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CHICAGO - BOSTON LOS ANGELES - SAN FANCISCO Board of Editors MANAGING EDITOR.............JOSEPH S. MATTES ASSOCIATE EDITOR................TUURE TENANDER ASSOCIATE EDITOR .............. IRVING SILVERMAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR.............WILLIAM C. SPALLER ASSOCIATE EDITOR...............ROBERT P. WEEKS WOMEN'S EDITOR...................HELEN DOUGLAS SPORTS EDITOR.....................IRVIN LISAGOR Business Department ,BUSINESS MANAGER...............ERNEST A. JONES CREDIT MANAGER...................DON WILSHER ADVERTISING MANAGER .. ..NORMAN B. STEINBERG OMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER..........BETTY DAVY WOMEN'S SERVICE MANAGER ..MARGARET FERRIES NIGHT EDITOR: ROBERT I. FITZHENRY 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. Alexander 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. Madrid For Vienna?. . . rj IIE GIGANTIC OFFENSIVE of Gen- eral Franco in eastern Spain threat- ens to cut Government territory in two between Barcelona and Valencia. If this object is ac- complished, isolated Catalonia will probably be- come another Asturias, in which case Loyal1 Spain would be doomed. The present drive has been carried out with German and Italian weapons, technicians and troops. Without these the Franco rebellion could never hare even begun, and it is only through a great influx of them in the past month that the "win-the-war" offensive has been possible. No one even talks about non-intervention any more; Hitler and Mussolini scarcely find it necessary to go through the gesture of pretense which they affected in the early months of the rebellion. Ever since Santander, Italian vic- tories in Spain have been celebrated throughout Italy; members of the Italian general staff have openly served with Franco in command of reg- ular Italian troops. Germany has been more chary than Italy in sending masses of soldiers, but quite as generous with staff officers, engineers and airplane pilots. More important than officers and men, however, both fascist nations have supplied Franco with up-to-date planes, artillery, tanks and munitions of every sort. German air- planes bombs and aviators massacred the pop- ulation of Guernica, and German and Italian fliers have carried out the raids on Madrid, Va- lencia, Barcelona and other cities which have be- come so frequent and sanguinary that they no longer evoke particular interest. The increased fascist effort strongly indicates an Austria-for-Spain deal between Rome and Berlin. There seems to be little ground for the belief that Mussolini was surprised by the Nazi coup in Austria, though he may have been un- aware of the intended extent of it, and it is in- credible that Hitler would have gone ahead so confidently or Chancellor Schuschnigg capitu- lated so quickly had I Duce's attitude been in doubt. The promise of increased German aid for Franco and the prospect of delivering a knock- out blow to Loyalist resistance appears to have been the motivation for Mussolini's acquiescence. Strong opposition to the policy of tacit consent to the fascist intervention in Spain exists in both France and England. The anti-fascist forces in both countries have been arousedby the seizure of Austria and pressure is being brought to bear on both gove:nments to attempt a check of Ital- ian and German aggressions. The opening of the French frontier to permit the purchase of arms by the Loyalists would quickly restore the balance in the war, and probably give the initia- tive to the Government. The Loyalists have plenty of soldiers, but are being sacrificed to the principle of democratic morality. , The fascist nations have no scruples about breaking inter- national law. Should France, Great Britain and the United States revoke existing laws preventing Loyal Spain from gaining the weapons necessary to dpfpnd herse1f .the first stepn wuild he taken Anglo Irish Mr. De Valera has thrown some light on the Irish negotiations of recent date: "The differences between the two countries," he said, "are so great that it is very difficult to reach an agreement. A comprehensive settle- ment is the only one that would have world significance and this seems now almost unattain- able." That is a rather pessimistic report. We may hope that future meetings will prove it to have been premature in its conclusions, but' unless there is a considerable change on the British Government's part, this seems unlikely. A trade agreement of a sort is attainable; the activity of the negotiators on this aspect of the Anglo-Irish differences shows that. But it may not be as wide as it ought to be, and in any case there is no agreement on partition and presumably also no agreement on defense. This is a profound pity for a little, a very little, move- ment by the British Government would prob- ably be enough to secure the general settlement. Have we here another instance of Mr. Chamber- lain's rigidity of mind? Report may do him an injustice but it would appear that he has re- fused even to make the slight concession that would smooth the way to agreement. It is hard' to believe that the British Government finds it impossible to announce publicly its desire for reconciliation between the two parts of Ireland. To do that would not imply any derogation on the status of Northern Ireland. It might be slightly annoying for the moment to Lord Craig- avon's Government which always acts as though it had the British Government in its pocket, but if Britain wants an agreement on defense, with Eire, she shall have to take that risk; it would be something of an irony if Ulster; so vehement in its assertions of patriotism, should prove an ob- stacle to measure for the safety of Britain. -The Manchester Guardian. 1/feeinj' /0 Al H-eywood Broun I disagree with most of the opinions expressed in the communication which I purpose using to- day. But as a believer in free speech I think that Heywood Hale Broun has a right to express himself. This assumption is based not on the fact that he is a close relative but on the notion that he may be speaking for some part of the present undergraduate body. Besides, it is a rainy day, and if I can get by with this column it will save me a lot of work. Hey- wood Hale Broun writes "High on a windswept peak stands the Conservative, four-square, 100 per cent something or other, and firm in the principles of Wash- ington, Lincoln, et al. Equal- ly high is the peak on which stands the Radical, who is idealistic, progressive and firm in the principles of Marx and, of late, Thomas Jefferson. } "Between these mighty peaks is a dark valley where dwells the stunted, pale little race called the Liberals. Little sunlight reaches their gloomy locale, and they lack the fine free courage of the hardy mountaineers. "Sometimes the braver members of this group try to climb to the eminence of one or another of the peaks, but they are rarely successful. They distrust the seemingly easy path that leads to the Conservative mountain, for they know it to be treacherous and inclined to crumble beneath their' feet. Many have tried the other path but have been exhausted by their efforts to push through the thorns, and none has managed to cross the party line. THE FORUM THEATRE By JOHN WEIMER (01 the Engish Department) 'Rools' The award of first place to Edith Whitesell's Roots in this year's Fed- eral Theatre Collegiate Playwriting Contest practically makes the current production by the Hillel Players here an event of much more than merely local significance, but it must be said at the outset that the play and the performance require no such for- tuitous circumstances in earning the distinction of genuine achievement. The audience in the Mendelssohn last night was possibly in an especially sympathetic mood, but that alone could not account entirely' for the aura of success evident in auditorium and lobby. Possibly enough has been said in the advance publicity about the na- ture and merits of Roots as an un- produced play to eliminate the neces- sity of further comment in this place; yet, since somehow, once the lights are on and the curtain is up, the liv- ing play is a thing completely dif- ferent from the cold script, some fur- ther remarks are in order. On the credit side it is certainly to be claimed for Mrs. Whitesell that her play has theatrical values unusual in an amateur's work: Roots, it is evi- dent, was written with understanding of what is requisite if "drama" is to be "theatre" as well. Essentially, this I must mean conflict and action, to- gether with reality of dialogue and telling characterization; and in all of these, this play, based on the spir- itual struggle of a Jewish girl to ( achieve stabilizing and, dignifying j reconciliation between an exacting tradition, which she values, and mod- ern life, which is hostile, has in abun- dance. On the debit side, however, it must be said that the play has more than the conventional one or two slow moments, particularly as the third act, after the moving curtain of the second, gets under way, but this is possibly the result of effort by director and actors to create an atmosphere of essential quietness after the stirring moments of the scene just concluded. But a play on the boards becomes the province of the actors. Those to whom Roots has been entrusted are more than worthy. If individuals are to be mentioned, the first must cer- tainly be Madaline Meyers as Shelah, 'whose complete naturalness through- out is most impressive. But there is also Karl Klauser, whose intelligent- ly portrayed Kurt is the best of the masculine performances. But these two are in luck, with "fat" parts; the others do nobly. If anything is to be said adversely, it must be only that it is regrettable that young people cannot more convincingly suggest the persons of maturity, but such a regret is patently vain. Academy Splits Into 11 Units For 2nd Dayl Two Addresses By Hansen A n d Berquist Feature Yesterday's Sessions (Continued fron'Page 1) Anthropology Volnev H. Jones assistant curator l" R * * 6 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. (Continued from Page 5) and Charles B. Vibbert will take part in the round tbedsuso f"e dents of broadcasting to portray the ie ou n table discussion of "Re- student life at the University of I view of Religi' 31aad Its Relation to Michigan (WJR). the Modern Church" Sunday after- 9:15-9:30 a.m. Class in Radio Read- noon, Lane Hall, 3 o'clock. Tea will ing and Dramatics (Professor Eich) be served in the Library following (WJR). th meeting. 5:45-6:00 p.m. Public Health Se- tem ries. Topic: Physical Exercise for Women. Laurie E. Campbell, As- f sistant Professor of Physical Educa- tion for Women. (WJR). Ann Arbor Friends (Quakers) will -- - hold their meeting for worship Sun- -Attention: The Michigan Sailing day at 5 p.m. at the Michigan League. Club will witness a demonstrat It will be followed by a talk,i"Some Clu wil wtnes ademnstation Problems in Racial Justice in Ann In This Corner . . To the Editor: In the history of the United States we can record a multitude of significant events which produced nationwide discussion and finally action one way or the other. Among those events have been the proposals to change the Supreme Court for the greater social good, and many other as- pects of social change in the American scene. Today up and down the nation, from the remotest corners ofkthe backwoods regions to the densest city blocks, American people are dis- cussing their foreign policy. At times it seems they are abandoning the isolationist, stick-your- head-in-the-sand and let -the-world-go-to-the- devil attitude that has been inculcated into their minds by persons and interests not of the great- est social consciousness. At other times it seems they are merely continuing their misguided be- lief in this doctrine of social suicide. When Miss Celeste Strack, one of the nation's great student leaders, comes to this campus Tuesday I hope that some representative of the isolationist point of view will take up her chal- lenge to a debate. The Progressive Club's sponsorship of Miss Strack's appearance here is another confirma- tion for me that it is a worthy organization whose place on the campus should be insured by the student body with the greatest enthusiasm. Some member of the recently conceived Anti- War Committee should come forward and accept Miss Strack's challenge in the characteristic American spirit ... in the spirit of sportsmanship. .-Democritus. 'To Harlnd Kahle In a recent edition of the New York Times there was a story about the Spanish War. It was not unlike many of the news dispatches which have come out of that war-ridden country. But this dispatch had special significance to us at Michigan. It led to a clue which identified a Loyalist medical officer whose body, mangled by an aerial bomb, was found by the Rebel forces on the outskirts of Belchite, Spain. That lifeless pulp was once Harland L. Kahle, former University of Michigan student. Like many of the students at Michigan, Har- land Kahle had come to the University in high hopes: h left, his optimism bankrupt. School was for him a constant struggle of working: working from morning 'till night to justify his existence-there was always the problem of tuition, room, board. His grades suffered, his social well-being was neglected, he 'flunked-out.' The last we knew of him he had gone to Spain. Experience gained as an orderly at the Uni- versity Hospital stood him in good stead. Before he died he was for some time chief medical officer in the Washington-Lincoln Battalion. His interneship on the field of action has amply ful- filled the requirements for the medical diploma he never received. Perhaps Harland Kahle has died in vain. Work- ing against odds, he left America disillusioned. But what he saw in Spain only reinforced his rust in democracy. His last letter indicated that his faith in democracy was stronger than ever. Hardships made him hate injustice and in- equality; his desire to fight for a democratic Spain was merely his way of expressing his con- tempt for all that is servile, corrupt, humiliating -that which is Fascism. *We need not follow Kahle's path of destruction. But we at Mich- igan can consider whether the ideal for which he gave his life was worth while. -Monroe P. Schwartz, '38. EDITOR'S NOTE: It is not definitely known that Harland Kahle is dead. A letter by Kahle was found near five unidentified bodies. leader again holds office with Poular Front sup- The Pight Of The Liberal "Putting aside the allegory for a while, let us survey, with as kindly an eye as possible, the position of those who in this partisan day and age have failed to find a flag 'round which they can rally. "The sword of Mars waves threateningly over the world, but it holds no fears for the extreme groups, each of whom has a perfect solution. Says the conservative, 'Build the biggest navy in the world, enlarge the scope of the ROTC, wipe out this pestilential and disruptive labor movement which menaces our internal peace and then we need not fear the Japs or the Germans, because they'll know that you can't lick Uncle Sammier and his Yanks.' "Says the Radical, 'Join in a four-power pact with Britain, France and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and and then tell the Fascists nations that the might of democracy will fight them with every available weapon if they persist in their imperialist designs.' "For the Liberal, unfortunately, there is no such happy touchstone. He is not so certain of the military power of Uncle Sammie and his Yanks, and he is not so sure that he wants to see Amer- ica become a monster drill ground surrounded by expensive battleships. On the other hand, he does not feel that there should so so much free- dom in the use of the term 'democracy,' and doubts whether these 'democracies' are as anxious to stand at the right hand of God as they ap- pear. "From day to day the Liberal sways from camp to camp-to the left when he hears the destruc- tion which Mr. Franco's unpleasantly interna- tional group is wreaking in Spain, and to the right when he hears again the catchwords and fighting phrases of 1914-18, a period which was* advertised at the time as the years of Armaged- don, with little doubt as to who was fighting for the Lord. * * * The Choice Of Hobson "He is not eager to see ' Japan overrun be- leagured China, nor is he anxious to see Spain become a putty state for the Germans and Ital- ians to mold. But even as he thinks this he is not especially anxious to join up with the Abra- ham Lincoln Battalion to fight in a war which is not his business or to shed his blood beneath the house flag of the Standard -Oil Co. (white SCC on a blue background.) "He is hopeful of the success of the Russian experiment, but he does not read the reports of the Moscow trials because they are, he thinks, a little bit on the depressing side. "As each new 'Progressive' appears he leaps on the bandwagon, but the proposals there made to him are such that he always has to walk home. "He is hated by the Conservatives because he is not sufficiently narrow to be a satisfactory 'Amer- ican,' and despised by the Radicals because he al- ways seems to be away in the country or up at the baseball game when the Fascists start to march on the capital, and because he will not recognize the divinity of their gods. "So after each feeble effort to get out of the dark valley the tired Liberal falls back to the bottom and wonders which of the big boys up top will be the first to walk to the edge of his peak and start rolling the rocks down." Great Teachers Not long ago, the University of Illinois lost its outstanding scholar and teacher in the field of literature in the death of Dr. Jacob Zeitlin, Rus- sian-born translator of Montaigne and authority on the informal essay. The university community at Urbana now suffers another severe loss with the passing of Dr. Laurence M. Larson, whose sly humor enlivened a deep knowledge of Eng- lish history for sons and daughter of Illinois for more than 30 years. Dr. Larson was also born abroad-near Bergen, Norway-but he. too was thoroughlv at home in Saturday afternoon by Murray Wright of Dundee, New Fork, of the two types of sailing dinghys that the Club has under consideration. Every- one interested is urged to come. A bus will leave the Union at 2:00 p.m. Saturday. Price: 20 cents round trip. The Outdoor Club will meet at 7:45, Saturday night at Lane Hall to go on a moonlight hike. There will be refreshments and dancing at Lane Hall after the hike. Any student in- terested is invited to go along. "Outgrowing Religion" is the dis- cussion subject for the Freshman Round Table Saturday, 7:15 till 8:00 in Lane Hall Library. Freshmen are invited to participate. Roots: The Hillel Players' presen- tation of Roots will be given at Lydia Mendelssohn March 18 and 19. Mat- inee March 19. Box office open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. There will be a reception and so- cial at the Hillel Foundation follow- ing each performance of "Roots." All are cordially invited. Coming Events German Table for Faculty Mem- bers: The regular luncheon meeting will be held Monday at 12:10 pm. in the Founders' Room of the Michi- gan Union. All faculty members in- terested in speaking German are cor- dially invited. There will be an in- formal 10-minute talk by Prof. Nor- man L. Willey on "Die Sorgen eines Deutschlehrers." American Association of Univer- sity Professors. There will be a din-I ner meeting of the local chapter of the American Association of Univer- sity Professors on Monday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the Michigan Union. Various methods for evaluat- ing the worth of a teacher and in- vestigator will be presented to the Chapter for general discussion. All members of the faculty whether members of the Association or not, are cordially invited. Educational Colloquy Club: The usual fortnightly meeting will be held in the Upper Room of Lane Hall, Monday night, March 21, from 8 to 9:30. The meeting is open to those interested in educational problems. Mr. Leisenring will talk on "The Black Mountain College Experiment." Following this there will be a con- ducted discussion on Progressive Edu- cation. Phi Eta Sigma will hold a business meeting at the Union on Sunday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m. Prof. Mc- Farlan will speak on "A Liberal View of the Labor Situation." Arbor" by Mr. Douglas Williams, di- rector of the Dunbar Community Center. All who are interested are in- vited to attend. Disciples Guild (Church of Christ): 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship, Rev, Fred Cowin, Minister. 12:00 noon, Student's Bible Class, H. L. Pickerill, Leader. 5:30 p.m., Social Hour and Tea. 6:30 p.m., Discussion Program. Mr. Pickerill will lead a discussion on the subject "A Life And A Living." This is the second of a series of discus- sions on the general theme "You, Your World And Your Life Work." First Church of Christ, Scientist, 409 So. Division St., Sunday morn- ing service at 10:30. Subject: "Matter." Golden Text: Psalms 114.7. Sunday School at 11:45 after the morning service. First Congregational Church, cor- ner of State and William. 10:45 a.m., Service of Worship. Continuing his series of Lenten ser- mons on the theme "What Is This Christianity?" Dr. Leonard A. Parr will preach on "A Fellowship." A string quartet from the School of Music will furnish special music, pre- senting "Meditation on a Chorale" by Henry Bruinsma, choir director. The choir will give "Lovely Appear" by Gounod. 3 p.m., The Pastor's Training Class will be held in Pilgrim Hall. This of- fers aycourse of religious instruction to boys and girls and young people, especially for those preparing church membership. for 6 p.m., Prof. Bennett Weaver this evening will give the climax in his series of talks tothe Student Fellow- ship, speaking on "Jesus in the Real World." Supper is served at 6. 3:30 p.m., Monday,FDr. Leonard A. Parr will present tie Fifth Fortnight- ly Book2lecture Monday afternoon, March 21. The meetings are free and the public is cordially invited. First Methodist Church. Worship Service at 10:40 o'clock. Dr. Henry H. Crane of Scranton, Pa. will preach on "Why Christ?" The service will be held in the Michigan Theatre. First Presbyterian Church, 1432 Washtenaw Avenue. 10:45 a.m., "Hygiene of the Soul" is the subject of Dr. W. P. Lemon's third Lenten sermon of a series on "Moderns and Miracles" at the Morning Worship Service. The student choir directed by Prof. E. W. Doty and the children's choir under the leadership of Mrs. Fred Morns will take part in the serv- ice. The musical numbers will in- clude: Organ Prelude, "Healing Comes to Us" by Bach; Anthem, "Only Begotten Son" by Gretchanin- off; Solo, "Lord hear Thou my Cry" by Handel, George Potts. 5:30 p.m., The Westminster Guild, student group, supper and meeting. Discussion groups on Principles of Christian Living-in Interpreting Events of Today; in Getting Along with People; in Men and Women Re- lations, and in Business and Profes- sions will be continued. A fifth group will discuss Basic Principles of Chris- tianity. Stalker Hall: Student class at 9:45 I I v lly I. ic , cai u l w of ethnology, presided over the an- Biological Chemistry Seminar, Mon- thropology section meetings at 9 a.m. day, March 21, 3:30 p.m., Room 313 and 2 p.m. yesterday. est Medical Bldg. Speakers from the University at the "T h e Porphyrins, Hemopoiesis, first session were: James B. Griffin, Porphyria" will be discussed. All in- James A. Ford, Vernon Kinietz, G. terested are invited. I. Quimby, Frederick R. Matson, Rob- ert S. Benton, Emerson F. Green- man and Melvin R. Gilmore. There1 was also a talk by Fred Dustin, ofy Saginaw.1 The afternoon speakers all from the1 University were: Ermine C. Case, Carl L. Hubbs, Willard. C. Olson, Lavinia G. MacKaye, George R. Moore, and By- ron O. Hughes, who also acted in ther capacity of presiding officer.{ Botany The botany section unanimously elected Prof. William C. Steere, of th6 botany department, as next year's chairman, and Adelia McCrea, of Park, Davis '& Co., as vice-chairman. Professor Steere opened the morn- ing session of the section with a talk on the mosses of Arctic America. R. W. Lewis showed how fungi in growth produce vitamin C, with the amount varying according to age and kind. Papers by E. B. Mains, Joyce Hed- rick, Alexander H. Smith, Miss Mc- Crea and F. K. Sparrow filled out the first session. The afternoon session was begun with a study of the isolates from widely separated forest regions by Gene Manis and Dow V. Baxter. Ken- neth L. Jones presented two papers on soil study and ragweed hybrids. Subsequent speakers in the second session included: R. P. Hibbard, H. H. Bartlett, William R. Taylor and Helen V. Smith. Economics, Sociology Before the section on economics and Ssociology yesterday morning, Prof. Physics Colloquium: Professor J. M. Cork will speak on Recent Experi- ments with the Cyclotron at the Physics Colloquium on Monday, March 21 at 4:15 in Room 1041 E. Physics Bldg. Men's Glee Club: The following Wesleyan Guild Meeting. We will men have been selected for the con- neet with the International Club. cert in Hartland Sunday, March 10. Super wishsevenaoma116lat. Bus leaves from in front of the Union Supper is served in Room 116 at 6 at 2:15. Wear white shirts and dark p.m. The meeting is at 7 p.m. when suits. Mildred Yoxal will show 'pictures of E. Vandenberg China. Miller Fennell! MacIntosh Tyrrell Secrist Kent Clark Karpus Gillis MacArthur Hakola Hendrick Yaman Otis Purdy. Draper Gibbs Tuttle Spencer Swann Epstein Brooks Roberts MeekI Jacobson Nelson Dui nks Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church: Services of worship Sunday are : 8:00 ia.m. Holy Communion, 9:30 a.m. Church School, 11:00 a.m. Kindergar- ten, 11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon by The Reverend Henry Lew- is, 4:15 p.m. Organ Recital by Mr. Nowell S. Ferris, F.A.G.O. Harris Hall: There will be a celebra- tion of the Holy Communion Sunday at nine o'clock in the Chapel with breakfast following. The speaker at the Student Meeting Sunday evening will be the Reverend Sheldon Har- bach, Assistant Minister at St. Jo- seph's Church, Detroit. The meeting will begin at 7:00 o'clock. All Episco- pal students and their friends are cor- dially invited. Unitarian Church: 11 o'clock, Mr. Marley will speak on "Democracy on Trial" or 1914 speaks to 1938. 6 o'clock Spanish Memorial service in honor of the Loyalist cause: