PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY' TITTSTA ,. MAIWR 1?, 1927 I a Published every morin except Monday during the University year by the Board i Control of Student Publications. Members of Western Conference Editorial As.ociation. Trhe 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. F~ntered at tht- postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post- master General.. Subscription by carrier, $3.75; by mail, $4.00. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- card Street. Phones:Editorial, 4925; Business 2214- EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR SMITH H. CADY, JR. Editor.................W. Calvin Patterson City Editor.................Irwin A. Oliae News~litrs.........J Frederick Shillito Nevs Editors........... i Philip C. Brooks Women's Editor........... 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ARNOLD Advertising...............William C. Pusch Advertising.............Thomas Sunderland Advertising...........George H. Annable, Jr. Advertising............ Laurence J. Van Tuyl Circulation...............T. KennethHaven Publication.................JohnI. Bobrink Accounts................ Francis A. Norqjst Assistants. George Ahn Jr. Esther Booze D. M. Browue Hilda Binzer Florence Cooper Marion A. Daniel A. M. Hinkley Beatrice Greenberg E. L. Hulse Selma M. Janson R. A. Meyer Marion Kerr William F. Spencer Marion L. Reading Harvey Talcott , Harriet C. Smith Harold Utley Nance Solomon Ray Wachter Florence Widmaier J. B. Wood THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1927 Night Editor-CIHAS E. BEHYMER THE PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE A professor may be extremely learn- ed as far as his own field is concern- ed, or grossly incompetent. He may be able to teach in the full sense of the word, or he may never have ac- quired this faculty. His personality may be appealing, or it may be almost intolerable., In whatever manner a professor may be lackiug ,the importance of his attitude in class or lecture room can- not be overestimated from the stu- dent's viewpoint. Deficiency in knowl- edge of subject, teaching ability, and personality may be irreparable to a certain extent, but an improper at- titude is not. There is no excuse why college stu- dents should be treated like gradel school pupils. They know how to sit and how to conduct themselves in class without instructions along this line every now and then. Again, stu- dents naturally- dislike being regard- ed as mental inferiors. Some profes- sors forget "that most students will learn if given the opportunity. Many instructors and professors have no consideration for other classes. They begin their classes or lectures prompt- ly at five minutes after the hour, and do not dismiss them until two or three minutes after the following hour, completely disregarding what the situation would be if all classes were so conducted. The Michigan campus is blessed with a number of outstanding profes- sors who know their subject, have learned how to teach, who have ar- resting personalities, and who main- tain an admirable attitude in class and out. These are obviously the' most popular members of the faculty -men who are held in highest re- spect by students who have come in contact with, them. All instructors and professors can- not attain exactly such places in the minds of the student body. There are many, however, who can afford to im- prove their various attitudes' if only for the satisfaction of obtaining more cooperation from the students whom they strive to teach. STUDENT LOANS these loans. These are secured only by student notes, most of which are worthless, the writers being minors. Only $600 has been lost in the many years the policy has been in effec and of this sum $400 was charged off because of death. It would ordinarily be expected that with our heterogenous student body, the losses in such loans might be sev- eral times larger than they are. But the fact that the losses are almost non-existent is something to which University students may point with justifiable pride. HOLIER THAN THOU The main text of the American- Turkish agreement, necessitated by the failure of the Senate to ratify the Lausanne treaty, has just been made public by the State department. The negotiations, carried on by Rear Ad- miral Mark L. Bristol, American High Commissioner in Turkey, have much the same provisions as were embodied in the Lausanne document, unfortu- nately rejected by a temporarily sen- timental senate. The agreement, running for fifteen months, provides for the establish- ment of diplomatic and consular re- lations and the appointment of am-1 bassadors as soon as possible, reci- procity in commercial relation, main- tenance of the status quo as to most- favored nation treatment in customs matters, and negoitations for a naturalization convention. In the absence of treaty relations the am- bassador will have to serve without pay until confirmed by the Senate. It was unfortunate that the Senate thought it proper to reject the Lau- sanne treaty, but its provisions are largely being carried out by the agreement negotiated by the State de- partment. In the present situation the agreement will serve in place of the formal treaty ,rejected by a Sen- ate which looked upon the Turks with a "holier than thou" attitude. j NEGLECTING A TRUST American students attending Ox- ford college through Rhodes scholar- ships have been criticised recently by one of their number for their self imposed isolation from the English student and his activities. From the authority and the sup- porting evidence given, there seems to be little doubt that the charges are sound. It is alleged that "the Amer- ican Rhodes scholars sit by them- selves at dinner tables and carry on a conversation that is foreign to the other graduates." Again, "whenever f see a Rhodes scholar in the high- road at Oxford, he is almost always walking alone or accompanied by one or more American Rhodes scholars." There seems to be no true justifica- tion for such an attitude. Not only is it narrowing in its influence on the American students, but it also violates the spirit of the Cecil Rhodes Founda- tion. Under any circumstances, American students should use their opportunities for acquainting them- selves with English student life; con- sidering the, means by which they are attending the college, Rhodes scholars are violating a trust if they neglect this activity. CAMPUS OPINION Annonymous communications will le disregarded. 'he names of communi- cants must be published with every communication RESTRICTED STUDENT LIFE To The Editor: In the brief span of three years, I have noticed the tendency of the Dean of Men and the Senate Committee on Student Affairs to restrict further and further the life of students, the far- famed Michigan Men. It is true that Michigan has not moved as rapidly as Illinois or Texas in this respect, but it is moving toward a false goal. The action of the Senate Committee in banlning fraternity dances after foot-' ball games, the issuing of a small volume of J-IIop rules, and the occa- sion of using probation to punish minor matters is positively intoler- able. Senator James A. Reed, Missouri, and one of the leading presidential possibilities in 1928, expressed the dangers facing the United States if the government should continue its pres- E ent policies. The recent actions of the Senate Committee and Dean Burs- ley keeps step with the same ten- dencies. I shall quote from H. C. Harwood's recent interview with Senator Reed, that appeared in the Detroit Free Press: "Speaking as a citizen, and from the background of my, entire career in public life, I wish I could get a mess- age to the American people with all the intensity of conviction possible- that we are going to wreck this gov- ernment and destroy this nation un- less we get back to the principles on which the constitution was founded, TOsr OLL FIL TO P'ASS SPELLIN9TEST We were surprised to find out that "over 300 per cent of the students" at Minnesota are lacking in ability to meet requirements for graduation, as a filler in yesterday's Daily reported. We had always thought that Michigan led the West in everything, but we are not quite up to that record, yet. Personally we have done everything possible to raise Michigan's percent- age, but all efforts have failed to beat that 300 per cent mark. * * * SPELlEID DOWN Freshmen dared their faculty ad- visors to take part in a spelling bee Tuesday night, and every one of the nine professors went down on the very first word. We'd reprint the word, but it would be just our luck to have a typographical error appear, and then we would get blamed for it. * * * After such a decisive defeat, the professorial team staged a come-back when a new game started, and in the end were victorious. Even then, two of them went out on the first time up to bat. * * * As a result of this bee, whenever one of those freshmen gets hailed up before Dean Bursley he will just re- mark off-hand: "Say, Dean, how ar, those spelling lessons coming along?" * * * What this campus needs is a goodl old-fashioned spell-down, between fac- ulty men and freshmen. It would be great stuff to see rhetoric instructors spelled-down by their students. * * * These rhetoric classes would no longer be entirely useless, then, if they could teach spelling-to the in- structors. * * * GUESS AT ANOTHER ROLLS is conducting a series of intelligence tests for University fac- ulty and students. Give yourself twenty points credit for each question I answered correctly. If you can get more than five points, pat yourself on the back. TODAY'S QUESTIONS 1. What is tear gas? Why? 2. Why -should they hold classes during Spring? Winter? Fall? 3. Is the Junior Girls' Play a play? a failure? 4. Supply the line which follows this one: "Say, old kid, I'm down to my last cent.' 5. When will the customers get their J-Hop favors? (For answers, ask your professors) THUGS ARE IN TOWN It was down at the Whitney that we saw them. We were sitting there watching the Junior Girls' play when suddenly the lights went out and in came a gang of thugs. Maybe they are- trying to swipe the Whitney. To sell an antique dealer, perhaps. The Butter-and-Egg men are an- other feature of the play. We had an idea that the butter-and-egg business had sort of failed in the past few years, but maybe it was just a sea- sonal depression. DOWN THE DIAGONAL "Movies of this Gridiron Ban- quet," said the Jolly Junior yes- terday, "won't do justice to it. Ifthey reported what was said the theater would be sued for libel." ** * PLANE STILL GOING A Daily story yesterday repor'ted in one place that this Evans, the around- the-world record holder, made only 11 landings by airplane, and then fur- ther on mentioned that 12 different airplanes were used. "X.A.Viator" writes in to say that one of the planes "must still be circling the blue empy- rean," and thus Mr. Evans becomes "the initiator of the world's longest non-stop flight." * * * (Add Intelligence Test :What is the empyrean? Why make us try to pro- nounce it?) * * * "X.A." solves it by saying that he must have changed planes in the air and let the pilot bring the otherone down. He concludes, "At any rate he has left someone up in the air, though it may be only the reader. However, if it is the aviator, we sug- gest that he find some way to get his meals to him." o'clock. * * * "EIGHT 'TIL EIGHT" A review, by Vincent Wall. It's a job to write a show like this -one that is such a vital combination of all-that is good and awful. "Eight 'til Eight" is probably the best Junior Girls' Play in the history of eye and ear entertainment on the campus in certain fields; and then again there are elements that might well be placed on the eternal Index, Expurgatorius of all well meaning musical comedy. The point is that .it is not the super-production that some of the more ardent protagonists (in- cluding myself) fondly hoped, but is nevertheless, one of the best if the idea of perfection in any sense is dis- carded and it is simply thought of as good fun, with the occasional dis- crepancies disregarded, and a spirit of hilarity coming from both sides of the footlights. When viewed in this light the rather inexpert work in some departments became an asset, and at times brought the little ladies unexpected hands. But again when some almost professional number- such as Addison Pelletier's song and dance as the Lone Kid-appears after a scramble faked solo work, the lack of more of such material is strongly felt. The work of the cast was good- that is they wer hall talented, several exceptionally so. Majorie Chavenelle on whom the task of ingenue, comedi- enne, as well as most of the singing fell acquitted herself remarkably well. Her lines, of course, were the best, and were straight comedy, but she played Daisy-the-Dumbell with a naive uncertainty that was wholly charming, and in itself very capably done. Her singing in the first act was not an entire success due to the fact that she could not get above the orchestra in several numbers, al- though "Turning the Tables" number (with Henry and Clark) was one of the best in the show. Josephene Mitts as Helen sang, and sang well. Her voice is good, and reminds one of Marion Harris in its rich quality and wide range. Nellie Hoover as Henry proved to be the most convincing masculine imper- sonator, and in the before mentioned I "Turning the Tables" and with Miss Mitts in "Eight 'til Eight" and "Helen, I Fell in Love with You," was excep- tionally good. Lois Porter as Connie brought a rather inconsequential part into prominence, made the most with her lines and danced quite capably. The "My True Love is False" duet and dance with Connie was well ap- plauded, although the dance of the encore was rather unfortunate chore- ography. The music was rather obviously reminiscent, although "Eight 'til Eight" was a good tune, and if prop- erly plugged would have been a dis- tinct hit. As the name song it could have been placed earlier in the first act with a reprise in the second. The dancing with perhaps two exceptions was of the best: a specialty chorus possessed a precision and speed that was very good, and the Blue Stock- ings and Eight 'til Eight girls were well trained. The Tuxedo Kids in the "A Little College is a Dangerous Thing" and Norma Reid in a peculiar- ly galvanic specialty are deserving of the highest praise. The final appreciation, however, lies in a most interesting phase of the dialogue and plot which evolved a most interesting situation: it was a diverting satire on the Junior Girls! The super-women who failed in their Art, became most successful artists in an unconsious way. And by the aid of a commendably clever analysis of the direction and amusing and pointed aphorisms, the production was round- ed into an at least adequate com- petency. * * * THE STUDENTS' RECITAL The following program in the Stu- dent's Recital series will be given to- night at 8 o'clock in the School of Music auditorium: Barcarolle in F Sharp.... A. Liadow Waltz, No. 14...............Chopin Mrs. Pearl Reiman "Thy Beaming Eyes".....MacDowell "Wayfarer's Night Song".....Martini Benjamin Z. N. Ing Andante and Rondo (from the PLEASE DON'T MAKE PATHS ON THE 'cK: ~ TOUR ISTS ANY .INIANY COUNTRY One Way, Round Tri d t a Real Low Price ToutI BOOK NOW.- AUTHORIZED STEAMSHIP Ad. E. G. KEBLER, All Lines 601 E. HURON, ANN ARBRt READ THE WANT ADS I. II OUR TRUST DEPARTMENT IS. READY TO SERVE YOU. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ANN ARBOR OLDEST NATIONAL BANK IN MICHIGAN HG R A HAPIS Music and Drama __- OOKS - TONIGHT: The Student's Recital I = in the School of Music auditorium at F o'clock.or Your Convenience-Two ores Completely Stocked TONIGhT: "Eight 'til Eight," the twenty-third- annual Junior Girls' Play, in the Whitney theater at 8:15 GA At Both Ends of the Diagonal M R I 0=000000= w mommoommmos mmmmm.wmmwd - I-I I 11 1 MAY tIESTIVAL 6 FOUR DAYS' May 18, 19, 20,21 1927 SIX CONCERTS HILL AUDITORIUM - ANN ARBOR EARL V. MOORE Musical Director FREDERICK STOCK Orchestral Cond. JOSEPH E. MADDY Children's Cond. Rosa Ponselle Soprano Metropolitan Opera Company Betsy Lane Shepherd Soprano American concert and oratorio singer Lois Johnston Soprano San Carlo Opera Company Ernestine Schumann-Heink Contralto Jubilee Anniversary Sophie Braslau Contralto Metropolitan Opera Company Elsie Baker Contralt American concert and oratorio singer Armand Tokatyan Tenor Metropolitan Opera Company Arthur Hackett Tenor American concert and oratorio singer Lawrence Tibbett Baritone Metropolitan Opera Company William Simmons Baritone American concert and oratorio singer James Wolfe Bass Metropolitan Opera Company Lea Luboshutz Violinist Russian Violinist Ernest Hutcheson Pianist Eminent American Artist CARMEN Bizet 'RNA CQ 42TTT nPfbrla n ,