THE MICHIGAN DAILY THE MICHIGAN DAILY I _ ___I ON. ..TTm!!.71 NI K TI Publish~ed every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Association and the Big Ten News Service. MEMBER s5ociated ogltgiate r¢s -s1934 Vinejez 1935~ 'IIEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is enclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches are reserved. Entered at the Post.Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Postmaster-General. Subscription during summer by carrier, $1.00; by mail, $1.50. During regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. Offices: Student Publications Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Phone: 2-1214. Representatives: National Advertising Service, Inc. 11 West 42nd Street, New York, N.Y. - 400 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR ..............WILLIAM G. FERRIS '~CITY EDITOR ...... ,....... ..JOHN HEALEY EDITORIAL DIRECTOR...........RALPH G. COULTER SPORTS EITOR....................ARTHUR CARSTENS WOMEN'S EDITOR .....................ELEANOR BLUM 'N NIGHT EDITORS: Paul J. Elliott, John J. Flaherty, Thomas E. Groehn, Thomas H. Kleene. David G. Macdonald. John M. O'Connell, Robert S. Ruwitch, Arthur M. Taub. SPORTS ASSISTANTS: Marjorie Western, Joel Newman, Kenneth Parker, William Reed, Arthur Settle. WOMEN'S ASSISTANTS: Barbara L. Bates. Dorothy Gies, Florence Harper, Eleanor Johnson, Ruth Loebs, Jo- sephine McLean, Margaret D. Phalan, Rosalie Resnick, ' Jane Schneider, Marie Murphy. REPORTERS: John H. Batdorff, Robert B. Brown, Richard Clark, Clinton B. Conger, Sheldon M. Ellis, William H. Fleming, Robert J. 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Joseph Rothbard; Accounts, Cameron Hall; Circulation and National Advertising, David Winkworth; Classified Advertising and Publications, George Atherton. BUSINESS ASSISTANTS: William Jackson, . William 'Barndt, Ted Wohlgemuith, Lyman Bittman, Richard Hardenbrook, John Park, F. Allen Upson, Willis Tom- linson, Homer Lathrop, Tom Clarke, Gordon Cohn, S Merrell Jordan, Stanley Joffe. WOMEN'S ASSISTANTS: Mary Bursley, Margaret Cowie, Marjorie Turner, Betty Cavender, Betty Greve, Helen Shapland. Betty Simonds, Grace Snyder. Margaretta Iohlig, Ruth Clarke, Edith Hamilton, Ruth Dicke, Paula Joerger, Mary Lou Hooker, Jane Heath, Bernar- dine Field, Betty Bowman, July Trosper. Educational Pitfall.. . HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE "eco- nomics?" Do you say "eckonomics" (with the "eck" short as in "egg")? Or is it more correctly pronounced "eckonomics" (with the "eek" sounding like a woman's scream when she sees a mouse)? It has come to our attention that those gentle- men who expound the principles of that social science say "eek." They maintain up and dow that the only way to pronounce economics is "eeko- nomics." That should certainly settle the issue - but it doesn't. That eminent group of grammarians, the Eng- lish department faculty, begs to disagree. In their opinion, economics should be pronounced "ecko- nomics." A few of the English pedagogs confess that "eekonomics" might be permissible, but affirm that "eckonomics" is really right. The battle has not come out in the open yet. It lies smouldering under the surface. But when- ever the economists get a chance they slyly empha- size the "eek." And, in retaliation, the English professors turn up their noses and say "Even an 'eckonomist' should know how to pronounce 'ecko- nomics.' " Now how the "eck" are we poor students going to know which way the darn word should be pro- nounced? As Others See I t U.S.C. Abolishes 'Hell Week' PADDLING, TUBBING, and "Hell Week" as prac- ticed by the fraternities at the University of Southern California were abolished last week by Dr. Rufus B. von Klein-Smid, president of that university. In issuing this statement the president said that the action was prompted by the fact that "the university is obligated to protect the health and well-being of all students under its supervision and to justify the faith and confidence placed in it by parents and patrons." Some of the common practices specifically pro- hibited by the new ruling were physical paddling, tubbing, exposure, deprivation of sleep - below a daily minimum of seven hours - any kind of rough handling, and dictating orders to pledges by other than properly designated fraternity officials. "Hell Week" will be replaced by a "probationary week," and this does not mean that the name alone will be changed. At the beginning of each semester, every fraternity shall submit for approval to the counselor of men a statement of the ob- jectives of its probationary week, together with a detailed outline of the program or plan of proce- dure to be followed. This plan indicates a way in which the Univer- sity of Illinois can abolish "Hell Week." For several years authorities on the campus have been trying to convince fraternities that "Hell Week" as it is practiced on this campus is harmful to students. Dr. Beard of the University Health Service has repeatedly testified as to the detrimental effects of this week to which all pledges have to submit. Professors have complained of the general decline that is noted in the scholastic work of pledges. Last year a number of pledges were unable to stay awake in their classes because actives had pre- vented them from sleeping the previous night. Several of the leading fraternities on this campus have practically abolished "Hell Week." The men in these fraternities realize that paddling and other physically abusive means encourages anything but respect and brotherhood. However, there are still a number of fraternities who still carry on the old practice. The leaders of these houses usually have a scholasticaverage of 2.8 and they cannot be persuaded to accept any intelligent course of action. An appeal has been made to them at other times without results. These individuals will never give up their rights to punish a pledge who cannot defend himself. The solution to this situation lies in action on the part of University authorities. "Hell Week" has no place in an intelligent stu- dent body. -The Daily Illini. By BUD BERNARD Here's a. contrib coming from a Deke at the University of Southern California: AD FRATERNIUM FRATO Who's the guy who steals my ties And wears my tux and tells me lies, Who necks my women and swills my boose Borrows my spats and wears my shoes, Who sticks me for ten when the check comes from mom Grabs my best gal and goes to the prom, Who cuts his classes and steals my notes, Leaves college a Phi Bete and me a goat, But he's one in a million (Thank Gawd) And there'll never be another Like that snake-in-the-grass MY FRATERNITY BROTHER! * , . . A "widow's club" has been formed at North- western University. It is composed of that group whose sweethearts do not attend school. All mem- bers wear yellow ribbons to signify that they do not care to have dates. A woman's past, says a junior at the Univer- sity of Illinois is either scandalously indecent or shamefully uninteresting. * * * * University of Utah men say that co-eds are un- interesting, unintelligent, and expect nothing but patter from their dates. Anyway they believe all the select women are mortgaged before coming to school. A logic student at the University of Missouri sends me this little pome: Einie, meenie, minie, moe. Throw 'em up and let 'em go There they fall, let them stay The furthest one will get an A. From Lake Forest College we hear that 69 per cent of the co-eds talk over their love affairs with their mothers. Thirty-one per cent said that they had no love affairs, and that makes 11 per cent liars. * * Why is it asks an A.E. Phi that when a co-ed turns out the light her prospects usually be- come brighter, Education while you sleep. The College of the City of New York is experimenting with hypnosis as a method of communicating facts. If it works, students will sleep a semester and get a four-year college education. COLLEGIATE OBSERVER wi Ii f 1869 j 1 f a Qi * . Cyf Y q . {. _. .a h 1 i 1934 Write Your Own Receipt VV P If for no other reason, you should have a checking account because a cancelled check is indisputable evi- dence that you PAID. Then, too, a checkbook makes both payment and budgeting much more simple. Let us explain its benefits in detail at your convenience. ! , The Advantageous Results of Classified Advertising have been "The Deposits in this bank are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the manner and to the extent provided by the Banking Act of 1933." Ann Arbor Sayings Bank 707 North University Avenue Main and Huron Streets " S TRI-CLE.A the New Cleaning Method Renews Your Clothes LAST YEAR'S SUIT? il W 4/I Yes: you know it? Imagine your last year's suit look- ing like a brand new model from the best man's shop in town! An expert cleaning and pressing job will do the trick for you, and you can pocket the money you save. TRI-CLEANED HAND-FI N ISHED TRI-CLEANING costs no more (although its the finest Cleaning known to Science) than just ordi- nary methods. proven Cash Rates 1lc a Line The Michigan Daily Maynard Street Read The DAILY CLASSIFIED ADS The Daily maintains a Classified Directory for your convenience. V r, ,! -P NIGHT EDITOR: PAUL J. ELLIOTT Washington Off The Record Sackcloth And Ashes. j THERE'S NO DOUBT about it now. y All that we have lived for these many years has crumbled about us. Our castles have tumbled into the abyss. We are left without a god. Life no longer embodies any purpose for us. That Michigan should have been beaten by Michigan State was bitter medicine indeed. That the Wolverine should have been not only beaten but actually humbled by Chicago, for so many years the Conference doormat, is unthinkable. Yet it has happened. These unexpected happenings have fallen upon a generation of Michigan students who had never known a football team that was not champions of the Western Conference. In a period of 15 years only once had a Wolverine team ever been de- feated by as much as 25 points. State had not beaten a Michigan team since 1915, Chicago had not won since 1919. .y . s! ,, Only death and taxes were more certain than Michigan victory. When the bottom dropped out of the stock market in 1929, Michigan football teams became unquestionably the safest financial investment on the market. So perhaps it is not strange that we thought the Golden Days could go on forever. No wonder students, alumni, and others were unprepared for the holocaust of the last two weeks. Resort to history must be our only consolation. Inspection of the dim past shows that after every period'of glory comes a time of humbling degrada- tion. You have to go pretty far back to show it in Michigan's case, but other schools are proving it even today. History assures us of another thing. As long as Michigan was still rated as the favorite or as a very dangerous opponent, the pressure was almost in- surmountable. That situation is rapidly passing. Just as soon as the public begins to underrate Michigan's importance, when opponents begin to think lightly of our -power, when our own team discovers that it is going to have to start from scratch, when the student body wakes up to the fact that the season's results reflect their own in- difference - then watch out for trouble! Rushing The Theatres FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASM took a sally in the wrong direction last Friday night when a rowdying band of students attempted to crash the gates of the Indiana Theatre. A protesting police force was bombarded with apples in the melee. After some time the managers of the theatre opened the doors to the would-be crashers, not because the management and the Bloomington law officers could not subdue the onrush, but because the show house owner could see no harm in allow- ing them to witness the second evening showing at 9 p.m. after most of the regular theatre patrons had left. No better example of how NOT to show loyalty to Indiana's football team can be offered than such childish actions as these. Last year the In- diana theatre was the largest contributor to the Indiana band fund. For several years this movie house and the Princess Theatre have demonstrated their support of the Indiana football team in a tangible way by holding benefit shows to swell the travel fund for the University band. At numerous games away from home the Hoosier band has been the only visible or audible support offered the team from the sidelines. It is a poor brand of school spirit that must manifest itself in rushing theatres. The managers of the local theatres are deserving of better treatment by University stu- dents. Several years ago five students were summarily dismissed from the University for these identical tactics, and justly so. Theatre crashing is little mnr than nettv thiever vcloaked behind a false By SGRID ARNE RUTH BRYAN OWEN, minister to Denmark, is still convincing herself that the remark of the Eskimo village king of Greenland was a compli- ment. Mrs. Owen was in conference with him and the governor of Greenland. He asked a favor, and the governor asked Mrs. Owen her opinion. She ruled in favor of the "king." The "king" smiled and said knowingly in his own language, "We old ones must stick together." The governor changed color and explained hur- riedly that Eskimos mean "wise" when they say "old." White House thumbnail: Long after mid- night and the President still at work in his study. Mrs. Roosevelt tip-toeing down the hall, wrapped in a lounging robe. She peeks in the door. The President looks up and smiles. "Even presidents must get some sleep," she says. The President laughs and puts away his papers. THE LAURELS for futility are handed a Wash- ington hostess who had a typical Washington conglomeration at her house. She looked about. Guests were growing inco- herent. Others were arguing loudly. A glass broke. She descended on the coolest looking gentleman, waving her hands vaguely, and asked: "Can't we get these people to play games?" Secretary Ickes phoned his attorney in Chi- cago to find out whatwas delaying a report of the commission which heard disbarment proceedings he brought against two Chicago attorneys. Irked by the delay, Ickes observed: "Lawyers don't know what speed means, They are all a bunch of duds." Ickes is a lawyer. REMODELING at the White Houe results at times in almost impassible groups standing in the doorway. One such time a pretty, blonde young woman skirted the edges of the crowd looking hopelessly for a way to enter. 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