'rTHE. MICIGANDAL DAILY L a j .... Published every morning except Monday diing the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of Western Conference Editorial 'Association. The Associated Press is exclusively en- titledtoetheruse for republication of allinews diispatches 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, ;s second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post- master General. Subscription. by carrier, $4.00; by mail, 4ffices: Ann 'Arbor Press Building, May- nard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 41214. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 the chances of reward to the aspiring dramatist, poet, and fic- tion writer reach a degree worth while sacrificing for to conjure lit- erary masterpieces, which thej meager attempts formerly could not obtain. rrl- s: ;4r, r f n r~c.+ rrin iC r M OAST RLLY TAE TOWN GROWING ff I, Tne writing of a masterpWece hs. to the true artist a sufficient re-I What with, the fairly recen ward in i4self. But the busy stu- opening of a new bank and the dent in a university must receive near installation of talkies in a some substantial reward in addi- local hush house and all, why it tion to struggle for the best. The seems Ann Arbor is getting to the best way yet devised is competition point where we ought to have some racketeer killings like any for prizes. What with amateur othe'r big city.. play contests and rhetoric prizes of all sorts Michigan should soon +* * * attain great fame for the literary But if the talkies prove to be output of its student body and its even one degree worse than lots future graduates. we've heard we won't have to' worry about the probabilities of a 4- T4 st Ir. MANAGING EDITOR KENNETH G. PATRICK Editor......Nelson J. Smith City Editor...Stewart Hooker News Editor............Riard C. Kurvink Sports Editor .............. Morris Quinn Women's Editor.............Sylvia S. Stone Telegraph Editor............George Stauter Musicaand Drama .. .........R. L. Askren Assistant ,City Editor .......... Robert Silbar a I 1 Music And Drama ONIGIIT:. (osnopolitani. Cub presents their dramatic pageant,; "Humanity" in Hill Auditorium, beginning at 8:00 o'clock. * * * 0NIGHT: Mimes present "To The Ladies",by George S. )Kaufman and Marc Connelly, in Mimes Theatre beginning at 8:15 o'clock. Curtain at 8:30 o'clock sharp. SHORT STORY WRITERS The recently announced short tory contest, sponsored by the rlander has an especial signifi- ance with regard to creative riting,, especially as an effort in rousing the interest of those de- rousof doing something with' efinite literary value, and in im- roving -the present deplorable ondition of the Inlander itself. Carried on by a relatively small roup of contributors, and without ,he outside stimulating interest which a literary magazine on a ampus as large as the Michigan ne deserves, it is scarcely to be wondered that the magazine's pur- ose of aiding students, interested n writing, and of providing an rgan for serious student expres- ion, not always been very success- ul. 11- i New York Listed Stocks Private wires to all Markets Conservative margin accounts solicited Brown-Cress & Co., Inc. Investment Securities Telephone 22541 7th Floor First Nat'l Bank Bldg. .. }U c' 1~ I' I ' cirrrrrrrrrrr.r.,rrrrrr'-r. . r,, sr. rr. ,rr, rrr. I Loseph E. Howe Donald J. Kline Lawrence R. Kle G, Night Editors 41 Charles S. Monroe Pierce Rosenberg in George E. Simons eorge C. Tilley Reporters Paul L. Adams Donald E. Layman Morris Alexandct Charles A. Lewis C. A. Askren Marian McDonald Bertram Askwiej Ienry Merry, Louise Behymne- Elizabeth Quaife Arthur Bernste Victor Rab inowitz Seton C. Bovee Joseph A. Russell Isabel Charles Anne Schell L., R. Chubb Rachel Shearer Franik EL Cooper Howard Simon Helen Domine Robert L. Sloss Margaret Eckels Ruth Steadman Douglas Edwards A. Stewart Valborg Egeland Cadwell Swanson Robert J. Feldman Jane Thayer Marjorie Follmer Edith Thomas William Gentry Beth Valentine Ruth Geddes Gurney Williams David B. Hempstead Jr. Welter Wilds Richard Jung George . Wohlgemuth Charles R. Kaufman Edward L. Warner Jr. Ruth Kelsey Cleland Wyllie BUSINESS STAFF Tele'phone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER EDWARD L. HULSE Assistant Manager-RAYMOND WACHTER AdvrtiingDepartment Managers advertising. ........ Alex K. Scherer .advertising... ..........A. James Jordan Advertising. ..... ....-.Carl W. Hammer Service ................Herbert E. Varnun Circulation,..........George S. Bradley Accounts............awrence E. Walkley Publications...............Ray M. Hofelich Mary Chase Jeanette Dale eanor Davis Bessie Egeland Sally Faster :Anna Goldberg Kasper Halversox George Hamilton H c orwich lHumphrey Assistants Marion Kerr Lillian Kovinsky Bernard Larson Hollister Mabley 1. A. Newman Jack Rose Carl 1. Schemm George Spater Sherwood Upton Marie Wellstead . THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1929 Night Editor-GEORGE C. TILLEY A WORTHY ENDEAVOR Tonight's performance of "Hu- manity" in Hill audiorium will mark the sixth annual effort of the members of Cosmopolitan Club in presenting an International Night program. Setting forth as its purpose the bringing together of the foreign, students in such a way as to weld the mass into an important factor in University life as well as pro- moting a better degree of interna- tional standing, the Cosmopolian Club obviously occupies an impor- tant position. The program to be presented tonight will endeavor to demonstrate, pictorially the pre- dominating belief of the members of the group, that "Above all na- tions is humanity." Certainly the purpose of the or- ganization is commendable in it- self. With International Night as the only concrete point of contact between foreign students and the rest of the studente body as well as faculty and townspeople, it remains that International Night, too, car- ries a very definite value in vividly presenting an embodiment of sen- timents of international peace and good-will held by the foreign stu- dents. 0 RHETORIC PRIZES At last the University is to have prizes to encourage literary work 'in the University, that is if the! Regents accept the Avery Hopwood and Jules Hopwood prize fund. When the amount is received, it will fill a long felt want. The rhetoric department has of- fered few means of encouraging intensive literary pursuits within its department, chiefly because it has never had means provided. At present there are two rhetoric medals given each year to rhetoric students, one to a freshman and one to an upper classman. But lit- tle seems to be made of these op- portunities by the department; in fact, in most freshmen classes their existence is seldom mention- ed. The Inlander has endeavored at various times to discover literary talent with numerous prizes, but most of them have been farces. The freshmen essay contest last g WELL FRESHMEN!d Two ballots among the member- ship of the Frosh Frolic commit- tee decided, Tuesday night, to set the date for the annual affair on March 22. This, if our calendar is correct, is just two weeks from to- morrow night. And incidentally, this was the first meeting of the committee as a whole. The freshman class has taken r quite a job upon its hands in at- t tempting to promote such a party s irn less than two weeks and a half.t In the first place a class party is noa easy task to stage under present University regulations whereby student council and administra- tive authority and supervision ad- 1 vise against any sudden moves on1 the part of a committee. To en- gage an orchestra, to; have !the tickets printed and signed, to plan and execute the decorations, and to take care of the endless tasks which attend the staging of a class dance would task experienced hands, let alone those or persons new to the University. The Frosh Frolic committee isE staging the dance on this day, be- cause the 29th is Good F'iday, va- cation begins the following week, and they do not care to put it on after vaaetion. However, it ap- pears that they might have done much better to have scheduled it for the Friday after vacation. The members of the committee in charge will need all the support that the campus can give, in order to make this any kind of a suc- cess. With the Soph Prom dis- tinctly in the red, and the J-Hop trying to pay ofQ the Prom's debts, it is up to the freshmen to succeed in this instance. With proper co- operation, they can succeed. With the campus apathetic, it will mean another failure in an already none too financially successful year. ONE MORE REVOLUTION Mexico, it seems, is again in revo- lution. Vera Cruz and neighboring provinces have been seized by the rebel chief Jesus M. Aguirree with Fausto Topete, governor of the state of Sonora, referring to the current administration of Portes Gil as "the servile government which has made a joke of our hopes as free men." With it all, American interest in the entire affair is probably aroused as much from the fact that Colonel Lind- bergh is now the guest of his fiancee at the American embassy in Mexico City as from any other reason. - Definite causes for this, the lat- est of Mexican uprisings, are not so easy to determine and with the placing of a censorship upon all news by the Mexican government reliable information as to the real seats of grievance is not apt to be available for some time to come. The outward facts of- revolution and dissension, however, are suf- ficient to allow one to conclude without a great deal of deep thought that the Mexican people and the Mexican government are even now a long way removed from a peaceful solution of government- al difficulties which an outside world had been accustomed to hope for and expect. Claims have been made in some quarters that the influential posi- tion still maintained by former president Calles is in a large ex- tent responsible for the uprising. A much better solution, however, would seem to be that a dissatisfied military-political leader gaining some small amount of power hasI launched another of the national revolts which have come to be characteristics of the Mexican people. Tha the impulsive nature of the Latin peoples should lie at the base of continual warfare and discon- tent is indeed unfortunate to say the least. In a broader sense it may well be held up as a sad com- ang war. All we'll need is a few I W issatisfied students. a * * * si Which leads us to wonder d why the manager of the p Wuerth wants to install sound c apparatus. Don't the little col- lege boys make enough noise t as it is? A direct mail advertising cam- c paign is calling our attention to 0 the new University cruise. Floating schools are great things. No mat- p ter how dumb you are you can al- i ways get a sea grade. C * * * f The severity of the winter through which Europe has just passed has p led scientists to wonder if another s Ice Age will visit the earth. s *.* * d t Sure. All they'll have to do 1 will be to drop into town along l about next February, if they l missed it this year. ' s , s According to the papers, the pen c with which Abraham Lincoln sign- f ed the Emancipation Proclamation1 will shortly be sold at auction. v * * * It is rumored that the em- ployees of the Arcade branchs of the post office are going to C bid high for this valuable addi- c tion to their fine collection. t One, employee has refused to t contribute to the fund. "That Lin-s coln pen," he scoffed, "isn't so1 much. We've got a pen on ourl counter that's at least a century older-or looks that way, at least."t * * * The army band, says the Trib- une, is going to Spain. t We've heard that band a lot on the radio and we're forced to confess that Spain isn't half far enough away to suit us. On the Boston L trains, an un- known gent goes abou( slashing people's clothes with a knife. * * * Maybe he's a clothing store prop. who wants to create the slogan: I SLASH PRICES- AND CLOTHES TOO. I We'll freely admit there wasn't much sense to that. Perhaps the! next one will have more of a point to it. An old Ford is. advertised for sale in the Washtenaw Trib. "First $110 will take it," says the ad. * * * s ' . ,. to keep it going, if its like the Ford we used to have- 777*mm*N Probably no one has realized the resent situation better ,than the taff of the Inlander who are spon- oring the short story contest. The lefinite aim behind the contest is o obtain those things which are acking at the present time: a pub- ic interested in literary writing of nterest and merit, and writers, de- irous of a means for improving heir ability, getting constructive riticism, and aiding in a hoped or renaissance in creative writing. Such writing should be worth while ,and yet interesting to a public of college readers. Contestants will have a twofold opportunity by submitting manu- scripts. They have the inducement of the two prizes which are being offered, and also, their interest in the contest will give them an op- portunity to come in contact with the staff of the Inlander and as- sist it in building' the magazine into a more representative campus literary organ. It is worth noting that the con- test is open to all students in the University, and that they have an unusual opportunity in writing owing to the fact that they may treat any theme which seems suit- able to them for a short story. The contest will be conducted with absolute fairness inasmuch as the authors of the stories will not be known to the judges. The com- plete rules for the contest are as follows:-- 1. All manuscripts must be typed, doubled space, and on one side of the paper only. 2. Manuscripts are to be sent to "The Inlander", Press Building, be- fore midnight, March Ia, 1929. 3. The name of the contestant must not appear on the short story submitted, but must be attached on a separate sheet of paper along with the title of the mahuscripts. 4. No contestant may submit more than one story, and no mem- ber of the Inlander staff is eligible to compete. 5. No definite limit has been placed on the number of words for any short story submitted, al- though moderation is expected. P. L.A. * * * THE SECOND STEP For four nights next week, be- ginning Tuesday, Play Production will give public presentation to the four original one-act plays which have emerged from the contest sponsored by the Division of Eng- lish - Commeiit on these plays has al- most entirely been directed toward the extraordinary fact that they were written by Michigan students. It se'ems'that the public is being "let in 'on the ground floor" to dramatic alent that will very shortly burst into more vivid bloom and out shine Eugenc O'Neill. This! has been the general view-except wherej satire ;bas been used in- stead. Undoubtedly the fact that the plays are a local product deserves atention, Play writing has not been a recognized activity here be- fore, and the general condition of the drana will heir a few more additions. But for the individual writers the plays themselves are more in the nature of a stunt or accident than an example of stu- dent self expression. The proof of the dramatist's pudding is in being able to repeat the process. The th1-n 1 n- nlA ...... 4..d. - The most popular cereals served in the dining-rooms of American colleges, eat- ing clubs and fraternities are made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. They include ALL-BRAN, Pep Bran Flakes, Rice Krispies, Krumbles and Kellogg's Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit. Also Kaffee Hag Coffee-the coffee that lets you sleep. A c hM J i M a big andif - --- on campuses f rom coast to coast. eT ii. / Iy Ii 1h z ". " The First Hundred Years Are the Hardest Nope; that wasn't so either, except the picture. * * * good, According to the Yale News, the. students of Yale are drinking much more than before prohibi- tion. The complaint is that in the past the students drank like gen- tlemen but now conditions have entirely changed. In other words, it used to be "drink like gentlemen", and now it's "gentlemen like drink"--and, they don't care who knows it. Inquisitive Irma wants to know what happened to all the empty Old Gold tins. "Nearly ten thous-1 and tin boxes were distributed on this campus," she avers, "and if SA fIA will you be doing ten, fifteen StOnc & V years from now? Fifteen years operates pub scems a pretty long time to be worrying looking forwa about, you say. Yet it's the fellow who new ways, looks ahead who usually comes out on Webster mar top. He builds the foundation now. makes him s he successes of today and tomorrow ugh pon are built on the fofindations of yesterday. of his public in the utility field that statement is par- You're goi ticularly true. A power station built today when you lca anticipates the needs of the community ganization o for many tomorrows. A transportation and upon wi system is laid to take care not only of the find the Stor present but of the future riders. worth knowi wit l, STOmNE & WE] INCORPORATED, AW