-E7" MICTcAN; D A1Y WEDNESDAY;~ MACH-5,-1941 THE MICHIGAN DAILY nub c- --fl-- -J....mt.....t, * ,ura n .,, 4h1Jdm .n....n.., Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan, under th~e authority of the Board in Control, of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the 'Ulilversity 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. WEntered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during the regular schooi year by carrier $4.00; by mail, $4.50. REPREOENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTW1NG BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO -BOSTONC"LOS ANGELES *"SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1940-41 Editorial Staff i i i Airport Plans Receive Setback .., P ROBABLY A NEAR-FATAL BLOW to Wa-shtenaw County's hopes for a new airport was the refusal Monday of the County Board of Supervisors to submit a $150,- 000 bond issue to the voters in the April election. But the same night the Ann Arbor Common Council took a step which will probably be of little value to Ann Arbor, but will definitely save the University's CAA course, which would other- wise have had to been dropped. The County Board, in recommending that no action be taken on the plans now, dealt a serious blow to the airport proposal of Dr. C: Merle Dixon and his Junior Chamber of Com- merce Airport Committee. The measure sub- mitted to the Board provided for the submis- sion of a $150,000 bond issue to the voters in April, and for a half-mill tax increase. The funds thus to be secured would pay the cost of purchasing the land for the port and leave a few thousand dollars. They were to constitute the County's share in the project. But the Board of Supervisors vetoed the pro- posal, which means that no further action can be taken as far as the County is concerned until the next Supervisors' meeting, on April 15, after the spring election. SO, IT WOULD SEEM, at least for the time being Washtenaw County has little chance of obtaining its long hoped for airport. The Common Council, which back in December, had refused to vote even the small fund necessary to investigate the matter thoroughly, took action Monday night which will in part meet the de- mands to be made of the new airport. The Council voted $2,500 to make improve- ments in the city airport, which for this semes- ter at least saves the University's CAA course. University officials had been notified from Chicago headquarters that the flight training program here would have to be dropped unless runways were widened and a new hangar erected. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION the Council de- cided to appropriate money for the run- ways, if the Ann Arbor Air Service agrees to construct the hangar. The runways will be widened from 100 to 300 feet, and, when the hangar is constructed, the field will meet present CAA requirements, al- though the University will have to continue with its below-average quota due to the poor facili- ties offered for training. Thus, although there can be no hope for some time of an increase in the flight training course here, and of the obvious industrial advantages of a new airport to the city, at least the present CAA quota is saved. It is not a constructive step, but at least it reveals that Ann Arbor is alert to the inadequate airport facilities, and is aware of the need for improvement in them. The next step, though how soon no one can tell. may well be the con- struction of the new County airport. -William Baker r J C JNL> 1 Oity Editor's O'athc lof Hprvie Haufler Alvin Sarasohn . Paul. M. Chandler Karl Kessler- Milton Orshefsky Soward A. Goldman, Laurence Mascott Donald Wirtchafter Esther Osser Helen Corman . 4 * . . . Managing Editor . . . . Editorial Director . . . . . City Editor Associate Editor . . . . Associate Editor Associate Editor . . . . Associate Editor Sports Editor .Women's Editor Exchange Editor THERE'S MANY A LAUGH when Michigan's athletes take a trip. The basketball team tells this one, which occurred en route from Columbus. Coach Bennie Oosterbaan was threading his way up the aisle toward the pull- man. Passing through the day coach he saw a couple asleep, she with her head on his shoulder. So, with an excess moral dignity, Bennie tapped the lady on the shoulder. "Pardon me, madam," he said, "but do you know this man?" The basketball team thinks that was funny. Speaking as a man in the midst of the Graduate Record Exams, the most gruelling endurance contest in the history of educa- tion, we beg the authorities to give the same test to the faculty. They should be made to feel the sting of their own lash. DAILY TRYOUTS create complications around this office. One sweet young thing called; on the phone the other night to inquire about a meeting. For the records, the man on this end inquired "what's your name?" But the coed had to be coy. "What's yours?" she asked. Then, when negotiations reached a stalemate, she: added, vainly, "if you want to know mine, ask Wirtehafter who is the nicest freshman he knows.". That's our new staff! * * * Another gal walked into the office and learned from Karl Kessler that she had a choice of meetings to attend. "I teach one of these and another fellow the other," he explained. Nose high in the air, the novice coolly scrutinized Kessler's chiseled mug and issued the decision: "No thanks, I'll take the other." FIRE & WATER by moscott FOR THIS COLUMN, we're leaving aside all mention of "lofty" subjects. Change of pace, variety and all that, you know. Frankly, we feel much too good today. You see, we broke even in a tremendous crap game over the week-end- -,nd, boy, how we needed the money! All righ , so 1i gag is stolen. But Dear Morn: If you read the above paragraph, we're only kidding. While we're printing gags, old or new, orig- inal or stolen, we print the following: i 'i , Crbe Oren Peos WASHINGTON - With the world spotlight focused upon the Balkans, the all-important situation in Italy has almost escaped public attention. Real fact is that Italy has been taken over by Germany and that Mussolini is virtually a prisoner of his Axis partner. Uncensored diplomatic dispatches report that the Italian people are dazed, helpless, can hardly realize what has happened. In the South they are apathetic.But in the North around. Turin and the industrial centers, workers have sabotaged ma- chinery. stalled production and great numbers have been thrown into jail. The jails are crowded, but the sab- otage continues. Italian street crowds salute and cheer when black-shirted. troops pass, then curse under their breath after- ward. There is a growing rift between the Black Shirts and the regular army, formerly headed by Marshal Bado- glio. but now deposed and residing3 with Crown Prince Humbert, who al- so has the support of the army. The regular army never did favor the in- vasion of Greece. In order to understand the com- plete collapse of Italian morale, it is necessary to remember that Italy has been fighting, off and on, for about five years. Her campaign against Ethiopia began in 1935. Next year came the civil war in Spain, lasting until 1938. Then in 1939 came the present war. MEANWHILE the Italian people! have finally realized that they have secured nothing from this war# -not even Tunisia, which the French were on the verge of giving .them. Nor has Italy received any of the neighboring French provinces de- manded with so much noise and thun- der by Mussolini. In other words, five years of fighting with nothing to show for it has put the Italian people in the same frame of mind as Germany when finally she sur- rendered in 1918. Business Staff Business Manager . . . Assistant Business Manager Women's Business Manager Wome)VB Advertising Manager (Coutinuec fronk Page 2) I Irving Guttman Robert Gilmour Helen Bohnsack Jane Krause DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN NIGHT EDITOR: GERALD E. BURNS The editorials published in The Michi- gan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. are applicable in more than one unit of the University. The Committee expects that applications will be filed on or before March 15 at the office of the Dean or Director of the School or College in which the applicant is registered for reference to the Com- mittee of Award. Since no special application blanks have been pre- pared for these scholarships, appli- cation blanks such as may be ob- tainable at the offices of the Deans or Directors of Schools and Colleges will be accepted by the Committee, or the application may be made by letter, giving details concerning the applicant's academic standing and financial need. For the Committee F. E. Robbins, Chairman. The Alumnae Council is again offering the Lucy Elliott Fellowship to women who wish to continue their studies in the graduate field. Any woman with an A.B. degree from a recognized College or University is eligible to apply. A graduate from the University of Michigan may use the award on any campus of her choice, but a graduate of any other College or University must continue her work at Michigan. Applications are available at the office of the Dean of Women, and must be returned by March 15. Appointment will be made April 15. The award carries a s r- end of $300.00.I Phi Kappa Phi Fellowships: The National Phi Kappa Phi Honor Soci- ety each year awards a certain num- ber of Graduate Fellowships with stipend of $500 to be devoted to study. in some American College or Univer- sity. Undergraduate members of Phi Kappa Phi of the University of Michigan, elec ted during the first semester of the present year are eli- gible to apply for one of these fellow- ships. Since this is a national fel- lowship and the competition is keen, only those students with very high academic records will be encouraged to apply. The closing date for ap- plications to be received by the local chapter is March 17. Further in- formation and application blanks may be secured from the, secretary, Mary C. Van Tuyl, in Room 3123 Na- tural Science Building from 1 to 5 daily, March 1 to 7. School. of Education Students: No course may be elected for credit after Saturday, March 8. Students must report all changes of elections at the Registrar's Office, Room 4, Univer- sity Hall. Membership in a class does not cease nor begin until all changes have been thus officially registered Arrangements made with the instruc tir are not official changes. Students, College of Literature, Sci- "ence, and the Arts: Election card filed after the end of the first week of the semester may be accepted by s the Registrar's Office only if they are approved by Assistant Dean Walter Students who fail to file their eec tion blanks by the close of the thir g week, even though they have regis tered and have attended classes un t officially will forfeit their privileg r of continuing in the College for th 1 semester. If such students have pai d any tuition fees, Assistant Dean Wal ter will issue a withdrawal card fo - them. Faculty, College of Literature, Sci ence, and the Arts: Attendance re port cards are being distribute e through the Departmental Office i Instructors are requested to report al S' sences to my office in accordance wit the rules printed on these cards. 'o Please note especially the regua r tions concerning three-week absence d and the time limits for. droppi courses. The rules relating to ab er sences are printed on the attendan ut cards. They may also be found e page 52 of the current Announceme of our College. E. A. Walter, Assistant Dean cation in Mural Painting and Fine Arts, salary $2,300, March 31, 1941. Senior Inspector, Engineering Ma- terials (Aeronautical), salary $2,600, until further notice. Inspector, Engineering Materials (Aeronautical), salary $2,300, until further notice. Associate Inspector, Engineering Maerials (Aeronautical), salary $2,000 until further notice. Junior Inspector, Engineering Ma- terials (Aeronautical), salary $1,620, until further notice. Junior Engineer (any branch of Engineering), salary $2,000, Dec. 31, 1941. (Open to this year's seniors). Complete announcement on file at the Bureau of Appointments ano. Oc- cupational Information 201 Mason Hall. Office hours: 9-12 and 2-4. Academic Notices Chemistry Colloquium will meet to- day in. Room 303 Chemistry Building at 4:15 p.m. Professor O. S. Duf- lendack will speak on "Electron Mi- croscope." Biological Chemistry Seminar will >e held in Room 319 West Medical Building tonight at 7:30. Subject: 'The Bile." All interested are invited. Botanical Seminar will meet today it 4:30 p.m., in Room 1139 N.S. Bldg. Paper by W; C. Steere "A Year in ?uerto Rico." Chem. and Met. Engineering Semi- nar: Mr. Harry O'Connell will be the speaer at the Seminar for graduate students in Chemical and Metallurg- ical Engineering today at 4:00 p.m. in Room 3201 E. Eng. Bldg. His sub- ject is "Entrainment in a Horizontal Tube Evaporator." Students of the College of EngIn- eering and Others Enrolled for Series of Lectures on Naval Subjects: The seventh lecture of the series will, be delivered on Thursday, March 6, in Room 348 West Eng. at 4:00 p.m. Commander C E. Olsen, U.S. Navy, will speak on "Damage Control." All students having submitted applica- tions for commissions should attend. Conferences on extracurricular activities: As a part of the course in student-teaching, the- supervising teachers of the University High School will this semester provide a series of conferences dealing with such extracurricular activities as vis- ual aids, sponsoring school parties, homeroom, and guidance. The con- ferences will be held in Room 3001 UH.S., from 10:00 to 12:00 on atur- day mornings. The first conference is scheduled for Saturday, March 8, on the topic of visual aids with Mr. Joe Park in charge. Registration for the conferences is informal and will be taken care of at the firt meeting. The conferences are de- signed for students now taking direct- ed teaching and for those who com- pleted the course last semester. d All students interested in a special - non-credit course in remedial reading e are invited to attend an organization e meeting on Thursday, Mar. 6, Room d 4009 University High School, at 4;00 - p.m. rlhe Geography I make-up examin- ation will be held on Thursday, March - 6, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 23, Angell - Hall. d Political Science 113: The make-up - final examination in this course will ;h be held Saturday, March 8, at 9:00 a.m. in Room 2035 Angell Hall. All .. reports must be turned in before the s, examination. ig .. Psychology 31, all sections, make- ce up examination will be given Thurs- n day, Mar. 6, at 7:00 p.m. in Room lt 1121 Natural Science." I Engineers Needed For Defense . . AMERICA'S present national defense program has created a demand for engineers which far exceeds the available sup- ply. The demand is so great, according to sev- eral experts, that the national program will not go forward unless thousands more engineers are given positions in industry. The problem is simply, where can we get more engineers? On the heels of the expression of this prob- lem has come the suggestion to graduate all junior engineers next February rather than next June and a special committee has been created to study the possibility. The stand which the committee will take is, of course, only a matter of conjecture, but existing conditions seem to indicate that an early graduation would be most desirable. I' IS TRUE that such a step would necessitate a great change in engineering colleges throughout the country and that their individ- ual educational systems would require a measure of overhauling. It is also true that the last six months of college do carry with it a great deal of knowledge which will-probably be forever lost. These considerations, however, are small in comparison with the country's needs. Back in 1917, those seniors who entered the military and naval forces were given their de- grees despite the fact that many of them were missing up to two and one half months of school. The move suggested at the present time would mean the loss of approximately four months of schooling but that could be compensated to a great extent by requiring juniors to attend summer sessions this year. A NUMBER of individuals have opposed the>, early graduation scheme and the subsequent increase of engineers in industry on the grounds that the post-war years would see too many of them without jobs. These individuals, how- ever, fail to recognize the fact that the nation will be much greater industrialized after the war and that already certain groups leave been discussing post-war projects. We ,have as an example of this Gov. Murray D. Van Wagoner's statement at the Highway Conference here last month, asking county high- way commissions to make plans now to take care of theirpersonnel and equipment after the end of the present conflict. More actions of this sort will have to be taken and undoubtedly they will be. MOST of the other arguments which have been advanced against the proposal are not very valid. Certainly we are not going to withhold en- gineers from industry merely because it would be unfair to those students who were required to take four years of college before receiving their degrees. Certainly also we are not going to op- pose this measure because it is, with the excep- tion of what happened in the World, War, un- precedented. According to a recent survey there are some 40,000 available engineering posts and only 12,000 men graduating from engineering colleges to fill them. Any step made in schools to get more men in industry as quickly as possible should be de- sired. - Albert P.B laustei'i i MUSIC Mr. Milstein is the happy possessor of a variety of tones, ranging from a gentle, singing tone, tot one of sturdy spirit. His tempi were well placed, and his command of technical difficulties was easy, neat, clear, and controlled, Immediately on the presentation of Stamitz's Adagio and Rondo, we noticed the ease, and fluidity of his bowing, the smoothness of connec- tion in his legato playing. The piece was pleas- ant, liquid to a degree, jaunty, and polite. Bach's prelude and Gavotte in E major was one piece of continual movement, and was handled with a clear delicacy which showed intimate under- standing of the individual voices. Beethoven's sonata in F Major, (Spring Son- 1 ata), was again a different Beethoven than one' ordinarily conceives. The first movement partic- ularily, an allegro, was remindful of Mendels- sohn, but with sturdier body and spirit. The adagio was gentle, very expressive. Some of Mr. Milstein's pianissimo passages were slightly obscured here, due, we thought, to a too heavy execution of the piano accompaniment, although in the main, we found that well done, and only a little obtrusive. We thought, also, that Mr. Milstein's attempts at a "big" tone here fell short of the requirement. Again in the scherzo and rondo movements, some of the pian- issimo and pizzicato passages missed fire. The Meditation, by Tschaikowsky, began the second half of the recital. The continuous, emotional melodies,'were a good change from the evenness of the selections of the first part of the program and were brought forth with delicate understand- ing. Difficult changes of position on the finger- board were performed with admirable ease, once more we were struck with the smoothness of con- nected tones, particularly in the long-sustained last note or two. Josef Suk's Burlesque lived up to its name, and was, principally, a whirligig of very rapid, short strokes. Last on the forma'l program came the Concerto in A minor, by Vieuxtemps, the first movement of which seemed nearly etude in character, and of difficulty brilliantly overcome. The solo in the final movement carried the audience, finally, into rapt concentration, while the artist per- formed marvels of execution, and presented tones of fine, strong, round, timber that seehed quite different from those given earlier. The piece was perhaps the most catching, from both an aural and visual view po int, and of sutrprising stature. -Karl Karlstromn' British Meat Rationf Sorry, a hasty conference of The Daily's senior staff has just concluded that the above is in "bad taste." Oh fiddledeedee. Rhett Butler. THERE have been many evaluations of the character of a sport-writer but probably the best commentary is the following little true story. A few weeks ago two stalwart Michigan men. one on the editorial staff of The Daily, the other on the sports staff, took a small jaunt to a nearby co-education campus that is sans auto- mobile restrictions. The two visiting Wolverines, moreover, did quite well for themselves, manag- ing to obtain dates with two very attractive co- eds who owned an automobile. They spent the first part of the evening sop- ping up beer in one of the conspicuous consump- tion joints on that particular campus and then all four went into the car, one girl and the edit man in front with the girl at the helm, and the sports man and his date in the rear. Quoth the edit man's date: "Let's drive some place, park a while and listen to the radio." Spake the sports man: "Naw, I think you'd better drop us (that is, he and the edit staff rep- resentative) at our room right away." Answereth the edit staff's date: "It's still ear- ly, I thought we'd stay in the car and listen to the radio for a while." Interspersed the edit staff man with vitriolic venom in both his eyes: "Sure, we don't have to go back to the room right away, let's listen to the radio for a while." This character, incident- ally, usually dislikes music. The sportswriter answered: "But we have to get up early tomorrow morning. We'd better go back to the room now." All three others assent with unexpressed dis- gust and the two Michigan "wolves" are dropped off, immediately, at their room for the night. THE EDIT MAN could barely restrain him- self from committing speedy mayhem on the sports man. He waited until they were within the solitude of their room and then with his left hand firmly placed on the scruff of the sports writer's neck, blurted: "What's the matter with you. You had a good looking, even intelligent date. She wanted to park. We all wanted to park. We didn't have to come home this early. What was wrong, anyway?" With perfectly bland expression the sports writer answered: "Aw, we had nothing in com- mn. She duid't know a damn thing about sports." Milk Can Enemies A FL U 1 V U .1 Utility Witness THE GIANT ELECTRIC BOND and SHARE COMPANY was pleading before the Securities and Exchange Commission against regulatory mea- sures which, under the Holding Com- pany Act, would break it up and sep- arate various of its subsidiaries. The company claimed this would wreck their system. The utility's star witness was Pro- fessor Herbert B. Dorau of New York University's Department of Public Utilities. Dorau was introduced as an impartial expert, a professor whc had studied the matter scientifically. SEC attorney Alfred Berman let him testify at length, then began asking embarrassing questions. Finally he uncovered the fact tha Dr. Dorau, together with Professor John T. Madden, Dean of the Schoo of Commerce of NYU, had conducte research for Edison Electric Insti tute which paid them fees far in ex- cess of their university salaries-ap proximately $150,000 over a period o two years (1936-38). Edison Electric institute is a pub licity organization supported by th utility industry, including Electri Bond and Share. The two professors who kept a joint bank account, net ted about $1,200 a month each, als maintained an office at 2 Recto Street, New York, Electric Bond an Share's office building. During the 1936-38 period, aft deducting office expenses of abou $81,000, each professor made som $34,000. Dorau's salary at the un versity was $8,900 a year. I i G s i Merry-Go-R u d Robert," Glider Club: Those who missed the "The trouble with Chip Robert," organization meeting may sign up for says Maury Maverick. referring to the gliding in Room 102 West Engineer- Robert Company's speedy construe- ing Annex any afternoon from 3 to tion of the Corpus Christi naval air a. Flying starts immediately. base, "is that he's too smart. He's got'- more brains than anyone else." . .,. Students, College of Literature, Sci- Wyoming has just completed a rare ence, and the'Arts: No course may be exhibition of political unity. The elected for credit after the end of state legislature, finding it had 28 the third week. Saturday, March 8, Republicans and 28 Democrats, di- is therefore the last date on which vided the committee chairmanships, new elections may be approved. The put through a harmonious legislative willingness of an individual instruc- program. . . . It was the Justice De- tor to admit a student later does not partment which finally stopped the affect the operation of this rule. flow of Nazi propaganda entering this Ls country via Siberia and Japan. It' La Sociedad Hlispanica Summeir ruled that the mail violated the law Session Scholarships in the Univer-I requiring foreign agents to register sity of Mexico: All students inter- with the State Department. ested in competing for these schoiar- ships should register with Professor South American Beef Lincoln in 100 Romance Languages. It has been only two short years Notice to all Mechanical Ergin- since every cattleman in the country eering seniors:. Membership in the was berating Roosevelt because he Student Branch of A ME cannot be OK'd the purchase of 8,000 pounds of obtained after March 15, All those Argentine canned beef for the Navy. who are not now members are urged Roosevelt was accused of insulting to call James Eastman, Treasurer of the American cow, and political pun- the Branch, for particulars.. Sociology 51: Make-up final ex- amination will be' given Saturday, March 8, at 2:00 p.m. in Room D, Haven Hall. Concerts Palmer Christian, University Or- ganist, will present a concert at 4:15 p.m. today. Mr. Christian's next re- cital on the Organ Recital Series will be given March 12, at which time he will. present selections by contempor- ary composers based on Gregorian ,aelodies. Exhibitions An exhibition of Currier and Ives prints and of work by Yasuo Kuni- yoshi is open afternoons from 2 to in Alumni Memorial Hall, through March 7. Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design:A collection of drawinigs in various -'phases of Design from Pratt Institute in New York, and an exhibition of the last semester's work in Design by students of the College, are being shown in the third floor ex- hibition room, Architecture Building. Open daily 9 to 5, except Sunday, I ti