THIC MICHIGAN DAILY TUE~SDAY, MAY 7, 1940 THE MICHIGAN DAILY --.. 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 Bummer 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 tights 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 ADVER- SING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publisbers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO * BOSTON * LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Carl Petersen Elliott Maraniss Stan M. Swinton Morton L. Linder Norman A. Schgrr Dennis Flanagan John N. Canavan Ann Vicary . Mel Fineberg . Editorial Staff " . . . .t . . .R . . Managing Editor Editorial Director * . City Editor . Associate Editor . Associate Editor . Associate Editor . Associate Editor . Women's Editor . Sports Editor . Paul B. Park Ganson P. Taggart Zenovia Skoratko * Jane Mowers Harriet S. Levy Business Staff Business Manager . Ast. Business Mgr., Credit Mqnager Women's Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager Publications Manager NIGHT EDITOR: WILLIAM ELMER The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Tribute To A Scholar . . T HE FUSION of scientist and philoso- pher is one which is always difficult to achieve, and when a man appears in whom the elements both of scientist and philosopher are present he is apt to be one of unusual power and ability. Such a man was Dr. R. D. McKenzie, whose untimely death interrupts a comprehen- sive analysis of the field of human ecology (the study of how people live in terms of the physical, concrete elements of their environment) which he was preparing. Essentially a philosopher in his approach to scientific problems, Dr. McKenzie was engaged in a field of research that has broad implica- tions to our understanding of how men live, for he viewed the problem of man's existence in terms of the totality of his environment, not exclusively in the narrow terms of his economic relations or his :mental habits. The University mourns today the loss of one of its ablest scholars. The Parliament Battle Front . , HE HEAVY ARTILLERY of the op- T position will be brought to bear on Neville Chamberlain in the House of Commons today and tomorrow and may blast him right out of No. 10 Downing Street before the full- dress debate on the Government's inept con- duct of the Norwegian campaign is ended. The most severe test of his regime faces the aging premier as Conservatives, dissatisfied with the inglorious defeat of the Allied forces in Norway, have joined with liberals in the House in attacking the Government's conduct of the war. In addition, bitter attacks have been made upon Chamberlain in the Conservative as well as the liberal press. CORRESPONDENTS agree that five embar- bL+rassing questions will have to be answered by the government. They include: 1. If, as Chamberlain himself has declared, the Government knew for at least a month that the Germans were assembling landing parties in the Baltic, why did it disperse the expeditionary force it had ready for use in Finland? Further, why did it disperse the force it had ready to occupy Trondheim and Stavan- ger, if, following the dispatch of a force to Finland, the Germans had violated Norwegian neutrality? 2. Why was so much emphasis placed on Narvik at the beginning of the campaign when it was known that the Germans were racing for Trondheim and that Allied operations, to be successful, would have to be carried out instantly in that sector? 3. Why did not the navy rush Trondheim in the early days of the campaign before the Germans had their big guns in place? 4. Is i true, as Leland Stowe reported, that raw territorials were put up against seasoned German troops? 5. Why did the Ministry of Information al- low Parliament, the Oublic and the press to gain too optimistic a view of events in Norway from neutral sources? IT APPEARS that what the British want more than anvthinr right now is a vigorous prose- GULLIVER'S CAVILS By YOUNG GULLIVER (Today's column is penned by Daily night editor Richard Harmel, who is an expert on circuses, bright bow ties and European history.) /HEN Young Gulliver gave the word' for me to write a column, I twisted and squirmed with delight and started to figure out a name, If names were the only thing a columnist had to worry about, he'd be all set because they come a dime a dozen, But if I were to name this particular column, and every column has to have a name even if you're writing under another name, I'd choose three little words that a little kid asks his friends when he's found out something new. Yes, I'd choose those three little words that start one discussion after a particularly exhil- arating bluebook. Yes sir, I'd call this mass of slung-together verbiage, "Did You Know?" DID YOU KNOW that in the days when handle bar mustaches were the rage and every Michigan student was a rip snortin', fire breath- in' monster, circuses rolling into this town of ours breathed a silent prayer for divine mercy because Ann Arbor for the "Big Top" folks was one of the two worst towns in the country? So runs the story in many of the circus route books of the last decades of the nineteenth century. These circus route books, I discovered after putting a couple of questions to John Ring- ling North, vice president of the famous Ring- ling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, were the circus diaries. Some performer, roustabout or front door man who had a flair for writing would compile a record of every place the circus visited. He would write about the weather, the crowd, the reception the performers received and any unusual occurrences. Michigan students, say most of these nine- teenth century routebooks, were the terror of the age. Why the circus managements never knew whether a show would go on because they never knew what the students would do. Favorite device of the dashing, handsome Michigan male was to spirit the circus girls away for picnics and the like when they were supposed to perform, but the school boys pre- ferred to upset the circus routine with a good old fashioned fight. TODAY, I'm afraid, the boys would falter at the fight but in the girls delight. In querying North, I discovered that hardly a performance went by when a group of collegi- ans wouldn't fight. The circus people hardly ever interfered, must less resisted. They didn't know quite what to do. All they ever did was print dire warnings in their route books about Ann Arbor-"the terror of the west." Only one other town ranked with the home of the Michigan man. That was Shmokin, Pa.; where miners made circus life miserable. When a circus rode into Ann Arbor, it was almost a University holiday devoted to fun making at the expense of the "Big Top." Today, a circus in town fast week for a one-night stand hardly attracted 20 students. BUT one early June day at the turn of the century, a new circus rolled into the circus lot. It had never come to Ann Arbor before. I'm afraid it had never received its baptism of fire from the Michigan men. The first day, the nonplussed and dismayed circus folk watched their show get a thorough going over from a zealous group of undergrad- uates. They were confused at first and finally were consumed with a deadly anger. Their council of war that night determined that the next day a staunch resistance would be offered: In fact, every man was given a tent stake with which to defend the show. The students, on the other hand, had had a magnificent time and essentially the same group decided to return to continue the fun. THE day of days dawned with a hot sun blaz- ing down. Not so long before show time, the students descended en masse and, embold- ened by their success of the day before, de- manded admission without the formality of payment. The master of the front gate temporized and, as the students stormed the gate, shouted for aid. Wave after wave of brawny circus roust- abouts appeared from nowhere swinging their tent stakes and students fell like ten pins. This "Old Clem" as an all around fracas is called among the circus people, resulted in a precipitate retreat on the part of the students. Brown stains on the grass told how effective the attack had been. When this particular circus pulled up its stakes, it little realized that they had broken the back of "the terror of the west." Proof of their success is shown in the route books of later years where the entries noted Ann Arbor as good, orderly and the home of nothing un- usual. Only in one case was there an untoward in- cident . . . and the students had nothing to do with it. One of the show's candy butchers' was bothered by insomnia and sat down on the railway tracks to enjoy the cool night air. He dozed, fell asleep and a Chicago flyer blasted him into the great beyond. --Richard Harmel "Stop the War" candidates since the outbreak of hostilities.) TIrLL Chamberlain has a large parliamentary maiority to trade on. and he will throw DANCE JOHN MALCOLM BRINNIN Last evening, before an invited audience, the University Dance Club and its associated groups presented one of its infrequent recitals. Exper- ience has perhaps shown that it is unfair to look for seriousness, either in form or content, in such performances. Yet this was the element for which your reviewer looked and for which, he submits, any observer with half an eye to the unique accomplishments of the modern dance as practiced in America, must look. Unfortunately the rewards of such observa- tion were at a minimum. Rather, an unaccom- plished prettiness seemed to set the tone of the evening. Perhaps this is but to be ex- pected in places where the dance is but one of the milder forms of female athleticism com- bined with a left-handed deference to the growing importance of the contemporary dancer. .Rather than enumerate those instances where the flamboyance of cheese-cloth and pantomine dominated the stage, it may be better to report in detail those that showed either promise in terms of accepted standards or a first premise grasp of the almost unlimited scope of the dance as an art form. The most finished piece of the evening was "Dance to a Yiddish Melody," performed by Bernice Wolfson and Sara Graf. And though its thesis was simple to the point of bareness, with its joy-and-sorrow transitions, it offered a generous opportunity for Miss Wolfson to display the control of body movement and the clarity of emotional conception which have marked many of her performances. Joseph Gornbein's "Lament for the Loss of Youth" must be recognized for its high intent. On a theme suggested by lines from Stephen Spender, Mr. Gornbein attempted to portray the annoymous death of a youth under the heel of militarism. His choreography was sim- ple and sober, and except for two or three excess gestures that cluttered up his larger pattern, well unified. If it did not rise to the height suggested by the importance of his theme, neither did it pall the spectator with useless or obscure movements. Pleasantly in evidence many times through- out the evening, and always in the most deli- cately turned dances, Jeanne Burt demonstrated a flair for the conventional felicities of dance story-telling. Perhaps more than any of the participants, her lighter artistry seemed more conscious, more precisely drawn. It must be said of her that her every gesture is a dance- movement; that, in itself, is a rarity among the hybrid conceptions of choreography that leave particular numbers lost between pantomine and a sort of pseudo-ballet. In the few numbers in which she participated, Miss Bloomer again showed the high level of competence that has always marked her ap- pearances. lhe Drew Pedmso ad Q Robert S.Alen " WASHINGTON-Madame Secre- tary Perkins is about to lose hera ablest assistant secretary, Marshalli E. Dimock-another casualty in theZ long list of executives who have comet and gone inside the Labor Depart-o ment. Dimock has done an excellent jobc as Second Assistant Secretary of La-n bor, but Miss Perkins will not bet sorry to see him go. If anything,' she has encouraged his departure.f Reason is that Miss Perkins hasd some rather definite ideas about marriage and divorce. And Dimockn is now in the process of getting a divorce from his wife, while simul- taneously his former secretary is getting a divorce from her husband.a Dimock's former secretary is Mrs. Warren Jay Vinton, whose husbandn is chief economist for the U.S. Hous- ing Authority. She filed for a divorce in Reno on April 23, and it is nowe reported that Dimock and Mrs. Vin-i ton will be married. So Miss Perkins has given hern blessing to the exit of her assistant t secretary, who will now return tot teaching at the University of Chi- cago.t RUSSIA REFUSES One of the big questions which Mussolini and Hitler discussed at their famous meeting at the Brenner Pass was a new deal by which the Soviet was 'to enter the Axis. Hitherto, Communist Russia andp Catholic Italy had wasted no love. However, Nazi Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop reported to Mussolini on his trip to Rome that he would have no trouble bringing Russia into then fold. All he had to do, Ribbentropa intimated, was more or less to snapC his fingers and Stalin would obey. Since that time, Ribbentrop may have snapped his fingers, but he hasc had no luck with Stalin. So far, Russia has not come into the Axis,C and there has been no pact what- u soever regarding the Balkans. F In fact, Italy and Russia are just as far apart as ever. It is more thanF probable that if Mussolini goes into the Balkans, Russia will move imme-g diately to take Rumania and the coast of the Black Sea. LEWIS AND GREEN ; In a city which thrives on feuds,p probably the bitterest enemies today remain labor leaders John L. Lewis and William Green. How bitterlyE they hate was illustrated when Eu- gene Casey, head of the local Roose- velt Memorial Library Committee, called upon Green to ask for an AFL contribution toward building the library. Mr. Green immediately asked: "How much did John L. Lewis and the CIO contribute?" "Mr. Green," replied Casey a little sadly, "Mr. Lewis wouldn't contributea a cent."E Bill Green brightened perceptibly,r called his secretary and wrote aI check for $500. "Sorry we can't do more," he said, handing the check to Casey. "It's a very worthy cause." BREAD, NOT BOOKS Ranking very close to Bill Greens in the bitter eyes of John L. Lewis,. however, is Franklin D. Roosevelt. This also was illustrated by the aforementioned Eugene Casey when1 he called earlier on Lewis, to ask< him for funds to build the Hyde1 Park library. Mr. Lewis listened graciously, then growled: "What this country needs is not libraries but BREAD,"I Casey retorted: "Mr. Lewis, if it] had not been for libraries, American labor would not have the forth, right, dynamic, fearless leader who has done more for labor than any- one else. "Study your own background," Casey continued. "You were just a' poor miner's boy. Where would you' be today if it had not been for free books, free education and free li- braries?" Mr. Lewis softeened somewhat, but still refused to contribute to the Roosevelt library at Hyde Park. One of the great problems of Gen- eral Maxime Weygand's Allied army in Syria, now being watched by the world, is cooking. The cooking has to be done ac- cording to religion, and there are three great religious groups within the -Allied army, plus many sects, all fanatical over their food. For instance, the Indian troops will not permit a cow to be killed in their presence, would mutiny if they were offered a. cow or steer as food. the singing in two languages and the mixture of styles and about all that is left is the smugness of the Festival directors in presenting an "opera." 7 that be satisfaction why, let them take it all. We will take spinach. How soon will Ann Arbor have an opportunity to hear the new DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 2) candidates to attend the examina- tion and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum Doctoral Examination of Sherman Anderson Hoslett will be held at 9:00 a.m. today in 3089 N.S. Mr. Hoslett's department of speciali- zation is Zoology. The title of his thesis is "The Ecological Distribution of Mammals in Northeastern Iowa." Dr. L. R. Dice, as chairman of the committee, will conduct the exami- nation. By direction of the Execu- tive Board, the chairman has the privilege of inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral can- didates to attend the examination and to grant permission to others who mnight wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum Directed Teaching, Qualifying Ex- amination: All students expecting to elect directed teaching (Educ D100) next semester are required to pass a qualifying examination in the sub- ject which they expect to teach. This examination will be held on Saturday, May 18, at 1 o'clock. Students will meet in the auditorium of the Uni- versity High School. The examina- tion will consume about four hours' time; promptness is therefore essen- tial. Concerts ..May Festival: The Schedule of May Festival concerts is as follows: Wednesday, May 8, 8:30 p.m.: Al- exander Kipnis, Bass; The Philadel- phia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. Thursday, May 9, 8:30 p.m.: Doro- thy Maynor and Rosa Tentoni, sopra- nos; Robert Weede, Baritone; Rich- ard Hale, Narrator; The Philadel- phia Orchestra; The University Choral Union; Eugene Ormandy and Thor Johnson, Conductors. Friday, May 10, 2:30 p.m.: Artur Schnabel, Pianist; The Philadelphia Orchestra; The Young People's Chor- us; Harl McDonald; Juva Higbee and Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. Friday, May 10, 8:30 p.m.: Lily Pons, Soprano; Joseph Szigeti, Violin- ist; The Philadelphia Orchestra; Eu- gene Ormandy, Conductor. Saturday, May 11, 2:30 p.m.: Joseph Szigeti, Violinist; Emanuel Feuer- mann, Violoncellist; The Philadel- phia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, Conductor'. Saturday, May 11, 8:30 p.m.: "Sam- son and Delilah" by Saint-Saens Enid Szantho, Contralto; Giovanni Martinelli, Tenor; Robert Weede, Baritone; Norman Cordon, Bass; The Philadelphia Orchestra; The Uni- versity Choral Union; Thor Johnson, Conductor. Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: Photographs of recent architectural work in Florida in the modern manner, by Architects Igor B. Polevitzky and T. Trip Russell. Ground floor corridor cases. Open daily 9 to 5, through May 22, except Sunday. The public is invited. Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: Drawings of candidates in the recent competition for the George G. Booth Travelling Fellow- ship in Architecture. Third floor ex- hibition room. Open daily 9 to 5 except Sunday, through May 18. The public is invited. An exhibition of the H. A. Elsberg collection of coptic and islamic tex- tiles of the University of Michigan. Rackham Building, May 7 to May 18. 2-5 daily. Lectures University Lecture: Professor E. Artinrofsthe University of Indiana will give lectures on Wednesday and Thursday, May 8 and 9, at 4:15 p.m., in Room 3011 A.H., on the subject, "The Fundamental Theorem of Ga- lois Theory." Mathematics Lecture: Professor R. Brauer of the University of Toronto will give a lecture today at 4:00 p.m. in 3011 A.H. Today's Events Geological Journal Club will meet in Room 3065 Natural Science Build- ing at 7:30 tonight. Program: Mr. Frank Pardee, Min- ing Engineer of the Department of Conservation, will lecture on "Mine Evaluations." Junior Research Club will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Building. Program: "Chemistry of Natura and Synthetic Sex Hormones" by Dr A. L. Wilds, Dept. of Chemistry. "Vitamins in the Urine-So What! by Dr. Daniel Melnick, Dept. of Inter- nal Medicine. Business Meeting: Proposed amend. & Schultes, "Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians." Lynn Zwickey, Review of Never- mann, ':Kava auf Neuguinea" and Soderstrom, "Notes on Poi and other Preserved Vegetables in the Pacific." Tau Beta Pi meeting for election of officers will be held at Barton Hills today. Buses will leave the En- gineering Arch at 5:45 p.m. Those wishing to play golf this afternoon, see Professor Marin. A.S.M.E. Members: Buses for the trip to Milford today will leave the Engineering Arch at 1:30 p.m. sharp. Membership cards will be necessary for admittance to the proving grounds. Varsity Glee Club: Meet in the Glee Club room of the Union tonight at 6:30 instead of 7:30 as previously announced. No rehearsal Thursday. Meet at the Burton Memorial Tower at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Glider Club Meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in room 311 West Engineer- ing Building. Groups will be organ- ized for the remainder of the sem- ester. Deutscher Verein: Dr. H. W. Nord- meyer will present the last lecture- in the current series tonight in the Michigan League at 7:15. His topic is "Romantische deutsche Calerei." (illustrated). Everyone cordially in- vited. The Slavic Club will meet at the International Center, tonight. Dr. J. W. Stanton will give a lecture on "The Slavic Movement." All mem- bers of the Club are urged to attend. The general public is invited. Al Thaquafa, the Arabian Society, will hear Dr. Habib turani, Profes- sor of Comparative Education and Registrar at the American Univer- sity of Beirut, speak on "The Arab Renaissance in the Near East" to- day at 4:30 in the Rackham Amphi- theatre. The public is cordially in- vited. Modern Dance Program: An infor- mal dance program will be presented by the Modern Dance Club and the Department of Physical Education for Women tonight at 8:15 in Bar- bour Gymnasium. Tickets of admis- sion may be obtained free of charge in Office 15, Barbour Gymnasium. A swing concert will be given by Phil Diamond at Hillel Foundation tonight at 8:00. The proceeds will be turned over to the United Jewish Appeal drive, being sponsored by the Ann Arbor Jewish Committee from May 1 to May 10. The public is cordially invited. Christian Science Organization will meet tonight at 8:15 in the chapel of the Michigan League. The class in Conversational Hebrew will meet at the Foundation tonight at 7:00. Tryouts for a skit to be presented at the Installation Banquet on May 19 by the Hillel Players will be held at the Hillel Foundation today at 4:00 p.m. Michigan Dames: Annual Spring Banquet to be held at the League today at 6:15 p.m. New officers will be installed. Members may obtain tickets from Mrs. F. W. Kennon, Mrs. S. J. Tan- ner or one of the officers. Coming events Seminar in Physical Chemistry will meet in Room 122 Chemistry Building at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8. Mr. W. H. Sullivan will speak on "Preparation and Properties of Super- pure Metals." Institute of the Aeronautical Sci- ences: Members intending to make the trip to Buffalo, N.Y.,, to visit the Curtiss-Wright and Bell Aircraft fac- tories, should list their names on : the Bulletin Board of the Aeronauti- cal Engineering Department. De- tails and expenses for the trip will be explained there. La Sociedad Hispanica will meet Wednesday evening at 7:30 in the League. Election of officers and pro- gram. All members are urged to be present, International Center: The tea on Thursday at 4 o'clock is especially to honor the winning soccer team for the year. The members of the Turkish team, which have won the championship in soccer this year will be presented with their keys. Any- . one interested is invited. Mimes meeting on Wednesday eve- ning at 7:30 in the Union. Nomina- tions for officers will be in order. MUSIC By JOHN SCHWARZWALDER SUNDAY NIGHT the Chinese Students Club brought a very fine artist into our midst heralded only by a handful of cognoscenti in the musical and oriental sections of our human fellowship. The artist was Wei Chung Loh was played on a variety of Chinese instruments and proved his title to ranking among that small group of musicians who by careful artistry and unobtrusive showmanship accomplish more than ordinarily would seem possible. Professor Wei played upon the pi-pa, the ehr-hu and the hu-ching, three instruments al- most entirely unknown in the west. The pi-pa is a virtuoso instrument constructed on the principle of the guitar but not nearly so limited in either range or color. The ehr-hu is a violin of sorts with a hauntingly beautiful timbre that lingers in the memory. The ching is an involved arrangement of strings and a sounding board designed to accentuate certain overtones. Due to the acoustics of the Pattingill Auditorium we heard only the basics on this instrument and could not judge it. The music was of varied mood, tempi and. dynamics. It was all alike, however, in the fact that it was definitely program music. All of it told a story, sometimes amusing, some- times poignant. While the scale and harmonic combinations sounded strange to our ears it was amusing to note that all the forms, so far as we could judge on a cursory hearing, were strictly classical. Classical, that is, in a Western sense. The sonata-rondo, the rondo, the air and variations and many others were there precisely as Haydn might have used them. The involved codas were even a bit Beethovenish. Perhaps our oriental friends will not esteem these words a compliment to their composers' work. They were meant to be. Interesting too was the astounding technic Mr. Wei displayed on all the instruments and the unusual effects he attained among which we noticed a drone bass with three counter melodies and an intentional violin glissando that would shame Rubinoff himself. An able presentation of a tender scene from the Chinese opera The Red-Maned Steed also brought de- served praise to its protagonists, Ang Tsung Liu and Helen Zau. SATURDAY NIGHT the May Festival brings the beloved Giovanni Martinelli, Enid Szan- tho, Norman Cordon and Robert Weede here to sing the solo roles in the Choral Union's presentation of Camille Saint-Saens' master work, Samson and Delilah. Under the circum- stances we supoose the opera was as wise a