0 YOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, :VOVE'r THEE 28, 1,935 FOUR TilE MICHiGAN DAILY ThURSDAY, NOVEMJ~ER~ ~8, 1935 l THE MICHIGAN DAILY - - V I Publisfled every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it r not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matter herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. Representatives: National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Ave., New York City; 400 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. man crime wave in which he imagined himself one of the desperadoes he had seen in the picture. With him he took a revolver, a rifle, and $20 stolen from his parents and a hunter lodged there. His first exploit was to hold up a home for food and a pair of hunting boots, forcing his way out of the neighbors who surrounded him by flashing the gun; he followed this by stealing a car, in which he was finally caught by the state troopers. Only then was the haze engendered in his mind by that Saturday night movie partly torn away, so that he realized the true meaning of his week- end escapade. and the wave of shame which must have been swept across his mind was followed by a bullet as his only way out. Can this be blamed on a weak mind, or, must the responsibility rest ultimately on the mov- ing pictures in their latest round of gangster shows? Even accepting the explanation of a weak mind, or weak will, Howard would still not have "gone wrong" without the impetus of a thrilling portrayal of gun battles and defiance of the law. In response to a wave of public protest over gangster movies for children, the movie industry has made the agents' of the law, rather than the crooks, the heroes of the encounters, but while' some of the boys who see the pictures now aspire to be agents in the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion, the bark of guns and the "lone-wolf" battle against society is still the main spice of the pro- gram. A survey of children's games will show that they do not play "Congress" or "School"; their make- believe runs to more vigorous pursuits: "Cops and Robbers," "Soldier." There is already too much of the spirit of violence in their amusements. It must not be encouraged by highly dramatic pictures. Either the movies must be cleaned up, or the children must be barred from pictures of a lower nature. I-I rThi Conning Tower A Washington 0__, IBYSTANDER Sanction 11 A EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Telephone 4925 BOARD OF EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR..............THOMAS H. KLEENE ASSOCIATE EDITOR ................ JOHN J. FLAHERTY ASSOCIATE EDITOR..............THOMAS E. GROEHN Dorothy S. Gies Josephine T. McLean William R. Reed DEPARTMENTAL BOARDS Publication Department: Clinton B. Conger, Richard G.' Hershey, Ralph W. Hurd, Fred Warner Neal, Bernard Weissman. Reportorial Department: Elsie A. Pierce, Guy M. Whipple, Jr. Editorial Department: Robert A. Cummins, Marshall D. Shulman. Sports Department: William R. Reed, chairman; George Andros, Fred Buesser, Fred DeLano, Raymond Good- man.. Women's Department: Josephine T. McLean, Chairman; Dorothy Briscoe. Josephine M. Cavanagh, Florence H. Davies, Marion T. Holden, Charlotte D. Rueger, Jewel W. Wuerfel. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Telephone 2-12141 DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. BUSINESS MANAGER ..........GEORGE H. ATHERTON CREDIT MANAGER .............JOSEPH A. ROTHBARD WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER..MARGARETICOWIE WOMEN'S ERVICE MANAGER .. ..ELIZABETH SIMONDS DEPARTMENTAL MANAGERS Local Advertising, William Barndt; Service Department, Willis Tomlinson; Contracts, Stanley Joffe; Accounts, Edward Wohlgemuth; Circulation and National Adver- tising, John Park; Classified Advertising and Publica- tions, Lyman Bittman. NIGHT EDITOR: RICHARD G. HERSHEY What! No Graft, Mr. Hopkins?. . . HARRY L. HOPKINS, who has the distinction of being the greatest' spender of modern times, is a supreme optimist. Heading a vast and intricate bureaucracy admin- istering $4,880,000,000 worth of work-relief through the complex agency of local commissions, district boards, and national supervisors, Mr. Hopkins flatly declared the other day that "not a dollar of the WPA money has been spent for graft." We are not casting any aspersions upon Mr. Hopkins' personal integrity and we cannot claim to know nearly as much about his organization as he does, but we feel safe in saying that even the most innocent and trusting Democrat will con- sider such a statement just a little naive. It is unfortunate that public officials feel con- strained to condition their statements according to political expediency. We feel that the work being done by the Works Progress Administration under Mr. Hopkins' able supervision is fulfilling a definite need in this country and fulfilling it as well as can reasonably be expected. It is,-in one way or another, actually and realistically pro- viding work relief for persons who need work relief and need it badly. Whatever its shortcomings may be, it is accomplishing its chief purpose and there- fore is a success. But there can be no doubt that it does have its shortcomings, that graft and politics creep into the huge mechanism. Instances of corruption and favoritism are not merely fabrications of a bigoted opposition. Mr. Hopkins would display more political sagacity, we feel, by admitting the im- perfections of his administration, for only by straightforward frankness can he maintain the confidence of the people whose hard-earned money he has been entrusted with spending. A Thankless Thanksgiving.. .. T ODAY being the last Thursday in November and by proclamation, Thanksgiving, we have been casting about for something to be thankful for, if merely for the purpose of writing the traditional Thanksgiving editorial. The social and economic condition of the world eliminated itself first as a subject for thankful- ness, with war raging or threatening in many portions, and unemployment and starvation the general order of things. Coming back to Ann Arbor, the football season furnished little to be happy about - unless one is thankful that it is over; mid-semester examina- tions are just behind or just ahead, being between the devil and the deep blue sea would be a pleasure; as for the weather--we are still in Ann Arbor. The first Thanksgiving was supposed to be a giving of thanks for a good crop of something or other; now the AAA thanks you for not raising a good one, so this is out. Ah well, Christmas is coming and the girls can stay out until 1:30 of a Friday night. Gangster Cinemas And Their Effects ... 44(,OME AND GET ME," one side of Howard Missler's personality said to two armed state troopers who advanced on THE FORUM t Letters published in this column should not be n construedras 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 aregasked to be brief, the editors reserving the right to condense i all letters of over 300 words and to accept or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial importnceg and interest to the campus. The Right Michigan Spirit t t To the Editor:" Inasmuch as it was a letter of mine published o in your columns a few days after the Ohio Statet game in 1921 that started all the furor about the removal of Fielding H, Yost as football coach,I e feel it is my duty to comment upon the current C newspaper discussion of the present coaching staff. o As we grow older, we grow more and more into i a belief that a winning football team is not at all 1 essential to the University of Michigan as an edu- cational institution. What does matter is that those who wish may have an opportunity to ex- press themselves on an athletic field under the tutelage of a coaching staff which can teach fun- damentals of courage and sportsmanship. It is my belief that Michigan has such a coach- ing staff and that the present hullabaloo is un- called for and will serve only to keep alive the all- too-prevalent notion that a modern university can, like a professional organization, continue to exist only in its athletic victories. The letter I wrote in 1921 did an injustice to a man who had long been identified with Michigan athletics. I hope that those in power will consider the current propaganda as only another outburst of warped enthusiasm. The memories of' grand- stand coaches are very short indeed. They have forgotten the Michigan teams of just a few years ago and they will continue to forget, particularly in those intervals of mediocrity which come now and then to any person or institution. They should not be taken too seriously. -Robert S. Tubbs On To Berlin To the Editor: Much has been written for and against, although more against than for, America's participation in the Olympic Games to be held at Berlin next summer. Surely American athletes should not forego the pleasure of going to Nazi Germany where there is so much to be seen and admired. There is first of all, Chancellor Hitler himself, the man who ordered the murder without trial of some 1,200 Germans during the blood purge of June 1934. Next to the Chancellor there is General Goering, made famous in connection with the Reichstag fire. Dr. Goebbels, minister of propaganda and enlightenment, will undoubtedly also appear in order to "enlighten" the foreign visitors on the superiority of Fascism over democracy. And finally there is Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, who more than any one in the Third Reich is trying to destroy Christianity in order to replace it with the myth- ical Teutonic deities Thor and Wotan. Moreover, our athletes must not forget to get a glimpse of the concentration in camps and prisons where the victims are shamefully mis- treated, not because they have committed a crime but because of political opinions. Upon their return to this country - sweet land of liberty" -our athletes will thus be able to depict in glowing colors the glory and magnificence of the Hitlerland where there is no justice, no truth, no honor, no honesty, no freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, no fair play, no true sports- manship, where every high ideal towards which Let all who call the Duke sublime L Because the trains now run on time And clean is each Italian street, Turn homeward now lest they should meet , Thosehtrains, from scheduled time set free, Once more crowded with soldiery , s Whose blood, afire with Christian wrath, s Must cleanse each tropic mountain path. r W. L. WERNER h y Mr. W. R. Hearst has been writing a good deal t ecently, and there is a lot to be said for his p tyle; to us, at least, it has charm. But he ist .n unforgiving fellow. On Wednesday night, in N ;he Hollywood Barber Shop, 1570 Broadway, ata 'orty-seventh Street, Martin Krompler was shot. r I'he Time's subhead fixes the place as "Broad- way Barber Shop." But the American, in an t normous headline, had "Gunmen Wound 2 in e Dimes Sq." Why, Mr. Hearst, even Jersey City h las its Journal Square. B -_t Of course, there is Post Avenue, too. There is noe t 3erald Tribune Street, but there is Herald Square,t nd appropriately melting into it, Greeley Square.a t Atlantic City has invited Mr. Hearst to make w Lis residence there, and the town of Weston ereby invites him to dwell in that garden spot >f Fairfield-and-No-Favor County. For neigh- >ors he will have members of his staff --Leop Varsh, of Westport; William Soskin, of Wilton, w .nd Gilbert Gabriel, of Towners, N.Y. t n "It Can't Happen Here"e ROME, Oct. 23 - (P) - Effective Nov. 5, no t iewspaper in Italy will be allowed to publish t nore than six pages.a Every time we get a poem frim Baron Irelandd we feel that we ought to make another solicita-t ion about the sale of Conning Tower manuscripts.n V'oney received goes to the Tribune Fresh Aire rund or some other organization or person desig-v iated by the buyer.- One of our bad habits - though we insist that t is not all bad-is that of taking things for granted. Once we print a notice that Conning Tower manuscripts are purchaseable, and weh hink that once is enough for all time. It is likee elling somebody that you love her, and adding 1 "Continue thinking that I do until I tell you t otherwise." Or, as the printers say, tf; meanings ill forbid.g .r. Connecticut's tercentenary celebration hasb ended, but her minnesingers still are articulate.F Our favorite poetical celebrant is Nellie E. Bourke,s of Thomaston. Her poem, "Connecticut," printedv n the Waterbury Democrat, is too Jong to quotek n full, but here are some of the more memorablev ines: Mark "The State of the Charter Oak!"r Where our great Charter did elope.r "Answer to a Perfect Dream."v Of United States cities, "Golden Queen!" s Hartford! most brightly gleamingt With intellects every meaning. Riches of nature and finance;t The best to see, you have a chance.t Connecticut's other cities sustain Important places in the Hall of Fame.E Your beauteous, quaint old townse Abound with what always renowns, Majestic mountains, valleys and hills; Fine settings of thy great, large mills. This state's stately, noble trees, Dainty, sweet flowers and pretty leaves With shade and dreamy ease, The most fastidious please. The history of this state Is like silver lining to a cloud; Clear, noble, powerful to relate Of what her natives can be proud. Her motto, "Qui Transtulit Sustinet," Tells us a grand old story. Here, the nation's honor is well kept. Connecticut's ablaze with glory! Thy newspapers are works of art. In all that's good they have a part. We get from them the latest news, Styles, pictures, intelligent views. The best in literature and art In their annals have a part, In everything it's plain to see Connecticut tops the highesttree. That the drama reviewers of New York have decided to award a prize for the best, in their opinion, play of the year is an interesting piece of news. But that the prize will be a medal robs the award of much of its joy of receipt. Our feeling is that the prize should be about $1,500 in immediate cash, and a medal. But a medal only? No. And now the book critics should form a circle and award their own prize to their own choice of fiction, verse, and history. Of course, it would be a lot of fun for the winners of these prizes if the Pulitzer committee's choice coincided with the critics'. It has been suggested that the columnists de- cide on whom of their number should receive a prize for the year's best column, or the highest average - of excellence, but one of the cynical Spoiled Darlings of the Press says that it wouldn't work: that each of us would get one vote. .,_ ._ r,_ 1., . .. r ,. ,i..., . ,tn n,. By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Does the form of President Roosevelt's uggestion to the mayors' conference or a far-reaching study of the tax ource problem, federal, state and municipal, represent confidence on his part that he will be re-elected next year? It could be so construed. In hat case the first Roosevelt blue- print for the 1937 congress is now in hand. It involves dividing up the axation field into what Secretary Morgenthau calls "zones," each tax authority to operate only within its eserved zone. That no doubt would be a boon to axpayers. Overlapping taxes, fed- eral, state, county, municipal or what have you, have plagued everyone. How to avoid it in a nation built on he states' rights theory, is something else. Presumably, only a constitu- ional change could establish any- hing better than a gentlemen's agreement between Washington and he state capitals to apportion the whole tax field between them. MR. ROOSEVELT was careful to say that the joint study of the problem beginning next spring, in which he invited the cooperation of the mayors, was not a matter for the next session of Congress. Since an entirely "no-partisan" approach to the matter is what he proposes, get- ting it mixed up with election year activities was deemed inadvisable. It is quite possible that the Presi- dent never even thought of the fact that the way he put it would suggest that it would be a matter for the next Congress, the Congress to be elected next year. That, in effect, would suggest he confidently expected still to be President when that Con- gress meets. * * * * HjIS initiation of the tax field divi- sion study harks back to ideas he had much in mind at the time of his election. One was closer cooperation between national and state execu- tives, chiefly in relation to efforts at simplification of the machinery of government, elimination of unneces- sary counties and the like. As gover- nor of New York and an active mem- ber of the governors' conference, Mr. Roosevelt had much to say on the subject. It was one of his most fa- vored speech topics at a time when he was not admitting as yet that he was an aspirant for the presidency. That and the tax field apportion- ment survey now proposed to the mayors, would seem to run hand in hand. It appears possible Mr. Roose- velt might take steps to revive the simplification idea as well as project anew the tax study invitation when the governors' conference next meets. Furthermore, there is the sugges- tion that the chief "new deal" archi- tect himself regards that edifice as about complete, with only such tink- ering as experience or the courts dic- tate to come either in the next ses- sion of Congress or the next Congress. THE SUPREME LAW.'. By Maurice Maeterlinck. s: By EDWARD BEGLE p Along with every advance which man has made, no matter along what in line, one always finds a few cranksa who are sure that a backward stept has been taken, that their fathersJ were right, that common sense shows0 that such new-fangled ideas are com- pletely wrong.P Their chief characteristic is thatd they completely misunderstand what they are writing about. They have a hazy idea of what it is they aret opposed to, but they never can doI more than make a few even haziera rationalizations of their objections and appeals to obscure authorities. Einstein seems to be one who hasf roused into action a great army ofi such monomaniacs. Great numbers of books have been written against his theories, and against the modernt scientific theories which make user of his work. A few of them are in- telligent discussions and are worthyt of attention but the great majority have no value, except, perhaps as illustrations of the strange channels along which some minds run. It would be rather rash to claim1 that Maeterlinck is to be included in this latter group, but there is much evidence in this latest book to in- dicate that this is the case. In his1 old age he has turned to a field about which he knows almost noth- ing, and has become almost a crank on the subject of physics. The change which has come over him since his book, The Life of Space, which he wrote a few years ago on a closely related subject, is rather startling. There he was as rational and moderate as a mystic, such as he is, could be expected to be. Here he is very different. His arguments are either very naive or else completely unintelligible and are very dogmatic. He makes numerous mistakes of fact, drawing impossible conclusions from them. He seems to have learned his physics from those popular books on the subject, which of course would explain, but not espouse, his complete misconception of the nature and pur- pose of this science. It is impossible to take seriously anything he says here. In all fairness it must be said that a certain amount of enjoyment can be gained from this book, since Maet- erlinck writes with an excellent style, though it has been spoiled to some extent in translation. A few of his ideas are very clever and many of them are amusing, either because of their cleverness or because of their . absurdity. THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 1935 VOL. XLVI No. 50 Notices President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home to members of the faculties, their friends, and other residents of Ann Arbor on Sunday, Dec. 1, from 4 to 6 o'clock. Faculty Meeting, College of Litera- ture, Science, and the Arts: The regu- lar meeting of this Faculty will be held in Room 1025 Angell Hall, Mon- day, Dec. 2, beginning at 4:10 o'clock. Agenda: Report of Executive Committee- C. D. Thorpe. Report of University Council-J. G. Winter. Report of Deans' Conference-E. H. Kraus. Report of the Committee on the Jones' Resolution-J. G. Winter, chairman. Faculty, School of Education: The regular December luncheon meeting ":. BOOKS ":. the Faculty will be held on Mon- Ly, Dec. 2, at 12 o'clock, Michigan lion. Premedical Students: The Medical Aitude Test sponsored by the Amer- an Medical Association for all stu- nts who expect to enter a medical hool by the fall of 1936 wil be given iday, Dec. 6, from three to five in atural Science Auditorium. Regis- ation blanks may be obtained in om 4, University Hal lthrough Nov. . A fee of one dollar is charged. Bronson-Thomas Prize in German alue about $50.00) - open to all ldergraduate students in German American birth and training. Will awarded mainly on the results of three-hour essay competition to be old under departmental supervision te in March (exact date to be an- >unced two weeks in advance.) The say may be written in English or erman. Each contestant wlll be ee to choose his own subject from list of ten offered. The list will ver five chapters in the develop- ent of German literature from 1750 1900, each of which will be repre- mted by two subjects. Students who ish to compete should register and tain a reading list as soon as pos- ble at the office of the German De- artmfent, 204 University Hall. The University Bureau of Appoint- tents and Occupational Information rnounces the following United ates Civil Service Examinations; unior Medical Officer (Interne), $2,- 0 a year; Junior Medical Officer Psychiatric Resident), $2,000 a year; egative Cutter, $1,800 a year (Hy- rographic Office, Navy Department, lashington, D. C.). For further information concerning aese examinations call at 201 Mason [all, office hours, (9:00 to 12:00 a.m. nd 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.) Extension Course in Freehand 'rawving and Painting: Assistant Pro- ssor A. M. Valerio's extension course 1 Freehand Drawing and Painting ill open on Saturday afternoon at o'clock in the School of Architec- ure. This is a noncredit course eeting sixteen weeks and is open to 11 persons who are interested. The uition is $10.00 for the course. Lecture Lecture: The Problem of Evil, by ishop Charles Hampton, Friday, :00 p.m., Michigan League Chapel. his is the last of a series of three ectures given under the auspices of he Ann Arbor Theosophical Society. Che public is cordially invited. Exhibitions Architectural Building Exhibition: 3atiks and block prints made and de- igned by students in Decorative De- ign are on view in the ground floor orridor of the Architectural Build- ng. The exhibit will be open daily rom nine to six o'clock, through Sat- irday, Dec. 7. The public is cordially nvited. Delta Epsilon Pi meeting at the Vlichigan Union at 7:30 p.m. Friday. [mportant meeting. All members are arged to be prompt. Vocational Guidance Group: Be- ause of the holiday, the Vocational Guidance Group which ordinarily neets on Thursday, will meet with A4iss Muxen, Friday evening, 7:15, at Lane Hall. Graduate Outing Club will meet at Lane Hall Saturday, Nov. 30, 3:00 p.m., for a hike to be followed by supper at thexWomen's Athletic Building (Approximately 30 cents). In the evening there will be a swim- ming and recreational games at the Intramural Building for those who wish at an additional fee of 15 cents. All Graduate Students are cordially invited to attend. Young People's Society of the Pres- byterian Church will hold a "Hard Times" party Friday night at the Church House, 1432 Washtenaw. There will be games, dancing, re- freshments, and prizes for the best "Hard Times" costumes. Presbyter- ian students and their friends cor- dially invited. Stalker hall: Party for all Metho- dist Students and their friends Fri- day evening at 8:30. Games, re- freshments, dancing. Small charge for refreshments. Lutheran Student Club: An ex- perimental deputation plan will be tried at the meeting of the Luther- an Student Club Sunday evening, Nov. 31, in the parish hall of the Zion Lutheran Church on East Washing- ton Street. Mr. Rolf Haatvedt is deputation head and Mr. Gearhard Naeseth, president of the club, and Miss Dorothy Williams will give talks. This committee will go to nearby towns and put on programs for Luth- er League meetings. They plan to THE SCREEN AT THE MICHIGAN IT'S IN THE AIR" A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture star- ring Jack Benny, with Ted Healy, Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton, and Mary Car- lisle, etc. If you're one of the unfortunates who is forced to spend Thanksgiving Day far from the family hearth, here's one way to get cheered up - see "It's In The Air." There isn't a thing serious about it, but the laughs (not by actual count) average about one each minute, with Jack Benny and Ted Healy supplying the impetus As for the cast as a whole, there couldn't have been better choices than those which put Benny and Healy in the main roles, with Pendleton and Una Merkel bringing in the secondary laughs and Mary Carlisle the pulchri- tude. Benny is a natural in that he never appears to be acting. Instead one gets the impression that he's jus having a normal chat. And Healy needs no praise other than to say that he is as funny as ever, and Pen- delton the same. The story finds Calvin Churchil (Benny) and Major McGurkt(Healy indulging in wholesale sports rack eteering, but the minions of the law get too close sohthey abdicate to Cali fornia's sun-kissed shores, where w meet Mrs. Churchill (Una Merkel who has left her mate because of hi liking for other people's money. Chur chill has borrowed a plane on the pretense that he's looking for a spo from which to start a stratospher flight, and eventually finds himsel stuck with the story so that he, an McGurk, have to go through with i The rest of the laughs come whe they get up in the air, 14 mile and set a new record, meanwhile sur viving all sorts of terrific hardship , t Z y1 A e Il )v e )f is e >t ,e if d t. n Is, r- s, Ten Years Ago From The Daily Files Of Nov. 27, 1925 Benny Friedman, star quarterbackf of the Wolverine team this year, and- captain-elect of the 1926 eleven, spurned the offer to play professionalc football against Red Grange in Flor- ida on Christmas day. "The United States Senate willc approve entrance into the Worldf Court at the next session," said ex-f Governor William E. Sweet of Colo- rado last night. The army court martial trying Col.t William Mitchell for publicly assailing army and navy air service manage-1 ment approaches its end today after1 four weeks of testimony.1 Dr. Clarence W. Spears, head foot-I ball coach at the University of Minne- sota, said here today that there was' no basis for the report that he was considering relinquishing his position+ 1 1