THE MICHIGAN DAILY DAILY 4-1I ..ll ': = rLr",arudtkrw ..y..e.... ... ._.....,.. i KNJ"^ * " o~sO C.s~nw .o d managed by students of the University of ider the authority of the Board in Control of blications. every morning except Monday during the ear and Summer Session. ember of the Associated Press ciated Press is exclusively entitled to the ublication of all news dispatches credited to otherwise credited in this newspaper. All publication of all other matters herein also t the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as smail matter. ons during regular school year by carrier, ail, $4.50. RESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY tional Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative O MADIsoN AVE. NEw YORK, N. Y. AGO BOSTON - LOS ANGELES ..SAN FRANCISCO Associated Collegiate Press, 1938-39 , Board Itor . ector tor tor tor tor tor tor tor r.. of Editors . . Robert D. Mitchell .. . . Albert P. May10 Horace W. Gilmore . . Robert I. Ftzhenry S. R. Kleiman Robert Perlman S . . Earl Gilman William Elvin Joseph Freedman Joseph Gies . Dorothea Staebler . . . Bud Benjamin Business Department anager' . . , . Philip W. Buchen ager . . . Leonard P. Siegelman Manager. . . William L. Newnan usiness Manager .Helen Jean Dean ervice Manager . . Marian A. Baxter HT EDITOR: CARL PETERSEN N editorials published in The Michigan ire written by members of the Daily ad represent the views of the writers itch ... THE ATTEMPT of most Americans to escape as far aspossible from the -hand tactics of totalitarian states seems ave backed American public opinion into straight-jacket of Babbittry. Each fresh on of the news carries some new evidence of towing bigotry in the American mind. We becoming increasingly allergic to anything threatens the status quo. his is the day of the demagogue who rests entire claim to popular attention on such dowy generalities as Democracy, Freedom the Constitution and on vicioU's crusades nst "un-Americanism." ecently an Ohio branch of the American on demanded that the State General As- bly conduct an investigation of "subversive vities" at Ohio State University. In addition Legion wanted to insure the students should 3 on the straight and narrow line of "true ricanism." Their aim was to gain the en- nent of a law providing for the "expulsion n our public schools, colleges and universe. of any student found guilty of circulating land or mouth un-American doctrines." xThe nition of "un-American" remaining rather T. ae legislature quickly gave the Legion the shoulder on such an obvious handcuffing ivil rights. But almost immediately there brought up for consideration another meas- providing for the creation of a special com- ee to investigate un-American activities he state. ichigan is not far behind in this inquisition 'isms." Instructors here still must take an t not to teach anything but the straight- d doctrines which have been socially ap- ed. t St. Louis University a few weeks ago an >rtant school official was dismissed -because sponsored a talk by a speaker who favored alist Spain and who protested against the played by the Spanish church in. the civil ?rofessor Mamlock," a Russian-made movie ing with the persecution of the Jews by the .s, was barred from the State of Ohio. And e 'Lindbergh's books were removed from a Jersey library becau'se of Charles Lind- h's acceptance of a Nazi decoration. hese are small-fry examples of the vast ercurrent that is carrying American public ion to the extreme right. It remained for House of Representatives to climax this d when, by a vote of 344 to 35, it granted ,000 to the Dies Committee so that progres- can be ferreted out as "Reds" on a more diose scale than ever. seems that the ranting and ravings of the Committee last year were only warm-ups. present House grant is four times as great he first appropriation. The crystallization of rican Babbittry has progressed so swiftly instead of the public hostility and ridicule h Dies and his cohorts originally encount- this year the committee undertakes its hing with the blessing of 74 per cent of the rican people, as indicated by the Gallup Heywood Broun, however, states that Dr. up's question on un-American activities not worded in such a way that the results are not needed, but rather objective and quiet investigation into those activities which can be definitely proven harmful to the country. While the Committee is acting, the average citizen should weigh for himself the extent to which wholesale condemnations of "un-Ameri- canism" are in keeping with the real American tradition of liberty. -Hervie Haufler Let's Air The Air Force . . T HE REQUIREMENTS demanded of students who wish to apply for fly- ing. instruction under the Student Pilot Training Program were recently issued in preparation for the beginning of the course this semester. Twenty students will be selected. Strangely enough (to those of us- who had heard that the Civil Aeronautics Autuhority had provided funds for the costs of the program), it now appears that a fee of $60 will be charged for the course-$50 to be paid to the University for insurance and $10 for a Federal medical examination. The effect of this charge will un- doubtedly be the elimination of applicants from that two-thirds of the student body that works its own way throtgh college, partly or in the whole. We have seen in many countries the result of the establishment of an officer class based upon economic lines. We have seen in many countries how such an army easily becomes the instrument of reactionary movements and throws its support against the maintenance of demo- cratic government and the provision of a fuller life for the masses of people. In numerous editorials we have pointed out the danger of our increased armaments, if no provision is made to democratize the army and navy-if no change is made in the present system of selecting officers. It is obvious that in the case of the Student Pilot's Training Program, which in effect provides for the establishment of an auxiliary air force, no economic barrier must be placed in the way of applicants, if democratic principles are to be maintained-if we are to have a fair guarantee that this very same air force will not be used against the American people themselves should ever the at- tempt be made to keep them in subjection and deprive them of their rights as human beings. With the gradual development of political democracy in this country we have seen the disappearance of the poll tax and of the prop- erty qualifications that formerly were placed upon both voters and candidates for office. Yet the threat embodied in any proposed reversion to economic discrimination in the political field could hardly be greater than the threat involved in economic discrimination in the organization of our air force. Since the fee has been impoed at the request of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, the only thing the University can do is to threaten to reject the scheme for Michigan if the fee is not removed. While it may be too late to make this threat in reference to the trial period this next semes- ter, it is certain that pressure should be brought to bear to prevent the maintenance of the fee next year when the program is expanded. It is clear that if all the universities included in the scheme enter a vigorous protest, the fee will be dropped. The Daily would like to encourage comment from the campus on this subject. The "Forum" column will be open. -S. R. Kleiman RECORDS By WILLIAM JJ LICHTENWANGER Recent Releases Richard Strauss: Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53. Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy cond., 10 sides, 5-12", Victor Set VM-520, $10.00. At last the Domestic Symphony is on records -a fact that will be hailed with varying en- thusiasm by Strauss fiends and others who are not so sensitive to beauties Straussian. The fact that the Symphony, which had its first playing in our own New York City in March, 1904, pos- sesses one of the cutest and most sentimental "programs" of all the Strauss group is a point very much in its favor to those can't enjoy the music but who like to follow the story as told by an annotator with an over-worked imag- ination. Those to whom the profundities of Zarathustra and the subtleties of Till Eulen- spiegel are eternal enigmas can turn with relief to the homespun spectacle of a day in the Strauss domage, with baby splashing in his bath While relations quarrel over the dubious honors of family resemblance. Personally, we find all such programs so much superfluous piffle, useful only to those to whom the music means nothing. And we likewise dis- agree with those cynics who look for so much in the music that they can find nothing. To us, Strauss' style, quite the same though it is in all the orchestral poems, has given to music a full- bloodedness, a spirit of Gemuetlichkeit, that is unique in music. Sometimes this spirit speaks in- evitably with less force and directness than at other times-and the Domestic Symphony seems to be one of these times. The Straussian spirit is certainly there, in all its restless vigor, its Teutonic wit, and its senti- mental tenderness. But, perhaps because the themes do not appear so fresh and pliable as those of Till or Don Juan, there seems to be mdre "paper music" and less genius than is usual with Strauss. The Adagio movement is to us the most moving, with the double-fugued Finale second, while the Introduction and Scherzo are inter- esting chiefly from the programmatic stand- point. But for Straussites the whole set will be a treasure-trove, not the least becaueo nf the TODAY WASHINGTON- -by David Lawrence- WASHINGTON, Feb. 13-When, less than twenty days from now, March 4 arrives, it will be exactly six years since President Roosevelt entered the White House. On the fourth anniversary of his taking the oath, President Coolidge made public his famous "I-do-not-choose-to-run" statement. Will Mr. Roosevelt issue any such statement on March 4 about a third term? There are supposedly only two assumptions possible--one, that Mr. Roosevelt wants a third term and will directly or indirectly influence his own renomination, and the other is that he does not want the nomination, will discour- age his friends from nominating him, and will, in short, refuse to accept a third nomination. Quite generally in the political realm, it is being assumed that Mr. Roosevelt's silence is related to the first of these two courses and that, if he really did not want a third term, he would say so now and eliminate himself from all consideration. But the experience which President Coolidge had with his own renunciation statement rathr points to the probability that, even if Mr. Roose- velt intends to refuse a third nomination, he would be making a serios error to say so priv- ately or publicly a moment sooner than such a statement has to be made, namely on the eve of the National. Convention in June, 1940. The best way to understand the political dangers of an anti-third term statement at this time is to imagine that, on March 4 of this year, Mr. Roosevelt will use the words of Mr. Coolidge and say, "I do not choose to run for the presi- dency in 1940." It will be recalled that, for a while in 1927, such a statement was accepted as sincere be- cause President Coolidge was known as a man who took definite positions and stuck to them. Yet, in a few weeks, the first "Draft Coolidge" clubs were started, and, notwithstanding the appearance of other candidates in the field, there was a "draft Coolidge movement right up to the 'eve of the Kansas City convention in June, 1928, which nominated Herbert Hoover. In the present instance, it would not dispose of the third term question at all. The Roosevelt friends, both in office and out of office, would insist on a 'jdraft Roosevelt" movement. There wouled be demands from the opposition that Mr. Roosevelt repudiate such movements and say the forceful words, "I shall not accept even if nominated.", But do even such statements close the door in politics? The "draft Roosevelt" leaders would look upon the statement, however worded, as a natural expression from a man who sincerely wants to dispose of the matter, but they would insist that he has really little to say about it, that the country and the cause of "liberalism" demanded reconsideration by him of his deci- sion, and they would seek to confront him with a third nomination just the same. Frm some points of view, the strategy of the "draft Roosevelt" group would be designed to keep Roosevelt supporters together till the last minute, so they could at the proper time throw their strength to a "true liberal," that is to a man Mr. Roosevelt himself would favor. Certainly, a cohesive group of pro-Roosevelt men can have a lot to say about the type of candi- date who shall have the next nomination of the Democratic Party. The longer the President keeps silence, the greater help he can be to such groups. From Mr. Roosevelt's standpoint, the fate of all the liberal measures which he has espoused depends on the kind of candidate nominated by his own party in 1940, and if it should appear that a "reactionary" Democrat is on the way ward winning the nomination when June, 1940, rolls around, the demand to have Mr. Roosevelt reconsider any definite refusal he may have made before would take on the aspect of a "liberal" crusade. The President would be told that personal considerations or even explicit previous statements about a third term which he might have made should be brushed aside. Roosevelt supporters like Secretary Ickes and Senator Norris of Nebraska already have inti- mated publicly that the President might be com- pelled to run for a third term to save "liberal- ism" in America. cellent classical Mozart style by an organization that is no more. The La Finta Overture, hither- to unrecorded, is the curtain-raiser to. a three- act opera-bouffe composed in 1774. Like Mo- zart's other overtures of the same period (he was then 18), it is in one movement only, bustling and jolly, though without much melodic depth. The Titus Overture, on the other hand, dates from 1790 and is much more mature, bearing more than one resemblance to the Overture to The Magic Flute which followed a year later. Both sides of the record make delightful listen- ing. Rossini: Overture to La Scala di Seta. B.B.C. Symphony, Toscanini cond., 2 sides,1-12", Victor 15191, $2.00. One of the less familiar of Toscanini's beloved Italian overtures, but full of rollicking melody and ingratiating rhythm. The performance seems a trifle over-dynamic for music thinly written, but then the Maestro is always dynamic or noth- ing, and certainly no one can object to the bon esprit with which he endows this music of an age now nearing oblivion. Weber: "Ocean, Thou Mighty Monster!" from Act I of Oberon. Kirsten Flagstad (soprano, in German), Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy cond., 2 sides, 1-12", Victor-15244, $2.00. One of the great and too-much-neglected arias from German onera, in its first good You of M By Sec Terry DESPITE Gargoyle's foreboding wish, in its puerile take-off of the Daily, this department survived the midyear putsch. And now, every crammed fact having been conveni- ently disposed of, we rejoin the as- sembly line for more mass condition- ing. Yesterday, some lecture courses bulged with airy-headed students, looking for those unmistakable signs of a "pipe," viz., the presence of Heath or certain sorority sisters who have some infallible means of ferret- ing out the right professor. It's amus- mg how the gospel spreads. In a his- tory course in current events the in- structor forgot to hang up the S.R.O. sign, and the eager disciples were packed around the walls, chattering of J-Hop and juleps, unaware likely of the latest move' of the designing blackmailers overseas. In another course, a "turkey" presided over by a lecturer of veiled threats and alarm- ing innuendoes, there was a signifi- cant number of vacant seats, and when it was announced that 200 pages of outside reading a week were the minimum requirement, the lady dispensing drop cards subsequently got a big play. And so the conveyor's belt sped along, carrying with it the malleable stuff known as an undergraduate. Its whirling sounds recalled Sinclair Lewis' apt description of The Uni- versity of Winnemac, the "Michigan" at which Martin Arrowsmith learned physical chemistry under the good Dr. Max Gottleib, whom Lewis drew from the career of Dr. F. G. Novy, dean-emeritus of the Medical School here, and described as the one really noble character he ever created. Of the university, Lewis wrote: "It is not a snobbish rich man's college, devoted to leisurely non- sense. It is the property of the people of the state, and what they want-or what they are told they want--is a mill to turn out men and women who will lead moral lives, play bridge, drive good cars, be enterprising in business, and occasionally men- tion books, though they are not expected to have time to read them. It is a Ford Motor Factory, and if its products rattle a little, they are beautifully standard- ized, with perfectly interchange- able parts." (Continued from Page 3){ Land Appraiser, $200-240, Feb. 20 Teachers of the Blind Classes, Mich- igan residence not required. I Feb. 231 State School Teaching Classes. $140- 190, Feb. 231 New York City Civil Service: Three years New York residence re- quired prior to examination. Assistant Engineer, $3,120, Feb. 23 Dentist, $3,600, March 2 Engineering Assistant ,$1560-1800, Feb. 28 Junior Assessor, $1920-3000, Feb. 24 Marine Oiler, $2191, Feb. 28 Medical Superintendent, $4200, Feb. 23 Medical Superintendent (Tuberculo- sis Hospital) $4200, Feb. 23 Physicist (Spectroscopy) $2700-330 March 3, Senior Engineer (Sewage Plant Op- eration. Open to U.S. citizens re- gardless of residence, $3120 and up, Feb. 28 Structure Maintainer (Sign Painter) 80 cents an hour, Feb. 28 Laboratory Helper (Women, Applica- tion in person, $960. Scholarships: New York University has given Mayor La Guardia six scholarships for women for the purpose of study in general law. The scholarships are to be awarded by the Mayor. Requests concerning the scholarships should be' addressed to Paul J. Kern, Mayor's Council on Public Service Training, Municipal Building, New York. ' Complete announcements are on file at the Bureau of Appts., 201 Ma- son Hall. Office Hours, 9-12 and 2-4. University Bureau of Appt's and Occupational Information. Academic Notices From Pol. Sci. 52, Sec. 1 212 A.H. Pol. Sci. 2, Sec. 9, 35 A.H. Pol. Sci. 1, Sec. 3, 212 A.H. Pol. Sci. 1, Sec. 4, 212 A.H. Pol. Sci. 135, 212 A.H.\ day sections meet today at 1 and at 3 in 3201 Angell Hall, for one hour- each. Members of the Wednesday section report if possible today at 2 in 3201 A.H.; if not free today, re- port tomorrow at 1 in 215 Ec. Bldg. After this week, all laboratory sec- tions will meet in 215 Ec. Bldg., Ta., 1-3 and 3-5, and W., 1-3. Greek 151: Students registered in this course please consult ]ir. F. E. Robbins as soon as possible to ar- range the class hours. Junior Honors: Members of the class in Junior Honors will meet in Room 2215 A.H. at 5 o'clock on Wed., Feb. 15. Mathematics 193, Introduction to the Theory of Sets. Preliminary meet- ing for arrangement of hours at 12 noon on Tuesday in 315 West En- gineering Bldg. Mathematics 328, Seminar In Sta- tistics. A meeting to arrange hours will be held in 3020 A.H. at 12 noon on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Political Science, changes in class rooms And in many cases, universal pud- d'nheads. * * VIGNETTE of a modern scholar: She was doing mediocre work in her story-writing course, and had vague misgivings about the outcome. A final story was due; she had a dis-1 tracting cough and sore throat-the, academic fates seemed to conspire; against her. Finally, she went to the Health Service, got two bottles of cough syrup, containing some apri- cot brandy. She liked her first swig so well she downed both bottles in huge, successive gulps-it was heady if not potent stuff, and she became mildly "crocked." In this state she sat down and wrote a "stream-of-con- sciousness" story, her brain reeling in alcoholic confusion. She got an "A" on the story, ac- companied by flattering comments. * * * THE ICONOCLAST'S QUERY Not everyone who makes his mark is Half so good as mister sarkis- They've taken down the paintings that Adorned Alumni Hall. For fourteen afternoon were they Quite visible to all. (That is, to all who had desire To learn that red is blue, If judged to be by "those who know- Your own viewpoint's taboo!) I though that they were terrible; At least, id est, until The CRITIC said with proper scorn: (I'm sure he meant no ill!) "The layman little knows of Art, For 'tis the practiced eye Thattdeems this good and deems that bad." (Not such have you nor I.) For if it's true that Nature is The basis of all Art, (And nature means the average; The modern stuff apart.) Then tell me this, my critic-friend, If you don't think the man Who's average in all his tastes Can judge what's good, "Who can?" -Ito * * * o FROM the Detroit Times, Feb. 6th: "Hair will be cut shorter this year, say the experts, and ears will be shown by their owners if they are grade A ears. A casualty of the last season was the black lipstick which failed to catch on. "The convention closes Wed- nesday but before that the hair- dressers will hear an address of Mayor Reading who once had hair himself." Testing stations for grading the ears will be set up in Highland Park, Grosse Pointe, and Hamtramck, we hear. Also, the mayor's memory daily becomes more amazing. * * * Last words and static judgments: We got a bad start last semester. New York State Teachers' Examin-; ation. The examination for the New York Stare teachers' license will be held on Feb. 17 at 1:15 in Room 100 R.L. Exemptions from Saturday Classes: During the first two weeks of the semester the following members of; the committee on Saturday Classes; may be consulted: Professor Everett, Tuesday and Friday, 2:30-3:30 in 3232 A.H. Professor Reichart, Mon- day 10-11 and Wednesday 10-11:30 in 300 U.H. All Students registering in the Graduate School this semester for the first time -are required to write a general examination. This will be given in } Room 100, Ground Floor, Rackham Building, Feb. 18, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. This is the final time limit; many will finish earlier. Pre- vious preparation is not necessary. This is intended as an aid to your de- partmental advisers and is one of the general types' of examinations with which you should be familiar. An individual report will be made. Please be on time. C. S. Yoakum. Aero 11, Dynamics of the Airplane: Students electing this course will please meet with Mr. Kazarinoff this afternoon at 4 p.m., in Room 23 East Hall, to arrange hours. Aero, 15a, Advanced Theoretical Aerodynamics: Students electing this course will please meet with Profes sor Thompson this afternoon at 5 p.m., in Room B-308 East Engineer- ing Building, to arrange hours. Algebra Seminar. Will meet Tues- day at 4 o'clock in 3201 A.H. Dr. Mar- garete Wolf will speak on "Division Algebras." ' To 35 A.H. 2215 A.H. 205 M.H. 3017 AH. 2013 A.H. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30 P.M.; 11:00 A.M. on Saturday. Psychology 34L, 38. Wednesday lab- oratory section, 1-5 p.m. is the only section which will meet this week. All other sections meet for the first time next week. All laboratory students who are new in the course should attend an introductory lecture by Professor Shepard on Thursday, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 3126 N.S. Bldg. Discussion sections 'in Psychology 34L will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at one and Saturday at eleven in Room 1139 N.S. Bldg. Seminar in Genetic Psychology will meet Tuesday, Feb. 14 in Room 2127 at one o'clock to arrange hours. Speech 31: All sections and hours closed except M W F at 9, 4003 A.H.; M W F at 11, 302 M.H.; T Th S. at 9, 4208 A.H. Speech 32: All sections closed ex- cept M W F at 10, 4003 A.H. Concerts Choral Union Concert: Yehudi Menubin, violinist, will give a con- cert in, the ChoralUnion Series, Wed- nesday night, Feb. 15, at 8:30 o'clock in Hill Auditorium. A limited num- ber of tickets are still available at the office of the School of Music. Exhibitions Museum of Classical Archaeology: Special exhibit of terracotta figurines, baskets, harness and rope from the University of Michigan Excavations in Egypt. Anthropology 152: The Primitive Man, will meet 231 Angell Hall. Mind of in Rohm College of Architecture, D.D. 35: This class will meet in the ground floor lecture room, Room 102 Archi- tectural Bldg., instead of Room 346. TTh 11, Professor Gores. Economics 173: Will not meet Tues- day at 8 this week. English 2120, proseminar in Eng- lish Drama, will meet Tuesday at 4 o'clock in 3217 A.H. Paul Mueschke. English 293-Bibliography. The first meeting of this course will be held in 2235 A.H. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 3 o'clock. English 212b-Pro-seminar in Ren- aissance literature. The first meet- ing of this course will be held at 4 o'clock, Feb. 15, in 3223 A.H. English 301c-Seminar in Renais- sance literature. The first meeting of this course will be held at 5 o'clock on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in 3223 A.H. English 298: My section will meet for organization Wednesday evening, Feb. 15, at 7:30, Room 406 Library. R. W. Cowden. English 298: I shall meet my stu- dents in this course Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Room 3216 Angell Hall. E. A. Walter. Lectures University Lecture. Dr. Alexander Silverman, of the University of Pitts- burgh, will speak on "Glass and the Modern World" in the Chemistry Amphitheatre at 4:15 p.m., Thurs- day, Feb' 16. This lecture is spon- sored by the U of M. Section of the American Chemical Society. French Lecture: The fourth lecture on the Cercle Francais program will take place Thursday, Feb. 16, at 4:15 p.m., Room 103, Romance Language Building. Prof. Michael Pargment will speak on: "Les Ecoles Francais- es." Tickets for the series of lectures may be procure dfrom the Secretary of the Romance Language Depart- ment (Room 112, Romance Lan- guage Building) or at the door at the time of the lecture. Oratorical Association Lecture Course: Hector Bolitho, noted Eng- lish biographer, will appear in Hill auditorium Thursday, Feb.le, at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are available at Wahr's. The season ticket coupons for the Lord Strabolgi lecture will admit. Events Today Biological Chemistry Seminar: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1939, 7:30 p.m., Room 319 West Medical Bldg. "Some Problems of Utilization of Protein in the Organism" will be dis- cussed. All interested are invited. Deutscher Verein: Meeting tonight at 8 p.m. in the Michigan League. There will be a short business meet- ing followed by games and folk songs. Everybody invited to attend. Christian Science Organization: 8:15 p.m. League Chapel. Students, alumni and faculty are invited to at- tend the services.