THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, NOV. 2, 1937 THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY. NOV. 2, 1937 THE MICHIGAN DAILY --'a Ij _ -_,'1 > ;IE I ti~tltDyamrrtcy~osorstnmr mAT x[.ndigsnmfe .vaxmaNN 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 alt 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, x400; 'by mail, $4.50 Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1937-38 REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL AOy er NatlonalAdvertSIng ServiceInc. C'ollegePuBlrs/ s ranat 420 MADIsoN AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO - BOSTON - Los ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Board of Editors w tANAGING EDITOR.............JOSEPH S. MATTES EDITORIAL DIRECTOR ..........TUURE TENANDER { CITY EDITOR .................IRVING SILVERMAN William Spaller Robert Weeks Irvin Lisagor Helen Douglas NIGHT EDITORS:Harold Garn, Joseph Gies, Earl R. Gilman, Horace Gilmore, S. R. Kleiman, Edward Mag- dol, Albert May1o, Robert Mitchell, Robert Perlman and Roy Sizemore. SPORTS DEPARTMENT: Irvin Lisagor, chairman; Betsy Anderson, Art Baldauf, Bud Benjamin, Stewart Fitch, Roy Heath and Ben Moorstein. WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT: Helen Douglas, chairman, Betty Bonisteel, Ellen Cuthvert, Ruth Frank, Jane B. Holden, Mary Alice MacKenzie, Phyllis Helen Miner, Barbara Paterson. Jenny Petersen, Harriet Pomeroy, Marian Smith, Dorothea Staebler and Virginia Voor- hees. Business Department USINESS MANAGER .............ERNEST A. JONES pREDIT MANAGER .. ...DON WILSHER 9DVERTISING MANAGER ....NO MA B. STEINBERG WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER .......BETTY DAVY WOMEN'S SERVICE MANAGER ..MARGARET FERRIES Departmental Managers Ed Macal, Accounts Manager; Leonard P. Siegelman, Local Advertising 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: EARL R. GILMAN Perhaps The Program Will Be Diffcrent . IT HAS BECOME a campus axiom in recent years that class elections are mere machine-controlled farces. Just as well known has been the fact that class officers are elected through the support of fraternities and sororities who expect dance jobs or future offices in return. Critics have continually pointed out the fact that while at othersuniversities and colleges stu- dent government is an established institution, at Michigan a moribund Men's Council and Ju- diciary Council are the lone undergraduate insti- tutions with even a semblance of power. Class officers, after being elected by a small portion of the class they represent, find their tasks con- fined to posing for an 'Ensian picture. That the innovation of voting machines after more votes were cast in one election than there were students in the class at least did away with most of the repeat vote is admitted. But that is the only reform of campus politics in recent. years. It is a matter of some importance, then, when a party which two days before the election has no opposition at the polls seriously presents a plan for a much needed reformation of stu- dent government. The Washtenaw Coalition ;,ophomores, a com- bination of last year's Indepcndent party and the revamped old-time Washtenaw machine, are the group of which we speak. They propose the in- stitution of a more representative and efficient form of student government with an assembly of two houses: the upper house representation to come from major campus organizations such as the Union, League, Daily, Pan-Hellenic Coun- cil, Interfraternity Council Independent Men's Organization and League Assembly: the lower house representing all the several schools and colleges in the University. Fields of suggested activity include encourage- ment or managing of co-operative projects, reg- ulation of student housing and supervision' of student activities such as tag days and elections. Fields for possible future expansion of authority include administration of student discipline and enforcement of the auto ban. A real sign of a new maturity in party platforms is the plank whole-heartedly supporting co-operative proj- ects. Whether the sophomore class officers could put through such a radical departure from the pres- ent -impotent scheme of things even if elected (and the lack of opposition makes that fairly sure) is dubious. But the presentation of such a program, the enthusiasm behind its presentation and the possibility that something may come of it, merits student support. Certainly if stu- dents are men and women capable of govern- ing themselves they should be in possession of more powers than they now have. All Is Not Quiet On The Northern Front... IT SEEMS our student friends across the border are having their own tnnti~tancar a - r ffa e,.naa UNDER THE CLOCK with DISRAELI TODAY IS TUESDAY AND THE DAY before the day before yester- day was Halloween. We didn't realize it in Chicago until late in the evening when great smudges of soap and wax began to appear on Loop store windows. On Clark Street it was dark and the traffic was barely restless, silent and waiting until it could again leap into its clanging, honking drone as the theatre crowd" poured ,out on the street at ten after eleven As we walked into a little by-street off Jackson Boulevard, we were shaken by a small masked face looking up above an orange and black suit which might have been a clown's. It was a little girl with blonde hair and about four years old. She was walking with a man of about fifty, of middle height and wearing an old colorless fe- dora. They were walking slowly, hand in hand. the man holding a brief case in his free hand. He was apparently in deep concentration. She was staring at all the people passing, blowing a long yellow horn at the taxis and occasionally awed by the bright flashes from the marquees of the theatres. The man paid her no attention but walked stolidly beside. When she tripped on an alley curb, he lifted her arm a little higher, she dangled for an instant, found her feet, re- sumed her progress beside him. The man's face was heavily set with worry, his mouth drawn tight and two deep parallels above the bridge of his nose. He walked looking only at the side- walk. She blew her horn at a passing taxi and just then he dropped her hand, the brief case swung outward from him, his arms dropped limp, his face smoothed, eyebrows went high, as if to say "What the hell." His whole attitude was of despairing resignation and as he lifted his head he grasped her hand again, straightened his back and walked more briskly into the crowd, staring. at the people passing and even awed by the flashes from the marquees. x: * * * IN ANN ARBOR, the girls from Superior had their little Hallowe'en fun too. Some of them called the Beta house and after a little pre- liminary conversation the gentle State Street milkmaids let it be known that they 'would be waiting in front of the Blue Front Cigar Store (adv.) for any of those cute little Beta boys who cared to come. The cute little Betas didn't fool, but when they were milling around in front of the store they discovered that all the other loafers there were Acacias who were milling around on the curb. After a little while some one laughed, the Betas nodded to the Acacias, who grinned, and the party started homeward. But on the way up State they met a contingent of Theta Chis led by that eminent post-undergraduate, Walker R. A. Graham. The little mob of Lotharios from Washtenaw panted down to the cigar store and they too began milling around. There the Betas and the Acacias left them-as did the girls from Superior. CONCERT Lights low, Rachmaninoff begins To weave the magic of his hands; Austere, precise, his finger-tips Unlock the gates of farther lands, Far up along ascending rows Debussy's Moonlight falls; Across a plain of bated breath The voice of music calls. I feel your presence close beside, I know you share the binding spell; You turn with wonder in your eyes, -And offer me a caramel. -Kit. And by the way, WRAG, now that the foot- ball team has started winning games, what will you do for column material? --Mr. Disraeli. RADIO By JAMES MUDGE Air lines: Tommy Dorsey was a familiar figure in the mining towns of Penn long before the dancing debs and their chums had set eyes on him. Something of a child prodigy, the Dorsey- man played the spots with Jean Goldkette, Vin- cent Lopez, and Paul Whiteman. After the little brotherly scrap, Tommy remained in New York and built a new band to succeed the Dorsey Brothers crew. His name was sent plenty high by the discing of "Marie," "Black Eyes," and "Song of India." Tommy is definitely a family- man these days. A 12-year old daughter, Pa- tricia Ann, and a 7-year-old son, Tommy Jr., and they don't call him "Junior." The family occupy an eighteen-room house out New Jersey way. Outstanding members of the band: Paul Wet- stein, arranger, is a Dartmouth grad. Has worked for Joe Haymes and Phil Harris . . . Dave Tough is the drummer-man. Reads and plays golf while staying on one Water Wagon. Went to school with the dean, Benny Goodman.. . Bud Freeman does the tenor sax work. Plays a lot of fair golf. He is the head man in his territory. Has the band in a panic most of the time with his take-offs on classical conductors. Skeets Her- ford holds down the important first sax chair in the Dorsey band. Joined the band summer- last. Came from the M-G-M lot in Cal. with screen bands. He knows the lw'ard side from the wn'ard too-and the difference between "jive" and "jibe." Yep, he sails a boat in his spare time . . . ar raa ntha hraxni h iH- +k Jfeemfi oe H'eywood Broun An interesting Congressional fight of national importance has been somewhat obscured by the vigor of New York's municipal campaign. A special election is being held in the Seventeenth District on account of the death of the previous incumbent, Theodore A. Peyser. Inevitably po- litical commentators will use the result as a gauge of the present popu- larity of the New Deal in the urban centers. But there are factors which make for con- fusion. The Seventeenth is Manhattan's Silk Stocking district, including the great apartments of Park Ave. and Fifth. But, like the rest of New York, there are cosmo- politan elements, and there is some cotton in the silk in the form of a few slum areas. Until the beginning of the Roosevelt tide Ruth Baker Pratt had the dis- trict in her pocket, but eventually she was beaten by Peyser, who ran upon the simple platform of a slogan. "Call me Teddy" was practically his only campaign argument. There are three candidates in the coming election-Bruce Barton, who wrote "The Man Nobody Knows"; Stanley Osserman, who almost lives up to that title, and George Backer, the American Labor candidate. As one who took a, considerable licking in running for Congress from the Seventeenth some years ago I naturally take a lively interest in the district. G.O.P. Nominee Well Known I am curious to know just what sort of person the electorate which rebuffed me really wants. And I can't find out anything about Osserman. It's true I haven't put the mystery in the hands of a detective agency, but all that a lot of in- quiring reporting has been able to produce in answer to the question, "Who is Osserman?" is the reply, "Why, he's the Tammany candidate." One political expert hazarded the guess that Os-' serman was a lawyer, but he said he didn't want to be quoted on that. Bruce Barton, the Republican candidate, is naturally well known, since he is an advertising man. He is doing an excellent publicity job for himself, having his picture taken as he goes around in a sort of David Windsor manner, patting slum children on the head and making a clucking noise of sympathy with his tongue for the sound truck. One unfortunate factor has come up to im- pair Barton's chances. As a prolific essayist he has set down hundreds of thousands of words in his time, and by the law of averages some are bound not only to be unfortunate but to come home to roost. Backer Only New Dealer In such a case I can extend sympathy and make a clucking noise. But, nevertheless, several years ago Bruce Barton dashed off a little pane- gyric about Mussolini and dictatorship in gen- eral and said, among other things, "How can we develop love of country, respect for courts and law, the sense of national obligation, which Mus- solini has recreated in the soul of Italy? Must we abolish the Senate and have a dictator to do it? I sometimes think that it would be almost worth the cost." There may be voters who will fear to send to Congress a man whose defense of democracy may rest upon nothing more than an "almost." Stanley Osserman rests his case upon the statement that he is "Stanley Osse-rman-the reasonable man." But he fails to say which way he is going to reason. Perhaps the most inter- esting factor in the election is the fact that the only New Deal candidate is George Backer, the nominee of the American Labor Party. Barton boiled down and Osserman built up are pretty much the same person. As far as the major parties go, it is another of those Rep.-Dem. con- tests. Nineteen forty voters, please note. On The Level Hallowe'en was- unofficially celebrated Satur- day and even the Michigan football team seemed to be in disguise. * * * * The only ones who didn't change appearance for the Illini game were Trosko, Heikkinen, Sie- gel, and Tyson. The first three were just as good and the latter was just as rotten as ever. Prizes for the most radical metamorphosis go to Levine and Nicholson jointly. These boys finally accounted for their presence on the team and made Kipke joyous that he hadn't listened to the groans of the grand- standers earlier this year. * Even Disraeli was in disguise. He finally got his suit dirty. Wally Hook fumbled the ball so much when he was in the game that his interference began to follow him after a while so they could look for the ball when he dropped it. , * * * But he wasn't alone in the fumbling business. During the game the ball was dropped as often as a shovel on a WPA project. This is difficult to understand too, because both the field and the IBOOKS By JOSEPH GIES THE GOOD SOCIETY, by Waltei Lippman. Little, Brown and Co. New York. $3.00. Readers will find it hard to decide whether to go through the arduous process of examining and evaluating all the verbiage of this ponderous book, or simply to chuck it after about 75 pages with a murmured "pish-tush." Apart from its con- clusions, it is unquestionably a boring book, and its conclusions, in fact, are also quite boring. In his introduction, Mr. Lippman confesses that for 20 years he has been "writing about critical events with no better guide to their mean- ing than the hastily improvised gen- eralizations of a rather bewildered man." Unfriendly critics of Mr. Lippmann':s daily pillar of wisdom might be rude enough toainquire what business a rather bewildered man had shoving his hastily improvised gener- alizations down the throats of several hundred thousand Americans along with their breakfast toast for two de- cades, but for purposes of review, we may grant the writer's claim to ingen- iousness, and let him start from scratch. EVERYTHING COLLECTIVIST TO MR. LIPPMANN On his title page Mr. Lippmann quotes a passage from Milton about "nations grown corrupt" who love "bondage with ease" more than- "strenuous liberty." Mr. Lippmann regrets the prevalence of undemo- cratic dogmas and systems in the world, and the decline of the doctrine of personal liberty. This may savour faintly of old stuff for some read- ers, but Mr. Lippmann is about as serious as possible about it. Collect- ivism is the ogre St. Walter wishes to exorcise, and under the collectivist head he lumps, of course, both fasc- ism and socialism, employing various rhetorical ruses in order to make the two ideologies appear identical. For example, after discussing briefly the planning theories of Stuart Chase and George Soule, and mentioning Karl Marx, he says: "But when we come to the actual collectivists, a different note is sounded. The fascist conception of life, says Mussolini"- as if the fascist conception of life according to Mussolini were the em- bodiment of the ideas of Chase, Soule and Marx. Does communism, he asks in the same passage, "recognize any right-to labor, to possess property, to think, to believe and to speak- which does not coincide with the in- terests ofethe state?" The question here is, what is understood by 'the I state" in fascist and communist ideal- ogy? Mr. Lippmann conveniently draws no distinction. COLLECTIVISM A WAR ECONOMY, HE SAYS As far as democratic planning goes, he declared that "the rock on which the whole conception founders" is "the difficulty of planning production to satisfy many choices." Russia, he says, got around this difficulty by forcing the population to submit to an authoritarian planned economy, as the United States did during the war, but collectivism is a war econ- omy which cannot be administered in a free country in time of peace, be- cause the markets, which guide pro- duction, are not present. Indeed, he grows quite righteous in striking an attitude against the "overhead" nature of planning, but once more his primary assumption is specious; that an exact knowledge of the peo- ple's needs must be known in order to plan production. On top of this error he is guilty of the monstrous in- ference that the capitalistic market mirrors the people's needs, when, as a matter of fact, the market is in- variably low during business depres- sions, when a large number of people are going without the necessities of life. Mr. Lippmann's pen is a peculiarly insidious one. Throughout the book, from the title and jacket to the index and footnotes, he makes a gigantic bluff at being deep and sincere, and at having made a "contribution" to the political thought of his day. But for all his pretensious phraseology, Mr. Lippmann seems to have left po- litical thought about where it was before, with little gained from one of the most elaborately sterile books of the year. Japan's Own Cato General Arabki has not been much in the public eye since the Tokyo army mutiny of nearly two years! ago. He is now back in the news and apparently in as good form as ever. The man behind the seizure of Man- uhuria in 1931 was subsequently de- scribed as the spokesman of fascist Japan; but the term Fascist calls up doctrines and philosophies which hardly go with the single-minded, fe- rocious military appetite which Arak embodies. He is now out with a state- ment that Japan will probably have to attack Soviet Russia. He reminds one of old Cato who used to end every speech with the reminder that Car- thage must be destroyed. Araki has. no ideologies. He just wants the So- viet power in Asia destroyed and Chin ahrniw+t.+t hPP TUESDAY, NOV. 2, 1937 VOL. XLVIII. No. 32 First Mortgage Loans: The Univer- sity has a limited amount of funds to loan on modern well-located Ann Arbor residential property. Interest at current rates. Apply Investment Office, Room 100, South Wing, University Hall. Attention University Employes: Wheneverspossible charge all person- al long-distance telephone calls and telegrams placed through the Univer- sity telephone system, to your resi- dent phone. Herbert T. Watkins. Student Teas: President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home to students on Wednesday, Nov. 3, and Wednes- day, Nov. 10, from 4 to 6 p.m. To The Members of the University Council: The November meeting of the University Council is canceled. Students, College of Engineering: ISaturday, Nov. 6, will be the final day for dropping a course without record. Courses may be dropped only with the permission of the classifier after conference with the instructor in the course. Graduate Students: Announce- ment has been received concerning scholarships for study in Florence, Italy, for the period January to June, 1938. Applicants must have com- pleted one or two years of graduate work in political science, interna- tional law, history, economics, or re- lated subjects, and have the ability to speak, write and read Italian. Ap- plications are due by Nov. 30, 1937 at the Institute of International Edu-, cat:ion, 2 West 45 St., New York. Qualified candidates may secure fur- ther information from the Graduate School office. Notice Art Cinema League Posi- tions: The entire five programs of the "Memorable Film Series" will be shown to members holding cards for afternoon showings. An encore show- ing of the first program (Western Films) will take place Nov. 21 at 3:15 p.m. Bowling: The bowling alleys at the Women's Athletic Building will open on Monday, Nov. 1. Hours: 4 to 6 in the afternoons, except Saturday and 7 to 9 in the evenings. Saturday af- ternoons 3 to 5 p.m. Organ Recital Omitted: Owing to -absence from the city, the organ re- cital announced for Wednesday af- ternoon, Nov. 3, by Palmer Christian, will be omitted. Charles A. Sink, President. Sophomore Literary School Elec- tions: 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3. Room 35 Angell Hall. Senior Law School Elections: Wed- nesday, Nov. 3, 4-5, Room 116 Hutch- ins Hall. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members oftOw gtversity, Copy received at the odU, St the AmMtaa" to the Pteeidee Asit 33; 11 a m. e Saturday. Religious Association welcomes all students to these meetings. Graduate Education Club, 4:15 p.m. University Elementary Library. Dean 'Yoakum speaks on "The Graduate 'Building and Graduate Education." Plans for the remainder of the year will be discussed. Every graduate in education should attend. Crop and Saddle Members: Tryouts for the gymkhana to be held at Cleveland the week-end of Nov. 20, are to be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tues- day. Those wishing to go will meet at Barbour Gymnasium at that time. Pi Tan Pi Sigma: Regular meet- ing, Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Michigan Union. Uniforms re- quested. Scandinavian Student Club: Regu- lar business meeting, today at the Union. The room number will be posted on the bulletin board in the lobby. Sigma Rho Tau: Regular meeting :tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Union. Speakers: Dean Bennett and Profes- isor Brigham of the College of Archi- tecture. All members should attend. Those who would prefer to be in a Wednesday night circle should see Professor Brackett. Sociedad Hispanica: Meets tonight, at 8 pm. in the Women's League. All old members are urgently requested to be present as there is to be a nom- ination of officers and a discussion of plans for the coming year. Zeta Phi Eta announces tryouts for membership on Nov. 2 at 7:39 p.m. at the League. Room will be posted on the bulletin board. Mrs. G. E. Densmore, adviser for the National Speech Sorority, will be present at the tryouts. All speech students are invited to attend. Varsity Glee Club: Report at Glee Club rooms today, at 7:20 p.m. sharp. Short concert in Union Ballroom 7:30 to 8 p.m. Double cuts for unexcused absences. Varsity Glee Club Reserves: Open to all upperclassmen. Men from this group will be chosen for the Varsity Glee Club as soon as vacancies oc- cur, Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 p.m., Room 305, Michigan Union. - Christian Science Organization: 8:15 p.m., League Chapel. Students, alumni and faculty invited to attend the services. Tht Psychological ournal Club will Coming Events Quadrangle: Nov. 3, 8:15 p.m. "Con- flicting Movements in Organized La- bor," McFarlan, Haber, Diamond, Riegel. Members will please consider these notices as invitations until the publi- cations of the University and Student directories. I Lectures Luncheon for Graduate Students on University Lecture: Dr. Albert T. Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 12 o'clock in Olmstead, Professor of Oriental His- the Russian Tea Room of the Michi- tory at the University of Chicago, gan League, cafeteria service. Bring tray across the hall. Dr. Clarence S. will give an illustrated lecture on Yoakum, vice-president of the Univer- "Ancient History Warned Over" in 'sity and Dean of the Graduate School, Natural Science Auditorium on Nov. 5 at 4:15 p.m. The public is cordially invited. Events Today University Broadcast: 3-3:30 p.m. "People, Weather and Forest Fires." Shirley W. Allen, Professor of For- estry. Deutscher Verein: Meeting to- day at 8 p.m. in the Michigan League. Mr. Hans-Walter Berg, ex- change student from the University of Berlin will speak on "Studentenle- ben an deutschen Universitaten." Everybody interested is invited to at- tend. Faculty Women's Club: The Tues- day afternoon play-reading section will meet at 2:15 p.m. in the Mary Henderson Room of the Michigan League. Forestry Assembly: There will be an assembly of all students in the School of Forestry and Conservation at 11 a.m., in Room C, Haven Hall, at which Mr. C. W. Boyce, secretary of the American Paper and Pulp Asso- ciation will speak.pPre-foresters and ethers interested are also cordially invited to attend. Junior Research Club. The Novem- ber meeting will be held to- day, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2083 Natural Science Building. Program: "The Influence of Ship- wrecks on Ship Design," by Prof. H. C. Adams, Marine Engineering. "Recent Contributions to the Chemistry of Free Radicals," by Mil- ton Kloetzel, Chemistry. Election of members. will speak informally on "The Grad- uate School at Michigan." The Psychological Journal Club will meet on Thursday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3126 Natural Science Bldg. Dr. Norman R. F. Maiser will dis- cuss "Further Analysis of Reasoning in Rats," reviewing recent experi- ments in that field. Forestry Club: Meeting Wednesday, Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m. Room 2054 Natural Science Bldg. Speaker: Prof. Bry- ant Bateman of Louisiana State University on "Southern Forestry Based on Experiences with a Private Company." Hillel Foundation: Prof. J. L. Davis will speak on "Sholem Asch, the Novelist and Dramatist" at the Hillel Foundation on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Open to the public Chemistry Colloquium will meet Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 4 p.m. in Room 303 Chemistry Bldg. Dr. Lee O. Case will speak on "Tie Lines in Ternary Liquid Systems." Cercle Franc is: Thei e will be a short meeting of the Cercle Francais Wednesday evening at 7:45 p.m. in Room 408 Romance Language Bldg. All old members are urged to attend. A.LCh.E. The November meeting will be a banquet at the Union on Thursday, Nov. 4, at 6:30 p.m. Mem- bers of the faculty will be present, and several will give short talks.- Tickets will sell at 65 cents, and may 'be purchased from any of the officers. A large attendance is desired. Swimming Club. Tryouts for the Women's Swimming Club will be held on Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 5