.x _ t, TA T3 Ut-(H V1rr Ft Ir.a N' }hA+ T ,I" -_ TUESrLEATr '- AMi~J " .. s: rau.u . r v v zv i __ PTblished every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- Stches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news published herein. Entered at the posto..ce at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post mtaster General. Sibscription by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. Offices: Anti Arbor Press Building, May- nard Street, Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214. point untainted by association with recent Michigan history; greater acquaintance w i t h outstanding men who might be added to the faculty; and a personality fresh to the academic mind which might be predjudiced against one more intimately known. Such presumption, of courseJ should not be taken to mean that the burden cannot be swung in the favor of one already known to the faculty and students. In the final analysis, Michigan now needs an acknowledged leader who can vigorously step. off the way of pro- gress in a material and an aca- demic sense. That much remains to be done in both directions, no one can deny. In hope for such a' selection whether from the local field or the lists outside, our eyes are turned with more than passing interest upon the Regents' meet- ing next Friday. It may be that at such an early date the prospect for improvement in the sunny side of the University's future existence will be greatly improved. i L it if c in C EDITORIAL STAFF I Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR ELLIS B. MERRY Edior .....................George C. Tilley News Editor .. . .... .......George E. Simons City Editor.......... Pierce Rosenberg Sports Editor ........Edward B. Warner, Jr. Women's Editor ...........Marjorie Fohmer Telegraph Editor.......GeargeStauter Music and Drama ........ William Gorman Literary Editor..........Lawrence R. Klein Assistant City Editor....-Robert J. Feldman Night Editors Frank E. Cooper Robert L. Sloss William C. Gentry Gurney Williams, Jr. Heriry J. Merry Walter Wilds Charles R. Kaufman Reporters OASTE RLL FROSH uI1L FROM THE PRESS Rolls' Own Newsreel Service (Thee Lies and Leers of the World) with its all-seeing and all-knowing lenses has caught a few choice csenes from the just-past fresh- man week. GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION OF FRESHMEN.- SENSATION amea J. Fillinham McGoogle, impres- sionistic: painter from Oscaloosa, Wis., submitted the above picture purporting to represent the feel- ing of the average freshman his first day in a large university. HOW MORALS ARE RUINED IN A BIG UNIVERSITY ~ - Music And Drama DETROIT THIS WEEK: At the Wilson Theater New York Theater Guild presentation of George Ber- nard Shaw's "'Pygmalion." At the Cass, Katharine Cornell in "The Age of Innocence," a dra- matization of Edith Wharton's novel of the 'mauve decade.' Detroit Civic Theater: Jessie Bonstelle " presents an entire new company in A. A. Mine's charming comedy "Meet the Prince." Lafayette: William A. Grew's farce-comedy, "My Girl Friday." I , , ! , ,; z: f6 I Charles A. Askren Helen Barc Louise Behymer Thomas M. Cooley W. ' H. Crant Leda u E. Davis Helen Domine Magaret Eckels Katherine Ferrin Car) Forsythe' Sh" don C. Fullerton Ruth Geddes Ginevra Ginn J. Ednmund Glavin Tack Goldsmith D. B. Henpstead, Jr. Ja es'.C,Hendley Richard T. Hurley Jean H. Levy' Russell E. McCracken Lester M. May William Page Gustav R.. Reich John D. Reindel Jeannie Roberts Joe Russell Joseph F. Ruwitch William P. Salzarulo George Stauter Cadwell Swanson Jane Thayer Margaret Thompson Richard L. Tobin Beth Valentine Harold 0. Warren Charles S. White G. Lionel Willens Lionel G. Willens J. E. Willoughby Barbara Wright Vivian Zimit BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER A. J. JORDAN, JR. Assistant Manager ALEX K. SCHERER F' Department Managers Advertising......... ...Hollister Mabley Advertising........... Kasper H. Halverson Ad'ertisig ...... ......Sherwood Upton Ser~Vice ....... ..........George Spater Circulation.................J. Vernor Davis Acouhts. ....... ...Jack Rose PulAicationsn................George Hamilton Assistants COLLEGE CHILDREN Until the present time at least, officials of the University have never seen fit to admit to Michigan children from the grade schools. This year, however, might seem to be the exception. While sadly real- izing the fact that freshmen are expected to be infantile, we have no difficulty in picturing members, of the class of 1933 as small boys who take childish delight in "show- ing the world" just how good they are. In fact, we saw them as such last night. .The gangs of freshmen who gathered together with the evi- dent intention of hazing their mortal enemies, the sophomores, (who acted not a bit more ma- ture with a year of opportunity to lose some of their childish inclina- tions), made it quite evident to an. impartial observer that Michigan is not completely getting the type of. men it wa2uts when incidents of this nature occur., Hazing is. a thing of the past. With six-shooters, the old gray mare, bustles, and gas lights, went hazing. Colleges are primarily in- tellectual and cultural institutions, but where is the place for intel- ligence or culture when freshmen, sophomores,- and perhaps a few half-witted juniors and seniors at- tempt to determine just how near- ly. they, can imitate savages? Class spirit is an excellent thing, when turned into the proper-chan- nels. Hence, areclass games held twiaduring the school year, so that any emotion brewed in the intervening time may be vented. But we are all primarily members of the same University and as in- dividuals and classes should co- ordinate rather than disrupt. Haz- ing. once had its place in univer- sity life, but that place is gone. The freshmen and sophomores particularly woulct do well to let sleping dogs lie. FIRST IN GLIDING I a e, p a S. 4 ti v t i I Howard W. Baldock Raymond Camrpbell James E. Cartw right Robert Crawford Harry B. Culver Thomas M. Davis Jamies Hoffer No ris'Johnson Cullen' Kennedy Charles Kline Marvin Kobacker Lawrence Lucey George Patterson Norman Eliezer Anson Hoex Robert Williamson Thomas Muir Charles Sanford Lee Slayton Roger C.Thorpe Jeanette Dale Bessie V. Egeland j3ernice Glaser Helen E. Musselwhite Hortense Gooding Eleanor Walkinshaw Alice McCully' Dorothy Stonehouise Dorothea Waterman Marie Wellstead Night Editor - HENRY MERRY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929 FOR A PROGRESSIVE MICHIGAN The summer apparently has done little enough to clear up the con- fusion surrounding M i c h i g a n's presidential chair. Outside of the unfortunate airing by one Regent of his personal prejudices, but one. hesitating step-albeit a praise- ,worthy one-has been taken.. In the elevation of Dean Ruthven to the "acting presidency" the Re- gents made a safe and logical move in complete accord with the execu- tive wisdom of former president Little. We can scarcely feel, however, that the chair will long be left filled as at present. The conflictsI and dissentions of President Little's four-year regime have left the Un- iversity in a markedly anemic con- dition which demands more lead- ership that can be supplied by any niere functionary with only the powers of acting president. This must not be construed as reflect- ing discredit on the ability of Dean RFuthven. Any actihg president is barred by the pro tempore nature of his office and a decent consid- eration of his successor's wishes from embarking on vigorous and far reaching policies. To any one with an eye for signs ten minutes' perusal of the 1929-30 University catalogue should dem- onstrate the anemia from which' Michigan is suffering. An appall- iig number of the old-line profes- sors who were the backbone of the faculty have retired, resigned, or requested a leave of absence this year. This is certainly not a co- incidence. The ferment of recent years has poisoned the local well- springs of learning with a dissatis- faction deep-seated enough to drive away the men who really made Michigan what it used to be. But when it comes to picking a permanent president there is a dif- ference of opinion between the merits respectively of a local man and a foreigner. Some reaction- aries hold a brief for the local man I t l M ' J r 4 ! 1 With a considerable measure of satisfaction The Daily reviews the summer accomplishments of the Michigan Glider section, not only because they more than justify the publicity given last year through these columns, but because a group of students has brought no incon- siderable acclaim to Michigan through their acknowledged lead- ership of the gliding movement now sweeping the United States. The local glider section was thej first club to affiliate with the Na- tional Glider association, the sec- ond to get in the air, the first to qualify a member for a third class glider pilot's license and the first to qualify a member for a second class license. The towing of glid- ers behind automobiles was devel-. oped in Ann Arbor, and members of the local club have taken the lead in flying behind aeroplanes. At the recent Cleveland air show one member won the award for the most impressive glider performance when he landed his ship in front of the grandstand after ferrying it 200 miles from Detroit behind a power plane, and another Michi- gan trained man took a second place with a training ship design- ed and built here on the campus by students. These achievements, made possi- ble by the generosity of several De- troiters as well as the enthusiasm of the students, have been further recognized by the Exhcange Club of Detroit which is donating a Gliders, Inc., training ship. Our glow of' pride in the Glider section is nat- urally increased by such expres- sions of interest and appreciation, and we take this opportunity to extend on our own behalf hearty Oliver G. Gipsum, 'Pumpkint Ridge, Okla., anti Abraham L. Chudzinski, New York City, both ofI the class of 1933, free at last from the rigid bonds of parental care, stay up 'till twelve midnight.- CLASS OF' '33 ARE- ALREADY UP IN ARMS - 1 The Freshman ,class of 1933 (which, to be. sure, is .the biggest,1 and of course the best, Freshman1 class, ever to matriculate 'here) are1 reported to be besting the sopho- mores at every turn. You can see by tle 'photo that the frosh are practically running away with the sophomore class. HUMANISM COMES TO A GREAT UNIVERSITY MICE 10 at The dean of students poses in the act of welcoming Chester Ho- ratio Wheezedeedle, Flat Fish, Ariz. Mr. Wheezedeedle wants to enter the School of Education and will be a Phi Beta Kappa student. * * * MAKE LOVE A PART OF YOUR COLLEGE LIFE Angus J. McNeedlepoint, '33, of Eagle Mills, Mich. (L) has always looked forward to the wonderful companionships one is supposed to form in college. Dolores Dupe, '30, of Washington, D..C., (R) one of the Phi Phi girls, has just been asked by McNeedlepoint to lunch. HOMESICK FRESHMEN ERECT STATUETTE ._s t- INTRODUCTION Several types of bow would be ppropriate to the occasion of an ditor's introduction to his dear ublic. One would certainly be the pologetic greeting, pregnant with lumility and self-deprecation, de- igned to appease those inevitable mes who whisper: "How dare one o young'criticize Paderewski." An expository one is 'perhaps needed o satisfy those of critical conceit who deny this column a right to existence: with: "If I went to the theater I know whether I liked the play, or. not, etc." Then there are those people who just love every-~ thing connected with the theater and think all the actors are jolly people because they are trying so hard. A certain distrust of all crit- ics in a part of the audience might even justify a broad, sweeping bow clearly revealing a bounding ego capable of jumping all obstacles. (The statement of the need of these types of bow will have to suffice for their conception) But more important is the need of remindingkall interested that this column like its two neighbors1 is the expression of student opin ion. For the very word student has many implications quite rele- vant to the matter of policy. There are innumerable circumstances connected with campus theatrical productions which seriously miti- gate against any fixed standard of of excellence. (These limitations are clear and all people interested in campus dramatics are aware of them. Therefore, underlying all critical material in this column, will be a knowledge and tempor- ary acquiescence in these difficul- ties. If at times the assumption of them does not appear it will be because the column intends to con- tinue the way of ideals. To believe that campus drama is soaring ra- pidly to the heights is to give it 1 wings. If we somewhat consist- ently set the star of perfection too high it will not be because we do not know why it is still compara- tively--low= This should be under- stood. Being students, those who are to write this column have not yet discovered the exact location of the aesthetic Heaven and Hell and thus will make no pretense that theirs are final judgments. They have vowed to take their adventur- ous souls the round of Detroit and Ann Arbor dramas and concerts; and to :honestly expose their im- pressions to the public. Some very disturbing confusion can arise, though, from this innocent pro- cess. Constructive criticism is pop- ularly identified with praise; de- structive criticism with unfavora- ble reviews. This is, of course, de- plorable. 'The writers are not par- ticularly anxious to spill a trail of humanity, by saccharine indul- gence and gentle appreciation. Neither do they wish to be men of vitriol and extravagant spleen. Contructive criticism lies some- where between the two. It will be the object of the column, then, to present disciplined student opinion. Again.'the word student. HILE Yale and Princeton were battling to a. tie at Hoboken, New Jersey, a small group of scientists, directed by Thomas A. Edison, was busy, at Menlo Park, only a few miles away. On October .21, their work resulted in the first practical incandescent lamp. Few realized what fifty years would mean to both electric lighting and football. The handful who watched Yale and Princeton then has grown to tens of thousands to-day. And the lamp that glowed for forty hours in Edison's little laboratory made possible to-day's billions of candle power of elec- tric light. In honor of the pioneer achievement, and of lighting progress, the nation this year observes Light's Golden Jubilee. Much of this progress in lighting has been the achieve- ment of college-trained men employed by General Electric. I JOIN US IN THE GENERAL ELECTRIC noUR, BROADCAST, EVERY SATUR- DAY AT 9 P.M., E.S.T. ON A NATION- WIDE N.B.C. NETWORK Autumn _ is GEERAL ELE CTRC ECT ,?, .. . Y. I f Y, : " , + a k, t ' f,' i : I . 1 l 1 . . t. F' i5i a i t !. f 7 :j t, jtit ,X ". i '. . ' F' t { }: i . ' k "/ ;a __sct. s^., ,. T ' . ;" Ky ' -'' .e l 1 1 .. ; ,, . ._. ._. _ z .. - ,,. ;. ' s. \... .. i " i i ataaa y¢c t ,a a as ,_,ysJ x i / _. % { r K/ X j! _ " e r t } r _ .. .. . ,w 4 4, of '79 i { W. J. G. "PYGMALION" Among the most important dates on the theatrical calendar this year are the visits of the' several Theater Guild companies to De-I troit. Last week the first one came to Detroit presenting "Major Bar- bara," Shaw's 'discussion' in three acts. This week the same company is presenting another comedy of Shaw's, "Pygmalion." This one is more sprightly and less discursive than "Major Barbara." The theme of - the play is the social ele- vation .-of a woman of the streets achieved through h e r training in .speech with a philolo- gist, who undertakes the conversion to prove' that "dutchesses can be manufactured." Shaw's keen witty intelligence finds many possibilitiesI in this whimsical motive, using the speech of the girl as a sort of sym- bol of the superficial methods by which respectability is secured. There are of course many of the Shavian overtones, shrewd. ene- For The Miss Who Is Back To School .R:',. .:. ! THE LIGHT WOOL FROCK is practical and she will find it especially suitable for campus. It won't be the 'case of just one, but several of their decided chic. ENSEMBLE are more important than ever this season of short jackets,-and they take liberties that belong only to- youth 'with their yoke skirts and tuckin blouse. AND WHEN SHE DANCES to low crooning jazz-her frocks must be as swaying and graceful as the music-but with just enough snap. HER COATS too, are cut with a .difference They may be swagger os slightly fitted-but they must have luxurious fur trims. GLOVES PURSES AND SCARFS that have the chic of the modern miss at heart are here to complete her outfit. AND HER INTIMATE LIFE must not be overlooked-the cut of her lingerie as well as her pajamas rust conform to the dash and verve of her campus days. Atl ARE'' MOD1ERATELY PRICED FOR THE COLLEGE GIRL BUDGET A t 6 i I