N DAILY Imp '4;/ -"'4 .. ;Ni ged by students of -the University of authority of the Board in Control of I a dent Publications. ulished every morning except Monday during the versity year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the for republication of all news dispatches credited to r not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All ts of republication of all other matters herein also srved.. itereci at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as nd class mail matter. ibscriptions during regular school year by carrier, U; by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL, ADVEftSING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO ' BOSTON - LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO mber, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 '1 Petersen ott Maraniss m M. Swinton rton L. Linder 'man A. Schorr anis Flanagan n N. Caravan n Vicary Fineberg Editorial Staff Business Staf f Managing 'Editor, Editorial Director *City Editor . Associate Editor . Associate Editor Associate Editor *Associate Editor . Women's Editor . Sports Editor cess Manager . . Business Mgr., Credit Manager en's Business Manager en's AdvertisingrManager, [cations Manager . Paul R. Park Ganson P. Taggart Zenovia Skoratko . HJane Mowers *Harriet S. Levy GHT EDITOR: ROBERT W. BOGLE The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are. written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Witch Hunt hi Qeens Count . . . HADES OF 'Czarist Russia and the Gestapo have been revivedin Queens Cunty, N.Y. According to the New York Ierald-Tribune, 1200 "special and honorary deputy sheriffs" in the metropolitan area of tie ceunty have been appointed to report "any un- Anerican gossip that might happen to be float- i is around Queens." The old maxim says, "Fight fire with fire." ;inging it up to date, Queens County apparent- ly I roposes to fig'ht gossip with gossip. As a consequence, the county's residents will eiter into every conversation with the uneasy fdling that one of their aliased friends (in reality a "special and honorary deputy") may b:' ready to polnce upon them and ship them of to some American Siberia. Queens will be apleasant place to live when 1200 human blood- hounds are loosed on the scerit of untoward re- 4iaks, slurs against the status quo and, ulti- nately, we suppose, jokes at the expense of the A. The most un-American aspect that can be s¢n in the Queens plan is the plan itself. It is obable that no two of the honored 1200 would gVe the same definition of Americanisni, but it Ila t it must be agreed that freedom of speech is qle of the integral parts. Recruiting one's neigh- b&$ and friends for thinly veiled OGP'U-ing srvices is representative of totalitarianism ithier than democracy. In scorning such tactics as the Dies commit- t'es and "un-American" spies, Americans do not l e to experience the unpleasant suspicion that they may be shielding some Bund or Communist lot. We only cloak such organizations with a 1 ereficial aura of martyrdom when we try to feet them out. Events of the past few weeks h ve done more to discredit so-called "subversive a tities" than two years or ten of Dies cor- nittee probes. Such a plan as Queens County has set int cdperation helps no one, least of all the govern- ment. It can beget nothing but injustice, intol- e'nce and ill will. It can create only suspicion of justice, mistrust of government and hatred 61 the "special and honorary deputies." Queens Oounty should strike it off the record. -Hervie Haufler PA Econony 1 Lansing . . HE RECENT opening of the Munici- pal Water Conidtioning Plant in Lansing, built by the Works Progress Adminis- tration, marked the end of a 15-year fight to obtain soft water. The plant, which was erected at a cost of $750,000, could not have been built Without' the assitsance of the WPA. Thus, an- other worthwhile project is added to its alread 1&rig list of accomplishments. Every time a member of the 20,000 families living in Lansing turns on the water faucet, he will assist in effecting a financial saving for the city that, by the end of one year, will amount to between $150,000 and $200,000. More than 300 workmen, who otherwise woud have been with- out ineome, were gainfully employed for 1 months. In addition, the finest plant of its kind in the country has been built. balance a municipal budget with a small saving of $10 a year for .each householder,. but in the long run an improvement will be realized and the plant will pay for itself in a very few years. Contrary to common belief that a great num- ber of workmen will be needed to operate the plant, only six are employed to ru machinery which produces ten million gallons of softened water daily. The staff includes four operators; one for each eight-hour shift and a relief opera- tor, one part-time chemist and one common laborer. Lansing's model water conditioning plant will not only pay for itself many times, but it is hoped that it will inspire other cities to take similar steps toward giving the citizens something really' worthwhile for their money. Public works of this type will prove all-time reminders of WPA efficiency -Helen Corman T apping Student Opinion ... THE BUREAU of Student Opinion de- serves hearty approval and encour- agement on campus on the basis of its past record of achievement. Last year, the Bureau took polls on prob- lems of student "behavior," such as attendance at movies, at religious services, beer gardens and other activities. It achieved the remarkably low statistical error of from two per cent to six per cent' in these trials, and will begin, during this year, to tackle the more complex worko of polling opinions and thought trends. Campus views on politics, war, religion and several phaises of current social and economic development will be reduced to statistical fact by a means very similar to that used by the Gallup and Fortune surveys. A representative sampling on this campus requires te use of only 500 to 600 questionnaires, duly apportioned among the ~various schools. Never spectacular in its press releases, but aiming, rather, to condense and reproduce accur- ately what it observes on campus, the Bureau of Student Opinion has gained the expressed approval of several faculty members who were asked last year to help sift and interpret its findings. Its director, James Vicary, first conceived the Bureau as a valuable instrument of sociological research on campus, and has been directly re- sponsible for the high standards and ideals of accomplishment which it has maintained. What' the Michigan student has to say on current problems, and how his opinions fluctu- ate during the crises and transitions which seem to lie somewhere in the near future promise to provide an interesting commentary on college life. -Roy Buehler 'DRAMA . By JAMES GREEN It is With considerable trepidation and humil- ity that I approach the task of writing drama criticism in the columns of The Daily. I realize that these feelings are not original nor for that matter, criticlike and when felt are best left un- uttered. I shall however devote the largest p rt of thi article to an explanation of why, in the present case, I believe they are necessary if I am to acc mplish anything more than a feeble imitation of some of our brighter metropolitan commentators The Daily reviewers of art shows, music, books and' the cinema all deal with professional and professedly finished productions. They are un- der obligation to the readers of their columns to provide them with as intelligent a critical appraisal as is in their power. There is no added, obligation to the artist beyond that appraisal. The drama critic on the other hand, is con- cerned principally with student acted and even. student written and produced pays and he must be as much a crusader as a critic. Play Produc- tion and its summer counterpart, the Repertory Theatre, have, during the past several years, provided Ann Arbor and the University of Michi- gan with a large number of good plays, well acted and well produced. This despite the fact that they have been underequipped and under- staffed. But much more important Professor Windt and his staff have turned out several good actors, a considerable number of competent ones and in conjunction with Professor Rowe and the play writing department a number of good play- wrights. All of this, I believe, is too important to be sabotaged for the sake of a bright remark, however apt it may be. By this I do not mean that I intend to suspend such critical principles as I may have. That would be as unfair as the opposite course. I do feel, however, that I have an obligation to the actors as well as to their audience. It is unfor- tunate that most of the plays at Lydia Mendels- sohn are produced under almost professional pressure. There has not been in the past nearly enough experimental work, a lack which the staff of Play Production has felt even more keen- ly than the potential audience for such produc- tions. It is a lack which Professor Windt is try- ing very hard to remedy for the coming year despite the lack of an adequate theatre. As long, however, as the major part of Play Production's work that does obtain a public hearing does so in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre under this pressure I do not believe that it is the task of The Daile reviewer to add to that pressure. It has been a too common story in Play Production that only Trojan work on the part of the director has kept Thursday night's performance from falling apart under a barrage of particularly devastating re- marks in the morning review of Wednesday night's' performance. It is possible to justify such treatment of a professional production, it Music And The Newsreel By RICHARD BENNETT If you have been attending the showings at the Michigan and Majestic theatres for the past three or four weeks, you will have noticed at least one striking difference between the Para- mount and MGM (Hearst) presentation of the European conflict, a difference which, upon re- flection, you will agree is pretty fundamental, and merits investigation. The reference is, of course, to the opportunistic and thorough despicable treatment of the inci- dental music to the Hearst film as opposed to the surprisingly good taste Paramount has shown in approaching the same problem. The filming of battlefields, of ruined cities and homeless refugees is not a subject adaptable to a Lone Ranger score or the most melodramatic mo- ments to be found in Tschaikowsky. Whatever the Hearst film is attempting to do-and it smacks suspiciously of war propaganda-it is to be hoped that students will sense the frightful cheapness of it and will be antagonized rather than stirred to any kind of senseless action about it.For whatever emotion is aroused by music used in this way, you may bet your life it is a false one, one which expressed will lead to no good end. Some would contend that the musical adapta- tions to the Hearst newsreel are simply another instance of Hollywood's proverbial bad taste and nothing more. How anyone can possibly holri such a view when scores of serious artists with- out work would be only too glad to prove their worth to the films is difficult to understand. Paramount (though heaven knows what it will do tomorrow or the day after) has found no dif- ficulty in this respect. While leaving much to be desired by way of filming the news in the past, Paramount has however, scored the film- ing of the present conflict admirably. Underlin- ing scenes of Nazi activity round and about the Siegfried line with the powerful Wotan motif of the Ring (a motif Wagner employs as symbolic of the Teutonic Will); merging the suppressed minor dead-scoring of scenes from the war 4 Poland with the roar of bomb and airplane; accompanying views of a silent and war-waiting Paris and London with the courageous but omi- nous sound of a single horn against a submerged background of darkened strings and tympani; --these and cases of like nature are all to Para- mount's credit in that they imbue the audience with an awareness of the tragedy without falsely arousing them to a hysterical will to war. If Americans are moved to war-action, it certainly cannot be due to Paramount's musical incite- ment toward such action. This may seem to be making a deal of ado about nothing to many readers. Yet the force of music is powerful. Somewhere 'in his works Confucius stated: "If you would know whether a country is well-governed and of good morals, listen to its music." There is no small truth in that statement, and the implications of it are' profound. The force of music is powerful. Nor is its power always apparent, even upon re- flection. Do not let anyone imagine that we have gotten away from the attitude of the senior who remarked just last' evening: "I tell it to you honestly, I'm a sucker for martial music. I cry out against the horrors of war now, but just let that ol' band get to playing and the men begin marching and I know darn well I would join them against all my better judgment." Well, it's an old story, this one about the bands playing and the men marching, but surely now is the time to warn against it. When we attend the theatre let us not minimize anything which, while seeming innocent enough by itself, takes on a truly dreadful significance when re- lated to the present world order. When students practically endmasse at the University of Michi- gan clap loudly when the American Legion's demand for an immediate army of a million men for America is flashed on the screen, then no word seems amiss, no sentence too labored, to warn against the rising acquiescence to go to war. e o goto war OF ALL' THING S!. Morty. THE two, -young men sauntered down Liberty St. Mne a tall, well-built lad, with highly colored cheeks and an ever-present sheepish look as if he were born with his hand in a cookie jar; the other a scrawny outfit with a smart-aleck sneer-the kind of a guy who will ask if you got a haircut; and when you say yes, he will crack: why didn't you get 'em all cut?- When the two turned right on S. Fifth, they stopped sauntering andt walked with furtive hesitant steps, looking about cautiously, almost fearfully. "Do you think we ought to?" asked Paul, he with the rosy puss. "Sure, whatta we got to ? Lose?" returned Mel, he of the perverted wit. "I know, but I don't see the sense in it. Not that I'm afraid, mind you. But these guys are liable not to be able to take a joke." "Aw, you got nothin' to worry about as long as the Governor is your pal. Haven't you got a letter from him right in you pocket? Didn't he say he was your pal? Sure, we' got nothin' to worry about." By this time, they had approached and, slunk by the police station, turned left on Huron St. and wee nownearing' one of the cigar stores in that "block of ill repute." "C'mon, Mel, let's go back. I just remembered I. have something im- portant to take care of on campus. Besides, I'm liable to lose my temper and hurt some of these guys if they get tough. Let's go back, huh, Mel?" "What's the matter with you, Chandler? You afraid of these cigar- peddlers?" This from Mel, trying to keep his lip from quivering. "They won't dare do anything to you. And beside how are they going to know who you are? Don't be a big baby, you big baby." They stopped outside the cigar store, looked at the tobaccos and pipes in the window and then entered slowly. They walked to the rear of the store where a small group of men were gathered.Behind the counter a small dark man-with beady eyes,; of -course-looked them over and waited for them to step up to the counter. Mel bit his lip to hold it inj place, cleared his throat and went up to the little man. "We'd like to put two bucks on Sarah L. in the fifth." The little man eyed him for a second, glanced at Chandler and then leaned over the counter to speak to Mel sort of confidentially. "We ain't takin' bets here no more. Some pin- head at the Daily by the name ofr Chandler wrote a letter or somethin' to dat pansy Governor and now we gotta lay low." Mel feigned surprise and disap-l pointment. Paul looked around the floor for a trap door. "Say," con- tinued the. thwarted bookie, "ain't you Mel Fineberg from The Daily? Say, maybe you know this guy, Chandler, huh?" Mel said he had heard of him but the sports staff nev- er saw much of the edit staff and how it was a dirty trick and a Man can't make an honest dollar any- more. So they bought a pack of gum, hurried outside and back up Huron ' St. It' wasn't until they reached State St. that they started to saunter again.' DAILY OFFICIAL BULL Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of Copy received at 'the office of the Summer Session until 3:30 p.m.; 11: Mathematics Journal Club. meeting today at 3 o'clock, in A.H-. (Continued from Page 2) days the entire class will meet in 205 M.H. English 125, will 'meet in Room AH, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at at 9 a.m. instead of Room 1025 AH. English 297. My section will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Room 407 General Library. R. W. Cowden. English 300H. The class will meet on Thursdays from 3 to 5 in 406 Li- brary. SM. L. Williams. German 205: Will meet from 8-9 today in Room 201 U.H. and from 9-10 in 301 U.H. E. A. Philippson. Anthropology 31, will meet in Room 1025 AH Monday, Wednesday and Fri riday at 9 a.m., instead of Room 25 Preliminary Examinations for the" doctor's degree in the School of Edu- cation will be held on Oct. 12, 13 and 14. Graduate studtnts desiring to take these examinations should noti- fy my' office, 4002 University High School Building, at once, concerning their desires. Clifford Woody. First 3201 Math. 315, Seminar in Algebra. Firstr regular eeting this afternoon, 4-6 p.m., Room 3201-A.H. Subject: The- ory of Ideals. Math. 327, Seminar in. Statistics. First regular meeting Thursday, at 3 o'clock, in 3201 A.H. History 37 (France from 1483 to 1789) and History 115 (Economic His- tory of Europe to 1750) will not meet today. Today's Events Association Forum: Dean J. B. Ed- monson of the School of Education' will lead a discussion on "Religion and Education," at Lane Hall this evening at 8 p.m. All students at the University are welcome to take part in these Forums at which cur- rent social problems are discussed from a religious point of view. "Open Hose"' at the International Center: All foreignrstudents of the Univer- sity and their friends, as well as our Canadian neighbors and American. students from Puerto Rico and Ha- waii are invited to the "Open House" at the} International Center this eve- ning from 8 to 11 o'clock. Prof. and Mrs. Nelson assisted by the advisers to foreign students in the various units of the University will be "at home" at the Center to meet in a very informalc way both old and new students. Fac- ulty and other friends of the Center are also invited. Flight Training: Ground School will start tonight at T p.m. in Room' 1042 East Engineering Building. All stu- dents who expect to qualify for the Flight Training- Program should at- tend this meeting. ing, Room 1042 on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Colonel Fox, formerly of' the Chemical Warfare Service will speak on "Chemical Warfare... Everyone is welcome. R.O.T.C. Rifle Team: There will be a meeting of all old members and try- outs, Thursday, Oct. 5, at 5 Anm. at R.O.T.C. Headquarters. Physical Education for Women: Skill tests in archery, golf, canoing, riding and tennis will be given at the Women's Athletic Building Swimming tests will be given on Tuesday and Thursday evening at 8:30 at the Union Pool. This notice is of particular imp6r- tance to upperclass students who hage an incomplete in Physical Eduicatidn. Attention, UnIversity' Woni: The following schedule gives the time at which intervi'ews are to be held' for the Silver Survey in the League Coun- cfi Room. Each girlthasb een' ae within half hour intervals, and pldase be as prompt as possible. The'Inter- view will only take about three min- utes. Thursday, Oct. 5: 1:30 to 2-Helen Stockbrldge, Ma- bel Douglas, Marian Ferguson, Mary McKennon, Sally Orr, Janet Clark, Betty Hughes, Pat Matthews. "3 to 3 :30-Betty Slee, Mar'gar"et Aa- endroth, ElainetMathenygDorothy Gustin, Roberta Moore, Carolyn 1'y burn, Dorothy Nichols, Mary IH6n- ecke'r. 2 to 2:30-Ruth Hatfield, Jeaxne Van Raalte, Elizabeth Clift, Marian' Hyde, Doris Barr, Betty French, Alice Hopkins, Sue Potter. 3:30 to 4-Elizabeth Kimball, Ruby Iillis, Betty Stadelmn, Betty Roue, Ruth Streelman, Maxine Nelson, Frances Henderson, Sally Manthe. 2:30 to 3-Connie Bryant, Ann Mc- Carth Ruth Chatard, Mary Black- lock, Betty Ployd, Betty Billingham, Phyllis Martin,. 4 to 4:30-Htarriet Sharkey, Mary Anne Young, Jean Gwenlap, Norma Grosberg, . Mary Fran Steinmetz, Martha Bill, Frances Carlisle. 4:30 to 5-Susan Kerr, Margaret Carr, Roberta Meyer, Cecily Forrest, Sallie Morris, Zenovia Skoratko, Ha- .zel Holpint. Pi Lambda Theta: Thee will be a meeting of Pi Lambda Theta Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in the Pi Lambda Theta Room of the Uflive&f- sity Elementary School. AUl nIiem- bers, whether they have been affiliat- ed with Xi Chapter or not, are ur- gently asked to attend. Stident Senate'will hold 'a neeting on Thursday, Oct. 5. at 7:30' p.mi,, in the Michigan Union. All Senators are urged' to attend. Please obtain eligibility cards and briing then' to the meeting. If unable to atterid, leave proxies with Hugo Reichhat or Martin Dworkis. Tan Beta P1 dinner meeting Sui- ddy, Oct. 8, 6:15 p. ii., at the Miel>0- gan Union. Brief but important bus- ness will be discussed. All graduates and members new to the campusate welcome. Freshmen Advisers: The first Fresh- man lecture hps been postponed fioin Oct. 4 at 5 o'clocik to Oct. 11 at 5 o'clock in the Lydia Mendelsslin Theatre. Assembly: Petitioning for AsseilAy. Social Committee, in charge of tea- dances, etc., will be 'held in the Ui- dergraduate Office- of the League, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Women Fencers: The first meetig of the Women's Fencing Club wthI take place on Thursday, Oct 5; at 4:30 p.m. i the Fencing Room of B'arbour Gymnasium. Alltose hA- ing had the equivalence of one seA- son's fencing are asked to attend. Prb- gram for the year will be presented. Transportation Club: The Univer- sity of Michigan Transportation Club will hold a membership snokier Thursday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Michigan Union. This Club meets twice a month, bringing in movies and outside speak- ers on subjects pertaining to railway, highway, air, and marine transporta- tion. The Club also sponsors numer- ous inspection trips to railway and other transportation facilities. Memt- bership is open to all students; re- gardless of which school or college they are enrolled in, as long as they have an interest in the subject of transportation. Old members and other students interested are invited to attend. Hillel Debate Team: Tryouts for the Hillel Debate Team are being held every afternoon this week at' the Foundation from 3 to 5 p.m. Come prepared to give a three-minute speech on any topic. Stalker Hall. A group will leave the Unive: M. Satu AS, OTHERES SEE IT 4 O To the Editor: Concerning the article in the Daily of Sun- day, Oct. 1, 1939, by W. B. Elmer, we wish to, confirm and strengthen Dr. Hashinger's beliefs' concerning dormitories. This letter was smuggled out past the rigid censorship, and discloses conditions in the dor- mitories not generally known. Strong, brutal, "Resident Staff Advisers" with intensive police training keep the boys under control. They must march in and out of the dorms in line, in step, and with absolute silence. This regimentation is carried further by the regulation that the boys arise at five a.m. each day and clean their rooms, the halls and the' latrines. Assuming that your statistics, showing a fra- ternity scholastic rating higher than that of' dormitories, are correct, we must call attention to the fact that the Office of the Dean of the University made a grave error in reporting a higher rating for the Allen-Rumsey Dormitory' last year than for the great majority of the' fraternities. We realize that the freshmen lack the many advantages of the "family" life of fraternities, and hope that the University will do away with the present dormitory system ,enabling Fresh- men to plunge immediately into fraternity life. THE Cincinnati Reds are really de- termined to end the Yankees domination of baseball in the com- ing World Series. That is, they are, if recent news headlines mean any- thing. A few weeps ago, even before" the champions of the respective leagues were decided, there appeared: Yankees Told To Quit Russla. (Mr. Q. knew that the Yankees had' an intensive farm system, but little did he realize it was so far-flung). And a few days later, just to show" that the Cincinnatis were insuring against being undermanned: Reds' Mobilize A' Million Men (Mr. Q. thinks they'll need that many and maybe a few more to beat the Yanks.) M.tQ. is about to go back on his word. A short time ago you will, remember he promised not to start' a feud with Young Gulliver. In fact, he was so nice about it he invited. Y.G. to join his Nobel Peace Commit- tee Auxiliary. Just as a friendship° gesture. He realized all the time. that a stinker like Y.G. could never honestly be interested in peace. But he was willing to try. And now he has found you can't trust anybody. Especially a miserable mooch like Y.G. So Mr. Q. will now show him up. If. Y.G. were really on the alert, he would have discovered that not only is there a John Keats in the Union Dorm but that William Shakespeare is likewise a Litzenburgher. S R. Q. at this time would like to de- clare himself on the side of our A 1 Civil Engineers: Annual Smoker, tonight at 7:30 p.m. igan Union. Refreshments. Engineers invited. A.S.C.E. in Mich- All Civil A.S.M.E. will hold its opening meet- ing at the Michigan Union at 7:30' p.m. today. Mr. J. P. Schechter of the Executive Council, Detroit Sec- tion of the A.S.M.E., will speak before the group. R.O.T.C. Students will be measured for uniforms between the hours 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. today. Measure- ments will also be taken on Thurs- day, Oct. 5, and Friday, Oct. 6, dur- ing the same hours. Sigma Eta Chi: Rushing dinner .of Sigma Eta Chi at 6 o'clock tonight in Pilgrim Hall. All old members please' be present. Hillel Photography Club is having its first meeting of the year at the Foundation tonight at 7:30 p.m. All students interested are welcome. The Chicago Club will meet this eve- ning at 7:30 p.m. in Room 302 of the Union. Men from Chicago and sur- rounding area are invited. Mr. T. Hawley Tapping, Alumni Secretary, will address the meetnig briefly. All interested are invited to attend. Room 303 Chemistry Building at 4:15 p.m. this afternoon. Donald G. Thomas will speak on "Hydrozy- naphthyldiphenyl carbinols.", Tennis Club, women students: Those interested in coming out for Tennis Club are asked to meet this