THE. MICHIGAN ,DAILY ICHIGAN DAILY ter requisite for awarding a diploma than the hour-honor-point installment plan, diplomas should be abolished, for, under the present system, they have become almost valueless. "--, : fir- .. , Y .' Js ' r C sn;.: Professor Slaughter's Horrid Word. III Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Associa- ion and the Big Ten News Service, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in .this paper and the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches are reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Postmaster-General., Subscription during summer by carrier, $1.00; by mall, 1.50. 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ASSISTANTS: Jack Bellamy, Gordon Boylan, Allen Cleve- land, Charles Ebert, Jack Efroymson, Fred Hertrick, Joseph Hume, Allen Knuusi, Russell Read, Fred Rogers. Lester Skinner. Joseph Sudow. . Robert Ward Elizabeth Aigler, Jane Bassett, Beulah Chapman, Doris Gimmy, Billy Griffiths, Virginia Hartz Catherine Mc- Eenry. Helen Olson. Helen Schmude May Seefried. Kathryn Stork. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1933 Paring Down 'Body Building' Requirements... O PPONENTS of paternalism won a great victory during the examina- tion period when the literary college faculty re- duced required physical education for women from two to one year, and, by so doing, alleviated in part, one of the most obnoxious aspects of "get- ting a diploma." As we nintained in campaigning for the low- ering of requirements in the "body building" pro- gram, exercise is a splendid thing for the under- graduate but a physcial education program should be sufficiently attractive to enlist students of their own volition. While we congratulate the University adminis- tration for its forward step, we must at the samxe time remind it that the race is only half Won. There is sill one year of required physical educa- tion for both men and women; - - T HE MOST unintelligent bit of cen- soring of the year has been done by Prof. W. R. Slaughter, publications adviser of Northwestern University, who has banned the word "beer" from all student publications. "Beer," says the Professor, "has nothing to do with students, no matter what is done about it in Washington." While we will not grant the statement made by Professor Slaughter, nevertheless, even if it were assumed, we still can see no justification for his censorship. An earthquake in China, the death of King George, the election of a president, do not directly affect students. Yet students would be interested in them, and the articles should appear in college papers. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the edi- tors of the Northwestern publications and, as far as Professor Slaughter is concerned, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer. 4 V $10,000 profit in jig time. One scene which quite well stamps the picture as a whole is Flagg's pur- suit of Quirt, who has jumped into the former's limousine with Tot Pepper in the hopes of a get- away. When Quirt is finally forced to head in, he sees two motorcycle cops in the offing, raises his hands above his head, and acts out a holdup so beautifully that he gets Flagg's wallet with $1,500 in addition to Hot Pepper. And so it goes. The jokes are on the usual plane and gain the usual laughs. If you like the pair, you'll like "Hot Pep- per." Many fans are ready for a Flagg-Quirt burial. Added attractions: Paul Tompkins in an organ program which is somewhat above the average because of a higher popular song content, includ- ing "Sweet Sue," "Carolina Moon," "You'll Get, By," and others-but the usual unsingable hodge- podge like "M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I ," "Beautiful Katy," etc. Why not run off the leading songs of the day without the parodies and other stalls in between? An Our Gang Comedy-good; Para- mount News; and "Duck Hunters" with a riotous monologue, the best outdoor feature to date. 100 ENGRAVED CARDS and PLATE $2.25 -Any Sty1Q - DAVIS & OHLINGER 109-111 East Washington St. Phone 8132 Second Floor BREAKFAST SPECIAL Ham or Bacon and Two Eggs Buttered Toast and Coffee 25c BALTIMORE DAIRY LUNCH 436 South State Street TYPEWRITERS - PORTABLE New Second- R Bebiilt, Smith-Corona, Noiseless, Under'wod, Royal, Remington. 314 S. State St., Ann Arbor. The Farmers and Mechanics Bank The experience of more than fifty years i at the service of the customers at this bank, in the savings, trust and commercial fields. FARMERS AND MECHANICS BANK State St. at Nickels Arcade Main and Huron Sts. EBERBACI & SON CO. ESTABLISHED 1843 Scient i R Laboratory Supplies Student Health Musical Events THE BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET FEBRUARY EIGHTH The appearance of such a chamber music group as the Budapest String Quartet should not pass without a comment however late it may neces- sarily be. While the program left several things to be desired, the ensemble had a perfection and a spontaneity that are seldom achieved separate- ly and are even more rarely found together. The! fine subordination of the individual tone qualities and the individual style of playing wrought the four musicians into a single medium, capable of: projecting that most delicately interwoven of all - musical textures, the string quartet. It takes the utmost musicianship to perform one of these transparent little miniatures of music as it should be done, but in their concert last Wednesday eve- ning, these men proved conclusively that they possessed this quality. It is to be regretted that their program was not of a more varied nature, for the Haydn encore was such a delightful thing that one could not help but feel how much moreI interesting something of that nature would have been in place of either the rather stolidly senti- mental Schumann or the thinly constructed Schu- bert, which by themselves are most enjoyable, but taken together verge toward monotony. And when they seemed so able to play the classical and the moderns, as well as the romanticists, it was rather a waste to confine them to purely emo- tional or lyric music, for even Debussy might well be termed romantic impressionism. That quartet, which contains some of the most inevitably beau- tiful passages that he has ever written, is based on a cyclic development of thematic material and so achieves an organic unity and an evolutionary effect of the climaxes that is lacking in the ob- vious formality of the other works. It is interest- ing to compare a modern treatment of this medium of composition with those of the older schools, for in this combination of strings we find one of the few places where the contemporary writer is work- ing with exactly the same materials and instru- mental effects at his disposal that they had one or two hundred years ago. One can only wish that there might be many more concerts just such as this one, so that chamber music for Ann Arbor audiences need not be confined to three rather unrepresentative quartets. ' -Kathleen Murphy WHAT IS HEALTH? The meaning of the word health is of more than academic interest. To most people the term is thought of as absence of recognized disease. Too. often this means no more than absence of pain. Such interpretations of the term health are negative in effect and often result in harm. More serious disease causes no pain and is slow in being recognized by the untrained person. A better meaning of the word health is given by the good general dictionary definition which carries the idea of soundness of all body organs. This suggests that health can be assured only by a complete study of the body and its organs by a trained examiner. Attention to one's health upon the basis of this interpretation of the word will be a much safer practice. It will save life and prevent the conditions of pain and frank disease which are the only meanings of ill health for so many people. While the idea of sound organs is more useful as a meaning of health, it leaves much to be de- sired until the question behavior is considered. Anyone can think of persons whose bodily organs, including the brain, would probably pass a very careful medical examination, but whose conduct is seen to be far from that which is useful or particularly desirable to anyone. The idea of behavior or personal conduct brings I into a consideration of health an element usually not considered in medical examinations; it ques- tions the mental health, such as wholesome hap- piness. Also the meaning of the word health us- ,ally does not include the idea that health is something to be built i,-, nositively or acquired in greater and fuller measure, A ccnsideraiun v± , iy desirable people has had Dr. J. F. Williams to define health as "That quality of life which enables one to live most and serve best." In a discussion of his definition Dr. Williams suggests that it is socially more desirable to be a Socrates with a headache than a perfectly "healthy" pig. -Health Service.. STUDENT APPLICATION PHOTOS 3 for $1.00 or 12 for $1.75 Studio Portraits Special -- One for $1.00 or 3 for $2.00 ASK FOR DUPLICATES Rembrandt Studio 121 East Liberty (Formerly of Mack & Co.) - I 200-202 E. LIBERTY ST. III LI STARS . &STRIPES 120 Installments And It's Yours. . E XAMINATIONS are over. Conver- sation trends have shifted from finals to grades. Record cards are in the mail. The semester is finished. As the new term starts, the question that every college student is asking himself is, "academically speaking, what did I get out of last semester?" There are two answers. One goes something like this: "Two hours of A, five hours of B, six hours of C, and three of D " The other goes: "A working knowledge of the structure of American government, which I feel quite certain I shall forget but which I can pick up again with little difficulty; a knowledge of how valleys and mountains are formed, which I shall get allE mixed up some day when I try to repeat it to my children; a basic knowledge of Sh-espeare's more important plays, which may enable me to be high scorer in ask-me-another games and which, incidentally, has made me enjoy and appreciate Shakespeare just a little bit." The first answer is a silly one because it doesn't mean anything. It is just a lot of letters and num- bers which indicate an integration of attendance at classes, ability to bluff, luck, nervous tempera- ment during examinations, and knowledge of the course. Academically speaking, knowledge of the course is the only factor in the list that is significant and it is significant only as long as one remem- bers the knowledge.. And yet, the grade system is the wave-length that the University operates on. Each letter and each figure are installments on a diploma. One-hundred-and-twenty-hours-and-one-hun- dred-and-twenty-honor-points-here's-your-diplo- ma-now-you're-educated-go-get-a-job. Sillv-vou're not necessarily educated-you Screen Reflections Four stars means extraordinary; three stars very good; two stars good; one star just another picture; no stars keep away from it. HAVE A LA PALINA, KATE. SALLY BLANE DROPS A POINT AT THE MAJESTIC "HELLO EVERYBODY" Kate ......................Kate Smith Hunt .................. Randolph Scott Lily ....................... Sally Blane Jed ................. Charles Grapewin Marshall...............George Barbier The Moon Comes Over the Mountain for the last time today at the Majestic-if you're a dialer who hasn't seen a Kate Smith effort yet, youl might try this one. Roughly speaking there are five facts which we can promise you are tied up in this picture. (1) The fact that Kate Smith is pleasingly: photographed, especially during her rendition of the "Moon Song," which is sung as enjoyably as e'er untrained voice could do. (2) The fact that "Hello Everybody" is Smith material all the way, dealt out to waiting thousands who have de- manded the fair cigar ad as a real movie star. (3) The fact that Kate Smith does a heavy yet some- how agile Charleston to the tune of "Dinah." (4) A poor performance by Sally Blane. (5) An excel- lent performance by Charles Grapewin as a hired man. --G. M. W. Jr. I AT THE MICHIGAN "HOT PEPPER" **FINDS FAVOR WITH QUIRT-FLAGG FANS Sergeant Quirt .......... Edmund Lowe Sergeant Flagg .........Victor McLaglen Hot Pepper ...... ........Lupe Velez Olsen .......................El Brendel Hortense ..................Lillian Bond Trigger Thorne .......... Booth Howard In spite of adverse sentiment and derogatory' criticism, "Hot Pepper," the latest Quirt-Flagg act, finds favor as usual with those who go in for rowdy marine-type humor, snappy dames, and - By Karl Seiffert ON HUMAN SUFFERING I never turn skeptic When persons dyspeptic Insist that I hear all Their troubles and woes. I'm always polite and Take special delight in The stories of illness In sinus and nose. I too have a failing-- I'm constantly ailing, But I'm not a braggart About it, Lord knows. Mine isn't worth prating Or casual relating; It's justthat my credit Has turned up its toes. ., * * "Flogged Girl Shows Slight Improvement," says a headline. Well anyway that shows that the principle of the thing is all right. WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT DEPARTMENT Have parents the moral right to forbid marriage? No, not if they have reached the age of legal consent. Both parent and child have a common moral duty to counsel frankly be- cause they have mutual interests at stake, but the child's interest is vastly the greater. -From "Let's Explore Your Mind" in the Detroit News. Daughter: Mother, dear, have you and father reached the age of legal consent? Mother: Why,.Gwendolyn, why do you ask? Daughter: Well, you see, Mother, it's a matter in which we have a common moral duty to counsel frankly, but in which my interests are vastly greater. Mother: What are you talking about? Come to the point. Daughter: It's this way, Mother. I want to marry Cyril. Is that all right with you? Mother: That bum? I should say not. How could you think of such a thing? Daughter: Well, it doesn't really make any fr.n vm Vii osdmitted that You and .4 "" ". ..._ . . .. . Ni iK i [Ilbb. I A NEGI Opera - Prima Donna - Concert In Recital in the Choral Union Series Date changed to T URSDAY, FEB 16 8:15 ( Instead of date first announced ) Tickets available at the office of the School of Music, Maynard Street $1.00 - $1.50 - $2.00 - $2.50 TI 14 1 1, This week marks the beginning of a new semester. Those whom we served last term are depending upon our superior work, prompt service, and reasonable prices in the semester tQ come. But there are some who do not know how well Varsity can take care of their Laundry problems. To them we say, "Start a new slate; join the ranks of our many hundreds of satisfied customers." For Call and Delivery Service Phone 2-3123 T H E :. .. .. I I