THE WOLVERINE -- , tbe Wolverine OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE SUMMER SESSION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. Published Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Afternoons. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, Maynard Street. Phones: Business, 96o; Editorial, 2414. OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 to 12:oo Daily; :3a to s:oo Daily, except Saturday. Communications not to exceed 300 words, if signed, the signatures hot necessarily to be published in print, but as an evidence of faith, and notices of events will be published in The Wolverine at the discretion of the Editor, if left or mailed to the office. Unsigned commncations will receive no consideration. NoI manuscript will be returned unless the writer encloses postage. The Wolverine does not necessarily endorse the sentiments e- pressed in the communications. THORNTON W. SARGENT, Jr..............Managing Editor Phone 2414 or 120. VERNON F. HILLERY.....................Business Manager Phone 960 or 2738. BUSINESS ASSISTANTS* Richard C. Chapmn John J. Hamel, Jr. Robert L. Kersey ISSUE EDITORS William H. Riley Hamilton Cochran COLUMN EDITOR Howard Weeks SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1920 LITERATURE AND THE NEWSPAPERS Professor Rankin is probably right in saying that the American literature of the future can not come from modern journalism. The thing, which is re- sponsible for great literature, is the very quality that is lacking in journalism. If the majority of the literary masters are to be believed, great works of literature are the result of hours of work and count- lessrewritings. Their articles are pushed aside for a time, then taken up again, and studied to the minutest detail. When everything within the writer's power has been done, it is then considered a finished product. On the other hand, the articles of journalism are generally written only once, pr- haps rewritten a time or two, but often this is not the case. A modern newspaper is published every 24 hours, and everything in it is usually done in a day, which leaves little time for deep thought and many rewritings. From the very nature of jour- nalism it must be seen that it lacks the thing, which makes literature. On the other hand, it must be taken into consid- eration that journalism is really in its infancy. The .newspapers are just eginning to realize the possi- bilitiesthat slie in this field. In the past the news writers were generally castoffs from other fields, but the time has now come when the reporters and editors are trained and studied specialists. Greater emphasis is being laid upon the quality of t he work, and less and less quantity is being demanded. Ap- parently the newspapers are realizing that it takes time and conectrated work to produce good articles. Even now there are a few papers, which the most learned readthoroughly and with which they find little fiault. Is it not possible that the number of such papers may grow and their quality so improve, that there will be a time when the newspaper col- umns contain literature? THE .VALUE OF RESEARCH The immediate and widespread recognition of Professor Shull's new book by the different univer- sities and colleges of the country emphasizes the value of research and writing by a university's pro- fessors. Through their work in these lines, new thoughts are developed; old beliefs are changed, and education and knowledge in general are ad- vanced.. Without this work of the professors, about the only class of students In the country today, the world would be much more backward than it is now. By their research and writing, many of the profes- sors of the modern universities are playing a large part in the world's development. Professor Shull's book is an instance of what the professor has done in science; during the late war it is said that Pro- fessor Friday, of our economics department, was the power behind the secretary of the treasury ; and Professor Adams, of the economic department, was financial advisor to the early Chinese republic. They are only a few of the men of this and other univer- sities, who have made great contributions recently. Many more have done wonderful work, and to a great extent their deeds are little recognized.- But in a certain measure they are rewarded, at least those who write text books. Through their works, the young men dnd women of America are being educated, and the' knowledge, which they gained after long hours of thought and research, is easily given to the future generations, who are thus enabled to start on a higher plane than their pre- decessors. These men can have the satisfaction of knowing that their efforts have resulted in a better world and a higher knowledge, and that many of their students, inspired by the good which they have done, will endeavor to accomplish even greater things. Cox should be a little worried about having Teddy's cousin run with him, after knowing what happened to the last president, who had a Roose- velt as a running mate. We're giving five to one on the proposition that if Harding's elected president, Roosevelt won't be the vice-president. Some people say that the Democratic platform isr veiled in the language of President Wilson, and others maintain that Penrose wrote the Republican band stand, but it seems to us as if both of' them were written by Greek oracles. Before Bill Bryan gets through his idea of send- ing the party platform on a postcard to all the voters, we want to call his attention to the fact that he would be wasting money by sending them to the postmen. If these Farmer-Labor delegates spent a little more time on the farm and in the factory, the high prices they're kicking about might come down. We figure that the presidential nominee, who can go through the campaign saying the most and mean- ing the least, will be elected. Editorial Comment AN INTERESTING CONFERENCE The other day in London a conference was opened between American and British teachers of English. What was done has not found its way west over the cables but the fact that there was such a con- ference is interesting in itself. The relation of the two countries to their common language has had a varied history. There was a time when America was frankly colonial and took its standard speech from British authority without question. Then differences began to grow up and this country divided into two schools. One bewailed any sign of independence here and admitted the su- periority of British English whether it was good or bad, while the other regarded any departure from American usage in deference to British custom as proof of unpatriotic snobbery. On the other side the preponderant opinion was that anything which characterized American Eng- lish must be bad, and many an Englishman who ought to have known better condemned usages learned from masters of English style in his own country because he learned them first from Ameri- can tongues and pens. More than one word which Shakespeare knew and used has been laughed at in England as an Americanism. Not every Englishman thought American English bad. Thackeray, a master of English, liked Ameri- can English as he heard it from the lips of educated Americans. Dickens, a man of relatively little cul- ture, was the writer of Thackeray's period who did most to persuade Englishmen into the belief that Americans were mostly linguistic barbarians. As the years have gone by the view that Thack- eray took has gained ground and while usage con-, tinues to differ, neither side holds that the usage of the other .s anything to laugh at or any evidence of a want of culture. The great masses of English speaking people, wherever they are, be it Surrey or Connecticut, depart more or less from the English of scholars. It is the duty of scholars, wherever they may be, to determine a standard and hold the rest of the people to it as nearly as may be.-Detroit Pree Press. TRANSLATOR OF PALAMAS' WORKS VISITS ART EXHIBIT Prof. A. Phoutrides, of the Univer- sity of Athens, Greece, visited the Greek government exhibit in Alumni Memorial hall yesterday. Professor Phoutrides was formerly of Harvard university, and is known as the trans- lator of the works of Kustes Palamas, the greatest living Greek poet. Prof. Phoutrides will not give a lecture in c(Ttnection with the exhibit, as was announced some time ago. DOWRIE, DEAN OF COMLIERCE AT MINNESOTA, VISITS HERE Dean George W. Dowrie, of the School of Commerce at the University of Minnesota, and formerly a profes- sor in the department of economics at the University, visited here Wednes- day. 1 LOG 4 LOG Slide Rules in Leather Case zAds"k I 1 0 0 A GOOD SUPPLY at UNiVERSITY BOOKSTORE f° ..., .® I 5 FOR RENT SAUNDERS' CANOE LIVERY, On the Huron River HANDY INFORMATION FOR ANN ARBOR TRAVELERS DETROIT UNITED LINES Ann Arbor and Jackson (Eastern Standard Time) Detroit Limited and Express Cars-6:10 a. m. and hourly to 9:10 p. m. Jackson Exp~ress Cars (local stops west of Ann Arbor)-9:48 a. m. and every two hours to 9:.48 p. m. L ocal Cars, East Bound--5:55 a. in., 7:00 a. in. and every two hours to 9:00 p. m.; 11:00 p. in. To Ypsilanti only: 11:40.p. rn., 12:23 a. in., 1:10 a. in. To Saline, change at Ypsilanti. Local Cars, West Bound=7:50 a. in. 12:40 a. in.' To Jackson and Kalammazoo--Limitedcars, 9:48, 10:48 a. in., 12:48, 2:48, 4:48 p. m. 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