FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 1936 THE MICHIGAN DAILY THE MICHIGAN DAILY r' -- 1936 Member 1937 issocited CAe6ide Press Distributors of Cole6itde Di6est Published 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. Board of Editors MANAGING EDITOR ..............ELSIE A. PIERCE ASSOCIATE EDITOR ........... FRED WARNER NEAL ASSOCIATE EDITOR.........MARSHALL D. SHULMAN George Andros Jewel Wuerfel Richard Hershey Ralph W. Hurd Robert Cummins Clinton B. Conger Departmental Boards Publication Department: Elsie A. Pierce, Chairman; Tuure Tenander, Robert Weeks. Reportorial Department: Fred Warner Neal, Chairman; Ralph Hurd, William E. Shackleton, William Spaller. Editorial Department: Marshall D. Shulman, Chairman; Robert Cummins, Arnold S. Daniels, Joseph S. Mattes, Mary Sage Montague, Elsie Roxborough. Wire Editors: Clinton B. Conger, Richard G. Hershey; associates; I. S. Silverman. Sports Department: George J. Andros, Chairman; Fred DeLano and Fred Buesser, associates, Raymond Good- man, Carl Gerstacker, Clayton Hepler, Richard La- Marca. Women's Department : Jewel. Wuerfel, Chairman : Eliza- beth M. Anderson, Elizabeth Bingham, Helen Douglas, Margaret Hamilton, Barbara J. Lovell, Katherine Moore, Betty Strickroot, Theresa Swab. Business Department BUSINESS MANAGER................ JOHN R. PARK ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGER . WILLIAM BARNDT WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER........JEAN KEINATH Departmental Managers Jack Staple, Accounts Manager; Richard Croushore, Na- tional Advertising and Circulation Manager; Don J. Wilsher, Contracts Manager; Ernest A. Jones, Local Advertising Manager; Norman Steinberg, Service Manager; Herbert Falender, Publications and Class- ified Advertising Manager. NIGHT' EDITOR: I. S. SILVERMAN Playing. With Figures-... weakened finance, of which devaluation is evi- dence, and the poverty of the people, which de- valuation aggravates, may well lead Mussolini again to war as an outlet for discontent. At any rate, newspaper accounts of the de- valuation decree in Italy made us glad once again that we live in the United States, for all its rainy weather. In order to achieve the worthy purpose of keeping capital in securities, for in- stance, Mussolini resorted to the dictatorial prac- tices of compelling all owners of real estate to subscribe five per cent of the capital value of the property to a government loan, at the same time increasing the real estate tax three and one half lira per thousand. Very kindly, Mussolini allowed limited liability companies to distribute dividends in excess of six per cent, a thing once forbidden, but only against sharply graduated levy taxes. If we rightly recall, the Roosevelt administra- tion, three years ahead of Italy in devaluation, allowed its "subjects" to make up their own mind what they would do with their money. THE FORUM) Letters published in this column should not be construedsas expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous contributions will be disregarded. The naves 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 more than 300 words and to accept or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the campus. Explanation Wanted To the Editor: It would be interesting to several hundred University students to know who or what is responsible for the deplorable condition existing in the music school in regard to the recently called Choral Union tryouts. Tryouts were called for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week for two hours each ofternoon. Each day at' least 100 students have stood in line for two hours and at least half of them have been turned away at the end of that time. These students are interested in Choral Union because of the opportunity it gives them to ex- press themselves in music and to hear good music. However, these people have classes and other activities to take up their time. Many students have waited at least two hours for two days in succession only to be turned away. Tak- ing anywhere from six to ten minutes for each tryout, no more than 12 people at the most can be accommodated in an hour, yet the music school allows 75 or 100 students to stand in line hoping for a chance. One would judge that there must be more than one person on the music school faculty capable of trying out student voices, thus mak- ing things move in a manner efficient to suggest the operations of a large university instead of a line-up for a small-town bank night. The tryouts were supposed to last through Wednesday and it was announced before tryouts started on that day that the soprano section was already closed, which is certainly unfair to many capable singers. In years previous the tryouts have been con- ducted by a number of people on the music school faculty and the reason for the incon- venient and time-wasting change in the method demands explanation. If proper thought had been given to the situation some other arrange- ment, alphabetical or numerical might have been devised so that those people who had been wait- ing for days could resume their former places on the following day. This is no personal "gripe," but the combined opinion of a large number of students questioned while standing in line. We would all appreciate an explanation of this situation from the music school-S-S.C.H., '37A Local Politics To the Editor: All through my years in the University of Michigan the professors impressed upon us students the necessity for intelligent thinking; our responsibility as citizens, they said, was to study the facts and think things through be- fore making our decisions on economic, social and political issues. In view of this very sound advice, it is surprising to me to know that those wards in Ann Arbor in which the faculty men reside are among the heaviest Republican wards in the State. Those Republicans wards have re-elected to office for twelve years a Probate Judge in Wash- tenaw County who is not even a lawyer. The Probate Judge has the highly technical task of probating all wills; a task requiring thorough legal training. Yet this man never set foot in a law school in his life, unless to look at they architecture. The Prosecuting Attorney is a Republican now seeking a fourth term when in his first campaign for the position he had advertised in the papers that he promised the people never to seek a third term to office. Sim- ilar disturbing facts could be mentioned as to the other Republican incumbents who are in office because the lethargic faculty fails to practice what it preaches to us students. The Democrats offer on their local ticket a candidate for Probate Judge, Harold D. Golds, who is a lawyer and a Michigan grad. They offer as Prosecut- ing Attorney Hubert Thompson, graduate of the Michigan Law School. .They offer as Circuit Court Commissioners Arthur Lehman and Jo- seph Zwerdling, both graduates of Michigan Law School. Zwerdling is a Phi Beta Kappa and honor student in Law School. Lehman was also an honor student. These are the calibre of men the Democratic party offers here in Washtenaw County. Will the faculty practice what it preaches, and vote intelligently for competent men, whatever their ticket? Or will they cling to an illogical and slavish adherence'ptontraditinnll nif+,. ,r' BENEATH* *** ****** ITALL ,,,% By Bonth Wiiam s,- THE FRESHMEN STAKES. Purse: Greatest number of pledges. For Tongs, Frats and Hatchet Clubs. Thirteen days over the inter- fraternity course with a delayed decision. En- tries who have served no breakfast and drunk no beer since September 27 allowed 2 men; non piano playing houses 2 men, non hot-boxers 5 men. All other entries at scratch. No appren- tices allowed. "-the horses are bunched very closely as they come out of the turn, it's impossible to see who's in front; the boys are taking to the whip as they hit the top of the stretch. A couple of early sprinters are out of the pic- ture, but most of the good horses are still in it. I can make out the colors of a Washtenaw entry out by a neck now, a State street horse is coming up very fast on the outside. There's dirty riding here, folks, and steward George Cosper will undoubtedly set a lot of these boys down. "-in the stretch now it's Collitch Boy by one, Lower Housebills by a head, and then Happy Dormitory, No Mortgage, Hoisted Trou, Ra Ra, and the field. "The gap's closing, Collitch Boy is slipping, back; Lower Housebills is all through, Ra Ra's out of it, so is Happy Dorm., the routers are com- ing fast now, Balanced Budget, no Lower House- bills came again, and here comes Strong Na- tionally on the outside. He can't get up, but he did, folks, a beautiful bid. It looked like a blanket finish to me. The camera apparatus hasn't been perfected as yet so results will not be official until Monday evening. "-it's a great scene down here on the track now, the jockeys are weighing in before Judge Bursley. The horses are blanketed over and be- ing taken down, according to my operator on the track, they're being taken down to the Pretzel Bell. The jockeys, obviously under great tension throughout this gruelling grind are slap- ping each other on the back and arguing about who won. Johnny Becker, Ted Allen, Herb Baker, Carl Gerstacker, Don Effler, Dick Coombs, Nor Steinberg, Murray Campbell, Dick Kendrick and Bob Hendricks are gathering their clans about them down there. The boys are kidding them, and telling them what a great job they've done, and now the trainers and stable boys are each grabbing their respective rider and they're off to celebrate." The tension is broken, but the verdict won't be announced until Tuesday when the Freshman Trophy winner is announced. Watch Tuesday's Daily for an account of how they ran with the form -chart of the race. * * * * BENEATH IT ALL: Foster Campbell is now a General Electrician in Schenectady. Prof. Heneman of the Poly Sci department is an ar- dent professional football fan, and also smokes Cork Town tobacco in a brown pipe, in addition to which he has a weakness for feeding round nickels to those handicapping baffle boards. Prof. Art Van Duren is an inhabitant of Swift's drug store between classes, and also during all World Series encounters. Prof. Bruce Donaldson bought a new Packard with his bonus and is a trout fisherman of no small repute, as is Herr Haines in the Journalism department. Jack Healey and Jake Flaherty, ex-tycoons of The Daily are now working on a sheet in Battle Creek. Tom Groehn turned down a job on the same paper. Harvey Patton has turned reporer and is now covering the Ann Arbor sports beat for The News. He takes the place of John Thomas, ex- sports editor of The Daily, who did the job and also managed to get through law school at the same time. Bill Reed for the Free Press, and Patton are rooming together and trying to do the same thing. Vic Heyliger is another Michigan athlete who figures going to school is too easy. Tokyo Government in dealing with the Chinese irregulars responsible, a serious Sino-Japanese outbreak seems unlikely. Japanese editorials evidence some impatience with the failure of the Nanking Government to deal effectively with anti-Japanese demonstrations, but advise no more stringent action than that which a parent might employ in attending to an incorrigible child. The incident does bring to the fore, how- ever, the question of future outbreaks, not only in the Chinese domain, but on the other asiatic fronts as well. Much more serious than a war involving China and Japan, and certainly more threatening than an American-Japanese conflict, is the awesome specter of a Russo-Japanese war. Ever since the Manchurian outbreak changed the geog- raphy of the Far East, rumors of such an im- pending occurrence have been freely circulating. Japanese writers, keen observers of the asiatic scene seem to agree that the chances of hos- tilities with the Soviet in the immediate future are steadily diminishing. The two countries are all too conscious of one another's strength, they feel. The Russians, at the time of the Manchurian affair, fearful of Japanese en- croachments, have since developed a border bristling with arms, and have made it known that they intend not to cede "an inch of Rus- sian soil." The Japanese have not mistaken Rus- sian sincerity . in this matter and apparently would not risk a conflict with the Soviet Union unless - deliberately provoked. The mutual re- spect for one another's capacities, however, have removed the element of provocation to such an extent that at least a temporary guarantee against war remains. Not so assuring are the SCREEN Wherefore Art Thou, Box Office? By ARTHUR C. GLADD (From the Daily Northwestern) THEY have made a movie in Holly- wood called "Romeo and Juliet," and you have probably seen it. The producers gratefully acknowledge their debt to William Shakespeare, which is very white of the producers. It is statistically interesting to note that the two million dollars spent by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in manufac- turing this film would not only have enabled William Shakespeare to build a dozen super-playhouses - gilded Globes-buthalso could have pur- chased for him most of the London of his day. "Romeo and Juliet" is the second of Shakespeare's plays to be adapted to the screen, but unfor- tunately it is probably not the last. Exit Excitement The producers were motivated, no doubt, by a belief in the universality )f Shakespeare's plays. Their poten- tial appeal to people of all classes and all ages has been admitted by scholars down through the centuries. Of course, very few people read Shake- speare for excitement, nowadays. This is because very few people are equipped to enjoy him. Earnest stu- dents find him a lot of fun. The Globe Theatre organization, at Chi- cago's World's Fair, proved that he could be made a lot of fun to an increasing number of people, and this suggested that, if Shakespeare could be presented in the right way, he might be made a lot of fun to every- body, just as he was in the days of Elizabeth. His Universality The Globe Theatre organization was on the right track. Hollywood is not. Hollywood seeks to popularize Shakespeare through million dollar sets, lavish scenery, and great cinema names. Shakespeare scholars are im- ported to aid production-may Ham- let's ghost haunt them! Historians are shipped in to authenticate the settings. And these are made ac- curate and stupendous, even beyond the bard of Avon's imagination. For surely he had not the picture of fif- teenth century Verona which these historians give us. He knew not these minute details of costume. Certainly it is not Shakespeare's encyclopedic knowledge of history and places which makes his appeal universal. Nor is it his skill i plot weaving. He has never been handed laurels for either of these.His claim to universality lies in the beauty of his language-the powerful way he could express emotion, through his characters. It is by showing that his emotional expression is just as valid for moderns as it was for Elizabeth- ans, that Shakespeare canzbe pop- ularized. The Globe Theatre organi- zation, with true Elizabethan infor- mality, succeeded in doing this. One could realize, when they performed, that human nature had not changed since Shakespeare's time. The full meaning of the Bard's language was brought out. If Hollywood has succeeded, its "Romeo and Juliet" should hold au-I diences glued to their seats in the same fashion that "Death Takes a Holiday," and "The Front Page" did. It will be naive to say that since I, was not so held, neither was the rest of the audience-but that is all I can go by. Shakespeare's language was lost for me in the magnificent set- tings: I doubt whether anyone who was- not a Shakespeare student left the theatre reciting to himself frag- ments of beautiful passages heard. And is not that the test of Shake- speare? I think the strongest im- pression the movie left was that of beautifully dressed actors who moved, dripping with emotion, through fairy- land scenery. Certainly there is some-! thing moving about a combination of these three. But is it Shakespeare?c Terrific I As people pushed outward through the foyer, you could hear Babbitt terms like "marvelous," "grand," and tremendous" in free circulation. Yes, SHollywoodsis marvelous, grand, and tremendous. It is also colossal. It is quite simple to say that some- thing is "grand." And it is just as, easy to believe it. There is a sort of self-hypnosis, where art is con- cerned, under the spell of which people will think that an emaciatedr ascetic, reading Sanskrit before a pale pink backdrop, is ineffably touching. Especially if they knew they were supposed to think it so. But It's Art So Hollywood is not popularizing Shakespeare-or even making him richer to his educated following. It is capitalizing upon human weakness, upon the piteous human notion that what is art must be enjoyed. There is no sadder spectacle in life than that of an individual forcing himself to have a good time. And art appre- ciation can call forth such gritting of teeth, such tenacity! Yes, and if Hollywood were to pro- duce an Alger opus-with a who's who cast of stellar names, and per- haps Leslie Howard as Jack, the Young Bootblack-it could, with the' help of two million dollars, make it' just as profound as "Romeo and Ju- liet." And if people thought that Jack, the Young Bootblack was great literature-as indeed some do-the theatres would be filled to capacity. But let us not be fooled. i B YHIS SPEECH last Thursday evening the President would have us believe that through the influence of his New Deal national income has increased from 38 bil- lion dollars in 1932 to around 60 billion dollars in 1936. While these figures are themselves attacked by Republican leaders, we will accept them at their numerical value. The thing that the President, and for that matter most of us, did not take into considera- tion is the fact that while income went up the purchasing power of the dollar decreased, due in part to the 59 cent dollar, the drought, the AAA and general returning prosperity. Bureau of Labor statistics (with the 1926 dollar as a base) show the purchasing power of the dollar to have been around 152 in 1932 and to be about 126 at the present time-a 20 per cent decrease in purchasing power. We must reduce all state- ments on national income to a common base before we pass judgment on them.' As we have said, the general rise in prices throughout the nation (according to the whole- sale index) is something like 20 per cent. Simple mathematics show the 38 billion 1932 income to equal about 46 billion 1936 dollars or the 60 billion 1936 income to equal something like 48 billion 1932 dollars. Thus we see that the President is wrong in claiming a 22 billion dollar increase in na- tional income-the real increase in national income being the important thing. Similarly, his opponents are wrong when they show a great dollar difference between 1932 and 1929, the 1929 income being about 53 billion 1932 dollars. Figures in ' terms of dollars mean nothing, relative values of dollars do-this is the fact that must be borne in mind during the present presidential campaign. Italy Devalues... THE DEVALUATION of the Italian lira, unlike that of the franc, came as something of a surprise. Whereas the French currency had been waver- ing for a considerable period, the Italian mone- tary system was able to be held in place by dic- tatorial government decrees. And although there is no doubt that business will profit by the action of its dictator, largely through an in- creased foreign trade, nevertheless Mussolini's cooperation with the great powers was not ex- actly anticipated. Especially is the Italian action enlightening in view of Adolf Hitler's refusal (in effect) to de- value the mark or enter into international agree- ments for stabilization. The two fascist coun- tries have been tending in the past to work more THURSDAY. OCT. 8, 1936 VOL. XLVII No. 10 Notices Notice to Freshmen: Those stu- dents who missed one or more of the psychological tests required of all entering freshmen will be expected to take the make-up examinations given Thursday and Friday afternoons, Oct. 8 and 9, in Room 1025 Angell Hall. Those who missed the English ex- amination should report at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. Those who missed the psychological examination should report at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9. These examinations take preced- ence over all other appointments in- cluding class work. Be on time. C. S. Yoakum, Vice-President College of Literature, Science and the Arts, School of Music, and School of Education: All students, now in residence, who received marks of In- complete or X at the close of their last term of attendance, must com- plete work in such courses by the end of the first month of the present semester, Oct. 28. Where illness or other unavoidable circumstances make this impossible, a limited exten- sion of time may be granted by the Administrative Board of the Literary College, the Administrative Commit- tee of the School of Education, grthe Director of the School of Music, pro- vided a written request, with the approval and signature of the in- structor concerned is presented at the Registrars office, Room 4, University Hall. In cases where no supplementary grade is received and no request for additional time has been filed, these marks shall lapse into E grades. To the Members of the University Council: The first meeting of the University Council, for the year 1936- 1937, will be held Monday, Oct. 12, at 4:15 p.m., in Room 1009 Angell Hall. Louis A. Hopkins, Secretary, Students, College of Engineering: Sophomore, junior, and senior stu dents who are working for degrees in any of the following departments are requested to report at the Sec- retary's office, 263 West Engineering Building, unless they have done so this semester: Five-year programs combined with Industry; Combinations of any two pro- grams; Mathematics, or combinations of mathematical and technical pro- grams; Physics, or combinations; Astronomy, or combinations; Engineering-Law program; Engineering-Business Administra- tion program; Engineering-Forestry program ; Metallurgical Engineering pro- gram. A. H. Lovell, Secretary. Identification Pictures will be given out to all-students in Room 4, Uni- versity Hall on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 7 and 8. Please call for them at once, as they will be re- quired for admission to football games. It is essential that these cards be properly signed with the owner's name and address. They will be invalid until this is done. J. A. Bursley, Dean of Students. Assembly for Students of the In- ternational Groups: The Assembly tonight, Oct. 8, is intended to call together in Lydia Mendelssohn not only our foreign students, but all stu- dents in the University born in coun- tries other than the United States. This includes our Canadian students, our American students born in Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines, or other foreign countries; and foreign born students who have established. permanent residence or have begun the procedure of obtaining American citizenship. Physical Education, Women Stu- dents: Individual sport tests in golf, tennis and archery will be given from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Palmer Field on Friday, Oct. 9. Students interested in taking these tests should sign up at the desk in the Women's Athletic Bldg. The swimming test will be given at the Union Pool on Saturday morn- ing, Oct. 10 from 9 to 11. Students interested in taking this test should report to the pool on Saturday morn- ing. Fraternity Rushees: Between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, each rusheemust present to the officefof the Dean of Students his receipt for payment of the fraternity registration fee, and shall receive in return a blank preference list. This prefer- ence list shall be taken out of the office of the Dean of Students to be filled out. Between the same hours of the same above-mentioned day each rushee desiring to be pledged shall personally return to the office of the Dean of Students the completed list, marked in order of preference, of thej 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. membership in the University Choral Union will be continued from 4 to 6 on Thursday and Friday afternoons, at the School of Music, Maynard St. A limited number of places are still open, particularly for second altos, first tenors and second bases. Choral Union Concert Tickets: The "Over-the-counter" sale of season Choral Union tickets will begin Sat- urday morning, Oct. 10, at 8:30 o'clock, at which time all unsold tickets will be placed on public sale as follows: $10, $8.50, $7, $5. Orders with remittance to cover received up to noon Friday, Oct. 9, will be filled in sequence in advance. Charles A. Sink, President. Academic Notices Phillips Scholarships in Latin and Greek: The examinations for these scholarships will be held Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 4 p.m., in 2014 Angell Hall. Candidates, who must be freshmen registered at present in at least one Latin or Greek course in the Uni- versity, will be examined on four units of Greek. Students who wish to participate in the examinations should register before Oct. 19 with Dr. Copley, 2026 Angell Hall, or Professor Blake, 2024 Angell Hall. Psychology 55 (Psychology and Religion). The seating list is on the bulletin board opposite Room 2127 N.S. Mathematics 370: Professor Rain- ich's Seminar (on Differentil Geo- metry and allied topics). Those in- terested are invited to a brief or- ganization mgeting Friday, Oct. 9, at 4 p.m. in Room 3001 Angell Hall. History- make-up examinations: The make-up examinations in all history courses will be given Satur- day morning, 9-12, Oct. 17, in Room C, Haven. Students taking a make- up must see their instructor before Oct. 15. Lecture Chcmistry Lecture: Dr. "'E. C. Franklin of Stanford University will lecture on the subject "Liquid Am- monia as a Solvent" in the Chemistry Anphitheatre at 4:15 p.m. today, The lecture, which is under the aus- pices-of the University and the Amer- ican Chenical Society, is open to the public. Event;s Of Today Wcckly R ading Hour: The pro- gram for the Weekly Reading Hour this afternoon at 4 p.m., in Room 205 Mason Hall, will consist of readings by Piofessor Hollister from the verse of Vachel Lindsay. The public is cordially invited. A.I.E.E. Organization meeting at the Union tonight at 8 p.m. Every Electrical Engineering student in- terested in his own professional so- ciety is strongly urged to attend this important initial meetnig. Refresh- ments will be served. Varsity Glee Club: Full rehearsal of old and new members, followed by try-outs: 7:15 this evening. I Michigan Dames: The Faculty Ad- visory Board will welcome the wives of all students and internes at a tea to be given at the home of Mrs. G. Carl Huber, 1330 Hill Street from 3 to 5:30 o'clock this afternoon. Those wishing to attend are asked to call_ either Mrs. Lewis Haines at 9592, Mrs. Ford Graham at 22147, or Mrs. Paul Cramton at 22806. Coming Events All Chinese Students and Friends of China: The Double Ten Banquet for thecelebration of the 25th an- niversary of the establishment of the Republic of China will be held at the Grand Rapids Room of the Michigan League at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. Professor Nelson and Dr. Wu Yi- fang, president of Gingling College will speak, to be followed by a short program of Chinese music. Tickets obtainable at the Counselors office, Room 9, Universiyt Hall. Greek Students: All Greek students of Hellenic descent who are interest- ed in joining a Greek Fraternity, will please attend a meeting to be held this Friday at the Michigan Union at 8 p.m. It is very necessary that all mem- bers be present at this special meet- ing. Crop and Saddle Tryouts: Any woman student. wishing to try out for this riding club should get in touch first with Eleanor French (phone 7117) and meet at Barbour Gymnasium either at 2 or 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9. A medical recheck is necessary for all students not having had a medi- cal examination at the beginning of the semester.