PAC-IF MUM THE MICHIGAN DAIlY SIIT1A V, Dr CEMBE 1194, , I . . . I - -1-----.----- -.1 ---- THE MICHIGAN DAILY F IR E a id W AT Eli By MASCOTT DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 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 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 rights 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 NATIONAL ADVERTISING SY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADIsON AVE. NEW YORK. N.Y. CGIcAGo * BOSTON . Los ANGELES * SAN FRANcisco Member, Associated Collegiate Editorial Staff Press, 1940-41 Hervie Haufler Alvin Sarasohn Paul M. Chandler Karl Kessler Milton Orshefsky Howard A. Goldman Laurence Mascott bonald Wirtchafter Esther Osser Helen Corman . . . Managing Editor . . Editorial Director . . . AsCity Editor . . . Associate Editor . . . Associate Editor . . . Associate Editor * . . Associate Editor . . . . Sports Editor . . . .Women's Editor . . . Exchange Editor Business Staff Business Manager . Assistant Business Manager Women's Business Manager Women's Advertising Manager Irving Guttman Robert Gilmour Helen Bohnsack Jane Krause NIGHT EDITOR: EMILE GELE The editorials published in The Michi- gan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Congratulations To Camacho .. C ONGRATULATIONS are in order for President Manuel A. Camacho of Mexico who officially takes office today in the presence of Vice-President-elect Henry A. Wall- ace. He should be congratulated first on his good fortune at remaining unassassmated till inauguration day; second, on not having to sup- press a rebellion; third, on acquiring a pat on the head from President Roosevelt; and fourth, and most important, for lining himself up with the Cardenas machine in the first place. Camacho's cooperation with Cardenas is a curious relation. Camacho is supposed to be of the Right, and Cardenas is supposed to have chosen him, in the absence of a promising Left- ist candidate, as the most likely to salvage some of his liberal gains, and pushed him (with an army) into victory at the polls. Already the new administration is supposed to be swinging to the Right with the support of the United States, a support apparently unsolicited. If what Camacho's supporters say about him is true, more power to him; but he must be reminded of what his predecessor and colleague left for him. H E MUST BE REMINDED that his friend Cardenas seized land for communal farms and had to finance the peasants on these farms as well as forfeit the taxes of the former owrirs. Cardenas also turned Mexico's chief industries over to unskilled workers who sacrificed efficienWt management to bickering over wages and prof- its; and in addition, he had to pay for expro- priated lands and industries. To date ertrmous quantities of raw materials, including natural gas, have been wasted and the oil supply is expected to expire in seven years. Especially Camacho should remember the dan- gerous government system Cardenas built over the Mexican people. A prime example of which is the requirement that all civil and military officers must be members of the Mexican Revo- lutionary Party which has completely controlled all elections, including Camacho's. E SHOULD REMEMBER that every worker has an "exclusion clause" in his contract with his employer. This clause allows the gov- ernment-approved union executive board the tight to exclude from his job any man who does not obey board orders, including political com- mands. And instead of distributing confiscated lands among the peasants, Cardenas devised the collective farm system which provides that pea- sants work the lands in communal groups as share-croppers. They must depend directly on the government for their livelihood. All these aspects of the Cardenas administra- tion point directly to a leftist, totalitarian form of government. They are the results of an ideal- istic dream that dashed itself to bits against hard economic realism. They are the "liberal gains" Cardenas. thought Camacho "the most likely to salvage". Therefore, congratulations and success to you President Camacho. Best wishes and fond hopes that the United States will do more than indi- cate its friendship, and that you will decide cor- rectly whether your bread is buttered on the Left or Right side. - Emile Gele Harmon On Cornell Upset . It's known as "Academic Allergy", (to be re- ferred to as A.A.). It's the disease whose cure is completely unknown. It's the disease for which there is no formula No. 66. It's the dis- ease which is caught at one time or another by more than 75% of the student body. It's A. A. that Fire and Water shall discuss today. An individual afflicted with A. A. can be iden- tified in the following manner: he cannot read a textbook. He can sit for hours on end (he sits in a chair right side up but the hours are on end) reading Satevepost, Colliers, hairbrain fiction, good fiction, good or bad essays and comic strips with no visible effett. But when- ever the person afflicted with A. A. opens a text- book or any Prof-assigned reading, he develops a subdivision of A. A., known as T. A. (textbook allergy). He opens the text and squirms. He begins to itch. His mind wanders idly over the whole gamut of sex and science while his fingers wander idly to the radio to increase the volume. He scratches himself. He unconsciously re- reads the same introductory paragraph 17 times and still has no knowledge of that paragraph's meaning. He throws the text to the floor and reacts in any of the following ways: (1) Just sits and listens to the radio; (2) Goes out for a hamburger and a cup of coffee; (3) Goes to the show; (4) Goes beering; (5) Goes to bed and sets the alarm for 6 a.m. so that he can' arise early and squeeze in a few hours of solid study before classes. (Editor's note: It's a 1,000 to 1 he won't get up at 6.) The foregoing symptoms distinguish T. A., one form of A.A. But there are many other forms of A.A. There is, for example, that form of Academic Allergy known as Classroom Allergy or C.A. The afflicted student cannot attend classes. He either finds it impossible to awake before noon (no matter what time he went to sleep the night previous) or he would rather drink cokes in the morning or if he attends classes he merely squirms in his seat during the whole period, fails to hear a word of the lecture the prof is presenting and thinks about the cute blonde either back home or in the third seat, second row. Another variation of Academic Allergy is li- brary-phobia. The subject is afraid to enter the library. He is afraid he will be pushed into the stacks and left there for years. He cannot sit in one of the straight-backed library chairs or if he can manage to do so, he spends all his time watching the women go in and out the library doors. He is also afraid to take a book out over-night because, knowing his disease, he realizes that he'll never be able to get up at some ungodly hour of the night (7:45 a.m., to be exact) to return said book by 8:00 a.m. Worst form of Academic Allergy, however, is known as Extra-Curricular Activities. If the subject is well-smitten with A.A. he will de- velop his Extra-Curricular Activities into Cur- New Culture For America ... LOOK HOMEWARD, America! This is the earnest exhortation of Irwin Edman writing in the December Harper's. To Philosopher Edman perhaps the only desirable indirect effect of the tragic war in Europe will be that America will be required to build its culture in its own way. The Edman thesis is a cogent one. For has not American culture been bound too long by the strictures of European pace-setters? For have not the eyes of creative artists in America been too long riveted upon European models? For have not Americans worshipped too long at European shrines? The day of the cultural ex- odus to Europe is over. Post-war Europe, whe- ther or not it is controlled by Hitler, will be so wracked with its own social and economic pains that it will be forced to abdicate its posi- tion as Arbiter of Culture. T IS CLEAR that America has never been com- pletely free from the European tradition. In what critics call its Golden Age, Emerson was decisively influenced by the intuitive philoso- phers of Germany. The myths and legends of the Old World fascinated Hawthorne. Long- fellow was addicted to the use of classical forms. In its Gilded Age American culture was still Europeanized. The self-imposed exile of Henry James in England symbolized America's cul- tural dependence on Europe, its vestiges of a shallow colonialism. Only in late decades have American men of letters and artists been suc- cessfully experimenting with d.ative forms. Stein- beck, Dos Passos, Benton and Gershwin were among the progenitors of the New Culture. And now there will be no choice. Relentless bombings have destroyed the physical receptacles of European art. And "the revolution of nihil- ism" has temporarily destroyed the psychological foundations of the European Tradition: that freedom so necessary for the effective operation of the creative spirit. America's own mores must now provide the base for its culture. This does not imply that the Great Tradition is dead. Its influence will no doubt continue in a hundred subtle ways. This does not imply a disrespect for that Great Tradition. But the Second World War has necessitated a new or- der. Never again will there be the slavish adula- tion of European forms and subjects which has so marked the American mind in the past. THE LEADERS of the New Culture in America must not approach their subject, which will be the whole of America, in a holier-than-thou attitude. They must not be mere chauvinists. Their works must not be encased in red-white- and-blue bunting. They must not indulge in sentimentalizing and glorifying the historical ricular Activities and Curricular Activities into Extra-Curricular Activities. For him there is no hope. Unfortunately, the above case history and general outline of Academic Allergy could well be entitled."Personal History" (if Vincent Shean hadn't already written something with that ti- tle). If Fire and Water fails to appear next semester, there will probably be no announce- ment of the fact in The Daily. The readers of this column (both of them, our roommate and our mother) can then conclude that our A.A. has resulted in S.I. (Scholastic Ineligibility). Incidentally, if Mr. Palmer of the economics department, our instructor in a highly interest- ing, extremely valuable, well-presented Econom- ics 52 course, reads the preceding paragraphs- we're only kidding. 0 e liominie Says Confidence and the obligations which attend any understanding between two persons or be- tween a person and his group constitute a fruit: ful field of character development. It takes two persons to create a social contact; two confiding persons to cement a friendship. But one of the persons can ruin that situation. For example, take this principle and apply it in four familiar areas of our common life." (1) Friendship. Two must trust to create a friendship. But if one begins to distrust, the other may trust in vain. One can ruin what two create. (2) Marriage. Two learn to love and conjugal happiness is possible. The family in embryo is introduced. Its happiness becomes an enrich- ment. Its satisfactions deepen into meanings which otherwise could never be reached. But it is necessary that one only acts untruly to wreck that family and ruin what two brought into being. (3) Commerce. The bank and the world ex- change is built not by one but two agents-the depositor and his bank. Otherwise no struc- ture of credit and exchange can be brought about. But one can break it down. If I fail to make systematic deposits to cover my checks I ruin it. Or if the Bank, as in the debacle of 1931-32, fails in her handling of accumulated wealth and faith she can ruin commerce. What two built one party can destroy. , (4) Patriotism. The citizen doing his part plus the political unit doing its part are essen- tial. Two must build. But the citizen can quit and ruin the entire social structure. Or the state may loaf at its post and, in spite of its loyal citizens, destroy the whole. What two must create one alone can dissipate. The untrue person in friendship is ingrate; in marriage, deserter; in commerce, thief; in na- tional life, traitor. Social solidarity as well as growth in the cultural ideal or strength of the church depends not a little upon the presence in society of many who are true friends, loyal mates, square dealers, and responsible citizens. - Edward W. Blakeman, Counselor in Religious Education C N SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1940 Academic XNotices VOL. LI. No. 54I Zoology Seminar: Thursday, De- Publication in the Daily Official cember 5, 7:30 p.m., Amphitheatre, Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the university. Rackham Building. Report by Mr. Arnold 0. Haugen on "Life History NO ces and Management Studies of the Cot- tontail Rabbit in Southwestern Mich- President and Mrs. Ruthven will igan." be at home to members of the faculty ,_ and other townspeople today from 4 to 6 o'clock. BiologicalChemistry Seminardl _____meet in Room 319, West Medical Building. at 7:30 p.m.. Wednesday, Faculty, School of Education: Dec. 4. Subject: "Synovial Fluid and Monthly luncheon meeting. Mn- Cartilage Metabolism." day, December 2, Michigan Union. Chemistry Colloquium will meet To Members of the Faculty; College in Room 303 Chemistry Building at of Literature, Science and the Arts: 415 on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Dr. J. 0. The third regular meeting of the Halford will speak on "The equili- Faculty of the College of Literature, brium in the conversion of arylcar- Science and the Arts of the academ- bnl oayclrmtae. ic session of 1940-41 will be held in binols to arylchloromethanes." Room 1025 Angell Hall, December Concerts 2, at 4:10 p.m. The reports of the various commit- Choral Union Concert: Richard Bo- tees have been prepared in advance nelli, baritone, will give the fifth pro- The City Editor's ,5c atc Pad and are included with this call to the meeting. They should be retained in; your files as part of the minutes of: the December meeting. Edward H. Kraus AGENDA1 1. Michigan Cooperative Teacher Education Study, Dr. H. L. Turner. 2. Consideration of the minutes of the meeting of November 4th, 19403 (pp. 692-693), which were distributed by campus mail. 3. Consideration of the reports sub- mitted with this call to the meeting. a. Executive Committee, prepared by Professor P. S. Welch. b. Executive Board of the Gradu- ate School, prepared by Professor L.j I. Bredvold. c. Senate Advisory Committee oni University Affairs, to be given byl Associate Professor W. L. Ayres. d. Deans' Conference, prepared by Dean E. H. Kraus. 4. Freshman Tests of Scholastic An-f titude, Assistant Professor P. S. Dwy-l er. 5. New business. 6. Announcements.I Engineers: Sophomore, Junior andl Senior: Mid-semester reports for grades below C are now on file and open to inspection in the office of the Assistant Dean, Room 259 West Engineering Building. A. H. Lovell, Assistant Dean To members of the faculty, stu-; dents, and townspeople: The Board of Governors of Residence Halls, and the residents and staff of the East Quadrangle of Men's Residence Halls, cordially invite members of the fac- ulty, students, and townspeople, to attend an Open House in the East Quadrangle, on Thursday, Decem- ber 5, from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Stu- dent guides will be available to con- duct visitors through the various' units of the Quadrangle. Guests are asked to enter through the East Uni- versity door, which leads directly into the main lobby. I Naval ROTC Students: The field trip planned for Monday, Dec. 2, is postponed to Monday, Dec. 9. Choral Union Members: Members of the Choral Union Chorus whose records are clear, will please call for their courtesy tickets on the day of the Richard Bonelli concert, Tues- day, December 3, between 9 and 12 and 1 and 4 o'clock, at the offices of the University Musical Society, Bur- ton Memorial Tower. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information has received notice of the following United States Civil Service Examina- tions. Last date for filing application is noted in each case: Transportation Tariff Examinelr, (Freight), Salary $2300 and $2000, Dec. 31, 1940. Transportation Tariff Examiner, (Passenger) Salary: $2300 and $2000, Dec. 31, 1940. Senior Bookkeeping Machine Op- erator, Salary: $1620, Dec. 31, 1940. Senior Blueprint Operator, Salary: $1440, Dec. 31, 1940. Junior Blueprint Operator, Salary: $1260, Dec. 31, 1940. Senior Photostat Operator, Salary: $1440, Dec. 31, 1940. Junior Photostat Operator, Salary: $1260, Dec. 31, 1940. Horizontal Sorting Machine Op- erator, Salary: $1260, Dec. 31, 1940. Multilith Cameraman and Plate- maker, Salary: $1620, Dec. 31, 1940. Multilith Press Operator, Salary: $1440, Dec. 31, 1940. Senior Photographer, Salary: $2000, Dec. 31, 1940. Assistant Photographer, Salary: $1620, Dec. 31, 1940. Machinists, Salary: $6.80 per day to $1.104 per hour, Indefinitely. Shipfitters, Salary: $6.81 per day to $8.93 per day, Indefinitely. Lens Grinders, Salary: $5.92 per day to $8.00 per day, Indefinitely. gram in the Choral Union Concert Series. Tuesday evening, December 3, at 8:30 o'clock, in Hill Auditorium. University Symphony Concert: The University Symphony Orchestra, Thor Johnson, Conductor, presenting Ava Comin Case, Pianist, will give its second concert of the year at 4:15 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. While this concert is open to the public, small children cannot be admitted for obvious reasons. Organ Recital: A program of Christmas organ selections will be presented by Palmer Christian, Un- iversity Organist, at 4:15 Wednes- day, December 4 in Hill Auditorium. The general public is invited. Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: An exhibit of ceramic processes including structure, form, color and glazing is being shown in the first floor hall of the Architecture Building through December 10. Open daily, except Sunday, from 9 to 5. The public is invited. Lectures University Lecture: H. Lauterpacht, Whewell Professor of International Law at Cambridge University, will lecture on the subject, "Problems of Post-War International Reconstruc- tion," under the auspices of the Law School and the Department of Poli- tical Science at"4:15 p.m. on Mon- day, December 2, in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Melville J. Her- skovits, Professor of Anthropology and Chairman of the Department at Northwestern University, will lecture on the subject, "The Negro in the New World," under the auspices of the De- partment of Anthropology, at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, December 6, in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Dr. Imre Fer- enczi, formerly of the International Labor Office, Geneva, Switzerland, will lecture on the subject "War and Man Power" under the auspices of the Department of Economics on Thursday, December 5, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The public is cordially invited. Mathematics Lecture: Professor A. W. Tucker of Princeton Univer- sity will lecture on Monday, Decem- ber 2, at 3:00 p.m., in 3011 A.H., on "Some Topological Properties of the Real Hyperquadrics." Hon. Gerhart H. Seger will lecture on Wednesday, December 4, at 8:00 p.m. in the lecture room of the Rack- ham Building. His subject will be "The German Fifth Column." His lecture is sponsored by the Ann Arbor branch of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. "Brazil," illustrated lecture by Jul- ien Bryan, noted cameraman, Mon- day evening in Hill Auditorium at 8:15 as the fourth number on the Oratorical Association Lecture Ser- ies. Tickets may be purchased Mon- day at the Auditorium box office. Lecture: Kirby Page will speak on "Personal Religion and World Prob- lems" at Lane Hall Saturday, Decem- ber 7 at 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Events Today Varsity Glee Club: Rehearsal at 4:00 p.m. sharp today, with the first part of the rehearsal time for Union opera practice. The executive commit- tee will meet at 3:00 p.m. Intercooperative Council: Educa- tion Committee, Mr. David Sonquist, Executive Secretary of the Eastern Michigan Association of Consumers Cooperatives, will speak on the "Phil- ncnh o~~-vrrf ("rnc,nsmvv npvtives_" The Lutheran Student Association will meet this evening in the Zion Lutheran Parish Hall at 5:30. Supper will be served, and afterwards James Vine will lead a panel discussion on another aspect of the National Ash- ram theme: "Thy Kingdom Come." All are invited. Bethlehem Evangelical-Reformed Student Guildwill have supper today at 6:00 p.m. at the church. Fahkri Maluf will speak on "The Syrian Youth Movement." Michigan Christian Fellowship will hold its regular Sunday meeting to- day at 4:30 p.m. in the Fireplace Room of Lane Hall. Rev. Sudgen of Jackson will deliver the second in the series of four messages, Coming Events Junior Mathematics Club will meet Tuesday evening, December 3, at -8 o'clock in Room 106 Rackham Build- ing. Dr. J. D. Elder will give a dem- onstration of the Hollerith tabulat- ing machines. Everyone interested is invited. Economics Club: Members of the staffs and graduate students in Busi- ness Administration and Economics are cordially invited to hear Dr. Nel- son Lee Smith, Chairman of the New Hampshire Public Service Commis- sion, speak on "Looking Ahead in Regulation" on Monday, December 2, at 8:00 p.m. in the Rackham Amphi- theatre. Junior Research Club will meet on Tuesday, December 3, in the Amphi- theatre of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at 7:30 p.m. Program: "Application of Radio- Activity to Problems in Chemistry," A. F. Voigt, Chemistry Department. "Biological Applications of Radio- Active Isotopes," Jacob Sacks, De- partment of Pharmacology. Seniors of the School of Education will hold a class meeting on Tuesday, December 3, at 4:10 p.m. in room 3001 of the University High School. Offi- cers will be elected and matters con- cerning Convocation and Commence- ment will be discussed. All seniors are urged to attend. German Table for Faculty Mem- bers will meet Monday at 12:10 p.m. in the Founders' Room, Michigan Union. Faculty members interested in German conversation are cordially invited. There will be a brief talk by Mr. H. T. Pirce on "Ein englis- cher Regierungsbeamter." Camp Davis Reunion on Monday, December 2, at 8:00 p.m., in Room 302 of the Union. All members of the faculty and students who have attended Camp Davis are invited. Re- freshments. The Student Branch of the A.S.M.E. will meet on Wednesday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Union. Prof. E. T. Vincent of the Mechanical En- gineering Department and honorary chairman of the Branch, will give an illustrated talk on "Modern In- ternal Combustion Engines." John Ingold will also describe the A.S.M.E. Roast and point out what it means to the engineering student. Member- ship cards and pins will be given out at this meeting. A recorded program of classical music will be given Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the auditorium of St. Mary's Chapel. This is sponsored by the Newman Club. All students interested are invited to attend. Senior Engineers: Mr. W. M. Sack- ett, representative of R. R. Donnelley. & Sons Company, Chicago, will inter- view Senior Engineers December 2 through 6. Anyone interested, see Mr. Sackett for interview schedule Monday, December 2, in Room 214 West Engineering Building. X-ray movies made during speech and breathing will be exhibited in the amphitheatre of the Rackham Building on Monday, December 2, at 4:00 p.m. All students of Speech are urged to attend. The showing is open to other members of the faculty and student body who are interested. Graduate Coffee Hour will be held Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Building. Moving pic- tures of Alaska by Prof. Baxter of the Forestry Department. All grad- uate students and faculty welcome. Seminar in Religious Music meets Monday at 4:15 in Lane Hall. Faculty Women's Club: The play- reading section will meet on Tuesday, December 3, at 2:15 p.m. in the Mary B. Henderson Room of the Michigan League. Michigan Dames: Click and Stitch THIS IS THE STORY of a basketball game; sports staff of the Michigan Daily versus the editorial staff. * * * Obviously this kind of tripe belongs on page three. But we've been sabotaged. The sports staff potentates refused to allow this truth to appear. So here it is: '4 * The point? We beat 'em, Wirtchafter has been chiseled Daily Single, if at all. and badly. down to a Casualties on the edit staff were less numer- ous. We suffered blisters on the arches our- selves, but even that has its sweet points. Maybe those flat feet will keep us out of the army for a while. Maybe . .. . . * * * 30 on that. * * ,* THE GIRLS at Goucher College report that $135 per year is enough to dress a coed. It takes trick mathematics, though. Buy a coat that costs $80, and it lasts for four years. So that's only $20 a year. Hah! * * * . The airlines should remove their hostesses from these planes Tommy Harmon is riding around the country. If they don't they'll have a marriage rumor on their hands. It doesn't take much, these days. * * * HOLLYWOOD'S publicity agents are busy these days, between Marjorie Weaver and the strip-tease picket. It's highly possible that both of the afore- said will appear in motion pictures one of 'these days. Yup, highly possible. *4,.,*