:4 THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1953 PaAM TW {'S'HE MTmC Ali' DATTY ,, A 1t'1ViA arr m aa.a, .ravataa vcr... - + A Paper in the Making. FEW EVENTS excite the newspaperman who exists in other people's life climaxes. He will burst into an enthusiastic pitch of activity at prospects of a "big story," but more often than not, he is religated to dream for long hours at the possibility of starting his own newspaper-somewhere . .. some- time . . . somehow .. . When rumor begins its mad rush through the professional conclaves, whispering the actuality of a new (always perfect) paper forming, even the most cautious reporter joins his associates in endless talk of the paper-to-be. With the announcement that a syndicate of twenty-one persons, led by former U. S. Senator Blair Moody and Ann Arbor busi- nessman Roger L. Stevens, have purchased one of the largest printing organizations in the mid-west, the newspaper industry is musing whether Detroit is slated to have a spanking new daily hawked on its battered streets. All indications are that this will be the case. For a number of years, and particularly since the last presidential election, serious thought has been, given the problem of a one party press. Most of the nation is ser- viced with newspapers which if not out-. and-out conservative in nature, are at least controlled by factions which represent this point of view. With few exceptions newspapers of a more liberal vent have not been able to exist. Noteable among these which have are The New York Times, The Washington Post, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Christian Science Monitor and the New York Post, the latter having been forced recently to turn toward sensationalism in order to remain solvent. The problems confronting a liberal jour- nal are virtually insurmountable. The most striking example of circulation and finan- cial failure can be traced in the history of a New York paper which began life under the banner of PM about a decade ago. Lack of public support and advertising backing caused the journal to collapse in a few years. It was quickly replaced by a paper of similar political bent, The New York Star, which had even a shorter life span. This journal in turn was suc- ceeded by The Daily Compass, less of a factual sheet and more of an opinion pub- lication. This too, failed. If the prospective Detroit syndicate is going to publish successfully it will be con- fronted with a number of the problems which ultimately caused the demise of the PM-Star-Compass papers. Chief among these, is whether or not, the people of De- troit will support such a paper. No one can answer this as yet. In any event, a glance at the personage in the new group will reassure many liberals of the intentions of this perspective publi- cation. It may well become the leading spokesman for the Democratic party in the state and possibly the only spokesman. With Michigan Senatorial elections close at hand the importance of this possible paper be- comes even more significant in determining its outcome. --Mark Reader CIINEMA Architecture Auditorium STATE FAIR, with Jeanne Crain, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine and Dana An- drews. THIS IS NOT exactly a musical to get excited about. It has color, stars and a couple of good tunes, but that's about all. Of the Rodgers-Hammerstein songs thrown in here and there, "It Might as Well Be Spring" is the only one of any great interest. It follows that the bulk of the scor- ing should depend on that one melody. The plot is so dominant that after a while you begin to wonder if this is really a musical. The only genuine singers, . Haymes and Miss Blaine, are relegated to sub-plot. And there are no big produc- tion numbers. The story concerns Miss Crain and broth- er Dick meeting up with Andrews and Miss Blaine respectively. It is even less absorbing than the distant romance between two swine, which is another thread in the scenario. Aside from Donald Meek's delicious bit as a pickle-taster, there is no humor in the film. Miss Blaine (a redhead this time) is not even allowed to ham up a few light numbers. Much of the time her metal- lic voice is struggling desperately with the grotesque dialogue. As for the bright spots, Jeanne Crain is very pretty and wears some very pretty dresses. And if you can stomach Dick Haymes' equestrian physiognomy, he does have an excellent voice. PERFORMER'S -VIEWPOINT: The Purpose and Function Of a University String Quartet x e 1 "Fine! Fine! Uaybe You'll Do Better Next"Time" 4 \/Ix OW "I I By GILBERT ROSS Professor of Violin and Chamber Music and First violinist of the Stanley Quartet ICHIGAN IS in the forefront of states, widely scattered in all sections of the country, currently participating in an extra- ordinary cultural movement which offers promise of a richer aesthetic experience for those persons, particularly in smaller com- munities, who do not happen to live in or near the great urban centers of the eastern and western seaboards. This is the decen- tralization of the musical-talent industry, and by 'industry' in this instance I mean the merchandising of musical talent rather than the manufacture of instruments or the pub- lishing of music. Not long ago, perhaps as recently as a third of a century, chamber music was par- celled out to the smaller communities of the great industrial and agricultural states of the Midwest in 'package' shipments from New York. Traveling string quartets like the Flonzaleys, the Kneisels, and the London String Quartet, toured the country, occa- sionally venturing into untried territory, carrying with them Dvorak's American Quar- tet, Tschaikowsky's Andante Cantabile, and groups of shorter and lighter pieces for the uninitiated listener. Even unusually lively cities and towns could scarcely hope for an imported chamber music concert more than once every few years. Dependence of great sections of the country upon the major sources of supply was complete. Today we are witnessing the disintegra- tion of the old centralized supply system. Smaller communities all over the country are beginning to assert their independ- ence of the big supply houses in matters of talent merchandise. Regional supply sources are rapidly developing and these regional centers are serving large rural and industrial areas hitherto almost with- out access to top quality musical perform- ance. Few tears will be shed for the New York concert manager who has imperious- ly dictated from a skyscraper office the musical diet of hundreds of dependent and helpless small communities. Deterioration of urban-center control has resulted in a decentralization, a diffusion of the talent industry, and this has led to a most re- warding surge of cultural activity in the so-called 'hinterlands' Educational institutions, notably universi- ties and colleges, have played a major role in this movement, and not alone in the area of music. Theatre, opera, painting, and dance are only a few of the arts which have been brought directly to the people of the country, and in substantial volume, as a result of the process of decentraliza- tion and through regional initiative and leadership. The University of Michigan, with its diverse and extraordinarily stimulating musical activities, is not unique. Other great universities of the Midwest, as else- where throughout the country, are providing a corresponding artistic leadership in their respective areas, * * * * A QUARTER of a century ago the string quartet-in-residence on the university campus was unknown. Today the practice of maintaining a resident chamber music ensemble of professional calibre is common among larger institutions. Even smaller uni- versities and colleges, frequently situated in isolated areas where a regional talent source is critically important, are joining in this movement. The Walden Quartet is at the University of Illinois, the Berkshire Quar- tet at Indiana University, the Pro Arte Quar- tet at the University of Wisconsin, the Fine Arte Quartet at Northwestern University, the Stanley Quartet at the University of Michigan, and the Griller Quartet at the University of California. Colorado College has the LaSalle Quartet, and the Universi- ties of Alabama and Texas maintain string quartets as do also Roosevelt College in Chicago and Miami Uniyersity in Oxford, Ohio. These are only a few of the institutions which are providing constructive leadership in bringing music and art to the small com- munity. What precisely do these resident quar- tets do? What is their purpose and func- tion? It may be observed that the pattern of activity and service is much the same in each locale, varying mainly when the line is crossed from the privately endowed institution to the state-supported univer. sity. Service to the institution's students and to the institution itself in a larger sense is of primary importance. Service to the whole community and to adjacent areas might also be considered a proper function of the resident quartet. In the case of state universities, service on a much wider scale is attempted, since the institutions' obligations are to the state as a whole rather than to restricted areas. Above all it is the purpose of the resident quartet to reach young people, since they Reactionary Party, LIBERAL DEMOCRATC have made a val- liant record in support of the public will constitute the listening public of tomorrow. Let us examine for a moment the situa- tion on our own campus. The Stanley Quar- tet was established by the University's Board of Regents in June 1949. Since its inception the Quartet has played approximately thirty public concerts in Rackham Lecture Hall (to an audience of probably twenty-four thousand) and about fifty concerts else- where in the state of Michigan. Out-state appearances have been limited to three or four concerts a season, and these have car- ried the Stanley Quartet to Cleveland, Char- leston, and Washington as well as to several eastern and midwestern colleges. The Quar- tet's repertory numbers some fifty multiple- movement works, 70% drawn from the clas- sical repertory and 30% from contemporary literature.ft has given nine world premieres and has specifically commissioned some half- dozen works. (Statistical note for the cur- ious: the Stanley Quartet rehearses about 316 hours a season). * * * * IN RANGE and diversity of activities the season just past might be considered typi- cal. In this period the tanley Quartet pre- sented seven on-campus concerts, all open to the public without charge. The Quartet played eighteen concerts in fourteen other Michigan communities. Many of these were programs for young people, scheduled at school and college assemblies. It might be noted that all of the Quartet's concert acti- vities outside of Ann Arbor but in the state are handled through the University's Ex- tension Service. During the season immed- iately past the Quartet accepted fewer than half a dozen engagements out of the state. These were in eastern colleges and at the Library of Congress in Washington. Finally, the Quartet conducted a num- ber of string clinics in Michigan schools, appeared at several professional educa- tional conferences, and recorded contem- porary music in New York. This pattern of activity allows the Quartet to present on campus and in the course of a student generation a major portion of the extra- ordinary string quartet literature. Per- formances elsewhere in the state are fully in accord with the University' policy of providing tangible services to the people of Michigan. Someone once remarked that a string quartet concert is just an excuse for a party afterward. Another wag has said that the best part of an evening of amateur cham- ber music making is the beer and cheese at the end. Neither is correct. The Stanley Quartet has found everywhere, even in small communities, a profound desire to hear good music, to hear better music, yes, even to hear great music. There has been a notion kicking around for generations that chamber music is unapproachable, for- bidding, lofty, beyond the grasp of ordinary mortals; that it is esoteric, reserved for the .trained musician. This false idea has done I much to frighten people away, to create a defeatist approach to chamber music. As soon as people realize that chamber music is simply music for the chamber, as against music for the theater, for instance, or music for the church, and that a Beethoven quar- tet is no more forbidding than a Beethoven symphony (the one being simply a sonata for four stringed instruments and the other a sonata for orchestra), they will find the same characteristics (and delights) of mel- ody, harmony, color and expressiveness in this music as in the symphony, the con- certo, or any other familiar form. All peo- ple will respond to chamber music, once this miserable barrier, which has so long isolated them from an unsurpassed litera- ture, has been torn aside. Here in our own state the Stanley Quartet is doing all in its power to bring to the people who earnestly desire fine music the matchless chamber music literature which, we believe, will most fully satisfy their aesthetic aspirations. (This is the sixth and final article in the Daily's symposium on chamber music.) IMalian .Dilemma IN THE SEVEN YEARS that he has been Premier of Italy, Alcid De Gasperi has resigned his office and been reappointed sev- en times. Last week Premier De Gasperi re- signed for the eighth time. The resignation followed the Premier's first parliamentary defeat on a vote of confidence since he took office. It is an open question whether he wilt be reappointed. Three weeks ago Premier De Gasperi named an all-Christian Democratic Cabinet and began negotiating for the support of the Monarchists and/or the three smaller parties. From the beginning the negotiations went badly. * * * THE MONARCHISTS took issue with the Premier's strong pro-Western foreign policy, on the grounds that it compromised Italian interests. The three center parties, having suffered losses through association with the Christian Democrats during the June elec- tions, were reluctant to continue the associ- ation. 'O.. 1.- ...--, .. ...7Y.r! ..1..cL 4i4 n c l it SDRAMA ] SALINE MILL THEATRE contrast here is almost too great ANGEL STREET . to make the transition believable. The presence of Mr. Manning- PERHAPS it is a bit early to ham should set the eerie mood for judge Angel Street due to the the play, but Earl Matthews in fact that it was in rehearsal while this role doesn't seem quite homo- the players weresdoing another cidal enough. At times he seems play. But as it stands now this cynical where he should have been production is just fair. diabolical. As all detective plays it suffers Ed Bordo as the inspector is from altwo-dimensional effect, in- forced to mouth some of the most duced by stereotyped characteri- melodramatic lines in the play. His 01g~eU~t1smpopm pUE suosVZ handling of such situations .leaves dialogue. These defects in combi- much to be desired. The inspector nation with a lack of adequate requires self-assurance but at preparation make this play an un- timelar d n seems bumbling, par- fortunate choice. ticularly in handling his stage bus- Exemplifying its melodramatic inyd ss characteristics the plot is set Many of the production's short- aast teisbchgodosafoggycomings would be less noticeable if against the background of a foggy the players would memdrize their 19th century London. While the tepaeswudmmrz hi 19thcenury ondn. Wilethelines. Time and again at crucial fog swirls around outside a mur- lns ieadaana rca derer attempts to drive his wife points lines were repeated or just insane. The entrance of an old dropped, breaking the spell so nec- police inspector thwarts this essary to this play's success. scheme and leads to the criminal's Inadequate direction led to a eventual capture. marked unnaturalness in handling evenualcaptre.the usual stage business, and also Florence Rupert as Mrs. Man- was reflected in some wooden ges- ningham, the wife of the mur- tures by all the principals. derer has the finest opportunity Technically, Angel Street is ex- of anyone to develop her part, cellent. The sets are good, partic- and she does this very well. From ularly the use of framed space to the opening scene she lucidly create the illusion of walls. But portrays a woman caught in a lighting could have been exploited web of mental contradictions more fully to set the mood, and which threaten to violate her several times slow cues spoiled a sanity. Perhaps the only criti- dramatic effect. cism that can be made is that With a week's more work this she tends to underplay her part. production has the potentialities This is revealed in the final scene to develop into a much better pla3 where Mrs. Naningham bursts than it is now. forth in a flood of emotion. The - -Dick Wolf IDAILY OFFICIAli IITLETINI WASHINGTON-Much more than the American people realize; the prisoner world behind the Iron Curtain is watching the food riots in East Germany. Also, more than the American people realize, the Eisenhower administration has been holding backstage debates regarding the next step to be taken in East Germany. So far there's been no decision. Two facts, however, are fairly clear: No. 1-The East German food program is only a drop in the bucket compared with what needs to be done in all the vast and rest- less area behind the Iron Curtain. No. 2-The Eisenhower administration was elected on a plat- form of stirring up revolt behind the Iron Curtain. So vigorously did Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles emphasize this during the poli- tical campaign that Adlai Stevenson publicly chided them. Once in office, however, the Eisenhower administration has been bothered by doubting Thomases, do-nothing advisers, has moved with exasperating caution. FIRST FOOD PROPOSAL THE PRESENT food program for East Germany was proposed by this writer to certain State Department officials on June 23, shortly after the Berlin riots started. Some officials were enthusias- tic, some dubious. "If the Russians won't let our surplus bread and butter enter East Germany," it was proposed in one column, "then the Am- erican radio station in Berlin, RIAS, can put them on the spot by blaring the fact behind the Iron Curtain. "All we have to do is put the bread and butter down in West Berlin and let the East Germans come and get it. Several thousand cross back and forth every day. I have crossed back and forth dozens of times ... This has now worked out exactly as predicted. Though it took three weeks of backstage debate, press and radio comment, this idea has now given the Kremlin its worst setback since the end of the war. As states ina column of June 30, "if our millions of tons of sur- plus food were used appropriately in Berlin, the effect on the Rus- sians would be devastating ... if te Russians refused they would be more on the spot than ever." The Russians did refuse Eisenhower's offer of July 10 and they are now on the spot in a manner which has lost them more prestige than any other single move we have made. OUR NEXT MOVES DESPERATE, THE RUSSIANS ,are now blocking food distribution. And the question is, what is our next move to be? Here are a few suggestions: 1. Drop food by balloon in the rest of East Germany. If Red tanks and troops continue to block the East Germans, give them a spectacu- lar demonstration of Yankee ingenuity by dropping food parcels at their front door. The God-given winds of the upper altitudes which move from west to east are with us in regard to this-and this is something tthe Kremlin can't change. We should use them. The Junior Chamber of Commerce executive committee, meet- ing last week at Tulsa, Okla., offered to take over this friendship balloon food lift if the State Department had no objections. 2. Repeat the food program in other areas behind the Iron Cur- tain. Vienna, like Berlin, is divided into sectors, so that people can cross over from one zone to another. A similar program in Vienna would have the same electrifying result in southern Europe that the Berlin proram is having in nor-.I C . b The Daily Official Bulletin is anb official publication of the Universityt of Michigan for which the MichiganI Daily assumes no editorial responsi-F bility. Publication in it is construe-r tive notice to all members of theI University. Notices shouldbe sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3516 Administration Building before 3 p.m. the day preceeding publication (be- fore 11 a.m. on Saturday). THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1953 1 VOL. LXIII, No. 33-S Notices "Law School Admission Test: Candi- dates taking the Law School Admission Test on August 8, are requested to re- port to Room 100, Hutchins Hall at 8:45 a.m., Saturday. The session will last until 1:00 p.m." Personal Requests The Atlantic Refining Co. In Phila- delphia, Pa., is seeking a man to fill the position of Jr. Sanitary Engineer in -the Waste Controi Dept. of their Phila- delphia refinery. The Michigan Civil Service Commis- sion has announced examinations for pcsitions in the fields of Psychiatry, Medicine, Dentistry, and Public Health. Southern Illinois University, Carbon- dale, Ill., has a half-time position as head resident in one of their Men's Residence Hals available to a man pur- suing a reduced graduate program. Kenosha Youth Foundation, Wiscon- sin's largest youth and community cen- ter, is looking for an assistant to their Physical Director. They need a young man who could teach swimming classes and handle gymnasium work for both youth and adults. College graduates with a major in physical education or all-around athletes who have had train- ing in that field are eligible to apply. For additional information about these and other openings, contact the Bureau of Appointments. 3528 Admin- istration Bldg., Ext. 371 or 489. Lectures THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 Lecture. Institute for Mathematics Teachers: "Modern Developments in Computation," John W. Carr, III, Uni- versity of Michigan, 11:00 a.m., Room 130 Business Administration Bldg. Lecture, auspices of the departments of Sociology and Psychology. "The Am- erican Family." Talcott Parsons, Chair- man, Department of Social Relations, Mr. Chakravarty will speak from his in- timate knowledge of both Gandhi and India. He will concentrate on the ends, and means of Gandhi, and on the tech- nique which has been called Conquest by Love. Sponsored by SA and com- nmittee for a Student Fellowship of Reconciliation. Lane Hall at 8:30 p.m. Academic Notices Seminar in Applied Mathematics wili meet today at 4:00 p.m. in Rm. 247 West Engineering. Speaker: Doctor Herschel Weill. Topic: Stability Criteria in the Numerical Solution of Parabolic Partial Differential Equations.' Geometry Seminar: A discussion oft quasi-projective Geometry. 7:00 p.m., Room 3001, Angell Hall, today. Doctoral Examination for Stanley Ja- cab Segal, Psychology; thesis: "TheI Role of Personality Factors in Voca- tional Choice: A Study of Accountants and Creative Writers," Friday, August 7,f 7611 Haven Hall, at 10:00 a.m. Chair- man, E. S. Bordin, Doctoral Examination for Richard Loyd Cutler, Psychology; thesis: "The Relationship between the Therapist's Personality and Certain Aspects of Psy- chotherapy," Friday, August 7, 7611 Haven Hall, at 1:00 p.m. Chairman. E.t S. Bordin, Doctoral Examination for Howard William Neill, Physics; thesis: "The Infrared Spectrum and Structure of the Cyclopropane Molecule," Friday, Aug-1 ust 7, 2038 Randall Lab., at 2:00 p.m. Chairman, G.B.B.M. Sutherland. Doctoral Examination for Tori Taka-7 ki, Education; thesis: "Treatment of Japan and Peoples of Japanese Des- cent in Senior High School American History Textbooks," Friday, August 7, 4024 University High School, at 4:00 p.m. Chairman, C. A. Eggertsen. Concerts Carillon Recital: Percival Price, Uni- versity Carillonneur, will present the 1953 Summer Evening Series No. 7, concert at 7:15, this evening. It will in- clude Arrangements of Instrumental Words-Bach's, "Glockenspiel," Tocata, Presto; Haydn's, Symphony mit dem Paukenschlag, Andante, Chopin's Scher- zo, Op. 39, Claude Debussy's, Claire de lune, arrangement by Alan Ross; Ar- rangements of Vocal Words, Schubert's, Serenade, Brahms', Sappische Ode, Brit- ten's, A ceremony of Carols, "There is no rose." Carillon Compositions, Berlin program is having in nor-a thern Europe. 3. Send food by balloon to other Iron Curtain countries which are not near Berlin and Vienna. Food by balloon is a little more expen- sive, but intensely dramatic-and drama is needed to win the Cold War. Furthermore, Poland, Czech- oslovakia and other satellite coun- tries that were invaded by Germ- any, don't particularly love the Germans, and don't like to see us favoring the German people. For us to concentrate on helping Ger- many alone would be a serious psychological error. - 4. Demand that free elec- tions be held in every Iron Cur- tain country. In a formal note to Moscow we should emphasize the fact that the Yalta pact gives these nations the right of governments of their own choos- ing and we should demand that the United Nations supervise free elections. Yalta has been used against us in many res- pects. We should not be so slow about using it to our ad- vantage. This is one of our biggest aces- in-the-hole, and so far we have completely missed the boat. 3. Move for a United States of Europe. Most Europeans know they are doomed both economically and militarily if they remain small, divided, independent countries. The only way they can exist is to emulate our example and unite. GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY THE DEATH of Stalin, the purge of Beria, the restlessness be- hind the Iron Curtain constitute an opportunity ,which comes only once in a lifetime. We can't wait a year or a month or even a few weeks. Speaking in Buffalo Aug. 27, just about a year ago, John Fos- ter Dulles promised that Eisen- hower, if elected, would encourage "quiet revolutions in Red-domi- nated countries through such me- thods as passive resistance, slow- downs, industrial sabotage." A n d Eisenhower himself, speaking in Denver, Aug. 13, said: "The United States must try to obtain by peaceful means the restoration to the captive nations of Europe the right free- ly and honestly to determine their own fate and their own form of government." 4-YEAR EXILE PRESIDENT Rojas Pinilla of Co- lombia has made up his mind to use whatever means may be re- quired to settle the four-year con- troversy with Peron over Raul Ha- Xettep4 TO THE EDITOR Birth of a Nation... To the Editor: I SHOULD like to comment on a letter in last Friday's Daily that objected to the showing of The Birth of a Nation. It is en- tirely fitting that such a movie be part of the summer program, The Popular Arts in America. The film series in the program was selected with great care by two members of the faculty who were interested solely in showing re- presentative and important films. They were given complete free- dom of choice, as indeed the whole program has been given a free hand. There is no need to defend. The Birth of a Nation as one of the milestones in the history of the movies. It is significant, for example, that this last year The Gothic Film Society selected it for a similar reason, and the do- cumentary shown last Monday night in the Rackham Lecture Hall named it as one of the great movies of the past. To forbid the showing of this movie would be to bring into action the kind of censorship our panel deplored a few weeks ago. I shall truly be worried -when the University of Michigan does not permit the showing of a movie like The Birth of a Nation. -Prof. Richard C.=Boys Chairman, The Popular Arts in America Sixty-Third Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Harland Britz.........Managing Editor Dick Lewis,...............Sports Editor Becky Conrad.............Night Editor" Gayle Greene..............Night Editor Pat Roelofs................Night Editor Fran Sheldon..............Night Editor Business Staff Bob Miller.........Business Manager Dick Alstrom......Circulation Manager Dick Nyberg........Finance Manager Jessica Tanner...Advertising Associate Bob Kovacs ......Advertising Associate '1 4' 4 f