THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13, 1937 _ _ ,. both the workers and the companies are vir- tually honor-bound, not only to make use of the established facilities but to abide by the results. In this last dispute the roads refused at first to countenance any negotiations, claiming that bankruptcy would be an inevitable and imme- diate result of a rise in the operating costs. The initial proposals by Dr. William Leiserson, mem- ber of the mediation board, were flatly rejected and a deadlock appeared unavoidable. With the cooperation, however, of the railroad workers, who had implicit faith in the open-mindedness of their employers, renewed attempts at con- ciliation were made and a happy result finally accomplished. The agreement, effecting conductors, engi- neers, firemen, trainmen and switchmen, calls for a wage boost of 44 cents a day-an even break for trainmen, firemen and switchmen, who with pay averages of $4.40 a day, were holding out for a 20 per cent increase. Conductors and engi- neers, whose pay ranges up to $10 a day, re- ceived only a five per cent advance. The victory, then, it is well to remember, was one of voluntary conciliation under nofmal op- erations rather than under the abnormal strain of a shutdown. Plaudits for such a precedent. IT SEEMS Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority 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 republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matter 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. 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Holden, Mary Alice MacKenzie, Phyllis Helen Miner, Barbara Paterson, Jenny Petersen, Harriet Pomeroy, Marian Smith, Dorothea Staebler and Virginia Voor- hees. Business Department BUSINESS MANAGER ./............ERNEST A. JONES CREDIT MANAGER..................DON WILSHER ADVERTISING MANAGER .... NORMAN B. STEINBERG WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER ........BETTY DAVY WOMEN'S SERVICE MANAGER ..MARGARET FERRIES Departmental Managers Ed Macal, Accounts Manager; Leonard P. Segelman, Local Advertisig Manager; Philip Buchen, Contracts Manager; William Newnan, Service Manager; Mar- shall Sampson, Publications and Classified Advertis- ing Manager; Richard H. Knowe, National Advertising and Circulation Manager. NIGHT EDITOR: JACK DAVIS _ _ - 1 THE FORUM I 5 Another War Of Seven Years?# . RESS REPORTS relayed from London during the last fortnight indicate that the Ethiopian war, the end of which Mussolini proclaimed when Addis Ababa fell, ac- tually only has undergone a more or less super- ficial transition from what might be termed the active to the passive but no less deadly stage. This change in the character of the war, or more accurately in the tactics of the Ethiopians, was the natural result of the loss of their capital, the defense of which was the purpose of their strategy during the earlier period of conflict. Since its fall a year ago they have abandoned their futile and sanguinary mass attacks in favor of a guerilla campaign, the historic resort of a weak and peaceful people against a powerful aggressor., A massacre of the entire garrison and Italian civil population of Makale, one of the largest and most important cities of the occupied coun- try is reliably reported to have taken place. Al- though the almost airtight censorship of Italian military authorities helps breed lurid and imag- inative journalism, it is impossible to entirely discredit the repeated assertions of correspon- dents that Italians in Ethiopia do not dare ven- ture out of range of protecting soldiers and forts, that even the newly constructed European roads are not safe, and that more Italians have been killed since the campaign "ended" than during its progress. It is an established fact that huge numbers of "workmen" have been shipped to Africa in the last year, for the avowed purpose of aiding in the rebuilding and civilizing of the new Roman Province. French and English news sources, however, state that these laborers are actually soldiers in 'disguise, and that upon arrival in Ethiopia they are immediately given uniforms and rifles in place of the dissembling shovels and workman's blouses. Simultaneously they are given the choice of shooting or being shot. The efficient terrorization carried out by Marshal Graziani, traditional method of con- querors in occupation, can hardly succeed better than the same weapon in the hands of past tyrants, in spite of bombing planes, poison gas, flame-throwers and other twentieth-century ter- ror techniques. Given an "easy" conquest like that of Ethiopia may prove too expensive for the conqueror when all the costs are counted. A Better- Methd.. W ITH A HERITAGE of intelligent leadership, organization and will- ingness to compromise the 250,000 members of the operating railroad union-oldest in the coun- try-again demonstrated commendable dispatch in coming to an agreement with the 86 railroads with which they were at issue. The agreement was a notable victory for con- ciliation and a splendid example from which capital and labor might well take a few pointers Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous contributions will .be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however,rbe regarded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, the editors reserving the right to condense all letters of more than 300 words and to accept or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the camDus. The Other Side Again To the Editor: Mr. J. Gibb, do I understand from your letter to the editor that you do not want us students (shall I write the word in quotes or will you grant the point?) to take the town home with us? Working on the premise that we are most will- ing to leave what there is of it here and merely take our "self-centered, overbearing, radical" selves home, just how long do you think the words "Ann Arbor" would remain on the map of the United States? Or do you concede be- fore I go any further that it wouldn't remain on the map? I wonder if you are aware of the percentage of letters containing checks and money orders that pour into this town in each and every mail from every part of the United States and other continents, as well. The flood of currency con- stantly, unceasingly streaming into this precious burg of yours is of unbelievable magnitude, com- ing from poor and wealthy parents in village, hamlet and metropolis, alike. And are you aware that some several thou- sand Ann Arbor "good citizens" lay awake nights devising ways and means of parting the student with his money faster than he is naturally in- clined? I can just picture Main Street should some ten thousand students realize that they have been "taken in" for all they ought to care for, and decide to take the next train home, leaving the town in situ, cockeyed streets and all. I can picture the thriving business your cloth- ing, drug, and food stores, busses, taxis, news- stands, soda fountains, etc., ad infinitum, will carry on should we desert this place. But perhaps the natives of Ann Arbor would really like us to leave. There wouldn't be any crowds in the stores and streets to get in their way. The theatres would be quiet and there would be plenty of seats for all. The hundreds of home-owners who had to crowd "wise-crack- ing, rattlebrain, drinking" students into their homes would once again have the use of their rooms, with the walls built too close together and a hole in the hallway for a closet, that they were so adverse to renting out. Yes, this town would just bloom, a second New York, if we "spoiled brats" left and let you build it up the way it should be done. I can visualize the hordes of tourists, spending yet more money, pouring into Ann Arbor, sum- mer and winter, if the University and its stu- dents were gone. Just what do you think, Mr. J. Gibb, would bring them-or anyone within a hundred miles of here. The drinking water, perhaps? -Morton Jampel, '41. She Agrees To the Editor: As a reader of the Michigan Daily, I am keenly interested in the campaign which is being carried on to clean up Ann Arbor restaurants. Unfor- tunately, you do not go far enough in the pub- licity which you are giving to this. A vague statement that one-fifth of the places under ob- servation has violated the simplest rules of clean- liness makes suspect the entire hundred. I have seen sandwich boys lick their fingers clean of some morsel and go on to 'the next order, with- out being conscious of offending the customer. But until your account in the Daily was published I must confess I have always hoped that my sandwich escaped the blighting touch! Your statement, however that twenty per cent of the restaurants tested indicated that waiters and kitchen help do not observe "even elemen- tary personal sanitation,"-a statement which is borne out by the fact that a type of organism ordinarily found only in the human intestinal tract was found in this group-impels me to ask you to give your readers the names of at least these flagrantly offending places. As I have said, all places are under suspicion until you eliminate those establishments which make an effort to be careful. In spite of your campaign there is still further need to expose laxness in sanitary regulations. TO ME By Heywood Broun The world is our house and it must be put in order. Nor can there be any great delay, because an age of renovation is upon us. I have been reading the page proofs of a book about electrons. The author, Raymond F. Yates, argues with a high degree of conviction that the real revolu- tionaries of our day are the research men in the physical and chemical laboratories. It is the electron which will make all of us or most of us slaves. Apparently the electronic experimenters are on the very threshold of dis- coveries which will loose energies in quantities hereto 'undreamed of save in some wellsian vision of the new world. Norris and the other great dams would be dwarfed, for I read, "the atomic energy available in a single glass of water would be sufficient to supply the needs of a community of 25,000 for a whole year'." Death Ray Becomes Reality It may be argued that this still needs quite a bit of doing, but the pace of discovery among the physicists grows faster. Theories may be- come accomplished facts almost overnight, and, indeed, already many practical applications of electronic control are being employed by indus- try. And the Death Ray, which was once little more than a good story for a Sunday magazine, now exists in a miniature. The seal upon the bottle where the genie dwells has already been cracked. And once he has been released there will be no putting him back again into captivity. But if tonight some scientist finds the answer to the practcal problems lying between fact and theory he will do well to keep the secret. Indeed, if he has a strong social conscience he may be moved to shoot himself and let the dis- covery also die. There is knowledge too heady and far-reaching for the world to handle. The social and political estate of the world is such that truth would be corrupted into damnation for the many and salvation for the few. Surely it would not be a present boon if means were found whereby a robot could do the work of ten thousand men in industry and agriculture. And such possibilities are no longer fantastic. S** * * Natural Forces Belong To All As Mr. Yates points out, there is no longer any cogency in the old argument that nen who are replaced by the machine find 're-employment in the making of the machine itself. In the new day it will be a machine which makes the ma- chine. There are robots to the right of us and robots to the left of us. The forces of life can just as easily become the forces of death. Surely it would be the final tragedy if anybody put into the hands of Hitler or any of his kind that knowledge which would make him the mas- ter of the world. Indeed, the power would be too great to belong to any individual or private corporation. Even if the ultimate potentialities of electronic control are a long way off, it is a good bet that the industrial aspect of the world will change more radically in the next twenty- five years than it has in the last two hundred. Soon we will talk of the age of the locomotive as we now talk of the horse and buggy. Natural forces belong to all mankind. Before the latent power of the world is loosed we must ourselves be free. On The Le-&velr By WRAG A roommate is a person who comes to college with only shoes and underwear, and who looks around for someone else to pay half his room rent and lend him enough other clothes to round out an outfit. * * * * And he always succeeds in finding someone who is lacking shoes and underwear, * r* * * t But roommates are usually pretty. consid- erate when they have your clothes on. If it is raining out, he will borrow your only rain- coat to keep the water off your only pressed suit. * * * * THEATRE By JAMES DOLL Gilbert Miller presents TOvARICH by Jacques DeHal, English text by Ro- bert E. Sherwood, with Marta Abba and Rudolph Forster. Staged by Mr. Miller. Production designed by Ray- mond Sovey. At the Cass Theatre this week, matinees today and Saturday. 'Tovarich' Reviewed COMEDIES that can bear re-seeing are rare. The reason that To- tarich stands up so well the third time through is that it's comedy comes from its essential situations and characterizations rather than from gag lines. Plays like You Can't Take It With You the second time are like repeating an old joke. Even if you've been told the lines or read them in a review it detracts. But after seeing this play well done in New York- let's forget about last spring-and now on its road tour, one realizes again how grand it is.l Everyone that would be at all like-1 ly to be interested must know by now that the Deval-Sherwood play is pronounced To-VAR-ich, that that word means Comrade, that its plot is Stars In Play MARTA ABBA the one about the Russian Prince and Grand Duchess who become ser- vants in a French household. But the plot isn't important. It's that the treatment is intelligent and civilized. With Miss Abba blending so well its high comedy, sentiment, and drama, and with the generally excellent Gilbert Miller production, it is surely one of the vei'y best come- dies of the last few seasons. The only change of cast for -the road is Rudolph Forster for John Halliday in the part of the Prince- played here by Charles Romano and Maury Tuckerman. Mr. Forster is a bit stolid in the light scenes in the first act but makes up for it by great- ly strengthening the serious part of the last act. One performance in the production here last spring was superior Evelyn Varden's Mme. Dupont, you will re- member, had graciousness, distinc- tion, as well as reality. Margaret' Dale exaggerates her comedy lines and business in a way to remind us: of the declining days of the Mid-wes- tern stock companies of the '20's. And she offends in this way more than; she did in New York. But not much can be said of the faults of long runs that Shaw did not say in his article Hamlet Revisit- ed, reprinted in the Dramatic Opin- ions and Essays. Everything is a bitt more pat than it was, there is less! thought back of the lines. That is, with everyone except Miss Abba,E whose performance seems as spon- taneous as ever. She is a real de- light and we hope Fascist Italy can I spare her for a while longer. h RADIO By JAMES MUDGE Boake Carter, CBS ace commenta- tor, tells of world affairs at 7:45 via WJR . . . Calvacade of America pre- sents the life of William Penn, fam- ous Quaker founder of Pennsylvania,1 thru WJR and the CBS at 8 tonight . . . Eddy Duchin takes his band on the air also at 8 by WJZ's lines-the vocals by Stanley Worth and Patricia' Norman . . . Again it's the Cantor show at 8:30 p.m. Deanna Durbin, Pinky Tomlin, Jimmy Wallington, and the Music of Renard make up the supporting cast-a WJR show. Andre Kostelanetz offers Dance on a Dime from Johnny Green's "The Night Club Suite" on the Chester- field half hour at 9 via WABC. Deems Taylor is the m.c., and Nino Martini sings. . . Walter O'Keefe continues to be mayor of Town Hall also at 9- 3 WW.T CBS'scrime dama. "ana - i r WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13, 1937 the physical education requirements VOL. XLVIII. No. 15 are asked to sign on the bulletin board Student Organizations: Officers of! of the Women's Athletic Building and student organizations are reminded report at Barbour Gymnasium at 4 that only such organizations as are p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15. approved by the Senate Committee A medical examination for this on Student Affairs may insert notices semester is essential. in the Daily Official Bulletin. Until- Oct. 25 last year's list of approved Physical Education for Women: organizations will be used, but after Tests in archery, tennis, golf and that date only such groups as have badminton will be given on Friday, qualified for approval this year, by Oct. 15 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. submitting lists of officers to the Students who wish to take tests Dean of Students, 2 University Hall, should sign at the Women's Athletic and otherwise complying with the Building by noon on Friday. Committee's rules, will be allowed to exercise this privilege. I Aacademic Notices DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of lriversaty. Copy received at the sles at the Asdataat to the ProIid.. matR 3:30; 11:00 a.m. an Saturday. To Deans, Directors, Department Heads and Others Responsible .for Payrolls: Kindly call at the Business Office to approve payrolls for October. This should be done not later than October 18. Edna G. Miller, Payroll Clerk. Notice: Anyone having Burroughs adding machine No. 1-162596 please report to the undersigned. Herbert G. Watkins, Assistant Secretary Department of Mathematics There will be a meeting of staff members of the Department of Mathematics on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 4:15 p.m., in Room 3201 Angell Hall. College of Literature, Scicnc and the Arts, School of Music and School of Education. Students who received marks of I or X at the close of their last term of attendance (viz., semes- ter or summer session) will receive a grade of E in the course unless this work is made up by Oct. 27. Students wishing an extension of time should file a petition addressed to the ap- propriate official in their school with Room 4 U.H. where it will be trans- mitted- Robert L. Williamns, Asst. Registrar. Students, College of Literature, Science and the Arts: No course may be elected for credit after the end of the third week. Saturday, Oc- tober 16, is therefore the last date on which new elections may be ap-1 proved. The willingness of an indi- vidual instructor to admit a student later would not affect the operation of this rule. President of Fraternities and Sor- orities are reminded that chaperon lists and the membership list for the first semester are due now , in the Office of the Dean of Student. English 35, Section I, will meet in Room 25 Angell Hall hereafter. F. W. Peterson. The Bureau has received notice of the following California Civil Service examination: Group supervisor, $110 a month, for the Ventura School for Girls; appli- cants must have resided in California for at least one year prior to the ex- amination date; age limits are 30 to 50 years. Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. The Bureau has received notice of the following Civil Service Examina- tions: cottonseed technologist, $3,- 800 a year; Bureau of Agriculture E- onomics, Department of Agriculture. Associate geophysicist, $3,200 a year, and assistant geophysicist, $2,- 600 a year. Special agricultural economic writ- er, $3,800 a year; Bureau of Agricul- tural Economics, Department of Agri- culture. For further information, please call at the office, 201 Mason Hall. University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational In- formation. A.A.U.W. Membership: Women in- terested in joining the American As- sociation of University Women are urged to call the memberhsip chair- men, Mrs. William G. Do\v of the Major Group (Dial 7187) or Miss Hannah Lennon of the Junior Group (Dial 7794). Institute of the Aeronautical Sci- ences. It is necessary that all mem- bersof the Institute fill out member- ship forms. These forms must be, sent to the parent organization, thus entitling the members to a year's subscription to the Institute journal. These forms will be placed on the bul- -letin board in the Aeronautical Engi- neering department or may be ob- tained from the officers of the organi- zation. Members are urged to fill out the blanks as soon as possible in order to obtain the forthcoming issues of the journal. Women's Athletic Managers Meet- ing: League houses are asked to send a representative to the Athletic Man- agers meeting to be held at the Wom-a en's Athletic Building on Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 4:15 p.m. Mechanical Engineering Seniors: Any men who would be willing to feyrl n ,fa.r ,.' mcac-ci c.in_ in nfr- I Examination for those absent in Psychology 42 will be held in Room 1121, Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 4 p,m. English 35, Section L will meet in Room 225 Angell Hall hereafter. F. W. Peterson. Social Psychology make-up for summer school and last semester So- ciology 147 will be hel don Saturday, Oct. 16, at 9 a.m., Room 114 Haven Hall. Make-up final examination in So- ciology 51 will be given Friday after- noon, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. Room C, Ha- ven Hall. R.O.T.C. Monday and Tuesday sec- tions in MS 3 will not meet at regular periods this week. These sections will assemble in the auditorium of Natural Science Building att 7:20 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 14. Concerts Carillon Recital: Wilmot F. Pratt, University Carillonneur, will give a recital on the Charles Baird Carillon in the Burton Memorial Tower Thurs- day evening, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. Organ Recital: Marcel Dupre, dis- tinguished French organist, assisted by his daughter, Marguerite Dupre, pianist, will give a recital in the Twi- light Organ Recital Series, Wednes- day evening, Oct. 13, at 8:30 p.m., in Hill Auditorium. Admission is by ticket. A very limited number are still available, which will be given out Wednesday morning free of charge so long as they last at the School of Musig business office on Maynard St. On account of the large audience expected, since seatsare not reserved the public is requested to come suf- ficiently early as to be seated on time. The concert will begin at 8:30 sharp, and doors will be closed dur- ing. numbers. The concert is given with the compliments of the Univer- sity Musical Society. Meetings Today: Alpha Nu: Chapter Room, 4th floor, Angell H., 7:30. Talk: Prof. Harold Dorr "Mr. Black's Appointment to the Suprem eCourt." A.S.M.E.: Michigan Union, 7:30, Talk: Dean Anderson. Refreshments. Junior A.A.U.W.: Michigan League. 6:15. Dinner followed by talk by Prof. C. B. Slawson at Minerology Lab. Freshman Glee Club: Room'x 305 Union, 4:30. Full rehearsal and try- outs. Interfraternity Council: Council Room, Union, 7:15. House presidents urged to be present. Inter Guild Morning Watch: League Chapel, 7:30. Service in charge of Lutheran Guild. Pi Lambda Theta: University Ele- mentary School, 7:30. Discussion of future programs. Dentistry Students: Dental School Amphitheatre, 4:15. Talk: Col. H. W. Miller, "Historic Backgrounds of the Present Civil War in Spain." Seminar in Physical Chemistry (Cr. 212): Room 12 Chemistry Building, 4:15. Talk: Mr. D. H. Stewart, "Some Applications of Chemical Methods to the Study of Natural and Artificially Prodpced Radio-elements." Rendezvous Camp, Freshmen: Lane Hall, 8:30. Sphinx: Union, 12:00 . Talk: Har- old Davidson, "The Running Tech- nique of a Caterpillar." University Girls' Glee Club: League, 7:15. Regular meeting. University Radio Club: Room 318 Union, 7:30. All interested in radio communication invited. Coming Events: A.I.E.E.: Morris Hall, Thurs., Oct. 14, 7:15. Talk: Prof. A. H. Lovell, "T.V.A." Refreshments. A.I.C.E.: Room 1042 East Engineer- ing, Thurs., Oct. 14, 7:30. Talk: W. L. Badger. All Chemical Engineers invited. Refreshments. English Journal Club: League, Fri., Oct. 15, 4. Talk: Prof. Norman E. Nelson, "Aristotle's Three Unities." Dinner following meeting to discuss future programs. League Social Committee: League, Thurs., Oct. 14, 4. Members' atten- dance compulsory. Mathematics Journal Club: Room 3201 Angell Hall, Thurs., Oct. 14, 3. Polonia Literary Circle: League, I1 I ... - Qne can always tell a girl's roommate by clothes she wears, and the girl can always where her roommate has gone by looking in own closet to see what is missing. the tell her And if your roomie is a little larger than you, he can always hold his stomach in while he skins into your best suit. After that, let the buttons fly where they will. After you've roomed with the same fellow for a year you can begin to see what colors he doesn't like to wear, and get more clothes in that color. But roommates aren't only good for bor- rowing clothes. They can usually manage to have an all-night thesis to type out while you have to catch up on sleep to get up for an eight o'clock. Having a roommate is something like being married. You swear (at each other') to love, humor, and borrow-for better or for worse-in sickness and in health-until graduation do you part. II