0 PAGE FOUR THE MICH IGAN DA LY TUESDAI JAN U THE MICHIGAN DAILY -I .- I PW i MIN(ONTIaLoF MQW$W -.am---ai Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer 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 mall, $4,50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHJCAGO -'BOSTON ' LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1938-39 Board of Managing Editor Editorial Director. City Editor . Associate Editor. Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Book Editor . Women's Editor Sports Editor . Editors Robert D. Mitchell I . Albert P. May1o * Horace W. Gilmore Robert 1. Fitzhenry . S. R. Kleiman . Robert Perlman Earl Oilman . . William Elvin . . Joseph Freedman S . . Joseph Gies . . Dorothea Staebler . . Bud Benjamin Business Department Bpslness 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: HARRY L. SONNEBORN The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Tom Mooney's Wasted Years . T EN YEARS AGO a mid-State Michi- gan farmer was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. As the final act of his Administration, Gov. Frank Murphy commuted the convicted man's sentence on the grounds that he had been convicted on faulty evidence, a con- clusion borne out by the testimony of ballistics experts. Wednesday a bill was introduced into the Michigan House of Representatives by two Detroit Democrats to grant the maltreated far- mer $12,900 or $100 a month "for the time spent in prison for an offense he did not commit." This seems only fair. On Jan. 8 a more famous prisoner was re- leased from San Quentin prison .in California after having served 22 years of a life sentence for a crime which it has been proved conclusively he did not commit. It is truly impossible to fix any arbitrary monetary value on a man's life, but it seems only just that the State of California make some retribution to Tom Mooney for the grievous wrong it committed. --Carl Petersen A Primer For Democracy . . T ONIGHT the University Extension Service will open a new non-credit course in contemporary problems and the co- operative movement. Prof. Richard Fuller of the sociology department will give the first of a series of lectures in which seven members of the University faculty and an economist from Michigan State will analyze the current scene and discuss one solution to the complex problems arising from economic and social disorganiza- tion. These matters will be discussed: the inter- related nature of community welfare, poverty, delinquency and the distintegration of the fam- ily; distribution of goods: the education of the individual in his duties and privileges as a mem- ber of a democratic, cooperative social order; what cooperative action has to offer in the field of housing; the bearing of the cooperative prin- ciple on various national and international "isms;" the cooperative movement in Europe; medical care for the low-income groups; and the potentialities of cooperation in the broader sense as a "technique for living together." Although the course is intended primarily for non-students, it is open to the campus and 'its nature should draw a large student attend- ance. It fills an important .gap in the University curriculum. It is a step towards stimulating a thoughtful application of the knowledge of poli- tical theory, economis, sociology, architecture medicine and educational theory to the necessi- ties of life today. In 1929 the University student faced a world that was slipping from under him. In 1939 the world has already slipped. All around there is Y ou o f NOTES and FOOTNOTES By Sec Terry DURING the Michigan-Minnesota hockey game Saturday night we leaned over to inquire of the referee if he didn't think the game was a bit rough, and maybe, we dared to suggest, a trifle on the unsportsmanlike side. "Naw," he said, "dey're just crude." The arbiter probably learned his trade in the Michigan-Ontario hockey league, which fosters spontaneous mayhem as an extra added attrac- tion, and he was quick to recognize the utter lack of subtlety in this college display. Here, when a man got a high stick across his brow, there was no doubt about his assailant; when a man was bumped or boarded unnecessarily, it was- quite evident to the spectators; when John Mari- ucci, bleeding from an ugly gash above his eye, passed Coach Ed Lowrey on the Michigan bench and started toward him, with teammates trying to restrain him, few interpreted the gesture as one of unconcealed affection. Had a stranger witnessed the proceedings and heard remarks exchanged between opposing players and coaches he would have smiled knowingly and wagered confidently that lurking in the wings was some wily promoter counting the evening's proceeds, secure in the knowledge that his well-rehearsed act wouldn't muff any lines or mess up "the business." Yet, this was a game between representatives of two fairly respectable Universities, an ama- teur contest supposedly. As we left the rink we heard a spectator mutter, not with a sadistic delight, either, "What a fine bunch of choppers out there." And now comes a poem from a read- er which, we believe, crystallizes the sentiment of many who saw the game. It is signed, "An old pro who still loves the amateur spirit," and ad- dressed "To the Michigan Hockey Team." And it speaks for itself. How did you play when the game was on, When the odds were great and hope was gone? When the enemy team, with aim so true, Was shooting the puck in the net behind you? When strength and speed and endurance quit, Did honor keep pace with determined grit? Did you keep the faith with the rules of the game? Did you play up square without fear or shame? Did your grim set smile make your enemy your friend- As you fought it through to the bitter end? Did your self respect rise a notch or two? Are you bigger men now the game is through? If so, true sportsmen will sing your fame, If not, then its time the Board in Control of Physical Education lived up to its lily white re- port and cleaned up the game. EORGE Bernard Shaw, whose devastating wit has deflated pompous individuals and less affected lights for a long time now, was r- cently bested by Cornelia Otis Skinner in an ex- change of cables. When Shaw heard that Miss Skinner was doing "Candida," he cabled, "Ex- cellent. Greatest." The appreciative actress wired her reply: "Un- deserving of -such praise." "Meant the play," countered Shaw. "So did I," wired Miss Skinner, and nothing more was said. ORMAN Kiell, who forgot Benoway's por- trayal of Gramps Maple in "The Petrified Forest" because it was "just another Benoway characterization," has forgiven and forgotten our slight disagreement with him on the matter. He writes : "Dear See: In return for the 'plug' Saturday last, here's an item to fill up the hole that usu- ally takes you so long to generate. "Thumbing through Gertrude Stein's text, 'Lectures in America,' while studying assiduously for our mutual course in mental hi-jacking (Ed. note: we disclaim any con- nection with the course in question), I came across these souvenirs of what would make up a perfect comprehensive final examina- tion (for those of us who took 'pipes' any- way). "Without further ado, then, I give Stein's gyrations for the Examination Perfect: PHYSICS 35 If a sound is made which grows louder and then stops how many times may it be repeated? ASTRONOMY 31 In which way are stars brighter than they are? ENGLISH 31 What is poetry and if you know what poetry is what is prose? Discuss the following. HISTORY 11 Battles are named because there have been hills which have made a hill in a battle. FORESTRY I. Poplars, indeed, will be cut down and will- be sawed up and will be used as wood. ENGLISI 165 P6etry is essentially a vocabulary just as prose is essentially not. ENGLISH 107 Nouns are the names of anything. And with these little tid-bits, I leave you solution, are now condemned to intellectual slavery. Besides the functions of advancing knowledge, preserving and teaching the cultural heritage of man, and turning out professional men and lead- ers in many fields, the free university in this JItfe er o e Heywood Br own, It would, be presumptuous of me to set up as an authority on the subject which I purpose to discuss briefly. Still, everybody is taking a crack at it, and why shouldn't a self-effacing columnist join in? It is my notion that most people are wholly mistaken about the current pre-occu- pations of American radi- cals. Ever since the beginning of the new year, in accord- 1- ance with a resolution, I have honestly endeavored to be my own cross- section man without relying upon the good offices of Dr. Gallup. And so in the course of a day or a week I contrive to run into a certain number of radical friends and an even greater number of conservative acquaintances. And the curious thing is that the conservatives are forever talking about the revolution and the precise state of Russia at the moment, while the radicals seem to be wholly concerned with some bill before the State Legislature in Albany or a measure pending before the Congress. In other words, my Republican friends are. gazing for the most part across the waters, while those to the left of them seem to be entirely engrossed in domestic problems about relief, housing, peace in the labor movement and similar questions. There Are Many Mansions Perhaps those friends of mine whom I call radical are not typical. It may be that they are concealed reactionaries. And still I will maintain that any inquiring reporter will hear far more about the revolution in the pleasant hideaways of Park Ave. than he can now encounter in the talk of those who stem from Union Square. This is set down as an impression and not a definitive finding. I am not qualified in any way to speak as an authoritative spokesman of either the extreme left or the extreme right. Naturally I have read many editorials and maga- zine articles in which it is set forth that the purported enthusiasm of radical groups for the defense of democracy against Fascism is just a false front to fool the naive and the sentimental. All I can say is that I must be among the gullible, for it seems to me that such radical authorities as I know are convincing in their in- sistence that they are so engrossed in the ques- tions of the here and now that speculations as to what the future may hold have been definitely put aside. I could be fooled, but I was once a dramatic critic, and I think I can tell the difference be- tween an act and a performance by a player who feels his part. And, naturally, I have often met the argument that radicals do not want an amelioration of harsh conditions and that they go upon the theory that things must get much worse before they can get better. I have even heard it said that some radicals would be pleased to see a Fascist Ameri- ca, since the only road out of that condition would be a complete swerve to the left. Not In The Cards It may be that scholars of Socialist literature can find documents to justify such a picture of radical philosophy. I am ill read in the surce books. But it is not in the cards. All I can say is that men and women who identify themselves to me as radical seem to be working with might and main to keep living men and women off bread- lines and out of the pinch of starvation. As for the materialistic concept that many Inust suffer for the final good, that is enunciated more by Republicans than Reds. It is from con- servatives that I have heard the doctrine, "We've got to begin to economize sometime, and even if a million are hard used let us be brave and face the pinch in order to cross over into prosperity." I do not think that either my conservative friends or my radical acquaintances will like the conclusion to which I am forced. And yet it seems to me that the average radical in America is romantic in saying, "Something must be done here and now to relieve misery, even though it does not furnish a fundamental solution for poverty and privation." It is the other camp which says, "Let us not be sentimental, but remember that the end justifies the means." with the thought that exams are but one week away, and if we can expect anything like the above samples-oh, boy! Sincerely, "Tennessee," spelled Tenese N THE publisher's press release heralding RuthT Lininger Dobson's new novel, "Today is Enough," the author (1937 winner of a Hopwood with "Straw In The Wind") writes, "I came on this title back-handedly, by remembering the familiar (The bold face is mine) Sanskrit phrase 'Yesterday is a dream, etc . .." That reminds us we'll have to brush up on our middle Coptic. OFF THE CUFF: H.O.S. lists 56 different bands - that he'd rather see at the J-Hop than HenryI Busse, including among them Sammy Kaye, Shep Fields and Phil Spitalny's All-Girl Orches- tra . . . If the gentleman feels that badly, the J-Hop committee ought really to do something about it . . . Unfortunately, the President's Ball THE SCREr By HARVEY SWADOS Greed .. The Art Cinema League began the second half of its historical series with the showing of Gred at the Lydia Mendelssohn on Sunday. The picture was adapted from Frank Nor- ris' novel McTeague, directed by Eric Von Stroheim, and starred Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt and Zazu Pitts. Von Stroheim was twice the realist that Norris or Zola was: not only did he insist on photographing real backgrounds and rejecting studio imitations, but he also took the book and made it directly into a movie with no changes in plot, character, or incident. Consequently, any criti- cisms which might be made of the plot or development of the movie would be criticisms equally applic- able to Norris' novel. McTeague is a big ox of a fellow who becomes a quack dentist. He marries the girl friend of his pal. His pal becomes angry and reports him to the authorities as a quack. His wife becomes not merely a miser, but a psychopathic case; in one hor- rible scene she takes her gold to bed with her and lies there caressing her coins. McTeague kills his wife to get $5,000 she has won in a lottery and becomes a fugitive, setting off through Death Valley with the five thousand, a pony, and a canary in a cage. Mar- cus, his pal, sets off to capture him with a pair of handcuffs. They meet in the middle of the desert, dying from thirst. They fight, McTeague kills Marcus, but Marcus has handcuffed him to himself. McTeague releases the canary and sits down next to Marcus waiting for death. Even in such a brief synopsis, the weaknesses of the story are apparent at once. Greed is not a tragedy, for there is no protagonist. McTeague is a nice fellow, but he is dumb. His wife loves him, but she is abnormal. Marcus is also obsessed with the lust for gold. Within these limitations, Greed is a wonderful film. It un- winds with a cold and bitter logic that is blood-curdling in its sim- plicity. Gibson Gowland gives a fine performance as McTeague, Zazu Pitts is surprisingly good in the tragic role of the psychopathic miser, and Jean Hersholt is OK as the friend afflicted with the desire for gold. The most important thing about Greed, however, is that it makes a point simply and boldy, with few digres- sions and absolutely no backsliding. This is because the film was the crea- tion of Von Stroheim. In 1924, when the movie was made, the director was still the artist, and the picture was his creation. Von Stroheim set out to make a propaganda picture and succeeded. Incidentally, Von Stroheim has one of the leading roles in the Cinema League's next film, Grand Illusion, coming to the Lydia Mendelssohn in a few weeks. Next in the historical series is The Love Parade, with a man named Maurice Chevalier. The Editor Gets Told... Press-Abused Germany To the Editor: INDIFFERENCE IS BLISS! Or is it something else? At any rate, your editor of the editorial "Germany's Fourth Front" in his re- ply to Mr. Aupperle's commendable comments, half heartedly admits that perhaps his information is not as un- impeachable as it might be. But, he says, it will take more than letters from people living in Germany to con- vince him that the testimony of refu- 'gees is false. I believe that I'm perfectly safe to assume that the testimony referred to is that gathered from the daily newspapers. However let me refer to an. editorial in The American Mercury of last month in which the writer de- plores the handling, and the distribu- tion, of information in the public press and points out that, what might be a justifiable indignation has been turned into an ignorant frenzy. He relates that. Quote: "The governing sense of fact and history, which has never been very strong, has wholly given way to an uninformed emotion which insists on remaining unin- formed." And, still quoting, the writ- er goes on "Every semblance of edi- torial objectivity,every sign of re- spect for truth and 'fact, is swept away to make room for efforts like those of Mr. Sheean in the Times and Miss Thompson in theHerald Tribune; and since many newspapers through- out the country take their tone from those in New York, the net result of those efforts is wide spread." In accounting for the misinforma- tion obtained from our international news correspondents the writer says of them, Quote :,"They are ignorantly seplected. poorly naid. and1 their iiuda- (Continued from Page 2 ' _ inations in German 1, 2, 31, and 32. Feb. 4, 1939, 9-12 a.m. German 1. 1025, A.H., Schachtsiek; Striedieck; Diamond. 25, A.H., Suderinaun; Pott; Gaiss. 101, Ec., Graf; Eaton; Willey; Phil- ppson. B, H. H. Ryder. German 2. B, All sections. German 31 C, H. H., Braun; Diamond; Van Duren; Gaiss. 35, A.H., Eaton; Philippson; Reich- art. D, H.H., Graf; Striedieck. 301, U.H., Scholl. 201, U.H., Wahr. German 32 231, A.H., All sections. Final Examination Schedule, First Semester, 1938-39. College of Litera- ture, Science, and the Arts Regular Examinations: Time of exercise. Time of examination Mon. at 8 Mon. at 9 Mon. at 10 Mon. at 11 Mon. at 1 Mon. at 2 Mon. at 3 Tues. at 8 Tues. at 9 Tues. at 10 Tues. at 11 Tues. at 1 Tues. at 2 Tues. at 3 Mon., Feb. 6, 9-12 Fri., Feb. 3, 9-12 Wed., Feb. 1, 9-12 Mon., Jan. 30, 9-12 Tues., Feb. 7, 2-5 Mon., Jan. *30,2-5 Tues:, Feb. 7, 9-12 Moin;, Feb. 6, 2-5 Tues., Jan. 31, 2-5 Wed., Feb. 1, 2-5 Tues., Jan. 31, 9-12 Wed., Feb. 8, 9-12 Fri., Feb. 3, 2-5 Thurs., Feb. 2, 9-12 Special Examinations Special Period Exb bition of Chinese Amateur Pho. tograhy: Because of the interest in the exhibition of Chinese photog- raphy which it is sponsoring in the Rackham Galleries, the International Center has arranged to continte the exhibition through next week;. it will close Saturday, Jan. 28. The display rooms are open all day and in the evening, except on Sunday. Mr. Cheng will be present most of the time to comment on his work. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in-the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of thw U~fiverity. Copy received at the office at the Amistant to thePreaia Until 3:30; 11 :00 a.m. on Saturday. cept Sunday, through Jan. 25. public is invited. No. Tian I. Sat., Fe II. Sat., F III. Sat., 2-5 ie of Ex. Courses b. 4, 9-12 German 1, 2, 31, 32. Spanish 1, 2, 31, 32. Music 31. eb. 4, 2-5 Zoology 1. Botany 1. Psychology 31. Music 1. Jan. 28, French. 1, 2, 11, 31, 32, 41, 71, 111, 112, 153. Speech 31. 32. IV. Thurs., Feb. 2, Pol. Sci. 1, 2, 51, 2-5 52, 107. Irregular Examinations English 1 shall be exaMined on Tueslay, Jan. 31, 2-5. English 30 shall be examined on Friday, Feb. 3, 9-12. Economics 51, 52, 53, and 101 shall be examined on Thursday, Feb. 2, 9-12. 1 It shall be understood that classes entitled to the regular examination periods shall have the right- f-way over the above-mentioned ,irregular examinations and that special . ex- aminations will be provided for stu- dents affected by such conflicts by the courses utilizing the irregular ex- amination periods. Any deviation from the aboye schedule may be made only by mutual agreement between students and in- structor and with the approval of the Examination Schedufe Committee. Freshmen. and Sophomores,;L.S. and A, All students who have not had their elections approved by their counselor must do sol at once. Coun- selors will notAbe available during the examination period to sign elections. Scientific German. A coursc, Ger- man '6, "Scientific German" will be offered in the second semester. It is designed for and open only to stu- dents who are concentrating or pre- paring to concentrate in one of the natural sciences. Prerequisites: Courses German 1 and 2 in the University (or equiva- lent in high school), and German ,31 35. MTWF, 9. 203 U.H. Nord- m er. Four hours credit. Choral Union Concert. Bartlett and Robertson, distinguished two-piano virtuosi, will be heard in recital on Wednesday evening, Jan. 25, at 8:30 o'clock, in Hill Auditorium, replac- ing the Budapest University Chorus, whose American tour has been can- celled for political reasons. Concert patrons will please upon use coupon No. 7, reading "Budapest Chorus" for this concert. Exhibitions Twko Exhibits: Paintings by harkis Sarkisian, and prints from the col- lection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, under the auspices of the Ann Arbor Art Association. Jan. 11 to "25, afternoons from 2 to 5, North and South Galleries of Alumni Memorial Hall.4 Textile Exhibition, College of Ar- chitecture: A showing of modern textiles consisting of rugs, hangings bedspreads and pillow cases, de- signed by Marianne Strengell, now Museum of Classical Archaeology: Exhibits from Egypt-Dynastic, Grae- co-Roman, Coptic and Arabic periods -from Seleucia on the Tigris and from Roman Italy. In addition, a special exhibit has been arranged of a portion of a recent acquisition of Roman antiquities presenited by Esther Boise Van Deman. Lectures Chemistry Lecture: Prof. Otto Red- lich, formerly of the University of Vienna, will lecture on the subject Molecular Vibration and Raman Spectra of Deuterium Compounds in Room 303 Chemistry Building at 4:15 p.m., Thu1'sday, Jan. 26. Events Today Tau Beta Pi: There will be a regu- lar dinner meeting tonight at 6:15 in the Union. . Professor E. T. Vincent, of the Mechanical Engineering De- partment, will speak. Michigan Dames are invited by Pi Lambda Theta to attend their meet- ing this evening at 7:30 p.m. to hear Professor Glenn D. McGeoch, of the School of Music, talk on Music Ap- preciation. The meeting will be in the Burton Memorial Tower. Parapsychology Club. Important business meeting tonight at 8 p.m. in the West Lecture Room of the Rackham Building, following which Dr. Greville, Prof. 'Higbie, and Prof. Hyma will report briefly on recent literature in the field. Christian Science OrganizatIgn: 8:15 p.m. League Chapel. Students, alumni and faculty are invited to at- tend the services. The Music Section of the Faculty Women's Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Max M. Peet, 2030 Hill St. to- night, at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Maud K. Okkelberg will pre- sent a program of piano selections. Tryouts for the 3-Act play, "Hos- pital Hill" by Harold Gast will be held at the Hillel Fotndatidn today from 2:30-6 p.m., and tomorrow from 7-10 p.m. All are welcome to attend these tryouts. AnyonT interested, and not able to attend, kindly call Made- line Betty Myers at 2-2591. Book yShelf and Stage Section of the Faculty Women's Club will meet today at 2:45 p.m. at the hotie of Mrs.. Thomas A. Knott, 1504 Brook- lyn Ave. Mrs. William C. Steere is assisting hostess. Bibliophiles will meet today at, 2:30 p.m. with Mrrs. Richard Finch as host- ess at her hoine at 1619 South Univer- sity Ave. C nig Events Chemistry Colloquium will meet at 4 p.m. in Room 303 Chemistry bldg. on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Professor Otto Redlich, formerly of Vienna, will speak on "Some Physical-chem- ical Investigations on Nitric Acid." Phi Sigma meeting Wednesday eve- ning, Jan. 25, 1939, at 8 p.m, in the GradulateOuting Club Room of the Rackham Building. Professor C. W. Bachmann will speak on "Carcogenetic Substances." Refreshments will be served. - University Oratorical Contest: The annual University Oratorical Con- test will be held March 15, the pre- liminaries the week preceding. ,The winner of this contest will represent the University in the Northern Ora- torical League Contest to be held at the University of Iowa. Orations are limited to 1,800 words. Further in- formation may be had in the office of the Speech Department, Room 3211 Angell Hall. 1939 Mechanical and Electrical En.. gineers: Mr. F. L. Pierce, Product .Engineer of the Hoover Company, North Canton, Ohio, will give a group talk on Thursday evening, Jan. 26, at , 7 p.m., in Room 311, to outline the general policies of the company, and I explain the possibilities open to those interested in employment with them. Appointments will be taken for in- dividual interviews to be held Friday. Graduate Luncheon, Wednesday, Jan. 25, twelve noon, Russian Tea Room, Michigan League. Cafeteria