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T HAT THE COLLEGE ATHLETE makes certain very definite sacri- fices in the course of competition is clearly recog- nized occasionally, as when numerous suggestions are forthcoming to afford him some sort of finan- cial compensation. The case of Neree Alix, Michigan's track stare who was injured while competing in the California meet, is a graphic illustration of those sacrifices, and offers an opportunity for Michigan students to express some appreciation for the efforts of athletes as a group. Staying in school despite great financial ob- stacles, Alix is typical of the considerable number that are able to maintain high scholastic records as well as devote themselves to the demands which track makes on patience and concentration. His teammates have organized to stage an ex- hibition meet next Tuesday for his benefit, and the student body is given an unusual chance - by lending support to that meet - to make a generous gesture' not only to Alix as an individual, but also to an oft-forgotten group of hard-working in- highly commended for its effort to treat the student fairly. The outcome of the Jamboree Was not entirely disheartening, considering the finan- cial success of similar undertakings on this campus the Past year or so. However, the important activities of the Fresh Air Camp should not be allowed to suffer. More than 500 underprivileged boys a year are given an instructive and enjoyable summer by this camp, and without its services the lives of these boys would undoubtedly be harmfully affected. Because of the poor results from the Jamboree, S.C.A. officials are contemplating a Tag Day drive in the near future. They themselves admit the failure of their experiment and will probably dis- continue the Jamboree next year. But this sum- mer the Fresh Air Camp will need funds. Those who did not support the Jamboree should certainly come through on the Tag Day drive and even those students who realized the social worthiness of the project and supported it might drop an- other dime into a pail. [As Others See It College Pro blemis (From the Ohio State Lantern) TfHE NATIONAL STUDENT FEDERATION of America, an organization of student governing bodies, held a conference a short time ago at Princeton University for member colleges in the New England and Middle Atlantic Regions. Twen- ty-five member colleges sent 65 delegates to the conference who heard well-known speakers discuss timely subjects, held round-table discussions, and adopted a number of resolutions some of which are concerned with problems of recognized importance on college campuses in the United States. In only one case was a close vote cast on the proposed resolutions. In a vote of 11 to 10, the col- leges scored all local and national honorary so- cieties with the exception of Phi Beta Kappa as being "of no value to the college community" and urged their abolition. The honorary society situation has developed into what might be called a racket. Students are selected for membership in an honorary for this and that and then told that "national headquarters must receive $15 per man or the initiation fee would not be so high." This campus is no exception to the general rule. Initiation fees for any honorary, whether it be journalism or-political science, are so high that students deserving the honor of membership can- not be blamed for hesitating before placing the required amount on the line. Much of this initia- tion money goes to the bottomless coffers of "na- tional headquarters." In return for his money the new member receives a cheap pin, key, or something equally as useless. The N.S.F.A. would be doing an admirable piece of work if it started a national campaign to free college campuses from the demands of the money-sucking leeches at na- tional headquarters. The delegates adopted a resolution dealing with a matter that is entering more and more into stu- dent discussions. The measure reads as follows: "Authorities of the university should give consider- tion to the advice of undergraduate leaders in matters of curriculum, student welfare and uni- versity personnel." While cynics might declare the above statement reads as high sounding as most student adopted resolutions, it must be admitted the delegates have touched on a subject in which students have shown increasing interest. At the same time it must be pointed out that most university administrations have shown a willingness to permit students to run their own affairs and express their views on any university question. It is doubtful whether students will ever obtain the power which they would like to have in mat- ters of curriculum. The very fact that students are only in college for a comparatively short time and therefore lack the background necessary to the selection of compulsory and optional courses, will make unreasonable the granting of such power. A Dime A Chance (From the Cornell Daily Sun) IT HAS LONG BEEN a recognized fact that man possesses sufficient ingenuity to conquer any and all problems on which he may concentrate his amazing powers. One of the most puzzling questions of the present day concerns that all-too- important matter of gaining an adequate income to maintain an average existence. A certain resi- dent of Denver has evolved a new racket, or get- rich-quick scheme, which has caused a flurry in the Colorado capital reminiscent of the days of '49, and which has enabled the originator to amass the wherewithal for a tremendous number of cups of coffee. Basing the mechanics of his system on the an- cient chain letter scheme, this individual has in- vented a method of gaining $1,562.50 in return for circulating a few letters, providing of course that the lure of possible profit is sufficiently large to pre- vent the breakage of the chain. The letter in itself is purely and simply a request to the recipient to forward five copies to friends and to send the man, whose name stands at the head of an en- closed list of five names, the small pittance of one dime. He then places his own name at the end of this list, omits that of the first man, and sends the list with the copies of the missive to his friends. If all goes well and the chain is prolonged he should receive in due time 15,625 dimes. While obviously the people at the end of the chain must suffer due to over-saturation of the field of victims, the investment is not great and the divertisement and amusement well worth the time. The entire affair incorporates the age-old appeal of a game of chance, and is, on the whole, a harmless way of playing Good Fairy to another. Hence it is easy to understand why the Denver employees have found themselves swamped with a rush of mail which rivals even the busiest of Christ- mas season records. Left-handed students at the Kansas State COL LEGIATE OBSRVE By BUD BERNA.RD Here's an interesting (?) contribution coming from K.L.O. '36: IF - (With Apologies to Kipling) If you can do your ec when all about you Are raising hell and tempting all the fates -- If you can write a paper while classmates flout you And never think of liquor or of dates - If you can plug and grind and work and study, And thereby make the Phi Bete list, Then you'll know more than almost anybody - But, dammit, think of all the fun you've missed. CYNICS' DEFINITIONS Honesty - Fear of being caught. Truth -Lack of tact. Courage - Combination of stubborness and res- ignation. Pleasure - One-half memory; one-half anticipa- tion. Love - One-half imagination; one half biology. Good Sport -One who lets you have your own way. Crank - One who does what he wants to. Pessimist - One who sees things as they really are. I Friend - Someone who wants something. Virtue - Lack of opportunity. Conscience - The voice that tells you not to do something after you've done it. Humor - Appreciation of something which you are glad is happening to the other fellow. Moron - One who is content with a serene mind. Temperament - An excuse for making a damned fool of oneself. SURE-FIRE METHODS FOR BEING THE LIFE OF THE HOUSEPARTY 1. At the end of a dance tune, don't be a slave to convention - just leave your partner in the middle of the floor. It will give her a few moments of complete independence, for which she will not fail to thank you. 2. Pick out one frater -preferably an athlete -and cut him every time he dances with a new girl. This will keep him from ever being stuck and make him your eternal debtor. -3. Whenever you see a person looking slightly uncomfortable in his formal studs, just untie his tie and rip off his collar. His gratitude at thus being afforded relief will know no bounds. 4. Should the dance become dull, sprinkle a little sand on the floor. This never fails to make things interesting. 5. Spike the chaperone's punch. (No comment as to the results of this little gesture are neces- sary.) i I 1 A Washington BYSTANDER i '1 U For Better Results ... USE THE Daily Classified Ad Columns CASH RATES lic per line The Michigan Daily Neree Alix Benefit TRACK MEET Tuesday, April 30 Admission, All Seats, 25c 420 Maynard Street Phone 2-1214 i A } By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, April 25. THE COMMANDING sweep of the economic se- curity bill through the House strongly implies that it will reach the President in very much the House form. Against such a majority, Senate tinkering with the bill either to liberalize its pro- visions or to scale down its costs, is not likely to get by the conference committee. That is all the more true since the bill attained its House prestige without application of a "gag" rule. Most ardent Senate advocates of the Town- send old-age pension plan, or any other of the proposals so decisively beaten in the House, cannot hope to revive them via the Senate. That is a by- product of the open tactics used in the House. In effect, possible Senate alterations were sharply limited in advance. The House bill, or any final version based upon the idea of Federal matching of state old-age pension provisions, carries with it, however, seeds of an issue that may take on major significance next year. Once the security bill is in operation with a wide variety of pension rates being paid in the various states, it is possible that the effort to make the Federal rate payable in all states, re- gardless of state action, will gain great momentum. Since it will be a general election year, the chance of that will be increased. A SSUME that senators and representatives when this session ends go home to face such a pic- ture as Taylor of Tennessee drew during the House debate: "I visited the little town in which I live recently and during two days I spent there scores of old, decrepit and gray-haired mothers and fathers in- quired of me as to the fate of 'their bill,' the old- age pension bill," he said. The Tennessee aged will receive no Federal ben- efits from the security bill unless the state does its share. The legislature meets only every two years in that state as in some others. The theory of the Federal act is that it will serve to compel the states to security enactments in order to partici- pate in Federal funds. It may not work out that way. Experience of the depression years indicates that Washington affords a much easier political pressure target than the various state capitals. Back that up by the spectacle of Uncle Sam handing out the full $15 a month to eligible aged ill one state where an adequate state old age pension act is in force; and at the same time pay- ing lesser sums or nothing at all to the same sort of people in all adjoining states. THERE are supposed to be some 7,000,000 in the age group involved. Unless there is great ex- pedition by state legislatures, perhaps costly spe- cial sessions, not a great many of the old folks will get the full benefit of the Federal act for a long 4 Willis Ward dividuals. The Jamboree Disappoints. L ATEST REPORTS indicate that the Student Christian Association bare- ly cleared expenses on the All-Campus Jamboree given for the benefit of the University Fresh Air Camp at Patterson Lake. Although there are a number of Detroit and Ann Arbor people who have yearly contributed large sums of money towards the maintenance of the camp, the bulk of the running expenses have been derived from student subscription. The financial failure of the Jamboree threatens to ser- iously impair the work of the camp and may result in a reduction of the number of boys enabled to attend. Two years ago student and general subscriptions for the camp were obtained from a two-day Tag Day drive. The results of these drives were gen- erally financially satisfactory, except in those lean years when the student pocketbook was equally lean. The S.C.A. attributed this depreciation in revenue, however, to the possibility that students were beginning to tire of contributing money and receiving nothing in return. Last year they init- iated the Jamboree. successfully. This meet is being sponsored by the Varsity Track Team for the benefit of NEREE ALIX, two-mile star, Who suffered a compound fracture of the leg in the California meet. All proceeds will go to Alix to help him remain in school. Competition will be between members of the University's Indoor Cham- pionship team and stars of the Michigan Normal team. Several former Normal stars and Michigan freshmen will also compete. Eddie Tolan, Michigan's double Olympic winner, may run in the 100-yard dash.