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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30. X930
PAOE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1930
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All the Campus fears are really
unfounded, for the new "state's
prison" criminal-record card isn't
merely a tool of the auto ban, or
a branch of paternalistic red tape.
It's an actual aid to those desiring
some sort of personal identification
and is entirely optional.
GERMANY AND MASS
PRODUCTION.1
Recent attempts by Henry Fordi
to advise Germany to try massl
production in their industrial sys-
tem, has shown that country to be
cold in their reactions to anything
flavoring of large scale methods
and standardization.
Germany is still aware that it
was once known as the "laboratory
of the world" and the pioneer in
things scientific and mechanical.
In spite of the lure of the high
wages paid factory workers for
screwing bolts to a frame on a con-
veyor belt, the average Teuton is
far happier experimenting in some
small shop at work on "quality pro-
duction," or solving problems which
hinder the industrial progress of
the world.
Possessing the two fastest ocean
liners afloat, the largest flying
boat, and the most reliable airship
in the world, the Germans are con-
tent with present conditions and
see no reason for shifting their aim
Their latest contribution to scien-
tific advancement was the success-
ful demonstration of a Zeppelin-
shaped, propeller-driven rail coach
at Hanover last week. The coach.
which attained a velocity of IOC
miles an hour down a disused
straightaway, will probably open a
new era in rail transportation. It
would be futile to attempt to guess
the number of such revolutionizing
inventions or improvements now
nearing completion inrsome seclud-
ed laboratory or workshop. The
next one may be of an electrical, a
chemical, or a mechanical nature.
Upon leaving Germany, Mr. Ford
advised trying the moving belt
system with the thinly-veiled sug-
gestion that many of the father-
land's present business troubles
would disappear with its advent.
Many convincing arguments may
be advanced against the introduc-
tion of mass production in Ger-
many. Among these include the
existence of a plentiful supply of
relatively cheap labor and the
presence of a restricted market
hemmed in by a tariff wall. Even
if such arguments could be met
there would undoubtedly be an
instinctive unwillingness to sacri-
fice a certain leadership in the field
of research for what seems to the
Teuton mind to be, and are likely
to remain, the doubtful advantages
of standardization.
The German, who is happy if he
has found the way, is not inter-
ested in turning out many thous-
and duplicates of his invention. He
exhibits no particular aptitude for
standardization, rather does he
rebel against what he understands
to be one of the outstanding char-
acteristics of American life.
Campus Opinion
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words if possible. Anou nos co-
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opinion of The Daily.
RATOLL M UC' AND DRAIA
LOOK --------------
LOOK THE GORDON STRTG QU ARTE T
A Ii ew by Wilhiam ( G n.--
Oh, Never Mind. For the first time in at least two
Gee! Friends, a headline contri- years the Chamber Music Society
bution from good old Uncle Frank! received the quantity of patronage
I had a feeling he wouldn't desert that the quality of its seres de-
me in mine hour of need. The serves. Almost a full house at the ,
League for The Extermination of Mendelssohn Theatre enjoyed the
The Ubiquitous Coed can take heart Concert given by the Gordon Strig;
at having such an ardent supporter, Quartet of Chicago, which opened
and one, withall, of such erudition. the series. The prograin included
the Brahms A Minor Quartet, the
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UNCLE FRANK PUTS THE
CURSE ON COEDS.
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"Coeds, Dan'l," said Uncle Frank 1
pulling his whiskers out and eating
them-he was a great lover of
fresh hair, "Coeds are strange rep-
tiles, and when I was a boy it wast
thought that touching them caused
warts. Wart an idea that was!
Science has since shown us that,
while the old time coed, cross your
fingers, Dan'l, undoubtedly caused!
the Civil and other warts, the best
the present species can do is a
severe pain in the neck or other
vulnerable parts. Darwin in his.
great book Monkey and Credit
shows that man was once a mon-
key and worked up to where he is
today. Coeds, with true feminine
perversity, evoluted with reverse
English, and you've got to give
them credit. They've gone a long,
long way."
"Then coeds and monkies are
practically the same thing, eh,
Uncle Frank?", quavered Dan'l in'
a childish treble.
"Certainly," answered U n c 1 e
Frank, for it was indeed he, "But
try and tell that to a monkey!
* * *
But, lovely as that may be,
fellows, don't let it drivethe
thought of the proposed drive
for the rehabilitation of New-
berry Auditorium from your
little minds. The only contribu-
tion today comes in the form
of a cheese knife,--possibly to
use on the moulding-and I
feel that the proper interest is
lacking.
* * *
Headline in Leading Ann Arbor
Bi-weekly:
REST OF -THREE
M. GRID SQUAD
DAYS FOR U. OF
Hah! . . . Reminds me of the time
Cgrandmother Wilkins put her foot
in Uncle Joe's ear-trumpet under
the impression it was a cuspidor.
* * *
I see that Prescription cosmetics
are becoming more and more prev-
alent in Ann Arbor, according to
the Women's Page.
T h e y forgot to mention
whether you took the prescrip.-
tion before or after-a matter
of primary importance.
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The Rolls sport Staff has a sug-
gestion for Mayor Murphy of the
big city in case the Michigan- De-
troit game doesn't go through,
namely that he get Detroit and
Notre Dame to play here with the
winner to take on the New York
Bears for the National Title. I
might add my own humble sugges-
tion that, just in case Michigan
does take them on, Uncle Harry
Tillotson, remember that Charity
begins at home, and save us a few
tickets.
C
Marian Atran
Helen Bailey
osephine Convisser
Dorothy Laylin
Sylvia Miller
Helen Olsen
Mildred Postal
Marjorie Rough
Ann W. Verner
Mary E. Watts
Johanna lWiese
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1930
Night Editor--JOHN D. REINDEL
THE NEW "STATE'S PRISON."
Following one of the most com-
plicated registrations and classifi-l
cations in the history of the Uni-
versity, hundreds of Michigan men
and women were heard to remark
that the "place is getting worse
than state's prison." The amount of
red tape necessary to enroll cer-
tainly created as complex a situ-
ation as it is possible to imagine
in a University of this size. Perhaps
there was justification of student
criticism.
But yesterday afternoon, when it
was announced that the new iden-
tification cards would be issued by
the end of the week, hundreds
commented again on our resem-
blance to state's prison which was
even more than usually emphasized
with the addition of pictures of
each student, pasted on a piece of
cardboard with the student's name
and address. "Why don't they take
a side view?" said some when in-
formed that the identification tags
were ready for issuing.
There will always be critics as
long as there is society and educa-
tional pessimists are more frequent
than in any other profession. It
takes but little excuse to refer to
the pet subject-"red tape"-in a
University as large as Michigan
and when a condition arises such
as this one, a beautiful loop hole
for criticism opens up. Is this new
scheme of identification cards just
another form of red tape, or has
the office of the Dean of Students
a liberal view in mind in installing
what appears to be an even more
complicated "system"? It is our
contention that the new "tags" are
a decided benefit, for they were
issued with the student's viewpoint
in mind; the courtesy was extended
from the University to the student,
not from the undergraduate to the
University. It has taken weeks and
weeks of work on the part of the
dean's office force to assemble and
get ready for distribution the 9,000
cards with pictures and addresses
of every student at Michigan.
Beethoven B flat major Opus 18,
No. 6, and shorter numbers by Tur-
ina, Borodin, Haydn, Moussorgsky,
and Mendelssohn.
The nature of its recent decisIon,-
of some of its recent publicity, and
of its recent projects, strongly sug-
gests that the Gordon Quartet has
reexamined itself and is now vig-
orously ambitious for first stand-
ing among American quartets-the
position vacated by the Flon aleys.
Last night's performance pre-
sented a much better quartet than
was here two years ago. It certain-
ly .gave idications of major stand-
ing. The members have achieved
that sublimation of individual
prowess necessary to balance in
the ensemble. They have the mut-
ual comprehension and the musical
intelligence to guarantee consis-
tent sanity. Technically, they
show a consistent regard for me-
lodic outlines and very seldom so
indulge nuances as to obscure
structural lines. They seem to be
cultivating some of the qualities of;
the Lener Quartet: the display of a
ravishing range of color and the
tendency to accentuate all possi>
emotional opportunities.
Mr. Benditsky, the cellist, seems
to be the most saLisfying a d-
pendable musician. I think it still
questionable whether Jacques Gor--
don is supple enough technically
to be the authority in a great quar-
tet. He has a sound sense of his
function always; but frequently in
exercising i, hle is beyond his tech-
nical range. This became particu-
larly clear in the Haydn Vivace
and t h e Mendelssohn Scherzo,
where he was unable to articulate
at the speed he was indicating.
The other two members are very
competent.
The Brahms A Minor quartet was
the largest number on last night's
program. The history of the trans-
formation of Brahms pianofort
quintet, Op. 34 (first written for
five strings, then for two pianos),
the number of works for quintets
and sextets, and the known fact
that Brahms destroyed sevral of
his sting quartets, undoubtedly in-
dicate that Brahms had difficulty
in reducing his richness of har-
mony and polyphony to the four
string combination.
The A minor quartet reveals this.
It is extremely intricate music. The
attitudes there are all fundamental
Brahms: - there is a sad perplexity,
a sadness exploring itself, the mel-
ancholy of a superficially happy
man who feels sadness to be the
quality of the world. These atti-
tunes come out in the first move-
ment in the dark color, in the con-
tinuous inwardness, the intricacy of
polyphony, commenting on thema-
tic material in a way to suggest
perplexity; in the agitated mid-
dle section of the Andante, with a
tremolo accompaniment to a cur-
iously pained canonic recitative
between violin and cello; in the
pathetic, drooping cadences of the
slow minuet (The rondo of course
is exhilaratingly extraverted and
outside this Brahms nucleus).
Anyone of the three Brahms
quartets, is (with the possible ex-
ception of anyone of the last four
Beethoven) the final test for an
ensemble. The Gordon played the
A Minor with extreme difficulty.
It seemed a matter of uncertam
conception. They were over-cauti-
ous about balance, which resulted
in a lack of saliency in the import-
ant meaningful inner voices. Per-
fection of detail meant many
beautiful moments. But there was
hardly that profound grasp of re-
lations which can bring the atti-
tudes into unity. The Brahmis test
they hardly passed. One thinks of
the Lener's recording of the Bra--
hms clarinet quintet, opus 115, and
of the third quartet, opus 67.
The early Beethoven quartet was
somewhat simpler. All there is in i
the fast movements is a lively Haiy-
denesque joy in health; in the slow
movements, grace rather than re-
flection. This quartet they played
very well. The one premcniti-,n of
later Beethoven-the enigmatic
Malinconia in the last movement--
was played extremly well, especial-
ly by Mr. Benditzky.
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___ -_ -_PERVERBS OF 1930.
THE CHARITY GAME Tardiness is the mother of in-
To the Editor: ven*ion*
Concerning the propos- The following just goes to show
ed U. of M.-U. of D. charity foot- what I have to put up with in my
ball game, I think the Western attempts to improve the campus.
.nimNow that the Library campaign has
Conference committee is making been over for a period of months,
much ado about nothing. It is un- and left to mould in its dishonored
necessary quibbling over a propos- grave by all except Elmer, I get the
al, whose merit is so obvious that following ..
debate is extraneous. It has been Dear Danl:
unanimously agreed that the ex- What's all this talk about th^
cellence of the cause is appreciat- Library Seal? I knew that it
ed, and an universally accepted fact was next to impossible (can it
needs no argument. But, grant- be that the lad is referring to
ing the worth of the proposal, the the sacred Er. Bldg.?) to get
committee deems itself unable to books out, but I had no idea
confer the request because of the that they had actually sealed
effect it might have upon the con- the place up.
sideration of other proposals invol- Yours, in a puzzle,
ving the waiving, possibly, of other Bert Bobbsey.
conference rules: The committee
thinks it indiscreet to break a law,
to set a new precedent, or break
an old one, fearing it would lead
to consequent violations. I don't
see where this one transgression
will lead to a number of succeed-
ing ruptures of the law as its cali-
bre makes it inimitable. Also this
would be such a noble precedent
that twenty, or forty, or fifty years
hence it would still be regarded
as a meritous one. And preced-
ents have been broken in law be-
cause of public policy.
And say, have any of youse ducks
filled in that Gargoyle cover yet?
I really want to see some of those
coming in. They have to be here
by the end of the week to make the
"Deadline" as the material which
appears within the Garg's pages isj
so affectionately known to the boysj
around the office.
* * *
About this Convocation busi-
ness-well, what about it?
* c *
Just before I close, I wish to ask