PAGE TWO? THE SUMMER MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1924 _ ............... ,.. .__. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SUJMMER SESSION Published every morning except Monday during the summer session. Member of the Associated Press. The As- sociated Press is exclusively entitled to the %se for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news publishedthere- in. Entered at the postoffice, Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Subscription by carrier or mail, $.50'. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building. Cornmunications, 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 the communica- tions. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephones 2414 and 176-M MANAGING EDITOR ROBERT G. RAMSAY News Editor............Robert S. Mansfield Chairman of the Editorial Board. .............Andrw 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 Walker Rosalea Spaulding Leonard A. Kelle 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 11, 1924 Night Editor-ROBT. G. RAMSAY The only real tragedy in life is the being used by personally- minded men for purposes which you know to be base. All the rest is at worst mere misfor- tune or mortality; this alone is misery,. slavery, hell on earth. This is the true joy in life, I the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thor-} oughly worn out before you are1 thrown on the scrap-heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, com- plaining that the world will not1 devote itself to making you hap- I py.I --BERNARD SHAW. A VOLTAIRE TO THE RESCUE! VOLTAIRE braved imprisonment, death when he put hi thoughts into print. There was little tolerance in France in his time for a preacher o tolerance. How very up to date and applicable the following paragraph sounds: "What a sight it would be to have all Europe in hoods and masks, with two little round holes in front of the eyes! Do they ser iously think that God prefers thi custome to that of ordinary folk Further, this garment is the uni- form of controversialists, warning their opponents to get to arms. I may excite a kind of civil war o minds, and would perhaps end i fatal excesses, unless the King an Ministers were as wise as the fan atics were demented." So wrote that fearless champion VOLTAIRE, two centuries ago, when men and women and children were burned to rid them of evil spirits And what he though and said of Cath olic bigotry in France during his time he would just as surely have though and said of Protestant bigotry in Am erica today. He would have charac terized the Ku Klux Klan in a man ner just and deserved, as a secret insidious, hateful, un-democratic, ani un-American organization. For i Protestant America less bigoted an more sane and enlightened than wa Catholic France 150 years ago? Where will Americans find a leade who will teach us tolerance as yot did your own Frenchmen, VOL TAIRE? MAKING IT INTERESTING The work done at Cleveland during the last week may have far greater significance than many are willing tc attribute to it. The Conference fo Progressive Political Action has nom inated Iobert M. LaFollette as it: candidate for President and has ad opted his platform-a pltform which is sure to appeal to a goodly share o the electorate. In addition to this the Socialist party has decided to endorse both the candidacy and platform o LaFollette instead of placing a can didate of its own in the field. The Socialist party does not intend to give up its party organization. It Intends to collaborate with the Inde- pendents who are supporting LaFol- lette. It has good reasons for doing this for the combined vote of the two factions should make an impressive figure. At its height the Socialist party has polled almost a million votes in a Presidential election. It is a big opportunity and the party has decided not to let it pass. The real strength of the new ele- ment, aside from the obvious rein- forcements gained from the Socialists, lies in the platform which was adopt- ed. It appeals to all those who are dissatisfied with the policies of the two major parties-to all those who have a grievance. Of course, it is not radical enough for some but they will support it as far as it goes rather than support either of the conserva- tive parties. It also appeals to a great many voters who are now enrolled under the standards of the major par- ties but who belong to the left wings of these parties. They are the ones who call themselves Progressives. Robert M. LaFollette is a striking character. He has long been the lead- er of the progressive element in the Senate. His views are very well known to those who follow politics at all closely. He will be sure to garner quite a number of votes on his per- sonality alone. A man of his type is the logical sort of leader for 'a party made up of discontented fac- tions His ability, fearlessness, and integrity are known to many and are feared by his opponents. The point to be made is not that the third party, if it can be called a par- ty, will elect its candidate. That can hardly be expected. But it may af- fect the outcome of the election. Third parties have done this a num- ber of times before. Roosevelt's Progressive party drew away enough votes from the Republican party in 1912 to give Wilson the Presidency. That is the most recent example. The Prohibition party in 1884 drew away enough votes from the Repub- licans to allow the Democrats to car- ry New York and thus win the elec- tion. Other examples might be given The coming fall election may not be the cut-and-dried formality which many seem to expect it will be. CAMPUS FABLES I. The Story of the High-Brow. There was a certain young studen who was a high-brow. He had a good vocabulary and a great reputa tion among his fraternity brothers a a deep boy. His pet abomination wa something he called "sob-stuff" an he defined this as an unnecessary ap peal to the emotions by means o tricks old enough to be retired. H abhorred the movies, adored book and art, and claimed that college wa too easy. He! maintained that al f his professors were ignorami, the psy chologist had never heard of Janet o Freud, the philosophers were unac quainted with Kant, Spinoza, an George Sylvester Morris. Much read ing had made him cynical and he se out to show the profs that the text - book balderbash which they serve s up for his education gave him a pain ? Accordingly he lit into the prof - tooth and nail and gave them a fe pointers about how to conduct t course. He even wrote a !stter t f the college daily bawling them ou n because they had so far forgotte d style and classical usage as to spel] - today without the hypen. He blushe with shame at the absurd demonstra tions which the boys put on durinn n football season, but he managed t e swallow his anger and told the mot s to remember their manners in thi - future. During the whole year h+ , refused to attend his courses becaus, t they taught him nothing new an - instead stayed home and read up of - the deep stuff. - In June he received a note in whic the fourth aid fifth letters of the al d phabet were most conspicuois. 11 s left school and became a lecturer o- A Free Thought. is The most satisfactory convention C r the year was the Progressive conven u tion recently held in Cleveland. Rol - ert La Follette accepted his nomina tion for the Presidency before it wa offered him. g The ways of diplomacy are dar; r and mysterous. The inter-Allied con o ference has completely befuddled in r ternational journalists. - s There's many a delegate who wi] - return from the party with a head h ache, a brown taste, and an empt; f pocket. le e According to insurance experts, a f ages under 30 years the lowest mor - tality rates among the insured per sons 10 pounds above the average. I I Y persons masquerading as white and slipping into the country. It is probable that the immigration officials are wishing that the white Indians had obeyed the injunction of the poet and remained: Silent, upon the peak in Darien. Patronized Daily Advertisers. CAMPUS TREES REMOVED TO GIVE GRASS CHANCE Workmen are engaged in removing a number of large trees from the cam- pus. This is being done because the trees are too close together mak- ing so much shade that it has been im- possible to grow grass in a number of places. Two trees in the middle of the parking space along University Hall will also be removed. Subscribe for The Summer Mich- igan Daily.-Adv. vVWVWvr/- LINES FROM A FOREIGN CORRES- PONDENT The Olympic Games in France have attracted travellers from all parts of the country to the stadium at Colom- bes. Here men of ekperience, b si- ness-men, statesnjen ;gloe-trotters, and journalists are gathered to behold the youth of all nations perform, among them the youth of America. It is interesting to note the conclusions that are drawn from seeing the Am- erican athletes in competition. "A single afternoon spent in the amphi- theater at Colombes," writes a for- eign correspondent of an Asiatic journal, "is enough to furnish the in- telligent observer with a complete picture of the habits and psychology of the American people, without ne- cessitating a tedious and expensive trip across the Atlantic." He then goes on to dilineate the American character as revealed in the Games. "As I watched those clean-cut Am- erican youths acknowledging victory or defeat with the same modest smile," he writes, "I knew that they came from a quiet, sportsmanlike people." "When I saw the silent and magnif- Icent effort of their runners and their jumpers, I knew that they came from a people that loved action and ab- horred palaver.' "When I saw the young Americans soar like birds over the bars and the hurdles, I said to myself that this is the way every American surmounts the obstacles in his path." "When I saw on the list of con- tenders names like Scholz and Le Gendre, I understood that I was deal- ing with people utterly ignorant of the debasing sentiment of racialism and sectionalism." "When I saw the swiftness and certainty with which the young Am- ericans met every emergency as it arose, I said to myself that this is a people of magnificent individual in- itiative, a people who would take or- t ders from no one." "When I saw the splendid devo- - tion of each athlete to the single s cause of his country's victory, knew s that this was a people which sacri- d ficed self to the common good." At the time those notes were taken e the National Democratic convention s had just cast its 100th ballot without s coming to an agreement; reports of l further Ku Klux Klan outrages were occupying the pages of the daily r press; another political scandal had been uncovered; and other American d traits of character had been revealed in the usual manner. t We hope this gentleman postpones his visit to this country for some time , to come. May he enjpy his illusions. -r a~S.- I .., - . Text Books and Supplies GRAHAM'S _ Both Stores ® + Irsr'.na r mr 41 FOR QUALITY PRINTING SEE ' VnJmr 6$ter iwressions 711 N. 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It was obviously impossible to keep them out on the ground that the quota had been filled up, there being no quota for white? Indians. Thus the immigration officials were caught between two stools. They are to be congratulated on finding suffici- ent red tape to hold up the new ar- rival for a day and thus protect for a time the American strain from any infusion of blood which might appear to be white but which in reality is red. If the Indians get in at all, the $500 bond and other strings attached to them should serve as a safeguard against that pollution of the native stock upon which the prized institu- tions of the republic depend. It is a' source of gratification that the offic- ials for once accomplished their pur- pose without the apparent infliction of! mental or physical suffering. No hus-- band was separated from his wife or a child from its mother. Now that a precedent has been sett there should be no further danger of the nation of Asiatics and such like ,. 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