PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1935 THE MICHIGAN DAILY il . r' I! Publi ied every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Con- trol of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Association and the Big Ten News Service. MEMBER sA55c aced &'Igiiate dress ~odatgd gTfeiafr_'1 - MEMBER 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 dis- patches 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 EDITOR ........... . ........ ARTHUR CARSTENS WOMEN'S EDITOR ...................... ELEANOR BLUM NIGHT EDITORS: Courtney A. Evans, John J. Flaherty, Thomas E. Groehn, Thomas H. Kleene, David G. Mac- donald, John M. O'Connell, Arthur M. Taub. SPORTS ASSISTANTS: Marjorie Western, Kenneth Parker, 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. REPORTERS: Rex Lee Beach, Robert B. Brown, Clinton B. Conger, Sheldon M. Ellis, William H. Fleming, Richard G. Hershey, Ralph W. Hurd, Bernard Levick, Fred W. Neal, Robert Pulver, Lloyd S.BReich. Jacob C. Seidel, Marshall D. Shulman, Donald Smith, Wayne H. Stewart, Bernard Weissman, George Andros, Fred Buesser, Rob- ert Cummins, Fred DeLano, Robert J. Friedman, Ray- mond Goodman, Keith H. Tustison, Joseph Yager. Dorothy Briscoe, Florence Davies, Helen Diefendorf, Elaine Goldberg, Betty Goldstein, Olive Griffith, Har- riet Hathaway, Marion Holden, Lois King, Selma Levin, Elizabeth Miller, Melba Morrison, Elsie Pierce, Charlotte Rueger, Dorothy Shappell, Molly Solomon, 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, John Park, F. Allen tpson, Willis Tomlinson, Homer Lathrop, Tom Clarke, Gordon Cohn, -Merrell Jordan, Stanley Joffe, Richard E. Chaddock. WOMEN'S ASSISTANTSC: Mary Bursley, Margaret Cowie, Marjorie Turner, Betty Cavender, Betty Greve, Helen Shapland, Betty Simonds, Grace Snyder, Margaretta Kollig, Ruth Clarke, Edith Hamilton, Ruth Dicke, Paula Joerger, Mary Lou Hooker, Jane Heath, Bernadine Field, Betty Bowman, Judy Trosper, Marjorie Langen- derfer, Geraldine Lehman, Betty Woodworth. No Discrinination Against Women. . SOME COMMENT has been heard during the past few days to the ef- fect that the plans for a proposed change in stu- dent government, submitted by groups of men students on the campus, which contain provisions excluding women students from participation in their councils are unfair in this regard. There is no deep-dyed plot to exclude from self- government. The formation of a council to be composed purely of men was planned by groups submitting such proposals not through any sense of discrimination or forgetfulness but because women students, hav- ing their own governmental bodies organized through the League, have in the past adequately handled their own affairs, making the power of the Undergraduate Council over them more nom- inal than actual. It may very well be that, of the plans submitted, some may be comprehensive enough to provide for an "all-campus" government. Some may even seek to establish a council whose jurisdiction shall be superior to that of the present women's governmental bodies. But it is important to remem- ber that those plans which do not include juris- diction over women's affairs omit it intentionally because they are aiming to establish a government for men. NIGHT EDITOR: COURTNEY A. EVANS The Townsend Plan. .. NVOW WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE. N This time it is known as the Town- send plan and is advanced by a Dr. John Town- send who until his economic inspiration was an obscure practitioner in gout, rheumatism, hook- worm, and headache in Southern California. The essensce of this particular ecstasy is: every per- son over 60 shall receive a pension of $200 a month from the national government on condition that he or she spends the money within that month. A nation-wide sales tax will, Dr. Townsend hope- fully insists, raise the money for the adventure. The plan is substantially supported by the moronic underworld, which has organized into Townsend Clubs in all sections of the country, and the Con- gress is being bombarded by barrages of petitions and letters from nitwits bent on the new salvation. The economic arguments against the plan are obvious. It would cost 20 billion dollars a year. It would put an outrageous tax on foodstuffs and other necessities of life. Carried to its logical, if ab- surd, conclusion it means that the more money you give people the more prosperity you generate, some- what like a perpetual motion machine. If $200 a month to people over 60 will bring back prosperity, let's go further. Let's make sure of it. Let's give $300 to peopleeover 50 or $400 to people over 40 or $700 to people over 20. If the theory of the Townsend plan is correct, then the more money you give to the more people the richer everyone is. Except, alas, that it all has to be paid for! But the real annoyance in the doctor's scheme is the supposition that any lazy old grouch over 60 sitting 'round the stove and spitting tobacco juice on the floor is somehow an object of respect, ven- eration, admiration, and compulsory philanthropy. That is not true. At 60 a man has either secured a respectable position in the community by hard work and the accepted amount of thievery or he has sloughed off into dependence by, more often than not, his own laziness. There are exceptions, in which hard luck plays an important role, but these are a ntinority. Most old tramps headed straight for their fate. Why the remainder of us are under an humanitarian compulsion to provide them with a beautiful salary every month is hard to ascertain. Dr. Townsend goes further. Not only will these old people get money, but, as a leisure class, they will - so he insists - be the guardians of the na- tion's culture and mores. The possibility here is e- n-,nc.+ -n o 111 ina Ulrn.Ina slft ' l r H a rA~in- ef- i +cinn [The SOAP BOX4 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. For N.S.L. Plan To the Editor: May the National Student League take a few lines in order to briefly explain some of the salient points in its plan for a new student government, which appears in today's Daily? 1. The proposed constitution provides for a high degree of democracy. It makes possible student government by the elected representatives of the student body, instead of by a group of quasi-Tam- many politicians. (a) Election of 25 members of the student council according to a system of proportional rep- resentation, unique in that it will ensure represen- tation for all colleges (including the Graduate School) and simultaneously for all points of view. This is accomplished through the designation of Specific College candidates and General University candidates by each party. (b) Minimization of ex-officio members of the Council to four. The preponderance of these ex- officio Council members in the other plans which have been submitted constitutes their principal weakness. It makes impossible a democratic student government representative of the will and needs of the general student body. It ignores the prime weakness of the present plan, now in operation. (c) Initiative and referendum by means of the petition and campus ballot. 2. It answers the desperate need on this campus for student elections on the basis of a real student program, rather than on the basis of a social connection. (a) Each slate must publish its program in The Daily a week before the election. (b) The emphasis on program is increased by means of the list system of proportional represen- tation, providing for the electors choice of one slate on the ballot. However, some measure of individual choice still remains through the use of preference votes within the slate; this will de- termine which members of the slate will fill a party's quota. We urge all campus organizations to give this plan careful consideration. Their endorsement will aid greatly in bringing about its final adoption. Committee on Student Government. -The National Student League 'Stopping Thought' In Russia To the Editor: ... I would like to bring up some small indica- tion that the Soviet Union is not intellectually sterile. Whether books and schools flourish is some in- dication of whether intellectual activity flourishes in a given locality. A recent statement of the United States Commissioner of Education revealed the following facts about schools in America, a country presumably outside Professor Slosson's classification: 2,280,000 children of school age are not in school. 16 colleges and 1,500 commercial schools have closed. School terms in nearly every large city are one or two months shorter than they were 70 to 100 years ago. 900,000 children in 18,000 rural schools were going to school for less than six months in 1934. Contrast this with what is taking place in the Soviet Union in the same field: more than 80,- 000,000 people, half the total population, are en- rolled in Soviet schools; more than 26,000,000 chil- dren were regularly going to school in 1934; from 1927 to 1932 the number of children in primary schools doubled; the number in seven-year schools tripled, and the number in factory and shop schools increased 11 times. Illiteracy has been reduced from 70 per cent to some 7 per cent. Professor Counts of Columbia University reported in his article "The Soviet Challenge to America, "The educational achievements to date are stupendous." In the current issue of the magazine "Soviet Russia Today," there is an article by Prof. J. W. McBain of Stanford University, commenting on his visit to the Soviet Union last September, and bearing on this same charge . . . 'I had an exceptional opportunity of seeing uni- versities and scientific institutions from the inside . . . There is evidence of rapid progress ... "As an educator I have been impressed by the way in which everyone is encouraged to learn and N COLLEGIATE OBSERVER By BUD BERNARD From a prominent southern university comes news of an inebriated professor's weaving ar- rival home in the wee small hours of the morn- ing. Entering the house he encountered the geldfish bowl which made a resounding crash as it toppled to the floor. His better half yelled down from the second floor, "What was that?" The professor angrily voiced a bitter answer, "I'll teach those darn goldfish to snap at me." In a recent survey of the Northwestern Univer- sity faculty on "what professors habitually dislike about students," the following were listed: 1. Wears an old high school sweater, soiled shirt, and no necktie. 2. Feels that he is misunderstood and perse- cuted. 3. Enters an office with hat on. sits on the pro- fessor's desk and lights a cigaret. 4. Finishes an examination last, especially when the rest of the class has finished half an hour be- fore. 5. Monopolizes a conference hour. 6. Maintains that since he is paying for the course he can work or not, as he pleases. 7. Excuses poor work because of a party the night before. A professor who comes to a class ten min- utes late is very rare, say a junior at the Uni- versity of California. In fact he's in a class by, himself. S* * Here's a tip for the Coliseum here in Ann Arbor. The University of Toronto sponsors skating parties for students to which the men and women come without dates and are introduced and paired off with the Gable or Garbo of their own choice through the effective work of a committee made up of B.M.O.C.'s, B.W.O.C.'s and faculty members. In- troduction is free. Imagine the fun of gliding along on that smoothy ice with that fascinating man or girl you've been aching to meet. With an epidemic of colds around, here is an appropriate poem contributed by H.L.K.: I'VE GOT A COLD IN MY NOSE I sniffle, I sneeze, I blubber and wheeze, I've lost all my repose, For in spite of the fact that I'm known to have tact, I've got a cold in the nose. I feel in distress, I've no happiness; How I suffer no one knows. No one can assist me, my girl will not kiss me, For I've got a cold in the nose. I hope and I pray that I'll soon see the day When gently my eyes I can close And breathe in fresh air, without feeling despair- And I won't have a cold in my nose. The 1935 Michiganensian _--..., r mama so - I Washington Off TheRecord I P- The deadline for Senior Pic- tures will be January 26th. This will be your LAST opportunity to have your picture in the 1935 'Ensian. Make your Appointments Now! I i By SIGRID ARNE (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 THE NEW SPEAKER, Joe Byrns of Tennessee, likes to tell stories about his state's first repre- sentative, Andrew Jackson. One concerns "Uncle" Alfred, one time personal servant for Jackson and later, guide at the Her- mitage, the Jackson home near Nashville. "Uncle" Alfred would permit nothing but the most worshipful approach to the collected memen- toes of his "Gin'l." One day a visitor said: "I believe what you say about your boss, Uncle, but do you really reckon a fight'n, cuss'n man like Andy ever got to heaven?" "Uncle's" eyes popped in indignation: "'Cose, he went to heaven!" he said. "Who in heaven goin' to keep him out?" The personal appearance of the President to read his message on Capitol Hill is still some- what of a novelty in Congressional history. In the early days there were three creeks which had to be forded between the White House and the Capitol. In those days, the ex- ecutives preferred to write out their remarks and let a messenger on horse-back worry about the mud. It seemed such a good idea when the holiday parties were being planned at the White House : the girl guests could stay in the mansion, and the boys in a hotel up the street. The story is now that Mrs. Roosevelt is laughing over her mistake. The boys spent most of the time they were out- side the mansion phoning it. Partly, they really liked phoning the girls, but mostly, it was the White House they were phoning. That will always be something. Tip to autograph collectors: Sir Ronald Lindsay, ambassador from Great Britain, gave up arguing about it long ago. He just signs the book. One reason was the college boy who wrote regularly for three years asking if he could come to Washington to see the British ambas- sador. ' "But an ambassador is just another human being," Lindsay wrote back. He finally gave in. The boy got his appointment at the embassy, and his 10 minutes with the ambassador. applied science that is being produced, . . I 1~ I 0a T O THE MERCHANTS of Ann Ar- bor, the J-Hop is an OLD, OLD STORY; completing their stock o ffor- mal dress so that you might be in the right attire for that gala occasion which., by the way, is not terribly far off, considering that examinations will start soon and really, time does fly. Now I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Eve been doing a little snooping around the stores and found that, although they are not dis- playing their formal wear in the win- dows, they are all set to show you their complete selection and would be more than pleased to let you snoop through their stock before the rush starts, the same as I did, It won't be long, now, either, that you'll be seeing~ their ads in The Daily, because, you know, we stop pub- lishing in just a week and a half... so if you're wise, you'll take this sugges- tion seriously and stop in at your fav- 1 l E I