THE MICHIGAN DAILY IGAN DAILY -. % 1 _: Vi. -, . 'I Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Publishea every morning acceptrMonday 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. Ali rights o repubication 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, E400; by .mail, $4.50 Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1937-38 REPRESENTED FOR NAT10INA. ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CICA4O * OSTON -'LOS ANGELES -.SAN FRANCiSo closed shop in the contract and that the Harlan miners can join whatever union they choose. In Washington, Green's outburst was called "just another spasm." The AFL president knows his union will win few recruits in Harlan, despite the open shop agreement, for the UMWA has carried on the fight of unionization since 1930 and the rewards of the victor will go to it. There are at least two reasons to believe the CIO's success in Harlan will not be short-lived. First, the Kentucky River and Big Sandy coal fields have been organized for four years and union control has not been seriously threatened during that time. And second, the federal government has come to union organizers' aid with a new legal weapoan to insure justice in labor disputes. The Wagner Act applies only in civil cases and gives the gov- ernment no power to bring criminal charges against violators of the act's provisions. To put teeth into the statute, the Department of Justice invoked a law of 1870 passed in an attempt to crush the Klu Klux Klan and providing jail terms and fines for persons who conspire to deprive a citizen of his constitutional rights. CIO in Harlan will undoubtedly serve as a stimulus to organizers on other unionization fronts. Organizers in Harlan have been victorious over tactics as notorious as those of Republic Steel's chiefs, over propaganda as insidious as Ford's "Almanacs," over men as desperately de- termined as Tom Girdler. Harlan is but a step- ping stone. -Hervie Haufler 1Mianaging Editor Editorial Director City Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Book Editor Women's Editor Sports Editor ard of Editor.s Robert D. Mitchell .Albert P. Mayio . Horace W. Gilmore Robert I. Fitzhenry .S. R. Kleiman .Robert Perlman . William Elvin . Joseph Freedman .. ... Earl Gilman . .. Joseph Gies . . . . Dorothea St'aebler .Bud Benjamin The Dartmouth And Censorship.. . 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: STAN M. SWINTON The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers. only. Prof. Louis A. Strauss ... T HE UNIVERSITY grieves today the loss of one of its most distinguished sons, Prof. Louis A. Strauss, for 45 years a mem- ber of the faculty, 16 of them as chairman of the English department. An outstanding teacher and scholar, his courses in Browning and the English novel were popular and respected. It was under his chair- manship that the English department became one of the' finest departments in the country. The senior honors course in English was intro- duced under his direction, and it always received from him the encouragement and support which it deserved as one of the most progressiye educa- tional steps taken at the University. 'More even than a fine teacher and scholar, Professor Strauss loyally and devotedly served his University in other ways, serving for many years as a member of the Committee on Student Affairs and member and chairman of the Board in Control of Student Publications. As one of the men who workea under him told us yesterday, "He was a teacher of the old school, who really believed in and taught appre- ciative interpretation of literature." Coming at a time when teaching has become one of the less important duties of college instructors, this tribute carries real weight. It is with deep sympathy that the Daily ex- tends its condolences to Professor Strauss's family. -Albert Mayio Harlan County After Twenty Years ... A FTER 20 YEARS of desperate struggle marked by killings, bombings and violence of every type, the miners in the Harlan County, Kentucky, coal field have finally wrested the right of union organization from their em- ployers. Peace has come to Harlan, but the pres- ervation of peace is a test of the strength of the United Mine Workers and the CIO. Future events hinge upon the ability of the CIO to control Har- lan during the six months that the contract with the mine operators remains in effect. Unionized peace will be continually threatened. The mine owners conceded to the pact only after their lawyers convinced them that the forces against which they were fighting had become too powerful to withstand. The owners could meet the violence of the miners with violence; they could crush union organizers by blacklists and crooked law enforcement officers; they could endure the accusations of the LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee. But when the Federal legal machine, beaten by the mine owners once in a trial nulli- fied'by a hung jury, made steps to carry on the fight to a finish the operators knew that "jig was up. The owners begrudged the truce, and they will not keep it voluntarily. Their submissions may be only temporary, merely a breathing spell while they can amass new forces, a new war chest. Per- haps it is a ruse to escape a second, and probably less fortunate, federal trial. The owners will con- s~s..,. + ho . n +antim- n +- of c,if () NE OF THE GREATEST fears facing the student editor is that of censor- ship. It robs both him and his staff of the vitality under which most college newspapers flourish, and turns their work from pleasure to drudgery. A week ago, after 100 years of existence, The Dartmouth, daily undergraduate organ for the college of the same name, announced that, "The Dartmouth looks into one of the darkest and most uncertain college seasons since i the first issue was published in the fall of 1839." A plan adopted by a college committee, in essence, calls for a transfer of the controlling stock, along with power to fire members of the staff, from the editors to an "Alumni Trustee." Establishment of an experienced body to con- trol the finances of college newspapers is not per se a step toward censorship. Our own Daily which was taken over by the Board in Control of Stu- dent Publications at the beginning of the century, boasts a modern building, complete equipment and even a photo-engraving plant (which many snall papers and nearly all college papers do not have) by reason of careful and sane man- agement on the part of the controlling board. And yet withal there have been only few in- stances of what may be called censorship. The editors of the Dartmouth, however, seem to be unwilling parties to such an agreement. For a century now, this paper which claims to be the oldest of its kind in the country, believes it has conducted itself well without interference. In surroundings unfriendly to liberalism, it took strongly independent 'stands. There is good rea- son to believe that the impending censorship is a result of their New Deal pronouncements. With the aid of several faculty members, therefore, they drew up a counterproposal which yielded on some points but made clear their opposition to censorship. Indications are that the members of the staff will attempt to resist any further moves to impose the censorship. --Joseph N. Freedman The Editor Gets Told.,.+ From Governor La Follette To the Editor: I have been asked by several college newspapers to write a brief article to students for the com- mencement of the new year. Thinking that perhaps you may be interested also in this article, I am submitting it to you for publication in your paper. With best wishes, I am Sincerely yours, Philip F. LaFollette A Testament To Youth Students in our colleges and universities, you are beginning a new school year in troubled times. While you are preparing for peaceful pursuits, in Europe men and women your ag are prepar- ing for war. Like you, they wanted to be farmers, teachers,'scientists. They wanted peace but have none. They wanted security but have none. They are living on the crater of a volcano they did not create. It is an heritage of the World War. It is a legacy forced on them by the short-sightedness of an older generation. They are compelled to discharge the terms of its hatreds, ambitions, and arrogance.. Most of you, like most European students, were born during or immediately after the World Wars, That event and its consequences dominate your lives. I have listened to you speak. Your words are in the past tense. "The war was horrible. Men were slaughtered. Civilizations were shaken," you say. You read about the event in books. You saw a "lost generation" dramatized on the stage and screen. Wall You Be 'Lost,' Too? Students in our colleges and universities, look at the person standing beside you. You and he are in danger of becoming part of another Blost srarationn f'or n uhaOnme into the full in_ i feem o Me 1-eywood Broun Having taken cracks from time to time at a number of newspaper columnists I wonder wheth- er it would be wholly out of order to say a few warm words about another member of the craft. To iden- - '''= tify myself as a competitor would be even more egotisti- ? cal than is my usual practice, because I refer to a syndi- cated writer who has palp- ably captured the attention of America to a surprising -. - degree. I do not intend to carry humility to the point of admitting that in all problems she is right. On the contrary, it is my personal opinion that she is tragically wrong upon numerous economic and political problems. Being by nature a timid and a compromising person I might be pushed into the position of maintaining that maybe we are both wrong occasionally. But when we stand on a common platform I insist that through the law of averages, combi-. nations and permutations Dorothy Thompson and- I can't both be wrong. * * *e The Garden Ring I listened with fascinated interest as she spoke in Madison Square Garden on Sunday at a meet- ing called to save Czechoslovakia. Dorothy Thompson said quite candidly that much as she respected the ideals and the performances of the smnall democracy she would not protest if its de- struction were actually a sacrifice to bring about world peace. But she insisted that the blotting out of this country would be a step toward the exten- sion of war and not its limitation. Miss Thompson has spoken at many gather- ings and assemblies and knows her way around. She has an effective platform manner. But I am under the impression that this was her first appearance in the Garden. The vast arena im- poses a severe test upon all speakers. It isn't just the size but it is the tradition of the place which bears the speaker down. After all, the Garden is chiefly noted as the home of hockey, wrestling matches and boxing. The ihan or woman at the microphone must work fast if he or she is to hold the crowd as Joe Louis has done or Henry Armstrong. When the bell rings the orator of the occasion must come up smiling and swinging both fists. * * * Warming To Her Work It seemed to me that for perhaps the first couple of minutes Madison Square Garden had gotten Miss Thompson. She was jabbing well enough, but she was missing with her right hooks. Or possibly left looks would be a fairer statement. But then she swung from the floor at the chin of Adolf Hitler, and caught him right on the button. I have seen the heavyweights, the middle- weights, the welters and the bantams come and go in the Garden. And so it was exciting to watch Dne-Round Thompson get in a punch flush on the jaw and listen to the roar of the crowd as it rose up to welcome her telling blow. I have a strong feeling that ideas are truly things of force, and that even a dangerous con- tender can be slowed down, softened or knocked off his pins with a telling argument if the timing behind the blow is propitious. And in this form of fighting I trust that there will be no ruling that the successful contender must immediately retire to a neutral corner. As an old fight reporter I give it as my wholly unbiased and professional opinion that Kid Thompson had Hitler hanging on the ropes. And I join with the rest of the crowd in shouting, "He don't like it there, Dorothy! Keep a-working."' After all, the bell rings on October 1. M ss Thompson, you can get him. ' you saw dramatized. My generation inherited be- fore the war the evils of our rapid industrial development. During my school years a progres- sive spirit-and I use "progressive" in the broad- er sense-arose in this land to challenge those evils. Everywhere, common men and women were determined to regain for themselves the economic freed6m on which political and intellectual free- dom rests. This crusading spirit promised to tri- umph over the forces that cause wars. But just as this spirit found expression, it was crushed by the forces of war. The Nation At War The nation found itself at war. The constructive spirit of our people was shifted forcefully from farms and shops to battlefields. We were told that there we would find our salvation. The battlefield would settle all the troublesome prob- lems, not only of youth, but of the whole nation. Instead of settling those problems it destroyed the people who were to benefit by their solution. The road back to peace was traveled by a lost generation. The war did. not solve our problems. It multi- plied them and the evils which cause war. The economic depression of 1929 was one of the con- sequences of the war. That depression has con- tinued and is still with us today because we have failed to act in the face of the problems which have accumulated since the war. Now A New Progressivism Some of us believe that a new crusading spirit at last is rising in this country. It is a new pro- gressivism. The evils it challenges are stronger and greater than those in the days when I was in school. What you do to meet those evils will de-, termine not only our own course for many years to come, but the future of democracy itself. Battle with these evils requires greater valor, heroism devotion and self-sacrifice than is de- manded on any battlefield. Students in our col- leges and universities, this is your fight. You are called upon to battle on two fronts: the battle of today and the battle delayed by twenty-five The FLYING T RAP EZE By Roy Heath Word has already come through, via carrier pigeon from the Union; that skull-duggery is rearing its ugly head in that annual fraternal phenomenon known around and about as rushing. According to the procedure mapped out by the Interfraternity Council, every prospective rushee signs up at the Council's payoff table in the Un- ion. The victim signs ,not just one card but three, one of which is sup- posed to be on file to enable the vari- ous tongs to pick up a good name or two. With all signs pointing to a hard winter foi the fiaternities, some of the more unscrupulous characters taking part in the grab for freshman do not see exactly eye to eye with I. C. on this method. Reasoning that if the other houses did not know the names and addresses of their private rushees it would simplify matters con- siderably, the aforementioned char- acters waited until the coast was clear and frisked the Council files of some 200 ofthe rush cards.mu Such stuff doesn't mean so much in itself. As far as I can see it is just about on a par with shoplifting 200 left shoes, since most of the clubs have their own rush lists and seldom take recourse to the Council files. But it does mean, that with the Univer- sity quietly but firmly putting the noose on the Greeks by building up dormitories, hoisting scholastic bat- ting averages and one thing and an- other, fraternal organizations on cam- pus are about to bow a tendon in an effort to pledge up a big class during. the current hunting season. New radios are being installed along with full portfolios of the latest swing. stuff. This is to take the Freshman nind off what is happening and give the brethren a chance to rest up their vocal organs. Houses are getting new paint and new rugs. Old trophies are getting a new coat of polish. The sales talk is about the same. Rushing Chairmen have eyen taken up going to high mass and burning joss sticks. Meanwhile the frosh just worry about classes, sophomores, how to get a date with the blond they saw on the steps.I Occasionally one has a furtive beer at1 the Bell. * * * THURSDAY, SEPT. 29, 1938 VOL. XLIX. No. 4 Saturday Class Committee: Until October 7, the members of this com- ' mittee may be consulted as follows: Professor Everett, Tu. Fri. 2-30-3:30 in 3232 A.H. Professor Reichart, M. 10-11; W. 10-11:30 in 300 U.H. Walter A. Reihart, Ca.irman LaVerne Noyes Scholarships: Appli- cants whose papers are already in my hands but who have not reported to me on registration in the University should de so at once. Assignmentsj will be made. on Thursday of this week. No new applications can be received at this time. Frank E. Robbins, Asst. to the President. Eligibility for Public Activities: The attention of all those participating in public activities is called to the following ruling. Certificate Of Eligibility.-At the beginning of each semester ,nd sum- mer session every student shall be conclusively presumed to be ineligible for any public activity until his el- I igibility is affirmatively established (a) by obtaining from the Chairman of the Committee on Student Af- fairs, in the Office of the Dean of Students, a written Certificate of 'Eligibility. Participation before the opening of the fh'st semester must be approved as at any other time. Before permitting any student or students to participate in a public activity (see definition of Participa- tion above), the chairman or man- ager of such activity shall (a) require each applicant to present a certifi- cate of eligibility, (b) sign his in- itials on the back o'f such certificate and (c) file with the Chairman of the Committee on Student Affairs the names of all those who have pre- sented certificates of eligibility and a signed statement to exclude all oth- ers from participation. University Band: Any member of the University Band who does not have in his possession a certificate of eligibility should Callnfor one at the office of the Dean of Students before 4:30, Friday, Sept. 30. To the Members of the Faculty of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. The first regular meeting of the; faculty ofathe College of Literature, Science, and the Arts for the aca- demic session of 1938-39 will be held. in Room 1025 Angell Hall, Oct. 3,' 1938, at 4:10 p.m. ' A large attendance at this initial meeting is particularly' desired. Edward H. Kraus., Best Rush Story So Far. . . con- cerns the freshman who, having nothing better to do, breezed into the house at 4:45 in the afternoon where he was slated to eat supper. An astounded rush chairman was summoaned by an equally astuond- ed brother. For a few minutes the pair chatted while an occasional Grik peeked in on them then scuttled up stairs to prepare for the evening performance. Finally the Chairman said he believed he would have to take a shower and dress. He jokingly inquired if the' rushee wanted a good hot shower. The Frosh, after thinking it over a second or two, said he didn't care if he did. Not the one to pass up such a golden opportunity to demonstrate the Club's newly installed showers, the chairman procured towels and soap and the freshman Had a bath on the house. - * -UH HUH Every now and then a person runs up against a situation where a bit of prevarication appears to be the best ;olicy. Such a situation was handled more or less deftly by Varsity foot- baller Jack Meyer when his Ypsi date of a few evenings ago turned out to be the sister of certain Pingel of Michigan State. Now keg-built Mr. Meyer is not essentially a dishonest individual, but he did feel that disclos- ing the fact that the Meyer who plays football for Michigan and the Meyer who at the moment was squiring Miss Pingel were one and the same would lead to nothing but discord and gener- ally do no good. So it was then, that when the sister of the Spartan marked man inquired if Meyer was in any activity at the University he informed her that he was a Michigan Daily sportscribe. All went well and come the mid-night hour Meyer escorted his date to the door of her house. As he turned to go, she called after him, "Be sure and give Johnnie a good write-up on Saturday." Meyer, with all the diplomacy of a Chesterfield, replied, "I'll fix him up all right." *~ * * NEW YORK, Sept. 27-(U.P.) -Louis Kamin, Jewish waiter, is in jail tonight because he told a Bronx park crowd that he had heard Adolf Hitler's speech yes- terday and liked it. He was charged with being responsible for the uproar that followed. -The Detroit Free Press Always kiddin', eh Kamin. justification and joy can be found, not three thousand miles away from your schools, but in the towns, cities, and villages in which you live. That self-fulfillment can be found-it must be found-in solving the problems that make for war. The experiences of my' generation speak with melan- Mrs. Shilling, 2-3061 during the eve- ning. Department of Astronomy Astronomy 204. Spectrophotometry. Williams. To be 'offered during the first semester. Astronomy 205. Cosmogony. Curtis. To be offered during the second se- mnester. Degree Program Advisers, 1938-1939 American Culture, Development of, addition of D. L. Dumond, 214 H.H. Anthropology, addition of M. Ti- tiev, 4506 Museumi. Chemistry, addition of B. A. Soule, 48 Chemistry. English 211F will meet Thursday, Sept. 29, at 4 instead of 5, in 3217 A.H. Succeeding meetings will be held at the regular hour, 4. Earl L. Griggs. Far Eastern Art: Correction in Graduate School Announcement for "Fine Arts 191, the Art of China and Japan, etc.," read "Fine Arts 192, the Art of India, etc." It is to be noted that Fine Arts 191, The Art of India is offered in the first semes- ter only. 35. Introduction to Scientific Ger- man. This course is designed for stu- dents who are concentrating or pre- paring to concentrate in one of the sciences. Prerequisites: Courses 1 and 2 in the Uiiversity, or two years of German in high school. (Tu Th, 9 a.m. 208 UH.; W, 9 a.m. 203 UH. Philippson). Four hours credit. Stu- dents interested in this newly intro- duced course should register for it immediately, first calling at the de- partmental office (204 UH). Mathematics 327, Seminar in Mathematical Statistics. Organiza- tion meeting will be held in 3020 An- gell Hall at 12 noon Thursday, Sept. 29. Mathematics 370, Seminar. Pre- liminary meeting to decide on the subject and the hours Thursday, Sep t. 29, at 3 o'clock in Room" 3001 Angell Hall. Possible subjects: high- er differential geometry; lattices; de- velopment of mathematical ideas. G. Y. Rainich. Psychology 31, Section 5, Tues. and Thurs., at 11 a.m. wil hereafter meet in Room 3126 N.S. ,Psychology 33, Section 3, Wed. at 9 a.m. will hereafter meet in Room 3126 N.S. Psychology 33, Section 1, Wed. at 11 a.m. will hereafter meet in Room 3116 N.S. Psychology 157 will hereafter meet in Room 1121 N.S. Lectures University Lecture: Dr: Emanuel G. Zies, Geocohemist at the Geophysical Laboratory ofrthe Carnegie Institu- tion at Washington, D.C., will lecture on the subject "Volcanoes and Their Eruptions," illustrated by lantern slides, at 4:15 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, in the Natural Science Auditorium. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Thomas A. Knott, Professor of English in the University of Michigan, formerly Managing Editor of Webster's Ndw International Dictionary, will lecture on the subject "Behind the Scenes in Building a Twentieth-Century Dic- tionary" at 4:15 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6, in the Lecture Hall of the Rackham Building. The public is cordially in- vited. Events Today Varsity Glee Club: Try-outs will be held for- al lthose wishing to get into the Glee Club this semester tonight 7:30 in Room 305 Michigan Union. All old men who have not tried out report at this time. Law Students: All first year men and juniors in the law school vho wish to compete in the Annual Case- club meet court competition will reg- ister today and Friday in the first floor of Hutchins Hall. Registration hours will be from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., 12 to 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Sophomores interested in trying out for Track Manager report to Yost Field House at 4 p.m. today. Church of Christ: The Memorial Church of Christ, Hill and Tappan Streets, cordially invites all students from Christian Churches or Churches of Christ to a supper tonight at 6:30 o'clock. Students coming from out- side of Michigan may know of this church as Disciples of Christ. Coming Events Delta Epsilon Pi cordially invites all students of Hellenic descent to at- tend an informal gathering to be held at the Michigan Union in Room 302 on Friday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Pi Lambda Theta: Important meet- ing Oct. 1, in the University Elemen- tary School immediately following DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Pu cation in the Bulletin is constructive notice toalln members of the iverstty. Copy received at the-offie o the Aseistant to the President vgttll 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Agenda: 1. Adoption of the minutes of the meeting of June 6, 1938, which have been distributed by campus mail (pages 436-451). 2. Memorial to the late Professor Orma F. Butler. Committee: Pro- fessors Henry A. Sanders, Philip L." Schenk, John G. Winter, Chairman. 3. Introduction of new members of professorial rank. 4. Report of the nominating com- mittee. The committee consists of: Prof. Verner W. Crane, Chairman Prof. Theophil H. Hildebrandt' Prof. Neil H. Williams Prof. Walter A. Reichart Prof. Karl Litzenberg 5. Election: a. Members on the Executive Com- mittee for a three-year term to snac- ceed Professors Campbell- Bonner and Heber D. Curtis, whose terms of office have expired. One member to replace Prof. Arthur S. Aiton, ab- sent on leave, for the first semester of the current academic year, b. Members of the Library Com- mittee to succeed 1. Professor Ermine C. Case as representative of Group II. 2. Professor Albert Hyma, repre- sentative at large. 6. Reports: a. Executive Committee, by Pro- fessor John F. Shephard. b. Executive Board of the Gradu- ate School by Professor Floyd Bar- tell. c. Deans'rConference, by Dean Ed- ward H. Kraus. d. Administrative Board, by Pro- fessor Wilber R. Humphreys. e. Academic Counselors, by Profes- sor Arthur Van Duren. f. Enrollment Statistics, by Regis- trar Ira M. Smith. g. Summer Session, by Director Louis A. Hopkins. Fraternity Registration: All new students desiring to be rushed or to pledge a fraternity must register at the Union, Room 306, between three and five this week. Michigan Dames. Members of Mich- igan Dames for the past year are asked to leave their addresses and telephone numbers by Oct. 1 with Mrs. Dixon, 2-3955 during the day, and >pportunity as well as political liberty. In your classrooms, laboratories and libraries, let one fundamental ques- tion dominate your thoughts as you go through the school year: What r~ari T '.trihiit in isr en-trv in