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W HEN DELEGATES from the various colleges in Michigan convene here Friday for the eighth annual Assembly of the Model League of Nations it will not be a collegiate gathering in the accepted meaning of the term on this campus. There will be none of the stir which attends the arrival of a visiting football team-none of the bustle which ushers in a week-end of important social events. -Iwever the League is an activity which is truly collegiate in the best sense of the word, in the sense that it gives fullest scope and opportunity to college studepLr to take advantage of their college education It is more than a gathering of students who meet to discuss their various prob- lems, though it provides this opportunity, too. The students who will meet here will come as representatives of the several foreign countries having seats in the League. Before they come they will have to familiarize themselves with the prob- lems, both international and domestic, of the na- tions which they represent, and they will come together to discuss them as they would in the As- sembly of the League. Such a convention will ue a more effective anti- war movement than any number of effigy-burning demonstrations, promoting, as it is bound to do, international understanding. With knowledge concerning the problems of other nations there will- come sympathy with them and familiarity with the questions before the League will bring an appreciation of the difficulties which that or- ganization faces. Such a salutary influence should not be con- fined only to those who are delegates to the League or who are taking an active part in its organiza- tion. There is a constructive force here to be brought to bear upon the campus as a whole, which may benefit by, though not participating in, the discussions. Meetings of the Model League are thrown open to the public, and to students of the University in particular. It remains to be seen how many of the latter will take advantage of the opportunity. Michigan's Annals Receive Attention ... A N EXCEPTIONALLY noteworthy the University could be found for a big Michigan history museum. At present Michigan historical material is strewn all over the state. Besides small collections in nearly every hamlet and those belpnging to indi- viduals, there is the large collection in the State Historical Commission's Library at Lansing, the Burton Collection in the Detroit Public Library, the collection of the Bay City Public Library, and the collection of the Grand Rapids Public Library. There has been no attempt to correlate the ma- terial in these different spots. Surely University men are best fitted to attempt this task, and the University is the logical place for the accumulation of the material. And even if the history department does not go beyond its present plans, the main purpose of which is to locate Michigan historical material for the purpose of research, it will be doing a signal task; one which is difficult and one which will need the cooperation of all if it is to be completed. Prof. Lewis G. Vandervelde deserves credit and praise for taking the lead in the undertaking. It should be noted that the University of Mich- igan is not alone in this endeavor. Other uni- versities in our neighboring states have been doing it for some time, and it was this fact that in part influenced our own history department. The historical past of the State of Michigan is far richer than most of us realize. Having been under the Spanish, French and British flags, hav- ing been long part of the American frontier, lead- ing the nation in industry and commerce, the story of the rise of Michigan is as interesting as, if not more so, than that of any other state. For nearly' three centuries an intense drama of life has been unfoldedl in this peninsula country of the Great Lakes. Unless we want that drama to die, unchron- icles and unremembered, we must act to preserve it. Surely the inscription on the top of the William L. Clements Library, "In Darkness Dwells the People Which Knows Its Annals Not," has a direct bearing in Michigan today. As Others See It The Pedagogic Bugbear What are college students afraid of? A psychol- ogy professor at Temple University asked his class to hand in (unsigned) a list of the things that scared them. Here is what the men in the class are afraid of: the future . . . getting hit on the mouth .. the next five or 10 years . . . Fascist dictatorship . . . driving with a woman driver . . . eating too much . . . falling in love prematurely . . . getting into a fight . . . getting a taller girl on a blind date . . . mature policemen . . . bumblebees... flunking physics . . . getting married .. . war and disease . .. field rats and snakes . . . being alone in deep water . . . kissing a girl! The girls also had their own set. of peculiar fears, among them: Being alone in the dark, or in a strange place . . . coming home after 10 p.m... . snakes, bulls and lunatics . . . tough, suspicious looking characters . . . roller coasters . . . rats and mice . . . centipedes in old walls . . . wasps, black cats, hornets and bumblebees ... Sin . .. being held too tightly! * ' * Add these to your list of collegiate definitions, contributed by B.O.C.: Concentration: Process of centering thoughts on blonde in front seat ahead; or method of impress- ing rushee, as "you mugs concentrate on so-and-so - he's about ready to break down." Blind Date: Girl engaged as dancing partner at late date, who usually turns out to be not only blind, but also deaf, dumb, and knockneed. Study: Obs. Phi Beta Kappa: Scholastic honorary, whose members are paid to engage in long-winded argu- ments with professors two minutes before class ends. Class: What the girl-of-the-moment has. University: Interesting collection of buildings and scenery lying between the fraternities and the beer drinkery. * * * * Here's an item coming from the colwnns of the Ohio State Lantern: "The very brave young man who takes his girl out on a Sunday night with 97 cents or some such restraining sum in his pocket, and has her order first so he will know what he can afford for himself would probably have a definite reaction if he knew that rattling in her purse was a sum three times his own. "This is nodiatribe on a current system, but a plea for the widespread adoption of the "dutch- treat" plan. Surveys have shown consistently that co-eds have more money than eds. Other things being equal, why should all the burden of the expense restwith the male? "In most cases, the girl enjoys the company of her escort or she would not go out with him. She derives as much pleasure from a social en- gagement as he does. It seems only fair that she shares the expense." A kiss, says a professor at Wake Forest Col- lege, is a symbol of pure affection, or a blister of burning passion, or a smoke screen of design. COL LEG ATE OBSERVER By BUD BERNARD (From the Purdue Exponent) THE SEDENTARY, life of the professor has been often condemned. He is, according to many, out of touch with things that really matter, ignor- ant of life, and diffused with cobwebby notions. Bernard Shaw summed up this attitude when he classified humanity into two groups - those that do and those that teach. The thought has just come to us, after four years, that perhaps the professor is not entirely to blame. Consider the demoralizing effect of teaching, year after year, class after class, stu- dents who are intellectually unconscious. A young instructor, when he first takes up his pedagogic duties, is probably as enthusiastic as any young engineer starting to build highways from Kokomo to Lafayette. But we can imagine that many years of trying to drum knowledge into skulls that can never understand would be enough to make a professor retire into a shell, become overly sarcastic and slough off into the so-called sedentary state. In the first place, the man who enters the teach- ing field is more conscious of his surroundings, of what is going on around him, and what is happening to other people. Then he goes to class day after day, tries to "put out" information that he knows isn't being understood, and easily be- comes "pedagogic." In the more definite subjects (math., science, etc.), his position is not so hard, but it takes a "rare good man" to continue teaching with some degree of enthusiasm in a sub- ject such as English, It is perhaps fortunate to be dumb and un- conscious, for then the problem of what this thing called life is all about never presents itself, but it is unfortunate when such people become classi- fied as students and plague an instructor. The majority of teachers expect some other re- ward besides a salary. There is a satisfaction from leading able minds in the right direction, from knowing that the knowledge being interpret- ed is comprehended. When plodding students come to class and sit day after day and learrr only the surface essentials that will pass them, it is no small wonder that a professor may become so discouraged that he will pronounce Purdue stu- dents the most unconscious in the Middle West. Collegiate Cynicism (From the Michigan State News) TRUE CYNICISM, according to Abbe Ernest Dimmet, author of the "Art of Thinking" and other philosophical works, is merely self-con- fidence, slightly tainted by conceit or by the con- viction that no one is better than one's self. Col- legiate cynicism, on the other hand, is usually nothing more than an affected blase attitude mixed with a forced pessimism. In outside circles it is of no avail in attaining success, but on the campus it becomes a halo over the youthful cynic's head, a mark of distinction among students who are carefree, indolent or prosaicly earnest. The collegiate man-of-the-world is a common sight. He is usually found haunting beer gardens or coke parlors, where he sits dully for hours, peering up sourly through cigaret smoke at pass- ersby. In classes he listens sullenly, showing bore- dom and usually pretending to be partially asleep. He prides himself on his record of cuts, flunks and arguments with professors. If possible, he dresses meticulously with taste bordering on the bizarre. In short, he is a thoroughly experienced lad who has tasted everything that life has to offer and decided that it is hardly worth living. But circumstances change with graduation --if he gets that far. Away from the sheltered life of the campus he finds that a man must produce in order to share, that one must fight for things worth while. He discovers that employers have a hearty contempt for people who are too proud to work -there are too many others who are will- v a a BO S--Your Opportunity OUR BARGAIN TABLE of T EXFT A-.. REFERENCE BOOKS I is now ready - Come Early - You will be amazed at what may be had for og v WAHR'.S UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE 316 SOUTH STATE - - For Better Results.. . USE THE Daily Classified Ad Columns CASH RATES lc per line TheMichiganD aily 420 Maynard Street Phone 2-1214 _______________________________ _ ._ I What! Swimming Suits at thsieof the Season? A Washington BYSTANDER By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, April 30. A LOT OF FOLKS hereabouts would like to see a who's who of Herbert Hoover's "dozen good Republicans who would be worthy candidates" for the presidency next year. There are certainly more than a dozen being talked about more or less. The negative side of the suggested Hoover list perhaps would be more interesting than the positive. Who of the aspir- ants would the titular party leader regard as un- worthy of the honor? As to who heads the list in Mr. Hoover's mind, -most Washington onlookers have only two guesses. If it isn't "the chief" himself, it must be Ogden Mills, they hold. They can find nothing in Mr. Hoover's writings or sayings on public questions since his self-imposed period of silence after his retirement from the White House ended, to sug- gest anyone other than Mills, provided, of cotirse, Mr. Hoover is not definitely seeking a come- back on his own account. WITH TWO recent transcontinental trips to his credit, both of which obviously were not con- fined to the personal business that took him to New York, the former president could not be surprised at the outbreak of the Hoover '36 talk he precipitated. His conferences coming and going both times had a decidedly political aspect. His parrying of questions as to his own political plans for next year were so studiedly non-committal as to invite the inference that he had hopes about business conditions. For example, his dozen good Republicans re- mark was his reply to a direct question as to vwhether he himself might be a candidate. He also represented himself'as "trying to get informa- tion, not give it," about business conditions. *' * ** BY MARCH, '33, when he left office, the economic situation had changed, the banking panic was on. Mr. Hoover retired to silence. And the evi- dences of the '34 congressional election results did not indicate that any great progress toward made. Assuming that Hoover was resolved never to run for nuhlic office apin, he would he sacrificing i - *4 ' is.t" mt "y ; ti :": : : - Not exactly! Sane people do not go in swimming while the temperature borders the freez- ing zone; but sane people do look far enough ahead to buy their Spring and Summer cloth- ing at pre-season savings. 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