I lichigan Daily L ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1912. -.. .. J _ Y \YO 9M IWYAIOYIY Yr M 'NIALS TIS YEAR. Must at Association ey to Present Debaters. SOPHS DROP GAME BY CLOSE MARGIN Initial Basketball Contest in Inter-Class Series Won Bv Fresh Lits According to a current rumor, the ' Ford oratorical testimonials, which were ionated last year by .Mr. Henry Ford, of Detroit, have not as yet been received and in consequence the Ora- torical Association was forced to bor-. row the money front a local bank, in order that the honor debaters be pre- sented their $50. Last evening, when interviewed, both Professors T. C. Trueblood and R. D. T. Hollister refused either to confirm or deny the report, and the officers of the Oratorical Association remained si- lent, when asked to talk on the sub- ject. - The Ford testimonials were giv- en fgr the first time last year, and the 0 ratorical Association had hoped that Mnr. Ford would repeat the gift this year. Hitherto, Mr. Dexter M. Ferry, the donor of Ferry Field, has always presented the men with $50, but at the time of his death the annuity ceased, and Mr. Ford took up the plan. The giving of testimonials is an old cus- tom, and almost since the establish- ment of intercollegisate debating, the men participating in the contests with Northwestern and Chicago universities hive been presented with $50 as a me- mento of their services in behalf of the university. ' - SEVEN WIN PLACES IN TRY-OUTS Final Victor Will Represent Michigan In Norther League Contest. The selection last night of G. M. Mel- ton and A. Z. Sycip as the representa- tives of the senior law class, brought to a close the preliminaries of the Northern Oratorical League contest. x Thiyty-og men were entered in the contest, and from this list, seven were chosen, two from the senior laws and the senior lits, and one from the junior laws, the junior lits, and the soph lits. Following are the names of the successful contestants: G. M. Mel- ton, '12 L, A. Z. Sycip, '12 L, Louis Eich, '12, L. G. Bell, '12, G. D. Kelly,l '13 L, Arthur Dondineau, '13, and C. C. Harbison, '14. A semi-final contest will be held in room 302, N. W., on Thursday evening at 7:30 and at that time six men will1 be elected. to compete in the final con- test for the university. The men win-l ning first and second place in the final1 contest will receive the Kaufman tes-l tImonials of $100 and $50, and the win-' ner will represent the university a the Nortihern League contest, which will be held in Evanston some time in May. Educators Attend St. Louis Convention Members of the faculty of the de- partment of education left Saturday for St. Louis to attend conventions of the Association of College Teachers and of the National Association of Ed- ucators. Prof. C. o. Davis was unable to go, and as a result his classes willr be the only ones to meet in that de- partment. Detroiters'to Address Commerce Club,1 Mr. G. W. Reed of the Detroit Brad-l street's agency, will address the mem- bers of the Commerce club at theirE smoker tonight at the Union. The sub- ject of Mr. Reed's talk will be "Cred;- its." Mr. F. E. Stevens, of the Stevensr Foundry Company, also of Detroit, will also be a guest of the Commerce club at the meeting this evening. The smok- erwill begin at 8:00 p. in. FINAL SCORE STANDS 38 TO 36.1 Soph and fresh lits clashed in the opening game of the interclass basket- ball series last evening in Waterman gym, and the first year men nosed out their opponents by a score of 38 to 36, The game was fast and snappy from the spectators' standpoi'nt, but was really decided on foul throwing, and had it not been for the overzealousness of the sophomores, the result would have been different. During the early stages of the first half, the sophomores led by a few points, but the team work became de- moralized and the freshmen had the advantage when time was called, by a margin of 18 to 8. In the second period the sophomores took a brace and showed some lightning team work, but when the freshmen came through. with a basket or two from the field, the sophs became desperate. Eight fouls were committed by the sophs during this period, and Miller, the freshman who made the free throws netted the count on each occasion. As to the field baskets, the sophs led the first year men by one basket. The fouls committed during the game num- bered 12 for each side, but Miller was more successful in caging the ball on free throws than was Baker, and the points counted from fouls were 5 for the sophs and 10 for the fresh, and it was just this difference that served to defeat the sophomores. Miller, the husky center, was the in- dividual star of the game for the fresh and scored 8 field baskets in addition to his 10 points from free throws. The fresh team work was built mostly around the center. For the sophomor- es, Morse caged the ball 7 times from the field, but suffered the same as his team-mates in missing a number of hard luck chances. Two games will be staged this even- ing between the '12 and '13 lits and the '14 and '15 engineers. Theysummary of last evening's game follows: Sophomores Position Freshmen Kenyon, Zavits... L.F. ....McClellan Baker, (Capt.)..... R.F. . .Bell (Capt) Morse.......... . C .........Miller Webber.. ......L.G.........Marsh Wolf ...........R.G......Brown Final Score-Fresh 38, Sophs 36. Score first half--Fresh 18, Sophs 8. Baskets from the field-Zavitz 2, Baker, 2, Morse 7, Webber 1, Wolf 3, McClel- (Continued on Page 4.) VOTE REPRESENTS LARGE TERRITORY Straw Ballot Returns Indicate That Voters Come From Varied Climes ROOSEVELT GETS GENERAL VOTE. That the university can boast of stu- dents from all 'states and climes was evidenced by the recent straw ballot conducted by The Michigan Daily. There were voters from nearly every state in the Union, from South Amer- ica, from England and from far-off China. But aside from this geograph- ical diversity, the results of the elec- tions in different states brought out some striking contrasts. Of course, more votes were cast from Michigan than from any other state and Governor Wilson was the fa- vorite. He had a plurality of some 50 votes over Col. Roosevelt. In the case of New York, matters were reversed but Wilson ran quite strong in this state and had about 35 of his ballots from there. Illinois was Wilson by a large majority and Ohio seemed to fa- vor him also. Roosevelt ran strong throughout all of the states and 'there was hardly a one in which he did not receive a vote. Strange as it may seem, Taft was far from a favorite in Ohio. He re- ceived but eleven votes from that state and ran much better in Michigan. Debs was the Michigan candidate but the Pennsylvania vote was also large for him. He ran strong in New York too. Garfield's only vote came from the Keystone state. It is unnecessary to state that the returns are not a certain prophecy, buu th iy' show what sudents think about their own states. The college vote, according to most authorities, plays but little part in an election ba:. it is a sort of forecast, of the kind that\ is significant. SOPH LIT MEN TO ENTERTAIN FAIR GUESTS AT THE UNION. The third class dinner of the soph lits will be held at the Union, Thurs- day evening, at which time an innova- tion wil be inaugurated, as the fair members of the claps will be present. Professor J. A. C. Hildner and wife will chaperone the affair, and Presi- dent Guy Woolfolk will preside as toastmaster. Miss Phyllis Dunn will give a solo and piano number, the soph lit quartet will sing, and short talks will be given by Miss Margaret Irving, "Bud" Wilkins, Phil Jansen, and H. Beach Carpenter. * * * * * * * * * * SPRING TRACK P1IILOSOPHY -by- Our Own Walt Mason * * * * * * * * * * The faculty axe has fallen, and hard luck's had its knock, until our track team's chances sum down to fiat bed rock. We've made a name for Michi- gan, with Yost and pigskin glory, but when it comes to track events, they sing a different sto- ry. They say Ann Arbor's got no show-the studes all have the blues; they tremble when you say Cornell and run at Syracuse. But why is all this holler about our doom in track? You fellows do not mean to say that Michi- gan won't come back! When you're feeling like you had no hope-in life you had no' aim-just think about one day last fall-about that Pennsy game. Right then you'll know that spirit can help out things a lot at times, when folks don't give a cuss for the chance Ann Arbor's got. Let up now on the croaking, put the hammer on the shelf, instead of knocking on the team, go out for it yourself. * INTE INI * Q * * * Griffins, * Societ Regen Hospi* * UNION CO IR IN Inter - tv, Will its in Su tal Plan OIMITTEE I That Propo: port of Man I, * * * * I Expected Su p 1 1 ;1 : 7 t 1 t 1 * * * * * * * * * * * * CERCLE PLANS FEATURE SOIREE Matters of much im the establishment of a definite method of sa health of the student b oped within the last ff For the first time ii the infirmary questio to be put directly befo Regents, asking that given attention. Griffi: mental society, is the In resolutions adopted qualified support was posed adoption of a the student body as a ceive better and more treatment. The petitic before the Regents in I will be held Thursday ruling that all petition: hands of the President ty eight days before t the meeting. The pet: 'come up at the March A number of other have come out in favo ary, or student physicia expected that the num Parisian Atmosphere to be Provided at Reunion and Dance. After its annual custom, the Cercle Francais will feature its "soiree dan- sante" on Thursday evening in Bar- bour gym, from 8 until 11:30. Always one of the most popular numbers on the program of the Cercle, this affair 13 given with a view of bringing togeth- er in social reunion, the associate, as well as the active, members of the Cercle, and members of the French fat- ulty. The management has promised a dance of local color. Every effort will be made to lend as much of the "Pa- risienne" to the affair as is possible. A special program of strictly French numbers has been provided by "Ike" Fischer, and that campus interpreter of Terpsichorean lyrics, using some innovations from the French capital, guarantees a real treat. "The hit of the evening," says Fischer, "will be the 'Valse Brune,' a waltz that has had Paris wild during the last season but which has not yet been introduced in this country." Inasmuch as there are many other numbers on the program of the Cercle, The-reso ulated by t Regents ar "Believi BEAU BRUMMELS BOW TO SPRING Looking down the clothes line for next season's styles, our aesthetic fash- ion reporter has elicited the following information from the tailoring marts: The charming lead pencil ,effect of the English style suits will again be in evidence, and the wall paper fit will be in vogue. The smartest tailors have evolved the idea of slipping a man in-! to his clothes with a shoe horn, but other plyers of the needle have hit up- on the happy thought of painting gar- ments on prospective customers. Patterns will range from grave-yard gray to plutocratic purple, but con- servative stand-pat shades will also bej shown. Short coats, snug, cunning lit- tle coatlets, with low roll lapels dis- playing high cut vests, are the proper caper. The Anglicized derby with low crowns and wide flabby brims, clever- ly hiding stray ears, is another stay- ing feature for the ultras. Shoes are to have the flattest of lasts and taper- ing vamps-the sort that angry fath- ers should be kept from wearing. Tan is the popular shade. T'here you have your spring Beau Brummel, English to the lawst crease, conforming more and more to the spare figures of an obelisk. season tickets will be on sale at the door, and belated subscribers will have the opportunity of procuring them. To students the price is 50 cents, to others $1.00. Second Year Engineers Dine Tonight- George Duffield, as toastmaster, with the assistance of Alfred Eckert, Albert Fletcher and Albert Williams will en- tertain the sophomore engineers at the class dinner to be held at the Union this evening. A faculty member will be added to the list of speakers to take the place of Dean M. E. Cooley, who was to be on the program but who will not be in the city at the time of the dinner. Commerce Club Plans for Dance. The members of the Commerce club will give their first annual dance Thursday evening at the Packard acad- emy.- Mr. and Mrs. David Friday will be the chaperones. society at a regular February 25,1912, ing resolutions: Be it resolved tha of this organizatio on record as favor tion of some means ing of the health of this university, thi an infirmary, univ some other practic Be it further r- of these resolution hands of the Hono gents of the unive the sentiments of t Pr ceived a telegram tion to the nation pha Delta Phi fra al convention of been 'in session ti herst, Mass. B. de- the has en ohn imothy S most dive r of Chicago, who speaks tonight at the CongregationaIl church eReality and Faith."