THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pubiis.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 As ociated 6011 giate '2ress t W UYebfPSt 6 =1934 itit 9 3.5 fdAD4SON WISCONSIN MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or !ot 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, 1.5.During regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4,50. Offices: Student Publications Building, Maynard Street. SAnn 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 a u O.........................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 Gi. Hershey, Ralph W. Hurd, Bernard Levick, Fred W. Neal, Robert Pulver, Lloyd S. Reich, 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 ller, 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 ..E... .. ERT 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 Upson, Willis Tomlinson, Homer Lathrop; Tom Clarke, Gordon Cohn, Merrell Jordan, Stanley Joffe, Richard E. Chaddock. WOMEN'S ASSISTANTS: 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 Tresper, Marjorie Langen- derfer, Geraldine Lehman, Betty Woodworth. NormalSchool Retrenchment... T HE CRITICISM leveled against tGcvernor Fitzgerald's proposal to close two of the state's normal schools bears in- vestigation. The governor is frantically looking for some means to restrict state expenditures - a necessary and commendable effort. He is trying to economize regardless of the political consequences, and in his opinion, one of the best ways to do it is to close two teachers' colleges. The principal objector is Dr. Paul Voelker, state superintendent of public instruction. Why does Dr. Voelker object? He claims that to close thednormal schools would be to "endanger education in Mich- igan." He refers to the teacher's colleges as "worthy enterprises," and says that "if restrictions in ex- penses must come, let it be found in some other field in education. We must not tamper with so vital a thing as the machinery by which our teach- ers are trained.' With regard'to this criticism, we feel that the following facts should be brought out: There is no other field of education in the state where retrenchment has not already gone the limit. A large percentage of the students in Michigan normal colleges come from other states, and there- fore attend one school as easily as they could another. A large percentage of normal school students come from all parts of the state and do not neces- sarily attend one school simply because it happens to be in the vicinity of their home. At present no Michigan normal college is crowded with students. All could take more and would correspondingly profit from absorbing those who had been attending the two schools which it is proposed to close. The governor does not recommend the closing of the colleges as a permanent measure. There is an immediate need for drastic cuts in state expenditures. The most recent criticism has been voiced by the Council of Teachers College Presidents. They simply reiterate, in effect, what has already been propounded by Dr. Voelker. Well, you would expect the Council of Teachers College Presidents to op- pose the closing of any teachers' colleges. All will grant that it is too bad that any normal colleges have to be closed - even temporarily. But these are unusual times, and many unusual steps have to be taken. There may be some arguments against the governor's plan that are irrefutable, but as yet we have not heard of them. COLLEGIATE OBSERVER Byy DUD BE ArD YOUR COLUMNIST LOOKS AT EXA:i1NATiON S Examination is a horid word! After two years it is still unwholesome. Somehow, some- where, I have acquired a sort of exam-veneer, worn shiny i! spots, and scratched in in- numerable places with the dents of econoic tests, and English themes but the veneer is still there. As a freshman I took to heart everything everyone told me about exams and a little more. I believed all my professors to be ogres, all exam rooms to be lions' dens, and I had none of the characteristics of a Daniel. I was in the zenith of my note taking career, then, and for nights before exams I would sit down to study the reams and reams of scribbly facts and attempt to digest them. Finally when I went into ,the examination, I was paralyzed, remained partially so during the final, and never gained my composure until I received my mark. In my sophomore year, I learned to subtract 99 from every 100 things people told me about my professors and their exams. I acquired dur- ing that year the technique of crying out loud and pitifully at every suggestion of an exam by the professor. Then I managed, or tried to manage, to worm out of him what kind of exam it would be. This helped. Also I narrowed my weeks of pveparation for finals into hours, and the reams of notes into a sheet or two. Still I entered the room fgh- tened, remained so throughout the final, and went around with a heavy feeling in the vi- cinity of my heart until I received my grade. Now as a junior looking at examinations, I have already done, or contemplate doing the following: 1.I believe absolutely nothing anyone tells me about my professor or exams. 2. I have found :n all cases, judging from midscmesters, etc., that the professor with the worst bark just doe 't bite at all, and the mildest and pleasantest are the toughest. 3. I shall study for my exam in the follow- ing way. I shall read over every text book, until I can define each and every chapter heading, I then shall close the book, turn on the radio, and retire in time to get nine hours of beauty sleep. 4. When I walk into exams it will be with only only one thought in mind - that in about three hours I shall walk out of that door fin- ished. 5. I shall manage to smile puzzlingly at the professor every time the professor looks at me during the exam. 6. I shall write in large and legible manner, and very firmly. The latter point shows char- acter, according to hand-writing experts. 7. I shall hand my paper to my professor personally. Never throw it on the desk. This conetes carelessness and indifference. (If you are a little hazy about your grade, tell him what a fair exam it was, and tell him how much you admire him for being so broad- minded in encouraging answers that indicate a person's intelligence and not his memory.) Then I shall make my exit gracefully. 8. Out of the door and out of mind. Nary a thought shall I give that exam until the grades come. 9. Meanwhile, I shall pray. -- Catering to Your Better Taste - CREAM WAFFLES - LUNCHEONS - DINNERS MAYITF LODWER Rsarant Corner of Fourth and Liberty i I ; jr t { I E ! o E FRfTERmTY JEWE LRY I Burr, Pc DAILY CLASSIFIEDS ADS ARE EFFECTIVE , 11 For Tose read l E xam - We have to offer for your assistance: COLLEGE TLI S ON NEARLY EVERY SUBJECT Also a Complete Stock of Excellent FOUNTAIN PENS BLUEBOOKS of every size and kind - at WAHR'S UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE 316 South State Street mom Ui GREENE'S CLEfINERS - _ NIGHT EDITOR: COURTNEY A. EVANS , r..-.. , Students Answer The Peace Poll..** T HE EARLIEST RETURNS in the College Peace Poll currently being conducted by the Literary Digest and the Associa- tion of College Editors are a rather surprising com- mentary in that they very definitely refute the opinion of many regarding the attitude of the aver- age college student toward war. The answers to the seven questions which have thus far been tabulated are sufficient in number to give a good indication of the general opinion of college students on war. If these early results are a good criterion, the trend on American college campuses is very definitely towards peace. This would seem to indicate, then; contrary to the opinions of many learned individuals, that the college student has not forgotten the last war, its cdsts and its results. The contention has fre- quently been advanced that the nations of the world have forgotten the lesson taught them in the last war, but the results of the poll seem to dis- prove this. The seven-to-one majorities favoring govern- mental conscription of capital and labor in order to control all profits in time of war prove that the current munitions investigation at Washington has served to arouse considerable sentiment against wartime profiteers. Startling revelations made by the investigators have caused the public to be suspicious of the activities of munitions makers. Several years ago there was little opinion on this subject, but now a strong prejudice which threatens to bring about the downfall of the armament in- dustry has developed. Although college students seem to favor the entrance of the United States into the League of Nations, the present results on this question show that opinion is almost evenly divided. This would seem to indicate a desire on the part of the under- graduate to keep the United States out of war, and, at the same time, to keep it out of any entangling agreements. Perhaps, the apparent indecision of the student on this subject is due to a lack of knowledge about the League. More significant than all this, however, the early results of the poll are a further indication of the intelligent interest American campuses are now taking in political questions. Evidences of this are that more than 30,000 students out of 325,000 orig- inally solicited have already returned their ballots, and that the poll itself was planned by univer- sity students, the Association of College Editors. The many critics who have frequently decried the college student's supposed attitude of apathy to- [TheSOAP BOX 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. Next War's Conscription To the Editor: The results of the peace poll and the observa- tions of Professors Slosson and Strauss thereon re- call a bit of information unearthed by the muni- tions inquiry but buried by the press in general relative to America's entrance into the World War. On March 5, 1917 Walter H. Page, U. S. ambas- sador to Great Britain, sent a cablegram to Pres- ident Wilson urging him to declare war on Ger- many. A full statement of the message may be found in the February issue of the magazine "Fight," published by the American League Against War and Fascism. Briefly, the argument was: The financial situation of the Allies is desperate, the "pressure of this approaching crisis . . . has gone beyond the ability of the Morgan financial agency ... if England and France are to continue their extensive purchases in the U.S. they must have credit from the U.S. government - "We cannot extend such credit unless we go to war with Ger- many." . . . Then . . ."we could keep on with our trade and increase it, till the war ends, and after the war Europe would purchase food and enormous supply of materials with which to re- equip her peace industries. We should thus reap the profit of an uninterrupted and perhaps en- larging trade over a number of years and we should hold their securities in payment." That was on March 5. On April 2, President Wilson gave his war message to Congress. "The world must be made safe for democracy . . . We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no con- quest, no dominion. We seek no material compensa- tion for the sacrifices we shall freely make." April 6, 1917, war with Germany. Our couutry made sac- rifices, the whole world made sacrifices; 70 million people were killed, wounded, orphaned, widowed or left homeless - they got "no material compensa- tion," but our country was enriched with 18,000 more millionaires. And Professor Slosson, God bless him, publicly announced sometime ago that "we fought a just war !" A majority of the students are said to have voted in favor of "conscripting both labor and cap- ital in time of war." Most of these students prob- ably had their eye on the conscription of capital part. But that's a mockery. The last war was fought for capital and so will the next. The fear of capital is that in the next war labor will decide to stop the predatory war and take over the factories and other means of production and use them for human welfare, whether capital likes it or not. They are preparing to chain the hands of labor so that it will not be able to do that. The weapon is conscription of "both capital and labor"; in substance this means the establishment of an open dictatorship of capital and abolition of democratic rights for the majority of the popula- tion, it means the establishment of a fascist regime which will conscript labor for the profit of capital. These students who voted for this measure would probably laugh at the idea of fascism coming to this country; in fact, they have fallen for one of its Is the One Event of the Year At Which You Must Look Your BEST! As Others See It On The Anti-Hearst Front (Cont.) rfHECOLLEGE EDITORS did not polish off Hearst's red scare in a day. Neither did yester.. day's column finish the arguments of the editors. many of which are well worth the space they took to tell. Failure to mention Cornell University as a seat of communism gave the Cornell Daily Sun these thoughts: Cornell alumni groups throughout the coun- try must have consoled themselves with the thought that if the present generation of Cor- nellians can't turn out a football team, at least the youngsters are healthy-minded in their politics. When an authoritative writer in the current issue of The American Scholar says that if the conversion of the intellectuals to the radical cause continues at the present rate there won't be a literary defender of laissez-faire capitalism left in the United States in another ten years - Cornell undergraduates should at least be discussing the problem. What Representative Fish calls "hot-beds of Communism" probably are for the most part places where an intelligent liberal viewpoint and heated discussions are prevalent. That he did not include Cornell on his list shows that it's students are far behind the other great universities of the country. It's high time they came out of their lethargy. The Daily Californian considered details and possibilities and found no solace: Syracuse and Columbia have already fallen ... The rest of the colleges will doubtless be brought into the scare, a few at a time, until all institutions of any importance will be in- volved. Women. 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