IAIET MR THE iC-AN bA1. ,- T A, ,riCi'8sJ4 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Ex-Daily.Man Describes Mixed Feelings As He Is Inducted Into Army Life Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of thQ 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 newpaper. 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 the regular school year by carrier $4.00; by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NAIONAL ADVERT3IMNG BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADisoN Ave. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO SoToa * Los AGELES * SAN FRANCISCO Mnember, Associated Collegiate Press, 1940.41 Editorial Staff Hervie Haufler . Alvin Sarasohn . Paul M. Chandler ,Karl Kessler *Milton Orshefsky Howard A. Goldman Laurence Mascott Donald Wirtchafter Esther Osser 8elen Corman Managing Editor S. Editorial Director S. .City Editor Associate Editor * . . . Associate Editor Associate Editor * . . Associate Editor . . . ,. Sports Editor . . .Women's Editor Exchange Editor Business Staffj Business Manager Assistant Business Manager Women's Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager "Il . . . .t a Irving Guttman Robert Glmour Helen Bohnsack Jane Krause NIGHT EDITOR: EMILE GE L The editorials published in The Michi- gan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Greeks To Discuss Common Problems . RATERNITY MEN often lose track F of themselves-only to transform their fraternities into sleeping and eating clubs, without purpose, without direction. The Interfraternity Council's second annual Greek Week, beginning today, will afford these men of different fraternities to assemble to- gether to discuss their mutual problems, to ex- plain how they have overcome particular obsta- cles that are common to fraternities and to give the newly initiated men-700 strong-a chance to gain a broad perspective on what is expected from them for the next three years, what posi- tions they must fill in the fraternity world on this campus. Four running discussion panels will begin at 3:30 p.m. today following Alfred Connable's talk before a general assembly of fraternity men. Problems encountered in rushing, house man- agement, university relations and the part which fraternities must play in the defense work- these all will be aired. But the IFC's Greek Week will provide an op- portunity for cooperation even greater than that found in a single fraternity, that is, coop- eration among members of different organiza- tions. And it is not to be a cliquish closed ses- sion. Faculty men and independents have been invited to take part in the panels, to submit their ideas-all in the Council's effort to make Michigan fraternity men more fully realize their objectives on this campus. - Will Sapp Students To Describe Working Conditions . . T HIS WEEK student employes and their employers are being asked to describe the working conditions in their particu- lar establishments. The survey cannot be suc- cessful unless it receives the ftullest cooperation from everyone concerned in giving adequate and accurate information. Perhaps some may be reluctant to discuss the subject feeling that it is a private matter and of no concern to outsiders. From the student workers' viewpoint it is essential that if working conditions on this campus need improvements that full publicity be given the situation so that measures can be taken to correct the problem.. On the other hand, employers should coop- erate so that if the conditions in their establish- ments are fair and reasonable any unfair hear- say and word of mouth references to their labor treatment may be refuted. If most employers cooperate, silence on the part of a few will be a significant indication that those workers are not being treated fairly. Those conducting the survey have asserted that no student's or employer's name will be disclosed to the public. The Daily will print the results of the survey when it is completed next week and it also assures those being questioned that their names will not be printed. It might be well for those cnducting the sur- ve~v amng the State Street and downtown em- Editor's Note: Readers of the Daily's Music column last year will remember the facile pen of Little John Schwarzwalder, who after combining night club, church and radio jobs into a rather hectic existence, was hit with a low draft number. Little John quickly enlisted in the U.S. Coast Artillery and is now stationed at Fort DuPont, Del. With this article Little John begins a series of articles for The Daily on army life and its effect on the personality and character of the newly inducted draftee. The articles have been passed and approved by army authorities.a By JOHN SCIIWARZWALDER People keep asking questions. "What's it like?" they say, "Tell me, boy, what's it really like?" And you show them the parade grounds and the barracks, if you're lucky enough to be living in barracks instead of in a winterized tent. You show them the mess hall and you take them in- side and they eat the food very critically and get a thoughtful look on their faces and say "Not so bad," and they look at the rifles in the racks and they watch the faces of the other men and when they've done all these things they turn and look at you very carefully and they say, "Yes, boy, but what on earth is it really like?" The whole country suddenly wants to know what it's really like to be between the, ages of twenty-one and thirty-five and a membr of the armed forces of the United States. Mothers and fathers come down to the camps to visit and they look very lonely most of the time, almost as lonely as their sons look, but they seem to take a good deal of comfort in the facts that the boys look well fed and that the barracks are cleaned every day and that the army supplies enough clothes so that no soldier need ever be cold. That sort of thing is very important to parents and it's also very important to soldiers. And food, clothing and shelter, wherever the soldier may be sent, is likely to be adequate and is often better than that. But to say that a man gets enough to eat and that he has blankets at night and a heavy over- coat by day to keep him warm doesn't tell the real story of how the man feels and what the army is like. So the purpose of these articles is going to be to attempt to tell, as far as such things can be told, what the soldier who used to be a college student or a newspaperman or a truck driver or a real estate salesman or any one of several hundred other things really feels about his new occupation. Because a man's thought and a man's feelings are in the long run what makes him happy or unhappy, a good soldier or a bad one, a person who can adjust himself to what is around him or one who cannot, (try as he will), adjust him- self to those surroundings-because all this is true it is necessary to probe beyond the hundreds of facts which have been published in newspa- pers and articles and books about the army and to discover the way men feel and think. And sometimes that isn't very easy to do. Perhaps the best way to get into those feelings is to show the way a man comes into the new army. Every man in the country is by now thoroughly familiar with the procedure of regis- tration and classification and all the rest of the provisions of the Selective Service Act. But those who are in school have yet to receive the final notice that says "You will report at this time for your final physical examination. If accepted you will be inducted into the service immediately. Bring enough clothing for five days." The most patriotic of young men is liable to a few qualms when this notice comes, so the night before the examination calls for a party. And because the party is the last time you may see your friends or your girl or the boys down at the office you drink a good deal more than you really want or than you really should. About five in the morning you shake hands with all the men in the crowd and kiss all the women and kiss Lois or Mary or Peggy an extra time for good measure and you go home and pack your bag with the clothing for five days. And your parents are already up and mother insists on your having a cup of coffee that you can't drink and breaks down and cries and dad shakes your hand a lit- tle too solemnly and drives you over to the local board where you see the rest of the boys who are going along. They look like a pretty sad crew to you and you look the same to them but most of them sing as they go down to the armory to be examined. There is probably no sound in the world any sadder than the singing of mhen who really don't want to do anything but sleep. l Once you get into the armory there's a newI spirit evident almost at once. Orders, not con- siderate suggestions, are going to be the diet' from now on. The doctors poke and probe and make tests and do about everything doctors can do and then the psychologists and the dentists take over and when it's all done you climb back into your clothes and take an oath "to defend the United States against all her enemies whomso-. ever." By then you're a soldier in the United States Army. The process takes most of the morning but it seems an absurdly short time to have spend in making as momentous a decision as that. The catch to it is that you realize that you didn't really make the decision at all. Through the fumes of a rapidly mounting hang- over you realize that the decision was made for you some time ago. And at the moment you're not too sure whether or not you like it. But be- fogged as you are, you realize that it's all over with such thoughts now. From now on you do what you're told to do and very little else. And the hangover suddenly takes a turn for the worse. The non-toms and officers get the group of men into some sort of a formation and march you to the depot. Along the way people look at you with strange expressions on their faces. The younger men call "suckers" and "too bad, boys" at you and a lot of older people clap as you march along. At the station as you pass through the waiting room an old woman shoves an apple into each prospective soldier's hand and because it's the first time in the day that anything has been done for you with a smile you feel touched though you can't figure out why. Probably the worst part of the day is the train ride. Up to now you haven't had the slightest idea of where they'll send you and then you ride out of the city and suddenly everybody knows where they're going. It's a big induction center1 somewhere near your home town and you knowI that after you get there they may ship you al-y most any place. The city, your city, suddenly becomes very precious to you and you watch it out of sight along the tracks as long as you can. You don't know when you'll be back and the chances are it will take a long time. For a mo- ment you wish you were a kid again and could cry without anybody taking any notice. Then you start eating your apple and the hangover lifts a little and you smoke a cigarette and watch the card game some of the boys have started in the seat ahead of you and you know damn well that if the rest of them can take it,-if the rest of them can stand being away from the city they love and the girls they want to marry and the parents who've done so much for them and the car that they bought second hand on the install- ment plan, and the taste of expensive burgundy that they can't afford on twenty-one bucks a month-if the rest of them can stand all that you know that you'll be able to stand it too. You try for a moment to go over the world situation that makes all this sacrifice necessary and you silently curse a number of well-known Euro- peans and then you give it up because it isn't any good and you know it isn't any good to think about it. And just about that time the train slows down and you know, with mixed feelings of relief and somewhat fearful anticipation that you've come to the first stop in your army career. From now on life is going to be different. You don't know if it's going to be better or worse, though you have a few ideas, but you know all too well that it's going to be something new. And even though the hangover is much better and you're beginning to feel like some food again, you're still not exactly happy. But you square your shoulders a little bit and step down off the train. Robert S.Anew WASHINGTON-No one can ever tell just what is going on in the Kremlin, but here is how the diplo- matic dispatches explain the apar- ent shift of Russia slightly over to the British side of the war scale. It is now generally agreed by the U.S. military observers-and probably. also by the Russians-that Hitler will have to win his war by July of this year or else face serious consequences. These serious consequences will be: 1. Tremendously increased muni- tions and ship production by the U.S.A. After July 1, American fac- tories will really get into their stride. 2. The necessity of finding food for Europe next winter.( 3. The necessity of finding more oil, especially if the British succeed in blowing up Rumanian oil wells, which they definitely plan to do. 4. The necessity of pulling a new rabbit out of the hat to please the German people. So far Hitler has pulled out new victories at periodic intervals - Austria, Czechoslavakia, Poland, Norway, the Low Countris, France. But the rabbits have come fewer and harder recently. The Ger- man people are reported to be rest- less. Only answer to these dilemmas is Russia. The vast and fertile fields of the Ukraine, rich in wheat, iron ore and lying just across from the oil fields of the Caucasus, are sure to beckon to Hitler. And if he still is unable to take England by July, it more than likely seems that he will bite off the Uk- raine. This probability increases if war in the Balkans disrupts the spring planting. For one reason why Hitler has been so patient with Yugo- slavia is because the crops of the Balkans are vital to Germany. All of which is not being lost upon Russia. Coal iAct Battle Insiders are keeping their lips but- toned, but there was a heated row in the House Ways and Means com- mittee over extending the Guf fey Bituminous Coal Act, due to expire April 25. The committee agreed to approve a bill prolonging the life of the Coal Act two more years; also t6 reestab- lish the office of Consumers' Coun- sel as an independent adjunct to the Bituminous Coal Commis- sion. But this was voted only after some strenuous demurring by Repre- sentative A. Willis Robertson of Vir- ginia. A conservative Democrat, Robert- son loudly opposed continuing the Act on the ground that its price- fixing features were a "dangerous threat" to democratic processes. "If we approve price controls in the coal industry.," Robertson thun- dered, "it will probably spread to other industries, and before we know it the price of everything will be fixed by the government. Such a policy is extremely dangerous at this time when we're delegating so much power to the executive branch of the gov- ernment. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN . FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1941 1 VOL. LI. No. 127d Publication in the Daly Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices Greek War Relief: The local com- mittee of the Greek War Relief Asso- ciation has requested that those ofI us on the Campus assist in their driveI for funds this week. Identifying but-t tons at $1.00 each may be had fromk the following:c Angell Hall, Professor Carlton F, Wells; Haven Hall, Professor Robert C. Angell; Tappan Hall, ProfessorI Charles L. Jamison; Law School, Pro- fessor Paul A. Leidy; Natural Science,. Professor Frederick K. Sparrow;c Chemistry, Professor Chester S. Schoepfle; East Medical, Professor Bradley M. Patten; Museum, Dr.t Josselyn Van Tyne; East Physics, Professor Ernest F. Barker; West Engineering, Professor Arthur D.t I Moore; East Engineering, Professor1 Orlan F. Boston; Library, Mr. Samuel1 W. McAllister; Dentistry, Dean Rus- sell W. Bunting; Information Desk, Business Office. Iferberft G. Watkins, Assistant Secretary. Engineering C'ollege Faculty and Students: By -action of the Executive Committee, classes and laboratory sections in the college, excepting those in use for demonstration pur- poses, will be dismissed on Saturday, March 29, in order to facilitate thel operation of the 1941 Open House. A. H. Lovell, Secretary. Students, College of Engineering: The final day for REMOVAL of IN- COMPLETES and for DROPPING COURSES WITHOUT RECORD will be Saturday, April 12. A course may be dropped only with permission of the classifier after conference withl the instructor. A. H. Lovell, Secretary Students, College of Literature, -Sci- ence, and the Arts: Courses dropped1 after Saturday, March 29, by students other than freshmen will be record- ed E. Freshmen (students with less than 24 hours of credit) may drop ~courses without penalty through the eighth week. Exceptions may be made in extraordinary circumstances, sucht as severe or long continued illness., E. A. Walter Assistant Dean Freshmen in the College of Litera-.. ture, Science, and the Arts may ob- tain their five-week progress re-e ports in the Academic Counselors' Office, Room 108 Mason Hall, from 8:00 to 12:00 a.m. and ,1:30 to 4:30 p.m. according to the following sched- ule: Surnames beginning A through H, Friday, March 28.l Arthur Van Duren, Chairman, Academic Counselors Members of faculties and staff of the University willing to accommo- date visiting high school students at- tending the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association meeting, for the nights of May 1 and 2, are urgentjy' requested to get in touch with Prof. John L. Brumm, 213 Haven Hall, as soon as possible. Owing to the usual Ann Arbor room shortage,, all jpos- sible cooperation will be greatl ap- preciated. La Sociedad Hispanica University of Mexico Summer School Scholar- ships: The examination for these two scholarships will take place April 25. All applcants must register before that date with Professor J. N. Lincoln in Room 106 R.L. In addition to the moneys provided by the Sociedad, the University of Mexico has consented to grant free tuition to the students chosen here. International Center Vacation Tours: Two inexpensive conducted bus tours are being planned by the International Center for foreignstu- dents, American students, faculty and townspeople: 1) To Mammoth Cave, the Lin- coln Country, the Tennessee Valley, and the Smokies National Park. 2) To Washington, Tidewater Vir- ginia, and the Shenandoah National Park. For details inquire in the Travel Bureau, Union Room 18, of the Inter- national Center, where Mr. Ochs, tour planner, will hold office hours between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. every day except Sundays and Mondaysy The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received notice of the following Flint Civil Service Examination. Last date for filing application is March 31, 1941 at 12 Noon. Civil Engineer, salary range, $2,100 to $2,640. Applications on file at the Bureau. The Bureau has also received notice that the School District of Philadel- phia is giving an, examination for a position as Special Assistant in the Division of Educational Research. Closing date' for receiving applica- tions and credentials is May 1, 1941. Salary, $3,400. Complete information on file at the Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. Office hpurs: 9-12 and 2-4. Academic Notices Bacteriology Seminar, Monday, March 31, at 8:00 p.m. in Room 1564 East Medical Building. Subject: "Studies on Bacillus violaceus in Laboratory Animals." All interested are invited. Botanical Seminar will meet Wed- nesday, April 2, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 2003 N.S. Bldg. Paper by Ernst A. Bessey of Michigan State College on "A Botanist in the Hawaiian Islands." Illustrated. Metal Processing 4-Section 1: Trip to Detroit on Friday afternoon has been cancelled. Classes will meet as usual. Master's Candidates in History: The language examination will be given at 4:00 p.m. today. Room B, Haven Hall. Stdents must bring their own dictionaries. Copies of old examinations are on file in the base- ment study hall of the General Li- brary. The examiiation is written and lasts one hour. Students may sign up for the examination in the History Department Office, 119 Hav- en Hall, before Monday, March 24. yConcerts May Festival Concerts: The Uni- versity Musical Society announces that the major Festival performers have been assigned as follows Jarmila Novotna, Soprano: Thurs- day and Saturday evenings. Dorothy Maynor, Soprano: Friday evening. Suzanne Sten, Mezzo-Soprano: Friday afternoon and Saturdlay eve- ning. Enid Szantho, Contralto: Saturday evening. Charles Kullman, Tenor: Saturday evening. Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone: Wed- nesday evening. Mack Harrell, Baritone: Saturday evening. Norman Cordon, Bass: Thursday and Saturday evenings. Jascha Heifetz, Violinist:. Satur- day afternoon. Gregor Piatigorsky, violoncellist: Thursday evening. Jose Iturbi, Pianist: Friday after- noon. The Choral Union, Thor John- son, Conductor: Thursday and Sat- urday evenings. The Youth Chorus, Juva Higbee, Conductor: Friday afternoon. The Philadelphia Orchestra: all concerts. Eugene Ormandy, Conductor: (Continued on Page 6) Letters To The Editor The pad A Flea For Social Workers ' Dear Editor: For at least a year, students in the Institute of Public and Social Administration (this is the social work school and is'not to be confused with the University Extension Service) have made certain requests. Among these requests are thk following which might best be handled through your committee: (1) Find out why we social workers-over 150 of us--are never listed in the student directory? We pay tuition just like all other students in the University's professional schools (i.e. medical, law, business administration, etc.,) therefore, why can't we be listed? It certainly should bf very simple to list, e.g. John Doe. Soc. Wk '42. (2) Why can't some arrangements be made to have the D.O.B. posted on the school's bulle- tin board every single publication day just as it is posted on all other University bulletin boards? Isn't it true that all students and faculty mem- bers are supposed to look in the D.O.B. every day because it is the Daily Official Bulletin of the University and all important notices are listed there? (3) Every time some event like the Spring Parley takes place where students from all de- partments and schools are invited to partici- pate, the social workers are ignored. This seems of Social Service Administration, (these social work schools have the most damnedly long names) and others, several paragraphs are usu- ally devoted to the student organization of the respective school. Could some similar arrange- ment be made to have the U. of M. Social Work Club described in the official bulletin of our school? Many of us, like the writer, who did our under- graduate work in Ann Arbor have strong ties of loyalty and affection for the campus. Naturally, since we still attend the University of Michigan we would like to be considered a part of the general student body, even though our class- rooms are 35 miles away. Therefore it is hoped that through the Social Work Club some of the afore mentioned items may be given attention. This may lead to a strengthening of ties between 150-200 active Michigandeks in Detroit and the other 12,000 in Ann Arbor. - Hopeful Student A Community Problem There is a tremendous waste of human re- sources in this country because of poor health. It is estimated that we have 400,000 deaths an- nually which could have been avoided if proper medical care and healthful living conditions had prevailed. We do not enjoy good health in this COLLEGE HITCH-HIKING pro- duces a lot of new stories. One of the recent involves two Michigan men who thumbed a ride in a new sedan and were questioned by the drivel: "You fellows carrying any firearms?" "Nope, sir," came the answer. "Wel, I am,"the driver replied, j J producing a long, vicious revolver from his pocket. While collegiate valor melted, he explained that he was a deputy sheriff, and he was just trying to scare the lads. What a sense of humor . Another 'M' youth received a ticket from a, cop out in the county for illegal passing. The past week he has been sticking his hand out for donations so he could finance the fine. Scraping together ten dol- lars, he hitch-hiked to the justice- of-the-peace's home. 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