I PAGI MM7~ THE MI CHIGAN DAILY SUNDAt, MAY 11,1930 .. 4'THEMACHINE' OR LEADERSHIP The time for the reorganization 'blisked every moring eecept Mondayof the student governing bodies is ig cue University y by tBoard rapidly p n itzqol of Student Publications.,ail approaching. Consequently, -. ATED ROLL BEACHCOMBER EXTENDS HIMSELF. , Member of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- Yatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and thelocal news published herein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post. saaster General Subscription by carrier $4.0e; by mall, 14.50s. Offices:-Ann Arbor Press Building, May. -card Street. Phones: Editorial, 492s; Business, 21214. EDITORIAL STAFFr Telephone 4925 r MANAGING-EDITOR tL.IS B. MERRY Editorl Chairman........George C. 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Worboy Women Assistants on the Business Staff. Marian Atran Mary Jane Kenan Dorothy Bloomgarden. Virginia MlComb Lara Codling - Alice MCully Ethel Constas Sylvia .Mller joseahine Convisser .Aii V ener sernice Glaser 'boitea Wateuian nna Goldherger Joan Wiese' A ortnse (foaing; SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1930 Night editor-RICHARD L. TOBIN DIVINE INTERCESSION. Once again the delight of the Drys in assuming an aura of holi- ness has manifested itself; this time it is the Rev. Dr. F. Scott Mc- Bride, head of the Anti-Saloon league, speaking before the Sen- ate's lobbying inquiry, who stated that "The league was born of God, is led by Him, and will ight on as long as He leads." This piece of sacrosanct testi- mony bears its own witness to the misguided and pathetic fanaticism which has always motivated this section of the Drys. When any or- ganization devotes itself to raising hozannas in support of the pres- ent liquor situation and insists (with pardonable desperation) upon dragging forth religious back- ground in support of its operations, fellow Drys would help their cause immeasurably by ;throttling such puerile utterances. But this latestnotice of divine Intercession in behalf of prohibi- tion is more valuable for the opaque light it sheds upon the Anti-Saloon league's self-appointed reason for continued existence-an existence widely questioned for obvious rea- sons. After the smoke cleared fol- lowing the passage of the Eigh- teenth Amendment, the Anti-Sa- loon league, not content with this fulfillment of its holy purpose, had to be in on the fun of trying co make the law work. With Messianic zeal, therefore, it set up a howl, got endowments, did its lobbying and political "heeling", and waved banners with the Women's Chris- tian Temperance union. And all this they did, we are told, with God's help and by leading the good life: jt is not our intention, however, to take issue on a problem which on the basis of previous practices, we can soon expect to see nom- inated for sundry offices those politically favored individualstwho are ambitious of acquiring campus positions so they might be known in their home towns and in their fraternities ase"student leaders." It has long been the hope of the more sincere minded student that! there could be nominated and elec- ted to campus offices men who have the ability to organize that group of passive and somewhat self-cen- tered individuals known as the stu- dent body and then to direct it progressively along the desired lines. There was a time during this year when it seemed that this ideal was being attained, but it appears now that the men responsible for the nominations for Student council seats and similar positions are go- ing to be ruled, not by an ex- purgated desire to obtain better leaders for the student body, but by the cardinal rule of politics; keeping the "machine" intact. Some of the men that will be proposed and elected will be properly quali- fled, but many others will enter office simply because they are fav- orably situated politically. It is quite unfortunate that the present "tudent leaders", who deem themselves the "saviours" of Michigan traditions and the pro- ponents of loyalty to the Alma Mater, cannot put their much talk- ed about theories into practice in this critical duty of selecting their successors. Prof. J. G. Jenkins, of Iowa State College, says that those spending the greatest number of hours in study are not always the ones to make the best grades. That's dan- gerous knowledge to hand out at this time of the year. -- o And at Williamette College a strong effort is being made to pass a recently, proposed rule whereby all women will have to pass a ser- ies of swimming tesfs before they are to go canoeing. That will prob- ably keep a lot of them from drowning when they start to walk home. Psychology students at the Uni- versity of Minnesota have discov- ered that women identify odors more accurately than men. In the experiment, each of 80 students was required to smell the contents of 40 bottles and write down the first word that occured to him or her. The men probablytwrite "gin" from the force of habit. 0 Editorial Comment -0 FOOTNOTE ON WEST POINT TRAINING. (From the Chicago Tribune) A number of years ago Cincin- nati was looking for a city man- ager. The choice fell upon Col. Clarence O. Sherill of the regular army. He had distinguished him- self at West Point and at the time of his appointment as city man- ager was superintendent. of public buildings and grounds in Washing- ton, D. C. He went to Cincinnati at a. salary of $25,000 and resigned recently to join the management of a chain store system. Now Cincinnati is looking for hisj successor and has again directed; its attention to the army. The post has been offered to Col. Ulysses S. Grant III., who succeeded to Col. Sherill's position in Washington, but Col. Grant has declined. He wishes to remain at his post until the new building program in Wash- ington has been completed. Who will be selected is still undecided, but, no less than seven army men are being considered, and it is at least probable that one of them will be chose. This record we recommend to pacifists for study. They like to think that any army man is a nar- row-minded martinet, happy only when he can issue peremptory or- ders to civilians and make them like it. How false this picture is any one with an acquaintance among American officers knows. Cincinnati is looking for a man of ability and training in engineering, and above all for a- man of tact and integrity. There is no school in the country' which does more than West Point to develop these qualities of lead- ership among its graduates. There Dear Joe: Here's a story you U might offer a prize for. I mean ford an appropriate ending: A dean of a well known Michiganr University was traveling along the r highway one afternoon, when a fel-1 low motorist hailed him. Obliging-c ly he stopped, and inquired whatN the trouble was. Some motor trou- ble had developed and he assisted! in remedying the situation.. Whene he was through and about to leave,e the succored one offered him aX drink.k Believe it or not. .i * * * I.4 Two frosh, after reading the t story about the 1918 freshman giv- t ing their pots to helk the wart refugees over in France, strolled in to the office Friday and off ereci to make it an even 1920!r * * *f Yesterday's story about the freeI shows at the Maj and Michigan1 stated that prominent (?) stu- dents and members of the student council assisted in maintaining or- der in the stampede. It failed, however, to mention at least five! stalwart defenders of the law who l also assisted at the Maj. ** * Four loud speakers also aided the assembled multitude to hear what was going on. * * * From the program of yesterday's interscholastic track meet: Rec- ord held by Smith, established in 1923, tied by Jones in 1827. Fast work, Jones! Overheard on the campus be- tween classes: . .. then we'll hi- jack the load and sell . . . . ". Just a couple of boys working their way through college. * * * I see that they didn't follow my suggestion in re the R. L. building. But probably the Chink is right, they are only repairing the eaves. And the rest of the scaffolding was put up to balance that on the other side. The Landscape Design de- partment insisted that a one-sided arrangement offended the aesthet- ic eye. And if you ask me, those are po- tatoes they have planted around the campus to keep the students from trekking across the lawns. Might we suggest that the "Be Kind to Animals" week be post- poned until the week of exams? Bonfire Brigade Will Meet Today. Just a few of the local fire de- partment boys indulging in a pre- vention drill: The Beachcomber. a * The competition for the next Rolls editor is beginning to narrow itself down. This is positively the last call. All aspiring columnists must have their columns in by Monday night. SUGGESTION. Dear Joe: The D. 0. B. has been running announcements for "Pres- byterian and reformed students." The moral of Ten Nights in a Bar Room seems to have been that a reformed drunkard doesn'tdrink anymore. Doesn't a reformed stu- dent have to drink anymore? Couldn't you start a society for re- formed students? You could be president or something. A Reformer. I don't want to be president of the potential organization, but if I write Rolls much longer I'll be a reformed student all right, all right; and the trouble is that fin- als are less than a month away! ** * i- t ( Music And Drama THE WHITEHEADED BOY. A Review by L. R. Klein. e Unqualified superlatives, even unqualified superlatives, are very dangerous critical instruments, but really flawlessly -fine productions permit the dramatic critic to avail himself of them unafraid. Hence one feels in commenting on The Whiteheaded Boy no compunctions in calling it the best offering in: campus dramatics for the year. Its excellence is attributable, as the excellence of any production of a play is, to natural talent trained by a splendid director. The un- usual qualities of direction have al- ready been, commended in this space. It remains for this article to do humble homage to the cast. One might begin by calling at! tention to the manner in which the minor characters-Kate, Han- nah, Jane, Baby, and Peter-acted in a harmony with the situation, an effect not alone to be credited to able direction. This quintet never failed to give momentum to the! motion started by the leads, and hence rescuing the play from that dreadful inertia into which plays always fall when a perfect balance in the interplay is disrupted. Miss Ellsworth, perhaps,, gave a perfect lesson in how to be unob- trusive in a noticeable manner. Miss Carm was really graceful in her ability to maneuver into un- gainly poses., Miss Hunt with an almost purely comic part, project- ed her part with a restraint that made her not only humorous but pathetic, and thus twice as effec- tive. And thus all the minor roles displayed the fact that they grasp- ed not merely a piece of a whole but the entire unit, ahd they built themselves and their parts into it. The leads, Aunt Ellen, Mrs. Geog- hegan, George, Denis, Duffy, acted by the cream of the campus dra- matic talent many of them in roles es strange to their experience, re- spondec, tQ their parts with some- thing more than their usual ability and entlasm. What they seem- ed to do wai to couple understand- ing with their talents, and such a coupling, of course, makes for per- fection. The fact that the play was the most detailedely perfect production done here in the past three years, at least, was attested by the man- ner in which the audience respond- ed. It was the only audience in history that always laughed at the right time. 0 THlE MAY FESTIVAL. From the School of Music and Hill Auditorium comes the busy hum of strenuous rehearsing which signifies that the major problems of the May Festival are nearing solution. The two opening concerts Wed- nesday and Thursday evening look in outline like the most satisfac- tory in some years. Particu~larly pleasing is the presence of an in- strumentalist on the Wednesday concert. And as a substitution for the pyrotechnical display of one concerto (Percy Grainger in the Grieg ConcertA two years ago and Hoffman in the Rubinstein last year), this years instrumentalist, Percy Grainger again, will appear in two eminently serious works, not in the virtuoso tradition: John Al-I den Carpenter's Concerto and Cesar Franck's Symphonic Varia- tions. Mme. Dux is to sing the well known "E Susanna non vien" aria from the Mariage de Figaro and Strauss's three lovely songs with orchestra. Thursday night's choral program is certainly the most important given in some years, including Bach's Magnificat in D major and. the Honegger King David, the one modern choral work that is win- ning immortality. Then there is the magnificant interlude on that program of a. performance by the orchestra of Stock's new arrange- ment of the Bach Passacaglia. Want Ads Pay AFTER UNIVERSITY WHAT? A practical secretarial or accounting course will prepare you for definite employment. Begin at once or with the summer classes in June. Free placement service. HAMILTON BUSINESS COLLEGE State and William Sts. -- 'WAOHR&COMPAHI~Y Jfor Ti/en C 1.&nce 14 Avoid that last Minute Rush and get your Theses and Reports TYPED NOW 1111 South University Ave. V Block East of Campus - - -- - N9 GERMAN-AMERICAN HSRESTAURANT 51 E. 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