PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, 0O70lTOIER 1G. 1)25 * ,.>- a a. ,.anrrr'fl SI campus witnessed such efficiency and precision in their control as was fx- hibited at the junior literary class TED Published every morning except Monday hbtda h uirltrr ls during the University year by the Boid in elections Wednesday. The great ma- Control of Student Publications. jority of the small minority that at- WELL Members of Western Conference Editorial tended the election came with littleIJOE'S Association, slips of paper, slips upon which were BACK The Associated Press is exclusively en- written the names of the candidates titled to the use for republication of all news Wel-osadIgrs sDco dispatches credited to it or not otherwise of their machines. In this case there Well, boys and Igirls, as Doctor credited in this paper and the local news pub- were only two such organizations,- Lovell always says, we have big news fished therein. eeol w uc raiain, Eeone an organized machine, the other this morning. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, First of all it seems to us that this Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate a hurriedly organized group that was of postage granted by Third Assistant Post- attempting to break the power of the campus is all struck of a heap. What master General. Subscription by carrier, $3.50; by mail, machine,-at work, and so well did with all this ineligibility scandal in $4.00. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- they do their work that the nomina- the ranks of the Junior class and the nard Street o. 4tions of only their two organizations Union business and everything, it Phones: .Editorial, 4925; business, 21214. I em hr r ooicr rcar were accepted by the chair. seems there are. no officers or chair- EIOIAll the students present were al- men for anything around here. Of EDITORIAL STAFF lowed to vote, of course, but with course it's a good thing in a way for Telephone 4925 the small turnout, the election re- the class officers, because, from all MANAGING EDITOR solved itself into a battle between we can gather, the only excitement GEORGE W. DAVIS the two machines,-and every can- there is in any of these jobs is the Caitlman, Editorial Board . . .Norman R. Thal didate of the winning machine was election. After that the hardest job City Editor...........Robert S. Mansfield cted h nsis to remember what office it is you News Edlitor......Manning Houseworthhodsoyulgeyurpcreite Wonl'is Editor;.........Helen S. Ramsay But this was not the only election hold, so you'll get your picture in the Sports l~dpr.... .............oehKue ''elegraph t...........Wila Walthor that was tainted by politics of the right space in the Ensian. Music aind Orana.... Robert B. Henderson cheap ward type. At the same time Some year there ought to be an- Night Editors C Hall there were other elections going on; other election for those who didn't 1Willard . Crosby Thomas V. Koykka in some of these mere machine poli- go to the regular one, and have two sobert T. ieVoren Calvin Patterson tics was not enough to satisy the par- sets of officers, then there would be trwin OliaAs Frederik H. Shillito ticipants, underhanded tricks of the more men in the Ensian, and all the aitargaret Parker lowest type were employed in en- political machines would be satisfied, Louiis R. ivarkus Stanford N. 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L. Newman o........ udolph Bostelan Accounts.............- Paul W. Arnold Assistants" Ingred MI, Alving S. 11, Pardee terge 1. Annable, Jr Loleta G. Parker W. Carl Bauer Julius C. Pliskow john 11. Bobrink , Robert Prentiss Elden W Butzbach Wi. C. Pusch W. J. Cox Franklin J. Rauner Marion A. Daniel Joseh Ryan James R. DePuy Margaret Smith Margaret L . Funk, Ruth A. Sorge Stan Gilbert Thomas Sunderland T. Kenneth Haven Win.-W.IWearn J. E. Little Eugene Weinberg Frank E. Mosher Wni. J. Weinman F. A. Nordquist FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1925 Night Editor - W. C. PATTERSON CHEAP POLITICS The universities, supposedly the in- tellectual centers, are considered as training grounds for " our future citizenry; if we are to have an intel- ligent, self-thinking body of voters, we must naturally expect the leaders of that body to come from our uni- versities. The outside world ima- gines that in the university there is a self-contained Utopia, from a po- litical standpoint. And there is no reason why that condition should not exist. In the university, no matter how large it may be, there are certain bouds and{ links of acquaintanceship that cannot exist in the outside world. This is especially true of the upper classes, made up of students who have spent two and three years together in classes and on the campus. We can- not expect every student to know every other student, but it stands to reason that the most outstanding, the most active men and women in each class should be known, by name at least, to their fellow students. Under such conditions, which seem almost ideal from a democratic stand- point, student political affairs may well be expected to function in as smooth and fair a manner possible, and that toie'highest type of "govern- ment of, by, and for the people" may justly be expected. The university student body, working under such a favoiabte set of circumstances, is ex- pected to set an example, to take the lead, in the manner of conducting its political affairs. During the past two weeks a num- ber of elections have been held on the campus. Ten days ago the senior class elections in all the schools and colleges were held There was no spe- cific charges of misconduct in those elections,-but only thirty- two per cent o the membership of the classes attended the elections and took a part in choosing their officers. Less than a third of the men and women who have been on the campus from four to eight years, and who should be fairly well acquainted with each other, were sufficiently interest- ed in the selection of the men and women who are to represent them in the eyes of the outside world. case over which there was a great deal of argument, the ballots com- pletely disappeared. Undoubtedly some man who "had a candidate" took them,-stole them. But those ballots would not have disappeared, the machines would not have been allowed to vote their way unmolested by other nominees, the tricks that were employed would not have been effective to the least ex- tent, if the men whose duty it was to guard against those things had acted as they were elected to act. One of the most important duties of the Student council is the conduc- tion of elections; it is the only body that is vested with the power and au- thority to handle these affairs. In the handling of the elections Wednes- day, the supposedly efficient system that has been devised by the council fell down miserably,-due to the fact that the councilmen were not present in sufficient numbers to enforce it. At such elections, especially in the light of what has occurred during the past few years, councilmen, and not friends of councilmen who are chosen at random from the group present, should distribute, count, and take charge of all ballots. If that had been done, the charges that have been made that bundles of ballots were given to certain individuals, that the counting was unfair, and the disap- [pearance of the ballots would be charges against the elected repre- sentatives of the student body. They would be definite, and could be fol- lowed by proof and action. The elections Wednesday were as childish and disgraceful as anything that has ever occurred on this cam- pus. The Student council is largely responsible,-the student body, for its lack of interest, even more so. Elections will be held again next week, and the week after,-and what has happened must not happen again. And it will not happen if the student body will wake up and realize that such affairs as these brand us, every one, as cheap politicians and cheaters. REPRESENTING MICHIGAN Tonight Michigan students will be- gin leaving for Madison in trains, automobiles, old wrecks, on foot, and, in fact, in any manner that promises to get the travelers to the Badger game. They are going to witness a football game, and everyone will be exhuberant,-and careless. But each takes upon himself a re- sponsibility that he cannot throw off. If the team is the official represent- ative of the University, the students who accompany it are the unofficial representatives. The school which they represent will be judged by the manner in which they comport them- selves. Upperclassmen will remember the regrettable incidents, that happened at this game two years ago The stu- dents from Ann Arbor should do all in their power to prevent a recur- rence. They are the guests of the University of Wisconsin, and they should conduct themselves as such,- in victory or defeat. EDITORIAL COMMENT THE IKITTEN'S PAJAMAS (The Daily Iowan) Every twice-in-a-while some flash with an athletic frame and a leaning mind lights in our unsuspecting midst on the strength of the noise he made in the little red high school ond, and if he didn't make that, why there'd probably be enough non-vot- ers left in the class after the first two elections, so that he could walk away with the third The idea, of course is to make everyone happy They say it used to be fashionable to attend these elections, but for some reason they don't seem to draw as well as lecture on Religion any more * * * ZILCH FOUND TRAVELING NEAR HOME ?3an Who Sold Needles To City Seen At Distance By Contrib. Dear Toby, I was riding in the same gondola car with him, after we had just left Tuska, Okla, or somesuchplace, and' I noticed very particularily that he sat on the very edge of the seat and dangled his legs along the ties. He was very long and sort of gangly; in fact he was longer than he, was broad. There was a very distinctl strawberry mark on the elbow of his left sleeve. . Brow, sloping; head, small; ears, extremely large; collar, none absolutely none; socks, none, ibid.; shoes, traces., Of course, I did not have near enough time to make a thorough in- vestigation, as the man got off at a water tank a little ways past Yuma, Ariz. You know the saw about crim- inals returning to their old haunts,- well, I'll say what you've been ex- pecting, viz. Could this man have been Joel Zilch. I did not think to ask what his name was, but when I got to Perique I went right up to a man who said his name was Burns X. Pinker- ton, and told him my whole story. He only looked at me sort of suspi- cious, so I came on home. But after this I shall keep a sharp lookout. Your friend, Beaujolais. * 3 * NOTICE-PRIZE CONTEST- NOTICE A copy of Harold Bell Wright's "TREATSE ON CONCRETE REAL-! ITY" will be awarded for the best ex- planation of the knob on the end of the rectified diagonal. Essays-typewritten, double spac- ed, margin around edge-are due Oct. 31st. Ony those that are attractive will be examined. Isn't it a fact? In order to start the discussion here are a few suggestions. Per- haps the thing is: 1. A hop-scotch court for the co-eds. 2. Parade ground for the lieu- tenant-colonel of archery, "Now this yere Evolution.."1 3 A theme by the class in land- scape design 4. Parking space for the planes of outlying fraternities. 5. Dam shame. AND DRAMA HR. SIEPID A NDN MRS. FISKY1 By the weighty dictum of Mr. Clay- ton Hamilton, the distinguished Amer- ican dramatic critic, there are only three comedies of eighteenth century manners in England, out of all the hundreds written, which have sur- vived to this day for major produc- tion along with the plays of William Shakespeare. These are "The Rivals" and "School for Scandal" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and "She Stoops to Conquer" by Oliver Goldsmith. Richard Brinsley Sheridan may or may not have been the most brilliant Englishman of the eighteenth cent- ury; certainly he was the cleverest "The Rivals," his first play, was only finished at the urgent request of a certain theatrical manager, who lock- ed Sheridan in a room and refused to release him until he had completed the comedy, for which the manager had already contracted. The result of this encouragement is one of the most delightfully entertaining plays of that or any other day. "The Rivals" is the first play of the Sheridan Festival series, which was undertaken by a brilliant coterie of players under the management of George C. Tyler and Hugh Ford as the contribution of the theatre to the American Sesquicentennial ,year. The I second play of the set ies is Sheridan's "School for Scandal," which wil open shortly in Philadelphia and will fol- low the path of "The Rivals." All of which is merely by way of saying that "The Rivals" comncs to the Whitney Theatre, Friday evening, October 30, for a single performance. The cast includes Minnie Maddern Fiske, whom everyone should see as many times as possible (uring one's lifetime, Chauncey' Ocott, Thomas A. Wise, James T. Powers, and others- which, all things considered, is as re- markable a cast as one is likely to see in this city for some time. While all of these actors are too well known to require any explanation, it is per- haps worth while to say that Mr. Powers' portrayal of Bob Acres, that redoubtable "country gentleman," with his "odds pistols and daggers" and his tremendous courage, has few equals in comic acting. And let it be said that "The Rivals" has just been taken from coast to coast in the most successful dramatic tour of the last thirty years. .. -K. W. THE NEW YORK SYMPHONY A review, by Robert- Henderson. There is about the New York Sym- phony, as about their conductor a mellowness and a traditioned depth. 1 Its ensemble represents the maturity of decades and more; its interpreta- tions become at once scholarly and glowing. 'there is an easy informal- ity in their work; and there is the dignity and sudden passion that comes with the vast system and age of such an organization. The Academic Festival Overture was in the heroic, the noble mould that is always Brahms; the Saint- Saens C minor Symphony moved in the majestic cycle of the elegy of its theme. Mr. Damrosch himself con- siders it one of the greatest master- pieces of orchestral literature-not only of this age, but in all ages. In- questionably his conception of the work made it grow and flower to al magnificent climax, thrilling and powerful in its brilliant fervor. Guy Maier's "performance" of the E flat Concerto, however--and of course-lifted the audience to a tor- rent of enthusiasm. The composition itself-with the possible exception of the scherzo-alternates between pure bathos and pouffle, much of it run- ning into as obvious movie music as occasional passages in Beethoven. But it is glorious bombast neverthe- less, and Mr. Maier, after his Omnere rank as an artist, clowned through it with stunning abandon. i i rvingWar mots,D0SC CHIROPODIST AND '{}rTII{ PEDI) ST 707 N. University Ave. Phone 21212 /MAKE7 M SELLA MANN'S c T~ i "I TWO COMPLETE COLLEGE STORES- GR44AHA " BOTH ENDS OF THE DIAGONAL WALK Get Your Supply Now We are Selling Hard Water Castile Soap 10 Cakes for 45c Special Sale is Now On Eberbach & Son Co. 200-202 E. Liberty St. - ATVY( EVERY D VOOK OUR HATS ONE ELSE )OES t as clean and block We make and sell hats and they arel r Coume 1in and let your hat right. 3.1l kindsisofl SHfAPEl) to fit! C :.S r ,.y . .. ,.V Save a Dollar or More at the FACTORY HAT STORE G1 Pa7kard Sfr'et. Phone 7415. (Where 1). U. It. Stops at State St.) nP LE ASE DON'T ON THE I I i i ?o., cn mnen,-uon n 1-s-name ,. o -- ne V.I.SI. You can mention his name to the1 * select of musicians and they raise their eyes in undisguised horror; but Just send those essays to this office his is a bristling talent in spite of care of us and we, will take care of their pale snobbery. He feels the them. The last suggestion sounds mood of his composer, and what is like the best one to us. more, he is actor enough to make his * * * audience respond with him. All his We'd like to be enrolled in a course recurring tricks of the exaggerated given by the Professor who holds the stacatto, the exaggerated forte and chair of Creative Arts. And get four piano only serve to make his every hours credit. It seems traditional note as clear and brittle as crystal bells. He is a mountebank, frankly that this honored gentleman arrives and openly, but he carries off the af- in Ann Arbor in time to leave for fection with the grand manner of a Christmas vacation and leaves just genius. in time to avoid the J-Hop excite- The two concluding numbers form- ment. ed a necessary contrast. They rep- * * * resent the modern mould in its most ,.