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CHICAGO- BOSTON Los ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Board of Editors Managing Editor' Editorial Director City Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor. Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Book Editor Women's Editor Sports Editor Robert D. Mitchell S. . . Albert P. Mayio ..n . . . Horace W. Gilmore . . . .Robert I. Fitzhenry . . . . . Saul R. Kleiman ...tobert Perlman . . . William Elvin .Joseph Freedman . . . . . Earl Gilman .Joseph Gies .Dorothea Staebler .. . Bud Benjamin Business Department Business Manager . . . . Philip W. Buchen dredit Manager . . . Leonard P. Siegelman Advertising Manager . . William L. Newnan Women's Business Manager . . Helen Jean Dean Women's Service Manager . . Marian A. Baxter NIGHT EDITOR: CARL PETERSEN The editorials publised in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the vieWs 6of the writers only. It is important for society to avoid the neglect of adults, but positively ianigerous 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 meanin of the term. -Alexander G Ruthven. Twilight Zone Of Governmient.. DVOCATES of stronger central gov- ernment have long battled with de- fenders of states' rights for the possession of legislative "no man's land," that nebulous twi- light zone from which Federal action has been excluded by the courts and into which the sep- arate states may advance only by futile fum- bling and groping with problems beyond their individual control. As popular a historian as James Truslow Adams has voiced the fear that further exten- sion of federal power into this area "will lead almost certainly to the totalitarian state which cannot be run except by a dictatorship in some form." Opposed to the . stand taken by historian Adams is the view proclaimed by Franklin D. Roosevelt in his now famous dire prophesy of a return to the "horse and buggy days" of past generations, should the delegated powers of the federal government continue to be too strict- ly interpreted by. the Supreme Court. Granted a growing liberal philosophy in recent court decisions, and granted tha perhaps the federal constitution will eventually come to be interpreted as a "great charter" rather than a states' rights insurance policy, the line between federal and state prerogative will obviously be drawn somewhere, as long as such strongcon- victions exist on both sides., Thus the prob- ailities are that there will always be a sort -of legislative "no man's land" from which fed- eral legislatiin will be barred and in which the separate states are at a loss to cope with social problems of national extenti. That the separate states have already become hopelessly enmeshed in the barbed wire and pit- falls of this "no man's land" is only too evident in view of the fate of such needed social legisla- tion as state child labor laws, minimum wage standards, comprehensive state social insurance, and adequate state unemployment relief, fi- n'anced by progressive taxation of large capital. Past experience with such legislation has dem- onstrated that capital is prepared to pack up and move across state boundary lines from states passing such legislation into neighboring states where exploitation may be practised unchecked. Hence individual states, unwilling to commit financial suicide, have been prone to ignore social problem. Something New In Politics Nor has the problem been confined to what has roughly been classed as social legislation. Lack of uniform extradition laws, and difficulty of cooperation between forty-eight different agencies for apprehension of criminals, led to a crime problem that has made the United Council of State Gover"nents. Conceived only a year ago by representatives of most of the states under a "Declaration of Interdependence," the council is dedicated to "repairing the fabric which unites the nation's many agents of gov- ernment, and restoring the solidarity which is vital to orderly growth." As such, the tremen- dous import of the good already accomplished in the short space of a year makes the Council of State Governments the most promising hope on the political horizon today. It may well solve national social problems without straining the dual structure of our national government. Composed of permanent commissions appoint- ed from the legislatures of the various states, the council drafts laws regulating evils lurking in the twilight zone from which the federal gov- ernment is barred. After these laws have been adopted by the legislatures of the states, and they have done so with conspicuous regularity, the states present a united front on the problems in question, having all the effectiveness of a Fed- eral law. Concrete Results Perhaps the most significant success of the inter-state commission movement has been in the field of crime. Four laws were drafted simplifying extradition and allowing state troop- ers to cross state lines in pursuit of criminals. These uniform laws, already adopted by twenty- two states, have made crime control vastly more effective. Problems relating to flood control, sewage dis- posal, regulation of the liquor traffic, and con- servation of previously plundered Great Lakgs fishing grounds, all a part of legislative "no man's land," have been solved by state coopera- tion through the Council of State Governments. The virtue of the council, however, rests not so much upon the importance of problems con- quered as upon the hope which these accomplish- ments warrant for the future. If the states, through the council, can pass uniform crime laws, there is reason to believe that they can accomplish the same reform for child labor and other social evils. That they are now for- mulating such laws is encouraging. Thus those who fear the totalitarian state as the only alternative to returning to the "horse and buggy days" of their ancestors, may rest assured if the Council of State Governments ful- fills the promise of its lusty youth. John Canavan. Hail To The Victors... ALTHOUGH it has been a week since Michigan's trtck team ended its outstanding season by taking the Big Ten out- door meet, the Daily still wishes to add its voice to the many others on the campus in congrat- ulating the team and its new captain, Bill Wat- son. The team has had' an excellent season. Its record includes victories over Illinois and Ohio State and leading performances in both the Penn Relays and the Quadrangular Relays with Indiana, Ohio State and Notre Dame. Indoors, it has won from Michigan State and Ohio State and placed first in the Illinois and Butler Relays. Championships include both the indoor and out- door Big Ten titles, and the championship Satur- day was the sixteenth for Michigan since it has been in the Conference, and the second in two years. The indoor championship held by the team is the fifth straight. We feel that much of the success of the team this year was due to the team spirit which has been noticed by all who have been connected with or come into contact with the team. Track is a sport built upon individual performance, and the existence of the strong group spirit is a real tribute to the members in addition to their own record. Michigan will take part in the National Inter- collegiate Meet at Minneapolis on June 17 and 18, and in Evanston on June 24 and 25 repre- sentatives from Big Ten schools will meet a team from the Pacific Coast. Michigan men who will be on the Big Ten team include Bill Watson in the shot put, discus, broad jump and high jump; Wes Allen in the high jump; Tom Jes- ter in the 880; Ross Faulkner in the 440; Fred Martin in the javelin throw; and Jim Kingsley in the pole vault. To these men and to the team as a whole in the Nationals, we wish the best of luck and a fine record for Michigan and for the Big Ten. Robert D. Mitchell. No Nightmare CZECHOSLOVAKIA is somewhat in the posi- tion of a man who has just awakened from dreaming that his dog, which always has shown a determination not to be washed, had on bath day grown to the size of an elephant. The man awakes to find that the dog isn't that big. But it still has to be washed. Czechoslovakia's minority problem is big enough in real life, although not quite so alarm- ing as troop movements-possibly intended to influence voting among Sudeten Germans-had made it appear. It probably swelled up to its maximum last week end. Shrewd and tactful pressures by France and Britain, plus such en- ergetic efforts as the Czechoslovakian Govern- ment itself is now almost certain to exert, should bring the dog down to normal proportions. Particularly encouraging is the visit of the Sudeten Germany Party leader, Konrad Henlein, to Czechoslovakia's Premier Hodza Monday eve- ning. Such a discussion of the minority ques- tion has seemed precluded by reports that no ne- gotiations would be considered by the Sudeten German Party until its terms had already been accepted by the Czechoslovakian Government. Butapparently this obstacle wa$ overcome. Moreover, German troops are reported to have been withdrawn from the border. But Czechoslovakia's minority problem remains Heywood Broun The fight for differentials in the wage-hour bill depends, I think, upon a fallacious argu- ment. It is argued that the cost of living is much cheaper in some sections of the country than in others. Even that should not be ac- cepted without some quali- fication. It can hardly be denied that rents are lower in a small country town than in a large New England in- dustrial city. But to a cer- tain extent the lag is be- tween the standard of living rather than the cost of living. Commodities such as canned goods and cloth- ing cost approximately the same in all sections. To many types of worker, the automobile is a necessity rather than a luxury, and it is not the custom of the makers of cheap cars to temper the wind for the shorn lambs. One. of the classic remarks made upon a dif- ferential in the wage scale came not from the South but northern New England. It was the owner of a shoe factory in Maine who said that his workers did not need as high a wage as pre- vailed elsewhere because they could catch fish in summer. * * *- Measure Is Only A First Step Many progressives would fight the current wage and hour bill if they were convinced that it would tend to establish a uniform set of working conditions throughout the country. But, as a matter of fact, there seems to be no reason to believe that it will. The measure is only a first step and, therefore, a very modest one. The minimum wages set are extremely low. And so it is not true that infant manufacturing inter- ests in the South will be wiped out because they cannot compete with older established institu- tions in the North., In places where labor is well fortified by organi- zation the wage scale will certainly remain well above the figures established in the bill before Congress. The South, with its vast reservoir of cheap and slightly organized labor, will still be operating, for some time to come at any rate, upon a decidedly lower labor budget. Indeed, I think that time may prove that the South will gain more from the wage and hour bill than any other section of the country. Recent primaries seem to show that a majority of the voters in the South are of this opinion. And if it were not for the limitations placed upon the Negro vote the majorities would be even greater. To a great extent the only persons who profit by the maintenance of desperately low pay are absentee owners. It is simply impossible to establish flourishing communities in sections where the wage wavers along the subsistence line or dips below it. There is no purchasing power. The small business man and merchant ought to realize that he has no opportunity to prosper when his customers are equipped to purchase nothing more than the bare necessities, and sometimes not even those. * * * Careless Kind Of Thinking We have slipped into a very careless kind of thinking when we seek to evaluate our economic problems in terms simply of men on the job and men unemployed. It is quite possible to conceive of severe depression existing even with every able-bodied person on a pay roll. The reglarity of the work and the amount of the pay are prime considerations. To a great extent. the slacken- ing of purchasing power has not come because of the millions on relief but becouse of the huge numbers of our citizens on part time jobs which may afford them as little as four or five dollars a week. As a matter of fact, unless an adequate wage- hour bill is passed we may soon find ourselves under the logical necessity of furnishing relief not only to the jobless but to those whose jobs pay an insufficient sum to maintain life. Every- body agrees that nobody should starve outright. But there may be small mercy in that if we remain tolerant of the fact that many millions of the so-called employed right now are starving slowly. Andif it is said that under our present system we can do no other, the proper answer is not "What a pity!" but "Let's change the system." SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1938 in VOL. XLVIII. No. 171 fe a Notice to All Faculty Members anda Officers. Arrangements have been B made with the purpose of having in p the General Library both for present purposes and for future historical value a file of the portraits of mem- bers of the Faculty and University officials. From an historical point of view, it is highly desirable that this file be kept up to date, and from w the Library's point of view it is im- M portant that the file be of portraits fi of uniform size. The portraits al- ready on file which were taken six years, or more, ago should be re- A placed with up-to-date ones. Por- b traits will be made without cost to M any Faculty member or officer by W Messrs. J. F. Rentschler and Son. S Members of the Faculty are cordially A invited to make appointments vWith to Rentschler and Son for the purpose. Any special questions arising with respect to the matter may be asked P either of the Secretary of the Uni- f versity,aShirley W. Smith, or of the Librarian, William W. Bishop. R Dormitory Rooms. A limited num- d ber of rooms will be available in Al- c en-Rumsey House and Fletcher Hall p' for graduates or undergraduate men h during the Summer Session. For fur- fo ther information consult the Officeuof 0] the Dean of Students. t tii Student Loans. Applications for a loans for the summer session or the year 1938-39 should be made at once in the Office of the Dean of Students g se 'All Students, College of L.S.&A., c Architecture, Schools of Education, a Forestry and Music: is File change of address card in Room o 4 U.H. before June 1st. Blue prints C of records and other information will O be sent immediately after examina- t tions to you at the address given in p February unless change of address is S filed. Failure to receive your blue o print because of faulty address will necessitate a charge of $1.00 for the p second copy. d ti M. Gomberg Scholarship and Paul a F. Bagley Scholarship in Chemistry. c These scholarships of $200 each are i open to juniors and seniors majoring o in chemistry. Preference will be given t to those needing financial assistance. S Application blanks may be 'obtained w in Room 212 Chemistry Building and e must be filed not later than June 6. e The following schedule will mark f the lifting of the Automobile Regu- N lation for students in the various colleges and departments in the Uni- versity. Exceptions will not be made o for individuals who complete their f work in advance of the last day of a class examinations. All students in the following departments will be required to adhere strictly to this i schedule. d College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: All classes. Tuesday, Junen 14, at 5 p.m. ( College of Architecture: All classes. t Tuesday, June 14, at 5 p.m.- College of Pharmacy: All classes.,a Tuesday, June 14, at 5 p.m.t School of Business Administration: All classes, Saturday, June 11, at 12 E s. Girl must be slim, about five c et five or six in height. Will pay $18 o month and room and board. For further information call at the ureau of Appointments and Occu- m ational Information. t Bureau of Appointments and V Occupational Information, 201 t Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 p and 2-4. o st The Intramural Sports Building ill be open regular holiday hours on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, om 8' a.m. to 6 p.m.G C Senior Engineers: Commencement nnouncements have' arrived and willB e distributed from a desk outside thef echanical Engineering office in the est Engineering Building. Hours: aturday, 9:00 to 12:00, Tuesday and P Vednesday, 9:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 S3:00. Modification of Rules Governing articipation in Public Activities. Ef- a ective September, 1938.h I. Participation in Public Activities: 'articipation in a public activity is efined as service of any kind on a ommittee or a publication, in a public erf:,rmance or a rehearsal, or in olding office or being a candidate1 r office in a4 class or other student1 ganization. This list is not intended o be exhaustive, but merely is indica- ve of the character and scope of the etivities included. II. Certificate of Eligibility. At the be-U inning of each semester and summer s ession every student shall be con-o lusively presumed to be ineligible for ny public activity until his eligibility affirmatively established (a). by btaining from the Chairman of theR ommittee on Student Affairs, in the S ffice of the Dean of Students, a writ- en Certificate of Eligibility. Partici-a ation before the opening of the first emester must be approved as at any ther time., Before permitting any students to D articipate in a public activity (see C efinition of Participation above), a he chairman or manager of such A ctivity shall (a) require each appli-n ant to present a certificate of eligibil- o ty, (b) sign his initials on the back: f such certificate and (c) file with . he Chairman of the Committee on tudent Affairs the names of all those iho have presented certificates ofc ligibility and a signed statement to xclude all others from participation. ~ Certificates of Eligibility for the4 irst semester shall be effective until MIarch 1. III. Probation and Warning. Students in probation or the warned list are orbidden to participate in any public6 activity.- x IV.- Eligibility, First Year. No freshmans n his first semester of residence mayr be granted a Certificate of Eligibility.t A freshman, during his second se-f nester of residence, may be granted a Certificate of Eligibility provided he has complete 15 hours or more of workE with (1) at least one mark of A or Bg and with no mark of less than C, or (2) at least 21/2 times as many honort points as hours and with no mark ofl E. (A-4 points, B-3, C-2, D-1, E-0). , Any student in his first semester of residence holding rank above that of freshman may be granted a Certifi- cate of Eligibility if he was admitted to the University in good standing. V. Eligibility, General. In order to re- ceive a Certificate of Eligibility a stu- dent must have earned at least 12f hours of academic credit in the pre- ceding semester, or six hours of aca- demic credit in the preceding summer se sionrwith an average of at least' C, and have at least a C averagefor his entire academic career. Unreported grades and grades of X and I are to be interpreted as E un- til removed in accordance with University regulations. Students otherwise eligible, who in the preceding semester or summer session received less than a C aver- age, but with no grade of E, or grade interpreted as E in the preceding paragraph, may appeal to the Com- mittee on Student Affairs for special permission. VI. Special Students. Special students are prohibited from participating in any public activity except by special permission of the Committee on Stu- dent Affairs. VII. Extramural Activities. Students who are ineligible to participate in public activities within the University are I prohibited from taking part in other activities of a similar nature, except by special prmission of the Commit- line to grant a student the privilege f participation in such activity. X. Special Permission. The special per- mission to participate in public activi, ies in exception of Rules V, VI, VII III will be granted by the Commit- ee on Student Affairs only upon the ositive recommendation of the Dean f the School or College to which the tudent belongs. Academic Notices Conflicts in Final Examinations- oligee of Engineering: Instructions or reporting conflicts are on the' 3i~letin Board adjacent to my of- ice, Room 3223 East Engineering. 3uilding. Attention is called to the act that all conflicts must be re- orted not later than May 31st, 1938. J C. erier. Geology 12, make-up field trip to ibley Quarry, Wednesday, June 1, t 1 o'clock. No other make-up will e given for this trip. Geology 11 make-up field trips: (1) Rocks, Friday, June 3, 4 p.m. (2) Saline, Tuesday, May 31, 1 p.m. (3) Dexter, Wednesday, June 1, 1 .m.4 (4) Ann Arbor, Thursday, June 1, p.m. (5) Lima, Friday, June 3, 1 p.m. Concerts Carillon Recital: Wilmot Pratt, Jniversity Carillonneur, will play a Special Memorial Day recital Mon- lay afternoon, May 30, at 4:15 'clock, Band Concert: The University of Vichigan Concert Band, William D. Revelli, Conductor; ThelmaLws Soprano, soloist, will give a concert program Tuesday evening, May 31st, t 8:30 o'clock in Hill Auditorium, to which the general public is invited. Graduation Recital: Hardin Van Deurseii, baritone, with Ava Comin. Case at the piano, will give a gradu- ition recital in the School of Music Auditorium on Maynard Street, Wed- nesday evening, June 1st, at 8:15 o'clock. The general public, with the exception of small children, is in- vited. Graduation Recital: Norman Spi- cer, organist, pupil of Palmer Chris- tian, will appear in graduation reci- tal, Tuesday afternoon, May 31, at 4:15 o'clock, in Hill Auditorium. The general public is invited., Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architectur: Student work from member schoo of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is being shown in the third floor exhibition room. Open daily, 9 to 5, except Sunday, until May 31. The publid is cordially invited. Exhibition, College of Architecture: An exhibition of articles in silver, gold, enamel and semi-precious stones, for ecclesiastical and general use, designed and executed by Arthur Nevill Kirk, is shown in the pier clases at either side of the Library entrance, second floor corridor. Open daily 9:00 to 5:00, except Sunday, until June 1. The public, is cordially in- vited. Lectures The Hopwood Lecture will be de- livered in the ballroom of the Wom- en's League at 4:00 o'clock Wednes- day afternoon, June 1, by Mr. Walter Priclhiard Eaton. Immediately follow- ing the lecture announcement will be made of the Hopwood Awards for this year. Events Today The. Christian Student Prayer Group will hold its lastemeeting of this semester at 5 p.m. today in the Michigan League. The room will be announced on the bulletin board. Coming Events German Table for Faculty Mem- bers: The regular luncheon meeting scheduled for May 30 will be post- poned until further notice because of Memorial Day. Tau Beta Pi: Final dinner meet- ing of the year and installation of new officers Tuesday at the Union at 6:15 p.m. There will be no speaker and the program will be a short one. The Last Inter-Guild Morning Watch of the year will be held at the League Chapel, Wednesday morning at 7:30 o'clock. Swimming Tests: Individual skill test in swimming will be given on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, May 31 and June 3 from 7:30. to c 9:30 at the Union Pool. n . 1938 Dramatic Season: Opening a Tuesday evening at 8:30. Pauline d Lord in her original role in "The 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; i1:0 a.m. on Saturday. I.. ,-- 2 noon. School Tuesday, School Tuesday, School tion : All of Education: All classes. June .14, at 5 p.m. of Engineering: All classes. June 14, at 5 p.m. of Forestry and Conserva- classes. Tuesday, June 14, principles of democracy as understood and practiced in Czechoslovakia. There are, for example, many Germans in Czechoslo- vakia who do not accept the views of the Sudeten Party, and the Constitution gives freedom of political views and decisions to the individual and not to a collective, totali- tarian entity. Czechoslovakia's task now is to satisfy the de- mands of the Germanic minority short of al- lowing it to identify itself with the totalitarian- ism of the Third Reich. Within the borders of a democracy the minority within the minority -even down to the individual-must be -guar- anteed the liberties which distinguish free coun- tries from dictatorships. In elections influenced by the threat of armed strife and, no doubt, by the vacillation of other European democracies over the future of Czecho- slovakia, 12 per cent of the German minority still dared to vote for something other than the totalitarianism which Konrad Henlein's party represent. To this 12 per cent the Czechoslo- vakian government owes a debt-a debt whose payment may depend upon the genuine concern of other great self-governing nations for the continuanceo f individual freedom in central at 5 p.M. School of Music: All classes. Tues- day, June 14, at 5 p.m. School of Dentistry: Freshman class; Wednesday, June 8, at 12 noon. Sophomore class; Friday, June 3, at 12 noon. Junior class; Saturday, June 4, at 12 noon. Senior class; Saturday, June 4, at 12 noon. Hy- gienists; Tuesday, June 7, at 5 p.m. Law School: Freshman class; Tues- day, June 7, at 5 p.m. Junior class; Tuesday, June 7, ata 5 p.m. Senior class; Wednesday, June 8, at noon. Medical School: Freshman class; Thursday, June 9, at 12 noon. Sopho- more class; Saturday, June 11, at 12 noon. Junior class; Saturday, June 11, ata 12 noon. Senior class; Wed- nesday, June 8, at 5 p.m. Graduate School: All classes, Tues- day, June -14, at 5 p.m. Candidates for Masters' Degree; Tuesday, June 14, at 5 p.m. Candidates for Doctors' Degree; Saturday, June 4, at 5 p.m. Office of the Dean of Students Registration Material: Colleges of L.S.&A, and Architecture, Schools of Education, Forestry, and Music: Summer Session registration ma- terial will be available in Room 4 U.H. beginning May 31. Please see your adviser and secure all necessary signatures before June 24. 1 1 1 tee on Student Affairs. College of Architecture: Students V .II. should call for registration material Physical Disability. Students ex- for summer session beginning May cused from gymnasium work on ac- 31, at Room 4 U.H. The College of count of physical incapacity are for- Architecture will post an announce- bidden to take part in any public ment in the near future giving time activity, except by special permission of conferences with your classifier, of the Committee on Student Affairs Please wait for this notice before see- In order to obtain such permission, a ina your classifier. student may in any case be requirec