PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY', jAN. ?2, 19 7 PAGE FOUR FRIbAY, JAN. 22, 1937 w .,x THE MICHIGAN DAILY I63 Member 1937 IAssockited Colte ie Press Distributors of CoIRebkie D&4 Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Mlember 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, $4.5G. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AvE. NEW YORK. N.Y. CHICAGO- BOSTON. - SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES . PORTLAND - SFEATTL.E - 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 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, Irving S. Silver- man, William Spaller, Richard G. Hershey. Editorial Department : Marshall D. Shulman, Chairman; Robert Cummins, Mary Sage Montague. 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 Business Assistants: Robert Martin, Ed Macal, Phil Bu- chen, Tracy Buckwalter, Marshall Sampson, Newton Ketcham, Robert Lodge, Ralph Shelton, Bill New- nan, Leonard Seigelman, Richard Knowe, Charles Coleman, W. Layhe, J. D. Haas, Russ Cole. Women's Business Assistants : Margaret Ferries, Jane Steiner, Nancy. Cassidy, Stephanie Parfet, Marion Baxter, L. Adasko, G. Lehman, Betsy Crawford, Betty Davy, Helen Purdy. Martha Hankey, Betsy Baxter, Jean Rheinfrank, Dodie Day, Florence Levy, Florence Michlinski, Evalyn Tripp. 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 : JAMES A. BOOZER turned in a single day's work, still on the State of Michigan's time, that topped all the others. A list of Benoit's offenses in one day: Federal: Kidnapping across the state line. Transporting a stolen car across the state line. State: First degree murder. Kidnapping (2) Unlawfully driving away an automobile (2). Robbery armed. Carrying concealed weapons. Resisting an officer. The best the State of Michigan can do if they prosecute Benoit for murder, under the present parole system, is to put him in jail again, after which they will no doubt release him in seven or eight years "for good behavior." Under the Federal Lindbergi law, with war- rants against Benoit already obtained for inter- state kidnapping, the federal government could offer the death penalty if the state drops murder charges. Two blots on the State of Michigan stand out as a result of the Benoit incident: First that the State should parole a man, a double offender sentenced to one to five and two and a half to five years, after three years for god behavior, after which he is free .to go out and hold up at will banks throughout the state, and finally to kill a state trooper. Second that it should become necessary, in order properly to punish him for the wanton slaying, to prosecute him not for murder, but for forcing an automobile salesman to drive him to Toledo. Honest officials in the State have often ex- pressed a desire to see the parole system abol- ished in order to stop the abuse of it by crooked politicians and shyster lawyers. Capital punish- ment may not be the universal panacea, but it s the only proper answer for such offenders as Benoit, "Shorty" Hayden, now serving life at Marquette for the slaying of an Ann Arbor po- liceman, Merton Goodrich, who killed little Lil- lian Gallagher in Detroit last year, Washtenaw County's own torch murderers, the killer of the Mattson boy, and the unapprehended killer of nine-year-old Robert Streicher of Ypsilanti. 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. Proposal To the Editor: What happens when a Michigan Man reaches the epic age of 21? What is done to make this a memorable occa- Sion for him? Is there just an ordinary birthday party, with perhaps a little more drinking than usual? Or is something done to celebrate this eventful anniversary in a way that will be re- membered through life? Is anything done to im- press upon the average young man who attains his majority the fact that he is now a respon- sible citizen of this great country? If not, what can be done about it? Consideration of these points is prompted by the fact that during this week my elder son (Paul T. Nims, EE '37) will attain his majority and I have been wondering how to make this a somewhat more memorable occasion than usual. Then I began wondering what happened when I was 21-and what might have happened. As a result of these thoughts, I have done a little research work and I find that, ever since the turn of the century-and occasionally before that, there have been approximately 2,000,000 young people per annum who reach the event- ful age of 21. In 1930, there were 2,211,032 young men and' women who had just reached voting age. This year, there will be 2,382,385, less the normal de- crease, since the age of 14. And this number will increase every year until those who are now 15 reach voting age. Here is a vast army of young men and women, MORE THAN TWO MILLION STRONG-eager, intelligent young people, most of them-who attain their majority every year with very little thought given by anyone to what kind of citizens they will be. Nothing is done, in any concerted way, to impress the importance of the occasion upon them. Nothing 'is done to help them get started right. A great many of this young army-the bright- est, most intelligent part of it-are students in our various universities when they reach 21. So I propose that the University of Michigan take the lead in sponsoring a series of meetings that will make this an impressive event in the minds of all students as they reach the age of 21, with the hope that other universities will concur in the movement and help it along. Eventually, it is too much to hope that this movement may attain national proportions and be celebrated in a fitting manner in every city in the country, through the co-operation of the churches and the numerous men's service clubs, such as the Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis and others. When should these meetings take place, and what form should they take? These are leading questions which only time and experience can answer satisfactorily. To get the movement started, I would suggest that the University stage meetings three or four times a year, for all students who have reached 21 since the previous meeting. For instance, let all those whose registrations show that they reach the age of 21 during July, August, Septem- ber and October be invited to attend a meeting in October-on the 21st day of the month. Those who are 21 during November, December, Jan- uary and February might have their meeting in BENEATH **** #****'* IT ALL Bon th Williams - BENEATH IT ALL: Over-emphasis of athletics came as close to being a reality as it ever will at Michigan Tuesday morning when the Varsity basketball team returned from a road trip which included games with Wisconsin Saturday and Chicago Monday evening. With a scant, five hours of Pullman car sleep, Danny Smick and Leo Beebe walked out of the Ann Arbor railroad sta- tion just in time to make their eight-o'clocks. The class, offered in the Physical Education School by Ray Courtright, is a course in the teachings and practice of basketball ..Al Dewey, rosy-cheeked campus politician and pres- ident of this year's graduating class, spent the greater part of last summer driving a Good Humor truck. Al, who dispensed chocolate cov- cred lollipops and the like to the wee tots of Bir- mingham and its environs, is one of the shrewd- est operators the company ever employed. Al became so proficient in the knowledge of his stock that he could pick out the free pop-sickles at a glance. President Dewey lunched on them for almost a month until the kiddies complained to the manager that something was rotten in Denmark . . . Enterprising members of a local hatchet club lured on by attractive literature, chipped in and sent away for a much advertised movie of a nudist camp. The premiere was a decided disappointment. Nothing disheartened, however, the five charter suckers conceived a brilliant plan. Advertising the "sensational frankness" of the perfectly respectable film, they roped the whole house in at a quarter a crack and realized a rather tidy profit upon their in- vestment .. . UNSUSPECTING They meet. He eyes her casually, Thinking her gay and trim; How can he know that mentally The girl has married him! (-E. Vinton). Submitted by E.E.S. (Detroit News). NOTING the present controversy which is being carried on by crusaders against the devotees of baffle boards in Ann Arbor, it would seem apropos to bring up at this time another type of racket which is extensively used to pick up the loose sheckels of practically anybody. The whole thing is built around sucker lists and may be used by any number of not too scrup- ulous companies. Either I am a sucker or I just look like one, I guess. About twice a week I get a personal letter filled with tons of literature in which Dr. So-and- So of the 'Old European Institute' or the 'Vienna Grand Clinic' will, for the inconceivably small sum of $3.00, send me his latest book on the facts of life. Once a week I am offered the opportunity of buying custom built shirts at a third off with a special introductory offer of 6 for $5 if I sell orders to three of my friends. Also it is easy to earn big money in my spare time as a special agent of the Ouigipem Plenty Corp. For a sawbuck I can look like Man Moun- tain Dean and they will throw in a leopard skin to boot. These are all very interesting and do well to light the furnace with on cold mornings, but to- day came the pay-off. I was due for a pamphlet on sane sex life, but when I ripped open the envelope I knew that this time I had attained the heights. There staring me in the face in big red letters was: THE TRUTH ABOUT FROG RAISING. COM- PLETE FROG CULTURE COURSE. FREE CON- SULTING SERVICE. FROGS CAN MAKE YOU MONEY, WHY HAVE YOU DELAYED IN STARTING? SIX PAIRS OF GIANT FROGS ONLY $47.50. WE HOLD YOUR BREEDERS UNTIL YOUR POND IS READY I have now reached the heights. I am in a class by myself. I am on the sucker list of a frog farm. ADD BENEATH IT ALL: Chuck Killens, Sigma Nu bowler, has a reason for his pin scattering ability. His dad owns a recreation center where there are 53 alleys . . . The Alpha Phi sistern, marooned out on the edge of town at the mercy of the Bus Co. these days, are irked because their sensible house mother, Mrs. Clark, shuts off the phone at 11 p.m. The suburban girls claim that they thus lose a possible hour of date-making time and that they are laboring under a terrific handicap in competition with other more liberal sororities . . . Someone passed a list of lonesome hearts, supplied by a marriage bureau, around the locker room where the track team was getting set for afternoon drills a day or so ago. Included in the description of one of the candidates was the fact that she was due to fall heir to $100,000. Charley Hoyt has been shuffling around the Field House with a worried face and a watchful eye ever since. Liberalism To The Editor: I am enclosing a small item taken from "The London Times" of Wednesday, December 30th, 1936, page ten, column four. It may give you some idea of why so many Americans look with an understandable suspicion on Herr Hitler's "Third Reich": "Early in October a German named Franz Reyersbach, of Oldenburg, showed a cutting from "The Times" to a friend. The cutting had reference to German intervention in Spain, and Reyersbach, who was by nature an outspoken person, made some remarks about it. He was denounced and three days later was arrested and sent to the concen- eStrike -Why Not Vote.?- (From the New York World- Telegram) Again hopes for an early peace in the auto industry are blasted, as peaceable negotiations are broken off and charges and counter-charges of bad faith fill the air. It is a very unhappy state of af- fairs in this industry, which hither- to has taken the lead in our econom- ic recovery., In the end public opinion will de- cide, just as in the past it has decided the outcome of other important in- dustrial conflicts. But what can the public do, at this particular stage, to speed a settlement? The answer is: -Very little. For the public, which in such matters has to function through the government, lacks effec- tive machinery for mediation. The government, however, has pro- vided one method of procedure which either side is at liberty to invoke, and which, if invoked, might help pave the way for settlement of one of the most controversial issues. And that is the question of who has the au- thority to represent whom in collect tive bargaining. The pringiple is- iajority rule which has been writ- ten into the law of the land. Yet, for reasons best known to themselve, the leaders of the C.I.O automobile workers have not asked the National Labor Relations Board to intervene, conduct hearings, de- termine on what unit basis the bar- gaining should be arranged, and hold elections to decide by secret ballot whom the workers want to represent them. . For reasons best known to them- selves the managers of General Mo- tors likewise have refrained from in- viting the Labor Board to intervene. How well this law can be made to work for a peaceable settlement once that issue is joined was demonstrat- ed recently in a dispute at General Electric's plant in Schenectady. A question of who had the right to ne- gotiate for the workers arose between a C.I.O. electrical union and an old company union. The Labor Board was invited in. It conducted an elec- tion. The C.I.O. won. And General Electric proceeded thereupon to bar- gain with the C.IO. union's spokes- men as the exclusive representatives of the workers. All was peaceable, and all was strictly well in other dis- putes. The majority-rule principle is one that was fought out over a long period, and after painstaking ex- perimentation with other methods it was adopted by the National War Labor Board created in 1918, was applied consistently by the Railway Labor Board created in 1920, and was the only rule which worked well in the application of Section 7A of the NRA law. After extended debate, Congress wrote the majority-rule principle in- to law, in language that cannot be misunderstood: "Representatives designated or se- lected for purposes of collective bar- gaining by the majority of the em-, ployees . . . shall be the exclusive. representatives of all employees in such unit for the purpose of collec- tive bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment or other conditions of employment... . "The board shall decide in each case whether . . . the unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bar- gaining shall be the employer unit, craft unit, plant unit or subdivision thereof . . " . . .The board . . . may take a secret ballot of employees, or utilize any other suitable method to ascer- tain such representatives." The C.I.O. Auto Workers' Union wants to bargain with the whole Gen- eral Motors concern as one unit, and claims the right to represent all em- ployees. The General Motors management prefers, if it has to bargain, that each plant be treated as a separate unit, and denies that the C.I.O. union has a right to act as the exclusive repre- sentative of the workers, A. F. of L. craft groups and a so- called Flint Alliance are claiming rights to represent workers. The legal and most sensible way to settle all this, it would seem, would be for one of the interested parties to call on the National Labor Rela- tions Board to step in and settle the unit question, then conduct a poll to determine who represents the ma- jority-and enforce majority rule. That would be an orderly proce- dure, a lawful procedure, and in the long run should work for the best in- terests of the workers, the .manage- ment and the public. Laugh Occasionally, Dr. Yoder Advises For better mental health Dr. O. R. Yoder, assistant medical superinten- dant of the Yspilanti State Hospital, advised members of Iota Alpha, grad- uate engineering fraternity, "to laugh at themselves occasionally" in speech at the initiation banquet held 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. FRIDAY, JAN. 22, 1937 VOL. XLVII No. 86 Notices Bioadcast, Varsity Show: All par- ticipants in Varsity Show broadcast report on stage, Hill Auditorium at 13:30 p.m. today. Members of the University Senate: This is to remind you of the meet- ing of the University Senate on Mon- day, Jan. 25, at 4:15 p.m. in Room C. Haven Hall. Louis A. Hopkins, Secretary.. Student Loans: Any applicant for a loan for the second semester who has not already had an interview with the Loan Committee should make an appointment at once in Room 2, University Hall. Registration, All Students: 1. Each student should register for himself. He may take only his reg- istration card into the Gymnasium. 2. Gatekeepers are not authorized to make exceptions to the printed schedule of admission to the Gym- nasium. Robert L. Williams, Assistant Registrar. Classification: All student classify- ing in the Gymnasium: 1. Changes of elections are not to be made in the Gymnasium, but are to be made in Room 4 U.H. Feb. 15 and thereafter. 2. Students eligible for Concen- tration should call for their candi- dacy slips at Room 4, U.H. beginning Feb. 15. Robert L. Williams, Assistant Registrar College of Engineering: Seniors who expect to be graduated in Feb- ruary should fill out the proper blank for diploma application in the Sec- retary's Office, Room 263 West En- gineering Building, not later than Feb. 12. Notice to Students Planning to do Directed Teaching: Students expect- ing to do directed teaching the sec- ond semester are urged to interview Dr. Schorling on Thursday, Jan. 28, in Room 2435, University Elementary School, according to the following schedule:' 1 to 2 p.m, Latin, French, German. 2 to 3 p.m., English, speech, fine arts. 3 to 4 p.m., Mathematics, science, commercial. 4 to 5 p.m., Social Studies. It is of the utmost importance that seniors come to this conference for, everything else being equal, the op- portunities for directed teaching will be assigned in order of application. Any student who has a definite ap- pointment at the hour suggested should report for a conference at one of the other periods. Every effort will be made to meet his needs. Notice to Presidents and Treasur- ers of Student Organizations: Ar- rangements with a photographer for your organization group picture or any other pictures which you desire to appear on your page in the 1937 Michiganensian should be taken care of at once. All organization pictures for the 'Ensian must be submitted be- fore Jan. 24. Your immediate co- operation in this matter will be necessary in order to avoid the last minute rush. Notice to All Social and Profes- sional Fraternity and Sorority Presi- dents and Treasurers: Fraternities and sororities which have not as yet sent in their page contract cards for the 1937 Michiganensian should do so at once to guarantee space for their organization in this year's an- nual. Copy blanks, (names of offi- cers and members), should also be sent in with the contract. Your im- mediate cooperation in this matter is requested as the 'Ensian needs this information to meet deadlines. The 1937 Michiganensian. Guidance Luncheon at 1 p.m. Sat-, urday, Jan. 23, at Michigan Union will be followed by meeting at which will be presented procedures of di- agnosis and correction in guidance and personnel work. All University counselors and other faculty mem- bers interested are invited to attend both the luncheon and meeting. Res- ervations made by calling the Univer- sity Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information, Extension E371. Icademic Notices Graduate Students In the exact and natural sciences who wish to take the French and German exam- inations required for the doctorate in February or in June (these ex- aminations will not be given during the intervening period) are requested to consult with Professor Lee any will be given according to the regular schedule. Business Administration 172, In- surance: This course, which does not appear in the Announcement of the School of Business Administration, will be given in the second semester. It deals with compensation and casualty insurance and with some special problems of life insurance. Students in the School of Business Administration, qualified seniors from other divisions, and graduate students are eligible to take this course, provided they have taken Business Administration 171 or make arrangements to do special reading in lieu thereof. Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Tappan 109, Mr. Irwin. Preliminary and qualifying exam- inations for the Doctor's degree in Chemistry will be held at the follow- ing dates: Analytical Chemistry-Feb. 19. Organic Chemistry-Feb. 26. Physical Chemistry-March 5. All examinations will be coiducted in Room 151 Chemsitry Bldg., start- ing at 1 p.m. Students wishing to take one or more of these examinations should confer with Prof. F. E. Bartell not later than Feb. 12. Candiates for the Master's Degree in History: The language examina- tion for candidates for the Master's Degree in History will be given this afternoon, Room B, Haven Hall at 4 p.m, Concerts Band Concert: The University Band, William D. Revelii, conductor, will give a concert complimentary to the general public in the School of Music Series Sunday afternoon at 4:15 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. The doors will be closed during numbers. Choral Union Concert: Gregor Piatigorsky, violoncellist, will give the eighth program in the Choral Union Concert Series, Monday evening, at 8:15 p.m., Hill Auditorium. Lectures Uniiversity Lecture: Dr. Olaf Hel- mer, of Berlin, will lecture on "The Logical Foundations of Mathematics" in 1025 Angell Hal at 4:15 p.m., Fri- day, Jan. 29. The public is cordially invited. Exhibitions Exhibition, Architectural Build- ing: Photographs of work of artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, and landscape archi- tecture, secured through the College Art Association of New York from the Alumni Association of the Ameri- can Academy in Rome, are being shown in the third floor Exhibition Room. Open daily, 9 to 5, except Sunday, through Jan. 30. The pub- lic is cordially invited. Events Of Today The Inaugural Address.0. F ANY DOUBTS REMAINED that President Roosevelt intends to carry forward the philosophy of the New Deal and seek to attain the objectives of the New Deal they must have been dispelled by his Second In- augural Address Wednesday. Whereas the keynote of his first inaugural on that gloomy March 4, 1933, was recovery. Wednesday his keynote was reform. It' looked not only toward continued improvement in our economic condition, but also toward an allevia- tion of the evils of our economic system The President was definitely looking toward the future. "It is not in despair," he said, "that I paint for that picture (of unemployment and poverty and subsistence living). I paint it for you in hope-because the nation, seeing and understanding the injustice in it, proposes to paint it over. The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." Those words, we think, connote no return to the conservatism from whence we came. But they do mean, it would appear, that we are not yet through; that, indeed, we have not even begun to fight. What President Roosevelt did not propose, and what we hope he will propose, is a specific plan of action. So far such a plan of action has not come from him. Throughout the political campaign he confined his election speeches to support of his first administration, advancing little in the way of information about what -he proposed to do. His message on the State of the Union, al- though a little more specific than the political speech he gave on a similar occasion a year ago, still left so many questions unanswered that it could hardly be termed a plan of action. The same is true of his budget speech, and while his proposals for administrative reorgani- zation deserve commendation, they can hardly be termed paths of policy. A broad outline has been set forth. There is now a definite need for that outline of philosophy! to be filled in with a plan of attack. Borrowed Time..,. A LCIDE (FRENCHY) BENODf j working on time borrowed from the state of Michigan, has managed to accomp- lish quite a bit. Released from the Ionia State All members of the R.O.T.C. Team meet at Drill Hall at 3 Match with Girls' Rifle Team Rifle p.m. at 4. Esperanto: The Esperanto class will meet in Room 1035 Angell Hall from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today. All Public Health Nurses who are to take the field observation this se- mester arranged for Social Security trainees, are to meet at 1 p.m. to- day, in the West Amph., West Medi- cal Building. Barclay Acheson, associate editor of Reader's Digest magazine, will speak on current world problems at 4:30 p.m., this afternoon, in Natural Science Auditorium under the aus- pices of Kappa Tau Alpha, national journalistic fraternity. No admission charge will be made for this lecture, and the public is cordially invited to attend, Dames: Members and their hus- bands will bowl tonight at 8:30 p.m. at the Women's Physical Education Building. For reservations call 8367. Disciples Guild: The Guild will hold the regular game night from 8 to 11 p.m. today. Table tennis, shuffle board, darts, quoits, many quiet games and group singing will provide entertainment for all who are interested. The church recrea- tion hall is located at Hill and Tap- pan Streets. One Act Play Bill presented by Play Production students has been postponed to Tuesday afternoon at 3:15 p.m. All Play Production stu- dents and any others interested may attend, free of charge. All Men Students and Faculty Are invited to enjoy the Coffee Hour held daily from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the small ballroom of the Union. Saturday and Sunday excepted.