e Michigan I i ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1912. ing given to general revision of re- quirements, the present was held to be a convenient time to take up this other matter. Another "special order" is to be pre- sented at the faculty meeting tonight, from the administrative board of the Graduate School. It proposes the adoption of a resolution that members of the various departments of the Uni- versity, of Senate rank, be discour- aged from presenting themselves for higher degrees at this University. CHORAL UNION WILL HEAR WORLD FAMOUS PIANIST. CHINESE STUDENT IS OFFENDED**I THEY'RE HIGH, BUT WE WANT 'EM COMEDY CLUI AWARDED DI Unkind Expression in German Gram- mar Causes a Protest. (The Daily assumes no responsibility for sentiments expressed in com- muications.) Editor, The Michigan Daily:- "Pig-tailed Chinese opium" is the unkind expression used by Paul V. Bacon in his German grammar which was recommended by the University as a text-book for the engineering de- partment. The expression and there- fore the course, insults the poor Chin- ese students. The protestant and all the Chinese students in the class felt greatly insulted therefore may we humbly appeal to the faculty members that the course is doing injustice to the Chinese students and also to the University of Michigan which is well known for the hospitality shown to us? , A CHINESE STUDENT. Freshman Club Will Abbreviate Trous- ers and Eat a Simplified Banquet (The Daily assumes no responsibility for sentiments expressed in com- muitiications.) Editor,- The Michigan Daily:- In view of the Daily's proposed adoption of simplified spelling this seems to be the proper time to call attention to an organization recently formed in the Freshman class under, the name of the Simplified Trousers Board. The members in joining pledge themselves to cut three inches from the bottom of each trousers' leg.. The proceeds from the sale of the cloth thus saved are put into a commonR fund, which is to be devoted at the end of the year to a simplified ban- quet. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, it is said, has given his enthusiastic support to the idea and will present each member with a Scottish kilt. E. B. G. PRESS TO FEATURE UNIVERSITY NEWS' Lhevinne Scheduled to Appear on Course Program Next Fri- day Evening. the Josef Lhevinne, the great Russian of the Ad- Pianist, who is hailed all over the osition of world as a second Rubenstein, will give the annual piano recital on the -y depart- Choral Union course, next Friday ev- to be sub- ening. His career was much like Mo- y meeting zart's. At the age of eight he was a bes four public soloist, three years later enter- grade not ing the Moscow Conservatory. At and a fourteen, Rubenstein was so impress- d on the ed by his playing that he asked the his latter boy to appear at one of his concerts, rever, will and the young virtuoso did so splen- e Regents didly, that he was publicly embraced tion. by the great pianist. ning with From the time that he first appear- er reports ed at Berlin, in 1895 his has been an with the unbroken chain of successes. At that A, excel- time, in competition with twenty oth- rely pass- ers, he won the Rubenstein Prize, the iplete; X, highest honor obtainable by European hs admits pianists. Although this is Lhevinne's rule will fifth tour of America, it is his first ap- they are pearance in Ann Arbor. nsatisfac- The program is of rare interest and ' exam is value. Opening with the Beethoven i the stu- sonato op. 101, smaller pieces by Mo- eration of zart, Mendlssohn and Schumann, fol- in prepa- low until the large collection of short pieces grouped under the title "Car- a little of naval," and composed by Schumann, in order opens the second part. Three selec- vork must tions from Chopin, and the "Blue Dan- er, and he ube," by Schultz-Evler, complete. the. within a program. igins. The - s the stu- SCHEDULE FOR BASKET BALL y excuse PRACTICE HAS BEEN ALTERED xcuse Because of conflict with evening later, gym classes, the schedule for basket- ball practice has been altered, The ng is '13 and '12 dents, who were due to udent work on Monday and Wednesday at his nights at 8 and 8:15 respectively, will rwise. have the floor on Tuesday and Wed- >rder" nesday nights at 8:30 and 8:45. The ggests '13 and '12 laws, instead of Thursday ward- at 8 and 8:15, will work on Wednes- which day night at the same time. Manager .h 135 Anderson has ruled that, in order to n, in use the floor for practice, each team hour must have five men present at the dopts time practice is scheduled to begin. rd sug 11 be a points f whicl aduatio credit :ulty a 1 have beforei DAILY WILL TAKEI~ A STRAW BALLOT Campus Choice for President Is To be Determined In This Manner SIGNATURE MUST BE ON BALLOTS In view of the political mutterings that are coming from all parts of the country, the Michigan Daily has de- cided to try to find the choice of the student body for a national president by means of a straw vote. This vote will be open to all readers of the Daily and the first ballot will be published in the issue of Saturday, February 17. The ballots will provide three candidates on the Democratic and Republican tickets, and a fourth place will be left blank under each of the party heads, so that any may write a candidate if he does not happen to be one of the Daily's choices. Ballot boxes will be placed in the engineering and law buildings and in the General Library. The votes may be placed in these, or else given to any member of the Daily staff. It is planned to publish the ballots in three issues of the paper that everyone may have the opportunity of casting a vote. Both nen and women may cast the ballots. The Daily contest bars no one, but it is requested that but one ballot be cast by each person. To fa- cilitate this, a place will be left upon each ballot for signing the voter's name, and no ballot will be counted, that has no signature. Returns of the straw vote will be published from day to day in the col- umns of the Daily. The date of the closing of the balloting will be an- nounced later. PROF. TRUEBLOOD RETURNS FROM HIS SOUTHERN TOUR Professor T. C. Trueblood has re- turned from a tour through the south- ern part of the United States, and to Havana, which he took during the last two weeks. While on the trip, Prof. Trueblood gave numerous recitals and readings. At Havana, he met Mrs. Trueblood who is spending the winter in the Cuban metropolis. Dean Cooley to Return Today. Dean Mortimer E. Cooley will be back from Cleveland some time today. He has been absent for two weeks. SENIOR LITS WILL HOLD .A ST. VALENTINES DANCE. A "St. Valentines Con-Clave," is the title of the senor lit party to be held in Barbour gynnasium, Saturday af- ternoon. Special favors of the valen- tine variety, to soothe the hearts brok- en by "cons," will be given. "Ike" Fischer will furnish the music, and promises many novelties for the danc- ing, which will last from 2 to 5:30. Awards of the Comedy Club insignia, including the gold bar watch fob for three years' activity, the silver fob for two years' service, and the gold stick pin for one year, were given out by the management yesterday, and the following are to be the recipients when Wright, Kay and Co., of Detroit have filled the order. Gold bar watch fobs will be presented to Miss Lucile G. Stowe, Dion S. Birney and Donald S. Kiskadden; silver fobs will be given to Miss Mary Palmer, Messrs. Arthur G. Cohen, David, Cohn, Karl B. Mat- thews, and Clay Wilber; stick pins - will be given to Miss Mary True, and Messrs. C. B. Mitchell, William W. Campbell, Henry B. Schuerman, Car- lisle Ferguson, John H. Syverson, Lo- ren Robinson, Harold Kingsley and William T. Daugherty. DR. HUS ENTERTAINS CERCLE.,t Mid-Year "Soiree Dansante" to be Given February 29. Describing personal experiences as r well as the natural beauties of the b West Indian island of Hayti, Dr. Henri t Hus delivered an illustrated address, a in French, before the Cercle Francais I yesterday afternoon. With an intimate t knowledge of the primitive ways of the h dark skinned natives, and a well t rounded ,acquaintance with the tropi- cal flora and fauna of the southern i island, Dr. Hus figured as a favorite M with the audience that listened to his n talk. a . ."Pierre Loti" will be the subject of o the hitherto unnamed address that M. t Talamon will give under the auspices w of the Cercle Francais next week. The c succeeding number on the annual pro- q gram will be the mid year "Soiree ri dansante" to be given February 29 in u Barbour gym. This function will be p given with an idea of gathering to- gether socially all active and associ- ate members of the Cercle, together o with the faculty members of the t French department. Ike Fischer will s be the entertainer of the evening-the i rest will dance.. Supplement of Detroit News- Tribune to Describe Local Affairs MANY SUBJECTS TO BE TREATED. Special illustrated articles dealing' with various phases of University of Michigan life will be published shortly in the Sunday magazine of the Detroit News-Tribune. The articles were fur- nished to the metropolitan paper by Prof. J.R. Brummuniversity news edi- tor, and it is thought that they will serve to convey a more correct inter- pretation of university affairs than could be given by an outside writer. Among the subjects to be treated in the Detroit paper are physical training for women, college dramatics, the uni- versity library, and experimentation by Dr. J. F. Shepherd. The local news bureau-has been assured that the Sun- day magazine will hereafter feature university news matter as much as possible in its columns, MR. BEAHAN TO LECTURE ON RAILROAD PROBLEMS. Mr. Willard Beahan, assistant engi- neer for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R. R., will lecture this week to the, men in course 27 on "Railway Engineering Problems," as follows:' Wednesday, 4 p. in., Thursday, 8 a. m and 4 p. in., Friday, 4 p. m. These lectures will all be held in Room 102, economics building. It is in- tended tol make the lectures relate to railway location problems primarily. 0f houlb s qui when to be it be- orted, with the shall be valued points; B, two ,no points; E, All advanced . as of grade C. effect most stu- as for all who 16 the require- points. All to be reckoned >r every hour. heir An ager Sha one of tl hat they with the could not quite. dui umored up to the publicatic Summer Camp's Books Straightened. Reports from the auditing commit- tee of the 1911 summer camps of engi- neering and biological departments show that the accounts have all been checked over and found correct. It cost just $2,400 to run the commissary department of the camps., URGES PARTICIPATION IN ALL CLASS ACTIVITIES. "College activities are an important part of your education," declared Wil- lard Beahan, assistant chief engineer of the Lake Shore and Michigan South- ern railroad, at the junior engineer dinner last night. "Your friends, your classmates especially, will be your most valuable asset in your profes- sional life." A. R. Bailey and "Colly" Colamore also responded to toasts with "Jinks" Otto as toastmaster. The class will hold its next dinner Tuesday, March 9. PRESIDENT HUTCHINS AND DR. ANGELL TO SPEAK IN DETROIT, President Hutchins will go to De- troit tomorrow afternoon to speak be- fore the Twentieth Century Club of that city. Friday evening he will be in Owosso, in order to preside at the organization of the Michigan alumni of that district. Both the president and Dr. Angell will probably make addresses at a luncheon of former University women to be held at the Pontchartrain, De- troit, Saturday noon. The luncheon is' in the nature of a reunion of all the women who have attended the univer- sity. Representatives from all the, sorority and league houses, and a number of faculty women expect to go in for the luncheon. Miss Edna Thun- er, president of the Women's League will also be among the speakers. Prof. Davis Expected Soon. Mr. C. 0. Davis, Assistant Professor of Education, who has been engaged in expert examination of the New York City high schools for the past seven weeks, will return Friday or Saturday. ORGANIZATION REPORTS ARE NOT YET ALL IN. -0- Of the blank cards which were sent out before examinations from the office of the Non-Athletic Board, asking for the names of all the organizations to concerned, the rule w "We mean to stick he said. "Of course final authority, but the up and we do not mea are sorry that the c to pay their accounts tified twice of the fir left the matter in the step was necessary in accounts in on time. tended to keep any of the book, and- the few did not pay is result of the adoptior ure. The law classes ones who have not se ers are in the same Thinks Matter Can President Bonistee laws was not inclined ter seriously. He sta collection of class du essary to raise the 'money for the Michi and that there was ni treasury to settle the ruary 1. "I can't see how we of the book," he said. the money, and hav could we pay it?" "Will your class a a dispensation of the "I can't say as to I has not been discuss Doesn't Affect Se t proceed- 'iew to in- m into the committee ,xson, now i to inves- in, Taylor, were writ- s and uni- ch showed )ack to the Mine, the Strike's Over! As far as the university is concern- ed, the recent strike of the firemen employed in the power plant is over. When their demands for higher wages and a vacation were not granted, 18 of the 22 employees walked out. The efficiency of the plant was temporarily impaired, but new men were soon se- cured and at present the full force is at work. Prof. Bird Now Studies at Madrid. Prof. James Bird who is in Europe on a year's leave of absence has left Paris for Madrid where he will continue his studying. MICHIGAN TO BE REPRESENTED AT EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION. The University of Michigan will be represented at a meeting of the Na- tional Association of College Teach- ers of Education, to be held at St. Louis, Mo., the last week in February, by Professor Allen Whitney, Dr. G. L. Jackson, Dr. C. S. Berry and Dr. Reed. These men will leave here Feb- ruary 25. d the I which each student belonged, a large h number have already been turned in, c with the required information. The r returns so far are reported as satis- t factory, and it is expected that now a that exams are over another large c batch will be mailed to the office. a s Prof. Myers Goes to Cleveland. . r Prof. Dean W. Myers, of the homeo- c pathic faculty,left yesterday afternoon c for Cleveland on a business trip. He p exnets to retnn to Ann Arbor Thun- e a I. 4 Co- Junior Play to be Selected Soon-. t no Five manuscripts have been handed cer- in for the junior girls' play. The ass- judges, Dean M. B. Jordan, Professor port T. E. Rankin and Mr. H. A. Kenyon, wing will probably give their decision with- be- in the next day or two.