0 PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 1937 THE MICHIGAN DAILY - E 4,, ~, 1"6 Member 1937 ssoCidied Colle6idie Press Wstributors or Coegioe D"6est Published every moring except Monday during the University year and Sumner Session by the Board in Con'trol of Student Publications. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to th'e use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not. otherwise credited ini 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.. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BlY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Represetative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N.Y. CHICAGO BOSTON - SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES PORTLAND SEATTLE Board of Editors MANAGING EDITOR..................ELSIE A. 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MATTES The Barii Beside The Union .. , N A SMALL ramshackle building, condemned several times as a fire hazard, the classes in Play Production are still held, and the rehearsals for Play Production performances are still carried on, amidst crowded piles of scenery. From time to time for several years this has been brought to public attention. Tentative plans have been drawn up for rebuilding the barn- like structure beside the Union, but students are still meeting for classes in the condemned building, still tripping over the piles of scenery. Th Play Production staff does not want to have the building rebuilt. They are afraid that any temporary adjustments would postpone the building of a modern structure in which they would have sufficient room for rehearsals, classes and the presentation of finished plays. The caliber of the work presented by Play Production in public has been consistently high; the staff is patently worthy of better conditions under which to work. A Greater Need. . N THE PREVIOUS EDITORIAL we called attention to the need for another building on the campus. , At various times it has been pointed out that the University stands in need of additional facilities for housing men and women and for additional class-room and administrative purposes. But despite these needs, and despite the need which we have just finished pointing out, there is one than which none is more important. This is the general scale of faculty salaries. It is unnecessary to review the general exodus tvard other universities offering larger salaries last year, but as students we would prefer a capable instructor in an older building to one less capable in the most beautiful of modern build- ings. Editor's Note Attention is called to the rule that published correspondence must be signed. A number of letters recently received have not been publish' because they did not bear the signature of the author. Names of correspondents will be kept confidential upon request. It is also pointed out that the right is re- served to condense all letters over 300 words. Letters should be typewritten, if possible, and double-spaced and on one side of the sheet only. THE FORUM The Run Of German Culture To the Editor: The issues between Mr. Willis Player and Mr. Levi transcend the personalities involved. The readers of Mr. Levi's and Mr. Player's letters are, I should believe, profoundly interested in this discussion of National Socialism, or German Fascism. The bitter, anti-semitic, and unsound state- ments in Mr. Player's letter are derived from an equally unsound knowledge of "German" thought, culture and needs. He says that "Ger- many . . . is . . . determined to shape its own values rather than accept those forced upon it by democratic dreamers and alien cultures." There are several things that I am sure have escaped his attention; for, otherwise, it be- comes a deliberate, or unconscious untruth when he writes that Naziism is the "exemplification of the'German mind." Germany produced Goethe, Lessing, Schiller, Heine, and others in literature; Heyden, Weisman, Virshow, Haeckel and count- less others in science; when one spoke of music' Germany predominated, and so in all the pur- suits of man her contribution was an inspiring and valuable one. This historic past extended into the present: literature, science and the arts, to say nothing of a strong, progressive labor movement, were features of the pre-Hitler Ger- many. And when he came to power, when Ger- many was faced with the world-economic crisis, Hitler, pushed by the threatened privileged class to the front of the masses of people, destroyed the culture of Germany, burned magnificent works of literature, and exiled thousands of scientists and intellectuals. Who are these people who were forced to leave their homes? Does Mr. Player know? Does he remember the greatest of German writers, Thomas Mann, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1927? In the face of a man such as this, the real rep- resentative of Germany's literary past, how can Mr. Player say Hitler represents the German mind? Mann lives in Zurich now and his books, since January, 1936, no longer appear in Berlin. Klaus Mann, his son, wrote, "The irascibility and aggressiveness noted in those circles which bear the responsibility for Nazi culture may be under- stood when one considers that the Nazis them- selves, during their rule, have not produced a single author who enjoys international or even great national fame . . . Dr. Goebbels himself is in despair. He complains and uses abusive language. He arranges prize competitions for young dramatists, but all to no avail; and the poor theatre director of the Third Reich must have recourse to old farces or to the few classics in which no trace of 'despicable' convictions is to be found." (Mann, I should add, is of what is called "Aryan" stock.) And what are the plays winning prizes in Goebbel's contests? Again I should like to re- mind Mr. Player of the time at the German Culture Session of the Nuremberg Fascist Party 'Conference, when Herr Johnst, that National Socialist poetaster, received the first prize for his "Shlageter," a play in which he makes his hero speak as follows: "If you think a thought out to the end, The result is sharp-shooting. When I hear the word culture, I cock my gun." Is this in the spirit of the "German mind?" I would rather believe that it is not. The Ger- many is in exile with Thomas Mann (voluntary), Albert Einstein, Ernst Toller, Feuchtwanger, Franz Werfel, Stefan Zweig, Hermann Hesse, Wasserman (dead) and innumerable others who are waiting for and helping Germany to emerg from an historical nightmare of, paganism; the Germany is fighting heroically in the face of in- conceivable terrorism for a better, happier world. In a very brief conclusion, may I quote from Mr. Player's bible, Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf"? ". ....as a result of shrewd and persistent propaganda a people may be brought to think heaven hell, and a life of misery a paradise." -Joseph Bernstein. Secret Sources Of Information? To the Editor: I once heard a college student begin a verbal dissertation with the statement: "It is inevi- table that I speak from some point of view. Allow me to state that I am free, white, over twenty-one, and a member of such and such fraternity." Perhaps some such statement should have been included in Willis Player's letter to The Daily in which he violently berates Mr. Levi. From Mr. Levi's letter we can estimate his con- nection with the conditions in Germany and we can evaluate his statement accordingly. Mr. Player however, gives us no background at all. He seems to appreciate Germany's vigorous, militant #campaign much more than does the average disinterested American citizen. Perhaps Mr. Player has access to pertinent news and views about the Fatherland inaccessible to most of us. If he were to make them available to us, we might agree whole-heartedly with him in everything he says. And then again we might not. -Justus Baird. What Mr. Player Might Have Mean To the Editor: For some time I have been expecting someone to take a verbal swing at M. Levi, and so I was not exactly surprised when I read Mr. Player's letter. Perhaps that letter was considerably more of an outburst than was necessary, but I could, nevertheless, feel a certain amount of sympathy for it. When any individual speaks, such as Professor Levi does, in a tone that implies there are not two sides to a question, I suppose Sharing Prosperity -Wages Far Below Healthy Level- (From the Pittsburgh Press) S AMERICAN INDUSTRY plowing back enough of its earnings into the home market1 in the form of wage increases? The American Federation of Labor thinks not.r In its November survey of business, the federa- tion warns that, while recent wage increases areZ "in the right direction," this country "must plan1 for a progressively rising wage level"-first forv a minimum health standard, and, next for ar "capacity production" level. Today, the A.F. of1 L. says, "between 10,000,000 and 15,000,000 Aimer-t ican families" are living below the minimumI health standard: Based on estimates by Prof. Paul Nystrom oft Columbia, and brought up to present pricesI by the Labor Department cost-of-living index, an American city family of four requires a bread- winner working 40 hours a week steadily throughc the year and earning 73 cents an hour, or abouI $1,500 a year. That is the health minimum. It will be remembered that Brookings Institute found 7,500,000 city workers' families getting lessc than $1,500 a year in so-called prosperous 1929. On a basis of incomplete data, the federationc finds that theaverage wage in the summer of 1936 was 58 cents an hour, or 15 cents below the health minimum. In 1934, when NRA was op-c erating, the average was 56 cents, or only 14I cents below the necessary level which then was 70t cents. Since then, while living costs have risen, there "was hardly any increase in average hourly wages." This country will be in full economic healthc when wages are high enough to allow consump- tion of the output of our existing productivec plant. A "capacity production" living level at today's prices, the federation says, calls for anP income of $3,625 for all American families. Such a universal family income would not only solve] the unemployment problem and start the in-r dustrial plant going at full capacity, but accord- ing to Dr. Mordecai Ezekiel of the Department ofr Agriculture, would solve the farm problem byt bringing into production 50,000,000 new acres of land.1 We are far from that ideal. The $3,526 familyc income means a wage of $1.77 an hour at seady work for 40 hours a week for all city wage- earning breadwinners. A few skilled workers get that, but the great bulk of unskilled are still struggling toward the goal of the health and efficiency minimum of 73 cents an hour. The unhealthy gap between mass purchasing1 power and the productive capacity of our landt and machines has yet to be bridged. "We hope," says the federation, "that indus- trial executives will be wise enough to see that1 wage increases must not stop with the few efforts featured in the press. Only by large and, con- tinuing increases can we create a market great enough for capacity production and full employ-9 ment." Encounter Driving the cows up on a summer night, Charlie met Jesus under the old dead tree; Might have been the new hired man, it might- But Charlie knew it was He. Charlie stood still while the cows went on And blinked his young blue eyes. Jesus looked like a pale young dawn Walking from twilit skies. "Master," said Charlie, whispering, And took his straw hat off, "Pa wants I should go a-preaching In service of thyself." He kicked some dry dung thoughtfully And gazed off down the lane. "But preacher-fellers, seems to me, ' Don't preach you very plain." Charlie took his jack-knife out And whittled out a whistle; Jesus stood there watching him, Pafe as the down of thistle. "Well, Master," Charlie said, at last, "I figure you'll agree- To you and all us working guys It ain't no mystery. "Love's got a law that we ain't got, But one that we can get, And I tell Pa I druther rot, Than jest to pray and set." And Charlie gazed at Jesus Under the old dead tree, And put his whistle in his mouth And shrilled it absently. Above the head of Jesus The sun blazed all at once; The whistle fell from Charlie's mouth; He reeled in radiance. Charlie staggered back and stared, For the dead tree grew again; And Charlie cried, and when he dared, Strode singing up the lane. -Robert C. B. Campbell. I r RADIO DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the 4 University. Copy received at the ofii By TUURE TENANDER until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. ISHAM JONES, who "retired" last summer for about the fourth time, . (Continued from Page 2) has, as we intimated some time ago,- ieturned to the band business with a Michiganensian should be taken care ne cex.Wecagh imfrm i of at once. All organization pictures, spot at the Hotel Lincoln in New for the 'Ensian must be submitted be York Sunday night but were a little fore Jan. 24. Your immediate co- bit disappointed. Doubtless Isham operation in this matter will be will improve after the band has had necessary in order to avoid the last more opportunity to play together, minute rush. but as yet he lacks the fullness of tone and effortless force that char- acterized his former band. Jones has Eddie Stone with him again as well as Joe Martin, who has returned to the fold after two years with Joe1 Reichman. This pair of vocalists hasi long been associated with Isham Jones and should help to gain the organization favor with the public. Over CBS at 12:30 each Sunday and; Friday night. Although we missed Betty JaynesI on the Ford program Sunday night with Jose Iturbi conducting the or- chestra, we have heard numerous re- ports of her stealing the show. This, 15-year old songster, who made her debut in Chicago this season in La Boheme, seems to have a great fu-" ture ahead of her. She is not listed at present for any future programs. ANDRE KOSTELANETZ and his 45-piece orchestra, which has drawn much favorable comment from all types of musicians, will be heard again at 9 p.m. tomorrow over CBS and will have as his guest soloist Nino Martini. We remember one dis- gruntled radio fan who, having heard his fill of the tenor, was heard to mumble something to the effect that as far as he was concerned, Martini meant nothing but a drink. However. the criticism was far from justified, as Nino is really quite a lad. The program tomorrow night will include everything from Sullivan's The Lost Chord to Claypoole's Raggin' the Scale. * * * Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra, whom "we had the good luck to hear during the Christmas holidays is on a commercial with Jack Pearl, who has returned in his former role of the Baron Munchausen, over NBC at 9:30 p.m. every Monday. The Baron fails to create a great desire to stay home by the radio Monday evenings and Dorsey's bunch is not given much of a chance to show off. We were fortunate in that when we saw Tommy he had with him, in addition to his regular stars, Bud Freeman, Dave Tough and Joe. Dixon, the one and only Bunny Berigan, one of the best trumpet men in the country. The climax of the evening occurred when Freeman took five choruses on the tenor in Bugle Call Rag and Berigan took six. The band goes into the Meadowbrook in New Jersey very shortly and will undoubtedly have a wire from there. THE OPERA to be presented this coming Saturday 'afternoon over NBC will be Wagner's Die Walkuere. Lotte Lehmannsoprano, and Lauritz Melchior, tenor, 'are two of the Met- ropolitan's stais who will have lead- ing roles. With the addition of Irving Good- man, trumpet man, to Benny Good- man's orchestra, the organization now harbors the trio of Goodman brotheis who have turned musical. Benny on clarinet, brother Harry on bass and brother Irving complete the family roster in the world of jazz and they are at present engaged in swinging at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. Irving, incidentally, was formerly with Charles Barnett, wh recently broke up his old band in order to start another one. Many of Barnett's men went over to Wood Herman's newly-formed band, which has been going like mad at the Rose- land Ballroom in New York. Good- man is broadcasting regularly Wed- nesday and Saturday nights over CBS in addition to his commercial Tues- day nights on Jack Oakie's College. Woody Herman is expected to be back on Mutual very shortly. Kerstin Thorberg, Swedish con- tralto, will be the featured soloist on the General Motors concert next Sunday evening. She will also sing in the presentation of Die Walkuere Saturday afternoon. Anyone interested in the formation of a "Keep-Shep-'Water-Bottle'- Fields-off-the-Air-Club" please com- municate via the daily mails. Last Sandstone Block Placed On Bell Tower Notice to Presidents and Treasur- ers of Student Organizations: Page contract cards for space in the 1937 Michiganensian should be signed immediately and mailed into the 'En- sian office. Copy blanks, (names of officers and members and pictures desired forithe page), should also be sent in with the contract. We are asking your immediate cooperation in this matter as we need this informa- tion in order to meet our deadlines. The 1937 Michiganensian.-, Juniors, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Students who wish to make application for admis- sion to one of the Combined Cur- ricula in September, 1937, should call at Room 1210, Angell Hall, for a formal application blank. Collee of Architecture: Registra- tion material should be secured from Room 4 University Hall as soon as possible. Classification material will be issued later by the College of Architecture. Civil Service Examinations: The University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information has received announcements of United States Civil Service Examinations for Associate and Assistant Exhibits De- signer, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and Social Security Board, salary, .$2,600 to $3,200; and Associate Home Economist, Office of Experiment Stations Department of Agriculture, salary, $3,200. For fur- ther information concerning these examinations call at 201 Mason Hall, office hours, 9 to 12 and 2 to 4 p.m. Candidates for the Teachers Cer- tificates, June 1937: Before making elections for the second semester, each candidate should check the re- quirements in his or her major and minor teaching fields, as outlined in the School of Education announce- inmt, page 64 and following. Reading Examinations in French: Candidates for the degree of Ph.D. in the departments listed below who wish to satisfy the requirement of a reading knowledge during the cur- rent academic year, 1936-37, are informed that examinations will be offered in Room 108, Romance Lan- guage Building, from 2 to 5, on Sat- urday afternoon, Jan. 23, May 22, and August 7. It will be necessary to register at the office of the De- partment of Romance Languages (112 R.L.) at least one week in ad- vance. Lists of books recommended by the various departments are ob- tainable at this office. It is desirable that candidates for the doctorate prepare to satisfy this requirement at the earliest possible date. A brief statement of the na- ture of the requirement, which will be found helpful, may be obtained at the office of the Department, and further inquiries may be addressed to Mr. L. F. Dow (100 R.L., Satur- days at 10 a.m. and by appointment.) This announcement applies only to candidates in the following depart- men ts: Ancient and Modern Lan- guages and Literatures, History, Ec onomics, Sociology, Political Sci- ence, Philosophy, Education, Speech Journalism. "Oral Interpretation of Modern Drama," (Course 164 in Speech and General Linguistics). Will those wh( expect to elect this course nex semester leave their names at th office of the Department of Speech and General Linguistics, 3211 Angel Hall, or with Mr. Hollister? Academic Notices Physical Education Department The class in Physical Reconstruc tion No. 7 will not meet today. Psychology 39: The attention o those intending to elect this cours the second semester is called to th fact that the schedule of the cours has been changed to the following Lectures, MWF at 10, 3126 N.S. Lab oratory Section 1, Tuesday, 2-4; and Laboratory Section 2, Wednesday 2-4, 300 W. Med. Lecture French Lecture: The next lectur in the French Club series will tak place Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 4:15 room 103, Romance Languages Bulid s ing. Professor Michael Pargmen o will speak on "Anatole France." Tick ets for the series of lectures may b obtained from the Secretary of th Department of Romance Languages room 112 R.L., or at the door a the time of the lecture. 9 Exhibitions ice of the Assistant to the President 12:15 p.m. in Room 3201 East En- gineering Bldg. Mr. Harland Dodge will address the group on "Ann Ar- bor'S New Sewage Disposal Plant." Freshmen Luncheon Clubs: The combined groups will meet today at 12 o'clock noon in the Union. A pleasing program, featuring Rev. Frederick Cowin as speaker, has been arranged. Men's Council Committee on Stu- dent Labor: There will be a regular meeting at 9 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, in Room 304 of the Michigan Union. Any working student with a com- plaint to offer may appear before the Board. The names of complaining students will not be disclosed. Michigan League Social Committee will meet Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the kLeague at 4:15 p.m. Lutheran Student Club will have a Bible class tonight at the League. The time is 7:15 and everyone is wel- come to come. Physics Colloquium will meet Tues- day afternoon, Jan. 12 at 4:15 p.m. in Room 1041 E. Physics Building. The subject will be "The Theory and the Calibration of Geiger Counters" and will be discussed by O. S. Duffen- dack, Milton Slawsky, and Harold Lifschutz. The Mathematics Club will have a meeting Tuesday evening, Jan. 12, at 8 p.m. in Room 3201 Angell Hall. Prof. E. W. Miler will speak on "Bi- Connected Sets." University Radio Club: Students interested in short wave radio are urged to attend a meeting of the University Radio Club tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Room 325, Michigan Union. University Broadcasting: 2:15 p.m. The University Herbarium. Bessie B. Kanouse. Sociedad Hispanica will meet to- night at 8 p.m. in the Garden Room in the Michigan Women's League. There will be an interesting lecture, "Un professor americano en Espana," by Prof. Arthur S. Aiton of the His- tory department. All members are cordially invited.-4 Student Alliance: Professor Shep- ard of the Psychology Department will speak on "Factors Making for War" at the regular meeting this evening at 8 o'clock at the Union. Everybody is welcome. The Nell Gwyn performance of Fielding's "Tom Thumb" to be given on Tuesday, Jan. 12, in Sarah Case- well Angell Hall. will begin at 9 and not at 8:30 as was previously an- nounced. 1 Faculty Women's Club: The Tues- day Afternoon Play-Reading Section will meet on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 12, at 2:15 p.m. in the Alumnae Room of the Michigan League. Phi Lambda Upsilon: Business meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Room t 303 Chemistry Bldg. Deutscher Verein: Meeting Tues- day, Jan. 12, at 8 p.m. in the MVtich- igan League. Dr. Francis S. Onder- Orer onk will give an illustrated talk on, "The Austrian Alps." Everybody in- terested is invited to attend. Tau Beta Pi: There will be a regu- lar dinner meeting tonight at 6:15 in the Union. Prof. H. F. Adams of the Psychology Dept. will be the speaker. 0 Kappa Phi: Regular meeting today tlat 5:15 p m. at Stalker Hall. It is e important that all members be h present. 1 Christian Science Organization meets tonight at the chapel of the Michigan League at 8:15 p.m. Stu- dents and faculty members are in- vited to attend. Coming Events f Mechanical Engineers: There will e be a meeting of the Student Branch e of the A.S.M.E., Wednesday evening, e Jan. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Micttigan : Union. George Sandenburgh, City - Engineer of Ann Arbor, will speak on d "Municipal Engineering." The pro- , gram will include moving pictures. Pins and watch charms, and also back issues of "Mechanical En- gineering" magazine are available in Room 221 W. Eng. Bldg. e e A.A.U.W. Junior Group: The ' monthly dinner meeting will be held t on Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the Mich- igan League. Mr. Wilfred Shaw, - Director of Alumni Relations of the e University, will speak on The Making of an Etching. . Reservations may be at made at the Michigan League (Phone 23251) until Tuesday night. Luncheon For Graduate Students on Wednesday, January 13, at 12:00 I 4 presenting seeming contradictions as condemning Burton Memorial Tower, entering National Socialism, but our own democratic sys- what will probably be its final month tem, party, platforms and candidates' speeches under construction, yesterday had it considered, probably affords as many contradic- last block of sandstone hoisted into tions for unfriendly German commentators to position and cemented. pounce upon. Therefore is our system entirely . The job now consists of cleaning wrong? Moreover, I feel that if we formed any and sharpening the edges of the in- strong opinions on the basis of what Professor dividual stones of the 192-foot tower Levi writes, we would be guilty of faulty induc- While this is in process, the plaster- f orI a no sue tat hs fctsgiv us ing is being completed in the practice Lion, for I am not sure that his facts give us and lecture rooms inside, extending a complete and impartial picture of the situation. through 10 stories. The outside wor