PAGE FOUR THE MIGHUIANI D~A~JLY ,-, -_ -: -,x In .,,. , ,.....,. ; ... ....: .. - .. ,. ,...,_ ._.. .<, ,.:.... F:., _+. :-.. ,;.. .. r,. .-._ .a __ .. _ . _a.., .: :c:=,r-t --rr. -:_^-'tr x; :. criTTr'.w l+.r: row4 . THE MICHIGAN DAILY II Iu 1- - :: . - 7 Pubitbaed 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. MEMBER Associated o egiate ress - I9J34 f U effjQi41335 E MA~ISON4 VfSCO14SIN MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively 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 dis- patches are reserved. Enteredrat the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant :Postmaster.-General, Subscription during summer by carrier, $1.00; by mall, $1.50. During regular school year by-carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. Offices: Student Publications Building, Maynard Street. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Phone : 2-1214. Representatives: National Advertising Service, Inc. 11 West 42nd Street, New York, N.Y. -400 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR ................THOMAS H. KLEENE ASSOCIATE EDITOR.............THOMAS E. GROEHN ASSOCIATE EDITOR................JOHN J' FLAHERTY SPORTS EDITOR ...................WILLIAM R. -REED WOMEN'S EDITOR ..............JOSEPHINE T. McLEAN EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Robert B. Brown, Clinton B. Conger, Richard G. Hershey, Ralph W. Hurd, Fred W. Neal, Elsie Pierce, Robert Pulver, Marshall D. Shulman, Bernard Weissman. SPORTS ASSISTANTS: George Andros, Fred Buesser, Rob- ert Cummins, Fred Delano, Robert J. Friedman, Ray- mond Goodman. 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ROTHBARD WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGERS .. .. . . . . . ......M....MARGARET COWIE, ELIZABETH SIMONDS DEPARTMENT MANAGERS: Local advertising, William Barndt; Service Department, Willis Tomlinson; Con- tracts,;Stanley Joffe; Accounts, Edward Wohlgemuth; Circulation and National Advertising, John Park; Classified Advertising and Publications, Lyman Bitt- man. BUSINESS ASSISTANTS: Jerome 1. Balas, Charles W. Barkdull, D. G. Bronson, Lewis E. Bulkeley, John C. Clark, Robert J. Cooper, Richard L. Croushore, Herbert D. Fallender, John T. Guernsey, Jack R. Gustafson, Morton Jacobs, Ernest A. Jones, Marvin Kay, Henry J. Klose, William C. Knecht, R. A. Kronenberger, Wil- liam R. Mann, John F. McLean, Jr., Lawrence M. Roth, Richard M. Samuels, John D. Staple, Lawrence A. Star- sky, Norman B. Steinberg. WOMEN'S BUSINESS STAFF: Betty Cavender, Bernadine Field, Betty Greve, Mary Lou Hooker, Helen Shapland, Grace Snyder, Betsy Baxter, Margaret Bentley, Mary McCord, Adele Poller. NIGHT EDITOR : MARSHAL D. SHULMAN from your activities as alumni of the University. As alumni you will have only sentimental ties with the schools and colleges here in Ann Arbor. You will give much, and receive little, but isn't it more than a coincidence that you "givers' will be - the happiest the most prosperous and suc- cessful of all Michigan graduates? The SOAPlBOX] 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. Contrbutors are asked to be brief, the editor reserving the right to condense all letters of over 300 words. Who Stle The Griffin? To The Editor: The other night some person or persons came along and stole the iron griffin sign from the front of 524 Elm St., probably all in the spirit of good clean fun. Now there's nothing like good clean fun, and there's no denying that the griffin would make a swell decoration for a fraternity room, and there's no use in concealing the fact that the undersigned has swiped a couple of signs in his younger days. However,-the situation is this: the missing grif- fin wasn't a commercial sign, but a family crest; it was especially designed and cost $40 or so; and it has what the want ads generally call "senti- mental value." There is no reward (because virtue is its own re- ward), but we'd like to get it back, and would gladly trade the front door or a couple of shutters, or any other swipeable goods for it. If the guilty party ( and, boy, what a party it must have been) will leave it at some neutral place, like The Daily building, for instance, we'd appreciate it. -Powers Moulton. _As Others -Saee Scholarship And Grades (From the University Daily Kansan). IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD every so often, re- formers demand the abolition of grades. They cite cases of college classes in which from 50 to' 75 per cent of the students receive "A's" or "B's" -obviously too high a percentage. These reform- ers say that students should receive either a fail-; ing or merely a passing mark. Such a grading system, they argue, would cause lazy students to work harder, and the ambitious ones would swing their atention from grades to scholarship.1 Such a system does not work out well in actual practice; human beings just must have material record of their accomplishments. Aside from the lazy or dull, there are two classes of students. One class expect to , make a decent academic record in school; these students have a normal interest in their school work. The other class measure the success of their education in terms of the honors they win. Students of this class often chart their schedule to make Phi Beta Kappa in- stead of really striving to broaden themselves in- tellectually. The best way to promote scholarship and intel- lectual honesty among students is to translate grades into terms of scholastic achievement. In- structors should clarify the question definitely and tell the students how much knowledge each grade will require of the student. The instructor would, for instance, clearly indicate the complete mastery of his course that would be necessary to attain an "A." By emphasis of the real raison d- etre for marks, many students might be led to evaluate them more correctly; and less intelligent, or less ambitious ones would have a more definite mark to shoot at. More Requests (From the Cornell Daily Sun) IN A PREVIOUS editorial we suggested that many of our faculty could improve their lectures im- measurably "by rather simple application of log- ical methods." Our first and most urgent re- quest is that professors supplement their lectures with printed outlines or notes. Repeatedly in the past we have appealed to the faculty for this neces- sary adjunct to our large lecture courses, but near- ly always these pleas go unheeded. In the early days of Cornell when probably the greatest collection of eminent scholars ever gath- ered in any American university were teaching within the walls of Morrill, McGraw, and White, printed lecture notes were regarded as the rule rather than exception. Andrew D. White and Goldwin Smith both employed this supplement to their regular lectures, and even today they are to be found in their bound volumes in many a fraternity and alumni library. In an unorganized and haphazard lecture, of course, such outlines are useless, but in a well- planned, systematic course they are indispensible. Then a student can readily visualize the import- ance of each topic under discussion and its rela- tion to the main issue and all the subordinate points. Whenever the professor digresses from the main issue, an outline makes it apparent that such digression has no immediate bearing on'the main question, and when the professor returns to the main point, as they often do without warning, the student can resume taking his own notes. It has been argued that the modern college man would never attend classes if the fundamentals of his courses are outlined before him. Such rea- soning is absurd. If a student could master a sub- ject so easily, then indeed attendance in the class- room would be entirely valueless. Rather, how- ever, when the elementals are so easily understood, then the professor may expand his lectures to in- clude subject matter now taught only in the more advanced courses. If the adoption of such printed outlines would COLLEGIATE OBSERVER By BUD BERNARD Today we wish to present a shining example of poetry as she is written. We culled this choice morsel for your delection and delight from the Daily Illini; for your amusement, amazement, or what you will. We give you -with a few addi- tions- NATURE IN THE RAW, RAW From the country side, from far and wide, From many miles around, The girls all came to a burping game And God - what ghastly sound. With every pal a drip. And every drip With a hick hic hic- And a burp-burp burp. a twirp. The first to try was a Swede so shy From Minnesota far. With her mouth as wide as a camel's stride She was heard to the farthest star. The next to come, a number from The distant Wabash shore Gave a nasal snort of the Hoosier sort And the crowd all yelled for more. Then 'rose Sadie, a Northwestern lady, Up from the depths so lurchy; - With purple banner and cultured manner Hit C like Galli-Curci. Dixie Lee, demure to see, Lent accent to the drama Her southern drawl would slay you all - "Burps fell on Alabama." Outon Tuesday Get One of the Five Hundred Numbered Gargoyles Get a Year' Subscripti to The Gargoyle. P.S. - This is no Chain Letter. Last but not least, the contest near ceased, The girl from the Maize and Blue appears, From Pretzel Bell comes she (or Recess it may be) Where she had imbibed a few beers. She burped loud and long, then burped into song, In phrases of Latin and Greek. With poise and finesse, and then you may guess The contest had reached its peak. The co-ed had won, for best she had done; The crown was placed on her head; The moral in this ballad herein- Send your boys to Michigan Where better burps are bred. Incidentally, according to many collegians. a new word for "burp" has come to the front. When embarrassed merely say: "Pardon the eractaite." JDUNE GA RGYLE r r, Responsibility Of The Alumni. . . ORE THAN 1800 students are grad- uating from the University's schools and colleges this year. For every dollar that these students have con- tributed to the University, they have received in return three dollars as their share of the current expenses required to maintain the educational fa- cilities of the University. Out of this group of 1800 students, approximate- ly 60 per cent will disclaim all responsibility for this disproportionate amount of services received, that is, if the history of the last decades is not appreciably altered in future years. They will not participate in any of the alumni functions, will not affiliate themselves with any of the Michigan Clubs that are to be found throughout the world, will not attend class reun- ions, will not aid the University in the way of scholarships or other forms of donations, will only infrequently "boost" the University through their influence on prospective students or prospective benefactors. "It is a curious thing to note," states T. Hawley Tapping, general secretary of the Alumni Asso- ciation, "that the successful, prosperous men and women who graduate from this University are not among this group which accounts for 60 per cent of the classes. They are almost without exception included in the 40 per cent who do feel that their relations with the University are only well begun when commencement exercises are over." There are three lines of activity which you 40 per cent can follow as alumni of the University. The first includes the participation in community affairs in the locality in which you T'eside, such participation being of value to the University insofar as you publicize your connections with this University - and by community affairs is not meant activities as "boss" of the local "wigwam," or "baron" of the local "rackets." The second involves your direct relations with the University. In this category the part played by the Michigan Clubs cannot be over-emphasized. They organize "college night" in high schools, of- fer trophies and scholarships in promulgating "on to Ann Arbor sentiment." They keep one in constant touch with the current activities of the University, and formulate plans to .assist the Uni- versity at times when such assistance is urgently needed. Ofif The Record By SIGRID ARNE WASHINGTON, May 25. NO GOVERNMENT official receives a more poetic correspondence than Indian Commissioner JohnCollier. One letter closed : "I've ruled as the chief of the Blackl feet for 70 years. I am nearing a change in moons. Fill these, my last requests. May the Great Spirit guide you." Collier replied in part: "You have seen your people in their glory; you have seen them go down into the valley of hunger, death and despair; now when you sun is setting you see them return from the shadows." About the only person who doesn't call toe "Patman bonus bill" just that, is the author, Representative Wright Patman of Texas. To him it always is "adjusted compensation." FROM THE CAPITOL HILL mail bag: To a Pennsylvania congressman: "My little boy will arrive Saturday on the two o'clock train. Please meet him. My husband thinks you will be too busy, but I know he is wrong. He usually is." To a New York congressman from a man listing his qualifications for a job: "I was born at with a clean record and a fair education." To an Illinois congressman from a wgman who was having trouble collecting some war risk insurance: "Sometimes I almost wish my husband hadn't died." The famous dictionary-maker, Noah Web- ster, once worked for the government, says Chief Postal Inspector K. P. Aldrich. He has found records of Webster's days as a postal in- spector, and they show him a much respected member of the system. MRS. ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH is pre- paring to take her daughter, Paulina, to Eu- rope for the first time. She sounds slightly apprehensive as .she describes the child -"independent as a poached egg." She illustrates her point by telling of the day she protested against Paulina's constant reading of funny papers. "But, mother," said the child, "you go to the Senate every day, don't you?" GOVERNOR JAMES M. CURLEY of Massachu- setts decided to make use of his Irish back- ground when he stepped into Postmaster General Farley's outside office and saw that the deter- mined blond secretary was going to make him wait. He turned solemnly to his companions, waved at the spacious waiting room, and orated: Alunus Official Publication for Michigan's Alumni 26 Issues Per Year-920 Pages 4 QUARTERLY REVIEW NUMBERS Of 100 pages each. :A publication worthy of your University's fine aca- demic reputation. 12 MONTHLY NUMBERS of 28 to 36 pages each. 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