THE MICHIGAN DAILY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Published every morning except Monday during the Unie r sity year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use to' republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news published therein. Entered at the postoflice at Ann Arbor. Michigan, as second class matter. Subscription by carrier or mail, 3.30. Offices: Ann Arbor Press building, Maynard Street. Phones: Business. 960; Editorial. 2414. Communications not to exceed 300 words, if signed, the sig- nature not necessarily to appear in print, but as an evidence of faith, and notices of events will be published in The Daily at the discretion of the Editor, if left at or mailed to The Dail y office. Unsigned communications will receive no consideration. No man- uscript will be returned "unless the writer incloses postage. The Daily does not necessarily endorse the sentiments ex- pressed in the communications. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 2414 MANAGING EDITOR..........BREWSTER P. CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor...............Hugh W. Hitchcock City Editor.................................E. P. Lovejoy, Jr. Night Editors-- R. E. Adams G. P. Overton Edward Lambrecht M B. Stahl Hughston McBain Paul Watzel Editorial Board Chairman.....................T. J. Whinery Assistants- S. T. Beach E.R. Meiss L. A. Kern Leo Hershdorfer Sunday Magazine Editor................Thornton W. Sargent, Jr. Exchange Editor............................George E. Sloan Music Editor............... ..............Sidney B. Coates Sporting, Editor............ ................. George Reindel Women's Editor...........................Elizabeth Vickery Humor Editor................................. E R. Meiss Assistants *R. N.,yrers ,." L. Fenwick B. H. Lee W. B:~ Butler II. B. Grundy j E. M ack A. D. Clark Agnes f lolquist Kathrine Montgomery Harry C Clark H. E. Howlett R. C. Moriarity jP . Comstock Marion Kerr R. B. Tarr W P. Dlsott L.Maon er Virgini Tron H A Dnahe . AgKave oroth hpple cation. In certain sections in the south the condi- tions are worse than those described above. If the present investigation will accomplish any- thing in the manner of spreading propaganda to raise the salaries of country teachers and demand- ing special training of those who instruct in the rural school it will be time and effort well spent. Unless the entire system of rural education in this country is revolutionized by some means -all other efforts for the betterment of American life will be seriously handicapped. FOR WAR AND PEACE At the beginning of the war the United States was confronted with the serious problem of sup- plying a sufficient number of officers to train the new army of citizenry. Hundreds of untrained men clamored for the chance to serve their country but due to the lack of officers it was some time before these men received a sufficient amount of training to be of aid in the great conflict. At this time the R. O. T. C. was in its infancy but nevertheless the few number of schools and colleges who already had units installed responded and were in a position to offer men trained in the rudiments of war and also able to impart their knowledge to recruits. It is a self evident fact that a great deal more time and training is necessary in order to prepare an officer for battle than the training requisite for a private, and proceeding upon this the war de- partment has steadily given more attention to the drilling of officers.- The R. O. T. C. has as its aim and its real excuse for existence the training of men who will be avail- able in the time of war as officers. But secondarily its purpose is to make better citizens. As was shown-in the recent struggle there is not a great deal of difference in regard to preparation necessary for the army and that for civil life. The army is a great organization which needs every class of trained men found in times of peace and it was upon this theory men were assigned their du- ties. It is only mere mechanical training that is needed to convert men from the pursuits of peace to those of war. It is this gap between the two branches that the R. O. T. C. undertakes to fill. One of the funda- mental practices of the government in regard to the conduction of the R. O. T. C. units in the colleges throughout the country is to disturb the ordinary life of the collegian as little as possible and still equip him to lead a group of men in time of war. Certainly there is no better class to which the gov- ernment could look for fut'ure officers than college men and the increased interest evidenced in the va- rious units of this organization throughout the coun- try fully justifies the faith placed in university un- dergraduates. A knowledge of the ways and work- ings of the army is beneficial to every one, no mat- ter what his life work may be. and there is no man- ner in which it is better possible to attain this than through taking part in an organization of this na- ture. Narcissus Bulbs with Bowls at GRAHAM'S Voth Ends of the Diagonal Walk DETROIT UNITED LINES Ann Arbor and Jackson TIMI TABLE (Ea-stern Standard Time) Detroit Limited ad Express Cars-6.os a. 7:05 a. m., 8:io a. m. and hourly to 9:10 p. m. Ja.kson Express Cars (local stops of Ann Arbor), 9:48 a. m. and every two hours to 0:48 p. m. Local Cars East Bound-5:55 a.m., 7:0 a. m, and every two h .urs to g:oo p. m., i1 :oo . tn.. To Ypslant only-i p. i., 1.25 To Saline, change at Ypsilanti. Local Cars West Bound- :s0 a. rm., 2:40 p. To Jackson and Kalamazoo-Limited cars Tom csnan 8. in Jewelry 8:48, 10:45r a. in., 1:48. 2:;48, :48. To 4co andLansing-L mitedA: 8:48nav ,, An exceptionally complete nislav of .. ',A 7,I ,AI lv* -1 --. . B. Young 1921 DECEMBERT 121 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NOTICE TO MEN We do all kinds of high-class Hat work at pre-wareprices. Hats turned inside out. with all new triminigs~, are as wood as new. FACTORY HAT STORE 617 PACKARD STREET Teleplhone 1792 Buy your class toques from Daily ad"Vertsers.-Adv. BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 960 BUSINESS MANAGER ............. VERNON F. HILLERY Advertising......................F. M. Heath, A. J. Parker Publication.............................Nathan W. Robertson Accounts................................. John J. Hamels, Jr. Circulation .................................. Herold C. Hunt Assistants Burr L. Robbins Richard Cutting H. Willis Heidbreder W. Cooley James Prentiss W. Kenneth Galbraith L. Beaumont Parks Maurice Moule J. A. Dryer Walter Scherer M at tin Goldring Richard Heidemann Edw. Murane Tyler Stevens T H. Wolfe David Park- Paul Blum t; THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1921 Night Editor-HUGHSTON M. McBAIN Assistant-Martin A. Klaver Proofreaders-Ralph N. Byers J. F. Pontius Chop Suey CHINESE AND AMERICAN RESTAURANT Quang Tung Lo. 613 E. Liberty NEGLECT OF A SACRED DUTY The recent death of Lieutenant Colonel Whittle- sey, hero of "the lost battalion" and wearer of the Congressional Medal of Honor is perhaps the very blow needed to stir officialdom at Washington into action. Colonel Whittlesey, who had been a victim of shell shock, was discharged from the army as physically fit and left free to roam as his fancy led him. Even his friends thought that he had entirely recovered, but circumstances proved that he had not. Not long ago he had a mental lapse, and leav- ing notes for his friends and business associates, he took passage aboard the ship Toloa, and - all the evidence points to the conclusion that he jumped into the sea. Other things of the same sort have happened, nearly every person has knowledge of some veteran who has been discharged unfit for life, or who has been allowed to follow his own desires when he is mentally deranged. Only the other day Scout Com- missioner Lamb of Muskegon, who had been a ser- geant during the war, was found in Waco, Texas, after having dropped out of existence for more than a week. Such cases are occurring constantly, but the persons involved are too obscure usually to bring the attention of the public to what is hap- pening. The Washington officials who are charged with the care of these veterans must be more on the alert, more active, more efficient. Colonel Whittle- sey should have been examined for mental aberra- tion when this became suspected, and so should Sergeant Lamb. These men are deserving of care and the best of medical treatment. It is for the gov- ernment to see that they get it. It is up to the gov- ernment to fulfill its obligation to the victims of the stress and strain of service in the World War by giving. such cases as these the best of treatment when they are discovered. If it does not do so, it is failing in its duty.. RURAL EDUCATION Evils pertaining to rural education have become so threatening to the best interests of the country that as a 'last resort an investigation is being con-. dticted by the Institute of Educational Research of Teachers College, Columbia university, with a view of correcting them. In connection with the probe a quaker school in New Jersey has been selected as a laboratory in which to carry out the experiments. In this school modern equipment has replaced ragged books and scarred desks, and efficient teach- ers have been secured to supersede the customary rural "schoolmarms". Of this country's 300,000 rural teachers it is es- timated that about half of them have not completed the four year high school course ; 10 per cent have finished only seven or eight grades of the elemen- tary school. One-third of all the rural teachers or about 1oo,ooo have had no professional preparation whatever, while only two per cent are normal grad- uates and one-tenth of the number have had any special rtral training. Country children are now from two to three years below normal in their edu- Apparently a few cold days did more about a complete observance of the toque than a great deal of urging. to bring tradition The Telescope "The Gladdest Words of Tongue or Pen" (With apologies to Whittier) Many the words that poets sing That through eternity will ring. Orators' eloquent words leap forth And echo in south, and west and north. Many the words that seem as fire - Which thrill, - exalted, and inspire. But, ah, the words that greatest please, The words that thrill me most are these - (As down at the station, ready to start, The bell 'gins to clang - the train to depart) Greater than phrases inspired by the sword Is the brakeman's hoarse warning - "411 Aboard". -Vee Dee. Suggestions Only In the delicately draped window of a lingerie shop in the Nichols Arcade we noticed a little sign, "Sug- gestions". And as we gazed at the gauzy bits of apparel in the window, we thought, "Suggestions, - yes, suggestions of clothes, - bare suggestions. Quoth Eppie Taft: Now shed a tear For fairest Anna; She tried to eat A green banana. -Krazy Kat. - r .s - r - r - Ma - r w -- r - w 1 r - a twf - r - r r r - r - r , - w - r - Z s r - r C - = M r r - a - ow r~as } 8 - r A, M r - - M ° - - a rectly res MENs greaYtOyeaced0yTteINGw r H E, I P R ED A D D M S I r a I Bing: Bang: What's an illusion? A good meal for forty cents. - Cicero. Daily Bulletin Don't forget to wear your toques home, for Christ- mas ! It's part of your school spirit. And, besides, hats aren't as easy to carry things in. Famous Closing Lines "I stole a march on them that time." chuckled the cleptomaniac as he walked out of the music store with a copy of Sousa's "Stars and Stripes" ERM.