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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1928
Night Editor-G. THOMAS MKEAN
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
The faculty of the College of Liter-
ature, Science, and the Arts has re-
jected the University college proposal.
The vote on the measure was close-
extremely close, with only four bal-
lots dividing victory from defeat and
with 26 votes uncast-but the fact re-
mains that the sense of the literary
faculty must be taken as being dis-
tinctly opposed to this new and ex-
ceptional educational proposal whAdh
.has attracted nation-wide attention.
The reasons given for this rejec-
tion by the literary faculty are per-
fectly logical. More than 73 per cent
of the increase in revenue derived
-from the removal of the mill tax limit
at the last session of the state legis-
lature has been spent on the regular
administrative expansion of the Uni-
versity through the addition of new
units, such as the forestry school. For
the same reason the regular depart-
ments of the literary college have
been held in many cases to increases
of less than one per cent in their
budgets-increases scarcely fonson-
ant with the increase in enrollment
and instructional costs.
The faculty of the College of Liter-
ature, Science, and the Arts felt that
the organization of an additional ad-
ministrative unit-the University col-
lege-would impose an added burden
on the already overtaxed coffers of
the University. On this basis they
refused approval to the project. Never
once during the lengthy debate, ac-
cording to literary college officials,
was the point sustained that the Uni-
versity college would offer instruc-
tional facilities inferior to those of
the present literary college. The vote
is consequently in no way a criticism
of the idea behind the project nor of
the men who proposed it. It is a
frank, open, and perhaps justifiable
attitude which sees the facts of finan-
ces as they are, and takes them into
account-something which is certainly
laudable in a deliberate assembly.
The rejection of the project by the
engineeriftg faculty, though equally
justifiable, is founded on an entirely,
different basis-the basis of instruc-
tional -jeopardy-and is therefore lessi
amendable to change. The combined
opposition of the two major faculties,
including as they do more than one-
half of the University staff on their
tion for 'adjustment. Whatever thei
case, the project of the University
college, if it finally emerges in prac-
tice, Is likely to be a much more
sound and practical program for the
consideration it has received at the
hands of the literary and engineering'
faculties.1
AGE AND A PRESIDENT
A phase of presidential candidacy,
seldom considered publicly, but pro-
jected into the foreground by a recent
article in the New York Times by
Prof. Everett S. Brown of the political
science department, is the question
of age and its effect as a qualification
for the high office. Professor Brown
points out that the average age of
our Presidents has been 55 years at
the time of inauguration, and the ages
given of the leading candidates at the
present time are interesting indeed.
'Walsh, according to the figures, is
the oldest prominent candidate in
either party, being 69, while Curtis,
another western senator, closely fol-
lows him, being a year younger. Low-
den, Reed, and Norris are 67, Hughes
is 66, Pomerene is 65, Watson 64,
Dawes and Borah are 63, Longworth
is 60, Baker, Hull, and Willis are 57,
Coolidge and Robinson are 56, Smith
is 55, Hoover is 54, Ritchie i 52, and
George, senator from Georgia, Is the
youngest of the group, being 51.
There is no doubt that the position
of the Presidency is a more or less
deadly one. Roosevelt, at the end of
his term, though a young man, ex-
perienced all of the reactions of old
age, the jovial Taft survived in ro-
bust health, and then Wilson, who
followed him, left the White House a
human wreck with only a short time
to live. Harding, his successor, died
after two years in office, and it is not
absurd to believe that the reason for
Coolidge's desired retirem'ent at the
present time is due in no small meas-
ure to the fact that Coolidge is a tired
man, and willing to leave the cares
of office behind him.
Age may not be an exact scale by
which to judge the physical stamina
of the candidates, for Smith at 54 is
far from being as vigorous and
healthy a man as Curtis at 68, but
the factors of youth and vitality, both
of which qualities the office puts to
a severe test, should not be neglected
by the voters when they go to the
polls'next fall. It is of extreme con-
sequence to the nation as a whole
that the man who occupies the Presi-
dential chair during the next four
years be able to give the best of his
abilities to the task, and no man who
suffers from physical ailment can ac-
complish this.
CAPTAIN TILDEN
After a six years unbroken cap-
taincy of the United States Davis Cup
team by Richard N. Williams, the
committee in charge has at last
chosen William T. Tilden, ranking
player for the past eight years, as the
new captain. At the same time, the
Committee designated that Tilden was
to play in the American zone in the
challege round; a decision which Til-
den will probably accept although
he personally apposes the move.
Tilden is undoubtedly the logical
man to captain the team. Although he
is older and it is agreed that he is
not at his former heights, he still has
invaluable experience and canniness
to impart to the younger men who
will soon be carrying the tennis bur-
den for the United States. Of the six
selected to report to Tilden and try
out for the team to oppose Mexico,
Hunter is the only older player in
the group. Lott, Hennessy, Jones,
Allison, and 'Van Ryn still have their
better years ahead, and with' Tilden's
many years of Davis Cup and cham-
pionship experience and his sparkling
leadership, there is little doubt but
what the -tennis officials have left no
stone unturned to recover one of
Sportdom's greatest trophies for the
United States.
OASE ROLLS
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OFSONPRINGJ.
At last the B. and G. boys have
triumphed over the unsuspecting stu-
dents. Better than a brittle motor-1
cop, or an assistant-to-the-dean, theyl
have discovered the ideal method of
enforcing their edict, "Don't Make
Paths On The Campus."
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With the campus blossoming out in
its new spring suit, it looks as though
the B and G boys were preparing a
home-like reception for a delegation
from M.S.C.-the Michigan School of
Cows.
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"And they call this a one-horse
town," murmured the Suffering Soph-
omore.
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As one mere student remarked to
another, "This just goes to show what
you may exlect from the auto ban."
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"Among the other inspirations
obtained from his study of mice,"
cracked the Joyless Junior, "I
suppose that's where President
Little got his ideas on the auto-
mobile ban."
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FACULTY SETS EXAMPLE
VQR STUDENT COUNCILMEN
After four long and distinctive ses-
sions, after several published changes
of mind, our honored literary faculty
have reached the conclusion that they
do not favor the University college.
* * *
These men, we are reminded, are
the same who expect us to write com-
prehensive answers to a dozen or so
examination questions in the space of
three hours.
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"It may be a good idea," commented
the Superfluous Senior, "but you can
guess why I'm glad they voted it
down."
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THEY'VE GONE OUT FOR
WENLEY'S PHILOSOPHY
Tradition hounds who signed up
for Philosophy for the sake of living
up to the old Cap Night song, report
that Professor Wenley's vacation did
not hurt him in the least.
. * * *
"If all the notes on the lectures
were laid end to end," remarked the
Captivating Coed, "They still would
not cover anything."
"It's queer how much of this I can
understand when I'm fast asleep," re-
marked one hardy sleep-walker.
At least, Professor Wenley is the
one lecturer on the campus who free-
ly admits that he doesn't know what
he is talking about
"TOO MUCH SCOTCH"
WAIL FAIR QUEENS
AT PENNY CARNIVAL
True love came to the testing.
ground last week when popular co-
eds invited their boy friends to come
down to the Penny Carnival and do
their stuff "for the benefit of the
league."
Rumor has it that one fair maid
returned three fraternity pins because
her supposedly fond admirers failed
to iurchiase more than a dozen five-
cent chances for the five dollar raffle.
Of course the carnival was a great
financial success. But it is reported
that many a lad lied his soul away
for a couple of pennies. And the beau-
tiful saleswomen were waxing quite
sarcastic, long ere the evening waned.
"It's my Scotchi blood," declared
Abe Goldberg, '29B.Ad., as lie turned
down invitations to the bathing beau-
ties and the wax works.
JEB SUSPECTED
The campus cut-up almost broke
up one of the concessions, when he
walked out munching on Graham's
best seller.
The boys who got the biggest kick
Ovit of the shine stand were those who
have been waiting table at the Alphi
Phi house.
Benijamin Bolt.
poets, cartoonists, or master linguists
almost over night. Time is not given
a chance to hang heavy on American
hands.
The fondest memories of most peo-
ple center around carefree hours
spent in meandering, whimsical con-
versation or moments of solitude be-
TONIGHT: A program of Italian
music will be given by the Circolo
Italiano at 7:30 o'clock in Lane Hall
auditorium.
TONIGHT: The Rockford Players
present Henrik Ibsen's ."Hedda Gab-
Ier" in the Whitney theater at S
o'clock.
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EMPEROR CHRISTOPHE
"BLACK MAJESTY," by Joit W.
Vandercook; New York: Harper and
Brothers; $2.50.
One seldom , finds a biographical
romance offering the thrills that are
so abundant in this story of black
freedom. Black Majesty is a beauti-
fully written book, far more exciting
than a historical romance is expected
to be. And therein lies the sole fal-
lacy of the book. -
Every page of Black Majesty is
brilliantly and cleverly written. The
material, covering the life of Henry
Christophe, the black slave who died
the tyranical despot of Haiti, is
superbly dramatic. But Mr. Vander-
cook is not content with this; and in-
stead of a dramatic (and authentic)
history of the rise and fall of a black
empire, he portrays a highly theatri-
calized romance. In which he has
devised many fantasticclegends which
result in brutal inaccuracy.
But bad history does not spoil this
tale, gorgeous with the recitals of
Negro conclaves. These conclaves
and the just perceptible unrest of the
Blacks bring about the Haitian revo-
lution and the reign of Christophe. In
whose powerful hands it was destined
to grow until the Black despot could
no longer rule over its kingdom. Dis-
playing the Negroid fantasy, Christo-
phe realizing the impossibility of re-
taining his glory committed suicide
by the means of a gold bullet molded
many years before.
This epic of black civilization paral-
lels the revolution in France, and is
inspired by the news of this equality.
The rebellion was built up by cruel
madness and aspiration for the long
sought freedom. All in all it is the
portrayal of the rise and fall of an
empire, an empire in which the peo-
pOle were African and the ideas
European.
By Arthur Wright.
"THE BARKER"
Following "Hedda Gabler" the
Rockford Players will present Kenyon
Nicholson's carnival melodrama "The
Barker." This play represents the
suffering oft "Nifty Miller" a side
show barker, when his son Chris is
vamped by a woman of sporadic mor-
als, called Lou. The representation
of his pain, when he finds that his
son has been drawn into the very trap
which he wished to protect him from,
is deft and understanding. The author
has caught the principal illusions of
the carnival man, his naive faith in
the efficacy of a college education to
make a gentleman, his firm belief in
the value of mere respectability, and
his sentimental idealization of the
hearth and home. We are shown
these things toppling with a crash
about the head of the barker. Out of
the ruin of his ideals he emerges with
only the real things of his life, his
love for Carry, the Hula dancer, and
his attachment to the carnival life.
Charles Warburton who has played
the part of "Nifty Miller" before, in
spite of the fact that people like the
barker are indigenous to America
only,manages to catch the gipsy at-
titude, which is after all universal, in
a thoroughly convincing portrayal.
H. M.
CHICAGO OPERA
Chicago is a city of magnificences.
Things are done there on only one
scale-the gran'dest, the largest and
themost sumptuous. There are the
best police force, the finest under-
world, the most notorious mayor, the
very finest hotels, and now the city of
big winds and big business is laying
claim to a new splendor, that is, opera
that is self-supporting. This is not to
say that "Chi"' has so advanced in
musical taste as to demand opera in
a box office way, but the fact, never-
theless, remains.
What makes this possible is obvi-
ously the Presidency of Samuel Insull
of the Chicago Civic Opera company.
Apparently he has heard with some
I sympathy the cries of the mulcted
guarantors at the close of every sea-
son and in an effort to reduce the
sum total of misery in that great city
of few but eager music lovers has.
turned to Big Business for a remedy.
The result is a plan whereby money
! is hory~wea to itn im-h- . o cr.
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EDITORIAL COMMENTj
LEISURE
(The Minnesota Daily.)
In his "Theory of the Leisure
Class," Professor Veblen has shown
how the traditions of a leisure class
may influence the minds and tastes
of a people. According to this hy-
pothesis, the manner in which a na-
tion employs its leisure time should
furnish a fairly reliable index of its
attitude towards its work. And it is
undoubtedly true that even an individ-
ual's work habits may be gauged by
his play habits.
Here in America we pursue whatj
leisure* we have with frightful vehm-
ence. The rapidly grinding wheels of
our high-geared industrial organiza,
tion seemt to carry their influence over,.
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