PAGE FOURI THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNMUMAY, JANUARY 21, 1931: Published 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 nevus dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this 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, Maynard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR Chairman Editorial Board HENRY MERRY FRANx E. COOPER, City Editor News Editor............. Gurney Williams Editorial Director ..........Walter W. Wilds Sports Editor ..............Joseph A. Russell Women's Editor ...........Mary L. Behymer Music, Drama, Books.........Wm. J. Gorman Assistant City Editor......Ilarold ). Warren Assistant News Editor......harles R. Sprowi Telegraph Editor ..........George A. Staute' Copy EditorI..................Wi. F. Pype NIGHT EDITORS of the state; when a depression re- quires that the State's hospitality be meted out in simpler fare, the University accepts with good feel- ings. Naturally Senator Norris is op- posed to joining a third party. HeJ already belongs to two, neither of which owns him.-Toledo Blade. r I 3 RDRLL IT'S A COLD, COLD WINTER The holdouts aren't all in the bigt leagues. Yesterday we went to a class, fondly expecting the profes- sor to rush up with hand out- stretched in greeting. He didn't. I About Books STUART GILBERT'S STUDY. "There is probably no exact paral- lel in all literary history for the labor of scholarship that Mr. Gil- bert has here performed on the great tellurian body of James Joyce's 'Ulysses'." This is from the New York Times. There might be DR. SCHURZ DENTIST Formerly of State St. is now lo- cated at 606 First Nat'l. Bank Bldg. PHONE 6333 ANNOUNCEMENT of the change of address of the Observatory Beauty Shoppe to the Ann Arbor Trust Co. on Main and Huron, under the name of the Delmar Beauty Shoppe, Room 301. MISS FRANCIS WIEMER PHONE 22600 Campus upinion Contributors ate asked to be brief, confining thensel es to less that. 300 wordis if possible. Anonymous comn- nunications will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confidential, upon re- quest. Letters published should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. REORGANIZE THE 'LAME-DUCKS' S. Beach Conger Carl S. Forsythe David M. Nichol John 1. Reindel Richard L. Tobin Harold 0. Warren SPoRTs ASSISTANTS Sheldon C. Fullerton J. Cullen Kennedy Robert Townsend REPORTERS . E. Bush Thomas M. Cooley Morton Frank Saul Friedberg Frank B. Gilbreth Jack Goldsmith Roland Goodman Morton Helper Edgar Hornik James Johnson Bryan Jones Benton C. Kunze Powers Moulton Eileen Blunt Elsie Feldman Muth Gallmeyer Emily G. Grimes Jean Levny Mrtyagee Wilbur J. Meyers rlBrainad WX. Nies Robert L. Pierce Richard Racine Theodore 1. Rose Jerry E. Rosenthal C:harles A. Sanford Karl Seiffert Robiert F. Shaw Edwin M. Smith (eorgeA. Stauter John W. 'rhomas John S. Townsend Mary McCall Margaret O'Brien Eleanor Rairdon Anne Margaret Tobin Margaret Thompson Ciaire Trussedl BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 2T214 T. HOLLISTER MABLEY, Business Manager KAsPER H. HALVERSON, Assistant Manager DEPARTMENT MANAGERS Advertising................Charles T. Kline Advertising.........Thomas M. Davis Advertising ............William.W. Warboys Service................ ..Norris T. Johnson Publication............ Robert W. Williamson Circulation ..............Marvin S. Kobacker Accounts .. ..... .......Thomas S. Muir Business Secretary............Mary J. Kenan Assistants Harry R. Beglev Vernon Bishop William Brown' Robert Callahan William W. Davis Richard H. Hiller Miles Hoisington Ann W. Verner Marian Atran Helen Bailey T osephine Convisse axine Fishgrund Dorothy LeMire Dorothy Laylin Erle Kightlinger Dion W. Lyon William Morgan Richard Stratemeier Keith Tyler Noel D. Turner Byron C. Vedder Sylvia Miller IHelen Olsen Mildred Postal : Marjorie Rough Mary E. Watts Johanna Wiese WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1931- Night Editor, CHARLES R. SPROWL In the adjacent column, the edi- tors publish with pleasure a com- munication which they were grati- flied to receive as a manifestation of the "courageous and intelligent leadership" that they bespoke in last Sunday's Daily, as looking to- ward the day when there would be less pretension and sterility in campus organizations.I THE BUILDINGS MUST WAIT The Administration's announce- ment that it will not seek extra appropriations from the state for the University's 1931 building pro-4 gram must have created some grati- fication in the hearts of the legis- lature and taxpayers of the state. Despite the too-apparent earmarks of paralyzed business conditions throughout Michigan, it would hardly be appropriate to call Presi- dent Ruthven's measure a political gesture-notwithstanding the cam- pus needs that have been unful- filed for some time. Under state law, enacted in 1929, the University's appropriation was set at a minimum of $700,000 an- nually for a period of four years. During the first two years under the statute, appropriations approxi- mated $1,000,000, while the state budget for 1931-32, recently issued from Lansing, indicates an antici- pated expenditure of $1,200,000 at the University. Thus a reduction of half a million dollars has been effected by the Administration's de- cision to minimize expenditures during the coming year. Building programs planned by officials during the past twelve months must now be discarded until 1932 in the fact of the lack of anticipated funds. These build- ings were to be not only a part of the regular expansion program to keep the University abreast of the changing-needs in equipment, but were necessary parts of a plan to eliminate over-crowded conditions, poorly built class-rooms and age- old structures whose usefulness has long been outlived. After this evidence of co-opera- tion and willingness to strap the University to a policy of rigid eco- nomy, there can be slight excuse To the Editor: The reforming enthusiasm of the recent Daily editorial entitled the "Lame Duck Array" is commenda- ble, but the writer was more criti- cal than correct. The "cumbersomet array" of student organizations isc due not so much to their lack of purpose as to the failure of student politics. The editorial states cor-t rectly that student organizations can do more than they are doing,c but fails to recognize the necessityt for close faculty supervision over every major campus activity, whichc in itself has tended to stifle student initiative. In view of thse facts, I believe that a complete reorganization of the four groups mentioned in the editorial-and the list should have been more comprehensive -would be desirable. By making the groups smaller, by instituting the merit system and completely abolishing fraternity politics, except in a few cases where it is necessary to con- duct class popularity c o n t e s t s, Michigan would be embarking upon a live program of extra-curricular activity. In making this reorganization, the extent to which student control can go must be clearly appreciated. Surely no one knows better than The Daily's editors how freely they may express themselves in editori- als before the dean of students re- quests a hearing; or how far the business department may go in dis- pensing funds before the faculty- controlled board takes a hand. And this paternalism is not utter- ly bad; it is necessary. The Daily has gone further than many other student organizations in seeking and promoting efficient men. This is the point, however; whenever politics does exist, the students themselves are the reason for it, and faculty supervision only keeps the system from degenerating. Campus politics, no doubt, has had an enervating effect. Under 'the present system a man, to gain office, need be neither popular nor efficient. The politicians winning out owe so many debts to obliging friends that committees and offices are created to salve the vanity of the latter. These clutter the field of extra-curricular action, causing the "cumbersome array" to which The Daily editorial alluded. For this reason, I propose that every all-campus organization hav- ing a reason for existence, institute the merit system and admit a large Smeasure of faculty control. Under I an unbiased method of selecting so-called student leaders, the posi- tIons they hold will gain prestige. Because the men who occupy these positions will be qualified, they should be vitalizing forces in extra- curricular life. For social reasons, it might be necessary to retain class presidents, if not so many committees. Because these positions should be graced by individuals who are popular, who have the necessary amount of col- legiate "smoothness," they ma y best be turned over to the discrim- inating taste of political bosses. Whoever is elected need possess no special ability, so this type of elec- tion might be left untouched by the merit system. 'Whether or not such honorary or- ganizations as Michigauma should be abolished is open to question. Admission to these holiest of hol- ies is gained by a vote of those al- ready members, and often in the past elections have been swayed by petty prejudice. This has under- mined the prestige of the honorary groups, something which t h e y themselves do not want. Would it be best to make membership auto- matic onceda student has achieved 5a certain distinction in some ac- tivity under the merit system? The Oratorical association h a s been planning to introduce the merit system in its method of ap-' nointment to office The iustness What was our surprise to learn some abstract connotations from later that the big stiff didn't even this earthy encomium. At any rate remember us. Oh, well, maybe it it is certain that 'Ulysses' has stir- was the wrong class, anyway. red up a tempest of comment-on the psychological and subconscious, But the big event of the day matters which before had very came when our instructor in little if anything to do with the English announced that we novel (that is academically). It has would have to get a book review also given birth to a body of dis- in before the end of the semes- ciples which include such widely ter. cThe s hicy inludg suc widely .The funny thing about it divergent artists as D. H. Lawrence{ all is that the end of the semes- and Fannie Hurst and may be said' ter is only a few days away. Ito have extended a good distance That is, maybe it's funny. into the literary life of these halls *i*i *r . of learning, And that is perhaps Al tin al it wdas Fpretty disap- more important. pointing yesterday. First there wereSo that "James Joyce's Ulysses" those two classes. Then about 5 y Sthat GiJaer Joyclses" o'clock we went over to the Library. m by Stuart Gilbert, a "close textual That's bad enough in itself. We commentary" and "minute exege- were standing around the circula- sis" printed by Alfred Knopf car- tion desk, waiting for a book, when ries with it the weight of import- suddenly an overpowering thirst ance and novelty. There is probably overpowered us. We wandered over no other such work on the product towards the fountain in the corner, of a living author, in existence. As when whom should we run into but to its importance, it is said that one of these co-eds, playing peek- one who would really understand a-boo from behind the door with pgthe chronicle of Joyce's gigantic somebody in the periodical room. pilgrimag both "obscure but also somewhat d eP rlrrrboh"oslfcur boldlta rlsadw for r ,f r " ' _. ' t t 4 j h r Originally $5.00 Here are hats of fine French felt, of satin, and of woolen fabrics . . . in smart tricorne styles, bicornes, Robin Hood shapes, and double brims. Hats of every vivid color, as well as black or brown-with such up-to-the- minute details as veils, feathers, or fur trim- ming. While there are still two months of winter ahead! Every hat greatly reduced for this spectacu!atr event! we arew ourst p uruy, I ay ll almost anything. And then she said: "Oh, go ahead and drink. I'm not in a hurry." We read in Monday's paper that nine members of the Wickersham commission are pro-prohibition. What we want to know is what is this country' coming to, Wickersham like that advising the President. WELL, NOW, DEPARTMENT From a WAl-Known Local Morning Daily (adv.) Feminism struck Chicago in the art field during the past week when several of the art galleries opened exhibits devoted completely to woman artists. THE WEEK'S WORST PUN We overheard this one in An- gell hall, so it must have been designed with malice of fore- thought: a fellow was telling another fellow that if this New- berry person wanted to be well remembered around campus in connection with this building named after him, he auditorium down instead of leaving it there. That didn't go over so well, did it? * * * And now that that's over, we might just as well come right out and face facts. Yes, sir, it was cold yesterday. Yesterday was about as cold a day as we've felt in a long, long time. We went out and walked around the block, and do you know, why, every instant we felt the cold more and more. In fact it was pretty cold. You know what we mean, all right; we mean that it wasn't very darn warm anytime yesterday. But that's beside the point, although it was pretty cold.' What we really started out to point out to our readers is that, in spite of the cold, Dean Humphreys has come right out and offered the poor, suffering student body a chance to tell him just what it thinks of the current marking system, even if it freezes. We wrote out all of our sug- gestions on a post card and were going to mail it, but the postmaster warned us that you can't print that stuff. How does he know, the big stiff, I printed iR all right, all right. Someday this University is going to be facing a real crisis. Yes, sir, DeantHumphreysdhad betterdlook out. It was a cold day yesterday, but just the same we managed to get out and scratch a line through his name on the Bulletin posted in the lower corridor of Angel hall. In fact there are no limits to the lengths to which we would go to make that man feel our presence around Ann Arbcr. Some day, we're going to put on our overcoat and walk out to the nearest mailbox in spite of the wintry blasts and post a letter that we've been saving up ever since the last time Dean Rea called us into the office for not keeping the mud off our University driving license tags. Then the world will know. Just wait. But then, it's too cold today to get all boiled up over such trifles. We'll have to let it go until some inaccessible," must read Gilbert. He has attempted to prove that "Ulysses" is more than a "fantasia of the unconscious, a choatic and disagreeable mass of uncorrelated material, a betrayal of the intellect to 'the hydra-headed rabble of the mental underworld' "; is in fact a work "classical in spirit, com- posed and executed according to rules of design and discipline of al- most scientific precision." In a word, Joyce was a conscious and purely objective artist. The publishers hint with a ques- tionable accuracy, that "Ulysses" being inaccessible in this country, Stuart Gilbert's study, with its very liberal quotations, is the next best thing. Of course the value of a critical study without the prelimi- nary benefit of a knowledge of the work under study, may be under question. BACH THE SOCIALIST. Following Shaw's somewhat du- bious lead in the case of Wagner, Rutland Boughton has written a new interpretation of Bach's genius, reading it in the light of a social- ist. His work is called "Bach the Master," and is published by Harp- ers. Boughton, who is an English composer and socialist, would have us believe that Bach's somewhat deeply turbulent religious life, and his occasional fierce conflict with the powers of the German religious and temporal state, were inspired by a conviction to use his music as a symbol for, what he felt to be truth. He uses as example Bach's chorales. which he claims are elo- quent testimony to his leanings toward a people's state and re- ligion. AN INDIVIDUAL GEOGRAPHY. Hendrik Willem Van Loon, from his home in Holland, announces the preparation of a new work, which is to be a geography execut- ed in the individual style of his "Story of Mankind," and other works. The individuality of that other history "America" is still vividly remembered. It is told by the publishers, Horace Liveright, that the old and, until now, gen- erally accepted plan of two dimen- s.:onal maps will be discarded by Mr. Van Loon in favor of what is probably the more accurate style of maps in three dimensions. This is an interesting departure in both geography and book-mak- ing. It will probably be quite a problem for publisher and book- binder, and quite a delight for Mr. Van Loon's large public. 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