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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1924
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AMERICAN STUDENT
T OO S ATIS FIED;
SLOSSONASET
SAYS YOUTH OF THIS COUNTRY
LACKS.INTEREST IN'
GOVERNMENT
FOREIGN STUDENT MORE
INTERESTED IN NATION
e Men Here Use Energies
lass Battles, Not Politics,
Is Charge
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"Our American university students
are too satisfied," said Prof. Preston
W. Slosson of the history department,
in a recent Interview concerning the
relative influence or foreign and
American students upon the economic
and political .onditions of their'coun-
tries.
Professor Slosson said, "Conditions
are such that we Americans are not
forced into serious consideration of
existing situations, and therefore we
take little interest in them. The Euro-
peon student, on the other hand, is
forced by burning necessity to play his'
part in the politics of his country."
Use Energies in Politics
Professor Slosson pointed out that
whereas the energy of our American
institutions is partially used up in the
hazing of freshmen, and in sophomore
battles, the European students puts his
love of a lark into a riot to get better
government.
It is a well known fact that most of
the changes, most of the trouble, even
most of the socidlistic leaders, come
from the universities in Europe. This
is because the European students are
geared more closely to the political
times and needs of their country;.
Professor Slosson gives three reas-
ons why foreign students are mote
actively a part of their state than are
we Antereans. First, they are nore
mature aid advancet in learning when
they ente le fiunW&erty. The lyceep
of rance and the gymnasiums o Ger-
many give .the tudents two years ad-
:ance of the American freshman.
Moile S4ect Ulks Attends".
Seconf, a smaller, deeper-thinkin g
and much more selet class of students
attend the foreign university. Third,
the eonomic and political conditions
are so much more acute the student
must playia 'larger part.
The students in Russia strike for
political purptses and are successful,
the professor pointed out. During the
Revolution of 1917 they took charge of
the leaderless soldiers, and fed and
clothed them. In England, the Oxford
'Union, and in the Slavic countries, the
Sokal, are patriotic societies through
which the students express their inter-
est and influence in their state govern-
ments. -
The American student has taken but
little responsibility upon himself so
far, he says. The Harvard men put
down a police strike, and Columbia
broke a motorman's subway strike in
New York, but outside of these few in-
stances, American students have par-
ticipated little in public affairs.
Library Receives
Books On Gardens
Books about gardens and flowers'
are among tie works that have .been
posted on the February booklist at
the main library. Amateur gardeners
and flower lovers will find in them an
opportunity for acquiring a fund of
practical information that can be uti-
lized in spring planting.
Among the books listed are Duryea's
"Gardens In and About Town"; Hard-;
ing's "Peonies in the Winter Garden";
Wright's "Flowers for Cutting and
Decoration" and Teall's "A Little
Garden All the Year Round." All of I
these works deal not only with the
methods of artistic garden arrange-
ment but also give careful instruction
on the 'cultivation and care of plants.
Deals With Plant Names
A book that deals with a novel
angle of flower study is a small vol-
ume called "Plant Names," by T. S.
Lindsay. This work comprises an in-
teresting 'resume of the history of
plant study through the ages, begin-
ing . with T ophrastus, the Greek
philosopher who first wrote botanical
treatises. The'e are also several
chapters on the origin of plant names,
which explain how the English namejs
of plants have been drived from var-
sous sources.
Some plants were named in honor
of notable botanists, as the dahlia
Students Heavy
Mail Recipientse
That the average student receives
as much mail as a family of five, was
asserted in an interview with a Daily
reporter by W. L. Baxter, who has
etn 36 years of continuous service
with the local post office. Mr. Baxter
entered the service as a carrier in
1888, one year after free city delivery
was established in the city, and after
25 years of this work was put in
charge of the stamp department, which
he has managed since.
Mr. Baxter can recall the Uni-
versity was but a fraction of its pres-
ent size;' co-education did not exist
way back in those days. The students,
according to the post office official,
were mostly middle-age, bearded men.
What he 'enjoyed most to tell was
how the students used to come down
to the post office in the evening be-
tween 7 and 7:30 o'clock to receive
their mail, and how they frequently
rushed the post office and broke doors
and windows.
Few changes have taken place in
these years. The University has grown
a great deal, parcel post service came
about sixteen years ago, mail is de-
livered twice a day, and the whole
post office department has been sys-
tematized.
As a health-builder Mr. Baxter
heartily recommends carrying mail.
The most troublesome problem that
confronts the postman is that of the
student who habitually forgets to no-
tify the post office of change in ad-
dress.
CITY5 FORTUNE TOLD
Remeniscences of Ann Arbor's past
and prophecies of her future were ex-
pressed by the four prominent speak-
ers at the centennial banquet last
Wednesday night in the Union.. At this
celebration of the one hundredth anni-
versary of the founding of the city,
,Harry B. Hutchins, president-emeritus
of the University, recalled his early
life here. Prof. Orlando W. Stephen-
son of the American history depart-
ment, told of the first settlement of the
4ity, Mayor GeorgeE. Lewisdescribed
Ann Arbor as h thinks it wil:lbecome
and President Marion:L. Burton dis-
cussed "Civic Pirde" as it exists 4n
Ann Arbor today.
President Hutchins, who came 'hereI
56 years ago, recalled the days when
life.was more simple than' it is now,
when University students might be
seen with their little buckets going to
the store to buy kerosene by the light
of which they sudied, and when many
students sawed their own wood which
they burned in the stoves in their
rooms.
Used Wood Stoves
Wood stoves, he said, were used in
the University buildings as late as
1872, and it was one of his duties as a
professor to keep th fire going in the
class room. Two dallars a week was
the highest paid for board In those
days, said the speaker. There were
some 90-cent places.. President Hut-
chins had one of these but when it
began to cut down on the eats eh hunt-
ed around for a two-dollar place.
He commented on the influence that
Ann Arbor has exercised through the
students who have come here. "More
than 60,000 students," the president
said, "have gone out from the Univer-
sity and tonight more than 40,000 of
them are still living and carrying for-
ward the name of Ann Arbor and the
University."
)Mayor Lewis Speaks
Mayor Lewis contrasted this picture
of the past with his idea of what Ann
Arbor will be in the future. He thinks
it likely that Ann Arbor will, at no
distant date, become part of a metro-,
politan city including Detroit, Pontiac,
Ypsilanti, and Monroe.
The first building in the city was
erected on the ground now occupied
by the Ann Arbor Savings bank on the
corner of Huron and Main streets, ac
cording to Professor Stephenson, who
traced Ann Arbor's early history.
John Allen and Elisan Runsey, the
first settlers here, came on Feb. 2l,
1824, he said.
President Burton was introduced by'
Dr. Hutchins as - "The man .of the
hour."
Burton Speaks on City
President Burton declared that civic
pridewas the result of reverence for
four things: the material things of
the city, such as institutions, homes,
parks, and beautifying influences; the
citizens, past and present, who have
made up the city or live here today;
the spiritual atmosphere which pre-
LOOKS LBIKE POLITICAL PUSHBALL
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Reporter Finds
Strange Names
In University
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Rich and Poor, Bigge- and Little,
Noble and Small, Meek and Lawless-
they are all to be found in the Stu-
dent directory, accordingrtothe in-
I vestigations of a Daily reporter yes-
terday.
There are those who are called True
and Frank, and Young and Airey, and
Hard, Sharpe, and Stern. One stu-
dent is Trickey, another is Good. A
few are Bright, and several are Wise.
There are Sweet girls, and Savage
fellows, a professor who is Stout, and
a student who is Bald. There are
I several Green students;, most of them
are freshmen. One instructor is a
Darling, but others are Grim and Gray.
The Lyon and Lamb come together on
the University faculty. One student
is Looney; another a Nutt.
Mixed in with the Blessed students
and the Blessings of our faculty,
jumbled with the Hale and Strong
members, the Kings, Earls, Barrons,
and Dukes of our university we have
members who are Katz,. Wezels, and
Shrimps, not to mention the Foxes and
Wolves, the Badgers and Coons, the
Bulls and Bucks, the Grubbs and
Moles, of our University.
Brook and Stream Found
There are Birds here-Crow, Par-
rot, Peacock, Swan and Martin. The
University of Michigan is a veritable
paradise for the Fishers, the Fowlers,
the Archers, and Skinners, who are
here. There is Field and Forest; Hill
Plain, and Mountain; Wood and
Grove; Pines and Oakes. There are
Floods and Snow, Frost and Hale.
There are Waters and Marshes; Pools,
Lakes, Brooks, and Streams, with the
Beaches, Banks, and Bays, the Glenns,
Havens, Caves, and Dells. There is
Summer and Winter, Day and Knight,
Sun and Storm. There is May, with
the Roses, Lillies, and Flowers.
There is August, with Ashes and
Weeds, Dust and Clouds. 'Then there
are Traps for the Fowler, and Lines
for the Fisher, with Grubbs for Bates.
There is a Camp here, too, for the
sportsman.
Scratch Here, a Burn There
It is true that there is a Scratch
here, and a Burn there among the stu-
-dents, but in spite of the Paynes an(d
Hurts, the Thorns and Brambles, the
Burrs, Briers, and Blights, we have
not allowed ourselves to lose our
Smiles, and Pride is still on the can-
pus. Perhaps this is because with out,
Days and Weeks here at Ann ;Arbor'
we haveour Innes but ,we have' not
Outs. Or is it because we realize the
"where there's a Will' there's a Way."
At all events there is a Will and al
Way on the campus.
We have Christians among us, and
church officers-Sexton, Elder, Par-
son, Priest, Abbott, Bishop, and Pope.
Paul is here, and St. Peter; also Adam
and Cain. We have a Chapple, and a
Bell, and a Cross, and Angells. And
the Lord is with us.
Justice and Law Present
Of course Justice and Law are here,
although one student is Lax, and an-,
other Lawless. Bolts are on record inl
some classes. -
"India had her civilization when
Europe was still the home of cave
dwellers; she has not taken her plac
..among the great modern nations be
cause her vast wealth has made he
prey to one great conqueror after an
other since the time of Alexander the
Great. England, like all the rest, i
only occupying India for her own
gain." So spoke Mr. Nur M. Malak
'27M, graduate of the Indian Medica
college, in an interview with a Dail:
reporter concerning his attitude in
Indian politics.
"England has ruled India for 150
years, yet if the English were to leave
India tomorrow they would not leave
a single lasting impression in ou
country. Propaganda has led the out
sider to believe that the native Indiar
is crude and quarrelsome, and that i
he were left under a government o
his own mutinies and chaos would
break out. This is a false representa-
tion, but the Indian people have not
the nans to tell the outside world
what manner of men they are and
what are their wants and needs.
Railroads No Aid
"It s believed by foreigners that
England is doing all in'her power foi
the betterment of India. British prop
aganda tells of the railroads and
canals that have been built to hell
Indian trade. As a matter of fact the
railroads only serve to connect Eng-
lish military centers.. Do you suppose
that a large town, if it happens to be
of these lines, can get a railroad buil
to take its products to a market? Well
'there is no way that they can,
'"But are nupy our people encouraged
to organize their own. industries?" Mr
Malak Wag asl:ed.
British Hinder Industries
"No. If they~try to better themselves
industrially they are hindered. Sup-
pose that an Indian started a tanner3
FOREIGN STUDENi
RULE OVER INDI
INDIAN )FEDIVAL SCHOOL GRAD
ATE GIVES VIEWS ON
COUNTRY
SAYS AMERICANS HAVE
WRONG IDEAS OF LAN
Investigators Given No chance
)iscover True Facts,
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MAZE OF ICE, MUD, WATER l
MAKES WALKING PERILOUS
To jump or not, to jump is the
question repeatedly to be decided
[.:by after dark promenaders on'
( 'campus and off'these evenings.
For it may be..a'slide or it'may
be a deep dark-puddle. Which-
ever awaits, ote misstep inevit-
ably has an upsetting effect.'
Daytime travel 'has 'enough'
difficulties. The campius trip s'
interrupted by all manners of
snow banks, gullies, and mud-
holes. Usually there is a con-
venient brickpile to be negoiated.
Or, perhaps, you may be fortun-
ate enough to find a sheet of
I solid ice on which to skate to
your 8 o'clock.
Above all, however, the weath-
er man warns us, we must re-
member that spring is coming.
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Hayden Wr$tes
On Philippines:
Stressing the need of a national
language for the Filipinos, Prof. J. R
Hayden of the political science depart-
ment attacked the political evils af-
fected by the existing babble, of
tongues in the Philippines in an
article in a recent issue of the Chris-
tian' Monitor,
"One of the most significant results
to all Filipinos," states Professor
to all Filippinos," states Professor
Hayden, "is that it has made the de-
velopment of a national press and a
national literature impossible,"
Although there have been many fa-
mous writers and poets, such as the
noted Rizal, they have all written in
thei'r own dialects or in Spanish, Pro-
fessor Hayden points out. Hence their
Jwritings are readable only to their
groups and are unintelligible to the
vast majority of Filipinos.
Lack Readers
This diversity of tongues and ab-
UNION FAILS TO PROVIDE
FAMOUS CAMPUS DELICACY
Toasted rolls, that delicacy
dear to the. palate of all Michi-
gan men, has-been ignored, over-
,looked 'and abandoned by the'
Tap roomof the Michigan Union.
Lack of the proper equipment
with which to toast the rolls is
the reason given for their non,
appearance on the bill. -of fare.,
Students. seeking nqurishment
in the tap room have called for
these rolls'and have been refused
them. "This oversight," says a
prominent senior, "is nothing less
than criminal. The equipment
should be purchased at once,
that toasted rolls may not perish
from the earth."
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PRIVA9TE SCHOOLS BANNED
AFER 1826 IN, OREGON,
or 'some other little business of his
owi'. Soon' ai Eglish official would
come around, look the place over, and
say, 'Your place is unsanitary; you
must close up,' or perhaps,. 'We hear
that your employees are holding meet-
ings and spreading dangerous propal
ganda; you must dismiss them.' In
such ways as that, which no one ever
hears about, the Indian people are
made to support English trade."
"You say it is untrue that your peo-
ple are naturally quarrelsome?" ask-
ed the interviewer.
"It is untrue, as I can show you,"
he replied. - "The English in India are
a mere handful. If my people should
choose to throw'off their 'control they
could rise like a 'great tide, sweeping
everything before them with scarcely
an. effort. That they do not do so, but
are .content to work for their inde-
pendence by the slow methods of re-
form, is not this proof that they are
peace-loving?
RADIO- INVADES CANADA .'
TO RELIEVE ISOLATION!
Winnipeg, Man., March 1.--(By AP)
-Radios carrying the latest news of'
the world into remote farm homes and
hooking up pioneer prairie settlements
with large cities, have become an im-
portant factor in colonization in the
Dominion, according to a report issued
by the department of marine.
"The radio has robbed prairie farm4
life of its isolation." reads the report.!
"Loneliness is no longer to be dreaded.
Settlers and their families listen-in on
current news of the day, enjoy high
class concerts and entertainments, re-
ceive information from agricultural
colleges on new farming methods and'
courses in household management, and!
get the latest market .quotations on
agricultural products.
"Of 100,000 receiving sets estimatedj
to be in operation throughout the Do-
minion, more than 60 percent are own-'
I ed on farms. This is especially true:
in the prairie provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta. ,.In Mani-'
toba, the provincial government aids
broadcasting through its publicly-own-.j
ed telephone system." ,
Broadcasting stations in Canada,
numbder 38, the report -shows, and are
located in the principal cities from
coast, to coast. .Investment in receiv-
ing . sets amounts to more, than $2,-
000,000..
Students Warned
Of Auto Rulingsl
sence of a national literature has re-i Private schools 'will cease to exist!
suilted in the absence of a national I after 1926 in the State of Oregon, as
reading public. Professor Hayden es- a result of the bill for compulsory edu-
pecially noted this lacl, of reading in cation recently approved by the voters
his travels through the islands, for he of that state. A similar bill being con-
failed to see a single Filipino sitting sidered for the State of Washington.
reading. A bill for complsory public school
As a result of the absence of Filipino education has brought on one of the
readers there is a great scarcity of biggest legal battles in the history of
books, newspapers, magazines, and li-, priyate schools, it is said. J. A. Hill,
braries, according to the article. The president of Hill Military academy of
total circulation for the daily papers Portland, Ore., has taken the bill be-
there is only about 132.000, and most ' fore the state courts. In a speech in
of these readers live in' Manila, and I Chicago a few days ago Mr. Hill criti-
a few of the larger provincial towns cized the new legislation as a "men-
where the press' is very influential, ace to education." The advantages of
"Consequently" states Professor private school education to certain
Hayden, "there are no powerful organs types of student, as well as the in-
of public opinion in the Philippines. creased' taxation annd public burden,
Family troubles seem to exist on the1
campus, judging from the Battles,E
Cannon, Broomes, and Bricks. Yet
Love is ever-present, and there is only
one Bachelor.
All the names appearing in this ar-f
ticle are of students or faculty mem-j
hers. Would you believe it? If you
for public' life in concentrated in
Manila and the Filipino element in the
insular government is fairly sensitive
to the Manila press.
Press Not Representative
were cited as objections to the new
ruling.
Fear Spread of Law
Once established in Oregon, it is
feared that similar attempts will be1
Intala in ritha cf~aac an i wih fh
"The tr'ouble is that the press (does jnane in other states, and awt the
not reach and does not represent the precedent of successful suits there,
masses of the people, and that there meet with success.
are very few papers outside of the in- As presented in the Oregon legisla-
sular and a few of the provincial: ture the new ruling will affect girls'
capitals. There are no national news schools as well as men's. This has
gathering and news disseminating s sent the 200 members of the National
vices. Likewise there are no national Association of Principals of Schools
novelists, poets, or historians, nor, as for Girls up in arms. Miss E. R. Tre-
has been said. is there a national read- main, principal of Ferry Hall. a prom-
ing public. 'there will be none until inent school for girls in Lake Forest,
the Filipinos develop a literature in a ill. and' president.of the association,
language which is common to all of 1 is leading the representatives of these
them.., schools in an attempt to defeat the
idea.
Buffalo Alumni Club Meets Object to Snoblery'
Women's Alumni club of Buffalo, One of the commonest objection of-
S uin u o fered to private schools has been that
asceymd 2 of fre ih
.-y+ ' YIlestigators See One Side
don't, look them up in the directory, "You in America think of my people
says the reporter. . as uncouth and backward because you
never hear 'the truth about us. Your
! 'investigators' see only one side of the
question because the Briitish govern-
MAment sees to it that they are in of-
NW ial bands every minute.
S Forthssreason I do not see how
Professor Van Tyne's latest book
It is the consensus of opinion, a re- (India in Ferment, by Prof. C. H. Van
cent investigation has revealed, among Tyne. history department of the Uni-
many upper-class men of the Univer- versity) can contain any information
sity that the present forms of "razzing" of any value. Your tourist friends
and hazing the freshmen at college are bring back only the same old stories
harmless to the individual and bene- i about how in India girls ade widowed
ficial to the class as a whole. A num-] at five, how babies are thrown to the
ber of both independents and fratern- sacred crocodiles, 'and how we are
ity men were asked to give their opin-! head-hunters. And you believe it of
ion concerning this question. us, who have one of the oldest civili-
Every upper-classman approved of zations on eath- Suppose I were to
the requirement for freshmen to weari-go back and tell my'people only about
"pots" and toques because, they said, your' worst points,-your vices and
it greatly aids in bringing about your : scandals. But no we come. to
unity of the class. They claimed that America; to learn, not to criticize.
any persecution received when wear- , Americans Seehi "Immoral
ing these hats tends to .arouse class !You Mont 'ealize how:rude and im-
spirit, thereby, strengthening the moral. u seem according to our
bonds of unity. standards. 't .makes me perspire to
The freshmen-sophomore games, the see your . young men and women
upper-classmen agreed, stimulate: mingle in public wearing bathing suits
{ greater class interest. However, a -almost naked! Our standards are
minority believed they promote a different from yours, for we are a dif-
I wrong kind of spirit: that of hatred. ferent people, but that does not mean