n Da AY 22, 1912. N UNITE TO ST INFIRMARY ps Safe Questiouai-es Mailed to All Women of the University to Obtain Their Opinions. MUCH. EARLY REPLIES ARE DESIRED. S * * * wv L 0 0 0 2 2 * Pet... * 1.000 * 1.000 * 1.000 * .000 * .000 * * * * * ing the senior lits help- rounds yesterday in the of the semi-finals, Otis, eop twirler, weakened in a game of thrills g up at gs were ain with e of the This senior lits with clean e fresh en- lics, if the Anothe tep in the agitation for the establishment of an infirmary was tak- en yesterday, when a committee of the Women's League began the mailing of a list of questions to the feminine stu- dents enrolled in the university. The questions are for the purpose of as- certaining. whether or not, in the minds of the women, the establishment of an infilmary at Michigan is needed at the present time. Edna Thuner, '12, is chairman of the committee, and the other members 'are: Mary Palmer, '13, and Vera Bur- ridge, '14 The answers to the ques- tions when received will be compiled and the statistics filed away for refer- ence use, The students receiving the cards arc requested to return them to the membrs of the committee, mail them, or leave them at the office of the league, and, in order to facilitate the compilation of the replies, they are re- quested to return their answers as soon as possible. ENGINEERS TURN DOWN LITPLAN Decide Not to Adopt the New System of Marking. As a result of the meetig of the engi- neering faculty yesterday afternoon, it was decided not to adopt the new marking system recently put in vogue by the litetary dpartment. "The rea- son for not doing so," said Dean Mor- timer E. Cooley, last night, "is that we wish to wait and see whether the system achieves any degree of success before we 'try it." GREAT POLITICAL FIGHT TO TAKE PLACE -IN OUR MIDST A rousing political convention will be held in room B of the law building at 7:30 Friday evening,, The Alpha Nu, Adelphi, Jeffersonian, and Web- ster societies will endeavor to show the public what a real national con- vention is like. The members of the societies will act as delegates, and the platform speakers will be C. E. Mis- ner and John Payne. John Gutnecht will act as temporary chairman with William Blackney as permanet chair- man. ' heodore Roosevelt, Champ Clark, Joe Parker, and William Jen- nings Bryan will be candidates for nomination. FACULTY TO ADDRESS HIGH SCHO-OL GRADUATING CLASSES Commencement addresses will be made before high school graduating classes next month by Professors God- dard, Davis, and Dr. Gingerich. Prof. E. C. Goddard will speak before the graduates of the Detroit Commercial College, June 7, and will address the out-going high school class at Luding- ton, June 13. Dr. S. F. Gingerich will address the graduates at Fostoria, June 14, and Professor C. 0. Davis will go to Attica for the .same purpose. SENIOR FROLIC TO BE JOYFUL AFFAIR Races of Every Order will be Held for Prizes Donated by City Merchants. >00 GRADS-TO-BE WILL ATTEND. FORTY-THREE CLASSES TO RETURN FOR CELEBRATION. Many Thousand Alumni Are Expected Back; List of Classes Having Reunions Mailed. Forty-three classes have so far sig- nified their intentions of returning for the Seventy-fifth Anniversary Celebra- tion. From present indications Secre- tary W. B. Shaw, of the alumni asso- ciation, expects from three to five thousand old "grads" back for com- mencement week. Circulars giving the names of the classes which have reunions this year, their secretaries, and the location of their class headquarters during com- mencement week have been prepared by Secretary Shaw and Chairman Ef- finger of the executive committee.They have been inserted in over 24,000 invi- tations \which are being sent to all of the alumni. been C'1, Features galore is the plan committee in charge of the of the Senior Lake, Aar doctors can get the forfeit idea out of second their heads. The homeops and medics, a. yen-each with two defeats, are practically it the eliminated from the race, leaving the ey an- senior lits, junior laws, and fresh en- hits off gineers, runners-up in the chase for inning, the campus championship. The first in the two mentioned finished first and sec- e slug- ond, respectively, last season. inter- The batteries in yesterday's game ge and were: senior lits, Wallace and Lewis; It was homeops, Otis and Smith. Umpire, Sa- g the ier. troop- fter all PROOFS OF PROF. TRUEBLOOD'S d van- NEW ORATORY BOOK ARE OUT. Frolic to be held Saturday, June 1. races, and swimmir for those near grad of amphibious inc races, three-legged es, and last, but i feature of the day the various class p Several public have donated pri2 events, so that, in entry lists will be barely possible th, contests will be ne the large list. EfM to take the pushb, an inter-departme the grand event of mittee can make rangements with t Near grads to th expected to be pt and ample arrant made by the come care for at least tickets may be ob from the members mittees of the vgr PHENOMENAL M RESULT FRO eld ter s 1 y o'ter mean No re it Ven -eed out ig made ke, andy will be bie com- ary ar- withl . tation is of s not be When ater the oba- 'hen t Point, 'ith the ,aribeau Rickey started n' 1 n * * * * * * * * WHO DOES NOT * VERTISE. * a to Walt Mason.) a silent solitudes is * dearest wish, * lar hermit plan to * e'er look wise, * visit with the man * not advertise. * * Moral. * tired of business * ou wish some com- * plaintanceships, if * bous toyhave your * n away by the shoe * e purchasing multi- * RTISE IN THE * )AILY. * * * * * * * * * The first proofs of "British and American Eloquence," the latest book by Prof. T. C. Trueblood and Robert I. Fulton, professor of oratory at Ohio Wesleyan University, have been re- ceived- from Ginn and Co., the pub- lishers, by'Prof. Trueblood. The book is designed as a text book for advanced students in public speaking, and mak- es a study of the personality, methods and sources of power of the most not- ed English and American orators. Twenty-two of the most famous of these orators who have lived within the last hundred and fifty years are dealt with by the authors. This is the sixth book to be published by these two men dealing with the general sub- ject of oratory and public speaking. DAVID ELECTED CLASS ORATOR. Wins Contest to Represent Graduating Law Class on Class Day. Tryouts for the senior law class day orator were held yesterday 'after noon in the law building, and S. W. David was selected by the judges to deliver the oration. Those who tried out were A. L. Hoover, R. K. West, Joseph Black, C. E. Misner, V. R. Jose, A. Z. SyCip, and S. W. David. The judges were David Friday and S. A. Moran. AMS. j re yo ix he rE] been ge to The cents, com- Grand Rapids Men to Dine at Union. The Grand Rapids club will hold its first dinner at the Union at 6 o'clock tomorrow evening. About thirty men are expected at this social gathering of the club. Mr. J. Duffy to Talk to Engineers. Mr. J. Duffy, vice-president of the Milwaukee Street Railways, will ad- dress the fresh engineers today at their weekly assembly. Mr. Duffy will also speak before Dean Cooley's "Pub- lic Utilities" class at 9 o'clock. COV Various anthropometric cl been placed on display at ti sium showing the measure: the best developed men been examined during rece A. W. Kohler leads with : measurements, while W. M. es second with 14 measurem* ed 100 per cent. Both John Garrels occupy prominent p len has five measurements perfect and eight marked 99 while John has only one per urement but has 18 which mark by only one point. INJURED STUDENT REGA CONSCIOUSNESS YE Harry J. Bill, '14 E, who w by a timber falling from a the Hill auditorium a wee gained consciousness yeste condition though still seriou ported as much improved and there is some hope of his Al