PACE rOl.CrR TI4~~HIANDAIL Y FRIDAY, VEBRUARY 12, 1926 ?ACE F'OUR FThDAY, F'~BRUATtY IZ 1926 Published every morning except Monday nl th. 4University year by the Board in 1 of Ftvident Publications. .Memiibcrs of Western Cornference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of all news1 dispatches credited to it or not otherwiseE cr dited in this paper and the local news pub- lis'hed therein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post- nmaster General. Subscription by carrier, $3.So; by mail, $ .0. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- n:trd Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; business, sst 4. )DITORIAL STAFF , Telephone 4023, MANAGING EDITOR GEORGE W. DAVIS Chairman, Editorial Board...Norman R. Thal City Editor............Robert S. Mansfield News Editor............Manning Housewortb Wometi's Editor............ Helen S. Ramsay Sports Editor..............Joseph Kruger Telegraph Editor..........William Walthour Tvlusc and Drama......Robert B. Henderson Night Editors Smith H. Cady Leonard C. Hall Willard B. Crosby Thonas V. Koykka Robert T. DeVore W. Calvin Pattersea Assistaat City Editors Iwin Olian Frederick H. Shillito speeches, he declared that while most of the people of his state were well acquainted with the prowess of oney of his students, 'one Harold Grange, very few of them even knew the naino' T il of the president of their university. 31ULLIAN No doubt the universities of the FN AGAX country, as well as the cause of edu- cation in general, would benefit if It seems that a certain music stor such conditions did not exist; how-' in advertising favorite songs of t ever, changes -are brought about grad- es is rather hampered bsacem ually, and it will take time before the its sign, or is trying to start som almost universal interest in college thi.g, At any rate one of the titl football and football men can be di- hich greets the passers is "Ahr. verted to activities more truly repre- o'clock in the A. M." sentative of college work. Others which we hope to see the And in the meantime, Coach Yost are: "U'p the St. March," "Md. M is accotnplishing a great deal for i Md." and "My Old Ky. Home" and Michigan by preaching, teaching, and 1 forth, and so forth.. living his doctrine of clean sports- * * * ' manship that has been identified with Also "Ch." and "On Wis.' Michigan and Michigan athletic teams i M USIC C AMD A II GS - . U TEXT 0OK re "ie le- ly so tt Rtta v t Assistants Certrude E. Bailey William T. Barbour Charles Behymer W illiam Breycr Philip C. Brooks I,. Buckingham Stratton Buck arl Burger IEgar Carter 3 oseph Chamberlain leyer Cohen Carleton Champe I .rene H. Gutekunst Ii ouglas Doubleday ?Mary Dunnigan Andrew Goodman J 3mes T. Herald Aliles Kimball Marion Kubik Walter K. Macks Louis R. Markus Ellis Merry Helen Morrow Margaret Parker Stanford N. Phelps Simon Rosenbaum Ruth Rosenthal Wilton A. Simpson Janet Sinclair Courtland C. Smith Stanley Steinko Louis Tendler Henry Thurnat David C. Vokes Cassam A. Wilson Thomas C. Winter Marguerite Zilske BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER BYRON W. PARKER /rtising. .................Joseph J. Finnj AL-crtising..............T. D. Olmsted, Jr. udvrtising..............Frank R. Dentz, Jr. iAdvr risinag................Wmn. L. Mullin rceulation................... . L. Newman i'Aiaion . ............. Rudolph Bostelman ice unts..................Paul W. Arnold Assistants for more than 25 years. When football is occupying such a place of import- ance, Michigan is fortunate in stand- ing, as she does, for football that is, clean, for magnanimous winning and cheerful losing,-the game for the game's sake-the Yost system of football. THE SENIOR'S FREEDOfl The recent ruling of the Law fac- ulty in eliminating attendance records in that school has received the whole hearted approval of the student body. The ruling does away with the old cut system entirely; role is not taken, and' the matter of being present is left to the individual student. It is stated by the law school faculty that the step was taken in accord with the general policy of putting the work on a grad- uate basis, thus allowing the student greater freedom in his study. Harvard law school has long main- tained such a policy. Until recently seniors of higher scholarship rating in the Harvard literary college, as well, were allowed to use their own discretion in the matter of attendance. Within the past few weeks, all seniorsI in good standing have been permitted the same privileges. Last week, Yale( university extended a similar freedomf to those seniors of a certain rating. The abolition of attendance in the medicine and divinity schools is also planned. The question naturally arises as to whether the same policy would be found practical in our own literary college. Under the present system of almost mass education, it would seem, reasonable to allow such freedom to only those seniors whose scholarship and reputation show that they have a real interest in their scholastic work. (To those who come to the University for social reasons, and it must be ad-I mitted that there are many such in our midst, such freedom would only be misused. It might be suggested that pivi- leges be extended gradually, as wasI successfully done at Harvard and Yale, to those of sufficiently hight scholarship. If such a plan should{ be found workable, and doubtless it would, further freedom could be ex- tended to the remainder of the senior class, or upperclassmen in general. Perhaps by that time selective on- trance requirements will .have re- moved the educational parasites, thus giving the new policy a fairer trial. CAMPUS OPINION Anonymous communications will be disregarded. The names of communi- cants wail, however, be regarded as confidential upon request. What friend Rollo needs 'most these' days is a pair or rather two pairs of ice skates. IHe does all the skating we want him to now but he never seems to be able to keep going straight. Must be the Eustachian tubes or something. Maybe if he had the skates he'd do better. IFFI People iniss Effie just terribly. Let- ters have come pouring into this office day after day inquiring about her. So therefore to help the postmaster out (he is pretty rushed just now, what with report cards, Valentines, and whatnot) we sent up a special cor- respondent to Flyspeck, Mich., where she is living, and we gleaned the fol- lowing from the local journals: Flyspeck, iMich. (By special dis- patch to Molls from the Flyspeck Concentric, with which is combined the Flyspeck Telephone Directory- retaining positively the worst features of each). Miss Effie Snorp, popular Flyspeck debutante and winner of the 1911 contest to determine the, mostI beautiful girl in the towns of Flyspeck and Eggspot, was interviewed yester- lay on the reasons why she did not attend the J-Hop, premiere social event of the 'University of Michigan. "No, 1 did not go to the Hop," re- plied Miss Snorp. "You know, of course, why I left Ann Arbor. I was gel ting so much publicity. My beauty and popularity, I suppose it was. Then too, I felt slighted because the boys in that dramatic organization elected Mrs. Thomas Whiffen an honorary 4 niemberand didn't even .consider me. "111esides, you know how, it is. Al- ways dashing around to this dance and that dance. One gets tired of it, all eventually. During Christmas va- cation, I was asked to so many affairsI that I lost lots of sleep and almost fifty pounds. But my main reason for not going to the hop was that some- how I wasn't invited. Of course, I couldn't go clown there and fo r e Iny- self il." 1Miss Snorp is now leading a rather quiet life. She tried out for tte F7'ly- speck Girls' basketball . teaah, .ut' after a couple of days, she had to stop in order to allow the rest of the team to recover. She now weighs 397 Ilpounds, fahrenheit. I igred M. Ailing vo,'gcLH. Annable, Jr. Carl Bauer ohi H Bobrini in. . ox i~ A. Rolland Damm ] antes hIt l1eVuy Mary Flinterman Margaret L. funk Stan Gilbert T. Kenneth Haven R. Nelson F. A. Norquist Loleta G. Parker Julius C. Pliskow Robert Prentiss Wmn. C. Pusch Franklin J. Rauner Joseph Ryan Margaret Smith Mance Solomon Thomas Sunderland, Eugene Weinberg Win. J. Weinnan Sidney Wilsoni FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 12, 1926 Night Editor-SMITH H. CADY, JR. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MAN It is the general American fashion to call attention to the birthday an- niversaries of our country's greatest men. It is the tradition of the press to comment upon these men, pointing out their virtues and perhaps over- hooking their faults. How different with the birthday of LAncoln! So little can be said which conveys anything of his true and elu- ,,ive simplicity. When one attempts to- write of him, words seem dull, inef- f'ctive, and inadequate. Yet genius has never yielded to analysis and probably never will. Perhaps it was in his supreme humanism that his! genius flowered, yet who can say? TillS AFTERNOON: Tryouts for I he iasq'ues' production of "Wiy Tarry" in Newherry hall at 3 o'cloek. TONMG1lT The Mimes Vaudeville hi the' Mimnes theatre at 8':16 orlock. * S Tij MAN HOLBERG Plays which were written nearly' two hundred years ago by that most remark'able of Danish writers, Ludvig Ioiberg , lave been coming of late years into favor with large audiences in Denmark, and even appear in a fair way" of becoming immortal. Though having written all manner of books on fnance, law, and history, Holberg is chiefly remembered for his com- edies, of which his "Beggarman," in the translation by Professor Oscar James Campbell, will be given its first American performance by the Mimes, February 23, 24, and 25, in the Mimes theatre.- Holberg's plays are the direct out- come of his own experiences-the enormous variety of manners and peo- ple which he observed in his travels throughout Europe, and of his own disposition strangely compounded out of erudition and a curious interest in his fellow man. One must know the events of Holberg's life to thoroughly comprehend the full import of his dramatic works. Ludvig Holberg was born in 1684 in the city of Bergen, Denmark, a me- tropolis which had long been onq of the trading centers of the Hanseatic League, and which in the seventeenth century was of a decided cosmopolitan nature. Holberg spent much of the time of his young manhood in seeing the world. At different times he visit- ed the Netherlands, Oxford, London, Leipsig, Dresden, and Halle. On his return to Denmark he be- came a "professor extraordinary" in Borch's college. From that place he departed in the year 1714 for his fourth journey abroad, this time a walking tour through southern and central Europe. It was this unusual viewpoint colipled with his own desire for learning and culture, and his in- nate propensity for realism, that the peculiar character of his plays may be attributed. Most of his work was done in later years, after he had become a full pro- fessor, at the time when certain citi- zens were looking toward the estab- lishment of a national theatre for Denmark. le finished five plays in al- miost as many months. T e scenes of 14 lberg's comedies are often laid in peasant or bourgeois homes, and are done with absolute ,fidtlit - "' man-ardent iilerenrt; , of ,realisn. Ie did not overlook the unpleasant things of life; yet either did he employ them merely for their own sakes. They were used as means to an end-ually picturesque rather 'than profoun, but were definitely productive of thought and were of a universal character. * * * "NEW BROOMS" A review, 'by Clarice Tapson. There's one thing nice about a stock company, eventually every member gets a chance at a real role. In "New Brooms," the Frank Craven play now at the Bonstelle Playhouse, Walter Sherwin, who has played the typical American business man ever since I can 'remenmberl has a part worthy of him. The story is another of the younger generation affairs, but it is treated from' a little different point of view. Tom, Junior, thinks he could make more money in his father's broom fac- tory than his very successful father, by being pleasant to everybody where his father is grouchy. He tries it for a year and finds it doesn't work. The only benefits are that he learns his dad is a pretty good scout, and he; marries the girl who he, while he was managing everything, had hired as house-keeper. Walter Sherwin is the most con- sistent and delightful grouch imagin- able. And in the last act, there is a scene between him and Donald Cam- ernnon as the son, in which he opens up and tells his son how much he does care whether he succeeds or not and that he is all for him, that chokes up the whole audience as well as young Tom. The rest of the roles are all well handled, as you can always depend [that they.will be with these players. [Jessie agyce Landis asc Jerry, the housekeeper, .Melvyn Douglass as a big man from Texas, Gale Sonder- gaard as Tom's sweetheart-in-the-be- ginning, provide ample support for I Waltei" Ihierwin an 'Donald' Cameron. And, again as usual, the play is well staged and*directed.' If never ceases to be a matter of wonderment how a a stock company can do all the things "A Wiser and Better Place to BuY." Watch for Our New Spring Line. Hats Cleaned and Blocked. FACTORY HAT STORE 817 Packard Street . Phone 7411. (Where D). IT. R. Stops at State St.) PLEASE. AKE PATHS ON T H I CAMPUS*r Paths on snow form ice and kill all grass roots beneath. Please don't make or use such paths. The Time of the Year to Beautify Your Home By InaiinX your furniture. re- godered. We offer pleasing and attractive designs and colorings. P. B. Harding 218 East Huron Phone 3432 MANN'S' N ._.... . ... . ........ . :.:. 1 --... . GAGEOver the Week End Granger's Big Ten Orchestra under the direction of Jack Scott will as usual furnish the music which makes dancing here such a pleasure. Demonstration of the CHARLESTON, Friday and Saturday. Dancing Wednesday, 8-10 Friday, 9-1 Saturday, 9-12 1 . RN. Y , -F II Ever Since 1905 The same professional care has gone into your amateuf finishing as has always made flashlights, groups and views superi- or. We want to do YOUR finishing. AATAB1r0Et..o9O- N NEW AND SECOND HAND 4 .raham, Book Stoa A1-t Both Ends of the Diagonal Walk. Several generations have found him "A VERY BIASED VIEW" great, each more so than the last, The To the Editor: bitterness, passion, hate, and jealousy I note in The Daily for Feb. 9 an which surrounded him have disap- editorial concerning Mr. Win. Mitchell peared, until now he stands in true and the proposed changes in the. perspective, a magnificent yet humble aeronautical service of the United, figure. Among the other world lead- States army. I do not believe that the ers of his age, and possibly for all service is in any way perfect but it time, lie stands forth as a supreme does seem to me that the views we get man among men. The greatness of' of the matter in The Daily are giving Cladstone, Bismarck, and Disraeli has a very biased view of the situation. As decreased with the passing of the The Daily is supposed to be impartial years. Yet the fleeting decades have and there is. more authoritative data but augmented the universal love ac- available it is my belief that we corded, the Civil War president. should hear from the other side of the No one need tell us to remember question-one cannot have an honest Lincoln on the twelfth day of Feb- opinion and be in a position to judge ruary. Words can carry but little if only one side of the argument is conception of his character, yet we known. Therefore I refer you to anj 'think of him more and more, the man editorial in the American Rifleman who held the nation together with for Dec. 1, 1925. There should be a, an unyielding will. If we can help copy in the Library and there is prob-I to improve that nation of today, for ably a copy at R. O. T. C. headquarters which lie gave his life, we would and I have a copy at hand. A com- bring a characteristic smile of appre- parison is made of the aeronautical ciation to his face-were he now here. equipment of different countries in which it is shown that the air service of the United States is better equip- SPREADING THE GOSPEL ped than others and sonie other points Coach Fielding H. Yost, director of that are much at variance with Mr. :Michigan's athletic fortunes, left Ann Mitchell's statements. There have also Arbor Wednesday night on a tour of, been in this magazine during the past western Michigan and Illinois cities, few months articles by Capt. H1. W. where lie will preach his old familiar McBride who was in service in both gospel of clean sportsmanship, fair the Canadian and United Slates1 play, and athletics that are on the armies in the World War and who was square. in particularly favorable positions for With the present emphasis on ath- the observation of the effectiveness of letics, regardless of whether it is airplanes in battle and his conclusions over-emphasis or not, the statements are also at variance with Mr. Mit- of Michigan's coach are widely read,. chell's. The American Rifleman by * * Yifnf. The selection of Mr. Williams' "Why Marry?" for presentation to this campus seems particularly appropri- ate........ * * se* WHO OWI\s TILE siDEWALi A few issues ago we promised to' wage a campaign for bigger and cleaner sidewalks. But it just struck us that if we were to wage such a campaign we would have to know whom to wage it against. So we ask, "Who owns the Sidewalks'?" It is quite apparent that the house- owners don't, for no matter how- im- maculate a local home may be kept, no matter how neat the lawns or clean i the windows, the sidewalks are never cleared of snow, slush or anything lwhich fate happens to cast upon them. Obviously, then they are not owned by the residents. At least they will not admit that they do. If they are owned by the city, then why not have! them cleaned like the streets? If to the county or the State, then the same, holds true. If the pedestrians own them, then why not have certain "Toll, Walks" where you pay a nickel to walk along them and the nioney goes] toward keeping them clean.# But any-way, who owns the side- walks, and why? * * * The only people who admit that they own their walks are the B.- and G. boys, God Bless 'em! * * FRON THE DEPTHS You may love your bottle, you may, love it well You may love the taste, you may love the smell You may need a companion, you may call again Ilit you'll never find ime' -Mulgan. i - I hope you waited you lazy swine I hope you drank your sour wine I hope to hell you're good and sick [N 4 i so Cars Fro"Im. A ich to COos Closed Cars 0 " $182 to $211 $96' to $180 Open Cars +w' 9 Some for less th'an $100 TATTbXJT C' 7"1T A mm iU