PAGE TOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY A T'T7TiT)A, I , T) l I RKT¢T ', " 193 ?AOE FOUR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 193~ THE MICHIGAN DAILY - U Publisned 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 or 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;I by maii,-$4.50. Representatives : National Advertising Service, Inc.,. 420 Madison Ave., New York City; 400 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. Gauss' indictment will not apply to him. He must grasp the fact that it is not the facts we learn in college that are importan,t but the knowledge of how to learn. Of course these accusations can always be an- swered by a shrug of the shoulders, implying that they may apply to other universities, but not to our own. However, if the shoe fits, put it on. Just Another Naval Conference.... O SAY that the London Naval Con- ference which opened yesterday cannot accomplish anything is probably incorrect, to say that it will not is probably the truth. The British electorate three weeks ago returned the National Government to power on a manifesto which advocated a great increase in all arma- m~ents, and especially in regard to the navy. Japan, with its militaristic faction still in power, intends to make a claim for naval parity with Great Britain and the United States. Italy has announced to the world that she wants and will demand a navy equal to that of France. The only ray of hope for the Conference, besides the solace that a meeting was called to discuss naval armaments, lies in the fact that the United States delegates have been instructed to oppose any increase in the world's burden of naval costs - which, in effect, means the advocacy of the status quo. Despite the extremely black outlook for what the conference may do, it can do a great deal. This depends upon whether the delegates realize that the impending armament race can have no other result than war, a war that might mean the end and decline of western civilization. And perhaps what the conference accomplishes de- pends even more upon whether the delegates do not talk in generalities, get down to facts and face the situation squarely, resolve to do something about it, and a're not satisfied with merely limit- ing a nation to the number of cruisers or sub- marines its budget will stand. But that is being over optimistic. 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: Thomas H. Kleene, Chairman; Clinton B. Conger, Richard G. Hershey, Ralph W. Hurd, Fred Warner Neal, Bernard Weissman. Reportorial Department: Thomas E. Groehn, Chairman; IElsie A. Pierce, Guy M. Whipple, Jr. Editorial Department: John J. Flaherty, Chairman; 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 BUSINESS MANAGER ..........GEORGE H. ATHERTON CREDIT MANAGER .... . ....JOSEPH A. ROTHBARD WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER ....MARGARET COWIE WOMEN'S SERVICE 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 ittman. NIGHT EDITOR: FRED WARNER NEAL Are We Being Educated?... THE TITLE of Dean Christian Gauss' article in the current Saturday Evening Post, "Why Don't College Graduates Stay Educated?" is either slightly misleading, or else more than slightly satirical, because the essence of his article is that they were never educated in the first place. It is a sad commentary on higher education when the dean of Princeton University, who is also a graduate of the University of Michigan, points out that if 100 picked graduates of the best col- leges of liberal arts in the country were subjected to tests, not even the most intelligent expert culd guess what were the liberal arts in which they have supposedly been trained. The greatest single obstacle that bars any sig- nificant advance in American college education, is, according to Dean Gauss, the intellectual smug- ness of the college graduate. He so completely ex- plodes the myth that a mere piece of parchment paper can transform an individual of only average mentality into a "super brain-truster," who can intelligently devote himself to a scholarly or cul- tural ideal, that the outraged alumnus is left no come-back. Education should serve to enlarge the under- standing, but how much enlargement has the typical graduate obtained? Usually his sole inter- est in his alma mater is in its football team, and he is more concerned with having the coach re- moved if the team has a poor season than he is with valuable research work done by its faculty. Dean Gauss paints a discouraging picture of the intellectual condition of the average alumnus, who has his Bachelor of Arts degree neatly framed, but it is even more discouraging when we consider that every year thousands of undergraduates are grist for the same mill. How then can we expect thatthe alumni of 1945 will be any better than those of 1935? d Even in regard to vital problems of the day, it is not the college graduates as a group who take the lead in insisting on an intelligent and fair solution. Their complacent acceptance of the status quo would lead us to believe that no reforms are needed in' the United States, that we are living in an idyllic Golden Age. They seem to be blind to the fact that if the great army of graduates, whose number Dean Gauss estimates at 3,000,000, united and demanded action, such problems as crime, political corrup- tion, and unemployment could be more easily solved. As individuals, some alumni may be interested in reform,'but as a group they have accomplished nothing. It is not the college graduates who are struggling to establish world peace. "Although no higher education worthy of the name can exist, for instance, if freedom of inquiry is threatened," Dean Gauss writes, "yet college graduates as such made no protest during the Scopes trial.' Yet as he points out, the alumni are not alto- gether to blame for their predicament. What he terms their "fatty degeneration" is caused by the fact that they never received the proper train- ing while they were in-college. Obviously then, if we are to accomplish anything in changing. the type of graduates who every June are receiving their degrees by the thousands, we must begin by changing the attitude of the present undergrad- uates. The chief fault with the present system; Dean Gauss says, is that the university does not equip the student with an "intellectual self-starter." During his college career, the student goes to f I' [ THlE FORUM Letters published in this column should not be1 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. Contributors are asked to be brief, the editors reserving the right to condense all letters of over 300 words and to accept or reject fetters upon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the campus. Criticism4 To the Editor: The critic has his duties; he must judge. Whe- ther he likes it or not, he is bound to point out wherein an artist fails as well as wherein he succeeds. The critic is measured by the subtlety of his discriminations; and unless he does dis- criminate he is little else than a more or less skill- ful propagandist. Need the music reviews in The Daily be quite so timid?c Why not recognize the great contrast in quality between the first and second parts of Kreisler'sN concert Tuesday night? I am sure that hundredsc in the audience perceived it. Was the Daily's" critic obtuse enough to miss the difference? Thatl is extremely improbable. Certainly the reviewer1 must have noticed that Kreisler's fingers, for somec reason (perhaps because they were cold?) failed to follow his heart's desire; with the result that he "flatted" with uncomfortable frequency, that he struck notes which had no place in the score,t that he made tones at which one had to squirm -that, in short, the potential beauty of the first three numbers was not realized, due to faulty technique.- With the playing of the fourth selection, imme- diately before intermission, one was able to un- derstand why Kreisler has won his reputation; the remainder of the concert was on the same high level.l Is not this a distinction it was a critic's duty to remark? -T.A.H. As Others See It Fascist Leagues In France1 (From the New York Herald-Tribune) T IS A CURIOUS but characteristic result of the complicated harassments of present-day French1 democracy that M. Laval, whose handling of an embarrassing international situation has not been seriously challenged and who has won a comfort-, able majority on the economic issues which were supposed to spell his doom, it today meeting the most serious threat of all in the apparently minor issue of the Fascist leagues. Colonel de la Roque and his reputed 250,000 armed and anti-demo- cratic followers have suddenly become the pivot around which the unstable structure of the French politics revolves. This is not altogether because of the danger which the colonel carries for Repub- lican institutions. Few take the vague threats of a coup d'etat very seriously, and even those who fear the rise of a Hitler believe that condi- tions in France are still a long way from those which could make dictatorship a reality. It is not so much that Colonel de la Rocque is a dangerous issue as that he is a convenient one. It was the appearance of the Fascist leagues and the memory of the German experience that drove the Communists and the Socialists into their united front last year; it was the colonel's Croix de Feu and Laval's toleration of it which provided the Radical Socialists with the issue upon which they were able to join the other Left elements. But though the Left front was thus united, it has failed to coalesce; while deriving its strength from The Conning Tower WHEN THE FIRE IS ASH Friend, close your Homer and your Mallory, Make a brave end of reading, for the fire Is ash, as dead as Ilium's memory And cold as Launcelot's ancient desire. Put by your books where they may gather dust: They teach you nothing life taught not of gilt And gleaming metal rotting into rust To join the blood its double edges spilt. You go a far and hurtsful journey, friend, Where flames are flickers under alien skies, To claim inheritance long years bequeath. Though you know this for truth and that for lies, Relentless time cancels both in the end, And beauty's doom is the strong seal of death. HARLAN. Interest in this office was expressed in the case of Shaw v. Shaw. Mrs. Lisa Shaw appearing on Tuesday as her own attorney in defense of a divorce suit brought by her husband, carried a large volume of verse, which she said that she might quote from during the trial. The book was "The Albatross Book of Living Verse," a compila- tion made by Louis Untedmeyer. It is a big book, and contains poems written from the thirteenth century to the present. There are, of modern writers, Kipling, Millay, Frost, Sandburg, Wylie, Teasdale, and many others. What this office won- dered was what poem or poems she might quote and how the defense might be served by such quotation. For it seems to us that poem should get into the Law Reports. CLIPPING, AND THE G.A.N.N. Sir: On p. 74, "Astounding Stories" I find: "'Good,' he clipped." Try that on your tonsorial- istician. I also wish to inform you that I have written the Great American Newspaper Novel. Well, I started it thus-: "See that order is kept in those files," rasped the editor. THORNE REIDE RYDER. Christmas slogan, glimpsed by Emtee, on San Antonio's leading store, Joske Bros.: "Kindly Be Happy.", It seems to us that business phrase- ology is briefer than it used to be;bhence the omis- sion of "And Oblige." It might be considered a tribute to Charles Gates Dawes, of Chicago, that "Of Thee I Sing" was not staged or written until a considerable period after he had discarded his parliamentary garb and returned to civil life. Certainly he was no Winterbottom. - Robert Woodman in the New York Daily Investment News. Never shall we forget the opening chorus: "Throttlegreen for President!" "ROLL CALL" IN HANCOCK COUNTY "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder I'll Be There" sang Mr. Talbot with absolute conviction on Sunday mornings in the Presbyterian Sunday School. He was tall and bony and narrow and wore his Prince Albert closely buttoned. Nobody' could be surer of ethereal transcendency than Mr. Talbot. He got louder and louder, so positive was he. "When the roll is called up yonder (and his little hot, fiery eyes were raised to the plaster ceiling) "I'LL BE THERE!" If he were There, it followed that his four daughters would also be There, and if by chance you did squeeze past St. Peter, there would be those Talbot girls swishing around in white taf- feta, playing their harps as cleverly as they had done everything else back on earth in Hancock County. You could see yourself, still sitting shyly in a corner practicing your harp as earnestly as you did the Czerny exercises - and doing it just as painfully and badly. Mr. Lambie, superintendent of the Sunday School, HE would probably be There, too. Like Mr. Talbot, he was religious and severe and dis- agreeable. "Good morning, teacherth and thco- larth" he would lisp each Sunday. "Good morn- ing, superintendent" was the response, to your deep embarrassment. You could imagine him arriving Up Yonder and saying, "Good morning, Angelth and Minithterth of Grath." Heaven was rapidly losing its enticements, espe- cially as father and mother never seemed to bother much about it. Sundays, father read Bob Inger- soll; and mother, the Chicago Record, and Inter- Ocean. They showed a regrettable lack of interest in the future destination of their souls. Certainly two such agreeable and delightful people would never go to Hell. And in spite of your assiduous Sunday School attendance and the holy glamour you absorbed from Mr. Talbot and Mr. Lambie, it was inconceivable that you would go gallivanting Up Yonder and leave your father and mother in the lurch. Those Talbots and Lambies jumping about briskly to answer the Roll Call! Better, far better, to dismiss it all from your mind and pursue the reasonable course set by your excellent parents., And so you slipped happily away from the church, no longer torn with anxiety as to Where you and your tranquil parents would be When the Roll. Was Called Up Yonder. B. ROSS Yesterday's papers ran the (P) story from San Francisco to the effect that Mrs. Gertrude Ather- ton was going strong at seventy-eight. The Amer- ican's subhead, "Gertrude Atherton Twice Re- juvenated," brings to mind the old saying that a woman is only young three times. "I read an article in last week's Nation," writes the Net Vet, F.A.S.,Jr., "by a Mr. Kinsey Howard. "'He has a looping forehand,' I said. But no one was listening.' By the way, whatever became of his brother, Kinsey Robert? Still in Mexico?" Washington Off The Record By SIGRID ARNE EVER since Harry Hopkins arrived here to be relief administrator, he has worn the same rather battered, gray felt hat. He's the kind who gets attached to a hat and forgets how it looks. Recently he brought home a pup- py. Shortly the pet withdrew behind a davenport and reduced the Hopkins felt to a well-chewed mess. Hopkins hung between going bare-headed all winter or tempting fate by appearing in a new hat. P.S. --He got a new hat. Senators' mail can be rather dull, but this brief message raised some talk. It said: "Dere Congressman: Send me a badge and a gun quick. I no something." THE woman manager of a Wash- ington apartment arrived at the theatre to find the lobby jammed. Her nerves were frayed from a hard day. So she was annoyed when a man's voice behind her cried, "Make way!" "For whom?" she snapped without looking. Immediately she felt a gen- tle pressure on her elbow and a wom- an's, low, amused voice saying: "I don't blame you, my dear. Come on in with me." The voice was Mrs. Roosevelt's. FIELD mice have an NRA all their own, scientists of the biological survey found when they were doing research on fruit tree destruction. It seems the mice are up and about promptly at 6 a.m. for two hours of breakfast hunting. Then they knock off for two hours to get ready for an- other rest, they go to work again at 1 p.m. for an hour. Then they rest until about 3:30 p.m. when they put in the last of their chores. The day's done at 5 p.m. THERE wasmuch scoffing in the army crowd here when one of their enthusiastic hunters decided to try a mechanical "turkey caller" on a hunting trip. The hunter had the last laugh, but not in the way he had planned. He took to the woods and set off his calling device. The mechanical "Gob- ble, gobble!" brought no turkeys but it proved so realistic it attracted several pot shots from other hunters in the neighborhood. THERE's a pair of antagonists who meet every four years at the na- tional Democratic conventions. One-Eyed Connelly arrives for his famous purpose: to get in. Joseph J. Sinnott, the wiry little doorkeeper of the House, arrivesdto keep every one out who is not a delegate. Sinnott wins because he has been attending conventions for 44 years. But at the last convention, and he grins about this, he gave Connelly a small job at the convention hall. STENOGRAPHERS at the bureau of education were busy filing appli- cations. They were rather confused by the one on which a man had writ- ten that his occupation was "curer of souls." --'' "Probably an old-fashioned Bible- thumper," they decided and read on. But the rest of the answers didn't jibe. So they wrote the applicant for an explanation. He meant "soles." He is a tanner by trade. Ten Years Ago From The Daily Files of December 7 1925 Advocating the immediate erection of a stadium seating 75,000 persons as the only possible solution to the present problem of ticket distribution for Wolverine football games, Coach Fielding H. Yost, explained the sit- uation to the University of Michigan Club of Detroit tonight. University officials were notified yesterday that the Michigan High School Principals Association had adopted resolutions endorsing Pres- ident Cook Little's attitude of limiting college admission to only those pupils whose aim is scholastic achievement. Princess Cantacuzene, grand- daughter of Gen. U.S. Grant, will give the fifth lecture of the season of the Oratorical Association tonight in Hill Auditorium speaking on "My Life Here and There." Alumni, faculty, and students will join in producing the semi-monthly "Michigan Night" program to be broadcast tonight from the University Station in University Hall. In an effort to eliminate conges- tion during the fall registration pe- riod, University officials yesterday an- nounced the adoption of a new plan for giving medical and physical ex- aminations to entering students. "Almost a third of the students 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. Evnt SATURDAY, DEC. 7, 1935 VOL. XLVI No. 57 Notices To the Members of the University Council: The next meeting of the University Council will be held Mon- day, Dec. 9, 4:15 p.m., Room 1009 A.H. Student Loans: There will be a meeting of the Committee on Stu- dent Loans on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2:00 p.m., Room 2, University Hall. Stu- dents who have already filed appli- cations with the Office of the Dean of Students should call there for an appointment with the Committee. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received announcements of United States Civil Service Examina- tions for Chief and Principal Engi- neering Draftsmen, (for work on ships), Optional Branches: Marine Engines and Boilers, and Electrical (Ship), salary, $2,300 to $2,600. For further information call at 201 Mason Hall, office hours, 9:00 to 12:00 and 2:00 to 4:00. Smoking in University Buildigs: Attention is called to the general rule that smoking is prohibited in Univer- sity buildings except in private offices and assigned smoking rooms where precautions can be taken and control exercised. This is neither a mere arbitrary regulation nor an attempt to meddle with anyone's personal habits. It is established and enforced solely with the purpose of preventing fires. During the past two years there have been twenty fires in University buildings, seven of which were at- tributed to cigarettes. To be effec- tive, the rule must necessarily apply to bringing lighted tobacco into or through University Buildings -in- cluding such lighting just previous to going outdoors. Within the last few years a serious fire was started at the exit from the Pharmacology Building by the throwing of a still lighted match into refuse waiting removal at the doorway. If the rule is to be en- forced at all its enforcement must be- gin at the building entrance. Further, it is impossible that the rule should be enforced with one class of persons if another class of persons disregards it. It is a disagreeable and thankless task to 'enforce' any rule. This rule against the use of tobacco within the buildings is perhaps the most thank- less and difficult of all, unless it has the willing support of everyone con- cerned. An appeal is made to all persons using the University build- ings - staff members, students and others - to contribute individual co- operation to this effort to protect University buildings against fires. Notice to all Members of the Uni- versity: The following is an extract of a By-Law of the Regents (Chap- ter III-Z, Sections 8 and 9) which has been in effect since September, 1926: "It will hereafter be regarded as contrary to University policy for any one to have in his or her possession any key to University buildings or parts of buildings if such key is not stamped as provided (i.e. by the Buildings and Grounds department). If such unauthorized keys are found the case shall be referi'ed to the Dean or the proper head of the University division involved for his action in accordance with this principle. Any watchman or other proper represen- tative of the Buildings and Grounds Department, or any Dean department head oraother properrUniversity offi- cial shall have the right to inspect keys believed to open University build- ings, at any reasonable time or place. " . ..For any individual to order, have made, or permit to be ordered or made, any duplicate of his or her University key, through unauthorized channels, must be regarded as a spe- cial and willful disregard of the safety of University property." These regulations are called to the attention of all concerned, for their information and guidance. Any per- son having any key or keys to Uni- versity buildings, doors, or other locks, contrary to the provisions recited above, should promptly surrender the same to the Key Clerk at the office of the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. Shirley W. Smith. Academic Notices Geology 11: A make-up field trip for the fourth trip will be given Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 2:00 p.m. Zoology 31 (Evolution): Members of the class desiring help with theii work may come to Room 4097 N.S Monday, Dec. 9, from 2 to 4 p.m. A. F. Shull. Events Of Today All members of the Band report at Morris Hall at 11:45. Drums and bass horns are to be packed so that they can be placed on top of busses ComingE American Chemical Society: The December meeting will be held in Room 303 of the Chemistry Building at 4:15 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 10. Dr. H. R. Crane will speak on "Methods of producing artificially radioactive substances," and Dr. F. J. Hodges will speak on 'Possible uses of short- lived radioactive substances in medi- cine." The first part of the meeting is open to the public. At the con- clusion of the papers the annual business meeting will be held. Mathematical Club will meet on Monday, Dec. 9, 8:00 p.m., 3201 An- gell Hall. Professor W. S. Kimball, of Michigan State College, will speak on "A new approach to the Calculus of Variations." Acolytes will meet Monday, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m. 202 South Wing. Professor Roy Wood Sellars will read a paper on "Social Attitudes and Social The- ories." Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honorary fraternity, will have a supper Sun- day evening at 6:30. Members are requested to sign at the Union desk as usual. An initiation, to be held Dec. 10, will be discussed at the meet- ing, and the Ensian picture question will be taken up. There will be no speaker. Supper is 35c. Genesee Club will meet 4:30, at the Union. All ians are invited to attend. Sunday at Rochester- League of Nations Association: Mo- tion picture, "All Quiet on the Wes- tern Front," Michigan Union, Mon- day, Dec. 9, 8:00 p.m. Rifle Marksmanship: Any girl in- terested in rifle shooting should re- port for instruction at the range in the Women's Athletic Building on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday between four and six o'clock. Michigan Dames Tour Group will meet Monday, Dec. 9, at the Uni- versity Hospital, second floor waiting room. All Dames are cordially in- vited to attend this meeting. Bridge Group of the Michigan Dames will hold its regular meeting at 8 o'clock Tuesday, December 10, Michigan League. The husband's party previously scheduled for this date has been postponed. First Presbyterian Church, Sunday. At 9:45 Dr. Lemon will lead the dis- cussion in the Westminster Forum on the subject, "The Essence of Reli- gion." 10:45, Morning worship service. Dr. Lemon preaches the second in a series of Advent sermons upon the theme "The Making of God's Gentle- man." 5:30, The Westminster Guild Fel- lowship Hour with cost supper. 6:30, Dr. W. D. Henderson of the Extension Division will speak to the Westminster Guild upon the theme, "Human Nature in the Bible." 6:00, The Tuxis Society will hear Dr. Lemon speaking on the subject, 'The Meaning of Life Found in Great Stories. The Young Married Peoples Group of the Church will hold its Christmas party on Tuesday night, Dec. 10. Young married couples of the faculty or among the graduate students con- nected with any Presbyterian church are invited. Each person is asked to bring a ten cent toy. The party will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Kunkel, 1417 South Uni- versity Avenue. Stalker Hall: Class on "The Social Responsibility of a Christian" led by Prof. Lowell J. Carr, Sunday at 12 noon. Wesleyan Guild meeting at 6 p.m. Sunday. Prof. Bennett Weaver will speak on "Literature." Fellow- shipHour at 7 p.m. All Methodist students and their friends are in- vited. First Methodist Church: Dr. C. W. Brashares will preach on "The Book of Books" Sunday at 10:45 a.m. Congregational Church: Sunday. 10:30: President Joseph Brewer of Olivet College, guest speaker. Sub- ject, "Quality versus Quantity in Ed- ucation." Professor Preston Slosson will give the second address in the monthly series on "Great Protes- tants," speaking on Fox and Penn, Prophets of the Inner Light." 6:00, Student Fellowship with sup- per. At seven o'clock President Brew- er will talk on "New Attitudes in College Education." Harris Hall: The regular student meeting will be held in Harris Hall Sunday evening at seven o'clock: Mr. Harold Gray will be the speaker for the evening. His topic is, "An Ex- periment in Community Farming." All Episcopal students and their friends are cordially invited. I