THE MICHIGAN DAILY Peering Into Russian Student GRO P .n sc ss___ __ __ FRANC Life Where HumansBarely Exist iN R.Through the windows one may see' They sit on the beds to eat, for there the beginning of daylight. A head are no tables, chairs or benches. It Campus Organization Studies Prob- with dishevelled hair appears from is stifling in the room,--a smell of lems of International under a ragged blanket and peers dirty linen, blankets and sheep-skins. Politics about the room. A man arises, So begins the day in a student board.- scratches himself and yawns. Others ing house where seven hundred are FACULTY, STUDENTS JO U are lying on the floor all around him. sheltered. IN LEAGUE DISCUSSIONS He looks about for a place to put They have many different interests his feet. and inclinations, but all are bound to- "Idiot," shouts a voice, "you stepped gether by a common determination Unprejudiced examination of the on my hand!" to go on with their studies, come what international situation is the declared Now in all corners voices are heard. may. They are accustomed to living purpose of the League of Nations C People are getting up, yawning and together like a great family. They Study group, a student organization stretching. Their beds are planks share with each other, help one an- meeting every two weeks during the held up by boxes. Some of the stu- other. If work is found, they divide year under the auspices of the. Uni- dents run out and return with bread. it fairly. And they do not forget versity League of Nations Non-Parti- the girl-students. san association. The membership of f Always if ten men go to unload the group comprises all shades of f I CITIZENS Ijwood from cars, they take along two opinion, its object being to promote IIUUUI1I UIL I I women, for the women are willing to thorough discussion from different jl do anything, no matter how hard and points of view. SI R:I H exhausting in order to earn a little. Nine faculty men, in addition to the' UL UUpstairs are the women's quarters. facultyv speakers "appearing occasion- Here it Is cleaner than in the men's ally, and 30 students are regularly (Continued from Page Ten) rooms. There is even a looking glass enrolled members. ep'rts are given cally, but one whose insincerity was and a picture hanging on the wall. by the students whenever possible, and obvious. By, their fruits ye . shall Also there are clean sheets and pillow the discussion is so arranged as to I know them'," he observed. "Lenin was cases. Ten women are sitting about be wholly informal. The materials a knave who, in his last hours, re- the room. Some are sewing. One is on which its studies are based are pented his crimes and paced his room bending over an oven; another is deposited in a private room on the conscience-stricken, crying, "God save kneading bread. third floor of the Law building. Russia." "Comrades," someone calls. "Let us Meet Thursday go and cut wood.,, The group's next meeting, planned Universities Discouraged Is it obligatory?" the visitor asks of-a"Islitobligator?" thetviitornasks for next Thursday night, will be de- Wassili Bar dyguine, the , "It is for ourselves. When we need n'o'ed to the reparations dilemma and fered an extensive account of condi- wood we must get it from the cellar, placetions n the Moscow universities and saw and cut it. Then we get our din- prancrts oplace in theotuhrf Atilater eietings during the second semester courts of pustice, both of which le ner." it is planned to discuss the League's says have become farcical. "In the hihndates and its part in the rehabili- Moscow Archaeological Institute tation of Austria, present conditions where I taught," he said, "everything R eporterS e s i Central Europe, and the disarma- was turned upside down with the ad- inent problem. 'hvent of the Bolshevists. Entrance and Num ber That wuring the first semester the group graduation examinations were abol- co'fsidered the Italian occupation oished, people were admitted whoAtten d M ovies could neither read nor write a-nd, in a ~otfu, the general European political situation, the World court, and the desperate attempt at aselfgovernment, Ilok Peace plan. Student members these incompetents were allowed to many students go to a movie s undertook to uline the struc elect the officers of the Institute. Most every day? That, in substance, was ure r t oouiu of the old professors were thrown what the City Editor assigned a re- Te o teLgue. out and the administration handed' porter to find out yesterday. Blithely an experiment at Michigan. The sue- over to plumbers and janitors, optimistic the youthful journalist left ess of the meetings so far is declar- "Teaching of communist propaganda to interview certain of the officials ed 'by its organizers to be sufflcient was enforced and Marxian socialism of local picture houses. justification for its existence. But it was the central part of the curricu- "Why," they greeted him cordially, is planned to continue the organiza- lum e ry tefrt was made o inul- "that is exactly what we would like tion next year as a center for the ate amealistic ph y and to know." The reporter was a little Iall idealistic teaching was ;penalized isussion of international affairs, by imprisonme o hoon About amazed at this but joined into the provided sufficient interest is shown. 70 professors were deported at the spirit of the thing and came back Sponsors Group with a few more questions. It seem- The eage o Naion No-Pati-time I as. As it turned out, we' Tan he League of Nations Non-Parti- were more fortunate'than those left ed that the theater officials have no an association, which is sponsor forbehind;: for many of them starved to ay of ascertaining what percentagej the group, arranged theaddress in dnthe ve t of their seat buyers are-students and Ann Arbor last fall the Hon. death unnoticed by the government, what percent are townspeople and Geirge W. Wickersham and the de- Professort rnd of the grcaestogl- children. Furthermore, one manager Wi~ersam andcal Institute, one of the greatest a bate between ProfWilliam H. Hobbs, I in the world on Slavic lan- declared, such special events as con- of the geology department, and Dr. thrtes ,vocations, games, and so forth, make Preston Slosson, of the history de- guaes litere, de o hngrhi the estimation of a fair average diffi- partment, last week. fien. powres to improv hison- cult if not impossible. The membership in the association ditir.ure in Rian hisy d After considerable mathematical does not coincide, however, with that lratre have peitere oied gymnastics, based mainly on the fact of the study group. Students and fac- are wthat the total seating capacities of ufty men who desire to join the group - the four leading movies of the city is may communicate with Prof. Brand Students Now Conservatives more than 4000, the reporter decided Blanchard, of the philosophy depart- "There are no longer any radical that approximately 2837 students at- ment, secretary of the League asso- university men," he stated. "Before tended one, or another of the daily ciation. 1917 radical gatherings were popular performances. A conservative esti- among students, but the students are mate, what? now, all conservatives. Many of the .Istwhile radical professors have The Student Friendship Fund feeds d changed their attitude now that they nearly 31,000 students in Russia daily find he cntemt ofthe roleara t the estimated cost 'of five cents for intelligence and they are not paid pe stys George Arliss, the famous actor, is salaries large enough to exist upon. to assist the Rev. Herbert A. Jump ISuicides are common. All those who______ THEA TERS Arcade "Big Brother," a Rex Beach story featuring Tom Moore and Edith Rob- erts, is showing at the Arcade today through Thursday. Regeneration is the theme of the picture. Trhe story centers around Jimmy Donovan and a little fellow Midge, an orphan left entirely alone in the world when his "big brother' is killed at the annual dance of the .Pat McGraw Pastime Club. The pal to whom Jim entrusts -the care of his young "brother" has a. hard struggle to keep himself straight in rder that he may serve 'as an example to A1idge. . Mickey Bennett. as Midge Murray is a remarkably clever juvenile actor, too. In ".Half=A -Dollar-Bill,"\whcla comes to the Arcade the last two days of the week, Raymond Hatton enacts the role of the one legged sailor, S"Noodles," the cook. ofthe good ship Grampus. But Raymond Hatton is a perfectly healthy, normal two-legged of " aytime" will complete the "pro- critics as the best acted drama ever dorsed by the clergy and critics, 'ram for the first half of the week. presented on a Detroit stage and that the cast has acted supe Milton Sills and Alice Lake share' played before packed houses each Charles Waldron as Gilchrist, the starring honors in "Environment," performance, it has created more dis- Sothern as Mary Margaret, lH which opens at the Wuerth on Thurs- cussion and found more favor than Stephenson as Mr. Goodkind, day and plays the remainder of the either of the past two dramas that Dorothy Shoemaker as Clare Je week. The story concerns a girl who have run for three continuous weeks. are the actors that have given associates with well dressed crooks, The success of the play has been play its great success. one who hesitates not to take money attributed to the fact that it is a - from the well-to-do, but flatly balks wholesome play affordin Pntprta- It's true etfclency to use at robbing the hard-working kind. ment to everyone, that it is highly en- Classiefleds--Adv. The action is set amid Chicago's se-' cret shadows and the open places of , the country. Another delightful "Our Gang" comedy, "Giants vs. Yanks"'A and Pathe News are also on the pro- WASHINGTON 1[HEATE-- gram., Coming. soon to the Wuerth are SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Douglas MacLean in his latest com- edy, "The Yankee Consul," Mack Sen-I' nett's "The. Halfback of Notre Dame," and Will Rogers in "Two Wagos- uN TUE BIG MUSICAL COIEDY Both Covered."T; 'II 'The Fool' Scores . . NINEPEOPLE7 [I I ! 5 , f lllf at; i . Hit In Detrcit Detroit theater patrons have ac- corded Channing Pollock's. drama,. "The Fool," such a reception that ar- rangements have been made to hold (m*stly urs> FEATURE PICTURE "THE RAGGED EDGE" Lots of Laughs, Fun and Comedy. Special Show Saturday at 10 P. Ill individual, and so in order to be the this play at the Garrick theatre for a cook it was necessary to strap his left third week, Acclaimed by Detroit leg behind him to make it appear severed at the knee. The pain resulting from this un- natural position made it impossible for Hatton to appear in the character for more than ten minutes at a time during the filming of the picture. S ao Anina Q. Nilsson appears in the pic-; ture married to a brute husband and forced to give up her only child in order to save its life., f ood OrpIheum "Mind Over Motor," with T'Thxi Friganza. and Ralph. Gaves, is show- ! ng at the O rpjim' day through Tuesday. The picture is taken from the "Tish' stories by Mar y Roberts Rhinehart.- "IIold On, the comedyj and news conclude the program. .Ro dolph Valentino in "The Isle of Love" comes on Wednesday and Thursday, and the last' two days of the week Roy Stewart will :appear in "Life's Greatest Problem." Wuertli Starting today, the Wuerth will present, for the first time in the state' of Michigan, "Maytime" with Ethel Shannon, Harrison Ford, and Clara Bow, in place of "The Old Fool" which was previously advertised. The mo- Etion.: picture ierg ,dn -,f 'Mlaytime" was adapted from the famous musi- cal comedy of the same name whichf played to thousands of satisfied audi- ences during its six years on the legitimate stage. In the excellent supporting com- pany are Joseph Swickard, Betty Francisco, Robert McKim and 12 of Hollywood's most beautiful girls. Stan Laurel will furnish 20 minutes of fun in "Mother's Joy," his latest comedy, while a Grantland Rice Sport- light entitled "The Call of the Game," will contrast the sports which draw great crowds such as football and baseball with the lone sports of hunt- ; ing and fishing. The Literary Digest's "Fun From the Press," Pathe News, and the Wtiet t Cncert Orchestra presenttig soni 'f 'the original soori- I)1 ELICIOUS and appetizing food, temptingly palatable, will make your meals he-re enjoyable. InCreasing patronage is proof that our food and satisfy. ample service 'I A variety of tempting dishes await you here daily--prices moderate. The hErmony Cafeteria 508 East William Street I S -------y BC t i> =MEN OF MICHIGAN WATCH THE DAILY -.4 in a rather unique church service this evening at the Congregational Church. Mr. Arliss is to be introduced through the medium of a "film parable," other-' wise known as a moving picture. A motion picture religious service is an innovation for Ann Arbor and' the committee of the Congregational. students, working under Rev. E. Knox Mitchell, have arranged an interest- ing program. A five reel picture is to be shown as an illustration of the theme of the evening sermon, "The Man Who Played God." The hymns will be illustrated with art slides on the screen and 'the prayers, too, will be read with the aid of the screen. The service will begin at 7:30 o'clocksand will last approximately an hour and a half. A silver offering will be taken up to defray the ex- penses of the program. DAILY CLASSIFIEDS BRING BIG RESULTS- ON LITTLE INVESTMENT 3 it is feared may combat the regime, are deported." M. Bardyguine told of a large hos- pital in Moscow for professors which is one of the prides of the Bolshevists, but to which you can gain admittance only upon the recommendation of two Bolshevist officials and by giving a promise never to oppose th& govern- ment by word or deed. As a result, it is practically empty. Most ot the hospitals are closed in the winter be- cause all the water is frozen and there is no fuel to heat them. While' this condition existed recently, the minis- ter of education was demanding fuel to heat a gymnasium for. acroblatic stunts! "The 'courts have long since ceased to deal out justice," lie asserted. "The question invariably asked about a man brought into court is not, "Is he guilty" but "Is he dangerous to us.' Inevitably, the courts have lost all public confidence and justice is a subject for laughter." A a -J FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT INTRODUCING Suits an. I 1 I I i .. r, _.._ ..,.... s Il I It pays to change when you can better your condition. our home-cooked, wholesome meals, and enjoy the music you eat. 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