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Olmsted, Jr. C.rculation...............Rudolph Bostelman Accounts....................Paul W. Arnold Assistants M' 14 !. George H. Annable, Jr. W. Carl Bauer Jhn H. obrink I\, J.' Co Marion A Daniel Wary Flinterman James R. DePuy Stan Gilbert T. Kenneth Haven Harold Holmes (Xeo, A Tose Frank Mosher F. A. Norquist Loleta G. Parker David Perrot Robert Prentiss Wm. C. Pusch Joseph D. Ryan Stewart Sinclair Mance Solomon Thomas Sunderland Wm. J. Weinman Margaret Smith Sidney Wilson SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1926 Night Editor-THOMAS V. KOYKKA JUST A LITTLE "BLUE" The Lord's Day Alliance, of Detroit, i convinced that for the good of the world in general, and the state of Michigan in particular, Sunday movies xst go. They are cutting down Sun- e, ening attendance at chu'rches are "riding roughshod over local tate laws." The motion picture u ,try is the greatest lawbreaker w United States, according to Rev. Wayne WIomer, secretary of the or- ganization. through the medium of the silver screen,-without the continual cut- ting of censors. The moving picture industry and moving pictures have done much for the great American middle-classes on Sunday as well as during the week. The Congressional committee study- ing the situation may rest assured that the arguments of the Blue refor- mers are not supported by the people. WIY MILITARY TRAINING Strange that one should find cling- ing to a number of schools and col- leges whose character is essentially non-military, today, nearly eight years after the signing of the armis- tice, the appearances of that same spirit the nations of the world de- manded of young manhood during those awful four years. Recently, how- eTver. quite audible murmurings of dis- satisfaction among the student bodies of several institutions which still in- clude compulsory military training in their curricula indicate a tardy but proper reaction. In a campaign to abolish military training in the Uni- versity of Nebraska, a committee of 100 students has been formed to ob- tain 235,000 signatures to initiative petitions to bring the issue to a vote. Similiar action is to be undertaken at Indiana university. That war can be abolished by treaty, legislation, or other means seems, at present, an idle dream hardly worth the mentioning.. Too. few will"deny the necessity of prepared- ness, actual and potential. There re- mains for us to create only the f or- mer our enormous resources form the basis of a real preparedness. How to reconcile the spirit that made Loc- arno and talk of a large standing army and great sea and air forces is a problem. Quiet, inostentatious pre- paredness, if such a thing be possible, may be the solution. At any rate, the feeling of hate that made possible, the war that made ne- cessary, marital instruction in the universities have both passed. To. the majority, a military life, even a sem- blance of a part of it, is, in peace times, most irksome. For the few who enjoy it, to whom the attraction of the uniform is irresistible, there are any number of military institutions in the country. The less show that is made of things warlike, the nearer real will the vision of an eternal world peace become. A pastor in Wisconsin ousted from his church for calling a women's play immoral planned to continue the argument over radio, but the directors of the station he was to preach fro", say they won't allow it. Woman gets the last word even with the radio. CAMPUS OPINION Anonymous communications will be disregarded. The names of communi- cants will, however, be regarded as confidential upon request. O O V C T 0 To the Editor: l I for one am not "praising God" for the blessing of the new plan of the Student council to hold University convocations on Sunday mornings, as the author of "Flyer in Religion" in last Sunday's Chimes invoked us to do. I take this attitude, ,not because I am averse to innovations, but be- cause I cannot see this one to be an unmixed blessing. The reasons which I am about to give for such a stand are, I believe very nearly the senti- ments of those of us who did not register our approval of this under- taking when the vote was taken in campus houses. This action proceeded from the de- sire to promote interest in religion among those who are not now evi- dencing any such. The same author,E in his article predicts that "probably student support will be too general."! I am rather skeptical about his con-} clusion. Probably until the novelty wears off, it will have an enthusiastic support. Students from my knowledgeI of them, do not absent themselves from the churches because they fail to find in the services any appeal, butI they do so for far more prosaic rea- sons than that,-to study, to go hik- ing, or to "sleep in."' At the monthly convocations at which there have been appearing worthwhile speakers of nation-wide( reputation, the average attendance1 has been around 1,700, according to the report of the S. C. A. A glance over the audience shows you that if the townspeople were left out of the count, the number of students would be even far less-a small percentage of the student body. And of these, I dare say a large majority are the reg- ular church, attenders. If these con- vocations fail to reach the class ofI students who do not take an active interest in religion elsewhere how can we be so optimistic as to hope that similar convocations on Sunday mornings would enlist them?! "'t/, 4 4 L f-I The other day we were in a classj vnhere they go in for this Psychologyl stuff. You know, some fellow in the class rises hastily, yells "Peas Por- ridge Hot!" and shoots a blank at the Prof. and exits via the fire-escape. Then the man in the row behind screams "Make it for two!" and chases the first one tugging a baby howitzer after him. When all this has quieted down and the Prof. has finished acting ter- rified He rises and with a solemn ex- pression says: "Now we must have a complete account of this from every member of the class," and then pro- ceeds to write a series of questions on the board such as "Where was Mr. Moses when the light went out?" (Moses -being one of the two boys.) And "What did the prof. say after the first five shots?" and all that sort of 'thing. Then the class, if it behaves the way they have it all doped out it should, will state that there anywhere from thirteen to twenty seven men leaving the room and in the eyes of some the gun play will assume the proportions of the late war. This pleases those in charge, who grin from ear to ear and say, "See testimony is always wrong!" and then go and write a long report or even in extreme cases a book on the result. Well, in this particular class a cop came in and gave the Prof. a Sub- poena ,which as most of the class knew was on invitation from Sigma Delta Chi to the Gridiron Banquet. The cop entered and in stentorian tones asked the Prof. whether his name was whatever it was. The Prof. looked as embarrassed as he could under the circumstances not having a great deal of histrionic talent or train- ing, and the class mildly glanced up and resumed writing its exam. The Prof. seeing that the experiment (which was probably impromptu) did not seem to be getting over as it should acted annoyed all over again and said something about being used to that sort of thing. The class smiled boredly and agreed thinking that he was referring to the experi- ments. 'Tle next meeting of the class he rose and with all the seriousness in the world wrote a series of questions on the board which were typical. What did the Prof. say? What did the cop say? Was the Prof's. face red afterhe came in? and so forth. But t he class fooled him. It was near noon hour and they were hungry. Be- sides they, too were used to that sort of thing by now. So they merely wrote after each question "I don't I know" and left five minutes early. Probably two volumes will be writ- ten on that. I ROLLS' OWN EXPEDITION LANDS ON THE EARTH; WILL INVESTIGATE OLD ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, U. S. A., Earth; (Special to Rols)-After a week in the ether, Rolls Own Expedition, under the command of Prof. 1771 Series K, ar- rived on the Earth today, and work began immediately. The purpose of the investigation is to discover the ruins of the university believed to have existed at this site many cen- turies ago. Here in the midst of the great American desert the explorers are" digging through the sand dunes and drifts. No trace of buildings is to be seen on the surface, but it is thought that they lie not far under the sand. Near by are the great holes that were once the Great Lakes. The Chi- cago drainage canal is blamed by his- torians for this situation. The only vegetation to be seen for miles around is at Ecorse and Haintramack, su- burbs of Ann Arbor, where there are a few weeping willow trees. Over in Canada, the desert is gradually over- running the shady roadways, and in time will be as bleak as it is in thisf country. Customs officials at the borders have little to do, but have to remain on duty as the immigration act is still in force. Water is brought to the expedition from the North Pole Artificial Ice company. Bootleggers of orangeade ply their. nefarious trade with head- quarters in California, which has the hottest and sandiest deserts of the country. The only sign of tle former civili- zation at Ann Arbor is a Ford auto, the forerunner of the Fordson air- plane and etherplane. -TINOTHY HAY. * * * It's getting so that whenever one, fraternity brother meets another lie gives him the grippe. Sir Toby Tiffin. not. He will have become isolated THIS AFTERNOON: The Vniver-I sity Band under the direction of Wil- fred Wilson, with Grace Johnson- Konold, soprano, as soloist, in 11111 auditorium at 4:15 o'clock. "GREAT CATHERINE" At its meeting yesterday afternoon the Committee on Student Affairs granted permission for a revival of Bernard Shaw's "Great Catherine" in the Mimes theatre Thursday and Fri- day, April 1 and 2, for the benefit of the Women's League building. 4 Following its initial success last 1 January there has been a persistent demand for additional performances. It was also desired that some pro- duction should be presented duringI the sessions of the Schoolmaster's Club, and "Great Catherine" was se- lected as the comedy most represent- ative of the activity in dramatics on the campus this year. * * * "BECKY BEHAVE" The following cast will appear in the twenty-second annual Junior Girls' play, "Becky Behave," which is to open a week's run at the Whit- ney theatre Tuesday evening: Becky ............... Minerva Miller Bill ................Angeline Wilson Bob ................... Doris Selleck I Jerry ............ Margaret Sherman The Twins: Mary ................Marion Leland Millicent ............. Ruth McCann Osteopathic Physicians Dial 7451 Drs. Bert and Beth Haberer Corner William and Maynard Ann Arbor, Mich. If your pen works badly, consult a pen specialist at 315 State Ste Our hospital is fully equipped and our skilled operators never lose a case. Consultations free. I I 1 f PLEAS DON'T MAKE PATHS ON THE CAMPUS MTUSIC AND DRAMA 204 N. MAIN ST. Paths on snow form ice and kill all grass roots beneath. Please don't make or use such paths. Just Published-- Thse S,,P.,,ins f Mine An Interpretation of the Teachings of Jesus By LLOYD C. DOUGLAS I i BOOK STORE i i Moving pictures have for years} been the targets of reformers, for, more than any other form of amuse- ment, they are the favorites of the people. The legitimate stage, while coming in for its share of censure, does not affect the great masses, as do the movies, and consequently, is l not so repulsive to those who would 'reform" the American public, and transform Sunday into a universal day of prayer. The average American has no sym- pathy for such efforts at reform. Blue! Sundays, with no amusement, as well1 as no prayer (for the abolition of the movie would not force people to church) would be much worse than the present Sunday. Moving pictures, instead of being, the dangerous influ- ence that is uinderinining the morals of the nation, as the Lord's Day Alli- ance would have us believe, are an1 innocent form of entertainment that keeps the citizen amused on a day when he is not occupied with busi- ness, and thereby keeps him out of the trouble that always beckons the idle. The fact that the moving picture may be an agent for good is illus- trated by the fact that one of the prominent local churches regularly presents a motion picture service on Sunday evenings. The theater and the church may well be allies, and suct4 movements as the Blue Sunday campaign are misdirected. While it is true that many of our modern movies are not up to a stand- ard that might be expected, they are most certainly not the agents of crime and immorality that they are painted. And foolish censorship has contrib- iuted as much to the ridiculous aspect n' main ncturesa n nnv nthnr nne Enielie Oppenhein Chloe in "Becky Behave" Mr. Pipp ........ Elizabeth Anderson The Freshman ...Francis Dunniwind Chloe............Emilie Oppenheim Specialties Waltz-Norma Snell and Florence Foster. "Work"-Becky, Jerry, and Chloe. Russian Specialty-Dorothy Tish and Ruth Driver. "Beautiful You"-Jerry and Mary. "Some Men Like It"-The Twins. "Woiking Goil Blues"-Becky and Chloe. Jazz Specialty-Chloe. Ballet Fantastique-Ballet group and Chloe. * * * THE STUDENTS' RECITAL Mrs. Perle Reimann, pianist, and Myron Burneson, baritone, will pre- sent the following program at the Students' Recital tomorrow evening in the School of Music auditorium at eight o'clock: Sonata, Opus 27 No. 2....Beethoven Adagio Sostenuto Allegretto Presto Agitato Mrs. Reimann My Peace thou art.......Schubert Lied d' Amour ............... Guldy Elegie..................Massenet Life and Death.....Coleridge Taylorj Mr. Burneson1 Nocturne, Op. 15, No. 1.......Chopin f Valse, No. 14 ................ Chopin On Wings of Song. Mendelssohn-Liszt Mrs. Reimann Ray Faulkner, Accompanist. * * *- "CHILDREN OF THE MOON" Martin Flavin's "Children of the Moon," which Professor Hollister is to present as the first number in his Play Production course Thursday and Friday, March 25 and 26, in University hall ,is not-as its title might indicate -a fairy tale for young boys and girls. There is, in fact, much more to this than a flat pun, in that the New York run of *the play invariably fou'nd the theatre packed with mothers and babies for the matinees. "Children of the Moon" is, rather, a study of insanity, and one of the most amazing, startling plays written by an American in the last genera- tion. I remember that during its per- formance in Detroit the audience, TASTY TOASTED Sandwiches TICE'S 709 North University Near Arcade Theatre MONROE LUNCH MODERN CLEAN QUICK SERVICE Home Cooking Regular Dinners Short Orders Salads, Etc. Get the Habit. Cor. Monroe and Oakland rrrrf r ti ti a , , , ' , , ' { , , , , ti , , , ti - r , ti , ,; .. _____ . } .r. .rrri. : I "-M" " - Traditions Count Include Sentiment with leauty Special Becky Behave i go ;Corsage Sweet Peas, Roses, FORGET-ME-NOTS Only the BEST is good enough for the ,, ka