PAGE FOUR THE MTIC*I GAN DAILY SUNDAY, JAN. 16, 1938 i milli a , THE MICHIGAN DAILY 3"" "- - "- - -. Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Studer +Publications.. ' Puished every morning except Mondy during the University year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the tse for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matter herein also reserved. En red at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan as second lass mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1937.38 REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers ReIresentaiv 420 MADISoN AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CICAGO - OSTON LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Board of Editors MANAGING EDITOR.............JOSEPH S.EMATTES EDITORIAL DIRECTOR ........... TUURE TENANDR CITY EDITOR..................WILLIAM C. SPALLR NEWS EDITOR ..................ROBERT P WEEKS WOMEN'S EDITOR...............HELEN DOUGLAS SPORTS EDITOR ......................IRVIN LISAGOR Business Department BUSINESS MANAGER ..............ERNEST A, JONES CREDIT MANAGER ....................DON WILSHER ADVERTISING MANAGER ....NORMAN B. STEINBERG WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER ........BETTY DAVY WOMEN'S SERVICE MANAGER ..MARGARET FERRIES NIGHT EDITOR: JOSEPH N. FREEDMAN The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Where Are We Goinarg?. -- rT' HERE ARE several just rewards that redound to you in your senior year: off hand we'd mention being able to get into discussions on epistemology and technological inemployment, and bandy about other high- falutin terms. On the other hand, one bitter obligation of the senior year, almost as appalling as the ogre of graduation, is that of counselling your sophomore and junior friends on matters academic. This year more than ever before we have been confronted with the old question, "Do you know a good two hour course that doesn't have a text-book?" Today we havesresolved never to answer that question again as long as we live, because that question stands for all that is rotten in the pursuit of the quasi-liberal education. That question has as much seriousness of pur: pose and intellectual integrity as an inquiry about the arms and legs of a bust. In it is all the lack, of imagination that fosters and feeds schemes to turn the liberal arts college into a factory for future accountants, politicians, bankers and in- surance salesmen. The searcher for the two hour course, sans text, is Mr. Average Movie- goer. He is the man that wants to see cause and effect and hasn't the perspicacity or the desire to know the meaning of something without knowing what it will net him to know it. Muns- terber says of-this preoccupation with the prac- tical: "A youth who does not learn early to appreciate the objects in their own meaning, but sees them as causes for effects, cannot be expected to have in later life other than practical interests and must lack that repose which gives the only complete satisfaction, that repose which a mere restless striving for practical ends ever promises, but can never give. The most system- atic effort must be made to train the young man from the first for the true aspect of the world which takes things as they are in their highest import and not as they appear in the system of causes and effects." This philosopher is an isolationist and wants us to look on the ocean not as H20, which can be split up by electrolysis, but as the ocean- something in itself. We are not isolationists but we are sympathetic to that approach at a time such as this when success is measured in terms of electric refrigerators, coffin-sized radio- victrolas and being able to send your son to Princeton. We are sympathetic to this approach at a time when a part of the University of Mich- igan student body looks through the school catalogue as if it were put out by Sears-Roebuck and as if they could employ the same criteria in selecting a course in aesthetics or diction and usage as they could in selecting a pair of over- alls or a bed pan. Anyone who has been in an idealistic bull session" about the horrible state of affairs in the world today and what we're going to do about it, knows that the conclusion invariably rests in one way or another upon education. That's the only way we can get better journalism, some form of state medicine for the indigent, world peace, fewer traffic fatalities, and an improved legal profession. We presume that is one reason for the popularity of the "liberal education" as a topic for preachers, editorial writers, and writers for the Saturday Evening Post; education is a grand panacea for the ailments of the world. Our point is, that to make the world safe for THE FORUM Ink For The Pens To the Editor: Your editorial this morning on Campus Period- icals expresses the hope of the hundreds of writing students and the thousands of reading students who earnestly desire some kind of publi- cation which will have continued interest to them. They don't want anything of the snobbish Contemporary sort, nor do they want a cheap imitation of a Saturday Evening Post or periodi- cals of that ilk. I sincerely believe that what is needed on this campus, undoubtedly one of the outstanding in the nation, is a suitable me- dium for the expression of Michigan students. They read, they think and they write. And some write exceptionally well. You cited the Hopwood writers and the playwrights. That group alone comprises the bulk of Michigan's creative writers. It is almost imperative to the further high quality of campus intellectual life that some periodical exist in which students and faculty members can feel free to set down in black and, white, for their own and others' edification, their views on the drama, the screen, music, art, on campus life in general. True it is that the Forum column of the Michigan Daily serves that purpose, but of late the column has been shunted off to unfamiliar parts of the editorial page, losing much of its significance and vitality. I believe that students do take their world by the scruff of the neck and shake it to see what good will fall out of its pockets. Many of them want to put down on paper for others to see what they think of the latest books, the student peace movement, the labor and capital issue, the new developments in science and engineering, the most recent events on the world political front. As a great educational and cultural focal point of the nation we deserve to have a new student periodical. If the present lack of such a publication as I envisage persists Ann Arbor can withdraw into its own little hole and have its nuts. -Old Subscriber. N em i eywood Broun I understand that this is not the most profitable :)f all possible seasons along Broadway, and yet it seems to me one of the best years the theater has ever known. I have in mind such stal- wart survivors as "You Can't Take It with You" and "Yes, M~y Darling Daughter," which is going into its last two weeks. And, of course, there is "Tobacco Road." This I have not seen even yet, because I have gone along with the feeling "there will always be time to see 'To- bacco Road'" And anyhow, I am thinking less of the veterans than of the recruits of the present season. Even when thirty or forty shows were current in New York it was exceptional to find more than two or three which really amounted to much. This year is better. "Golden Boy," "Of Mice and Men," "Pins and Needles," "Julius Caesar" "Shoemaker's Holiday" are all important. The One Best Bet But for my money "The Cradle Will Rock" is the most exciting of all the current entertain- ments. I thought it was amusing and, more than that, rousing when I first saw it. A few nights later I attended Mr. Hague's mass meeting in Jersey City, and then I realized that "The Cradle Will Rock," in addition to everything else, is also true. The community called "Steeltown," of which Marc Blitzstein has written, could very well be Jersey City. The editor, the clergyman, the business man who parade before the audience in the opera at the Windsor Theatre are not in any sense gross caricatures of the characters who strode up on Hague's stage at the armory across the river. Several people of varying worth and intensity have recently volunteered to run the blockade and smuggle a little truth inside Hague's lines, but I do not think that anyone of them could do as good a job as might be accomplished acoss the river by a special matinee of "The Cradle Will Rock" within the enemy's country. Jersey's Frank can take a lot of kidding in his stride, for he is himself of the professional good fellow type. My own visit was marred by meet- ing a man who made the traditional approach of saying, "Come on, now, Heywood. Whether you agree with our Mayor or not, you must admit that he's a good guy, and let's shake hands on that." I am pleased to report that we did not shake hands and did get into a minor row until Edd Johnson, the reporter who said "Nuts!" to Hague, pulled me away. Satire With A Sting But none of the people for whom "The Cradle Will Rock" has laid out shoes are going to have any fun in putting them on. The satire is amus- ing, but it also has a blasting quality. Its victims cannot laugh off the things said about them. Not in a good many years have I seen anything which set the mind to marching in such a man- ner. And I would like to add a word about two performances in particular. I refer to Will Geer, who plays "Mister Mister," and Howard Da Silva, who plays "Larry Foreman," the organizer. I never thought I could get back into the adolescent spirit sufficiently to hiss a stage villain until I saw Geer's Girdleresque performance, and if Da Silva isn't giving the most up and coming piece of acting now to be seen along Broadway, then I was never, for my sins, a dramatic critic. On The Le~nvel THEATRE By NORMAN T. KIELL This Proud W orkshop With Play Production's presenta- (Continued from Page 2) I tion of a student written play at the --- Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre next month: Semi-Senior Accountant, Thursday evening, the University of $170-215 a month; Junior Accoul$- Michigan's need for a workshop thea- ant. $135-165 a month; Michigan tre becomes only too flagrantly ap- Civil Service Department; for Michi- parent. gan residents. Although Norman Rosten's This For further information, please call Proud Pilgrimage is a play of such at the office, 201 Mason Hall. tremendous proportion, itywas only Bureau of Appointments and after the most careful deliberation Occupational Information. that it was decided to be performed as a major Play Production's schedule. Summer Work: Registration forj It is my contention that a student camp counseling and other types of written drama should first be pre- summer work will be held Tuesday, sented as a laboratory experiment. Jan. 18 through Friday, Jan, 21. Of- First of all, the essential eye toward fice hours: 9:00-12:00 and 2:00 to the box-office would not be a major 4:00. factor in the decision of the play's University Bureau of Appoint production; and under the present mens and Occupational Infor- system this is a vital consideration.21 Mason Hall. Secondly, from the viewpoint of the 2 playwright, his play, in the eiper- imental form, could be reworked to- 'o Choral Un embeose :Membrs ward greater dramatic sequence. He canseehiswek pint i th plyare clear and who call in person, can see his weak points in the play, will be given pass tickets for the revamp them toward greater dram- the hours of 9 and 12, and 1 and 4, atic unity and progression. Does ,h h , this piece of business work in with on Tuesday, Jan. 18. After 4 o'clock the dramatic action? Does this char- no tickets will be given out. acter motivate? Is that character1 integrated with the plot as a whole? Academic NOtices In the third place, in the Workshop Theatre, a student director could Mathematics 120, Life Insurance direct the play in experimental form; Accounting. This course was an- a student scenic designer could plan nounced as not to be given in 1937-38 the sets. Once the actual show was It wil be offered the second semester put on in this experimental form, the by Dr. T. N. E. Greville, and will meet director in charge of Play Production Wednesday and Friday at 1 o'clock| would be at a much better vantage in 3010 A.H., and Tuesday from 2 to point to see its potentialities and its 4 o'clock in 3201 A.H. box-office appeal. Further the ex- P: pense of lavish sets and props would Psychology 103: All persons plan- be drastically cut at 'the outset. ning to elect Psychology 103, Practice The experience the playwright, the in Individual Testing, next semester student dir ct thP t d n tnic must have permission from Dr. Mey-, Hymn Class; Dr. Maddy. University Broadcast 12:30-1:00 p.m. Practical Sociology for the Lay- man Series. Topic: Child Welfare. Dr. Raymond W. Waggoner, Prof. of Psychiatry. Men's Glee Club meet at Rentschler Studio at 3 :30. Full dress required. The Palestine Club will meet at 3:30 today at the Hillel Foundation. Coming Events Research Club Wednesday, Jan. 19. 8 p.m., in Room 2528 East Medical Building. Professor Campbell Bon- ner: A Discovery in Christian Liter- ature. Professor W. E. Buchmann: Cancer-producing Compounds. The Council will meet in the same room at 7 p.m. German Table for Faculty Mem- bers: The regular luncheon meeting will be held Monday at 12:10 p.m., in the Founders' Room of the Michigan Union. All faculty members interest- ed in speaking. German are cordially invited. La Sociedad Hispanica. La Sociedad Hispanica meets Monday, January 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Women's League, All members are urged to be present for a short, but very important meet- ing. Physics Colloquium: Professor N. H. Williams will speak on "Short Waves and Wave Guides" at the Physics Colloquium Monday, Jan. 17 at 4:15 in Room 1041 of the East Physics Building. 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. Graduate Education Club. January meeting will be held in the University Elementary School Library Tuesday (18th) at 4:15 o'clock. Alvin Zan- der, Research Assistant in Educa- tional Psychology, will talk on "A Countrywide Guidance Experinjent in Branch County Sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation and the Univer- sity of Michigan." Refreshments will be served. Forestry Club: All members will DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is corstructive notice to all members of fhe University. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. OUL(At~..Xa or1.UU . U±±e s ue i SUsellI designer, and the stage manager would cull from a laboratory experi- ment is only too obvious to need fur- ther recapitulation. Such work would be of invaluable aid to the student in his preparation for theatre partici- pation. It would give him that in-) er. Appointments may be made with Miss Weaver, Room 2125 N.S. The1 hours for the course are not as an-' nounced in the catalog but are to be' arranged. Political Science Department. C hanrci nizcfrcr" a a$ MUSIC timate knowledge of the theatre as 1unOanges in courses for second semest- could only be gained by such activity. er. Political Science 2, section 6 Anduc opyortugiedtyasuthativy.(Professor Pollock) will be given at nd such oppoirunity at habUniver- eleven Tues. Thurs and Sat. instead s Ma of at ten. Political Science 52, section Pla Prn dnin' t 1Pni ng ni -_ . Calendar TODAY Radio City Music Hall, Erno Rapee cond., Jan Peerce, soloist. Beethoven's First Symphony, ex- cerpts from Tschaikowsky's Sixth Symphony, Za- dor's 'Hungarian Capriccio, "Eleazar's Aria" from Halevy's La Juive. 12:30-1:30, NBC Blue. New York Philharmonic, Georges Enesco cond. and soloist, Mishel Piastro cond. Saint-Saens' A major Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Mo- zart's D major ("Haffner") Symphony, excerpts from the Rustic Suite of Sabin Dragoi (American premiere), Beethoven's Fourth Symphony. 3-5, CBS. MONDAY Rochester Civic Orchestra, Guy Fraser Harri- son cond. Beethoven's Coriolanus Overture, Schu- bert's B minor ("Unfinished") Symphony, Eight Russian Folk Songs of Liadov. Suite, Op. 42, of Macdowell. 3-4, NBC Blue. School of Music Graduation Recital, Janet McLoud pianist. Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor of Bach, Mozart D major Sonata, Davids- bundlertanze of Schumann, Sonatine of Ravel, two preludes by Debussy. 8:15 p.m., School of Music Aud. TUESDAY Choral Union Concert, Helsinki Chorus, Martti Turunen cond. All-Finnish program of songs by Sibelius, Palmgren, Jarnefelt, Turunen, Genetz, Kajanus, Haapalainen, Tornudd, Pesola, Made- toja, Maasalo, and Kuula. 8:30 p.m., Hill Aud. WEDNESDAY Twilight Organ Recital, Palmer Christian or- ganist. All-American program: Suite, Op. 25 of Seth Bingham; Finale from Organ Symphony No. 1 of Edwin S. Barnes; First Sonata of James H: Rogers; Passacaglia from Organ Symphony in G by Leo Sowerby; Through the Mist by Ernest Ibbotson; Rhapsody by Michigan graduate Ros- setter G. Cole; A Gothic Prelude and Suite, "In a Chinese Garden," by Eric DeLamarter. 4:15 p.m. Hill Aud. School of Music Graduation Recital, Andrew Ponder violinist, Francis Hopper accompanist. Handel's Viola Concerto in B minor; Sonata, Op. 25 No. 1, for Viola alone by Paul Hindemith; Poeme by Ruygrok; Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1, by Brahms. 8:15 p.m., School of Music Aud. Cleveland Symphony, Artur Rodzinski cond. 9:10, NBC Red. THURSDAY Victor Bay's "Essays in Music," subject "Bach." Representative compositions by Johann Sebas- tian, Wilhelm Friedmann, Johann Christian, Jo- hann Bernhard, Johann Christoph Friedrich, Jo- hann Christoph, and Karl Phillip Emanuel Bach. 10-10:30 p.m., CBS. FRIDAY School Qt Music Graduation Recital, Charles McNeill violinist, Ray Kondratowicz accompan- ist. Concerto in D major by Brahms, Chausson's Poeme, Turina's El Poema de Una Sanluquena. SATURDAY Cincinnati Conservatory Symphony, Alexander von Kreisler cond. Tschaikowsky's Fourth Sym- nhnnv an1 In The Novgorod Forests by von iay ro ucui ons present Iocatin ; has been condemned by the Fire De- partment as unsafe. Further, the space in Play Production's building is of such small proportion that it is impossible to rehearse more than one play at the same time. Frequently, the occasion arises when a Children Theatre's production, a series of one- act plays for various campus organ- izations, and a major presentation by Play Production itself, fall out nearly at the same time. Rehearsals must go on and scenery must be built and stored. But where? Surely it is a physical impossibility at the Lab Thea tre. These are but a few of the vital reasons for the why of a Workshop Theatre at the University. Campus sentiment is in accord with the feel- Ing. It is up to us, the student body, to do something about it. We shall. '-And For Yale' (Communication to the editor, re- 4, will be given at ten, TuThs, by Professor Pollock, instead of at one, MWF, by Professor Calderwood. Political Science 68 will be given at one, MWF (2203 A.HJ by Professor Calderwood instead of at nine, Tu ThS, by Professor Hayden. Political Science 154, Governments and Poli- tics of the Far East, will not be given., Howard B. Calderwood Chinese Civilization and Japanese please be present at Rentschler's Stu- Literature. Courses (O.L. 186), Chi- dio, Huron Street, one o'clock, Tues- nese Civilization, TuTh, 11, 2029 A. day, 'Jan, 18, to have Club picture SH.., Dr. Chang; and (O.L. 194), Jap- taken. (Pre-foresters note). Be anese Literature, MWF, 10, 2029 A.H.,1 prompt.f, Mr. Yamagiwa, will be offered the second semester, but are not included The Monday Evening Drama See-, in the catalogue. Courses in Chinese tion of the Faculty Women's Club and Japanese language are also of- will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Michi- fered. Pamphlets, including descrip- gan Union on Jan. 17. tions of these courses, are available in Room 4 U.H. and further infor- Michigan Dames: The contract mation may be received from Profes- study division of the bridge group sor Waterman, 2021 A.H. or Professor will meet at the League Monday ev- Hall, 11 A.H. ening at 8. Botanical Seminar meets Wednes- By WRAG Michigan's own "Thank God It's Friday" club -has met with some competition from the Soph- omore Engineers who held their first meeting of the T.G.I.I.M. Club, which met yesterday at the P-Bell. Translated, the letters stand for "Thank God It Isn't Monday." Prize typo of the week: SOUTH PROTESTS AGAINST LEWISLATION. The "w" in place of the "g" makes it even more appropriate. Prof. Anning adds to the list of registra- tion line wows by pointing out the following divisions for second semester registration in the Lit catalogue: "Wil to Woo, Kom to Lap, Du to Er." A fraternity social chairman walked into a Detroit music store and asked, "Have you got a record of that new French piece-"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen'?" The little salesman shriveled up, "Franch racord! Oy! You should lift so long!" The latest thing being planned for January 21, along with FOO and POO ON FOO, is a GOO NIGHT down at one of the downtown broo par- lors. The POO ON FOO dance at The Armory next Friday has been taken as a joke, but fra- ternity men who feel that the Dorm Com- mittee has handed fraternities a raw deal, -' - .. , e _ --.s . . .1 _ . printed from The New Yorker.) Notice to Seniors: The next exam- day, January 19, at 4:30, Room 1139, I am interested in knowing whether ination in foreign languages (French, N.S. Bldg. Paper by C. D. La Rue perioical Gei'man, Italian, Spanish) for the "The rooting of flowers and stem in- an youorgan for communist propaganda New York State teacher's license is ternodes in sterile culture." As an enthusiastic reader of you. scheduled for February 18 at 1:15 magazine I have been surprised to o'clock. All seniors who may be in- Luncheon for Graduate Students terested in securing a license to teach on Wednesday, January 19, at 12 against every patriotic activity and an in New York State should notify the o'clock, in the Russian Tea Room of ind t evert of bolsh kvit andoa-!office of the Department of Romance the Michigan League. Cafeteria ser- ganda and dictatorship. This would Languages (112 R.L., telephone ex- vice. Professor Howard McCluskey not seem within your sphere and I ( tension 406) by Wednesday noon, of the School of Education will speak shall take pleasure in endeavoring to January 26, so that papers may be informally on "Education for Social bring your unamerican policies to as I sent here. Responsibility." many of your readers as I know. it would be more honest to sell out youronA Grtd publication and draw cartoons for the j important business meeting Monday, Daily Worker the type of humor . Choral Union Concert: The Hel- Jan. 17, at 7:30 in the Michigan which can excoriate the-Daughters of sinki Chorus ,made up of 60 singers League. the American Revolution and the ex- from the Cniversity of Helsinki, con- sducted by Martti Turunen, will give Physical Education for Women. In- lression of free speech by patriot the seventh concert in the Choral dividual skill tests in swimming will the butchery of three hundied thou- Union Series, Tuesday night at 8:30, be given at the Union Pool on Mon- sand Catholics in Spain is not to be in Hill Auditorium. This organiza- day and Wednesday, January 17th tion is under the sponsorship of Jan and 19th from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. and I regret that you have changed a once Sibelius, and the honorary patron- Thursday, January 20th from 8:30 humorous publication into an instru- age of Serge Koussevitsky; Eugene to 9:30 p.m. ment for advancement of Bolshevism. Ormandy, Aitur Rodzinski. Walter Caldwell Patton, Chairman Damrosch, and other distinguished Churches Republican Committee for American musicians. Ann Arbor Friends will hold their Pubc Safety, Graduation Recital: Janet McLoud, meeting for worship Sunday at 5 New York. cod pianist, will appear in graduation re- p.m. at the Michigan League. cital, Monday night, Jan. 17, at 8:15 t uo'clock in the School of Music Audi- Disciples Guild (Church of Christ) torium on Maynard Street. The gen- 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship, Rev. $5 000 T eral public, with the exception of Fred Cowin, minister. S 0 00 To0Dig small children, is invited to listen to 12:00 noon. Students' Bible Class, an interesting program which Miss H. L. Pickerill, leader. In Eastern U.S. McLoud will present. 5:30 p.m., Social Hour and Tea. E hbto6:30 p.m., Forum-Mr. Kenneth Exhibition Morgan will speak on "Techniques A grant of $5.000 recently given to of Religious Living." This is the the Museum of Anthropology by the; Etchings, Aquatints and Mezzotintss -!yPoe Al d Ms second of a series of discussions on Indiana Historical Society will be by Professor Alexander Mastro-Va- "Exh used for further research into Amen- lerio of the College of ArchitectureRerimental Methods in Personal used f rfur her r sea cin the o th G lle r Alum m Religious Living " i L can archaeoiogy in the Eastern Unit-----, ed States which is being diiected in;oiial Hall; and Etchings, Lithographs F-- and Woodcuts by tihe Chicago Artists First Baptist Church, Sunday, this University by Dr. Cai'l E. Guthe 10'45 a.m. Rev. R. Edward Sayles will of the Museum. Group in the North Gallery, Alumni :E his se anytemistingphysicalMemorial Hall; daily 2 to 5 p.m. in- give the second sermon in the series lish any existing physical relation- eluding Sundays, Jan. 12 through 26. of thiee studies on realist and rei- ship between ancient gioups having under the auspices of the Ann Arbor gion. His special theme will be similar cultures. Art Association. "Seeking Reality Through Religion." The Church School meets at 9:30 The University, which has no ex- T a.m. with Dr. A. J. Logan, superin-