THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, 1M w _ Published every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member 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 herein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, assecond class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post- master (General. Subscription by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4-50 Offices:.Ann Arbor Press Building, May- nard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business 21214. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR JO H. CHAMBERLIN Editor.............. .....Ellis B. Merry Editor Michigan Weekly.. Charles E. Behymer Staff Editor.............Philip C: Brooks City Editor........... Courtland C. Smith Women's Editor..........Marian L. Welles Sports Eiditor.........Herbert E. 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KERN SUMMER TRAINING CAMPS Young men between the ages of 17 and 24, good moral character, and good physica condition-these are qualifications of entrance to the gov- ernment military training camps for citizens. Once again the call is being issued for the Michigan quota of 1878 men to fill Camp Custer, Fort Brady, and other areas in the neighboring states. The existing system of citizens' military training camps is not only the finest of its kind in the world, but it serves a twofold purpose to the country. With both extremes of mil- itarism and pacifism cast aside, a policy of moderate preparedness is generaly acknowledged to be wise. The army as a profession is admitted- ly declining because of its inadequacy -in wartime the body is too small, and in peacetime it is unnecessary. With the preparation afforded by such a system of training camps the United States can never be totally unpre- pared for what may arise overnight. As for the influence of the training upon the young man, the pacifist may calm himself as the militarist mayy well avoid elation. As they have done for six years, the C. M. T. C. camps will give their students a fair picture of military life, its routine, its drill, its rifle practice, its tactics, its atti- tude toward the individual in peace and in war. On occasion by means of a sham battle, it will give an intima- tion of actual warfare on which the imagination may build. The wholly unimaginative, but care- free individual may be enamored with the prospect. Yet, the pacifist may give him up without a struggle. In event of hostilities, he would be among the first to enter the army if he had not already done so. To the person at all thoughtful, the training will present the satisfactory mean viewpoint. It will make him appreciate the horror and futility of war as it will also lead him to un- flinching support of necessary pre- paredness. Then too, the program of training benefits the individual from the phys- ical standpoint. Summers may very well be spent in building up the vital- ity which the stresses of the winter months have worn down. The camp, instituted at a time usually spent in been heaped upon the institution at various times is well deserved. But the strain of such a venture is con- siderable, and works a hardship upon the backers in forcing them each year to attempt something new and more startling in the way of presentations. One such slip is liable to undo the work that each of the preceding years has served to build up, and in this light it is interesting to observe the program that has been prepared for the 35th annual May Festival this year. It is customary and usual to be able to point back to any of the past mu- sical festivals and say that here a cer- tain artist made a startling debut, or that there the greatest of the modern musicians appeared for the first time in Hill auditorium. It is these things that serve to spread the renown of the affair. Truly great names in the mu- sical world have made frequent ap- pearances in these past programs, and to outsiders it has appeared al- most miraculous that such moderate prices suffice for tickets. Last year was no exception, and probably set a higher May Festival standard than ever before. But this year there are but two names on the roster of at- tractions that are much other than ordinary, according to average stand- ards of criticism. True, something unforeseen may developto place the undertaking on a footing with those of the past. It is a creditable thing that a new organ is to be dedicated in Hill auditorium, but this single occurrence cannot save the present program from a severe slip in the estimation of out- siders. COOPERATION An interesting development in the field of cooperative buying and mark- eting, which field promises to ma- terially alter the economic system of America within the next decade or so, is the recently growing organization of cooperative oil distributing sta- tions through the Middle West. In Illinois alone in the past few years 17 such stations have been established, while Nebraska and Minnesota have also witnessed the growth of the sys- tem. The project seems to be prospering, and quite likely it will experience a continued: growth, for the principle of cooperative buyingisahsound one, and with the market assured the man- agers of the system need fear no ann- noying contingencies or financial ex- tremity. With proper governmental protection, from unfair methods by large oil companies, the pan of the community oil station will certainly spread; and may, in time, enter other industries as well. The idea has cer- tainly passed the experimental stage in some portions of the West. With all the roads leading to the village of Detour, Michigan, blocked with mammoth snowdrifts, the name of the hamlet seems rather ironical. Thus far the University college is four committees and eighteen confer- ences behind the Alumni university. EDITORIAL COMMENT OUR NEGLECTED ,READING (Daily Northwestern) If college does not leave the student with enough leisure to read the books he should read-or those he would like to-it would not seem to be any inherent weakness in the collegiate system that makes this situation true. For, out of five peope asked by the Inquiring Reporter of a great Chicago journal, an accountant, a chocolate dipper (whatever that is), a foreman, a motorcycle driver and a real estate broker, only one, the last named, con- fessed to reading to the amount and quality that a man or woman with a university education should be reason- ably expected to read. The admitted neglect of general reading by the average undergraduate can only be laid to indifference to the matter or gross squandering of time available in trivial pursuits. The student has the advantage in time and facilities for reading over the employed person who is confined to an office or factory from eight to ten hours per day and whose laeisure is limited to three or four hours at home after the days' work. Classes rarely average over four hours per day, and granting the generous period of three hours study for the succeed- ing day's work, the college man and woman has the advantage of one to three hours of leisure time over his non-collegiate brother. Heywood Broun, the New York critic frankly asserts that he derived a great deal more from his indepen- dent reading while in Harvard than from attending lectures and perform- OAT - LL How A SENIOR FEELS BEING A SENIOR, and having no classes this morning we proceeded to demonstrate the correct procedure for a student about to graduate from Michigan. THE FIRST THING we did was to go over to the Recorder's office and request to see a copy of our record. They are very kind over there and al- ways produce the records without laughing. We were informed that we had 105 hours and slightly more than 120 honor points. FROM THIS WE quickly deduced that we only need 15 hours of credit to win a sheepskin. Finding this to be the case we walked over to the boys in Angell hall, who are taking money and proceeded to pay our class dues. FOLLOWING THIS WE went to the other booth and ordered a dozen an- nouncements of graduation. Yes, we admit it, we are the model senior. * * * THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS COST fifteen cents apiece, but in the long run they are the sort of investment which should pay large dividends. Each announcement, carefully mailed, should bring back a fountain pen, at least. ATHLETICS FOR ALL The basketball game was a huge success. Although they outweighed the opposing team more than ten pounds to a woman, the Tappan Ter- riors were defeated by a big margin. The referee made a notable con- tribution to the rules of basketball., When undecided as to whether a goal had been thrown before or after the whistle, she called it a draw, and al- lowed the goal to score a single point. Benjamin Bolt. WE HEAR RUMORS that there is going to be a debate in Hill auditori- um next Tuesday. More about this subject will appear later. AT THAT THE campus movie is to show on that day. Perhaps there will be a double bill and then no one will be disappointed. IT SEEMS THAT we made some mistake in the paragrapl above, but it would have been a good idea. The campus picture is Monday night. * * * THEATER BOOKS TONIGHT: The Rockford Players present "Hedda Gabler" at 8 o'clock in the Whitney theater. * * * . THESPIAN NEUROTICS "IAD FOLK OF THE THEATER," by Otis Skinner; New York: Bobbs- Merrill company; $3.0. (Courtesy of the Print and Book Shop) Turning author once again-en- I couraged no doubt by the success of his "Footlights and Spotlights"-Otis Skinner has presented his admiring public with a new brain child. And it seems to this critic that here is some- thing that might even take precedencej to his histrionic fame. His book is a series of ten potraits of famous Thes- pians who trod the boards of Drury Lane and Covent Garden during thej respective reigns of David Garrick and Sheridan. It is very well done, and the portraits are limned in quick- ly and cleverly. The style is that which has been popular of late in similar biography: flippant, witty and sometimes brilliant. When anybody who is famous in one profession or who has attained the public spotlight in one way or another produces anything literary, it is usually rather sceptically receiv- ed. There are so many "ghost wri- ters" hacking out biographies and memoirs in an attic garret that most reviewers are somewhat incredulous. There is no supposed internal evi- dence in "Mad Folk of the Theater" to indicate that it is Mr. Skinner's work; but it is commonly believed to be from his own pen, and the literary world is inclined to believe him inno- centtuntil proved guilty in this case. But if there may be some slight doubt as to its origin, there can be none as to its veracity and merit. There are entertaining sketches,4 anecdotes and scandal told ofsThomas Betterton-"His Majestic's Servant"; Mistress Nell Gwinne-born in a bawdy house and later mistress of Charles II, and one of the greatest comediennes to grace Drury Lane; the adventures and misadventures of the beautiful George Anne Bellamy; Jamcs Quinn, the Broddingnagin Fal- staff of the period; the "delectable" Dora Jordan; Tate Wilkinson, an eighteenth century barstormer; and finally the three madmen who give the book its title - George Frederick Cooke, Edmund Keane and the elder Booth. In short it is very amusing and intelligent portraiture. -By Vincent Wall. *a * THE STUDENTS' RECITAL A review, by Nicholas Pickard. At the performance in the auditori- um of the School of Music last night, the household Gods of the pianoforte successfully withstood| the assaults of their lesser rivals. That the given compositions of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin were excellent is not to be de- nied, but withal they were closely pressed by a Scriabin etude and a short composition of a certain Jensen of whom I confess myself to have been hitherto totally ignorant, but whose "Will of the Wisp" impressed me immensely. Mr. Conklin's hand- ling of the two Scriabin preludes and a. Chopin nocturne was excellent, par- ticularly enjoyable was the nocturne, which happily departs from the over delicate sweetness, which is only too apt to characterize Chopin nocturnes. Miss Backus did exceedingly well with three Chopin preludes as did Miss Coote with some short sketches of Moscowski and Rubenstein. The tech- nique of the others was quite satisfac- tory although lacking the finish which was felt in the interpretations of Mr. Conklin and Miss Backus. As a whole the recital was very much to the credit of the class of work done in the school. * * * WHAT NEXT The recent production of O'Neill's dramatic unicorn, "Strange Interlude" has perhaps some prophetic signifi- cance when compared with the wildly popular Hemingway horse d'oeuvre, "Men without Women." Hemingway started it by imposing on his short stories the limitations of the one-act play, and except for the pale pink Menckenism of G. D. Eaton's who be- lieves that"he has crucified his story on the cross of his ,style, this literary tour de force has received widespread .u..... ........................ ........ New Hats of StrawI Head Fittings and Smartly Collapsable MWKINSEY HAT SHOP 227 So. State St. ------------- -- ---------- ------ -- DELUXE MOTOR COACHES Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Toledo Terminals-Ann Arbor, City Pharmacy Ypsilanti, Huron Hotel Toledo, Interurban Station $1.25 one way, $2.25 round trip Leave Ann Arbor Leave Toledo 8 A. M. 12 Noon 8 A. 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