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VOL. LIL No. 59 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1941 Z-323
PRICE FIVE CENTS
New Soviet Drive
In Taganrog Area
Shakes Nazi Line
Russians 'Report GerInin
Troops Are Retreating
West Over Mius River
Moscow Announces
Gains Near Rostov
- BULLETIN
LONDON, Saturday, D ec.-(.P)-
The British foreign office annun-
eed early today Finland, Rumania
and Hungary had been notifed that
alstate of war would exist between
those counfries and Britain because
they had made no satisfactory re-
ply to a British demand that they
quit fighting Russia by midnight
Friday,
(By The Associated Press)
The most substantial defense line
yet foi'med by the rear guard of the
retreatipg German armies of southern
Russi--along the Mius River in the
vicinity of Taganrog-trembled last
night under the tremendous shock of
a Red of fenr'sive on a 70-mile front.
Whether the line actually was
breaking generally was in dispute.
The Russians reported as much, say-
ing that Nazi troops desperately try-
ing to cross the Mius to the west on
pontoon barges were under violent
bombing atta'ck, but Berlin insisted
that Marshal Timoshenko had at
last been "fought to a standstill."
The main bodies of the frontal
assault corps along the Azov were
reported to have by-passed Taganrog,
leaving lesser forces to deal with the
.surviving Nazis there.
Germans Shelled At Azov
Moreover-and this was one of
the most significant of all factors-
the British radio reported the Soviet
Black Sea fleet was heavily shelling
the Germans along the Azov coast.
Towns were declared to be falling
again to the Soviet by the dozens;
recapitul'ating, the Russians reported
that back from Rostov and in the
Donetz basin the invader had now
been driven from 4,00 square miles of
territory and that 200 towns were
again ia Russian control.
Along the Mius Russian bombers
\ in a single area were reported pouring
explosives upon 1,500 German army
trucks massed for a crossing.
This and other circumstaices sug-
gested that the German Field Marshal
Von Kleist had no hope of holding
the Mius line for long but had con-
centrated all his . available rear
strength there for a dplaying action
because it was the most nearly de-
fensible sector in which he could make
any stand.
Little Information
Aside from claiming that such a
line had been formed nd was hold-
ing, the Germans offered little in-
formation of the Rostov-Mariupol
front generally. They spoke of tre-
mendous Russian losses although not
of their own save indirectly in' their
increasing references to the use of
Italian and Slovak troops. Rumanian
forces and a Croat corps also were re-
ported trying to strengthen the Ger-
mans.
On the central front the Russians
still were hard-pressed.'
German advances on both the up-
per and lower ends of the Moscow
defense arc were acknowledged by.
the Russians-to the vicinity of Dmi-
trov, 40 miles north of the capital,
and to Naro Fominsk, within 40 miles
of Moscow on the southwest. ,
Inflaion CurS
Are Discussed
L. L. Watkins Speech Ends
Bankers' Conference
That the Federal Reserve System
be allowed to further expand the legal
reserve ratio for commercial banks,
in order to curb inflation already un-
der progress in this country, was one
of the suggestfons made by Prof. L. L.
Watkins, instructor of economics, yes-
terday, in a closing talk addressed to
the members of the annual bankers'
study conference.
Professor Watkins, whose topic was
"Gold and Its Relation to Fiscal and
Banking Policies" relegated our gold
reserve to a secondary .place in war
finance, but expressed the hope that
it might serve in the reconstruction
Choral Union
Will Present
Koussevitzky
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* * *
He could pass for a typical Russian
noble of pre-Bolshevik days-that is
the description of Dr. Serge Kous-
sevitzky who will lead the Boston
SympPony Orchestra in the sixth
concert of the annual Choral Union
Series at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in
Hill Auditorium.
Noble by virtue of manner and
bearing, Dr. Koussevitzky came from
a humble but musical family. He
was born in Vyshny Volochek, an
unknown little town in Russia. His
father was a -violin teacher and his
mother a piano player.
At the age of 14 Dr. Koussevitzky
enrolled in the Moscow Philharmon-
ic School. There he became a vir-
tposo with the double-bass fiddle.
EVen today this instrument is found
and sometimes heard in the Brook-
line home of Dr. Koussevitzky.
Although 66 years old, Dr. Kous-
sevitzky retains the vigor of youth.
His enthusiasm for music is undaunt-
ed. Wednesday he will lead theBos-
ton Symphony Orchestra in render-
ing Mozart's Symphony in D Major
(Haffner); Symphony No. 3 by Wil-
liam Schuman; and Brahms' Sym-
phony No. 4 in E Minor. 4
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Jesuit Scholar
Claims Failure
Of Skepticism
Rev. Fr. Martin C. DArcy
Declares Man's Faith
Is Vital To Existence
Skepticism, the denial of wisdom
and of faith, was doomed to failure
by The Rev. Fr. Martin Cyril D'Arcy,
world-famous Jesuit scholar and lec-
turer in Thomistic philosophy at Ox-
ford University in England, in con-
sideration of the topic "The Failure
of Skepticism?" before a Rackham
Lecture Hall audience last night.
Asserting that, the world is waking
up to the fact that man cannot live
without fundamental beliefs and
faiths, Father D'Arcy declared: "Uni-
versal skepticism strangles itself, par-
tial skepticism, if it means a critical
attitude, has done immense good in
history." r '
"But the attitude of mind which ac-
cepts the evidence of the senses and
of scientific hypotheses rejects the
world in the transcendent sense and
has no justification nor reason," he
continued, remarking that the scien-
tists are beginning to wonder whe-
ther their discoveries have anything
to jlo with reality. The existence of
God, the soul and spiritual truths,
however, are certain from reason, he
said.
Expressing his faith in Christian-
ity as a means of discovering truth,
Father D'Arcy said: "Christian relig-
ion shows all in its ultimate explan-
ation." It has persuaded us of what
is right by peaceful reason, not by
dictatorship or force of arms, he con-
tinued, and concluded that "We must
rise above the old superficial skep-
ticism and be and do something in
Galens Drive
Opening Day
Nets$1,100
Bucket Brigade Will Shift
Today To Main Street
For Town Collection
Some Of Collectors
To Cover Campus
Their buckets loaded down with;
$1,100, Galens, honorary junior andj
senior medical society, completedthe,
first day of its drive well satisfied
with the student response.
It was pointed out, however, that.
$1,100 is just a bit more than half1
the bttle, for Galens has set a goal
of $2,000, to top last year's collection
of $1,800.
Yesterday, the bucket brigade con-
centrated on campus, but today the
drive will omove to downtown Ann
Arbor in order to give local citizens
an opportunity to contribute to the
fund.
Several "pail-men" will be on cam-,
pus today, it was added, so that any
students who did not have a chance;
to make their contribution to the
drive will be able-to do so today.
Officers of the society expressed
their appreciation for the fine co-
operation given by the student body.
They are confident that the Univer-
sity students and the townspeople will
not allow a final total under the
$2,000 mark.
This drive is the thirteenth annual
Galens campaign to raise money for1
their workshop, children's-library and
Christmas party. Every year the
total has been higher than the year
before, and if the results of yester-'
day's collections can be used as an
indicator, a new peak will again be
reached.
The Galens Workshop, only one of
its kind in the country, is the main
object for which the fund collected
will be used. Primarily, the money
will purchase more equipment, re-
place worn out equipment, and in-
crease the scope of workshop activi-
ties.
A part of the funds will insure a
Christmas party, complete with all
the trimmings, for the hospital chil-
dren. Movies will also be purchased
and books added to the library collec-
tion.
Student Senate Adopts
Absentee Ballot System
Absentee balloting will be intro-
duced into a Student Senate election
for the first time this year, Chairman
William Ellmann, '43, of the Senate
elections committee announced yes-
terday.
This system will be adopted to
provide for full-time graduate stu-
dents, living in Detroit, who wish to
take part in the Dec. 12 election.
"Commuter" candidates for offices
will also be considered under this
plan.
All students planning to use the
absentee ballot should inform Ell-,
mann or Ray Davis, '42, of their in-
tentions by 6 p.m. Monday.
Whip Cracks,
Students Run
For IM!Show
Congress Sports Carnival
To Feature Varsity Men
In 'Biggest Exhiitio n'
Two pseudo-cowboys. a bull whip,
a "sandwich" poster and the man in-
side it turned the campus into a ro-
deo yesterday-but it was just an act
by Congress, Independent Men's Or-
ganization, to remind all students
about the gala sports carnival to be
held down at the I-M Building to-
day.
According to Merton Stiles, '43-
the man inside the "sandwich" poster
-he was walking along in front of
the library advertising for the sports
day and "minding my own business
when a cowboy comes tearing after
me with a bull whip ... what could
I do? . . . so I let him chase me up
and down the diagonal."
Dawson Goes Western
The cowboy turned out to be
"Buck" Dawson, notorious for his
wanted-my-reversible ads in The
Daily. Wearing checkered shirt
and Western boots, Dawson chased
Stiles a full 15 minutes until-ex-
hausted-the pursuer said: "I sure
felt silly but it was a good gag, huh?"
Meanwhile, all the necessary ath-
letes-swimmers, wrestlers and mem-
bers of the varsity football team-
have been rounded up for Congress'
"biggest athletic exhibition ever
staged indoors." The day's program
will run something like this:
At 1:30 p.m. the Varsity basketball
team will demonstrate the techniques
of the game with the help of Bob
Kolesar's All-Star "Bearcat" aggre-
gation which boasts such stars as
"Tipping" Tippy Lockard, "Iron
Guard" Angie Trogan, "Raging" Ray
Sowers, "Hairbreadth" Harry Ander-
son and the cap'n
The All-Star quintet will alternate
with the regulars in defensive and of-
fensive maneuvers.
Following this, Wayne Stille and
Lawton Hammett, co-captains of the
1942 Varsity netters, will show why
they are considered top-ranking
Western Conference tennis stars.
Wrestling Show
Then there'll be the wrestling
match. Congress is sorry-but Jim-
my Galles, captain of Coach Cliff
Keen's wrestlers, has recently aggra-
vated an old injury and will be un-
able to give an exhibition as previ-
ously announced.
Jimmy will referee two matches in
the 145-pound and 121-pound divi-
sions instead.
Strother "T-Bone" Martin, Dobson
"Pocket Battleship" Burton and more
of their swimmates will also be on
call for the public-and something
new is promised in the way of div-
ing and swimming.
RAILROADS AVOID STRIKE
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-1)-Gener-
al chairmen of the "Big Five" rail-
way operating brotherhods tonight
ratified the proposed terms for sett-
ling their wage demands, thus re-
moving the last threat of a strike
on the nation's railroads. The strike
had been set to begin at 6 a.m.
Sunday,
(Editor's Note: This is the second
of several articles revealing the re-
sults of a survey of NYA work on the
campus taken last spring by the Uni-
versity NYA administration. Today's
article deals with comments of stu-
dents on the value of their work.)
By BILL BAKER
NYA work offered students at the
University of Michigan ranges from
gardening work in Nichols Arboretum
to 'wind tunnel investigations.
Comments by students revealed in
the NYA survey show reactions to
students who find in their work not
only the opportunity to earn money
without which they -might not be,
able to attend school, but also the
opportunity to gain experience in
varied fields of endeavor.
Statistics Compiled
Compiling statistics in the Place-I
ment Department of the University
is one branch of NYA work on cam-
pus. A student who has done this
work for the past year says that
"NYA work has given me the oppor-
tunity to be part of a good business
office." -
Far different is the work of NYA
employes, who do "cultivating, cut-
ting and thinning of plants" in
'Remade Coed'
To Be .Feature
OfINVew Garg
At last the men are getting their
say!
Spurred on by a rallying cry for
"freedom for oppression!" the male
element on campus has contrived,
through Gargoyle's annual parody
issue, to give vent to their feelings
regarding the opposite sex in a man's
eye view of "Mademoiselle," nation-
ally famous women's. magazine;
Nothing has been omitted from
"Mademoiselle's" setup in this, the
biggest Gargoyle of the year, and
though similarity to "Mademoiselle"
will be instantly recognized, say the
editor's, nevertheless the spirit's the
thing.
Consider one of the features, "The
Little Girl Who Made Good," based
on "Mademoiselle's" annual Cinder-
ella story. For this, a young woman
is singled out for her singular lack
of attractiveness and completely
made over. What happened to one
of the University's own coeds when
Grgoyle took her under their wing
has been preserved in successive
photographs and will soon tell the
whole story.
Nichols Arboretum gardens. Hre
the work, according to students, of-
fers the opportunity for outdoor ex-
ercise, is enjoyable and also brings
in money helpful in attending school.
Contacts with those in the business1
world are made frequently through
NYA work. One student doing cleri-
cal work in a University office feels
that the work affords not only valu-
able experience, but also gives ant
excellent opportunity 'for pleasantt
aid worthwhile contacts.t
Determines Career
The survey reveals that NYA work
frequently enables students to deter-
mine what career they will follow af-t
ter leaving school. One student doinge
work on library inventories said that
"it was thr6ugh the NYA that I de-
veloped an interest in a field that I
haye since decided to make my life's1
work."
Investigations in the engineering
college wind tunnel is also part of
student NYA work. One student en-
gaged in this work claimed that NYA
work was of great value because it
cleared his mind as to what work he
'would take up after leaving school.
Contribution To Society
NYA work offers an opportunity to
do work which many students feel is
a genuine contribution to society.
One student doing research on in-
vestigation of student interest stated
that he was "furthering .important
studies in social problems that will
later be used toward a better under-
standing of children."1
Students questioned in this survey
also offered criticism of the NYA
work. Chief criticism was that some
jobs are too monotonous. One stu-
dent believed that a more accurate
tabulation on hours actually worked
should be kept, and several said that
they were hindered in their work by'
poor equipment and lack of space.
Mimes' Doors
r
SThrown Open
To'Full House'
Ticket Sale Begins Today
At Lydia Mendelssohn;
Collins Has Lead Role
Although mail orders for the Fri-
day and Saturday evening perfor-
mances of the 1942 Union Opera,
"Full House," have been threatening
to turn the production into a royal
flush early-tickets chairman Bob
Titus, '42, complains he's being
swamped-the public will also get
their chance to buy tickets when the
Lydia Mendelssohn box office opens
for business promptly at 10 a.m. to-
day.
Tickets bought at the box office
will guarantee holder seating space
on the main floor and balcony. "Full
House" will begin its run Tuesday and
will continue through Saturday, gen-
eral chairman Jim Gormson '42; re-
ports.
Written by Ray Ingham, Grad., the
play was inspired by a Gorge Price
cartoon appearing in the New Yorker
magazine and was a Hopwood winner
last year. The campus has seen it
advertised the past few weeks on
posters showing a knife-pierced bloody
hand holding a full house of cards.
In the leading role of Fenno Hedge
is Jack Collins, '42, "who's never done
a thing on campus but join DKE."
Supporting roles will be taken by
Dick Rawdon, '44, (as Lana Carter)
and Keith Muller, '44, (as Stuart
Hedge.)
Other performers will be: Ray Ing-
ham (who is taking a part by special
request of Director Bob Adams, Mich-
igan-'30), Woody Block, Bruce Forbes;
Jeff Solomon, John Funk, Stan Glass-
man, Jack Armstrong, Bob Shedd,
Bill Beck, Don Young, Andy Marsch,
Eric Tysklind and Bob Sovern.
Dick Schell, Sheldon Finkelstein,
Dave Matthews, Bill Todd, Bob Titus,
Buck Dawson, Bob Shelley, Kermit
Schooler, Chuck Sol1r, Jack Brown,
Dick Stuart, Jim Gormsen, Howard
Wallach, Jack Brackett, Don Battn
and Bert Kolb round out the cast.
Sikvey Reveals Wide Variety
Of Occupations In NYA Work
Japanese Privy Councilor
Approves Of Proposal
For Peaceful Solution,
Nipponese Claim
Misunderstanding
TOKYO, Saturday, Dec. 6.0P)-A
proposal to appoint a Japanese-
American commission to iron out the
Pacific deadlock gained ground in
important civilian circles today on
the heels of the officially expressed
view that both Tokyo and Washing-
ton would "continue with sincerity
to try to find a common formula for
a peaceful solution."
The commission idea was given the
wholehearted approval of Count Ken-
taro Kaneko, 88-year-old Harvard-
educated privy councillor and veteran
student of United States affairs.
"It is the only proper way of solv-
ing the present critical situation that
I can see," said Kaneko in an inter-
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 5.
-(M)- Australia's war cabinet
hurriedly reassembled today on
receipt of overseas advices in-
dicating the racific crisis, had
reached a new and graver stage,
and immediately ordered carried
out a long-standing plan for ml-
tary cooperation with the United
States, Britain and the Nether-
lands East Indies.
view. He recalled Washington had
used the commission method to settle
disputes with its neighbors in the
past, such as that over the St. Law-
rence River.
Kaneko suggested a committee of
"respectable and trustworthy repre-
sentatives" from economic,/polt.I
and diplomatio circles of both na-
tions be appointed and invited to
meet either in Japan or the unitea
States.
Amazement Expressed
Earlier official amazement was ex-
pressed..by a government spokesman
that the United States, had "misun-
derstood" Japanesenpolic, but,'he
added, "if there is no sincerity then
there is no need to continue the coh-
versations."
"We are amazed to find the exist-
ance of a big misunderstnding on
the part of the United States Gov-
ernment regarding'our policy in the
Far East," he said.
"The Hull statement seems to al-
ege that we are following a policy
>f force and conquest in establishing
a, military despotism .. .
"They have misunderstood our fun-
damental policy . .the negotia-
tions will continue in an effort to
"orrect this misunderstanding."
Meanwhile in Washington, Japan
responded to President Roosevelt's
request for an explapation of the
'nassing of troops in French Indo-
.China and its reply in no way re-
lieyed the gravity of the acute Far
Eastern crisis.
Precautionary Measure
In a terse 150-word note the Tokyo
government said its forces were in
the French colony as a precautionary
measure, induced by Chinese troop
movements across the border. It said
their presence there was the approval
of the government at Vichy, France,
Washington officials; however,
frankly suspect the Japanese troop
concentration is in preparation for
an invasion of Thailand, and it was
obvious the government here would
find the Tokyo explanation far from
satisfactory.
In some quarters it was pointed out'
that to accept Japan's statement as,
justification for the troop movements
in Indo-China would be indirectly
condoning the Japanese war in China,
since 'that conflict is the ,cause of
the Chinese troop movements to
which the Tokyo communication re-
ferred.
Commission Is Proposed
To Relieve Pacific Crisis
As Menace To Thai Grows
Winter .Sports Season To Commence
As Hockey Squad Meets .London A. C.
By STAN CLAMAGE
Michigan will officially inaugurate
its 1941-42 home winter sports season
at 8 p.m. today in the Coliseum when
the hockey team plays host to a sex-
tet from across the border, the Lon-
don A. C. \!
Numerically unequal in strength to 1
the visiting Canadian club, the Wol-
verines will enter the rink as under-
dogs. London comes to Ann Arbor
with a 13-man squad which will con-
stantly be able to throw in fresh
players. Michigan, on the other hand,
will be severely handicapped because
of its insufficient reserve material.
Consequently, Coach Eddie Lowrey
will probably have to pin most of his
hopes on the ability of his men to last.
And in any tough hockey competition,
it's very easy for a man to tire.
Visiting Coach Plays At Wing
Tonight's game will be the first in a
series for the strong London squad,
led by playing-Coach Clare VanHorn,
a right wing. Next week will find
them battling the Big Ten Cham-
pions from Illinois.
The Canadian Athletic Club will
have concentrated power where the
Wolverines are weakest-in the de-
fense. Ron Sutherland and Pat Bar-
very important part in last year's at-
tack. And with a year more of ex-
perience under their belts, they should
be at least as potent tonight. Red
Geddes completes the starting sex-
tet, playing in the center slot. Geddes
is the only first-sear man to crack the
club's starting team. The rookie has
already gained a reputation as being
a fine center, and should bear watch'.
ing.
Turning now to the Michigan side,
we find an interesting situation. Al-
though not too strong, the starting
lines will have td provide a major
share of the attack and the defense.
The ability of the front line, com-
posed of John Braidford at center
and Captain Paul Goldsmith and Max
Bahrych at the wings, to check in
center ice will play a most important
part in tonight's contest.
Loud Plays Goalie
Up front the Wolverines have their
best chances in the game. If these
men can forget their "waiting" of-
fense and keep up a hustling play,
Lowrey's team might make a battle
out of the game. The defense is the
weaker of the two lines, but a little
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