THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3, 1987 THE MTCHTET~AN nATTY .:e.DNESDA,..NOV.ar . s1 avv REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL AVa...-.,, NationalAdvertisingService,I.nc. College Publis/ers Representative 42O MADiSON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO - BOSTON - LOS ANGELES - SA FRANCISCO Board of Editors EIANAGING EDITOR.............JOSEPH S. MATTES EDITORIAL DIRECTOR............TUURE TENANDER CITY EDITOR ...................IRVING SILVERMAN William Spaler Robert Weeks Irvin Lisagor Helen Douglas NIGHT EDITORS:Harold Garn, Joseph Gies, Earl R. Gilman, Horace Gilmore, S. R. Kleiman, Edward Mag- dol, Albert Mayo, Robert Mitchell, Robert Perlman anid 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 BUSINESS MANAGER ..............ERNEST A. JONES ' CREDIT MANAGER................... DON W ILSHER ADVERTISING MANAGER ....NORMAN B. STEINBERG WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER........BETTY DAVY WOMEN'S SERVICE MANAGER ..MARGARET FERRIES Departmental Managers Ed Macal, Accounts Manager; Leoard 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: ROBERT D. MITCHELL Student Interest In The Peace Poll .. O(UT OF A STUDENT BODY and fac- ulty of over 10,000, 1831 showed in- terest enough in peace and war to vote in last week's peace poll. Over 80 per cent of the campus population thought answering four questions by check marks too great an effort to warrant the expenditure of energy. In the presidential poll last year 3,969 votes were cast in three days of balloting. Even that figure was considerably less than half of the University's population, and that poll took a day and a half more than the peace canvass. If there is any conclusion to be drawn from the turn-out as regards these two votes, it is that the great majority of students and faculty mem- bers do not care about the outside world, or if they do, they feel that any expression for or against any policy on their part is futile. Yet college students are supposed to be the enlightened class, the hope of democracy, through the better education which they are supposed, again, to receive. As the group which will be called upon to contribute most in the way of 3roung manhood and womanhood to the next war it seems that college students should be vitally interested in making their attitude on war audible to the government, and the men who make the government's policies in peace and in war times. The attitude of college students is audible- like a whisper, a vague and uncertain muttering; it must be loud, defiant, a shout that should keep ringing in the ears of our diplomats, our legis- lators and our President. Gripe editorials probably accomplish nothing. They are written in the desperate hope that if they are repeated enough their drumming will awaken some students to their obligations to the outside world and to themselves. Perhaps there are other ways of inculcating a sense of being a part of a greater community than just the Uni- versity campus in the mental processes of stu- dents, ways other than lectures, newspapers, and meetings. We can only think of one which might make the student body really interested in peace-war and mass conscription. Then it would be too late. So much for the griping. As for the peace poll itself the results showed in addition to the apathy of the student body in general, that there seemed to be a definite stand to the effect that the voters would fight in another war but only to protect continental United States, and another pronounced stand for education by lctures, dis- cussions and meetings with respect to student activity in the promotion of peace. The votes cast for these were, respectively, 1,258 and 1,167. Aside from these two rather definite attitudes of the students voting and the fact that there were 810 who voted for a boycott of no nation as opposed to 1,021 who voted for a boycott of some one or several nations and the plurality in favor of diplomatic measures only for the protec- tion of American nationals in China little can be A Red Light Usually Means Stop, But. . . T HE MOVEMENT started by The Daily Illini, student newspaper of the University of Illinois, to clean up the Champaigr red light district is admirable as far as it goes But, unfortunately, it doesn't go far enough. Through the cooperation of the University and certain city organizations, The Daily Illini is try- ing to abolish prostitution in Champaign. Its only means of attack is the editorial page and the news columns, and through them it is doing a good job. The paper is exposing houses of prostitution, bringing into light important facts concerning the white slave ring that works out of Chicago, and enlisting other organizations in the city and on the campus to help it in its drive. The Daily Illini has said that the girls in Champaign houses are brought from Chicago through a white slave ring. It claims that many of them are diseased. And, most important of all, it says that many prominent Champaign people own property on Walnut St., the city's red light district. But, with this, it stops. And probably within a month or so, the clean-up campaign in The Daily Illini will be forgotten, and Champaign disorderly houses will continue to thrive and spread venereal disease. If The Daily Illini is wise and fearless, and if it can get the whole-hearted support of the University and some support from city organiza- tions, it can clean up Champaign's red light dis- trict comparatively easily. All that it would have to do is obtain a list of property owners on Walnut St., find those who own disprderly houses, and get after these individuals through the news columns and the editorial pages. Such a personal approach would force city officials to take action and if constant publicity were given the owners of brothels, and if this pressure were renewed on city officials, it would not be long before Champaign would be cleaned up. Fearless as The Daily Illini has been, it has not been thorough enough. If it really goes after the situation in Champaign, the trouble there will soon be alleviated, and the disorderly houses will go. But, if it doesn't go farther than it is going now, brothels will stay there, and students will continue to face venereal disease. Student Advocate By GEORGE MUTNICK The Student Advocate is the official organ of the American Student Union, the United Front organization of all progressive students in the United States. The contents of the October issue represent through fiction, verse, and featured ai- ticle what progressive students find worthy of attention in the academic as well as the non- academic world. Most of the writers, despite their youth, are experienced and well-informed writers on the vital questions of the day. Many have journalistic backgrounds on the campus and are especially well acquainted with student problems. Robert N. Kelso, Jr., for example, gives the Advocate the inside story of how writers on the Cardinal of the University of Louisville met with the disapproval of University officials who prefer editorials on football games to those on the American Liberty League. Kelso is in an excellent position to tell what sad effects censorship and discrimination had on the quality of the newsr and editorials of the Cardinal. He is the ex-1 editor of the paper. Other articles of particular interest to the campus world are three exposes of threats to the freedom and progress of students. By far the most sensational of these is Robert G. Spivack's "Heil, Alma Mater," an informative discussion of how certain embryonic Hitlers in Ohio and Michigan (around Lansing way), encouraged and in some cases supported by adult reactionary and Fascist societies, menace the work of peace groups, labor organizations, and progressive ac- tivities. The article is more absorbing than a good detective story. The second of these articles is perhaps of more immediate interest to those students whose wel- fare is linked with the work of the NYA. Ab- bott Simon, legislative representative of the American Youth Congress, explains how legisla- tive duplicity played a part in effecting N.Y.A. cuts. In the last of these exposes, Theresa Levin adds another college president to the Advocate's list of Academic Napoleons. If Dr. Eugene A. Colligan is all that Theresa says he is, then Hunter College is indeed unfortunate. The Advocate has something of particular in- terest for Freshmen, although many upper-class men may profit from reading the editor's note to the class of '41, John L. Lewis's "A Reminder to Freshmen," and "Is Murder on Your Cur- riculum," a note issued by Wisconsin students to the Freshmen. In the way of international interest is an ar- ticle by Joseph Lash, co-editor with James Wech- sler of War, Our Heritage. Lash has been in the thick of things in Spain and describes the part played by Youth movements of Spain in uniting resistance against the Fascists and set- ting examples of heroism and ingenuity in the defense of their homeland. A short story "Sit-Down," and "Spoon River Archives" feature the literary contributions. In the absence of any intercollegiate literary magazine, the Advocate might do well to put more emphasis on creative work. The editors, however, are very encouraging. They add this cryptic remark: "Could you perhaps write a better short story than the one you have just finished reading? Batten onto your typewriter A nri knk nn'I v i t.Afrv fr r f,, Arivn +1-a Jfeciur io-e H-eywood Broun The man who talks about the weather is set down as a dolt. That seems to me unfair. Climate ought to retain its place as the main topic of casual conversation. The person who terrifies me is the strange young lady at your right who begins, "What do you think of the stock market?" And if you turn to the left you are likely to run into the young intel- lectual who raises the cur- tain with, "Don't you think Hemingway is too divine!" The conventional opening of the "Nice day today" is still preferable to the mod- ern gambits. Why on earth should we be snobbish about the weather? We live with it and breathe it, and it has more effect on the life of the average person than a slump in steel or a rise in the he-man school of literature. With this brief apology I would like to say a few words about the climate of Connecticut, which is for eight months of the year the best the world affords. I speak as one who came to Eden late in life with all the parochial prejudices of half a century, of residence in Manhattan. Skepticism sat upon my shoulders when first I set foot upon the promised land. The nearest race track is almost an hour's drive from my house, and I felt as if I were leaving civilization behind me and going on the ice with Admiral Byrd. Connecticut Challenge Nor did conversion come suddenly with any blinding light, such as that which changed the heart of Saul on the road to Damascus. Six or seven years elapsed before I became an addict to agriculture. In the beginning I grew nothing. Now I have a raddish patch. New England must be seen to be appreciated. On the whole it has had a poor press. In school the little tots have Longfellow and John Greenleaf Whittier dished out to them, and for the most part they say, "Phooey," and plant their feet more firmly on the sidewalks of New York. My complaint is that they have celebrated the wrong seasons. I don't want to be snowbound, nor have I any ambition to become a barefoot boy with cheeks of tan. Moreover, there never was a day in June so close to perfection as late October along the Ridge. I'll match November 1, 1937, in Connecticut with any challenger which the most enthusiastic Florida or California booster cares to set against it. And that goes for both night and day. The Dance DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Shawn Recital Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members at Whlversity. Copy received at thea stthe Ausistaat to tIe Pri54am By RUTH FRANK satA 3:30; 11:00 axm. an Saturday. 'ed Shawn, once a pioneer in the I________ forms of modern dance, and still a WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3, 1937 meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the pioneer in that he has the only male VOL. XLVIII. No. 33 Undergraduate offices of the League dancing group in the country, seems to have lost the modern dance some- Student Teas: President and Mrs. All members must be present. where along the road. "O Libertad," Ruthven will be at home to students which professes to be "An American on Wednesday, Nov. 3, and Wednes- Varsity Glee Club: Report 7:30 Saga," makes use of pantomime, real- drp.m. Glee Club Rooms. Sing for ism, and melodic interludes along day Nv.10 fom4 o pm. e r with some forms of the art ofs the# dance. To The Members of the University The saga is presented in three Council: The November meeting of units: the past, the present and the the University Council is canceled. future. In the dances of the past, the period of the Aztecs and Span- The Bureau has received notice of ish conquerors was used. The dances, the following Civil Service examina- particularly those in the Aztec theme, tions: made use of authentic detail of po- Associate meteorologist, $3,200 a sitions and costumes that are de- year; assistant meteorologist, $2,600 rived from the panels of Aztec art, a a year; Weather Bureau, Depart- realistic touch that Mr. Shawn has ment of Agriculture. always used in his dances. His real-. Junior medical officer (rotating ism was carried too far, however, in interneship), $2,000 a year. the "War" dance in the second unit, Junior medical officer, (psychiatric where much was made of change of resident), $2,000 a year. hats, and little variation was em- St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Depart- ployed in the dance forms of the inent of the Interior, Washington, solos. ds hD.C. The second unit presented the most For further information, please interesting and amusing part of the call at the office, 201 Mason Hall. program. "The Campus" was com- University Bureau of Appoint- posed for the most part of pantomime j ments and Occupational In- done in rhythm. "The Jazz Decade", formation. presented some clever satire and _rmatin- amusing pantomime of a jazz band Phi Beta Kappa: The Michigan and dice game, but did not offer Chapter will be glad to receive the anything unusual in dance form. addresses of members of their chap- "The Olympiad," the only num- ters who have recently come to Ann ber in the program whose choreog- Arbor. Please send to the office of raphy was not done by Mr. Shawn, the secretary, 3233 Angell Hall and was the best in both composition and give the name of the College from Iaudience appeal. The excellent dane- gv h aeo h olg rm i n Bar pea.M T ea eewh ntwa ch which you received election not that g of Barton Mumaw, who was the e chapter "banner bearer' 'and Foster Fitz-f Simons, as the "decathlon thrower," Orma F. Butler, Secretary. was matched by the fine organiza- tion of the dances which they com- Students, College of Engineering: posed. The use of the correct ath- 1 Saturday, Nov. 6, will be the final day letic forms of sports for the dance for dropping a course without record. was handled unusually well. Courses may be dropped only with "The Future," which is based on the permission of the classifier after the "athletic art of the dance as a conference with the instructor in the field of creative endeavor" possessed course. some interesting dance rhythms. The use of expressive rather than real- Notice Art Cinema League Patrons: istic costuming gave the composition The entire five programs of the of the dance more emphasis. The "Memorable Film Series" will be basis which was built up through shown to members holding cards for ten individual dances, was completely afternoon showings. An encore show- lost in the chorus effect of the finale. ing of the first program (Western Mr. Shawn, during these dances, ap- Films) will take place Nov. 21 at 3:15 peared as a rather' ludicrous figure.pm His dancing which was completely p.m. surpassed by the members of the en- semble appeared to even greater dis-' Organ Recital Omitted: Owing to semd lev a paredh en vegeain tr ais absence from the city, the organ re- with thage othen viewed in contrast cital announced for Wednesday af- ternoon, Nov. 3, by Palmer Christian, will be omitted. Charles A. Sink, President. RADIO , A cademic Noticies I unlnn ()nPn 1 nttca wn rahaarcol non l pen House. No rehear sal Thursday. Full rehearsal Sunday, 4:30 p.m. Freshman Glee Club: Important rehearsal 4:30 p.m. today in prepara- tion for appearance at Freshman Luncheon Club. University Girls' Glee Club: There will be a meeting tonight at 7:15 p.m. at the League. Please be prompt. Important business to discuss. 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. Phi Sigma: Important business meeting and elections, Wednesday, .Nov. 3, 8 p.m. Room 2116 N.S. Sphinx will meet at noon today in 'the Union, and at 10 p.m. tonight in the Alpha Delta Phi house. Both of these meetings are very important and everyone connected with the or- ganization is urged to attend. At noon, Phil Buchen will talk on "Why?" Luncheon for Graduate Students on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 12 o'clock in the Russian Tea Room of the Michi-. gan League, cafeteria service. Bring tray across the hall. Dr. Clarence S. Yoakum, vice-president of the Univer- sity and Dean of the Graduate School, will speak informally on "The Grad- uate School at Michigan." 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." Swimming Club. Tryouts for the Women's Swimming Club will be held on Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Union Pool. Everyone interested please be prompt and if possible bring this year's medical re- check slip with you. Hillel Foundation: Prof. J. L. Davis will speak on "Sholem Asch, the Novelist and Dramatist" at the Hillel Foundation today at 8 p.m. Open to the public. Stalker Hall: Student tea and open house today from 3:30-5:30 p.m. All Methodist students and their friends are cordially invited. Crop and Saddle Ride: The regular ride will be held at 5 p.m. Wednes- day. Those wishing to go will please call 7418 and meet at Barbour Gym- nasium. Those going for the first time this year are reminded that they must have had a medical recheck this semester. Coming Events Zoology Seminar: Mr. W. Frank Blair will report on "Ecological dis- tribution of the mammals of the Bird Creek Region, northeastern Ok- lahoma," on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2116 N.S. All Graduate students in zoology and professional zoologists at the University are con- sidered members of the seminar. Faculty Women's Club: The Art Study Group will meet at the home of Mrs. A. H. Marckwardt, 2720 Heather Way, Thursday, Nov. 4, at 2 P.m. Michigan Dames: The Charm Group of the Michigan Dames meets at 8 p.m. Thursday evening, Nov. 4, at the Michigan League, the room will be announced on the bulletin board, Miss Helen Myers of the Vogue Beauty Sa- lon will talk on a "Woman's Crown- ing Glory." The wives of students and internes are invited. Newcomers' Section of the Faculty Women's Club will meet at a tea and reception in the Mary B. Henderson Room of the League Nov. 4 from 3 to 5 p.m. ... * * * * For Autumn, Warmth I suppose that other sections of this country have approximately the same stars, but they twinkle more for us Puritans. I was out doing my road work along about midnight, when the heavens began to put on the gosh-blamedest show I've ever witnessed. Probably there was nothing personal in it, for I have been no more than a moderately good boy recently. Neverthe- less, a kindly Providence touched off the fire- works for my benefit. The stars were shooting all over the sky, and some of them rode to glory, leaving a wake of brilliant fire behind them. I'm a little confused as to what you are sup- posed to do when a star shoots. It's either that you make a wish or kiss somebody. Everybody else along the Ridge was asleep, and so I made wishes. "Just let it stay like this," I suggested, "and the magical city can get along without me." The Good Book tells us that there is a time for everything, and perhaps we should all start in the city and get our oats planted, and then return to the land when maturity overwhelms us. Like King David, most of us began with Bath-sheba and end with Abishag. The lady of the pool does well enough in spring, but when November rolls around there's more comfort in the Shunammite woman. On The Level By WRAG Today is the day when all the Sophomores are supposed to get together to select someone to lead them through the coming year, and the side which rounds up the most identification cards will win. * * * . Before the new-fangled election machines were installed for campus elections, it used to be possible for one person to vote as many as eight times without much fear of being caught, but now that the ballot boxes have been replaced. a fellow is lucky if he can vote three times. The old ballot boxes used to have a heavy padlock on the lid to prevent "stuffing," but the trouble was that either a Washtenaw or State Street man had the key. Now the only Way in which a person can get three or four votes is to look something like the photographs on three or four identification cards, change clothes three or four times, and not be too well known. By JAMES MUDGE Air Lines: Amos and Andy Aeronautical Engineering Students: will be All students who plan to elect Aero .6 $3,375 per week richer beginning experimental aerodynamics, or Jan. 3 on their new Soup airings, advanced work in the wind tu Each receive that amount over and laboratory during the second sen above the usual 10 per cent agent fee ter, should . leave their names . NBC has taken the mikes to some mediately with Prof. M. J. Thomi queer places including submarines Room B-47 East Engineering B under water, and stratosphere bal- loons. Now the NBC equipment goes , English 1, Sec. 29, MWF 11, to the Arctic wastes and the A.H. will not meet today. steamy fastnesses of South American r jungles-nice work for the engineers History 11, Lecture Group II, N of radio . . . The "Nine Old Men" are semester examination, 10 a.m., Th back again. A while back the boys day, :Nov. 4, Professor Scott's; played a ball game for charity and Professor Slosson's sectionsin 103 now they take to the air in a spell- mance Languages Bldg., Mr. Ald ing bee. Mr. Ewing's and Dr. Stanton's Lowell Thomas will pick his spell- tions in Natural Science auditor ers from: Frank Parker, Col. Stoop-- nagle, Lou Lehr, Dale Carnegie, Jim- Psychology 31. Lect. Sect. IIB: my Melton and others. George Bye, the examination, students with well-known writer will grab some tials A-H meet in 35 A.H.; I-Z n spellsters from: Frank Buck, Gene in 25 A.H. Tunney, Westbrook Pegler, Quentin Bring six by nine blue books. Reynolds. Deems Taylor, and other _ "greats." . . . In 1932, only 12 hoursT 7 0 any nnel mes- im- pson, ldg. 3231 Mid-, urs- and Ro- en's, sec- ium. For ini- meet of air was thrown out from Holly- wood by NBC, and the Hollywood NBC staff has increased from one to 100 men. Tonight's airings can not be ex- actly called terrific or stupenduous. 8:30 is the Cantor "Texaco Town" with Pinky Tomlin, Deanna Durbin, E ureOs University Lecture: Dr. Albert T. Olmstead, Professor of Oriental His- tory at the University of Chicago, will give an illustrated lecture on "Ancient History Warmed Over" in Natural Science Auditorium on Nov. and' JacquesRenard'skband over a 5 at 4:15 p.m. The public is cordially CBS-WJR line ... Mark Warnow di- invited. rects the Hit Parade at 10 via NBC . . . Midnight finds Tommy Dorsey getting CBS air and 12:30 is Dixie-Events Today land time with Bob Crosby and Co. University Broadcast: 3-3:30 p.m. over WJR . . . Earl Hines is an NBC Class in diction and pronunciation, attraction at 12:30 likewise . . . G. E. Densmore, professor of speech. Bits: "On to the Coast," being the cry of radio, NBC is building a huge The Oxford Group: All members new air plant in Hollywood. The of Oxford Groups or students of the site comprises 5 acres, two city blocks Buchman-Schumacher literature are square, and is bounded by Sunset invited to Lane Hall today at 7:301 Boulevard and Vine Street-famous l p.m. vias of the film capital. More than 700 hours of broadcasting will come Cercle Francais: There will be a from the new Center . . short meeting of the Cercle Francais - tonight at 7:45 p.m. in Room 4081 The Drug Law Romance Language Bldg. All old member;s are urged to attend. But for the merest chance, the Fed- eral Food and Drug Administration Chemistry Colloquium will meet would have been without legal au- today at 4 p.m. in Room 303 Chem- thority to trace and seize shipmentsJ istry Bldg. Dr. Lee O. Case will speak of the medical preparation which is on "Tie Lines in Ternary Liquid Sys- blamed for the deaths of 46 persons. tems." The manufacturer of this product labeled it an "elixir." By strict defi- A.S.C.E. Meeting of the Student) nition. it is not an elixir, because the Chapter of the American Society of drug it contains is not dissolved in! Civil Engineers in the Michigan alcohol. The F.F.D.A., therefore, is Union, tonight at 7:30 p.m. Professor able to proceed against it only on the A. T. Miller will speak on "Public technical and trivial charge of mis- Health in Engineering" A.ICh.E. The Novenier 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. 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- e p r-m t s i n, tha t fi d