1VII I r. L L.' iav= ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1914. f --- x j EVEN TSIOR TODAY Dixie Club smoker at the Michigan Union, 8:00 o'clock. Gym classes for men start with the 11:00 o'clock section. EVENTS OF TOMORROW I' {r ned Michigan Union and Cos- olitan Club smoker at the Mich- Union, 7:30 o'clock. Dr. Newell D. Hillis on Oratorical As- sociation program in University Hall auditorium, 8:00 o'clock. Bridge Tournament resumes at the Michigan Union, 8:00 o'clock. Fresh Law inaugural dinner dance at Granger's, 9:00 o'clock. Dr. James B. Angell addresses Girl's Education Club at Newberry Hall, 3:00 o'clock. td h Lounger at the Miehigan Union. o'clock. 8:00 CLASS ATHLETES ARE NOW ACTIVE Indoor Track, Basketball and Ilockey Occupy Greater Part of Attention. BIG BASKETBALL RACE LIKELY Indoor track, basketball and hockey will occupy the attention of the class athletes from now until after the spring' vacation, when baseball will begin. During the holiday recess the bas- ketball enthusiasts who remained in Ann Arbor formed a Vacation League. of four teams in which the seniors fin- ally won the title from the freshmen in a strenuous series of 50 games.- A half dozen contests were staged every morning,,with about 55 men par- ticipating in the s;ort. Director Rowe is well pleased with the experiment, and expects the men who got in shape over the holidays to place on the vari- ous class aggregations during the in- ter-class series. The annual interclass track and basketball series will not begin until after examinations, but many of the men are working out for their own benefit in praparation for the competi- tion for places. Half a dozen more teams than have ever competel in a campus series are already signed up for the basketball race, and 16 classes are represented. Director Rowe desires that any other classes intending to enter, make ar- rangemnents at once as the schedule will soon b drawn up. Hockey players are asked to report to Director Rowe this week, in order that the departmental teams may be; organized, and the plans for the ice sport completed. Arrangements will be made for practice hours andt games- at a local rink, if satisfactory terms can be obtained. Otherwise an asphalt court on South Ferry fieldt will be constructed a'nd flooded' for the skaters. !tIUB TO PLAY FEB. 12 OR, NDHILLIS TO TALK TOMORROW I "The America of Today and row" to Be Subject Speaker's Address. Tomor- of TWO CHINESE STUENTS HAVE RECEIVED IN'TMCE OF RECALL RESUME OF PR IS REGULAR ORATORICAL NUMBER Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, noted ~; F re- depart- putation nation- 'n froir Efforts to Prevent Postponement of "Searecrows Have Proved Futile. ELIGIBILITY MAY AFFECT CAST Negotiations between the manage- ment of the Comedy club and the Ora- torical Association regarding a change of date for the production of the "Scarecrow" have ended in a postpone- ment of the play from January 16, to Thursday, Feb. 12-Lincoln's birthday. Futile efforts were made to avoid postponing the production. The Com- edy club offered to guarantee the Ora- torical Association their usual re- ceipts for t ew6ia . :Northwestern debate, but no agreement could be reached. Since the Association had succeeded in registering its date first, the Comedy club was forced to give way. The change in date will necessitate a let down in the rehearsal work for the next two or three weeks, in order to prevent the cast from becoming overworked. After that time, how- ever, the regular program of rehears- als will be resumed and continued un- til the play is actually presented. The postponement of the date has also brought to light another unlooked for complication. The play as it. is now scheduled will be given next sem- ester, and the question of the eligibil- ity of the members of the cast must be taken into consideration. It is ru- mored now that one of the leading parts will be left vacant, after the ex- amination period, and those in charge are casting about for means whereby the place may be filled in case such a contingency should occur. BIG RELIGIOUS MEETING OF STUDENTS PROVES SUCCESS Sixty Undergraduates Are Delegates to Volunteer Convention in Kansas City. "The Student Volunteer Convention was the most convincing demonstra- tion of the reality of religion as a vital force in the world, that I have ever seen," declared Frank i. Olmstead, '15,; yesterday, in speaking of the recent; gathering in Kansas City, Mo. More; than 5,000 delegates from American, universities and prominent missionary workers from the foreign fields attend- ed the mammoth gathering in the Con- vention hall. The list of speakers in cluded Dr. John R. Mott, William Jen- nings Bryan, George S. Eddy, Dr. Rob- ert E. Speer, Rev. Samuel M. Zwemer.1 Michigan was represented by 60 del- egates; among whom were H. Beach] Carpenter, '14, Fred B. Foulk, '13-'15L, Selden Dickinson, '13-'15L, John Bo- nilla, '15M, Paul B. Blanshard, '14,1 Ralph M. Snyder, '12-'14L, and Frank I. Olmstead, '15. . Fennell P. Turner has charge of the next meeting in 1918, and will send a, committee to Ann Arbor to determine; what accommodation can be secured. In case satisfactory arrangements arer offered, indications are favorable that the convention will be brought here., preacher, lecturer and author will speak on "The America of Today and Tomorrow" Friday eveing in Uni- versity hall auditorium, under the aus- pices of the Oratorical association. This lecture, scheduled for Decemberj 1, was postponed at that time owing' to his illness. Pastor of the historic Plymouth church of Brooklyn, which Henry Ward Beecher- made famous through his wonderful eloquence, Dr. Hillis has proven a worthy successor, and is regarded as the most distinguished minister in America today. Before be- coming pastor of Plymouth church which position he has held during the past thirteen years, Dr. Hillis had made an enviable reputation for him- self in Central Music hall, Chicago. Course tickets to the Oratorical as- sociation lectures or 50 cents single admission will be charged.- In pur- suance of the policy of the Oratorical association this lecture will begin promptly at 8:00 o'clock. The audi- ence is requested to be seated five minutes before this time. RAILROAD TO EMPLOY ONLY COLLEGE MEN AS ENGINEERS Students in civil engineering will be interested to hear that officials of the Sante Fe railroad have just issued or- ders that no men will be employed in the construction department who are not college graduates. Any person now employed as civil engineer by the company will not be promoted if any graduate engineer is eligible for the office. Notice has been received by two Chinese students at the university, K. Y. Wang, '16, alId L. Yu, '17, to the effect that they le recalled by the Kiangsi provincial government on the ground that they took no examination before coming to this country. Nego- tiation is going on at present between Hon. T. T. Wong, director of the Chin- ese Educational mission to the United States, and the Kiangsi government for the withdrawal of the recall. A statement by Pres. Harry B.Hutcthins, reporting favorably upon the schol- arship of the two students, was includ- ed in the petition for the withdrawal. Wang and Yu were two of the four mission students sent by the govern- ment of Kiangsi province to America in the spring of 1913. They submitted themselves for examination before be- ing sent from China; but the educa- tional commission of that province excused them on the scholastic rec- ords in their preparatory schools. WARNING GIVEN TRESPASSERSIYOST APPEARS IN NEW ROLE ;. s in the best the country. he school was' it of one year 'ance, and the that this will idance, event- his year over ers of the de- students, and iss is 100 per last year, al- explained by requirements Superintendent of Ann Arbor Railroad Cautions People Not to Use Tracks. d Owosso, Mich., Jan. 7. Editor, The Michigan Daily:- The railroads are very ambitious to correct unsafe conditions and practic- es and for that purpose many of the lines have "Safety First" committees. One of the most difficult problems with which our committee has to do with is the trespassing of outsiders on our tracks. It seems most difficult to have the public understand that this is a dangerous practice and that more people are killed by trespassing than all other accidents put together. The Michigan students use our tracks regularly, and walk over the Huron river bridge, which is surely very dangerous and will eventually cause the loss of lives and injuries. A. SYVERSON, Superintendent of Ann Arbor Railroad. H. E. YNmZDIA, HOPE COLLEGE, PICKED AS RHODES SCHOLAR H. E. Yntema, A.B., Hope College, and a student in the graduate depart- ment, was awarded the Rhodes schol- arship from the state of Michigan at a meeting of the Rhodes committee in Ann Arbor, December 29. There were eight who successfully passed the ex- Writes Article in Collier's Weekly on "Western Football Against Eastern." Fielding H. Yost, Michigan's fam- ous football coach has gained honors in a new field-that of magazine writ- ing. The Wolverine gridiron wizard is the author of an article entitled "Western Football Against Eastern" which appears in Collier's Weekly for January 10. The article begins in true "Hurry- Up" style and states that the "Open Game, or Western Football" has come to stay. In his article the coach goes on to back up this assertion with many examples, not confined to Mich- igan's play, or of the play of western against eastern elevens, but drawn from such contests as the Yale-Har- vard game of 1913 and the Army-Navy game of the same season. He also as- serts that Walter Camp, dean of the eastern critics, acknowledges the pos- sibilities of the open style of play. The article, written in characteristic Yost style is extremely interesting, especially to students of Michigan who have had an opportunity of seeing the coach drill Wolverine teams. UNION DINNER PROMISES TO SURPASS DECEMBER SUCCES, COUNCIL CHANGES TO BE CONSIDERED Two New Plans For Reorganization Have Been Suggested by Students BOTH PROPOSE RADICAL CHANGE The establishment of a trial court, composed of seven seniors, one from each department, existing separate from the student council, is the chief point of departure in the latest plan for the reorganization of the council. A second plan, now being developed. is still more radical, in that it would abolish the student council, and put in its stead five commissioners, who would have all the necessary powers of government. The first plan would leave the coun- cil proper to handle legislative and executive matters, while the judiial powers of the student's self-governing body, would be vested entirely in the distinct court. The court would be composed of seven members, one froir each senior class. Election would be made from a number of candidates who had been nominated orally, at a regular class meeting. The reason given as support to the new plan is that by dividing the du- ties of the councilmen, the efficiency of the body would be raised. It is claim- ed that member of the council have found it impossible to keep up thei activities in other campus affairs, and attend to their council duties, when careful investigation of charges against students is needed, as 'in the J-Ho riot of last year, and the Pennsy game disturbance last fall. The "commission form of govern- ment" plan would have five men elect- ed from the campus at large. This body would appoint all necessary com- mittees, and would stand responsible for the acts of its appointees. Elec- tions would be held according to the Bruce-Hulbert system. The discussion of the different plans is scheduled for 7:30 o'clock tonight, in the north wing, of University hall. S. W. BEAKES, '83L, TO TALK IN JACKSON ON SATURDAY. William Jennings Bryan, secretary. of state, and Samuel Willard Beakes '83L, congressman from the second congressional district of Michigan, will be the principal speakers at the 49th annual banquet of the Andrew Jackson Association of Jackson Coun- ty, Michigan, to be held at Jackson Michigan, Saturday, January 10. Sev- eral hundred tickets have already been sold for the affair. Immediately following the banquet, Mr. Beakes will leave for Washington, D.- C., where he will resume his work, Monday, January 12. Observatory- Director Sails for Home Prof. W. J. Hussey, Director of the Observatory, begins his long journey to Ann Arbor today from South Amer- ica, where he has established a nation- al observatory for the Republic of Ar- gentina at the University of LaPlatte. He will probably be in Ann Arbor about the first of February. . . l First Tryowts Will Be Held Next W Wh et Director St. John .a n Arrange to Be Present. CHORUSES THIS YEAR TO BE MORE ELABORATELY COSTUN Considerable Work Has Been Done Music; Score Now Being Printed. With the reopening of the unive ty, the manager and assistants of 1914 Michigan Union opera have sumed active work on the ann show, and in a short time hope llave the production on the lastl toward the final presentation. Ma of the men have been active during cation, and all of the cast tryouts a now familiar with the lines. The next tryouts will be held son time next week, the exact days- < pending on the time when Direci Bert St. John will be in Ann Arb The men who were picked at the p: liminary trials, with the exception a few who were definitely chosen first will be given another trial. Pa: will be assigned immediately after Chorus tryouts will also be he next -week, and on account of t greater number, the elimination w probably be more difficult than in t case of the cast performers. All m in the chorus of the 1914 show w be more elaborately outfitted than the case of previous operas. Considerable work has also be done on the music during vacath Willis A. Diekema has most of h work in final shape, having writt the prelude and finale, as well as so of th. eodies. Songs by seve other men' were tentatively chosen 1 fore vacation, and the advisiability all of the compositions will be definil ly determined' previous to the fi tryout next week. The selections w be used at this time, and. then sent the printer to be incorporated in t: score. UNION AND COSMOPOLITAN CLUB TO MEET AT SMOKI Affair Will Be Held Tomorrow; Pr gram Arranged by Members of Both Organizations For the first time since their orga ization, the Michigan Union and t Cosmopolitan club will hold a combi ed smoker, tomorrow evening at 7: o'clock at the Union, in the form of "get-acquainted" gathering. A pr gram to be given by members of bo cangknizations will be presented. William James, '16D, who has be a professional-actor for more th eight years, will sing a few song h from his favorite plays, while W. Pan, '15E, will execute several "gra es" of an exhibition of shuttlecoc the common game in Chinese schoo Chase Sikes, '16E, will render a voc solo. S. L. Adelsdorf, '14L, one of t stars in last year's opera, is schedul to give a German monologue, and Be jamin Weuling will also recite sor selections. An orchestra under t direction of Martin Ten Hoor, '13, w feature several international airs. Harry Gault, '15, and Ten Hor, a chairmen of the special committe appointed by the Union and the Cc mopolitan club respectively. SCHOOL OF MUSIC ACQUIRES SITES FOR FUTURE ADDIT( With the purchase of the Hartley a: Whiting properties for $8,000 a: $6,000 respectively, the Universi Musical society has taken the initi step toward erecting the propos $200,000 addition. This sale was e fected Saturday, and recorded Mo day afternoon. The property is loca ed on Williams and Maynard stree The purchase will give the society po session of the entire south side of W liams street, from Maynard to the Ce gregational church. e year 3. Hinsdale, who received aduate degree at Hiram later graduated from the hospital college of Cleve- ?n dean of the department is a frequent contributor hic journals, and was last at of the American Insti- eopathy. ewey, secretary of the de- d professor of therapeut- ria medica, is chairman of of Medical Education, and d four books on homeo- ts, one of which, "Essen- eopathic Materia Medica," rough four English edi- s published in German, Portugese. 'ed and sixty-five students amination, the selection being upon With the monthly membership din- scholastic excellence and personality. ner to be held at the Union next Wed- The- committee of selection compris- nesday the dinner committee hopes to ed: President Harry B. Hutchins, maintain the standard set at the caba- chairman, Chief Justice Steere, of De- ret dinner held in December. Chicken troit, Dean J. R. Effinger, President will again be the central feature on B. W. Anthony of Adrian College and the menu. An orchestra will play President Samuel Dickey of Albion during the meal, and the tables will College. be arranged in cabaret fashion. Tick- ets will probably go on sale Saturday Professor R.T. Crane Ill With Typhoid at the Union desk. Prof. Robert T. Crane, of the polit- Mimes will provide a skit, a mando- ical science department, who was seiz- lin club quartet will furnish several ed with an attack of typhoid fever numbers, and Prof. A. L. Cross, of the during the holidays, is now reported history department, has promised to as recovering. His condition will pre- speak. A clogging number will be vent him from meeting his classes furnished by ,A. O. Williams, '14E, and during the remainder of the semester, H. C. Tallmadge, '14. Other numbers however, and Professor Jesse Reeves will be booked, all of the events being has taken his place. short, and' of a vaudeville nature.