. THE MICHIGAN DAILY TI U4rl icri an atitu Published every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re- publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news' published herein. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Postmaster General. s8d scription by carrier, $4.00; br mail, $4.50 F Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business', 21214. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR RICHARD L. TOBIN News Editor'................................David M. Nichol Editorial Director.............................Beach Conger, Jr. City Editor ............ .....................Carl Forsythe Sports Editor...............................Sheldon C. Fullerton Women's Editor................ ........Margaret M. Thomp'son Screen Reflections .... ........ ..........Bertram J. Askwith Assistant News Editor..... ............... ...Robert L. Pierce NIGHT EDITORS Frank B. Gilbreth J. Cullen Kennedy Roland Goodman Denton C. Kunze Jerry E. Rosenthal Karl Seifert George A. Stauter Wilber J. Myers Brian Joner Sports Assistants John W. Thomas John S. Townsend Charles A. Sanford Stanley Arnhelm Sam Bagley Lawson E. Becker Thomas Connellan Ralph R. Cooper Lester M. Harrison Morton Helper Joseph Hoffman Josephine Woodhams; Annette Cummings Dorothy Brockman Alma Wadsworth Marjorie Thomson Georgia Geisman REPORTERS James Krotosyner Robert Merritt Henry Meyer Marion Milezewski Albert Newman Jerome Pettit John Pritchard Joseph Renihan Beatrice Collins Ethel Arehart Barbara Hall Susan Manchester Margaret O'Brien Louise Crandall Alfred Stresen-Reuter William Thal t 0. R. Winters Charles Woolner Brackley Shaw Ford Spikerman Parker Snyder Cile Miller Elsie Feldman Eileen Blunt Eleanor Rairdon Martha Littleton Prudence Foster too much by grades, other students and lack of interest in the instructor. Culture, certainly an abstract term, cannot be taught by mere pedantry nor can young men and women be fitted for a happy existence by taking down notes, reading only required books and last-minute cramming for finals. We do not mean, however, that the students h attending the University could be graduated with ti an appreciation of the finer things in life or an p ability to make a success. in life by a different p system. An answer to this is practically impos- t sible. State universities attract a wide variety of a students, all of whom influence one another in i some respect. Priyate and endowed colleges with i a more restricted' enrollment do not report prog-e ress either along this line.9 b It is clear then, that the attainment of culture d and the ability to secure a better foothold on life b through a college education rest in the student 1 'himself as well as an encouraging environment. r Michigan, as has been pointed out, certainly p does not give a deal of encouragement'through its A educational system itself but it has, and does fur- i ther such attempts in other ways. Fine art exhibits, a concerts, lectures, conventions, clubs, and a library V rated as one of the finest combine to teach andt help those interested in such. For those who are° interested, they prove a very encouraging atmos-'j phere. Those who, apparently don't care for such t things, don't appreciate them and, of course, do not i attain what they originally came for. The latter" group is the bone of contention. The former group, those who take advantage of Michigan's cultural opportunities, at Michigan (as in every other school) are in the minority and as a result one unaccustomed to college life is more apt to be influenced by the chronic "movie goers," "bridge players," "sport fans" and dancers than by those who are able to combine all of these things with those which are far more serious and valuable as far as their lives are concerned. Movies, bridge, sports, dancing and drinking are certainly not wrong and one would practically descend to prud- ishness if one didn't participate in them. More serious things, however, are necessary for the attainment of culture and unfortunately, as we said, there are few in Ann Arbor who have the ability to add to their enjoyment. The freshman class, as it has noticed from the literature which it received and its arrival in Ann Arbor, is certainly welcome and is encouraged to get what it can from its Alma Mater. We sincerely t hope, moreover, that there are included in its midstv a majority of students willing to take advantage1 of Michigan's cultural opportunities. OASTED ROLL PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS! OH BOY' Well, wowua you ever! No sooner ad the results of the Rolls Inves- Agating Committtee been made ublic than people began to get retty darn mad about the whole hirig, and public opinion is now t such a high pitch that the editor s being escorted around the town n an armored car. Just at pres- nt there are seven burly fellows Guarding the door of the press building to see that the editor doesn't get out again. Letters have een pouring into the office (as etters will) demanding an expla- nation of the spurious remarks published in yesterday's column. All that we can say to these letters s that the remarks were not at ll spurious, and that the Rolls In- vestigating Committee is so per- turbed at this exhibition of lack of faith that it is going to make urther investigation into the sub- ect of Campus Beauty. Watcl for omorrow's big issue with further nterviews and comments. * * $ And another thing to look forward to. The Rolls Staff is planning a big write-up of the double-header football game Saturday. This idea was occa- sioned when we heard a fellow at desk behind us tell another fellow, also at the desk behind us, that the sport staff of The Daily was terribly short-hand- ed. Our write-up will be so vi- vid and colorful that it will be just like being at the game. In fact it will be better than being at the game. In fact there isn't any need of going to the game. at all; we're not going. Don't miss Toasted Rolls Sunday morning! .* * * And another thing. Letters to the Editor of Toasted Rolls are al- ways read with interest, sometimes by the Editor even, if he gets over to the office early enough. Don't SAND COMPANY Tlephone 7112 WANT ADS PAY * * * Here, MEN, smoke a man 9 mK6 man'ssmoke' PIPEFUL of good tobacco is dis- tinctly a man's smoke. The women (long may they wave!) have taken over most of our masculine *s privileges. But pipe smoking still belongs to us. MICHIIGAN BELL62ai TLEPHONE CO* Telephone Home Long Distance Rates are Surprisingly f~ q rLow, The representative rates listed below are for day Station-to-Station calls and are effective between 4:30 a. m. and 7:00 p. m. A Station-to-Station call is one made to a telephone number rather than to a particular person. You may reverse the charges to your home telephone if you wish. III S If fit N. Rates from Ann Arbor to ADRIAN......... Station- to-StatLG ): Rates BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 CHARLES T. KLINE.........................Business Manager NORRIS P. JOHNSON.........................Assistapt Manager Department Managers Advertising ..........:::::::......:.:Vernon Bishop Advertising ..............................Robert B. Callahan Advertising.................................William W. Davis Service ........... ......... ...........Byron C. Vedder Publications ..... ,.............+.. .....W. lliam T. Brown Circulation ....................................Harry R. Begley Accounts............... . .... .......Richard Stratemeier Women's Business Manager .. ..... ..Ann W. Verner AsSIstants Orvil Aronsen Willard Freehling Thomas Roberts Gilbert E. Buraley Herbert Greenstone I. A. Saltzstein Willard A..Combs JohnKeyser Bernard E. Schnacke Allen Clark, Arthur F. Kohn Grafton W. Sharp Gustave Dalberg Bernard H.eGood Cecil E. Welch Robert E. F.ri James Lowe Kathryn Bayless Ann Gallmeyer \Helen Olsen Donna Becker Ann Harsha Marjorie Rough Genevieve Fild Kathryn Jackson Mary E. Watts Maxine Flschgrund Dorothy Laylin NIGHT EDITOR-FRANK E. GILBRETH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1931 In every walk of life you'll find that the men at The pipe is not for pretty girls, the top are pipe smokers. And most college men agree that the pipe offers the rarest pleasures a man could ask of his smoking. When you smoke a pipe, be sure you choose the tobacco that will give you the greatest } enjoyment. In 42 out of54 colleges Edgeworth is the favorite. You can buy Edgeworth ' wherever good tobacco is sold. Or for a special Here's the smoke for packetmen, a pipe and good sample packet, tobacco. write to Larus & Bro. Co., 105 S. 22d St., Richmond, Va. Sample is free. E DG EWORTH SMOKING TOBACCO Edgeworth is aIblend of fine old burleys, with its natural savor enhanced by Edge. AKRON, o ................... 80 ALYONIAC . . . . . ...... . . . . .. . . . .50 BAY CTY......... ...* .. .70 BIRMINGHAM............. .30 CHEBOYGAN.............* 1.35 DETROIT. . . . . . . ................ . . . ..30 ESCANABA. ......" 1w55 IMLAY CITY............. . ,f. .50 INDIANAPOLIS, IND........;... 1.05 IRONWOOD......5 LOUISVILLE, KY............... 1.40 MT. CLEMENS..... . . . ..... .... .45 Owosso...................... .50 PITTSBURGH, PA.............2 1.10 PORT HURON. . . ... ... ....... .60 ST. JOSEPH....... .......95 ST. LOUIS, MO........... '... 1.95 11 III Students and The Taxi Cabs The Legion A 14 pD i . 1 'TE HE recent demands for revision of taxicab rates so as to eliminate the independent wild- cat operator, or else bring him under control so that the student or citizen who uses Ann Arbor cabs will not be overcharged, call for nothing less than a revision of section io of the city ordinance to regulate taxicabs and similar vehicles in the town of Ann Arbor. This part of the municipal code sets forth the maximum rates that may be charged by Ann Arbor cab drivers, to be determined by taximeter. If no such meters are used, the ordinance continues, the cabs shall display a sign stating "Flat Rate 35c." But whether that flat rate shall apply regardless of the number of passengers, is not stated. And many drivers have ruthlessly overcharged their passengers either because they were ignorant of the legal provisions, or because they were accom- panied by women and felt they could not argue with the drivers. At any rate, a stricter supervision is necessary, and this alone can be provided through a change in the municipal code. The figures stated are far too high for these times of depression, namely 35c for the first passenger and 25c for each additional passenger. This rate applies only for the first mile, or fraction thereof. Compulsory meters on all cabs, charging on a basis somewhat nearer the figures charged by metropolitan cab companies would be much fairer than the present rates. Owners of cab companies complain against the wildcat operators. They com- plain against the fares charged by their drivers on pick-ups. The students complain against wildcat operators, drivers and company. owners. This long series of complaints will never accomplish much as between the three groups. It is up to the City Council to take the first step. Testimony was given by students, University officials and townspeople at a meeting last spring. It is high time the coun- cil took action, or else people will start to believe that the taxicab interests constitute such a vested interest that no one dares to attempt to control or regulate them. 0- Michigan And Culture A college education and its association with the attainment of culture has long been a source of controversy with learned educators, philoso- phers and sociologists who are sincerely interested in this problem. The result, as is usually the case with such arguments, has given rise to a number of experimental schools, novel educational systems and new rules for colleges all over America. The familiar complaint by all is that college students in America, under the present system of mass education, are not attaining the desired re- sults, namely: a better fitness for life and a certain degree of culture. Some have laid the blame on the institutions themselves while others have tried to impress the fact that students today do not try to' attain a better fitness for life or that certain' degree O NE of the most delicate of the problems which follows immediately upon the heels of a great war is that of the demobilized soldier and sailor. When the Armistice exultation has begun to wear off and the costs of the struggle have been counted. he becomes discontented and tends to almost any form of anarchy. In Italian Fascism and Russian Communism the world has two excellent examples of the extremes to which post-war discontent may lead the soldiers of a country and with them the entire nation. It was to prevent anything of this sort that the American Legion was organized at the suggestion of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and much credit must be given to the Legion for the effective man- .ner in which this problem was handled. At the }very outset it was. feared that this organization would become a political machine' for the best interests of the Roosevelt dynasty. To prevent al occurrence of this sort, the constitution of the Legion was made to read that the organization "shall be absolutely non-political." But despite all the precautions, the American Legion has become today the strongest political bloc in the country. More than that, it has de- veloped until it is the greatest single force in the nation. What other organization can boast that three times it has torn a president's veto to shreds and ridden rough-shod over the best judgment of the chief executive? While the Legion may make violent efforts to prove that it is not active politically, nevertheless, a legislative committee was appointed immediately after the fomation of the organization to protect the best interests of the soldiers. Today, the Legion lobby in Washington under the direction of John-Thomas Taylor is the envy of all profes- sional lobbyists. Less than a year ago the people of the nation watched, helplessly, while the legislators threw open the doors of the United States treasury to the demands of the Legion. This over the veto of President Hoover. From Taylor's office a tele- gram went forth to forty-eight state commanders. It was relayed by them to 12,000 posts throughout the country. "Use every legitimate means" the message runs each time a crisis approaches. It was a struggle between the taxpayers and the bankers of the country against the Legion and when the votes were counted the Legion had won. The danger of the situation appears when it is; known that only a very small majority of the people of the country are included in the organiza- tion. Of 5,00o,ooomen who are eligible only 700,-1 ooo are members in good standing. The opinions of the Legion are voiced in a convention attended by about Ioo,ooo members, less than two percent of the nation's veterans and the voting is decided before hand by a few of the Legion's commanders. These are figures which would make our morej liberty-loving and, perhaps, unpatriotic forefathers fear for their country. Such also would be the' feelings about the Legion's principal demands; hesitate to use the mails for this purpose. No letters will be accept- ed which are not anonymous. Un- less your name is not written on the bottom of your letter, it will only be thrown into the wastebask- et. (We mean your letter, you dope.) Write a letter, to the Editor today! Hurry to the nearest mail box with it! NORTH 1 Is.. E E JGLISh HAN N EL p SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH.. . YPSILANTI . .. . . . . . . ;=..T3 Your calls will be speeded if you gie the operator the number of the distant telephone) If you do not know the number ask "Information." u~ 1.55 .10 I' '4 worth's distinctive and exdusive' elev- Tenth process. 1Buy Edgeworth any where in two forms -EdgeworthReady- Rubbed and Edge- worth Plug Slice. All sizes, 150 pocket package to $1.50 pound humidor tin. MIGH GRDlE READY.RIBBED PtC ('.U READ THE DAILY CLASSIFIEDS Map Showing Way to Nearest Mail Box * * * Every student has by this time become acquainted with the beau- tiful new popcorn and peanut stand across from Angell Hall on State Street. In an interview with the Rolls Investigation Committee the owner and proprietor, Mr. Floyd Torray, stated that although business had not yet reached a five dollar a day level, it was creepin' up and that he expected that in the near future it would assume really magnificent proportions. Mr. Torray is now 36 years old has been blind since birth, and has had 13 operations on his eyes. He learned to read the Braille system in Lansing some years ago and can often be observed during slack business hours persuing book after book with his nimble fingers. Mr. Torray is an experienced corn- popper, having been in the corn- popping business for over 9 years, in Milan and Ann Arbor. His latest move was occasioned when he de- cided to cater especially to students of the University. "I got the idea," said Mr. Torray, "of calling my place the 'Kampus Korn Krib' so to pull the students over. That name all spelled with 'K's' like that I thought would get next to the students." Mr. Torray has other sales ideas. "I have all, those things like 'Swim- ming in Butter' on the sign in front" he said, "in order to make my popcorn appear to the water- ing mouth." 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