IN, L tIne vT NEWS.PAPER O" THE SUMMER HE UNIVERSITY Or MICHIGAN. y, Thursday, and Saturday Afternoons. rbor Press Building, Maynard Street. Business, 96o; Editorial, 2414. . IDyFIC, pyHOURS: 1:30 to 5:oo Daily, except Saturday!. nat to exceed 300 words, if signed, the signatures be published in print, but as an evidence of of evFts will be published in The Wolverine 1the Eiditor, if left or mailed to the office. unications will receive no consideration. No, returned unless the writer encloses postage, foes not necessarily endorse the sentiments ex- munications, SARGENT, Jr................Managing Editor P'hone 2414 or 120. ,IERY..................Business Manager 'Phone 96o or 2738. BUSINESS ASSISTANTS n John J. Hamel, Jri. Robert S. Kersey ISSUE EDITORS Hamilton Cochran COLUMN EDITOR Howard Weeks AUGUST 10, 1920. LIEVE THE ATHLETES? Metes, thermselves, have prepared ency against the United States e, some of the incredulous folk elieve our early contentions of icompetency. The serious and tat these charges will have can If the athletes follow up their better living conditions are giv* lot stop until a repetition of these '4 is impossible. Through the ath- e has been partially opened, and . charges are'given to the news >ssible for every citizen, interest- o know the exact extent of the lency. With most of the men ersity and business men, it can hat there is just ground for their very sportsman in this. cou'ntry in knowing t® what extent the its duties. before how the committee failed he tryouts and the selection of eglect, which it has shown in the he men, is almost unbelievable, ie main are true. That the ath- )est work after crossing the At- r and cramped quarters and liv- ri Antwerp, is improbable, and if does not measure up to expecta- n be easily traced-to the United THE PROFESSOR AND RESEARCHI Percy Mac Kaye's acceptance of a pr fessorship at Miami university, which asks .::n in return for a home and&his salary-only to continue his work as a dramatist, marks a novel step in American educa- tion. In the history of universities, there are many instances of men doing research work and teaching a few hours of classes, but it is said to be a new thing to retain a professor, whose only duty.is to undertake research. It is a step toward progress, but in reality it' is nothing new at all. In the Mid- dle Ages the monks, who were the educators of their times, devoted most of. their hours to study, and only a few of them taught anything directly. Since then that practice has generally been discontinued,. but occsionally some rich individual has enabled an eminent professor to carrytontresearch work; with ,nothing to distract him. Often in large un- versities, the most prominent men are required to teach only one class a day and to devote the rest of their time to research and study. Others have held positions, which have permitted them to do much outside work, but Mr. Mac Kaye's appointment as a professor with no specific duties, is most unique. At last the universities are recognizing the value of research and study, which should be two of a col lege's greatest aims. In this way educktion can be greatly advanced, and if more schools followed the steps of Miami, educational advance will be rapid. Greater overhead expense in Ann Arbor than in the little city of Detroit is probably the reason milk, tea, and coffee costs ten cents here -and five cents in the Wayne county metropolis. Michigan will have more men out for early foot- hall training this year than they had candid tes fbr the whole team last fall. It's a noble man that can bear no grduge against "Babe" Ruth when he doesn't get a home run dur- ing the game..." ; Editorial Comment GROWTH OF TAXATION Just as the current advance in prices took some time to spread from the points in the industrial or- ganization where it first became acute to other rela- tionships so it is proving true of ,taxation. During the war the need for increased revenue was first, felt by the federal government. This necessity was quickly passed on to the several states in connec- tion with their war outlays. Then as prices ad- vanced and the cost of getting work done was in- creased thre was an additional reason for new taxation. Finally the cities have had to raise the pay of teachers and other employes, have had to expend more for their actual day to day necessities as labor has advanced in price, and now practically all over the country are largely adding to their tax burdens. bThisincrease of taxation is of great importance - because a reduction in public exactions is always difficult to bring about. Even if there should be a / sharp cut in prices it would take a much longer tie to reduce taxation ccr'espondingly than it did orig- inally to, increase it. ,1 grades of government when accustomed to receive inc me of given size are loath to reduce or relinquish it and when savings have been made possible through reduction of prices much prefer to spend the funds in some new way rather than to cut taxation. The drift thatis at present going on, therefore, in municipalties throughout the counry must be re- garded as tending to establish an approximately permanent condition, whose effects will be long in erasing themselves. It should be remembered in all munidipal financ- ing at the present time that every step toward the enlargement of taxation must be regarded as a last- ing burden upon property values, and that its effects will be seen in a continuous and semi-permanent increase in rentals, which' means in the cost of doing business-Journal of Commerce. JAG AND JAZZ It has been freely prophesied that prohibition will have a beneficial effect upon the theater, eventually creating a demand for better kinds of stage enter- tainment than those concocted for alcoholic patrons. Some tangible evidence that this really may be the case is found in a statement just issued by Flo Zieg- feld in regard to his new "Follies.", "It is a new kind of 'Follies'," says the famous iroducer. "I have staged this year's edition as a well-knit fabric, not merely a series of scenes. To borrow a term from the silent drama, I have in- corporated 'continuity.' With the advent of prohibi- tion the theatergoer is in his seat whe nthe cutrain goes up. There are few late comers now. More- over, the folks out front are cold sober. They look at the stage with steadfast intelligence; there is no haze of cocktails to blur their vision and judgment. They are there to be entertained, demanding merit. The theatergoing public of 1920 and hereafter will ask for entertainment of solid merit." That sounds well, anyway. And, whatever MF_ Ziegfeld's entertainment may prove to us, we be- lieve that his reasoning is sound. The brainless messes of jazz which have so frequently been served up to us in the past, conld only, as we have always felt, appeal to jagged patrons. There is a connec- tion stronger than alliteration between fag and jazz. If the producers have comg to a realization 'of the fact, we can look forward to the theaterical future with a stronger hope than ever before. Mr. Zieg- feld's statementis simply another proof of the unal- terable principle that any betterement of the theater must begin with the audience.-Ohio State Journal., On the Huron River "Ma Failings , I WE PAY CASH FOR ANY SECOND-HAND TEXT UNIVER BOOKST( DO YOU N ' '' ? 4 Monroe St' (N~ext to Cutting) NICE HOME COOKED MEALS 3 Meals pr. day $6.50 pr.wk. Blue Front igar Store Under Student Management Everything in University Supplies r FOR TRAVELING ANYWHERE, ANY TIME You 'Wil Enjoy 'Using the A.B.A. Travelers' Checks as issued by this bank. TI come in denominations of $10, $20, $50, and $100, anda cashed by Banks, Hotels, Railroads, etc., without identifi tion. -ASKJUS FARMERS AND MECHANICS BANK 101405 South Man Street 330 South State Sti % (Nickels Arcade) EE' USED '11EX'1' M I EOR RENT SAUNDERS' CANOE LIVERY I I (F NOT, BRING THEM IN Corner State and Packard 'RUBEY"' 218 S. MAIN ST. Confectionery Lunches When downtown stop in and cool off. Courteous and satisfactory TREATMENT to every custom- ei', whether the account be large or small. The Ann Arbor Savings Bnk Incorporated 1869 Capital and Surplus, $600,000.00 Resources, $4,750,000.00 Northwest Corner Main & Huron 707 North Universiy Avenue GOO 600THINMS. TD[AT AT ii a I T'HE ANN ARBOR PT . Our Printing Is Like Our Phone I No. 1 / I Press Building Maynard St. i s it will be necessary for the American all down miserably before the people will ' change in administration for the 1924 it we hope not. If the press and the Uni- do what is to be expected of them, they > it that competent men 're placed on the e. Again we urge the universities,'whose the points and whose graduates give the > begin an active campaign for a better committee in 1924. The charges by the vill greatl1y help thein in this matter. ATED SQUARELY-AT THE UNION t the local restaurants making their book:j is almost itnpossible to prove any charges ering against them, but there must be a elief among the students, that there is wrong. The recent raises can hardly 'd; at least our investigation into the mat- us believe that the restaurants are mak- ifair profit. As ,we say, nothing can' be iless their books are made public, but be- recent popular cry against profiteers, we I vague rumors of the eating house pro- elling of their exceptional profits. \All of gs, the rumors, the increased prices, the us and slow service, make the students e restaurants and make them believe that omething wrong. We know of a great o have refused to patronize the restaur- use of these conditions, and if more peo- ae same steps ,the proprietors would have town and meet their patrons. -se the students have to eat some place,' iber of them will undoubtedly have to con- ig at the restaurants. However, there is the city, which can be trusted and which :s best to meet the student trade. If this e given a greater patronage, the restaur- d be forced to lower prices, to get any t all. Union is a student clubhouse. It is an >n of the students, by the students, and :udents. No attempt is made to profit 1, as it is their organization. For every t. the students pay for their goods, they in return. He