1 P,:OE t OUTR THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATRi)AY, MAY 1, 1920 Published every morning except Motnay during the University year by the Boat In Control of Student Publications. Members of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled 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- snaster General. Subscription by carrier, $s.Se; by mail. $4.00. Offices: An* Arbor Press Building, May- ttrd Street. Phohea: Editoria, 4s; bUslass, 11214. XDITORMA BTAFI2 Iepboue 415 MANAGING EDITOR GEORGE W. DAVIS Chairman, Editorial Board....Norman R That City Editor...........Robert S. .Mansfield News Editor..........Manning Houseworth Women's Editor........Helen S. Ramsay Sport's Editor.............. Joseph Kruger Telegraph Editor.........William Walthour Music and Drama........Robert B. Henderson Night Editors Smith H. Cady Leonard C. Hall Robert T. DeWore Thomas V. Koykka W. Calvin Patterson Assistant City Editors Irwin Olian Frederick H. Shillito Assistants Gertrude Bailey Charles Behymer George Berneike William Breyer Philip C. .Brooks Farnum Buckinghan Stratton Buck Carl Burger Edgar Carter e hamberlain M~eyr Cohen Carleton Champe Douglas Doubleday Eugene H. Gutekunst Anidrew Goodman Jaes T. Herald Jusllitt Miles Kimball Ijf.ron Kubik Harriett Levy Ellis Merry D~orothy Morehouse Margaret Parker Stanford N. Phelps Archie Robinson Simon Rosenbaumi Wilton Simpson Janet Sinclair Courtland Smith Stanley Steinko Louis Tendler Henry Thurnau David C. \okes Mtarion Wells Cassam A. Wilson Thomas C. Winter Marguerite Zilske I BUSINESS STAF 'pelephole 2114 /; BUSINESS MANAGER BYRON W. PARKER Advrtising...............Joseph J. Finn Advertising............Rudol Bhostelman Advertising.............. "" ..L. Mullini Advertising........Thomas D. Olmsted, Jr. Circulation.............-.-.James R. DePuy Publication.............. Frank R. Dentz, Jr. Accounts............ -....Paul W. Arnold Assistants now wholly lacking, and should go a long way toward promoting a group feeling and loyalty to college; in ce- menting friendship it should prove invaluable. More than that, the stim- ulating nature of such group iifej should be reflected in increased inter- est in intellectual pursuits. At any rate, the experiment in.mod- ern education which may be tried at Harvard college, perhaps at Michigan and other institutions, will be followed closely by educators. It may provide a solution for many of the problems of modern education. THE VOTE SLACKERS "The whole system of American government rests on the ballot box," the President of the United States told the congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution. "Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure." The increasing laxity at the polls which Pesident Coolidge pointed out is not easy to combat. The appeal which he made on patriotic grounds will not bring many more busy busi- ness men or their equally busy wives to the polling places. The reason the vote continues to fall off is due largely to the great difficulty of as- certaining what the candidates really stand for and to the difficulty of nominating candidates whose records are good. When neither of the two leading candidates is able to show a past rec- ord f1ree from graft and charges of crookedness, and when both side-step the issues of the campaign with such agility that no voter can guess what platform they are running on, it is hard to persuade busy men and women that they should leave their own affairs to take part in an elec- tion. The general lack of interest in politics in America accounts for many of the citizens who fail to vote, and the general confusion as to the aims and ideals of the candidates causes the proportion of votes to fall still lower. The future of the nation does rest on the ballot box. And if candidates can be persuaded to declare definitely that they are "wet" or "dry," "pro- World court" or "anti-World court,'- on one side or the other and not in the typically American position of "on. the fence"-it will be a much easier task to get the citizens of the country to go to the polls and vote for the men who stand for their beliefs in American life. A FORECAST Just before the battle the freshman > class will meet around the festive board to pep up for the big spring drive. No campaign is complete now-a-days without a big opening banquet; no big action can be put across without a meeting to arouse the proper degree of spirit. Then, of course, there is the fac- tor of fellowship which is promoted by such a dinner. Everyone is al- ways ready for conversation at a ban- quet-as the lengthy remarks of the toastmaster indicate-and an oppor- tunity to meet others is thus opened. And as a means of hearing those who will lead the class in the Spring games, it is a necessity for the proper conduct of the affair. This banquet will serve as an indication of the strength and spirit of the freshmanr h class, a forecast of the results of th d games. The Ku Klux Klan idea has been e introduced into India, a hooded or- d ganization being formed among the I British in Bombay. Their slogan will d be "India for the British." c TOASTEDROLL ODERN FOLK ~ILOREL I }. t:. No great work of art or science was ever created in summer. We don't know the statistics on this matter, but we make this sweeping statement on our own experience. For we can even create a small number of inch of printed words, with or without any meaning during this heat.1 Formerly in the nice snappy days of autumn and winter we could dash off a column single handed and start another equally rotten, without feel- ing it. These days it takes all our energy to write one complete one and were it not for the brilliance of certain contributing members of the board, we would have to leave large white spaces on the editorial page. It is not that we have nothing to say,. or have run out of ideas, for in tis sort of stuff, one idea is as good as another, and everyone has ideas, you can't help it. The difficulty is m pounding the typewriter. The amount of breeze in this office is such that were one to stand a match on end it would never be blown down, save if someone. sneezed.; Thus one can readily see what a task this must be......All we want is a slight recognition of well meant effort.-' WHY PROFESSORS DON'T WEAR PRINCE ALBERTS IN CLASS ANYMORE A Folk Tale. Many years ago, my little friends, it was the custom for members of the illustrious faculty of Michigan to wear Prince Alberts or frock coats to classes. As many of you have noted these same men do not wear they any more. They are replaced by plain business suits or golf suits or unclas- sifiable suits. Mostly the latter. The reason for this may awaken some curiosity in your little hearts, so we will tell you. Originally pro- fessors all wore glasses and never at- tended class without forgetting some part of their apparel, be it ever so small or important. They always car- Tied umbellas, rain or shine and were never sen when they were not either lecturing or reading. This was part of their system, just like porters in stations wear red caps, and artists longhair. No frater in Universitas could even hope to apply for a job without the necessary appearance. We remember distinctly one man who was nearly a pauper because the optician had told him i t would "ruin his eyesight to wear glasses, especial- ly when reading. Hence he was in a nost terrible plight, since he had t either to give up glasses or reading, ad this kept him out of a job for many years. Finally, we understand he moved to England where he had no trouble at all since he could wear a monocle on one eye and read with the other. This only one example of the importance of the frock coat or Prince Albert as it was sometimes called. But now, my dear young friends, everything has changed. Somewhere some unknown professor after getting his job and being sure of keeping it, took off all the trappings of his as- sociates and wore plain, civilian or business .clothes, according to what- ever the local terminology is. This started a fad which has never ended, Nowadays every professor makes it a point to look as human as possible. Some of them, it is true, have a pretty hard time, but they all at least de- serve credit for trying. Now that golf has become the rage they are even seen in knickers and some even go as far as 'wearing white knickers! The obvious reason for this new attitude is that the more modern mem- bers of the faculty have had college educations in the modern sense. Be- sides learning Latin and other such s matters they have learned how to t dress and be generally "smooth." t And now, my friends, who scan say e that the world is not moving forward? *I . --- * * THIS AFTERNOON: The May Day' Fete in the Michigan Union ball room at 3 o'clock. TONIGHT: Comedy Club presents Bernard Shaw's "You Never Can Tell" in the Mimes theatre at 8 o'clock. , * Wrapp~ed for IMaillltf. AT BOTH ENDS OF THE DIACONAL THE O'NEILL PLAYS When the Provincetown Players of j New York produced Eugene O'Neill's cycle of sea plays, "S. S. Glencairn," for the first time last November, Arthur Hornblow, editor of the Thea- tre Magazine, wrote the following criticism: "These three plays," he says, "though never before given on a sin- gle bill, were so intended to be pre- sented, and the Provincetown PlayersT have rendered aservice to the Eng- lish-speaking drama by so giving them. "They are of distinctly unusual} merit, and none of them could have been written by anyone other than O'Neill. The best by far is the final! act, 'In the Zone,' because it posses- ses something more than a mere faith- ful photographic representation of life. An exception, too, should be made of the first piece, 'The Moon of the Caribees,' for though the earliest of the cycle, it is informed with a poetry lacking in the others. 'Bound East for Cardiff' is a powerful melo-E drama, skillful enough of its kind, but in essence simply a slice of life. "'In the Zone,' however, has a dramatic story-that of a sailor on a ship passing through the submarine zone, whose box of love letters is mistaken by his shipmates for a bomb-a story shot thorugh with an ironic comment of life and character over and above the mere detail of the story. But the culminative effect of these three dramas is what is really important. It shows the advance of O'Neill as a dramatic artist and an interpreter of human emotion. With- out them 'Anna Christie' and 'The- Hairy Ape' would have been impos- sible. "The acting and the production were alike admirable. The parts were all quite frankly types but they were finely differentiated by the various players who interpreted them." The production by the Mimes on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week will be the firstI performance of the cycle as a whole outside of New York city. The de- l miand for seats for "S. S. Glencairn'" has been greater than any previous production in the Mimes theatre, and over five hundred tickets have been sold in advance of the public sale which opened at the State Street bookstores yesterday morning. THE WAY FESTIVAL-II. SECOND CONCERT-Thursday, May 20, ,at eight o'clock. SOLOISTS 'MARIE SUNDELIUS, Soprano JEANNE LAVAL, Contralto CHARLES STRATTON, Tenor THEODORE HAR.RISBN, Baritone THE UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EARL V. MOORE, Conductor PROGRAM "ELIJAH". ............ Mendelssohn Osteopathic Physicians Dial 7451 Drs. Bert and Beth Haberer W Corner William and Maynard Ann Arbor, Mich. == Student Car at a Hot Price? 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Cgddingtonl David P~errot W. 1.yCox' g Robert Prentiss N aron A. Daniel Wm. C. Pusch ary Flinterman Nance Solomon Stan ijlbert Thomas Sunderland T. Kennieth H~av Win. J. Weinman ] arold Holmes Aargaret Smith Oscar ,A. Jose Sidney Wilson SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1926 Night Editor-THOMAS V. KOYKKA "Womena have qualities of mind peculiarly feminine; but they are not the tntellettual equalsof men. Their intuitive sense is the big- gest thing that they bring to poli- tics. Combined with 'the thinking qualities of men, this makes a splendid working team. It would be better for women to use the abilities they have and not attempt to do what they can not do."- Mrs. Henry Moscowitz, chairman of the Democratic publicity com- mittee. THE COLLEGE-GROUP SYSTEM With educational institutions grow ing tremendously in size, bringinge vast andanew array of problems whicr demand consideration if colleges an universities of the nation -are not tc slip complkely into a system of fac tory routine, there comes a possibl( solution in the form of the so-calle "college-group 'system." Many uni versities, no:' doubt, have considere the wisdom of adopting such a meth od; it rAquires that existing collegeE be broken :up into smaller units; i ains to promote more effective stud: and to foster greater social contacts At Michigan, proposals of a some. what ;imilar nature are being consid ered as possiblities of the future Whether or not they can be worker: out, .;remains to be seen. But fron Harvard ,college comes the latest pro nouncement of support for the grou. plan. i Harvard, in common with other grea institutions, has certain problems re lating to the social contacts of in. dividual 'members of the student body As pointed out in a report of the Har yard student'council, eating in com mons brought students together in th early days of the university, and a a .result, all' shared in the opportuni ties of healthy social intercourse anm stimulatipg interchange of ideas. IHowever, with the growth of th institution, and since "it is no longer fashionable to eat in commons," vari ous clubs have come into existence These now provide for the social lif( of a large portion of the student body For the great majority, however, ther remains no common rallying poini there is no common ground, and a, OF We FELT HATS are closing out all of our SPRING HATS $3.98 4 ,98 r-- -. ,p y " A at Reduced Prices. No Better Hats Made. We clean and block hats. High class work only. FACTORY HAT STORE L F71A t P own 112' S. MAIN STREET Packard Street. Phone 7415. - $x.90 d i { ,. -i E 1) it 5 l- i- .t e .s 'I EDITORIAL COMMENT OUR INTEREST IN DISAR3IAMENIT . (The Illinois State Register) The United States will spend thi year on its military establishment nearly $600,000,000. Whether thai amount be too much or too little ther is no question that it is based upon the amount of money to be expended by European nations for the same pur- poses. Therefore it is easily seen that the United States has a vital interest in the work of the preparatory commis- sion for the disarmament conference which will meet at Geneva, May 17 We may not be concerned about any European quarrels, but we have oui own defense to look out for. The problem of reducing armaments ough to be of as much interest to us as the defense of our country against out- side attack. What of the growing competition ir 10,000-ton cruisers, the limit fixed by the Washington Conference? Is thi of importance only to England, Japan Italy and France? The United State: has deliberately 'refrained from rush- .. r. n t n it~ s . hn i cr 1li ( ro ws iE i d e n ,i - e t. Y r e .t e .- n Y S. 1, r, t A CRIB FOR THE CI'RRENT EVENTS CONTEST Find the, answers to the following questions and you will get the $200 prize in, the current events contest this morning. The list is given out at the last minute in order that the com- mittee in charge cannot suppress the paper. , 1. HoW often is the Atlantic Month- ly published? 2. H6w often is the Century maga- zine published? 3. Who-was murdered yesterday in Chicago? 4. What is the amount of bootleg brought in across the border every day? Have you found it good? 5. Who is ruler of Italy? 6. What is the longest knownj speech of Coolidge, and why was he ii Ito int nih Jeanne Laval, Contralto (The important event of the Festi- val will be the appearance of Albert Spaulding, violinist, at the Friday afternoon concert.) THE MAY DAY FETE Mrs. Hannah T. Vosper is giving a May Day Fete in the form of a mu- sicale for the benefit of the Women'sr League building this afternoon in theI ball room of the Michigan Union atj three o'clock. The program will in- clude as guest artist Joseph Sainton,1 director of the Toledo Opera Associa- tion and conductor of the Toledo Philhnrmonie orchestra. assisted by Electricity, which can release woman from her burdens, has already created a revolution in American industry. Wherever mankind labors, General Electric motors can be found carrying loads, driving machin- ery and saving time and labor. And there is no branch of elec- 4.-:nl dAnn1- - fn m -na In a field in sunny Spain stands a stoile mortar. Crows hover around it, picking up bits of grain and chaff-cawing. Here Marcheta, in the fresh beauty of her youth, will come to pound maize. For years she will pound maize. The stone will stand up under the blows; not a dent has the muscle of three generations of women made upon it. But the crows will hurl their black gibes upon a woman aging early and bent with toil. Old Marchet'a-still in her thirties. The American woman does not pound maize. But she still beats carpet; she still pounds clothes; she still pumps water. She exhausts her strength in tasks which electricity can do better, and in half the time. The high ideals of a community mean little where t:n- " ;e if-;11 A^ -- a ..A~~... D~nre P1+ a o vnir_.