THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JUNE 29, mu ;AN DAILY I i Afi I -s at.R I and managed by students of the University of n under the authority of the Board in Control of . Publications. hed every morning except Monday during the ty year and Summ r Session. Member of the Associated Press Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the republication of all news dispatches credited to not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All if republication of all other matters herein also . ed at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as class mail matter. riptions during regular school year by carrier, y mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL. ADVERTISNG BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO - OSTON " ,OS ANELES - SARL FaANCISCO uber, Associated Collegiate Editorial Staff t D. Mitchell .. ..... M. Swinton....... Q. Norberg.... . . N. Canavan.... . . . M. Kelsey........ G. Kessler. Am E. Long...... L. Sonneborn...... Press, 1938-39 Managing Editor City Editor Women's Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Business Staff .Business Manager . ., . Advertising Manager W. Buchen ark NIGHT EDITOR: MALCOLM LONG The editorials published in The Michigan. Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. For The Knights QfTheThumb.. EGISLATION can be carried to ridic- R ulous extremes. Outlawing a condi- loni because it is dangerous may remove the danger, but it is also true that many such con- giionsmay be regulated so that they continue to unction safely. We refer, specifically, to a Detroit Free Press ditorial of Monday, June 26, which asks for egislation to outlaw hitch-hiking, following the slaying of a Detroiter by a hitch-hiker near Gaingsburg last week. "Michiganders," says the editorial, "should be restrained by law from this particular kind of sulcide." Now there is nothing involuntary in opening one's car door to give a hitch-hiker a lift. It re- :uires conscious thought processes leading to the ict, just as any more common form of suicide, such as jumping off bridges. And while people may be driven by psychological impulses to jump >ff bridges, they seldom are driven in quite the same way to give lifts to hitch-hikers. But the point of the whole matter is this: We lo not forbid people to use bridges, just because hey are dangerous. We do not forbid people to swim, in spite of the fact that 7,482 persons died in drowning accidents in 1937. And we should dot forbid hitch-hiking, since there are benefits rived from it, just as there are benefits derived 'rom bridges, from swimming, and from a host of other analogous functions. It is clear, however, that public opinion, roused by the Laingsburg murder and by a similar instances in the past three years, will not 'est until something is done about hitch-hiking. On most bridges where there is danger, we have guards or patrols. On bathing beaches, we in- tall water safety equipment and station life guards who will be able to help in case of acci- lnt. It seems logical that some form of regula- ion might be all that is required in the case of 1itch-hiking.. The Associated Collegiate Hitch-hikers is an rganization that may provide the basis for 'egulation. It requires registration of each mem- er, and provides him with a placard he displays in the highWay when soliciting rides. Thus the notorist knows that he is dealing with an organi- ;ation rather than an individual. If the process could be carried further, so that ra ch hitch-hiker were required to register his >roposed route before his placard was given him, hen an adequate check would be made on the :ings and comings of these nomads of the gaso- ine agei without restricting their activity. Regis- ration. would eliminate ex-convicts of the type hat committed the Laingsburg murder, and nake the rest as easy to check on as steamship )assengers -Harry L. Sonneborn Sicking To The End Education-for education's sake. Many and varied have b'een the charges hurled y parents, teachers, and the man in the street hat college students do not choose their uni- ersities, attend their classes purely for their ducational value. Alas-perhaps-many and varied have been he times the charges were true. But not, we take reat pleasure in noting, not this time! Not at familton college in the hills of old New York tate where l'arnin' is still l'arnin' and the divil ake the hindmost. Two Hamiltonian undergraduates have ex- iausted all the college's existing courses in + .elnnmo ,. tTfnx,9r ... nnn n..1l._ ..,f n n a # DRAMA 'Michael And Mary' By DEBS HARVEY and MALCOLM LONG Whimsical charm of expression, warm and sympathetic portrayals by the leading characters and a plot which holds the audience's attention despite obvious weaknesses made A. A. Milne's "Michael and Mary," first offering of the Michi- gan Repertory Players, very enjoyable evening's entertainment. The story opens on a forlorn figure-Mary, the shop girl, deserted by her villainous husband and left to a fate worse than death but for the timely appearance of the handsome hero, Michael. But, strangely enough, Milne's delicate humor and delightfully honest characters, played by Mary Jordan and Karl Klauser, make the story believable, even to the point where our hero and heroine, in love, decide to disregard the husband, and marry, feeling that the danger threatening their union is just a price to pay for the self respect they gain in foregoing the easy way --an affair. With youthful idealism, they choose to "from the nettle, courage, pluck the flower, self-respect." All goes well for some thirteen years, and the danger seems past, until a newspaper photo- graph of the now well-known author's wife brings to light the villain of the piece who thinks he sees a chance for easy money. Up to this point, the story holds together nice- ly, but in certain places the second act fails to sell itself even as good melodrama, and over- sentimentality mars the third act. Also the tempo of the play drops considerably during the last part of the second act and never again picks up to its former speed. Nevertheless, the lines, and sincerity and smooth-flowing continuity- of the acting carry it through to a satisfactory conclusion. Karl Klauser as Michael easily carried off top acting honors. His performance had the smoothness of one not unaccustomed to foot- lights, though in an amateur capacity, and showed a fine appreciation of the subtleties of Milne's lines. Mary Jordan's Mary, though showing an occa- sional loss of concentration, made up for it dur- ing the rest of her performance of a difficult part. Nathan Gillin made a very convincing vil- lain and Mrs. Tullivant, played by June Madi- son, gave her usual robust, hearty characteriza tion. Credit should go to Frederic O. Crandall fot a fine job of directing, and to Oren Parker and Lucy Barton for beautiful and appropriate set- tings and costumes. The rest of the cast was very capably handled by Kathryn Steiner as Violet Cunliffe; Charles McGraw as Michael's father, the Rev. Simon Rowe; Duane Nelson as the inspector; Robert Cunningham as P. C. Cuff; William Adler as Dr. Roberts; Roy Rector and Odom Day as policemen; Leah Dooley as Miss Welby and Les- lie Reynolds as the maid. The Library In Education Criticisms of education and suggestions for its . improvement rise high in the tide of current commencement adaresses. While graduates may "little note nor long remember" what com- mnencement speakers say, each year leaves a resi- duum of competent, constructive criticism of edu- cational theory and practice. The present state of education, however, is not weighed alone by commencement speakers or by educators in the strict sense of the term. At the dedication of the Rose Memorial Library of Drew University, at Madison, N.J., the other day, the library was stressed as a major in- strument of education and as holding the solu- tion of many of mankind's problems. Dr. Milton James Ferguson, President of the American Library Association and Chief Librarian of the Brooklyn Public Library, made a plea for "less teaching" and a system of education which would give the student "a few indispensable rules of travel and then let him, of his own free will, take a far journey in a well-stocked library." He added: Probably every situation which has con- fronted this modern age, every triumph, every crisis, every era of plenty, every period of want, has had its duplication in history, though it has not always been recorded in understandable form. As time goes on and historians more accurately see and record all events touching life, our libraries will con- tain more completely the answers to the questions which now so hopelessly be-devil our leaders. Dr. Ferguson's thesis that less teaching may mean more education is suggestive and challeng- ing enough to merit consideration in both the educational and library worlds. Perhaps, how- ever, they are not two worlds, but one-the libraries, schools and colleges-to say nothing of present emphasis on adult education. And surely if the libraries bid for and merit this larger sphere and function in education, the obligatiorl of the community to maintain them adequately becomes clearer. If libraries are- the lamp of experience illuminating history's lessons for to- day, they need, as never before, to be kept trimmed and bright. -Christian Science Monitor ,cQOW L & cown By STAN M. SWINTON The University's graduates have had amazing success in motion pictures and the theatre, as we mentioned in yesterday's column--but they've done as well or better in the field of journalism. Edgar Ansel Mowrer, head of The Chicago Daily News foreign service-the nation's best- went to school here. Later he did graduate work in Paris, hooked onto a newspaper job and won himself the Pulitzer prize. Mowrer was bounced from Germany by the Nazis for writing such nasty things as the truth. He's the author of "Germany Turns The Clock Back," still the best study of the early days of the Swastika regime. His brothers, Paul Scott and Richard, also turned to foreign work, both being connected with the News. They're part of a dream staff which in- eludes M. W. Fodor, "the wisest man in cen- tral Europe," A. T. Steele, whose coverage of the Far East has been unbelievably good, Frank Smothers, latest of the men to leave Italy at the Sawdust Caesar's request, and William Stoneman. Stoneman, former sports editor of The Daily, heads the London bureau. Incidentally, Mrs. E. A. Mowrer spoke here last winter. Author of "Journalist's Wife," she gave the season's best talk. Two more Michigan grads work for the Daily News-Irvin Lisagor, second baseman on this spring's baseball team, columnist for The Daily last winter under the name "Sec Terry" and The Daily sports editor who had the first authentic tip on who would replace Harry Kipke as head coach. The other is Joe Mattes, editor of The Daily a year ago. Pete's in the sports depart- ment, Mattes on suburban coverage. Probably the most sensational rise among U. of M. alumni in the newspaper world was that of Russ Anderson. Only last week I noticed his by-line over a London date-line in the Detroit Times-a cover of the King's return to Guild- hall. One of the world's youngest foreign corres- pondent's, Russ is 24 and only three years off the campus. He was on The Daily while here, and covered the city for The Detroit Times. In his spare time he turned out a book and magazine articles. Up- on graduation in 1936 he went with the Pitts- burgh Sun-Telegram and then joined Hearst's International News Service in 1937. They sent him to Chicago and then transferred him to Paris during the Munich crisis. From there he went to London, where his work was so excep- tional he was named head of the Moscow bureau. He's still in London waiting for a Soviet visa. Russ isn't very excited about his success; "Working as a reporter in Europe is like working as a reporter in Ann Arbor," he wrote recently. "Only instead of covering the police station and the court house you cover 10 Downng St. and Qual-d'orsay." Then there's another M journalist-Phil Wag- goner, managing editor of The Daily in the middle twenties. Now he's editor of the Baltimore Sun, one of the nation's best papers. A Daily man whose name escapes is in the New York Times Washington Bureau. Beach Conger, another Daily lad, is assistant city editor of the New York Herald-Tribune. His brother, Pat, works in' the Detroit bureau of United Press. The father of the two, incidently, was a top AP foreign correspond- ent-and his cub in the Berlin AP bureau was a stripling known as H. R. Knickerbocker, now a famous roving corlespondent for Hearst. The list could go on forever. Tom Kleene, ex- managing editor, is on the Detroit News with Tom Groehn, former city editor. Tod Rockwell and Ed Warner of the Free Press sports staff went to Michigan. Art Carstens, former Daily sports-writer, is Free Press staff man in Flint. Guy Whipple is on the Times copy desk. Clayt Hepler is writing sports for the Times. Lee White, an old-timer, holds an important position on the Detroit News and a large percentage of his staff went here. George Stauter of AP did too. In city rooms from Maine to California you'll run into Michigan and Daily men. Only a few weeks ago I read of an ex-Daily reporter who stayed in a cell with a dope fiend in Indiana until the coke bug came through with a confession on an assault case. That's the exciting part-there are hundreds more working on copy desk and furnishing the day-by-day material which makes it possible for you to read your paper in the morning. CHATTER: Pretty Ellen Rhea of the Garg staff in town for the day . . . Dick Sierk dropped into the office-he's an ex-sports writer . . . the southern-accented lad you see riding a bi- cycle around campus is Tom Adams, Interfrater- nity Council president . . . the sweetest part about the Arena Gardens fight card the other day was Pepito Santini's victory over a viciou puncher named Charlie Parham . . . saw Par- ham almost cut an inexperienced opponent tc pieces at the Arena his last time out . . . hi dropped Pepito twice but the kid came back to win a technical k.o... . you have to know Pepito to appreciate that . . . he's a bantamweight ant could practically be picked up with one arm . . Stressing the need of improvedr methods for appraising the work of educational institutions, Prof. G. E.v Carrothers of the School of Educa-s tion outlined a criteria for evalua-a tion at the third University lectureb of the Summer Session last nightt in the Rackham Auditorium.f Among the points listed by Profes-t sor Carrothers as vital to accuratet educational surveys were the phil-s osophy and objectives of the institu- tion; the relation of the pupil popu- lation to the community; curriculuma and courses of study; pupil activitys programs; library and library ser-i vice; guidance service; instruction;s outcomes of education and schooli staff, plant and administration. 1 Education appraisal in most states until recently has been woefully1 weak, ( Profesor Carrothers charged., Early attempts at determining thet efficiency of colleges was confined tot such irrelevant and misleading phe- nomena as the number of graduates Some based their sole claim to merit on one or two outstanding graduates, he said. In many states, even Michigan un- til recently, standards for colleges were exceedingly lax. He cited the case of a Junior College created "on paper" solely for the purpose of awarding the founder a Doctor's de gree which he used to obtain the post of Dean at another institution. The new law passed by the Michi- gan legislature this year is a step int the right direction, he said. It requires educational corporations to possess capital proportionate to their size and standing before they are granted charters. The University pioneered in the field of educational appraisal with a High School Accrediting, Program in 1871 which, while only fairly ac- curate, he declared, was an improve- , ment over the entrance examinations whch were then the sole basis of Asia (Continued from Page 1) as declared, the Chinese philosopher Mencius suggested the right of revo- lution against oppressing rulers. By pointing out that the supreme ruler or authority can rightfully maintain his position only as long as he is worthy of it, Mencius advanced the same argument that was later fol- lowed by Milton in justifying the exe- cution of Charles I in England. The same premise, Senator Thomas point- ed out, is incorporated in our own Constitution. In Europe, the parallel of Mencius' philosophy questioned the divine right of kings; in China, similarly, it was directly opposed to the teach- ings of Confucius which stated that man must obey and subordinate him- self to higher authority. Mencius, Senator Thomas emphasized, judged a tyrant not as a ruler with divine rights, but rather as another man. In the realm of thought Senator Thomas pointed to the similarity be- tween Eastern and Aristotelian logic, both of which arose at the same time. Turning to material advances, he indicated that both civilizations were fundamentally based on the use of the wheel, the domestication of animals and insects and the cultivation of cereals. "Man," he declared, empha- sizing the importance of a cereal crop which could be stored, "did not go about with a smile on his face un- til he was certain of having enough food for the winter." Senator Thomas will present the concluding lecture of the series, "America and the Far East," at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Lecture Hall of the Rackham Building. Criteria Of School Appraisal Prof. G. E. Carrothers discusee new standards for evaluating school curric- ula developed from national cooperative study of which he was chairman. rating incoming students. The North Central Association ad- vanced another step in 1895 witht standard ratings of secondary schoolst and colleges on the basis of staff, buildings and equipment. However these~standards were too narrow, Pro-t fessor Carrothers pointed out, and1 the subsequent rigidity hampered the educational progress of progres- sive minded institutions. As a result of the Cooperative Study of Secondary School Stand- ards, headed by Professor Carrothers, six regional associations have through intensive research determined careful statements of educational standards in terms of such data as class sizes, length of semesters and teacher loads. The results of the study, financed by a $225,000 grant from the Rocke- feller Foundation, will be published this summer, and were in general' the criteria discussed in the talk. Historical Data University's Michigan Histori- cal Collections Agency has re- ceived "tons" of material in its collections of local historical data. Literally tons of manuscripts and printed matter, revealing Michigan history have found their way to the Michigan Historical Collections of the University since the agency was created by the Regents to gather and preserve historical material. A complete history of Michigan's past, is being pieced together through valuable manuscripts of various kinds, books, phamphlets, maps, newspapers and magazines. Among the early pamphlets to be found in the collection are the Ad- dress, "Delivered on the Occasion of the Opening of the Marshall Ceme- tary," May 2, 1839, by Samuel Buel, Minister of Trinity church, Marshall, which was printed in Marshall in 1839, and the "Catalogue of the Of- ficers and Students in the Romeo Branch of the University of Michi- gan, Romeo, Macomb county, Michi- gan, 1848-9," printed in Detroit in 1849. Serial publications such as the "Journal of Education," published in Detroit from March to December, 1838, and in Marshall in 1839, and "The Christian Visitor," published in Adrian in 1847 and 1848, furnish in- teresting examples of early printing in those cities as well as samples of the cultural development in the lo- cality from which they issued, ac- cording to Mrs. Elizabeth S. Adams, curator of the Collections.' In the manuscript division can be found personal papers, business papers, and archives of organiza- tions, and institutions. Collections of business papers include journals and ledgers, letters, letterpress books, dockets, and similar record books. Over 600 volumes dealing with a general store in Marshall, Michigan, were recently presented to the Uni- versity. These volumes are of value as an index to current fashions as well as to price changes in Marshall from 1839 to 1926. The earliest vol- umes also furnish a fine example of neat and careful bookkeeping a century ago. The accounts of John D. Pierce, first Superintendent of Public Instruction, Isaac E. Cary, first Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, and Henry C. Bunce, pioneer printer, are found in these volumes. In the division devoted to the Uni- versity of Michigan can be seen of- ficial and unofficial documents and papers which together aid in giving a clearer picture of University life throughout the near century and a quarter of the University's existence. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1939 VOL. X.IX. No. 4 Professor Preston E. Jam will lec. ture in the Lecture Hall of the Rac- ham Building today at 5 o'clock on the subject "The European Colonies of Brazil." The lecture will be illus- trated and will be open to the general public. Linguistic Institute Luncheon Con- ference, 'I'hursday, 12:10 p.m., Michi- gan Union. Topic: "What is a Word?" Round-table discussion led by Pro- fessor Pillsbury, Mr. Allen, Dr. M- eneau, Dr. Voegelin All persons in- terested are invited; those finding It inconvenient to attend the luncheon may come for the discussion. German Department Reception: The members of the German Depart- ment will hold a reception for stu- dents in German, residents of the German House, and members of the Deutsches Haus, 1315 Hill Street. Cerele Francais: Organization meet- ing this evening at 8 o'clock at the Foyer Francais. Refreshments. All students interested are cordially in- vited. Householders who may be willing to rent rooms to high school teachers in attendance at the Institute for Teachers of Journalism, June 28 to July 1, will please notify J. .L. Brumm, 213 Haven Hall (Phone, University Extension 485), between 8:30 and 10 a.m., at their earliest convenience. L L. Brumm There will be an exhibit of Chinese textiles under the auspices of the University Museums in the Exhibit Room of the Rackhan Building, mez- zanine floor from June 26 to July 1, open from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Geography 111s listed at 10 o'clock meets at 9 instead. Orientation Seminar (Mathematics 300): Will meet on Thursday, at 3 o'clock, in 3201 A. H. Excursion Number 1, Thursday, June 29, 2 p.m. Tour of the Cam- pus. Group meets in the lobby of Angell Hall, inspects the General Library, Clements Library of Early American History, Cook Legal Re- search Library, Michigan Union, Burton Memorial Tower, Aeronauti- cal Laboratory, Naval Tank, and other points of interest. Fxplana- tory talks will be given by those in charge. Trip ends at 4:45 p.m. There is no charge for this excur- sion. Men students interested in red cross swimming and life saving courses should meet with Herbert Gross in the lower lobby of the Mich- igan Union at 3 p.m., Thursday, June 29th. Old High German will meet Mon- day and Friday evening from 7-9 p.m. 303 S.W. Norman L. Willey. The members of the Institute of Latin-American Studies and their wives or husbands are invited to at- tend a subscription dinner ($1) at the Michigan Union at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, June 30. Special plans for the Institute will be discussed at this time, and it is hoped, therefore, that a full attendance will be had. This dinner will start promptly because the members of the Institute are in- vited to the general reception of the Summer Session in the Rackharm Building at about 8:30. There will be a general reception of the faculty to the students of the Summer Session on Friday, June 30, at 8:30 p.m. in the Rackham Build- ing. The summer series of record con- certs in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building will open Saturday, July 1st at 3 p.m. and will be held weekly hereafter at that time. Saturday's program will feature works of Mozart, Brahms and Debussy. The program may be heard from the ter- race as well as in the conference room. All students are invited, and new students Interested in record collecting are especially urged to attend Excursion No. 2, Saturday, July 1. -A Day in Detroit. The trip will cover the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Public Library, tour of Belle Isle, Fisher Building, inspection of Radio Broadcasting Station WJR, and the Detroit Zoological Park. Round trip by bus at $1.50. The only additional expense is for lunch. The trip begins in front of Angell Hall at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 5:30 p.m., Ann Arbor. Reservations may be made in the Summer Session Office, 1213 Angell Hall. Mail for Students, Faculty and temporary residents at the Univer- sity: All students and ne' members of the faculty should call %.c the U.S. Post Office and make out a pink card,, "Order to Change Address," Form 22, if they have not already done so. 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