LGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN 'DAILY am THE MICHIGAN DAILY I faculty men of their gratitude for such loyalty. It is to be hoped that the home town boys did not go back to their businesses next day and figure how they could exact another pound of flesh from a defenseless student body. But they could not be blamed for feeling a bit elated at the open-armed reception they had received from the University president and others. As if the civic leaders in any town - small or large - could help waxing eloquent at the mere thought of a yearly influx of 12,000-odd students with a purchasing power greater than any other group of comparable size. And as if Illinois' president, having partaken of their festive board and being a perfect gentle- man, could do otherwise than return their compli- ments. Between banquets the city of Urbana has not yet had time to do anything about the fact that all street lights are urned off at 10 p.m. nightly, after which time students make the best of their way home by the illumination of the moon. I, COLLEGIATE OBSERVER ISELECT BEERS AND WINES 11 Pliblished 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 nd the Big Ten News Service. MEMBER MoriIttd &cg~oiua "p~res pt,3US,tR6YO -'1934 1935&- ADISO scoNssN "4EMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The A sociated 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 cispatches are reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. 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Q W Z N N cn Hear Ye! 4JCHIGAN'S DINE and DANCE To Your Hearts Content In A Real College Atmosphere. At PREKETES Above The Sugar Bowl. Continuous Every Friday and Saturday 9-1 :00 50c a Couple - - Cover Charge 0 m (A I PREKETE'S SUGAR BOWL In Ann Arbor the townspeople are perfectly aware that the students are a business proposi- tion and let it go at that, not being disturbed by any fears that the University will move away or go into a decline. The students, in return, know all to well that they are a business and a better one than they'd like to be. In moments of reflec- tion they may resent what they consider to be downright exploitation, but they manage to sooth their feelings by considering the natives a class apart and beneath their dignity. No speeches are necessary. 109-11 SOUTH MAIN i Campus Opinion i B The Millenium Delayed... THOSE WHO LOOK to the Univer- sity of Chicago for leadership in educational experiments will be surprised to see occuring this week what appears at first glance to be a step backward. After three years under the new plan, using a grading system composed only of the letters S (satisfactory), U (unsatisfactory), and R (insuf- ficient evidence to justify a grade), the university- has decided it had better go back to the very old-fashioned, A, B, C, D, and E method. This has been done, we are fssured, not because students or faculty were dissatisfied with S's and U's. On the contrary, a poll of the campus last year showed that new plan students were well content with the new marking system. Since the perform- ance of a student in any individual course had no bearing on his degree status, the grades recorded were only for his own information. Even a S or a U probably told him too much for his own good. The trouble was that other colleges and univer- sities, not yet having seen the educational light, looked askance at Chicago's meagre ratings, and students who wanted to transfer from Chicago (if there could be any such) got into difficulties that must have been harrowing. So the university brought back the elsewhere-respected ABC's. This retrogression in method will, of course, have no effect on the spirit of the new plan at Chicago. Eventually, declares the Daily Maroon, grades will be modified throughout the country, and the whole new system will be universally adopted. But the university has found what it means to play a lone hand; somebody else can do the pioneering for awhile. Letters published in this column shou~ld 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. 'No Greater Glory' : To the Editor: Both sides of the "No Greater Glory" contro- versy have been printed in this column; yet neither of the two came. anywhere near an intelligent approach to the problem. One side said the film was pro-war and then proceeded to attack the Art Cinema League in the rest of the letter. The other side recountered by attacking the League Against War and Militarism for attacking the A.C.L. And as the dust was raised by the two bel- ligerents the text of the moving picture was quite forgotten. Neither C.A.C. or the L.A.W. and M. remember that the best arguments must fail for the absence of proof presented. If the reader will go back and reread the two previous letters, he will see that absolutely no attempt was made to cite portions of the film to support either of their evidently emotional reactions. Now let's quit fooling around and talk facts so that those who did not see the film can get an idea of what all the shouting is about. The film told the story of a conflict between two groups of boys for the possession of a playground. The set- ting was in Budapest, Hungary. Each group imi- tates or satirizes- depending on how you look at it - the military practices of an army, their chief distinguishing mark being military caps. The two carry on a war in the course of which an ex- tremely frail boy dies of pneumonia. The sandbag fighting stops instantly as both groups pay tribute to him and then unite to share the playground. But before the first day of their union has ended, steam shovels begin digging ground for the erection of a house on the sight. Thus the film ends show- ing the futility of their hostilities. Now the chief bone of contention is whether the film was militaristic or pacifistic, taking for grant- ed that in its technical construction it was well done, artistically so. The L.A.W. and M. says it was militaristic. Why? (And here is what the essential of their argument should have been): Because the kids in the film wore military caps, talked the language, and acted the deeds of war. Granted. Such was the case. In writing this, my position is not as an officer of the A.C.L. but rather as a student on equal terms with the authors of the two letters about us. Therefore this opinion is not to be interpreted as that of my organization. It is mine. The film was pacifistic because it made evident in no un- certain terms the futility of war. Perhaps the chil.. dren were not aware of the concepts they were en- acting in imitation of their elders. The audience was. Thus the artistic purpose of the film was served in a form which was neither propaganda nor dogma. The film was dramatic, entertaining, and managed to convey ideas of a definite con- structive quality to those witnessing it. I don't mean to offend C.A.C. I mean only to show him that his judgment was not supported by any proofs. And as for the League Against War and Militarism, I believe they serve a useful need in attacking any attempt at pro-war propaganda. Their action in this case was ill-considered and emotional, not intellectual. Through their errors they will learn to serve constructively their pur- pose. I could also resort to a personal attack upon them for their action last week, but then the argu- ment would descend to an emotional basis, to which it must not, if it is to be of any value.. --lack C. Seidel. As Others See It Where's Your Spirit? STUDENT SPIRIT at the football game last Sat- urday was conspicuously absent. Students were oblivious to cheerleaders; a few periodic yells by alumni provided the only signs of enthusiasm in the west stand. The Marquette delegation of only a few hundred showed more pep and spirit than the As if students don't practice enough magic al- ready, the University of California is considering establishing a chair in the black art, similar to the course in the Psychology of Magic offered at the University of Prague. * * * * A letter signed "Curious" came to me today. He mentions the article in The Daily which says that a certain professor has been literally standing his opponents on their heads in sports. He asks me how the professor treats his opponents if he is playing mixed doubles? Answer: Curiously enough he plays a love game. * * * * The freshest sentence has to do with the 11- brarian who called a member of the waiting list to tell him that she had "100,000,000 Guinea Pigs" on reserve for him at the Library. No definite figures were available at the registrars office, but probably the time he got there the number had doubled. S* * * * Students at the University of Paris recently de- cided that the Professors at that institution should intersperse among their lectures during a semester a talk dealing with modern marriage and its con- sequences. *' * * * In the good old days, says a professor at Kentucky University, classes would open with prayers - now the students seem to pray for them to close. A Washington BYSTANDER By KIRKE SIMPSON IF NO ONE ELSE will listen to Secretary Dan Roper's repeated efforts to be the New Deal "voice of reassurance" to business, President Roosevelt will. He is a kindly man. He recognizes, presumably, that being a voice crying in the wild- erness is a very trying role for the crier. Yet when "business," as represented by the many and frequently conflicting tongues that as- sume to speak for it, was vastly concerned some- time back about the need for some presidential reassurance about where the "New Deal" was head- ing, Secretry Roper leaped into the breacl gal- lantly. He spoke the word, after due reference to the White House and with a phraseology clearly intended to convey the message that what he said was an authorized pronouncement, and had spe- cific presidential approval. What happened? Nothing much. There were no editorial or other shouts of relief. The demand for a presidential utterance direct continued. Even the rather ironic references by President Roosevelt himself to the subject of his Wisconsin speech did not check it. * * * * THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE of the United States took it up. It got out its famous presi- dential questionnaire. In so doing, it implied it would not be satisfied with any Roper-transmitted answer. It wanted a confidence restorer by the ad- ministration "speaking through the President," on the questions asked. Again Mr. Roper obliged, despite that hint. While he did not specifically repeat his previous assertion that the "New Deal" was no foe of the "profit motive," he did say that there were "no grounds whatever" for concluding that "all or even a major part" of the Roosevelt emergency acts "may be- come permanent." And again business did not seem to hear the voice of Roper. It still awaited to hear the voice of Roosevelt. Just then Mr. Roosevelt announced the personnel of his long-awaited NRA reorganization, vice Hugh Johnson resigned. He named first on the new na- tional industrial recovery board Clay Williams, to- bacco manufacturer and chairman of Roper's pet business advisory and planning council, his com- merce department link with NRA. Obviously the President had heard and heeded the voice of Roper crying confidence to business. of the student body. Some are inclined to pooh- pooh this contention, but the fact remains that there is considerable truth in the statement. The about CAMPUS Imported Flavor! 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