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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1931
SUNDAY. 3ANIYARY 25. 1931
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machines and are willing to leave
the election, nominating, voting,
counting of ballots and induction
into office, entirely in the hands
of the original promoters, knowing
full well that the latest crop of
proteges would excel their prede-
cessors only in puerility or thin air.
The interaction and dove-tailing
of these attitudes - student and
political - are as neat a reductio
ad absurdum as has come to ma-
turity in many a day.
The second point concerning the
Student council is much more obvi-
ous and timely. Recently these
Washtenaw and State street scions
of aggressive and brainy, if some-
what desperate, leadership caused
a motion to be read into the min-
utes of their meetings calling for
a committee "to draw up a new
form of constitution for the Stu-
dent council." It is understood, in-
ferentially, that this committee is
expected to submit a constitutional
revision designed to extend the
powers and functions of the coun-
cil beyond those already possessed.
This action must stand for all time
as a classic of pretension and mis-
directed aspiration. It is ludicrous
and absurd for a passel of such
futile disciples of leadership thus
to hanker after broader avenues
through which they may display
their aptitude for horseplay and
passes in the air. As previously re-
marked, if such a notion were not
so replete with humor, it would be
a piece of outrageous knavery. .
What the Student council must
do if it expects to justify itself, is
to begin an earnest undertaking
toward living up to the demands
and possibilities of its p r e s e n t
powers. Since it has signally failed
in the past, it has an open field
ahead of it. It needs leadership, not
constitutional revision. Until it
shows an inclination for action and
feels a real chafing under the
'rigors' of the present constitution,
this action will smack chiefly of an
enterprise begun merely to occupy
the attention of the council mem-
bers at their otherwise sterile meet-
ings.
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INDIA'S MARTYRED PRISONERS.-
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1931
Night Editor--RICHARD L. TOBIN
A CLINICAL NOTE.
For the amusement and informa-
tion of The Daily's readers, and as
a corollary to the editorial which
follows, the following extract from
the present Student council consti-
tution, representing the aims of
that body, is published herewith:
"One. To provide an effective
means of communication between
the undergraduate body and the
university authorities.
Two. To interpret and maintain
Vl ichigan's traditions and customs.
Three. To exercise a general su-
pervision over student activities,
organizations, traditions, customs,
conduct, and
Four. To crystallize and make
more effective the sanest of under-
graduate opinions and
Five. To do the aforesaid all for
the good of Michigan."
THE STUDENT COUNCIL LEGACY
The muddle of campus organiza-
tions appears to need further clari-
fication, especially upon two issues
primarily affecting the Student
council. The first point is the rela-
tion of politics to the council. For'
some time it has been obvious that
this blighted instrument of student
government has been a self-per-
petuating agency. The members of
a given year, acting through the
air-tight machine of the nominat-
ing committee, designate their suc-
Cessors of the following year. The
;nominations are made for the sake
of appeasing party factions, putting
forth men who can swing the elec-
tion through political backers, and
worse yet, foisting personal friends
upon the campus. The upshot is
rife with evils: the council is not
genuinely representative, the mem-
bers are not chosen for leadership,
intelligence nor courage, but sud-
denly find themselves in the posi-
tion of campus 'leaders' who must,
they surmise, be concerned with
student affairs regardless of their
equipment for dealing with them;
in short, the result is a council
whose complexion is tinctured by
an outfit of political legacies ac-
complishing their tasks by bellow-
ing and taking steps in the dark.
The leader of the Indian Nation-
alists, Mahatma Gandhi, is to be
given his freedom, according to dis-
patches from the Asian sub-conti-
ent. As the head of the extremist
movement for continuance of the
civil disobedience campaign, Gand-
hi's liberation, under the terms of
the agreement reached at the
round-table conference in London,'
seems assured. Imprisonment fol-
lowed his arrest last May, a month
after he had led a group of Na-
tionalist volunteers from Allahabad
(to the sea at Dandhi, where they
made salt in defiance of British
law.j
At the conclusion of the London
conference, Premier Ramsay Mac-
Donald stated that, upon restora-
tion of civil order, amnesty would
be granted the 50,000 or more poli-
tical prisoners. It appears that
Great Britain is losing no time in
I carrying out this provision. But the
problem confronting the British
government is one upon the solu-
tion of which rests India's immedi-
ate welfare: how to avoid the mani-
festations of the Nationalists which
would be certain to greet him when
he is liberated. It is evident that
the Nationalists, who, upon receiv-
ing the terms of Mr. MacDonald's
plan, refused to discontinue the
disobedience campaign, will assem-
ble by the hundreds of thousands,
eager to touch his garment. Unless
a more radical plan is adopted
which holds a greater appeal for
the extremists, Great Britain will
find itself facing the same problem
it did a few months ago- the de-
mand for IMMEDIATE guarantee
of dominion status, with responsi-
ble self-government.
Campus Opinion
Contributors aie asked to be brief,
confining thensehes to less that. 300
words if possible. Anonymous com-
munications will be disregarded. The
names of communicants will, however,
be regarded as confidential, upon re-
quest. Letters published should, not he
construed as expressing the editorial
opinion of The Daily.
To the Editor:
I was pleased to read that the
Round Table club is investigating
the possibilities of establishing a
co-operative book store for Michi-
gan students. Along with the ma-
jority of my fellow students I was
a member of the Harvard Co-oper-
ative society, an institution which
supplied not only books, but all
lines of student supplies and serv-
ices.
We sometimes heard the objec-
tion that the co-operative society
asked the same prices as the other
A TREATISE ON LOVE.
THE GENTLE LIBERTINE by Co-
lette: Published by Farrar and
Rinehart: New York, 1931: Price
$2.50. Review copy courtesy of
Slater's Book Store.
The world owes a debt to Collette.
She would collect from us the heri-
tage also which Maupassant and
Balzac left her. They have taken
woman from the pedestal on which
mnedievalism set her, and placed in II
her stead love itself, which is a
thoroughly justified anthropomor-
phism. Sanely, calmly, with the.
fullness of a medical textbook, she
has written on love in the peculiar
(for us) French manner. The result
is a sort of uninhibiting, a healthy
justification of a logical psycholo-
gy. But when sane critics allow
themselves to be led into panegyrics
of praise through what is evident-
ly a hasty judgment and a miscon-
ception, it is time to call halt. Col-
lette is a delightful writer, light,
fairy-like, witty, even wise in her
own manner, but to call her great
is sheer nonsense. And to judge by
current literary conditions, it is a
strangely popular nonsense. Not so
strange however as it seems. For
one is liable to be overly grateful
to such sanity as Collette has in
such abundance, to such a ruthless
and at the same time delightful
debunking of all the witless sigh-
ing which our authors are in the
habit of indulging over sensual,
phenomenon which can easily be
explained the Collette way. (And
there would be no better place than
this to air a dislike of the young,
nervous "pure young man" "rud-
derless" aspirants)._
In mentioning Maupassant and
Balzac, it should be mentioned cer-
tainly that Collette cannot be said
to possess the width of emotive
power, and the broadness of expe-
rience which they possessed. Hers
is possibly a more scientific talent.
"The Gentle Libertine" is the
story of a well-bred woman, who
after outgrowing a feverish and ro-
mantic adolescence, finds herself
dissatisfied with her husband, and
takes lover after lover in a vain
search for the ecstasy she desires.
She finds it only after she has mix-
ed tenderness with desire and come
back to the love of her husband.
* * *
"The Gentle Libertine" is not as
good a book as "Claudine at School."
That is perhaps the only way it
can be measured. Bewilderment
would be the only result of an at-
tempt to value it in the ordinary
traditions of the novel. For it is
evident that it lacks greatly in fun-
dementals. Characters, while
sharply and deftly delineated, are
not whole. Emotions and experi-
ence are viewed, as has already
been stated, in what is perhaps a
narrow scientific manner. On this
basis "The Gentle Libertine" would
be a bad book. Its interest and real
delight can be explained then only
as that which the technique of the
purely adventure or detective story
would hold if written on the really
unusual subject of love (most nov-
els while treating love, do not treat
everything else on this basis), or
as something inherent in Collette
which cannot be measured as yet.
In either case definiteness can be
secured only on the basis of Col-
lette's abilities as manifested in her
other works. "Claudine at School"
is better because it is more purely
Collette. It is lighter and wittier,
dealing with intricate relationships,
rather than attempting to deal
with basic emotions seriously. Then
too in not compassing as great a
time as 'The Gentle Libertine" it
is less affected by the lack of a
more complete dealing with emo-
tional fundamentals. It covers a
greater variety of life in less time
of living, so to speak.
S. S. F.
Screen Reflections
THE CURRENT CINEMA ... AH !
Michigan.
Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., pri-
vately known as Joan Crawford, re-
turns to town in a melodrama
adapted from Bayard Veiller's
"?Within the Law" ...
and rather suc-
cinctly t i t l ed,
"Paid." That is,
save for a mere
half dollar at the
Liberty S t r e e t
box-Office. j
Advance reports'
give it numerous:
stars and what.
not. However, the
facts show that
one Robert Arm- tOLN CzAFORD X_
strong has the male lead, while the
supporting cast includes Marie Pre-
vost and John Miljan. Direction is
by Sam Wood, and charges are
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Marion Davies crashes through
with her first hit since "Marianne"
in the current picturization at the
Majestic of the Belasco stage pro-
:uction, "The Bachelor Father."'
The censors must have witnessed
a silent version, or perhaps their
movietone went conveniently hay-
wire in several spots.
Be that as it may, the usual in-
tellectual student audience took
considerable delight in this more or
less English-locale comedy. The
story concerned itself with the re-
union by an aged British nobleman
of three grown-up children by as
many different mothers-Sir Basil,
as such was his name, regretting
the wild-oat sowing of his younger
days.
Marion Davies proves to be the
American offspring, the other two
coming from Ireland and Italy. The
reunion starts off rather disastrous-
ly, but is gradually smoothed over
to the gratification of Sir Basil.
An unexpected denouement fol-
lowed by a race against time cli-
maxes the picture.
Miss Davies is more satisfactory
than might be expected in the
starring role, although the part and
story are extremely promising to
begin with. C. Aubrey Smith, the
Sir Basil of the stage production,
gives a perfect characterization of
the tempestuous father. Most prom-
nent among the remaining players
are Ralph Forbes, fair e n o u g h
though seemingly slightly miscast
as the nobleman's young attorney,
and Guinn Williams, pleasing as the
American aviator.
Robert Z. Leonard, also credited
with "Marianne," handled the meg-
aphone capably. Situations are
well-handled, and the humorous
episodes follow naturally without
straining the plot.
On the whole, good B+ enter-
tainment.
Wuerth.
Bang! Bang! and Double Bang!
Heah comes Johnny Mack Brown,
Alabammy's old quarterback, carry-
ing a gun instead of a football as
the famous Billy the Kid. This film,
of the same name, had a Detroit
showing on the new wide Realife
screen-but the third dimensional
effect sought for was sadly missing.
All of which has little to do with
its local downtown showing at the
Wuerth. In addition to Brown in
the title role, Wallace Beery enacts
the sheriff, and Kay Johnson pro-
vides the feminine attraction. Com-
edy is furnished by Karl Dane and
Roscoe Aits, the latter the screen's
most accomplished st-st-st-stutter-
er. The production, the locale of
which is laid in New Mexico terri-
tory, had the supposed benefit of
King Vidor's direction.
Detroit.
Clara Bow (the name sounds
familiar) stars at the Fisher in
what may possibly be her last pic-
ture, for Pa r a-
'~mount, at any
rate. It is titled
"No Limit" and is
mainly concerned
w i t h gambling,
which recalls her
previous but not
as revealing front
page escapade in
a Nevada house
of chance.
The film dis-
plays more seri-
CLARAOW ous d ramaticl
ability on the part of the auburn-
haired (???) star, although Stuart
Erwin as her extremely vapid
sweetheart walks off with the act-
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under the editorship of Richard
Glavin, is scheduled to appear on
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week.
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