TMFM IC IGCAMN 1) AT1.V a a . J r lJ i F 1FSJRJ t L.x , ,JvvJ4VkA21s1J. , qJt 7 , vn and Pollard to Run for Virginia's [Lake Tragedy Survivors Reach Governorship o" Split Democratic Ticket I ULAboard Partially Disabled Hope to Arrange Better Schedule for High School League / ~ by New Plan. . DENSMORE IS DIRECTOR1:...:,_. Port Safe Steat Ve In order to schedule the re- MAY REMAIN ON RIVIEA maiiintgdebates of the Michigan e a-or. which sanK wnen it col- lided with the Marquette in heavj fog of Fort Washiigton. Wis., are shown aboard the Marquette ettig li'ot food after their rescue. ; PROFESSOR WAITE SCORES DEVICES OF SLEUTHS IN DE TECTIVE STORIES Scanning the alleged unrealities of detective-story fiction, Prof. John B. Waite of the Law school in an article in "The Bookman" charges that fictional sleuths, such as Philo Vance and Sherlock Holmes, created by detective storyk writers, violate some law practic- ally every time that they solve a mystery to the satisfaction of the readers. Even though the evidence they amass would make them so many laughing stocks if presented in a real court of law, and even though the writers are naive, Professor Waite maintains that if the auth -~ van convince the reader of the ;uilt of a certain individual re- gardless of the quality of evidence presented; if he can continue to' sell his stories and get paid for them; then the obligation of the. novelist is fulfilled. Professor Waite has written, "The chief reason justice is so much betterserved in fiction than in reality is that the mythical de- tective enjoys enormous advantages over actual investigators. The story-book hero qan get his man )y all manner of devices prohibited :n real life-from breaking-and- entering' to conniving with the united States postal officials to rob the mails. Detective novels are few in which the protagonist does not accomplish some brilliant stroke in flagrant violation of the law. Furthermore, when it comes to trying the prisoner on the strength of the evidence thv usual detective collects to support his brilliant hypotheses, what looks .so invulnerable in print would make him a laughing stock if introduced in an actual court of justice. "In the 'Greene Murder Case,'" he points out, "therefore, Mr. Van Dine's thoughtfulness in allowing Ada to commit suicide saved the district attorney considerable em- barrassment. Ada could not possi- bly have been convicted on the ir- ritating' Mr. Vance's belief in her guilt. An acquittal would have 1 been. inevitable, much to the1 chagrin of the doughty sergeant E and the harrassed district attor- ney. -and Service iI "Perhaps the known facts in that case-which, as known facts, were surprizingly few-were consistent with Ada's guilt. She might have concocted all the improbabilities of which Vance accused her, but it is incredible that an American jury would have believed that she did. Further, all the known facts con- sistent with Ada's guilt point with equal logic to Sibella's guilt. Vance's theories are wholly 'a priori.'W" Nevertheless, Prof esor Waite grants the point that amateur in- vestigators are less hampered in their activities than government operatives, and further explains that the locale of the story is a large factor in the methods open to investigators. SUDDEN:. .. SERVICE ®. a - --- HEBNLAFAYETTETROI SHELBY AND LAFAYETTE, DETROIT America's Inimitable Star ESTAURANT ou-Rcal Home Cooking i, near Campus SCHLANDERER & SE 30-4 M A, °N S7 A~.L"[~II cIi~J J ')urri 1...n Cor ror x'. 611 East William,~ "V. Thrills -Shivers-Shakes-Laughs and Hodge Nights: 50c to $2.50 Matinees: Thursday 50c to $1.50; Saturday 50c to $2.00 I . HIT Special Sunday Chicken Dinner, 85c MUSIC i liii COME TO THE MATINEES 1 EY LI Hear! "Oh, Doctbr, do you really thiiik its seri- ous?" "No in'am, there's not a serious moment in the entire production," says RICHARD DIX The LOVE DOCTOR I'q : liii liii HALL ANDb INEZ A TN O12 tie Sta~ge 1! r+ a I I