'70133 THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1935 THE MICHIGAN DAILY N I --U., The SOAP 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 areaskedto be brief. the editor reserving the right to condense all letters of over 300 words. COLLEGIATE OBSERVER ___-__-_--__-- --__ _-__-___ _____ __ _ ____ _____ ___ ____- --- - -- -- -- -- {I I Opposite Experience Pubiisied 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. 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WOMEN'S BUSINESS STAFF: Betty Cavender, Margaret Cowie, Bernadine 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: ARTHUR M. TAUB That Student 'Strike'.. . }W ITH THE ATTEMPT to hold a stu- dent strike or a parade 'round the block as a protest against war we have no sym- pathy. With the proposed anti-war convocation in Hill Auditorium, sponsored by the Faculty-Student committee, we are in complete sympathy. It is important that the campus understand the difference between these two proposals and the incidents which caused that difference. The Student Committee Against War asked a group of representative students to see if the Uni- versity would permit the using of Hill Auditorium for an anti-war demonstration in conjunction with a nation-wide demonstration April 4. The Uni- versity granted the permission. Then the Stu- dent Committee Against War decided that its original plan of a strike on that day wasun- necessary; then it decided to hold the strike any- Way; then it decided not to hold it. And then the N.S.L. stepped in and decided that if any strike was going to be held the N.S.L. would hold it, by heck! Now it seems to us that if a student is honestly interested in demonstrating his opposition to war the Hill Auditorium convocation, which is to be addressed by Robert Lovett of the University of Chicago, should be quite enough. The strike is merely a childish, silly and utterly unnecessary ap- pendage. If we say that a person who goes to the convocation is against war, but the person who not only goes to the convocation but also "strikes" for an hour is more against war, we must say that the more one strikes the more one hates war. And at that rate the person who remains in bed all day is our perfect pacifist. Oh, well, there are some days when we don't feel like working either. Election Of Regents . . TOMORROW the electorate of the state will go to the polls to elect two members of the Board of Regents at the bien- nial spring election. The two incumbents, both .of whom are running for re-election, are Esther M. Cram of Flint and Edmund C. Shields of Lan- sing. Both of these candidates are particularly well- suited to their positions because of their close con- nections with the University. Mr. Shields holds To the Editor: After reading "Member of the N.S.L.'s" letter in Friday's Daily, a call to arms was recognized. Inasmuch as neither of us had found anyone who was supporting the Strike Against War on April 4, we were a bit skeptical as to the validity of his ac- tivities as an inquiring reporter. Upon stopping the first 10 students met on the diagonal, eight replied emphatically in the nega- tive in regards to strike action; the two remaining used even stronger language in denouncing the proposed strike. -Frederick M. Shairer, '37E. -James W. Miller, '36. Buses East To the Editor: There is one Packet here at Michigan to which every out of town Eastern neophyte is initiated when vacations roll around. There has been a lot of discomfort and apprehension caused by it in the past, and it is only proper that an expose should be made just at this time. A certain individual claiming to represent the Martz Bus Lines makes his hideout at Chubbs. He claims to offer his patrons "the last word in deluxe motor coach travel," "an exclusive Martz route," "individually reserved reclining chairs," "no aisle seats," etc. These promises have been proven by many to be figments of Mr. Askowith's very fertile imagination because, in the first place, he has no formal connection with the Martz people, and, in the second place, if he ever did hire a Martz line bus, he certainly didn't load his cus- tomers in it. He does the obvious thing - he promises these excellent traveling conditions, thus disparaging other bus lines. And he offers for proof some beautiful lithographic studies of the latest thing in busses-busses which only exist in his office. He then collects his money and leaves town "to make connections." There is no such thing as "getting your money back" from him. You, the victim, are eventually piled into a broken-down Indian Trails bus and make your way to Buffalo. There are no regular stopping places, no "pick-up busses" for emergencies - everything is a hit and miss proposition. At Buffalo you are transferred to another line - probably the "Woo- ley" line (you never hear of a Martz bus on the whole trip.) The fellows have been jam-packed in the bus - all the aisle seats used up. Now it happens that all the aisle seat customers are extra pocket money for Mr. Askowith since he doesn't contract for any aisle seats --but the bus driver, to carry out the deal and avoid trouble with the threatening students, has to put in aisle seats even though it is against the New York law. Another significant item is that even Askowith's business associates do not trust him inasmuch as they refused to start their busses on previous oc- casions until they had the cash. In fact in Buf- falo, were it not for the intervention of the police Mr. Askowith would probably never have paid for the rest of a certain trip. Askowith gets his business through his student representatives at Chubbs who make many a glib promise. I have nothing against these fellows as they're only making a little extra cash. But the whole business does not reflect very favorably on Chubbs. So remember, if you receive a prospectus from the Campus Travel Bureau at Chubbs, that this Askowith is in back of the whole business. He is supposed to have an office somewhere in New York City. I suppose he is a man of very high integrity inasmuch as the official with whom Askowith had made arrangements for Blue Goose transfer from Detroit to Ann Arbor said to me, "Askowith -he's a very shifty fellow - the only thing I'll take from him is cash." So he kept us in Detroit until we paid our own way in to Ann Arbor. -Just Another Sucker. NOTE: Names of three students who have trav- elled East through the Campus Travel Bureau several times were given The Daily by the bureau at Chubbs. As knowing the true facts in the case, they were interviewed on the subjects men- tioned i this letter and their responses are given below, together with the statement of the bureau. -The Editors. The Campus Travel Bureau: "The fares were refunded to the students after the hold-up in De- troit. We have the receipts to prove this. Mr. Bullock of the Michigan Union has generaly man- aged to find something to hold us up. There are no pick-up buses. Mr. Askowith has served with the companyshere seven years. He has of- fices at 521 Fifth Ave., New York City. He is an accredited ticket agent of the Martz Bus Co. He also runs travel bureaus at Syracuse and Cornell. He graduated from the University here." Karl R. Pardzick, '35E: "Well, they have been good at times, and at times pretty bad. From Buffalo on they have had Martz busses. From here to Buffalo they use anything they can get their hands on. They are out for the most possible profit, and use the cheapest busses they can get. Askowith seemed to blame all the trouble on the bus companies. I would not take the line again." Amy S. Barton, '37M: "The company seems to be O.K. I have gone with them for four years. Some- times we were late; sometimes we were early. Oc- casionally they seemed to have troubles with fran- chises. In regard to the Detroit incident, heavy By BUD BERNARD Add the following to your list of campus definitions: Tclcphone Booth: A sort of vertical coffin where sweet dispositions are buried. Slang: Language that lights a cigarette, takes a drink, and goes to work. Vision: What coeds think the fellows have when the latter guess correctly. Oboe: An ill wind that blows no good. Home: The place you pass on the way to another student's home during vacation. So-and-so: The fellow who won your girl. * *'* This item is different. The Pennsylvania legis- lature has appointed a committee to investigate charges of "conservatism" which has been hurled at the University of Pittsburgh. Coming amidst all the hue and cry which has been raised by the Hearst papers with charges of radicalism, the change is really a refreshing one. Part of the chaiges against the University of Pittsburgh read as follows: "The Pittsburgh authorities are pro- moting a policy tending to discourage freedom of speech and thought on the subject of economic philosophy." The bane of this country at the present time seems to be investigations. Here, however, the investigators strike a different key, which, if struck often enough, cannot help but aid the educational institutions of America. A couple of weeks ago a prominent Smith College graduate and a Harvard graduate de- cided to elope to New York. When they came to New York they rushed down to the City Hall to get the marriage license. They were waiting in line with several other giggling couples that were also looking forward to joy of connubial bliss, when a red lipped and well "mascaraed" blonde slunk into the room and stood eyeing them. An attendant asked if there was anything he could do. "No," she said, "I just came in to take a look at this bunch of damned fools." The University of Washington Daily recently ran a want-ad that asked for wire-pullers - to run a puppet show. Every political would-be boss on the campus, unconfirmed reports say, applied. Sigma Chi's on this campus should be jeal- ous - or elese they are a bunch of teetotalers. For their chapter at the University of Wis- consin has recently been given permission to install and operate a bar in their basement. *I A new course has been recently introduced at the University of Kansas and has become very popular. The name of the course is "How To Ask For Financial Assistance in a Tactful Way." The co-eds at Purdue after the fellows had told them what they liked, are telling the big strong men what the girl friend does not want in a date. Dress, conversation, dancing and good looks are listed together with the "pipe down on the TI' stuff," but the biggest don't is "Don't belch in our pres- ence." Ugh! Washington Off The Record' By SIGRID ARNE WASHINGTON, March 30. SERIOUS AS HE WAS, Clarence Darrow couldn't resist a little teasing as he testified on NRA before the Senate Finance Com- mittee. Each time . he voiced some opinion more than ordinarily contradictory to the policies of NRA, he grinned over his shoulder at Donald Richberg, NRA chief, and said, "Isn't that right, Don? Isn't that right?" Frank J. Hogan, attorney for Andrew Mellon, has a new treasure which will give him _Cu CG ~aRRyw some reading when he finishes the trial at Pittsburgh. It is the manuscript of Longfelfow's "The Village Blacksmith," all the more interesting because it includes the corrections made by the poet. For instance, he first wrote the line, "and the muscles of his brawny arms are as hard as iron bands." Obviously, he disliked the sound of "are as hard" and changed it to "are strong." ROSA PONSELLE had sung several songs be- fore a group of guests at the White House. As she finished, she walked over to the President to receive his "Thank you." She noticed he seemed to hesitate. "Was there some favorite you wanted to hear?" she asked. ,The President smiled in a relieved way. "Yes," he said, "would you mind singing 'The! Star Spangled Banner?'" The guests say that no "Met" program ever heard Ponselle in a more superb performance. A GIFT TURKEY involved Senator Smith of South Carolina in a surprising telephone con- versation. The senator tried to reach a famous Washington cook to have her prepare the bird. But she was out, and Smith left a message for her to call. At the same time a charming sub-deb, living at the same hotel as the cook, received a message to Do. you have tyigto be done, or do you want typing to do. 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