THE MICHIGAN DAILY d every morning" (c;pt Monday e University yer by tht Board in I Student Publicatio(ns. s of Westemr Conference Editorial n. sociated Press is exclusively en- hc use for republication of all news credited to it or not otherwise t his pap'r and i he local news pub- rin. at thr. postoffce at Aan Arbor, as. second class miatter. Spechl rate granted by Third Assistaut Pos - neral. tio.n by carrier, $3.75; by nail, Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- card Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Piusiness 2114. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4825 MANAGING EDITOR SMITH H. CADY. JI. IEditor....*...........,.W. 'Calvin Patterson City Editor..........,..Irwin A. Olian yeasEditrs ....., .. J Frederick Shillito lOWS~~~ ~ !4tr......Philip C. lBrooks Woen's Editor........... .Marion Kubik port Eito . ........Wilton A. Simpson rlrah Fditor............Morris Zwerling Kusio and Drama......Vincent C. Wall, Jr. Night Editors harlea Behymet Ellis Merry arlton Champe Stan ford N. Phelps o Chamberliu Courtland C. Smith anes Herald Cassan, A. Wilson Assistant City Editors arl Burger Henry Thuruiar Joseph Brunswick Reporters Aari)h Anderson Milton Kirshbaum Margaret Arthur Yaw~l Kern ean Campbell Sally Knox essie Church Richiard Kurvink. 'bester C. Clark G.Thomas McKean :dward C, Cummnings Kenneth Patrick Margaret Clarke Mary Ptolemy LInciiard W.kCleland Morris Quinn larenee Edelson James Sheehan ViIliarn Emery Sylvia Stone obertiE. Finch Mary Louise Taylor . Martin Frissel Nelson J. Smith, Jr. obert Gessner William Thurnau Margaret Gross Marian Welles laine Guber Thaddeus Wasirlews k1 oleman . Glencer Sherwood Winslow Earvey Gunderson Herbert E Vedder ewart Iooker )Milford Vanik [orton B. Icove BUSINESS STAFF r Telephone 2124. BUSINESS MANAGER PAUL W.. ARNOLD 'ontracts............. ..William C. Pusch opywriting..........TionasL. Sunderland ocal Advertising ....George H. Anmable, Jr. oreign Advertising ......Laurence Van Tuyl ircclation .............T. Kenneth Haven 'ublication........John Hl. Bobrink wcounts................Francis A. Norquist Assistants eatrice Greenberg /George Ahn, Jr. elmna Jensen I'lorence Cooper-. arion L. Reeding A. M. linlev arion Kerr E. L. Hulse ance Solomon R. A. Meyer alph L. Miller Harvey Talcott ohn Russwinkle Harold Utley ouglas Fuller Ray Wachter rle C. Witham Esther Booze FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1927 ightt lditor-NELSON J. SMITH, Jr. ments of Russia's economic condition, and Britain and America in particular are taking infinite precautions not to be burned. German and French in- dustrialists also want to know more before supplying Russia with such iuterial things as railways and cus- toms privi(egs. But there axe un- limited posibilities in the exploitation of Rtussia's vast resources, and thel good will brought to the conference by Sokolkinoff and Ossinski can go far towards naking these available. 3 There were mentioned, of course, other matters which were not received with as much enthusiasm, such as cancellation of war debts and the cutting out of armament expenditures, but these are largely secondary and will probahly work themselves out tol a large d 'gree when once both sidles I can get together on an equal footing, speaking the same language of de- velopment and progess. AI'PiROACIING THE FINISH There comes a period in every school year when the dwindling weeks of classes loom smaller and smaller, the impending examinations grow inE significance, and the University ap-' proaches the end of its functions as and educational institution for the I We are pleased to introduce Mr. Benjamin Bolt as our successor today.1 zHe has been hiding his light under a bushel basket all year, but it finally burned through. The new baker is' a fune pastry cook, we are sure, and' will serve up some fine breakfasts for you for the rest of this year and all of next. * TNIkiITr: lthe RiCkfiortt Pjayers present William Archer's "The Green Goddess" at S:.- o'clock in Sarah Cas- well Angell 1all. * * * LATENT DIRT IN THE DETROIT THEATIRES It i unfortunate that the pressure of catching local entertainment has caused several major and interesting events of musical and dramatic im- portance in Detroit to pass unnoticed OASTEDRL" -*-A 'OMLusic Drama INTRODUr1NG 4 --BOLT 1d1 fir1 j 1nisir T1 nc GR AHAM'S PERSONAL ENGRAVED CARDS-' FOR COMMENCEMENT Orders should be GRAHAMI'S Splaced now to insure delivery At Both Ends of the Diagonal .111111l1111111116 1I6G11.1111g111ii 1111 i i 1 lI tIIdf IN 11111111H MI llllih lialkl~li11 1 llIII ti IlN11 4111111 Our only req.uest to make of lien is that lie never forget the fact tau no- body around here should ale taken seriously, not even the President, or maybe -we ought to say: especialiy the Pc sident, and these fancy ideas of< * * * And just a last few words here, about something that has bothered us greatly in the past two days: A WANT A) LMST: A perfectly good riot, Tues- day iight somewhere near the cam. pus, between the hours of 9:15 and, 10 o'clock. Anyone who was taking part in same, or who knows about it, please call us ait The Daily. * * * year. Libraries are crowded, and the long ignored work is feverishly made up. The air of collegiate disdain for things scholastic disappears, and 10,000 stu- dents turn into the home stretch of a school year-the home stretch that means sucess or failure for a large number of them.- Many are the temptations that have stood in the way of college work all year, and some have fallen by the way- side as victims. Some. will be in-{ evitably eliminated from the group at' the end of the year, as some are in- evitably eliminated gt the end of every semester. The procss of elimi- nation will be in many cases tragic. Next month nearly 2,000 members of the student body will receive their de- grees, and enter the seriousubusinss of life. They have spenit four years, some of them more than that, to pre- pare for the work that will be theirs. The end is upon us, and there are three more weeks of school. Success or failure, victory or defeat, and in many cases survival or abnegation will be measured by that margin. Michigan is entering the most serious three weeks of the college year-the final three weeks. Whatever the out- come or the prospects of outcome, there is no time now for vacillation. Wiliam Allen White avers that bearded men cannot kiss properly.- Which goes to prove that there is a lot of improper kissing done outside of the colleges. A recent headline reads: "Construc- tive News'Wanted." We are glad to hear it-bout where? (or rather unmentione ). One of the most fragrant of these bit:-the sad aftermath of the Chicago Civic Opera's sojurn in Detroit for four perform- ances-was hardly mentioned. In fact it is better not, althocugh the opinion might be ventured that Grace Dento, local impress ario, was given rather shabby treatment and the Chi- cago management will find little De- troit support for next season's operas. "TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS" The next fiasco that should have been exploited was George Tyler's re- vival of "Trelawney of the Wells" which played last week,Thursday and Friday in the city. The supposedly brilli nt cast of old favorites as well as the more recent luminaries in the theatrical firmament gave a singular- ly uneven perfoirmance, although the audience offered applause on each en- trance and exit of John Drew and Mrs. Whiffin. However, the only creditable acting was that of Mrs. Whiffin, Wil- ton Lackaye and Peggy Wood; it must have been funny to see all the old hams fighting for center stage, al- though Mr. Pinero's bit of sweet lav- ender is said to have suffered in con- sequence. * * .s The Easy-Running Typewriter 0. D. MORRILL, Dealer L. C. Smlt and Corona Ti pei ters, Inc. 17 ickeb Arcade Phone &614 MAN N's C r FELT HAT SALE We are closing out all Spring Hats at special prices. Light shades, snappy shapes. Quality equal to the best. We Clean and Block sats - No Odor-No Bloss Correct Shapes-No Burned Sweats GRANGER'S Dancing Tonight IV . "anld . *. ! 'l Saturday Night Granger's week-end parties are most delightful. You will enjoy the smooth floor in the coo1 ballroom, and the sweet I harrioy of Jack Scott's Wolverines. When riots disappear right under your nose, it's gettijqg serious. You see 'we coter all riots for Rolls, and sort of make that our profession. When we graduate in June we 'will try for a job covering the home in- dustry at Herrin, Ill. * * * Help solve the mystery 'of the mis- sing riot! Timothy Hay. * * * G~OODl) MORNING! After a long and fierce struggle, the fight is over and a new editor of Rolls has been selected. Perhaps one ought to say coerced. * * * Mr. Ilay emplhateally denies an. thorship of any of the columns sub. mnitted by tryouts. * * * Dance this week endat - Granger's Academy- Dancing' Wednesda), Friday, Saturdap Factory Hat 617 Packard St. Store Phone 7415 a 1~ ., JUNG'S ARCH BRACES S But now he is gone,' to us to fill his place. be sadly missed. * * * .and it is up Mtr. Hay will THE DEATH PENALTMY BILL With the'Senate's refusal to accept the conference report, Michigan's. state legislature has practically refus- ed to pass the death penalty law for the state's murderers. In four suc- cessive sessions of the legislature the matter has been brought up-first as a mere gesture and side issue, and finally as a real and burning ques- tion, calling forth the greatest .efforts of the legislative session.. The vote was 20 to 10 in the Senate, but the result is far from discouraging to the proponents of the bill. This session is -the first in -which the death penalty measure has passed the lower. house of the legislature, and in view of the popular demand represented by the two to one majority there, it is not hard to imagine that in 1929 even the-Senate may be persuaded to pass the bill. One very vital error was made in the recent handling of the bill which finally cased its defeat. A refren- dum, by-th voters of the state had been iacorporated in the first draft; and by this means the legislature could have shifted the responsibility of the measure directly onto the people._ If this had been left in the confer- ence report the bill would have prob-f ably .passed, the Senate; and from just the standpoint of representative gov- ernment there could have been nothing more fair than such a referendum. For two years at least, possibilities for a death penalty bill are practically negligible. If our present increase inI violent deaths continues it is likely that 1929 will see a revision of action, and a posible enactment of such a law. Meanwhile, law enforcement of-I ficials and the couyts should efficient- ly utilize the machinery at their dis-1 posal, particularly the life sentence for murder, in an effort to accomplish the same end for which the death pen- alty is intended. RUSSIA AT1NENEVA The attitude of Soviet Russia at the economic conference has broken on the assembly with somewhat less noise and somewhat more of a shock than most of the delegates had expected. From the speeches of her delegates it' is evident that Russia is still-firm in her convictions toward capitalism and flipn- h wibe13h wouild he z nveud by CAMPUS OPINION Anonymlous conmmunications will be disregarded. the names of communi- cants will, however, be regarded as confidential upon request. I "INCONSISTENT" To The Editor: Emerson stated that "a foolish con-! sistency is the hob-goblin of littlel I minds." However the editors of The Daily suffer from no such devotion to consistency, either wise or foolish. I refer specifically to the editorial laud- ing Calles dictatorship in Mexico. It is not so long ago that The Daily bit- terly condemned a similiar policy car- ried out by Mussolini in Italy. Be that as it may, the main error in the pres- ent outburst lies elsewhere. The learned editor glibly refers to the "arrogance of the Catholic Church" and "the shackles of reactionary in- stitutions." One wonders just what is meant by the "arrogance of the Catholic Church." The lies appearing in the press have been too frequently refuted to warant lengthy discussion. h-owever, just where the "arogance of an institution which for seventy years has been forbidden to own its own churches, and whose priests have been consistently maligned and slandered, if not directly persecuted, as at pres- ent, just where this "arrongance" man- ifests itself or of what it consists is apparently another question, a ques- tion with which the editor does not concern himself, probably because such "reactionary institutions" are be- neath his notice. Since the adoption of a new constitution in 1857, the Church has been terribly handicapped in its work of educating the masses, since at that time a very inefficient system of public school education was substituted for the Catholic schools which were partially suppressed. It is to this suppression of the Church, not its "arrogance," that the present situation in Mexico is due. Incidently, I regret the religious issue brought forward by the injudi- cious editorial in question, but since fh.i fn ,fca vh ' u a hc tn rart.r1t he 1 A definite editorial policy is be- ing decided upon by the incoming management. Of course our prime consideration is to please-at least to please the students. We will not hesitate to sacrifice the B. and G. boys, Chief-of-Police O'Brien, or even ,Harry Tillotson if necessary. The re- mainder of our policy will be an- nounced as soon as printable. POLITICIANS WIN LARGE ,TRIUMPH At last elections are ovex and the campus can once more settle down to its customary peace and quietness -if it ever was disturbed. * * * ' All the fuss made in the interest of publlicIty by The Daily seems a bit superfluous. Hasen't Rolls been tell- ig everybody that there's nothing In this office-holding business ? Outside of the candidates themselves, the chief interest in the elections was' probably that of the new edior of the 'li nsian. Now he'll have to start look- ing for a bunch of hew pictures. * * * - BULLETIN Nearly 2,50 students partilcpated in Wednesdays battle of the ballots. No rioting was reported., Members of the student council kept a supply of tear gas on hand while counting the votes. They were taking no chances of a stampede. "TENTH AVENUE" A Review, by Thomas J. Dougall Th is melodrama by Lloyd Griscom and Jack McGowan was given a pre- mier opening in Detroit a week ago Sunday night at the Shubert Detroit. Since premieres on tryout are rare in the city the show merits the following reve-ew: "TENTH AVENUE, coming at the end of a season of melodramatic ven- tures, is remarkable in that it car- ries an idea along with its attempt at atmospheric creation. It is a sort of 1927 Candida and it almost pre- sents a problem. "The play is about a certain Lila Mason who keeps a rooming house on Tenth Avenue. Among her roomers are Guy Peters and Elzy Everetts, the former a gentleman gambler and the latter a general bad boy. Lila loves Guy, but she is drawn by an even stronger maternal and protective in- stinct to Elzy. She even promises to marry the latter to keep him straight. Lila needs money, however (the old 'meller' stuff) to pay for the rent of her house and Guy sets out to get it at the poker table. All of which makes Elzy so insanely jealous that he rather crudely kills and robs a fellow roomer in order to be Lila's, saviour as well as her future hus- band. .The blame for the murder is placed on Guy, and Lila finds that her love for him is all that matters. So of course Guy is exonerated and Elzy is taken away after a nicely senti- mental farewell speech to Lila. "That is Tenth Avenue as it stands now. The authors have their idea and they develop it rathel well during the first two acts. But the third, which' has a chance to be smashingly drama- tic, gather falls down. It needs to be rewritten, and it undoubtedly will be before it reaches Chicago. "The acting is excellent with Louis Calhern as Guy and William Boyd, of what Price Glory fame, as Elzy shar- ing top honors. Edna Hibbard, for once, has a role that is not at all raucous. But, because of the lenght of her speeches and the falseness of the emotion they express, her char- acterization is the last satisfying of the three principals. The part has possibilities, however, and with the authors Miss Hibbard is the one to develop them'."a THE REVUES PLEASE DON'T MAKE PATHS ON THE CAM PUS i Established 1843 11 Relieve Tired, Aching Feet. 200-202 East Liberty St. Get a pair today and experience nore foot comfort, - Our store has the completeline. mm"Mm"imm"m kmwmm*mnw s k ..,, ,.,, : ; : , Q'.QUALITry. -10444 14&~,ji L, ~ QUALITY. =v -9 j- Sporting Goods of, All Kinds Baseballs, Bats and Gloves Tennis Balls and Racquets Wright and Ditson Balls, 50c Baseballs, Bats and Gloves Golf Balls, 50c, 60c, 75c Target Rifles and Shotguns Eberbach & Son C& or'- T I. ¢ r~a PeTY Jno ,(: - , °'tWash~ngton al r ain SFischer gCo. IfIn Nee~r WashingtonI 9UALITY. . f 0 i K -i U I 1 _ 1.1 WALK--OVER HAY MAKES GREAT RACE a emu. i 21 1' TON-This new parch- mient calf pump has the high cut lies approved for Spring. A stone calf trim around the tongue introduces a new smart note of color. $9.00 Although closely backed by the po- lice department, Timothy Hay, stu- dent candidate for Dean of Professors, was defeated after a hard race by a margin of one vote. There was no opposition, but the election officials gave up trying to discover the vote after the fifth recount, * * * ,;mo, "That was the last straw," ed Mr. Hay upon hearing the of the elections. * * * declar- results Of the two revues to grace Detroit theatres of late, "A Night In Spain" was probably by far the best. The dancing was excellent, and it is re- ported a hit in New York at the -Forty- fourth street; at any rate it is playing to capacity at a time when the show- men vow each Monday night that was never a worse season. % "Gay Paree" with Chic Sales and Sophie4 Tucker (still running at the Shubert Detroit) was not reviewed so well, and except for excellent sets and some, clowning by Mr. Sales is not so ex- ceptional. r .. t k e 11, Frocks beCOme simpi but shoes are more '. ; . ; 4. ' '; ; r F?: r : r: . :,. C er T THE OIL KING Neil Staebler, Ann Arbor's gasoline magnate and mayor, deplores the lack I of connection between the student body and the faculty. "The faculty have assumed a position of superiority as a result of being too long in a posi- II Though smart frocks must be simple in line and pattern, shoes must have a new gaiety. in this Spring Walk-Over, color adds a note of newness i F