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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1927
Night Editor-G. THOMAS McKEAN
DOCTORS-FOUR YEARS
At the tenth annual farm bureau
meeting held recently at East Lan--!
sing, a large number of very signifi-
cant resolutions were drafted by the
farmers of the state. Among these
resolutions was, one which stated in
rather definite terms that the farmers
were in favor of a four year medical
course at the University.
The chief objection levied against
the course at present is the fact that
it is so expensive in both time and
money that students who complete it
do not feel that they can afford to
practice in small communities and
rural districts, and in a way the
argument seems sound. Whether
sound in whole or not, however, the
resolution deserves a respectful hear-
ing, for there is not the slightest
doubt that the medical facilities in
many'~ of oar rural cmmunlities are in
a most deplorable stato-
A sweeping answer to the resOtu-
t o nevertheless, has blee made
unwittingy by Dr y K ~iefr, state
health 'omm"Isier , in a recent
statement to the Associated Press. "I
do not see how a course in medicine
can be more practical than those giv-
en in all first class colleges- at pres-
ent...." Dr. Kiefer stated; "And as
for 'shortening the course, this seems
to me impracticable."
The health commissioner, however,
did not stop with a defense of our
present system but went further in
asserting that if there is going to be
any difference in the length of the
course for rural and city doctors, the
rural physicians should have an even
longer training to compensate for
their lack of clinical and hospital
facilities.
Finally, however, both Dr. Kiefer
and the farmers agree, as do mostl
University officials, that the problem
of rural medical aid is a serious one,
and Dr. Kiefer cites the case of one
county where the number of practi-
tioners has decreased from 58 to 28
in the past 30 years, and where the{
average age of those now practicingI
is 55 years. To expect the most prom-
ising of the younger men to give up
comfortable city hospital work in ex-
change for the life of a country doctor
is asking a great deal, yet some in-
ducement must be made if the situa-
assault which -aims to lower the
standard of our medical schools, as
the four year course would do, seems_
rather ill-advised, a sane policy foE
the improvement of rural medical
conditions iviil command the support
of the entire state. IT HAS LONG been a mater o
TRUCKING AND THE IGH WAYS doubt as to just how much power
With the entrance of the motor car Baron Butterfield has in this world,
and the truck into our life as a defi- but now that matter is definitely set-
nite phenomenon of our advancing ted.
civilization, complication upon com-
plication has arisen and the legisla-I IN THE BALMIEST of spring
tors have been had pressed to find weather the Michigan announced a
some method of realizing the best pos- mid-winter frolics show. Then the
sibilities of the medium with the least day the show opened the weather
trouble to the country. Yet in the turned to the coldest of winter weath-
beginning this problem presented few er. The fact that it has become warm
difficulties because of the fact that again is nothing.
the progress could wait. ' WHEN QUESTIONED BY the state
But now the problems of caring for
prosecutor on the question the great
the motor car and the truck can
Baron may have said, "I did not bribe
brook no such at, and they there-the weather man. It seems that he
fore demand prompt attention from liketmyrshow.sotmuchmhethanged
the legislators. Taxes, prices, meth- the.wate ,,osownuccord." Wel
ods of manufacture-all of these maybe the weather man was not
things have received the attention of bribed but not today.n
the government. But now there Is * * *
coming the problem of national high- YE BUTTERFIELD INTERESTS
ways and national control. And this have entirely too much to say about
is a problem which cannot long be the weather. What right have they
delayed if we are to continue with the to make it cold and cause the poor
progress of the past few years. students without fur coats to play
It is important that something fur- second fiddle to those who have, for
ther be done about national highways
any lonrer time than is absolutel
and national control of highways be necessary?
cause of the part that the truck has ,,,
come to play in national commerce. THE OTHER NIGHT we were at
Trucking lines facilitate trade by rea- the Maj. We couldn't help it we had
son of the scope which they so easily i already seen the Michigan. But the
and so successfully cover Off the place was as quiet as a tomb. Where
beaten track of railroads, to the small is all the old fire that used to be di-
villages and hamlets, the motor car played there? What chance has the
brings all of the conveniences and poor heroine if no one in the audi-
comforts of the city. Such traffic has ence warns her not to elope with the
become, an indispensable item in our villain?
life and as such it deserves care and I * *
attention. GONE ARE THE DAYS when the
' The most logical plan seems to be audience aided the players to the
the oae that is now before the house happy ending. Gone are the days
committee on plans, providing for a when Michigan triumphs were cele-
national system of express highways. brated in the good old Maj. Inci-
This would connect the country in one deritally, so are the triumphs gone.
great chain and would enable the * * *
trucking to advance and enlarge our IN ADDITION TO all this there is
internal commerce without the drag the Michigan. The Michigan has a
of minor} legislation, poor roads, and foyer. We know because we had to
all of the other evils which have done stand in it to wait for the second
their damage thus far. show.
It is to our great advantage to wise- * * *
ly foster and . encourage the growth THE VERY LEAST that the man-
of transportation in our country by agement could do about that foyer,
every possible means. A great part since the ushers insist on mention-
is obviously being played by the ing it, would be to supply enough
trucks and the motor cars of this seats so that patrons could rest be-
present age. Until the dawn of the fore going through the strenuous ex-
era of practical commercial aviation ercise of watching the show.
it is wise that we should take some * * *
further step in the direction of na- SPEAKING OF THAT exercise re-
tional aid to motor transportation. minds us that there is a contortionist
E T BLAMat the Michigan. She rolls all over'
TothatTroupBLmErbidy d the floor and gets so tangled up that
To hatgroup of morbidly ninuded
individuals who revel in the recount- it is a wonder she ever gets straight-
ing of terrible tragedies, the end of ened out again.
tl * * *
the S-4 disaster inquiry will perhops BUT THAT ISN'T the point. The
be disappointing. To naval men, how- woman sitting in front of us moved
ever, and to the public at large, the her head from side to side trying to
final closing of the subject is ex- follow the antics of the performer
tremely welcome, and doubly so be- and we had to do the same. When
cause of the fact that the entire blame the dance was over we thought we
is fixed on no single person. e dhe contrwnit.
' were 'he. contortionist
The loss of 40 men, nevertheless, * * *
even though accidental is extremely A POEM
unfortunate, and if the loss was due "Gather round me and hear,"
to any preventable cause no effort The wise old man said,
Sshouldbe spared in preventing a "A tale I would tell you
possible recurrence. Measures to re- Of days that are dead
rtrict th submersion of underwater
vessels in heavily traveled hi la "I stood by the Huron
have already been projected, and pro- To learn where it flowed.
posals of equal soundness have been When I saw before me
made to prevent submarines from A. thing to behold.
traveling just below the surface of Lh0
water, where they are invisible but "A bottle was floating
still a menace to surface craft. Towards me it seemed;
Whatever the final action may be, ('Bout which I confess
the responsibility for the S-4 ca- I often had dreamed).
tastrophe has been put to rest witht d
the sunken hull, and unless the 1
lengthy investigation just concluded -
results in some practical steps for the
prevention of future tragedies, it will 4
have been to a large measure a fail-
ure in spite of its exhaustive probe
of the facts.
THREEFOLD CONSERVATION
THvrneFn O R"I then picked it up, as
Government purchases of land east:
of the Rocky mountains for national It touched on the banks,I
And I lifted my eyes
forest purposes are now said to total .
To give heaven thanks.
approximately three million acres.
Important purchases during the last "
fiscalThen I rubbed the three, stars,
fiscal year include 135,088 acres in
And there stood a name
the White mountains, Appalachian and W
Which around this great world
Ozark regions and 7,061 acres in the Had won itself fame.
Lake states. - The ultimate objective
is said to be a government forest "I drank from the bottle,
{ reserve of 6,000,000 acres. I drank it right down;
While the undertaking is placed 'Twas then I began=
upon such a large scale that only a
To feel like it clown.
patient, paternal government could
afford to wait the length of time re- I gm
"I thought I had made
quired to bring profitable returns otf A wonderful find,
the investment, the purchase is sig- But that, my dear children,
nificant inasmuch as it is sufficiently That's why I'm blind."
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THEATER
BOOKS
M Husic
TONIGHT: Feodor Chaliapin, basso,
in the last number of the Choral
Union series at 8 o'clock in Hill laudi-
t orium.
'ONIGHT: The Rockford Players
present Booth Tarkington's "Clar-
ence" in the Whitney theater at S:I
o'clock.
TONIGHT: Minies present George
DI. Cohan's "The Home Towners" in
the Mimes theater at 8:30 o'clock.
BEAUTY WITHOUT THE BEAST
Frances J.)ade-over-advertised and
over-photographed ingenue from Hol-
lywood, Cal., with the Rockford Play-
ers-has at last been given a part to
sink her teeth into as the bumptious
Cora Wheeler in the Tarkington show
which the Players are doing this
week. The show itself had a bum
opening, due to the fact that no one
knew either their lines or business,
but like most stock companies it is
clicking now after a bad start.
All of which brings us back to our
original premise, that Miss Dade is
good. After having played in 'the left-
over parts of the first three or four
bills, she has been given the Helen
Hayes part, and steals the show from
under Warburton, Royton, Henderson,
Mrs. Patton, and the entire cast. And
she does it Ari a perfectly legitimate
wa -, by means of pretty clothes, a
pretty face, and a delightful imperti-
nence that falls just short of being
coy. Robert Henderson plays Bobby
Wheeler, her brother, with the turned-
in toes and stammering speech of
Tarkington's customary dewy-faced
boys, and does the Glenn Hunter part
very well
As far as the theater goes, they are
both almost cast-iron parts, but it is
a relief to see that they are done
right by this time. Frances Dade, by
the way, has been given the role of
Patricia Harrington in the shame-
lessly-successful "The Patsy" which
will follow next week's production of
"Outward Bound."
CIALI A PIN
From the greenroom of the Whitney
comes further praise for the Russian
basso who sings in Hill auditorium
tonight for the final number of con-
cert series. Charles Warbrton's en-
thusiasm in the hearty admiration
which one artist sure in 4-) field
yields to another, superior in lIisown.
Mr. Warburton's memories of Chalia-
pin's work go back to performances in
London several years ago, and in
Chicago where the widely ranged bas-
so dared tenor notes with superb
confidence and then with appalling au-
dacity reached up for another third
and sang it with perfect ease and
sureness. His singing of the aria,
"Largo al Factotum" from Rossini's
"The Barber of Seville," made a par-
ticular impression-in Warburton's
own words, "It is the world's funniest
song sung by the world's greatest
singer."
-H. M.
PLAYWRIGHT COHAN
The recent relase for amateur pro-
1i-tion of Cohan's "The Home Town-
r-" and its consequent performance
by Mimes makes it the third show
which that versatile, and now almost
legendary hoofer, has before the foot-
lights. "The Baby Cyclone," a farce
involving a helpless Pekinese dog, is
just closing out a successful run of
four months, while "The Merry Ma.
Slones," opening just a week later, is
still going strong at the Erlanger.
For the lattershow Cohan was respon-
sible for the whole business, book,
lyrics, music and dance steps, and is
himself hoofing through its Irish Cin-
derella story-which is by way of
being a triumph for the veteran old
flag-waver
For the dramatic merits of "The
IHome Towners" there is less to be
said than for its amusing powers but
that is a consideration somewhat by
the way for Cohan who is first of all
an entertainer and only secondly a
playwright. Anyone guilty of writing
and playing the first act of the show
must necessarily be a vastly enter-
taining personality, for with amateur
treatment it creaks like the proverbial
rusty gate.
Choice of the play for production
by Comedy club raised some very dif-
ficult problems of casting. With such
definite types as Crane, Kleutgen, and
Dougall the play must necessarily fit
the players else the misfit becomes
even more noticeable than Dougall'sj
handling of the Vic Arnold role in re-
H hearsal -a case of a 1 !-vear-old hoof-
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