'i THE MICHIGAN D AILY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1934 ___ --I Publi1' ed every morning except Monday during the University yearrand Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Association and the Big Ten News Service. M EM BER 5ociated orlegiate rtvs -'1934 I )jos 1935 - W.AD4so#4 fl5COt4Sl --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. During regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mal, $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.............WILLIAMHG. FERRIS CITY EDITOR .............JOHN HEALEY EDITORIAL DIRECTOR ............RALPH G. COULTER SPORTS EDITOR..........ARTHUR CARSTENS OMEN'S -EDITOR ................. .ELEANOR BLUM NIGHT EDITORS: Paul J. Elliott, John J. Flaherty, Thomas E. Groehn, Thomas H. Kleene, Davd G. Macdonald. .John M. O'Connell, Robert S. Ruwitch Arthur M. Taub. SPORTS ASSISTANTS: Marjorie Western, Kenneth Par- ker, William Reed, Arthur Settle. WOMEN'S ASSISTANTS: Barbara L. Bates, Dorothy Gies, Florence Harper, Eleanor Johnson Josephine McLean, * Margaret D. Phalan, Rosalie Resnick, Jane Schneider, Marie Murphy. RtEPORTERS: John H. Batdorff, Robert B. Brown, Clinton B. Conger, Sheldon M. Ellis, William H. Fleming, Rich- ard Hershey, Ralph W. Hurd Fred W. Neal, Robert Pulver, Lloyd S. 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BUSINESS ASSISTANTS William Jackson, William Barndt, Ted Wohlgemuith, Lyman Bittman, John Park, F Allen Upson Willis Tomlinson, Homer Lathrop, Tom Clarke, Gordon Cohn Merrell Jordan, Stanley Joffe, Richard E. Chaddock. 1 WOMEN'S ASSISTANTS: Mary Bursley, Margaret Cowie, Marjorie Turner, Betty Cavender, Betty Greve, Helen Shapland, Betty Simonds, Grace Snyder, Margaretta Kohlig, Ruth Clarke, Edith Hamilton, Ruth Dicke, Paula Joerger, Mary Lou Hooker, Jane Heath, Bernar- a dine Field,. Betty Bowman; July Trosper, Marjorie Langenderfer, Geraldine Lehman, Betty Woodworth. NIGHT EDITOR: DAVID G. MACDONALD ' The Business Of The Supreme Court.. .. T HE RECENT DECISION of the United States Supreme Court, con- firming the action of the University of Califor- nia in dismissing,two students for failure to ob- serve the rule of compulsory military training, has brought no end of adverse criticism upon the nine members of the nation's tribunal. It is obvious that this criticism is not well- founded. Instead of striking at the practice of compulsory military training on the basis of mor- ality, the critics make their thrust at the Supreme Court and its individual members, all of whom concurred with Mr. Justice Butler in his opinion. What the court did, in effect, was to interpret the action of the University of California on a purely constitutional ground. It simply held that it is within the right of any land-grant institution to require military training of its male students. It further made it plain that these colleges are not compelled to require compulsory drill, as many supposed was made necessary by the Mor- ril Act of 1862. From the ethical standpoint, all nine of these men may have been definitely opposed to the practice of military training in the universities and colleges, yet in Mr. Justice Butler's opinion and his colleagues' concurrence, they were correctly discharging the problem at hand, that of clarifying the issue as interpreted in the constitution. Since Michigan is not a land-grant university, the decision does not have any immediate effect locally. Yet the matter involved is obviously a far- reaching one. And the question is not settled with this decision, Of the 69 land-grant colleges in the United States, only two (Minnesota and Wiscon- sin) have optional military training. The fight for military emancipation continues strong in many of these schools and in the repudiation of the old interpretation of the Mor'rill Act is seen a victory for the opponents of compulsory training. The military system in evidence here appears to be the most satisfactory. The abolition of com- pulsory training in favor of the optional type would be more in accord with the traditional American tenets of personal freedom and peace. Yet, it is unfair to charge the Supreme Court with every- thing from militarism to hostility to democracy because it did what it was supposed to do. Burden Of Proof With Munitions Makers ... controlled since it is purely a governmental mat- ter. The committee has held the view that the huge excess profits that munition makers make, especially during time of war, lead these companies to throw their immense capital behind any agita- tion toward conflict. Just ,why the government's owning the muni- tion industry should result in an increase in pro- duction is not clear, although the argument may have validity. Granted such an increase, however, it would not involve the agitation that tends to create ill-feeling between nations that the methods used by profit-seeking industries do. The public must continue its vigilance, lest the munitions makers, in an attempt to save them- selves, have purposely confused the issue. It still seems logical that taking the profit out of war is one important step toward peace. _CampusOpinion 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. Follow-Up On Women's Stockings To the Editor: I ivas surprised on reading this morning's Daily (Saturday) that not a single Michigan coed had clawed at your editorial throat in Campus Opin- ion for that bit of rationalization you made in explaining the prevalence of news on your Page 5 concerning Miss So-'n-So's stockings and shoe laces to match. You intimated the girls were "shal- low" and "dull" for being so "breathlessly" enam- ored with such (implied) trivia. And yet, not one peep is in evidence from the maligned-which may prove your contention that more of your readers read Page 5 than Page 4. But I quite agree with Mr. Miller, of Thursday's Campus Opinion, that The Daily, as a campus mouthpiece (?), should not emulate the big town dailies in dealing with such "sartorial rubbish." You failed to state, in your explanation why you think you must appeal to all types of readers, who or what makes you think precisely that. Why did you not admit that the advertisers of feminine apparel and beauty enhancement have convinced you, perhaps unconsciously for you, that their splurges on what makes the coed appealing from the skin outward, must have comparable amounts of your columns devoted to pure gush or who wears what stockings and skin lotions, in what ducky combination, and to what party? This demand- ing of free publicity in return for, or as an at- traction to, a particular type of advertising is an old racket, succumbed to by most newspapers. But why should The Daily be like most newspapers? I should think The Daily, -mirroring the activi- ties at this University, could, with a little wisely directed effort, dig out actual reflections of this University's place in society and of what it means to the state whose educational head it is. I am not a journalism student, but I have noticed that the department of journalism does this very com- petently with its Michigan Journalist, which it all too infrequently publishes during each second se- mester. You despise, judging by your editorials, the Detroit Free Press, as should most intelligent readers of that sheet of journalistic asinitity who cannot find any other metropolitan newspaper to read each morning and §o have to skim through it while waiting for the more competent afternoon papers for accurate news reporting. Can't you see, then, how The Daily also is skimming the surface of this center of socially important news material, misplacing emphasis and just managing to get out a paper once a day, just as the Free Press does? There is one school of editorial opinion, I under- stand, that contends that an editor, if wise and qualified to hold his chair, can bring his readers to read any kind of news. Why not try this out with your "shallow" coed readers-and, too, with your women's clothing and beauty lotion adver- tisers-especially when The Daily should reflect college life, the one period when experimentation with ideas has a chance to sink in? I grant you, of course, that coeducational insti- tutions of learning are fast supplanting social func- tions and "coming-out" parties in the old home town as a marriage mart for the local girls whose families can afford to invest in giving the big sis- ter the best opportunity to grab a potential doc- tor, lawyer or merchant chief at a university. And, too, I grant you that writing up the girl's stockings will engender in some of them the confidence that they are doing right well in getting that man, or gives them a clip-sheet from which they can send notice home to fond and hopeful parents that their investment is going to pay-maybe. But why should our Daily attempt to write up the stockings of all the little girl frogs in this huge. University pond? Let the home town newspapers write them up when, one by one, they come home with the catch, thus becoming a big frog in the little home town pond. -R.K.. As Others See It COLLEGIATE OBSERVER By BUD BENAIUL Here is a famous story of a substitute at a small western university who had decorated the bench for four years without ever having been sent in to play. The last game of his college career was being played - he was going to graduate. His college was losing by one touchdown. Finally there was no one on the bench but himself and the coach. He sat there chewing his nails nervously. At length he could stand it no longer. Edging his way over to the coach he fell on one knee and pleaded: "Coach, coach, do me a favor and send me in. Please, coach, just send me in, get them to hand me the ball and I swear I'll run through a brick wall for a touchdown." "The coach looked at the fellow pityingly and brusqued back: "Go sit down. Whataya think this is? A movie?" The was a time not so long ago when several Cornell University students pulled a fast one. They invented a perfectly mythical foreigner - a Dr. Ernest Schnorber - who was visiting America for the first time, and was a leading authority of some ology or other. They sent telegrams to 100 of the leading men in this country inviting them to a dinner to be given to the said Dr. Schnorber and included ex-President Roosevelt too. It was sur- prising the results they got. Everybody admitted having heard of the gent, many signified their in- tentions of coming, and many sent regrets at not being able to come to Ithaca, but all extended luck and best wishes to the visitor. It was only exploded as a hoax when the hoaxers themselves, feeling they had carried the thing far enough, blew the whole story to the press, and sat back to enjoy the nation's laughter. Here's a true story coming from the Univer- sity of Maryland. It seems as though a stu- dent wanted his fraternity brother to get a date and go out for a good time. His friend however refused saying that he had to go to bed early and get plenty of sleep. When asked why he needed the rest he explained: "Tomor- row's my tough day: gotta shave. The University of Oklahoma faced a startling problem this fall when a male freshman student informed the registrar that he wished to major in Home Economics. A hurried session with the dean resulted in his admission. At the University of Maine one of the hard- est things to do on a cold winter morning is to get up, shut the windows, turn on the heat and get things cozy for rising. Here is how a couple of roommates solved the problem. Every night before turning out the lights, these roommates placed a half-dollar in the middle of the room in a spot exactly equidis- tant from each bed. Then in the morning when the alarm goes off, who gets to them first, keeps them. At the University of Illinois there is a co-ed who carries the first name of Liberty Bond. The ex- planation: during the World war a reward of a $1,000 liberty bond was offered to the first baby born after a certain date if the parents named him or her Liberty Bond. Washington Off The Record HILL AUDITORIUM Tickets $1.00 - $1.50 -x$2.00 BostonSymphony Orchestra SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor "ONLY MICHIGAN CONCERT" 110 PLAYERS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 -8:15 Choral Union Series S I III ; i (i ' i , it I I ,I it ir I I Added A ttrcaction: FEATHER PA DDED AISLES So It Won't Kill You When You Poll in Them! When You Sec "Give Us Rhythm 26th ANNUAL MICHIGAN UNION OPERA December 11,12,13,14 and 15 Lydia MENDELSSOHN Theatre Matinees: of WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 75c to $1.50 Plus Tax TICKETS AT MENDELSSOHN BOX OFFICE !111 I By SIGRID ARNE SENATORIAL SNORTS about the Federal relief program have kept the young administrator, Harry Hopkins, anything but comfortable in recent weeks. In a small group he was asked what he was "being thankful about," this being the season for such sentiments. "That's easy," grinned Hopkins, "I'm thankful there are only 96 senators." Noel Coward, the playwright, hack to miss a recent evening in Washington, where he had planned to hear a new two-piano arrangement of music from his latest play. So the two pianists had their playing record- ed as they performed, and mailed the piece to Coward. Engineers in the Indian Affairs office are wondering what kind of road that one in Oklahoma can be. The Indian foreman in charge of emergency conservation men work- ing there wrote in to report: "This road can be used without culprits." THE OLD LADY who could always find some- thing good to say of everyone is one of the delights of Secretary Roper of the Department of Commerce when he starts to tell stories. The old lady was ambushed one day by her nieces who brought up the subject of the devil. The old lady looked worried for a minute, and then smilingly said: "Well, if some people just had the devil's en- ergy-" The small son of the minister to China, Nel- son T. Johnson, is one of the delights of parties at the Johnson home. 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