THE MICHIGAN DAILY rUE
Dai1u
"'v
ublished every morning except Monday
ng the University year by the Board in
trol of Student Publications.
ember of Western Conference Editorial
>ciation-
he Associated Press is exclusively en-
I to the use for republication of all news
itches credited to it or not otherwise
ited in this paper and the local news pub-
,d herein.
ntered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor,
higan, as second class matter. Special rate
ostage granted by Third Assistant Post-
er General.
bscription by ,carrier, $4.00; by mail,
flices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May-
Street.
hones: Editorial, 492e; Business 21214.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Telephone 192Cp
MANAGING EDITOR
JO H. CHAMBERLIN
or...................Ellis B. Merry
or Michigan Weekly..Charles B. Behymner
IEditor....... ..... Philip C. Brooks
Editor.........Courtland C. Smith
nien s Iditnr----------..Marian L. Welles
-ts Editor ...........Herbert F. Vedder
ater, Books and Music.Vincent C. Wall, Jr.
stant City Editor.... Richard C. Kurvink
Night Editors
ert E. Finch G. Thomas McKean
StewartLooker Kenneth G. Patrick
A J. Kern Nelson J. Smith, Jr.
Milton Kirshbaum
Reporters
her Anderson Sally Knox
garet Arthur F'ohn H. Maloney'
A. Bochnowsks Marion McDonald
i Campbell Charles S. Monroe
ie Church Catherine Price
chard W. Cleland Harold L. Passwan
emc N. Edelso," Morris W. Quinn.
garet Gross Rita Rosenthal
borg Egeland Pierce Rosenber
rorie Folimex Ifleanoi Scribner
ies B. Freeman Corinne Schwar2
ert J. Gessnei Robert G. Silbar
ne E. Gruber Howard F. Simon
,e H-agelshaw George E. Simons
ph 1; Howell Rowena Stillman
Wallace Hushen Sylvia Stone
tres R: Kaufman George Tilley
iam F. Kerby Bert, K. Tritscheller
'rence R. Kleit Edward L. Warner, Jr.
ia J. Kline Benjamin S. Washer
Lt Lait, Jr Joseph Zwerdling
BUSINESS STAFF
Telephlne 21214
BUSINESS MANAGER
WILLIAMC. PUSCH
stant Manager...George H. Annable, Jr.
ertising, . Richard A. Mey.
ertiging... .... ....Edward L. Hulse
'ertising............ John W.Ruswinckel
:ounts..............Raymond Wachter
ulation..... ....George B. Ahn, Jr.
lication.................Harvey Talcott
Assistants
rge Bradley Ray Hofelich
He Brummeler Hal A. Jaehn
e Lar . ateci James Jordan
res K. Correi Marion Kerr
bara Cromell Thales N. Lenington
rv niv.1v .Catherine McKinven
sie V. Egeland Dorothy Lyons
! euf~r Alex K.' Scherer
:herineFrohne George Spater
iglass Fuller Ruth Thompson
trice Greenberg Herbert E. Varnum
en Gross Lawrence Walkley
JHamnmer Hannah Wallen.
W. hammer
TUESDAY, APRIL 24 1928
ight Editor-ROBERT E. FINCH
which this university has been the
recipient.
It is therefore gratifying to note
that Senator Depew had the fore-
sight to comprehend in making his
gift to Yale, an example which is
likely to invoke other such bequests,
that it was most likely to do the most
good and be put to the greatest pos-
sible advantage if granted without
restrictions.
POLITICAL M~ACHINERY'
WE RECEIVE RELICS
Michigan often popularly associated
ith its athletic teams and players,
is been most recently represented
efore the public as concerned in the
iccess of an interesting archeologi-
1 search. With Prof. LeRoy Water-
.an of the semetics department in
irection, an expedition under the
int sponsorship of the Toledo Mu-
°um and the University has discov-
red the remains of an ancient civili-
ation in the old city of Opis near,
1e Tiger river in Babylonia.
To the archeologist, this discovery
as important as a flock of new re-
ords to the track coach, the appear-
nce of several good books to the man
letters, the discovery of a new ele-
tent to the physicist, or a new alti-
ide record to the aviator. In a wealth
relics, Professor Waterman has
>und the key to an entire dynasty
s well as many particular remnants
f that civiliation. Students have been
hereby furnished with authentic in-
)rmation on the cultures of ancient
eoples which will enable them to
:nstruct a more complete picture of
he period.
Congratulations and commendation
>r his work is certainly due Profes-
>r Waterman, and the University
tay feel both fortunate and proud to
hare in the results of the expedi-
on.
THE YALE BEQUEST
Most noteworthy, perhaps, of all the
ecent bequests to American univer-
ities is the one of one million dol-
rs by Chauncey M. Depew to Yale
niversity, his alma mater. And what
probably more signicant than the
>an itself is the fact that the cele-
rated statesman and learned lawyer
pecified that the bequest carries no
estrictions.
In making this specification, Mr.
epew avoided the error made by
iany wealthy men who are inclined
o place limitations on the money they
onate to charitable, religious and
specially educational purposes. In
uch cases it too often happens that
ead hands control the use of wealth
ccumulated during a lifetime, which
; rather unfortunate inasmuch as
onditions are constantly changing
nd the needs of today may not be
hose of tomorrow. When this hap-
ens educators are considerably ham-
ered in their efforts to expand their
No one has ever been so rash as
to accuse Tammany of failing to un-
derstand political measures, but never
before has the astuteness of that or-
gabization been exhibited on such a!
comprehensive and national scale as
with the present campaign for Al
Smith for President. In two states of
the Middle West, Iowa and Wiscon-
sin, Smith machine politicians have
gained the entire delegations to the
Democratic national conventions
while the popular strength in neither
state has been behind the Tammany
wet.
Wisconsin voted overwhelmingly for
Sen. James Reed of Missouri in a
primary, only to find that the Smith
men had seized the reins of the state
convention to thwart the popular will.
In Iowa the popular choice was be-
yond all shadow of doubt with Mere-
dith, the favorite son, and again the
Smith machine took the delegation
through the medium of state conven-
tion.
Such measures are effective, with-
out a doubt, in gaining votes which
will nominate the New York product
for the presidency, but such means
are not effective in electing a man
to that office. It is scarcely to be sup-
posed that the Wisconsin and Iowa
voters, having been cheated of their
voice by the Smith machine, will react
very kindly to the name of Smith if
it is placed on the ballot for the No-
vember elections-party affiliation to
the contrary notwithstanding.
WILKINS
Amid the mystery which surrounds
the recent flight of Captain George
Wilkins in wihich he spanned thie
Polar ice cap from Point Barrow to
Spitzbergen, it is quite impossible to
make definite estimate of the scien-
tific achievement which the daring
aeronauts have made. Meager re-
ports, sifting south from Spitzbergen,
however, indicate that in the first
flight by a heavierthan-air craft
across the top of the world the in-
formation gathered was neither start-
ling nor extremely encouraging -
which is, to be sure, entirely in line
with the results that were expected.
Hope that polar islands off the
coast of Alaska would be discovered
and mapped by the flight have been
set at rest, which sets at rest also the
immediate idea that flights from
America to Europe via Siberia are fea-
sible. For its unfavrable aspect,
however the flight presents a favor-
able side in the fact that navigation
over the Arctic wastes, with the aid
of the Bumsted sun compass, seems
to be a comparatively simple feat
compared with the difficulties of the
trans-Atlantic flyers (the last of whom
ended 500 miles from their course).
The fact that the sun is available at
almost all times in 'the Arctic coup-
led with the fact that flights may be
made almost entirely on the same
meridian, with a constant correction,
seem to make navigation almost an
exact science over the Arctic wastes,
as the experience of Byrd, Amundsen,
and others indicate.
It is common knowledge that air
travel on the earth's "great circle,"
that is, on the line which would be
formed on the surface of the earth
by an imaginary plane with one corner
at the center of the earth and two
other corners at the starting and
stopping point of the flight, is the
shortest means of travel. It is not
such common knowledge, howeiver,
that such a "great circle" route be-
tween New York and Tokio, Japan,
would pass very close to the Arctic
circle, and that such a line of travel
would save hundreds of miles , over
the present routes.
Arctic flying, then, is more than a
costly experiment to be toyed with.
It is an enterprise as vital and sig-
nificant to the development of com-
mercial aviation as the crossing of
the Atlantic itself; and the pioneers
in such enterprise, the Wilkinses, the
Byrds, the Amundsens, and the No-
biles deserve at least a fair portion
of the acclaim which at present at-
tends each new effort in the field of
aviation.
OASTED RLLS
THE
OFFICIAL
FLOWER
AT THE SUGGESTION of the Board
in Control of Student Publications, we
are going to pick an official flower
for The Paily. As yet we have not
decided just what flower it will be,
but we have a leaning towards the
rose.
* * *
THE ROSE IS such a beautiful
flower that it should be the standard
of any great newspaper. And then
there are the thorns.
* * * .
THE FLOWER SHOULD be symbol-
ic and any flower which has thorns
can be so utterly symbolic of so many
things that we think the rose will be
adopted as THE flower at the next
meeting.
* * *
IF ANYONE HAS a suggestion to
make in regard to the flower they are
more than welcome to do so. Address
all communications to the Flower
committee, c-o Rolls.
* * *
THESE CANDIDATES
AT THE SAME time the Board
suggested that The Daily- have an of-
ficial flower, they were attending a
banquet at which the candidates for
the big job on this paper were being
looked over.
* * *
AT FIRST WE thought the building
was going to fall down, but we soon
discovered- it was only the knocking
of the candidates' knees.
* * *
IF YOU HAPPEN to see any stu-
i dents walking along the street bear-
ing long faces and worried expres-
sions, don't think they flunked a blue
book; no, they are merely candidates
for the managing editor position.
* * *
BEWARE
IF YOU HAPPEN to see any veryt
important looking persons wallingI
around town the latter part of the
week don't mind them. That is, es-
pecially if they are rather young.
* * *
IT IS THIS way-the annual high
school press conference is being held
at the end of the week.
* * *
IF THAT DOESN'T explain itself
we might add that there is no more
important personage in the world
than a high school editor. If you
don't believe it ask one of them some
day
THEATER
BOOKS
MUSIC
TONIGHT: Comedy Club pre-
sents Lynn Starling's "Meet The
Wife" in Iiimes theater at 8:30
o'clock.
* * *
JUNIOR GIRLS' PLAY
It seems the Junior Girls are mold-
ing into shape again for the coming
presentation of the Raine-Haines
opus, "For The Love O' Pete." This
previously unheard of process is
scheduled to provide some pleasant
moments for the weighty minded
school masters of Michigan. But if
it does not amuse them it will cer-
tainly fascinate-just like the merry-
go-round at the circus-and its brom-
idiomatic wisecracks at pedagogues
will pass unnoticed in a moving haze
of color and music.
R.*L.*A.
Detroit Theaters
[ ... .......... . .........
* * *
AND FROM PURDUE;
FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY we
find the following news item:'
Col. N. A. Kellogg, director of j
athletics, has announced that
marbles will be introduced as a
regular minor sport. It will be
on, a par with other minor sports
such as fencing, swimming, and
gymnastics.
* * *
AND THIS COMES from the "hard-
boiled" Boilermakers. At that the
sport will probably be on a par with
their minor sports teams.
* * * -
AS FOR THEIR marble team it
seems that they have a very promising
man in "Stretch" Murphy of bas-
ketball fame. He could "hunch" up
and knock the marbles right out of
the ring before anyone knew what
was happening.
* * *
WHEN PURDUE MEETS Princeton
in the thrilling match for the cham-
pionship of "non-coeducational"
schools we will have to support the
West., However, we feel that such
men as "the pride of Princeton" will
lead the Tigers to victory.
* * *
THIS IS SERIOUS
NOW THEN, IN all seriousness we
are speaking the truth without any
fooling. The end of the year approach-
es and with it comes our graduation.
Accordingly a new Rolls editor must
be discovered. The point of the story
is that any student, member of The
Daily staff or even the Gargoyle out-
fit is invited to submit one or more
(preferably more) samples of the work
they can do in the way of a Rolls
column.
WE SHALL DO our best to print
them all, and since the diploma fee
is due, a bribe might help considera-
bly.
* * *
THAT BASEBALL GAME
FOR THOSE WHO saw the ball
game last Friday when Michigan de-
feated Iowa (despite what Coach Vogel
says) we wish to state that the ar-
gument was about "Red" Corriden's
playing.
* * *
NOTHING WAS SAID until "Red"
GAY PAREE
A review, by Jo H. Chamberlin'
This writer has a few reportorial
rather thanrcritical rem-arks to make
about the recent road show "Gay
Paree" which held forth at the Whit-
ney Sunday night. Other than Chic
Sale the company wasn't much to
write home to the folks about al-
though it did have a few good mo-
ments. It was superior to the usual
road show and while many of the
gags have been used on the burlesque
wheels for years there was consider-
able good comedy =material. A flag
drill by the chorus in the first act wasI
quite easy to lo9k at.
This space could well be devoted
to remarks about Chic Sale alone,
without whom the show would be
without any thing to lift it above the
ordinary. Sale, with many years be-
hind him in representing rural and
small town characters, has not allow-
ed routine to deaden him. This writ-
er witnessed his "country school en-
tertainment" some four years ago but
the Sunday night sketches, while of
the sane theme, were better than
ever.
Sale's first sketch of the railroad
watchman, Elmer, whose graphic ac-
count of his waving the lantern at the
oncoming automobile, won the case
for the company,. but who failed to
nention the modestly important fact
that he had not lit the lantern, seem-
ed to go over just as well as the last
sketch of the old soldier "who knew
Lincoln."
His portrayal of the country school
entertainment chairman, talking on in
spite of gum chewing by the little
folks down in front, and the terrific
radiator hammering in back of him
rervinded one of the professorial
skits going on during the winter in
Angell hall, though the stage radiat-
or wasn't as loud as those in the a-
forementioned academic battleground,
retreat, or what have you.
The old Civil War Veteran "who
knew Lincoln well" was sympathet-
ically given and without the pathos
which usually marks such material
when murdered in the ten-twenty-
thirties. His struggle with the me-
chanical com'plexities of the horn did-
n't fail. As remarked before, Chic
Sale was the show and without him
it wouldfhave hadzlittle to disting-
uish it from. a dozen others. With
him, most eveyone seemed to have
enjoyed it
"THE MAN WHO KNEW COOL-
IDGE": An Exaggeration by Sin-
clair Lewis, Harcourt, Brace, and
Co., New York, 1928. $2.
(Courtesy of the Print and Book Shop)
-And last night I was reading a
book by -this author fellow, Sinclair
Lewis, and say, that certainly was
one humorous book-
Well, this guy that the book is all
about, his name is Lowell Schmaltz
and he certainly is a card-
No, it isn't a German name even if
it does sound like a German name,
it's Pennsylvania Dutch, and this
Schmaltz is a real American, belongs
to the Zenith Kiwanis club and
everything-
Of course, Lowell is dumber than
anybody you or me o; Sinclair Lewis
either, for that matter, ever saw, but
this book is about his conversations in
poker games and at church meetings
and in Pullman cars-
Speaking of Pullman cars, j'ever
stop to think what a lot of public
questions and things like that are
settled in Pullmans. Bet if some
fellow'd write down what he heard in
a Pullman that would be a book to
leave all those high-hat authors like
Shakespeare, and Dante, and Lewis
out in the cold-
This Schmaltz went to school with
Coolidge. Of course he left school
in half a year and he never knew
Cooli~lge very well anyway, but then
it is an honor to have had a chance
to associate with a rieally great mind
like our President has-
This guy never can keep on the
same subject. Some guys just don't
seem to have minds that will stay
Woodward, at Eliot
PLAYHOUSE
NIGHTS, 7sc, $1.50. Mats. Tues.,
ilhurs. and Sat., SUe, 75e
Last Week, Beginning Monday,
April 23
2 Girls Wanted
A Comedy of Youth, Rou ance
and Thrills
GA RRICK
Beginning Sunday, April 22
Return by Popular Demand
ANNE NICHOLS'
Abie's Irish Rose
At These Astonishing Prices
Nights 50c to $1.50
Wed. and Sat. Matinees 50 to $1
S
__f
:1
BUD GOLDEN
Directing
The Eleven Wolverines
Dancing Every
Wednesday - Friday - Saturday
Granger' s Academy
..
s
w
r
.r
w
..
C AS S THEATRE
Starting Sunday, April 22
Night . . $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.59
Wed. and Sat. Mats. (Best
Seats). ................ $1.. 0
Chamberlain Brown Presents
TAYLOR HOLMES
In a Riotous Comedy
The Gemat Necker
I' _ ' 1
I
Shubert-Lafayette
Beg. Sunday Night
THURSTON
THE FAMOUS MAGICIAN
Nights, Sun. and Sat. M2at. 25c
to $1.50. Popular Mat. Thurs.,
25c to $1.00. Plus tax.
Fresh, creamy milk-as
pure as perfect pasteur-
ization can make it!
Ann Arbor Dairy Pasteurized Milk
with its splendid quality
will please you.
THE ANN ARBOR DAIRY CO.
Dial 4101
hL
I
4 j
i
CLASSIFIED
ADS PAY
I z
'9
SELLING
Kent a Typewriter
By the Month or for the Semester-Your Choice
UNDERWOOD, ROYAL, L. C. SMITH, REMINGTON
We Keep Them in Order
RIDER'S PEN SHOP
REPAIRING
.i k.
To Mae Your Apartment
An
A Nei
,.
Up -To -,Date
4
-fW
-I / :
Home
UAL.- IHNI
LM
I
'VV
GEx-NERAL *ELECTRIC
Refrigerator
THINK of it! - a new model General
Electric Refrigerator with six square
feet of food shelf area that occupies less
than three and half square feet of your
limited kitchen floor space.
It is only two feet wide - yet it is as per-
fect in constru'ction and as unfailing in
operation as the larger, more expensive
General Electric models.
It gives you every convenience of electric
refrigeration and plenty of food storing
space - without the inconvenience of a
bulky, crowding cabinet.
Like all General Electric Refrigerator
models it is worry-proof - scientifically
constructed without pipes, drains or at-
tachments. Just plug into the nearest
electric outlet and it operates without
further attention -not even oiling!
It is porcelain enameled inside and out -
truly a de luxe refrigerator - vet it sells
at a new low price.
"The best dollar value in eiectrical refrig-
erators today," is the opinion of those who
have seen it. Examine this new model in
our display rooms. Come in today.
Now is the time for all good campus
politicians to come to the aid of their
party, -for, in two weeks the elections
will be held.
What with all the archaeological
discoveries going on so successfully
APPLICATION
Without any obligation on my part, I desire to have your repre-
sfntative call.
Date .............................Nam e ................ ... .....
I
I'll
1111