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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SUNDAY, ;DCEMBER 9, 1923
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OFFICIA L NEWSPAPER OF TIE error in elementary education.
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since been recognized but only recent-
ly have any definite steps to foster the
t er\l tAuse of thic nowJ r amon lour-'
nalists tiemselves been taken. Con-
ferences of editors, however, within
the past few years, have endeavored
to establish a code of journalism eth-
ics with which to battle the attacks
of "yellow journalism." Schools of
journalism in which journalism of a
Iligh ethical order is taught have been
established in colleges and universi-
ties for the same purpose with a slow
but increasingly great success.
The aim of college journalism has
been exemplified in the school publica-
tions, daily papers, humor magazines,
literary magazines, and year books,
which are based on the principles of
sincerity and service. The univer-
sities which compose the Pig Ten con-
ference have perhaps, as a whole,
achieved this aim to a greater degreek
than any other group of colleges in
the United States and it was to pro-
mote this ideal of journalism that the
Western Conference Editorial associa-
tion was formed.
At the gathering of delegates of Con-
ference- papers held this week-end,
Ann Arbor had the pleasure of wel-
coming the representative exponents
of this ideal of all the Big Ten uii-
versities, and with them, two highly
esteemed journalists who have carriect
the ideal into . practical use in
the competitive field. The valuablej
(liscussions and mutual confidences
will -go a long way in carrying for-
ward the purpose of the association,
and the University of Michigan was
signally honored in being chosen as
host for a gathering with such high
aims and possibilities.
The delegates theinselves were given
renewed courage in the excellent and
frank talks from Mr. Willis John Ab-
bot,.'84L, editor of the Christian Sci--
ence Monitor, and Mr. George G.1
Booth, president of the Detroit Even-
ing News association, both of whoam
were-=pioneers is the journalistic pro-
fossion and whose lives have been de-
voted to the ideals for which thej
Western Conference Editorial associ
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She does not walk, but prances. I
Her mind is full of little talk
And she delights in dances.
She wears bright jewelry and a ring
Not only night but morning.j
She likes her friends in raiment
bright
Her gay self gay-adorning. f
She goes to see the Divas sing;
She does not hear, but listens.
She claims she loves the poets dear-
To read them her eye glistens.
But if you watch this tiny thing,
You would then know, not guessing,
Her thoughts are fixed upon her
beaux,
And how she'll soon be dressing.,
Hidalgo!
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SERIOUS ADVS,
A young gentleman we know recent-
ly had a most unfortunate experience.
He was attending a class in Mason
Hall Thursday afternoon; and the
class, like everything else in this vale
of tears, eventually came to a con-
clusion. Our young friend then re-1
paired to the place where he had left
his overcoat-in the rear of the room,
perhaps,-or even in the front.}
And what did he find? His overcoat?
No! It was gone!
Some low-lying mud-eating pig had
swiped it; nor had he left even -a top
coat-no, not even a reefer of his own,
in reparation. If the guy that swiped
this overcoat will take steps to return
it, we, Jason Cowles, will take nor
further action in the matter. Other-
wise, if he is ever caught, we, Jason
Cowles, will print the name and his-
tory of the offender, broadcast it to
the papers of his native city, send a
copy to his parents, his best-beloved,
and to his rich uncle.
And all this is on kidding. So help
us Zenus, Apollo, and Aphrodite. (This
notice is run free of charge, in the in-#
terests of justice.)
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Occasionally an opportunity is given t.0I I F
our military men, even in the enlight-
ened days of 1923, to present in a pub-
lic way their despair at the general
lethargy'toward military affairs, which
not only insults their professional j
pride but puts in immediate danger
their lucrative occupations. Accord- B 0 T H E N D S
ingly, when there is assurance of pro-
per publicity, they assemble, deliber- I
ate, and finally pass defiant resolu- -I
tions, reassuring to one another and plaved streets or that Peoria ,i., has
soothing to their wounded feelings. i a street car. When visiting in other]
No one pays any attention, of course, parts of the country, New Yorkers are
to such filler as appeared in Friday .often heard remarking how much bet-
morning's Daily about the "insidious ter this or that is done at home. What I
pacifist propaganda" that threatens most people never discover is that, on
to "undermine the foundations of our the other hand, the average New York-
government and civilization." The er has no local pride and very seldom
only surprising element about it is objects to criticism.
that there is still a group of men will- New York City has for several
ing to commit itself to the outworn months conducted what, probably will
dogma of militarism, however lack- turnout to be a successful campaign to
ipg in influence the group and how- win the Democratic National Conven-
ever much sustained by professional tion in 1924. Heretofore New York
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With Christmas just sixteen days away:
Send us your clothes tomorrow morn
And have them cleaned, repaired if torn:
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1923
'ight Edtor-hIARR C. CLARK
COMPULSORY ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION
Human inhibitions and lack of fore-
sight the world must always take into
account in estimating the worth of
its citizens. Many steps lie between
the possibility and the accomplishment
of a great work and a useful life and
many failures owe their misfortune to
these factors. A small article in The
Detroit Saturday Night commenting
on the dinner honoring Dean Cooley
cites a brilliant example of the work-
ing of these two principles in human
life.
"Once upon a time Dean Cooley,
of Michigan, played hookey-but
only for one day. The morning after
the day before, Cooley junior per-
ceived Cooley senior .coming out of
the apple orchard with part of a tree
in his hand. After the ceremonies
in the barn were over Cooley senior
said to Cooley junior, 'My boy, all
I can give you in this world is a
good education, and you're going to
get it if the apple orchard holds out.' I
"The apple orchard held out, not
only to the good of Cooley, but tu
the good of Michigan and the pro-
fession of engineering in general.
Could he have foreseen so long ago
the honors that were to come to him
from far and wide, the story of the
apple orchard would probably neV r
have been told.
"Such honors are .usually tardy.
'God gave us June,' said Chairman
Dow to the guest of the evening,
'that we might have roses in Decem-
- h ber! But how few find the roses in
December! It takes so long foi
youth to learn that June does not
= last forever."
The recent attack on compulsory
education ade by, Prof. Henry H1.
Goddard, of Ohio State university in
his address to the Phi Delta Kappa
fraternity, seems to be fully answered
in this old fashioned story. Granted
that Prof. Goddard was correct in his
estination of the number of idiots and
morons in the United States, the fact
still remains that the method of trial
and error is the one productive of
tion stands.
The American public can feel the
inestimable good that such meeting!
achieve in purifying modern journal-
ism of the dross that;.under the stress
of coinietition, creeps into-and under-
mines its vital activity and the dele-
gates, leaving Ann Arbor. can carry
back to their respective colleges many
new ideas with which to strengthen
their followers in the ideals to which
they have committed themselves.
ELIEL SAA.RINEN
The University of Michigan owes a
large share of its greatness to the
representative men of the world who
have from time to time graced its fac-
ulty and added to the curriculum
whatever is new and enlightening-in
their field of study and their personal-
ities. The addition of Eliel Saarinen,
the noted Finnish architect, to the fac-
ulty of the Architectural college brings
to the University a new and enliven-
ing personality in the field of archi-
tecture which will assuredly add much
to the enviable reputation which this
school has already made for itself.
Mr. Saarinen is well known in the
United States today and highly re- I
[spected for the boldness and origin-
ality of his ideas. His work "in the
recent contest conducted by The Chi-
cago Tribune won hini international'
recognition as a designer, critic, and
creator.
While Mr. Saarinen's work will be
carried on principally in the Architec-
tural school and it is there that the
worth of his influence will be the most
fully appreciated, the , other colleges
of the university and the University.
as a whole will be benefitted by con-
tact with his personality and reputa-
tion. Michigan is indeed fortunate inI
being able to attract men of this kindE
to her colleges for it is upon such new
and inspiring teachers that her pro-
gress must be built.
Here, on the other hand, is a paid
advertisement; submitted for publica-
! tion in the Classified ad department ot
the Daily. . The head mogul of thel
commercial end of the Daily gave us
the money and told us we could run-l
it. Here it is.
Application for membership inl
S.S.S. is now open. Only those who-
are not in love may apply for mem-
bership. Address Box S, Toasted
Rolls.
We are getting a dollar for this,
which is also no kidding.
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.1 IHas Been Moved and Carried-
Dear Jason:
We were arguing about the best way
to speak of the "ladies" in the Opera,
and have come to the conclusion that,.
I regardless of grammar, one should
say: "The girl he. . .."
The Gutter Pups
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And the Sophomores, than whom
there is no dumber collection 'of
cheese-mongers on earth, now put on
their first social event of the year.
But do they fellow hallowed tradition,
and call it a mixer? They do not.,
They call it their
Premier IDansant
The Soph Prom this year will be the
Deuxieme Dansant, we suppose. Prob-1
ably Allah will whisper in the ear of
the president of the freshman class
that he should think up some snooty
nom de plume for the coming Frosh
Frolic-the Folies Bergeers of the
class of 1927, or something like that.
Aw, what of it?
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Interest.I
The only argument for the big army
and navy program adduced by its1
advocates is the concept of "national
defense," for the use of "our national1
honor and dignity" introduces an ele- t
ment still distasteful to a people: that
has just returned from battering
and trampling the straw-man of Kai-1
serism . The catycylsm of 1914 and theJ
series of minor calamaties since: 1918
ha're failed to convince them that."na-
tional defense" is but another and
more convenient name for "national
aggression."
For it is impossible to demonstrate
to these people that if one nation con-
siders itself morally justified in piling
up armament there is surely no force,
moral or political, that can prevent
any other nation from making its ter-
ritory a similar arsenal. And there is
the strongest incentive for immediate
entry into the Race to Disaster, for,
as our :own militarists declare, to lie
quiesdept before the gathering armies
of a 'niohbor, however friendly fo the
moment, would be suicide.
On&lnust admit that War as a means
of deba ting international controversies
will ot be eliminated, at least for
many ears, any more than crim has
been iminated by our elaborate ma-
ehlx{ of criminal justice. But it is
sim I unthinkable that there shoul.
be -a&oher great war, involving two
or ,i of the great industrial nations,
"UG dthose stability the prosperity
and i 4eed the very subsistence of the
rest he world depend. The present
paralysis of Europe, as even tli mi--
perialists admit, can only be remedied
by soe sort of co-operation between
its statesmen, - that will bring relief
from the staggering burden of arma-
ment and allow a return to a normally
productive peace.
It is unfortunate that the "pacifist"
pledge assailed by the Army and Navy
Club contained a disparaging reference
to the Red Cross, the splendidly prac-
tical organization that has alleviated
In some degree the miseries of a war-
torn world. But it is unfair that the -
movement in America for international
conciliation should, by reason of such
an irresponsible statement, be termed
insidious. It partakes of the naturo
of free, reasonable, and open-minded
discussion, in fact, far more than the
appeals to ancient and crystallized
emotions made by the military Party.
It is not quite clear whether the con-
demnation of the club attaches to such
discussion, for if our "political and
social institutions" cannot stand up
under its analysis they are in need,
certainly, of some important readjust-
ments.
In short, the army and navy men o
the campus, as wIll as those through-.
out the country, in their insistence on
the arming of the nation, are quiteI
impervious to the facts of the interna-
tional situation. Their argumempts have
been proven unsound by the discus-
sions of statesmen, pre-eminently of
AmericaR statesmen, during the
course of the twentieth century and
by the events of the lat 10 years. It
their conclusions are not refuted by
the development of a workable inter-
national organization, at the hands of
far-seeing, free-thinking men; our in-
dust'rial order, by all the omens that
have been vouchsafed us,' is headed
for collapse.
JOHN P. DAWSON, t4I
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has not seemed to care whether con-
ventions of any kind met there or not;
but now the city is beginning- to culti-
vate the good will of all 4ts acquaint-
ances. And so New York capitulates
to public opinion. It wants to be liked.
Who does not?
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We should like to say to our distin-
guished patrons that the review of the
Mimes Opera attributed to us in yes-
terday's Daily was composed in ten
minutes by us after seeing the first.
act of the production. The - headline
over it, advertising the author in un-
seemly eighteen point type, and the
slug "By Jason Cowles" were not our'
idea. They were the work of the night
editor, whose name can be found on
the editorial page, of the paper in
question.
Aw, what of it?
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TwentyFive Years
Ago At Michigan,
From the files of the U. of 31. Daily,
December 9, 1898.
One of these tuxedos by Hart
Schaffr & Marx will answer
every need for, hoday festi-
vities. Co rrect in all detaiB.
Major. Vaughan reports that his
government work will not be complet-
ed until after New Year's. His com-
mission is making extensive experi-
nents as to vlt is the best sanita-
tion for military camps. The worthy
doctor believes in the United States
holding on to the Philippinc Islands.
Ihe is sorry to see the Democratic par-
We- ot up a 'moment ago to borrow
a pencil-something'we do everytime
we get out this horrible column-and
when we came back we found that a
gent had deposited his luggage on our
chair.dHe stood there, talking to
somebody, guarding this Gladstone
bag as if it was stuffed with diamonds
and other expensive stones. (We aren't
sure, by the way, that it was a Glad-
stone bag, but we have been waiting
for a chance to use the phrase ever
since we came across it in Sherlock
Holmes when we were a boy.)
Pretty soon he got up and went
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uy SMYTHE
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The .Surrender to Public Opinion
"How They Hate New York" is the
title of an article in a recent publica-
tion from that city. New York is be-
coming sensitive and self-conscious, it
seems and has begun a studied, effort
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