At Your Door Three Fifteen Hundred Sum-
Evenings a Week, 75o mer Session Students
Your ooTreii:W OLVIIIIINE FfenHnrdSm
Von. III.
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1912.
No. 19.
UEBERMENSCH IS
NIETZSCHE'S IDEAL
Professor J. W. Seholl Explains Phil-
osopher's Idea of the "Will
to Power."
RACE OF MAN TO BE OVERCOME.
"The most fundamental concept of
Nietzsche's philosophy is the thoughtt
of the Uebermensch" said Prof. J. W.
Scholl in his lecture on "Some Cardi-
nal Principles of Nietzsche" yesterday
afternoon. "This is Nietzsche's ideal.
It is unattainable by men now, for
man, the race of mankind, is some-
thing which is to be overcome. The
'Uebermensch' is the meaning of the
earth. Formerly one said 'God,' but
now the Superman is the ideal which
is to supplant that ideal of God. Can
you create a God? But you may create
the 'Uebermensch!'"
Dr. Scholl pointed out that his idea
of a Superman would not have been
possible before the Darwinian doctrine
of evolution. The "Uebermensch" ts
a new and advanced species of being
to be attained sometime as a product
of evolution. It is to be a new link in
a sort of Darwinian chain of living, a
more ripe and more perfect product
of the earth than man is. Earth and
earth alone, is the full realization of
the goal for which the earth has been
groping her way in her long travail
with the Species of organic life. As
all progress in evolution results from
a sharp struggle in which the fittest
survive, so men now lving are to be
the ancestors of the "Uebermensch."
The men who are to usher in this new
stage of being must be the select ones
of the earth, the fittest to inaugurate
a new race, the Darwinian elect of
mankind.
Nietzsche's idea of God is that it is
a mere conception-and a poor, low,
anthropomorphic conception of God at
that. He is idealist enough to affirm
that it is a merely human ideal, and
that there is no spiritual reality which
corresponds to the word. As an ideal
it represents a thing to be aimed at,
striven for, attatned, if possible. The
higher the conception of God, accord-
ing to Nietzsche, the more it becomes
withdrawn from all posibility of hu-
man contact, and becomes futile,
therefore, as an iedal for mankind.
In place we should put something re-
alizable here on earth for men now,
here to work and strive for and believe
in as possible and the greatset thing
to be desired. And in place of God
he gives us the "Uebermensch."
But the great question is, "How at-
tain this "Uebermensch?" For this
very purpose are men endowed with
wills, They are a fighting, striving
race. This will is not merely "der
Wille zum Leben" as Schopenhauer
saw it, but the innate striving for a
fuller, richer, deeper life. Man must
fight to give validity to his own per-
sonality in as wide a scope as possible.
It is spontaneous, and is his funda-
mental imperative in the world. In
the words of Nietzsche it is "Wille zur
Macht."
"Nietzsche's idea of this will" said
Professor Scholl, is not the ordinary
definition given us by philosophers
generally. The will is a sort of psy-
chic colony of wills, each passion emo-
tion, talent within you being a sort
of "Wille zur Macht" that is striving
to have its way. Your will is you; You
are your Will. It is not an equation
merely, but an identity. According to
our philosopher, that which is called
"freedom of the will" is essentially on-
ly the emotion of superiority in regard
to one who must obey. A man who
"wills" commands something within
himself which obeys, or which he be-
lives, obeys."
WOMAN'S LEAWUE TO
1OLD1 "ID'S" PARTY.
The Woman's League will hold a
"Kid's" party Friday afternoon from
4 to 6, at Barbour gymnasium. All
school "marms," dignified and other-
wise are invited to come and be young
again. The girls will dress as child-
ren in short skirts and will wear their
hair in pig tails; each one will
be provided with candy sticks. Wax
works and a special little children's
dance will be the features, after which
tea and wafers will be served. All
women in the summer session are in-
vited to come and have a realy jolly
Charles L. Loos Leaes Town.
Charles L. Loos, purchasing agent
for the university will leave Friday
for Goderich, Canada, to join his fam-
ily who have been spending the sum-
mer there. Mr. Loos and family will
return to Michigan shortly.
ARISTOPHANES WAS
A GREATOLD JOKER
Professor Campbell onner Classes
Iumorist of Athens Vith
Shakespeare.
STIRRED PUBLIC BY COMEIOES.
Aristhophanes was characterized as
the "Greatest Iumorist of Antiquity,"
Tuesday afternoon by Prof. Campbell
Bonner to his lecture under that title.
As a writer of rich comedy this Athe-
nian author is in many respects to be
placed along side of Shakespear, ac-
cording to Professor Bonner
"In order to study a character,"
continued the speaker, "he must be
seen against the background of his
own time. Born about 446 B.C. in the
rural district surrounding Athens,
Aristophanes grew to manhood and re-
ceived a good schooling in music, po-
etry and gymnastics. He learned all
the birds' names, their plumage, and
songs. His poetry on these subjects
is similar to Shakespeare's nature po-
etry."
When the surrounding country was
in its poorest condition, explained the
lecturer, enormous taxes were levied
on the inhabitants. The crisis between
Athens and Sparta came, and in order
to save their lives the family of Aris-
tophanes moved into the city.
"As long as he lived the simple life
the lures of Athens had no charm for
him," continued the speaker. "As soono
as he became acquainted with the con-
ditions in the city his talents were di-
rected toward their improvement.
Plague and vice broke out soon after
the besieging of the city by the Spar-
tans. These conditions gave Aristo-
phanes materials for his first two
comedies. In these, he attacked the
most critical issues of the times, such
as the taxes and poor political man-
agement of the city in general, and
dealt with them in comical vein. He
so aroused the public and the authori-
ties that he was brought into court to
explain himself."
"The Knights" and "The Wasps"
written in 442 B. C. were later and
popular comedies and in these, as in
others he converted truth into satire
"The Peace," in which the hero, a fat
person, rode on a scavenger beast (a
parody on the rider of the winged steed
Pegasus) considered to be one of his
nost laughable writings."
In many others, the speaker said,
for skillful parody he is unequalled.
The later works of Aristophanes are
not as well wrought as the earlier
ones although they have many amus-
ing situations. The lecture closed
with a description of one of Aristo-
phanes' later popular comedies, a play
about a contest over the supremacy
of poetry in Hades.
TENNIS TOURNEY TO
BEGIN TOMORROW
Preliminary Matheles Will ie Played
Before Next Tuesday--Ten.-
tative Schedule Prepared
RULES OF CONIEST ANN Oi'NCE
The preliminary matches in the ten-
nis tournament, which was organized
yesterday afternoon, are to be played
off by Tuesday night. A partial sched-
ule has been drawn up. Owing to the
rainy weather, many men who have
signified their intention, did not come
out to the meeting. To give them a
chance to enter, and aso any others
who may desire to, it was decided to
hold the lists open until Saturday
noon
All men whose names do not appear
in the schedule below may enter by
reporting to Blake on Ferry Field
courts Friday from 1:30 to 4 or Satur-
day from 9 to 12.
The matches may be played on any
courts, and the teams may change the
time given in the fotlowaing list by
mutual agreement, providing that all
matches are played by Tuesday night.
Each man or team will be expected to
furnish one ball suitable for play.
The matter of referees is left to the
pleasure of those playing. All pre-
liminary matches will be two out of
three sets, and will be plae iaccord-
ing to the ordinary rules.
When a match is decided, the losing
side will sign a card giving the win-
ners' name or names, the scores, and
the date. The winner will file this
card, together with the entry fees of
both teams, at The Woior.ne ofule
from 12:30 to 1:30 on Saturday, Au-
gust 10, and Monday, August 12, or
Wednesday, August 14, with Blake or
Church. The entry fees are 0 cents a
man for either singles or doubles, and
7t cents for a man entering both. No
games will be credited unless they are
filed as stipulated above, and all re-
sults of games must be in by Wednes-
day in order to arrange the semi-final
matches, the schedule and regulations
for which will be announced in next
Thursday's Wolverine
Any team or man failing to appear
on the morning or afternoon scheduled
will forfeit the match, and the team
on the field will win by default, and
be eligible to enter the semi-finals on
the payment of their own fees.
The tentative schedules follow:
Sigle Schedule,
Ehler (860) vs. Chen (990 J) Friday
at 3.
McLeod (236) vs. Grimme, Fridayy
at 2
Feiblemann (1222 J) vs. Stewart,
Friday at 2:30.
Jansen (231) vs. Stoddard (115 L),
Saturday at 1.
Stroat (860) vs. Spencer (1767 L),
Saturday at 1.
Brown (1222 ) vs. Houston (767 J),
Saturday at 3.
Rankin (1697 J) vs. Fidell, Saturday
at 1
Double Schedule.
McLeod (236) and vs. Spen-
cer (1767 L) and Wilkinson (219 J),
Friday at 3.
WILL ETUR("I'IIE ON' FIMRA OF Al AIII
SOUT11 A. EIICAN CONTINENTAER
"A trip across South America," is AOT DISQUALIFIED
the subject of a lecture to be given at
8 o'clock in the museum lecture room
by E. HI. 'ound. The lecture is underD iretor' P. G. Irtelme and Others
the auspices of the botany department, u on "Dope" Iessy Charges
and will treat principally of the flora of Norman 1ill.
of this continent.
The material for the lecture was ob- SCYS IE WAS GIVI EN PERISSION.
tained on a trip across the continent
by Mr. Pound and two companions in ThatG eorge Sister, '15 E, is inelligi-
the interest of a rubber corporation, bl for the 'Varsity baseball team be-
and the regions traversed are thosec .
eose ho' is poying professional sum-
frosm which the news of atrocities
against the natives is now attracting 'it,. tot s ecroitNews foryesterday,
the attention of the British govern- .s deiod by athletieu thoritesthere
ment.and men who are ip on the "dope."
The expedition started at Guayaquil, Iill story is based upon a dispatch
]Ecuador, crossing the crest of the An- frot Eltyria, Ohio, to the effect that
des amod down the Amazon and its "Sislor sintained his reputation Sun-
tributaries to Para, Brazil. Of the ay-1y'pitching spectacular ballOfor
nine thousand miles covered, only 227 Bsarberton, defeating Elyria, 10 to 3."
were by rail, Itill goes on to say that this will dis-
qualisy the speedy pitcher for partic-
ipation in university games next year.
ooSDir c o . .G Bartelm e said yes-
tRrdayLthat Sisler was granted per-
PRECEDES TEXTUALms nby thuss in autority to~play
minor ieague oall this summer with
the undr tmooimog that he would ac-
Professor I. A. Sanders Lectures on cept no p. o 'rof. Allen S. Whitney,
Ancient Manuscripts of Bible and chairman of the Board in Control of
Problems of Translation. Athletics, could not be reached today,
so that the 'sact form of this permis-
EI LY COPIES MA E BY I A NI sion emod not be leained. It is con-
_______sidereot tmtpofohatle that Sister would
"I can assure you that while this ac 'pt 1 so position for pay on a minor
lecture is on the Bible, the Bible will lague team, whoe he was invited to
be all here after I get through," said sios vith tho onkees, and refused.
Prof. H. A. Sanders in his lecture
Tuesday night on "Ancient Bible lMan "hiso s ste writers of the four gos-
scripts and the Text Ihistory of the sels, thei .voere several others who
.Iosopes." 'i ovesO"50.. " "0' "ser 'so"r F mens
Profssor Sond.rs staied that the from twelve such writers have been
work of textual criticism, which he is found. Portions of these writers which
carrying on, has nothing to do with the early church fathers thought too
higher criticism. "In fact," said the valuable to lose, were added to the
lecturer, "Textual criticism always other gospels. This is the reason that
follows higher criticism. The purpose parts of the gospels which custom has
of higher criticism is to prove the Bi- assigned to some particular one of
ble authentic and valuable." the four apostles are lacking in the
Professor Sanders stated that all earlier manuscripts."
the copying of the early Bibles was The Freer manuscripts, upon which
lone by hand, and that this fact ac- Professor Sanders is working were
counts for the difference in the various found, he said, in 1896 near Cairo;
manuscripts, across the Nile, and are thought to
"The gospels were each originally have been the property of the church
written for different countries, and it of Timothy, located in Egypt.
was not until 140 A.D. that the canon Professor Sanders illustrated his
was made. There were four types of lecture with slides showing portions
editions of the gospels, and the King of some of the better known mano-
James translation was made from the scripts, and also portions of the Freer
Syrian type. manuscripts.
THERE WAS A BRAVE DOG KAMED BRAG
11"5 ALL VERY WELL IN THE DAYLIJO'T, BUT YOU'D BETTER LOOK
OUT FOR THE DARK!
Can this be Ann Arbor? Ann Arbor,
the city of eternal peace-the land-
ladies Mecca-where even the most
helpless freshmen may take their be-
lated way homeward without fear?
where, then, is the minion of the law,
our peerless police force, the pride of
Main street? For the worst has hap-
pened. Tuesday night, anywhere be-
tween darkness and daylight, two of
our studious contemporaries were bru-
tally assaulted, robbed and left for
(lead or dying by a pair of masked
Stoddard and Bolin (1153 L) vs. Ma- marauders.
lone and Jansen (231), Friday at 3. There is one among us who is known
Stroat (860) and Ehler vs. Edwards far and wide for his exploits in aquat-
and Rankin (1697 J), Friday at 2. ic athletics--with biceps that are the
Chen (990 J) and Tong vs. Coilette envy of even the most robust instruct-
and Brown (1222 J), Saturday at 10. or. And it was his boast of an even-
Feiblemann (1322 J) and Grimm vs. ing, when the lights were low and the
Kas and Wang, Saturday at 10. myriad night noises came through the
open window, woof! woof!-like that
Examine Smelting Plants. -it was his boast then to say that no
Cheng-Fu Wang, of Columbia Uni- one could assault him after even the
versity, who is a brother of C. T. most approved methods of highway
Wang, '11, is spending several days robbery and put through the awful
at the university as guest of L. E. deed.
Buell. Mr. Wang, in company with a Vanity of vanities! As the lion-
professor and another student from hearted amphibian strolled homeward
Columbia, is making an extended trip Tuesday night much after dark, near
throughout the west and middle west where hill street leads into Washte-
inspecting the large smelting plants. naw, the masked marauders pounced.
upon him. At the first assault, is
timorous companion fell from a b w
of the accursed sand-bagT then e
hideous pair thrusted a weapon tLat
glittered coldly under the nose of our
horrified hero, and demanded his mon-
ey,. He raised his arms in despair,
and the robbers searched him to the
merciless tunes-swhistled-of Hearts
and Flowers. When the thugs stole
off among the trees, he was minus
purse, watch and everything.
No clue has as yet been found as to
the perpetrators of this outrage, save
that later in the evening it is known
that two masked and mirthful men en-
tered their fraternity house-situated
in the district-and proceeded to ex-
tract from their pockets one watch,
one purse, and sundry accessories of
the student trade. Also one of them
displayed a burlap sack, fashioned af-
ter the sinister sand-bag and stuffed
with straw, and the other, a .metal
shoe-horn that glittered coldly.
"It sure worked great," said one, in
a hoarse whisper. Didn't Ignatz fall
fine whenyou hit him with the bag?"
"And woudo't you have thought he'd
have recog nized the shoe horn? Per-
haps after .this he -won't talk so much.
But who'd 'a' thunk it?"