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NIGHT EDITOR: RALPH G. COULTER
Science Honors
Dr. Kahn...
W HEN the American Association for
Advancement of Science recently
awarded its annual prize for a "noteworthy paper"
to Dr. Reuben L. Kahn of the University, it paid
a great tribute to a man who, though only 46
years old, is already distinguished in the field of
bacteriology.
Dr. Kahn was not competing with other bac-
teriologists when he turned in a paper represent-
ing years of effort and perseverance. He was not
competing at all. He was merely serving human-
ity, as he has in the past, with a discovery which
promises to extend the possibilities of immunizing
men and women and children against disease.
cap seem to have traded positions in recent years.
Whereas, a man's true character could formerly
be told by a glance at his head covering, this sit-
uation no longer exists. A large-brimmed hat
noted a westerner or a free-silver senator; an itin-
erant preacher, recluse, or pedant could be easily
distinguished by his black hat; and a street-
cleaner by his white cap. This situation was in-
deed reasonable, since a man's outlook usually
emanates from his brain, and the hat, being
closest vestment to the cranial region, quite pro-
perly became the brain's symbol.
Why this facile method of determination lost
favor and finally passed from the picture is an en-
igma of major proportions. No longer can the
American senator be distinguished by his ten or
twelve gallon chapeau not can the Russian am-
bassador be caught wearing a beaver cap. Instead,
the world is divided, politically and socially, by
various categories of the shirt.
To whom credit for this remarkable convention
is due is a major problem for the historian. No
mention of this garment as a badge of social tend-
encies can be found by peering into the works of
such astute political economists as Rousseau,
Locke, Montesquieu, or de Toqueville; but the fact
remains that the shirt is here, and probably here
to stay until trousers or shoes become the recog-
nized symbols.
As evidence to substantiate the theory that
civilization today is progressing we may evidence
the ingenuity on the part of the leaders in dif-
ferentiating the various creeds by unlike colors.
There are so many new shirt wearers springing
up throughout the world today that an attempt
to ennumerate all would be in vain.
Mr. Mussolini's black shirts are the earliest
which can immediately be called to mind. They
have been worn for such a time now that a trip
to the laundry would appear to be an aid. In no
sense of criticism to Mr. Mussolini, it might be
mentioned that a shirt trade, along the lines em-
ployed by major league baseball clubs, might have
proved more symbolic.
Here, a presupposition must be made. Assuming
that Mr. Hitler and his brown shirts were in power
during the hey-day of the Klu Klux Klan, an his-
toric international barter could have easily been
brought about. It is safe to say that the Klan
would have appreciated the black shirts for their
Negro Campaign and probably would have adopted
them at the outset if Mr. Mussolini had not se-
cured the copyright beforehand. Mr. Mussolini, in
turn, could have turned over the Klan's elongated
white nightshirts to Mr. Hitler for his purity cam-
paign and received in their place the colorful
brown shirts which would have added the exact
symbolic interpretation to the former's desire for
more swarthy Italians. That this trade never took
place is, of course, one of the great international
disappointments; some of the diplomats and
statesmen might have done well to have given
more time in perusal of the sports pages.
The Irish shirt movement has undoubtedly pros-
pered by remaining at home, since the attempted
break with England by Mr. DeValera will in time
give rise to the Irish blue blood aristocracy of
its own, and the hue of the shirts in that country
presents a perfect connotation.
In America, the memory of Thomas Jefferson
lingers enough to preclude any successful shirt
movement to date.. (Although Mr. Thomas says
we must keep our eyes on the silver shirts.) How-
ever, goodly numbers probably would wear red if
it were not for the fact that donning flannels of
that hue now constitutes a social misdemeanor,
and the sole exponents of the red shirts today are
to be found only in the village fire station. On
the college campuses organization of the shirt
wearers has never been more than a slip-shod
affair, and those who voice the loudest desires
for colored shirts have never passed out of the
panty-waist stage anyway.
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only if one knows and understands the terrible
hardships and sufferings of the German people.
Had Germany been accepted as an equal, had
the allies recognized her economic plight and at-
tempted to remedy it instead of taking advantage
of it, had Germany's colonies been restored to her
as a friendly gesture, then the League might have
been preserved, and a new era of international
peace have been brought about. That colonial
possessions are an absolute necessity for Germany
is obvious from the fact that she has a surplus
population of approximately twenty million people
which has to be provided for in some manner.
May it be recalled here that fifteen years after
1871 Bismarck invited France to go into Africa,
and France was again restored to a world power,
with the consent of Bismarck. Since, however, the
present world order is organized by satiated na-
tions whose only interest lies in the preservation
of the Status Quo, it can not be the world order
under which we may expect to enjoy an era of
international peace and cooperation.
-- W. C. Munz, 36E
Washington
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By SIGRID ARNE... ...
SECRETARY MORGENTHAU of the treasury
learned a new angle to hoarding at a recent
reception.
It looked as if no one had asked Mrs. Homer S.
Cummings, wife of the attorney general, to take
off her smart, new broadtail coat with which she
carries a tiny muff to match. The lady looked
gay, but warm.
"Let me take your coat," offered Morgenthau.
"Oh, you wouldn't do that," said Mrs. Cum-
mings, a perfect picture of distress. "If you do
I'll have to lay down my muff, and, the truth is,
I like it so well I've carried it practically all the
tme since Christmas."
And over in a corner her husband watched the
scene and grinned an understanding grin.
A TOP the old State, War and Navy building,
which stands next to the White House, is a
ball on a staff which drops every day at noon.
Recently a "New Dealer" grew curious and
called the state department to ask why.
"Er - it just does," explained the state depart-
ment. And only after much 'phoning did the story
come out.
The ball was placed on the building 50 years
ago when it was the highest structure in Wash-
ington and sea-going vessels still started out from
the Potomac river, not far away.
Just before ships sailed they set their chrono-
meters by the drop of the "time ball" on the state
building.
Today it goes on dropping each noon and once
in a while very old men can be seen stopping out-
side the building just at noon to set their watches.
The ships now receive their time by wireless.
THINGS can go just so far, and then Senator
Millard Tydings of Maryland, the young ir-
repressible of the senate, rips off a bon mot that
travels the rounds.
The latest was occasioned by his perusal of a
chart showing the new emergency boards. The
paper was liberally sprinkled with "NRA," "CWA,
"FERA" and so on.
"Hmm-m-m! commented) Tydings, "we cer-
tainly are in the initial stages of recovery."
SECRETARY ICKES left his hospital bed to at-
tend what he thought was a cabinet meeting
at the White House executive offices.
Instead, he walked into an impromptu police
court with President Roosevelt acting as the
judge.
"You are charged with insubordination," an-
nouncecd the President, "and ordered back to
bed."
"Your honor," retorted Ickes in a meek voice,
"there are mitigating circumstances. If I stay in
bed any longer I might get to like it. I beg a
stay of sentence."
Solemnly President Roosevelt permitted him
a half hour and then ordered him back to the hos-
pital.
ONE of General Hugh S. Johnson's old school-
teachers is in town telling stories on her
one-time pupil who now heads NRA.
She heard queer gurglings while she was work-
ing at the blackboard one day long ago. They
were made by the pigeons on the roof, but she
suspected the pupils. She swung on her heel,
faced the class and, spotting the nine-year-old
Johnson, demanded, "Hugh, did you do that?"
Hugh stood and with great dignity said:
"No ma'am. And furthermore whoever did do
it was no gentleman."
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5:30 p.m.- Student-Walther League For Modern Thought"
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As a matter of fact the winning paper was
selected from a group of more than 1,400 scien-
tific treatises which came from every conceivable
field. Botanists, zoologists, chemists, physicists,
astronomers, ' geologists - ) e a de r S from all
branches of science - were represented by the
many noteworthy contributions which the com-
mittee had under consideration before naming Dr.
Kahn as the winner.
It is significant in this connection that an im-
portant scientific writer for a great news service
paid as great a tribute to Dr. Kahn as did the
eminent members of the judging committee. After
reading a copy of Dr. Kahn's report, which had
been sent him along with other papers before
the winning selections were actually made, this
journalist asked for biographical material con-
cerning Dr. Kahn, stating he believed that Dr.
Kahn would win the prize. This, of course, is
proof of the ability of the journalist but it is at
the same time a tribute to the man who made
such outstanding discoveries and presented them
so remarkably.
Dr. Kahn has been a member of the University
family for a comparatively short time. He came
here in 1928 from Lansing, where for eight years
he had been immunologist of the Michigan State
Department of Health. But in the few years he
has been here Dr. Kahn, in keeping with the
Michigan tradition, has brought much fame and
honor to the institution. This rem'ent accomplish-
ment was not his first nor will it be, we predict,
his last - by a very wide margin.
The Shirt
Question...
W HEN Carlyle wrote "Sartor Resar-
tus," with its homely subject as a
background for worldly ponderings, he failed to
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THE GERMAN
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In considering the various speeches given by
Professors Pollock, Dawson, and Slosson at the
League of Nations Association, Ann Arbor chapter,
Tuesday, November 21, concerning present day
German politics, it is the opinion of the writer
that due consideration is not being given to the
historical background of the matter. Germany's
claims for armament and equality are absolutely
justified if we consider that up to her unification,
she was the battleground of Europe. Ample proof
of this is given by the invasions of Germany by
France in first, the Thirty Years War 1618-1648;
second the Seven Years War 1756-1763; and third,
the Napoleonitc invasions, lasting from 1795-1813.
Furthermore, no modern historian will claim that
Germany was responsible for the World War; it
was a purely defensive war, a matter of existence
or non-existence as far as the German people
were concerned; and the treatment given Ger-
many by the Allies since 1918 is satisfactory proof
that this is indeed the truth. When Germany sub-
mitted to the Allies, it was understood that peace
negotiations were to be based on the famous Wil-
sonian fourteen points. Instead she was betrayed,
the very moment that President Wilson abandoned
his Fourteen Points and accepted the terms of
the peace treaty as set up by France and England
in order that his ideals for a League of Nations
would be realized. Thus the league which was to
create justice was built upon an injustice and con-
sequently can not exist. The failure of the League,
therefore, lies not with Germany but with those
who betrayed Germany. That the German people
originally believed in the good purpose of the
League cannot be questioned, for in 1920 when
Tom Harrison, Quaker pacifist, returned from a
visit to European countries, he termed the Ger-
man youth as being the most pacific minded in
Europe. However, from the standpoint of the
social justice tthe League was to create, the com-
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By BUD BERNARD
From Santa Monica Junior College exams:
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ador is a really bad storm. Pooling is the
practice indulged in by men about town.
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