Weather Cloudy, cooler today, followed scattered showers at night; niorrow unsettled. L Alitithane ssait Official Publication Of The Summer Session OL. XV No. 5 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS Press Policy Is Subject Of Bruimn Talk Newspapers Cannot Give Public What They Need, Journalist Asserts Reader Interest Focused Wrongly Says Human Nature And Not Wicked Editors Is Cause Of News Trends It Seems Rev. Hughes Is To Have Busy Day Of Knot Tying NEWPORT, R: I., June 28. - John Jacob Astor, III, and Ellen Tuck French will be married at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 30 at Trinity Epis- copal Church by the Rev. Stanley C. Hughes, rector of the church. Miss French is the daughter of Francis Ormond French of Dedham, Mass., and Mrs. Livingston French of New York. Astor is the son of Mrs. Enzo Fiermonte and the late John Jacob Astor. A reception following the ceremony will be held at Mapleshade, residence of Amos Tuck French, Sr., grand- father of the bride. Virginia Middleton French, sister of the bride, will be the only at- tendant. Lloyd G. Griscom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd P. Griscom of Syosset, L. I., will be best man. Relatives, classmates of Astor at St. George School, and friends will comprise the staff of ushers. Roosevelt Tells Of Gains During Last 15 Months. "If the newspapers gave the public what they should have it would en- list them in the services of heaven but would probably also disrupt them financially," stated Prof. John L. Brumm, head of the department of journalism y e s t e r d a y afternoon, speaking on "The Newspaper and Reader Interest." "The newspaper above all else is at all times under trial of reader- critics," he said, "and it is because of this that it maintains such a promi- nent place in the social world." Mencken's Views "According to such critics as H. L. Mencken, the American press is ten times as bad as Sinclair describes it in the 'Brass Check,' " said Pro- fessor Brumm. Mencken used such acid statements in describing the press as "courageous as a rat," "in- telligent as a Baptist evangelist," "as honorable as a police station law- yer," and "as learned as a high school janitor."', ,rofessor Brumm agreed in part with some. of these accusations, say- ing "all too frequently the news- papers had betrayed public trust by suppression and by openly flaunting crime, sex, vice, and scandal." He. de f e n d e d the newspapers against Mencken's radical views, how- ever, by stating that "Mencken has rot shown any partiality to anything else in his criticisms of this 'imper- "Newspapers do not formulate opinion, they only reflect it," accord- ing to Professor Brumm. Also in a good many cases the opinion they do reflect is not the opinion- of the ma- jority but of the interests which the papers represent." Press An Industry The reason that papers present to the public only what they choose to is because they are a business enter- prise controlled by their advertisers and circulation. Reader interest be- ing the control of circulation, it is only logical, stated Professor Brumm, that newspapers should present the typeof news which pleases the reader without offending the advertiser. The real question, according to Professor Brumm, is "what, in view of the best and worst in newspaper offerings, do newspapers actually give the public?" He answered this ques- tion by stating that they give their readers news of three types. First, that type which affects personal wel- fare, second, that kind which af- fects national and community in- terest, and lastly, that kind of news which affects others personally. An analysis of a number of metro- politan papers was presented to show the audience the spectrum of reader interest. Comparisons were drawn between representative papers of the socially constructive papers and those papers which play up the "sex appeal" angle in their headlines. In the former category, Professor Brumm presented as an example, the Christian Science Monitor, which de- votes approximately 23 per cent of its front page headlines to foreign news and citizenship news, and in the lat- ter category he presented as an ex- ample The New York Mirror, a tab- loid, which because of its use of 11 kindswof stories on their front page which have a minus news value rat- ing on the news interest spectrum, are given a minus percentage, of 87. Both the Monitor and the United States News have a remarkable de- votion to a specific type of news and r e a d e r, according to Professor Brumm. What Does Public Want? "Does the public want the type of news as presented by such papers as the Monitor, the Boston Transcript, The Emporia Gazette, and the New York Times?" An examination of several New York papers revealed that the public is not partial to this type of news. The New York Daily, a tab- loid, has a circulation of 1,274,000 readers, with 24 per cent sex interest in their front page headlines, while +i..ar,,.t7..1>mm nc ln rin- a tisns ANN ARBOR, June 28. - Ellen Howell Reeves and Alexander Kim- ball Gage, Jr., will be married at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Andrews Episcopal Church by the Rev. Stan- ley C. Hughes of Trinity Episcopal Church of Newport, R. I. Miss Reeves is the daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Jesse S. Reeves, Ann Arbor. Gage is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. Gage of Detroit. A reception following the ceremony in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church will be held at the Michigan Union. The maid of honor will be Miss Elizabeth Ladd,'32. and Henry Gage, '32, brother of the groom, will act as best man. The bridesmaids will be the Misses Louise Breakey, '32, Mary Shields, '32, Barbara Lorch, Mary Gage, Han- nah Reeves and Mrs. George Herre- ran. Assisting as ushers will be Arthur Reeves and Frank Donovan. MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS The Tigers won another game yes-] terday, beating the Chicago White Sox, 8 to 7, in 10 innings at Navin Field, their first game in the home park since their successful swing around the East. New York took al game from Washington, 4 to 0, in the meantime, to remain in the lead of the race for the American League pennant. American League Lauds Congress' Actions And 'Non-partisanship' In Radio Speech WASHINGTON., June 29. - (/P) -- President Roosevelt told the nation tonight "substantial gains" had been made during the last 15 months. In a speech over the radio, he pointed to the future in which the new governmental structure would be "a part of and a fulfillment of the old." He lauded the Congressional action of the last session and the "non- partisanship" of members; and dealt heavy-handedly with critics of the administration program. "Substantial gains well-known to all of you have justified our course," he said. "The simplest way for each of you to judge recovery lies in the plain fact of your own individual sit- uation. Are you better off than you were last year? Are your debts less irksome? Is your bank account more secure? Are your working conditions better? Is your faith in your own more individual future more firmly grounded?" Speaking of "self-seekers and the periodical die-hards who tell you of the laws of individual liberty," theI President said, "the toes of some peo- ple are being stepped on and are go- ing to be stepped on." "But these toes," he said "belong to the comparative few who seek to retain or gain possession of riches by some short cut which is harmful to the greater good." Looking to the future, the President said the first principle of the pro- gram would be means of providing better homes for the people of the nation. "The second," he continued, "is to plan the use of land and water re- sources of this country to the.end that the means of livelihood may be more adequate to meet their daily needs. "And, finally, the third principle is to use the agencies of government to assist in the establishment ofI means to provide sound and ade- quate protection against the vicissi- tudes of modern life - in other words social insurance. "A few timid people, who fear progress, will try to give you new and strange names for what we are doing. Sometimes they will call it 'Fascism, -sometimes 'Communism' - some- times 'regimentation' -sometimes 'Socialism.' But, in so doing, they are trying to make very complex and periodical something which is very simple and very practical." New York........ Detroit.......... Boston........... Washington...... Cleveland........ St. Louis......... Philadelphia...... Chicago.......... Thursday's .W" -L ..40 24 ..40 25 ..35 31 ..36 32 ..32 29 .,28 34 ..26 38 ..21 45 Results Pct, .625 .615 .530 .529 .525 .452 .406 .318 Detroit 8, Chicago 7. New York 4, Washington 0. Philadelphia 7, Boston 1. Only games scheduled. Friday's Games Detroit at St. Louis. Cleveland at Chicago. Only games scheduled. National League 1stExcursion Is Attended By Over 100 Prof. Carl J. Coe Leads Group On Trip Around UniversityCampus Group Is Divided Into Two Sections Itinerary Includes The Law Quadrangle And Union; Many Women Present More than 100 people made the firstexcursion yesterday, led by Prof. Carl J. Coe, director of Summer Ses- sion excursions for 1934. The young- est to make the trip was a little red- headed boy about five years old, and from there on there was a represen- tation of almost all age groups. About three-fourths of the party were wom- en. There was one student there who had been on the campus for several years, but he. went because he had nothing better to do, and because some of the girls were good-looking. Before the trip was half completed, he had found out that he did not know as much about the campus as he had thought he did. So he completed the tour. Due to faulty connections, the group started off in two sections, the second section of about 30 missing the trip through the Law Group. There the first party saw the Legal Research Library, the Assembly Room, the Court Room, and the Alumni Room at Hutchins Hall, and the Lounge -and the Dining Hall in other buildings on the quadrangle. One Group Gets Left After some wait, the second con- tingent learned that they had missed the start, but they were able to join the group just as it was going in the Union - by the side door, of course. The veteran student had seen all the lounges, and he had seen the ball- room many times, but there was a piccolo player practicing there who was new to him. And this was the first time that he had raised the am- bition to climb to the top of the Tower for the view of the campus which it offers. He found it a surprisingly in- teresting trip because of the delight- ful breezes. From this point Profes- sor Coe began a visual tour of Ann Arbor, pointing out buildings of in - terest to the excursionists. Part of the group were very reluctant to leave, but were reminded that it was a downhill trip all the rest of the way, so with one more gulp at the breeze they left, resolved to return later. At the library an official took one look at the horde, and fled for re- inforcements. Finally three guides were drafted for service, and the par- ty did the Library in sections..Here at last the student who thought he knew all about the campus found out how the conveyor system works- he's always wondered - and just what happens to a book from the time he asks for it to the time he gets it or doesn't. The trip included the usual tour of the stacks and various reading rooms, and also a visit to the rare book rooms. See Clements Library The next point for the excursion- ists was the William L. Clements Li- brary of Early American History. Here they heard a short talk in the Main Room by one of the librarians on the contents of the Library, and its purpose. In the course of this talk, the students learned that, thanks to Mr. Clements, the University possess- es one of the few copies remaining of Waldseemuller's Geography from which this continent took its name, one of 20 copies of an edition of a let- ter written by Columbus about his first trip, the only extant copy of the first book printed on this continent, (Mexico City, 1544), and a copy of the first book printed in what is now the United States, (Massachusetts, 1644). The group was also allowed to enter the vault in which the more valuable of the books are kept. This, the vet- eran student further learned, was a huge block of cement set in the center of the building, with steel doors, and steel shutters for thewindows, so that the room is burglar-proof and fireproof. But the steel doors are covered by paneled wooden doors, and the steel shutters are rolled back, and the result is a lavishly furnished li- brary of invaluable books. Group Disbands At this point the group disbanded Sc a iA ,','*.fl or fl Tfnl1A' lad +1'n Treatment Of Youth Scored By Edmonson Six Points Given In Proof Of Indictment In Speech By Education Dean Proposes Four-Fold Program of Action Stresses Need For More Liberal Provisions For Wholesome Recreation America's treatment of its youth has resulted in a policy of "serious neglect," Dean J. B. Edmonson of the School of Education charged yester- day, speaking in the Education Con- ference Series on the general topic, "The Washington . Conference on America's Youth Problem." In a suggested indictment of the present situation, he presented six points to prove his assertion that American youth was not receiving proper consideration and treatment. They were: (1) thousands of Amer- ica's youth forced to loaf, loiter, and roam without aim or purpose; (2) thousands denied the opportunity to engage - in constructive work; (3) thousands denied a chance to profit by a type of educational training which would safeguard their interests until employment was available; (4) number of potential criminals in- creased by the country's failure to safeguard the moral well-being of its youth; (5) America blind to the importance of building community life in terms of the promotion of the welfare of children and young peo- ple; and (6) America's trying to ex- cuse neglect of youth problems by claim that more urgent and vital problems must be solved. Sees "Adequate Proof" Dean Edmonson admitted that some of the charges may be over- drawn, but it was his view that from the articles that have appeared in oir magazines and newspapers there is adequate proof of the seriousness of America's neglect of its youth." As chairman.of one of the three round-table groups at the Washington Conference on the youth problem, Dean Edmonson spoke with consid- erable authority. The meeting, called by George F. Zook, United States Commissioner of Education, was at- tended by some fifty of the country's leading educators and social workers, and Dean Edmonson was chosen to preside over the round-table group for the consideration of the leisure-time problem. After declaring that the age-group from 16 to 24 constitutes a much neglected group in American life, and that the problem presented by this group "is far more serious than is generally realized," the speaker listed the various subdivisions of this group and their respective problems. Names Four Groups First, he said, are those whose par- ents have such limited income that the children must find employment or become dependent on charity. Sec- ond, those who need employment or instruction in order to protect them from loss of morale and to keep them from becoming potential criminals. Current economic trends are also affecting youth problems, Dean Ed- monson said, pointing out that with "the codes with restriction on child labor, considerable numbers of young people who find it difficult to make adjustment to a period of enforced idleness have been released from em- ployment." Last in his grouping of subdivisions were the "wanderers of the highways," the one which attracts the most attention. It was Dean Edmonson's conclusion (Continued on Page 3) New York .... Chicago ...... ... St. Louis.... . Pittsburgh .... Boston ......... Brooklyn ....... W 41 .....40 38 . .34 .. 26 23 19 L 24 26 25 28 29 39 41 43 Pct. .631 .606 .603 .548 .540 .400 .359 .306 Philadelphia ..x Cincinnati .... . . 14 University Students Are Representative Of As Many Nationalities DETROIT, June 28. - Need of an auxiliary international language to promote international good will and a broader program in behalf of the 40,000 university students who are being trained in countries other than their own, were chief topics of study on Rotary International's agenda. Thursday. Describing foreign students s po- tential pioneers of world unity and a diplomatic corps of first importance, Charles D. Hurrey, of New York urged Rotarians to help in seeing that no such student returned, horne ,with dis- trust or hatred for another people. France Welcomes Students France, he said, welcomes about 10,000 students annually; the United States 8,000; Japan 1,500, and the British Isles 5,000. About 100 coun- tries in all are'-represented in this body of student envoys. "They are not salesmen or poli- ticians or missionaries, but pioneers of world unity," Hurrey asserted. "We are not drawing on our imagination when we say that within the control of foreign students lies the destinies of nations in coming years. "Don't think of America as a melting pot, but rather as a loom weaving the beautiful fabric of civili- zation. Into it let us weave the best of many cultures, creeds and colors - a composite worthy of our age." Fourteen students of the Univer- sity of Michigan, all of different na- tionalities were introduced. Declaring that language barriers are still in the way of international understanding, Dr. Herbert N. Shen- ton, professor of sociology at Syra- cuse University, regretted the fact that hundreds of languages are spok- en in the world. "Even if we leave out of consid- eration those that are spoken by less than a million people," he said, "we still have 38 languages, most of which are used as literary as well as spoken tongues. The burden of in- tellectual customs duties is undoubt- edly heavier than the material ones." There is no necessity for displacing any mother tongue. An auxiliary in- ternational language, he said, merely will serve as one new tool of inter- national communication, standing in much the same relation to existing national languages as stenography to long hand writing and printing. Kocsis turned in the best exhibition of golf that had been witnessed here in a week of continual shooting by college boys from all sections of the United States. His sub-par round of 71 was the first to be made in the week and then he continued his snip- ing for 10 holes this afternoon before he ended the match on the twenty- eighth green. Malloy never had a chance with the sharpshooting Redford lad from the third hole this morning when Kocsis dropped a sizeable putt for his par four after laying an approach shot dead to the pin. From then on it was just a matter of how badly Kocsis would defeat his teammate. In a match that went one extra hole and in which the lead changed five times, Ed White, of Texas, elim- inated Johnny Banks, of Notre Dame, one up at the 37th hole. Two Georgia Tech lads, Charley Yates. qnd Frank -Ridley, urvivec$ the quarter-finals and will clash in the semi-finals tomorrow. Yates, by dint of a great comeback on the last- nine holes, this afternoon defeated Bill Dear 2 and 1. It was Dear who yesterday eliminated Walter Emery, the playing-through champion. Rid- ley won from Vince Fehlig, the last Notre Dame hope, 4 and 2. In the semi-finals tomorrow Kocsis will tangle with White, while the two Georgia Tech lads clash in the lower bracket match, with the finals sched- uled for Saturday. Their cards: Thursday's Results No games scheduled. Friday's Games Philadelphia at Boston. Brooklynaat New York. Chicago at Pittsburgh. St. Louis at Cincinnati. Education Club League Selects Teams , Captains Registration and entries in the Ed- ucation Baseball League were com- pleted yesterday with the announce- ment of the selection of four teams and their captains. The teams and captains are, Teach- ers, Conrad Templeton; Superinten- dents, L. Vredevoogd; Principals, V. W. Hicks; and Educational Research, Rome Rankin A round-robin tourney is planned, with each of the four teams meeting each other team three times during the play. Games will be played every Tuesday and Thursday on Ferry Field, and will begin at 4 p.m. The first game will be played next week, on Monday, because of the holi- day on July 4, and no other games will be played during the week. The regular schedule will be resumed the following week.' Par, out . Kocsis .. Malloy,.. Par, in Kocsis ... Malloy .. First Round .4 5 4 4 3 4 41 .4 4 4 4 3 4 5 .4 4 5 5 4 5 4E .4 3 5 4 3 4 5E .4 3 4 5 4 4 4 .4 3 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 6 4 4 4 3-36 3-36 4-41 4-36-72 3-35 71 3--37--78 Detroit To Be Subject For Second Tour The second of the Summer Session excursions for 1934 will leaveat 8:00 a.m. tomorrow for a trip to Detroit. Students wishing to make the trip are asked to make reservations at the office of the Summer Session, Room 1213 Angell Hall, before 5 p.m. today. Expenses for the trip will total about $2, including round trip bus fare and luncheon. The first stop for the group will be the Detroit News plant, where they are due at 9:30 to make an in- spection of the entire building, with special guides provided by the News. At 10:30 the party will leave for a 90-minute bus ride through the down- town business sestion of Detroit, and through Bell Isle Park on the De- troit River. At 12:00 noon they will stop at the Fisher Building on Grand Boulevard, where they will eat lunch- eon in the cafeteria. After lunch they will visit the studios of station WJR in the 28th story of the Fisher Building, where a good view of down- town Detroit may be obtained. At 1:30 the party is due at the De- troit Institute of Arts, where a staff member will show them the much dis- puted Rivera frescoes, and will serve as guide through the collections of moder nand medieval European art, late and early Roman acid Greek art, Asiatic art, and colonial, nineteenth New Custom To Be Inaugurated; Department Suppers At League Students Doff Coats And Ties; Go A.W.O.L. As Mercury Rises Meeting at 5:45 p.m. Sunday on the lawn of the League, the faculty and students of the Division of Hy- giene and Public Health wil linaugu- rate a new custom and one which it is hoped will be well received among summer students. The faculty mem- bers and their wives will meet with the students of the department for a supper at that time, the purpose of which is 'to enable the two groups to meet on a social basis. Everv Sundav night for the re- ture, Science, and the Arts, and the School of Education. During the Summer Session of 1933 the attendance in this division was 250 and, while the official num- ber has not been received for this session, it is expected that it will ex- ceed the last year's total. Nineteen courses indPublic Health and Hygiene are offered this summer. Among the faculty attending will be: Dr. John Sundwall, Director of By C. H. BEUKEMA University students went A.W.O.L. in great numbers Thursday afternoon as the temperature hit 100 degrees, then gradually crawled up to 103.1, a new all-time high for June. In addi- tion to being the hottest June da3 since the Weather Bureau at the Observatory started keeping com- plete records, in 1910, it was the sec- ond hottest day that has been re- corded here in the 25-year period. The mercury went into high ground at around 2 o'clock, and at 4:15, the tha tamnarncvotia -n,-, oifll' nrorn R Thursday's climb sent the tempera- ture up nearly 40 degrees from its low, the mercury having sunk to slightly below 64 degrees in the early morning hours. A heavy mist shrouded the city then and until shortly after daylight. By seven o'clock it had cleared, how- ever, and the mercury had started' on its mission of torture. By noon it was just 99 degrees, and from that point its advance slowed. Two hours later it was up three degrees more., Many temperature readings taken in the sun showed 110 degrees and PnvPen monrP ia o f rf thaQa 1akr, +l-a