PAVE TWO
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1923
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TrheC Ccess. Regarding the writing of them,
aiwpuse are not particular. Precise rhe
torical rules, for the most part, can
and ego to the devil. This does not mean
that the manuscripts will be unac-
:iter-a-toor ceptable, should there be, by any
Lchance. a decently developed style.
The editors of The Sunday Maga- The chief things are originality and
zine are of the opinion that, notwith- veracity to some phase of life. And
standing the various campus pubIlca- this, of course, includes everything
tions which print short stories, essays, elfrom the romantic fairy tale to the
vignettes and verse by students, there most naturalistic treatment of a
remains a definite need for a chance theme. The two are, after all, closer
at literary-expression hereabouts. The to each other than is popularly sup-
only campus publications giving op- posed.
portunity-for this are The Sunday With such a scope, it is doubtful if
Magazine, Chimes and Whimsies, many will be pleased. Adherence to
though the latter is not strictly a a particular policy regarding the type
University venture, which is sufficient of material published goes far towards
reason that it should be better than building up a regular and reliable
it has been. clientele of readers. Fortunately, we
Chimes, with its best foot foremost, are not particularly concerned with as
is avowedly not concerned with tend readingpublic. If we had been, the
encies in the direction of artistic lit- Sunday Magazine probably would
erary exression. It substantiates have been scrapped some time ago.
that by going in for the sort of thing There' is little to fear from. any of
which "will do the campus good' and this. If the stories do come in, and
by calling itself "the magazine of if they are passable, the ain of this
campus opinion", thereby tomplinent- mezzo-editorial will have been ac-
ing the campps and making a dubious't inplished. If they do come in and
impliestion regarding itself. are bad, they can probably be pub-
Whimsies, for the most part, is a lished safely with the thought that
fine example of the precipitate of the they are not as bad as nearly 80% of
rhetoric department. Generally, it is the stuff now appearing on the campuso
a characteristic. and regretable psale,in print, and iff none does come in,
pink ad slightly top-heavy. It suf- as was the case several years :ago :
fers from being terrifically conscious when this same thing was attempted,
of its Mission-a sort of literary Sun- we shall be content to aImitls that ithe
day night concert by the Salvation outlet for whatever liitracy expres-
Army. sion as tle campus posseses is uore
The' Sunday Magazine, like the oth- than adequate,
esufeels the lack of material to draw
from. There is a distasteful hetro-E
geneity about the whole thing result- Ca
ing rom raher mnssccesfu ss (Choniissied froni Page One)
ing from a rather unsuccessful at- But leaving facetious . speculation,
tempt to present a field unlimited by ye are faced by the facto themselves.
the campus boundaries. To lift from The first thng that strike us is the
the University Catalogue, it tries to
deal with "Literature, Science and f'tility of such misdirected efforts as
,, . .the wsould-be cleansers o, the world
Arts" in as intelligent manner asthbave wiade. Doean ot
possible. Of policy, standards, cru- Do we not have "Madame
Sovary, "Jurgen", "Fleu du Mal",
sades and war-cries it is lacking en- "Sirner", "The Genius" and numer-
cepting those which can be implied eus other books which have been bit
from the above. torly attacked, at our disposal? After
Obviously, all that the pubhcations the court decree on Jurgen, succes-
of an institution can ever hope to be sive'editions ticked from the presses
is only a reflection of the individaloflipuisesafstsscnd
temperaments composingltht institu-
tion. In this the entire list of pub- from a clock. The promptest of buy-
lications, with the possible exception era failed to get earlier editions than
list ninth or tentc
of The .Daily proper, is commonly
ofhDaly. proer is couoonlyhre This obstreperous morality-howling
handicapped For sout reason there is as futile in regard to the drama as
attention to literary things inmthe it is in connection with literature.
attntin t; ltearythigs n teThe box office receipts of "Aphro-
larger Eastern Universities and col- Ite", "The ei V i and "he
leges than there is here at present. Fool" bear witness to its effectiveness
Nevertheless, we feel, with our gaze towards the success of those very pro-
turned steadfastly on The Ultimate ductions against which it is directed.
Good and The Shinng Light that there In New York at this very moment the
must be somewhere, some sort of writ- manager of "Artists and Models" is
ing that is, for one reason or another, seeking a larger theatre in which to
not contributed to any of the above give the presentation, simply because
mentioned publications. the theatre-going crowdshave become
We cherish no expansive delusions too bulky -for the present accommoda-
concerning tie stories we intend to tions. The increase in the size of the
run. It is unfortunate but Wholly nat- houses which have witnessed "Artists
ural that the majority of themwill be and Models" was brought about be-
quite bad, a smaller proportion me- cauge thepolice adveried the on-
diocre, and if; withirfi a year-wer.- picuous absence of apparel in the
ceive one or two good contributions, s
show, somethingththemngr
our chortles will be heard for a con- tould stever have dared to do.
siderable distance. We would hesitate to question the
The stories must be about 100 worthiness of the objects which these
words, original, based on some inte- splenetic attacks of our Comstockian
ligible idea and be true to satfi fund progeny have in view, yet the fact re-a
apinta qaliie oflif.-Tha i, al'mains that true Art -will live regard-
and yet we look forward to little suc- less of opposition while pornography
perishes quickly if it is ignored. Mor-
ality is not cheated by judicial deci-
F. L. Tilden............Editor sions. Nine tenths of our intellect-
Donald E. L. Snyder.....Books ually stagnant population would not
Robert Bartron........ ..Drama be jarred from their Saturday Evening
Normand Lockwood...... Music Post complacency by a mere book or
Robert Bartron Henderson... play, no matter how evolutionary such
Dramai a book or play might be. Our moral
Lisle Rose, Halsey Davidson, guardians fail to realize this and con-
Newell Bebout, Samuel Moore, tinue to waste their own energy and
Jr. other peoples endurance -by cavilling
The Sunday Magazine solicits against an isaginary monster. If
manuscripts from all persons af- thsey create a Frankenstein may he not
filiated with the University. Man- be expected to behave in the tradi-
uscripts must be typewritten, tional manner? Their case is not
triple spaced and written on one moral, it is psychopathic.
side only. * * Huneker's opinion is a-propos. "If
The Sunday Magazine acknowl all the evil books that have seen the
edges The American Secular Un- light of publication had wrought te
ion review service for "The Un- evil predicted of them the earth would
official Observer" department.* be an apomination. In reality we dis-
_cuss with varying shades of enthu-
siasm such frank literature-and aft-
er the hullabaloo of the moral bell-
boys has ceased the book is quietly
It is this peliep of Sis Imaain5 t forgotten on the shelf. Flaubert once
publish articles of opinion by both
student and' faculty membecs if, in wrote of the vast fund off indifforence
the judgment of the editor, these arti- possessed by society. Dramas, books.
cle, are of intrinsice svluzxd interes.t
This does not meIn that manuscripts pictures, statues have never ruined
seiicited r reoluntrily offered are our over-moral world. The day for
necessarily in accord ,with editovia ss
opion either in principle or form. tsick things-if there ever was a day-
'.t .nueCh a o iaga Tfoee)
illusion
N. L MANGOUNY
By Avedik Issahaekan
A Leaf from the Armenian Literature
Fortunate is the man who has an illusion,
because the world becomes for him a home, a
sweet home.
Fortunate is the man who is deceived by a
beautiful lie, because the real world is
bitter and cruel and the will of men is
evil and unjust.
And finally, fortunate is the man who has
a dream, because it is that dream that
spreads its flowery gardens amid deserts
of snakes and t rs.
There was a ard wo was a less 's tc'mp
He plodded iro m'l'sto, islag telin
old stories of good and noble deeds. ie
revealed in ihsmb'e cottages is vision of
just future, now cnigteeing for
while the hearts of the youing with the love
cf justice, now -areusing thle slum'beri"
conscience of -stilyhearted en.
Andthsus he eared his bread and btter,
whichis every man's daily due.
One Autmn day a he "as going fztem one
village to another, a dense fog obscsre--
erro pat ira'ndho '.st his ray
y the brshes. Te darkzn"ss o nih ni e
on, and tle north «_1,:r1b w fareIv
(Cmtinned on Fzce Seven)
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