Detroit College of Law - Forum Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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FORUMi- THE GENT-E ART OF BRIEFING CASES 'L ' '2, ' 3 N llgl W Wolff ,WO I l-55 lm-1 CQ Il 'fifnngii J K J .4 vs . ,6 X I, . 1. -is ' 1 ' xl -A Xllsf ,ga Cl 1' if? rr T L J C A L 1 '7 fluff? '8 ' '9 T iii .r as E- . 90 za I 2 I f Qi - K S, I P 't sr If Ir W I 1 C 1 C X L f BULLETIN FTIQR diligent search on the part of our wide-awake reportorial staff. the Forum has scooped the Brief Case and discovered that a merger has taken place within the walls of our college lvuilding. All IJ. C. l,.. athletic activities, including the chess team, have heen taken over by the D. I. 'If 'Iihis news will, we feel sure. he received with a distinct shock Ivy that large lmody of loyal D. C. l..'s students who followed the teams so faithfully and always looked forward to the pep rallies, trips, and joyous celehrations of hard won victories. .Xs one of the few colleges of the country that had escaped the censure of the famous Carnegie Bulletin. we were holding our heads high and looking confidently to the future. However, we can still adjourn to the Reno Rathskeller, and relive the old days again over a Coke, ' MORQXL: .X'l'HLli'l'ES SHHCLIJ NUT STUDY l..XXY. Page One Hundred Ninety-one

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iFORUM SOMETHING MUST BE DONE By HON. ROBERT M. THOMS I am glad of an opportunity to bring a few words of cheer and welcome to the assembled delegates from the people of my native country. There are many matters of importance and interest to both your country and mine which I would like to discuss, but in the brief four hours which are allowed me. I can only hope to scratch the surface. I am not an alarmist, I am not a pessimist. but stupendous crises in our national life have arisen which deserve our earnest and serious consideration. I had luncheon only yesterday with Premier Guiseppi Ropino in his tent on the Norwegian edge of the Sahara Desert, and after closing the door he said to me with the most profound seriousness Something must be done. The world is fast going to the dogs. Something must be done. And later in the day, at his office in the Novenski Prospect in Petrograd, he again said Something must be done. Let us frankly consider what conditions we are facing today. XVhy is it so plain to any impartial observer that the world is going to the dogs? A statement in the St. Valentine issue of the American Journal of Trade and Commerce states that last year 4,721,324 3X5 net tons of raw sugar were shipped from jamaica, Charleston, Savannah and Manila in ships flying the Swiss Hag. The statement was to me in- credible. but indicated a condition which is nothing less than intolerable and which cannot continue without righteous protest from every Syrian who loves his country. As my good friend the Premier has said, something must be done. Only last year I read with much interest an item in the Larimee Gazette which stated in part that the average yield of NYyoming oil wells, exclusive of the counties of Goof, Butte, Bang and VVhoop, was less than 7M pints net per fortnight. This is no laughing matter. It fortells a crisis which we and our children must inevitably face, and in this connection answer me this: XVhat is to become of the vast' army of unmarried mothers in Greenfield Township? Shall they have no voice in this matter? Are they to have no champion in the Halls of State? High taxes, high rents low wages, a rising cost of foodstuffs are traceable to but one cause, one vicious, re- pugnant, un-American cause which affects every one of us. And what is that cause? God knows, I don't, but it is absolutely indisputable that each and every one of these iniquities spring from that one cause. And it is only with the faintest ray of hope for relief that we approach the per- plexing question of refunding the French debt. In an open letter to Secretary of State Stimson last week, a letter which was reprinted by the press throughout the country and which gave rise to widespread discussion in social and diplomatic circles, I offered the following suggestion as a solution of this difficult question: the bi-monthly pay- ment in gold of standard weight and Fineness of 342,000 kopeks with interest, computed weekly on daily balances, of 1 67!l00 per cent. with discount of 10-5-2 per cent on each invoice in ten- days, f.o.b. Calcutta. I wouldialso add a clause to the agreement that if these terms are not promptly met, a penalty of 34.2 pesos Mexican be added, and in addition all imports of perfumes, tortoise shell combs, shoe laces in pairs, imita- tion cameos and grape juice in less than pint quantities be barred. A merely casual inspection of this plan will reveal to the intelligent mind a satisfactory and permanent solution of the whole situation. An illuminating sidelight on these problems is furnished in a short poem by Ingle- nook Blubber, the world renowned Eskimo poet, which is well worth your attention. He says: Unconscious and unpassionate and still, Cloud-like we lean and stare as bright leaves stare, And gradually along the stranger hill Our unwalled loves thin out on vacuous air. Does not that make the whole situation clear and go far in establishing an entente cordiale which must result finally in peace and happiness for the entire universe. And now, in conclusion, let me urge every member of this organization to get behind this movement and put it over with a bang. If every man will put his shoulder to the wheel we will make this a hundred per cent drive. I hope that every captain and lieutenant will be on the job every minute and make certain that every member has a chance to subscribe. If we all put a lot of pep into this thing I am sure it will be a great success and in the end we shall find that our beloved city of Des Moines, of which we are so proud, will be the center of the aircraft industry of the world. Page One Hundred Ninety

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