5THE MICHIGAN DAILY sUNDAY,I MARCH 29, 1936 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Bring Lobbying Ii to'The Open.. . 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; by mail, $4.50. Representatives: National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Ave., New York City; 400 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. I3ASSAGE by the House of a measure calling for the registration of all persons engaged in efforts to influence legislation and for detailed statements of contributions, ex- penditures, and salaries strikes a blow at one of the most serious weaknesses of democratic government -its vulnerability to pressure by powerful minority groups. By the proposed law, which has already been sent to the Senate, all partnerships, committees, asso- ciations, and corporations or other organized groups of persons must register with the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House. More- over, detailed reports would be submitted to these officials at the beginning of every month. With such teeth in it, the act can not help but be of some value and benefit. Lobbying is not always an evil and does not always have harmful effects upon governments. Very often a lobbyist group can originate a de- sirable reform which will later result in a benefi- cial law. In the case of such lobbyist groups, registration of their members will meet with little opposition and may even possibly benefit their cause. Unfortunately, however, in many cases lobby- ist activity does more harm than good. Although it is still a subject of controversy, perhaps the public utilities holding company bill of the last session of Congress would have passed if it had not been for, in the words of Representative O'Con- nor, "the $20,000,000 lobby." From the time of Plato on down, democracy has been criticized because of its tendency to per- mit powerful outside groups to influence it unduly and result in its downfall and destruction. The new lobbyist bill of the House is an attempt to make the powerful minority groups come out and' work in the open so the general public, and not a few of the public's representatives, can judge as to the desirability and need for their aims and pro- posals.o [The Conning Tower "MAN'S MORTAL FATE" ("Floods will not be man's mortal fate."- Dorothy Thompson in the Herald Tribune.) These stricken cities will again Challenge the sun with gilded towers, And little homes of prudent men Sit smug among new-planted flowers. Mountains of stone and steel will dam More fearful floods of other years, According to the diagram Of super-super-engineers. Yet where the masonry to thrust Against the devastating spate Of blindness, cruelty and lust? Floods will not be man's mortal fate. MARJORIE MARKS Well, The Conning Tower is Aladdin's lamp. Yesterday we wondered what sweepstakes win- ners had done with their money, and whether they did what they said they were going to do. And in Liberty for March 28, "Sweepstakes Riches," by Will Irwin, tells all those things. And just as we were about to give up reading lists of winners, along comes the name of Mar- garet Powell Swope, who won $500. Her hus- band, Herbert Bayard Swope, is chairman of the Racing Commission, and there will probably be a Senate investigation. Suppose a hearer of a candidate's speech knew no English, and it was necessary to have it in- terpreted. The speech would take an hour or so to deliver. "He say," the interpreter would nut- shell, "Roosevelt no good. He say he good." Elevator Men's Pay Is Taken Up.-Sun head- line. Twenty-four, please, EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Telephone 4925 BOARD OF EDITORS MANAGING EDI'OR.............THOMAS H. KLEENE ASSOCATE EDITOR ..............THOMAS E. GROEHN Dorothy S. Gies Josephine T. McLean William R. Reed DEPARTMENTAL BOARDS Publication Department: Thomas H. Kiene, Chapinu; Clinton B. Conger, Robert Cummis, Richard G. Her- shey, Ralph W. 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T HE AVERAGE student cannot help being a trifle bewildered at the in- consistencies and antitheses that lie criss-crossed between the various departments of the University. It is jarring, to say the least, to transpose one's self from a 9 o'clock in Browning, where the in- dividual is held largely responsible for his own morality, to a 10 o'clock in sociology, where society is held responsible, to an 11 o'clock in psychology, where neither is held responsible and good, or evil, is seen to be merely an interaction of "external stimuli" with "internally-organized" experiences. Perhaps the most wide-spread contrast exists between the engineering and literary colleges. The technically-inclined engineering student pooh- poohs at the general discussion courses on the other side of campus, while literary students generally deplore the "narrow-mindedness" of engineers. The anthropologist is inclined to dismiss with a lofty gesture the "few seconds of time" in which the historian deals, and the music school student arches a sensitive eyebrow over the cult of ma- terialism in the business administration school. A conflict presenting probably one of the most serious obstacles to a student's ordered outlook on life exists between the philosophy and economics department. In the latter talk centers around "getting ahead of the world," around "success," while in the former such success is regarded scorn- fully as "careerism," and abstractions are empha- sized. With such inconsistencies volleying continuously and from all sides at the unarmored student, de- fensive strategy involves a perplexing paradox. How to reconcile the contemporary demand for specialization with the ever-present need for cul- tural broad-mindedness presents a difficult and important problem which must be faced by all undergraduates. It would be useless here to suggest a "middle of the road" course, or attempt to describe the obvious ideal of a "broad-minded specialist." To1 recognize an ideal is easy, to permeate one's self, with the significance of that ideal, to incorporate it into working philosophy of life, is not so easy. There are essentially two methods of achieving such an integrated philosophy of life. The first is by having a superior authority drill it into us,' the second is by constructing it for ourselves through a self-motivated process of integration and organization. The first is the method of dicta-1 torship, the second the way of democracy. The first is exemplified by a notice ,which ap- pears somewhere on the walls of every school building in Italy, and which was copied. down by Prof. Stuart Courtis of the School of Education.1 It reads: "The government demands that the school' aspire to the ideals of the Faschismo and that it be neither hostile, nor strange, nor agnostic to its principles; it demands that the entire school sys-e tem in all its teachings educate the Italian youth to understand the principles of Faschismo so thatl they will become ennobled by living in this his-l torical age created by the Fascist Revolution." The second is exemplified by a plan now being' undertaken by the Progressive Education Asso- ciation under the sponsorship of the National Edu- cation Association. Several million dollars have' been appropriated to finance the college education of nearly 1,000 students each year (during the next{ five to eight years) who have been especially trained in high school to synthesize, organize, in- tegrate or unify what they have learned. Their training, in its emphasis on the philosoph- ical aspect of education, in its devotion to the As Others Sfee It The Adam Smith Boys (From Temple University News) "GOVERNMENT interference - bah!" is the fa- vorite sneer of the rugged individualist, the utility magnate, the Liberty Leaguer, and the gentleman who clips coupons every day between 10 and 11. With unity of thought, the disparagers of gov- enrment interference withdraw from their vest pockets limp-bound copies of Adam Smith's (lais- sez-faire) "Wealth of Nations." "Adam had the right idea," they chorus. Turn- ing to the proper paragraph, they nod their heads in assent to the contention that government inter- ference disturbs the free flow of labor and capital, disturbs the normal balance of economic life; throws the country into chaos. "That's what's the matter with the country," they diagnose. "If the government wouldn't al- ways fuss about minimum wages, maximum hours, collective bargaining, prevention of child labor, and the rest of that stuff, we'd all be much better off. Prosperity would bound around the corner into our laps." They forget that government interference has two sides. Adam Smith might have opposed such concepts I as the NRA principle of minimum wages. But he'd just as surely scorn the monopolies. granted by the 'government to the public utilities magnate, the high tariff, by which the government protects the manufacturer; the patent office, by which the government protects the DuPonts. Remove government interference in the way which Adam Smith meant it to be removed and the coupon-clipper could read Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" for solace every day between 10 and 11. Child Labor Amendment (From The Daily Illini) r 'HE DEATH of the NRA was greeted with a great many opposing reactions and the whole subject is yet one of considerable discussion. But most really intelligent and right-minded persons were agreed that the end of NRA was a distinct disadvantage in one respect. That point is the one involving child labor. Under the NRA one of the few really effective steps towards ending that disgusting practice was taken, but it was retraced with the action of the Supreme Court. Twice previously the Supreme Court has rejected laws aimed at the abolishment of child labor on the grounds that such laws were not in keeping with the Constitution. In response to that view a child labor amendment has been drafted - and lain idle for many years because of the disfavor of such ac- tions engendered by the failure of the prohibition amendment. Twenty-four states have ratified that amend- ment but there is need for 12 more. With the pres- ent emphasis on social security and permanent im- provements in employment methods the time is ready for the action to be completed. No self- respecting member of Congress would dare vote against .a statute on child labor if he was given a mandate from the states. The indecency of employing children of 12 and 14 years of age at starvation wages should be evi- dent to the public and should call forth a wave of indignation that would completely engulf those employers who take advantage of childhood. Among suitable objects for justifiable homicide, say Northwestern University co-eds, is the man who hums while dancing Well, Mr. Gifford, we'd like to know this about telephones: Why don't companies discontinue the service on the date they threaten to. THE CHIME RINGER Most of the tenors and basses in the choir and even one or two oversized altos were envious when Billy Wager was granted the privileges of clanging hymn tunes out of the new chimes. His selection was logical enough; he was the tallest, with the longest reach. Arms had to be long to manipulate those nine wooden levers. They were waist high, and you had to come down upon them with an emphasis that short stature could not achieve. The shorter the man, the higher he had to jump to jam the levers down with sufficient force, and each lever must be released immediately to avoid blurring the .tone of the bell far above. Having alighted on a lever after a vigorous jump, the short man's tendency was to stay there, thus depriving his technique of the necessary staccato. Billy Wager was tall enough to pounce upon the levers from stance. All he had to do was to raise a long arm, let it drop, then let go, and the music soared arund the town while the pigeons circled around the tower in terror. Somebody came up from the McNeely factory in Albany to get Billy off to a flying start. He perspired through rehearsals with the clappers detached from whatever connected to the levers. There was a hospital a mile up the hill and a parochial school just across the street, so Billy's tentative scales and arpeggios and even more tentative chords were wreaked out of the sweat of his elongated brow in charitable silence. There seemed to be an unwritten law that Billy's program a half hour before each service must be opened by a fanfare of scampering scales and galloping arpeggios. That required the breathtaking use of both arms and climaxed in two chords that enlisted the left knee. Hav- ing worried through the preliminaries, Billy would pause to rally whatever breath he had left, then in a single swoop pounce his right hand down on the A lever, his left on the F, and stand- ing like a crane in a brook, wrap his left knee around the C lever. That was t;e penultimate chord. The "men" part of the "amen" was turned out of the tower by a similar triple threat -right hand on the G lever, left on the E and knee again approximating a strangle hold on the C. And he held his balance on that lone long leg all the time. Billy practised so faithfully that the concert which introduced to the town its first towerful of chimes was marred by as few sour bells as might be expected, considering the fact that, with the clappers now attached, he was intro- ducing himself to the full effects of his lever tickling. I'll never forget that night, We choir boys romped all over the church lawn with an abandon that belied the sanctity of the overtones that jelled in the air around us. We saw no incongruity in playing leap frog in time with the slow, majestic beat of "Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin," nor in shouting "Sorry, sorry, hardly knew ya" while Billy with religious fervor flung "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" against the patient stars. We were too young to notice the symbolism of his closing selection. It was "The strife is o'er, the battle won." But not quite won. In the final chord of his tri- umphant "Amen" Billy's left knee missed that C. LESLIE H. ALLEN a rapturous night in the Governor Bryan Hotel, room 947, back in Omaha. -Percy Ham- mond's review of "Idiot's Delight." There may have been a rapturous night in 947, too. But the characters portrayed by Mr. Lunt and Miss Fontanne were in 974, Speaking of songs, if there were no diplomacy, Germany would say to France: And we are wrong, and you are wrong, And all is wrong as wrong could be. It may be imnossihie. Assemblvman Bronnol RADIO By TUURE TENANDER AST week we noted with a tinge pf sadness that the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts had come to an end for this year. However, all is not lost, for word has been received that for the first time the Metropoli- tan Opera will be broadcast during the spring season. Starting Saturday, March 16, the programs will be alter- nated weekly over the Red and Blue networks of NBC. YEHUDI MENUHIN, 19-year-old genius of the violin, who acquired world-wide fame as a child prodigy many years ago, will make his final public appearance before retiring for two years on the concert to be broad- cast at 10 p.m. tonight. Although he may broadcast occasionally over California stations, Menuhin plans to spend the two years resting and studying at his ranch in Santa Cruz. He will resume his concert activities in January, 1938. THE Flying Red Horse Tavern show, starring Beatrice Lillie, Lennie Hayton and his orchestra, and Walter Woolf King as master of ceremonies, is providing plenty of good enter- tainment. "Auntie Bea" seems to be getting better with every broadcast. The skit which went on the air a short while ago, wherein she was leading a group of campfire girls through the wilds of Philadelphia, was every bit all right. Lennie Hay- ton is fulfilling his duties at the piano satisfactorily. ETHEL MERMAN, who acquired considerable radio fame before she appeared in "Anything Goes," will be the guest soloist on Ben Ber- nie's program Tuesday night. After seeing Ethel inhthe movies, we are willing to give her our O.K. She is also a fine vocalist. The Ol' Maestro is doing all right by himself, too. His line of chatter is still the same but it always goes over. Incidentally, al- though his band as a whole does not rank at the top, Bernie has oneof the country's most proficient sax players in Ricardo Domenico "Dick" Stabile. BETTE DAVIS will appear as guest in the Radio Theatre tomorrow night. She will be starred in "Bought and Paid For." THE SCREEN AT THE MAJESTIC "MODERN TIMES" Released through United Artists, writ- ten, directed and produced by Charles Chaplin, starring Charlie Chaplin, and featuring Paulette Goddard. Few pictures live up to the publicity that precedes them; "Modern Times" is one of those. It proves again that Charlie Chaplin is not only a brilliant comedian but that he has an ingen- ious business sense, a rare creative ability, and a remarkable understand- ing of what is going on in the world today-and he has produced an- other picture to which very few Hol- lywood ventures can even hold a candle. Is "Modern Times" funny? It will keep you rolling in the aisles as you watch its diminutive hero wrestling with his position on a production line in a huge factory in which he tightens two bolts on the machinery that is coming through - tightens them so fast and furiously that his muscles go right on with his job after the power is shut off for lunch. You will not be able to restrain yourself as he is subjected to a lunch-feeding machine which is devised to save the factory's time, as it pours soup in his face, stuffs him with bolts and nuts, and wipes his silly little mustache for him. And you will never find any- thing so hilarious as his experiences as a night watchman in a department store, unless it is his venture as a waiter in a night club. Yes, "Modern Times" is funny. You will laugh, all right. But you will also find that you have to take it se- riously. Comedy, for Charlie Chaplin, has become his most expedient sati- rical agent. The hilarity he presents is penetrating, poignant, and thought-provoking; and belly-laugh- ter though it may be, there is his whole outlook on life within it. He jokes about life but never fails to in- fer what he has really found it to be. The story in "Modern Times" is very faint, so faint that°it is only a skeleton on which the more important aspects of the picture are based. There is Charlie, and there is Paulette (neither of them has a name in the picture), and there is the world in which they try to get along. Charlie goes to jail almost every day. Paul- ette is constantly sought by juvenille authorities. One event after another takes place. They both always get worst of it, but in the end they walk down a country road together arm in arm looking for another. Charlie winks with one eye and lets a tear come out of the other ,and those who watch him watch America's greatest contemporary tragi-comed- ian at his best. -C.B.C. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constxrittlve notiCE to all members of the WOiversity. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President natU 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. (Continued from Page 3) Combustion of Aldehydes and Hy- drocarbons" on Monday, March 30, 4:15 p.m., Room 303, Chemistry Bldg. The lecture, which is under the aus- pices of the University and the Ameri- can Chemical Society, is open to the 1public. Concert Graduation Recital: Margaret Jane Kimball will appear in a piano re- cital in partial fulfillment for the de- gree of Master of Music, in the School of Music Auditorium on Maynard Street, Tuesday, March 31, at 8:15 p.m., to which the general public, with the exception of small children, is invited, at which time she will play the following program: Antiche Danze ed Arie ... Respighi Gagliarda (Galilei, 155) Italiana (Ignote, XVI) Siciliana (Ignote, XVI) Passacaglia (Roncalli, 1692) Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110 . Beethoven Moderato cantabile molto espres- sivo Allegro molto Adagio ma non troppo Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo Prelude, Chorale and Fugue . .Franck Miroirs ...................... Rayel Oiseaux tristes Une barque sur l'Ocean Alberade del gracioso Exhibition Exhibition, Architectural Building: A collection of drawings representing the work of the schools affiliated with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is now on view in the third floor exhibition room of the Architectural Building. Open daily 9 t 5 except Sunday, through March ,31 The public is cordially invited. Events Of Today Stalker Hall: 12 noon, Class led by Dr. Bessie Kanouse on "Developing the Chris- tian Personality." 6 p.m. Wesleyan Guild Meeting. There will be a discussion led by members of the group on "What Kagawa's Religion Means to Me." 7 p.m., Fellowship Hour and supper. All Methodist students and their friends are cordially invited to all of these meetings. First Methodist Church: At 10:45 a.m., Dr. Brashares will preach on "Christ's World." Stu- dents are cordially invited to attend. Congregational Church: 10:30, Service of worship and re- ligious education. Mr. Heaps' sermon subject is "Why the Congregational Church?" Professor Slosson will lecture on "Kant, Philosopher of Peace and Freedom," the last in the series on "Men of Thought." 6:00, Dr. E. W. Blakeman, Counsel- or in Religious Education, will speak on "The Challenges of Kagawa's Co- operatives," following the supper hour." Roger Williams Guild: 12:00 noon. Student class at Guild House. Mr. Chapman. 6:00 p.m., Dr. W. D. Baten of the department of mathematics will ad- dress the students on "Anticipating the Cross." Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Services of worship are: 8:00 a.m., Holy Communion; 9:30 a.m., Church School; 11:00 a.m., Kindergarten; 11:00 a.m. Morning prayer and ser- mon by The Reverend Frederick W. Leech. Church of Christ (Disciples) : 10:45 a.m., Church worship service., Rev. Fred Cowin, Minister. 12 noon, Students' Bible Class. H. L. Pickerill, campus minister, leader. 6 p.m., Social hour. 15c supper served. The remaining two Sundays before Spring Vacation the Guild will co- operate with the University Peace Council in a program of peace educa- tion. This Sunday evening, March 29, the Guild will have charge of the evening church service at 7:30 p.m. and will present a play, "Peace I Give Unto You," by Dorothy Clarke Wilson. Students and residents of the community are cordially invited. This service at 7:30 will take the, place of the usual 6:30 discussion hour. Please note the change of time. First Presbyterian Church: At the Masonic Temple, 327 S. Fourth St. Ministers: William P. Lemon and Norman W. Kunkel. 9:45 a.m., Westminster Student Forum, Mr. Kunkel, leader. Sub-' ject: "What is the Most Aggressive Thing in the Spiritual Life?" 10:45 a.m., Morning worship with sermon by Dr. Lemon on the theme,1 "A Certain Lost Art." 5:00 p.m., Westminster Roundtable will discuss the question, "Does Pray- minister, will speak on "The Power of a Great Decision." At 9:30 the Church School meets. At 9:45 Dr. Waterman's class meets at Guild House. Harris Hall: 9:30 a.m. there will be a celebra- tion of the Holy Communion in the Chapel at Harris Hall. Sunday, 7:00 p.m., there will be the regular student meeting. There will be three student speakers on the program and opportunity for dis- cussion. All students and their friends are cordially invited. Trinity Lutheran Church: Henry O. Yoder, Pastor. 9:15 a.m., Church school. 10:30 a.m., Church worship ser- vice with sermon on "The Cross and Christian Service-Inseparable." This sermon will conclude a series of ser- mons on the inseparables of the Christian Service. 5:30, Student Fellowship and sup- per hour in Zion Lutheran Parish Hall. 6:30 p.m., Talk by Dr. Henry San- ders on Biblical Manuscripts. All students are invited. Lenten Service on Wednesday eve- ning at 7:45 with sermon on Voices at Calvary. Zion Lutheran Church: Ernest C. Stellhorn, pastor. 9:00 a.m.,.Church School. 10:30 a.m., Church service with sermon by the pastor on "Glorifying Christ." 5:30 p.m., Fellowship and supper hour of student club. 6:30 p.m., Talk by Dr. Henry San- ders on Biblical Manuscripts. All students are invited. Services will be held on Wednesday and Thursday evening at 7:30. Ger- man service on Wednesday. Medi- tation for this week will be on The Seventh Word from the Cross. Lutheran Student Club: Prof. Hen- ry A. Sanders, of the Latin Depart- ment, will be the guest speaker at the meeting this evening, in the par- ish hall of Zion Lutheran Church on East Washington Street. The subject of his talk will be "Biblical Manu- scripts." The talk will follow supper at 6. Hillel Foundation: Forum at 8:00 p.m. Dr. Heller will speak on "Plight of the Polish Jew." The Forum will be followed by a social. All are wel- come. Unitarian Church, today, 5:30, Twilight Service-"Nikolai Lenin- The Proletariat are also People." Special music and readings. 7:30 p.m., Liberal Student's Union, Miss Florence Binell will talk on "Patent Medicine Palliatives." Scalp and Blade Spring initiatioin at 3 p.m., starting from the Library steps. The formal initiation will fol- low at 5 p.m. A banquet in honor of the new members will be given at 6:30 p.m. Professor Bracket, of the English Department, will speak. Members will please attend." Triangles, meeting at 11 a.m.. the Union, Room number will posted. at be { Genesee Club meeting at 5 p.m. at the Union. Coming Events Chemistry Colloquium will meet Wednesday, April 1, 4:15 p.m., Room 303 Chemistry Building. Mr. G. M. Kosolapoff will speak on "Quinonoi- dation of Acridyl Chlorides." Graduate Education Club meeting Monday, March 30, 4:00 p.m., in the Elementary School Library. Dr. Wil- liam C. Olson will talk on the sub- ject "Education of Children in Europe Today." All graduate students in ed- ucation are invited to attend. Phi Beta Kappa: The annual meet- ing for the election of officers and new members and the transaction of routine business of the Chapter will be held on Thursday, April 2, 4:15 p.m., Room 2203 Angell Hall. All members are urged td be present. U. of M. Public Health Club invites its membei's to attend a meeting Monday, March 30, at the League. The meeting will commence with a short and interesting talk by a speak- er whom we all know. The rest of the time will be devotqd to future plans for an outdoor party. The meeting will begin at 8:00 p.m. promptly. Alpha Kappa Delta meeting Tues- day, March 31 at 5 p.m. Room D, Ha- ven Hall. Election of new members will be held at this time. Faculty-Alumni Dance: The last dance of the series will be held on Wednesday, April 1, at 9:30 p.m., in the Michigan Union ballroom. Tuesday afternoon Play Reading Secion onte acsultWmen'sClu