THE MICHIGAN DAILY THE MICHIGAN DAILY Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1936-37 Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other mattersherein 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, $.0 REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING By National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Reresentative 49 .MADISON Av. NEW YORK. N.Y. CHICAGO BOSTON -ASAN FRANCISCO Lo.ANGlES rB - PORTLAND w SRTL Board of Editors MANAGING EDITOR ,,...........ELSIE A. PIERCE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR..,.MARSHALL D. SULMAN George Andros JewelWuerfel Richard Hershey Ralph W. Hurd Robert Cummins NIGHT EDITORS: Joseph Mattes, William E. Shackleton Irving Silverman, William Spaller, Tuure Tenander, Robert Weeks. SPORTS DEPARTMENT: George J. Andros, chairman Fred DeLano, Fred Buesser, Raymond Goodman, Carl Gerstacker. WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT: Jewel Wuerfel. chairman; Eliabeth M. Anderson, Elizabeth Bingham, Helen Douglas, Barbara J. Lovell, Katherine Moore, Betty Strickroot. Business Department BUSINESS MANAGER ..................JOHN R. PARK ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGER . WILLIAM BARNDT WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER ......JEAN KEINATH BUSINESS ASSISTANTS: Ed Macal, Phil Buchen, Tracy Buckwalter, Marshall Sampson, Robert Lodge, Bill Newnan, Leonard Segesman, Richard Knowe, Charles Coleman, W. Layne, Russ Cole, Henry Homes, Women'sBusiness Assistants: Margaret Ferries Jae Steiner, Nancy Cassidy, Stephanie Parfet, Marion Baxter, L. Adasko, G. Lehman, Betsy Crowford, 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: JOSEPH S. MATTES The Fight For Peace . . W E WOULD LIKE to encourage some correspondence from our readers on the general subject of the annual peace demonstration which is planned for April 22. We would like to know whether the ma- jority of Michigan students and members of the faculty feel that a demonstration would be of value in the consolidation of local peace ef- forts, and if so, what type of demonstration they would like to have. For the past several months the University Peace Council has debated various aspects of the peace demonstration. Last year, with the assist- ance of a number of leaders of campus organiza- tions, they held a meeting on the mall adjacent to the School of Education, which was addressed by Professors Slosson and Weaver and three students. It was estimated that the crowd num- bered 2,000. In the colleges of the nation, an estimated 500,000 students met to demonstrate their sup- port of peace efforts as part of an international assemblage. In a brief four years, the move- ment had grown from a group of 25,000, and from a single city to the entire country. The trend of support for such demonstrations is unmistakable. Where it once was opposed as the efforts of a small group of radicals, it now has the august support of the respectable and conservative alike, and the approval of many university administrations. President Ruthven has indicated his support, and had an injury not prevented, would have presided at last year's meeting. The students of Michigan State Col- lege, some of whom had thrown in the river Rev- erend Marley and a student who had come to Lansing to speak on peace, this year, with the sanction of the administration and a large num- ber in the respectable class, have invited Gen. Smedley Butler to address their peace meeting. . In the light of this trend, the Peace Council has drawn up a petition to the President and the Deans of the University, asking that they dis- miss classes at 11 o'clock on Thursday, April 22nd, and that they grant permission for a meeting to be held on the steps of the library at that time. They have also drawn up a tentative list of resolutions expressing such matters. as support of the Nye-Kvale Bill for the abolition of com- pulsory military training, the appointment of a civilian and military committee to determine what constitutes national defense,, and opposi- tion to military expenditures inl excess of that amount, opposition to the Hill-Shepard bill, pro- test against participation in extra-territorial con- flicts, and support o. reciprocal trade agreements. No speaker has yet been selected. Your opinion on the+ meeting, the resolutions and possible speakers will be of interest. Repeal The Loyalty Oath.. . RmnX'Tmi.ft r , r' to rrn l asii. chusetts legislature has passed a repeal bill in its lower house with passage in the upper well assured. These laws passed in a period of a minor red scare; their primary intent was to prevent the teaching of communism; their effect was to impair the teaching of the social sciences to an incalculable extent. Teachers assembled at the recent National Education Association expressed their unequivo- cal opposition to such measures. President Con- ant fought it vigorously before the Massachusetts legislature. And Professor William Kilpatrick of Columbia Teachers' College, retiring this year, has expressed himself on the subject in this wise: "Educators should learn to discuss dispas- sionately any and all current questions. In my own classes I lack time to do it adequately, but I try to get students to understand the pres- ent economic situation and form some opinion of what the country and the schools should do about it. "In this I differ from some of my colleagues who hold that students should be guided toward a particular point of view. I believe that schools should make people intelligent about these things and let intelligence tell them what to do." This law is still on the Michigan books. fTHEFORUM Middle Class Thought And Action To the Editor: Your thoughtful editorial for March 18 shows some appreciation of the significance of con- temporary events. Next to the last paragraph states a possible reaction. The last paragraph offers a solution: "But legislation calculated to increase the return to labor in terms of real wages, to do this without the impoverishment of the middle class is the more intelligent way. This can be only accomplished, we believe, through an amendment to the constitution, which will allow federal regulation of hours, wages, and prices in industry and agriculture." The entire- editorial, especially the last three paragraphs, raises some important questions. To what extent should hours, wages and prices be regulated? Why? What effects can be ex- pected from such regulation? How have major social adjustments been made in the past? What is the general prognosis in the present situa- tion? Does a thorough diagnosis indicate the remedy you suggest? It seems perfectly apparent that an increase in wages without a control of prices will not be likely to effect a change in the distribution of the rights to use goods. It seems apparent that the present distribution is the basic cause of world wide social unrest. Payment for services rendered is the only income available to the great majority of the population. Large num- bers are dissatisfied with the scale of living and the security made available by present payments. Production of goods is regulated by the demands of the market. 1936 production was roughly 70 per cent of 1929 production. 1929 production about 65 per cent of that theoretically possible. In other words, 1936 production was under 50 per cent of the estimated possible production with present plant and equipment. Nothing can be consumed before it is produced. If pro- duction is low consumption must be low. The twofold effect of maldistribution is that work- ing people do not get a large enough proportion of goods produced to satisfy their needs, and secondly the total production of goods produced is restricted. The basic cause is that too much of the total national income goes to those who cannot use it except for investment. With extant plant operating at 50 per cent efficiency the urge to invest in further plant is lacking. The result is that income is not used and conse- quently demands are not made on the market. Because of necessity an inadequate amount is distributed directly and by making work, but the owners only loan it for this purpose and for a fee (interest). If wages were increased and prices held con- stant how far should this actual reduction of income on investment go? How far need it go. to stimulate capacity production? If it were to proceed to the point of giving workers the right to consume all products except those produced for maintenance and expansion of plant, what would happen to the values of securities? What would property rights mean? Would the gradual abolition of the right to in- come through ownership leave the middle class untouched? What would happen to small in- vestors, savings bank patrons, and insurance policy holders? Who is going to sponsor regulatory legisla- tion after an amendment is passed? How' will the power for amendment be asserted? If it takes years to pass -a child labor amendment, how long will it take for one making it proper to confiscate property rights? Who would op- pose such an amendment and legislation under it? How would they oppose it? In the past when existing traditional rights have been chal- lenged has it been by intelligent action or just action? What kind did we use when the inter- ests of employes of "free" labor and slave labor came into serious conflict? From whence does the stimulus to rational understanding and intelligent action come? From our educational system? From the press? What proportion of the middle cass will look beyond the actions of dissatisfied workers for the causes of their own difficulties? How many can now be persuaded that there are causes for current mass reactions, other than the activities of power seeking agitators? Is there any ex- planation for the fact that similar social phe- nomena are occurrihg under widely different political and cultural settings throughout the BENEATH **** ****,IT ALL 'an=$y Bonth Williams FRIDAY NIGHT Ed Thompson took Jane Wil- loughby out to see the bright lights and the bill at the Whitney Theatre. Jane's aesthetic sense was offended, apparently, for early Monday Ed received this telegram, purported to come from the Whitney Theatre management: SMt. Ed. Thompson, Theta Delta Chi House, Ann Arbor Advise you see next week's sensational double bill at our theatre (1) Fumes of the Proletariat (2) The Torture of Fanny. BENEATH IT ALL: Rival publications will sus- tain a change of style or worse next week. Jerry Anson, one of the perpetrators of Parrot Squawks, is reported out of school and Dick Lorch is turning his Joe College over to Liz Allen, Kappa . . . Liz, by the way is one of those tem- peraments who calls students "esthetes" and says "people are queerer than anybody" . . . Ru- mor has it that the Alpha Delts and Dekes are cooperating on a Michigras booth which will fea- ture a take-off on the Gargoyle's Ten Most Beautiful Women . . . I see that the dog racing bill is up before the legislature once again and fervently hope that body will squash it once more as they repeatedly have in the past. Probably nothing is crookeder than dog racing. . . Charges of censorship leveled at The Daily as a result of Fred Warner Neal's resignation are sheer nonsense. As thinking people must know, there is more to the whole business than meets the eye. Suffice it to say that the University has been placed in an unfair light, and The Daily has lost an industrious reporter ... * * * * To the Editor: Bonth Williams and the Literary Digest -ha! ha! --Frank M. Davis, '38. Ha, ha, yourself, the Literary Digest was 366 electoral votes wrong. There weren't that many ballots cast in my poll. BETTER LISTEN IN to Harry Wismer's sports- cast over WJR at 11:45 tonight; you're likely to hear a three-ring circus and some off the rec- od stuff. Wismer plans to interview George Andros, ro- tund Daily sports editor, Paul Sanderson who holds the same job at U. of D.,. and Al Theiler, Michigan State Grantland Rice. On the surface it sounds harmless, but when you understand the relationship of the principles beneath it all, you'll want to listen in too. It was Wismer who as sports editor of the Michigan State News last year, got his oar into Fred DeLano's "Play Notre Dame" campaign when he came out with a long story explaining how the Spartans and not the Wolverines were the logical Michigan opponent for the fighting Irish. The verbal lashing he gave Michigan pro- voked Andros and Bill Reed to point out the . past records of the two teams and the fact that if it were not for the annual Michigan grid game, the Spartans would be running their ath- letic plant on a very short shoe string. Feeling ran high along both the Winding Cedar and the Drooling Huron and a good many un- complementary and ill-advised remarks were passed out by both sides. Then this fall Theiler became sports editor at State and the feud blossomed out again. He wrote Andros a rather bitter letter in which he said, "the worm has turned." Andy whipped right back with, "the worm may turns but it's still a worm." Sanderson first gained fame when irate U. of D. studeints seized him and shaved off his hair as a result of a headline he ran in the Varsity News.. It said: "DORAIS' WIN- NING STREAK STOPPED AT ONE GAME," or words to that effect. Then one bright afternoon came a letter to Andrps, signed by Paul Sanderson, which said in effect that U. of D. did buy their teams and paid their athletes, so what; that Michigan was a hell of a place anSI that Andy was no lilac himself. Andy ran the letter, just as he got it. Two days later a very irate Mr. Sanderson appeared at the sports department and demanded to know what it was all about. He denied writing the letter and all knowledge of it as well. Andy apologized and ran another letter from the real Paul Sanderson to appease the closely- cropped Titan and University of Detroit officials. To top off the complicated inter-relationship of the speakers tonight, there is the bitterness which U. of D. has felt at being dropped from Michigan State's football schedule - a move many U. of D. supporters feel entirely unjustifi- able and a kick in the face to their alma mater. So tonight when Wismer, tops as far as I'm concerned among the young radio announcers, gathers Theiler, Andros and Sanderson together foi a friendly sports chat about stuff in general, you'll know things are smouldering underneath, and who knows . . . maybe there'll be a small blaze. obtain higher real wages, what? If they do obtain- higher real wages, what? Is it not true that the present troubles are caused by the attempt to raise real wages? 'Can this be done without altering property rights? Are there at present rights to a job? Are there rights to an adequate living? Are there rights to decent working conditions? If not how can they be secured? Who will lose if such rights should become established? What will they lose? Will such losses be resisted? Is the threat of them being resisted? Does the middle THEATRE Merry Yet Honest Too The Hampstead Community Players present William Shakespeare's comedy of THE THREE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, acting arrangement by Har- old Whitehall, directed by Truman Smith, scenery and costumes designed1 by Thelma Teschendorf. Last per- formance tonight at 8:30, Mendelssohn Theatre. By JAMES DOLL AFTER you see the production of this comedy at the Mendelssohn it will be pretty much an academic question with you-and not a very important one-whether the charac- ter of Sir John Falstaff is less en- tertaining here than in the history plays. Because the play comes through as an extremely effective comedy-with witty lines to carry the farcical plot along. The main climaxes of the play- the scene where Sir John is carried out in the basket of smelly linens, and where he flees undignifiedly dis- guised as the old woman of Bedford -were completely realized by the director. The whole play, indeed, went along briskly with the accents in the right places. In this produc- tion the actors showed a response to idea of technical means to bring out their understanding of character. This was especially true of Wal- ter Badger's performance of Fal- staff. He was able to make the quiet comedy scenes, the descriptions of his own discomfortures and his flesh- ly burdens, accumuldtively funny. Mabel Clair Gold and Barbara Van Der Vort worked together with charm and humorous by-play to convince the audience as well as their husbands that "Wives may be merry, and yet honest too." Har- old Whitehall gave an unusual qual- ity of delicacy to Sir Hugh Evans. Carl Nelson by the way he held his strongest scene showed what he might have done with the part with more application. Nan Withrow had a grasp of the characteristic rich- ness of Shakespearean low comedy parts. And, too, the minor charac- ters got the idea of ensemble play- ing. More attention should have been given to the possibilities, both comic and picturesque, of the masque. The scenery was well adapted to the swift movement of the play. The faculty were there last night in great numbers. Perhaps the stu- dents don't realize that sometimes4 Shakespeare wrote a rousing low-i brow comedy. BOOKS THE STREET OF THE FISHING, CAT, by Jolan Foldes. Farrar andy Rinehart, New York. By MARY EVELYN OWEN 1 The best thing to do before read-7 ing The Street of The Fishing Cat is is to forget the most conspicuousi thing about it-that it is the winneri of the $19,000 prize of the Eleven Na-i tions' Novel Contest. This pretentiousi designation may arouse undue expec-I tations and as a consequence case] us to be unfair to its real virtues. For while this story of a group of, expatriates living in post-war Paris is certainly not a "great" novel, it has an indefinable charm which holds our attention while we read it and makes us remember it, although in a hazy sort of way, after we have finished. Miss Foldes tells the story of the Hungarian Barabas family and their fellow exiles, all of whom live in a small Parisian hotel ,on the Street1 of the Fishing Cat. There is Un'cleh Liiv, a Lithuanian socialist who has l been a professor of mathematics. I Uncle Bardichinov, a former Russian banker, Pia Monica, the daughter oft an Italian ex-cabinet minister, Pap-) adakis, a Greek refugee from thel Turkish war, and many more. We never feel really acqainted with any 1 of these characters, not even with Papa and Mamma Barabas and theirt three children, not even with Anna,c the eldest child and the story's hero-t ine. Miss Foldes has a habit of tell- ing us that one of her people pos- sesses a certain quality and then never showing us that trait in action. Anna, she tells us, is a dreamer. Yet1 Anna seems to dream no more thane most people. We must simlply acceptt many of the author's state nents as true without really being pe'suaded. But this lack of depth in character- ization is not as great a drawback as one might suppose. The book is less a story of individuals than the stoiy of the thoughts and emotions of aC class of people, the exiles from many lands who came to Paris after the1 war and its subsequent dislocations. The individual exile has hit little per- sonality; the group of exiles has a strong personality. We feel their. restlessness, their homesickness, their cpurage and resignation. When Anna and her father return to Paris after a futile effort to establish themseives once again in their native Hungary. we do not so much pity them for their disappointment as we pity the whole band of homesick men and women who must find themselves strangers now in their altered hom^- lands as' well as in Paris. This in-I tangible feeling of wistful nostalgiaj is probably the one impression the t (Continued from Page 2) endeavor by all reasonable means to insure conformity with the fore- going standards of conduct. (3) Advisory Functions of Com- mittee on Student Conduct. Students and student organizations may, if they so desire, request the Committee on Student Conduct to advise with them regarding specific problems of conduct and discipline. Students, College of Engineering: The final day for dropping a course without record will be Saturday, March 27. Courses may be dropped only with the permission of the clas- sifier after conference with the in- structor in the course. Students in the College of Litera- ture, Science and the Arts: A meet- ing will be held on Thursday, March 25, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 259 W. En- gineering Building for students in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and others interested in future work in engineering. Dean A. H. Lovell of the College of En- gineering will be available for in- dividual conferences. The next meet- ing in the vocational series, to be held on March 30, will be addressed by Dean S. T. Dana of the School of Forestry. The University Bureau of Appoint- ients and Occupational Information has received announcements of Unit- ed States Civil Service Examinations for Senior, Associate, Assistant and Radio Engineer, salaries, $2,600 to $4,600, for junior veteranarian, Bu- reau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, salary, $2,00'0; for Junior Supervisor of Grain Inspec- tion, (not requiring degree), Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Depart- ment of Agricultural, salary, $2,000.; For further .information concerning these examinations, call at 201 M- son Hall, office hours, 9 to 12 and 2 to 4 p.m. Summer Registration: Students registered for summer positions may report for Personal Interviews as follows: A-F, inclusive, 4-6 Wednes- day, March 24; G-M, inclusive, 4-6 Thursday, March 25. Dates for oth- ers will be announced next week. In- torviews at Bureau, 201 Mason Hall. T. Luther Purdom, Director University Bureau of Appoint Inents. Bronson-Thomas Prize il (lmermal (value about $30.)- open to all Lin- dergraduate students in German of distinctly American training. Will be awarded on the results of a three- hour essay competition to be held under departmental supervision March 31 at 2 p.m. in 204 University Hall. Contestants must satisfy the de- partment that they have done the necessary reading in German. The essay may be written in Enlish or German. Each contestant will be free to choose his own subject from a list of at least ten offered. The- list will cover five chapters in the de- velopment of German literature from 1750 to 1900, each of which will be represented by at least two subjects. Students .who wish to compete and who have not yet handed in their applications should do so immediately and obtain final directions. Students who are interested in preparation for teaching: Harvard University is now offering the degree of Master of Arts in Teaching in nine fields of study. Descriptive leaf-' lets about the new program of train- ing for teachers may be obtained in 1210 Angell Hall. Seniors of the School of Education: Avoid that inferiority complex which you will have if your name is not on the class announcement. Pay your class dues now to Dean Rea's secre- tary, Room 4, University Hall. Academic Notices Playwriting (English 150): Read Behrman's "The End of Summer" in addition to "Idiot's Delight" for Mon- day, arch 29. Writea paper only on "Idiot's Delight." Kenneth Rowe. Concerts Nelson Eddy Concert Postponed: On account of recurrence of laryn- gitis, Mr. Eddy has been compelled to postpone his March concerts, includ- ing that announced for Ann Arbor. The new date will be made public as soon as arrangements are made. Carillon Recital: Wilmot F. Pratt, University Carillonneur, will give a recital on the Charles Baird Carillon in the Burton Memorial Tower, Thursday afternoon, March 25 at 4:15 p.m. . 'Organ Recital: Palmer Christian, University organist, will play a spe- cial program of music on the Hill Auditorium organ Good Friday af- ternoon, March 26, at 4:15 p.m. The DAILY OFFICAL BULLETIN Publication in the -ulietin is construct ive notice to all memnbers of th University. Copy received at the oflict f the A n-tant to the PresidoaM until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. i Institute of Brain Research, Am- sterdam, and Professor of Compara- tive Neurology in the University of Amsterdam, will lecture on "Vegeta- tive Centers in the Brain"' on Mon- day, March 29 at 4:15 p.m., in Na- tural Science Auditorium. The lec- ture .will be illustrafied with lantern slides. The public is cordially invited. French Lecture: Prof. C. P. Merlino will give the last lecture on the Cercle Francais program: "Du Francais a l'Anglais: une petite promenade lin- guistique," today at 4:'15 p.m., Room 103, University Language Bldg. Dr. E. S. Brightman of Boston University will give a lecture at the First Methodist Church, today at 8 p.m. The subject is "Concerning Man." Exhibitions An Exhibiion of Chinese Art, in- cluding ancient bronzes, pottery and peasant paintings, sponsored by the Institute of Fine Arts, at the Archi- tectural Bldg. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p. m. except Sunday through the months of February and March. Th public is pordially invited. Exhibitions, College of Architec- ture: An exhibition of the architec- tural competition drawings for the New York World's Fair of 1939 and a collection of photographs of work from the Alumni Association of the American Academy in Rome are now being shown in the third floor exhibi- tion room of the Architectural Bldg. Open daily 9 to 5 through March 27. The public is cordially invited. Events Today Luncheon for Graduate. Students today at 12 o'clock in the Russian Tea Room of the Michigan League Bldg. Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the His- tory Department will speak inform- ally on "The Political Situation in France." Alpha Nu will hold its initiation for new members this afternoon at 5 p.m. in the chapter room on the fourth floor of Angell Hall. This will be followed by a banquet at the Michi- gan Union at 6 p.m. : All members are expected to attend the initiation and the banquet. At 7:30 p.m. the same evening Al- pha Nu will hold a joint meeting with Athena. The program will consist of a play, the cast of which is composed of members of the two societies. All friends are cordially invited to at- tend this meeting. Michigan Technic 'Tryouts: In- stead of the usual tryout period meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 5 p.m., all tryouts are cordially in- vited to attend the annual staff ban- quet to be held at the Michigan League the same night at 6 p.m. This banquet, March 24, will substi- tute for a meeting. Please notify office of your intention to attend by Wednesday noon. The University of Michigan Pub- lic Health Club: There will be a meet- ing today at 8 p.m. in the Michigan League. Professor McClusky of the School of Education will be the speaker. Prdfes- sor McClusky is a man of wide ex- perience in the field of mental hy- giene and will speak on a subject of his own choosing that will be of in- terest to public health workers. All students of public health and their friends are cordially invited to attend this meeting' and enjoy the program with us. Hunk Anderson, Michigan's newly appointed football coach, will make his first appearance to the students of Michigan when he greets the Ren- dezvous Men, today at 7:30 p.m. at Lane Hall. All Rendezvous Men out! Phi Tau Alpha: There will be a meeting at 7:30 p.m. this evening in the Michigan League Building. Ex- cerpts from Plautus' "Menaechmi" will be given. All members are urged to be present. Faculty members are cordially invited. University Girls' Glee Club: Meet- ing tonight at 7:30 p.m. Only those who were present Sunday need come. Songs should be memorized. We will go over to the Union from the prac- tice. Contemporary: Brief but import- ant meeting of assisting staff and tryouts at 4 p.m. today in the Student Publications Building. The Suomi Club will meet today at 8 p.m. at Lane Hall. A very interest- ing program will be presented. Scabbard and Blade: Regular meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m., Michi- gan Union. Room posted. Uniform required. Officers of the Junior Class, School of Education will meet today at 4:30 n.m. in Room 2431 of the Vniversity I4 4