THE SUM OR MICMGAN DAILY
THURSDAY, ,D"ULY" 24, 2930
THE SUMMER MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1930
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THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1930
SCHOOLS AND THE PEOPLE
One of the major questions
confronting the educators of
America is that of creating in
the public mind a faith and
pride in the schools iof this
country. Two views of the
problem have been expressed,
and, because of their differ-
ences, are given here separate-
ly.
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SELL THE SCHOOLS TO THE
PUBLIC
Every principal and teacher can
cite numerous instances of mis-
understandings andJ disputies be-
tween himself and the parents of
some of the pupils in his care.
Perhaps a new method has been
Introduced into the school, such as
the contract idea, Winetka, group-
ing, or some other scheme tending
toward individualization. Natural-
ly, the parent will not accept the
novelty without question; the wel-
fare of his children is at stake. It
becomes the business of the teach-
er or principal, at this point, to sell
the new idea to this representative
of the public.
The school system of this coun-
try, unlike those of many Euro-
pean nations, are supported by the
public through assessment and
taxation, with the exception of a
scattering of private ecademies
and colleges. However, the total
appropriations for education in
America are four times less than
the amount spent for any single
universally used luxury, such as
cigarettes, cosmetics, candy, or
pleasure vehicles. Despite this
fact, constant protests are heard
that too much is spent on school
buildings, equipment ,and person-
nel. The simple facts of the mat-
ter are that the educators have
failed to make the public "educa-
tion conscious"; they are failing to
sell the schools to the people, keep-
ing constantly before them the
needs, aims, and values of educa-
tion as carried on in America.
What is needed is an organization
of lobbyists, propagandists, and
lecturers, whose sole function it is
to promote interest in the schols,
this organization to be aided by the
constant 1 a b o r s of schoolmen
themselves in the same direction.
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THE VALUE OF TRADITION
The schools of America are look-
ed upon largely as businesses sep-
arate from the lives of the people;
they are centers of industry, not
centers of service, or they are
charity burdens, not valuable, nec-
essary institutions. The public
fails to appreciate that education
is a part of itself, a training ground
for citizens, a foundation for de-
mocracy. This is the basic reason
for the indifference shown toward
the proper and adequate support
of the systems. The remedy for
this is to be found in creating an
educational tradition in the coun-
try, a pride in the existence of ev-
ery stick and stone of every build-
ing devoted to the training of
young minds.
Such tradition is present in Eng-
land, albeit the structure of the
system o fthat country is not to be;
compared to our own either in pur-
nnp ° n rmcn1tQ The sudeant of '
Eton, or Winchester, or of Magda-
len Colleg or Middle Temple Court
recognize the existence of no oth-
er school that can compare with
their own; the graduates of these
schools, the citizens of the com-
munities in which the schools are I
located are all proud of and loyal
to them to the last ditch. In effect,
every Englishman is at heart an
educator. Given the same attitude
in America, the schools would find
such support and subsidization as
they never knew. Our business,
we repeat, is to create the tradi-
tion of education in the people of
the nation.
Campus Opinon
Contributors are asked to b brief,
confining themselves to less than too
words if possible. Annymous com-
munications will be disregarded. The
names of communicants will, however,
be regarded as confidential, upon re-
quest. Letters published should not be
construed as expressing the editorial
opinion of The DEily.
IN ADDITION
Although the affair was, strictly
speaking, concerning the engineers
only, the fact that several of that
avocation found it necessary to
make their sophomoric babblings
more incoherent by adding veiled
insults to the ancient and dignified
profession of the Law, has made it
fitting that a timely rebuke be ad-
ministered.
Whatever the rights of the re-
spective parties in the matter of
the alleged insult of a young lady
while sitting on the Engineer
benches, the statement that the
author of the first letter of the af-
fair was probably a Law student
ashamed of his class, is no less
than impudence, coming as it does
from a minor profession. The re-
ference is to a letter of July 22.
May I suggest that the engineers
might do well to keep their quar-
rels on their own side of the cam-
pus, where the students seem to
have time and opportunity to gaze
out of the window at passing fe-
males.
Attention might also be called to
another letter of the same date in
which the Summer Michigan Daily
was grossly libeled for printing
the original campus opinion on this
issue. Of course, it requires some
power of observation to discover a
heading at the top of these campus
opinions in which the paper dis-
claims all responsibility for the
opinions voiced by the correspon-
dents. Perhaps the engineers think
the opportunity for the expression
of student opinions should be tak-
en away altogether; a Hearst pub-
lication might make this form of
retribution, you know. A. R. L. '32L
AN ENGINEEER DEFENDS
To the Editor:-
I have before me a copy of the
current Michigan Daily, open at
page two, upon whcih I find, under
the title of Campus Opinion, the
headline 'Engineers Not Civil'. Be-
tween this title and the initialed
signature of the writer, 'J. W. S.,
'30 Lit' there seems to be about as
narrow minded and egotistical a
bit of body matter as I have ever
seen, in any nwespaper, including
some of the Hearst publications.
According to Webster, a gentle-
man is one whose place is above
that of a yeoman, one of good fam-
ily and breeding, and one' possess-
ing fine feelings and manners. I
wonder if J. W. S. can possibly mis-
construe this to mean one who up-
holds campus tradition well, one
whose hands are always clean, one
who has no resort to old and worn
clothes in his classes, and one who
does not support himself, partially
or wholly, while working for a de-
gree. If he does, he is suffering1
from an empathy in which he is
the last word in social conduct and
etiquette, and I am afraid that he
would construe the first line of
Genesis 2:27 to read J. W. S. in
place of the name of the Creator.
I feel that this graduate, in con-
demning the whole College of En-
gineering upon his conclusions
drawn from the possible, but not
probable behavior of a very, very
small percentage of the enrollment
of that part of the University, has
gone beyond his depth, if any, in
censoring that of which he knows
nought. His words bring down sel-
fish slander upon the names of out-
standing men, among whom I
migh tname Dean Mortimer Cool-
ey, the late Dean Patterson, Sec-
retary Hopkins, and hundreds of
others, who, while bein MEN of the {
highest calibre, can never be said
to be anything but perfect gentle-
men.
I am an engineer, and proud of
it. I hope that I am called a gen-
tleman by those that know me, and
if my association with engineering
has in any way defiled me, I will+
consider Sir Galahad and J. W. S.
as synonymous in meaning the last
word in judgment of chivalry.
W. F. R. '31 E.
SOASED ROLL
AND WHY
HAVEN'T YOU
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The following rhetoric was spe-
cial deliveried at our very door ear-
ly yesterday afternoon, done out on
very sumtuous stationery in a light
blue ink.
The Doctors Whoofie
Michigan Daily,
Dear Doctors:
With all due respect to your per-
spicuity and pellucidity we venture
to call to your attention the appar-
ent ignorance of campus tradition
as evidenced in a recent news ar-
ticle. Much though we admire the
inception of new ideas and customs,]
we still feel that the adjuration
concerning the arrival of guests at
the bridge party to be given Thurs-
day afternoon at the League build-
ing to be unconventional if not
downright precocious.
We read with frenzied amaze-
ment that this year "guests may
wait until they arrive to be seated
at tables." Such a departure from
the ways of our meritorious fore-
bears!
We fear, dear Doctors Whoofle,
that you are not only pedicular, per
Car, '31, but also slightly lurdane,
and suggest as a remedy that you
go nidificate and proceed as is usu-
al under such circumstances.
-Avid Readers.
GLOSSARY
pellucidity - "the quality of being
easy to fathom or understand."
precocious-"flowering or fruiting
early or before the usual time.
Developed more than is natural
or usual at a given age."
pedicular-"of or pertaining to lice;
having the lousy d i s t e m p e r
(phthiriasis)"
And if we add to this list the
more familiar perspicuity, it will be
easily seen how avid readers were
able to cull from such a cultivated
vocabularic garden four such poly-
syllabic flowers as the above and
all beginning with the same letter.
Unfortunately we fear avid read-
ers have given way to that char-
acteristic trait of "thelovable sex":
exhibitionism.
It may be of interest to the avid
readers, however, to know that the
news item they criticised emanated
from the rather indefinite "Wom-
en's Page"-bless its 'eart- of this
little campus courier and nose-for-
news (even if it does run six days
of the week) and not from this eru-
dite column.
Avid readers might take interest
in knowing-along with Carrm '31
(who doubles the 'r', dear avid
readers) that we are not afflicted
with phthiriasis, never have been
in fact, nor do we associate with
people who either spell, pronounce,
or have this malady.
* * *
After all, however, we were flat-
tered and pleased to receive such a
pleasant communication from such
dear friends. But when we consid-
er the price of a special delivery
letter and reflect upon the hun-
dreds of thousands of people in
this world-literally hundreds of
thousands of people who are starv-
ing for lack of the simple elements
of a good meal and to whom ten
cents worth of dried beef would
taste just like ten cents worth of
dried beef, then it is that the vast
cry of humanity rises about us like
a raging sea, threatening to engulf
our finer feelings, consume our ten-
derest emotions in a furnace of
flame, and wrench our hearts with
the dull icy ache of frozen oblivion.
FRIENDS, does not this wanton
waste of ten cents with all human
nature crying aloud seem to you in
the last alaysis a bit wanton?
HELP THE CAUSE NOW. SEND
US ALL YOUR MONEY.
Incidentally, we suppose you
haven't missed seeing that big half
page ad our business boys are run-
ning this week--all about the un-
paid Daily subscriptions being DUE
NOW! If you don't pay, you know
they'll take away your paper, and
so after that you won't have to;
bother to get up at seven fifteen;
:MUSIC AND DRAMA
RECENT COLUMBIA ISSUES
BRAHMS: Sonata in D Minor for
Violin and Piano, Op. 108: played
by Efram Zimbalist and Harry1
Kauffman: Masterworks Set No.
140.
I think it a safe generalization
that in Brahms one will find a more
sensitive appreciation for the qual-
ities of his medium than in Bee-
thoven. At least this is true of their
respective sonatas for piano and'
violin. This present issue is the last
and best of Brahms' three sonatas
and it seems in most aspects rath-
er better than any of the best son-
atas by Beethoven.
Brahms is distinctly more con-
siderate of the special effects this
combination is capable of achiev-'
ing. There is in the writing of
Brahms for violin and piano always
justification for choosing violin and
piano. (It is known that he de-
stroyed innumerable of his sonatas
as unworthy of performance or
publication.) He never resorts to]
the quite stupid simplicity of Bee-
thoven's alternations: an immedi-
ate repetition by the piano of a
theme the violin has just stated.
His characteristic procedure is to
let diffuse melodic figures quietly;
penetrate the texture, deepening a
steady, developing thematic line in'
the violin.
Brahms, too, is more capable of
novel effects: such as the entire
development section of the allegro
of this sonata with its intensely
quiet expression, all over a domi-
nant pedal. In this Rondo he is
more subtly capable of suggesting
symphonic power than Beethoven
is in the finale to the Kreutzer
Sonata where, professedly trying
for concerto scale, he only exploits
the virtuosity of the two instru-
ments. The beauty of this Adagio-
a single melody achieving spacious-
ness and capable of extended de-
velopment - is comparable to the
Cavatina in Beethoven's quartet in
B fiat major, Op. 130. Both have the
important simplicity of concentra-
tion.
Zimbalist plays this Sonata very
cautiously and very intelligently-
excellent pedant that he is. There
probably are no transgressions. One
should wish for more striving after
profound revelation of musical
meanings. But should be at least
grateful for excellence.
SCHUBERT: Concerto in A Minor
for Violincello and Orchestra: ar-
ranged from the "Arpeggione" Son-
ata by Cassado: played by Gaspar
Cassado and Symphony Orchestra
under Sir Hamilton Harty: Master-
works Set No. 139.
This is a transcription of the
Sonata Schubert wrote for the cur-
ious instrument invented by Stauf-
fer. Gaspar Cassado, most famous
pupil of Pablo Casals, has done it.
The music is a little too thin, it
would seem, for a concerto tran-
scription. It is the very ingenuous
Schubert, simple and naive. The
adaptation doesn't try to magnify
him except in the first movement
where there are some questionable
embellishments and a cadenza. The
other movements are quietly and.
sensitively adapted. And the result
is interesting music: though rath-
er marred by a predominance of
the familiar Schubertian quadru-
ple rhythms. The Songs-without-
word-like slow movement is a typi-
cal Schubert melody quite worth
saving.
Cassado's performance is delicate
and refined. Sir Hamilton Harty's
small orchestra again proves itself
a sensitive accompanist.
HANDEL: Passacaglia (arranged by
Halvorsen): played by Albert Sam-
mons and Lionel Tertis: Record
67784.
This is the most interesting sin-
gle record that has come f r o m
either Victor or Columbia in some
months. The work in its original
version was the finale to Handel's
Clavier Suite in G Minor No. 7. Hal-
vorsen arranged it for the rare as-
sociation of unaccompanied violin
and viola: undoubtedly with Sam-
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(even on mornings when your first mons and Tertis in mind as per-
class is at ten o'clock) in order to formers.
trip downstairs in scant attire and The music is not for all tastes.
circumvent the non - subscribingIn the first hearings, the variations
members of your house. seem harsh and technical. Later
So, before you decide not to pay they apepar bold and strong. It is
up, remember everything you are quite unusual music to say the
going to miss -no more D.O. B. least: the idiom supplying the vir-
notices about excursions to Niagara ; tue of novelty.
Falls to look at geology; no more! Perhaps even more interesting
intellectual conversations a b o u t than the music is the performance
books; no more slams at the Rep- by Sammons anod Tertis. These
ertory Players or the faculty con- two men, who were associated in
certs by our own column's only se- i the old London Quartet for years,
rious rival; no more editorials about give an amazing example of per-
forest fires; and no more from!feet ensemble. Solving and discuss-
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