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EDITOR ... ........IRVING SILVERMAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR.........WILLIAM C. SPALLER ASSOCIATE EDITOR ............ROBERT P. WEEKS WOEN'S EDITOR...............HELEN DOUGLAS SPORTS/ EDITOR..................IRVIN LISAGOR Business Department AUSINESS MANAGER ...........ERNEST A. JONES OREDIT MANAGER.................DON WILSHER ADVERTISING MANAGER ....NORMAN B. STEINBERG SOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER'.......BETTY DAVY OMEN'S SERVICE MANAGER ..MARGARET FERRIES NIGHT EDITOR: ROBERT PERLMAN 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. Ruthven The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. What Does It Cost you? . ATHOUSAND READERS of the Daily received in yesterday's mail a ques- tionnaire which has been sent out in an attempt to discover just how much, and for what, mem- bers of the University community spend during the year. An accurate estimate of students and faculty spending can be obtained only through your cooperation. Please fill out the questionnaire carefully and return as soon as possible to the Daily. This information will enable The Mich- igan Daily to serve you better. Ernest Jones. The New Public Opinion... T HE LONG, ill-smelling list of dis- closures concerning the recent Amer- ican "expression of public opinion" which ma- liciously brought about the defeat of the Reor- ganization Bill reached an ironical height with the word that a representative received a tele- gram signed by himself to vote against the widely publicized Dictator Bill." Rep. James M. Mead Dem., N.Y.) speaking be- fore a University of Maryland convocation told how he had received a telegram from his own address and signed with his own name asking him "to save the Union, and vote against the Reorganization Bill." The hundreds of thousands of forged telegrams which intimidated the House members into the defeat of a measure, whose merits were not considered in face of a coming Congressional elec- tion, are well known to us all., We think Rep. Mead's telegram and the thou- sandsl of others are a very sorrowful reflection upon the democratic process as it exists in this country. We think it unfortunate that public opinion, one of the rocks of a democracy can be so grossly distorted in face of a supposedly growing public awareness. Are these graphic expressions from constit- uents to their representatives to be discredited completely in the future? In the light of the most recent catastrophe, that might seem necessary. But how will the elected representatives be able to keep in touch with the will of the people who elected them? Or shouldn't they? On the other hand if these forged telegrams shall in the future again be the basis for pass- ing or defeating a bill, our legislative merry-go- round will become more a farce than ever. Norman A. Schorr. Johiny Get Your Gun. . T HE PRESENCE in Ann Arbor of Bishop James C. Baker of the Pacific Coast Diocese brings to mind again the Nye- Kvale Amendment to the National Defense Act. Bishop Baker collaborated with Episcopalian Bishop Edward L. Parsons a few years ago in upholding the right of students to refuse to falr fh omntiranv mlit,.v trainine inna tte the "collective securityites" has rent the air for many months. But on the question of the Nye- Kvale bill they are in complete accord. The amendment provides that no ROTC unit 'ihall be maintained by any school or college until the institution shall have satisfied the Secretary of War that the unit is elective. Earle Eubank head of the sociology depart- ment of the University of Cincinnati, has spoken of the military element as of "little value edu- cationally, psychologically at variance with the educational principle and consistent with the suggestion of war even to those who don't par- ticipate. Compulsory military training, says W. L. Cox of N.Y.U. stultifies youths and adults whom it keeps in a permanent state of infantil- ism. Dr. George May, director of the Waterman Gymnasium, has asserted on many occasions' that military training is not only of no benefit physically but may even be of positive harm. Since the University of Minnesota has made ROTC optional the "atmosphere has been much healthier" according to the president of the. University. In a country which stands for democracy, the principle of making military drill com- pulsory seems rather out of place. As Dean Guy Stanton Ford of Minnesota says, the terms of the National Defense Act sounded like "real dictation" as they gave land-grant colleges the impression that they had to make military drill compulsory. It is not ignoring the benefits of the ROTC to desire that it be made optional any more than it is disparaging Greek or Latin to make them elective subjects. Supporters of the Nye-Kvale Amendment are many. In a national poll conducted by the Con- gressional and Christian Churches of America, 65 per cent of the people questioned favored the proposal. The national boards of the YWCA and the YMCA, the American Federation of Teach- ers, the World Federation of Educational Asso- ciations and the American Student Union are among those groups who have voiced their support of the amendment. The National Stu- dent Federation composed of 150 elected college leaders has also favored abolition of compul- sory training. This proposal, as Senator Nye has pointed out, is not an attack on military training as such. On the contrary, there is reason to believe that making the training optional would actually benefit the ROTC. Passage of the Nye-Kvale amendment would affect more than a hundred civil schools and colleges which now enroll cadets on a com- pulsory basis. In view of the baneful effects of the present terms of the NationalDefense Act and the improvement which would accrue from its, amendment, pressure for the passage of this measure should be strengthened. June Harris. The Editor Gets Told Pereodiced Room Again To the Editor: Thank you very much for prmiting my second letter. You may rest assured that you are indeed rendering a service in broadening the cultural life of Michigan students by pointing out to restless intellects the availability of that price less store of untapped thought in the General Library's Periodical Room. Even more interesting than the "Monatsschrift fur Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums" do I find the highly absorbing magazine, "Cul- tural Nippon." I have often thought that we Michigan students, in our desire to broaden our cultural horizon, would do wel Ito take ad- vantage of the new Japanese publications in English in our Library. In Volume V, number 1 of "Cultural Nippon" I have come upon one of the most enlightening bits of literary criticism it has ever been my good fortune to read. Written by Yoichi Nakagawa, the contribution "The Manyo Spirit and Grecian Cuture" drives home with impressive clarity and logic the in- finite superiority of Japanese poetry of the past over our present-day stuff. "Nowadays some people are apt to make idle comments upon the value of so-called "pure" literature; while others are passing wanton remarks upon the kinds of books found on the bookshelves of one friend or another. Summarily speaking, such people are aimlessly indulged in discussing about the passing phenomena of the present-day lit- erature. In fact, their talks are so silly as are their topic matters of indifference." As Mr. Nakagawa continues, he states his pur- pose: "It is the ardent desire of the writer to bring the elegaic, allegorical and epigrammatic strains revealed by the 4,300 odd magnificent pieces of the Manyoshiu upon the present dull and spiritless literature instead of looking back upon the Grecian thought." This he proceeds to do, quoting two poems: "Whilst a rapid of the mountain river begins to roar, Over the peak of Yuzuki. The (rain) clouds arise and soar." And, "The lake of Omi. Chidori (Plover) on the evening waves, As you sing, My heart desponds, And makes me think of the ancient times." Overwhelmingly strong and touching indeed, ' Mr. Nakagawa, and I urge every Michigan stu- dent who wants a simiar thrill to read the whole article. Again I would like to emphasize that the pres- ence of such fountains of cultural experience should prove to the most skeptical of us that we have no need for such common and (if I may say so) vulgar sources as newspapers, especially "L'Humanite," "Le Populaire," or any other liberal French journal. Mr. Bishop and the li- brary have very kindly seen to it that we are Ifeemr to Me Heywood B rou n Winthrop W. Aldrich runs the bank where I trade, and so I wouldn't like to offend him. It would be tragic if he were to put me and my account out on the street in a driving rain- storm. The litte fellow isn't robust enough right now to stand much inclement weather. It's a nice bank and everybody is very polite, particularly the young lady at the window weeyou go to ask, "Have I still got any money in this . institution?" ' ""' Nevertheless, I am not for the two or three year "breathing spell" for business which Mr. Aldrich advocated in his speech before the Washington meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce. It seems to be Mr. Aldrich's idea that re- forms have come too rapidly and that there ought to be a long holiday for assimiliation, modification and consolidation. But I wonder just what reforms the chairman of my bank has in mind. Surely he cannot refer to any legislation passed by the present Congress now sitting in cold molasses session. Its record is entirely bare of any constructive move what- ever. Indeed, in many cases it hasn't even been able to summon sufficient energy or courage to take a vote. The killing of vital measures has been done quietly in committee. And even when important issues have been allowed to come to the floor the House has been content to abrogate its constitutional function and to set up a gov- ernment by night letter. Filibusters have done for the rest. More Than A Ruse Mr. Aldrich wants "a period of pause and quiet." What on earth does he think Congfess is doing right now? If he had ventured int the visitors' gallery during the so-called debate on the anti-lynching bill, the distinguished chair- man of the board of the Chase National Bank would have seen a chamber quiet as a lonely grove after the mob has gone. It was more than a pause. The democratic processes of the American government had come to a complete stop. I wonder what our Repre- sentatives do at night which makes them sleep so soundly during sessions. In the middle of national and international cfises the men and women we sent to Washington have chosen to establish a breathing spel. It hasn't lasted two or three years as yet, but only the voters can stir this present group of hibernators into action. The men who loll about their desks or slumber in the cloak room seem to thrive and grow fat under a sedentary way of living. But how about the submerged third of the na- tion? It is nonsense to talk of a, breathing spell of two or three years when so many are engulfed by the waters of depression. Two or three minutes are a long time to stay under. It has been said that a physician who prescribes for himself has a fool for a patient. I wonder whether this may not be true of certain business leaders as well. Every time a New Deal pro-. posal has been killed upon the floor or quietly strangled up an alley, constructive commentators have hailed it as a great victory for business. Danger Of A Coma The defeat of the Reorganization Bill was re- ceived as such a triumph, and the adverse com- mittee vote on the Wages and Hours Bill was also greeted as a brave deed calculated to free the poor employer from fear and send him on his way rejoicing. Opponents of the measure, to which the Democratic party stands pledged, insist that in certain sections of the country employers cannot pay a living wage and also survive. And so the working children are still to "watch the men at play." If the various blows which Congress has heaped upon reform measures are really encouraging to business, why doesn't business quit moaning and climb out of bed? It is my notion that a few more victories such as the stoppage of the Wages and Hours bill will send industry into a coma. ITHE SRE By JOSEPH N. FREEDMAN "THE LOWER DEPTHS" At The Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Like America's "Winterset" and like its "Dead End," Jean Renoir's photoplay of Maxim Gorky's "Lower Depths" is a realistic one of human backwash. It is a study of what one of the actors called, "a place where man is his naked self"; it is a study 'of a miserly landlord, gregarious flotsam of humanity and a world-weary baron who, tired of changing his costumes from schoolboyish to debonair, from evening dress to dressing gown, gives up the bourgeois life for rags of these castaways. It is the drama of what Mr. Renoir called, "the degradation of a class, a drama of the loss of human dignity." It is a drama of a class, more or less fatalistic, seeking release. It is a drama, moreover, played by actors who know and play their parts with care and ex- cellence. While it differs from Gorky's pre- revolutionary tale of czarist society in emphasiz- ing different characters and subordinating others (Anna and the Baron for Pepel and Natasha), and while it ends on a dime-novelish note of ro- mance, the movie retains the tragedy of the death of Anna, of the crazed, alcoholic actor and the preving Kostylev. Marriage Problems By GILBERT APPELHOF Failure After Marriage Most anyone ventures his opinion as to what is wrong with marriage, and what might be done to correct it. The usual recommendations are; simple enough. What he does nott like, he would pass a law against. If conventional standards seem too high, or too exacting, the popular cry is for more freedom; and once the bars are1 let down we get ourselves into justl such a mess as we are in today. That it is a mess, no one will deny. i There are over a million divorced per-i sons in the United States, and the number is rapidly increasing. In the 60-year period from 1867 to 1926, divorce increaAd in this country 1,-l 621 per cent. Furthermore, the in- crease in divorce has far outstrippedE the population increase. Looking at' it from another angle, we find that in 1916 there was one divorce to every3 9.6 marriages; in 1925, there was one divorce to every 6.7 marriages. There are states in the Union today where the ratio is almost one divorce to every 'marriage. Since the greater proportion of these divorces are un- contested, it may be presumed that both husband and wife admitted the failure of their martial venture. DIVORCE AND AMERICAN LIFE' Since every divorce represents a broken home, and each broken homel may mean the disintegration of a family, we can see that the situation is serious. What will happen to our American home life if these condi- tions continue to become increasinglyE worse? Everyone knows that the greater proportion of the "problem" cases in our schools today come from n homes that are broken, where hus- band and wife have been unable to make a success of their marriage. f Court records seldom reveal the real, underlying causes ofrfailure in marriage. The statisticians will say: "Cruelty, 42.7 per cent; Desertion, 27.9; Adultery, 7.3; Neglect to pro-' vide, 4.1; Drunkenness, 1.4; Minor, Combined, and Unreported Causes, 16.6; Total, 100 per cent. But what led to these alleged grounds? The' lawyer may know and the defen- dent }may know,but the real reasonsj are seldom brought before the court. What was the cause lying back of desertion? A man doesn't run away from his wife and family if he is happy. Is there any justification for cruelty? Certainly there must be causes underlying maltreatment of one another. The court records rarely mention the countless petty quarrels. maladjustments, failures to under- stand sex and family relations, nor do they write into the decree the fail- ure of Church and State to give ade- quate training for the martial rela- tionship; and yet all of these have their part in diverting the marriage bark from her true course. MARRIAGE FOR LIFE The ideal of marriage for life is the only union which the Church can teach. Divorce, even when allowed, must be looked upon as a tragic and humiliating failure. Marriage which has children in mind, the right of children to happy homes, the joys of parenthood ,and the enrichment of life must have a new place in preach- ing and in the entire program of the Church. What can there be of great- er importance? We are never going to get very far in promoting peace on earth until those couples uniting in marriage have been taught the fine art of home-making and living hap- pily together in the marriage rela- tionship. There are many shoals and rocks to be avoided if married couples want the matrimonial bark to reach the havens "of blessing and of peace." It is quite impossible to do more than suggest a few of them at this time. A more adequate treatment will fol- low in subsequent chapters. It is strange how that it is the little things which tend to roughen the matrimonial waters and make it poor sailing, the petty quarrels over money- matters, friends, relatives, children. We may weather the gale and the tempest, such as a great sorrow, a great loss, a great tragedy; but the petty quarrels have a way of growing in frequency until they become more numerous and more bitter week by week. Like every other form of sin, it grows, and you become more skilled in quarreling-the more you quarrel. MUTUAL ADJUSTMENT IS NECESSARY Failure to find mutual adjust- ment in the physical side of marriage is another important cause for the marriage bark floundering. While not all important as some may think, it is important, and the failure here is usually traceable to prejudice, faulty training, maladjustment or in- compatibility. No matter how many interests married people may have in common, if the marriage fails here, there is grave danger of separation. So many are allowed to drift into marriage as innocent as babes in the! wood, only to wreck their lives through blundering ignorance and fumbling, beginning often on the wed- ding night, when life-long impres- sions are sometimes made which may SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1938 VOL. XLVII. No. 155 Members of the University Council: . There will be a meeting of the Univer- sity Council on Monday, May 9, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 1009 A.H. Luis A. Hopkins, Secretary.' The Bureau has received notice of the following Michigan Civil Service Examinations: Public Health Department Librar- ian A, Men and Women, $125 per1 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 call1 at the office, 201 Mason Hall. Office Hours: 9-12 and 2-4. University of Michigan Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. All students and faculty members who have received questionnaires sent1 out by the Michigan Daily are re- quested to return the questionnaires by the post paid envelope as soon; as possible in order to facilitate tabu- lation of results. 1938 Dramatic Season. Season tick-' ets now available for five shows, May1 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 the1 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." Allnpetitions 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. Academic Notices Geography 2. Because of the ac1ivi- ties of the B. and G. department, the sections of Geography 2 will be shift- ed to Room 18 for May '7. Exhibition Exhibition: Photographs of "India, her Architecture and Sculpture" un- der the auspices of the Institute of Fine Arts, May 3 through May 14 in the exhibition room of the School of Architecture. Daily (except Sunday) fr'om 9 to 5. An Exhibition of Paintings, water colors and drawings by Peter Hurd, Saul Schary and Carl Sprinchorn is presented by the Ann Arbor Art As- sociation in the small galleries of 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 lecture will be given 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 3011 An- gell Hall. Events Today Biological Chemistry Seminar, today at 10 a.m., Room 313 West Medical Building. at Lane will go boating. invited. Hall at 2:45 on Saturday and to Lakeland for hiking and All graduate students are The BaptistaGuild will install its new officers at a banquet at 6:1J5 p.m. today in the Guild House, 615 E. Huron St. The Outdoor Club will meet at Lane Hall at 2 o'clock today to go hiking. Election of officers for next year ,will be held. - All students who like to hike are invited to join us. Congress: There will be an import- ant meeting of the Student Welfare Committee at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Daily offices. All members are re- quested to attend. ComtingEvents . 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." International Council Panel: The subject of the Panel sponsored by the International Council for Sunday af- ternoon, at 4:30, in Room 116 of the Michigan Union, is "Towards Unity." Those participating on the Panel will be William Quo Wu, China; Herman Krotor, Germany; Mauro Asprin, Philippine Islands; and Charles Braidwood, United States. The pub- lic is cordially invited to attend the Panel. The usual Sunday evening buffet supper will follow the discus- sion. Physics Colloquium: Dr. Julius Hal- pern will speak on The Scattering of Slow Neutrons by Liquid Hydrogen at the Physics Colloquium on Mon- day, May 9 at 4:15 p.m. in Room 1041 East Physics Building. The Graduate Student Council will meet in the Michigan Union at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Ma 10. All mem- bers are urged to be present. Phi Eta Sigma will hold a dinner meeting and election of officers at the Union on Sunday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. Shingles will be presented to those who have not received them. 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 invited. Quadrangle, Wednesday,, May 11, 193$ "The Present European Situa- tion, Wheeler and Boerner. Dues payable at banquet May 25, 1938. Acolytes: On Monday evening, May 9, at 7:45 Rev. J. J. Wellmuth will read a paper on Implication and Equivalence Those interested in philosophical discussion are invited to attend. Room 202 S.W. United Peace Committee: There will be an important meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 9 in Lane Hall. Elec- tions to the Executive Committee will be held. The Christian Student Prayer Group will meet at 5 olclock Sunday after- noon in the Michigan League. The room will be announced on the bulle- tin board. Concerts First Church of Christ, Scientist. 409 S. Division St. Sunday morning service at 10:30. Subject, "Adam and Fallen Man." Golden Text: Isaiah 59:20. Sunday School 11:45 after the morning service. First Congregational Church, (or- ner of State and William. 10:30 a.m. Service of worship. Dr Leonard A. Parr will speak on "Life's Nameless Ministries." The choir will sing "The Beatitudes" by Hiles, and Mr. Donn Chown will sing his own composition "Come to -Me." Music appropriate to Mother's Day will be played by the organist in selections from a van Eiken "Sonata." 4:30 p.m. The Student Fellowship will hold its first outdoor gathering. Meeting at Pilgrim Hall at 4:30, the group will leave for the Island for games and a weenie roast. 5 p.m. The Ariston League. will have an outdoor meeting. Members wil meet at Pilgrim Hall at 5 p.m. with their luncheon and roller skates. In case of rain, the meeting will be hel dat 6 p.m. in Pilgrim Hall. First Presbyterian Church, 1432 Washtenaw Avenue. 9:30 a.m., Parent's Day in the Church School. 10:45 a.r., "A Mother, Cum Laaude" k +he ilhiof o 'n. m n1a T "^1. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the Vniverstty. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. "The Scleroproteins, tins' will be discussed. are invited. The Kera- All interested Varsity Glee Club men meet at 7 p.m. tonight at the Union. Please be prompt. Informal, but wear coats! The Angell Hall Observatory will be open ,to visitors tonight, May 7, from 8:30 until 10 o'clock. The moon will be shown through the telescopes. Children must be accompanied by adults. The Graduate Outing Club will meet ces. Those who sail too close to these rocks which upset the marriage bark are endangering their future happi- ness. They would do well to work out a philosophy of life together before they get married, discussing frankly the course they intend to follow, checking up on such things as fi-