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THOUGHTFUL DEFENSE
OF R.O.T.C.
To The Editor:
In the current anti-R.O.T.C. movement on this
campus the arguments have all been of a narrow
and biased character, demonstrating gross ignor-
ance. In fact, this seems to characterize our
pseudo-pacifists. The outstanding proof of this
is the attack on the R.O.T.C. As I understand it,
the N.S.L. and the Vanguard Club are waging a
"war to end war." I would like to know why they
do not strike at the causes of war instead of at
its effects? A doctor does not try to cure a disease
by removing the symptoms. He erases the disease
and the symptoms take care of themselves. The
symptoms are not the disease, they are the results
or effects. War is a disease! Armies and navies
are the symptoms. Are you pacifists attempting
to cure the disease by healing the symptoms? To
all listeners and readers that is exactly what you
are doing. Perhaps you have heard of putting the
cart before the horse . . .?
I am not at all in sympathy with "Good Ameri-
can." The R.O.T.C. is not the "bulwark of the
country" nor does it "make the world safe for
Democracy." Such talk is the idle chatter of fools,
yet it is not as foolish as showing one's distaste
for war by attempting to abolish the R.O.T.C.
The reason we have R.O.T.C. is to give the
Army a reserve supply of officers in case our
country is involved in war. That such a condition
will arise lies sealed in the future. As long as that
danger is present, why not prepare to meet it? It
is much cheaper to maintain an efficient National
Defense and Reserve than it is to recover from
such a catastrophe as befell Germany. If war
comes it is inevitable that men will be drafted.
Therefore, if a man realizes that some day he
may be mustered into the next batch of cannon-
fodder, why shouldn't he prepare himself before-
hand to enhance his chances of coming back alive
or at least to be a man and do his duty.
The R,O.T.C. does not preach militarism. No
branch of the service does that. They merely are
interested enough in the welfare of our country
to care to preserve and defend it. That does not
mean to start wars.
In the R.O.T.C. one learns much more than how
to kill people. He learns how to handle men! Is
that harmful knowledge? He also earns $200 and
the assurance that in case of war he will be an
officer and will have some idea of what it is all
about. In regard to the Ohio State incident, the
seven fellows knew before they enrolled that mili-
tary training was compulsory. Yet they had to
enroll and conscientiously object and raise a big
stench about the "autocratic R.O.T.C." Why did
they go to that college if they didn't like the
land-grant clause? There is no dearth of univer-
sities. If one doesn't like the way Ohio State is
run, take it or leave it, or try to bring about
modification of the rule, but don't get a lot of
people mad at you while you are doing it, espe-
cially the Army, because that never helps.
You pacifists are great fellows. You like to hear
yourselves talk anti (see your words in print.
Although Emil Ludwig and Lloyd's Ltd. offer odds
on the proximity of the next great conflagration
you run around screaming, "Down with the R.O.
T.C. and preparedness." I suppose while the lives
of your wives, mothers, and children are being
snuffed out by poison gas and your friends are
fighting to keep an enemy from your homes, you
brave boys will be standing on soap boxes preach-
ing to the masses not to fight back! "Let the
enemy kill my wife, let my friends protect my
home with their blood, but let me make my speech
and damn the R.O.T.C. for starting all this."
You needn't be afraid of branding yourselves
"conservative" if you condescend to use a little
common sense and reasoning. Fight the cause,
not the effect - and more power to you.
Gordon McDonald, 2nd Lt., O.R.C.

triteness. However, the picture is not completely
blah because there are features which have been
well carried out. The emotional side of the story
is done subtly, and a great many chances for
making it rank melodrama have been ignored, for-
tunately. The sequence of events is handled quite
intelligently, but there is a definite attempt to
put this film into the epic class. Iay Francis is,
of course, the chief reason for going to see this
show, and her baby-talk R's, her widow's peak
pompadour, and her excellent ability for wearing
clothes always have a recognizeable amount of
charm.
There is a Ruth Etting short that was pro-
duced about five years ago, a High School comedy
that is not quite rotten, and a news reel.
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The Theatre

EVA LE GALLIENNE:
ALICE AND HEDDA
By JOHN W. PRITCHARD
FANTA6Y and realism, two of the horrid words
of literary and theatrical criticism, will fight
another round of their ancient battle for a week
beginning tomorrow night, when Eva Le Galli-
enne, Broadway's astonishing actress and dra.-
matic revivalist, brings "Alice in Wonderland"
and "Hedda Gabler" to the Wilson Theatre in
Detroit.
Opening with Alice, Miss Le Gallienne will make
an evident play for both adult and juvenile audi-
ences by presentation of the Lewis Carroll fairy
tale on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights
and Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. The
disillusioned, neurotic antics of Hedda are re-
served for Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday night
audiences.
An unusual combination of thrilling actress and
idealistic visionary,'with a good share of practical
executive ability thrown in, Miss Le Gallienne
believes that the American theatre is on the
threshhold of a renaissance, and she is prepared
to do her bit toward shoving it over the thresh-
hold. This is one of the main purposes - of her
current American tour, and explains to sonei ex-
tent the unusual nature of her Detroit bill, a
combination whose peculiarity is equalled by its
delight and its wide scope of appeal. Thoughtful
people will enjoy "Hedda" (although, possibly,
they may not enjoy Hedda), and there is a suf-
ficient lack of Scrooges in the world to insure
a pretty good reception for Alice.
"The theatre is my small part in the tremen-
dous movement to cure present ills," the actress
said two weeks ago when she was in Milwaukee
with her company. The quotation is from The
Milwaukee Journal. "My great dream is to see
repertory theatres here such as those I knew
when I was a girl in Germany, Denmark, and
France... I'm accused of being fanatic and vision-
ary, but what has ever come out of apathy?
"I feel," she explained, "that the theatre must
be as accessible to the public as the talkies. The
only threat of the talkies lies in their popular
prices. They do not conflict with the theatre,
They are an entirely different medium, lacking the
human quality of the theatre and the magic and
glamour of the communion which exists between
you and us."


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Basketball
Criticism.. .

T HE ANVIL CHORUS which clanged
so constantly throughout the foot-
ball season at those schools whose teams weren't
winning enough games has changed its location
an its sport with the settling of the gridiron wars.
The new location: The University of Michigan.'
The coach: Franklin C. Cappon.
There has been no outspoken public criticism of
the Varsity basketball coach as yet, but whenever
two or three fellows gather to discuss what they
are pleased to call "the complete disorganization
of the basketball team," one hears Mr. qappon
getting the major share of the blame. It is prob-
able that another overwhelming defeat or two will
start loud-voiced demands and letters to the editor
asking that steps be taken. to have him removed.
The soloists in the anvil chorus can be seen
every afternoon, seated in the stands or hanging
on the ropes surrounding the basketball floor in
Yost Field House. Like vultures they sit, watching
attentively till one of the sweating -players on the
fior makes a misplay, then a murmur of satisfied
disgust runs through them and their pasty faces
break into condescending smiles.
We're not going to tell you that Michigan has a
great basketball team this year. Perhaps it's not
even an average team and will finish near the
bottom of the Conference. But why shouldn't
Michigan be down there once in a while?
Those who bemoan the loss of George Veenker
have seen only a small part of the problem. They
do not realize that Cappon hasn't the men to
work with that Veenker had. There are no Hag-
gerty's or Cherry's or Oosterbaan's scintillating on
the Wolverine basketball horizon today, as there
were five or six years ago in Veenker's best years.
When asked, "What's the matter with our basket-
ball teams?" Athletic Director Yosc answers in
just that way, "Well, we're not getting the boys
we used to."
Real critics feel that Cappon has done wonders
with the material at hand. They point to Ed
Garner, center last year, as a shining example.
When Garner came to Michigan he was a gang-
ling youth who constantly fell over his own feet.
In his last year, though still ungainly in his
actions, Cappon had taught him to use his great
height to good advantage, and he was one of the
high point scorers of the Conference.
We're not making any inspired plea for you to

Screen Reflections
Four stars means extraordinary; three stars definitely
recommended; two stars, average; one star, inferior;
no stars, stay away from it.;
AT THE MAJESTIC
"THE HOUSE ON 56TH STREET"
Peggy ............... Kay Francis
Bill............... Ricardo Cortez
Monte ............. Gene Raymond
This latest Kay Francis picture is decidedly
well-executed, but its story is an old one, that
is not concealed by the rather new way in which
it is presented. For this reason, "The House On
56st Street" does not pull at the heartstrings as
much as the producers would like it to. In fact,
its effect tends toward flatness rather than toward
excitement.
Gambling is the main theme of this story of
Peggy Martin, a young dancer in what seems to
be the Floradora Sextette. She has two very ard-
ent suitors, one an older man who claims that
he is "not the marrying kind," and the other a
rich, socially prominent young blade. She falls
in love with and marries the latter who takes
her on a long European Honeymoon, and then
builds her a mansion on 56th street, nursery and
all. His family have opposed the marriage, but
when the nursery is put to use, a reconciliation
takes place, and our Peggy is launched on a
brilliant social career. However, the other suitor
turns up, still taken with her -in fact so taken
that he asks her to come to see him because he
is ill and dying, and when she refuses to com-
fort him, a gun shows up, he dies of lead poison-
ing, and she goes to jail for manslaughter. When
she gets out, her life is pretty grim, because her
husband has been killed in the war, and his fam-
ily have taken over her daughter. They pay her
off with $5,000, and she starts all over again,

WashingtonI
Off The Record
By SIGRID ANNE
THOSE who really "belong" at the White House
executive offices have to know a long string of
nicknames. The secretarial staff long ago stopped
being "Miss That" and "Mister This." They are
"Tommie," "Missie," "The Rabbit," "Mac," and so
on, even on presidential memos.
And to let President Roosevelt know that a
nickname is unwelcome is practically fatal. Then
he uses it constantly.
For instance, Col. Louis Howe, presidential sec-
retary, is none other than "Louie" to his chief,
and Colonel Howe squirms when he hears it. The
secretary of the treasury is "Henry, the Morg."
T HE STATE Department may have to intervene
finally in this broil. Mrs. George H. Dern, wife
of the secretary of war, was giving a tea. She
asked wives of brigadier-generals to pour and
there were wives of major-generals present. For
the moment the incident is almost more important
in army circles than the pay-cut.
WHEN Ambassador Troyanovsky arrived here a
police guard was placed at the soviet em-
bassy, and thereby hangs proof that time really
does fly.
"We got a 24-hour detail here now," explained
the daytime guard just as the new ambassador
stepped from the house into a waiting limousine,
"Why, for heaven's sakes?" he was asked. "No
other embassy has one."
"Yeah, but some of them there radicals might
show up."
VICE-PRESIDENT GARNER completely forgot
his "early to bed" slogan and gave a stag
theater party the opening night of "Let 'Em Eat
Cake," in which the political scene is burlesqued.
Garner's pink face was red with laughter most
of the evening, but the one that brought the
heartiest guffaw from him was the disillusioned
remark of one character, "Once a vice-president
always a vice-president."
Then came the crack about "taking George
Washington off the stamps and putting Mae West
on" just to raise the post-office deficit, and Post-
master "Jim" Farley threw back his head and
shouted.
But there was one gloomy spectator, reports
say. Chief Justice Hughes - even if it was jiu t a
play- didn't like to see the supreme court play-
ing baseball.
TINY "RED" McCLELLAN, the capitol's most

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