PAGE FOUR Published every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board 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- mnaster General. Subscription by carrier, $3.75; by mail, $4.00. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- nard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business 21214. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone'49295 MANAGING EDITOR SMITH H. CADY, JR. Editor................W. Calvin Patterson City Editor............... .Irwin A. Oliaa News Editors............j Frederick Shilito t Pili C.Brooks Women's Editor.............Marion Kubik Sports Editor.............Wilton A. Simpson Telegraph Editor........... Morris Zwerdling Muslo and Drama........Vincent C. Wall, Jr. Night Editors Charles Behymet Ellis Merry Carlton Champe StanfordN. Phelps Jo Chamberlin Courtand C. Smith fames Herald Cassam A. Wilson Assistant City Editors Carl Burger Henry Thurnau Joseph Brunswick Reporters THE MICHIGAN DAILY 8ATURDAY, MARCIl 19, 1927 Marion Anderson Margaret Arthur lean Campbell Jessie Church Chester E. Clark Margaret Clarke Blanebard W. Cleland Larence Edelson William Emery Robert E. Finch. Robert Gessner Margaret Gross Elaine Gruber Coleman J. Glencer Harvey J Gunderson Stewart Hooker Morton B. Icove Milton Kirshbaum Parl ern Sally Knox RichyrdKurvink. G. Thomas McKean Kenneth Patrick Mary Ptolemy IMurris 4Uulr James Sheehan Nelson J. Smith, Jr.. Sylvia Stone Mary Louise Taylor William Thurnau Mvilford Vanik HerbertWisVedder Marian Welles Thaddeus Wasielewski Sherwood Winslow ceive enough from these payments to 1 pay their debts to Great Britain as well. Great Britain, according to his figures will also receive this year $2,000,000 in debt payments more than she'pays us. All of which would seem to show that the European nations are not as poor as they are supposed to be and further, that the administration does I not expect to enter into negotiations, regarding cancellation of debts . That much is plain. And it is further evi- dent that while recognising that the associated nations of the World war were engaged in a common cause, the loans were actual loans, not gifts. Since any means of deciding just what, ratio of the expense each nation should bear could never be determin- ed, the administration proposes to treat the loans as such, to be met in a business way, regardless of any sympathies involved. THE DIAZ TREATY Though the state department is now giving the treaty proposed by President Diaz to establish an Amer- ican protectorate over Nicaragua its due study, it is probable that the sug- gested pact will not be found favor- able to this government . President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg have already intimated their dissatisfaction with the proposal. Their opinion is doubtless based upon the conviction that the treaty would make the relations between the two countries too close for convenience. While the United States should re- serve its right to protect its interests in Nicaragua, it should not take the responsibility "for the protection of life, liberty, and individual liberty." The recent dispatch of the British cruiser, Colombo, to Nicaragua for the protection of English nationals indicated the complications which might arise if the United States main- tained more than a policy of watchful waiting except in dire emergencies. DEBT REDUCTION Though Secretary Mellon is ex- tremely cautious about making any predictions, it is likely that the public debt of the United States may be re- duced by $1,000,000,000 during the present fiscal year which will end June 30. The tremendous sums ac-i cruing from income tax receipts, debt payments, and sinking fund, will make possible this notable decrease in the public debt. The tremendous debt reduction of the year 1920 may be equalled. Though the tax reduction lobbyists have been busy toward securing a reduction next winter, Secretary Viel- lon has pointed out that much of the present surplus will be absorbed in the debt reduction and that there is no way of judging just what the in- come of next year will be, although indications woul point to another surplus. It certainly would be un- fortunate to start tax reductions when good business sense points toward fur- ther debt reduction. Although the country is now in the midst of unprecedented prosperity there is no reason to believe that such a condition will continue through 1928 and 1929 As firml basedq. -a OASTECIVIL WAR O AII " The free show in lill auditorium which was to have been given by the theaters last night had to be called off because the Student council for- got to meet to decide which pictureI should be shown. * * * And in spite of the order issued byl Rolls Board of Regents yesterday re- garding the closing down of all classes in honor of the 110th anni- versary of the University, one or two professors met the few students that did show up. Next time we shall ex- pect better co-operation. * * * (IESS AT ANOTRIIP TODAY: "Eight 'til Eight," fhe I wenty-third annual Junior Girls' Play in the Whitney theater at 2:30 and : oclock. * * * i 11(,IGHTI TIL EIGHT" A review, by Marion Kubik. Enthusiasm, and lots of it, is the most prominent quality of the 1928 Junior Girls' Play... and nothing can so aid success as enthusiasm. To compare "Eight 'til Eight" to a pro- fessional venture would be greatly to the disadvantage, as well as being unjust, to both. Although the smooth- ness characterizing these business en- Music and Drama EARN $1.50 A MTONT111! In spare time. SIX COLLEGE MEN wanted. College men who want to earn their expenses should get in touch with us at once. We have an excellent proposition. No rapping at doors. You can earn $150 a a month in spare time and $500 a month during vacation. Write for facts. U. C. & P. S. S., Box 304, Harrisburg, Pa. tI .1 I Edgeworth is every Note: This is or telligence tests w members of the U Clippy passed y the excellent scor she gained when ber 2 correctly 1 School of Music means of locking town in one build be properly isolat TODAY'S 1. Is Spring h 2. Did you ge yet, or were you 3. Why were on at 10 A. M. y 4. Do you kn torium was built? 5. Supply the Are you going night ?" (For answers, terprises is noticeably lacking in ne of a series of in- "Eight 'til Eight," it makes up for it ritten especially for with a preponderance of enthusiasm niversity. and wholesale enjoyment on the part esterday's quiz with esof trdoiy'sqwith 1 of cast and chorus members that puts e of 20 points ,which the strained smile of the professional she answered num-tosae by saying that the to shame. sayvingdIn retrospect, the song and dance up all the noise i numbers stand out far more definitely ling, which ought to than the play itself. There is a defi- Led. 1nite swing to most of the music that * * tends to haunt anyone who is at all QlUESTIONS sympathetic with modern rhythm. The Butter and Egg man specialty ere? incorporates a rollicking swing that a committee man? makes the listener want to execute the same intricate clog put on by the all the street lights entertainers. And that come-hither esterday? ow when Hill audi- wink emphasized by the biggest "But- 1)o you care? ter and Egger" is enough to scandalize line which follows: any self respecting chorus girl. to the library to- Probably the cleverest of all the musical numbers is."Turning Tables." (:a nII r TllILyrics, tune, rhythm ...... all are Iil Harry T lt- MICHIGAN PINS FOUNTAIN PENS ALARM CLOCKS HAILER'S State Street Jewelers : ,, , -° ... a, "b ;s "mod 3 pipe s lover I ~~* K~ BOK S- For Your Convenience--Two Stores Completely Stocked - GRAHAAS At Both Ends of the Diagonal 1. - - ----r---I BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER PAUL. W. ARNOLD Advertising..............William C. Pusch Advertising.............Thomas Sunderland Advertising........... George 11. Annable, Jr. Advertising...........Laurence J. Van Tuyl Circulation................T. Kenneth Haven Publication...............John H. Bobrink Accounts................Francis A. Norquist Assistants George Ahn Jr. Esther Booze D. M. Brown Hilda Binzer Florence Cooper Marion A.eDaniel A. M. Hinkley Beatrice Greenberg E. L. Hulse Selma M. Jansen 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 MAKE PATH S ON THE Candy or Tobacco. It is very convenient at times to be able to run in to our store between classes or on your way to or from the campus and find candy, tobacco, maga- zines, and many other things which you may have occasion to want. RALPH'S Varsity Laundry Agency m 4 THE REAL INSIDE DOPE ON OUR ANCIENT HISTORY There is an interesting story about the choosing of the site of the Uni- versity. It seems that there were three institutions to be located, and three towns out for them. Pontiac got first choice, and took the asylum; Jackson was next and asked for the clever, and Daisy, Ilenry and Clark take care that it goes across. "A Lit- tle College is a Dangerous Thing" comes next in the line of praise, and the love song is a definite accomplish- ment. Every year, the annual play of .the juniors contributes a waltz song, each one of which seems to be as beautiful as anything ever written... and every succeeding year another aspiring composer produces some- thing more exquisite, more intangibly lovely than ever before. This year is i E Williams Street li1'i 111 11V' 1 Across from Congregational Church 1 MAY F ;STIVAL SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1927 Night Editor-CARLTON G. CHAMPE TRADITIONS., Traditions, those customs in whichi any university takes a natural pride, will come into their own once more this spring with, the advent of senior class activities shortly after the Easter recess. And despite the fact that the graduating classes occupy the center of the stage in these an- nual observances, the underclassmen have likewise important parts to play. The spring games require the un- divided support of the freshman and sophomore classes, while Cap Night, a little later, always draws hundreds of students to the scene of the yearl- ings' spectacle. Swing Out, the first official event of the graduating classes, and Cane Day, when the coveted walking sticks make their initial appearance, are both worthy of whole-hearted support. Wearing of- caps and gowns each Wednesday following Swing Out is another tradition which should not be observed in any haphazard manner. The. foregoing customs, among oth- ers, have become institutions at Mich- igan. They constitute the few occa- sions when members of the various classes can express themselves as a unit, when a true class spirit can prevail. Such opportunities should not go neglected. FINAL PRONOUNCEMENT In answer to the recent petition of Princeton and Columbia faculties calling for a reconsideration of the debt settlement, Secretary Mellon has made a final pronouncement on the administration policy. In Secretary Mellon's opinion, a reopening of the foreign debt settlement would be a step backward, calculated to produce discord and confusion rather than to contribute to the economic stability and orderly, government of world prosperity. It is extremely improb- able that the present administration will deviate froh this policy. Pointing out that the nation which sacrifices its own just claims is un- likely to retain the respect of other nations, Secretary Mellon declared that a cancellation would not affect the dislike with which Americans are treated in Europe today. More speci- fically, the Secretary of the Treasury mentioned the fact that such a pro- nouncement of a cancellation policy prison; but Ann Arbor had to take I no exception, and it is hard to con- what was left. ceive of what heights next year's song The first class in the University of love will reach. met in the Fall of 1841. There were The theoretical hat comes off to the six students enrolled, and it took principals--who really were over- them about a month to get registered, worked. Josephine Mitts, Marjorie if the present system was in use then. Chavenelle, and Lois Porter are all i{ ,. i 3 r i L i k l i ,) . LO0 2Ul LFU f~ 1. 1y u Uu our national prosperity is, there are possibilities that depression might set in following over-expansion. Financial, history shows this to be easily possi- ble. Good business judgment would point to a further reduction of the national debt. The tax reductions can wait. THE TIME LIMIT With Calvin Cooldige's second term now drawing to a close there has been' the usual amount of argument, pro and con, upon the desirability of a third term for the chief executive. Included in this argument has been the proposal of setting a limit to the number of terms of office that can be served or designating a certain num- her of years, say ten or twelve, as the absolute limit. But it is unlikely that any such proposals will be written into the country's statutes. A century and a half ago the cre- ators of the constitution saw fit to allow the people at large to decide upon occasion and circumstance just how many terms the president might serve; whether or not lie could serve a second, or third, or fourth term, would depend upon his qualifications and accomplishments. The prospects are somewhat gloomy for those who would restrict this basic right when it has been upheld for 150 years. ONLY A THREAT The proposed high tariff on Amer- ican automobiles imported into France has turned out to be only a threat. The new tariff schedule will contain But once classes got under way, it is understood, the attendance was fairly regular, there seldom being more than one or two, or at the most three, students bolting at any one given time. j It is interesting to note that, start- ing with this original class of six freshmen, the University graduated nine men in the first coimencement exercises. That percentage of sur- vival can't be leat by any modern class. * * * These graduates got together the very day they were released and form- ed an alumni association. From then on students were relegated to the end stands. * * * SENIOR LITS MEET For some reason or other they have to have a class poet, orator, historian, and prophet for the senior literary class-day exercises, and so the pres- ident called a meeting the other after- noon to carry out the election. And all of 20 persons showed up. There would have been just about enough jobs to go around, but that was the trouble,-nobody wanted any of the positions since they involve work. So it was finally decided that the president should pick on some of those who weren't present. Lower Staff Gets High Hatted D A I L Y EDITORIAL OFFICE, March 1S.-Rebellion broke out in the ranks today, and only the efforts of the managing editor of Rolls halted a war that threatened to disrupt the paper, and perhaps take heavy toll on the campus at large. * * * It all started when two of the lower staff posted a challenge to the Upper Staff to hold a baseball game alongI in April sometime. The reason they got started so soon is that they are going to try out and try to sign up the I Varsity baseball team as reporters for very good and it is to be regreted that the collegiate suitors are so re- stricted in their parts. It is only once in a blue moon that a junior class finds as charming a male lead as Nel- lie Hoover, and her ability could have been used to greater advantage. Just as in the Opera most of the interest and enthusiasm is directed to the men impersonating women, so in the Junior Girls' play an audience is most impressed by the "men." Much credit is due Marian Welles and her costume committee for they give the only professional touch to the play, adding a daintiness and charm, which coupled with the naivity of the play as a whole, should captivate De- troit. * * s THE NORMAL CONCERT COURSE' Those who remember Sigrid Onegin's Metropolitan debut in 1922, or her subsequent concert tours need not to be told of her return and tri- umph during the current season. In fact even the most heated superla- tives seem cold evasion, if one has heard Madame either in recital or opera. Her vpice is mezzo-soprano deepening at times into a rich con- tralto; and this combined with pro- found musicianship, beauty and a fine dramatic insight produce an artistic effect that is rather devastating in its effect on both audience and critic. Madame is returning this year after an absence of a year spent in concert work on the continent. If we can be- lieve the foreign press her success there warranted engagements for an- other season. However, the American public is prone to allow the absent art- ist to fall into unwelcome oblivion, and a judicious management is re- turning Onegin for a concert tour. The Ypsilanti Normal Conservatory has been unusually fortunate in obtaining the following program to be given on Tuesday, March 22, in Pease audi- torium: I Aria: "Furibonda Spira......Handel Aria: "Chi Vocol La Singarella" ........................Paisiello II Now the Dancing Sunbeams....Haydn She Never Told Her Love ....Haydn Piercing Eyes................Haydn I TT ,d u SIX CONCER"TS 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 Contralto American concert and oratorio singer Armand Tokatyan Tenor Metropolitan Opera Company Arthur Hackett Tenor American concert and oratorio singer Lawrence Fibbett 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 MASS IN D Beethoven FOUR DAYS May 18, 19,20,21 1927 0 few changes and will even include a The Daily, few reductions, based on a compli- * * * cated system of weight valuation. In We happen to know that the Upper -..-------fl 1 ..-., ..i:-, 5faff nI n ofrv thtbc xholt? founry of I 11 11 11