THE MICHIGAN DAILY THE MICHIGAN DAILY I. -'v _:.- r the majority of the people of the United States, or of Ohio, do not want compulsory military train- ing. The forced study of the tactics of war reeks too much of the Middle Ages, or perhaps even of modern Germany or Italy. If the students of Ohio State University or the residents of the State of Ohio wish adequately to attack the problem of compulsory military train- ing, we suggest that they pull up the roots, in- stead of clipping bits of leaves. Perhaps this is fit matter for a State referendum. People are coming to resent any shabby system which dictates to the individual his attitude on such a vital perplexity as. training for war. 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Jane Bassett, Virginia Bell, Mary Bursley, Peggy Cady, Virginia Cluff, Patricia Daly, Genevieve Field, Louise Florez, DorisGinmy , Betty Greve, Billie Griffiths, Janet Jackson, Louise Krause, Barbara Morgan, Margaret Mustard,. Betty Simonds. NIGHT EDITOR: A. ELLIS BALL Engineering Nuisane Should Be Stopped.. I N UNION there is strength. At least that seemed to be the pre- vailing thought at the Lawyers Club Thursday evening, when a group of some 50 law students went in a body to the Automotive Mechanics Laboratory to insist that the automobile motor test being conducted there be stopped. The law- yers presented a most convincing case. They claimed that they had made numerous complaints to the administration, which had resulted in promises but not in action. They stated that the continuous roar of the motors interrupts sleep and makes study next to impossible, and this when with final examinations coming on study is a necessity. They had no desire other than to see that the disturbance was stopped. The as- sembly was entirely peaceful, nothing but a good natured group, desiring that the proper author- ities be made to understand how the noise was affecting them. Under the circumstances, we wonder if the school has the right to carry on its disturbing work. This particular test has been going on now for three weeks. We do not doubt that research. is necessary to engineering, but we are 'skeptical about its being so vital that it is necessary to create a public nuisance for three weeks in con- ducting it. We realize the necessity for equip- ment in the engineering college and hope that, when funds are available, the proper share of them will be used for this purpose. In the mean- time the peace and rights of the individuals who are unfortunate enough to live in the vicinity of the test must be protected. The law students have appealed in vain to the authorities for some action. Their appeal have been ignored. They have taken the alternate way of bringing the realization of what the noise meant directly to the public eye. They are en- tirely justified in their claims. We join them in appealing to University authorities to put a stop to this "common nuisance." Campus Opmon Letters published in this column should not be con- strued as expressing the editdial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous communications will be disrearded. 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. MESSNER'S ACTION -HARMONIZES WITH METHODIST TEACHING To The Editor: Mr. Sherwood Messner's recent courageous and socially constructive action in resigning from the R.O.T.C. is in harmony with the recorded think- ing and resolutions of the youth of his Church, namely the Methodist. Not many years ago the official delegates of the National Conference of Methodist S t u d e n t s assembled in Louisville, Kentucky, adopted the following resolution con- cerning military training in colleges and univer- sities. "Whereas, the ultimate purpose of military training in our colleges and universities is prepar- ation for war, and, Whereas, the psychological influence is detri- mental to, and, and not in harmony with, the Christian attitude of mind, and, Whereas, military training is a positive contra- diction to the teachings and principles of Jesus, and, Whereas, the physical benefits accrued from military training can be provided by other meth- ods of physical traning. Therefore, be it Resolved by the National Conference of Method- ist Students assembled in Louisville, Kentucky, that we urgently recommend to the Methodist Church that it immediately set as its aim the ab- olition of military training in all its colleges and universities." Is not an inescapable corollary to, and impli- cation of, this Resolution that all Methodist stu- dents in non-Church colleges and suniversitie should set before themselves the task of working in every possible way for the immediate abolition of the military units on their campuses? And is not one of the most effective ways to accom- plish this an emulation by Methodist students now participating in the R.O.T.C. of Mr. Messner's action? G. B. 1141stead, Grad. As Others See It COMPARATIVE PUBLIC DEBT FIGURES By June 30. 1935, Mr. Roosevelt estimates the public debt of the United States will approach 32 billions, or approximately five billions more than the peak reached after the war. Figuring our population of that date at 128,000,000 this means a debt of $250 per capita. In addition, debts of states, counties and municipalities to about 20 billion dollars, making a total of 52 billion, or about $406 per capita. Senator Thomas, contem- plating the vast total of both private and public debt ,says the United States is bankrupt. Perhaps so. On the other hand, our plight becomes some- what rosier when compared with that of other na- tions. Great Briain, for example, with a popu- lation of 46,000,000, has a public debt of 32 billion dollars today, or per capita debt of $696. France's debt is 16 billion dollars and its population 42,000, 000, or a per capita debt of $376. Italy's debt is 7.5 billions, population 41,000,000, $183 per capita. These figures do not include the war debts which Great Briain, France and Italy owe externally. These nations, besides being smaller than the United States, are in far poorer position in terms of real wealth and potential income. Our present debt of 24 billion dollars amounts to only 27 per cent of the national income, using the year 1928, whereas the debts of Great Britain, France and Italy are 188 per cent, 160 per cent and 125 per cent respectively, of their 1928 incomes. Great Britain's debt amounts to 37 per cent of her esti- mated national wealth; France's to 23 per cent. Ours is only 7 per cent of the country's estimated wealth. If the huge emergency expenditures pull us out of the depression, and, of course, that is a very large "if," the public debt will cause no real hard- ship. It will have been, on the contrary, the finest investment ever made. - St. Louis-Dispatch - Washington Off The Record By SIGRID ARNE MRS "DOLLY" GANN, sister of former Vice- President Curtis, whether she knows it or not did some left-handed selling of her book at a re- cent tea. An ambassador's wife gushed: "Your book was so interesting, I read every word." "Why, thank you," said Mrs. Gann, "bring it over and I'll autograph it." - "Well, the ambassador's wife had read a copy from a circulating library. philosophy Mrs. Copeland spoke at a tea table. "Never ask your husband questions," she said. "He'll tell you about his work if he wants you to know." And the proof of that pudding lies in an in- scription the white-haired senator wrote in one of his books. It says: "To Frances (his wife) In memory of endless hours of delightful silences when we thought out much of this material." THE "celebrity hunters" always are confused by Attorney-General Cummings and Secretary Morgenthau, Jr., of the treasury. They look very much alike. Both are more than six feet tall, both are a little bald, both wear rimless eye- glasses. POSTMASTER "JIM" FARLEY has a young son, Jim, who has a way of asking "that kind" of questions. A family friend arrived two weeks after Chist- mas with a gift for him. She said, "Santa left this at our house for you." After she was gone young Jim turned to his mother. "Why do you suppose a smart fellow like Santa made a mistake in houses?" he asked. 'Why," explained Mrs. Farley, "it wasn't a mis- take. He just left it there so she could bring it over. She likes to come here." The boy thought a minute and then said severely: "Mother, I don't think you believe that story yourself." THE diplomatic corps is being "vamped" by a very young linguist, the three-year-old daugh- ter of the Nicaraguan Charge d'Affaires, Henri de Bayle. The young lady understands three lan- guages. She has been in the United States only nine months, but she turns up her nose at any- thing exceptthe English language, even when an ambassador addresses her. T11HE White House secretaries tell this story to prove that Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt would be an excellent secretary if she ever wanted to be. She received a letter from a New York woman who wanted to know about the state's old age pension law. The writer said, "I'm that farmer's wife who wrote you about a year ago," and signed no name. "Wait a minute," said Mrs. Roosevelt. She flew to the files and found the letter. The woman was answered. THE story is the latest laugh at the department of agriculture. Assistant Secretary Rexford Tugwell went into a mental whirl one day about the pure food and drugs bill. News of the rumpus reached the President, who messaged back to the department: "Tell Rex to keep his shirt on." Collegiate Observer __ - -n By BUD BERNARD According to the Marrieta College Daily a college graduate is supposed to know the fol- lowing: 1. A correct use of the mother tongue. 2..A working knowledge of some foreign tongue. 3. An appreciation of the beauty of the world, whether in literature, art, music or other pleasures which make a life worth while. 4. A knowledge of the Bible and religion. 5. An understandment of history, the epic of mankind. 6. A knowledge of government and citizen- ship. 7. The use of correct social manners. No, you don't go to college to learn to make money. * * * When Amherst College professors delay more than ten days in giving the students their marks, they are fined a dollar for each additional day. * * *~ A sign is reported to hang in the girls dor- mitory at Radcliffe College which bluntly reads: "If you need a man after 10 o'clock, call. the janitor." It seems to us the sign should not stop right there. It should at least add directions on what to do in case the jAni- tor's wife is around and won't let him keep the "date." * * * An interesting judge of the girls who make up the beauty section of the Louisiana Tech's annual has been chosen. The judge will be none other than Mae West. Wonder what the winners will look like, but maybe the "come up sometime" gal doesn't practice what she preaches. ** * Upon observing the notice, Dates signed for English Exams," a student at the University of California, remarked, "There are hardly any more functions here where a gentleman can go stag." * * * Going home one night, a Miami University stu- dent was already partly undressed before the sight of three sleeping girls reminded him that he had moved to another boarding house. Students in the department of chemistry and geology at the Pacific College will make a trip to the Mohave desert region and Death Valley during the spring vacation. Tired of asking his father for the regular monthly check, a University of Denver student had his immediate paternal axcestor led before the bar of justice. The student sought by legal means to compel the father to pay his college ex- penses. The son alleged he gave love, affection, and other valuable consideratioi, expecting in re- turn the advantage of a college education. The judge, however, held these wel:e not sufficient causes for suit and dismissed the' case. EVERYBOWm Whether They Buy Your Product Or Somebody Else's Depends Upon Your Choice of a Printed Salesman The Michigan Daily Is Read By 9,000 Students and Faculty Members and An Equal Number of Towns- people. Enlarge Your Market Thru An Up- to-Date Medium. A Paper People Read For "Ad-Vantage". Ts ik ane Dail Is Read By The People Who buy Compulsory R.O.T.C. Undesirable. . . I- P RESIDENT GEORGE W. RIGHT- MIRE of Ohio State University has expelled the student conscientious objectors who refused to take part in the University's com- pulsory military training program. There is no use in dodging the immediate issue. President Rightmire had to expel the objectors or IE'