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It is undoubt- tfs:t Ann Arboy Press Building, May- uar i :tret. . edly true that infinitely greater a-; Phoies: Editorial, ?414 and 176-M; Bus1 chievements can be attained through ness, 960. - - - --- a thesis written on the basis of sev-} Signed communications, not exceeding 300 eral years of practical expgrience, a urd.Mill be published in The Daily at the discreton of the Editor. Upon request, than in a paper compiled, as Tdr. Kel- the identity of communicants will be re- garded as confidential. ly has said, of second hand ideas pre- r sented "with little understanding". EDITORIAL STAFF No disadvantage can come to the can- Teiefphoues, 2414 and 176-M dilate through the temporary with- holding of his degree, and a man re- MANAGING EDITOR ceiving his M.S. after definite accom- HOWARD A. DONAHUE I plishments in the field of his en- News ditr.... . .... . .....Julian E. Mck deavor would have a degree of much Ciy dto..........- ..tai--r e STEROLL EDITORIAL COMMENT ''7U5 ,ja 1r A E M E SIDA M E S VOILA.LE BON DRINKING IN COLLEGES FROMAGE (The New York Times) Quick Watson, The Needle! Ever since the Volstead act defined Dthe Eighteenth Amendment, college ay anetwledespo t b authorities have been in a quandary weyp upn yor cohlumnlyshoulder? what to do about it. Naturally it is wee supn ur cyomsryo nddifficult to obtain precise data regard- We shun publicity of a sort, you and nth etntowic teatis ' ~ing the extent to which the act is I, Jase. And have you ever, at a violated in the colleges, but informa- sorority tea, say, become aware of a tion from Harvard, Princeton and, hole in your sock, no needle, and your th t- Yale together with reports from oth- fountain pen filled with red ink? Yep? ' Thn yu kow pon hatslederer seats of learning, indicates that the effect seems to have been to driveo threads; silk, lisle or woolen, one's, reputation may hang. many students from the comparative All which is preface to my return moderation of the last decade. ad -homeward to mend said Coles Phillip- Prior to the Volstead act the col- ai Ian garment, and my consequent fif- leges had their own code regarding teen minute late entrance into theh drink. It was forbidden to bring in- IR class room. He in the seat of the mighty behind the prfessorial desk toxicants into university buildings. threw out one arm to bring his wrist Drunkenness, if public, was "conduct Chi watch into focus and in an oracular unbecoming a scholar and a gentle- 707No manner vocalized thus; "This is too man". Moreover, the man who was much" publicly intoxicated lost caste withj Thus did the shrinking him avoid his fellows. They made a nice dis- undesirable attention. After all it tinction between the celebration of might have been better and wiser football victories, club elections and S S l to dwell in the single cussedness of the like, and real addiction to drink. a torn stocking than to invite the! This state of affairs was the culmin- 4 i multiple publicity of a class room re- ation of fifty years of growing mod- buke. eration. The old days when the few 252 Yours for courtesy, men were drunkards and the many PR: Aldebaran. teetotalers were yielding to an almost An*hnti prtn rpsto European practice.! And then this sporting proposition In 1919 drinking rather than drunk- Hats1 the Times News is backing-this Old- enness became the social offense. The fl~at er Boys' conference. We are inform- result was a rapid swing back from Jts l ed that the local C of C worked like the -attitude that a man might drink, F"Is hell to get this confere ofthe..hats conference o but owed respect to his fellows in the log I older mutts, and they are now beg- matter of conduct, to the boyish point ging people to entertain 'em over the of view that intoxication was a joke, F7 'e c not on one's self, but on the law. The (erring about God knows what. To sense of personal responsibility was (Wili this end the Times News runs spir- miraculously shifted from the indi- ited editorials comparing the towns- vidual to the law, and the result has folk with the gallant Yostmen, and been occasional debauches in the un- IA has worked up a sort of competition bEiversities. Aaw. i?' .. 10 A Wonder Selection of Personal Engraved Christmas Cards. AT---- G R A H A M'S . 301H ENDS O' THE DIAGONAL WALK,. Order, Larly Cars wanted for one hour and a half on Dee, 1st, to take visiting boys on u tour of eity. Call V. Ne son at 258. . tt Troles? e your feet examined diagnosed by a spec- t. Consultations Free. ING WA RMOLTS D. S. C. ropodist and Orthopedist rth University Phone 2652 Thanksgiving Eve DA N C E - , ye nesday, November 28th 9-- 1.25 per couple including yax and Checking. Music by Kennedy's G ranger. Academy Orchestra. I y_ E itor .. . .... .... .. ariy l ditorial Board Chairman.... R. C. Moriarty Night Editors s H. Ailes A. B. Conrable R. A. Rillitw+,rn x. F. Vske greater significance than one present- ed wholly on the achievements of his collegiate training. Harry C. Clark j.G. Garlighose ROOT OF THE EVIL P. M. Wagner TERO FTEEI Spots Editor..............Ralph N. Bers Convention is built upon the little W or,_'sEditto.:........... Win ona H'ibbard Te egiaph Editor...............R. B. 'f'arr things that make up life, but life it- Sunday azn E i or .. . F .Magazis dbineMsc dtr .. . .. ."Editoro el..el...pn.F.ssait Ciy lY f . . L.ieh ,l lar!ou f h chihe ltt e th n s r w !isi Ed Iitn...Ed....ut AI w2 self is based upon big fundamentals Assistmit City Emitr. .Kenneth C, i(elar out of which the little things grow. Editorial Board Regulating the little things because 1'al i nstein Rokert Ramsay Andrew Propper they are placed on the surface in Assistants plain view is futile unless restrictions 3. C. Baeteke R. S. Manslield are also placed upon the fundamen- 1. -N. Berkman L. C. -Mack t~lde'i Blown Verena Moran tals which lie beneath the surface LaVri.)viWe Cote .IRegina Reincn1n and which inspire the little things. U. v . Dais XV I. SL ')ncmari- Er hrC ich IR.e K Sto The great fault with law making' T. i. enry N.R r.bodies in all times has been their ten- ,)rothiy Ka-min S. B- Ti emhl1. fosejki Kruger W.KJ. Va~tho r dency to crush out the harmless mite Elizabeth 1ieberman on the surface without in any sense dealing with the problem that lies be- BUSINESS STAFF nfeath. Telephone 960 The recent action of the Senate sACommittee on Student Affairs was ev- LAURENCE H. FAVROT idently a superficial handling of the question of the Union opera. For Advertising..................E. L. Dunne many years the Union has placed be- A dvertising ..................... C.Purdy Advrrising ............... . W. Roesser fore the faculty, students, and alum- Accounts ..... .........A. S. Mo-ton i,-of the University theatrical pro- Circoation................Perry vM. ayden ductions identical in nature to the Pubuication ...............Lawrence fierce Assistants one now being prepared for this year. G. W. Campbell "dw. P floedemaker In the past, the productions have not CharsChampin . L. Irla ndonly been free from any public Grit oin Conlin Harold A. Marks icism of the kind implied in the ac- Louis M. Dexter Byrop Parker ; tion of the Senate committee but they JeehJ. Finn H. N1. Rockwell David A. Fox H. E. Rose have, on the contrary, been highly Lauren TTaight A. J. Seidman H. ". Hale will Weise praised. The whole idea of the Un- R. E. R.awkin C. F. White ion operas has been a clever burlesque .. tof the modern musical comedy and the titles under which the pieces have runj during the last few years have borne WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1923 | out the character of the shows. This --I year has been no exception. Night Editor-EDGAR H. AILES The sub-title of this year's opera while being entirely superfluous and ONGRATULATIONS ILLINOIS unnecessary certainly merited no cen- For the second consecutive year sure of itself. When the 'Senate com- Michigan finds herself with an un- mittee attacked this small part of the marred season's record in western 1924 opera they struck merely at the1 conference football. Likewise for the part of the production which is char- second consecutive year Michigan a-cteristic of the whole thing. The shares the championship honors. with] sub-title, "Never Made a Man Look another conference school having di- Twice", certainly gives no other im- vided first place with Iowa in 1922 pression than the one toward which and ividing with Illinois this year. the complete production is pointed. If Commenting upon this situation, the this sub-title is wrong, although the Daily Illini says, "We would like to ordinary observer cannot see where see a championship game with Mich- it is, then the idea of the entire piece igan of course. We would like to must be at fault and worthy of at- have the football supremacy of the tack. Why then does a serious body Western Conference settled once and concern itself with such a trivial andl for all by such a game. Yet we superficial point and refuse to work realize that a post season game is with the heavier problems beneath. impossible. And with all this we do If there is an evil, a policy which not forget that Michigan has been a will definitely remedy it is the only worthy and respected rival * * * one to pursue, and if there is no evil, to Coach Yost and Michigan our hear- then there is no room for criticism, tiest congratulations. May the teams! of this nature. meet next year." Michigan returns the compliment. -V46 -too- realize that Illinois Cie through withcolors flying. The Big Twenty-Five Years, Ten season ended in a tie which on- Ago At Michigan fy the most rabid of partisans would, venture to break by ealling either a; better team. But -we look forward to From the files of the U. of M. Daily, the battle next year. Congratulations, November 28,1898. Illinois. ____ N~OVEMDBERi T W T F S 1 2 3 13 14 15 1 17 201 -21 °22 23'-24 27 28 21) 40) RE-HOiLIDAY SALE ON MEN'S HATS' that were $3.50, Now $3.00 that were $400, Now $3.50 that Xvere UI.'>0, Mbw $3,7i that were YS.00, Now $4.2> (leaned imdni Reblocked a prices for Ilit-ChI Work. tCTORY RAT STORE 'ach-rd St. Phone 1792 ere D. U. It. Stops at State) -ii . I SEWfS BIDOE GOODYEAR DRUG CO. I Tickets at Grange s Academy I i 11y t ;s T+F d -; I I I 1 1 ie Big business needs =w. t that reads like this: A new record was set for hospital- ity last night when C. J. Schopen- hauer agreed to act as host to 53 .nv w .. ./u" YESTERDAY wee 6:q x2: 4:. JA! JN.-N A fN)O !R R U iAF I Central Time (Slow Time) eave Chamber of Conmeke eek D~ays Sund'ays :45 a. im. 6:45 a. W. T p. T. 6:45 p mi. k .H. ELLIOTT, Proprietor :926-M.. - Adrian, Mich. I ' boys during the Older Boys' confer- t~ySMYTHE x-- ence. R. C. Paderewski ran him a'[t close second with 49, while Chas. [-+ Spinoza was a good third, chalking ! The Great Humbug CUB KA I - up 31 boys. You can fool some of the people - Whoosh! j all :of- the time, -or1 all, of the people PRICES * * * some of the time. ,But you can't fool 6& -on Soles, Heels, and l Ach, Gott! Der Kunst is lang; Ali -the people all of the'time." Und kurz is unser Leben! - kds o Soe Repairing for There lived once a man who thought1 The success of Dr. Frederick A. two weeks irst W it would be nice if he could play on Cook as an oil stock swindler is cur- CS X some musical instrument; by means ious sinc' he has twice appeared in =done on all repair6o1bs. of this {accomplishment, he consid- the limelight as an' i ostor extraor- ered, he would be able to while away- dirI ;It shows ft the memory - -P his lonely evenings, playing to him- of the public is remarkably short and THE STATEi STliET 4 1 self by the fire. that fame after all is transcendental. -.,-REPAIR 8110P And so, partly from regard for his It was this same Dr. Cook who, pos- childish memories, and partly as the ing as an explorer, pretended that - 301 South Slate Street result of dickerings with the clerk he had climbed Mount McKinley and R Next to Wagner & Co. at the music store,.hepurchased a - beaten Admiral Peary to the NorthN tr& 'French horn, and made arrangements Pole, though-the truth of the matter with a virtuoso on that instrument to was that he had ' not been near the- 'take lessons'. Pole and had not ventured higher up By unflagging industry, coupled on McKinley than a spur far from the with a hitherto unsuspected talent for summit. Yet Dr. Cook became fam- the French horn, the man soon as- ous; wrote books about both these1 quired quite a considerable proficien- feats of his imagination; and deliv- cy, and in a year he finished the vir- ered lectures to thousands of people T h' tuoso's course. before he was exposed as a humbug. :h . 1 S6 tAnd finally came the night when * * * he was to play to himself before his To perpetrate two of the greatest G fire at home. He purchased a copy of humbugs in history and then attempt "Would God I Were a Tender Apple- another requires nerve. To travel ov- blossom" at the music store, prac- er the country and deliver lectures ticed it a few times in his office af-- on bogus feats, lectures that for a ter the force had left, walked home to time at least fooled the whole world Frid y get himself into a pensive mood, and including many eminent men of sat down at his hearth. science, also requires nerve. It seems And he played and he played and a pity that daring like that should be : he played. And he enjoyed the new so misdirected. piece immensely, and then he play- I Nerve like that could make a- pres-B ed all the others he knew, and final- ident, win a war, clean up Wall street, ly he played finger exercises, till he or corner wheat and instead it takes HUSK0H became drowsier and drowsier, sim- to the paltry and easy task of swindl- ply letting his fingers wander over ing the gullible public. the stops, and puffing softly at the * * * mouthpiece. . . . After he had made his claim to at- And then-he fell asleep. And -the tainingathe Pole, Dr. Cookhad the horn, released from the support of world at his feet. His exploit was z his hand, slipped down and broke his the wonder of the age. With a few neck. . . . l Esquimo he hadaccomplishedwhat, big men There is room and need for capable men in all the allied activities of big business. But nowhere is there greater need or greater opportunity than in that very essential service to all business - Insurance (Fire, Marine and Casualty). Insurance, as a profession, affords co tact with the most vital activities of the commercial and industrial world. The Insurance Company of North America, the oldest ,Ameican Fire and Marine Insurance Company, has been an integral part of big business since 1792 and the-earliest beginning of national affairs. Out of this long experience it urges those who are about to choose a calling to con- sider the world-wide influence of the insurance field r r. Insurance Company of North America PHILADELPHIA Snd mnptInsurance Company of'North America. .wr'practically every form of insurance except life A VVO UNCING Intercollegiate Ball and Ballroom HOTEL, CH-ICAGO enn g, Decem ber 28 ATTLE .af MUSICU kRE and his 1 piece orchestra Dancing 9 tO2 --- The next HOLDING UP DEGREES course will Advancing the unique idea that a, by Hon. J. lecture in the Unity Club be given Monday evening, M. B Sill, of Detroit, on I nian should not be given his engin- eering degree 'until several years af- ter graduation from a technical school, William Kelly, one of the prominent1 mining engineers of the country, has suggested. that aspirants for such a degree be required to demonstrate' some practical application of their tademic -training before having a degree conferred upon them. Deplor- ing the situation as it now exists at many schools which require the com- pilation of an extensive thesis by the comrpletion of -the senior year, hel suggests that a paper based upon firstr hand findings be submitted afterE three years of actual experience, andi "Korea and Its People". Mr. Sill was formerly president of the Normal school at Ypsilanti and is very well known here. He was appointed U. S. Minister to Korea by President Cleveland and will therefore speak from his own knowledge and observa- tions of the country. As the Eastern question is looming up in the near future of America, our interest in it is something more than mere curios- ity. Roman gambling bones were the novel instruments of ancient fun lov- ers which Instructor Dennison exhib- ited yesterday to his freshman Latin Peregrine Pickled. Peary had failed to do after devoting * * * his professional career to the under- Additional Correspondence taking. By sheer audacity, Cook con- Dear Jase: vinced the majority of people in this We will try something on you. At country. He was honored in other least we think it's different. lands as well. In Copenhagen he was We like your column but not near- received by the Crown Prince of Den- ly as well as we like you. mark, acclaimed by the people, and We would greatly enjoy a picture of honored by scientific societies. It was you taken in that niche. Why don't Admiral Peary himself who finally you pubish one at the top of that attacked Cook's pretentions; but wonderful Philosophy -of yours? { more than three months passed be- You might loan M.K. your shoulder fore a commission of the University to weep on. of Copenhager eported that the doc- We think you look quite nice in uments submitted for their examina- that leather coat. Especially with tion did not "contain observations and a short Jersey wool coat by your information which- can be regarded as side. proof that Dr. Cook reached the North Sam. Pole on his recent expedition". T'he downfall of the pretender came as a There is just one reason why we big surprise to the public and "How o meals wil be served Thursday at the A rcade anl NILt% chig'an Cafter . the awarding of the degree be based class. There were two knuckle bones, upon that. or"tali" and one bone cube called Spen usual on Friday.