THE MICHIGAN DAILY SI E MICHIGAN DAILY Democracies At The Crossroads.. . _i ., ,._, . -- = a i G6 '7 IA5 RT ix f Vi[C j 6VNIOA5XN MAMQ0; o,o , .. ..,r. ' Edited and managed by students of the University of .chigan under the authority of the Board in Control of # dent Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the rversity year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the e for republication of all news dispatches credited to .Or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All hts of republication oftall othertmatter herein also erved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan as od class mail matter, Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, ';; by mail, $4.50. ember, Associated Collegiate Press, 1937-38 PRESNTE FOR AI,.. National AdvertisingService, hi. Cllee Plisy-s Reresentatve 420 MADISON AVE. NEwYORK, N. Y. CHICAGO - BOSTON - LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Board of Editors iNAGING EDITOR .............JOSEPH S. MATTES TITORIAL DIRECTOR ..........TUURE TENANDER lliam Spaller Robert Weeks Irvin Lisagor Helen Douglas :GHT EDITORS:Harold Garn, Joseph Gies, Earl R. Oilman, Horace Gilmore, S. R. Kleiman, Edward Mag- .ol, Albert Mayo , Robert Mitchell, Robert Perlman and Roy Sizemore. 'ORTS DEPARTMENT: Irvin Lisagor, chairman; Betsy Anderson, Art Baldauf, Bud Benjamin, Stewart Fitch, Roy Heath and Ben Moorstein. PMEN'S DPARTMENT: Helen Douglas, chairman, Betty Bonisteel, Ellen Cuthbert, Mary Alice Ma- kenie, Barbara Paterson, Jenny Petersen. Marian Smith, Dorothea Staebler and Virginia Voorhees. Business Department JSINESS MANAGER ..............ERNEST A. JONES ~IT MANAGER .......... ...... DON WILSHER DVRTISING MANAGER ., .NORMAN B. STEINBERG OMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER........BETTY DAVY OMEN'S SERVICE MANAGER ..MARGARET FERRIES Departmental Managers I Macal, Accounts Manager; Leonard P. Segelman, Local Advertishig Manager; Pli p Buchen, Contracts IMAnager; William Newnan, Service Manager; Mar- shall Sampson, Publications and Classified Advertis- Ing Manager; Richard H. Knowe, National Advertising and Circulation Manager. IGHT EDITOR: ROBERT PERLMAN The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. learning Use fu1 Trade. . O0NE OF THE MOST CLEVER and in- teresting, to say the least, forms of ild labor exploitation in America has just been icovered by Walter Davenport, writing in Co- r's Weekly for Nov. 27th. Down in Ellisville, Oss., high school students, both boys and girls, ave been recruited to work in a hosiery mill , a stated wage of four dollars for a 40-hour orking week. If this sounds too incredible, there is an ex- anation. Although the building looks like a )siery factory, it really isn't, Mississippi .poli- cians will point out; what it really is, in fact, a school--a vocational training school, de- gned to meet the needs of Mississippi youth r teaching them an honest trale. The fact at in gaining valuable knowledge about the 'ofession of hosiery making, they benefit a rge hosiery concern by giving it two 40-hour ,ifts of cheap labor seems to be beside the int. But the hosiery company is doing its part and >1lbtless deserves something in return. Its rt amounts to fulfilling the following condi- Jns, as laid down in the contract with the unicipality: it has installed 36 hosiery-knitting achines, transferred from its plant in Pennsyl- nia, which, by a coincidence, has been troubled strikes lately; it furnishes all raw materials eded in the process of education; it pays the nstructors" of the school, known merely as remen in Pennsylvania; finally, it guarantees "reimburse said school for all amounts expend- for pay rolls, parts of machines, supplies, oil, wer, light repairs on building, insurance of all ids and any other and all direct operating sts entering into the production of hosiery." As . educational institution, of course, the plant tax-exempt. The "vocational school" is a part of a county ricultural high school and junior college, which pplies the labor for the school's machines. Al- ough students are supposed to earn the muni- ent sum of eight dollars a week after gradua- in, that is, after satisfactorily learning the ide of hosiery-making, they must go elsewhere earn it, for graduates cannot be allowed to urp the places of undergraduates, especially double the wage. There seems to be some suspicion that not . of the sum received every week from the siery company goes into four dollar a week tges and light building repairs. The politicians ectly connected with the school have declined reveal the figures involved. Ihe construction of the school was paid for WPA money, $26,000 of it. At present WPA cials, having watched the school in opera- n, are trying to get their $26,000 back. Perhaps the future pet' projects of local statesmen 11 be ekamined with a little more care. Even ch worthy and useful ones as vocational train- schools. Joseph Gies. Editor's Note AFTER THREE WEEKS of abortive haggling, the Brussels peace parley will close up shop, retire from the mediation scene and admit ignominous defeat. That the conference would accomplish nothing was virtually a platitude before President Paul Spaak brought down his gavel and called the first meeting to order. How could it be otherwise when representatives from countries with such widely divergent views as are professed by France, Russia, Germany and England attempt to find common ground for discussion? Granted even that a flimsy agreement on some measures might be reached, nothing tangible could have been accomplished. Vaunted moral principles and high-sounding verbiage are preposterously inane in the face of a six-inch shell starting on its path of destruction. There must be provision for teeth and claws in measures agreed upon or the wjorthy representatives can parley until it is June in January and Japan will continue her greedy tactics uninterrupted. From fiascos such as the Brussels conference comes a pressing question. Is pure pacifism practicable? When the "have-not" nations can be as certain as they seem to be today that the bugaboo of war will infallibly chase the democ- racies of the world from a concerted stand is not fascism working with a blank check? As the Chinese representative at the confer- ence, Dr. .Wellington Koo, aptly remarked in what will undoubtedly be remembered as the epi- taph of the conference, "Just as the maintenance of domestic peace and order requires something more than laws upon the statute book or de- crees on official bulletin boards, so in the face of international violence mere words are impotent to restore peace and justice." Democracies in contemporary diplomacy are woefully lacking in the convictions necessary to consecrate words with active effort and preserve the principles. of international law. Diplomats representing a group of blatantly anti-bellum governments go to bat with two strikes against them when attempting to negotiate with men and nations in whom military glory has been incul- cated to the core. We won't want to fight. But inevitably we will be forced to fight if the democracies stay in their corners, chant the praises of pacifism and refuse to engage in concerted, purposeful action for peace. Robert I. Fitzhenry. Fantastic Football IF THE EXPERTS were not such "stout fellas," they would retire from the gridiron, a baffled, beaten crew. Football is not the game it was. Once it ordered its affairs with almost mathe- matical precision. If, for example, A vanquished B, and B rolled over C, it was a blue-chip cer- tainty that when A and C met, C would drink the dregs to the melancholy obligato of the dirge. The day of previous performance's rule is gone. Football is now "uncertain, coy and variable as the shade by the light, quivering aspen made." The trade term is "upset"; it blooms with the profusion of the dandelion on the citizen's most cherished lawn. Saturday wrote a new chapter in the book. Here and there a still small voice whispered Har- vard, but the unprejudiced and calculating con- sensus was that Yale would win. After a ferocious growl or two, the Yale "bulldog" behaved as prettily as a pet bunny. Down from Columbia stalked the Missouri Tigers to gorge on the Washington Bearr, The predicted feast flared into a whale of a fight, with 'Missouri victorious by a waferish margin that scrawled something like moral destitution. And Princeton, cuffed contemptiously week- end after week-end through the sere and yellow autumn, was to be sunk without trace by the Navy's devastating guns. Where are the Mid- shipmen? Physically at Annapolis, but spiritually they are in the same boat that Pompey piloted after Actium; they're like the Soldan of Byzan- tium at Lepanto, like Sopwith's Endeavor off Newport. Is football a delusion and a snare, an anomaly and a sphinx? Well, isn't it? -St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A $5,000 House A SCONGRESS reconvenes with housing among its problems, someone may well remark that "what this country needs" is a good five thou- sand dollar house. However, reminiscent of a well-known statesman's quip, it is a fact con- ceded by a majority of housing experts today. Ample evidence exists to show that small, well- planned, soundly constructed homes can be built for this figure to include a fair-sized lot of land. Thus far there has been very little concerted effort in planning developments of this type of home except where undertaken by large indus- trial concerns to house their own workers. It is noteworthy, however, that a number of such de- velopments sponsored by private enterprises have proved successful both as to the quality of their homes built and the class of buyers who have been attracted to these communities. The development of such residential neighbor- hoods within easy distance of the great urban or industrial centers would tend tobring building construction back to somewhere near pre-depres- sion figures, and at the same time meet a vital housing need. Such communities of low-priced houses em- bodying many of the latest conveniences, afford the worker in the lower salaried brackets an op- portunity to purchase a little place of his own with a small down payment and monthly install- ments covering principal, interest and taxes I feernr/o Me Heywood Broun The Morgan Library has just opened to the public its collection of autograph manuscripts, and this is a show I recommend. It is a good many years since I've seen these treasures, but I still remember that I felt much like "Stout Cor- tez" when there was spread before me the Keats manuscript of "On First Looking at Chapman's Homer." There are first edi- tions as well as manuscripts, but the books mean nothing to me, or, at any rate, very much less than the sight of Dickens' own first on the original pages of "A Christ- mas Carol." And near at hand is "Ivanhoe," just as it came from the pen of Walter Scott, and Thackeray's "Vanity Fair." And the swaggering script of By- ron. Thackeray may have written long novels, but he was parsimonious with paper, and his hand is that of a watch repairer. These are the tracks of an unhurried pen, and there is never a page which suggests that the master was saying to himself, "Gosh, but I'd like to go back to bed and sleep off this one." Words Beneath Words I have no great faith in those who undertake to read character by handwriting. This may be based in part upon the feeling that my own calligraphy suggests the frightened efforts of a backward moron. And such an interpretation would be a slight exaggeration. Still one cannot look at the pages where Byron's pen went by without getting the distinct impression that here was a young man disposed to shock the prim and puritanical. And in the later manuscript of Scott there is almost visual evidence of the points at which he sat down wearily and said to himself, "Hot or cold, this one I've got to write to lift the mort- gage." There is a small passion among collectors for modern manuscripts no matter what the potential position of the author in the estimation of posterity. Or, at any rate, they fight shy of authors who have typed their stuff. To me this indicates a lack of understanding and imagina- tion upon the part of the bibliophiles. As far as the reading of character goes I'd much rather take a shot at guessing the per- sonality of a man from his typed sheets than from his penmanship. After all, there is such a thing as touch. People who compose on the machine are much as pianists in their technique. And the keys very distinctly register their moods. The expert's eye can readily detect 'the days on which the man in question was bearing down and giving his stint all the strength of his soul and shoulders, and the passages which were set down simply to hold the franchise are equally apparent. Much more than in the case of handwriting it is possible to tell which parts of a typewritten manuscript were flung out in rapid fury and those portions pecked out slowly under a lagging inspiration. Running True To Typewriting I have no intention of setting up as a super Sherlock Holmes in the business of type detecting, but I will wager that if a total stranger will bat out for me, "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party," I can tell with small margin of error whether he beats his wife and is mean to waiters. And I also will under- take to predict whether or not he is happily married. This is entirely apart from the problem of whether or not he beats his wife, because that occasionally makes for tranquility in the home. Like Conan Doyle's here, I have no desire to make a mystery of my methods. I. am looking at a typewritten manuscript now. This man un- doubtedly loves his wife, or at least ought to, because obviously she is a treasure who puts a new ribbon in his typewriter at appropriate in- tervals. Elementary, my dear Watson. On The Level By WRAG There are quite a few who hitch-hiked into De- troit and various other towns throughout the State for today's vacation. The bus fare into Detroit is ninety-five cents. In this particular case the old adage rings true-"A hitch in time saves ninety-five cents." One of these hikers was overheard singing a line or so from Hoagy Carmichael's "Star Dust" as he stood on the corner of Wash- tenaw and S. University yesterday-"Thumb times I wander wide and I spend lonely hours . . ." The movie review of "That Certain Woman" which ran at The Maj this week, was headlined, "Suffering Motherhood at The Majestic Theatre" by The Ann Arbor News. This cops the headline of the week prize. * * * * Prize description of the week goes to the person who saw "Disraeli" during one of the few seconds he played football this year and said, "He's got the body of a Caterpillar tractor and the mind of a V-16 Packard-1922 model." *h* e* *a For the heighth of naivete, the feathered THEATRE By NORMAN T. KIELL Fair And Warmer Whoever concocted the title of the musical comedy, "Right This Way," playing at the Cass theatre in De- troit this week, forgot to add "to a 1 half-baked show." "Right ThisI Way" has potentialities, it has prospects of hitting Broadway cri- teria; it has a few catchy tunes; itf has some stunning sets and some I gaudy ones; it has some fetching costumes and some blaring cheap ones. As a matter of fact, "Right This Way" is just the sort of musical comedy one would like to see hit the boards on all eight cylinders, but just can't make the grade.I Primarily, the book by Marianne Brown Waters is the old stock-in- trade story of a fashionable Parisian milliner (Tamara), who lives in sin with a news correspondent (Guy Robertson), who convinces her to marry him and return to home grounds ofood old Boston. There he out-columns Broun, Winchell, Pegler, and Mrs. Roosevelt, forget- ting all about his lovely little wife, who finally leaves him for the lure! of the milinery business in Paris again. And of course he follows her and there is the traditional reconcili- ation. Perhaps a musicomedy should be this way. But surely there must be some ingenuity attached to the threadbare tale. And "Right This Way" is sadly neglectful of this in every respect. NO COMPETENT DANCERS There is no one who can dance in the whole musical; even the chorus is so routine as to be deadening. Therei is no one who can sing-forgive me, I had almost forgotten Tamara, of late and happy "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" fame. That is just how Ta- mara strikes you: as being incidental when she should be fundamental to the success of the show. As for Guy 'Robertson, he is very reminiscent of "an old beaded bag"; faded, never to regain its old beauty and charm, but still usable in emergencies. Joe E. Lewis, the playbill informs, is the comedian of "Right This Way." I ?have seen worse comedians, but very seldom. (To fling back at Mr. Lewis one of his own quips.) Mr. Lewis is! first rate burlesq1.e enterpreneur, I second rate vaudeville, and third rate musical comedy. But God bless "Right This Way" for Blanche Ring and Leona Powers, who add what little comedy and merriment there is to it. MUSICAL NUMBERS FAIL TO CLICK{ There are four catchy tunes which should have proved a boon to the show but failed to click because of bad placement and poor presentation by the local leads. They are, "I Can Dream Can't I," "Some Day, Some Where, Some How," "You Click with Me," and "Right This Way." It is unfortunate that Alice Alex- ander, producer of "Right This Way," has freighted it with such expensive sets and generally seduc- tive costumes. It is also unfortunate that she did not freight it with some first rate stars, which would have been a better investment. As things stand now, Miss Alevander might possibly hold the show over for an- other week at the Cass, before bring- ing it to Broadway, to straighten the various and sundry affairs men- tioned above. Calendar Nov. 26. The Nell Gwyn Players' revival of Sheridan's "The Rivals." At the Lydia Mendelssohn. Dec. 3. The Unity Hall Board and The Progressive Club unite to spon- sor the Federal Theatre's "Let Free- domr Ring." At the Masonic Temple, South 5th St., Ann Arbor. Tickets are 25 and 40 cents. Dec. 6. Heather Angel, Valerie Tay- lor, Hugh Sinclair, and Leo G. Car- roll are featured in a new comedy, "Love of Women." Prior to Broad- way. At the Cass Theatre, Detroit. Dec. 13. The incomparable Helen Hayes in, of course, "Victoria Re- gina." Also plays the Cass. Dec. 20. FredericeMarch and Flor- ence Eldridge leave the screen to appear in "Your Obedient Husband."' Supported by Dame May Whitty and I Martin Wolfson. Still the Cass. Pity The Poor How the world turns! Take the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, whose comings and goings have excited comment of late. His title, Mufti, is! the old Arabic term for an expert onI Islamic law who gives legal opinions when asked hypothetical questions by the Judge. Because the Muftis wore loose, comfortable clothing, British army men in India, wearing tight uniforms designed in a distant northern land, nicknamed civilian clothes "mufti." Yet the latest wirephoto of the Grand Mufti of the Holy City shows him trussed up in a high collar with two bands crossing each other stiffly on his breast, for all the world like a British redcoat of the India Com- pany days. -Des Moines Register r. ic r.'.. Ah f'.LT.T\ 7 TT DAILY OFFICIAL BULL ET IN Publication in the Inulletn '' con'~ t in nxeixice to a'! memnb , ot the University. Copy received at th' office of the Assistant to the Presidnt until 3:30;11:00 a.m. on Saturday THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1937 j1mailed daily to a small group of stu- VOL. XLVIII. No. 52 dents. Each card will be dated seven days after ,the day of mailing. To be Library Hours: On Thanksgiving admitted to a conference with a Day, Nov. 25, the Main Reading counselor, a student must present his Room and the Periodical Room of1 card not later than the date it bears. the General Library will be open If he comes after this date an inter- from 2:00-9:00 p.m. The Depart- view will be granted only if there are mental Libraries will be closed. i no others waiting at the office. Books from other parts of the In order to make an intelligent se- building which are needed for use lection of courses each sophomore on that day will be made available should give careful attention to his in the Main Reading Room if request next semester's elections before meet- is made on Wednesday to an assist- ing with his counselor. ant in the Reading Room where the w . H. Hoges books are usually shelved. E. A. Walter Wm. W. Bishop, Librarian. A. Van Duren Pre-Medical Students: Registra- Pre-Forestry and Forestry Stu- tion for the Medical Aptitude Test dents: Announcement is made of the American Medical Colleges closes, annual contest for the Charles Lath- Nov. 27. Application may be made in rop Pack Foundation Prize in For- Room 4, University Hall. A fee of1 estry, the conditions for which may one dollar will be charged. f be secured from the Recorder of the a r oSchool of Forestry and Conservation, Sophomores, College of L.S.&A.:248NtrlcineBldg.Tp Elections of courses for the second 2048 Natural Science Building. Top- semester must be approved during nics, which may be decided upon in the period from Nov. 22 to Jan. 28 in consultation with members of the Room9, nivrsiy Hal. o pevet ifaculty of the School, must be filed in Room 9. University Hall. To prevent Ithe office of the I4ecorder not later congestion in the office of the coun- than Dec. o18, 1937. selors, individual post cards will be! n -89 R I R~. AINUO MT'd Events Today University Broadcast: 3-3:30 p.m. "The Government and Labor Dis- putes," Margaret Elliott, Prof. of Personnel Management and Prof. of Economics. * Air Lines: Clark Dennis, who has Freshman Girl's Qlee Club: There stepped up the rungs fast in his two will be no meeting tonight because of the .holidays. years with NBC, has replaced Perry Como on the McGee show. Dennis is Thanksgiving Day: Presbyterian the pride and joy of West Branch, students and their friends are invited Mich., and got his start in Flint to spend the evening with Dr. and "Baby Shoes" Rogan, sound-effects Mrs. Lemon and Miss Elizabeth Lein- "BabyofCS hathatsondeffles!dbach at the Ethel Fountain; Hussey man of CBS, had that handle blessed room at the Michigan League from on him because he gets size 12 foot- 7:30 to 11:00. A program of musical coverings when he buys new shoes numbers, stories and stunts has been . . . Saxie Dowell, Hal Kemps comic j arranged. tenor man, is an ardent handball fan . . . Loretta Lee, popular CBS CoEvents song-singer formerly with George Hall's band, hails from New Orleans.1 Hillel Foundation: Services this She was "found" in a New York song evening at 8:00 p.m. Dr. Heller will shop by Hall and gained coast-to- speak on "What Can Bring Peace to coast fame. She is now on the west Palestine." Sigma Alpha Mu Fra- coast looking picture-way . . . Ray ternity will act as hosts at the social Ferrington, member of the Horace folowing the services. Heidt chorus, is the terror of en- gineers and producers of the series Baptist Guild: Fun, Frolic and his laugh can break up any Food will prevail in the Roger Wil- masr' asi...nm iillhue1iiiyngta L r r 4 1 Imans rehearsal . .. liams Guild house Friday night at a Band Bits: Benny Goodman, Little special day-after-Thanksgiving so- Caesar of the Clarinet, has come a cial. All students and friends are long way since he played with a five- cordially invited to attend the affair, piece band on a Lake Michigan boat. which will begin at 8 p.m. Born in Chicago in 1909 in a family of eleven, Goodman had to shift for Disciple Guild (Church of Christ) himself a little early. He has played The regular game night will be with any band you can nietion and held on Friday evening from 8 to 11 every "cat" in the country knows o'clock. Students interested in the the dark-haired wonder-man. He continuation of the discussion which organized his own band in 1934 and was begun last Sunday on Love, soon found himself getting ! plenty Courtship, Marriage and Home close to the top of the heap. From Building will meet in the church par- Chicago, Benny went to New York for at 8 o'clock on Friday evening. and took it by storm, and broke all All students are welcome. records at the Paramount. The name Benny Goodman is synonomous with The Graduate Outing Club will swing but he likes to play a bit of meet at the Intramural Building for chamber music in his spare time. swimming and other sports on Sat- Long-haired musicians marvel at urday from 8 to 9 p.m. Later irs the his clarinet technique. His show at evening the group will assemble at the Paramount is still the talk of the Lane Hall for other entertainment White Way. At 7:30 in the morning, and refreshments. All graduate stu- the crowd was lined up to buy the card-boards and at 10:30 over 5,000 j had been admitted to the show house. The Congregational Student Fel- 3 o'clock found over 11,0000 had! lowship will have a Hard Time Party heard the Goodman band jive on ( at the Church Parlors on Friday, the stage, and it was during this show Nov. 26, at 9:00. Every one is cor- that the audience stepped aisle-way dially invited. and danced. Lional Hampton was The Christian Student Prayer found playing in a cafe by Goodman Grou w meet at 8:00 p ar and was picked up then and brought day in the Michigan League. The to the East. He plays all instru-! neo the roomhign Lwhich.The mentsbut the vibes are his specialty. name of the ro m in which the Speaking of swing, Goodman says meeting is to be held will be found that it is a simple state of ecstasy- upon the bulletin board. All Chris- some say that swing is any music tian students are cordially invited played by Goodman-maybe so, but to attend. there sure are other bands that twick off a mean dig or so and more than Academic Notices once in a while. Sociology 51: Make-up mid-semes- Rudy Vallee has certainly given ter examination, Saturday, Nov. 27 at some great names to radio. Milton! 2:00 p.m., in Room D, Haven Hall. Berle, Gershwin, Alice Faye, Burns Students must bring excuses for and Allen, Victor Moore, and Walter missing the regular examination. O'Keefe all started on the road of bright lights with a gentle push from Vallee-wonder if he gets his 10 perC cer cent? Carillon Recital: Wilmot F. Pratt, Little Don Redman brought his University Carilonneur, will give a band to A2 and believe you me, the recital on the Chares Baird Carillon man had it! A colored band and that in the Burton Memorial Tower, I had no "go" tenor man but a very Thursday, Nov. 25, from 7:30 to 8:30 fine bugler. A 10-page letter home o'clock. is necessary to describe the "little" girl who sang a long way out of thisiLectures world-ah jive, keep coming right along . . . Tommy Dorsey's air work University Lecture: Dr. Christian i from New York continues to be A. Ruckmick, Professor of Psychology strictly on the down beat . . . Paul at the University of Iowa, will lec- Whiteman is creating a bit of a stir ttore on "Emotions in the Motion in the band leaders' ranks these days. Picture Theatre" on Wednesday, Returning to the air lanes soon, the Dec. 1. at 4:15 p.m. in the Natural ex-King of Jazz may pull a-thing-! Science Auditorium under the au- that-shows-up-around-Easter out of spices of the Department of Psy- the hat and the critics are getting chology. The public is cordially in- all set near the typewriters armed vited. with flowery-adjective dictionaries. Martin Gould, Mutual Broadcast- University Lecture: Dr. Carl Mayer ing System arranging genius, is in of the Graduate Faculty of the New the Whiteman fold now and that School for Social Research in New means something very fine . . . Radio York City will lecture on the "So- presents some very good bands and C ciology of Religion" on Friday, Dec. ouch, some very poor ones too. Some 3, at 4:15 p.m. in the Natural