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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1927
Night Editor-COURTLAND C. SMITH
NINETY YEARS
Ninety years ago today the state
legislatur'e of Michigan adopted the
Org.nic Act in which was incorpo-
rated the plan of the University of
Michigan. The development of that
institution, within the realm of a hu-
man lifetime, spea s for itself.
It was due to the efforts of John D.
Pierce, a graduate of Brown, and
Isaac N. Crary, a Trinity graduate,
that Michigan's tonstitution made pro-
vision for a state university in 1835.
The idea had come to these two men
from Europe VWhere state-conducted
universities were beginning to fluor-
ish.. Consequently, when Michigan
was admnitted to the Union in January,
1837, the Unlversity automatically
had its beg#rihig.
The first 1Regents of the University
were appointed by the governor, and
in September. 1841, after four years
had been spent in borrqwing funds,
erecting buildings, and selecting a
faculty, the doors of learning were
thrown ope9 to. six entering students.
Although only two professors com-
prised the faculty when the IJniver-
sity'opened, such progress was made
that a medical department was estab-
lished five years after the first class
was graduated, courses in engineering
were added five years later, and 1859
saw the formation of the law depart-
ment.- k
There are a few residents of the
st te born about the time the Univer-
sity was fgimded who have lived to
see the remarlfable transformation
that has taken place within those 90
years-an achievement unparalleled
in the Middle West. They have watch-
ed the student body expand to nearly
12,000 students representing every
state in the Union and 37 foreign
countries. They haive seen the
campus grow from a dormitory and
a few professors' homes to a plant
comprising 57 tuildings vauled at
$27,600,000.
Since its inception a total of 45,672
degrees have been awarded by= the
University, while 34,831 other students
have been in attendance but were not
graduated . Tonight Michigan clubs
throughout the country, representing
some 60,000 living alumni, will ob-
serve the University's 90th birthday.
Looking to the past, it is not un-
reasbnable to expect that Michigan's
WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS
One of the finest institutions that
has grown from our educational sys-
tem in the Middle West is the friendly
rivalry that exists between the great
universities that compose the West-
ern Conference.
Frequently we have had the oppor-
tunity of meeting teams from Illinois
and Wisconsin on the gridiron, the
basketball court, and the cinder track.
Sometimes we have won sometimes
we have been defeated, but far more
significant than the victory or defeat
has been the opportunity to compete
with our sister institutions of learn-
ing.
Tonight we shall meet Wisconsin
and Illinois on the platform in debate.
There will be no great excitement
and tense feeling, which so often
marks our athletic contests, but there
will be that far greater thing ii the
hall of debate as well as on the field
of athletics-the opportunity to try
the mettle of the great state univer-
sities that are our neighbors.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
As pointed out by Prof. Arthur S.
Aiton, of the history department, the
Monroe Doctrine is mnisinterpreted by
the average person to mean either tlhe
right of the United States to interfere
in the Caribbean or to be a declara-
tion of protection freely given to the
South American republics. The facts
are that it is neither. The Monroe
doctrine was a declaration of selfish
national policy and secondarily an
offer of American friendship.
"The Monroe Doctrine" has been
for a long time one of those political
fundamentals men swear by, but the
meaning of which they have never
been interested enough to look up.
The policy has been of vital import-
ance in our country's history. The
fact that it is generally misunder-
stood may be attributed to partisan
politics ,but that does not excuse ig-
norance of its origin and meaning.
WATER POWER
Water power is about to become
more than ever a national political
issue. With its vast potential re-
sources for the production of elec-
trical energy and chemicals, water
power will likely enter into approach-
ing national political campaigns much
more than it has in the past. Antag-
onists favoring and condemning gov-
ernment ownership, operation, or con-
trol, are lining up cohorts for a finish
fight. Among those who favor un-
limited government control of water
power are Senator Hiram Johson,
William E. Borah, Gifford Pinchot,
and others,
Undoubtedly the issue will be a
promient one in the coming sessions
of Congress and perhaps the presiden-
tial campaign of 1928. The scandals
of Teapot Dome and others have
obviously developed a strong feeling
in the public mind against control of
natural resources by" big business."
It is not unlikply that this antagnism
will take more active form in coming
political campaigns. Whether or not
the water power isue 'will be takei
up by either of the two parties or will
result in a party split remains to be
seen.
PROLETARIAN DIC'A.TO1SHIPS
With, Moscow ablaze with red ban-
ners, Soviet Russia has just com-
pleted a five day celebration of the
anniversary of the revolution of
March, 1917, culminating in the over-
throw and death of the Romanoffs and
the birth of "proletarian dictator-
ships." Though it seems but a short
while ago, it has been ten years 'since
the tragedies of the days of the "mad
monk" Rasputin, Nicholas, Alexandra,
Kerensky, and all the rest caught in
the maelstrom of the revolution. But
the dream of "proletarian dictator-
ships" seems to be as far in the future
for Russia as ever.
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HISTORY
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H APP E NE D
All classes are hereby dismissed forl
today, Friday, March 1S, by order of
the Rolls Board of Regents, in cele-
bration-of the 110 anniversary of the
University.
Al.,t there will he a ecial shoew
Music and Drama
TONIG lT: "Eight
twenty-third annual
Play, i11 the Whitney
O'clock.
'liI Eight," the
Junior Girls'
theater at 8:1,i
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in Hill auditorium, given by the thea-
ter managers in honor of the occasion. A review, by Smith It. Cady, Jr.
"We could hardly wait to throivn one Despite what a small minority of _
of those free shows we offered," said the masculine element on the campus
the managers last night. would like to believe about the Junior
* * * Girls' play, the fact remains that it
WHAT A HISTORY! is an highly entertaining production,
Today the University is 110 years performed with skill, cleverness and
old. The rest of The Daily will tell enthusiasm, that leavesthe well
you that this is only the 90th anni- known Union opera with its back to
versary, and the radio program will the proverbial wall. The lines drag
announce it also, but this won't be the dIattimes and the elaborate detail that,
first time that we were the only part distinguishes the opera is missing,
'f the paper that told the truth, but the quality of the dancing and the
* * * vast superiority of the music carries
the show to a successful final curtain.
Of course the songs are strangely
THE REAL INSIDE DOPE ON reminiscent of past hits-but so is
! OUR ANCIENT HISTORY Imost of the current run of popular
I__music. Of course the dances are
In 1817, the University was actually based on certain simple fundamental
founded. Keep it a secret, but it was steps thatare relatively easy to mas-
started in Detroit . One thing you I ter-but what of it, as long as the
won't repeat-the name of the first girls furnish the grace and precision
university was: "Catholepistemiad." that make thenumbers so popular
* s with the audience as they were last
This place-we hesitate to call it a night? The choruses were all pass-
University-ran for ten years but ably good; some, including the fast-
they had , so much trouble working stepping and good-looking specialty
that name into yells that they couldn't chorus of eight girls, were excellent.
get the alumni to come back to foot- The book has its faults, as is the
ball games, and so they had to close case in most amateur shows, but at
down the school. least it was interesting, and humor,
* * * the important thing, was more or less I
Some of the citizens got tired of inherent in the situations and not so
having their sons loafing around obviously dragged in by the neck, in'
home, so they agitatpd for a Univer- a manner common to campus pro-
sity out in the country somewhere, ductions. A show with a collegiate 4
Sttin has its advanftages at least!
You will get real, efficient
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where they would be out of the way
entirely. So they got the University
revived, with Ann Arbor as the un-I
lucky location.
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The first thing they did was to send
a professor over to Europe to collect
some old books they didn't need. It,
took him several years ,most of which
was spent in Scotland trying to get
somebody to donate a copy of Burns'
poems.
He finally got together a batch of
3,500 volumes, which, with the ten
volumes added since, forms the pres-
eht library.
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The University didn't actually startI
until later, and in fact hasn't gotten
going very well yet. But they ap-
pointed a couple professors and began
grading bluebooks. The students
didn't arrive for a while, but when
they did they found they hld alreadyI
flunked a few exams.
The first professors got $500 a year.
But such extravagance was soon dis-
covered by the legislature, and since
then the wages have been cut to their
proper scale.
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Classes didn't start until 1840. Stu-
dents put off the opening as long asj
possible, but they had to start some-
time.
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It is estimated that if every student
since that memorial date had attend-
ed every one of his classes every days
there would have been 163,975 less
E's and 37,248 more diplomas handed
out.
'Et g 1 b S: X C1.w c , u4 uu
for an Ann Arbor run.
The members of the cast performed
with credit ,to themselves and their
director-the girls were "charmingly
girlish," as the old saying goes, and
the "men" were unusually proficient in
their difficult roles. "Bob Thinks,
and So Do I" tlfat the girls gave their
customers more than two hours of
first-rate entertainment.
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THE FACULTY RECITAL
A bizarre ensemble of chamber mu-
sic will feature the next Faculty Con-
cert to be given next Sunday, March
20, at 4:15 o'clock in Hill auditorium.
The French horn is a little used in-
strument for solo work, and in pre-j
senting the Brahm's "Horn-trio"
Perry Mason is innovating an inter-
esting novelty. A contralto solo with
'cello accompaniment forms the sec-
ond part of the program and an at-
tractive combination. The University
String Quartet which has recently
been augmented by Mary Alice Case,
second Violinist, comprise a Quintet,,
with Albert Lockwood, Samuel Lock-
wood, Pauline Kaiser and Janettel
Fraser Wieder forming the remain-
ing members will present the final
number. *I*
THE STUDENTS' RECITAL
A review, by Albert Rice Leventhal.
The performances given by the stu-
dents of the School of Music are al-
ways interesting. To be sure, the play-
ing of the musicians is at times un-
polished, perhaps a trifle blurred;
they show, not infrequently, impa- I
tience of restraint. But we 'find that I
these lapses are invariably smoothed
over by the frank enthusiasm, by the
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Around 1850 the tradition was intelligence which
established that classes should meet interpretations oft
in real buildings, and one was erectued-night, as always, th
Since that time the rule has not been in bringing to thei
very closely adhered to, as witness of expression, mos
the Economics building and University Beethoven Sonata
hall. were much in evi
. . . ing's program. TI
From then on the University rapidly i performance of Mi
began to deteriorate, and more and playing the Andani
more professors were added, until it ments from the 0
was necessary to add another build- nearly equalled 1
ing. It is an iron-bound custom on Criswell's interpre
campus that once a building is erect- do, from the Path
ed, it can't be torn down. Criswell's playing
* however, seemed a
they lend to their
the selections. Last
he artists succeeded
r music an honesty
t refreshing.
as, always welcome,
dence on last even-
The Wighly finished
iss Frances Adams,
te and Presto move-
Opus 57, was very
by Miss Rousseau
etation of the Ron-
etique Sonata. Miss
g of the Andante,!
trifle heavy in its
CAMPUS OPINION
Annonymous communications will be
disregarded. The names of conuni-
cants must he publishcd with every
commn I iicatio n
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To The Editor: C( ESS AT A1NT 11E R
An editorial in Sunday's Daily in
vites suggestions as to improvements Rolls is conducting a series of in-
in the method of electing officers for telligence tests for University facultyI
the more important campus organiza and students. Give yourself twentyj
tions. points for each question answered
A change which, I believe, -woul'd correctly. If you can get more than
be an improvement, and which should five points, pat yourself on the back.
be practicable, would be the nomina- TODAY'S QUESTIONS
tion of candidates for these offices by I1. Are you attending the Catho-
means of letters to The Daily. The lepistemiad? If you aren't, why are
letters should list the qualifications you?
of the nominee, and the- nominations 2. Give one justification for thej
could be supported by other letters, existence of the School of Music. I
the emphasis, in every case, being 3. Well, then give twenty reasons1
placed upon the matter of qualifica- why it shouldn't exist.
tion for the office. With this infor- 4. Supply the line which follows:
treatment. Massenet's ever popular
'Meditation' (from Thais) was saved
from the too sentimental handling it
usually receives from contemporary
artists, by the firm hand of the violin-
ist, Miss Delna Wilson. Two songs
of Respighi, 'Nevicata' and 'Nebbie,'
(recalling the militant beauty of the
composer's 'Pines of Rome'), were
rendered by Miss Hope Bauer, in a
voice at once rich and powerful, al-
though wanting somewhat in strength.
The pleasant voicq gf Benjamin Ing,
to the contrary, si owed power, a
trifle too much, perhaps, for the nar-
row reaches of the school's auditori-
um. A pianist, Mrs. Pearl Reimann,
was the sixth artist on the program.
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