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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928
Night Editor-CHARLES S. MONROE
as the similar one presented by
Northwestern herself.
If we are wrong, however, and
if the Western Conference stands
for nothing better than athletic
victory at all costs, then we feel
certain that Chicago will not be
the :only university to leave that
organization in the near future.
We feel certain that Michigan her-
self, which has not been noted for
the weakness of her athletic teams,
will be perfectly willing to aban-
don the Big Ten entirely to North-
western and any professional foot-
ball teams which can give her
adequate competition. Michigan
has never felt degraded by playing
Chicago, and never will, let us hope.
Michigan aspires to stand for as
high academic achievement as
Chicago herself, and if that fact
means the end of athletic relations
with Northwestern, such a regret-
table end seems inevitable.
It is to be doubted, of course,
whether anyone with the best in-
terests of Northwestern herself at
heart would make such an absurd
proposal; but certain it is that the
recent student agitation at that
university to oust Chicago from
the Western Conference does not
do credit to the record for sports-
manship which certain past ac-
tions had given to Northwestern in
Ann Arbor.
SUSPEND NORTHWESTERN
FROM THE BIG TEN?
If the Northwestern students re-
sponsible for the proposal that
Chicago be expelled from the
Western Conference lack taste and
judgment they make up for it
with an overpowering sense of hu-
mor. The proposal is made, it
seems, because Chicago possesses
consistently weak athletic teams-
being no match for Northwestern'
-and that, in the opinion of many
Northwestern students, is adequate
cause for ousting Chicago from the
Big Ten.
Had the proposal been made by
Illinois or Michigan, or even by
Minnesota or Ohio State or Wis-
consin, it would not have been any-
where nearly so ludicrous, though
it would have been equally out of
place. But coming from North-
western the idea can not help but.
bring a smile to those who have
followed Western Conference ath-
letics during the past ten years.
It is almost within the memory
of the present student generation
that Northwestern herself fur-
nished an annual doormat unon
which the other teams of the Big
Ten rubbed their muddy feet with
abandon. It is not so many years
since Northwestern showed con-
siderable unwillingness to book the
stronger teams of the Conference
at all, and of all universities in
the Big Ten, Northwestern has
probably the best right to feel at
home in the cellar.
But to get serious, the whole idea
that the Western Conference exists
for only the strongest teams in the{
Middle West is rather reprehensi-
ble. The ideals of the Big Ten
have never really been as low, let
us hope, as Northwestern supposes;
for from the very first the object
of the orpa.nizastion has been to
sustain eligibility rules at a high
and uniform level. Notre Dame
has turned out better teams than
many Big Ten schools, and the
University of Detroit has not been
defeated in 14 games, still very
few persons would propose these
universities, with their present
eligibility standards, for member-
ship in the Western Conference.
The reason for Chicago's weak-
ened athletic teams seems to be,
nnrtialn. a nt least. beausae hietn
Campus Opinion
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opinion of the Daily.
MEN OF 1931
To the Editor:
In the life of every man, there
comes a time when he is called on
to make a decision of the utmost
importance to his future success.
Perhaps his efforts, until that de-
cision is made, have been cursed
by failure or crowned by success-
no matter. From that time onward,
he either soars upward toward the
heights or downward toward the
depths. As it is with an individual,
so it is with a nation, a school, a
team-all being merely groups of
individuals. And so it is with a
class.
What have we, as a class ever
accomplished? The only answer
which is truthful is, "Nothing."
Each individual has contributed
scholastically, socially, and ath-
letically in some measure to the
name of Michigan. But, as a unit,
we have accomplished nothing. It
is true'that we have collectively at-
tempted only twice, in the fall and
spring games of last year. But it
is likewise true that we werede-
feated in both contests. We have
recently been the subject of ridi-
cule in the "Daily" on several oc-
casions. The class of '31 has come
to be almost synonymous with de-
feat. How long shall we continue
to be the joke of the campus?
A group of sophomore vigilantes
have attempted to guide the nurs-
ing infants of '32. The number of
the Vigilantes has been exceeding-
ly small but they have accom-
plished and have left their im-
prints in various places. At a gen-
eral meeting of the sophomores in
the Union on Monday night,
thirty-eight were present to give
support to the endeavors of the
committee. Perhaps the rest gave
their's by proxy. Now is the time
for each member of the class to
decide whether or not he will sup-
port that class of which he is a
member. There will be a general
meeting of the sophomores in the
ballroom of the Union on Thurs-
day night at 8:30, cigarettes will be
on the house. There will be var-
ious attractions offered on "Black
Friday," the details of which will
be explained at the assembly on
Thursday. And, at 8:30 on Satur-
day morning, the class of '31 will
assemble at Waterman gymnasium
for the traditional fall games on
South Ferry field. Let's see every
sophomore at the Union Thursday
night and at the games on Satur-
day morning.
Let's forget on the day of the
games that we are rational humans
and let only the passions of our
physically-gifted ancestors guide
us. Let's forget that we are among
the select on whom the goddess of
Wisdom has smiled and throw off
our cloak of conventionality until
we have finished with the butcher-
ing of the Innocents. Let's forget
that we are fraternity men and in-
dependents, combine, our forces
and sweep onward with a charge
which will not be' stayed. And
QE~D ROLL
JBY THEIR FRtUTS
YESHALL e
KNOW THEMj
That great and august body, the
Interfraternity council, has brok-
en all precedent and disapproved
of something. Of course, it
doesn't matter to anyone whether
they approve of anything or not,
but the startling thing is the fact
that they disapproved for the first
time.
The Council is known as the
most amiable body on the cam-1
pus, for from its inchoation it
has willingly agreed to every
action that has come up.
* * *
"Nobody was taking any seriousI
note of us," wailed E. Hardtack
Wake, president of the Council in
a brief Rolls interview last night,
attempting to justify the strange
action of the body. "Nobody ever
has taken any serious note of us,"
he sobbed, "and so we just had to
take a definite stand on something,
even if we had to disapprove of it."
* * *
The Student Council, whose
policies are somewhat allied
with those of .the Interfrater-
nty group, will probably give
them a vote of confidence.
* * *
We suggest an entirely revolu-1
tionary idea for the Council to I
adopt. Instead of deferred, why not
preferred rushing for Freshmen?
* * *
Molten Metal Mamma, You've
Made An Ingot
Of Me
To L. A. McG.
Hail, queenly beauty from the
South,
With perfect, proud prolific
mouth,
Thou object of my adoration
For thy manifold powers of
conversation-
Thou incarnation of gaiety,
Essense of spontaneity,
Queen divine, mold of fashion
With eyes like pools of limpid
passion
That roll beneath your golden
locks
And buzz me with electric
shocks-
Thou comic act in life's sad
drama,
All hail, my molten-metal
mamma,'
I'm just as glad as I can be
You had the pleasure of
meeting me.
Yellit.
* * *
1 Exactly 50 days have passed
and still there is no news of l
Tom Carr. Should she remain
true, trusting that lone spark of
faith remaining within her or
should she heed the advice of
friends and cast her illusions to
the four winds. What would
YOU do in the case of Mary
IGold?
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* * *
Alpha Nu has discussed the
problem of international peace.
Thank God that's settled, Alpha
Nu. Now can't you do something
about the date of the founding of
the University?
* * *
The first stop. that Herbert
Hoover will make on his South
American trip has been an-
nounced as Nicaragua. We
wonder, Herbie, if you plan to
bring the marines home with
you?
Chi Delta Phi has startled a
sleeping world by announcing that
it is all for Inlander. Well, those
poor little girls had to have some
place to publish their stuff, even if
they had to use the Inlander.
Two paper companies in the
East are having a production
war. Beating each other to the
pulp, we suppose.
The Michigan State students are
presenting the play "He Who Gets
Slapped." Probably in sympathy
with the editor of their paper, whoI
was suspended a while back.
A warrant has been issued
for the mayor of an Alabama
city. Apparantly he is the man
in Alabama who voted for
Hoover.
Only 19 More Shopping Days!
Our idea of the true optimist is
the fellow who comes out of the
Dean's office singing, "Be it ever
so humble, there's no place like
home."
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About Books
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A GOOD "HOW TO WRITE" BOOK
The English "guest reviewer"
for The New York World," St. John
Ervine, has written a book which,
it is not guaranteed to make play-
wrights, will at least be of immense
interest to tyros-and, in fact, to
anyone who is interested in the
art of the theater. The title of
the book, inclusive in the extreme,
is "How to Write a Play."* But
no one realizes any more keenly
than Mr. Ervine the impossibility
of such instruction. His very first
sentence in the book is, "The title
of this book is entirely catch-
penny."
That attitude of sane under-
standing of the problems of the
theater prevails throughout. For
Mr. Ervine is not 'talking tho ugh
his hat" when he p m"e'' lmu'to
write about the stage. For ma
long years he hase blm the
leading English critis o the
drama and things dammtc -he
has written about a dozen l ays
full length and one-atrs- and H
has also wr ti
stories. Iis
artistic is amazing
All of the versati. ity r etsit--
self in this book. The rmi"l" ae
drawn from 'a Gi lm il'eCs ..1''
tions that he mak i
are not the usua
and-dried examples, "' ki"ter
esting selection 0''Pr
literature. His ectonondilc'u
and plot are as i'cr'in -analsis
of the problems that beet2
writer as we have seen. and
they are of immense value in the
consideration of thinks that
one should not do in attemptg
to write a play.
Almost all of the pwobls are
here-and they are the problems of
which the amateur usually re-
mains blissfully unaware until his
plays failato "click." Mr. Ervne
does not attempt to say how one"
should write dialouge, or indicate
the passage of time, or treat prob-
lems of character and plot. But
he doesroutline the imortant
things and give examples of how
the problems have been handled in
the past. In the examples Gals-
worthy rubs shoulders with Kit
Marlowe, and Lonsdale with Mo-
1liere. Nothing is confined to a
period or a class of drama, but
everything is handled in the broad
;light of productions for the stage,
this being granted as the import-
ant thing.
On the whole this is one of the
best and most interesting "How to
Write" books that we have ever
seen. And we venture to say that
it will accomplish a hundred times
the good that is accomplished by a
pedantic and more scholarly tone.
If you care the proverbial' "two
whoops in hell" about the drama
you'll find this book fascinating
and helpful.
*by St. John Ervine. The Macmillan Co. New
'York. $1.7.5
TURNING FROM MOEiNTSSM
"Harness,"* the recent novel b
A. Hamilton Gibbs, authorof
"Soundings," is une i n prse
day fiction for its serious
and careful (-ominaion of this
with a skilled techni' that ieet
the public's demands for2 aen
tertaining story.
At least two of the charaters i
the book are very much alive and
well done. They are Michael Gor-
don, whom the war has cut adrif
from his previous contacts end who
clings desperately to his wife for
support and refoundation of life;
and Sylvia Wade. the younger sis-
ter of Michael's wife, whoe case is
somewhat parallel to his. Thare
left groping by the war n! its ef-I
fects. Michael fhids1 l1in a wife
for whom he is ob l:g figh1
and in his se-. S' c meet
tragedy in a loveless. modern mar-
riage, but finds pertial salvation
in Michael whom she n turn saves.
The book is truely a "return to
the Gregorian chant," but it is not
staid or uninteresting. Rather it
is tensely dramatic throughout;
and well balanced with overtones
of tragedy and humor through
which sound the constant melody
of peace and retirement from the
fever and restlessness of modern
life. It is this conflict between
modernism and a love marriare
which forms the theme of the
book.
All in all, this book, although not
very great, is good, and a pleasing
sign of change. Its chief weakness
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