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Tv 1)D A V
FRIDAY
Tt D IXV
CORRECTS FALSE
IMPRESSION Of
EUROPEAN STRIFE
THE PIT
"Black as the Pit
From Pole to Pole"
FAt The Theters
Atirn'is Contains Other Letters and
Pictures of ('amipus ill ^ A1 TTHET iHEATFERS
former Days1 ---
* TODI1 it
INVICTUS
Out of the night that covers me
Black as the Pit from pole to
I thank whatever Gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
pole,
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LOUIS P. HALL DISCUSSES
PERIENCE WITH AMBU-
LANCE CORPS
EX-
LITTLE HATRED BETWEEN MEN
Wounded French and German Troops
Are Cordial and Regret Return
to Trenches
That conditions in the warring coun-
tries of Europe have been falsely rep-
resented in the majority of the reports
in the American newspapers, is the
statement of Louis P. Hall, Jr., who
will talk at the Union meeting Sun-
day afternoon, on his experiences with
the American 'ambulance in Alsace-
Lorraine.
"Although I was many miles behind
the first line of trenches," said Mr.
Hall yesterday, "I was able to get
absolutely correct information regard-
ing conditions there from the wounded
who were brought back to our hos-
pitals. The state of affairs in the
countries themselves I know thorough-
ly because I lived among these people
for many months.
"My own observations show that the
reports are in many ways exaggerated
and although the soldiers of each fight-
ing nation believe that they will ulti-
mately triumph, I was unable to find
anyone who was optimistic enough to
predict the time that the war will end
in their favor, and also I could not
find very many who are enthusiastic
about the continuing of the war any
longer. Though anxious to win, the
soldiers are more anxious to stop this
slaughter.
"This condition of affairs exists not
only throughout France but .also in
Germany, and the German soldiers in
particular are constantly expressing
their regret at the duration of the
struggle. They are doing this not be-
cause they are so anxious to gain an
immediate victory but because they are
realizing. more than ever before the
tragedy of it all.
"The people of France, who have
sent their sons to the front, feel a
certain pride in their patriotic sacri-
fice, but all of them would rather end
the war now than continue this waste-
ful show of their loyalty. From the
German prisoners I understand that
the same opinion is prevalent through-
out Germany, and though still loving
their Fatherland, the Germans are be-
ginning to get a higher regard for the
people of the other countries.
"Especially absurd is the report con-
cerning the hatred the soldiers bear
for one another. There is no truth
whatsoever in the stories circulating
about here that the war has filled
these men with the lust of battle and
is sending them forth to kill their ene-
mies regardless of the cost. The men,
with a very few natural exceptions,
are not blood mad. They are fighting
because the country has called them
to the front, but there is no personal
hatred existing as far as I could find
out.
"The wounded French soldiers' and
the wounded and captured Germans
are always chatting in the most cordial:
and friendly manner, and when their
wounds have been sufficiently healed
to allow them to return to return to
the trenches, they express sincere re-
gret that they must again take up the
business of killing. The Germans are:
always ready to make friends with
their French enemies, and though
they may be hating the opposing na-
tion there is no indication whatsoever
of that feeling among the men I have
seen and talked with. They are not
bloodthirsty and are ready to talk
peace at any time that their rulers will
let them."
The slides which Mr. Hall will show
Sunday afternoon consist chiefly of
pictures of the work of the ambulance
men and also the conditions of the
peasantry behind the lines, which he
says are not as bad as one might
imagine. Though the loss of life and
property is enormous, it does not run
up into the figures which most people
here believe.
The Michigan Daily for the rest of
the year-$1.50. **
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not'winced nor cried aloud
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this pale of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how straight the gate
How charged with punishment the
scroll.
I am the Master of my Fate--
I am the Captain of my Soul.
-W. E. Henley.
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We print the above to show our
valued readers that thw Pit isn't
named as such simply because it is
deep stuff. That explanation orig-
inated in the fertile mind of the "Jay-
Hop Extra" editor.
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"Prof. Dowrie Lectures
peria."-Our Dilly Daily.
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in Hes-
No, m'dear, that place is now in
Michigan.
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Dear Gee:
FICKLENESS
I've held maidens, so have you.
To hold them thrills us through and
through.
Tonight I thrilled as ne'er before
Though afterwards said, "Nevermore."
Instead of bliss, it left me blue.
I held four queens.
A. McI.
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--And in Reply-
'Tis a lie
I never thrill
I ne'er held a
Maiden-still
Though you say
It left you blue
If he'd kings
The blues left you.
What is the trouble with the book
of the Union Opera? From the depths
we howl the old, old howl, "It is the
faculty." Granted that the men that
act in the capacity of advisors to the
writers are men that have no peer
hereabouts as dramatic critics-while
unity and characterization are key-
notes to all of their endeavors, and
while they may be able to take one
Mr. Shakespeare and ,tell him that he
must have been thinking of sliding
around the corner for a little drink
when he wrote some particular pas-
sage-the fact still remains that these
principles can not be applied when a
musical comedy is in the process of
construction. A character in the com-
edy has no character-in the sense of
highly developed dramatic taste. If
there is a humorous situation-if
there is to be a funny remark to be
made, the party that is on the stage
will have to make it-even though he
is supposed to be in mourning for his
pet cow. The object is to draw the:
laugh-in spite of characterization.
We suggest that faculty criticism
be in the light of censorship, and to
allow the men who write the book
to WRITE the book. They probably
have more of an idea as to what is
desirable in many cases than the
learned professor of the drama.
Miss Zetha K;ammer .is editor of the
Daily Kansan. She ought to be able
to pound out something good.
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We'd hate to think how many times
the above has been sprung at the Uni-
versity of Kansas.
But we ought to be safe with it
here.
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That is-as safe as usual.
-By Gee.
A. S. 3. E. Hods Annual Election
The Michigan branch of the A. S.
M. E., a national engineering society,
recently held its annual election of of-
ficers as follows: Chairman, A. E.
Hecker, '17; vice chairman, T. Tobay,
'17; secretary, W. F. Gerhardt, '17;
treasurer, F. M. Sawin, spee.
The outstanding feature of the
Michigan Alumnus which comes out
today, is several interesting letters
from Arthur Davin, '10-12, who has
served for more than six months in
the trenches with the fourteenth di-
vision of the First Canadian Batallion
as a signaller. Mr. Davin says that
life in the trenches is not all the hard
work and awful suspense that the
numerous war correspondents have
been writing about. In fact he says
that the war is one of the most pe-
culiar ones in history, "there is plenty
of grub and little fighting but when
there is fighting it is massacre."
Several other articles are of much
interest, one of these being the speech
given by W. H. Sears, '92, when he re-
cently addressed the Lcs Angeles
Alumni society. The speech gives
some interesting anecdotes of the
presidential campaign of 182, when
President Cleveland, President Mc-
Kinley, and W. J. Bryan spoke in Ann
Arbor and McKinley was hissed off
the stage for one of his political ut-
terances.
The pictorial portion of the Alumnus
contains some interesting pictures of
the Campus in early day s.
REPORT LARGE SALE OF TICKETS
FOR WOMFN'S ANNUAI LUNCIIEON
Balalaika Orchestra to Feature Pro-
gram in Detroit at Hotel
Pontchartrain
The annual luncheon of the Associa-
tion of University of Michigan Women
wrill be held at the Hotel Pontchar-
train on February 19. Mrs. Howard
Howe announces that the sale of tick-
ets has exceeded all expectations. Ann
Arbor is to be represented by many
undergraduates and members of the
university faculty.
In addition to the "stunts" given by
the various classes, Mrs. James Hurst,
the chairman of the music committee,
has arranged for several concert num-
bers to be played by the Balalaika
orchestra of the Detroit Institute of
Musical Art.
There are but three complete bala-
laika orchestras in this country, and
the Detroit organization, under the
direction of Mis. N. B. Duffey, is being
recognized as one of unusual merit.,
The balalaikas have been imported
from Petrograd, being the native in-
struments of Russia.
EPISCOPAL STUDENTS TO DINE
Exceptional Program Planned for
Washington's Birthday
With a program of unusual merit,
the sixth annual dinner-dance of the
Hobart Guild in Harris mall on the
evening of Washington's birthday
promises to be a big success.
Bishop Williams of Detroit, Dean A.
H. Lloyd, I. C. Johnson, '16, and Don-
old W. Ogilbee, '16L, will be the main
speakers at the banquet, which will
begin at 6:00 o'clock. Favors fitting to
the occasion will be given to the
diners.
Following the dinner, a dance will
be enjoyed in the Harris hall parlors.
This part of the program will come.
at 8:00 o'clock.
All Episcopal students on the cam-
pus are invited to attend the affair
and tickets may be ohtained now at
Harris hall, or reservations may be
made by calling I. C. Johnson, 788-M.
The price for the combined dinner
and dance will be seventy-five cents.
Addresses Municipal Government Class
Melvin P. Porter, secretary and
treasurer of the Buffalo Municipal
league, of Buffalo, N. Y., will speak
to the class in municipal government
at 10 o'clock this morning in room 102
in the economics building. The sub-
ject of the address wilt ie on some
phase connected with the administra-
tion of cities.
Rabbi Wolsey to Address Menorah
the Menorah society has secured
Rabbi Louis Wolsey, of the Euclid
avenue temple, Cleveland, Ohio, as
the speaker for Sunday. He will speak
on "A Study of the Personality of the
Jew," at Newberry hall at 8:00 o'clock
Sunday evening.
Whitney-Lyntan flow,
el Festival.
Magsic Musical
dron d I he Town.'"
Arcae-Valli ValliI
Debti of oi or."
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"Thie Hawk"
Mr. William Faversham and his com-
pany will come to the Whitney thea-"
ter for one performance only, next Sit-
urday night, February 26, in the great
success, "The Hawk." The play is
a love romance of modern life and in
it Mr. Faversham is said to be doing
the best work of his brilliant career.
lJ+ is a player sure in his art and de-
isive in the command of the tech-
nivgac of the theatre. The productions
which Mr. Faversham has made since
ve became his own manager give a
guarantee that "The hawk" will bring
the fullest pleasure of the theatre. The
play comes to us with the endorse-
ieat of New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia and Chicago, where the acting
and the play were said to be of a
standard seldom seen on our stage
today. The company in support of
Mr. Faversham will be one worthy of
'he play in every respect.
"Around the TowImn"
"Around the Town," a musical revue
with a story, is the latest offering to
come to the Majestic. It opened last
night and was well received. The
play is in five scenes, twelve song num-
bers being introduced through the
course of the revue.
Earl S. Dewey and Mabel Rogers
have the leading roles and they, to-
gether with Alleen Morrison, as the
female : herlock Holmes, comprise the
important factors in the presentation
of the comedv.,
7110 chorus is young, and costumes
ari, s nery are of the latest musioal
cc: edy style. Dhming numbers pre-
< <minate throughout and attract fa-
areable caamen4,. especially the realis-
tie eaariet scene which is enacted in
'0e lobster-palace style.
'Te story of the play opens in a
sa:nariumn with the usual "bunch" of
pretty nurses in evidence. In a suc-
ceedcing scene the strange sight of a
man being dissected limb by limb fur-
uishes the audience with much amuse-
ment.
Catchy music and good singing com-
plete a prortUienon that is exceedingly
worth while. The company remains
until Saturday night.
'Gcy. 11 PostW4 i n cma', the Tent-
inn key"- Garrick
(uy Bates Post in Richard Walton
Tully's sumptuous Persian love-play,
"Oiar the Tennaker," will return to
the Garrick Theatre, Detroit, next Mon-
., ay evening, for a week's engagement,
Sib the usual matinees on Wednes-
day and Sat orday. "Omar the Tent-
:;a er"' malkes an appeal particriary
c 0ducators and students because of
i subJect matter. Mr. Post's Omar
sa i iualization of the Oriental phil-
0.l Ey Iis character may be tested
tom the standpoint of the dreamer,
:a fatMis, the man of action or the
philosopher, and it will ring true.
The playwAright lets his interprktv;s
tell a ,enly interesting story of love
and a';eninre, in which infidel and
(risinn, Persian and crusader, priest
u? biheliever, artisan and artist, the
highest ranks and the lowest clash
ri imbue in most admired confusion.
t is a pi amsque, a thrilling narra-
is e set magnificently and splendidly
acted.
tyi4or 'ind"neers Dance Monday Night
Members o, the senior engineer class'
h:re planned a (ance to be given from
9:00 to 10:00 o'clock next Monday eve-
ning at the Michigan Union. A number'
o' features are being arranged and
music will be furnished by Shook's
orchetra of Detroit, which played for
his year's J-hop. Tickets may be ob-
ned fro-io the social committeemen
ai the class at one dollar each.
TO HELP E NDO OHC
Ii. tmes~ liiaood I 'peak atI Next
M90s M eel lg in 11111
A iditoim
In conjunction with a movement to
endow "Pohick," George Waslurgton's
famous church at Mount V'ernon, Vir-
ginia, the Sarah (aswell Angell chap-
ter of [e Daughters of the Anierican
Rexluton will hold services in Hill
Auditornum Sunday. Fenruary 20, at
3 p. in.
"Democracy on Trial" will be the
subject of the principal address by
Rev. Anics lMaywood of Detroit. Rev.
Maywood is reputed to be one of the
most eloquent speakers in the state of
Michigan and is an enthusiastic and
zealous worker in the cause of Ameri-
ca for Americans,
"Pohick" was built fi 1730. George
Washington and George William Fair-
fax were the first wardens. In 1770
the site of the cliarch as changed
from the soithi side oi' the Pohick
to the north ride, twi o miles away.
George Washington caused this change
when, by a imap of his own making, he
showed that the new site was more
ad antageous for the community.
"Pohick" was on the fighting line in
the Revolution, in the war of 1812
and again in the Civil 'War, when it
suffered great damage from the suc-
cessive occupations by federal and
Confederate troops.
For a long time after the Civil
War there was no regular rector and
the church fell into 'a state of decay.
About fifteen years ago, funds were
raised for repair, and today the edi-
fice is an excellent example of an old
colonial church. The church is, how-
ever, no longer self-supporting and an
endowment for its maintenance is
needed. To this end, the Daughters
of the American Revolution all over
the country will hold services and
take up a collection to save the historic
old church from ruin.
The licigan Inily for the rest of
the year-,$1.50O * **