PAGE TWO THE SUMMER MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 29 1927 tii ur i'ummrdoes not need the money. Of the 1,500 -_ )bonds issued for the new stadium, V aUt only 1,000 needed to be sold, and they "s---- will be retired years before they are Published .every morning except Monday during the University Summer Session by due. Football makes an annual pro- the Board in Control of Student Publica- t Boardi__Cnr_________ det__ b__- fit running into hundreds of thousands of dollars, and if any further securi- The Associated Press is exclusively en- i titled to the use for republication of all news ty as to the solvency of the Athletic dispatches credited to it or not otherwise I Association were needed, it could be credited in this paper and the local news pub- lished herein. gained from the fact that each stu-l Entered at the Ann Arbor, Michigan, dent in the University is forced to pay; postofice as second class matter. a blanket tax with his tuition, to the Subscription by carrier, $1:50; by mail, $2.00. Athletic Association-perhaps to pay Offices: Press Building, Maynard Street, for its comprehensive intramural pro- Ann Arbor, Michigan.foitcopeesvinrm alr- EDITORIAL STAFF gram. Telephone 4925 It is plain indeed, in short, that the MANAGING EDITOR "Athletics for All" policy does not PHILIP C. BROOKS even exist in theory. It is plain that ;I I I i .! -1 'I Editorial Director......Paul J. Kern City Editor.....Joseph E. Brunswick Feature Editor.....Marian L. Welles Night Editors Carlton G. ChampeH. K. Oakes, Jr. John E. Davis Orville Dowzer G. Thomas McKeanT. E. Sunderland Reporters Charles Kaufman Louis R. Markus Mary Lister Miriam Mitchell Betty Pulver BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER. LAURANCE J. VAN TUYL Advertising .............Ray Wachter Accounts ...... ..... John Ruswinckel Circulation.............Ralph Miller -Assistants C. T. Antonopulos S. S. Berar G. W. Platt Night Editor--H. K. OAKES, JR. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1927 ALT RUISfl (The following is a criticism of Micihigan's Athletic policy; it is merely a criticism of the program that advertises itself as "Athletics for All" and charges fees for the use of the University athletic fa- eilities. 3tichigan's glorious ath- let history is entirely beyond re- proach.) Michigan is possessed of a great and pretentious athletic plant. Annually her teams. sweep through the power- ful Western Conference victorious, and from time to time the Univer- sity takes to advertising itself in this way, telling how the success in major ssports has made possible a program of "Athletics for All" which is build- ing strong and healthy men and wo- men. Those who are familiar with the situation know that the so-called "Athletics for All" program is a farce, and that the primary concern of the Michigan athletic plants is the train- ing of Varsity athletes for competi- tion with other schools. They know 'that the Field House never gets clos- er to the average student than hav- ing its picture in the University cata- logue, and they know that the "All" part of the athletic program is car- ried on in an obselete and ill-equip- ped gymnasium. They know that for every dollar spent on all Michigan students for athletic equipment there are many dollars spent on Varsity athletes, and they know that the real experts on the physical education staff are Var- sity coaches and trainers. They know that no money is provided for an in- tramural program in the summer, be- cause "the students pay no blanket tax," and they know that in the win- ter session it is practically impossible to secure adequate equipment from the intramural office. When Michigan men desire to play basketball in the winter they must use their own fraternity's ball, or wait two hours for another. When they de- sire to play baseball in the spring they take their own bats and balls except for the four or five games which are supervised in the fraterni- ty league (in order that the athletic authorities can advertise that some 8,000. students take part in at least one form of athltic competition at Michigan-an enviable record indeed.) Never does the true attitude of the athletic administration come closer to the surface, however, than in the summer. It has recently been an- noun~ced that there will be a fee of one dollar for all those playing on the University golf course, or that the "special opportunity" will be of- fered to purchase memberships for the whole summer at a meager cost of $15. Each preceding year there has been made a charge of $1.50 to play on the University tennis courts at Ferry field, and though no definite' announcement of the charge has as' yet been made, it is not at all unlikely that the policy will be continued. This is part of Michigan's great and com- prehensive athletic program - for those who pay. , The disgusting thing about this hypocrisy is that the Athletic Asso-1 ciation, even though it is At presentI in the midst of a building program,4 it is no more than a hypocritical blind behind which a vast and pretentious athletic plant can be built without undue criticism. If present lop-sided Varsity athletic programs are neces- sary to the financing of the Athletic Association, one may still ask whether the result is worth the cost, and there is certainly no excuse for deluding ourselves as to the altruistic motives of the Board in Control of Athletics. Every meager facility provided for the whole student body is amply re- imbursed by them 4n some means or other, and there is no use receiving, ourselves as to the extensiveness or comprehensiveness of the athletic pro- gram of the University of Michigan, even though it may be advertised as "Athletics for All." Perhaps the sys- tem is justified; that is not the pur- pose of this discussion, but the idea that the Athletic Association has in mind the welfare of the whole student body seems to be a tremendous farce when we compare the Field House with Waterman gymnasium, or the new stadium fAcilities with South Ferry field. ACHIEVEMENTS One of the least ostensible portions of the University is the School of Den- tistry, which, year after year on its corner of the campus, turns out men DI MusicN Drama OVER A CUP OF TEA Believing that the real time and place for dramatic, literary or mu- sical discussion is over a friendly cup of tea, and furthermore that the essence of said discussion should be as companionable and cooperative as the council of friends, the editors of this column have decided to drop the habit of formal criticism and adopt the friendly conversational attitude1 in their treatment of things, musical, dramatic and literary. They will try to remember that they- are not in New York, and consequent- ly are not dashing up Broadway to the press instead of hurrying over to the Maynard street ofdice from Sarah Caswell Angell hall or Hill auditorium. They may in fact, decide to leave New York out of it altogether except as it lends color and light upon the familiar, intimate friendliness of the column. It is not that we, the editors, want to be narrow, but we do want to work away from the sophomoric antics that have been prevalent in the Music and Drama column and enjoy ourselves in honest if not authoritative appre- ciation of all that comes under the scope of our vision. This friendly, companionable at- titude will, we hope lead us along- paths of simplicity and sincerity rather than dipping and nose spinning around in clouds of abstractions and newly coined words, at once so unique and exaggerated as to cause the un- initiated to scratch his head in amaze- ment and the older patrons to smile wryly and a bit patronizingly. Appreciation does not mean ideal- istically ignoring the faults of the performance to be reviewed-it sig- nifies rather, a personal touch to an honest judgment of those perform- V 'Our friends, when re- turning to Ann Arbor, always drop in for our EXCELLENT MEALS. Ladies and Gentlemen Single Meals - 5c, 65c Weekly Board - $5.75 Cor, State and Wqshington Subscribe For The Summer Daly-\ GRAHAMS TWO STORES Books and Supplies for Summer School Be sure to visit our store across from the Engineer- ing Building. Maintained for your convenience. Both Ends of the Diagonal. I SKILLED REPAIRING Rider's Pen Shop io Observe, that Riderpen service is something more than dealer service; it is one of the very few places in the whole country where your exacting require- ments are taken care of by REAL Pen- makers. While in Ann Arbor, we urge you to become acquainted with this very 'un- usual service which is attracting world wide attention. We manufacture the famous Rider "M'asterpen" and sell and service other makes as well. Get your Masterpen direct from the factory in Ann ,Arbor. Rider's Typewriter Shop For the first time, you can now get prompt and skilled service cn Type- writers. We have entered this field confident that you will appreciate such service. Let us clean, repair or service your Typewriter. You will like our workman- ship and appreciate the prompt service. We are headquarters for Royal Type- writers both Office and Portables, Rent and sell machines of all standard makes at fair prices. Give us a call. I who take their places in the profes- ances including perhaps impressions sional life of Michigan. One scarce- and reactions, all those things that ly hears of the activities of the college, lend significance and charm to the and it is with augmented satisfaction, simplest of experiences. Those with- as a consequence, that the University out charm we will recognize but not as a whole must note the recogni- strain our Menckenese muscles to tion given to our dental school be the discover. recent report of the Carnegie Founda- Taste, that phantasmagoric thing tion for the Advancement of Teach- i that eluded Burke and Gerard in their ing, which lauds it as one of the finest efforts to finally explain it, will be in the country. our guide; hence the standards of An achievement by any branch of criticism such as we will use, will be the University is welcome, but when personal. Both artists and critics are it comes unsolicited, and from an first of all bound in their creations by unbiassed source, it is doubly wel- taste rather than their objective at- come. Michigan and her state Uni- titude. It is a part of them and in the 'versity were pioneers in the develop- last analysis the only remaining cri- ment of the field of dentistry, and teria by which they place their judg- Michigan owes a measure of commen- ment. dation to Dean Marcus Ward and his And the nice and convenient thing I faculty, who have so successfully about taste is that it is not dogmatic furthered that prestige. or domineering and no one expects r_ _anyone else to fully agree with him, | TJE WOIENS1 LEAGUE but rather to tolerantly listen to his The women of Michigan, after a appreciation and then reply with his campaign lasting five years, have been own individual reaction. able to announce pledging of $1,000,- And all this over a cup of tea! 000 to build and endow a Women's --3. L. W. League building comparable to the * * * Michigan Union for men. Their THE BARKER achievement, coming as it does at the I A Review, by Edward X. Heyman end of years of paintaking effort, is Blood and thunder melodrama has singular and laudable, and more than not disappeared after all. Right in $60,000 of the money pledged has the midst of a season of cabaret shows ' acually been paid in and is available and boudoir entertailiiment a certain to commence the building. young man surprised the public with The campaign is not over yet, how- a real old fashion circus thriller, em- ever, because, though the pledges were ploying snake charmers, hula hula doubtless made in good faith, there dancers, ballyhoos and all the rest. is bound to be a certain portion' of the Of course the show is dressed up in $400,000 remaining that will not be modern clothes or even ultra modern paid in, and to make up this sum new to satisfy the jaded theatergoers. But gifts and donations are necessary. the result is 'both adequate and satis- One of the principal methods of factory. financing the building thus far has "The Barker" is the kind of a play been by the sale of life memberships wliich every aspiring young hopeful to students and alumnae of the Uni- would like to write. There is plenty versity, and by the continuance of this of profanity, a few tense moments practice the League hopes to raise and unusually colorful background. the additional funds necessary. Mr. Kenyon Nicholson has caught the Women students at the University exact spirit of tent life and 'presents can do a service for Michigan by sub- it simply, yet effectively. His dialogue scribing to one of these memberships, is highly commendable, and although besides receiving full value from the it may shock a few, it is undobutedly money invested. When ithe Union quite proper and correct for these building was erected ten years ago hard boiled circus troupers. it was a departure in university Mixed in with a lot of tinsel and unions on' the North American conti- gaudy language are a few human nent, and the Women's League build- touches which present an unusually ing is likewise a departure in the ef- striking relief. The father and son forts to centralize the efforts of wo- theme, old as the hills, affords a new men students. Since its erection the setting with encouraging results; and Union building# has been copied, or at the same time provides the audi- an attempt has been made to copy it, ence with plenty of opportunity to i4 every corner of the country, and shed a few happy tears. the building for the women has at Richard Bennett as the barker is least equal prospects of successful ac- suave, polished and beautifully so- complishment. phisticated but hardly strong enough The securing of the necessary funds to knock down his son so easily in the for the building itself has been a note- second act. 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The rest of the cast is capable, at least enoguh to draw large crowds in Chicago. There is not a murder nor a negligee in the whole three acts, yet it is a corling good show!