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HOWARD,'A. DONAHUE
News Editor...............Julian E. Mack
City Editor............. ..Harry 1loey
EditorialBoard Chairman.... R. C. Moriarty
Night Editors
. H. Ailes A. B. Connable
R. A. 1illington 1'. E. Faiske
Harry C. Clark T. G., Garlinghouse
P. M. Wagner
Sports Editor ..............Ralph N. Byers
Women's Editor............Winona b
Telegraph Editor..............R. B. Tarr
Sunday Magazine Editor.....F. L. Tilden
Music Editor...............Ruth A. Howell
Editorial Board
than in the events which followed the
recent Japanese disaster. Within a
few short hours after Tokio and Yok-
ohama were thrown into chaos 4of
wreck and ru'n, the many broadcast-
ing stations throughout the United
j States were flashing forth messages
requesting financial aid for the
stricken districts. The prompt re-
sponse to the appeal for aid may be
attributed in a large part to the speedy
action of the radio. Persons residing
in outlying dstricts were aware of
the catazrophe in some instances be-
fore the newspaper reports reached
them.
Despite the universal recognition of
the value of the broadcasting station,
the University still goes radioless. It
is to be hoped that ,within the near
future an appropriation will be set
aside for the development of a broad-
casting station similar in type to the
sets with which a number of the other,
larger universities are equipped. A
broadcasting station at Michigan will
mean that football. results, concerts,
lectures, etc. may be received by thou-
sands of people living in the more
remote sections of the country.
Perhaps the most interesting feature
of a university radio is that an ex-'
tension lecture service could be insti-
uted.
A ten thousand dollar appropriation,
would be ample for the installation of,
a broadcasting station that would en-
tirely fill the needs of the University:
It is to be hoped that Micigan will.
soon become a leader in this branch of
scientific achievement.
Paul Einstein
Ae Robrt Ramsay
Andrew Propper
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Assistants
B. G. Baetcke J. J. McGinnis CULT TA 1E)ENTHUSIASM
Helen :Brown. .R. S. M n sfiedTeecnbldtltl rui
Bernadette Cote E. C. Mack There can be but little opportunity
Harold Ebrlich. S.. J. Schnitz to doubt the comparatively small part
E. C. Fingerle W. L. Scratchp
T. P. Henry .. L. Smith book learning plays in a complete ed-
Dorothy Kami . W. H. Stoneman
K. C. Kellar H. R. Stone ucat on when one recognizes the im
izabeth ieerman S B. Treble portant contributions of outside as-
R. R. McGeorge,. Jr W. I. Waltiioar sociations, both in work and in mo-
ments of diversion. Each year there
BUSINESS STAFF are some diligent students entering
Telephone 960 the University determined to make'
their books the nucleus of four long.
BUSINESS MANAGER lean years of studious drudgery and
LAURENCE H. FAVROT prepared to exclude everything not
Adverts ............E. L. Dunne absolutely essental to the obtaining
Advertising. ......Perry M. Hayden of a degree. To these, nothing but
,Advertising.................... C. Purdy'
Advertisin g. ...........W. Roese reluctance can come. Their advantage
Acvertising ................W. K. Scherer over the worthless "rounder," who has
Accounts ...................C. WV. Christie
Circulation. ............Jno. Haskins no purpose other than a good time,.
Publication................Lawrence Pierce is but slight.
Assistants The University offers opportunity
Bennie Caplan Edw. D. Ioedemaker freeytp ~rr;T
johnCorilin Harold A. Marks for every type f indiiu1 to de-
Alinm B. -Cioth Byron Parker vl~t ?trl tt , ul ,<':it
Louis M. Dexter . A. Robinson VO) msel a lii of ny
Rowan Fasquelle I. M. Rockwell Ot~V he y Isave ai o ldior hwm
Toseph 3).Finn ,- IH. E. Rose I ?I I cr'?:r t 1 f h
David A. Fox Will Weise eI - Whethe it be in ampu- ;ot vK
Lauren Haight C. F. White ties. n ..E.-.
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"1][0 UIN!" SAID
T H E DORNOUSE,
AWAKING WITH A
START.
Football Note
Our esteemed contemporary, Mr.
Fielding H. Yost, director of intercol-
legiate athletics, dean of the coaching
school, grand old man of Michigan,
Booster and whatnot, is doing a great
social service to the student body.
This service, we need hardly say,
is the daily scrimmage which, to bor-
row cinematic phraseology, is direct-
ed by FIELDING H. YOST, produced
by a bunch of rangy elephants, photo-
graphed by the student body for its
M book--and passed by the National
Board of Review.
This super-spectacle is daily wit-
nessed by thousands of interested
spectators: some who come there to
sit and think, some who bring rushees
to give them a thrilling afternoon, and
some who want to back the good ol'
team. It's a fine thing for the boys to
have this innocent place to pass their
time; without it they might be forced
to go to the movies or even, possibly,
to study. Thank God for Mr. Yost,
WE say.
* * *
This is a slam for the Trib. Col. Con.
Sir Jasey: Are you a relative of
Tantalus on the W. G. N: payroll?
Edgar G.
Being interpreted, "Tribune Column
Conductor.
"No, Edgar, we are not Tantalus'
uncle, nor his aunt, nor his wife, nor
his ox, nor his ass, nor his manser-
vant, nor his maid-servant, nor the
stranger that is within his gates,
thanks for the compliment.
A Little Something inD lalect
(Try and translate it)
Dere Jayson:
I bin one sweet little ko-ed, now at
the grate University which yu is at.
The girrls at my house, it's "Jason"
they say all the time. I here them
gigglin so-so. I say Who giggly why?
One she turns sharply and say "Fule,
we readun Jayson". I laugh then too.
Do yu objict. There grate comoshun
on ze State street. I say why to kop.
He laugh jellyously "Jason went by
he Jason Jayson." I here nothin else.
,If I come great Pres Blg Jason he
meet me? I wanta be liek others girl
and love Jayson.
We co-eds.
)esdovea
This( as far as we can make out,
is a mash note. We print it, not be-
cause of any merit in the composition,
but because of the sentiment conveyed
in it. (to quote. Mr. Mencken) we are
touched.
TO FLIT OR NOT TO FLIV
This world is full of dumbells;
Some of them go to college.
They seek to hide their dumbness
With some real collegiate knowl-
edge!
But our idea of the dumbest
Of all this awful horde
Is the Frosh who comes to college
And proceeds to buy a Ford.
We know one little freshman
Who did this little trick.
He traded all his money
For a flivver with a kick.
The "car" was ever ten years old
But far from being floored-
And now this kid's not eating-
He's paying for his Ford!
For first the license cost six bucks,
A couple more for tires,
He had to pay the man to find
Some dislocated wires.
That fliv has cost a fortune-
He cannot pay his board,'
For one cannot got to college
And also own a Ford.
Arlie Heavenly.
Evidence of awakening historical
interest in Michigan,
(From the Lansing State Journal)
Owosso D. A. R. members -have com-
pleted the equipment of their,log ca-
bn near the gasoline station on Main
street, and are hostesses every Satur-
lay afternoon to the public.
Among the relics is found. . . . a
lollar bill issued by the Bank of Shi-
awasse in 1864 . . . . An old
hymn book contains the -hymn which
was sung in 1835 at the funeral of
Hilburn Bedell, whose funeral was
he first one ever held in Owosso.
Apologies to the Smart Set for our
use of their new art form.
We haul this gem from the syndi-
cated mass that throngs our hook
laily:
The most zealous opponents of pro-
ibition are threatening to go abroad
o live. As some great man almost
Mohns in the Making.
Going back to the subject of the
American press, treated at some
length in this column yesterday, we
note the headline of a Detroit paper
which boasts of one of the city's larg-
est circulations. The first page dis-
plays three banner heads as follows:
"Mrs. Leasia Aided Wife Slayer."
"State to Ask Dissolution of David
Sect."
"Baby Lost By Error Dead, Is The-
ory."
Then on the same page follow arti-
cles headed, "Girl Robber Caught in
Chase", "Woman Beaten and Robbed;
Two Held", and "Pretty Girl Threat-I
ened By Stepfather."
The second page is headed "Police
Believe Motherless Baby Lost in "Mix-
up", Dead" and a large cut headed
"Wife Slayer, Suicide and Woman in
Case." The third page opens with
another banner head, "Aged Million-
aire Bitterly Contests Wife's Tale of
Cruelty" and a sub-head 'He Broke a
Chair on Head, Is Claim."
Yet it is a sheet of this sort that
commands the attention of thousands,
every evening, it, is this kind of news
that the working man totes homeI
nightly with his empty lunch pail and
emptier cranium and it is this type na-
tive journalism that sells like hog.
cakes on a December night in the
metropoli all over the country. Be-
hold a nation of morons in the mak-
ing.
Is this country like that? Are aged
millionaires continually breaking
chairs over their wives heads; pret-
ty girls being threatened by cruel
stepfathers; babies continually lost in
"mixups"; and women beaten and
robbed at every street corner?
And yet there was important news
yesterday. Foreign news from Ger-
many and Great Britain, late devel-
opments in Washington, and more
about the! coal situation. Of all this
hardly a word. Moreover the publish-
ers of this and similar papers are
justified. -.This is what the public
wants. H. L. Mencken claims that the
average reader of the daily papers
cannot understand a simple editorial
and seldom even glances at one. We
think the point is well taken.
P0TfH tENDS O- [ DIAGONAL WALK
Stude~' Plallil iax
All students and mcmbe of W
Paul's church are cordi8I lv invit ld to
atten da social mixer gi3n by lE3
Senior Young Peoples' snoeMeLy by leth
church at 8 o'clock this evenug, at he
hall at Third and Liberty streets.
Lea-v Chamber of Cmne.c2
Week Days u: i'y-s
6:45 . r. : a. .
12:45 t). n. 6:e,5 p. m.r
4:45 p .m
JAS. If. ELLIOTT, 'roprietnr
Phone 926-M Adiian, Mh
Gil,
13 S .
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1923
Night Edito -HARRY C. CLARK
IN 1922-1923
The good American' god, Optimism,
a fat, comfortable deity, at whose
shrine all unfortunates invariably
worship, is being overworked hereE
during the period following the publi-
cation of the annual Scholarship chart.
There are those who wonder why
further comment on the chart is nec-
essary. They argue that general aver-
ages on the chart are in approximately
the same positions as last year. This
is true, but there are a few utterly
bad features of University scholarship,
which are not appprent W Ess glance.
1. The scholarship of' a large num-
ber of campus organizations declined
last year.
2. The scholarship of women; in
general, declined. Some of the groups
contributing to th s slump should be
such as the musical and lecture series,
clo~se personal friendships with mem-
bers of the faculty, or affiliation with.
some worthwhile discussion group;
all bring the same diversion of inter-
est and accentuate the appreciation of
the whole.
During the coming week, there will
appear a series of editorials concern-
ing the various fields which offer op-
portunities for the development of
outside interests. Those men who are
new on the campus will find their
college course a source of great satis-
faction if they cultivate a genuine en-
thusiasm for some one of these.
Convict leaves prison with $890 he'
accumulated in blacking shoes. If he
wanted to keep money, he should have
stayed there.
Although it is a sad case, we have
not yet been able to scare up a good
cry over those indicted bucketshop
keepers.
noted. -Some automobiles are hard to ride
The scholarship for all sororities in. The fellows who own them never
has dropped nearly one point; pro- give you an invitation.4
fessional sororities dropped more than
one , and 0,n, half points; local fra-
ternities'drdppeed a fraction of a point;
general fraternities dropped a fraction Twenty-FiveYears ;
of a point and the number of frater-I Ago At Michigan
nit'es below a passing average for the AM
year was increased. by six; the record
for all women shows a decline of one Reprinted from the files of the U. of
point; the all independents' record 1. Daily, September 28, 1898.
shows a sharp decline of nearly one During the few weeks following the
point, due largely to the lower record declaration of peace, the University
of indepenidsent women; all independ- Hospital sent out four hospital trains
ent men have declined a fraction of a to various points, to bring back sick
point. soldiers so that they could receive
To speculate on the cause of the proper medicaltattention.
poor record of last year would be * * *
mostly useless and it would hurt the The faculty of the department of law
feelings of many sensitive people. One is now considering plans for the deci-
poinL, however, in v'ew of the above jication of the handsome new struc-
data, cannot be evaded. The frater-' ture wh c will henceforth Abe its
nities (excluding professionals whicn home.
show a gain of nearly one point),
sororities 'and house clubs as one
is being offered this semester by Dr.
group and the women of the campus, is being oered this semester by'Dr.
theoretically-the bulwarks of Intel- Mosher, dean of women, which she
lectualism on the campus, have, in calls "Household Economics." The
an astounding number of cases, been course takes up the buying of a house,
found wanting, the furnishing of it, the preparation
Conferences have already been held of meals and so forth. The aim of the
for the purpose of finding a solution course is to give a little practical
for the problem 'n the fraternities but work with a view to aiding all those
t ,ere -will be no glory in permitting who contemplate setting up house-
the- Uniyersity to impose new. regula- keeping at some period of their life.
tIlon.s and penalties for poor scholar-
EDITORIAL. COMMENT
Wanted-Men With Spine.
(The Detroit News)
One of the truisms that bear repeti-
tion without disparagement is the fact
that an educational institution such as
the University of Michigan. exists for
the purpose of developing useful men
and women.
Dr. Marion LeRoy Burton is one of
those men big enough to vision this I
inission in its true, broad sense. At
the opening convocation in Hill Aud-
itorium he restated, in new terms, one
of the cardinal points in his philos'
ophy.
"In this university we want only
men with spine," he said, "who do
what they know they ought to do."
William of Wykeham, who founded
Winchester College and New Col-
lege, Oxford, both in England, had
inscribed over his institutions:
"Manners Maketh Man." Most really
great ideas are elementary, and there-j
fore old. But age never withers the
truth. What Michigan university
wants, as interpreted by its presi-
dent, is what the nation wants; it is
what each city and community wants;
it is the objective of morality and so-
ciety's supreme goal.
For when men have spine and, by
that courage, do the things they know
they ought to do, all life, profession
al and commercial, and all govern-
ment, national and local, will take on
a tone of enlightened conscience
which we teach ourselves to seek ever,
even if at present we do not alway;
discover it.
If the University of Michigan can
so guide the thoughts of its studentr
that they challenge all temptation t
be lower than the best in each of
them; if it encourages them to thinl;
effectively for themselves, and so ad('
force to the intellectual energy of
their time; if it can demonstrate to
them the substantial worth of high
moral integrity, which it courage in
its highest form, then that splendid
institution will fulfill the purpose o
higher education in a way the fruit
of which will be priceless and endur-
ing.
It would be a good idea to let the
Klan and the League of Nations get to-
gether and make the world safe for
democracy. It might be called the
"Kleague of Nations" and Governor
Walton would properly be its head.
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* * * said: Tney'd rather be tight than
Prof. Alexander Ziwet of the depart- resident