5Ath A ANNIVERSARY Air- i gan ~Iaitii EDITION ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1940 1. Daily ToC Alumni elebrate Return 50 Yea To Old Haunts rs Of Publication Two Views Of Union Ballroom Where 'Daily' Alumni Packed Celebration Banquet To Over flow mng "I *C*r*i Creators Of First 'Daily' Struggled hese two panoramas of The Daily's 50th Anniversary Cele&ration~Banquet, held last night in the Ball- room of the Michigan Union, show almost all of the 450 loyal Daily staff members, past and present, who filled the banquet ball to ovrerf lowing. Alumni were seated according to graduating classes, with- present staff members scattered throughout the hall. The speakers' table is at the extreme right. Former Daily Editors, Managers Congratulate Daily On Progress More Than 450 * , * To Gain Success 'Independent Association' Fostered University's First Daily Newspaper Pioneering Editors Fought Heavy Odds By JUSTICE HENRY M. BUTZEL, .'92L and HARRY D. JEWELL, '91 After a span of fifty years of a busy life full of eventful experiences, it is difficult to dig out from the re- cesses of one's memory the happen- ings of half a century ago. One's col- lege life - those happy days - how- ever, leave an indelible impression. I shall discuss the Genesis of the Un- iversity of Michigan Daily. Prior to the fall of 1890, the news of the uni- versity appeared in two weekly journ- als, the "Chronical" and the "Argo- naut," respectively, published by two sets of competing fraternities. Each carried a number of independents on its staff. I was a "de jure independent editori' of the Argonaut. What I was "de facto" I never found out, for I had no duties to perform. Each journ- al was largely devoted to the group of fraternities which it represented. Neither was representative of the en- tire University. Both were losing ground.a In the spring of 1890 a number of us decided that the University needed a real journel. The University had an enrollment of 2153 students. Ann Ar- bor was a small town of less than 10,000 inhabitants. We naturally could not secure the support of those sponsoring the jo~irnals we were at- tempting to displace. The University of Michigan Independent Association was therefore organized. It was not opposed to any society or group. Its Frank Murphy Congratulates DailyIn Letter, Former Daily editors and business managers returning for the semi-cen- tennial celebration of The Daily were enthusiastic over the progress The Daily has made in its years of con- tinuous publication. Finishad -make-up, adequate publi- cation facilities, the banquet honor- ing the contribution of each year's staff 6o The Daily were praised by many of the former student journ- alists who worked to put out the paper in cramped quarters and with little more than campus news. The following are comments made by alumni who toured the Student Puli- cations Building and critically scrut- inized the current issues of the paper. Harry P. Jewell, '91, former asso- ciate editor: "The wonderful building is very different from the hole-in-the- wall in which we worked in the first years of The-Daily's publication. News at times became so scarce we had to manufacture a story and then dis- Draft Number 158 Catches Daily Man, But Fellow Escapes prove our own rumor. With the rap- idly changing world with its abun- dance of news, the problem now is how to publish all of the news avail- ,able." Harold McGee, '13E: "The Daily represents a lot of work. Working with small staffs, staffs with which I was associated, did a great deal and had a lot of fun." Roscoe Huston, '02-'04L: "In my opinion 'The Daily has always repre- sented one of the best college news- papers in the country. When I was business manager we began the prac- tice of publishing a Sunday paper. As one of the first college papers to take this step, The Daily was severely criticized in some quarters. For its all-around representative campus news coverage, I believe it is excel- lent." Chesser Campbell, '17, advertising manager of the Chicago Tribune: "The increase of advertising space has made for the progress of The Daily. Bigger pages and better typo- graphy are theynotablendifference in The Daily of my time and the present issues." Fred Buesser, '37: "Students have made The Daily great and through student control and initiative it will have a great future. The banquet was a wonderful get-together of all past and present students who have a vital interest in its future." Harry Folz, '11, former city editor: The finished makeup and excellent coverage of local news are improve- ments in The Daily. Change from the five column paper of my participa- tion to the present seven column points to the Daily's progress. In view of the treatment given news by Uni- versity students, I believe that stu- dents are capable of operating and managing their own publication." Fenn Hossick, '14, former news editor of The Daily: My experience on The Daily did more for me than all of my academic work in the Un- iversity. Taking the responsibility for publication of one of the leading col- those who have participated on The Daily and those who are now respon, sible for its publication is a great thrill. I believe the spirit represented at this banquet will carry the paper to greater heights in the future." Prof. Frederick K. Sparrow, '25, of the Botany department and former sports editor: "The paper has made remarkable progress. The greater va- riety of news it offers is most out- standing feature in its recent develop- ment." Conger Reports Nazi Invasion Of Netherlands Ex-Daily Editor Witnesses German Bomb Attacks In Raid On Amsterdam By BEACH CONGER '32 Being suddenly thrust into a run- ning fight between German parachut- ists and Dutch infantry is not a pleasant experience, but it was this writer's baptism under fire and prob- ably made two other correspondents and myself the first American report- er's to come under German fire during the German offensive in the west last spring. It was early the morning of May 10, the day the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands began. All night we had been kept awake in our Amsterdam hotel by the bombing of Schiphol, the nearby airport, and by anti-aircraft guns. As the sun came up we could see huge columns of black smoke ris- ing from the airfield while occasional German ships flew westward, followed b the ineffectual white puffs of smoke from exploding shells. Amsterdam seemed quiet enough, so Edwin Hart- rich, Norman Alley and I decided to drive down to The Hague where, ac- cording to early reports, fighting was See Old Friends At Uion Dinner Toastmaster Harold Titus, '11, Introduces Speakers Jayne, Roesser, Farrell, Wood, Parker And Stone; Group Welcomed By Professor Sunderland In Short Talk Fifty years in The Daily's history were represented last night when nembers of Daily staffs from 18904to 1940 met in the Union for the paper's Golden Anniversary Banquet commemorating 50 years of continuous pub- lication. The program, sponsored by the Board in Control of Student Publica- tions and arranged by Howard A. Goldman, '41, comprised a greeting by Prof. Edson R. Sunderland of the Law School, introductions by toastmaster Harold Titus, '11, and talks by Ralph Stone, '92L, Charles H. Farrell, '98, Junius B. Wood, '00, Judge Ira W. Jayne, '05, John Bundy Parker, '17, and William D. Roesser, '25. .Professor Sunderland Issues Greetings Professor Sunderland, who has been a member of the Board in Control since 1917, commented on the range of activities Daily alumni have entered, complimenting the paper on being a broad educational activity. He de- scribed The Daily as giving courses in "diligence, accuracy, responsibility and cooperation." He expressed regrets for the absence of Prof. William A. McLaughlin, chairman of the Board, who is ill. The assets of The Daily at present, according to Professor Sunderland, are $240,637. Titus, former Conservation Commissioner of Michigan, is known for his novels and short stories built around lumber camps and wild life of Michigan He described the Celebration Banquet as probably an enjoyable occasion for the younger Daily men and women, but more than that for the older alumni, to whom it came as an "emotional experience." The fourth managing editor of The Daily, former Regent Stone, who joined the staff of the paper in time to help put out its 15th issue, recalled that the paper was born in 1890 as a result of the feeling among independ- ents that fraternities had dominated activities, especially journalistic, too long. He reminded present staff members that when he was on the paper, the editors had to act as delivery boys. At the time the University was the largest in the country, having an enrollment of 2,400 students, Stone said. No Room For Office He also commented on the introduction of outside news to the ppper which had confined itself to campus news when he was on the staff. He advised that The Daily eliminate controversial discussions)on matters un- relevant to campus life. "Our office was where we hung our hats-and there was not usually room even for that," reminisced Farrell, ex-mayor of Kalamazoo and former member of the State legislature. He described the difficulty of the staff in Your hearty letter has brought to me once again the rare delight that never fails to accompany an invita- tion from Ann Arbor and the Uni- versity. This one, extended by The Daily, conveys its own par- ticular feeling of warm pleasure. I remember so well and grate- fully the privilege that was mine of becoming one of the staff, and the interesting and satisfying ex periences that followed. Especial- ly I recall what fine fellows they all were-no one ever had a more congenial and attractive group of associates. It would be entirely superfluous, then, to tell you how greatly I should enjoy being present at the So far as is known the only Uni- versity graduate with registration number 158 in the recent draft draw- ing was a former sports night editor on The Daily. Dick Sierk, '40, who served on the sports staff under Bud Benjamin in 1938-39, is the possessor of this dis- tinction. Now employed as Director of Publicity for the National Exchange Club of Toledo, Ohio, Dick did not know his number was 158 until after the drawing, at which time he became interested. But the story does not end there. He was not just one of some 6,000 suckers caught first because Secre- tary Stimson happened to clutch the capsule containing number 158. Hav- ing had a premonition of what was coming, Dick beat Unicle Sam to the draw. Only eight days before the fateful