus Chest drive designed specifically to make the task of giving to charity a little easier. The lack of the Drive's complete success should not be attributed solely to the poor administration of the drive, but rather the failure is the fault of te pnny-pinching sudens.u t.Hoee, the so-called weaker sex on campus deserves congratulations for its relative generosity-. -JOAN KAATZ ARTHUR~ SUMMERFIELD is a Spioneering Postmaster General when it comes to painting mail- boxes red, white and blue; but he Is very cautious regarding Sput- nik. He is just not going to print a new stamp commemorating the International Geophysical Year until the United States hoists a Sputnik of its own into the skies. Summerfield has already de- cided that the United States will honor the Geophysical Year with a commemorative postage stamp. However, he's going to wait until the very last day of the year -- even until Dec. 31, 1958, if neces- sary - before issuing the stamp. Of course, if a real live American Sputnik gets over the horizon be- fore that day, then the stamp will be forthcoming. REASON FOR the sagacious Summerfield's caution is that the design proposed for the Geophysi- cal Year's stamp would include the official IGY emblem. This em- through space aroun globe.mg The Russians had not made an announcement on their satellite plan when the IGY symbol was adopted; so world scientists, en- chanted with the promised United States contribution to the "Year," placed the American satellite on the design of the emblem. However, since the United States hasn't produced, the post- age stamp-using public would view this as the Sputnik, not our would-be satellite. So Summer- field, taking no chances, will wait. He doesn't want to be 'accused of honoring Russia's achievement. However, one nation, Japan, has already issued a postage stamp showing the IGY emblem and the would-be American satel- lite. It was issued July 10, 1957. Other countries have also been issuing stamps showing their con- tributions to the IGY program. A lot of people are asking: "Why the bog-down on the missile-satel- lite program?" Part of the an- swer goes to general molasses- motion inside the White House., This bogs down a lot of problems. Here are some illustrations: This was ballyhooed by th hite House time and time again, begin- ning with the President's State of the Union message in January. On July 16, Ike urged: "I hope that Senate action on this mea- sure will be accomplished at this session without undue delay." At that time a civil rights bill was certain to pass, and Ike could have begun considering commissioners to administer it. But he delayed. Not until November, more than two months after the bill was passed, did the President act. Foreign Aid - No issue before Congress got more attention from Eisenhower than foreign aid. He especially urged a "development loan fund" to lend money abroad. He got his loan fund from Con- gress - after going on television to appeal to the people. But now, three months after winning the battle, he still has not appointed a "fund manager" to adiminister the money he said was so essen- tial. Education - Beginning four years ago, the President publicly urged aid for education. Privately, he gave Congress no help to pass aid to education. Scores of phone Hell's Ca n and to bloc th Patman probe of high interest rates and Eisenhower fiscal poli- cies. But not one to help secure aid for our schools, which are be- ginning to lag behind Russia. The delay on missiles and satel- lites involved some other factors, buttheo-called "tranquilizing" one reason for the bog-down. .4 * * * GREATEST humorist in Con- gress, in a quiet, quaint, New Eng- land way, is Sen. Norris Cotton of New Hampshire. Here is a cross- section of his Coolidgesque obser- vations written to the folks back home: "This Congress is both a hare and a tortoise - mostly tortoise." ."We must get back to work. In mny next letter I'll come down of f the mountain top and report to you from the trenches." . . . "As a boy, I was amazed and im- pressed by a lecture on the in- ternal mechanism of the dairy cow. (Copyright 1957 by Bell Syndicate Inc.) Baroque as the piano allows. , "S * SERKIN'S PHRASING in the Mozart Sonata in D Major, K. 31I. was also in the Baroque manner- and correctly so, considering that Mozart took piano lessons from a member of the Bach family. Yet, it takes not only a scholar but also a musician to'interpret Mozart; Serkin can perform both duties. His Mozart is full of the drama of a multitude of voices, all discussing and elaborating upon one idea. And he plays with plenty of down right humor, as in the second movement, which ends on a double pianissimo following a harrassing- ly long pause after the apparent. final cadence. Similarly in the third movement, Serkin deftly modulates between major and uni hie rvert backe tonte tonic and catches his breath. If the Mozart was dramatic, the Beethoven "Appassionata" Sonata was super-dramatic. Serkin does'- not pound the daylights out of the piano as Rubenstein is prone to do occasionally, nor does he drive seves make the ipact intead of the notes. The first movement was characterized by extreme con- trasts between loud and soft pass- ages, and a long pause before the coda. The second movement took on a massive appearance and was as slow as is possible without dragging. The virtuoso third move- usual abilit to play with his head, soulders, and tapping feet, rather than merely with the arms and fingers. * * .* BY FAR THE MOST rewarding and best played work of the eve- ning was Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel. The 25 variations incorporate every technique devised for the piano. This seemed to be no problem for Serkin. Except for a rough start on the first variation, whose rapid sale passages convert the Baoue Serkin plowed through nearly 30 minutes of music without a mis- take. Certain svariations were unique only because they added more to the excitement than the others. In particuliar, variation 22 was delicately played, in Zingares- ca style and over a tonic pedal- point, leading to the magnificent pounding chords of the final vari- ation 25. In the fugue Serkin virtually turned the piano Into an orchestra. As if four major works weren't enough, Serkin returned to play two encores by Mendelssohn and Schubert. It is to Serkin's credit that he has given us such a sophis- ticated program. -Arthur S. Bechhofer AT THE STATE:' 'Tie Lmit A BETTER-than-average pro- Tgam i featured atthe Sate a film with a theme which may not be new, but is nevertheless in- teresting, is the main attraction, and accompanying it are two 'shorts which deserve mention. They are "The Best of the West," and "Wrestling." Even the cartoon is quite amusing, which makes the whole presentation quite a palatable bill of fare. "Time Limit" is the story of 18 GIs in a POW camp izn North Korea, told by flashback. It is not the .story, but the acting which makes this a better than ordinary The basic appeal of the film is not to be found in the directing, filming, or the play itself. But although the theme may have been overworked in the past through different mediums, this is a fresh approach. the Cooel investigating th ac tions of one of the soldiers who did propaganda nwork for the Reds. He and plays it to show i ths huma foibles which may also be present in a champion of justice. Richard Basehart as the GI who went to the Red side is also a very fine actor and may well. be com- mended for the thoroughly com- petent job he presents. June Lockhart, who plays 'This wife, has only one scene but makes It completely human and very real, Delores Michaels, the Colonel's assistant, is the one who adds the right amount of female appeal to the film and she interprets her role well. -A really fine job is also turned in by Carl Benton Reid, who por- the most flexible pathin therfilm. and Reid plays it with taste and MARTIN BALSAM as Captain Miller and Rip Torn as Baker are perhaps not as experienced in real-. izing their roles; nevertheless, they are both refreshing and different. The Cinamatography is not as good as it could have been. The splicing is poor and the close-up shots move in too obviously. This does not make the differ- ence, however. The basic cause of the enjoyment In this picture may easily be found in the Interpreta- tion of the roles by the actors. The realism found In each of the characters, the human weaknesses and the good points, both of which are not always brought out by an actor of actress when he plays the character to the hilt, are found and presented with above average This is what makes it good hman ram; tis:hat mkes well worth seeing. -Le-Anne Toy DAIL OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an off cial publication of the Univer- sity of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no edi- toria responsibiiy N otices should Room 3519 Administration Build- ing, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication Notices for Sunday Dail due.a :0pm rdy SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1957 VOL. LXVII, NO. 53 A cademic Notices Analysis Seminar, auspices of the De- wel Reade wil speak on Determining the Region of Schllchtness of an Ana- lytic Function." Mon. Nov. 18, 4:10 Seminar in Mathematical Statistics, Tus. Nov. 21iR oo m 3017, Ae "Som Wor of R 'R.Bahadur on Sta- Doctoral Examination for Werner Iowenthal, Pharmaceutical Chemistry; thesis: "Formulations for Compression Coated Tablets," Mon., Nov. 15, 2525 ChmistBl~dg., at 2:00 p.m. Chairman, I -4 COUNCIL COMMENTARY: Organized Support Helps Win SGC Elections L -I,- IHC Evaluation Caution E VALUATION of the Inter-House Council which would bring about an acceleration of programs to Investigate room and board raises and to study other projects which may bene- fit stdents is a constructive move. However, critical evaluation which would be- come immersed in committee studies and in emotional debates could do more harm than good, bdth to the IHC Presidium, which ap- proved evaluation, and to South Quadrangle Council, which suggested the motion. While the South Quadrangle suggestion ap- pears to be constructive in intent and articu- ~1g *i *gn iI Editorial Staff PETER ECKSTEIN. Editor . JAMES ELSM2AN, JRVERNON NAHRGANG Editorial Director City Editor OA HANSON50............ ...Peronne Deto EDWARD GERULDSEN .. Associate Editorial Director WILLIAM HANEY.................. Features Editor ROSE PERLBERG .. .... .. . .. . ..... Activities Editor CAROL PRINS ........ Associate Personnel Director JAMES BAAD.......................Sports Editor JOHN HILLYR.....'"'. Ascae Sports Eior CHARLES CURTISS ............ Chief Photographer late in form, there seem to be some aspects of their original motion demanding evaluation from the Presidium which could very well over-. shadow its real purpose. Most important, the clause in the motion which threatens withdrawal from the IHC If no action is taken in three weeks tends to be- come the main feature of the statement. In- clusion of the withdrawal clause was explained by South Quadrangle Council members as an attempt to give the motion strength. The pur-. pose of the motion, then, was not "secession" from the IHC. YET, MANY who read this'motion may infer that South Quadrangle has made the move more for its dramatic appeal than for construc- tive action. IHC Presidium did not discuss the withdraw- al clause Thursday, which may indicate that the house presidents realize this clause is sub- ordinated to a call for constructive action. But other students who are influenced by the forceful language in the motion may blind themselves to its true intent. This is the chief danger - that the evaluation move may be- come a subject which has no further value than to stir debate. -*AMES BOW By RICHARD TAUB Daily Staff Writer THIS PAST Student Government Council election pointed up some trends which should be noted. The purpose of this column is not to disparge any SGC candi- date, but rather to make some kind of attempt to define some of these trends. It seems that one can not get elected to SGC anymore without some kind of organized support. As less and less interest is shown in Student Government by the campus-at-large, this may get to be more of a fact. For in the case of a small vote, individual groups have a great deal more to say about who gets elected. An examination of those elected helps to bear out this point. Joe Collins has, for instance, built up astrong reputto on camps i more than that of anybody else. He served on the old Student Legislature, he has been a Council member for a long time, and its natural that a good many people once president of Scott Houand is a member of Quadrants, the quadrangle honorary. * , " THE SAME THINGS hold true for Maynard Goldman, but to a somewhat lesser degree. He, too, has served on the Council for a ,every affiliated group on campus has some stake. Of those that lost; Don Koster is an independent in of f campus housing; Jo Hardee lives in New- berry, one of the smallest wom- en's dorms; and Mort Wise, Virgil Grumbling, and Dave Bray, al- though possibly active in their own fraternities, are not on IFC. It's interesting to note that there will be three Sigma Chi's, IFO President Bob Trost, Scott Crysler, and Bert Getz on the Council, and two Alpha Xi Delta's - Marilyn Houck and Linda Rainwater. The Council has 18 members, and therefore, one sorority and one fraternity control about 28 per cent of the SGC vote. This blows seantatio rinto a ccked hat.rer- These two housing groups re- present about 65 per cent of the campus. Most people in affiliated and cntacts in these os. Tis reapresent th rest of te campus. THERE HAVE BEEN a great many complaints that SGC is too bdy. It sestaanieliu- lion would be for every student to know a Council member, for then the Council would be closer to the student body. This election indicated a trend in the other direction. how else could the records be set in two years, when the vote was lowest, when apparently interest in the Council itself was at a low apoint? There is, it seems, one other point abouit the election. The peo- ple manning the booths were not as objective as they could be. This also gave housing groups an ad- vantage, because most of the booths were run by representatives of these groups. Voting booth attendants were often not averse to giving sugges- tions' to somewhat bewildered voters. This really should be avoid- ed in the future if possible. Well, it's all over. For anybody who has gripes, Phil Zook, the elections director, is holding an open meeting next Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. in the Student Activities Building. The purpose is to re- hash election problems, and all are welcome. - DEFENSE P4ISSiL~ -DIVISION I * 4' r