PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21', 1928' PAL ORFIA, EEBR2,12 014t atr4toatt antig I Published every morning except Monday Suring 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- Ished herein. Entered at the pnstoffice at Ann Arbor,, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post. waster General. Subscription by carrier, S4.oo; by mail, 'sffices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- hard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925 ; Buine, .2121,.; EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR KENNETH G. PATRICK Editor.........................Paul J. Kern City Editor...............Nelson J. Smith News Editor.............Richard C. Kurvink Sports Editor...............Morris Quinn Women'sEditor............Sylvia S. Stone -Editor Michigan Weekly... .J. Stewart Hooker Music and Drama............R. L. Askren Assistant City Editor...Lawrence R. Klein Night Editors Clarence N. Edelson Charles S. Monroe Joseph E. Ho well Pierce Ro-berg Donald J. Klinc George E. Simons George C. Tilley Reporters Paul L. Adams C. A. Lewis Morris Alexander Marian MacDonald Esther Anderson Henry Merry C. A. Askren N. S. Pickard Bertram Askwith Victor Rabinowitz ouise Behynmer Anne Schell Arthur Bernstein Rachel Shearer Seton C. Bovee Robert Silbar Isabel Charles Howard Simon L. R. Chubb Robert L. Sloss Frank E. Cooper Arthur R. Strubel Helen Domine Edith Thomas Douglas Edwards Beth Valentine Valborg Egeland Gurney Williams Robert J. Feldman Walter Wilds Marjorie Folmer George E. Wohlgemuth William Gentry Robert Woodroofe Lawrence Hartwig Joseph A. Russell Richard Jung Cadwell Swanson Charles R Kaufman A. Stewart Ruth Kelsey Edward L. Warner Jr. Donald E. Layman Cleland Wyllie BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER EDWARD L. HULSE AMsistant Manager-RAYMOND WACHTER AdvertisngDepartment Managerx Aderisng............... Alex K. Scherer Advertising..............A. James Jordan Advertising ............ . Carl W. Hammer Service...............Herbert E. Varnum Circulation..............George S. Bradley Accounts.............Lawrence E. Walkley Publications...............Ray M. Hofelich Assistants Irving Binzer Donald Blackstone .Mary Chase' Jeanette Dale Vernor Davis BessierEgeland Helen Geer Ann Goldberg Kasper Halverson George Hamilton Agnes Herwig Walter' Jack Horwich Dix Humphrey Marion Kerr Lillian Kovinsky Bernard Larson Leonard Littlejohn Hollister Mabley Jack Rose Carl F. Schelmm Sherwood Upton Marie Wellstead Yeagley FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928 Night Editor-GEORGE C. TILLEY MERRY CHRISTMAS To those members of the student body who haves not caught tho flu, to those, if possible, who have caught it, to the Health Service that now gets a hard-earned vacation, to our landladies-may they sell out with a profit-, to Sphinx and their petition for reinstatement, to the administration, deans, and faculty of this University, to Pro- fessor VanTyne and the student investigation, to Professor Yost and the Michigan football team, to the federal liquor men, to the state auto ban officers, to Gerald Hoag and the vaudeville profes- sion, and last but not least, to those twin butts of our conflicting predilections, Herbert Hoover and Alfred Smith, The Daily wishes a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 0 HONOR THE GLIDERS j It should be with a considerablel measure of pride that the Univer- sity notes among its manifold activities an entirely student-sup- ported endeavor. that is setting the pace for similar endeavors at New York University, Dartmouth, Cor- nell, Texas, Kansas, Utah, and De- troit University. Reference here is, made to gliding, the new science of amateur aviation, that is about to be introduced on this campus through the efforts of the Aero- nautical society and its energetic glider section committee. It is peculiarly fitting that glid- ing should attain its first measure of nation-wide popular enthusiasm coincident with the celebration of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first flight at Kitty Hawk, the success of which was (in large measure) founded on preliminary gliding ex- periments. Much as the Wright brothers' crude but fundamental gliding ex- periments pointed the way to avia- tion's future, the present enthusi- asm that is being accorded gliding points the way to a stil more useful future for the airplane as a vehicle of commerce in both passengers and freight, an important wing of the government mail service, a necessary arm of military and naval defense, a sport for true sportsmen, and eventually a fam- ily conveyance for Sunday rides and camping tours. The technical advances that; Any attempt to secure for our own aviation these benefits that Germany has reaped must meet with approval and support. The country owes a debt of gratitude to those whose interest has brought gliding here, and it should be an especial point of pride with the University that her students -are leading the movement, now Well under way, to develop an in- terest in gliding wide and enthusi-' astic enough to secure substantial results. Campus Opinion Contributors are asked to he brief, confining themselves to less than 300 words it possible. Anonymous com- munications will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confidential, upon re- quest. Letters published should nt be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of the Daily. POWER OF THE PRESS To the Staff of The Daily: .The "power of the press" to help a community to face intelligently and sanely conditions that may arise, or to confuse the situation and color it with personal feelings and desires, was forcibly demon- strated this week by The Michigan Daily. It may be that some members of your staff were truly overconcerned regarding the health of Michigan students. However, many things point definitely to the "playing up" of "influenza" as an excuse for adding an extra week to the six- teen days of vacation scheduled to begin Friday. Among other things, facts regarding student health conditions and general advice given by members of the Health Service Staff were printed in part only. Statements given out by the Health Service after a health sur- vey by it of 153 student groups in- cluding dormitories, fraternities, sororities, and league houses, a careful study of all student illness being cared for through the Health Service; checking up on the attendance and proportionate ab- sences of many of the larger class- es; etc., were questionec by an Editorial in your paper Tuesday, the 18th, by an editorial writer who seemed to set himself up as an authority on campus health. Headlines and editorials were un- duly alarming. "Lark" cleverly sized up the sit- uation, it would seem, in Wednes- day's Daily. Sone apparently, did "work harder this week than ever before to get out of school, also "The number of lightening-rapid recoveries from flu Friday night is going to be something to marvel at." There is an amusing side but there is also a serious side to the whole procedure. We all like vacations in reason. Members of the Health Service staff would have welcomed one this past week as much as if not more than any one else concerned. But recommending unwarranted vaca- tions is not one of tthe jobs of the Students' Health Service. One of its duties, however, is to. protect students from unnecessary loss of time during important years given over to opportunities for the en- richment of an intensive prepara- tion for life-years, every week of which should be of tremendous im- portance and value to each student, years which are costing not only parents, but also the tax payers of the state a lot of money. How- i ever, if the welfare of the students demanded the closing of the Uni- versity at any time the Students' Health Service, naturally, because of its special concern for student physical welfare, should and would be the first to recognize the situa- tion and make such recommenda- tion to the proper authorities. The recent situation was care- fully watched by the Health Serv- ice. It has kept in touch with health conditions from the first indication that epidemics of a mild form of "influenza" were oc- curing elsewhere and would prob- ably appear here as well. It is true that there have been many colds among Michigan stu- dents during the past weeks-there usually are at this time of the year, for that matter. There were also many cases of a mild form of in- fluenza last week and early this week. However, the mildness of the illness (a very diferent mat- ter from the type prevalent in the 1918 pandemic); the short dura- tion of the illness when intelligent precautions and care are taken; and comparisons of the number ill at any one time with the number of students enrolled, did not at any' time warrant recommending that tha University be closed. The highest type of service that a newspaper can render a commu- nity in times of epidemics is to co- operate with the health depart- ments of these communities in A ED LLQ II 11 o. Music And Drama v--- C °O ILarh t fts des the Teans, DEter~ flflerr ? Cbrtrstmas llappI? 1w J4ear fi' I it _ .._ "AMERICA" It would certainly be presump- tuous to attempt dogmatic criti- cism of Ernest Bloch's new sym- phony, "America," from the ver- sion produced by the orchestra of the School of Music. The musicians labored heroically, undoubtedly, and their efforts were tinged with the inspiration that comes from doing something historical in the musical world, but it is equally cer- tain that they were not of they calibre to do justice to Bloch. "America;" as it emerged, how- ever, is an extraordinarily skillful treatment, musically, of certain phases of American life which it tried to interpret. Bloch drew his picture well. Without exception every bit of it was freighted with sentiment, and the whole work left the impression of an emotional ap- peal. But one hesitates to accept the interpretation, given in the third movement, for the phases pictured. The first movement pictures the Pilgrim landing, 1620; the second deals with the Civil war, closing with a well restrained pathetic theme which translates the sentimental philosophy of the war tragedy. The third movement, opening in fox-trot time, swings through a turmoil of jazz rhythms into aimless cacophony until the moral sense comes to the rescue with the hymnal chant of "Ameri- ca" in which the audience and chorus join to sing the verse. The question is one of philoso- phy. Europeans will enjoy "Ameri- ca" immensely; Americans will wonder if 'the eternal verities' of morality are not more fundamen- tal than Bloch thinks, and if jazz is not more nearly an accessory than a protagonist to Puritanism. I. Leslie Askren NEW YORK SHOWS The, following culled, diagonal- ly and transversely from theatri- cal catalogues of one sort or an- other, represent some of the best business getters in the metropolis and promise good entertainment. COMEDIES AND FARCES The Front Page, humdinging melodrama already famous in the sticks. Newspaper life brushed up with occasional profanity. * * * Holiday, Phillip Barry in his gayest and wittiest mood, intro- ducing Stewart Edward White ac- cording to Phillip Barry. * * * Paris, with a drawing popula- tion of one, Irene Bordoni. Bright stuff, sophisticated. DRAMAS The Age of Innocence, Edith l Wharton's novel projected, show- ing not so innocent an age. Kath- erine Cornell, in shovel hat and velvets, greets her public. Congai, Helen Mencken playing 1 a half-caste on the back steps of Indo-China. Jarnegan, Jim Tully romanticis- ing a la Jim Tully about movie people. Joan Bennet opposite Daddy-Richard.** 03 I i Special Saturday Only p. "1 DRUGS KODAKS *Before You Leave Come in and Order Your Christmas Candy. We will pack and mail it or SAMPLER deliver for Christmas. "The most famous box of candy" $1.5a PundTAKE A BOX HO E $1.50 a pound- One Half to Five Pound Boxes PRESTIGE "The latest creation" $2.00 a pound SALMAGUNDI "Exquisite assortment of Chocolates" In a Beautiful Metal Box Calkins-Fletcher Drug Co. 3 Dependable Stores WVe have served Michigan and her students for 41 Nears SODAS CANDY Z5% on all Boudoir and DISCOUNT Table Lamps ERNST BROS. ELECTRIC SHOP 210S 4th Ave. ill nor rsrem rrrrr _ l i I - Jealousy; just that, between Bainter and John Halliday. two-character idea done g pingly. Fay The grip- WATCH YOUR STEP! OEx: "Has Goofus any modern ideas?" TEx: "Nope; he still wears HARD heels." * * 4 Macbeth, Gordon Craig expos- ing the soul of the play on his scenery. The rest seems unneces- sary, including Florence Reed. Mima, Belasco spending $300,000 rehearsal money to show Lenore Ulric in Hell, according to Ferenc Molnar. Wings Over Europe, The The- atre Guild rustling the wings of death over a Europe threatened by atomic energy newly released' * * * MUSICAL COMEDIES AND REVUES Animal Crackers, four brothers, Marx; wowing them where they sit. * * * Good Boy, novelty -ruisical stuff, showing book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2d, music by Stroth -; art, Kalmar and Ruby. A hick inventor is "it." EVER notice that the men who horn into the annuals as"the best dressed men in college" don't clatter about the campus with their heels making a noise like a loose fender? Smart dressers acknowledge the tend- ency toward the easy dignity of rubber heels. Do you wear 'em? Watch your step!© and detract from a otiherwise pleas- ing personality. Good year Hects wibstahsnd the jolts of walkin . Good rubbey, they give and lift and /p. Bound into the c(.l gk cobbler's tocla . Say ,Goodyear Wing- foot Icels. By the time 50 your pipeIs filled and burn- ur a difthey'renonc Whm r a difference! This Year of Crace, as usual. containing everything but the coal shovel, but that amusingly. Writ- 'ten and produced by Noel Coward; also acted, with others. Beatrice Lillie. ** * I f- -I a Noisy heels may raise lob with your academic standing I L a :