THE SUMMER MICHIGAN DAILY U Oi ~umer OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SUMMER SESSION Published every morning except Monday during the University Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publica- tions. The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other wise credited in this paper and the local news pub- lished herein. Entered at the Ann Arbor, Michigan, postoffice as second class matter. Subscription by carrier, $.50; by mail, $2.00. Offices: Press Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Communications, if signed as evience of good faith, will b~ published in The Summer Daily at the disoretion of the Editor. Un- signed communications will receive no con- sideration. The signature may be omitted in publication if desired by theswriter.The Summer Daily does not necessarily endorse the sentiments expressed in the communica- tions. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR NORMAN R. THAL News Editor...........Robert S. Mansfield City Editor..........Manning Houseworti. Women's Editor........... .Marion Mead Night Editor..-------LeRoy L. Osborn Night Editor..... ....W. Calvin Patterson Night Editor.........Chandler H. Whipple Assistants William T. Barbour George E. Lebtinen Vivian Boron Marion Meyer Julia Ruth Brown Ralph B.Nelson Dorothy Burris Miriam Schlotterbeck Katherine Lardner Nance Solomon Ina Ellen Lehtinen Wendall Vreeland ]BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER JOHN W. CONLIN Circulation.................Kermit K. Kline Publication......-.. ..Frank Schoenfeld Assistants Myra C. Finsterwald Thos. E. Sunderland- WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1925 Night Editor-W. C. PATTERSON THE END OF THE WORLD Yesterday we had a discussion with a friend on the end of the world. To-. day we believe that that event must be on the verge of happening. And we, and no doubt a large part of the citizens of the United States, feel that: way because we are about to see political leaders not only keep their political promises, but better them. In the national political campaign of last summer there was the usual speeches about inaugurating economy in government if elected, and the pub- lic disregarded these speeches as they have learned to disregard all such post-election promises. But then, a few months ago, it was rumored that that economy was ac- tually being carried out and that there would probably be drastic tax I EDITORIAL COMMENT ALWAYS UNREADY (The Detroit Free Press) In his final article of a series de.- scribing the activities of the Amer- ican army throughout the prevalent summer months, General Pershing [ ASTED ROLL DEDiCATED TO JUSTICE makes a special plea for adequate na- tional preparedness, remarking sig- nificantly that there is a great differ- ence between a nation that believes in preparedness and a nation that is actually prepared. This difference is fully demonstra- ted by the situation in the United1 States today. Despite the prevalence of a few pacifists, there is not the slightest doubt that America under- stands the need for adequate means of defense, and fully subscribes to the declaration by George Washington that "to be prepared for war, is one of the most effective means of preserving peace." That declaration indeed is impossible of contradiction by any person with eyes in his head. It is axiomatic. It has been repeated in words more or less similar by hun- dreds, both before and since the time of Flavius Renatus Vegetius who gave it the classic phrasing, "Let him who desires peace, prepare for war." But General- Pershing is strictly within the truth when he says: "There never has been adequate preparedness in this country. We have come out of all wars with the best of intentions and high resolves henceforth to be prepared to pre- serve our peace and liberty. But these resolutions like those made by so many each New Year have always been broken. After each war, we have lapsed into our habit of neglect. Temporary expediency has always tempted us to keep whit- tling down our military establish- ment. Always to our great sur- prise, war, with all its confusion and cost in lives has come to us, largely because of our weakness." The record shows that General Per- shing is right. Time after time we. have been penny wise and pound foolish and have extricated ourselves from the result of our folly only at great cost both in lives and money. As Pershing puts it, "It is not econ- omy to save thirty million dollars a year on national defense, and then I spend thirty millions in two ' years during war." It is true, of course, that the re- lapse into a fool's paradise has been less violent in the United States since the World war than it was on other occasions. The demoralizing efforts of the professional pacifists have to quite an extent been neutralized, and there is more general interest in pre- It's been so long since we've seen the above in the front page ear of The Daily that we hereby reprint it just to satisfy our own ocular sense. If you don't like it, we're sorry, but there she is-dam'fshe ain't. * * * Summer Excursions No. 223844 Local Typography and Streams This excursion, while not to be mis- taken for one of the University plan- ned trips, was nevertheless one of the most interesting of the season. Having just received a new fly rod, we called up Bill, our consistent com- panion of the woods and waters, and put out for a creek we had heard about. Arriving, we parked the car and made our way to a likely looking pool. We, bends on a gray hackle, while Bill tries a coachman and mag- inty. (Them is technical terms, you aren't expected to understand them, we're just showing off). Bill hauls off and whips his twin flies through the air with a pleasing whistling sound. Suddenly the whistling stops. "Whazamatter?" sezzwe through our teeth as we munched the end of the hackle's leader. "I'm fast," says Bill, and peers around to see where he's hooked. "You have the seat of your britch- es," says we happily. "Hell," says Bill, "I should have used a seth green." By that time we were ready'- and promptly cast the hackle to a likely looking puddle under the nether bank. A fish resented the intrusion, swal- lowed the hackle and started chewing his way up the leader. "Whoopty Doopty!" says we, "we have Leviathan." At which instant our catch rolled into view. It turned out to be a shin- er of prodigious proportions. "Haw haw;" says Bill. ust then it started to. rain. Two hours later we started fishing again. This time Bill hooked the first one. It was a rock bass which measured 9 inches: So saying, as the saying is, we yo hoved the fly into midstream and awaited developments. They did, and we lost our balance and sat down suddenly. That was one of the fish that got away. And there were many more ...... * * * Olaf the Great Communicates Dear Tamam: Har we are vay oop nort' by cda har now L4ake Louise. Aye haf many times though uf you vay back by Ann's Harbor and uf all dose sweet little fellows to which Ave was used to tell sleepytime stories. I wan you should tell all. uf dem shust vait 'till Uncle Olaf she's get back by Ann's Harbor and oh my, what a stories Aye skal tell them. Shust you vait, little fel- lers, Aye coom back. -Olaf the Great, * * * The following letter has just reach- ed us on copy paper and out of an en- velope. We aren't sure who Wilhelm- Ina is, but we have our own opinion. It is one of the office shieks who is just jealous of our handsome fea- tures and scintillating wit and who wants to get nasty. We are printing it Just to show that shiek that we fear no sarcasm that we are firm in our stand that humor is for the humor- ous and that might makes right or vice versa as the case may be and that many are called but few are chosen or however it goes---oh well anyway that we are firm in our stand. Here is no head bowed down. Dear Mr. Tamam: I have been reading your beautiful column with much glee and must admit that it is quite the cleverest piece of work I have ever read. I don't see how you can think of all those dreadfully funny things to say every day and the girls in my house think the same about it. I imagine that you must be wonderfully handsome and clever though the girls in my house don't think that way about that. Do you suppose Mr. Tamam, that it would ever be possible for me to meet you, I'd love to be able to say that I know a real humorist ,and if we met I might even be able to say that I went out with one. Don't you thinr I might. Please tell me what you think of my handwriting, and should I wear my hair in a boyish bob or shingled? -Wilhemnna. _ * * * K101st TIME ARRICK Eves. - 50c to $2.50 Wed. Mat. 50c to $1.50 12th Big Week Sat. Mat. 50c to $2.00 The Miracle Tlay of America ANNE NICHOLS' Abie's Irish Rose" SEE IT! You Will Eventually * WHY NOT NOW! SEATS NOW For This and Next Week. Glendale 9792 BONSTELLEMats.eTusday, Thursday PLAYHO USE and Saturday. 5oc-75C. Woodward at Eliot. Eves. 75c-$1.50 Downtown Ticket Office at Grinnel's, TUESDAY MATINEE The Bonstelle Co. In a Comedy of Life by Philip Barry [Author of "You and " eeThe Youngest" ALSO "A DANCE DIVERTISSEMENT" Arranged by VICTORIA CASSAN Curtain rises oni the Dance Divertissement at 8Eto nights and mats 2:o. Theatre cooler than home or office. NEXT WEEK-"Gro undo for Divorce.". Dine where it is cool enough to enjoy good food TUTTLES 338 Maynard Street Dial 7813 ?rllltglrtglllrllllllnlrlrlrll+ Iie rwC U BETSY _ R OSS - SHOP Fountain Room Beautiful Candies Sodas Light Lunch - J Our ever increasing business attests to the merits of our products and service. ' 111111111111111 Ill 111IIrlIIiI11111111111iII DANCING AT THE BLUE LANTERN ISLAND LAKE Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday Eve. Sunday Afternoon and Eve. Welch's Grape Juice Cheese of Various Kinlds Salada Tea. Chase and Sauborns Coffee Mecca Coffee ill half-pouud Tills Open till 9 Evenings COLLEGE GROCERY 516 East William Street, near Maynard Q.r ____i ; reductions next year, possibly even paredness among the rank and file of to the amount of $200,000,000. Still, the citizenship of America than ever the public was doubtful, and remain- before. The success of the summer ed doubtful when it was said that that training camps and of the R. O. T. 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At any rate, Senator Curtis has indicated.that the maxim- um income surtax rate, which is now 40 percent, will not be higher than 25 percent. Perhaps we are entering a new era, an era in which political promises are to be fulfilled, but for a few minutes; we were almost afraid that the world was coming to an end. With Clarence Darrow bucking the State of Tennessee and expecting to close his career with a brilliant vic- tory, we wonder if a past affair wouldn't have been a more certain climar. Considering all the advertising he has received for a mere hundred dol- lars, we don't see how we can help but admit that John Thomas Scopes! Is the greatest advertising genius of the day. . Its rather horrible to imagine build- ing an electric chair onluy to acci- dently electrocute one's self. Yet that is the penalty that the inventor stands ever ready to pay. Scopes has been found guilty. How wonderful; Mr. W. J. Bryan deserves our heartiest congratulations. continuing peace, or at least of a preparedness which will carry us through a wadfat considerably less cost and suffering than otherwise. But is also is true that the precau- tions which are being taken are far from adequate. That is indicated by the circumstance that General Per- shing still finds it necessary to plead for a regular army establishment of at least thirteen thousand officers and one hundred and fifty thousand men as a first line of defense and as in- structors of civilian soldiers. All the experts agree that this should be a minimum, but congress pays no atten- tion to the recommendations and warnings. WITHOUT A DISSENTING VOTE (The Daily Illini) The New York Herald Tribune says that on the assumption that if the State of Tennessee can bring about a solution of the age-old problem of evolution it can also aid materially in the international use of the metric system, the Metric Association, in the closing hours of its -spring meeting at Lake Placid club, adopted the fol- lowing resolution: "Resolved, that this confrence re- spectfully petitions the Legislature of Tennessee to pass a law prohibit- ing the teaching of the metric sys- tem since we believe that such a law would materially aid our efforts to secure for this country the great ad- vantages of the international metric a weights and measures now used by fifty-five of the leading countries of the world." The resolution was passed without a dissenting vote. 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