THE MICHICAN DAIIt WEDNODA I U NMI* IE MICHIGAN DAILY ^j,. 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 11piversity 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. Eptered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as seond class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, *40;by mal, $4.50. REPREOENTED poOR NATONAL AVERftNG BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N.Y. CHICAGO BOSTON * LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1939-40 Editorial Staff Carl Petersen . . . . Managing Editor Elliott Maraniss . . . . Editorial Director stan M. Swinton . . . . . City Editor Morton L. Linder . . . . Associate Editor Doran A. Schorr . . . Associate Editor Dennis Flanagan . . . . Associate Editor John N. Canavan . . . . Associate Editor Ana Vicary . . . . . . Women's Editor Mel Fineberg . , . . . Sports Editor Business Staff ¢Business Manager. . Paul R. Park Asst. Business Mgr., Credit Manager Ganson P.Taggar Women's Business Manager Zenovia Skoratko Women's Advertising Manager Jane Mowers Publications Manager Harriet S. Levy NIGHT ,EDITOR: RICHARD HARMEL The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily itaff and represent the views of the writers nnlv ASU Plans For National Meet . . N OPPORTUNITY to get first hand information on the activities of the American Student Union, instead of merely reading reports, of the Dies Committee, is ffered to students and faculty members by attending the ASU pre-convention meeting 8 p.m. today in the North Lounge of the Union. Civil liberties, Negro-white relations, women's rights, American peace and democracy, academ- Ic freedom and the National Youth Administra- tion will be discussed at this meeting which will formulate resolutions to be brought to the fifth annual ASU National Convention in Madison, Wis., during Christmas week. A skit, "The Unknown Soldier Refuses His Wreath," will be' presented as part of the pro- gram by Arthur Klein, William Bestimt and Ed Burrows. Delegates to the national convention, which was attended by more than 1,000 college and high school students last year in New York City, will be elected. LISTED among the organization's activities are a drive to raise funds for thousands of Spanish refugees, the promotion of peace rallies on campus and the editing and publishing of the latest addition to student publications, "The Challenge," a magazine designed to reflect liberal campus opinion. The ASU's interest in the crippled children's problem has been reflected in its participation in a drive to get a special session of the legislature to appropriate more funds for the necessary corrective treatment of crippled indigent children who have been dis- charged from the University Hospital and by pledging their support to the State Committee to Aid Crippled Children.' Delegates at last year's convention declared themselves to be "vitally concerned with main- tenance of peace and the continuance of free institution." ASU meeings emphasize the prin- ciple of free speech and informal discussions follow every talk. It is with pride that the or- ganization points to its long list of achievements to further the cause of student enlightenment on problems of campus and national import. -Helen Gorman Christmas- In Peace And War .. . ET US PICTURE in our minds a war, a destructive war, a bloody war. That should be easy to do, for-yes, that's right -there's a war going on right now. Maybe it isn't as bloody or destructive as it might be, but-it surely has promising possibilities. Now, let us add to our picture an approaching Christmas season: the "holiday spirit," peace and good-will. That, too, should be an easy task, because-you're right again-the 1939 Christmas season really is drawing near. May- be peace and good-will are not in evidence as much as they might be, but the possibilities are there. ., LET US further suppose-and this has hap- pened before-that, as Christmas Day ap- proached, the holiday spirit and reverence pene- trated even to the rival armies, so that on Christmas Day the opposing general decided to call a one-day truce to give their forces a chance to imbibe some of the "peace-on-earth- good-will-to-men" spirit. and turn to an analysis of mere everyday life. The comparison is striking. Two months before Christmas the world is going its usual drab way. Friends are friends, acquaintnces are acquaintances, but scarcely anyone goes out of his way to make a friend. But with the approach of the Christmas sea- son, a kind of glow seems to pervade the world and all its people. Everyone seems to know everyone else. Smiles are on everyone's lips. Neighbors who hardly knew each other now exchange friendly greetings. Warm lights of Christmas trees seem to symbolize an atmos-. phere of cheer and good fellowship unique tol this season. With the passing of a mere day, however, this atmosphere changes. The trees are dismantled, smiles disappear. Festive decorations are stored away, and with them the friendliness of the Christmas season, never to reappear until a year hence. The world resumes its usual drab existence. TRUE, the majority of us are not actually at war with each other throughout most of the year (although sometimes we may well wonder!), but the contrast made in general atmosphere by the cheery Christmas season as against the "rest of the year" is almost as striking as the contrast between a short-lived and Christmas- inspired truce and the destructiveness of human warfare. This year all too few people are in a position to even consider the real Christmas spirit. For many of them, this Christmas may be merel a truce called in the midst of bloody warfare. But we in the United States are in a position to carry on the true Christmas spirit. We, prob- ably more than any other people, are in a posi- tion to carry on the true Christmas spirit throughout the year. (The "true" Christmas spirit should not be taken in its narrow sense here, but should be understood to include basic principles of a good society: liberty, equality, morality, faith, toler- ance.) Let us make an honest and sincere effort to do so. -Howard A. Goldman UfAL LThings . .. CARL SANDBURG has picked up the strains of Walt Whitman's song of democracy and has carried on admirably where Whitman left off, but the great majority of Americans won't be able to hear him. Today we find Sandburg one of our greatest living poets and certainly one of our strongest voices in the plea for a better America. In 1926, Sandburg published a two- volume work on the early life of Abraham Lin- coln, called "The Prairie Years." It received much praise and was acclaimed as one of the most important treatments of Lincoln's life in Illinois. Since 1926, Sandburg has been roam- ing from coast to coast, visiting, questioning, reading, searching for bits of Lincolnia. And he now has gathered this tremendous documenta- tion in four new volumes on Lincoln, which were just published, "The War Years." Reviewers have used every superlative in the book to describe Sandburg's monumental work. Robert Sherwood (greatly indebted to Sandburg for source material for his Pulitzer play, "Abe Lincoln in Illinois") said in the New York Times: "The 'War Years' follows 'The Prairie Years' in- to the treasure house which belongs, like Lin- coln himself, to the whole human family. It has been a monumental undertaking: it is grandly realized." So too have Lloyd Lewis, Fanny Butcher, Sterling North, Stephen Vincent Benet, and all others acclaimed this as one of the true masterpieces of American literature. N THE PUBLISHER'S advertisements, these comments of course are quoted along with the following: Four volumes, 2,503 pages of text, a complete index, boxed, with 414 reproductions from photographs and 124 linecuts of cartoons, documents and letters. And then come a few words and figures that seem wholly incon- gruous with the democratic tone of the work itself: Price, $20.00 the set. MR. Q. has not seen "The War Years" as yet, but he is willing to accept the critics' word that it is one of the greatest works in all Ameri- can literature. And since it is of such tremen- dous importance and since it carries a message so vital to all Americans, he thinks it unfair and unjust that such an exhorbitant price tag should be placed on it. Those who can afford to pay $20 to get the books are not the ones who should read the volumes. With its present prohibitive price, "The War Years" will be read and dis- cussed (politely, of course) by a small group, who will say it is charming and that Sandburg is colorful and picturesque. But the great mass of the American people, those to whom a vivid portrayal of democracy is vitally needed at this time, will not be able to afford it. This same situation has cropped up with ref-, erence to other great works that should be read by the majority of the people. "The Letters of Lincoln Steffens" still carries a price of $10 and the works of Havelock Ellis are priced at $15 American democracy is not now in a position to mark time until these great works are published in some dollar series. They should be made available to the public now. -* * * 'WHILE on the subject of books, Mr. Q. should like to remind anyone interested in send- ing him some inexpensive gift (not to exceed $5) that there are many fine books he would gladly accept as tokens of reader-appreciation. These may be purchased at any reputable bookstore. Those sending in three pillars from Angell Hall or reasonable facsimiles of the same will receive a special edition of Mr. Q.'s collected works, 4,385 color photographs, complete index, boxed. Price $18.39. You might pick your selection Music By RICHARD BENNETT THE PROGRAM Mr. Koussevitzky has chosen for the Boston Symphony Orchestra's recital tomorrow evening promises that the sixth con- cert of the Choral Union Series will mark the high point to date in musical entertainment. The distinguished conductor, intrepid plugger for the moderns--score one up for Mr. Koussevitzky! -will present the fellowing: Symphony in C major (K.V. 338) by W. A. Mozart; Symphony No. 3 (In one movement) by Roy Harris; "Peter and the Wolf," an Orchestral Fairy Tale for Children, Op. 67, by S. Prokofieff; and Maurice Ravel's Orchestral Fragments from "Daphnis et Chloe," Second Suite (Lever du Jour, Panto- mime, and Danse Generale). Here is a program consisting of the work of an Austrian, an American, a Russian, and a French- man; of one composition of the classical school, one of the neo-classico-romantic, one of the Soviet school, and one of the now deceased im- pressionist school. One composer died at the beginning of the French Revolution, one just prior to the signing of the Munich Treason Pact. Two, Messrs. Harris and Prokofieff are still liv- ing. Mozart can not be forgotten, M. Ravel should not be forgotten, and as for Messrs. Har- ris and Prokofieff, these are the voices of our time. If we are ever to hold the mirror up to the twentieth century, composers like these must be heard. It is a wise and exciting pro- gram. It is the kind of program that reflects the judiciousness of the reserved seating scheme. We await it impatiently. THE WRITING of Sergei Prokofieff-at least one aspect of it-has already been reviewed in these columns. That of Mozart, we trust, i' fairly well-known. As for Maurice Ravel, wha with the publicity he has received from his famous though somewhat lamentable "Bolero" his name is in everyone's vocabulary. (Those who imagine Ravel's place in music is to be measured by the "Bolero" will quickly discover their mistake tomorrow night.) But the start- ling composer of "A Choral Symphony" and "Song for Occupations" seems to remain as much a mystery to Ann Arbor audiences as the day he wrote his first "Suite for String Quartet." This lack of acquintance with the work of Mr. Harris is regrettable: for he is not only a musi- cian of sobriety and skill; he is unquestionably the most outstanding composer in America to- day. There is really no American writer who can touch him either in power of choral writing or extent of invention. Though Mr. Harris was less demonstrative of natural'talents at first than his more brilliant coaeval, Aaron Copland, yet from the first he exhibited "the glow of an internal necessity equalled by that of no American composer" (quoting Mr. Paul Rosenfeld). His work is now marked by the maturity of a sure-rooted counter- point, classical, deep. "A freshness of the heart" now informs his tones "with fine spaciousness, evocativeness, poetry." It is not an eclectic music, though at times in the slow movements of his earlier writings an idiom of rather vague lineage tended to weaken the positive qualities of portions of his work. Nevertheless his feeling was even then wider than that of any other American composer, "comprehensive of tragedy and eloquent of it in mournful accents and melo- dies." ("Indubitably," writes Mr. Rosenfeld, "the 'Symphony 1933' supports Serge Kousse- vitzky's verdict that it is the first tragic Ameri- can symphony.") MR. HARRIS almost never writes a "thick" music. It is always highly classical, clear, con- trapuntal and often fugal. It combines a hard, lofty (for which reason it has been referred to above as partially romantic) tragic character with folk-feeling and poetry. The "heroic cast of certain percussive themes and the melodic sweep and grandeur of many passages, at times gives his music a bardic, well-nigh epic charac- ter." Mr. Harris was raised as a worker on the farm. Later, he went to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger. It is interesting to note that as long as he remained in the United States he was unable to determine what the American, or New World, Spirit was, but upon viewing it through the eyes of a matured Europe he was able to catch its meaning as clearly as Whitman had done. Dominic Says By EDWARD W. BLAKEMAN II Fourteen more days before Christmas Carols will be sung in Europe and America in half a hundred languages. Shall it be a mockery? By no stretch of the imagination dare we expect world peace that soon. How, then, may we honestly sing "Joy to the World?" For the individual there is a partial answer. He may confess to God, by word, by worship, by deed of charity, by commitment of himself to a life of honesty, justice, and good-will. Observe the distance between myself and God on such an occasion. God causes the rain to fall alike upon the just and unjust. As for me, I am of a generation which has received the vast natural resources of this North American continent, wasted much, misappropriated vast deposits, tangled the marketing of grain and cotton, and permitted poverty for the many, while a few have wealth enough to destroy their sense of brotherhood. God, the all wise and good, receives me his penitent prodigal. Father, forgive us, we have sinned against Heaven and are not worthy to be called sons, make us as hired servants. ope by G. R. Gedye; My Life by Havelock Ellis; Ideas Are Weapons by Max Lerner Pnre'iD.svrwn Robert S.AIIenfp WASHINGTON - Stenio Vincent, u charming, dusky President of Haiti, is being wined and dined in Washing- ton this week under auspices far dif-r ferent from the reception of his pre-1 decessor, Louis Borno, in the Twen-t ties. When President Borno departed from Haiti, the U.S. Marine Corpsc band, serenading him on the dock,e played "Bye-Bye, Blackbird."t Later when President Borno passedB Governor's Island, New York, the U.S. Army failed to roar the required 21- gun salute. The oversight-if it was an oversight--almost caused an in-1 ternational incident, and General.1 Charles P. Summerall, a native oft Florida and commander of Gover- nor's Island, got the blame. Summerall, who badly wanted toc become Chief of Staff, found that aI Lieutenant William W. O'Connor,c son of a New York policeman and with an aversion to gentlemen of color, had failed to fire the salute,1 and demanded his resignation. How-f ever, Col. James T. Watson, com- mander of the battery, took the blame, though later he was acquitteda by a court martial. When President Borno sailed back to Haiti General Summerall himself stood beside the guns to see that the salute was given. And as the vessel passed the Statue of Liberty, the lieutenant gave the order to fire. But the gun missed-a faulty shell. The second gun wasordered to fire. It missed. Then, before they could be unloaded, both guns went off simultaneously. Note: Despite all this, General Summerall got his appointment as Chief of Staff. One of the first things he did was to bring about the retirement of Colonel Watson for "disability in line of duty." New Haitian President President Vincent did not come to the United States via Governor's Island, so there was no trouble over' his salute. He flew in via Miami. Also there was no trouble over his stopping at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. That distinguished hostelry is thee home of various Senators, such as "Cotton Ed" Smith of South Caro- lina, who draw a very definite color line. However, the Haitian presi- dent was cordially though unobtru- sively received. Note: He came to offer the United States Government a naval base and an air base in Haiti to guard the outer defenses of the Panama Canal. Ickes On Dies Demure, dapper Jerry Voorhis, millionaire Congressman from south- ern California, got a pointed bawling out from Harold Ickes at arecent lunch given in honor of Hollywood star Melvin Douglas. Ickes was telling friends what he though of the Dies Committee when Voorhis, a member of that commit- tee, joined the group. Secretary Ickes did not pause a moment. "The Dies Committee," he said, "is the most unfair investigation ever held on Capitol Hill. There has been no attempt to call witnesses. The committee has merely let anybody under the sun come in there and smear anybody they wanted." "But, Mr. Secretary," demurred Voorhis, "you know it isn't the job of a congressional committee to call witnesses from the other side." "But look at the LaFollette Com- mittee," shot back Ickes. "It has done a fair and thorough job of in- vestigation. It has been very care- ful in its advance investigation. It has not shot off on tangents. It has been sure of itself before it moved. And it has done a real service. But the Dies Committee?" The secretary of the Interior con- tinued at some length. Congress- man Voohis listened. His face was very red. Taft Press Agent If you know of a good farm publi- city man, pass the word along to Senator Bob Taft's campaign man- agers. They have decided he needs one. They came to this conclusion as a result of Taft's recent Midwest elec- tioneering junket, during which he made a good impression in the cities but did .not click with the farm vote, -and that is what counts in the corn belt. One reason was Taft's forthright- ness. In Des Moines, on the very day the Administration announced a loan of 57 cents a bushel on corn Taft took a poke at this form of farm aid-the one admittedly popular feature of the AAA. Also, in Omaha, instead of addressing a farm meet- ing as originally planned, Taft went to a Chamber of Commerce lun- cheon. Business men were pleased, but the farmers sour-and they are more numerous. Friends blame these mistakes on Taft's former classmates at Harvard Law School, who are trying to help him, but who know even less about politics than the Roosevelt Brain (Continued from Page 2) period the General Library will be open daily from 8 a.m. till 6 p.m. eginning Dec. 16, except on Dec. 25f and Jan. 1, when it will be closed all day, and on Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 (Sat- urdays), when it will close at noon. The Departmental Libraries will be open from 10-12 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, and regularly each day fromt 10-12 a.m .and 2-4 p.m. MondayI through Friday, beginning with the < week of Dec. 18.1 The Graduate Reading Rooms will close at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, and1 observe the usual holiday schedule thereafter: 9-12 a.m. and 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9-12 on1 Saturdays. The Automobile Regulation will be lifted for the Christmas vacation period from Friday noon, Dec. 15, un- til 8 a.m, on Wednesday, Jan. 3. Student Loan Committee meeting on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m. in Room 2, University Hall. All appli- cations for loans to be considered for the meeting must be filed in Room 2 by this afternoon and ap- pointments made with the commit- tee. The Detroit Armenian Women's Club is offering a scholarship of $100 for the college year 1940-41 to a young man or woman of undergradu- ate standing in the colleges and uni- versities of Michigan who is of Ar- menian parentage and whose resi- dence is in Detroit. Candidates are to be recommended by the institu- tions in which they are enrolled. Se- lection, which is made by the donors, is on the basis of high scholastic ability in the field of concentration, together with character. Recom- mendations must be made before May 1, 1940. Students who believe them- selves qualified and seek recommen- dation bythis University should ap- ply to Dr. Frank E. Robbins, Assistant to the President, 1021 Angell Hall. Househeads, Dormitory Directors, and Sorority Chaperons: Closing hour :or Thursday, Dec. 14, is 11 p.m. Jeannette Perry, Assistant Dean of Women. Senior Aeronautical Engineers: The Material Division of the U.S. Army Air Corps, at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, desires to obtain the names and qualifications of senior students in- terested in employment as civilian en- gineers. A limited number of appli- cation blanks may be secured in the office of the Department of Aero- nautical Engineernig. These should be filled out and sent to Mr. Earle C. Alley, Personnel Administrator, Ma- ttrial Division, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Official announcement of a Civil Service examination for which February and June graduates would be eligiblebhastnot as yet been an- nounced, but the Materiel Division wishes to have on hand information pertaining to those men who may become qualified sometime within the coming year. Dictaphone Station will be open after 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 22, only to receive work, and will be closed on Saturday morning, Dec. 23, for office repairs. The Station 'will remain open on all other days during the University Christmas Vacation. It will be ap- preciated if those desiring work to be completed during the first week of the new year will leave their copy with instructions before Dec. 22.' International Center Immigration reports from students from foreign countries must be in the office of the nternational Center by Dec. 15. This information is required from the University by the United States Gov- ernment. J. R. Nelson. Choral Union Members in good standing will be issued pass tickets for the Boston Symphony Orchestra concert Thursday, Dec. 14, between the hours of 9 and 12 and 1 and 4. After 4 o'clock no tickets will be is- sued. Members are requested to re- turn copies of the "Messiah" when calling for tickets. Academic Notices Psychology 33 Make-up Examina- tion will be held today at 4 p.m. in Room 2125 Natural Science Bldg. M.S. 3 and 43: Examination tonight 7 p.m., Natural Science Auditorium. Bring USGS Map and three aerial photographs. Plot areas of photo- graphs on map before examination. Concert. Organ Recital Postponed: On ac- count of conflict, the organ recital by Palmer Christian, scheduled for this afternoon has been postponed until after the Christmas vacation. Exhibitions Paintings by William Gropper and Department of Industrial Design at Pratt Institute. Dec. 1 through 14. Open daily, except Sunday, 9 to 5, in Third Floor Exhibition Room, Architectural Building. Open to the public. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Veit '/alen- tin, Lecturer at University College, London, Will lecture on "Austria and Germany" under the auspices of the Department of History at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14, in the Rack- ham Amphitheatre. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Dr. Michael A. Heilperin, formerly of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, will lecture on "Liberal and Totalitarian Methods in Internatioli- al Economic Relations" under the auspices of the Department of Ec- onomics at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, 1940, in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The public is cordially invited. Extracurricular Medical School Lec- ture: Dr. Clarence D. Selby, Medical Consultant of General Motors Corp., will speak at 4:15 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 14, in Rackham Lecture Hall on "The Relationships of General and Special Practice to Industrial Medi- cine." Medical School classes will be dismissed at 4 p.m. to permit all medi- cal students to attend. The public is cordially, invited. Today's Events American Chemical Society: Dean E. H. Kraus will lecture on "The Va- riation of Hardness in the Diamond in Terms of its Crystal Structure today at 4:15 p.m. in Room 303 Chemistry Buildling. The * annual business meeting will follow the lec- ture. American Institute of Electrical En- gineers: Robley C. Williams of the University Observatory will give an illustrated talk on his process for "The Deposition of Thin Films by Electrical Distillation-The 'Silver- ing' of Mirrors and Other Applica- tions," tonight at 8 at the Michigan Union. 1Research Club meeting tonight at 8 in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Papers by Prof. T. S. Lovering on "The Origin of the Tungsten Ores in Colorado" and Prof. P. W. Slosson on "The Definition of Dictatorship." There will be a vote on a candidate for membership. Council meeting in Rackham Assembly Hall at 7:30 p.m. Alpha Kappa Delta will hold its fall initiation banquet tonight at the League at 6:30. All members are urged to be present. The speaker will be Dean C. S. Yoakum. Beta Chapter of Iota Alpha meet- ing tonight at 7:30 in the East Con- ference Room of the Rackham Bldg. Varsity Glee Club members meet at 7:45 tonight in front of the Rack- ham Building for the Carolling Pro- grams to be given there. Everyone must be present. Deutscher Verein: Puppet play, "Dornroeschen"' tonight at 8:30 in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Call box office or German office for tick- ets. Men's Physical Education Club meeting at the Union tonight at 8. There will be a speaker and discus- sion. The room will be posted on the bulletin board in the lobby. JGP Central Committee meeting this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in the Michigan League. A Carol Sing will be held at Lane Hall tonight at 8:30 p.m. under the auspices of the Student Religious Association. All students are wel- come. American Student Union member- ship meeting for review of policies and election of delegates to National Convention. North Lounge, Michi- gan Union tonight at 8 p.m. Hillel Class in Jewish History will meet at the Foundation tonight at 7:15. Garden Section, Faculty Women's Club will meet at 2:30 p.m. today at the home of Mrs. F. Bruce Fralick, 2101 Belmont Rd. Michigan Dames: Drama group meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Charles Bird, 1309 Elder Blvd. Capricorn Capers: Decorations Committee will meet today at 3 p.m. in Room 5 of the League. Bring your eligibility cards to the meeting. Coming Events Perspectives: Meeting of the staff of editors and the advisory board at the Student Publications Bldg., on DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 4 1