THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, OCT. 22, Board of Editors MANAGING EDITORd.......E.......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; James Boozer, Arnold S. Daniels, Joseph Mattes, 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, William J. Lichtenwanger, Willard F. Martinson, Chester M., Thalman, James V. Doll, Mary Sage Montague. Wire Editors: Clinton B. Conger, Richard G. Hershey, associates; 1. S. Silverman. e 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. Wisher, Contracts Manager; Ernest A. Jones, Local Advertising Manager; , Norman Steinberg, Service Manager; Herbert Falender, Publications and Class- ified Advertising Manager. NIGHT EDITOR: JAMES A. BOOZER Rumors interestingly Told.. ENERALLY, the Detroit News is rated as one of the better papers of the Middle West. In most respects, it pre- sents good coverage and sound analysis. Unfor- tunately, a certain amount of front page sensa- tionalism, owing, perhaps to strong street-sale competition between the three Detroit news- papers, has marred its high standards, but its news stories are still the most honestly written of the three. Yesterday, our respect for the News dropped about 20 points. With a seven-column banner across the top of the front page, the News an- nounced KING GIVES WALLY $125,000 NECK- LACE. The story concerns itself with "Dozens of stories circulated London today regarding the friendship between the King and the American wbman." It attributes, in the mysterious intima- tions of conventional press circumlocutions, an apparently unnatural relationship between the two. All the marvelous news-gathering facilities of the paper were bent on getting that scandal adequately covered. A three-column photograph across the front page of Mrs. Simpson stepping into a car was radioed to New York and trans- mitted by Associated Press Wirephoto to Detroit. If The News hadn't installed Wirephoto, we prob- ably would have had to wait several days to see the photographand totread the caption the News used over it: HOME, JAMES, GASPS WALLY TO KING'S CHAUFFEUR. Perhaps there are people who will buy a News on the basis of its sensational play of that story, Many other papers have given themselves over to the pursuit of their pennies, but we expect more of a self-respecting newspaper than that it shall give over a large part of its front page to salacious rumours. Groesbeck For Landon., . F ORMER-GOV. Alex J. Groesbeck's endorsement of Landon, at this time when both Republican and Democratic Presidential candidates have their covetous eyes on Michigan's 19 electoral votes, is both sur- prising and significant. It is surprising because it was less than two months ago when the former-governor, always an independent, something of a liberal and un- disputedly an intelligent man, came out with a denouncement df the Republican attack on the New Deal. At that time, he termed "comical and ridiculous beyond words" the charge that President Roosevelt is aiming toward dictator- ship and his administration is depriving the people of their freedom. "The New Deal has done many good things," he declared then, "and tion and regimentation of workers, business and industry." He declares that "it is pretty difficult for me to square the meddling of Washington officers in their state affairs with the public welfare." As further reason for his repudiation of Roose- velt, Michigan's second and last three-term gov- ernor points to the splitting of party lines, as in Nebraska, where the Democrats are endorsing-an independent (Senator Norris) for the Senate, and in Minnesota, where the entire Democratic ticket has been withdrawn to permit the elec- tion of "Farmer-Labor candidates and the Com- munist platform." These things Groesbeck does not like. They "just don't go down with the average voter" and "savor too much of expediency and bossism." "The voters of our state," declares the former governor in his formal statement, "are going to do a pretty good job for their country. They have a pretty good idea of what government should be like and have become tired of fol- lowing a lot of experiments." Although he admits that the "constitution is not in danger of destruction," he looks long- ingly at "old Model T ideas," and asserts that "Governor Landon fully appreciates the sit- uation and well knows that what the country needs is a quick return to sound governmental practices." Now, The Daily has always approved of Gov- ernor Groesbeck's public life. He is an ex- cellent administrator, a far-seeing, skilled execu- tive. But we are unable to understand his ap- parent change of heart, from summer to fall. When he made his statement in the summer, the President had designed Frank Murphy his choice candidate for governor of Michigan. At that time Mr. Norris has been backed by the President and the Minnesota arrangement was practically complete. And although Groesbeck's objection to the President's meddling in state politics is a valid one, it is difficult to picture him protesting irregularity in party ranks, because he has never been one to bow to the will of party leaders, even at election time. Nor did the governor used to have the habit of changing his mind. His voicing of such general sounding phrases as "a lot of experiments," and "return to sound governmental practices," is hard to reconcile with the specific and concrete Republican criticism and Democratic praise of his earlier statement. The Groesbeck support of Landon will, too, we think have a considerable effect on the elec- tion in Michigan. Groesbeck is widely known and respected, with a considerable political fol- lowing. Especially is he prominent in that left- wing group of Republicans that might well be expected to support Roosevelt. George Welsh of Grand Rapids, a former Re- publican lieutenant governor, who ran against Murphy as a New Deal Democrat in the pri- maries, is one of the type, and it was rumored that if Welsh won, Groesbeck would be ready to support him. The national contest will be close in Michigan, and its result in this state may well have a deciding effect on the Presidential election. Groesbeck's declaration for Landon will do muclr to aid the Republican nominee here, and if the state does go against Roosevelt, Nov. 3, our for- mer-Governor can say that he was one of the deciding factors that made it so. BENEATH **** ****** IT ALL & - By Bonth Williams UNTIL you sit around the Toastmaster's ban- quet board for the first time, you'll never really know what it is to be embarrassed. Made up of fifteen select "good fellows," Toast- masters is termed an honorary speech society, but that symbolism is misleading. Toastmasters is an after-dinner speaking club,j run always by lawyers who occasionally honor the literary a school by electing three or four of the 'loafers' to the club, and then making one of them secretary. The procedure runs something like this. A president or head toastmaster is elected for the year. He announces when the dinners will be held. Then: The Club assembles at some secluded nook and the head Toastmaster appoints a Toastmaster for the evening. Nobody knows who it is to be, and as a result everyone must come prepared with a suitable stock of funny stories-and they have to be good. The toast is drunk and the dinner progresses admirably until time for dessert. Then the Toastmaster arises and announces the subject for the evening-some broad subject like 'Peace.' The assembly murmur complimentary things at the Toastmaster and then start to eat their pie, the man on the Toastmaster's right never eats his pie, he apparently has lost his appe- tite. Three minutes before the conclusion of the meal, the head Toastmaster taps for silence and gives the fidgety fellow on his right the first sub-topic. The initial victim, instructed to speak on 'The Prospects of Peace in the Orient' looks helplessly at the heartless assembly and im- mediately after dinner rises and speaks for five minutes on his version of the Oriental Peace sit- uation. However, just one minute before he is' due to close, he pauses and assigns the second sub-topic to the sufferer sitting next to him. Always, with a fiendish gleam in his eye now that his ordeal is over, he deals out some hybrid of his fantastic imagination. The next victim begins to wipe his hands on the napkin. "Peace of mind," "The history of peace con- ferences," "peace with mother in law," "peace customs of the Piute Indians are just a few of the choice ones that the "good fellows" ask each other to speak on as the deadly discussion sweeps down the festive board. Finally it's all over and then T. Hawley Tap- ping or some other equally caustic critic is sum- moned to give a criticism of the whole business. By this time the air is blue with smoke, and the company disbands. The strange part of it is that nobody ever misses a meeting. .* * * * 307-8 Stormfeltz Lovely Bldg. Detroit, Mich. Dear Mr. Williams: The writer has been a Michigan athletic fan for a long, long time and between yo, and me I am very much concerned over the record of the football team during the last few years. I am still further alarmed over the future for the very reasons pointed out in your admirable article in today's (Oct. 20) Daily which just arrived. I think that it should be published in the three Detroit papers as well as in every other city throughout Michigan. I read Bud Shaver's article in the De- troit Times and no doubt he will be very much interested in what you have to say. I hope that what you have written is pre- sented to the interested people in Michigan so that the squad and coaches ultimately will get some sort of consideration,. and even- tually I hope that conditions are such that Michigan will get its share of good material. In the meantime I fear the future for the identical reasons you have mentioed. Yours very truly, E. W. Shaver. P.S.: I am no relation to Bud Shaver, al- though I read and enjoy his sports page. * * * * BENEATH IT ALL: Sphinx will hold a rally for the Columbia game starting at 11 p.m. Friday night. According to Phil Loomis, the chairman of the refreshment department, the meeting will adjourn in time for the kick-off Sat- urday . . . Lou Kearns is being called the man of the hour over on the law quad. Last year he scored the goal that beat the women's field hockey team in a bitter overtime battle, and this year tallied as the barristers romped to an easy 3-0 win over their vaunted rivals. Interviewed by reporters, Kearns gave all the credit to the mouthpiece goalie, Bob Henoch who shut out the Women's stalwarts with some sensational work in the nets ... The Square Gun Club which is picking up so much of the sucker dough on the campus is aptly named. One out of every four dimes goes into the pot, so you can figure that when the total in the window hits 80 bucks, as it did yesterday, the proprietors are richer by exactly $240. And people still go to school. Cinema Trends By LEON OVSIEW I MANY HARSH THINGS have been said about Hollywood. Many sa- tires havebeen written and produced by both the theatre and the movie itself which have lampooned with few pulled punches the infantile idio- syncrasies of the Hollywood hier- archy. But these things are no longer so true as they used to be away back in the "good old days" before Hollywood was refinanced by A. A. Gianini and associates. Today, mass production is the method, technical perfection the means, efficiency the rule, and profit the result of one of the most ener- getic and enlightened of American industries. But what of the product? Is it an artistic one, or is it merely ]the magic lantern show raised to the point of highest technical efficiency and having as its special efficacy the peculiar property of taking one's mind off one's troubles for some two hours or more? The answer to these questions is, of course, that both of these trends are apparent on the contemporary screen. There is the pure "amuse- ment" sort of thing, which may or may not be good, depending upon how good the vaudeville is. Then there are the stories of the Saturday Evening Post type, and even worse. There is the "quickie," two of which go to make up the horribly omni- present double feature. These cel- luloidal extravaganzas, the boon of the mushroom growth of "naborhood theatres," are all too often rein- forced by bank nights, screeno, am- ateur nights, and such other various perpetrations as a gullible public will consume. These are the slums of the movie world. But there is also some of the beau- tiful in the movie. Scattered, and merely for facade effect these pro- ductions may be, yet their eager re- ception at the box office may change the architecture of the films. There have been some good original pro- ductions: The Informer, Fury, Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, to name only a few of the latest. Several good movies have been made as adapta- tions of both the theatre and the' novel: Romeo and Juliet, Great Ex- pectations, Les Miserables, Mutiny on the Bounty and many others. Too often these were marred byrincom- plete and inadequate handling; nev- ertheless they stood out far above any of the ordinary run of the Holly- wood mill. Even though not sowell done, and more than a little of the blame may rest with the censors and the Legions of Decency, this work does, neverthe- less, represent a willingness by the movie to satisfy the demand by the so-called intellectual bloc in the movie public. These seeds well nurtured may grow into a really fine new art medium. Another new trend in the movie is what may be known as the "socia document" film. Though largely de- veloped by foreign film artists, the genre gives promise of great artistic development in Hollywood, since they have seemed to welcome it with much enthusiasm. Pare Lorentz' work for the Resettlement Administration in The Plow That Broke the Plains shown here this year by the Art Cin- ema League, is an example of this new type of film study. It gives greal promise of artistic beauty, approach- ing as closely as the movie may tc the grandeur and concentrated powei of the musical symphony. Pare Lor- entz 'work was a first experiment and it is excusable that there shoulc have been some rough edges. The will undoubtedly wear off with fur- ther handling. Joris Ivens, whom the Art Cinem League is bringing here in person thi week-end, will show his work witl this new genre. Young, but already famous, this Dutch photographer anc director has done some of the best work with this form. Especially in The New Earth, the dramatic stor3 of the draining of the Zuyder Zee to make a vast expanse of amazingly fertile farm land, does Ivens rise to real stature as an artist. Those who have seen it are excited by his work, and Hollywood has already out- done itself in bidding for the serv- ices of this Dutch "artist of the cam- era." His personal appearance anc the showing of his three best knowr films should give the curious and the interested an opportunity to stud3 the best of a new and exciting filr form. f- AR ~' ] TH EATRE THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 1936 a VOL. XLVII No. 22a Noticesc The Angell Hall Observatory will be open from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Fridayd evening, Oct. 23, to observe the moon. Children must be accompanied by s adults.r Aeronautical Engineers: All those intending to join the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences please see Mr. Springer, B-304, East Engineering Bldg., or any of the officers, before Friday, Oct. 23, so that the complete membership roll can be turned in. The Tour of the Ford Factory ar- ranged for foreign students leavest Angell Hall at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct.-I 23. Reservations must be made ink Room 9, University Hall, by 4:30_this1 Recitations By M i s s Skinnert T Open Series Cornelia Otis Skinner, famous stage star, will present a program of orig-f inal modern monologues when shet appears next Thursday at Hill Audi-I torium in the first of the series of programs sponsored by the Oratorical; I Association. For her performance here Miss l Skinner will choose from the follow-: ing list of original modern mono-. logues with possibly new ones now being written: Being Presented, Nurse's Day Out, Hotel Porch, After- math, Old Embers, Spring Evening, Woman's Crowning Glory, Paris After the Armistice, Snowbound in Iowa, Sunday Driving, The Calais Express. On the Beach at Barbados, Night Club, In a Gondola, Motoring in the 190's, a Southern Girl in the Sistine Chapel, Monte Carlo, a Picnic in Kentucky, In a Telephone Booth, An American Girl on the French Tele- phone, Homework, Sailing Time, The Eve of Departure, A Lady Explorer, Lynch Party, The Vanishing Red Man, Union Station, "Liebestraum," Christmas Morning, Times Square . and Luxury Shop. Leaving the legitimate stage about four years ago, Miss Skinner imme- diately took her place as one of the outstanding entertainers. Her name first drew attention because she was the daughter of Otis Skinner, dean of the American theatre, but her own ability to entertain soon established her. Miss Skinner is not a reciter or a1 monologist in the American sense 1 of the word. She personally dislikes the term "solo drama." The char- acter sketches on her program, every one of which she has written her- self, cover all the emotions. She uses no stage property or scenery. EVENING *RADIO s PROGRAMS afternoon. There will be reservations available for a limited number of ^merican students also. Riding Test for Women: Any stu- dent wishing to take the riding test should sign up at the Women's Ath- letic Building by 10 a.m. Friday morning, Oct. 23. The test will be given on that day. Students are to meet at Barbour Gymnasium at 2 p.m. promptly. A 1936-37 medical examination is necessary. The Health Service will administer a vaccine for the prevention of colds to as many students as are desirous of taking it. This will be done up until Nov. 15. No charge is made for this service. The vaccine may be obtained by calling at the Health Service on Tuesday or Saturday mornings be- tween the hours of 8 and 10. Cornelia Otis Skinner Program: Single admission ticket sale opens today at Wahr's Book store. There are also season tickets available. Academic Notices Botany 1 Make-up Examination: All students who missed the examin- ation in Botany 1 last semester must take the regular departmental make- up examination to be given in Room 2003 N.S. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 2-5 p.m. English I, Special Section In will meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight in 2235 Angell Hall. Psychology 42 make-up examina- tion will be held today at 3 p.m. in Room 2054 N. S. building. Sociology 51: The make-up exam- ination in Sociology 51 will be given from 7 to 10 p.m. in Room D, Haven Hall. Lecture University Lecture: Mr. H. H. Nin- inger, Curator of Meteorites in the Colorado Museum of Natural His- tory, Denver, will lecture on the sub- ject "Meteorites" at 4:15 p.m., Oct. 23, in Natural Science Auditorium. The lecture will be illustrated with slides and specimens. The public is cordially invited. Exhibition Annual Ann Arbor Artists Exhibi- tion: Open to public until Wednes- day, Oct. 28. Alumni Memorial Hall, 2-5 daily. Events Of Today Weekly Reading Hour: The pro- gram for this afternoon at 4 p.m. in Room 205 Mason Hall will consist of readings from Mark Twain to be given by Professor Hollister. The public is cordially invited. Varsity and Reserve Glee Clubs: Rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. instead of 8 p.m. as previously announced, fol- lowed by a short concert at Union Open House. All absences to date must be accounted for at this meet- ing. Iota Sigma Pi: There will be a business meeting this evening at 7:30 p.m., at the Michigan League. All members are urged to be present. The International Relations Club will meet in Room 2037 Angell Hall, this evening at 7:30 p.m. Students interested in the discussino of current problems in international affairs are invited to attend. Michigan Dames Drama Group: For all wives of students or internes interested in the drama group, there will be an organization meeting to- night at 7:30 p.m. at the League. For any information call Mrs. Roberton, 7723. Coming Events Faculty, School of Education: There will be a special meeting of the faculty on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the library of the University Elementary School. Esperanto Class: All interested in Esperanto please meet in Room 1035 Angell Hall this Friday, Oct. 23, from 4:30 to 5:30. Presbyterian Students: The West- minster Guild will hold a party and dance Friday evening, Oct. 23, at Lane Hall for all Presbyterians and their friends. The party will be held from 9-12 Refreshments will be served. Delta Epsilon Pi: There will be a meeting this Sunday at the Michigan Union at 2 p.m. sharp. This meet- ing will be important as the matter of dues will be discussed. The Hillel Independents will hold a business meeting Sunday, Oct. 5, promptly at 8:30 p.m. There will be election of officers. After the meet- ing Dr. John Shepard will address the group on "Liberalism and other { 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. THE FORUM I. Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous cpntributions 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 more than 300 words and to accept or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the campus. Quizzing The Intelligentsia To the Editor: One of the most significant things I have heard or read of in the current political campaign is the "poll" or questionnaire being conducted bJ "Nation" as an indication of how the really in- telligent people in the country are going to vote. The "Nation" sent this questionnaire to whom they considered the intellectual leaders of the country. (I have read over the list, and while I cannot now remember who some of them were outside of Fannie Hurst, Theodore Drieser, Sin- clair Lewis and John Dewey, the list really did contain the "cream" of American intelligentsia.) Out of about sixty replies, about Forty-four voted for and said they would support President Roose- velt! Around seven or eight stated that they intended to vote for Thomas, about four for Earl Browder and only one said he would vote for Landon! (That was probably H. L. Mencken, who thinking people and intelligent editors feel is getting queerer and queerer all the time.) I con- sidered it also significant that none intended to vote for "Liberty Bill" Lemke the "crackpot." Shame on those thirteen alleged students who voted for him in the "Daily" poll. What a re- flection on their intelligence! And for that mat- ter, what a reflection on the intelligence (or is it simply selfishness?) on the several hundred who voted for Landon and reaction! -C.W.C. Advice To Women To the Editor: Apparently nothing has been done to "get back at" the girls for that none-too-complimen- tary Damda Phi Data article that was printed in The Daily last spring. Nevertheless we men think it's about time we started expecting more of the women. The following suggestions are based upon ideas brought forth in afternoon bull sessions. If the women are concerned about your status with men, and you should be, you may profit by these hints: 1. Be punctual always. There are excuses 6:00--WJR Stevenson News. WWJ Ty Tyson: Dinner Music (6:10). CKLW Dinner Music. 6:15-WJR Hot Dates in Music. CKLW News and Sports. 6:30-WJR Jimmie Allen. WWJ Bulletins. CKLW Arthur Arturo's Music. 6:45-WJR Renfrew of the Mounted. WWJ Ye Merrie Men of Olde. CKLW Rhythm Orchestra. 7:00-WJR William Hard. WWJ Amos and Andy. 7:15-WJR Diamond City News. WWJ Drama: Evening Melodies. 7:30-WJR Lee Lawnhurst and Chari- oteers. WWJ Varsity Revue. CKLW Andrew F. Kelly. 7 :45-WJR Boake Carter. CKLW Pleasant Valley Frolics. 8:00-WJR Kate Smith's Bandwagon. WWJ Rudy Vallee's Variety Hour. CKLW Melody Treasure Hunt. 8:30-CKLW Ted Fio-Rito's Music. 9:00-WJR Major Bowes Amateurs. WWJ Show Boat. CKLW Gabriel Heatter. 9:15-CKLW Bradford's Music. 9:30-WXYZ Alfred E. Smith. CKLW Pop Concert. 10:00-WJR Then and Now. WWJ Music Hall. CKLW Phil Marley's Music. 10:15-CKLW Kay Kyser's Music. 10 :30-WJR March of Time. CKLW Viennese Vagabonds. 11:00-WJR News. WWJ Dance Music. CKLW News and Music. 11:15-WJR Mummers. CKLW Mystery Lady. 11:30-VWJ Dance Music. CKLW Ted Fio-Rito's Music. 11 :45-W.JR Lions Tales: Eddy Duchin's Music. 12:00-WJR Al Donahue's Music. WWJ Dance Music. CKLW Enoch Light's Music. 12:30-WJR Phil Harris' Music. CKLW Clyde McCoy's Music. 1:00-CKLW Ted Fio-Rito's Music. . ings. Prof. W. B. Lombard, profes- sor-emeritus of physiology, has three works included, and two paintings of the Maine seacoast by Prof. C. W. Ed- munds of the pharmacology depart- ment are also exhibited. In the por- traits group, five works of W. B. Shaw, director of alumni relations, have been entered, while Carleton An- gell, sculptor of the University mu- seum, has entered the only sculpture in the display. The exhibition, which will run for two weeks through Oct. 29, is the first of eight exhibits to be given by the association during the year. This series, which includes exhibits of the SEVERAL faculty those who members of the University and alumni are among have works entered this Keep up your end of the conversation, but don't indulge in lengthy or weighty discussions; even Phi Betes like to relax. Have a sense of humor but don't giggle all the time. 5. If you have to rely on a "line," make it convincing, and don't use the same one on your next date; it may be his fraternity brother. 6. A fellow likes to think he's shown a girl a good time, so if you've enjoyed yourself, say so. It's not necessary to say anything more than, "Thanks for taking me; I had a very nice time"; or, "We had fun didn't we?" Don't give him any flowery speech because he probably won't believe it anyway. week in the annual fall exhibit of the Ann Arbor Art Association being held in Alumni Memorial Hall.; The College of Architecture is the best represented of all the depart- ments of the University in the exhi- bition. Prof. Jean P. Slusser has three. oils and three watercolors in the exhibit, all of them done in north- ern Michigan this summer, and Prof. Myron B. Chapin also has three wa- tercolors done in Michigan during the summer. Donald B. Gooch, a new instructor in decorative design and a graduate of Michigan, has entered