.IJ THE MICHIGAN DAiLY "- - - - - - - Published every morning except Monday luring 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 lispatches credited to it or nt otherwise redited in this paper and tie local news pub- ished herein. Entered at the postofIice at Ann Abor, lichigan, as second class matter. Special rate rf postge granted by Third Assistant Post- naster eneral. Subscription by carrier, $4.o; by mail, 4ffices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- ard_ Street "tonse; Editorial, 49251 Business, 214. EDITORIAL STAFF " Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR KENNETH G. PATRICK 9ditor.................'...Paul J. Kern City Editor .... ......Nelson J. Smith News Editor............Richard C. Kurvink sports Editor,.........Mor ris Quinn omen's Editor...........Sylvia S. Stone 9ditor Michigan Weekly.. . J.. 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Kaufman Cleland Wyllie BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER EDWARD L. HULSE Assistant Manager-RAYMOND WACHTER Department Managers Advertising ..........Alex K. Scherer Advertising ... ...A James Jordan Advertising ........arl W. Hammer Service.. ....... ..Herbert E. Varnum irctlation..... .. George S. Bradley Accounts............Lwec E. Walkley Publications..........Ray M. Hofelch Assistants [rving Biazer George R. Hamilton 1ary Chase Dix Humphrey reanette Dale Bernard Larson kernor Davis Leonard Littlejohn H-elen Geer Kapr Halverson T-14()W1"te Carl Schem rack Horwitch Robert Scoville FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1928 Night Editor-Clarence Edelson THE ISSUE There is nothing unusual in the act that the senior class of the! College of Literature, Science, and he Arts had held its class election. ['he unusual part seems to lie in he fact that the two presidential :andidates, Sutherland and Raber, *an one of the closest races in the iistory of Michigan class elections, Nith the former winning two re- ounts and the latter one. Naturally the usual rumors of )lural voting and corruption have seen levied against certain mem- jers of. other classes who are al- eged to have participated. While hese rumors may be established on ome basis of" fact, it is certain that he students of the University are lot an aggregation of such uni- orm crooks as the stories make hem out. As a matter of fact the entire allatng was probably more "on he level" than any previous elec- ion of the class of 1929. Formerly, vhen a dozen freshmen could enter he room, stuff their pots in their ockets, and cast ballots, corrup- ion was looked upon as more or ess a matter of course. Wednes- ay, when the Student Council aade every effort to conduct the oting in a strictly orderly and roper manner any seeming evi- .ence of cheating that there may lave been stood out in bold relief. 'his fact, combined with the loseness of the presidential elec- on, has created a situation more elicate than usual. That a sincere effort was made o conduct the election in a man- .er credit)ible to the University an not be denied. Watchers from; oth factions were allowed at every egistration list, where they had hie opportunityj to questiop any ame. If these watchers saw dis-; onesty and failed to report it at; fny time they are as guilty as the ffenders, and their stories two ays after appear weak as thoughj ley may be colored by disgruntledi andidates. That these lists were] s accurate as Miss Florence Mohr, ecorder, could make them is like- ise undeniable, and in order to void any possible complaint The question of which candidate was elected is not nearly so vital to the University campus as the question whether or not Michigan students are of a calibre such that will cheat in puny class elections. The principle of racing trains to grade crossings is all wrong. Sta- tistics show that trains are not afraid of automobiles. If we put Hoover in the White House, his well-known famine-re- lief activities will help stave off a war with Belguim for another four years. Perhaps Phi Eta Sigma is back- ing the honor system because its membership is falling off. If the movies are really still in their infancy, or even if they have attained the adolescent stage, the old adage never held more true than it does today: "Children, should be seen and not heard." Campus Opinion Contributors are asked to be brief, confining themselves to less than 300 words it possible. Anonymous com- munications will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be rgearded as confidential, upon re- quest. Letters published should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of the Daily. THE LIQUOR PROBLEM To the Editor: OASTED ROLL T ELECTION!' ELECTION? WHO'S GOT THE ELECTION? To B. C. When seniors act like brats of six And play their campus politics, From miles around men join the fray And sophs turn senior for the day; Raber men are quick to tell Sutherland men to go to hell; And Cristy, essence of perfection, Charges corruption, wants re- election.! Sanderson leads the Washtenaw crowd And tells the world in accents loud, "All's fair in soup and hash and war!" --Ain't nothing sacred any more. Yellit. Music And Drama MORE OR LESS Things being what they are (which doesn't mean a thing, really, but it's as good a way as any to start a review of The Garg- oyle-and that is what this column is going to turn out to be), since the world is its usual cruel place, filled with editors and creditors-- nor is that, distant pun intended as an aspersion of the illustrious Daily staff-it has been decided, over and above the objections of the united movie managers of this town, not to run any further ar- ticles about the Vitaphone. That decided, no more mention of the instrument will appear in this column. It isn't that the Vi- taphone isn't a nice thing. It is. Every body likes it. And it's use- ful, too. Of course, it's field has not been fully developed, nor ex- ploited. A Vitaphone would have fit in. nicely with some of the re- cent political caucuses-or cauci, or something else again; it doesn't matter-and it would have been nice to catch the recent council- manic withewashing after the in- evitable election scandal. Taken all in all, the Vitaphone is a nice little thing. We hate to leave it. But we, shall. University Students ind this training USEFUL NOW and INDISPENSABLE LATER. Enter anytime-why not TODAY? FARMERS AND MECHANICS DANK 205 E. Huron 330 S. State I I I' We know of only one magic with which to open the door of success. That magic is Thrift. And now is the time to begin the habit of Thrift - a habit that grows easier as time goes on -a habit that repays you a thousand- fold for the effort it costs. I FJVtR1 'A4 EEING1 1.-El m "Well, anyway, "sighed "Hon- est Russ," after Wednesday's election, "thred out of four have it." * * * Rolls Maintainence of Public Order bureau will conduct its own Senior Class election. Candidates who graduated in February will not be eligible. That should sim- plify matters. 1 r t t Sgt US HELP You NM'n" zI m'RL II . . T DANCE Now that the storm of opino on the Campus Liquor Question has subsided, I would like to re- cite a few facts for these enthus- iastic writers to turn over in their minds. Miss R. P. complained that it was taking away her" personal liberty.' She is apparently unaware of the fact that there is no such thing as personal liberty and that there never has been in all the ages of civilized man. Through all the centuries Man has legislated on personal habits. Even the feudal tyrannies, which Miss R. P. claims did not dictate what their subjects drink and wear, did to the minus test detail, regulate the habits and clothing of their serfs. There is no time in history when govern- ments did not regulate these hab- its. Our present laws regarding public decency apply to dress and conduct. To talk about one's per- sonal liberty is to talk perfectly in- sane twaddle. Further I would like to remind Miss R. P. that prohibition is not the dream of an idealist who had not been around much. For over a century prohibition has been a fact in many places, and its evolu- tion in the United States is the re- sult of a slow growth beginning seventy-five years ago. With Miss R. P. I concur that the United States is a free country. Unhappily it is. The fathers of this .country never intended it to be free in the sense that our bar baric immigrants desire it to be free. It is a fact that the United States is too free for a large class of people who are bent on break- ing down American customs and American ideals, to substitute therefor European standards which the New World realizes have a de- grading grip on Europeon society. Finally, "Why enforce the law among students?" Why not? Little use there is in trying to reform the old soaks o the sailors' homes and city slums. They are past hope and the only good thing we can say about them is that they will soon be gone from our midst. Better to insure the future genera- tion with a new plane of ideals than to work over the hopeless. J. A. A.'s answers, outside of attempted sarcasm, were creditable. R. F. T. in his reply to J. A. A. states that the Eighteenth Amend- ment is one of the poorest make- shift laws we have ever had. This statement is a little broad. The Eighteenth Amendment was placed in effect quicker than any other amendment by the states. The Volstead Act, together with the Amendment are perfect in their provisions and are not make- shifts in any sense. The make- shift comes with the half-hearted attempt to enforce the law. It is very unfortunate that the enforce- ment was entrusted to the Treas- usy Department. It might as well have been placed in the Postoffice department. The man who directs the enforcement made his original fortune in the liquor business and can hardly be expected to insure * * * Why not a federal investiga- tion of the election system on the campus? Democratic National Headquarters GeneralkMotors Building New York City Mr. E. G. O. Crispy State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan Dear Sir: Your methods in the re- cent campaign for presidency of the senior class at the University of Michigan have urged me to ask your aid in our own forthcoming election. Ii accordance with your policy, we will pay any price to blot out corruption-in the other party. Yours in the faith, J. J. Raskob. P. S.: I would congratulate you, but you probably have done that yourself. "We can't afford to risk an- other election," sobbed both campaign leaders last night, "taxi rates are too high!" * * * "I' at first you don't succeed, try, try a petition." ) * * * After a few more special committees are appointed to investigate corruption and graft in senior elections, there won't be enough members left to have an election. * * s After all, it's the Student Coun- cil members who count irf an elec- tion. If the senior election gets balled up in this fashion, think of what will happen when the freshmen get together. They should hold theirs under lock and key. * * * At least no senior, or any upper- classman, will lower. his dignity by wearing a pot to the freshman elec- tion, in order to vote. Perhaps, if all freshmen are required to wear pots, there will be an honest elec- tion. * * * It's just a darned good thing for the candidates that this is not the University of Mexico. * * * Why not appoint a king for the senior class, and make the office hereditary? * * * ( "These elections are noth- ing. Back in the good oldf I days when I ran the Student f I Council. . ." C. Cathcart Smutz. ( Which brings us around to where we started from, that the Gargoyle is a wonderful institution. Recent experiences with Sociology courses have, too, equipped us with a suf- ficiently large and potent vocab-- ularly to deal with it as an in- stitution. A term that suggests itself is "crystallization"; what of, no one cares. The "Garg" is its own genius. In the matter of humor it recalls the Apostles, but they were twelve and the forefathers of! all jokes are seven-which makes: better sense sociologically than biologically. Nevertheless, that's the "Garg .Only a fool seeks wis- dom anyhow; the wise man knows how lucky the idiot is. For example: "Co-ed Clothes going to Their Heads." "Bo-Bo, the what-is-it. Step right up, Ladies and Gentlemen, ("and those ' not so gentle, too.) Is it a threat; or is it a promise? "And the halt shall lead" the blind through the market places"-Aoubtless. What kind of a market? Joe Campus knows. Ask him. Ask him, too, what is a section. "A section is a definite space, de- voted to special interests, and run for the glory of God and the achievement of 'activities' medals." The boy is right, no less. It couldn't be less. It might be more. The "Garg" has;sections. Their history runs something like this. "In the beginning was "Garg;" and "Garg" was funny. But behold, there came into the land a plague, and "Garg" was afflicted with many sections." Of course, it wasn't as bad as all that. Far from doing a Job, park- ed on a hill of broken dishes they lowered the subscription price to 15 cents. The sections remain. Are they the cart, or the horse? That they get anywhere, isn't at all nec- essary. Three gins leave you just like that. They don't go away, but you know perfectly well how they leave you-that feeling is Futility- the feeling of Gah. "And I was feeling just like that, Mamie." There is a literature of that feeling. It begins flat. It doesn't go up; it doesn't go down. But oh, the next morning! Seduc- tions are much easier that way- to write. As early as page three; the next morning you wake up and can't remember what it felt like. "The Sun Also Rises."' It was morning, you see. - - -and the "Garg" is like that, too. Editorials are sections too. But not always. Sometimes they burn, then they're anathema and some- body gets fired and the school goes around feeling like martyrs. The fired one goes to Europe to be free, or gets a six months' start on the rest of the gang in the business world. "I tell you, Chrysler's a good buy." "And how did you like Paris?" "You don't have to shout." or "And how did you like Paris?" "Three drinks and I thought I was back home." or-or is that enough? For "Garg" is that way too. "Three drinks and then the roller- skate came of. Yes, right on the 'Champs Elysee. And say, but you TONIGHT Request Nite Our patrons are pleased with the num- ber and variety of the popular dance hits played by Buddy Golden and his Eleven Wolverines. Ask Buddy to play your favorite tune. Dancing 9-1 $1.00 per couple Dancing 9-12 $1.50 per couple GRANGER'S Tickets on sale at Slater's ® r SATURAY Football Night TWO BANDS CONTINUOUS MUSIC BUDDY GOLDEN AND HIS ELEVEN WOLVERINES vs. COOPER'S STOMPERS "Eight Colored Entertainers" EEL U RNEE ....... .. EU LLE E ... 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