FOTU .'THE_ MICHIC.'A N D A TT.v SATURDAY. MARCH 5. 1931t _____________________________________________________________________ .-* ..-..-. ... ~... ..-. ~. ~ ~L5. ± ~ £~. A. ~ ,~ ,..*aa ~ SAI IVA.MJEfVJM . .. r. e ,. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Ic -7k rI Edited and managed by students of the Universit of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Studen+ Publications. Pubnsyed every morning except Mondy during the ttniverity year and summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatchesscredited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication, of all other matter herein also reserved. En red at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan as cOnd class mal matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, .0O: by mail, $4.50. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1937-38 REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING DY NationalAdvertisingService,hc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK N. Y. CHICAGO . -ostT . LoS ANOELES *SAN FRANCISCO Board of Editors MANAGING EDITOR ........JOSEPfl. S, MATTS ASSOCIATE EDITOR.............TUURE TENANDER .SSOCIATE EDITOR........IRVING SILVERMAN ASSOCIATE ErrIOR...........WILLIAM C SPALLER ASSOCIATE EDITOR ............. ..ROBERRT P. WEEKS WOMEN'S EDITOR ................HEIEN DOUGLAS SPORTS EDITOR ...................IRVIN LISAGOR Business Departthent BVStNESS MANAGER ................ERNEST A. JONES oRtEDIT M'ANAGER ..,..........DON WILSHER ADVERTISING MANAGER , . NORMAN B. STEINBER WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER .........BETTY DAVY WOMEN'S SERVICE MANAGER ..MARGARET FERRIES NIGHT EDITOR: IORACE W. GILMORE It is important for society to avoid the neglect of adults, but positively dangerous for it to thwart the ambition of youth to reform the world. Only the schools which act on this belief are ed- ucational institutions in the best mean- ing of the term. Alexnder G. Ruthven The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Gabriele T HE DEATIH of Gabriele D'Annunzio removes from the world the only not- able fascist apologist in the field of letters. D'An- nunzio's eccentricities are as well known as his literary works, and his war-time exploits have rendered him in the popular imagination the modern Cyrano, surrounded with the romantic aura of the soldier-poet. The real D'Annunzio differed considerably from the fictional Cyrano, however; the famous memoirs and billets-doux which he so carefully saved for publication re- flect the compensatory egotism of an insatiable inferiority complex. D'Annunzio's writing began with a volume of poetry published in 1879, when he wa's 16 years old. Three years later two more collections ap- peared, and D'Annunzio took his place beside the youthful prodigies of that precocious age of re- volt in art forms. In a short time D'Annunzio found himself lionized by the entire continent. His novels created a sensation; his verse attracted the attention of every man of letters in Europe; Bernhardt and Duse found their greatest roles in his dramas. His life became a series of escapades, his ex- penditures were so extravagant that even the prodigious revenues he drew from his royalties failed to maintain him. He described his gaudy and often soiled adventures as "the struggle .. . between the archangel that I am and the beast that I am," but the archangel in D'Annunzio was seldom apparent beneath the mantle, not of beastliness, but of vanity, which was the key to his character. He was extremely sensitive on the subject of his personal courage, anid yet com- mitted a number of acts of dubious courage i'his personal affairs. For the eyes of the world, how- ever, D'Annunzio always played the hero. When the war broke out he was living in Paris. Pre- senting himself at the war office, he solemnly offered the sword of D'Annunzio to France. The astute French politicians recognized his value as a propaganda agent, and in return for paying his Italian creditors to whom he owed a large sum, induced him to "intervene" in the war. On May 5, 191 , a Garibaldi anniversary, he began a 20-day campaign of literary and orator- tcal activity which aided greatly in bringing the Italian people into war May 25. The war was the culmination of D'Annunzio's life. It gave him the longed-for opportunity to indulge in martial glory, to gratify his in- feriority complex by living the "life of danger." He entered the air corps and served in a division commanded, interestingly enough, by Gen. Bad- oglio, the recent conqueror of Ethiopia. In Oc- tober of 1918 he flew over Vienna and dropped poetic propaganda leaflets composed by himself. Immediately after the war occurred the most memorable incident in D'Annunzio's life, when, at the head of a body of patriotic volunteers, he seized the city of Fiume on the east coast of the Adriatic for Italy and refused to evacuate the port to League of Nations authorities. The exploit was doubtless inspired by Garibaldi's career. D'Annunzio ruled Fiume for 18 months, until the Italian government itself ordered the nMare helledo In and the embarrassment of the remaining years were occupied in mixing per- fumes, in planning heroic suicides and other non- sense. D'Annunzio's poetic genius was great, perhaps the greatest of his day. The rest of him, however, his patriotism, his stature and his spirit, was not. Joseph Gies. The Fight Against Cancer. FROM THE TIME OF PERICLES to the time of Roosevelt the disease of cancer has plagued the human race. For three thousand years humanity has knocked on the door of science, but for three thousand years the door of science has remained closed to humanity whenever it has inquired about cancer. Now, however, spectacular researches indicate that it is not so much lack of knowledge as insufficient funds that permit the yearly harvest of this long- known malignant growth. Annual expenditures for cancer study, it appears, scarcely equal the proceeds from a top-flight heavyweight prize fight. Dr. James Ewing, of Memorial Hospital in New York and well-known expert on the disease, said last summer that the establishment of six $10,000,000 cancer institutes in different sec- tions of the country would virtually insure the control of cancer by science. So far the six have not materialized, but Yale University has one. And the outlook is optimistic with the Rockefeller Institute and the United States government both taking an active interest in the study of the dis- ease, but more funds are needed. The advantages of an endowed institute for cancer study are twofold. Initially the salaries of endowed institutions are sufficient to hold the gifted men and attract new blood into the field. Today men of promise in the cancer field look with envy upon the stipends of their fellow re- searchists in commercial laboratories and yearly there is a migration from the cancer clinics and universities to the laboratories of Mammon. In the meantime 144,000 sufferers die annually from the disease. Secondly the several fronts upon which cancer research is progressing, appear as isolated as Maine and Vermont. Physicians work with surgery, clinicians work with X-rays, physi- cists work with the cyclotron, and the chemists work with hydrocarbons, but there appears an amazing lack of synthesis. Disjunctive research could scarcely occur in an institute created for the sole purpose of systematizing the researches in the field. Much has been said of the automobile toll. It is 34,000 lives annually. Much has been said of war deaths. They total 244,357 lives in the United States since 1776. Too little has been said about cancer deaths. In a single year they total 144,000 lives. There seems no more fitting field for federal expenditures than cancer research. Sen. Homer T. Bone of Washington and Rep. Maury Mav- erick of Texas have proposed a national cancerI center with a $2,400,000 original endowment and $1,000,000 yearly in addition. Doctors, under the proposed bill, would be paid $10 a day to study cancer in Washington, radium would be lent to hospitals throughout the country and an annual prize of $1,000 would be posted for the person of the year credited with doing most for cancer research. Such a bill deserves support. Three thousand years is too long for a killer to be at large. Robert I. Fitzhenry. Irresistible Icebreaker In a recent one of its celebrated competitions, the New Statesman and Nation of London offered prizes for the best new conversational openings its readers could send in. The contest editor wanted icebreakers to replace such bromides as "Lovely (or beastly) weather we're having" and "Read any good books lately?" He received some gems. "I wonder when beards will come into fashion again" received a prize, and so did "Do you have interesting dreams?" Other sure-fire openings were, "Have you been ill lately?" and "You're like someone in a film I once saw." Flattery was the motif of another, "Have you begun to write your autobiography yet?" And surely few could resist such a provocative state- ment as "You remind me of my great-aunt, the detective." These are well and good to dissolve the sol- emnity of our British cousins' parties, but we in America need no such artificial formulas to start things off. A line is available here that never fails to launch the most laconic into eloquence, and to touch off a lively debate that lasts until time to go home. It has the added beauty of being capable of use time and again, and in any group. We offer for sure results the remark,- "Well, what do you think of F.D.R.'s latest?" --St. Louis Post-Dispatch, TI-IFSCREEN] The Golem By ROBERT PERLMAN "The Golem" playing at 3:15 and 8:15 p.m. today at the Lydia Mendelssohn The- ater. Produced by A-B Film studios in Prague and starring Harry Baur. Even if you tore yourself away from studying this past week to hear Thomas Mann and Nor- man Thomas, take your nose out of the books for another two hours and see 'The Golem" today, for so unique and interesting a film may not' reach our cloistered walls for quite a while. Based on a medieval Jewish legend of a clay figure brought to life to protect the Prague ghetto from the persecution of the imbecilic Emperor Rudolph II, the picture out-Franken- steins "Frankenstein" for mystery and tension, but more important it depicts the life of an op- pressed people and their devotion to their tradi- 1-y eywood Broun New York City has set up a new governmental structure, and it ought to find a show window in which to display it, because the innovation is ex- cellent. Proportional representation in the City Coun- cil has been under heavy fire. It took a long time to count the votes and an even more protracted pe- riod to organize the body. And the stir of life has not quite yet animated the keel of the experiment. But New Yorkers ought to be patient, since they have achieved potentially a truly representative body, which will in time serve as an ex- ample to all the urban communities in the coun- try. The old Board of Aldermen was pretty quick on the .trigger, because the leader of the majority merely had to raise an eyebrow as a signal and the ordinance went over. Now there is extended debate. But that isn't invariably a waste of time. It actually serves to bring out the truth through the clash of intelligent opinion. That is why I think the Council should move out of its old- fashioned setting and provide a large and com- fortable gallery for visitors. Certainly voters could exercise their franchise with more discern- ment if they could be induced to go and watch the men and women who represent them go into action. On The 'Must' List And it would not be an ordeal. In my own opinion the Council is far more interesting than the top of the Empire State Building or the ferry trip over to the Statue of Liberty. During the course of years both the Senate and the House of Representatives have built up quite a following of fans. Many honeymoons are built upon the notion that the solons of Washington are more engaging than Niagara Falls. I would suggest that in the case of home weddings oc- curring on Tuesdays it might be an excellent idea to go straight from the church to City Hall and to the chamber where the Council sits. For one thing, the bride and groom might have an immediate object lesson in the matter of the ugly nature of strife and nagging. But for all tne squabbles of the City Fathers I must admit that they stick a little closer to the issues than the more toplofty legislators of Wash- ington. The Council is a better cross-section of the community than either the House or Senate. There is a wider spread between the left and right. In fact, I think there is almost an in- ternational significance in the coalition ("united front" to you) which has been temporarily set up in the Council. As a rule, such co-operation proceeds from the left to the dead center, but not one inch further. In New York the cooperating groups go all thej way right-wing Republicans to left-wing laborI leaders. No member of the Communist party succeeded in being elected, but one came close, and I have heard that he was counted out. Never- theless, there are certainly Councilmen who fall, under that broad label of being "Communistic," and it is a thrilling sight to see Joseph Baldwin, of the Republican-Republicans, going up to Vla- deck, a fugitive from the Czar's Siberia, and say- ing, "Charney, tell me how I ought to vote on this labor issue." F Turn The Radicals Out! Of course, the common ground of agreement has been that an intelligent conservative like Baldwin can stand with Vladeck' and men to the left of him on the proposition that honest and efficient city government is better than corrupt inefficiency. As to details, there are likely to be splits. Some already are apparent. In fact, instead of having a house divided into two cmps there might well be a center row into which recruits from either side could stray upon occasion. The coalition contains within its ranks a few who are probably less equipped to pass on vital issues than the most indolent old-line Tammany leader. Councilman Surpless, from Brooklyn, looks and talks exactly like Cotton Ed Smith, of South Carolina. By some error in his com- pass he is seated with the reform wing of the Council, Tammany has never liked the new system. It may learn to appreciation, because under pres- sure the organization is sending up much more alert young men than were ever seen around the City Hall in the bad old days. I think of Councilman Spellman specifically. And let me repeat again, for both native New Yorkers and visitors, that the, new Council ought to be listed among the sights of the city. In my opinion it puts on a better show than the Planetarium. seendants of these medieval Jews do not pray for deliverance from an emperor; today an ex- Austrian paper-hanger has taken the place of Rudolph. The symbolism of the Golem, created, like the machine, to serve man, but threatening his very existence, holds its own through the scene of the wreckage and destruction wrought by the Golem on corrupt imperialism. In "The Golem" particularly the great French actor uses his hands to express every mood- he plays moronically with his lace ruffles when he tries to cajole the Golem into friendship, he claws and clenches his fists when his insane rage overcomes him and he caresses sensually in the bedroom scenes with his mistress, clad or rather unclad in a style that Will Hays would kill in the ensois cutting room. Light Sentence For crimes of such enormity as those of which he was originally ac- cused, the Rev. Martin Niemoeller has received an exceedingly light sen- tence. The charges against the coura- geous Protestant pastor when he went on trial early last month were tan- tamount to treason: malicious attacks upon the Nazi Government; disparag- ing leaders of the Reich; misuse of the pulpit; arousing the populace to civil disobedience; authorship of se- ditious documents' The penalty coulds have been death. Lesser figures in Germany's religious war have beenj sentenced to 10 years or longer in prisons and concentration camps.; That the charges against Niemoellerj were reduced and that his punish- ment was fixed at seven months' im- prisonment (already served) and ^a $600 fine indicates how formidable the movement he led had become. If the Nazi Reich were actually all-. powerful and wholly united, as Hitlerc boasts, there tvould have been nof scruple about removing his opponent1 forever from the scene. It was out of respect for Niemoeller's influencet among the people and the size and7 weight of his following that the court tempered totalitarian "justice" with discretion.I Niemoeller has not retracted'a wordt of his eloquent sermons against thel regimentation of religion. Instead, the Nazi state has been compelled to back down, both in modifying thet charges and in imposing a sentenceD lighter than that visited upon manys mere complainers and rumor-mon-e gers. The result increases the pas-E tor's influence among his followers and makes him a world figure amongc the historical number who have daredI speak out their conviction in the facer of tryanny.i (Continued from Page 2) Agenda: 1. Adoption of the minutes of the meeting of Feb. 7, 1938, which have been distributed by campus mail (pages 400-412). 2. Reports. a. Executive Committee, by Prof. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN PUibication in the Bulletin is contr uctive notice to al members of the University. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. men and Counsellors who attended the camp last fall to be held at Lane Hall tonight at 8 p.m. Professor Mc- Clusky will speak. There will also be movies, songs and refreshments. Men's Glee Club: The following men have been selected for the Sat- d rnrn ; if ht rfo l-aT~i t f I f I A k n uruay nign concert at Lne union Campbell Bonner. b. University Council-no meeting Dance. Those names marked with an in February. asterisk (*) must check their eligibil- c. Executive Board of the Graduate ity first. Any other club member. in- School, by Professor Louis I. Bred- teested in going call the manager vold. at 5844. Members must be at the Glee d. Advisory Committee on Univer- Club table by 9:45. sity Affairs, by Professor Arthur S. Aiton. Fennell Gillis* e. Deans' Conference, by Dean E. Holt Hendrick H. Kraus. Miller" Karpus' 3. Consideration of recommended Silfies" Kent" changes in certain of the concentra- Tyrrell* MacArthur tion regulations as set forth in the Vandenberg, E. Ons February minutes, page 401. Brooks Reizenk 4. Statement concerning defec- Collins Sklarsky tive English, by Professor Louis I. Draper Yaman Bredvold. Epstein* Berris* Gibbs* Brown * Students, College of Literature, Meek Dunks Science, and the Arts: No course may' Moore* Fromm be elected for credit after today. Roberts* Jacobson ______Swann Kamm School of Education Students, Tuttle Manley Changes of Elections: No course may Vandenberg, R.:I Pratt be elected for credit after Saturday' Anderson Tibbetts St ll iCashinViehe L marc mo. Uiku aen s enroneai n tnis school must report all changes of elections at the Registrar's Office, Room 4, University Hall. Membership in a class does not cease nor begin until all changes have been thus officially registered. Ar- rangements made with the instruc- toors are not official changes. L.S.&A. Juniors now eligible for Concentration should get Admission to Concentration blanks at Room 4, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Hitler Vs. Press jC f t, _. The Outdoor Club: The Outdoor Club will meet in the lobby of the Intramural Building at 8:00 o'clock this evening to swim and play bad- minton. We will retreat to Stalker Hall later in the evening for games, radio dancing and refreshments. All students who like to swim are in- vited to attend. The Congregation: Student Fel- lowship will hold a Fourth of July Party Saturday evening from 9 till 12. Dancing, games and fun! Junior Girls Piay: The makeup committee will meet at 4 p.m. today at the League. The reason the untrammeled news- U.H., have properly signed by the papers of the free countries get un- adviser, and return the white slip der Hitler's hide so definitely is that before March 5. they are giving the facts about Nazi Robert Williams Germany. Sometimes they make mis- takes, of course. But, generally speak- I Faculty, School of Education: The' ing, the reports in the newspapers regular luncheon meeting of the Fac- of America and Great Britain con- ulty will be held on Monday, March cerning the doings of the Fascist dic- 7, at 12 o'clock, at the Michigan tators can be relied on as substan- Union. tially accurate. That, apparently, is Students of the College of Litera- why Hitler raved about them in the ture, Science, and the Arts: A meet- manner of a bedlamite in his address ing will be held on Tuesday, March 8, to the Reichstag. He is in a rage, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 206 Dentistry over his inability to control them, and Building for students in the College to reduce them to the status of hand- of Literature, Science, and the Arts bills-as he has done the press of and others interested in future work' I Germany. in dentistry. Dean R. W. Bunting of the School of Dentistry will be avail- able for consultation, to give infor- M U SIC mation concerning the nature of and preparation for the profession of den- By WILLIAM J. LICHTENWANGER tistry. The next meeting in the vo- cational series will be addressed by! Professor H. B. Lewis of the School of Pharmacy on March 10. TOMORROW 1 Intercontinental Concert from Aus- All students interested in the tralia, Australian Music. 11-11:30ganization of photography club tam.,ia, us.n Mthe purpose of mutual technical a.m., NBC, CBS. and provision of developinga Radio City Music Hall, Erno Rapee, other facilities, should call the Hi conductor, Viola Philo and Jann Foundation office, 3779. Peerce, soprano and tenor. All- Wagner program of the Tannhaeuser A iN Bacchanale, Love Music from Act I ACademic1otCo or- for aid and iillel of Die Walkuere, Prelude and Liebe- stod from Tristan. 12:45-1 :30, NBC! Blue. New York Philharmonic - Sym- phony, John Barbirolli, conductor, Efrem Zimbalist, violinist. Humper- dinek's Prelude to Hansel und Gretel,I Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor,1 Schubert's Second Symphony in B- flat, Polka and Fugue from Wein-I berger's Schwanda, der Dudelsack-' spfeiffer. 3-5, CBS. University of Michigan Little Symphony, Thor Jonhson, conduc- tor, Alice Manderbach, harpsichord- ist, Andrew Ponder, violist. Sonata No. 5 in C minor of Loelliet, Con- 1 certo for Viola in B minor and "TheI Harmonious Blacksmith of Handel,"! Three Harpsichord Sonatas by D, Scarlatti, Lekeu's Adagio, Op. 3, Schubert's Fifth Symphony in B-; flat. 8 p.m., Hussey Room, Michigan League. MONDAY Phiadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor. Rossini's La Gazza Ladra Overture, Dvorak's Lar- go from the New World Symphony, Interlude and Dance from de Falla's La Vida Breve, the Dream Panto- mime from Humperdinck's Hansel' and Gretel, Brahms' Fifth Hungarian' Dance, Johann Strauss' Roses From the South Waltz. 9-10, NBC Blue. WEDNESDAY Curtis Institute of Music, Fritz Reiner, conductor. Eunice Shapiro,' violinist, Virginia. Majeski, violist. Beethoven's Prometheus Overture, the Mozart Symphonic Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, Tschaikowsky's Romeo and Juliet. 3:45-4:30, CBS. . Cleveland Symphony, Artur Rod- zinski, conductor. 9-10, NBC Blue. THURSDAY Rochester Philharmonic, Howard Hanson, conductor. "Milestones in American Music." 8:45-9:30 p.m., NBC Blue. SATURDAY New York Philharmonic-SymphonyI Young People's Concert, Rudolph l Ganz, conductor. All-request pro- gram. 11-12, CBS. Sociology 51: Make-up final exam- ination will be given on Saturday, March 5, at 2 o'clock in Room D, Haven Hall. Botany I make-up final Lion Wednesday, March 9. 2004 N.S. examina- 7-10 p.m. Geography I. A supplementary ex- amination for those students who were absent froi the final examina- tion in February will be held in Room 19, A.H. on Tuesday, March 8, at 2 p.m. Concerts Little Symphony Concert: The Lit- tle Symphony Orchestra, conductedI by Thor Johnson, made up of 14 as- sistants and advanced students in the School of Music, will give a recital in the Ethel Fountain Hussey Room in the Michigan League, Sunday night, March 6, at 8:00 o'clock. There will be no admission charge. Lectures University Lectures: Professor Eli Heckscher, President of the Econ- omics Institute of Sweden, will give a series of lectures on Economic His- tory under the joint auspices of the Departments of Economics and His- tory. The schedule is as follows: Tuesday, March 8. 4:15 Natural Science Auditorium. Some Post-War Economic Tendencies. Wednesday, March i. 4:15 Room C, Haven Hall. Mercantilism: Theory and Practice, I. Thursday, March 16. 4:15 Room C, Haven Hall. Mercantilism: Theory and Practice, II. Friday, March 11. 4:15 Room C, Haven Hall. Economic History of Sweden, I. Monday, March 14. 4:15 Room C, Haven Hall. Economic History of Sweden, II. The public is cordially invited. Events Td TresmanFound Table: Di. Ra-1 Progressive Club Social and Cul- tural Committees. Meeting today in Room 302 in the Union at 1:00, to make plans for the Spanish Fiesta. It will be a big affair and we shall need a lot of help. Come early and we shall get through early. Coming Events German Table for Faculty Mem- bers: The regular luncheon meeting will be held Monday at 12:00 in the Founders' Room of the Michigan Union. All faculty members interest- ed in speaking German are cordially invited. There will be an informal 10 minute talk on: "Die prahistor- ische Kultur Italiens" by Professor Henry A. Sanders. The Women's Research Club will meet on Monday, March 7, 1938 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3024, Museums Building. Speaker: Mrs. D. E. Adams of the Clemens Library. Subject: "Collecting Source Materials in Mich- igan History." Biological Chemistry Seminar, Mon- day, March 7, 3:30 p.m., Room 313 West Medical Building. "Detoxication - Conjugated Glu- curonates" will be discussed. All in- terested are invited. Lydia Mendelssohn box office now open for "Stage Door" ticket reserva- tions. 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Phone 6300. "Stage Door" to be presented by Play Production, Wednesday through Saturday evenings, March 9, 10, 11, 12. Buffalo, N.Y. Men: Prof. John Wor- ley will show his motion pictures of "The Seven Wonders of the World" at the smoker-meeting of Scalp and Blade at 6:00 p.m. Sunday at the Union. All Buffalo Men are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. Acolytes: Prof. Paul Henle, of the philosophy department, will read a paper on "Verification" Monday eve- ning, March 7 at 7:45 in Room 202 S.W. Those interested in philoso- phical discussion are invited to at- tend. Iota Sigma Pi: An important busi- ness meeting will be held on Tues- day, March 8, at University House at 7:30 p.m. At the close of the business meeting, the president will give a short talk on her research work. Please attend. The Educational Colloquy Club. We wish to announce to the student body the beginning of a new club for the discussion of the problems and meth- ods of education. Our first meeting is open to all those interested in edu- cation and will be held in Lane Hall, on Monday, March 7, at 8:00, There will be an open forum on the question, Are our modern Universi- ties efficient? The discussion will be based on the views of Robert May- nard Hutchins as presented in his book The Higher Learning in Amer- ica. The Graduate Outing Club will