THlE MItHIGIAN DAKILY IE MICHIGAN DAILY l EDITOR (.di 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; y mail, $4.50. RBPRE8ENTED FOR NATIONAL AOVEinSING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Re esesttve +420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO ' BOSTON ' LOS ARGELES SAN FANCISCO) Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939.40 Editorial Staff Hervie Haufler Alvin Sarasohn Paul M. Chandler Karl Kessler Milton Orshefsky Howard A. Goldman Donald Wirtchafter Esther Osser . Helen Corman . . . . Managing Editor S. . . Editorial Director .. . . City Editor . . . . Associate Editor . . . Associate Editor * . Associate .Editor . . . . Sports Editor . . . . Women's Editor Exchange Editor Business Staff Business Manager . . Assistant Business Manager Women's Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager Trving Guttman . Robert Gilmour . Helen Bohnsack * . Jane Krause NIGHT EDITOR: SHIRLEY WALLACE The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Secretary Hull's Double Talk .. . SECRETARY OF STATE Cordell Hll added Monday night a note to the crescendoing chorus of rearmament and dan- gerous official side-taking which is every day revealing just how easy it will be for this coun- try to become involved in Europe's war in a military way as well as the countless ways in which it already is involved. If the leaders of our government continue to express their opinions publicy, taking into ac- count nothing except their own beliefs, we shall soon find ourselves embarking on transports to defend the honor of democray,"an'd government leaders who, although their sincerity of motive cannot be questioned, are nevertheless ap- parently caught in a whirlpool of nationalism in which there is no place for bettering the people of the nation, who uphold a democracy which will inevitably, as it did in the last war, cease to be a democracy as soon as war is declared. Mr. Hull referred in his speech before the American Society of International Law, to the establishment of order under law. "Never before has there been a greater need for our people to place the support of a wholly united public opinion behind our nation's efforts to exert the great weight of its moral influence in favor of a revindication and revitalization of the basic principles of order under law, which alone can give lasting assurance of safety, security and peace," he said. At another point in his speech, Mr. Hull said that a program of armaments is needed here sufficient to provide fully adequate means of defending this country's security and its right- ful interests. THE DYNAMITE in these two excerpts from the Secretary of State's speech lies in the im- plications they contain. If by "a wholly united public opinion" is meant only a common sanity and cooperation toward some socially useful end, all well and good. But if the same words were to come from the lips of someone other than Mr. Hull, there might be seen in them a note, a hint of sup- pression of civil rights, of freedom of speech, of the roots of democracy, which would arouse anxiety in all of us. Again if by "moral influence" is meant just that, we have no quarrel with Mr. Hull. But how far we are prepared to carry that moral influence, whether we are willing to go to war to exert it, is a question which should be an- swered, and answered soon, before our states- men go any farther in their speech making. Finally we ask a definition of what this na- tion's "rightful interests" in Europe or the rest of the world are. If these interests are economic ones, the foreign holdings or trade of our busi- ness men, we regret that we are unable to go along with Mr. Hull in protecting them. Un- doubtedly we have other interests. It is not possible to ignore the ties that exist between this country and the Allies. But, as the youth which will fight a war if there is one, we feel justified in asking if these ties are so strong as to last beyond death. If they are not, we cannot see the wisdom in dying for them. The ties are of a cultural nature. The war by every indication, has resolved itself into one of an imperial nature. There is no doubt that which- ever sidewins the war, the vanquished will suffer heavily, far miore .heavily than any con- Health Service Plug To the Editor: I HAVE recently returned from the new Health Service Building where I had a sub-mucous operation. Regarding the care, treatment and attention I received there both before and after the operation, I would like to make a few obser- vations and remarks. A week or more before the operation was to take place I had the customary analysis and blood test. Through a slight misunderstanding, I neglected to have the other two necessary tests: the lung and heart examinations. These latter never entered my head although I was given a slip of paper telling me that I had to have them. (I have bought Mr. Adler's book since, and would not misread such clear direc- tions again, I am sure.) The night before the operation I reported, as the directions said, to take my bed in the infirmary. I was told that I was not to be ad- mitted because the test records were incomplete. They gave me special permission to have the tests then so I could go on with the operation next day. I was guided to Room 332 where I slept on one of the most comfortable beds I have ever had a sleeping acquaintance with. The next morning my temperature was taken and at 9 a.m. Dr. Farrior performed the, operation. (I might also say that if the rest of the doctors are as sym- pathetic and have as nice a "bedside manner" as Dr. Farrior, the Health Service would be a pleasurable place to have a never-ending series of operations!). I was given a couple of pain-killing pills and left to recuperate. I should not say "left." A dietician came in and asked me how much milk I wanted with my meals, if I wanted tea or coffee, if I was getting enough, if I like it, etc., etc., .. . EAUTIFtjL young nurses came flitting in with pitchers of water. I was handed a free copy of The Daily (which I did not fully appre- ciate because my eyes would not focus properly). If I wanted anything all I had to do was press the buzzer and almost immediately (and I mean it) the nurse, or somebody would come. I'm afraid I can't remember very clearly all that did go on there. I was kept in such a doped condition to ease the pain, that it seems rather like a dream. I do know, however, that I shall ever be grateful for the consistent atten- tion that I received. There was never an hour, after the operation, that someone didn't come in. The reason I am writing this is to put my personal two cents worth of experience with the research done by Richard Harmel. Being in the Health Service (even with momentary pain of the operation) was sincerely a pleasure, and I would not mind doing the whole thing over again. ON THE OTHER side of the fence, I can recollect a few minor things-very minor things-that could be improved. The nurses could smile oftener. A couple of nurses who came in reminded me of a funeral I once attended. Why, when I looked at myself in the ingenious mirror-contraption. I wanted to laugh right out loud. Boy, did I look queer! My nose was the size of two noses, and my eyes looked bleary and drunk. If I had been one of the nurses, I would at least have smiled. The other complaint is about the use of the phone. When I decided I was well enough to leave-and the decision was left entirely to me- I didn't want to go to my home but to the home of a friend. I wanted to call the friend's home to find out if it was all right with him, (if he was ready for me, really); to call my own home and tell my mother the plan and get her per- mission; to call my friend again and tell him it was all right. The nurse said, "One call only. We can't have the phone being used for all that visiting." I finally got her to let me make two of the three calls. Each one of the calls lasted about half a minute. Maybe I am being unreasonable, but I don't believe that a minute and a half could make so much difference. It would help if there was a special phone for the use of the patients who are leaving. This is only a sug- gestion. To sum it all up, I would like to stuff the ballot box with votes for the Health Service management. Everyone was efficient, friendly, kind and helpful in every possible way. I agree with Mr. Harmel that so far as I know, the Health Service "deserves the reputation as one of the finest and most efficient of the student services of its kind in the nation." Sincerely and with a rapidly healing nose, Jim Bob Stephenson, '43 Propagan a Letters from two correspondents, the one extolling, the other condemning the new Sher- wood play, "There Shall Be No Light," prompt a word or two on what constitutes propaganda. Let us begin by agreeing that this powerful, exquisitely acted drama, unquestionably consti- tutes an excitement to American participation in the war. But when a dramatist sets out honestly to depict the Gethsemane of the Fin- nish Republic how could the result be other- wise? There are one or two lines in the play which the sensitive spectator may deprecate as too obviously chauvinistic. But omit or forget these and the suggestion is the stronger - New York Herald Tribune ferences, a conflict which after all is due to obvious defects in social and economic systems and not to the peoples of nations, leads these I Etiquette a to Lewis To the Editor: T HAS BECOME an increasingly evident fact to me during my sojourn on the University of Michigan campus, that my fellow students have been paying little or no attention to the niceties of etiquette. With the spring season in full swing, it seems to me that this deplorable situation must be remedied, and it is with the. hope of aiding my etiquetially-delinquent brethren and sistren to open their hearts to etiquette that I offer the following inviolable rules of social living: 1. The bow is the proper mode of saluta- tion of exchange between acquaintances on campus, and. under certain conditions, in sorority houses. The bow should never be a mere nod. A gentleman should raise his hat completely from his head, and sweep- ingly incline the entire body. A well bred man always removes his cigar from his lips whenever he bows to a lady; however, if the cigar is of the inferior two-for-five quality, he should sImply allow it to drop to the ground. 2. In talking with coeds of limited or ordinary education, avoid, ye brthren, po- litical, scientific, or commercial topics; choose only such topics as are likely to be of interest to them, such as their hairdress, their fingernails, and what costume should be worn for their next social engagement. Above all, never, NEVER, in polite company bring forth the fact that four out of five are beautiful and the fifth attends the University of Michigan. 3. One can always tell a lady by her voice and laugh-neither of which, ladies, should ever be loud or coarse, but soft, low, and nicely modulated. A coed should never per- mit any phrase which approaches an oath to escape her lips in the presence of young gentlemen. If any young lady employs a profane expression in the classroom or Union, her pretensions to good breeding are gone forever. 4. Nothing indicates the good breeding of a person so much as his or her manners at table. There are a thousand little points to be observed, which although not abso- lutely necessary, distinctly stamp the re- fined and well-bred person. a) Refrain from placing feet on the dinner table unless spats are worn. b) Imbibe all alcoholic beverages (if you must) below the table. c) The finger bowl contains not a see- ond helping of soup, but clean water in which to wash your dishes and upper plates. d) Avoid picking the teeth, if possible, at table. for however agreeable such a prac- tice might be to yourself, it may be offensive to others and often results in the loss of gold inlays. 5. At League or Union dances, there is rigid practice which must be followed. When a young lady declines to dance with a cul- tured collegian, it is her duty to give him a reason why. In inviting a lady to dance, the proper form is, "Will you honor me with your hand for a quadrille?" Dance with grace and modesty; shagging is absolutely, irrevocably, and irreconciliably outlawed. 6. No gentleman will stand in the doors of fraternities, nor on the street corners, nor in front of Mosher-Jordan gazing im- pertinately at the ladies as they pass, no matter how great the temptation may be. This is an unmistakable sign of a loafer or engineer. While walking with a young lady in the Arboretum, or along the banks of the Huron. and your companion, being fatigued, should choose to sit upon the ground, on no account allow yourself to do the same, but remain rigorously and mournfully standing. To do otherwise would be fla- grantly indecorous and the young lady would probably resent it as the greatest insult. 7. In walking with a young gentleman, ladies, never permit him to encumber him- self with a book or parcel, but always .offer to carry it. As to smoking, it is certainly not ladylike to smoke while walking wif i young gentlemen; but modern notions of the tobacco evil are growing very lax, and when by the seaside, in the country, or in any but fashionable quarters, if your com- panion does not object to a cigar (NEVER a pipe) you will not, fair damsels, compro- mise yourselves by smoking one. 8. A gentleman whose thoughts are not upon marriage should not pay too exclusive attentions to any one lady. However, as soon as he neglects the other beauties on campus to devote himself to a single lady, he gives that lady reason to suppose that he is particularly attracted to her, and there is danger of her feelings becoming engaged. If a coed encourages the addresses of a deserving young man, she should behave honorably and sensibly. Do not lead him about as if in triumph or take advantage of the ascendancy you have gained by sneer- ing at all other young bachelors. And above all, never address him in public as "uggie- puggie" or ",wicky-wacky." 9. Spitting is a filthy habit and annoys one in almost every quarter. Since vulgarity has had its way so extensively amongst us, every youth begins to smoke and spit before he has well cut his teeth. Smoking is un- questionably a great pleasure to those ac-- customed to it, yet the spitting with it, al- though it may aid the Buildings and, ire Drew Peorsos Rcber S. Allewi AT ANNAPOLIS, where midship- men put plebes through a con- stant cross-fire of hazing, one of the stock questions fired at a youngster is: "Mr. Jones, what did Admiral Taussig say?" And the first-year man clicks his heels and snaps back the traditional Annapolis answer:. "Sir, we are now ready!" This refers not to Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig's recent and start- ling prediction that war between the United States and Japan was inev- itable, but to a statement he made to the British during the World War which has become a naval classic. Taussig was in command of a de- stroyers squadron which arrived in Ireland_ shortly after the United States entered the war. Upon his arrival, the British asked how soon his ships could proceed to the North Sea for submarine duty. Taussig and his men had just crossed a stormy Atlantic, and the British ex- pected they would require at least a week to get shipshape. But Taus- sig's reply was approximately the one now quoted by Annapolis plebes. (Actually he said he would need 24 hours to take on oil and fresh water.) This gives one sidelight on the man who astounded the American public with his frankness in pre- dicting war with Japan. Republican Ammunition. THAT PREDICTION has now been discussed and editorialized from coast to coast from beer-hall to par- lor. But there are several backstage factors which have not been dis- cussed except in hush-hush groups of naval officers when thy get together. One of these is the mysterious manner in which Admiral Taussig happened to be called to testify be-' fore the Senate Naval Affairs Com- mittee. Theother is that no love has been lost between the President and Ad- miral Taussig. This dates back to a row they had when Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. So there is some suspicion-perhaps un- justified-that Taussig might have made his belligerent statement just at a time when it was sure to win votes for the Republicans. Regarding the first of these, it is not generally known that Admiral Taussig's name was suggested to the Senate committee by vigorous peace critics of the President, spe- cifically by Mauritz Hallgren. He acted for the National Peace Con- ference, led by Oswald Garrison Vil- lard, Frederick Libby and Dorothy' Detzer. Furthermore, the Senate Naval Affairs Committee got the impres- sion from peace leaders that the Admiral's testimony would be un- friendly to the Administration. If they expected Taussig to rap the big navy program, however, they were 100 per cent mistaken. He was vigorously for it. But if they wanted to pin a belligerent Far Eastern pol- icy on Roosevelt, they got their wish. For undoubtedly Taussig's prediction of war with Japan plays into Repub- lican hands. Roosevelt-Taussig Row ADMIRAL TAUSSIGS row with the President goes back to 1915, when several naval officers, partic- ularly the late Admiral Sims, were critical of Josephus Daniels and of Assistant Secretary Roosevelt in their preparation for war. Taussig was then Chief of En- listed Personnel in the Bureau of Navigation and joined in this cri- ticism. After the war he even tes- tified before a congressional inves- tigating committee that the Navy Department heads had failed "to take adequate steps to provide per- sonnel necessary for the proper con- duct of the Navy during the war." This was in 1920, just as the Re- publicans were trying to dig up po- litical dirt to be used in the Harding campaign, in which Roosevelt ran as Democratic candidate for vice- president. Naturally Roosevelt re- sented Taussig's playing into the hands of the opposition, and wrote a sharp letter to the Senate Naval Affairs Committee denying the charges. Thirteen years later, when Roose- velt became President, Taussig had just been appointed Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, a most impor- tant post. And he went to the new President and suggested that Roose- velt might want to transfer him in view of their previous difficulties. The President, however, told him to forget it and continue in his new job. [T IS no exaggeration to say that Taussig's career is one of the most brilliant in the Nave, His father, Edward David Taussig of the distinguished Jewish St. Louis fam- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940 f VOL. L. No. 164 Notices To the Members of the University Senate: There will be a meeting of1 the University Senate on Monday, May 20, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Lecture Hall.f Louis A. Hopkins, Secretary Faculty, College of Engineering: There will be a meeting of the Faculty of this College todayf at 4:15 p.m., in Room 348, West1 Engineering Building. Agenda: Nom- ination of panel of three to re- place Professor A. H. White on Ex- ecutive Committee. Present mem- bers: A. H. White to June, 1940. R. H. Sherlock to June, 1941. E. L. Eriksen to June, 1942. R. L. Morrison to June, 1943. Nomination of member to replace, Professor B. F. Bailey on University Council. Present members: B. F. Bailey, term expires 1940. A. Marin, term expires 1941. E. M. Bragg, term expires 1942. R. A. Dodge, term expires 1943. Routine Business. A. H. Lovell, Secretary. The WPA Department of Corre- spondence Instruction, sponsored by the University of Michigan Extension Service, will hold open house Mon- day, May 20, in its offices in the South Department Building, North University at Washtenaw, from 3 to 9 p.m. During the remainder of the week, May 21 to 24, visitors will be welcome during the regular office hours, 9 to 12 and 1 to 4. All who are interested in seeing the work of the Department are invited. Academic Notices Juniors concentrating in English are invited to apply for admission to the Senior Honors Course in English. Names should be left in the English Office, 3221 A.H. before noon on Saturday, May 18. W, G. Rice English 128: The Make-up exami- nation will be held in Room 2225 A.H. at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 17. June Candidates for the Teacher's Certificate: The Comprehensive Ex- amination ,in Edication will be given on Saturday, May 18, from 9 to 12 o'clock (and also from 2 to 5 o'clock) in the auditorium of the University High School. Students having Sat- urday morning classes may take the examination in the afternoon. Print- ed information regarding the exam- ination may be secured in the School of Education office. 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 Satur- day, May 18, at 1 o'clock. Students will meet in the auditorium of the University High School. The ex- amination will consume about four hours' time; promptness is therefore essential. Doctoral Examination of Walter Schauman Lundahl will be held at 4:00 p.m., today in 3089 N.S. Mr. Lundahl's department of specialization is Zoology. The title of his thesis is "Life History of Caec- incola parvulus Marshall and Gilbert (Cryptogonimidae, Trematoda) and the Development of Its Excretory Sys- tem." Dr. G. R. La Rue, as chairman of the committee, will conduct the ex- amination. By direction of the Ex- ecutive Board, the chaiman has the privilege of inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral candi- dates to attend the examination and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum The Doctoral Examination of Paul Francis Leedy will be held at 2:00 p.m. today . in 3223 A.H. Mr. Leedy's department of special- ization is English Language and Liter- ature. The title of his thesis is "The Overthrow of Alexander Pope's Repu- tation as Poet." Professor L. I. Bredvold as chair- man of the committee will conduct the examination. By direction of the Executive Board, the chairman has the privilege of inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral candidates to attend the examina- tion and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum The Doctoral Examination of Ed- mund E. Ingalls will be held at 1:00 p.m. today -'in 2045 Na- tural Science Bldg. Mr. Ingalls' de- partment of specialization is Forestry and Conservation. The title of his thesis is "The Prediction of Diameter Growth of Trees in Even-Aged Stands." Professor D. M. Matthews as chair- man of the committee will conduct ander Hamilton Zerban will be held at 2:00 p.m. today in the West Coun- cil Room, Rackham Building. Mr. Zerban's department of specialization is Mechanical Engineering. The title of his thesis is 'Clarification of the Heat Transfer Characteristics of Fluids in Annular passages." Professor H. E. Keeler as chairman of the committee will conduct the ex- amination. By direction of the Ex- ecutive Board, the chairman has the privilege of inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral candi- dates to attend the examination and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum Doctoral Examination of Frank Watkins Jobes will be held at 1:00 p.m.. Friday, May 17, in 1039 Museums Bldg. Mr. Jobes' department of spe- cialization is Zoology. The title of his thesis is "Age and Growth of the Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens (Mit- chill), in Lake Erie.". Dr. C. L. Hubbs as chairman of the committee will conduct the examin- ation. By direction of the Executive Board, the chairman has the privilege >f inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral candidates to at- tend the examination and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum Doctoral Examination of Mrs. Alice Cornelia Hayes Kempf will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, May 17, in 1564 East Medical Bldg. Mrs. Kempf's department of specialization is Bac- teriology. The title of her thesis is "A Study of Serum Therapy in Ex- perimental Pneumococcus Pneumonia in Rats." Dr. M. H. Soule as chairman of the committee will conduct the examina- tion. By direction of the Executive Board, the chairman has he privilege of inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral candidates to attend the examination and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum The Doctoral Examination of Nor- man Lee Oleson will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 17, in the East Council Room.Rackham Building. Mr. Oleson's department of speciali- zation is Physics. The title of his thesis is "The Multiple Scattering of Fast Electrons." Professor H. R. Crane as chairman of the committee will conduct the ex- amination. By direction of the Ex- ecutive Board, the chairman has the privilege of inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral candi- datesrto attend the examination and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum The Doctoral Examination of Sis- ter Mary Roswitha Schauls will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, May 17, in the West Council Room, Rackham Building. The department of spe- cialization is Physics. The title of the thesis is "An Analysis of the First Spark Spectrum of Molybdenum." Professor R. A. Sawyer as chair- man of the committee will conduct the examination. By direction of the Executive Board, the chairman has the privilege of inviting members of the faculty and advanced doctoral candidates to attend the examination and to grant permission to others who might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum Concerts Graduation Recital: Frank Fisher, violinist, will give a recital in partial fulfillment for the degree of Bachelor of Music, Friday evening, May 17, at 8:15 o'clock, at the School of Music Auditorium on Maynard Street. The general public is invited. 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. Eleventh Annual Exhibition of Sculpture of the Institute of Fine Arts in the Michigan League Build- ing on view daily until after Com-- mencement. Exhibition of works in water colors by Cleveland artists, drawings by John Carroll, Walt Disney originals. Auspices Ann Arbor Art Association and University Institute of Fine Arts. Open daily, 2-5 until May 22, Alumni Memorial Hail. Sundays included.