FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESSDAY, NOVEMBEU 7, 1934 r. THE MICHIGAN DAILY by adjustment ofi and of groups to th The present mov( 1 ~ M -.-t Publir' 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 axd the Big Ten News Service. MEMBER Assoriatad flegiatr *rt5s -1934 O £j£ik 4c1 93s~ 4ANSON WSCO4SIN "AEMBER OF. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively 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. $Dring 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. 1, 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 EDITOR ..................ARTHUR CARSTENS WOMEN'S EDITOR .....................ELEANOR BLUM 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. Freehling, Sherwin Gaines, Richard Hershey, Ralph W. Hurd, Jack Mitchell, Fred W. Neal, Melvin C. Oathout, Robert Pulver, Lloyd S. Reich, Mar- shall Shulman, Donald Smith, Bernard Weissman, Jacob C. Seidel, Bernard Levick, George Andros, Fred Buesser, Robert Cummins, Fred DeLano, Robert J. Friedman, Raymond Goodmaan, Morton Mann. Dorothy Briscoe, Maryanna Chockly, Florence Davies, Helen Diefendorf, Marian Donaldson, Elaine Goldberg, Betty Goldstein, Olive Griffith, Harriet Hathaway, Ma- rion Holden, Lois King, Selma Levin, Elizabeth Miller, Melba Morrison, Elsie Pierce, Charlotte Reuger. Dorothy Shappell, Molly Solomon, Dorothy Vale, Laura Wino- grad, Jewel Wuerfel. BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 2-1214 BUSINESS MANAGER .............RUSSELL B. READ CREDIT MANAGER ..................ROBERT S. WARD WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER..........JANE BASSETT DEPARTMENT MANAGERS: Local Advertising, John Og- den; Service Department, Bernard Rosenthal; Contracts, 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, Merrell Jordan, Stanley Joffe. WOMEN'S ASSISTANTS: Mary Bursley, Margaret Cowie, Marjorie Turner, Betty Cavender, Betty Greve, Helen Shapland, Betty Simonds, Grace Snyder. Margaretta Kohlig, Ruth Clarke, Edith Hasmilton, Ruth Dicke, Paula Joerger, Mary Lou Hooker, Jane Heath, Bernar- dine Field, Betty Bowman, ;July Trosper. NIGHT EDITOR: THOMAS E. GROEHN fall far short of se it should be an imp re-emphasis on relig IIalf a Loafd And None. individuals to existing groups e needs of their members. ement of religious groups will ttling any major troubles, but ortant step toward a healthful gion. . . N THE PAST FEW YEARS the stu-1 dent organization of the Union hasc presented many programs which have been a dis-I tint benefit to the undergraduate body. Not ther least beneficial of these has been a series of month-l ly forums presenting nationally prominent figures in informal discussions of topics of current in- terest. However, we note with regret that in the last two years these monthly forums have virtually been discontinued. Only one such program was present- ed all last year and thus far this semester there has been only one. The value of these forums can hardly be over- estimated. They not only furnish students with an opportunity to hear prominent speakers, but also present them with a chance for exchange of opin- ions with these men on pertinent subjects. Perhaps in securing Senator Nye for their first forum of the year the Union hitched its wagon to too high a star. It would, of course, be impossible to present a speaker of the senator's calibre every month. There are, however, many m6n of lesser import- ance who could undoubtedly be secured for these programs. The benefits accruing to the student body from these forums are sufficient to warrant more of them, even if it is necessary to present in general less prominent speakers. Campus Opinion Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous contributions will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, the editor reserving the right to condense all letters of over 300 words. Sisterly Love To The Editor: Amoeba is right. The purpose of a sorority isn't snobbery, but to find the group one fits in with best. What a way to find the group! A bewildered freshman pledges her loyalty not only to the older members of a sorority whom she has met on several social occasions, but to the other pledges whom she might or might not have as much as seen before. The other pledges are the ones she will be associated with the most as a "sister." A clique of girls in a dormitory who have chosen their companions might have some semblance of a sisterly feeling toward each other. There is an astounding proportion of girls living in sQrority houses, who are downright unhappy in their groups. But who's going to take such a big step as to drop affiliations with a sorority when one doesn't know what the consequences may be? And of sourse there is the money put into it to consider. At the end of her first year on campus, most every girl hates to leave the dormitory and her friends there; but what is there to do? They're all leaving. Besides, she feels that perhaps she'd miss something by not joining a sorority. She wouldn't miss a thing, nine times out of ten, ex- cept a stiff training in the toleration of adverse social and living conditions. Often ,she must learn (if she can) to adjust herself to close asso- ciates with whom she is entirely incompatible. I could mention one (perhaps extreme) case of a girl who had as a room-mate at her sorority house, the girl from the dorm whom she went to elabor- ate measures to avoid on every occasion because the girl so "got on her nerves." I might add that I have not drawn my observa- tions from just one sorority, but from several with which I have been well enough acquainted. I'm willing to wager that if a vote were taken among sorority women, most of them would admit that life on campus might be much pleasanter with- out sororities. -One Who Should Know. Future Of Advance To The Editor: We would appreciate' the use of this column to reach those students who could not secure copies of the first issue of Advance. When we began to make definite plans for'our magazine, we were more or less sceptical as to how it would be received by the campus. We counted our pennies early, mindful of the failure of former literary and critical ventures on this campus. We planned and worked and finally found a solution in the form the magazine was sold - and at so nominal a price as a dime. The night before Advance was sold on the diagonal, we still were worried as to its success. The morrow (Monday) showed that our worries had been un- warranted. By 5 p.m. our first issue had been sold out in its entirety. To be sure it was a small one. But its sale has encouraged us to plan to print twice as many for our next issue, which we expect to publish in a month or so. We are not sure, of course, whether our success was due to curiosity or genuine interest. A curi- osity it was, at any rate, for a serious magazine to sell out the first day. Subsequent response to our issue and those to follow will prove to us whether we are merely a curiosity or whether there is ac- tually in existence a sincere desire - sincere but latent - on the student body's part for serious thought and for serious creative writing. Our appeal is to those neophyte student (and faculty) writers who believe that creative writing is directly linked with social and economic thought of the day. To these we offer our medium of ex- COLLEGIATE OBSERVER By BUD BERNARD Woman's last stand! For the second time in its history the Duke University engineering school this year numbers among its 145 students, one lone girl. About five years ago there was an- other girl aspiring for an engineering degree, but after pursuing the course for two years, cli- maxed her education by marrying one of the en- gineering students. * * * * Here's a letter received today in the form of a reply to "TWO WHO HAVE SUFFERED" If we could find a man so square (We realize this type is rare) Who wouldn't have to muss our hair And tell us how much he does care, But, keeps us waiting for an hour And takes us walking through a shower And tells us of his manly power While we must smile instead of glower, Or offers us a drink of booze And calls us prigs if we refuse If we accept, respect to lose. If such a hero we could find, We'd like to copyright his kind And if he is by chance sincere In form and face not too darned queer, We'll date the man though he may be By no means a B.M.O.C. -Three Dejected Damsels. A question was raised in the Cornell Daily Sun in the matter of women's participation in varsity sporting events. The question was given much pub- licity at that school with the arrival of a woman player on the polo team. The editor of the paper feels that "instituting such practices as having women on the teams will bring nothing but em- barrassment to the Athletic Association." A Washington BYSTANDER By KIRKE SIMPSON A T A TIME WHEN the once much-discussed 'brain trust" of the Roosevelt administration seemed to have dropped out of sight, even for opposition campaign purposes, Dean Donham of the business school at Harvard, the President's alma mater, comes out with a plan for an extra- super "brain trust" to do the government's think- ing. The President, he finds, is attempting an im- possible task as the one-man co-ordinator of all he has set a-going. The presidential cabinet is merely a "conglomeration of department heads" to the dean, not a policy-making body of presi- dential advisers. What is needed, he contends, is a planning board or council not loaded also with ad- ministrative work. "There must be clear recognition of the differ- ence between thinking and acting," Dean Donham said, "between determining policies and carrying them out." F IN THE ABSENCE of such a set-up, the dean had hard words to say of the -confusion he detected in the national recovery effort. Dr. Tugwell and Donald Richberg, head of the present presidential policy board and various other White House program co-ordinating agencies, might feel their feathers a bit ruffled by this shot from the Harvard educator: "Much is done without reference to either logical or practical limitations on human capacities and accomplishments. Emotions control. Wishful think- ing and good resolutions spawn hectic activity and action is esteemed evidence of accomplish- ment." Dr. Ray Moley, original, pre-inauguration Roose- velt "brain truster," always has contended that the "brain trust" ended its labors on inauguration day. That was about all he ever had to say about Dr. Wirt's celebrated remarks about brain trust "red" plotting. Certainly the present policy board, set up by the President as a companion piece of the board that relieved General John- son of his NRA administration duties, has not much of a "brain trust" look to it. * * * * THERE ARE THOSE who see going on in the new NRA arrangement a quiet displacement of administrative lieutenants of the "brain trust" type by chaps with business experience back- grounds - big business, usually. Something is go- ing to be said about that soon or later. There also is much to hint that the White House attached a silencer to some of its too free profes- sional talkers, for campaign purposes at least. It is doubtful that Dean Donham's "thinking board" idea would appeal strongly right now at the White House even if the suggestion were ut- tered in full accord with Roosevelt "middle ground" recovery charting. The men who have appeared to win greatest presidential favor in the "New Deal" family are those who acted promptly on problems referred to them. Secretary Ickes and Relief Ad- ministrator Hopkins illustrate the point. The reg- ular Roosevelt way of showing that favor is to hand out new and usually bigger tasks. Anyhow, a "thinking board" might complicate things afresh for the "New Deal" captain-quar- terback. Even the "huddle" system in football, which is no debating society, delays the game a, bit. act playlets. We are not a clique prejudiced against any one. All we ask is that contributors thing of society's condition and its economic posi- iI,.r 0 k 11 Re-Emphasizing Religion. THE PLACE OF RELIGION or relig- ious activities in higher education has always been one of the biggest bugaboos edu- cators have been called upon to face. In state-supported schools especially has the position of religious education been an anomalous one. The obvious solution in a time of declining spiritual emphasis and increasing sectarian cla- mour seems to be to ignore religious aspects en- tirely except insofar as they could not be separated from other academic matters. Complete lack of consideration for religion in public education has met with public approval more because it failed to arouse any marked an- tagonism than because it was a satisfactory solu- tion. It has been generally accepted because thought to be the only alternative to sectarian chapel or other partisan form of worship. That there is in religious beliefs something too big and too essential to life values to be denied consideration in our educational institutions has occurred to many; that they must somehow be given proper emphasis despite the dangers of fa- voring one sect or one theology against another, has been recognized by few. President Ruthven has consistently urged the need for a greater spiritual emphasis in student life, and one of his moves toward that end has been the appointment of Dr. Blakeman as coun- sellor in religious education. If the office has not functioned as fully as its sponsors might have hoped, there are very many logical reasons for its failure to do so, not the least of which is its uniqueness and its obscurity. Granted an expanding future for such direct University religious activities as Dr. Blakeman's office, much of the religious work must always be done by independent churches and church-spon- sored guilds and gatherings. Failure to adequately meet many changing conditions and standards accounts in part for the fact that many of these groups are not very vital today. Misunderstand- ing and unawareness of their programs and pur- poses also accounts to a large extent for their decline. It was with considerations in mind such as these that have been suggested, that religious organiza- tions concerned with student religious education have combined for a concerted effort to make known the opportunities they offer. Their appeal W® I-L "_ Seniors! Only ONE M nth Left for Your MI.CHIUANENSIAN 1 t PICTURES Make your appointments now, at# one of the Official Studios. Rentschler Studio Dey Studio ...5031 S e.5541 I