P'AGE FOIItm THE MICHIGAN DAILY THUrSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 197 Published every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board in 't'int: «l of Student Publications. Member of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively en- ttiled 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 herein. Entered at th' postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate f postage granted by Third Assistant Post- mn'ster General. Suscription by caier, $4,oo; by mail, Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- nard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business 2114. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR JO H. CHAMBERLIN Editor.................. ..EIlis B. Merry Editor Michigan Weekly.. Charles E. Behymer Staff Editor............. .Philip C. Broos City Editor............ .Courtland C. Smith Women's Editor........... Marian L. 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Hammer Lawrence Walkley Carl W.:Hammer Hannah Waller Ray Hotelich THURDSbAY NOVEMBER 10, 1927 Night Editor-ROBERT E. FINCH STOP AND LOOK Two new projects of engineering re- search are about to be launched in the engineering department, following gifts for that purpose. from private sources. Both stateand national gas associations have cntributed funds from separate sources with which the work may be advanced,. in order that the part that gas is at present play- ing in modern industry may be en- larged and developed. Already a graduate of the University has been selected as special research investi- gator. Except for those whose departmen- tal interests have led them to the par- ticular engineering fleld here affected, there are comparatively few on the campus to whom the launching of any such project has significance. It is just another activity in that building on the west side of the campus, nothing more. But there are factors in this1 worthy of at least: }self-congratula- tion, for they clearly point that the University has scored again. Exten- sion publicity service regarding en-; gineering research .has been spread during the last year, and the two gifts received can be traced almost directly to such activity. Secondly, the appointment of a1 graduate of the local department to the post of investigator is indicativer of the character of the foundations that have been laid in the past, and of a field that is somewhat new.- Although ,the campus at large is not vitally interested in research, it would seem that business men and profes- sional engineers are. Incidentally this may be taken to prove that the phys- ical education department is not thel only one in the University that can return its products where they began1 in the capacity of leaders rather thant learners.1 CIVIL AIR CONFERENCE Of interest and importance to aero- nautical engineers, instructors andc students of aviation and airplanec manufacturers, as well as to the gen- eral public of cities considered as possible airports, will be the confer-! ence on civil aviation to be held in I plane industry. An extensive program has been prepared which will consider air commerce regulations, aviation schools, airports and other aeronauti- cal questions of increasing import- ance. Recognizing the tremendous part aviation and air commerce is presag- ed to play in the future, the confer- ence on civil aviation to be held in Washington next month should be of vital, importance to every intelligent citizen as well as to just those who will be concerned with and affected by the outcome. THE WOMEN'S COLLEGES "Why a woman's college?" The question, ever growing in seriousness since the advent of the great co-edu- cational institutions of the West has again been cast into the limelight by an article in the November issue of the Atlantic Monthly. A ecommitteee composed of the presidents Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley colleges has investigated the question, it seems, and has come to the conclusion that the problem at present is one of finan- ces rather than quality. Following a bewildering display of statistics, the presidents conclude with the rather unfair query "Do Ameri- cans believe in educating women or do they not? If they do the question is one o justice rather than chivalry." As a matter of fact the question is one neither of justice nor chivalry, as any- one but a committee on women's col- lege presidents could see. The ques- tion is, to be quite plain, whether the privately supported schools for wo- men can survive in competition with the great state universities which give women, in the West, equal advantages with men. The committee of presidents is no doubt right when it quotes figures to show that the future of women's col- leges is financially black. They by no means prove with equal conclusive- ness, however, that the cause of seg- regated education is a worthwhile one. Even the Harvard Crimson, organ of a segregated university, admits edi- torially that "in the West and Middle- West co-educational universities, sup- ported by the state, have solved all difficulties for the education of wo- men by placing them on a par with men." If the cause of the women's college can not command sufficient support financially to sustain the faltering in- stitutions of the East, then perhaps it is time that the committee of pres- idents, instead of bemoa'ng its plight, raised its head and looked be- yond the Alleghenies. THE MICHIGAN WEEKLY This week saw the seventh number of The Michigan Weekly mailed out to parents and alumni, since its in- auguration this fall. In view of the fact that The Weekly is not distributed on the campus, the value of its contri- bution to the University in general may be overlooked in the minds of the students. This should not be the case. Parents and alumni, both vitally in- terested in the affairs of the Univer- sity of Michigan, are eager for news of current happenings and campus problems, and the natural place for them to turn fro this news is the home town newspaper. However, in their local papers such news is, unfortu- nately, frequently colored or over- drawn, whereas in The Weekly it is presentel completely and in its true significance. The Daily has every reason to be proud of the service which her sister publication is rendering. May she continue to enjoy her early success and to hold the esteem which so far has been hers. RUSSIA PARTICIPATES With the announcement by the Soviet government of Russia that it will participate in the Geneva disarma- ment conference for November 30, the prospects for the success{of that meet- ing assume the largest proportions they have thus far attained. Afteril, Russia represents one of the most sig- nificant forces in Europe, and occupy- ing as she does- the role of a dis armament advocate, her presence at the conference can not be detrimental. Nothing can be decided, however, before the powers of the world, in- cluding the United States, get together over the table at Geneva and boil the problem down. No matter what the prospects now may be for success or failure, they mean nothing unless the great nations show some spirit of co- operation when they get together on Nivember 30. Three powers, at least (Russia, Germany, the United States), will be advocates of outright dis- armament; the manner in which the other powers respond will spell suc- cess or disruption for the conference. PROMOTING GOOD FEELING According to a recent statement by J. Kent Greene. one of the leading which it has operated and with the results that have been obtained during its life. It provides that parties may go before an arbitrator in cases which would not be allowed by courts as proper causes for action, and it pro- vides that the arbitratory is sworn to secrecy in all cases which come be- fore him. These two elements cause business men to seek the services of the board and to take their cases for arbitration rather than to court. The settlement is swift and impartial and thus the litigants are saved much money in time and effort. It might be a wise plan if all states were to consider this plan for the set- tlement of labor disputes. Arbitration is, undeniably, the way to the settle- ment of all cases of dispute in the world. And that it should be encour- aged in labor cases and commercial disputes stands as evident because of the great importance of business to the United States and the advisability of keeping such disputes out of the courts, where they crowd the dockets and often endin futility. Arbitration, wisely administered, is the solution to many of the difficulties of business and of labor. THE REGENTS Speaking before a national educa- tional assembly recently, President Stratton D. Brooks of the University of Missouri decried a tendency now cropping up to take the control of state universities away from those now holding it and to place it in the hands of a politically-elected or ap- pointed officer. It has been evident for some time that politics would attempt to push its head more and more into the gov- erning of great educational institu- tions as time went on and those in- stitutions gained in prestige and pow- er. Except for the power of public opinion that can be brought to bear there is little that the average tax- payer can do to prevent such a sit- pation. In this respect, fortunately, Michi- gan can look from a pinnacle of safety. The regents of the University, elected at intervals, are free from any sort of politics; they are not connected with general educational administra- tive heads, and their jobs are not toss- ed around the pork barrel with every tide of favor. Such a position is to be jealosuly guarded against any pos- sible infringement by those who are connected with state political ma- chines. EDITORIAL COMMENT THE AUTO AGAIN (Daily Illini) Much has been said since the first no-car rule for undergraduate stu- dents was passed a few years ago at Princeton, or wherever it was, con- demning the pros and cons of the various regulations and laws against student cars here and at other univer- sities. But for the most part th com- ment has been too facetious or too stereotyped to provide serious thought on the matter. It is a relief then to see a comment once in awhile in which the Writer has taken a thoroughly sane viewpoint and developed it by sane methods. For this reason we quote the following editorial from the Syracuse Daily Orange: "Regulation of automobile owner- ship for students has aroused consid- erable discussion in universities and colleges, and has resulted in the bann- ing of student cars on several cam- puses. At the other extreme is the mid-western university which pro- vides traffic offices to direct and straighten out traffic jams caused by campus automobiles. "The problem seems to have been somewhat exaggerated and undue ex- citement has been caused by a few persons who are bitterly opposed to the idea of students having cars while attending college. These few who started the opposition are probably men who have grown old physically and mentally and cannot afford or do not own cars themselves. So that they delight in attempting to force young students to their opinion. "Wasted time has been offered as one of the main arguments against students ownership of automobiles. It has been proved in many institutions by students who own cars that they save time in getting to classes and J other places and so they have more time left for other things. In this way more is accomplished than as if the student had to waste time walking every place. "Another point which has been stressed in the argument against cars is that they are undemocratic on a campus and cause bitter feeling. If form different levels of society. If a campus population is hollow enough to judge its individual members by their wealth or cars then it would find some other way to form classes even if cars were nnhihitedl Tf f M -I THEATER BOOKS MUSICj TONIGHT: Guy Mialer and Lee Pat- tison in a recital for two pianos on the Choral Union series, in Hill aditori- umn at 8 o'clock. * * * MAIER AND PATTISON Guy Maier, of the University School of Music, and Lee Pattison, with Whom he has just returned from an exten- sive tour in Europe and America, will present the following program tonight in the second concert of the Choral Union Series: 0 Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor.. ............ ........Bach-Bauer Sonata in D Major ...........Mozart Allegro molto Andante con moto Allegro vivace Coronation Scene from "Boris".. ...........Moussorgsky-Pattison "Tears"...............Rachmaninoff Wedding Waltzes from the pan- tomime "The Veil of Pier- rette".......,....Dohnanyi-Maier Intermission Rondo in C major..........Chopin STwo Etudes inG flat .........Chopin Prelude....................Poulenc Reminiscences of Don Juan ....Liszt * * * THE BOSTON SYMPHONY A Review, by Robert G. Ramsay (Editor's Note-The rejuvenated Boston Symphony under its new con- ductor, Serge Koussevitsky, is making a tour of the United State,s having appeared recently in Detroit. The fol- lowing is a review of the performance at Cornell university.) Koussevitsky, new to this country, but not unsung before his arrival, is animpressive conductor. Built along ample lines of Olympian proportions, he is a Fritz Kreisler without the bow legs. He looks like a titled roue, and conducts his orchestra like a black- smith. There is a collossal imagi- nation behind his conception as mighty as the majestic sweeps of his native land; there is a fine Slavic scorn for the infinitesimal which the, pure classicist might set down to carelessness, but which the impres- sionist, emancipated from the shackles of Beethooven.anid the tradition of hisj great school, would ascribe to a broader and freer artistry. No one is better fitted than he 4o produce "Petrouschka", for just as Strawinsky, by freeing music from the blight of theology and mysticism which has held it enthralled since the deaf Beethooven liave it noble expres- sion, gives music a new life in im- pressionism, so Koussevitsky, by dis- regarding the infinie minutia on which along a great art can be built, brings to the production of Strawinsky a mind unhampered by the classic prej- udices of his forebears. But the same genius which can hack out of "Petrouschka" te fuller mean- ing of its shrieking awfulness, fails to draw out the angelic beauties of the Lohengrin Prelude or the Forset Mur- murs of Siegfried. If the murmus had been confined to the growling of Faff- ner no one could have given them bet- ter expression than Koussevitsky. But "the oslence, a bird sings" to the en- chanted Siegfried, and here the hand of the blacksmith must give way to to the more delicate manipulations of a poet. Koussevitsky must make way for Stock of the magnificent bow, for where he fails, the wild Teuton reigns supereme. * * * BOOKS-IN GENERAL The Bookman's monthly score shows Mary Roberts Rhinehart's "Lost Ecstacy" stands only second to "Elmer Gantry" for popularity in tpe fiction field. The results are tabulated from the monthly reports from public li- braries and seem to support the con- tention that as far as the American public is concerned the story's the thing, and any such considerations as literature or art are entirely beside the point. And so it is quite natural that "Dusty Answer", with which Rosamond Lehman thrilled various critics, not the least among whom was Heywood Broun, ranks not at all among the twelve most popular. Miss Lehman has written of youth in terms of youth, with flashing words and a clear eye. "Dusty Answer", her first novel, is one of the few books of the Fall list that are worth reading. 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