PAGE FOUR THE MICTITC A DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30. X930 PAOE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1930 Published every morning except Mondayl tiring the University yearby the Board in Control of Student Publications.I Member of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusivelyeentitled to the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise credited! in thie paper and the local news published herein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post- master General. Subscription by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May nard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 212!4. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR Chairman Editorial Board HENRY MERRY City Editor Frank E. Cooper News Editor..............Gurney Williams Editorial Director............Walter W. Wilds Sports Editor..............Joseph A. Russell Women's Editor............Mary L. Behymer Music and Drama .........William J. Gorman Assistant News Editor. Charles R. Sprowl Telegraph EditorG..........George A. Stauter NIGHT EDITORS S. Beach Conger John D. Reindel Carl S. Forsythe Richard L. Tobin David M. Nichol Harold O. Warren Sports Assistants Sheldon C. Fullerton J. Cullen Kennedy. Robert Townsend Reporters - Walter S. Baer, Jr. Parker Terryberry Iring J. Blumberg Robert L. Pierce Donald O. Boudeman Wm. F. Pyper George T Callison Sher M. Quraishi Thomas M. Cooley Jerry E. Rosentha George Fisk George Rubenstein Morton ,Frank Charles A. Sanford Saul (Friedberg Karl Seiffert Frank B. Gilbreth Robert F. Shaw jack Goldsmith Edwin M. Smith Roland Goodman George A. Stauter L ames 11. Inglis Alfred R. Tapert Denton C. Kunze Tohn S. Townsend Powers Moulton Robert D. Townsend Wilbur J. Myers Lynne Adams Betty Clark Elsie Feldman Elizabet bGribble tmily G. Grimes Elsie M. Hoffmeye bean Levy Dorothy Magee Mary McCall Margaret O'Brien Eleanor Rairdon Jean Rosenthal Cecilia Shriver Frances Stewart er Anne Margaret Tobin Margaret Thompson Claire Trussell Barbara Wright 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 Contributors a e asked to he brief, confining themslxes to less than Soo words if possible. Anou nos co- munications will be disregarded. The names of communicauts will, however, be regarded as confidential, upon re- quest. Letters published should not be construed as expressingt he editorial 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 WE RENT Ra WE SERVICE R adios WE SELL CROSLEY AMRAD BOSCH SHOP e2-2812 615 E. Williamn i. 300.00 BY XMAS One man in this university will make $300.00 or more between now and Xmas as exclusive rep- resentative of established Chicago manufacturer of new patented device, "LAYRITE." Tremendous demand among college men. See November issue Popular Me- chanics page 709 for complete de- scriotion. Write or wire. CREST SPECIALTY COs 227 W. Van Buren St. Chicago, Ill. and attractively designed progr See FRANK OAKE 603 Church ams. ES, Manager Street _ _ ._ _ _. __..__w__ UNCLE FRANK PUTS THE CURSE ON COEDS. I BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER T. HOLLISTER MABLEY Assistant Manager KASPER H. HALVERSON Department Managers Advertising.................Charles T. Kline Advertisi..............Thomas M. Davis Advertising ............ William W. Warboys Service-.............. .. . orris J Johnson Publication ............R~ohert W. Williamson Circulation..............Marvin S. Kobacker Accounts.... .............homas S. Muir Businesg Secretary ............ Mary J. Wenan Assistants Harry R. Begley Donald W. Lyons Vernon Bishop William M organ William Brown If. Fred Schaefer Robert callahan Richard StrateMeier William W. Davis Noel 1). Turner Richard H. Hiller Ilyron C. Vedder Erle Kightlinger "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. *. * * 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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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