PAGE TWO THE SUMMER MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1924 mom. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY O MICHIGAN SUMMER SESSION Published every morning except Monday during the summer session. Member of the Associated Press. The As- sociated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news published here- in. Fntered at the postoffice, Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. ,Subscription by carrier or mail, $.5. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building. Communications, if signed as evidence of good faith, will be published in The Summer Daily at the discretion of the Editor. Un- signed communications will receive no con- sideration. The signature may be omitted in publication- if desired by the writer. The Summer Daily does not necessarily endorse the sentiments expressed in tae communica- tions. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephones 2414 and 176-M MANAGING EDITOR ROBERT G. RAMSAY News Editor...... ..... Robert S. Mansfield Chairman of the Editorial Board.. .........Andrew E. Propper City Editor............. ..Verena Moran Night Editor..........Frederick K. Sparrow Telegraph Editor.......... Leslie G. Bennets Womens' Editor.............Gwendolyn Dew STAFF MEMBERS Louise Barley Marion Waler Rosalea Spaulding Leonard A. Kellet Virginia Bales Saul Hertz Hans Wickland David Bramble BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 96o BUSINESS MANAGER CLAYTON C. PURDY Advertising Manager.....Hiel M. Rockwell Copywriting Manager......Noble D. Travis Circulation Manager......Lauren C. Haight Publication Manager ......C. Wells Christie Account Manager.............Byron Parker FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1924 Night Editor-J. A. LAANSMA 1776 AND 1924 July 4, 1776-an earnest group of our forefathers created a new nation dedicated to the principles of relig- ious and political liberty. Those who gathered at the cradle of American freedom dreamed of a nation united under a system of justice, pledged to a conviction of universal education, bound by ties of brotherhood, and faith of common religion. Theirs was a vision of great things to come, but it is not likely that they saw beyond the horizon nor had they any realiza- tion of the mighty achievements of human progress which have come. July 4, 1924, and still, the American people need a new Declaration of In- dependance. The independance they desire, should contemplate the restric- tion of group influences, narrow minds, and all the limits that pre- judice, bias and ignorance place upon us, obscuring the broad outlook of life. It is freedom from selfishness, from greed, from stupid fear, from mildewed tradition born of supersti- tion, that must come in the new de- claration of Independence. THE ANNUAL PLEA Every year we read pleas and warn- ings on the subject of making the celebration of Fourth of July a safe and sane one. Still every Fourth has its toll of injuries and accidents sus- tained by celebrators who are more enthusastic than they are careful. While the dangers connected with the observance of this national holiday are not nearly as grave as they were years ago it still is imperative that everyone should be asked to obey the city ordinances in regard to fire- crackers and fire-works. Not many years ago the chief na- tional entertainment of Independence Day was the "shooting off" of explos- ives during the daytime and the light- ing of fireworks at night. It was a busy day for the doctors and the am- bulance drivers. Pleas for other meth- ods of celebrating have slowly but surely been taking effect, while city ordinances regulating the sale and use of fireworks have also aided in reduc- ing the hazards of the day. A small minority, however, always have fail- ed to realize the value of protective measures and have insisted on includ- ing explosives in their celebration of America'si independence. This edi- torial is aimed at that minority. Have a good time today. Holiday-- are not so numerous that an oppor- tunity for pleasure should be neglect- ed. Today offers so many safe sub- stitutes for the old style Fourth of July celebration that the sanity of those who insist on the out-of-date way will be questioned . WANTED-A GREAT MAN If ever party neeled a leader, the Democrats, in convention gathered at New York City, need one now. Mr. William Jennings Bryan demonstra- ted the fact that he is no longer a "leading influence." In vain his silv- er tongue, in one of those bold, mast- erful moves by which he had formerly so ofteu molded the destiny of his' party, pleaded the cause of his favor- ite, McAdoo. Vainly he tried to dis- solve the deadlock and lead the dele- gates in the ways of agreement. In- stead of agreement, his speech loosed angry passions and a commotion that approached the verge of riot. The Democrats have made a pretty sad mess of it. They met jubiliant. The common boast among the party leaders was that "the Lord had de- livered the Republican Philistines in- to their hands this year," and that "any Democrat could be elected Presi- dent." Now it is the Republicans who are jubiliant and the Democrats ev- erywhere are disappointed and deject- ed. The delegates are plunged into a bitter quarrel; the balloting has been irresolute, long, and dawdling; the party has been torn into two dis- traught factions on the Klan issue; the adoption of a League of Nations plank in the platform was unsatisfac- tory both as to content and degree; the lack of leadership-all this has brought the Democrats to a sad state. A doctor is badly needed, and if aid is not speedily applied the patient will soon be beyond recovery. Thus far, the Democrats have not been fighting the Republicans; they have been fighting themselves. In- stead of further balloting, the party should search diligently and prayer- fully for a great leader. If he is pos- sibly to be found, the Democratic par- ty may still entertain a faint hope of avoiding humiliation and disaster. A Detroit lady files divorce on the grounds that her husband, a radio fan, spent all his money on apparatus, and refused to speak to her for long in- ervals. We have had just plain wid- ows, grass-widows, golf-widows, and now comes the radio widow. Recipe for an economics text book: take one bushel of wheat in the Unit- ed States and one yard of cloth in England; add a bit of Comparative costs, and a dash of the principle of reciprocity; mix thoroughly and serve in chapters. Half the world is beginning to know.' how the other half lives. Hence the growth of the sensational newspa- pers. I GLEANINGS By A.E.P. M FZZ BANG. HSPITAL Salubrious Fourt! If you've washed your little faces and hands and eaten your oat meal and rolls, gwan out in the yard andt shoot off your firecrackers. The re- sult predicted in the crumbs will un- doubtedly be forthcoming, but we are- n't greatly disturbed about it. Gwan now. * * * We are going to Cleveland this morning. By the time you are read- ing these rolls, we shall be oi our, way to hear Bob La F nominate him-F self and to watch the fight for a thirdE party VP candidate. If nothing tre-t mendous breaks, we shall reserve comment, otherwise we shall send some hot dope back to the home pa- per by wire. Watch for our digest of the convention in an early issue. Li'l Gwennie has been in and leftt a few reams of rolls for your perusal: Lil Gwennie Rolls a Bit Lo, Taman - Here's one I heard lately-"why doth yon varlet clutch so closely at his torso? Was he hurt? "No-he got a cut in his last class." At the Lake last night I saw the copy writer on the business side of the Greatest Summer Daily. He had been getting advertisements all day -but the thing that interested me was the paper sticking out of his pocket which read. "Michigan Daily Dum- my." Do you remember the signs they used to have in the theaters, "Don't smoke. Remember the Iriquois fire. I now suggest such signs for the lobby of the Maj-"Don't spit. Re- member the Johnstown flood." Or "Don't Blow. Remember the Lorain 'cyclone." I agree. "It isn't so much that she wouldn't as that she doesn't want you to know that she would." I agree. It isn't so much the profile that counts-as how many counts you get on the profile. John-Did you go to lecture this morning and hear Dr. Hopeless lec- ture on "The Food Value of Bolog- na'?" Jean-Yes. Awfully good, I thought. He was so full of his subject". Li'l Gwlnnie Add Gwennie And Tam-I was in an auto acci- dent last night. And this morning the man had th enerve to come to the 'hospital where I laid all broken to pieces and tell the nurse-"I think it is only fair for me to come and give her the kiss I was trying to." This sorta thing can't go on any' longer. Li'l Gwennie is doing more work than is good for her. Just think how much space she has saved us today. Gwennie, you're too good to us, that's all. The City Editor wants to know why we don't run her picture when we ran one Li'l Gwennie. We hate to say it here, but we don't have a picture of her ladyship, so howinell can we run one?( All of which is quite personal, we know. This business of getting crumbs and last lines is getting on our nerv- es. Whoever started the idea should be sunk without warning. All sug- gestions will be gratefully received, but we reserve the right to decide as to their value for use in the col. For the time being we shall run a helpful hints last line. Each day some hint which will bring sunshine into somebody's life will appear at the foot of the rolls. Today's hint: Extra parking space will be found on the north boulevard when the river road is filled to ca- pacity. Taman. It is generally claimed that the rad- ical movements emanating from the Northwest are spreading through the country like smallpox and will un- doubtedly result in a formidable third party. A great many look upon this as a menace. Why should this make the outlook pessimistic? A third par- ty and a demand for reform is not ne- cessarily a menace. It will lead to an attempt to remedy certain outstanding evils and then subside. When people cry "Boo" very loudly, they gener- ally lose their wind in a short time. EDITORIAL COMMENT! A HELPING HAND TO HUNGARY (The New York Times) The participation of American bank- ers in the new Hungarian recon- struction loan is certain to encour- age the Hungarians in carrying out the League of Nations plan for the rehabilitation of their country. In the case of the Austrians, observers are agreed that the mere fact that Amer- ica had confidence in the future of their country and was willing to give form to that confidence by investing money restored their belief in them- selves. The same is true in Hungary, where American participation is look- ed upon as a recognition of the inher- ent soundness of the Hungarian na- tion. Conditions in Hungary differ mater- ially from those in Austria. Hun- gary is almost exclusively agricultur- al, whereas Austria is primarily in- dustrial. Moreover, great as has been the dismemberment of Hungary, the territorial amputations did not cut off all home food supplies; as happened in Austria, with the result that the morale and strength of the Hungar- ians did not suffer so much as those of the Austrians. To be sure, the Bol- shevist revolution in 1919 and the sub- sequent invasion by the Rumanians were a great drain on the country's wealth. But what is left of Hungary today is still very rich. The Hungar- ian plains are famed for their fertil- ity. The people ar sturdy, vigorous and industrious. The new Hungarian loan is not un- derwritten by the governments of Eu- rope, as was the Austrian loan. It is felt that the experience of the League I in Austria has shown that the efficacy of this form of national receivership is sufficiently great to render addi- tional guarantees unnecessary. Fur- thermore, Hungary's financial posi- tion is not so desperate as was that of Austria. Her self-sufficiency in food and the extent of her natural re- sources are expected to insure ade- quate revenues as soon as she is start- ed on the road toward recovery. The loan is to be secured by the revenues from the customs, the tobacco mon-; opoly, the salt monopoly and the sugar tax. These funds will be paid over to the League's Commissioner General, Jeremiah Smith, Jr., and be adminis- tered by him. In one respect the Hungarian plan stands halfway between the Austrian scheme and the plan for the recon- struction of Germany. In the case of Austria the principal purpose was to 1' Text Books and Supplies GRAHAM'S Both Stores 1' iiIi USEFUL KNOWLEDGE AND BEAU- TIFUL IGNORANCE While that glorious riot, the Demo- cratic national convention, is draw- ing the attention of the whole coun- try towards New York City, another convention, in another part of the country, is receiving very little at- tention on the part of the public and considerably less publicity on the part of the newspapers. W refer to the an- nual conference now gathered at Washington, of the National Teachers association. Ten thousand men and women from all parts of the United States have assembled in this convention to ex- change views and take common action with regard to education in this country . Theirs is an important task. While the political conventions, op- erating through riot and achieving re- sults impromptu, are trying to decide who should run this country, the Na- tional Teachers' association are look- ing more to the foundations of the re- public with a view to stengthening the basis of our whole democratic life. Education is an important factor, socially and politically. But not just education alone; it must be the right kind of an education. Not knowledge factories; but producers of men and1 women of intelligence, ambition, hon- esty and virtue. It is for principles such as these that teachers' are con- stantly required to fight. And in fighting, they must not forget the high significance of their calling. We hope,however, that the National Teachers association does not ge on a too active campaign against ignor- ance. Education like any other com- modity obeys the economic laws of supply and demand. With too many educated men, perhaps a call might come for the ignorant. Henry David Thoreau once heard of a Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and thought that there was equal need of a Society for the Diffusion of Use- ful Ignorance, what he called Beauti- ful Knowledge, a knowledge useful in a higher sense: "for what is most of our boasted so-called knowledge but a conceit that we know something, which robs us of the advantage of ac- tual ignorance? TWO -PIECE SUMMER SUITS $18 to $30 Mohairs Tropical Worsteds Crashs All Hand Tailored LUTZ CLOTHING STORE DOWNTOWN ll save the nation from chaos. In the case of Germany the object is to en- able her to pay reparations to the Allies. In the case of Hungary, al- though the principal objective is the economiic reconstruction of Hungary, reparations are not entirely foregone. During the first two years nothing will be paid on the reparations ac- count. Thereafter the total payments arising from the peace treaties are not to exceed $2,500,000 annually for a period of 20 years. Even the League's enemies have been forced to admit that in such tasks as this it can accomplish great things. The salvaging of Austria has been of inestimable benefit to the peace and reconstruction of Central Europe. The same will be true of Hungary. Watch Page Three for real values. I DAILY TRYOUTS j j Students registered in the Summer Session of the Univer- sity who wish to work on the j Summer Michigan Daily editorial 1 staff are asked to call Ramsay at 2040 or Mansfield at 396, or to come to the Press Building on Maynard Street 11 LICHTYS We will be open Friday morning for tire repairing DANCING THIS WEEK JIM BURKE'S PAVILION WHITMORE LAKE Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday Nights A GOOD SIX-PIECE DANCE ORCHESTRA I I 523 E. Liberty Phone 1367-W 1' , C --........_ i _. 1 t f t / J ' "" . . . 3 . :r - -.. _ -.-: }, / r . ATIMA "What a difference Just a few cents make 1" F.j 'room