14;TH MICHIGAN fAIL Y A amJL M 1911T' THE MICHIGAN DAILY You of By See Terry DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN I y / II ' Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Stuident Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Sumr r Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press 'is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All' rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved: Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc, Collele Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE.NEW YORK, N. Y. CICAG'O BOSTON Los ANGELES -.SAN FANCiSCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1938-39 Board Managing Editor. r Editorial Director . City Editor . Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor. . Associate Editor Associate Editor Book Editor . . Women's Editor Sports Editor . of Editors E Robert D. Mitchell . . Albert P. Mayto . Horace W. Gilmore . Robert I. FItzhenry l3 R:5 H Kleiman. . . Robert Perlman . . Earl Gilman . . William Elvin . . Joseph Freedman R . Joseph hies . Dorothea Btaeblar . . Bud Benjamin Post-Parley Nightmare Barker: Step right'up my friends Come and join the fray See, the pretty parley panels Standing in array. Hurry,.hurry, hurry You all can have a say Buy one for your girl friend sir The parley starts today. Fascists and democrats Communists and autocrats Sorority, fraternity Are going to solve eternity Students to the right of you Volleying and thundering Students' to the left of you Open mouthed and wondering. Listen, listen,;listen, The speeches will begin Come and see the goddamn mess The world is getting in. First speaker:' Be of good cheer There's nothing to fear God's in His Heaven And Adam Smith's near, Listen to me It's easy; to: see When you build up your capital Life is a spreew. Second speaker: Why be so dense Use your good sense Why not be happy And sit on the fence? To, make a decision Is cause for division Thoughtful inaction Remains my position. Third speaker: Worry and gloom We're nearing our doom Don't be misled by This talk of a boom. Don't be a dolt Open the bolt Students and faculty Join the revolt! Audience: Yes, yes, yes, He's absolutely right No, no, no, We really ought to fight. Who: what why? Why it's, absolutely clear Ridiculous, impossible- The Revolution's here. Barker: Come one come all It's absolutely free Culture, University And foreign policy. Fight, fight, fight To get majority, Come along and listen to The latest prophesy. Culture The movie and play Are going to decay Culture's not culture So what's there to say? Education Smoking and drinks Nobody thinks Confidentially speaking The U of M stinks. Economics Let's have a plan I don't think we can There's been inequality Since men began. Foreign Policy You're most impolite- Maybe we're right- Roosevelt, no Hitler-' We've all got to fight. Religion Let us all fast Look to the past Hallelujah my brethren Religion must last. Science In science at least- No progress has ceased; The means of production Must all be increased. Audience: An interesting pastime An enjoyable discussion But an American is,not the same As any common Russian. You can not change our biases No matter how you try, We have our little viewpoints And we'll have them till we die. -June Harris Business Department Business Manager . . . Philip W. Buchen Credit Manager , . , Leonard P. Siegelman Advertising Manager William L.Newnan Women's Business Manager . . Helen Jean Dean Women's Service Manager . . Marian A. baxter NIGHT EDITOR: JACK CANAVAN The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of-the writers only. Arms And The Man . . THE EUROPEAN war jitters aroused by the aggressive acts of the Axis powers crossed the English channel yesterday with the announcement that a plan to con- script 900,000 men into active military service has been favorably reported on by the British Cabinet. Entailing as it does one of the most tremend- ous changes in British life since the 17th cen- tury, the proposal is certain to be subjected to heated debate on the floor of Commons today Labor member of Parliament are certain to- ob- ject to the plan, especially if no provisionis made that some form of conscription of the profits of armaments companies are also made. Paci- fists and conscientious objectors will undoubted- ly raise sincere protests against the proposal. Whatever the internal effects the proposal may engender, it dropped like a bombshell upon the diplomatic front. Herr Hitler may insist that he was not in the "least impressed" by Great Bri- tain's move, but the impression in Paris and in the embattled capitals of Central Europe is a deep one. Until the present move was under- taken, Britain's greatest obstacle in its attempt to weave an anti-aggression alliance among the peaceful nations was the skepticism of those very nations in regard to the sincerity and reality of. British diplomacy. As Mr. Winston Churchill - indicated yesterday, this is the first time that the British government has taken ade- quate steps to back up its guarantees .to. many European countries that it would make common cause with them against -further aggression. Morally and diplomatically this can be the only justification for the British military, con- scription plan. If it is not part of a genuine pro- gram for peace by common defense against the aggressors, the transformation of the peace- ful British democracy into a nation in arms is a move to be regretted. -Elliott Maraniss The 'Bridge Of Sighs' A BILL authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Straits of Mackinac, linking the upper and lower penin- sulas of Michigan; has been passed by the United States Senate and is now in a House Committee. A total of 274,749 cars crossed this strait on the ferry, during the year 1937 which was con- sidered almost a boom year in the tourist trade. Yet many people are advocating the building of a bridge which would cost at least $30,000,000 across this eight mile span for traffic of this size. Many think that it will greatly increase the tourist trade in the upper peninsula and also, indirectly, in all of Michigan. But few consider the 'prohibitive toll that will be necessary to make the bridge pay for itself. It is important to note, too, that the Ambassa- dor Bridge cost only $20,000,000 and yet the company backing a bridge connecting two large urban centers went bankrupt and unable: to pay the interest charges. It is to be sincerely hoped that the taxpayers of this state will not permit the erection of a $30,000,000 "Bridge of Sighs." ODIN WASHINGTONLawrence FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1939 VOL. XLIX. No. 148 Notices Honors Convocation: The Sixteenth Annual Honors Convocation of the University of Michigan willb e held Friday, April 28, at 11 o'clock, in Hill Auditorium. Classes, with the excep- tion of clinics, will be dismissed at 10:45. Those students in clinical classes who are receiving honors at the Convocation will be excused in or- der.to attend. The faculty, seniors, and graduate students are requested to wear academic costume but there will be no procession. Members of the faculty are asked to enter by the rear door of Hill Auditorium and pro- ceed directly to the stage, where ar- rangements have been made for seat- ing them. The public is invited. Alexander G. Ruthven. May we call to the attention of all those concerned that any complaints on telephone service should come to Mr. Bergman or the undersgined in the Business Office. Please do not place your compaints with the Tele- phone Company. Very often service can be improved by suggestions from this office without assistance from a technical expert. . Herbert G. Watkins. To The Members of the Faculty of the College of Literature, Science, And the Arts: The seventh regular meeting of the faculty of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts for the aca- demic session of 1938-39 will be held in Room 1025 Angell Hall, May 1, 1939, at 4:10 p.m. The reports of the various commit- tees, instead of being read orally at the meeting, have been prepared in advance and are included with this cal to the meeting. They should be retained in your files as part of the minutes of the May meeting. Edward H. Kraus. Agenda: 1. Adoption of the minutes of the meeting of April 3, 1939, which have been distributed by campus mail. Refugee Children The problem of the refugees from Central Europe's terrorism is not an easy one. Whatever our sympathies, our private difficulties make it im- possible for us to serve as we did after the 1848 liberal uprisings in Europe, when tens of thousands of the Old World's finest spirits found sanctuary' in. democratic America. Our welcome to the 1939 refugees must be largely limited by the strict quotas of our immigration laws. But we have nothing to lose and everything to gain through adoption of the Wagner-Rogers resolution and the admission of 10,000 German chil- dren this year, beyond the quota limits, and another 10,000 next year. If we cannot take their fathers and mothers, we can, without unduly complicating our own troubles, take a limited number of the children,1 "the most pitiful and helpless suffer- ers" of all. The children, who we would admit, the Wagner-Rogers proposal pro- vides, must be under fourteen years of age. Thus they would not be im-1 mediate competitors in the labor andt business markets. There must be in each case "satis- factory assurances" that they will be supported and adequately care for through voluntary action of respon- sible citizens or private organizations, so that they will not become public, charges. They must be representative of every race and creed. Some will come from Gentile families, some from Jewish, some from Catholic families, some from Protestant. The shocking fact that thousands of German mothers and fathers are willing to give up their children, if only they can go to some land where freedom is more than a memory, is a sufficient commentary on the need for aid to these youngest victims of Nazi tyranny. The willingess of other nations, such as Britain and Holland, to re- ceive some of the children, shows that we would not be alone in our demonstration of practical sympathy. The ancient rfaith of the western world was that we could serve as a sanctuary for the oppressed and dis- inherited of all the earth. We cannot any longer-at least not now-share as fully in the rescue of Europe's despot-ridden peoples as we might once have done. But thechildren we can certainly receive. In the terms of the resolution this action "would constitute the most immediate and practical contribution by our liberty- loving people to the cause of human freedom, to which we are inseverably bound by our institutions, our his- tory, and our profoundest senti- ment. 2. Discussion of reports submitted with this call to the meeting. a. Executive Committee, prepared by Professor John F. Shepard. b. University Council, prepared by Professor John W. Bradshaw. c. Executive Board of the Gradu- ate School, prepared by Professor Peter Field. d. Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, prepared by Pro- fessor Ralph A. Sawyer. e. Deans' Conference, prepared by Dean Edward H. Kraus. 3. New business. a. Recommendation on Naval ROTC-Professor John F. Shepard. b. Report on Admissions with Ad- vanced Standing-Professor Charles M. Davis, The Bureau has received the fol lowing announcement: The Bureau for Street Traffic Re- search, Yale University, announces 19 graduate fellowships in Street and Highway Traffic Engineering. In- struction to begin Sept. 26,. 1939. Application forms must be filed not later than June 1, 1939. Complete announcements are on file at the University Bureau of Ap- pointments and Occupational Infor- matfon,.201 Mascn Hall; office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. University Bureau of Appoint- ments aid Occupational infor- mation. Summer Work: The Bureau of Ap- pointments and Ocicupational Infor- mation has received calls for the fol- lowing: 1. Head of the Mariner Unit of, Michigan Girl Scout Camp. 16 girls between 15-,8 to supervise. Re- quirements: at least 21, experience in canoeing, boating, lifesaving and if possible sailing. Salary: $90. 2. Cook for Michigan Girl Scout Camp. Salary: $110.3 Academic Notices Sociology 51: Make-up Examina- tion will be held Saturday, April 29, at 2 p.m. in Room D. Haven Hall. Proseminar in Genetics and Evolu- tion: The next meeting of this pro-1 seminar is postponed to Monday, May 8. A. Franklin Shull. Freshmen, College of Literature, Science and the Arts. In order to give t freshmen adequate opportunity to1 discuss their sophomore elections with their counselors, appointments may now be made at the Office of the Academic Counselors, 108 Mason Hall, telephone, Extension 613. You will be notified by post card when to ararnge for your appointment. t Freshmen will find it to their de-~ ided advantage to secure official ap- provalof their sophomore elections now, since opportunities for consul- tation in the fall will be of necessity very limited.f Arthur Van Duren. . Final Doctoral Examination of Mr.< Gregorio T. Velasquez will be held on Saturday, April 29 at 2 p.m. in Room1 1139 Natural Science Bldg. Mr. Ve-e lasquez's field of specialization is bot- any. The title of his, thesis is "On The Viability of Algae Obtained froml the Digestive Tract of the Gizzard1 Shad, Dorosoma cepedianum (LeE Sueur)." Professor H. H. Bartlett, asI chariman of the committee, will con- duct the examination. By "directiont of the Executive Board, the chairman has the privilege of inviting memberst of the faculty and advanced doctoral candidates to attend the examination and to grant permission to others whoe might wish to be present.t Exhibitions t Exhibition of Six Paintings by c Three Mexican Artists-Rivera, Or- ozco, and Siqueiros-and water colors by Alexander Mastro Valerio, under the auspices of, the Ann Arbor Artj Association Alumni Memorial Hall,1 North and South Galleries; After-i noons from 2 to 5; April 27 through1 May 13. Lectures Mayo Lecture: The annual William J. Mayo Lecture will be delivered by< Dr. Harold I. Lillie, in the Hospital Amphitheatre, University Hospital, this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Doctor{ Lillie will speak on the "Correlation of the Special Practice of Otolaryn- gology with the General Practice of Medicine." All Junior and Senior classes willl be dismissed to permit students to] attend this lecture. The Staff and Internes of University Hospital are cordially invited to be present. Events Today Visitors to Schoolmaster's: You are1 invited to a tea this afternoon, from1 4 to 5 o'clock in the University Ele- mentary School Library. Members of Pi Lambda Theta will be your hostess. Zeta Phi Eta: All actives and pledges should report .to the League at three Dames aux Chapeaux Verts," a mod- rn French comedy in.one prologue and three acts by Albert Acremant, at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Friday, April 28 at 8:15 p.m. All seats are reserved. Tickets will be on sale at the box-office April 27 and 28. A special reduction will be made for holders of the French Lec- ture series cards. Stalker Hall: Party le.aving Stalker Hall at 7:30 o'clock for a weiner roast at the Island. Call 6881 for reservations. The Bible Class will not meet this week owing to the fact that Dr. Brm- shares is out of town. The Westminster Guild will hold an informal game party at its Open House tonight. Come at 8:30 if you want an ev ning full of fun in riotous college fa ion. Reform services tonight at 8 p.m. at the Hillel Foundatino. Dr. Isaac Rabinowitz will speak on "The Unit- ed Jewish Appeal Drive." Phi Sigma Sigma sorority will be in charge of the social following services. , Coming Events Chemical Engineers: All who plan to go on the AIChE plant inspection trip Wednesday, May 3, must sign up be- fore 10 a.m. Monday. Sign any of the announcements posted in the East Engineering building or in Prof. A. H. White's office. The group leaves at 7:45 a.m. and returns by 6p.m. and will take in Michigan Alkali aid White Star Refining Co. Bus fare will be $1.10. Everyone invited. Special Trip to Loan Exhibition of Chinese Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, on Friday, May 5. Bus leaves Mich- gan Union 6:25 p.m.; on return leave Institute of Arts 10:30 p.m. $1.2 round trip. Make early reservations through Prof. Plumer or at Anthro- pology Office, 4011 Museums Bldg. No reservations by phone, Faculty, School of Education: The regular luncheon meeting of the fac- ulty will be held Monday noona May 1, at 12:15 o'clock at the Michigan Ujnion! The Angell Hall Observatory will be open to the public on Saturday eve- ning, April 29, from 9 to 10 to observe the moon. Children must -be accom- panied by adults. The Graduate Outing Club will meet Saturday, April 29, at the club room in .the Rackham Building at 8 p.m. They will have a moonlight canoeing party. About 11 o'clock they willye- turn for refreshments. Sunday there will be a regular outdoor program. The faculty and all graduate students are invited. Ping Pong Tournament: The semi- finals and finals in the wmen's tournament will be held at Rarbour Gymnasium on Saturday, April 29 at 2 o'clock. A demonstration - will also be. given by the men's group. Anyone interested is cordially invit- ed to atend. The Graduate Outing Club plan a hike along the Huron River Sunday, April 30, at 2:30 p.m.. They willmeet at the. Northwest entrance ,f. the Rackham. Building. Supper will be held out of doors. In case of rain the group will go roller skating. The faculty and all graduate stu- dents are invited. The Annual Hillel Spring Dance will be held this Saturday evening at the Huron Hills Country, Club. Tick- ets must be bought in advance,Trans- portation may be made-by- calling the Foundation.Proceedsof-, the dance will be contributed to the,Unit- ed Jewish Appeal Drive. ' - Congregational Fellowship: All members are urged to be present for the election of officers to be held at the meeting this Sunday. This will be. the last indoor meeting. of the year, and we have for our speaker Dr. W. P. Lemon, who will discuss, "The Meaning of Protestantism." Fraternity Presidents: There will be a dinner meeting of house presidents at the Psi' Upsilon House, 1000, Hill St., on Tuesday, May 2, 1939 at .6 o'clock. The Michigan Christian Fellowship extends an invitation to students ;o attend its Sunday afternoon meeting held in the Fireplace Room, -Lane Hall from 4:15 to 5:30. There will be opportunity for discussion. Light re- freshments will be served at the close of the meeting. The Tenth Anniversary of the Mich- igan League Building will be cele- brated with a dinner in the League Ballroom at 6 p.m. and entertainpent in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre at 8:30 on Thursday, May 4. Tickets $j in charge of Mrs. Donald May, o}, sale at League and Union desks. Alumnae Council is pursuing a 10-' year program. A suecial Gift Cnom WASHINGTON,;April 27.-Many-people won- dered why, on the same day that President Roosevelt issued his peace appeal to Herr Hitler. and Signor Mussolini, the United States fleet was suddenly ordered back to the Pacific. Many. observers also wondered'why so little was said about aggression in the Far East. The explana- tion is that the United States government is as anxious to restore good relations with Japan as to see peace in Europe, but the. circumstances sur- - rounding., the problem in the Pacific have re- quired a different approach. . It is well known here, of course, that Berlin has' been putting pressure on the Japanese to make- an open declaration of purpose to.go along with the so-called axis- powers, and, that such a statement would imply a disturbance of the status quo in.the Pacific which could not but be of direct interest to the United States. If -the decision of Tokio- is to rely on the coercive in- fluence- of physical force rather thah amicable negotiation of a 'solution of existing problems as they .relate to Great Britain, the United States, France:, and the Netherlands, then -the sending of the American fleet back to the Pacific is merely- a Tsignal of self-protection on the part of America's makers of foreign policy. 'But the true American desire, the hope and intention, of the American government, is to re- establish the friendliest possible -relations with Tokio. When the President sent a cruiser to. Japan bearing the ashes of the former Japanese ambassador -to the United States and the Jap- Ah, Rats! The University of Illinois achieved the nadir of notoriety with Wednesday's performance of. "Brother Rat" John Poppelreiter, freshman foot- ball player, who swallowed five live.-white -rats on a $10 wager. As always with minorities'-and college men and women are definitely in a minority-i4he acts of one brand .the whole lot, as culprits. We, along, with the rest: of the university world, were mildly blamed for the seafood ,swallowing marathons, but edll be positively blasphemed for-this more fopl-hardy. escapade. When the, University somehow steered clear of the: recent goldfish gobblings, staid people breathed sighs of relief.:They remained calm before Christmas as no exuberant; Illini chased co-eds up and down the campus in quest off illicit mistletoe kisses. In fact, they began to believe- I inpis, with. the largest concentration of stu- dents in the country, was capable of no more raucous behavior, than-a conservative .turtle trudge. Then, five rats suddenly disappeared past the epiglottis of one of our sterling under- graduates. -' Today-'the eyes of America are upon us-in anese people through their press noted this demonstration of friendship with deepest appre- ciation, it was a sign of the hopes of the Wash- ington government that some way might be found to bring Japanese-American relations to the status they formerly had. The" problems of Chinese-Japanese - friction are not regarded here as insuperable. A peace can be negotiated between China and Japan, but the- real question is what can this be made to mean in economic terms. Wherever one turns in the international unrest of today, leading to threats of war, there is a basic economic prob- lem which could yield to treatment if the other nations ,of the world would but see the dis- interestedness of purpose of the United States government as a possible mediator. Thus, in respect to China, what the Japanese want is an opportunity for their crowded popu- lation to expand commercially in the Far East. The American government has no objection to Japanese commercial expansion, in fact, would like to help encourage it, but the Japanese gov-3 ernment has used up a substantial amount of capital and .the whole> Japanese nation economy cannot utilize the gains made in China unless capital comes in from the outside. America is deeply.interested in a new entente with Japan, but the chances of such a develop- ment would be-immeasurably diminished if the Tokio diplomats allowed themselves to become entangled too deeply in the Rome-Berlin axis maneuvers. The.,Editor Gets Told S -. Inconsistency, To the Editor: A curious inconsistency in the enforcement of a University rule came to my attention yester- day. I wonder if someone could offer an explana- tion? What I am writing about is this: there is, unless I am mistaken,- a University regulation which says that hand-bills are not to be. passed out on campus. Several, times permission has been refused various liberal organizations to pass out hand-bills with. reference being made to the rule. However yesterday, oddly. enough,- young, saddle-shoed ladies were passing out, handbills informing the populace that the Freshman pro- ject is namedAhe."Puddle-Jump" and attendance is certainly a good idea. - Is it, perhaps,- that!only such things of vital importance as:the Puddle-Jump deserve hand- .4