PAaE FOUR I THE MICHIGAN DAILY TitUlSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1928 Published every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Members of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively en- Ritled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news pub- lished therein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post- master General. Subscription by carrier, $3.5e; by mail, $4.00. Offices:.Ann Arbor Press Building, May- maard Street. Phones: Editorial. 4925; business, a214. EDITORIAL STAFF, Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR GEORGE W. DAVIS Chairman, Editorial Board ...Norman R. rhal City Editor..........Robert S. Mansfield News Editorr...........Manning Houseworth Women's Editor ........... Helen S. Ramsay Sports Editor.............. Joseph Kruger Telegraph Editor........William Wathour Music and Drama..Robert B. Henderson Night Editors Smith H. Cady Leonard C. Hall Willard B. Crosby Thomas V. Koykka Robert T. DeVore W. Calvin Pattersen Assistant City Editore [rwin Olian Frederick H. Shilto Assistants Gertrude E. Bailey Helen Morrow \William T. Barbour Margaret Parker Charles Behymer Stanford N. Phelps William Breyer Marie Reed Philip C. Brooks Simon Rosenbaum L. Buckingham Ruth Rosenthal Edgar Carter Wilton A. Simpson Carleton Champe Janet Sinclair Eugene H. Gutekuinst Courtland C. Smith Douglas Doubleday Stanley Steinke Mary Dunnigan Clarissa Tapson ames T. Herald Henry Tburnau iles Kimball David C. Vokes I' t arion Kubik Chandler J. Whipple Walter H. Mack Cassam A. Wilson Louis R Markus Thomas C. Winter Ellis Merry Mrurt isk fusal of Secretary Hughes to discuss. negotiations.RO LAo The senator has reintroduced his E measure declaring it to be the sense' "-.// of the Senate that negotiations shouldAE. be commenced looking to an end of the existing state of affairs between the two nations. There will probably Well, it seems there was a lad be a hearing before the Senate foreign traveling on the Ann Arbor line, an relations committee when he will dis- she wanted to get home to her famil close the source of the assurance on in time to welcome in the new yea' which hie'relies for the resumption by The train was due in at 8:'2 P. 1\i Russia of a regular acknowledgment railroad1 saving time, but it was a of her internal. obligations. I l d d..,hv ai MUSIC AND DRAMA y 1d y i. .. '; ' z " a ......, BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER BYRON W. PARKER American men of business seem as- sured that someone is goint to sell Russia a vast amount of livestock, machinery, cotton, and other kinds of American products - particularly manufactured products-in the next few years,and it is quite natural that they should be looking toward the greatest potential market in the world for certain kinds of American prod- ucts. This, in turn, suggests that the pressure of business will soon be brought to bear on the administration. 1.701 PER YEAR! The number of prisoners released on parole from state penal institu- tions duringr1925 was 1,701, according to the figures made public by Fred E. Janette, state parole commissioner-a number exceeded only once before in the history of the state, in 1921, and under the same governor. And yet one of the governor's employees, Rev. William F. Hopp, chaplain of Jackson prison, declares that prison inmates regard the governor as "the toughest governor to get a parole from that Michigan ever had." The two statements seem strangely incongruous. Governor Groesbeck's' generosity in regard to the issuance of paroles to men sentenced to serve time in the state's penitentiaries is well known. While it may be true, as friends of the present parole system maintain; that these wholesale paroles. are issued only to deserving men and that a very small percentage of those paroled are ever returned to prison, that does not alter the fact that morej criminals have been released from the prisons of Michigan by the, present administration than by any other. What is needed in Michigan is a pardon and parole board, divorced from politics, with no other business to occupy its time,-created solely for the consideration of applications for paroles from prisoners. With such a, board, it might be possible that a! thousand men deserving of paroles be found in one year, although even this is doubtful. How the executive of a great state investigates enough cases a year to find one thousand in which to issue paroles is a mystery. At any rate there are 7,254 former inmates of Michigan prisons, released from their sentences by the present state administration since 1921, who stand ready to uphold the present system. CAMPUS OPINION Anonymous communications will be disregarded. The names of communi- cants will, however, be regarded as confidential upon request. Advertising................Joseph J. Fin Advertising............T D Olmsted, Jr Advertising..............Frank R. Dentz, Jr. Advertising................Wm. L. Mulli Circulation ... ..............H. L. Newana Pubication..............Rudolph Bostelma Accounts..................Paul W. Arno Asistants Ingred M. AlvinAg F. A. Norquist George H. Annabe, Jr. Loleta G. Parker W. Carl Bauer Julius C. Pliskow John H. Bobrink Robert Prentiss 1' W. J, Cox Wi. C. Pusch ar-rn A Dnil Franklin J Rauner . A. Rolland Damm Joseph Ryan " k1 mch .. Deruy Margaret Smith, 01,ary Flinternaf Mance Solomnon Margart L. Fank Thomas Sunderland Stan Gilbert Eugene Weinberg '. Kenneth Haven iney.JWisnan R. Nelson ,z SinyWlo THURSDAY, JAN UARY 7, 1926 Night Editor-LEONARD C. HALL "Participation in the work of the League Preparatory Commis- sion for Disarmament involves no commitment with respect to at- a. tendance upon any future confer- ence or conferences on reduction and limitation of armaments; and the attitude of this Government in that regard cannot be defined in advance of the calling of such meetings. Whether the conditions and circumstances will prove such as to make it desirable for the United States to attend any conference or conferences which may eventually take place as a result of the labors of the Pre- paratory Commission or other- wise, is a question which need not now be considered. It is my judg- ment that so far as this prelimi- nary inquiry is concerned, we ought to give our aid and co- operation to the fullest extent consistent with the policies which we have adopted." - President Coolidge's message requeing Congress to appropriate $50,000 to cover the expense of participa- tion. THE RETURN OF RUSSIA Events would seem to indicate that recognition of Russia by the United States may be nearer than generally is supposed. Of particular interest was the meeting early in December of some of New York's leading business men with the representatives of Soviet commerce, at the dinner given by Reeve Schley, vice president of the Chase National bank, at the Banker's club in New York City. Perhaps of greater consequence is a statement made by Senator Borah a short time ago, when he said, in'effect, that Russia is prepared to go virtually the whole way in the course laid down by Charles Evans Hughes, former secretary of state ,as necessary before this country would institute diplo- inatic relations with the government of the Soviet republic. The Hughes conditions involved the recognition of her national debts, which the Soviet government had repudiated; repara- tion for confiscated American prop- erty, and a cessation of the efforts to overthrow the institutions of other J1'u..t aLe ariea y anu was movng along at about ice-wagon miles per hour. After another few hours had] elapsed the conductor came through, the train and the Lady stopped him. "Can't you go any faster'?" she asked. "Yes," replied the conductor, "but you see I am pai(l to stay with the train." * * * This same train was pulling into one of the so-called stations at an, even slower speed. One of the would- be passengers who was standing on' the platform turned to the station master aid asked; "Why is the train coming in so slowly?" "Slowly?" replied the latter, "why it looks as if it wasn't even going to stop here!" Those are pretty bad, but at any rate they are a beginning. * * * Anyone knowing any other stale railroad jokes, please send them in and we will fit them to our pet line. Incidentally the local depot of that now famous line has not avanved with civilization enough to install electric lights. * * * ASTOITi)lN ! "A Better Michigan is a Better Michigan" says the S. C. A. This is indeed a revelation. Such startling statements as these are what make the S. C. A. and other organizations about Michigan so justly famous. When we first read it we gasped aloud. "Can this be?" we asked ourselves. We read it over again and again, and still its mighty truth evaded us. Finally we took it to one of the mem- hers of the philosophy department. "That is hard to see," the Prof. ex- plained, "but look here" and he drew an elaborate diagram on the black- board. "Oh," said we, "why that's so isn't it, why we never saw it in that light before." "Yes, you see the person who wrote it must have had years of training, it is not the sort of thing the average person can comprehend at once," he told us. As we left his office a score of stu- dents rushed upon us. "Did you know," they shouted with one accord, "that a Better Michigan is a Better Michigan?" "Yes," we responded, "once you see it, it's quite simple." And so the news has spread, and now even the dullest among us have seen this wonderful trftth-"A Better Michigan is a Better Michigan.' * * MISS SNORPI WILL NOT RETURN TO UNIVERSITY. INJURY TO LITTLE TOE kEEPS EFFIE AT HOE MAY NEVER RETURN Flyspeck, Mich., Jan. 6.-Miss Effie Snorp former co-ed in the University of Michigan will not return to Ann Arbor this season, and perhaps never, according to reports issued today by her parents. An injury to her smal- lest toe was the cause given, but those reading between the lines, de- clare that Miss Snorp was offended because of a part in "Tambourine" the late Union Opera, which she is said to have believed was a take-off on her own personality and appearance. WILL NOT RETURN TONIGHT: The Spotlight Vaude- ville tournament in the Mimes theatre at S:15 o'clock. BLACK BOTTO. Black Bottom is the latest dance- craze replacing the Charleston in New York; every prominent debutante now hires her negro tutor. Beyond this, there are the morals of Catherine II, Empress of Russia, to be considered. Faith, there was a woman who was a woman. "Great Catherine," they called her, "whom glory still adores." She had a Prime Minister, Patiomkin his name, who be- sides being a tyrant, ugly, lazy and thoroughly disreputable in his per- sonal habits, had a wild sense of humor that could laugh even at him- self-and influence his Empress such as none other. But besides this single constant lover, Catherine's gallantries provide some of the lightest and most scandal- ous pages in all history . Ideals and reforms, they claimed she had; but it was the woman in Catherine that attracted Bernard Shaw-as all of us -to write his burlesque of this Ger- man frau whose figure 'rivaled Juno's and whose manners mocked a fishfag. Byron brought Don Juan to Cath- erine; Shaw substitutes a little Nor- dic Englishman who makes a fool of himself and marches proudly with his virtue to its stainless final cur- tain. lie has written greater plays, but never any quite as fiinny, as mad, as slapstick and impossible. "Great Catherine" is his apology to William Shakespeare for "The Taming of the Shrew." The production Tuesday and Wednesday in the Mimes theatre by Comedy Club-personalities aside- includes one of the most rounded casts assembled on the campus. Amy Loomis, director of half of the dra- matics in the University, plays Cath- erine; Valentine Davies, that funny man ,is the English captain; while the remainder of the roles include Lillian Bronson, who was so outstand- ing in "Outward Bound" and "The Cradle Song," Neal Nyland of "The Admirable Bashville" and "Tam- bourine," Thomas Denton of "Engag- ed" and "Spring," and Minerva Miller who had the leading part in "The Cradle Song." And Belinda Treherne, "the perfect lady," will be dead forever, Got wot, in Prime Minister Patiomkin who is drunk for all but two lines of the play. * * 0 "NO, NO, NANETTE! Mr. McIntyre is presenting one of the ten "No, No Nanette!" companies now playing through the country Monday evening in the Whitney thea- tre. If you have never seen this re- vue, do so by all means, for it has the most spontaneous comedy and is-for what it is worth-the best musical farce I have ever seen. Not even for- getting "Rose-Marie" and "Chariot's." * * s "MAGDA" (Performed at the Shubert-Princess, Chicago.) A review, by Alan Hathway. The unbending will of an iron- handed father unwilling and unable to understand either his daughter or the life around him. That daughter, willful, proud and determined, neither willing to bend to her father nor to convention. A tragedy often told, always true. Hermann Sudermann gave true literature to the world in "Magda" and Bertha Kalich has brought it to the hearts of people as only a genuine artist could. Mme. Kalich in the title role, dark eyes and sensitive features expressive of every flitting passion, a shrug of her shoulders-contempt-a tighten-i ing of hands in the audience, a set of her jaw, a flash of her eyes-hatred- a shudder in the house-was neither excessive nor elaborate, slight and delicate, yet impressive to the last degree. Charles Waldron as the father is scarcely less to be noted. An aged soldier, a palsied hand but the jaw of a master. Assailed by pleas from the little sister, his eyes darting here and there from under shaggy brows-"I will not believe! I will not believe!" His words tell little, his personalityr speaks. Truly a worth while drama and yet Mine. Kalich is removing it to New York at the end of next week. Tragedy must be beyond the scope of the loop. Now in our New Location 315 State Stree-Next to QUARRYS This gives Michigan the largest and best equipped general pen service station to be found anywhere. 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INR OVER-SYSTiEMATISEDI 1 To the Editor: Speaking as a class treasurer, and therefor one of those most directly f concerned, it seems to me that theE recent reforms in the methods of col- lecting and disbursing class funds have been carried to a 'ridiculous ex- treme in the way of "system." Concerning the use of uniform re- ceipts, I have no criticism to make. It is a convenience both to the class trasurer and to the auditors. But the method of getting at the funds, which must be deposited with the University treasurer is cumbersome to a most unnecessary extent. For every item of expense going to a particular creditor, the class treas- urer must go to the treasurer's office and there make out a special voucher, designating the use to which the money is to be put. This voucher then must go to Dean Bursley; for his personal approval and signature. Then it comes back (after a while) to the treasurer's office, ;here several new forms are made out, one of which goes to the creditor, who must then present it at the treasurer's office for payment. My first experience as a class treasurer with this system has' been decidedly exasperating in the way of delay; and I present the fol- lowing considerations: (1) It is my opinion that each class should be allowed to spend its money as a majority may see fit, without any official approval being necessary. (2) It is an imposition upon Dean Bursley's time to require his attention to every petty expense of every class. (3) It involves a rconsider:able amount of extra clerical work upon the treasurer's office. (4) It makes unnecessary demand upon the time both of the class treas- yff k H4- I".' 12' s + d e: . ". * - . * ° - , M hIhen the runners are Y' bunched on the 'track-and suddenly Chuck, your o wjz superman half-rniler, spur4s ahead on the finish a zzdhwi4s -have a Camel! I Miss Effie SnorpI In the meantime Effie will attend the I. C. S. and thus continue her edu- cation, it is rumored. In the fall there is a possibility that the famed co-ed will 'return to Ann Arbor, but at present the chance seems much better for her attending some smaller East- ern college for women. When told of the news, local city and University authorities refused to comment. Miss Snorp weighed 357 pounds while at Michigan. * * * WHEN the lithe. half milers are fighting for the lead. And your own dauntless champion sud denly soars ahead anc wins-have a Camel! For you'll never find another friend so attunec to your triumphs as Camel. Camels are made of the choicest tobacco: grown - they never dis. appoint your taste, Camels annihilated ciga. petty aftertaste. Regard. less of price; you'll never buy better tobaccos, or blending, or flavor than you get in Camels. So this year when the old school's men go through for victory after victory - taste then the smoke that's choice of the world's victorious. Have a Camel! e4 n( e/ i12 cc =tact :ii:: r iEl A ~ i ~2 ,i 1. Somebody wants to make 1926 lynchless year. These 'reformers! aj z .r :. __ _ _ _