,T1HE MICHICAN DAILY 4 ' Published every morning except Monday during the UnIversit year the Board in Control of Student Publications. Mlember of the Western Conference Editorial Association. The Assocated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re- lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise dited in this paper and the local news published herein. Entered at the Post Ofice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second s matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant tma ster General tubscription by carrier, $5.00; by mail, $4.50 Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, bigan. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214.- EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR RICHARD L., TOBIN torial Director .......................Beach Conger, Jr. y Editor....................................Carl Forsythe Ns Edtor ......... ....... ..David M. Nichol rts Edltor.......... .................Sheldon C. Fullerton men's Editor ........................Margaret M. Thompson istant News Editor ...... .................Robert L. Pierce NIGHT EDITORS nk B. Gilbreth J. (Xlhlen Kennetly James Inglis- and Goodman Jerry B. RQsenithal Karl Seiffert george A. Stauter Sports Assistants Iber J. Myers John W. Thomas John S. Townsend an Joneb . Charles A. Sanford REPORTERS Stanley W, Aruheim Lawson . .Becker Thomas. Connellan Samuel G. Ellis Sanniel L. Finkle Louis B. Gascoigne Dorothy Brockman )firi'am Carver Beatrice Collins Louise Uraidal Elsie Feldman Prudence Foster Frcdi A. JFauber Norman Kraft Roland Martin Htenry Meyer Marion A. Ailezewski Albert H. Newman L. Jerome Pettit Georg-ia Geisinan- Aliee Gilbert Martha Littleton_ Eiizabeth Long Frances M anchester Elizabeth^ Mann John W.Pritchard Joseph Renihan C. Hart Schaaf Brackley ,Shaw Parker R. Snyder G. B.. Winteas S RMargaret O'Brien Iillary Rarden Dhorothy Rundell Elma Wadsworth Josephine Woodhams BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 2214 RLES TI'. KLTNE.,..... ..... .\..........Business Manager RIS P. JOHNSON ........... ...Assistant Manager /Department Managers tising ......................................Vernon Bishop tising Contracts ..... .. ...............Robert Callalhin tising Service................ . ..Byron C. VedderI ations........................William T. Brown lations.........................Harryy R. Begley nts ....... ...........Richard Stratemeir n's ]Business Manager........................Ann W. Verner ion, must retire to the back of the stage while the public high schools and grade schools come to the front to claim their share of attention.. However, the purpose of such an observance as began yesterday morning is not to sit back in an easy chair and gloat with false pride at the sensa- tional progress that, within the last hundred years, has brought the public school system from an estab- lishment scoffed at, ridiculed-in fact practically non-existent-to one of its present status. By the assumption of this attitude of self satisfaction and self-content, the very purpose of the observance is defeated. Observations last only a dy, or a week, or a month, as custom so rules, but they are instigated so that their constructive effects will be felt throughout the year. The big thing to recognize in this particu- lar week of recognition is the fact that our public school system has far from reached its Utopia, and that it possesses many and varied faults which are open for correction. In view of this constructive purpose, those influ- ential in formulating the national program have ad- vanced one leading fault for correction. It is the present lack of cooperation between teachers and parents. There are three environments under which a child may be raised: 1. In which the full responsibility rests with the home. 2. In which the state assumes complete responsibility. 3. Where the obligation of raising the child is divided between the state and the home. For the origin of the first two we go back to the days of ancient Rome and Sparta, and dis- cover that the responsibility of Roman parents for their children attained a degree of highness that has never been exceeded, and that the Spartan father and mother had absolutely no control over their off- spring. In these two radica'lly different systems, there were many good points, but in both they were overshadowed by their faults. It remained for the third environment, that of sharing the obligation, to combine the original two for the addition of their advantages and the subtrac- tion of their faults. For -the beginning of this sys- tem, one needs only to turn back the hands of time to the origin of the public school, a comparatively recent event. This is the method under which the parents of the United States claim their children are reared. Tech- nically they are correct, but practically they are sadly in error, for with the present lack of coopera- tion between the sharers of the obligation, any com- parison of the present method and the system as it should be carried out would be absurd. To correct this "cross-firing" of home and school, many institutions have established parent-teacher organizations. The results have been favorable, but the extent has not been wide. /If this week's program does nothing more than promote the beginning of aprogressive move in this direction, it will have done more than its share toward the bettermentof na- tional education. J. C. W. Every rise of one per cent per bushel to the wheat and corn prices adds more than $10,090,000 to the value of these grains in farmers' hands, an Asso- ciated Press dispatch states. That's fine, as long as the farmers can keep their hands up. CANPUS OPINlON Letters published in this column should not be constr.ued as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous communications will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as. confidential upon re- quest. Contributors are asked to be brief, con- finig themselves to less than 300 words if possible. e-----amus inthe Unteda-tes, TEDY ROLLS INFORMATION BUREAU-, In view of the. fact that Mlichi- ed capusin the United States, the Rolls Public Welfare Commis- sion has resolved to institute a Campus Information Bureau. The purpose of this department will be to tell anybody anything they want to know about things in general about the Campus and 'its environs. Environs offer practically limitless possibilities for juicy bits of scan ,dal. Our first letter comes from a freshman who, apparently, hasn ' yet lost that overwhelming desire to know about life. His query fol- lows: * * * Dear Oscar: Since I came to this Uni- versity, I have been looking at that great big building with all the columns on it right there on State Street across from Betsy Barbour and Helen New- berry dorms. It is a big white building and people are always' going g and out of it, and I wondered if it would be all right if I went in sometime and found. out what they do there. Are there any hours which would be better than others for me to do this? George George, '35 Dear George-or Mr. George, as good form will have it: The building to which you refer is Angell Hall. It is a fine building Featuring Johnny Ja kson with Bill Greer and His Music DON'T FORGET TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION. Phone 9228 Huron and Fourth Events All piograms are given in Hill Auditorium uinlIe s s;otherwise noted. The afternoon concerts are g i ve n without admission charge. lul Phone 22553 436 Third Street if /y GALOSH SEASON IS HEREIt We have the newest in 1oors - and patterns for men, women, and children. Quality merchandise at economical prices. The E ARI'LE BOO SHO 123 EAST LIBERTY STREET Tonight, Saturday and Sunday Follow the crowd to Joe Parker's DINE and DANCE This Week's Tempting Feature: 25c a Pint Pineapple Bits Lemon Sherbet Roasted Almond Toffee- For "THANKSGIVING SEASON" we have some clever new ice-cream moulds. TASTY Cafe Arou Finn Becke Assistants )n Jahn Keyse .trsley Arthur F. Kohn lares Lowe e1rnard E. Schnacke cr Anne Iarsha Cissel Katharine Jackson eld Dorothy Layin hgrund Virginia McComnb pr Carolin Mosher an Ie sien Olsen helen Schmleede Grafton W. Sharp Donald Johnson D)on Lyon Bernard H. Good May Seefried Minnie Seng TRenchSpencer atlIryn Stork Care Unger ' Mary Elizabeth Watts where people go to-- 1...Pick up dates. 2. ..Carry on romances tables in the library at of the hall. 3. . .Sleep. The soundest advice I over the the end can give NIGHT EDITOR-FRANK FRIDAY, NOVEMBER GILBRETH 13, 1931 irad uates end Politics A plai -to bring more college graduates into active affiliation with the major political par-c ties and thus raise the standards of government within the next decade has been proposed by Dr. William E. Mosher, managing director of the School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syra- cuse University. The plan in its entirety would not be confined to the' alumni of Syracuse, nor would there be an attempt to influence young men -andl women toward adhering to any one patty. The scheme in abstract is this: 1. The selection of some two or three prom- inent members of a community identified wits a lobal alumni association who may be interested in securing the list of recent graduates and to lay- before them at an informal meeting the proposalr that they identify themselves as party workers in the party of their preference. 2. The representative of the alumni associa- tion, having learned with which party the newt graduate wishes to become associated, would maket it his responsibility to give such men and women a letter of introduction to the party committeemen1 or chairmen. The plan is simple enough, but it is something else to attempt to inject new life into a problemt that has been allowed to remain latent for years. The absence of students in politics is everywhere evident in this country. It has been said before that the student reveals an insight of a remarkable kind in the political life of his time; yet the neces- sity for earning a living following graduation hast turned him from a political career to one of busi- ness. To attempt a right-about-face even within the next ten years is a stiff 'assignment, and onei that will have many obstacles to overcome. There are in the plan, however, certain funda- mentals worthy of consideration. In the first place, if the college-trained graduate became sufficiently interested in- politics in the community, it is more: than likely that, as the functions of government expand and taxation increases, more efficient ad- ministration and sound government policies would result. Indeed, in a space of ten years, the influ- ence of the graduate in party nominations along local, state, or national lines, would doubtless be profound. The plan of Dr. Mosher is one that should meet with favor not only among alumni of Syracuse but among other universities and col- leges as well. IEDTRIA COMMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK (The Purdue Exponent) Yesterday, the United States began the observance of a week annually set aside in recognition of na- tional education, a thing that in comparatively recent you about it is stay away. It is full to overflowing of professors who wear funny-looking hats, hats with funny-looking coeds wearing them, and all manner of other peo- ple whom it is best to leave strictly alone. The last time I went there, a professor advised me not to take a course because it was hard and required real study. If you would keep your ideals and desire for knowledge I should advise that you either stay at home or go to the movies. Angell Hall is not for the educated or the seeker after learn- ing-unless, of course, coeds are what you want to know about. If this is the case, come arid ask us and save a lot of wear and tear on the seat of your trousers. Their benches are the worst on campus. Sincerely, To The Editor: The following is a letter I sent this morning to the Editor of the Detroit Free Press: Referring to your editorial "The Major is Right," I beg to submit with all due respect for your-opinion that it is perfectly right and correct at all times and under all circumstances to speak and write in faiior of peace and disarmament against the greatest of all horrors, war. More especially is this true at a time of rejoicing over peace and the just glorification of the dead who made the supreme sacrifice for the sake of-peace. M. LEVI, Professor Emeritus. To Those Responsible for the Armistice Day Program: I congratulate you on your program. In the light of the recent controversy which was erroneously put in my name, I should like to make the following statement. The tone of the meeting and the note the speakers struck was the note our Disarmament group should have tried to introduce in the speaker we chose. The note of friendliness between nations, the need to work for peace, the possibility of a united states of Europe, the coming first World Dis- armament Conference, and the thought of inviting in the future representatives of our former enemies, the Central Powers, to honor with us those who made the supreme sacrifice for what they felt was of su- preine importance-for these attitudes on the part of the speakers and for the note of reverence and feeling for the sacrifices made, I was very thankful. We would not be misunderstood, however. As a group we feel that handsome uniforms and brass bands do not present a true picture of war and that this practice of sugar coating the actual facts creates in the minds of the general public, if not of- the Reserve Corps itself, a leniency toward military methods which is definitely detrimental to one of understanding and sympathy for other nations and other races. We recognize that the military groups and peace groups are both working for peace, but while the former groups believe that preparedness for war is the best method to insure peace, I am convinced that the preparation must be for peaceful settlement of all disputes, if our efforts are to be constructive and our goal attained. Some of the group take the ex- treme pacifist stand, but most of us do not go so! Oscar * ,* * This would seem to be an ex- cellent time: to remind contri- butors that brevity is the spice cf life and that the fewer the lines to the individual contri- bution, the more contributions we can squeeze into a column. We are fairly swamped by let- ters from people who think they can do better than we do at this business, and, on the whole, we should say that they were right. Give them a chance, to appear in print. BLANK SPACE DEPARTMENT REQUEST Our scurrilous contemporary The Gargoyle has asked that we print an appeal for writers of good clean and other sorts of fun in this col- umn. It seems that they are hard pressed for witters-far be it from us to suggest tht it is a self-evi- dent fact-and would appreciate any assistance they can get in fill- ing their magazine. Lovingly Ever Thine OSCAR THE WONDER HORSE What's Going On FRIDAY