THE MI C HIG A N DAILY
SAT
compulsory R. O. T. C. requirement, said without
any qualms: "We need compulsory military train-
ing on this campus to combat the wave of com-
munism and other radicalism that is giving the
university its bad name . . . Wisconsin brok
a moral obligation with the federal governmen
by making training on this campus optional." ShW
also pointed out, to clinch her argument perhaps
that whereas 12 per cent of the French populatior
is in arms less than 1 per cent of ours is "ir.
the army now."
Miss Langemo has never seen war. When he
country's life-blood was being spilled insanely
during the World war she was, we daresay, still ir,
rompers and pigtails. And what is more, she i
freed forever from the possbibility of being called
upon by her country to murder her fellowmen in
cold blood. That of course somewhat explains her
point of view, and her haste to generalize abou
the place of this small army within the universit:
organization and its absolute necessity as an ad-
junct of university training.
The fact that, as Miss Langemo so naive
states, the R. O. T. C. combats the freedom o
thought which it is the function of the universit
to provide is the very reason why it has no plac.
as a compulsory institution on the campus. I.
would be just as logical to urge that a chapte.
of the D. A. R. be established on the campus ant
that everybody be compelled to join, because i
would combat communist and socialist ideas anc
thus save the name of the university from hell-
fire and brimstone.
Wisconsin did not, and no other state universits
will, "break any moral obligation with the federa
government by making training on this campu
optional." Of course, anyone can decide what E
"moral obligation" means, but if an opinion of th '
secretary of the interior is any criterion, the state
of Wisconsin violated no legal or moral obligation
in making R. O. T. C. optional.
If this be the type of thinking that is winning
the intramural debates, perhaps it would be bette
to institute courses in logic and honest reasoning
before all of our fair co-eds rush off to war to die
for their country.
If these be the future mothers, let us all prepar
to have our children raised with abayonet in hand
and lulled to sleep at night to the tune of "Over
There"!
-Daily Cardinal
THE WAN SONG
OF THE LlAME DUCK?
Is the "lame duck" going to join the dodo? If.
as seems probable, the Norris amendment to the
Constitution is ratified, he is. This Twentieth
amendment, if adopted, will mean that a defeated
Congressman can no longer represent during the
short December session the district which repu-
diated him. As matters now stand a newly elected
Congressman does not take his seat until thirteen
months after he is chosen.
Under the new ruling, Congressmen will take
their seats in the January following election, and
the date of inauguration for the President is
mpved forward from March 4 to January 20. Thus,
no further grounds will exist for the criticism
that the delay between election and inauguration
causes four months of uncertainty as to presiden-
tial policies and consequent injury to business.
Only 19 more state ratifications are needed
for the proposed Twentieth amendment, which has
not yet been defeated in a state legislature. It
seems likely that the "lame ducks" in the Con-
gress which meets next month will be called upon
to sign the swan song of their breed.
-The Minnesota Daily
:air compromise. Older persons who, from their
'rippled feet have had their activities lessened
.nd have become fat at forty. can ease their feet
Yy sitting; the bearing surface is greater and will
jrobably become more ample with succeeding
,ears.
Scre Reflections
Four stars means a super-picture; three stars very
good; two stars good; one star just another picture;
no stars keep away from it.
AT THE MICHIGAN
"A BILL OF DIVORCEIUENT"
FINE EMOTIONAL DRAMA;
NOT FOR THE SO-CALLED
"COLLEGIATE TYPE"
!..
GET THE HABIT!
It pays to read the classified columns
of the Michigan Daily.
.
mmommoommom
mmw -----A
Hilary ............°.....John Barrymore
Margaret ................Billie Burke
Sidney .............Katherine Hepburn
"A Bill of Divorcement," starring John Barry-
nore, is a tender and finely drawn emotional pic-
ure-a picture which many of the campus groups
ill be only too prone to find fault with. It is
he story of a "shell-shocked" Englishman who is
ent away to a sanitarium for a 15-year period.
n his absence a daughter is born, his wife
tivorces him, and another lover succeeds in win-
Ling her. When Hilary, who is really a victim of
nsanity, returns, still a half-shattered wreck,
t is to find his wife's wedding day approaching.
jis daughter, Sidney, then learns of the insanity
.hich is a peril to her and to any children born
'o her.
Naturally, tyere is an opportunity for high
)itched emotional drama. Ann Arbor audiences,
,nd particularly those at the Michigan and Ma-
estic theaters, have gained a reputation for their
Super-critical attitude when this type of drama
.s shown. And the Thanksgiving-day audience
'as no exception. There were signs of discontent
j -stirring repeatedly. Whether it was purely a ner-
'ous reaction or a manifestation of boredom is
yard to tell. But to the discerning movie-goer,
.here is neither boredom nor discontent in this
.roduction. It is emotion that has merited to the
}ullest the praise of many critics, notably Fred-
'rick James Smith in Liberty, who granted it four
stars.
The conclusion is, we believe, unique. We
;ould sooner say "rather unique" because there
s supposed to be nothing but repetition in Holly-
wood. The fate of Sidney and Hilary (and Meg)
is not a thing easily to be decided. Yet denoue-
ment is most happily arrived at, and is more than
believable-it is a page from life--distinctly not
a synthetic curtain.
Added attractions: A grotesque comedy involv-
ing the time-worn marital sequences; a good com-
edy of the "Taxi Boys"; and a Paramount news-
1reel. -G. M. W. Jr.
tz~tRI 10WITSCH
and His
Symp.hony
Orchestra
with
DALIES FRANTZ
Piano Soloist in the Choral Union Series
QSSIP GABRILOWITSCH
Wed., Nov. 30,. at 8':15 p.m
in
HILL AUDITORI UM
SINGLE TICKETS t ON SALE SEASON TICKETS
$1.00 - $1.50 at the $6.00 - $8.00
$2.00 - $2.50 SCHOOL OF MUSIC $10.00 - $12.00
1
A Washington
BYSTANDER
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Student Health
t4UA1s; anaU ie iunnabteU Os~, asVk±e only large ~
net creditor in the Inter-Ally account, will also be SHOES AS A CAUSE
much the largest ultimate recipient of the money OF FOOT AILMENTS3
paid in the first instance under the head of repa- Iftesmoalfpinrmdfeetcue
rations... This situation the Young Plan clothes If the sum total of pain from different causes
in a few garments of euphemism, but without dis- could be estimated, that from feet would stand
guising the figure..." high in the scale. It would be found also that
On Nov. 24, 1932, when questioned about nego- shoes are the cause of nearly all of this pain. A
tiatonswvic24,o1932,aweqetioenediauteohigh or low arch has little to do with it; Indians
President, Franklin D. Roosevelt stated that the East and West, and the colored races have low
two executives were in accord on four points. The arches, often what we term flat feet, and never
fourth, as given by Mr. Roosevelt, summarizes the have foot trouble until they wear shoes.
other three: "The indebtedness of the various A fact which will often be disputed is that the
European nations to our Government has no rela- general contour of all feet is the same. This may
tion whatsoever to reparations payments made or be tested by having a number of people stand on
owed to them." pieces of paper and marking out the shape of the
It is quite possible that Mr. Roosevelt has never feet. Barring the deformities which have been
read Professor Angell's book. That is beside the produced by shoes and the fact that some feet
pot.Practicallyduve mptantware longer or wider than others, it will be found
subject written during the past few years has that the general shape of the feet is the same.
taaken a stand identical with Professor Angell's, It will be found that the outside contour from
because his viewpoint seems to be the only one heel to toe is quite curved while the inside from
theoretically tenable. The inference is clear: heel to big toe is quite straight.
either the American government is unacquainted Shoes are generally so made that if you put
with the facts (which, in the case, is an absurd them on hurriedly in the dark, if not too tight,
hypothesis), or it chooses to disregard these facts you might get the left shoe on the right foot or
for diplomatic or other reasons, which Mr. Roose- vice versa. The result is that the big toe, a very.
velt and Mr. Hoover ought to make plain to the important member in maintaining our balance,.
American people. is wedged against the other toes; the bones at
The international debt situation has, every econ- the junction of this toe and the foot proper are
omist agrees, passed the stage wherein mere legal- made prominent and a tendency to bunion oc-
ity can be considered. It is true that reparations curs; the foot is placed at a disadvantage; it is
legally have no connection with war debt pay- weakened, and the bones on the bottom of the
ments; but there is a very definite economic rela- foot separate a little with the result that we
tion, as tersely expressed by Professor Angell. walk on a more projecting bone of the foot and
What goes into France's pocket from German callouses form. High heels do this to a marked
reparations is largely passed on to the exchequer extent as the foot is wedged into the shoe still
of Uncle Sam through France's war debt pay- more forcibly. All in all, it is a painful condition.
ments; and this applies equally to Great Britain, To remedy this, women often wear still higher
and Italy, and all the other nations to whom we heels on their shoes and stump around on them.
have made loans. Men often put in arch supports or buy shoes with
While Europe has no legal redress, it has a arch supports, arch preservers and arch euilib-
moral right to insist on the connection between fators; all of which tend to weaken the muscles
reparations and war debts. And if the American and further weaken the foot. The remedy, un-
government insists on depreciating this connec- fortunately, is not so simple as it sounds; custom,
tion, this nation, as well as the nations of Europe, has built a shoe in a certain way and custom
heas aright to kno wiwhy.does not want to change.-
All that a person needs to do is, first buy a
shoe fairly straight along the side of the big toe;V
Editorial C om m ent secondly, take a simple exercise a few minutes
a day for reconditioning the muscles of the foot
Se'if not too much wasted away by distortion and,
By KIRKE SIMPSON
WASHINGTON-Clamor having arisen among
r ouse Democrats, within a week after election,.as
to who is to succeed Jack Garner of Texas as
:peaker, it is a reasonable safe prediction that Mr.
Garner will stick to that job himself right down
to March 4.
He expects, Mr. Garner has said, to adjourn the
House of the seventy-second Congress that day,
allop to the senate side for the special session
of the Senate of the seventy-third Congress which
;ill inaugurate him as vice president, and lose
virtually no time at all between jobs.
The gleaming and luxuriant mop of white hair
uhat crowns that House veteran, Henry Rainey
if Illinois, is already in the picture for next
,peaker.
It was there last time, ranking second only
Jo Garner in House seniority, except for Pou of
North Carolina, whose health forbade his under-
-aking either the speakership or floor leader
ionors. And Rainey's long service, coupled with
,he fact that he was a Northern Democrat, was
a very helpful thing to the Democrats when they
>rganized the House last session.
IIARDER AND HARDER
With all Democratic old timers except Rainey
'nailing from South of the Mason-Dixon line, the
?roblem of dividing the spoils of committee plums
and the like was difficult even then.
It is going to be a lot worse now, when organi-
mation of the next House is undertaken with so
mnany northern and western Democrats around
shat there will not even be seating room for all
>f them on one side of the chamber.
Last time a gentlemen's agreement to share
things between the south and north by making
Darner speaker and Rainey floor leader worked
>ut well.
Even then, however, what with the necessity
:or dealing with the power of the big block of
.Tew York Tammany Democrats and the ambi-
ions of Representative O'Connor, Harvard edu-
ated member of the Tiger's congressional group,
At took a lot of diplomacy to get it over.
INTERVENTION?
There was more than a suggestion that the
influence of Governor Roosevelt was brought to
bear on that situation.
He was then merely the leading prospective can-
didate for the Democratic presidential nomination,
vet his intervention was invoked and the real be-
ginning of the Roosevelt-Garner ticket may go
back to that moment.
At least, Roosevelt was for Garner for speaker
even against an aspirant from his own state who
happened also, as did O'Connor, to be a brother
if Roosevelt's own law partner.
As lon-e aGarner retains his pskershin the
Reigious Activities
FIRST METHODIST HILLEL
EPISCOPAL WESLEY HALL FOUNDATION
C HU RCH E. W. Blakeman, Director Cor. E. Univ. Ave. and Oakland
State and Washington Streets Dr. Bernard Helier, Director
Ministers
Frederick B. Fisher 6:30 P.M.-Student Guild. Dr. Blake- Regular Sunday Services at the
Peter F. Stair man will lead discussion on "The Woen's League Chapeli1 :00 A.M.
Cost of Creative Leadership."
10:45-Morning Worship Dr. Bernard Heller will speak in
celebration of the tercennary an-
"HIDDEN RESOURCES OF POWER" * * ni'ersary of Bennedict Spinoza.
Subject: "Dramatic Episodes in the
Dr. Fisher Life of Spinoza."
(Continuing the series on "Think-
lng Through to an Adequate ;Philos- Announcemnent .President Scott of
ophy of L fe.") Northwestern University will speak * *
7:30-Evening Worship. on "The Meaning of a University"
"WHAT THANKSGIVING MEANS on Dec. 4
TO ME" Announcement--Sundy, Dec. 4th, Dr.
Louis Strauss will give the address.
Dr. Fisher
THE FIRST FIRST BAPTIST
PRESBYTERIAN FELLOWSH IP CHURCH
CHURCH OF LIBERAL East Huron, west of State
H oa DioSeR LNR. Edward Sayles, Minister
Huron and Division Streets R E L IG ION Howard R.,Chapman, University
Merle H. Anderson, Minister (Unitarian) Pastor
Alfred Lee Klaer, Associate Minister State and Huron Streets
9:30 A.M.-Church School. Dr. Logan,
9:30 A.M. - Student Classes at the
Church House, 1432 Washtenaw Superintendent.
Avenue. 10:45 A.M.-Worship. Mr. S a y i e s
Will prieachi on "Forgive Us as We
10:45 A.M.-Morning Worship. "THE SUPREMACY OF THE Forgive."
Sermon: "Sympathy-the Key that SUPREME COURT"
Unlocks All Doors." H. P. Marley 12:00 Noon-Students meet at Guild
5:30 P.M.-Social Hour for Young House. Discussion on "The Chris-
People taaa iie oa.
Next Sunday - "Hedonism Versus tian as a Citizen Today.
6:30 P.M.-Young People's Meeting Socialism."
Rev. Bennet Weaver will conduct 6:00 P.M.-Devotional Service.
a Question Box. t:0PM-eoinlSrie
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ST. PAU L'S
LUTHERAN
(Missouri Synod)
Third and West Liberty
C. A. Brauer, Pastor
Sunday, Nov. 27th
ZION LUTHERAN
,CHURCH
Washington St. at 5th Ave.
E. C. Stelihorn, pastor
9 A.M.-Bible School. Lesson Topic:
"Stewardship of Life,"
BETH LEH EM
EVANGELICAL
CHURCH
(Evangelical Synod)
South Fourth Avenue
Theodore Schmale, Pastor
9.00 A.M.-.Bible School
9:30 A.M.-Church School
10:00 A.M.-Morn
aing Worship.
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