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PAOE FOUR FRIDAY, JAN. 14, 1938


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Education
Vs. Society? . .
E VERYONE from John Tunis through
President Hutchins of Chicago has
flung barbs and arrows at our American institu-.
tions of "higher" learning. We know now that
colleges teach everything from boxing to beauty
culture, not to mention the subtle science of
sticking a bayonet through your brother man.
We have discovered that the care we receive in
the form of grades, bluebooks, credits, required
attendance, women's hours and auto accident
"prevention" is more appropiate for psychiatric
cases. We have heard that the lecture system is
outmoded, that extra-curricular activities have
evicted the curriculum, and sometimes we are
amazed to awake and find ourselves sitting so-
berly through a series of unrelated courses.
There's been no defense aired against this
verbal barrage. And it seems possible that the
sharp tip of the critic's lash will penetrate the
scholar's hide and revolutionize pedagogical
method and material. But even this metamor-
phosis, this revision of technique, still will not
revitalize education. For it is the professor,
just as much as his method, who needs rejuvena-
tion.
. One hundred years ago Ralph Waldo Emer-
son stood up before the Phi Beta Kappa society
at Harvard and said of the American Scholar:
"Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is
essential. Without it he is not yet man. With-
out it thought can never ripen into truth. . . Time
shall teach him that the scholar loses no hour
which the man lives ... Only so much do I know
as I have lived . . . The true scholar grudges every
opportunity of action past by as a loss of
power . . . " This advice is much needed tday.
By and large, the scientist, from the doctor
to the engineer, is the only follower of Emerson's
admonition. Stimulated by reading the knowl-
edge of the past and observing the phenomena
of nature, he has amplified and proven old
theories, and uncovered broad, new fields, as yet
unlit by human knowledge. But even among
scientists, especially as research has tended to
become more and more narrow, there has been
this failure: physics and chemistry and biology
and zoology are being taught more and more for
the benefit of the specialists in those branches
of science and less and less for the broadening
effect on students in other fields. There has been
a growing forgetfulness by specialists of the link
binding their work to the whole of human
knowledge, of their relationship to society. The
experiment has become the thing.
But when we say action, we mean social action.

And here, partly from his own volition, mainly
because of external pressure, the scholar who
should be among the planners for society has
been excluded. Who can forget the outcry against
Roosevelt's "Brain Trust" of university professors.
When eighty-odd professors, be they right or
wrong, merely petition the President and urge
him to drop the "Court Plan," loud and stinging
is the comment from legislators in Lansing who
hold an opposite view.
Scarcely a session in the state capitol goes
by without some carping at the public action of
men like Professors Pollock and Haber. From
trustees and boards of regents comes further cen-
sure and Jerome Davis is ousted at Yale, Walsh
and Sweezy exit from Harvard and Glenn Frank
receives the boot at Wisconsin. In England
Harold J. Laski of the London School of Eco-
4omics holds executive office in the Labor Party,

because they speculate or see, they could do
nothing."
We see that there are two forces, two interact-
ing causes and effects, which keep the profes-
sor isojated from society. One is the professor's
self-imposed aloofness derived from too great a
concentration in a specialized field. Of this it is
sufficient to note what Emerson said:
"It is a shame to him if his tranquility,
amid dangerous times, arise from the pre-
sumption that like children and women, his
is a protected class; or if he seeks a tempo-
rary peace by the diversion of his thoughts
from politics or vexed questions, hiding his
head like an ostrich in the flowering bushes,
peeping -into microscopes, and turning
rhymes, as a boy whistles to keep his courage
up."
The other force for professional detachment,
the pressure of society, can only be overcome by
the united effort of all groups believing in free-
dom of expression. But it cannot be accom-
plished if the scholar must be led forth by the
nose from his ivy tower. A large part of the task
is the scholar's own. He must "defer never
to the popular cry" that he keep his head buried
in a book.
S. R. Kleiman.
THE=ATRE
By NORMAN TENESE KIELL
Long Lie This King
Yesterday afternoon, Norman Rosten's radio
piay was broadcast over Station WJR of Detroit
by the Michigan University of the Air. To those
who listened to it came the feeling that here is
one of America's major poets, one whose sensi-
bilities are keenly aware of tlh current of life
around, about, and within him, inspiring and
directing his life.
Death of a King is a radio play in verse. In-
spired by Archibald MacLeish's "The Fall of a
City," it has as a potent weapon a Greek Chorus
in the form of an Announcer. But whereas Mac-
Leish's Announcer was merely a narrator, Rost-
en's is an integral part of the dramatic action.
Within the outline of the setting laid down by
this Chorus is enfolded a separate dramatic unity,
with continual thesis-antithesis of chorus and
play. While the Chorus speaks in modern stress
line, the main body of the play is in Elizabethan
rhythms, with intrusion of purer stress rhythms
as the dramatic excitement mounts.
And the drama in Death of a King throbs with
a vividness and excitement that sweeps every-
thing before it like some gigantic stream surg-
ing restlessly onward. The story is a simple leg-
end, of a King (F.D,.R.) who realizes the time has
come when he must adjust his pomp to "lower
men" in a country "where weather was the only
treachery." He proposes freedom to his workers,
fully aware of the import the strange word carries
and the opposition it will aruse from his min-
isters (Big Business).
"This word freedom will be coined

Jfecin to)Ve
Heywood Broun
I am disturbed to discover that the critics are
right in saying that "Pins and Needles," the show
put on by the International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union. is the best revue Broadway has
seen in several seasons. This fact worries me.
And I'm not kidding. The
show is too funny.
I wish it had less enter-
tainment value and more bite
as propaganda. "Pins and
Needles" has attracted the
carriage trade, but the car-
riage trade just eats it up.
There ought to be one num-
ber, at any rate, which would
send some dowager scream-
ing into the night at every performance. I doubt
that that has happened.
It is true, of course, that the stuffed shirts
of reaction are taken for a ride, but the vehicle
is too much rickshaw and too little rail. Gravely
do I fear that certain individuals who are pil-
loried may come out saying "How quaint!" and
then call a cab rather than a cop.
Satire is a legitimate and a useful weapon, but
you can catch nothing bigger than brook trout
with barbless hooks.
* * * *
From A Captious Critic
Naturally I had a grand time. That's pre-
cisely what I'm kicking about. I wanted to get
steamed up and, save for the stirring finale, which
is much too brief, that isn't in the show. The
only really savage satire is directed against the
Federal Theatre, a movement which worker
groups ought to support in spite of its present
limitations.
My captious criticism goes well beyond the'
mood of "Pins and Needles." Labor and left wing
groups have paid too much attention recently
to the taunt of the opposition that all radicals
are wholly devoid of any sense of humor. The
answer ought to be, "So what?"
In this respect I must admit candidly my own
errors. On several occasions I told John L. Lewis
that he should smile occasionally when camera-
men were taking his picture. Fortunately he
paid very little attention. By now I think he is
quite right. Why should he grin for the birdie?
What is there to laugh about?
Perhaps there is some value in the fact that
"Of Mice and Men," the best serious play of
the year, and "Pins and Needles," the funniest,
both come from proletarian sources. The Amer-
ican theatre can live only by the vital source
of the men and women who have hitherto been
almost inarticulate in the drama. I saw "Hooray
for What!" and "Pins and Needles" on alternate
nights. Try the experiment for yourself and see
if it isn't time to ring out the old and ring in
the new.
? 'I * *
Concerning Excess Baggage
I'm all for a united front in culture, politics
and economics, but I'd like to see the entrance
requirements raised. Some of my radical friends
are around saying in effect, "Lulu isn't so bad,
after all. She isn't really a stupid, reactionary,
rich trick. She's just a little confused. We can
bring her along.".
My advice, which hasn't been asked for; is,
"Don't bring Lulu." Of late good causes have
been hurt more than helped by the use of window
dressing. I'm not much for amateur career pick- I
ets like Mrs. Gifford Pinchot.
Waterloo may have been won on the playing
fields of Eton, but labor's battles will not be ma-
terially aided by cricket players.
I think somebody ought to sound a gong and
shout, "All ashore that's going ashore!" I'd get
rid of the boys in the blazers before the voyage
begins.

On The Level
By WRAG
Exam time is nearly here again and a lot of
the students are checking back to find the names
and room numbers of the courses they enrolled in
last September.,

Eastern Policy
To a resolution of the Senate, seek-
ing light on certain aspects of Ameri-
can policy in the Far East, Secretary
Hull has made a prompt reply, which
now takes its place as a significant
document in the record. The Senate
wanted particularly to know how
many Americans still remain in
China, how much American money is
invested in that country and how
large an armed force is engaged in
protecting American lives and prop-
erty.
Mr. Hull gives a prompt answer to
each of these three questions, and
then strikes straight out for the pur-
pose of meeting any possible implica-
tion that American troops have no
business to be in China. He points
out that while our nationals have
been urged to withdraw in the face
of present dangers, some six thousand
of them remain in China, and that
this number includes many who have
gone to that country for purposes of
education and philanthropy, as well
as for purposes of entirely legitimate
business. He points out that the small
force of American troops in China is
there by explicit treaty sanction of
the Chinese government.
PROTECTION
IS TRADITIONAL
He points out that the maintenance
of such forces for the protection of
our interests in zones of special dan-
ger is the traditional and time-hon-
ored policy of the United States: that
American gunboats have patrolled
Chinese waters since the Eighteen
Forties, thatfor more than 70 years
we maintained a squadron in the
Mediterranean for the protection of
American citizens in that area, and
that there are today three vessels in
Spanish waters precisely for this pur-
pose. He points out, finally, what
must be clear to all who give the mat-,
ter careful thought: "that a policy of
abandoning American nationals in
any one part of the world would have
inevitable and serious repercussions
adverse to the legitimate rights of,
Americans and the legitimate in-
terests of this country in other parts,
in most parts,-of the world." I
But Mr. Hull does not stop here.j
With a forthrightness and a sense of
responsibility which are characteris-1
tic of him, he goes on to say that the,
interest and the concern of the Amer-i
ican Government in the Far Eastern
situation, or in any other foreign sit-
uation, cannot be measured merelyj
by the number of American citizensj
residing in a particular country at a
particular moment, or by the amount1
of American investments in that
country, or by the volume of Ameri-
can trade with it. In carefully con-
sidered words Mr. Hull affirms:
CONTAINS HALF
OF POPULATION
"There is a broader and much more
fundamental interest-which is that
orderly processes in international re-
lationships be maintained. Referring
expressly to the situation in the Far
East, an area which contains approxi-
mately half the population, of the
world, the United States is deeply in-
terested in supporting by peaceful
means influences contributory toj
preservation and encouragement ofj
orderly processes. This interest far
transcends in importance the value
of American trade with China or
American investments in China; it
transcends even the question of safe-
guarding the immediate welfare of
American citizens in China.".
In this direct and forceful state-
ment is to be found the keynote of
American foreign policy in the Far
East. Our Government is a party to
a definitive treaty which undertakes
to lay the foundations of political se-
curity in the Orient, and it cannot
fail to be deeply concerned by any
breach of that covenant.-
-New York Times.-

Syncopation
By TOM McCANN
We hear a lot of talk these days'
about the sorry state of radio. What
kind of silly talk is that?
True, there isn't perhaps a fair.
proportion between the entertaining
and the educational, but who is going
to determine what is a fair propor-
tion? The American public seems
fairly satisfied with the programs on
the air-at least, there has been no!
serious, strenuous objections to the
time alloted to symphonies, jazz, plays
and lectures.
But Federal Communications Com-
missioner George H. Payne thinks
that if radioedoesn't voluntarily raise
its standards, the government will
take over the task. And to you, Mr.
E George H. Payne, we say, think twice
before you start any of this house-
cleaning.
There are, of course, a few doc-j

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Office, Room 100, South Wing,
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Etchings, Aquatints and Mezvoints
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4

By every tongue: let's say a century
In the minting, but sure!" 

ing action was taken:
As an incentive to improved schol-
arship and as an aid to those fra-
ternities whose houses have been only
partially filled during the first se-
mester, the request be granted sub-
ject to the following conditions:
1. That proper notice of intention
to move be given to the Office of the1
Dean of Students, in writing by the
freshman at least one month before
the beginning of the second semester;
2. That the freshman be scholas-
tically eligible for initiation;
3. That the freshman present to the
Dean of Students written permission
from his parent or guardian to live
in his fraternity house;
4. That except in extraordinary1
circumstances where, in the opinionE
of the Dean of Students, conditions
warrant exception being made, per-
mission shall not be given for fresh-
men residence in any fraternity ex-I
cept:
a.) to fill room vacancies existing1
during the first semester, or caused]
by first sepiester occupants leaving
the University in February, and
b.) where the scholastic average of
the fraternity for the year 1936-37
was at least as high as the all-menl
average for the same year.'
It was voted that the Interfrater-
nity Cfouncil be notified that in the
future no exceptions would be made
to the University rule providing that
freshmen shall not live in fraternity
houses.
University Women: All women stu-7
dents who intend to change houses at,
the end of this semester must ad-
vise the househead of this intention
before Saturday, Jan. 15. Accord-
ing to contracts, no changes of resi-l
dence can be approved after that
date. Juniors and seniors in the
University dormitories may be re-
leased from their contracts to live in
sorority houses.
Any student now in residence who
will not be in college th second
semester, whether because of gradua-
tion or other reason, is requested to
notify the director of herresidence as'
soon as possible.
Jeannette Perry,{
Assistant Dean of Women.
Application Forms for application to
membership in the new Cooperative
House to be established on campus
next semester are now available at
Dean Olmstead's office, Room 4, U.H.
All campus men desirous of living in
the House next semester are request-
ed to fill out the form before Friday
noon, Jan. 74. Applicants chosen for
membership will be notified by the,
membership committee by noon Sat-
urday so they can notify proper
University authorities of their inten-,
tion to leave their present rooms.
J-Hop Booth for Junior Engineers:
Registrations for places will be taken
this morning and Friday morning be-
tween classes on second floor above'
Engineering Arch for Junior Engi-
neers. A fee of 65 cents is to be paid
by registrants immediately. Purchase
tickets on Monday, Jan. 17 and re-
port numbers to committee members
at once. Preference given in order
of registration. Committee members.
are Fred Osberg, chairm., Edward
Egle, Don Percival, Harold Spoden,
and Edward Lebeis.
Academic Notices4
Second Semester 1937-38 Courses in
the College of Architecture: The fol-
lowing courses given in the College of
Architecture are open to students in
other colleges and schools of the
University without special permission
from this college:

And these words that few men have spoken is
the preamble to the King's assassination by his
treacherous, power-loving noblemen. Mr. Rosten
tells it much better than I can. Listen:
"This is a true history unrecorded.
Much history is not written down:
It survives at festival, on prison wall,
Hammered in hard forgotten marble,
Flowing anonymous in crossed bloods.
This is told in legend:
of a king
Who died loving his people, learning
a trust too late: met violence from a
Strange enemy. This was his death.
Old men tell us of the year when
The hidden secret spread its message
Travelling the horizon city to city,
Swung by beacon's turning tongue
Searching entirely the dark lands!
It is said they later built his statue
But we have lost a written record of
A king's death. We know it legend
And mourn him his unpredicted dying ..."
Here is dramatic compression of poetry that is
beauty itself. Here is poetry that packs virility
and penetration into simple words and phrases,
couching-ideals in thorough, mature passion.
However superb Mr. Rosten's poetic drama is,
yesterday's presentation left much to be de-
sired. The interpretation of the lines was caught
fully by only one individual: Edward Jurist, who
played the leading role of the King. The others
were competent, but obviously not inspired with
the feeling and understanding Mr. Jurist read
into the verse. Myron Wallace's Announcer was
too slow and deliberate, lacking a certain fluidity
essential to the part. Morlye Baer's "tavern-
bred" Prince was artificial in its forced youth-
fulness. As for the mechanics of the presenta-
tion itself, the sound effects were obvious and
not well integrated with the action of the play.
But certainly a professional production of Nor-
man Rosten's Death of a King will make it stand,
in my opinion, head and shoulders above either
MacLeish's or Maxwell Anderson's radio dramas.
His orchestration of a past historical setting with
a modern "choral" medium is undoubtedly the
best poetic drama it has been this reviewer's de-
cided pleasure ever to hear over the ether
waves.
Swados Reports
To the Editor:

Events Today
University Broadcast: 3-3:30 p.m.
"The World -Today." Topic: "Social
Security in Michigan," William Ha-
ber, Prof. of Economics.
English Journal Club will meet at
the Union Friday afternoon, Jan. 14,
with business preliminaries beginning
at 4:00.
Mr. Calver will discuss "A. N.
Whitehead: A Contemporary Platon-
ist." The public is invited.
Slide Rule: Slide rule session on the
log-log scales, conducted by A. D.
Moore, Room 348, *. Eng. Bldg., Fri-
day 5 to 6. Open to ahyone interest-
ed. All who attend should bring log-
log rules.
Baptist Guild: Don't forget the
Roger Williams Guild sleighride to
be 'held at 8 p.m. tomorrow. The
group will meet at the guild-house.
Members and their friends are in-
vited.
Stalker Hall. A sleighride is being
planned for Friday evening if the
weather permits. For reservations
call 6881 before Friday noon. If we
cannot go for the ride, there will be
skating at the Coliseum. Meet at
Stalker Hall at 8:30 p.m.
Hillel Foundation Services, Friday
at 8:00 p.m. Sermon, "Jewish Atti-
tude to Proselytes" by Dr. Bernard
Heller. Pi Lambda Phi fraternty
will act as host at the social following
the services.
University Girls' Glee Club 'Ensan
picture will be taken at 4:45 p.m.
Friday at Dey's studio. All members
of the club who have paid the re-
quired dues are asked to report.
.Coming Events
Geology Journal Club: Meets Mon-
day ,Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. in 3065 N.S.
"The Piggot Deep-Sea Cores" re-
viewed by Mr. David H. Swann, and
"Cycle of Weathering" by B. B. Poly-
nov, reviewed by Dr. M. W. Senstius.
Light refreshments at 8:00.
Division of the Social Sciences: The
dinner meeting scheduled for Jan. 20
has been changed to Tuesday, Jan.
25. The members of the Division are
requested to change the date on the
return card thereby signifying their
knowledge of the change.
Carl E. Guthe.
A.A.U.W. International Relations
Supper, Sunday, 6 o'clock, Michigan
Union.
Professor Max Handman speaks on
"Economic Imperialism." Public and
students welcome. Phone Union for
reservations.
Beta Eta Chapter of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority invites you to attend
its' Founder's Day Program and Tea,
Sunday, Jan. 16, 3 o'clock at the Dun-
bar Community Center, 420 North
Fourth Avenue. The various Negro
fraternal groups will be presented to-
gether with other local talent.
Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Lambda
Delta will hold a joint meeting at the
Union on Saturday, Jan. 15 from
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. There will be danc-
ing and refreshments.
American Federation of Teachers:
Professor Howard Ellis, of the Ec-
onomics Department, will give an ad-
dress on "The Salaried Man and the
Business Cycle" at a luncheon meet-
ing of the Federation, Saturday, Jan.
15, at 12:15 p.m.. in the Union.
C. N. Wenger, Pres.
The Graduate Outing Club will
meet at Lane Hall at 3:00 o'clock
Saturday. Hiking, skating and sup-
per. All graduate students are wel-
come.

The Outdoor Club will go skiing
and tobogganing in the Arboretum
this Saturday afternoon. Equipment
will be provided. The club will meet
at Lane Hall at 1:30 and return there
later for refreshments.
Tinl-a C-y . IA- -nif --n im

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However, the main topic of conversation
now concerns the dances and orchestras
that are hitting A.A. in the near future, and
some of the boys are wondering how they are
going to get out of taking their judy to all
the dances because their wallets are going to
be as low as the ring in a Scotchman's bath-
tub after they buy J-Hop tickets.
S * * *
After tonight's I.F.C. Ball will come the Foo
Costume dance the 21st, and it is to be assumed
that many will wear the clothes they ordinarily
wear and come as "Joe College."
But then there are several who are plan-
ning to boycott the Foo dance with a Poo
On Foo Ball to be held at the Armory the
same night.
' * * * *
Scene: One of President Ruthven's teas. Fresh-
man being introduced to the President, "Par-
don me, I didn't catch the name."
Students at Kansas State College, dissatisfied
with college life, have organized "gripe sessions"

trinnaires such as Mr. Payne, who Arch. 11. Domestic Architecture
believe that they can force the pub- and Housing. TTh 2, 346 Arch. Pro-
lic to accept what they think is good fessor Bennett. Two hours credit. No
for it. The existence of radio, how- prerequisite except not open to fresh-
ever, depends upon popular favor for men or sophomores.
its existence, but what is going to Draw. 33. Modeling. TTh 1-4, 307
happen if the radio public does not
accept this reformation?S-.---__
What then, Mr. Payne? Museums Attract
*SU SAtat

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One person who is definitely not 36,000 During 1937
going to be in his own backyard this _______
Sunday night will be the prominent _