TT1, MIC HTI A N 11,A TTV ,nMTT.,QTnA'V AMA'V 7!1 4n, 1 12 " . 1 2 1 R.+ii'i H 1\ L : 3 i L 3 ,._.,, . ,;., i'HURSDAY, NL IAY 30, 1935 ,- ~ , ; - "- calcitrant justices to see it in his light. The sec- cnd is that these justices, just as ordinary, in- telligent persons, changed their minds and saw the Constitution as a definite rule, which excessive ab- rogations would soon cast into discard. Monday was a big day for the Supreme Court, and an equally bad day for President Roosevelt. The court, in effect, completely reversed him on three issues: the NRA, the Frazier-Lemke Act' and the Humphrey case, all of which he had defi- nitely sponsored. The effects of these setbacks for the President are not yet evident. What effect they may have on his political fortunes, in view of the great American respect for the highest trib- unal, can only be speculated on. It is safe to say, however, that the Republicans will use each of these three issues to hurl against Roosevelt in. the 1936 campaign; that the spell of reverence in which the President has been held will be lessened if not broken; and that the President will find it more difficult to speed his legislation through the halls of Congress. The Humphrey case, while overshadowed by the NRA and Frazier-Lemke rulings, should not be overlooked. The court in its decision said in effect, that a President cannot dismiss a member of one of the various quasi-legislative, judicial commis- sions. Whether this applies to a President dismiss- ing a commissioner that he personally appointed is not known, but it is reasonable to believe that it does. The decision, therefore, greatly strength- ens the commissions, gives them a permanent stat- us, and removes them a considerable distance from the President. Faeulty And Fraternity Dinners .. . WHEN THE faculty-fraternity din- ners were formulated they were heralded as an excellent means of developing a goodsrelationship between students and their professors. Previous to the present plan in which the Union invites the professors to the various houses, the fraternities took it upon themselves to ask their guests.. The Union plan has far better promises than the old system. Yet we have heard frequent com- plaints from both fraternities and. professors. A short time ago we discussed the matter with one professor who had been a guest at several fra- ternities. He said that in many houses he found he knew no one. This made the evening's dis- cussion a real problem, as there were no common grounds on which to base a discussion. Even if everyone enjoyed themselves, it was very unlikely that the professor should remember the students whom he had met. The houses made the same complaint as did the professors. Many times they had entertained pro- fessors whom they enjoyed meeting and talking with, but they had not seen them again. We feel that the project is too good to die. With the coming year we hope that this fault may be remedied and its purpose fulfilled satisfactorily. I .o "w COLLEGIATE OBSERVER By BUD BERNARD Today we crave the liberty to drag out from behind the piano the old favorite of super- super basses and seafaring men, "Asleep in the Deep.". It is not as an idle wnim that we do this, but rather to perform a service to students of Michigan in reminding them of something they cannot possibly have forgotten. For, in other words, in two more days, we of Michigan will be behind the eight ball. Take' heed! Loudly the bells in the engine tower ring, Bidding us know all's not merry in Spring; Finals are near, Tremble with fear, Work like a dog if you want to be here Next ,year, Next year. Work like a dog if you want to be here Next year, next year. Many brave students have dropped by the way So bware, BEWARE. Practically'the entire student body of Princeton University signed the following petition recently: "Operators of the Garden Theater: We, the undersigned, patrons of the Garden Theater pro- test against the further showing of Hearst Metro- tone Newsreels on the screen of your theater for the following reasons: 1. "They continually report as truths, incidents and scenes which are distorted into half-truths of skillful propaganda. 2.'"They represent one of the most powerful means of controlling public opinion and become dangerous when they misrepresent the facts as they so frequently do. 3. "Commentators in the Hearst Metrotone News interpret all scenes in manner to support the policies of the Hearst press, which we believe to be subversive and destructive to the security and ideals of the American people." "Dear Bud," writes M.L.N., "did you read about the man who swallowed a can of gold paint and then exclaimed, 'Oh, how guilty I feel!' A riot which took place at the University of Wis- consin was of a more serious nature than we can imagine, says a well-known college publication, because of the motives behind it and the spirit that fostered it. Nevertheless it did have a comical side. The story is this:- It seems that four people were thrown into Lake Mendota by a crowd who raided a meeting of the League for Industrial Democracy. About 150 students entered the law building, heckled the speaker and seized the secre- tary of the organization. A professor, hearing the noise, as the crowd surged towards the lake, attempted to intervene and was thrown in. No attention was paid to other members of the faculty who tried to stop the riot. One was knocked from a bench when he shouted: "For gosh sakes, fellows, think of the University!" BUD BERNARD'S PHILOSOPHY An apple a day should have kept your marks around A. MEDICAL STUDENTS 7ihere are still available sowe copfies of "CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEDICAL SCIENCE" (The Dr. Aldred Scott Warthin Memorial Volume) which we are offering at $ 1.0 -0 the coy The original price of this work was $10.00. It would be a fine addition to your Medical Library at small cost. I1 I WAHR S U N IVE RS ITY BOOKSTORE 316 SOUTH STATE 1 I As Others See It Value Of An Education (From the Daily Illini) AS A SENIOR nears graduation he often ponders over the value of his education. Has he made a mistake in accepting three or four thousand dol- lars from his parents to invest in learning? Per- haps he might have put this money in a business and realized a substantial profit at the end of four years. What's the answer to this question? One answer may be found in President Coffman's biennial message to the people of Minnesota en- titled "Youth and Tomorrow's Education." The head of Minnesota University declares, "Col- lege and university education is society's greatest social experiment for ameliorating the struggle for existence and for training a picked lot of young men and young women for citizenship, for the exer- cise of public leadership, and for the effective dis- charge of high public responsibilities." On a superficial glance this statement might have all the earmarks of glorified "hooey." If the statement had to stand alone, it would deserve to be classified as such. However, President Coffman clinches his state- ment by pointing to the increased recognition of the importance and necessity of such training. During the past two years there has been an in- creased attendance in colleges. Lectures, whether on religion, art, education, finance or science, were never so well attended as now. "All this," President Coffman believes "attests to more than a lingering faith in education; it indi- cates youth's unspoken search for understand- ing and wisdom. Youth knows that education pre- pared and equipped a generation for the building of the greatest industrial society and commercial civilization the world has ever witnessed. Youth believes that education can help build another civ- ilization, one that will be more secure and better than the present. Youth knows it will be the builder." Regardless of whether the pessimist agrees with this forward outlook he will be compelled to admit that a college graduate is better able to face the paramount issues of the day. The first one is how to prevent war. University students have made some strides forward during the past year in attempting to solve this issue. Youthful editors have been crusading against the propagandists who have sought to convince Americans that "war is a necessary evil." The second issue is how to prevent depressions in the future. The increased interest in economic courses and international commerce indicates that the present generation will be better informed than the preceding one. The third issue is concerned with human welfare. If the sociology professors have presented their courses ably during the past two years it is quite possible that the university graduate of today will A Washington BYSTANDER 9 By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, May 29. WHEN SENATOR MATTHEW M. NEELY, West Virginia Democrat, got back into the Senate in 1930 after having been ousted in the party debacle of '28, he seemed a changed man. From the rather loquacious pre-defeat Sen- ator, with something to say about almost any- thing going on in the Senate, he lapsed into a large- ly back-row role of silence. The degree of ora- torical self-restraint he has exercised for the last five years has been remarkable, particularly for a chap whose fancy turns to phrases on the florid side and whose vocal stops in action run all the way from a roaring triple forte to a scarcely audible pianissimo. In those five years, the Neely "remarks on" ac- counting in the Congressional Record index dwin- dled to almost nothing compared to what he had done in his previous dozen years in House and Sen- ate. His changed philosophy as to the value of Senate oratory has been set down officially by himself. That was back in '32 when the Senate did a five-month talking job about a tax bill. Dr. Neely then diagnosed the malady raging among his colleagues as "virulent verbosity" and figured that "no member could contend seriously that a single vote has been lost or won in 120 hours of de- bate." "'HE base Indian who threw away a pearl that was richer than all his tribe was a model of thrift in comparison with the indefatigable, in- exhaustible and irrepressible orators whose elo- quence is losing the government more than $83,000 an hour - almost $200 for every beat of the nor- mal human heart," Neely said, and so on for quite a number of heart beats. With recollections of that Neelyism in mind, press galleryites listened attentively to the same Neely this year, in connection with efforts to pass the bonus prepayment bill over a veto. Of all that was said then in the Senate, the Neely effort stood cratorically almost alone. Only the. thundering rOP of Wal ch ofM cnh cp t.t -Qfl - 7- ,0i I