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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1924
Night Editor-NORMAN R. THAL
A WOMAN PROFESSOR
Michigan's first chair in the history
department to be held by a woman
was approved yesterdiay by the Board
of Regents. As this step in the ad-
vancement of woman's place in the
active affairs of the world is so close
to home It calls for more than passing
note. It suggests the question, what
will be woman's place in the future.
Each day sees new positions and
offices open to them. First congress
had its lady representative. Even
though she did weep to excess ove
some of tlte more trying political
problems the idea stuck and the elec-
tion of a woman to the lower house
of our congress now causes but pass-
ing comment. Then came the first wo-
man senator who held her position
for but a few hours. But that idea,
too, has no doubt become pernanent.
The role of chief executive of a sover-
eign state the largest state in the
Union, is now due to fall to a woman.
This step in the steady advance is
yet sufficiently unusual as to elicite
interest. But the rustle of skirts in
the capitol houses shall not long be
attended with wonder. The nineteenth
amendment was the forerunner of a
movement in America which only the
future can defines
There comes now the announcement
that a woman will be appointed to a
full teaching professorship in the Uni-
versity. This is a signal step in the
advancement of woman's place. More
positions of equial impoiance are
bound to come. No one can judge as
to the scope and magnitude of the
fields in which woman will take her
place in the future'.
that the Third Party is recruiting its
strength from the Democratic party
rather than from the Republican, and4
that the rockribbed, stand patters,]
still support the Old Guard.
The result of a straw ballot on
the campus perhaps can be taken
as ia slight indication of what more
intelligent groups in the country may
do. To this end, a Detroit paper, fol-
lowing the ambitious lead of sister
papers plans such a poll on the camp-
ut. It is entirely probable that the
only result that will be shown by the
poll will be the fact that people are
I little interested, for no one who has
had any experience in campus elec-
tions can have sanguinary hopes that
the response at this election will be
such as to cause the counters to work
overtime.
A CLASSICAL REVIVAL
Inthe minds of most of the younger
generation, the study of classics is
something to be tolerated only if it i
a prerequisite for entrance into a
college or university. Seldom it is that
Latin or Greek are persued in high
school or college unless by exterior
compulsion of some kind. At least the
foregoing is the popular motion of
the status of the classics in Ameri-
can education of today.
In view of this attitude prevalent
in the most cultured communities, the
recent report of the American Clas-
sical League just made public is in-
teresting. The investigation was car-
ried on for the purpose ascertaining
definitely the position of these sub-
jects, as a basis for a constructive
program of recommendations for im-
proving Latin and Greek in the second
ary schools of United States.
Pupils were asked to give their
reasons for continuing the study of
Latin for four yqars. Half replied
that they had to take it in order to en-
ter an eastern college, the other half
finding that the study aided in the
study of English. Those who had pre-
vi'ously dropped Latin declared they
took this action either because they
found it too hard or because they did
not like it. Forty-eight percent of
505 college freshman were found to
1 value the study for its aid in the un-
derstanding of English, and 'the re-
mainder took it because they liked
it. College graduates almoqt unani-
mously valued it for the understand-
ing and use of English words derived
from the Latin and for the ability to
translate Latin phrases found in Eng-
lish prose, and 83 percent said they
would advise their children to take
up the study of Latin.
In one respect only does the survey
carry out the popular ideas. The stu-
dents, who took Latin or Greek be-
cause they had to, represent those
who consider them dead languages,
the study of which can be of no bene-
fit in this present age of mechanical
supremacy. The other half of the per-
sons questioned, however, if they
were sincere in their answers, signi-
fy a new tendency, a swing back to the
educational practice of a century ago.
The answers are especially signifi-
cant when they come from students
who are still laboring to translate end-
less lines of Caesar and Virgil because
it is seldom that the value of Latin
is realized until years after its study
is completed.
In the minds of those who have
completed classical study there is al-
most never a feeling of regret. There-
fore, the survey of the college grad-
uates is of no partciular significance.
The total result is of tremendous
value in that it has caused a con-
siderable number of people to con-
sider the matter thoroughly and will
no doubt stimulate the interest of
worthwhile students in the classics.
Ift represents a return to favor for
these studies, which are a basis for
the true appreciation of all that is
finest in English language and lit-
erature, an added stimulus should be-
given to those who are aiding in their
promotion.
C AMPUS OPINION j
And now the supreme edict has been
issued, class elections must be held
on Wednesday, October the first. We
live in hope that the Student Council
will soon realize that its intrusion is
extremely .unwelcome, and that the
Council will confine its activities to
the weightier activity of dispersing
the campus dog conventions.
Long live the Student Council, pro-
tectors of the unprotected, the bene-
volent Father of Freshmen
Waldo K. Greiner, '25E.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
REAL DISARMAMENT
-The Springfield Republican.
Without waiting for the rest of
the world to disarm, Denmark is go-
ing ahead with a program which is
essentially the one brought forward
by the Socialists in 1921. Conscrip-
tion will be abolished if the plans
approved by the cabinet are accepted
by the Legislature. The army and
the navy will- go out of existence,
and with them will disappear the
war office and the admiralty. To
carry out certain international obli-
gations; there will be a few armed
vessels and 7000 frontier guards. Re-
latively this is a considerable num-
ber for a nation of 3,500,000 inhabi-
tants, the equivalent of over 200,000
for the United States, but these guards
are to be policemen rather than sold-
iers, and will not be armed with rifles.
The maritime force likewise will be
not navy but a coast guard, with five
cutters to inspect the fisheries, and
some fast motor boats and seaplanes
to protect the inner Danish waters in
accordance, with article 16 of the
covenant of the League of Nations.
These vessels will carry guns but will
not be supplied with bombs, torpe-
does or mines.
All these forces will be under the
direct control of the prime minister,
and the cost is estimated at 11,000,
000 kroner, a year, as against 60,000,
000 under the present system. The
7000 frontier guards will be enlisted
for 12 years and will undergo a train-
ing of 4 1-2 months. Only a small part
of them will be on active service, but
they are all to be subject to call at
any time and will be paid 300 kroner a
year.
If this plan, as is now thought
likely, is carried through it, will be
the most complete measure of dis-
armament ever voluntarily undertaken
by a modern state. Its acceptance by
others than Socialists shows the
growth'of the belief that for a small
nation in Denmark's position' armed
defense is futile ana even find added'
danger; it night be likened to the
carrying of a pistol in a rough town
by a peaceful man unskilled In fire-
arms, Laurit2z Rassmussen, minister of
defen , who does not deplore the
vanishig of his job, recalls that in
1914 Dflnmark would have been drawn
into the World War if she hiad ben re-
fused to mine the Great Belt; on the
other hand, if Denmark had been dis-
armed the Germans would have had
no interest in her or her waters,' This
may be rather hypothetical, but it
must be granted that the Danes have
had .ather a .melancholy .experience
of, armed neutrality, neither France
nor Great Britian hesitating to take
summary measures. The' recent war
showed that the defense of Copen-
hagen has become impossible land
this renoves the principal reason for'
the maintenance of army and navy.
But although too small to maintain
itself by force, Denmark remains one
of the leaders of civilization, and the
high respect in which it is held is
not in the least dependent upon an
army and navy which are even now
insignificant when mgasured by the
modern scale.
MUSIC
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THE GLEE CLUB
With the renewal of activities comes
the announcement that the University
Glee Club is also making elaborate
plans for the coming season. Tryouti
are to be held within a few days and
a large number of candidates are ex-
pected to add to the nucleus of return-
ing members.
This year the Glee club is to be un-
der the direction of Mr. Theodore
Harrison, who is returning to the
University as head of the Voice depart-
ment of the School of Music. Mr. liar-
rison directed the club from 1914 to
1919, during which years the organiza-
tion made its greatest strides. With
such indications of unusual possibil-
ities, Qarl Schoonmaker '25, the mana-
ger, is preparing a larger program
than the Glee club has undertaken for
many years.
Tenative plans have been made for
trips aMd coo erts throuighout the
state as well as customary long trip
taken during the Spring viadation.
Such towns as: Monroe, Ypsilanti,
Jackson, and Kalamazoo, are to be in-
cluded in the shorter trips during the
year.
Last year the Glee club covered a,
total of 2800 miles, appearing be-
fore something like 27,000 people. The
spring trip covered most of the state,
stops being made at Flint, Gnand Ra-
pids, Saginaw, Bay City, and several
other Qf the larger towns. Other suc-
cessful trips in the past included one
to the Pacific coast, as well as long
tours through most of the middle
west.
Among its other activities the Glee
club presents some well known group
of artists at least once each year in
Hill auditorium,. For the past two
winters it has sponsored the perfor-
mance of the Denishawn dancers with
Ruth St. Dennis and Ted Shawn.
These performances need no comment,
as both were among the most populai
events 9f their respective seasons.
This year, in collaboration with the
American Association of University
Women, the Glee club will present
the Marmein Dances in their "Drama
Dances" on the evening of November
25 in lill auditorium. This troupe is
well known throughout this country
and in Europe for their unique type
of dancing which is an exceedingly
skillful and charming combination of
drama,'pantomine, and choreography.
Their performance promises to he one
of the most interesting attractions this
season.
The members of the Glee club will
also go, to Chicago sometime in the
spring to participate in the annual
intercollegiate Glee club contest. Al-
together it looks as if anyone with a
voice should scramble to the third
floor of the Union and sign up for a
tryout as soon as possible.
Valentine Davies.
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say that 'we have the same High Class
Service to offer in New Hats and l
Cleaning and Reblocking of Hats and
Caps. We make hats appropriate for
the College Man and sell them at very
reasonable prices. The hats we make
are good in quality and every hat we!
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service or will be replaced with an-
other hat free of charge.
Our work in cleaning and reblocking
hats is unsurpassed; the hat is prop-
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blocked right and fits the head when
you get it. You will appreciate hav-
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AND THE YPSILAMTI PLAYERS
It; was announced some days agoc
that the Ypsilanti Players, besides
mfaking most ambitious preparations
for a full subscription season this
year-and all despite their possum
swan-song last spring--have obtained
Mr. Paul Stevenson to assist Mr.
Quirk as co-director.
Mr. Stevenson is more than merel3
interesting; h-e is young-t.went'y-six
or so-thoroughly modern, and fairly
bursting with every kind of idea.. He
is a graduate, along with nearly every-
one else of importance, of Professor
Baker's ",47 Workshop" course at Har-
vard, a student under Sam Hlume and
Maurice Brown, and this last summer
during his European trip he was a1,
most miraculously fortunate in be7
ing able to visit Gordon Craig in Italy
That makes him a disciple at the start
of the curtains and pylons, you see.
With all this excellent training,
however, he is almost painfully mod-
est; one has to use can-opener tactics
to pry even the most guarded admis-
sions from him. But once loosed, his
vision on scenic 'and acting possibil-
ities fairly take one's breath away-
masks, symbolism, Salome in a green
wig and white gown, for instance,
all twist themselves into quite gigan-
tic stage proportions.
The programs of the Ypsilanti Play-
ers, of course, have often' mounted
much higher than the similar 'efforts
in Ann Arbor, but with Mr. Steven-
son's new enthusiasms the organiza-
tion should attain results almost too
good to be true.
On State Street
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VOTES OF STRAW
An avalanche of straw votes sweep,
the country during every election
year; enterprising papers organize
departments to carry on the work of
attempting to determine which way
the election will go; monthly maga,
zines (and all journalistic enterprises
join in the mad race, whether with a
view to increasing their subscriptions,
or because they are actuated by a
desire to give the steaming population
some little suggestion of the possibil-
ities of the success of their candi-
dates. Few straw votes are of any im-
portance. Few assume the incompar-
able proportions of the Literary Di-
gest's attempt, and for that reason,
amount to little importance.
in a way, they demonstrate the cur-
rents of opinion, but the popular cur-
rents of opinion in the United States
are fickle, and the person who pins
his faith to the results of a straw
ballot might better put his trust in I
something more tangible. Straw bal-
lots are blown and buffeted by every'
To the Editor:j
All hail the Student Council, all hail
the protectors of the unprotected, the
benevolent Father of Freshmen, Hail!'
A few years ago when that mighty
organization wept 'for new worldii
to conquer, one of those Master Coun
cilors conceived the idea of holding;
sway over class elections. This hith-
erto unexplored field gave the embryo
politician an opportunity to guide the
young innocent Freshmen in the
choice of their officers as well as af
fording the Councilor a little free ad-
vertising.
Well enough, let the yearlings bow
before the mighty B. M. O. C., let the
august Councilor keep the dust off
his vest pockets. But when these
campus figure-heads impose them-
selves on the Upperclassmen they
carry their imprudence beyond rea-
sonable bounds. The Freshmen may
think that the Councilor is a model
of politiqal virtue, but one who has
Anthens'Theater presents as a spec-
ial attraction' "The Finish of Mr.
Fresh."
Owing to a breakdown in the ma-
chinery at mte Inland Press accounts
for the late appearance of The Daily
today.
Thirty-three men tare reporting reg-
ularly for football practice as against
more than fifty men at this time last
year. The coaches are utterly at a
loss to account for the lack of ma-
terial.
The Notre Dame football game will
be made the business men's game and
an endeavor will be made to. have all,
the stores closed on that day at 3
o'clock..
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hem, the ladies as well as the men. We have a large assortment of high grade
ckets in Reindeer, Napa, Horsehide, Colt and Sheepskin-and our prices are as
the jeckets. Priced from $9.75 up.
TOWER'S SLICKER COATS
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are Hadquarters for
packets
Cravenette, opcoats and Reefers
BLANKETS
uto Robes, and Steamer Rugs
k An argument against the use of
pleasure cars by students is that they
deprive the student of his much-need-
ed exercise to be gained from walking,
Watching some of them crank their old
Fords would lead to a belief that there
is some exercise acquirred even by
a car owner.
More than 1200 autoists were ar-
rested in Chicago Thursday in a con-
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Wool Shirts, Heavy Plaids, Corduroy and Outing Shirts.
Hiking Shoes; High-Top Moccasin Packs, Puttees, etc.
A movement is on foot among the
students to meet the expenses of tak-
ing tan athletic team to the Paris ex-
position. The expense is to be met by
popular subscription.
Breeches in large assortment, Over-Alls and Cover-Alls for shop use,
arm Clocks, Hunting Knives, Axes, French Mirrors, Grids, Stoves, and in
t many needs for the college man.
It will pay you to walk a few blocks
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