PAGU TWO
THE SUMMER MICHIGAN DAILY
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1924
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
SUMMER SESSION
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WWDNFSDAY, JULY 9, 1924
Night editor-J. A. LAANSMA
"The whole foundation on
which our existence rests is the
present-the ever fleeting pres-
ent. It lies, then, in the very
nature of our existence to take
the form of constant motion,
and to offer no possibility of
our ever attaining the rest for
which we are always striving.
We are like a man runningI
downhill, who cannot keep his
legs unless he runs on, and will
Inevitably fall if he stops; or,
again, like a pole balanced on
the tip of ones' finger; or like a
planet, which would fall into its
sun the moment it ceased to
hurry forward on its way. Un-
rest is the mark of existence." 1
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER.
TE SILENT SCIENTIST
When any discovery is made in sci-
#A", or me4cine, the newspapers are
AlWays interested. Stories of new in-
vsgtions and latest developments in
sVI4ti4 reasearch always have a
igh news interest value, and when
Wind of some discovery reaches the of-
Ace of a daily paper the opinions of
competent men are naturally solicit-
ed. But here the reporter often finds
himself i a quandary because of the
almost invariable attitude of the spe-
claliot.
'ewspaper science" is always rid-
Iculed by the specialist. To the doc-
tors and men of science, reports of
matters scientific in the daily press
are. "absurd," or "untenable" or "in-
coipreiiensible." The general atti-
tude of the savant is that the language
9% science is comprehensible only to.
t.- initiate, and that any attempt
at acurate and comprehensible ac-
cuuts, of scientific news in the daily
press: is useless .
Accordingly, when the reporter ap-
P bciws the scientist for "dope' on
some new deyelopment, the interview
in most cases (there are exceptions,
of course) is either refused or else
tha laguage of the learned gentlemen
is couched in the longest and most
diffuilt terminology. The result is
that even an intelligent and literate
Jourjaliat often produces a somewhat
garbled. account 'of a science story.
The silont and contemptuous scientist
will, however, always insist that the
laveuracy or exaggeration of "news-
paper science" is wholly the fault of
the reporter. A kindlier attitude to
those who are always seeking to bring
the latest hope that science offers to
an. gager public would undoubtedly
produce better and more accurate re-
...salts.
CAMPUS GUXDNS
This is the kind of weather that in-r
duces wanderlust and hundreds of
tourists crank up the old car and fol-
low the call of the open roads. In'
other words, it is touring time and
many strangers pass through Ann Ar-
bor daily. The fame of the Universi-l
ty, naturally enough, makes theml
pause in their journey and spend al
few hours looking over places of in-
terest. However, it is no easy matter
for a total stranger to "go the rounds"
and take away with him a pleasing
and comprehensive glimpse of the Un-
iversity.
It is in this situation that the
"campus guides" fill a much needed
want. In many schools an organized
system of campus guides has been
instituted and strangers are placed
under a guide for a complete tour of
the school grounds. It hardly seems
necessary for this school to organ-
ize campus guides. A far more simple
plan is to have every man and wom-
an attending the University capable
of being an authoritive and interesting
guide. The only requirement is a
knowledge of buildings, their func-
tions and theories, and a goodly meas-
ure of hospitality.
THE GRAYEST PROBLEM OF TE
DAY
The passage of an immigration bill
by Congress is always an important
matter, fraught withygrave dangers
of international complications. For
when a bill is passed which alters
the very fundamentals on which our
immigration policy has been hitherto
founded, as does the new Johnson
Immigration bill, the importance of it
is measured not only in its effect upon
our own country but in its effect upon
the world. Whether it is best to re-
strict immigration at this time,
whether it is best to restrict immigra-
tion from certain countries only and
to encourage it from others, all of
these questions should be given intel-
ligent consideration.
The new bill , which is so construct-
ed as to restrict the influx of mem-
bers of the south European and east-
ern Asiatic peoples and to encourage
the immigration of the Nordic or North
European races, and which virtually
prohibits the entrance into our coun-
try of members of the Eastern Asiatic
races, is perhaps the boldest step
which the United States has yet tak-
en to dictate the racial characteris-
tics of future American citizens.
For centuries, the migration of peo-
ples into the western, and less popu-
lated portions of the world has been
the safety valve of the overpeopled
areas of Europe. In the years pre-
ceding the war, this annual migration
had amounted to more than 1,000,000
annually entering this country. To-
day, the doors of the United States
are closed to much of this immigra-
tion, as are the doors of most of the
other countries of the world.
What to do with this surplus popu-
lation is today one of the most press-
ing questions facing statesmen. With
the doors of practically all the world
closed to them, the nations of the
east face thealternative either of
pursuing an active policy of industri-
alization in order to absorb in the
towns what can be no longer main-
tained on the land, or of migrating to
South America or Africa, where there
are possibilities of close restriction
even now.
Certainly these problems, affecting
as they do and must, the economic,
social, and even the biologic founda-
tions of the world are the most press-
ing which seek for solution today
They are world wide in their scope
and must be handled only by inter-
national action. It is fortunate that
the nations of the world are fast be-
coming conscious of the fact that
over nationalism, not only does not
solve their own problems but will
lead them into serious complications.
With a growing sentiment in favor of
international oneness, nations may
sometime be brought to consider what
remedy of the problem will benefit
not themselves alone, but also the pro-
gress of humanity.
If we could see ourselves as oth-
ers see us we would all be anarchists.
We call that man selfish who does
what we only dream of doing.
CAMPUS OPINION
To the Editor:
A small college man remarked to
me the other day that he was amazed'
to see the freedom with which stu-
dents, faculty, and officials of the
University flirt with my lady nicotine
in the halls and corridors of the var-
ious buildings. Personally, I have
seen very little of this illicit solacing,1
and it is doubtless a small matter.
Why should we curb our desires be-l
cause of the whims of a few non-us-1
ers?
C. C. M.
To the Editor:
Despite his -thirty-three volumes,
John Davidson is by no means well
known to the general public. Mightx
I therefore suggest to those who pro-C
pose to hear me on Friday that ita
-i-
would be of material assistance to
them and no less to me-were they to
procure and read the little book 'of
selections from Davidson's poetry
published recently in the Modern Li-
brary Series.
R. M. WENLEY.
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LAWLESS AM ERICA
t
Americans are called the most law-
less of civilized people.
One editorial writer explains how
America came by this reputation as
follows: "First we make a law, then
we break it. But possibly before we
break it, certainly soon after, we at-
tempt to prove it unconstitutional."
There is truth in these charges.
Our legislators make laws with sur-
prising ease and versatility. The peo-
ple then proceed to break them with
equal ease and even greater versatil-
ity. Having broken a law, we try to
escape punishment in court by having
recourse to other laws and to the well
known delays with which legal pro-
cedure is invested. We go from court
to court in an attempt to justify the
law-breaking.
Finally we try to repeal the law.
If we succeed, well and good. If
not, we just forget it, and it becomes
what is known as a dead-letter law.
In the meantime we have made many
thousands of new laws which are tak-
ing the same course from birth to
death.
There's one born every minute
but they all die young.
Why then are Americans called
the most lawless of civilized people?
We have more laws than all the rest
of them put together.
GOOD READING IN ADVERTISE-
MENTS
Readers seldom take the time or
trouble to peruse the contents of long
advertisements and, as a general rule,
they are seldom worth while. There
is however an occasional exception,
and the following is one:
"Perhaps sometime, somewhere,
somebody has killed two birds with
one stone. If anybody, anywhere, at
any time ever killed two birds with
one stone he accomplished this feat
because he was lucky-not because he
was cle'ver or scientific. If anybody
ever planned and attempted to kill two
birds with one stone we venture the
guess that one bird survived. To
kill two birds requires two stones-
perhaps more-not less. To kill two
birds, one stone must be directed at
each."
The advice is sound. Many men are
going around seeking to kill two birds
with a single stone and wondering
why the stones are always wasted.
Laugh And Learn
From Blackboards
Avast there! And laugh. For the
signs on campus blackboards are not
unqualifiedly for your consumption.
If events of possible international im-
portance are calamitously foreshad-
owed, never beware. Smile, and keep
smiling.
Every student, as he makes his
rounds between campus bench and
drowsy classroom, finds a few bits
of information to wake him up, They
are distributed about in University
buildings in the least decipherable of
hieroglyphics, and they serve count-
less thirsters after knowledge with
material for speculation during thej
first and last seven minutes of every
hour.
There is, of course, the announce-
ment of the professor who is moving
his course to another room. And that
is accomplished in various ways.
"Two o'clock class in room 307" is
no longer considered new, so we note
that it will meet there "by one flight
up." For further information on air-
plane transfers, study the engineering
blackboards. Or, to get the same ef-
fect, go to "Earthquakes in room 234
this afternoon at 3."
An index expurgatorius is accom-
panied by "I can as well be hanged as
tell you the name of it" in one room,
and the names of the presidents of
China reach an appropriately climatic
ending in an imperial looking title that
defies translation.
Little grains of knowledge can usu-
ally be found in Mason Hall, where
millionths of once whole numbers
chase equal signs up and down the
walls. Diagrams of what no one has
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Read The Dai ly"Classified" Columns
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ever seen multiply rapidly in science
classrooms. The abbreviated diction-
aries of entire dead languages are still
dying for your attention.
Take your choice. And, as some-
one famous has doubtless scribbled
it, don't let the lecture interfere with
your college education.
Algiers, July 7. - On Friday the
thermometer registered as high as 149
degrees Fahrenheit.
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can hold on
when others let go; who pushes
ahead when others turn back ; who
stiffens up when others retreat; who
knows no such word
as " can't"
or
cgive
up"; and I will show
you a
man who will win in the end, no
matter who opposes him, no matter
what obstacles confront him.
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