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HOWELL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1929 THE HEAVENLY MUSE JOINS THE UNIVERSITY No longer will the sterling musicians who lend their music to the ensemble of the Varsity band and other campus musical organi- zations fear that they shall have to forgo the pleasure of playing with their fellows in the University, for among the actions which the Regents took in that famous last meeting was to combine the School of Music with the University cf Michigan. This move will undoubtedly cause the majority of students on campus and most outsiders to rub their eyes in astonishment, for the general belief is that the music school is a part of the University proper instead of being a separate unit. On the other hand, the two have been separate. Faculty men in the University have acted on the board of directors of the School of Music, and students in the latter have taken a part in the musical organizations of the regular Uni- versity, even while f rbidden to partake in the athletics, publica- tions, and other recognized campus activity work. .. _ I Editorial Comment i i! Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Tech" FORDI INVADES ANN ARBOR == '1 . A college in the United States is a business enterprise, it usually has a plentiful supply of funds, administered solely by a board of trustees chosen for their business experience and prestige; whereas a European college is ruled by its faculty-by those who know what is essential, for the purpose of edu- cation and research; not for pros- perity and renown. The situation is obvious, are we the better for it? When a European college estab- lishes a laboratory, it first finds a man capable of. its supervision; then it secures the space, and the rest follows without further trouble. When an American institution establishes a laboratory, it erects a new building, and purchases the apparatus; then any available fac- ulty member may be chosen direc- tor, whether he is capable or not; the building is the primary requisite, the machinery the other. Ar not the M. I. T. buildings and labora- tories nationally famous? And do we not hear solely of foreign pro- fessors and research geniuses, with mention -of their workshops solely as of their own creation? One the average, approximately 10 per cent of any faculty are worthy of their title. Europe gives heed to that 10 per cent sponsor- ing them, and furthering their ef- forts giving not a tinker's dam for the other ninety. American methods are directly opposite; here the ninety are helped, encouraged, and forced on the students-it is essential to the American social system of education. We matriculate en masse principally for that assis- tance which the fact of graduation will lend to future success, and secondary for the knowledge. A European student studies with a certain professor, depending on where the professor happens to be teaching, entirely for the superior training that man can provide. We of the United States. and of M. I. T. graduate from an institution; we take . the formulated knowledge along with- the rest of the flock, with little regard as to who may administer the dose. And we have long been satisfied. Shall we con- tinue so? Campus Opinion Contributors are asked to he brief, confining themselves to less than 300 words i possible. Anonymous comn- muicationr will e 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. To the Editor: "LittleSurrenders Post." How synonymous is that glaring head- line with the picture of a captain battling off his mutinous crew, fighting against forces overwhelm- ing, until, with odds become im- possible, he is forced to surrender -to stupidity, to lust, and to thoughtlessness. Certainly it is with great pride that Michigan students should hail themselves as members of that crew which aided in President Lit- tle's withdrawal. The first student reaction voiced on the campus this morning was, "Goody, goody. Now maybe I can drive my car next year." The second was uttered by one of the now famous landladies, "Oh, isn't that lucky?" And the third by a professor in a depart- mental school, "Well, that's that, thank God." That "thank God" being added in the now fashionable Strange Interlude manner. The only reason that I held up 6 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, promi- nent Detroiters, were visitors in Ann Arbor yesterday, the august columns of The Daily tell us. To- morrow the Washtenaw Tribune will publish an extra on the rumor that Ford intends to build a factory here. * * * Chicago citizens are raising a huge cry over the fact that the farmers dumped all their milk on the road the other day instead of bringing it into the city. What are they making all the fuss about? It's no use crying over spilled milk. * . , Deaths in Italy have exceeded births by 424,000. -The statisticians are after you, Mussolini. Others have tried four assasinations and failed, but figures don't lie. * * * Ten men are marooned on the ice in two tugs off the city of Grand Haven, Michigan. There is no cause for alarm, so far as we can see. People are lucky to have a nice dry boat to live in this weather. s s A dispatch from Jerusalem in- forms us that archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of "Mrs., Sol- omon." Boy, what a cemetery that must have been! , , - British Cabinet 'Sharpens Wits To Curry Votes, a headline reads in a metropolitan paper. Oh, we see: a filing cabinet. A surgeon from Chicago broke all train records between there and Rock Island, Illinois. We took that run once and we know just how he beat the train record. He got out and ran. * * * A recount of votes in a little town in southern Illinois dis- placed the Republican candi- date for sheriff in favor of the Democratic choice. The influ- ence of our Student Council reaches even into southern Il- linois. * * * John L. Murphy, a prisoner in the Ohio State Petitentiary, has gained quite a reputation as a short story writer while in prison. Now he is about to be paroled because of that. This should be a big boom for the rhetoric department. Music And Drama - gs ie Stlw ;gs. . "supplesJ (o R HOW LEGENDARY, RACIAL, AND for all Musical Instruments RELIGIOUS COLOR ARE USED IN CZECHO-SLOVAKIA'S MUSIC Schaeberle & Son TYPING "It is geHeriliy known, of courseM S Have your thesis typed by an Expert Typist It s enr lyknonofcor*MUSIC HOUSE that the Prague Teachers' Chorus 1 S. Main St. Reasonable Rales will pay its first visit to America 1111 South University " Block from Campus this winter, making its first an- pearance in Boston, Jan. 5, and its 1 New York debut Jan. 7, but what { W ant Ads Pay of the source from which these ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION " - singers have arisen? . "What of the historic, emotional Prsents and racial background from whichi D A N C I N G -d" E have emerged this "vocal sym1 at the phony, unique among the thou- Ar ory sand and one other choral organi- Armor zations of the world? The chron-=Eve 2 iles of Czecho-Slovakia, once the kingdom ofBohemia, are not such Wednesday and L aCOC common property as the histories_- of larger nations. But history does Saturday Nite Noted Humorist not always choose a big glaring.. -1= ' - ">": - stage for her best .performances; and many of her brightest and most Park P:n.-.ru colorful moments were set on the --- - EBRUARY u Czecho-Slovakian scene, in thisl -FA land as heavy with legend as an- Everybody=- embroidered peasant dress, as mel- Welcome rITICKETS AT SLATER'S low with memories as an ancient { v " tapestry, where blue lights burn; on All-Saint Eve above buried__ treasure, and the Catholic and Protestant creeds mingle with tales of were-wolves, mountain demons We Cordally.Invite You to Come in to and evil marsh-ghosts. "In this cold and machine-driven I Twentieth Century, there are still wandering singers and players C R IPE ' U BA through all Czecho-Slovakia; Rich- ard Wagner mentioned seeing a band of these minstrels sitting on a village green, playing a Beetho- ven septuor for their own pleasure. "The music of this land comes Just Below Our Regular CampusDrug Store down from the Ninth Century; 723 North C a songs were chanted In monasteries University Ave. and churches, and written on stiff parchment. An ideal place to enjoy your "During the Fourteenth and Fif- l teenth Centuries, the religiouslesure momentsduring the next two weeks. storms that were convulsing Eu-Au rope carried into Bohemia. A dis-"A Varied Menu of Light Lunches and senting element arose in the Cath- Regular Breakfasts, Luncheons, olic Church, called the Hussites- claiming greater freedom of con- andDinners science, they refused to subscribe to certain dogmas, and for years QUALITY SERVICE SATISFACTION Bohemia (now Czecho-Slovakia) i was torn with the conflict of the adherents of the two beliefs. "When the revolutionary wave that followeduthe French upheaval ° l111i11111111lUlif 1ifl1 II 111111111 1 I1i swept over Europe from 1790-1840, a national resurrection, a sort of renaissance, began; the native language, kept alive by the folk- songs, came back among the people, and a new impetus given to music reached its climax with the com 1flN( . TIh poser Smetana, born 1824. LONG YEARS "From a background like this, it - is no wonder that such an ensem- ble as the Prague Teachers' ChrousOK has emerged. Founded twenty-five O AK N years ago, it has fifty members, all public schools, many of them situ- ated in the' suburbs or in the out- n lying country around Prague. To ....Wll not necessarily convnce yoL get to rehearsals it is necessary to depend on the somewhat capricious f the superiority of VARSITY local train service, and often to come through bitter and inclement SERVICE So we extend an invita- weather; yet it is a matter of re- S Rowta ord that no member has ever; missed a rehearsal except in case of1 ion to you to come and visit our serious illness. None of these sing- ers receives pay for his services; ant and see for yourself what from this fact, one can easily meas- ure their devotion to music. d= e r n = "The Chorus will present com- positions of modern native compos- - ers, and also traditional folk-songs edk and ancient chorales. Their most unique offering is perhaps a com- can aCCOmplish. position entitled "Zborov" by Me- dek. It is a complete vocal sym- phony which takes about forty-five minutes to perform, and the chorus sings entirely from memory, with- -I out the score. The theme of1: oe~~t "Zborov" is a modern epic, as nOne 4 described by Leonard Parsons: 'One I of the strangest enterprises of the 'war was the assembling in Russia of the Czecho-Slovak army.. Side by side with the Russians they fought against the Central Powers; they continued when the Russian - armies were in dissolution. After- ward the Seventy Thousand set out . . . intending to resume the war- in France. Through the chaos of Siberia they struggled on in scattered groups or in considerable-3 bodies. Summer followed winter winter followed summer-still they waged the battle against man and N D climate. Their great march hasop- often been compared with Xeno- phon's "Anabasis" . . . it is a tale of perils, heroism, marvellous dor Lib t nd Fifth ventures. .3 .r n a Just As We Predicted A Lot Of Factional Jealousy Friday, This last fall saw grave doubts my head this morning was because as to whether or not the School of your editorial, "Michigan Turns of Music students, then playing as Its Back on a Genius." That, to- members of the band, and making gether with a few other students up the better share of it, both in who have chosen to remain tight- numbers and musical ability,-could lipped because there seems to be keep on playing legitimately. In little use in saying anything after the middle of a disastrous season the thing has been done, is the in which the band furnished a only ray of hope for Michigan's large factor in Michigan pride, future. But what a beautiful ex- the band almost was shot to pieces, ample of "the majority rules" on but was saved by intervention. this campus this morning! I hope, In joining the University, the in the future, this same majority School of Music will retain its may be proud to be referred to as present organization, but will take the catcall for doll-faced morons the same status as any other school and loud-cheering nonenties. Cer- or college. This will stop opposi- tainly the dream for a truly great tion to the Music school members university has been shattered, taking part in the musical organi- pushed aside by the Western desire zations on campus, and will also for play and its reluctance to allow the School of Music to lower change and experiment. its tuition to a degree uno ttainable In spite of the coarseness of the before. Michigan has long needed whole proceedings, President Little a closer bond with its musical men- is to be admired for his action and tors and organizations, and while i the gentlemanly way he has con- ,,it has sponsored the school as a - ducted himself through the glare worthy cause, it has been unable of wide-eyed publicity. Never has to give . credit for music school he forgotten that he is above every- courses. The music school, on the thing that is being said and done, s i i To say that the engineers are incensed is very poor dic- tion-we are simply reeking with derision for the sour cracks in Friday's Rolls. The ability displayed in hurling that aque- ous mixture of calcereous and argillaceous materials known as mud was, indeed, typical of that profession known as lawyers. No doubt they do feel a trifle take back, not to say.hurt, that an engineer has stepped out and taken, by popular consent, the highest position in the lawyers' world. Imagine their embarrassment! However, they may get an opportunity to give vent to some of- their wrath at their Crease Dance next spring -with the help of the Ann Ar- bor police force and any other armed faction whose services they can obtain. May the lawyers enjoy their cup of tea as they sit back and view through bloodshot eyes the golden fleece which will soon adorn their walls. E. R. N., '30E. * * * A Kentucky Heiress refused to marry a man the other day because he had been educated only in an art school. Gosh, just because you are educated in an art school is no reason to call it a sketchy edu- cation! * * * A New York University pro- fessor is reported to have made out his examination questions while riding to class on the subway. Sort of a test tube, we presume. * * * Whatever you think of the fight between Colonel Stewart and the Rockefellers over the control of the Standard- Oil company of In- diana, you can say "banana oil." LARK 4 ideas. And I am ashamed of0 Michigan because I will have to rub!