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Inc., 40 East Thirty-Fourth Street, New York City; 80 Boylston Street, Boston; 612 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago. EDITORIAL STARF Telephone 4925 Mississippi (except Louisiana and Arkansas) as well as all of the Middle West. This year Roosevelt did the same thing. The unmistakable conclusion is that our elec- torate is tending toward decisive shifts in political temper. The entire nation is beginning to think in the same terms. The old political entities, "the Solid South" and "rock-ribbed New England," are still distinct from the rest of the country, but are by no means separate sections. This is plainly indicated by Hoover's southern strength in 1928 and the Democratic victory in two New England states four years ago as well as this year. It is no mere coincidence that this development has come at the same time as the utilization of the radio for political purposes. When a politician speaks for an hour on a nation-wide hookup, he cannot afford to make appeals to sectionalism. He addresses himself to the entire nation and he is desperately anxious to please every part of it. When millions hear such a speech, lacking in sec- tional appeal, they will all form the same reaction to it. Hence Iowa and Florida received much the same impression from Hoover's Madison Square speech; California and Maryland each supported Roosevelt. Chain banks, chain stores and similar national enterprises of a national character have come to dominate our business life. Now the chain newspaper and the national hookup are beginning to control our thinking. This tendency toward an American mass mind is full of meaning for every aspect of national life. Nothing will be more vitally affected than politics. The radio's political possibilities were plainly indicated in 1928; this year we have seen them fully exploited. The results lead us to think that radio's appearance on the scene is the last decade's most significant develop- m'ent in political publicity. MANAGING EDTTOR.............PRANK E. fFERETH CITY EDITOR.........................KARL SEIFFERT' SPORTS EDITOR.................JOHN W. THOMAS WOMEN'S EDITOR.................MARGARET O'BRIEN ASSISTANT WOMEN'S EDITOR.......MIRTAM CARVER NIGHT EDITORS: Thomas Connellan, Norman F. Krafn, John W. Pritchard, C. Hart Schaaf, Brackley Shaw, Gllenn R. Winters. SPORTS ASSISTANTS: Fred A. Huber, Albert Newman, REPORTERS: Hyman J. Aronstam, A. Ellis Ball, Charles Q". Barndt. James Bauchat,Donal lR. Pird Donald F. Blanbkertz, Charley: B. Brownson, Albert L. Burrows, Arthur W. Carstens, Ralph G. Coulter. William G. Ferris, Eric Hall, John C. Healey, Robert B. Hewett, George M. Holmes, Walter E. Morrison, George Van Vleck, Guy M. Whipple, Jr., W. Stoddard White, Eleanor B. Bluim, Louise Crandall, Carol J. Hannan Prances Manchester. Marlee:i. 1Murphy, Margaret C. Phalan, Katherine Rucker, Marjorie Weston, Harriet Speiss. BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 2-1214 )BUSINESS MANAGER................BYRON C. VEDDER CREDIT MANAGER.................HARRY BEGLEY WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER ........DONNA BECKER OPARTMENT MANAGERS: Advertising, Grafton Sharp; Advertising Contracts, Orvil Aronson; Advertising ferv- ice, Noel Turner; Accounts, Bernard E. Schnacke; Cir- culation, Gilbert B. 13ursley; Publications, Robert E. Finn. ASSISTANTS: Theodore Barash, Jack Bellamy, Gordon Boylan, Charies Ebert, Jack Efroymson, Fred Hertrick, .Joseph Hu. mp, Allenl Knuusi, Russell Read, Lester Skin- ner, Joseph Sudow and Robert Ward. Elizabeth Aigler, Jane Bassett. Buelah Chapman, Doris Gimmy, Billie Griffiths VirginiaHartz, Catherine Mc- Henry, Helen Olson. Helen Schiuce, May Seefried,. Kathryn Stork. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, 1932 Should Michigan Accept A Rose Bowl Invitalion? SIOULD Michigan, she receives an part in the annual Rose Bowl played on New Year's day? in the event Lhat invitation, take football classic, Under ordinary circumstances, we believe the Michigan athletic authorities, as well as the fac- ulty, would oppose the proposal. The Western Conference has in the past taken a strong stand against post-season games, although the restric- tion was released last fall in view of a strong pop- ular sentiment in favor of charity contests. The faculty conference, which imposed the regulation, represents, in general, the opinion of Michigan faculty men as well as those of other Big Ten schools. However, the situation this year seems to be sufficiently unusual to merit special consideration. The 1932 Michigan football team is undoubtedly one of the strongest east of the Pacific Coast. section. It has gone undefeated through a sched- ule that will bear comparison with that of any team in the nation. Its record is not only a credit to the players but also a new climax in the career of Harry Kipke, who is completing his fourth year as coach of the Wolverines. Three other eastern teams claim recognition for going through the season without a defeat: Brown, Colgate, and Auburn. Of these, Brown, Colgate, or both will be eliminated when the two teams meet on Thanksgiving Day. While de do not deprecate the right of other schools to the honor of playing in the famous New Year's day classic, we believe there are points in favor of opening the way for Michigan to accept an invitation if it is extended. Post-season games would ordinarily require that the members of the football team take a con- siderable amount of time from their studies in preparation. A game on the West Coast, in addi- tion, requires a long trip, and would under the usual circumstances take the players away from classes for a week. The New Year's day contest, however, eliminates those objections, since the game is played in the middle of the vacation period. Football players get little in return for their work. There is some fame, but it is generally temporary. And playing football is, after all, a great deal of work. The Rose Bowl game would givethe Wolverine squac a well deserved reward for this year's great performance: a trip tLo the Pacific Coast--a vacation tour opportunity that many members of the team might never have again. As for precedent . . . a Wolverine team played in the first Tournament of the Roses 31 years ago. It was one of Fielding H. Yost's early champion- ship elevens. Thousands of western alumni from Michigan and other Big Ten schools would wel- come the occasion. - 1 -Mnnesota Daily Campus Opinion Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The daily. Anonymous eommne1ncatxons will be disregard- ed. The names of communicants will, however, be re- garded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, confining themselves to less than 300 words if possible. DR. ONDERDONK'S FAMILY TREE AND FILIBUSTER To The Editor: After Dr. Onderdonk's scholarly filibuster I can say with Agrippa: In modico suades me metricum fieri. A genuinely convincing argument is afford- ed by the family tree. The assurance that the highly progressive State of Tennessee as well as the Republic of Bolivia are in favor of the metric system also has its weight as an argument. But" most convincing of all is the crisp sentence: "As a result of that conclusion, all by legal enactment confirmed the adoption of the republics of Central America and Soah America metric units." As to the opinion of Hen drik van ford I must raise an objection. This evidence is irrevelant, immaterial and incompetent, he forgot to register and consequently has no voice in our political af- fairs. Moreover he has the flippant inconse- quentiality of those who vote dry and drink wet, Zor the specification book of my Elizabeth uses feet and inches. I note with some astonishment that no refer-l ence has been made to the American Society of1 Mechanical Engineers, who gave the matter some aareful attention at the height of the metric agi- tation some ten years ago.1 That the late Glenn H. Curtiss is still "urging gradual metric standardization" is somfewhat un- usual and certainly proves his lasting interest in the matter. At all events I still am far enough from com-{ plete conversion to make an objection or two, as your headline artist might put it, "The Eliza-.. bethan Kid is a glutton for punishment."9 First as to the matter of the anachronism. If Dr. Onderdonk knew (as he seems to imply) that the American dollar originated in Joachinstal ca 1518, while the metric system was first established! by the French Republic in 179, it seems to me that he was guilty of an anachronism in calling the coin-metric. Secondly as to the equivalence of metric and lecimal I am not quite convinced by the reference? to Webster, since Dr. Onderdonk (inadvertently, f course) omitted a few words. He quoted very accurately "pertaining to the decimal system of? :neasurement" but failed to give the rest of the sentence: "of which the meter is the basis." Per- haps he had been reading the story of the thief, who justified himself by quoting: "Let him who stealeth go and steal," although the original con- tained the additional words "no more." Thirdly, I must admit that I was guilty of sub- scribing to the common fallacy that adopting the metric system would involve putting it into use. Now I know better, since Dr. Onderdonk assures] us "it will not change the size of anything, but will merely be a modification in the terms of de- scription." I see that we should only change the I name of our present units, and I must admit that allium sativum by another name would smell as sweet. We should still be using our dear old Elizabethan measurements but should call them by other names. The gauge of our railroads would still be 4 feet 8 /2 inches but we should call it simply and fluently one meter, four decimeters, three centimeters and five and one-half milli- meters.. The locomotives might still run on ninety pound steel but we should refer to it officially as forty kilograms, seven hectograms, two dekagrams and four grams.. We should call up the bootlegger as usual, but instead of saying: "Jerry, bring me around a quart of Scotch tonight," we should con- vey the idea by nine decileters, four centilleters, six and nine-tenths milliliters of disrespect for the Eighteenth. This arrangement, I can readily see, would have the merit of simplicity in its favor and its efficiency would save us "billions" of dol- lars annually. To show my hearty good-will toward the pro- posed official adoption I should like to suggest designations for the unnamed decimals between advocate the name henricometer after the great Henry, who sells his products for "metric" money but makes no further use of the metric system. I must, however, decline my support of the opin- ion attributed to me: "In Prof. Willey's opinion thousands of dollars are wasted each year in Architects' offices by our adherence to the English system." Perhaps Dr. Onderdonk had in mind my distinguished namesake, Weary Willie, or just the willies in general. Yours for bigger and better metric dollars. -(Prof.) Norman L. Willey THE DAILY IS INSJRED BY HORATIO A. ABBOTT To The Editor: "Ann Arbor East Side Votes Straight," an edi- torial in The Daily of November 19, and apparent- ly inspired by an outburst of a Mr. H. J. Abbott, as reported on the front page of The Daily, issue of November 11, is an outstanding example of what seems to me to be a persistent tendency on the part of successive generations of Daily edito- rial writers to seize upon any idea, no matter how flimsy or ridiculous, provided it appears to afford an opportunity to imply something discreditable about the University of Michigan. Boiled down, and couched in somewhat less abusive terms, the editorial in question seems to state as follows: The fact that the sixth and seventh wards in the City of Ann Arbor went Republican in the recent election, and "time after time" have gone Republican in the past, demon- strates that the members of the faculty of the University of Michigan, contrary to what might be expected, are an exceptionally blind and unintelligent group of voters, as it is apparent that in general they regularly vote a straight Republican ticket regardless of the merits of the various issues and candidates, thus in effect depriving an equal number of the more thoughtful voters of the county, who are "really interested in the election of local officials," of their franchise. The amusing sidelight on this practice is that in so insisting on voting Republican the members of the faculty sometimes vote against their own per- sonal interests, as in the case of the votes cast for Andrew Moore, "notorious" advocate of property tax limitation. Aside from the matter of judgment and good taste, this statement is entirely unwarranted for the following reasons: (1) The Daily has no evidence that faculty members constitute a majority of the voters in the sixth and seventh wards, the so-called "East Side." ' (2) The Daily has no evidence that any sub- stantial number of faculty voters, much less a majority, voted a straight Republican ticket (I have so far been unable to discover a single in- stance, although I have raised the point with a number of faculty members known to have Re- publican leanings.) (3) It is quite possible for all candidates of a particular party to be defeated in a particular ward even if there are few if any "straight" votes, either Republican or Democratic, provided a ma- jority of the voters favor a majority of the can- didates of one party. In fact, the more the in- dividual voter tends to discriminate according to his or her personai nmpress ons the less likely is it that the "splits" will be concentrated on particular candidates. It must also be remembered that voters with Democratic leanings have the oppor- tunity to discriminate in favor of particular Re- publican candidates (and it is noticeable that The Daily seems to assume that we have no problem of straight Democratic ballots to worry about) and in this lies a further possible offsetting influ- ence. I am not trying to suggest that criticism by The Daily of the University as a whole, or of any of its elements, is improper. However, in view in particular of the extent to which such criticisms are n6ted and relished outside of Ann Arbor it would seem to be obvious that critical discussion in Daily editorials of the University community should be solidly grounded as to facts, should be temperate in tone, and should ivolve matters of some consequence. Certainly there is no justification for an ill-natured attack upon the faculty as a whole which has nothing more sub- stantial for a foundation than the careless re- marks of a local politician-remarks which it is safe to say no well-informed person in Ann Arbor would take seriously. --W. A. Paton Music and Drama W E OF F E R QYSTERS, qt.... Brief Intensive Courses for Special Students in Typing Shorthand Bookkeeping Spelling Letter Writing Penmanship Competc Courses General Busness -- Stenographic Private Secretarial ANN ARBOR SECRETARIAL SCHOOL 205 South State -Tel. 3 30 1 Eat, Drink, And Be Merry! 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