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FERRIS CITY EDITOR .. ...........JOHN HEALEY ElITORIAL DIRECTOR ...........RALPH G. COULTER SPORTS EDITOR.................ARTHUR CARSTENS WOMEN'S EDITOR ...E...................EvANOR BLUM NIGHT EDITORS: Courtney A. Evans, John J. laherty, .Thomas E. Groehn, Thomas H. Kleene, David G. Mac- donald, John M. O'Connell, Arthur M. Taub. 8P0WT= ASSISTANTS: Marjorie Western, Kenneth Parker, W1iliam Reed, Arthur Settle. WOMENS ASSISTANTS: Barbara L. Bates, Dorothy Gies, Florence Harper, Eleanor Johnson, Josephine McLean, Margaret 0.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. Reich, Jacob C. Seidel, Marshall D. Shulman, Dnald Smith4 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 Defendor, laine Goldberg, Betty Goldstein,sOlve GriffithnHar- riet Hathaway, Marion Holden, Lois King, Selma Levin, Elizabeth Miller, Melba Morrison, Elsie Pierce, Charlotte Rueger. Dorothy Shappel, Molly Solomon, Laura Wino- grad, Jewel IVuerfel. BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 2-1214 BUSINESS MANAGER ................RUSSELL B. READ CREDIT MANAGR ...................ROBERT S. WARD WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER ...,...JANE BASSETT DEPARTMENT MANAGERS: Local Advertising, John Og- den; Service Department, Beriard Rosenthal; Contracts, Joseph Rothbard; Accounts, Camern 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 Ciarke, Gordon Cohn, Merrell Jordan, Stanley Joffe, Richard E. Chaddock. WOMEN'S BUSINESS STAFF: Betty Cavender, Margaret Cowie, Bernadne Field, Betty Greve, Mary Lou Hooker, Helen Shapland, Betty Simonds, Marjorie Langenderfer, Grace Snyder, Betty Woodworth; Betsy Baxter, Margaret Bentley, Anne Cox, Jane Evans, Ruth Field, Jean Guion, Mildred Haas, Ruth Lipkint, Mary McCord, Jane Wil- loughby. NIGHT EDITOR: JOHN M. O'CONNELL Congratulations, Fraternities .. . 'tHE INTERFRATE1RNITY COUNCIL j started a movement last night to, rid Hell Week of malpractices. They acted intel- ligently and are to be congratulated. There is a long road for them to travel yet, how- ever, and we sincerely hope that their every move in carrying out modification plans are accomplished with the same evidence of the acceptance of re- sponsibility that was shown last night. The committee in charge of formulating a mod- ification code must present to the general Council a set of rules with "teeth" and yet not so strict as to cause their refusal by the Council. If the modification code is passed, and there is no reason why it shouldn't be, the next question whih will confront the Council is the even more difficult problem of enforcing it. There will always be - few houses who will ignore the regulations just as they did the rushing rules. The whole problem of modifying Hell Week is a difficult one, but not for the group that met last night. They were a different Interfraternity Coun- cil. Perhaps the serious attitude they adopted was prompted by their memory of President Ruthven's now-famous "clean-up" speech, but whatever it was, we like the new fraternity attitude. Sunday Library Service.. THE GENERAL LIBRARY has so far this year remained closed on Sun- day, and its study halls have been closed on Fri- day and Saturday nights. Lest year the reason given by the administration for curtailing the activities of the library was a r'educed appropriation. However, when a concen- trated drive was made by various campus organi- fations the administration held out the conces- sion of keeping the main reading room of the Library open Sunday afternoons, and refused stu- dent contributions 'or the purpose. In these depression days more and more courses are making use of library books'and materials in a laudable effort to save students the expense of what they would formerly have had to buy. Sunday is the one day in the week that is not crowded with activities both academic and extra- curricular and is one of the most opportune times for study. If the Library cannot keep the stacks open on Sunday they should at least open the main reading room and some of the more important study halls. Closing the study balls Friday and Saturday AN AUTOMOBILE travelling almost 80 miles an hour plunges off the road on a slight curve. Four people killed, three injured. A speeding automobile loses control on slippery pavement and hits a roadside tree. Two people killed, three injured. A car plunges through a blinding snowstorm at night and hits a freight train at a grade crossing. Two people killed. Altogether there have been more automobile ac- cidel:t fatalities in the past year than in any year to date. The above examples, chosen from the records of Washtenaw County, prove that while the manufacturers are on their way to perfecting their machine, the improvements in driving brains have not been commensurate. By far the majority of the fatal accidents have occurred in circumstances where a driver involved was traveling at a speed entirely out of proportion with driving conditions at the time. The state speed laws call only for safe driving, leaving the decision to the discretion of the driver. Into this safety enter three elements: the con- dition of the car, the visibility and pavement, and the driving ability and common sense of the man at the wheel. Of these, the last is the most important, as the others must be judged thereby. Accordingly, it becomes increasingly evident that the driver who is unable to differentiate between legal and lethal speed must be educated or else banned from the highway. The SOAPBOX_] 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 reghrded as confidential upon request .Contributors are asked to be brief, the editor reserving the right to condense all letters of over 300 words. Movie Prices To the Editor: In the early part of this century the United States passed a law prohibiting the action of monopolies. The Butterfield concern of Michigan has exercised a monopoly over the theatres on this campus. Gentlemen, they set the prices - prices higher than those on any other campus in this country-and thus make it necessary that stu- dents desiring recreation in the form of motion pictures must pay prices far above their means. It is about time that some action be taken to force this concern to lower the admission prices of their theaters to meet the financial level of the student body. --S.L. and H.C. a a By BUD BERNARD LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN! TWO FRESHMEN ARMED WITH BEAN SHOOTERS! It seems as though, the other night, when the balloon advertising the coming Hillel Players production "Unfinished Picture" was severed from its ropes and traveled up into the stratosphere, one of the fraternities or- dered two freshmen to buy beanshooters and find the balloon and shoot it down. Up to the next morning no word had been heard from the explorers. It is thought the $15 reward is the motive behind their disappearance. What do college students do with their time? In answer to this none-too-important query, a professor at Cornell College gives the following data from a survey conducted by him recently: 1. Senior men spend 55 hours of each week sleeping. 2. Co-eds devote 10 hours per week more than men to personal appearance. 3. Senior men are the most studious of the students,and they spend nine and one-half hours per week at the dining table. 4. Freshmen write home on the average of two and one-half hours per week. 5. Junior women consume 12 hours and 30 min- utes each week for "entertainment." A young man at Ohio State University was lounging around Monday morning watching his fraternity brothers dress for class, bragging meanwhile about his smooth date the evening before and using adjectives as long as the sec- ond semester. A loud knock interrupted the discourse. "Are you Bill Jones?" "Right." "Did you spend last night with Betty Smith?" "Right." "And did you kiss the girl goodnight?" "You're darned right I did. So what?" "Well sonny, get dressed and come right along. I'm the dean, and I just dropped around to tell you that Miss Smith has diphtheria and is now resting quietly in the hospital." Students will do many strange things merely to obtain the indefinable thing called education. A girl, a pre-med student at Kent State College, is earning her living by operating her own shoe repair shop. On the other hand a Butler University freshman is digging graves in quest of money. One of the boys at the University of Wiscon- sin was hitch-hiking his way home the other week-end and was picked up by a woman who inquired what he was taking at the University. "Pharmacy," replied the student. "Dear me," she answered, "you do have to know so much to farm on a large scale these days, don't you?" A Wshingtan B YSTAN DF.R of t * Miriam Gross Knit Dresses Jacobson 'S nnounces Sin n54L1DySoig '{riday (GLEN BOGIE) ACOBSON'S also announce that this store has been named exclusive repre- sentative of 'IRIAM GRoss KNITS in Ann Arbor. Come in any time Friday and see these 'high quality, nationally adver.- tised one-, two- and three-piece Dresses modeled. Orders will be taken and there II Hurrah! To the Editor:.r Hurrah for Mr. bounds! He gave havior. Schnabel for taming the encore- a smart lesson in audience be- -H. Klein. Enlightment To the Editor: An extremely interesting and important sidelight of the Hillel Play to be presented soon has come to my attention and I would greatly appreciate any additional information on the matter from The Daily or from readers of this column. I have heard that the reason the play, called the "Unfinished Picture," was originally banned by the University authorities last November was that Negroes were included in the cast. I also was informed that the University has never before per- mitted Negro actors to perform on the stage of the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Although, according to this report, the Negroes have not been excluded from the play, the University has apparently shift- ed its ground and has consented that the play be given in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. I have always been interested in dramatic work among students. This play was written by a Mich- igan student, four times a winner of Hopwood prizes. If my information is correct, I can think of no other more dampening and unfortunate influence which the University could possibly exert against constructive dramatic tendencies among students than to censor their accomplishments on such an unreasonable basis as race discrimination. Censorship of this bigoted and unjustifiable type is simply and flatly incompatible with intelligent dramatic work. of course, assuming the above to be true, the University is to be commended for having shaken off the shackles of narrow-minded and out- nioded prejudice, and this presentation will mark an admirable forward step toward freedom and justice. I do not want to be understood as advancing these charges about backward censorship against the University, nor as commending the alleged progressive move. I merely am proposing these ideas as my reactions in case the report I heard is true. The sole purpose of this letter is to arouse a reply from some source more informed about the matter than I am. Watching this column for an early enlighten- ment, I am, -Curious. NOTE: We are informed that the play was originally banned because one of the charac- ters made arrangements to borrow money for an abortion - which, of course, is illegal. This, incidentally, was sufficient reason for banning the play in New York. This incident had to be changed before the play could be presented in Ann Arbor. The question of race discrimina- tion did not enter the matter. There is no ban against Negroes performing in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. -The Editors. In a clash between Alpha Nu and Athena, cam- ous debaters recently reached the decision that blondes do not prefe gentlemen. Does that, we By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, March 7 THE ONE THING administration stalwarts in the Senate who stood fast against the Mc- Carran amendment to pay prevailing wages on work relief projects most feared was that the White House might find it expedient to make a real com- promise with the opposition. That greatly compli- cated efforts of leaders to work out a deal. The stalwarts felt that any real compromise would leave them holding the bag. As they saw it, com- promise would put a political premium on revolt and make loyalty to the details of the administra- tion's relief program a liability with the labor vote when election day rolls around. Some of the loyalists would say as much with complete frankness off the record. They pointed to good labor records built up through long serv- ice in house or Senate. Whatever the ultimate economic outcome of the work relief-prevailing wage struggle, they said, it might result in their being pilloried as anti-labor if the White House knuckled down to the demands of the McCarran- ites. TO SUCH MEN a smilingly uttered phrase or two by the President in unreported speeches had special significance. They drew from his re- marks the inference that he was in a fighting mood not only about the McCarran amendment but about other challenged aims of his program, whether challenged in Congress or by the Federal courts. That fine old remark by Paul Jones at a seemingly hopeless point in a celebrated battle that he had "just begun to fight," reiterated by Mr. Roosevelt in circumstances that made it high- ly significant, cheered them mightily. But it added to the difficulties of administration leadership in the Senate. How to find a formula that would bridge the gap back to administration regularity for some of the score of Democrats who bolted on the McCarran amendment that would be a political face-saver for the bolters and yet pro- tect the regulars called for as delicate a bit of political diplomacy as can well be imagined. THE INCREASING tensity over New Deal legis- lative proposals as Congress got so haltingly into its stride impressed onlookers with another point. That is the place Vice-President Garner might have in the off-stage maneuvering to get things going again. As usual, there was no visible means of telling what he was doing to help smooth II. 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