~THlE MICHIGAN ,L.AILY THE MICHIGAN DAILY Cage of labor to unite. The AFL apparently is being swayed by afew pieces of silver. It is un- fortunate that this organization isbetraying labor at a time when cooperation among unions is so imperative for their success. John A. Merewether. - A e -.I/ Hold'Your Hat! Don't Stand Up!... . t rI W" Grm I - hJrOV1Jz RAICTcm . 1 Ar5iI cMA A1S1ST Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under theauthority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republicationof all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50., Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1937-38 RKPRESENTRD POR NATIONAL. ADVERTISING BY NationalAdvertisingServiCe,Inc. College Pabldshers Refresentative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO - BOSTON - LOS ANG.ES - SAN FRANCIScO Board of Editors MANAGING EDITOR .............JOSEPH S. MATTES ASSOCIATE EDITORS ............ TUURE TENANDER ASSOCIATE EDITOR.........IRVING SILVERMAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR........WILLIAM C. SPALLER ASSOCIATE EDITOR ............ROBERT P. WEEKS *WOMEN'S EDITOR ... ........... HELEN 'DOUGLAS SPORTS EDITOR ..................HRVIN LTSAGOR Business Department BUSINESS MANAGER............ERNEST A. JONES CREDIT MANAGER...... .. .. .........DON WILSHER ADVERTISING MANAGER ....NORMAN B. STEINBERG WOMNS BUSINESS MANAGER...... .BETTY DAVY WOMEN'S SERVICE MANAGER ..MARGARET FERRIES NIGHT EDITOR: S. R. KLEIMAN 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 educational institu- tions in the best meaning of the-term. -- Alexander G. Rutlkven The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Freedom Of The Press: Only For Aryans? ... . THE DAY after Governor LaFollette of Wisconsin gave his Madison speech announcing the formation of the "National Progressives of America," an incident took place in the same city of Madison which should come to the attention of all persons seeking the pres- ervation of free college journalism. On Friday last Richard Davis, executive editor of the "Daily Cardinal," official student newspaperlof the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, was ousted from his post- Davis had been named head of the "Car- dinal" by the Board of Editors of that paper and his name went to the Cardinal Board in Con- trol for a routine affirmation. It proved, how- ever, to be far more than merely routine. The word had been passed along that the Cardinal Board would not this year give its usual OK to the choice of the staff of the paper, for Davis is a Jew, and Langdon Street-Wisconsin's fra- ternity row-had sent along its command-"No. more Jews!" The majority of the Board is com- posed of elected students and it was these stu- dents, affiliated with the fraternity coalition which, had three weeks previously won a bitter campus election from liberal and non-fraternity groups, who formed the majority whereby Davis was arbitrarily thrown out of his job. Merit and the wishes of the staff were thrown aside in a mad rush to apply Jacksonian patronage prin- ciples and heed the dictates of Langdon Street. With the aid of a few of the staff members who did not walk out when Davis was fired, the "Cardinal" is carrying on as a typical college "house-organ"; its editorial page, once the envy of college newspaper workers, is now taken up with columns about the University* one, two, and five years ago. Soon we may expect the new regime to become militant enough to warn stu- dents about walking on the grass. Davis and the majority of the staff have left the "Cardinal" to carry out the Cardinal tradi- tion through an independent publication. In their effort they are endeavoring to maintain journalistic freedom agaiigst political jobbery and we wish them success. Richard M. Scammon. T1he Split In Labor: THE RECENT PLEDGE of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor to members of the United States Chamber of Commerce for the cooperation of labor and industry, appears none too commendable. The AFL is composed of highly skilled workers. To replace them is difficult. They receive good pay checks. There is a closer relationship be- tween the highly skilled worker and the executive. One without the other is lost. Production with- out either is futile. Consequently, we see that the highly skilled worker has more bargaining power than the unskilled worker. The club he uses to extract concessions *from *industry is longer than the club of the unskilled worker. When the skilled worker complains, he is listened to. The indivi- dual unskilled worker is not. It is 1hanhtelv i the advantage of the AFL A PUBLICITY RELEASE informs us that WarnerBrothers of Hollywood have contacted President Hutchins of the Univer- sity of Chicago with a view to purchasing his Saturday Evening Post articles for a forthcoming picture. This is newsworthy, especially in these days of Carnegie reports and Spring Parleys of progres- sive educators. For the cinema's trek to the portals of learning offers a simple solution to the thousand and one ills besetting higher edu- cation.6 If Paramount is to swell freshman applications by releasing Betty Grable in "College Swing," if Stanford's Hank Luisetti-must starin "Campus Confessions," and if Twentieth Century-Fox must prove by means of the Ritz Brothers that "Life Begins at College," would not it be simpler in the long run to go the whole hog? Why not let the studios invade our sacred premises and add The Coming Generation to their production schedules? f Courses would then be known as stupendous, colossal, 'or merely gigantic and a blue-book would mean a flood-lighted premiere. We can just imagine Robert Taylor teaching Forestry and Alice Faye in Money and Banking. The Hays Office would install a censor in every-lec- ture room and mention of 'biology, history and political science would-be taboo. Of course, this is all far-fetched. American universities seldom chane. The business of dealing out shot-gun education and high-pres- sure football is much too prfitable. All we can do then is to reply to Hollywood in the language of one of its own: "Include us out." Leonard Schleider. The Editor Gets old.. The Michiganen sin To the Editor: It was last spring, I believe, that the-Mich- iganensian salesmen hit upon their idea of solic- iting, the mothers of non-Michianensian-buyers appealing to the love for son's baby pictures,' treasured college memories, the ecstatic delight with which the son would receive such a book as graduation gift, etc., etc. Despite the amount of criticism which it drew, the campaign- has been repeated for the benefit of this season's seniors. Evidently it proved. profitable to the Michigan- ensian as well as highly obectionable to nu- merous students. Mr. Michiganensian Salesman, how do you think we seniors could have lived through all the bulletin board"placards, campus peddlers and glaring Daily ads of the year without becoming cognizant of the existence of your book! As to the second excuse you offer to justify your application to our parents, that of our failing to realize now in our youth how we will pine for the book in the future, well .. . Now far be it from me,dspitemy own dis- interest in the year book Itocdtciite the insti- tution itself. I understand that 'in ,smaler schools, especially in the one-big-family type, it is a great success, cherished just as the family album is. And tactics suchuas those of the Mich- iganensian staff are unnecessary. 'Ray Fink. Ditto To the Editor: We would like to call your attention to the lowest, most despicable, and cheapest method of securing subscriptions any campus publication has yet lowered itself to-namely, that of the Michiganensian, whose policy it is to solicit the parents of those students who have not as yet subscribed to their publication. We are by no means disparaging the worth of such a publication, but has it ever occurred to the 'Ensian staff that some students may not have subscribed since they are required to use what funds they and their family have in securing an education, or that perhaps some student is postponing his subscription until such a time that he may have earned his own sub- scription without burdening his parents? And does it occur to the staff what a hurt it might cause those parents who having read their pleading letter, would feel that they are denying their son of some vital phase of his college life? This is-not the first year the 'Ensian has re- sorted to such tactics. We would suggest that the Publications Board prohibit any such further cheapening of University standards. --iehard Hamburger, '38. -Kermit H. Gruberg, '38. By NORMAN KIELL Meet Helen Arthur We met Helen Arthur yesterday. By this time everyone must know that Miss Arthur is the new executive director of the Ann Arbor Dramatic Season. She told us something of herself, of being one of the first members of George. Pierce Ba- lrarle Wrw-md le Ga r a r-.- .of n.- lemywood Broun With regret and almost consternation I learn that the new type of Fifth Ave. bus is to have a roof at the top of its second story. This is going to play havoc with love-making, which has been on a rapid decline in recent years. Some of my younger friends assure me that it still goes on. in a sporadic way, but there is - scant evidence to support the contention. Here is May, aftd all the freshets of lyric poery which used to come tumbling down ' are damned or dwindling. Taxi drivers tell me that it is very rare to get a fare who puts his arm around the young lady whom he is taking home after the theatre. A veteran hacker says that in more than two years he hasn't heard the direction, "Twice around the park slowly." He blames it on international pol- itics. According to him, the modern boy and girl sit on opposite ends of the seat and debate collective security. One of 'the prettiest girls he ever saw discussed the TVA with her young man all the way from Times Square to 139th St. A * "* * Something hI What He Says Surely this is no time to be putting a roof on the busses. There is certainly something in what the taxi driver says. The new generation is certainly more serious-minded than the ones to which you and I belonged. Only the other night I was lecturing at a small denominational, college near Philadelphia, and after the talk dragged to its weary end a few of us gathered at a professor's house for sandwiches. I hap- pened to remark that a blond girl who sat alone in the front row certainly seemed mostattractive. "I guess you mean Mildred," said one of the young men. "Nobody goes out with Mildred." "And what is wrong with Mildred?" I inquired. "She's an isolationist," he answered simply. We certainly will have to open up the top deck of the Fifth Ave. busses to the moon and the little stars. You see I don't wholly agree with the taxi driver as to the cause of frigidity in the younger generation. It is toomuch to hope that theywill ever be as gay and larky as we were. But there are Aitigating circumstances. It isn't just interna- tional politics. The machine. age and modem city planning are deterrents. When transporta- tion went under ground love flew out the window. There is no courtship of any consequence in the subway. No man can whisper soft nothings on a Bronx express. I even think I see a decline in sentimental in- terest around the city rooms of newspapers. Thirty years ago the woman reporter was a shy' and frightened little creature who did society news and garden notes. Possibly my memory deceives me, but I seem to see her as wearing gingham and putting up her hair on the top of her head in a bun. At any rate, she was fluttery, and didn't have the dimmest notion as to what it was all about. You felt that you ought to hold her hand to protect her whenever she had to venture out into the turmoil of city traffic. Democracy No utterance at the St. Louis con- vention of the National League of Women Voters-and it has been a meeting of stimulating thought and discussion-presents a greater chal- lenge to American democracy than, the definition of the "most difficult political task of the present time," as formulated by Dr. Herman Finer, of the London School of Economics and Political Science. This "most difficult task," as viewed by the distinguished British observer, is, simply stated, "the im- -provement of party organization." The speaker did not mean, as he was quick to point out, that the need was for a more intensive precinct organi- zation of party workers, interested primarily in winning elections for the sake of what they could, as individuals get out of victory at the polls. Quite to the contrary. To quote: The replacement of personal am- bition and the spoils system by a doctrine and a program which are seriously and genuinely meant; the exercise of the selective functions of' men and women who are to be po- litical leaders, candidates for office and office holders; the greatest self-' restraint in the use of public funds and public office as a means for po- litical advancement, and the con- scious use of the political party as an' organization for research and for the intensive civic education of the peo- ple-this is the most difficult political task of the present time. A difficult task, certainly, yet the' ideal back of it is one toward which there must be constant approach if our democracy is to continue to justify! itself. The clearest lesson to be learned from a study of American political parties is that the major parties today have no consistent, well-defined poli- cies on which to base their appeals tor the voters. There has never been a time in our history when the party was more than a device which control of public offices is re-1 tamed by one group of job-holders or assumed by another. Issues, already confused by the wide divergence of opinion within the same party camps, are bound to suffer still further when patronage is a prime motivation of political activity. Party organizations conscious of a1 social responsibility to think out the problems of the day and to formulate policies, party headquarters as cen- ters of research and seats of popular education-in the light of what we have today, these may seem utopian goals. Certainly they will not be easy of attainment. But no lesser objec- tives can satisfy those who believe in -democracy and would safeguard it to the full against encroachment by dic- tatorial forms of government. Fortunately, we are making pro- gress in the fight against the spoils system. Thanks to rhany high-mind- ed civic groups-among them the League ofaWomen Voters-the battle against patronage rule is being waged, steadily. As the enemies of civil serv- ice-men like Senator McKellar-are driven back, parties must necessarily become less and less spoils organiza- tions. To win the fight against the spoilsmen will beito clear the way for parties that define issues, stand for them before the public and seek to prove their worth when in power. Speed the day of that victory! -St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Fall Of Greece The decline of Greek civilzation be- gan, in all probability, with the de- forestation of the hills; and it was hastened greatly by -goats. These voracious animals ate down the young trees, the shrubs, the grass; they stripped the land of its protective coat of vegetation, and then rain washed the topsoil into the rivers. Nor was the loss of soil and the consequent decline of agriculture the whole story. Much of this soil was de- posited along the lower courses of the rivers, where their velocity slackened. as they reached the sea. Marshes and swamps were formed and then mos- quitoes bred; the mosquitoes carried malarial infection; the health of"the people was undermined; and enemies crowded in upon a debiliated race. Thus it is, perhaps, to goats rather than to internecine quarrels or to Persians that the downfall of Greek culture must be primarily attributed. -London Geographical Magazine. Speech Finalist Tries For Prize DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Pubication in the Bulletintis constructive notice to all members of the Univers"t ;Copy received atthe'oa.ce of the Assistant o the Predent until 3:3U; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Note to Seniors, June Graduates, and Graduate Students: Please file application for degrees or any spe- cial certificates (i.e. Geology Certifi- cate, Journalism Certificate, etc.) at once if you expect to receive a de- gree or certificate at commence- ment in June. We cannot guaran- tee that the University will confer a degree or certificate at commence- ment upon any student who fails to file such application before the close of business on Wednesday, May 18. If application is received later than May 18, your degree or certificate may not be awarded until next fall. Candidates for degrees or certifi- cates may fill out card at once at .office of the secretary or recorder of their own school or college (students enrolled in the College of Litera- ture, Science, and the Arts, College of Architecture, School of Music, School of Education, and School of Forestry and Conservation, ple'ase note that application blank may be obtained and filed in the Registrar's Office;- Room 4, University Hall). All ap- plications for the Teacher's Certifi- cate should be made at the office of the School of Education. Please do not delay until the last day, as more than 2,50 diplomas and certificates must be lettered, signed, and sealed and we shall be greatly helped in this work by the early filing of applications and the resulting longer period for prepara- tion. The filing of these applications does not involve the payment of any fee whatsoever. Shirley W. S.-ith. The Bureau has received notice of the following Michigan Civil Service Examinations: Public Health Department Librar- ian A, Men and Women, $125 per month. Insurance Examiner 1, Men only, $160 per month. Communicable Diseases Public , Health Physician II, $2,520 per year. Notice of the following U. S. Civil Service Examination has been re- ceived: Student' Nurse, St..Elizabeths Hos- pital, Department of the Interior,. Washington, D.C. For further information, please call at the office, 201 Mason Hall. Office Hours: 9-12 and 2-4. Uiversity of Michigan Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. All students and faculty members who have received questionnaires sent out by the Michigan Daily are re- quested to return the questionnaires by the post paid envelope as soon as possible inorder to facilitate tabu- lation of results. 1938 Dramatic Season. Season tick- ets now available for five shows, May 16 through June 18. Garden Room at the Michigan League open from 10 ,to 6 daily. Congress: All Independent men are eligible to petition for offices on the Executive Council of Congress, Inde- pendent Men's Organization. Fresh- men may petition as well as Juniors and Seniors. All petitions are to be made out in three copies and are to be submitted in sealed envelopes marked "Congress Judiciary Council." All petitions should be taken to the Union desk on or before May 7. For complete information about the form of the petition consult the Con- gress bulletin board in the lobby of the Union. French Play: Photographs of the cast of the French Play may be or- dered at the office of the Department of Romance Languages this week. Attention: Literary Seniors: The Senior Literary Class has chosen George Moe's Shop to supply caps- and gowns. Inasmuch as Swing-Out is May 22, be sure and get yours before that date. Academic Notices Geography 2. Because of the activi- ties of the B. and G. department, the, sections of Geography 2 will be shift- ed to the following rooms for May FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1938 VOL. XLVIII. No. 154 Alumni Memorial Hall from May 2 through May 15. Open daily, includ- ing Sundays, from 2 to 5 p.m., admis sion free to students and members. Lecture University Lecture: Professor Einar Hammarsten, Professor of Chemistry, Carolingian Medical University, will lecture on "The Secretin of Bayliss and Starling" on Monday, May 9, at 4:15 p.m. in Natural Science Auditor- ium under the auspices of the Medical School. The public is cordially in- vited. Alexander Ziwet Lectures in Mathe- matics. 'The next two lectures will be given Friday, May 6, and Monday, May 9, at 3 o'clock, in Room 3201 Angell Hall. The final lecture of the series will be on Tuesday, May 10, at 3 o'clock, in Room 301f Angell Hall, Events Today President Ruthven will speak at a luncheon meeting held in connection with dedication ceremonies of the new Presbyterian Church and Student Center. Professor O. S. Duffendack will be Chairman of the luncheon. At a 2 o'clock Symposium in the Church Auditorium, The Rev. Alvin C. Sawtelle of Bay City will preside. Other speakers will be the Rev. Charles W. Brashares on "The Evi- dence of Student Interest in the Church," Professor Howard Y. Mc- Clusky on "What the College Stu- dent Seems to Want from the Church," The Rev. Benjamin J. Bush of Detroit on "The Desires of, the Home Church," and The Rev. Wil- liam P. Lemon on "Things to Come." At 8 o'clock the ceremony of Dedi- cation of the building will take place in the Church Auditorium with The Rev. Henry W. Fischer, Chairman of the University of Michigan Presby- terian Corporation, and the Rev. Wil- liam P. Lemon, presiding. The prin- cipal address will be given by Presi- dent elect John W. Dunning of Alma College. The new Westminster Guild officers will be installed during this service. Stalker, Hall. Banquet to honor seniors and other students receiving degrees at the Methodist Church Friday, at 6:30 o'clock. This is for all Methodist students and their friends. - Bishop Baker of California, the founder of the Wesleyan Founda- tion Movement will be the speaker. Please call 6881 for reservations. Mr. Robert Warshaw will speak on "Some Approaches to Shakespeare" at the meeting of the English Journal Club today at 4:15 p.m., in the English Seminar Room in Angell Hal. Please note the change of location. 'The fac- ulty, members and guests are .cor- dially invited to attend and to partici- pate in the discussion following the paper. Suomi Club There will be a meet- ing tohight at 8 o'clock p.m. in the 'Upper Room of Lane Hall. Ref resh- ments will be served. All Finnish students are cordially invited to at- tend. Stalker Hall. Friday Nighter Party at 8:30 o'clock at Stalker Hall for all Methodist Students and their friends. There will be no class in "Through The Old Testament" this week but there will be next week again. Delta Sigma Rho: Meeting of the Michigan Chapter today at 4 o'clock in Room 3212 Angell Hall. Disciples Guild: The Guild will hold a party in the recreation hall of the church, Hill and Tappan Streets, Fri- day evening from 8 fo 12 o'clock. Two of the main features of the program will be a treasure hunt and amateur hour. Coming Events 'German Table for Faculty Mem- bers: The regular luncheon meeting will be held 'Monday at 12:10 p.m. 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 by Professor Kasimir Fajans on "Einiges au dem Grenzge- beit der Physik and Chemie." Biological Chemistry Seminar, Sat- urday, May 7, 10 a.m., Room 313 West Medical Building. "The Scleroproteins, The Kera- tins" will be discussed. All interested are invited. College of Architecture: A film sponsored by the Federal Housing Ad- ministration, showing recent housing projects, will be shown in the. ground floor lecture room, Architectural Building, on Monday, May 9, at 4:15 p.m. Those interested are cordially iivited. The Angell Hall Observatory will be open to visitors Saturday evening, May 7, from 9 until 10 o'clock. The moon will be shown through the tele- scopes. Children must be accompan- * * * * No Wonder She Took A Drink! It is not so today. The last time I took a lady reporter out to dinner was some years ago. I had a corner table in a little French restaurant in the Village. She took a Martini instead of the tomato juice which I suggested, but she apol- ogized'by saying: "I had a pretty tough assignment today." "And what ever did you cover, my dear?" I asked with elderly benevolence. "They sent me up to Sing Sing to do the electrocution of the four gunmen," she responded. We are still good friends, but the acquaintance- ship :has never ripened into romance. There ought to be a federal project. Roofs and walls must .be torn down. Possibly Ickes could 'let in the moonlight- and Harry Hopkins bring back the honeysuckle to our great indus- trial cities. Neighborhood Playhouse: of the tradition she createdt with the "Grand Street Follies"; and of her years managing Ruth Draper, Angna Enters, the Dance Repertory Group and Ted Shawn. A more honest person in the theatre' business' would be difficult to discover. As she herself said, "I am a regular guy." She proved it. Your, interviewer frankly expressed his disappointment with the selection of plays she is brilging to the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Her answer did not take the form of apologies or excuses. "The Ghost of Yankee Doodle," she pointed out, is at this very moment in rehearsal in New York City under the supervision of its author, Sidney Howard. The production will be dis- tinct from that given by the Theatre Guild. This column carried the report last January that Mr. Howard's play "veered conveniently away from any provocative drama," and that "no point at any time was ever made." The fault, Miss Ar- thur contends, rested with the N.Y. production. Mr. Howard will see to it that here in Ann Arbor he will have something to say and will say it honestly. Your reporter pointed out the innocuous com- edy, "French Without Tears." The choice of this play was largely based on psychology, Miss Ar- thur said. Students will be on the verge and in the throes of examination. Here is a perfectly light comedy, no thinking is necessary for it, she said. Hence, it is ideal. We let it go at that. "The Late Christopher Bean," and "Rain From Heaven," as well as "Liliom" were chosen be- nni.t oe -- - el my nrv _-r - +lm _- n+ ( and 7. Section 1 18 A.H. Section 2 2019 A.H. Section 3 18 A.H. Section 6 18 A.H. (Friday 8 o'clock), Room (Friday 9 o'clock) Room (Friday 10 o'clock), Room (Friday 1 o'clock), Room Fred In Fred in the Greiner, '38, Debates ClevelandTonight H. Greiner, '38, will compete annual Northern Oratorical League Contest tonight in Cleveland as the University's representative. Greiner, who is the survivor of two elimination contests will speak on poor government caused by the indif- ference of citizens at the polls. The University of Iowa, Western Reserve University, Northwestern University, University of Minnesota Section 7 (Saturday Room 18 A.H. Section 8 (Saturday Room 18 A.H. - Section 9 (Saturday Room 18 A.H. 9 o'clock), 10 o'clock), 11 o'clock), Exhibition Exhibition: Photographs of "India, her Architecture and Sculpture" un- rar hP anito r-f - nTries+;.,+® -f