l PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, OCT. 24, 1936 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 1 111 r t 1936 Member 1937 ssockited Cole6icie Press Distributors of Collegiate Di6est Published every morning -except Monday during the university yearrand 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, $400; 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 Departme ta Boards .Publication Department: Elsie A. Pierce, Chairman; James Boozer. Arnold S. Daniels, Joseph Mattes,aTuure Tenander, Robert Weeks. Reportorial Department: Fred Warner Neal, Chairman; Ralph Hurd, William E. Shackleton, William Spaller. :ditorial 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; I. S. Silverman. Sports Department: George J. Andros, Chairman; Fred DeLano and Fred Buesser, associates, Raymond Good- man, Carl Gerstacker, Clayton Hepler, Richard La- Mara. Women's Department: Jewel Wuerfel, Chairman: Eliza- beth M. Anderson, Elizabeth Bingham, HelenDouglas, 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 JackStaple,Accounts Manager; Rc hard 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 Note To Motorists F OR:THE NEXT two months mem- bers of the surveying classes in the engineering college will be doing their work in the vicinity of Glen Drive and Washington Heights. In the course of their work it is neces- sary to measure across the streets in that neigh- borhood with a steel tape. Motorists using those streets are asked to exercise unusual care when driving past the sur- veyors. If a car runs over one of the tapes it is very likely to break it, and as the tapes are very expensive it may be inconvenient for the stu- dent. It is a common occurrence too for stu- dents to run across the street with the tape to prevent its being run over, thus endangering themselves. Motorists in this vicinity can pre- vent a tragedy by dhving with more than usual care. Russia's Change Of Diplomacy.. . HE POSITION of Soviet Russia in T Spanish non-intervention diplo- macy is becoming daily more difficult. This week has seen a decided change in Russia's policies on the continent. Last month, Russia charged in bitter terms that the non-intervention pact was one-sided in its effect, and threatened, unless it were enforced, to send overt aid to the Spanish government. There was no doubt of overt Italian and German aid to the rebels, and no question of the right of Russia to put the matter on the table. Never- theless, the frigid reception given to Russia's out- bursts by France, Czechoslovakia, and particu- larly England, has apparently caused Russia to modify its charges and keep the intervention committee intact. "If the Soviet Union assumes the responsibility of breaking up the committee it will only con- firm the impression which communism always gives, that its policy is that of a wrecker," said the London Times. "And its action will inevi- tably suggest that the wreckage of more than the London committee may be in its mind." Apparently Russia has responded to the crit- icism. It has not .seemed disposed to break away from the intervention negotiations, and comment in Russian journals is much more mod- erate in tone, it is reported. Moreover, the aid it is reported to have sent to the Spanish gov- ernment is apparently on a very small scale com- pared to what it has threatened to do if Italy and Germany did not immediately comply with the non-intervention agreement. Europe draws a sigh of relief at Russia's change of policy. It's willingness to be moderate TH E FORUM) Letters published In this column should not be 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 more than 300 words and to accept or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the campus. Unproductive Debate To the Editor: I have read with interest the two adolescent challenges of the self-styled "thoughtful and ra- tional" Rooseveltians and I am not greatly sur- prised to see their challenges remain unaccepted. The glib self-assurance and self-approbation and the obvious contempt for conflicting yet sincere ideas shown in the wording of the challenges demonstrates only too well the fact that Joe College can be most offensive when he enters the field of political activity. At present the most obvious feature of Amer- ican politics is its highly-developed ballyhoo. This ballyhoo is the element which many campus politicians are most prone to ape, and having aped it, they think that they have participated in American politics. A group can hardly be sincerely constructive when it exhibits only sarcastic disdain and malformed humor toward proponents of oppos- ing ideas. A debate engaged in by persons lack- ing sincerity is of little value aside from an improvement of the debaters' mental agility. Usually nothing of value is uncovered and both sides may end by zealously claiming moral vic- tories. I can foresee nothing which would be pro- duced by a debate with the Rooseveltians and I suggest that when they are not too busy prepar- ing challenges they might begin preparing moral victories for use after the elections in November. -Justus N. Baird, Jr. Freshman Sex Lecture To the Editor: One of the greatest detriments to the adoption of a serious attitude toward the problems of life is the sex lecture given to freshmen. It is expected that boys of high-school age have not matured sufficiently as to be able to take a serious outlook on this vital problem, but it is also to be expected that the doctors in charge of delivering the sex lectures will do their utmost to mold that attitude so that it will con- form to the desired outlook. Therefore, it was a great shock to me to discover that the lecture violated the desired spirit so flagrantly. The lecturer made it very apparent that his main purpose was to keep his audience in good humor, going so far away from the subject as to give the meeting the effect of an interchange of smutty jokes. While paper aeroplanes and wise cracks flew around the hall, he nonchalantly dodged the main issues with phraseology de- signed to draw laughs. I, personally, and I feel a great majority of freshmen agree with me, gained virtually nothing from a discussion which was originally intended to erect a bulwark of protection against unwise action. If the University continues these forces they will be acting as a negative influence on future generations of incoming freshmen. After all, it is only natural for the average student to take a matter lightly if an example is furnished by one who speaks with the authority and back- ing of the University! I, therefore, wish to recommend either that the lectures be discontinued entirely, or that a new spirit is implanted into them. -S.D.L. Repeat On History To the Editor: After reading P.C.M.'s letter in The Daily, it was quite impossible for me to keep silence concerning certain grievances I have experienced in the history department. Of all the depart- ments with which I have come in contact, this one has some of the poorest instruction. I, too, like many others, tried to get into one of Mr. Slosson's classes, but to my bitter disap- pointment, the sections were all closed. So, I had to pick another section with an instructor whose. name was not familiar to me. I found the lectures cluttered with statistics and the recitations burdened with hard facts with none of that spontaneity and imagination that should go to make up history classes., If I gave a wrong answer, my instructor laughed, threw some sarcastic remark in my face, and passed on to another student. My second semester of History was even worse than the first. The instructor looked upon us as though we were children. He .took it upon himself to tell us we were always running to the Health Service, while he ran around all winter minus a coat without once catching cold. He lectured to us on subjects all the way from the wonders of music to the disadvantages of being a teacher. I don't believe we talked about the reading assigned to us more than twice the whole semester. I should have rebelled then, but who would have believed me? And why risk a low grade? -E. Pluribus Unum. From Washtenaw To the Editor: By misusing a harmless statement made by Marcia Connell, '39, a member of the Washtenaw Coalition Party, State Street politicians have in- ferred that the issue at stake next Wednesday will be whether or not the Michigan football team "is the laughing stock of the college world." You said in the same breath, Mr. Butterly, that your party would do its part toward conducting Tr 'P ' 'i t t r I JL £711-L41s STOCK YARD STEVE returned to Ferry Field yesterday.' Stock Yard is one of Michigan's super loyal alumni. He has not missed an out of town game since '99, and that's a long, long time. Steve, who should have graduated in '99, didn't, because as he said, "1 worie 15 hours a day in a cigar store and never found time to write those damn theses." So ardent and so loyal has Stock Yard been to Michigan that two years ago the alumni band- ed together and through some kind of unknown alumni pressure, got the University to give Steve the degree he might have received just 35 years before. Up in Minneapolis last week the ol Gopher grads were trying to put Steve on in a barber shop bull session. Old Stock Yard pointed out the difference in eligibility standards between Michigan and Min- nesota, but the Minnesotas only scoffed. "All right, says Steve, I'll show you just how smart those boys are you have up here. Bring in your best freshman prospect." So they went out and brought in a strapping lad and Steve said to him, "say, son, have you heard how the third race at Laurel came out." The boy shook his head, and Stock Yard went on. "That's too bad," he said, "I had a couple of dogs running in that race, name of Discovery and Time Supply, good big bet too." "Hell, 1 haven't seen the Greyhounds run since last summer," the yearling piped up. "Sure and they're all on their toes," Stock Yard remarked as the Old Gophers buttoned up their lips and looked sourly from Steve to the young husky. BERT WELLMAN, transfer from Ohio State, was in charge of the Union Open House Thursday night. After it was all over he wanted some borrowed mnoving picture films returned to their owners. Seizing upon a likely looking sophomore, Well- man asked him to take them back for him. When the supposed Union tryout politely refused, Well- man became insistent and demanded an explan- ation. "Say who do you think I am," the belabored gent inquired. "An impertinent sophomore who'll never get any place in the Union. "You're certainly right. I guess I never will get very far over here, but honestly I'm not a soph- omore," replied . . . Miller Sherwood. M k .k DICK HINKS and Vaughn Pierce held an in- formal debate recently over the question of The best way to success with a popular co-ed. Both defined success as "to the complete exclu- sion of everyone else." Both boys emphasized about the same points in their debate, but dif- fered widely on the appropriateness of puns in intensive campaign work. Mr. Pierce ventured the opinion that puns were the lowest form of humor, and that as such should be entirely excluded. Whereupon Mr. Hinks in a fiery rebuttal speech, admitted Mr. Pierce's point as to the humor rating of the pun, but (crashing his fist down on the table) said, "for this very reason, it is the most appropriate conversational weapon possible to employ, indeed the only thrust at male disposal which is not in serious danger of passing far over the head of the Michigan Co-ed." Mr. Hinks finally, conceded after intensive grilling that in his three years plus on the cam- pus he has yet to anticipate his initial date. S F r k WHEN THE Columbia Lions filed into the Dearborn Inn this afternoon, a string quar- tette softly plucked out the strains of 'Roar, Lion, Roar." (Michigan 13-Columbia 7). More anon. Students at the University of Illinois who wish to drive on the campus must pass a chauffeur's examination. and naming the snake Washtenaw? We assure you, there are no snakes affiliated with Wash- tenaw. How queer that you should advertise yourselves as "jeeps." Your attitude is childish, to say the least. Now listen, Vincn, here's something serious. Your quotation: "When politics get to the point that they mock a beaten Michigan team, then it's time to throw class elections out the window." For making a statemnent like that we would sug- gest throwing Butterly out the window. How do you suppose the football players like being called "a beaten team" before the season is over. How do you suppose they like your statement: "Any- one who doesn't vote for Wally Hook is willing to see the Michigan ball team made the laughing stock of the college world." We haven't insulted the team by not running a player for president. We sincerely believe that Frank Huseman has more executive ability that any other sophomore 'we know of and we are trusting the intelligence of the voters to choose a president with administrative ability. So please from now on, do keep politics clean and refrain from mud slinging. We think you will find the voters appreciative of honest cam- paigning. Our party's name is clean; we have done nothing to betray the confidence 66 per cent of the voters had in Washtenaw when they helped us win last year's elections. In return for this favor we will tell you something you will be glad to find out. The elections next Wednesday are being held to choose Literary school officers. Your candidate By LEON OVSIEW IN HIS SPARE TIME while studying photochemical engineering at the I University of Berlin, and later while working for a commercial firm doing microscopic photography Joris Ivens took pictures of the realities of every- day life as he saw it. It was excit- ing and enormously interesting work, and suggestive in its results. In this type of work Ivens saw an oppor- tunity to challenge the movie Indus- try. Instead of mushy sentimentality and immature sex, the remnants of a decadent literary romanticism, Ivens would produce the most beau- tiful and exciting visual form a real- istic art; the art which is bound up in the manifold activities of men as they work in a social milieu. It was an ambitiously daring plan, and, with but little money, a difficult one. But his resulting success was abun- dantly demonstrated last evening at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Rain, Industrial Symphony, Borinage, and The New Earth, gave Ann Arbor a new experience in cinema beauty and drama. As Ivens said in his intro- ductory explanations of the films, these four productions represent his' own development as an artist, but they also represent the development l of the genre itself.I It started as a simple cinematic study in which the aesthetic poten- tialities of the interrelation of na-i ture, inanimate oaiects, and people was pictorialized. Rain is evidence of this attempt to make photography, tell its own story. The theme: rain falls on a city. Method: cameras catching every detail of cloud, water, building, pavement, automobiles, gut- ters, feet, umbrellas, people. Result: sheer eye-delighting beauty. You mayj have seen it rain before, but you never had the artist's eye of a Joris i Ivens and a photographic second sense which could get close-ups that are microscopic in their detail. But this beauty, aesthetically de- lightful though it may be is not yet developed artistry of the type which can challenge the more complex, though mediocre, human drama of the organized industry; and to chal- lenge the commercial cinema was the aim. Under the force of this circum- stance, Ivens saw that what was necessary to his work was the human factor. Industrial Symphony was hisi first attempt. Here the theme is men working with machines in the pro- duction of radio tubes. Here was. something close to the basic reality of man's experience: production. It1 is incomplete in the realization of its aim, a mere experiment. He followed this, however, with, Borinage.. The theme was admirably suited to his theory. It is the story of the Belgian miners in the coal fields of the Borinage as they were forced by miserable wages, dangerous working conditions, and intolerable hardship to go out on strike. Troopsl break up the strike after a fierce May Day battle, and counter action is taken against the strikers. Im- prisoned or evicted from their homes, their lot is intensest misery, inde- scribable save through the probing eye of Ivens' camera. Definitely em- bodying a dialectical idealogy, the film is remarkable, as are all four of the films, in its beautiful handling of contrast. It opens in the tunnels of the Moscow subway where a dele- gation of Belgian mine workers have come to inspect the work. The story from there is the narration of an [old Belgian miner as he sits with the Russian workers about a bountiful' table drinking tea. And the film1 closes on a note of hope as an old Russian miner relates the differences between the depressing Belgian sit- uation and the new Russian situa- tion. The contrast is complete, and, Ivens hopes, edifying. But by all tests the very best of the films is The New Earth. Here there is maturity of genius and complete7 artistry. It is without doubt the fin- est non-fiction film that this re- viewer has ever seen. But more than that it has developed to an amazing degree all the attributes of realistic art. It is epical in scope: a ten year fight by ten thousand men against the sea in the successful attempt to wrest free one tenth of the area of Holland for productive use. In rapid, but artistically complete photo- graphic style the project is brought to completion. The fertile soil pro- duces a bumper crop of beautiful wheat. Then, chaos! The bottom falls out of the market. There are no buyers for the wheat from the new earth. Depression, unemployment. Labor finds work at last in dumping the wheat back from whence it came, the sea. Now, at the very moment that the wheat is flowing, like some tributary river all of gold, into the sea, a pitiful face of a hungry child comes into camera range. Or again, a long row of black shrouded corpses are being bundled away into pauper graves, the victims of starvation. Hor- rible, stark realism. A drama of the depression in which the Capitalist system is the villain and the Dutch people the defeated tragic protagon- ists. Without actors, except workers; without a story, except a huge en- gineering feat; without a denoue- ment, except the depression, Ivens has produced in essence what 'seems to be, to this reviewer at least, as SATURDAY, OCT. 24, 1936 1 VOL. XLVII No. 24 Notices 1N Senate Reception: The members of 'the faculties and their wives are cor- dially invited to be present at a re- ception by the president and the senate of the University in honor of the new members of the faculties to be held on Tuesday evening, Oct. 27,r from 8:30 o'clock until 12 o'clock in the ballrooms of the Michigan Union. The reception will take place between 8:30 and 10:00, after which there will be an opportunity for dancing.I No individual invitations will be sentI out. Academic Notices f Make-up examination in Zoology 1t for all those students who were ab-I sent from the final examination in e that course last semester or lastI summer session will be given todaye from 9 to 12 a.m. in Room 3092, N.S. This will be the only opportunity to take the make-up examination in that course. Exhibition Annual Ann Arbor Artists Exhibi- tion: Open to public until Wednes- day, Oct. 28. Alumni Memorial Hall, 2-5 daily.1 Events Of Today Faculty, School of Education: There will be a special meeting of the faculty today at 7:30 p.m. in the library of the University Elementaryl School.- Coming Events Graduate Outing Club: Songfest in Lade Hall on Sunday evening, fol- lowing a short hike in the afternoon. Group leaves Lane Hall at 2:30 p.m.1 Refreshments will be served. All graduate students cordially invited. Hiawatha Club meeting Monday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. in the Union. Meet- ing for members only. All members please be present as important busi- ness must be settled immediately. Alpha Kappa Delta will hold itsI first meeting of the year at 8 p.m.t Monday night, Oct. 26, at the home of Miss Mildred Valentine, 1120 W. Washington Ave. Prof. Herbert Blummer wil lspeak Election oft new members. Limited transporta-l tion from Haven Hall at 7:30. Rendezvous Counselors: There will be a joint breakfast meeting of the Counselors from the Rendezvous Camp for freshmen and the women' counselors for freshmen working with Miss Rose Perrin, at 9 a.m. Sunday morning, Oct. 25, in the Russia Tea Room of the Michigan League. 1 Chinese Society of Chemical In- dustry: There will be a meeting at Lane Hall next Sunday, Oct. 25 at{ 4:30 p.m. to welcome all new Chineses students both in chemistry and chem- ical engineering. Unitarian Church, Sunday at 11 a.m.: "Will The Best Man Win?" by the Rev. H. P. Marley. 7:30 p.m. Liberal Students' Union, Hallowe'en party. Games, stunts and old time dancing. Church of Christ (Disciples): 10:45 a.m., Morning worship, Rev.' Fred Cowin, minister. 12 noon, Students' Bible Class, H. L. Pickerill, campus minister, leader. 5:30 p.m. Tea and social hour. The regular suppers that have been served' at this hour are to be discontinued for the present. 6:30 p.m. Discussion. The discussion 6:30 p.m. Discussion: The discus- sions on the general topic "Campus Life and Religion" have been so in- teresting and worthwhile that they are to be continued until all areas of campus life are explored. Sigma Delta Chi will hold an im- portant lucheon meting Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. in the Union. All mem- bers are requested to be present. Harris Hall ,Sunday: The regular student meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in Harris Hall. The Right Reverend Hayward S. Able- white, D.D. of Marquette, Mich., will The New Earth, whose musical score by the German refugee, Hans Eisler, reflects every nuance of feeling as well as every impression of epical I power, Ivens will use music as an in- tegrating force. We eagerly await more of Joris Ivens. University Hospital Swells Fund Total, be the speaker. All students and their friends are cordially invited. Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Service of worship Sunday: 8 a.m., Holy communion. Corporate communion for the Altar Guild. 9:30 a.m., Church School. 11 a.m., Kindergarten 11 a.m., Morning prayer and ser- mon by The Right Reverend Hay- ward A. Albewhite, D.D. St. Paul's Lutheran Church: 10:45 a.m. Worship and sermon by Rev. C. A. Brauer. Subject: "Two Parables." 5:30 p.m. Student-Walther League fellowship hour and supper. Program for this Sunday will consist of an ad- dress by Prof. John L. Muyskens of the University who will speak on "The More Abundant Life." Lutheran stu- dents and others are welcome to hear Dr. Muyskens at the church on Lib- erty at Third Street. The Lutheran Club will meet in Zion Lutheran Parish Hall on Sun- day, Oct. 25. Rev. Harold Yochum of Detroit will speak on "Luther as a Student at the University." Rev. Yochum is a member of the Student Service Commission of the Ameri- can Lutheran Church. Fellowship and supper hour at 5:30 p.m. Forum hour at 6:30 p.m. All Lutheran students and friends are invited. Society of Friends: "Security and Liberty" will be the topic of a dis- cussion by William Haber, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, and State Emergency Relief Administrator, at a meeting of the Ann Arbor Friends, (Quakers), on Sunday evening, Oct. 25. The meeting, which will be held in the Michigan League, will begin at 5 p.m., with a Friends' meeting for worship, which will be followed by Dr. Haber's address. All interested are welcome. Stalker Hall: Student class at 9:45 a~m. under the leadership of Prof. Geerge Carrothers. Topic: Qualify- ing for Leadership. Wesleyan Guild meeting. 6 p.m. Prof. H. C. Sadler of the Engineering School will speak on "Building A New World." Fel- lowship hour and supper following the meeting. Methodist Church: Morning wor- ship at 10:45 a.m. Dr. C. W. Bra- shares will preach on "Christ and Politics Today." First paptist Church, Sunday: 10:45 a.m. Sermon by Mr. Sayles, "Salt and Light." Noon, Roger Wil- liams guild class meets in Guild House. Mr. Chapman will lead a discussion on "How We May Think of Gd." 6:00 p.m. guild meets in church parlors with church people. Social hour and refreshments. First Congregational Church, Sun- day- 10:45 a.m. Service of worship, Ser- mon by Mr. Heaps on "An Adventure in Happiness." The Student Fellowship offers a program of exceptional interest. Pro- fessor Brumm will speak on "Living Up to Your Intelligence." Fellowship and supper hour at 6 o'clock, meetnig will begin at 7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Ma- sonic Temple, 324 S. Fourth Ave. At 10:45 a.m. "What is the Will of God?" is the topic upon which Dr. Lemon will preach at the Morning Worship Service. Music by the stu- dent choir. At 5:30 p.m. the Westminster Guild will hold their regular supper and social hour followed by fhe meet- ing at 6:30 p.m. There will be a panel discussion on the topic "Is Re- ligion Necessary for Education?" Miss Emily Morgan will be chairman. Bethlehem Evangelical Church, So. Fourth Ave. Theodore Schmale, pas- tor. The sermon topic at Bethlehem Evangelical Church will be "The Duty of Church Advance. The service be- gins at 10:30 a.m. An early service will be held at 9 a.m. for German speaking pepole. The Youth League which meets at 7 p.m. will discuss the important question of Choosing A Life Companion. Students are invited to attend. Reformed and Christian Church services will be held in the Women's League chapel at 10:30 a.m. Sun- day, Oct. 25. The speaker. will be Rev. H. Dykehouse of Jamestown, Mich. The Graduate Club of the Hillel is having a Knock-Knock Hallowe'en party Tuesday evening, Oct. 27, from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Hillel Founda- tion. All graduate students and their friends are cordially invited to at- tend. aSC BENEATH*H***$ pII - j Joris Ivens RE EN 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. 0