L. igan , I! T ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1914. I tVi0l. PRICI I I - ITY HAD Rhetoric Department, rst. University EVENTS FOR TOOAY Junior women's informal reception for freshmen in Barbour gymnasium, 3:00 o'clock. Prof. Ivan Packard speaks at Alpha Nu society, in University Hall, 7:30 o'clock. Weekly dance at the Michigan Union, 9:00 o'clock. EVENTS OF TOMORROW Lloyd C. Douglass, in Union Guild se- ries at Congregational church, 7:45 o clock. Miss Margaret Matthews speaks to university women at Newberry hall, 4:30 o'clock., Regular gathering at the Michigan Union, 2:30 o'clock. Dr. W. G. Puddefoot at the Majestic Theater, 6:30 o'clock. PUBLIC OPINION j. Department of Law Announces- Dates Set For Final Hearings DESIRES DIRECT BOARD ELECTION Vig. Com. Says Self-Elevation Administrative Officers to Athletie Body Is Bad. of I Michiganl laces of InfluenceI of Newest a was the first university in to offer to its students a journalism. In 1890, Prof. Scott, who had filled every n metropolitan newspapers rter to managing editor, in- course in practical journal- his action has since been by almo§t every university nce in America. Many news- , and authors, of national and nal fame, received their first and theoretical training in COUNCIL WEIGH GILDED YOUTH IS NATION'S MENACE Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis Degenerate Native Above Foreigner. Fears is now managing ago Tribune, the d powerful news- York. Under his r has been given World's Greatest SPOKE IN UNIVERSITY HALL '84, occu- h the Min- t powerful s now the York Mail. That domination of the - world is destined to the country controlling the farming territory, and that the Unit- ed States is that country, was the dec- laration of Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, who spoke in University Hall under the auspices of the Oratorical associ- ation, last night. "North and South America are the only continents fitted by nature for farming," said Dr. Hillis. "A large share of these continents already be- long to the United States. Not only do we own our own country and Alas- ka. but we have bought vast tracts in cs. Canada, Mexico, Central and South thor of America, and we are adding to them ate edi-et of the - every day. Ninety per centoth le of Mexico are diseased and e day we will fall heir to every of land in Mexico. It is very like- hat the Mexican and the negro disappear as our North American ASKS THAT MATTER BE TAKEN UP BEFORE CHOICE IS MADE Question Will Be Taken Up by Board1 In Control for FinalE Answer.* Editor, The Michigan Daily:- . A Vigilance Committee is no pana- cea, but it is corrective. We propose,1 in accordance with your editorial sug- gestion, to start work at once. First and last, we stand for student gov- ernment, direct student representation and student self government. Mr. Editor, how direct would be the influence of public opinion of the state of Michigan on the state legislature- the legislative body-if the state audi- tor, an administrative head, named the members of the state legislatutre? The legislature certainly could not be said to be the voters' representatives, or to represent the opinions of the voters. Yet the university has just such a system as this, in its election of the three student members of the board in control of athletics. The students elect a football manager, a baseball manager or an interscholastic mana- ger to the board of directors,-the students elect managerial heads. Then some morning they read, with sur- prise, in The Daily that these mana- gers have elected themselves to the board in control of athletics, a legis- lative body, a body that is entirely separated In every way, manner and form from the board of directors.' There is as much difference between the functions. of the board of direct- ors and the board in control as there is between the functions of state audi- tor and state legislature.1 If the student members of the board in control are to represent the stu- dents,-and this is surely the inten- tion,-they should be directly elected by student opinion and directly respon- sible to student opinion. This they are not, under the present indirect sys- tem of election. At best they repre- sent the opinion of the board of di- rectors, which is 'a body elected to managerial power only. We ask you to take this matter up. fake it an issue in the coming election. Interview the candidates. Pledge them to vote favorably or unfavorably in the board of.' directors. Have the matter voted on in the general meet- ing of the athletic association. Have the matter brought before the board in control as the body that will finally pass on it. -VIG. COM. BUSINESS MEN TO ATTEND COSMOPOLITAN ANNIVERSARY Number of University Celebrltis Have Been Invited to Annual Affair. Secretaries and their assistants of the chambers of commerce of Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Battle Creek, Jackson, Pontiac, and Kalamazoo have. accepted the invitations extended to them by the Cosmopolitan club to be present at its annual banquet to be held at the Union next Monday at 7:00 o'clock. President Harry B. Hutchirs, President-Emeritus James B. Angell, members of the board of regents, and several professors, prominent in e Cosmopolitan movement, will be ores- ent. Efforts are being made to secure Pres. O. W. Thompson, of the Ohio State University, to be one of the principal speakers. A musical program has been ar- ranged by Martin Ten Hoor, '13, chair- man of the entertainment committee. William James, '15D, and Jabin Hsu, '14, will present one of the scenes in the "Mikado." Kenneth Westerman, '14, is scheduled to sing s.everal solos. An orchestra under the direction of Henry Rummel, '14, will play during the affair. WOMEN ORGANIZE THESPIAN SOCIETY, According to Constitution, Small Body Will Have Full Governing Power. CLUB TO PRESENT SKITS SOON VARSITY Announcements of the examination schedule for the law department were made and posted yesterday. The first examination will be given Monday, January 26, while the last & 'ill be held on Thursday, February 5. The examination periods will be four hours in length, the morning sessions be- ginning at 8:00 o'clock and the after- noon at 2:00 o'clock. The schedule is as follows: First year class: Property 1, first Tuesday at 2:00 o'clock; Torts, first Friday at 2:00 o'clock; Criminal Law, second Monday at 8:00 o'clock; Con- tracts, second Wednesday at 8:00 o'clock. Second year class: Equity Jurispru- dence, first Monday at 2:00 o'clock; Property III, first Wednesday at 2:00 o'clock. STARS WILL FOOTBALL SQUAD$ TO MEETTUESDAY. "Pep" Will Be Created Not for Oppos- ing Teams But for Approaching Blue Books. Third year class: Wills, first Mon- day at 8:00 o'clock; Trial Practice, first Saturday at 8:00 o'clock; Con- flict of Laws, second Monday at 2:00 o'clock. Electives: Wills, first Monday at 8:00 o'clock; Roman Law, first Tues- day at 2:00 o'clock; Public Service Cos., first Wednesday at 8:00 o'clock; Public Officers, first Thursday at 8:00 o'clock; Sales: first Friday at 8:00 o'clock; Bills and Notes, first Satur- day at 2:00 o'clock; .Bailments and Carriers, second Tuesday at 8:00 o'clock; Federal Courts, second Wed- nesday at 8:00 o'clock; Insurance, second Wednesday at 8:00 o'clock; Property IV, second Wednesday at 2:00 o'clock; Mining Law, second Thursday at 8:00 o'clock; Surety- ship, second Thursday at 8:00 o'clock. The constitutiton and plans for the' new Women's Dramatic association were outlined by Mary Palmer, presi- dent, and Louise Robson, secretary, at the first meeting of the organiza- tion, yesterday afternoon. Taking for its model similar associations in east- ern colleges, the Women's Dramatic club aims to promote system and spirit among the university women inter- ested in dramatics in any form and merribership to the organization is open to all who are enrolled in the women's league, and who are willing to read and sign the constitution. An honorary executive body, called "The Masques," will have full govern- ing power over this dramatic associa-? tion. Membership to this inner circle will be limited to 25, and prominence in campus dramatics will determine election to "The Masques." Closed meetings of this governing body will be held once a month, alternating with those of the association proper. Approximately 40 women tried out for parts in the three skits proposed for presentation in the near future. These playletes are, "Ici on parle Francais," "The Kleptomaniac," and "The Gentle Jury." The first named skit will be offered at the next meet- ing of the club, and the entire cast Jias been chosen. This skit will be enacted on the evening of the first Thursday in the new semester, and the admission charged will go toward fin- ancing the staging of a play early in April. Additional tryouts will be held in Barbour gym, next Monday, at 4:00 o'clock: WRITE-LIGHT DIVERSIONS TO PUNCTUATE PRE-EXAM DINNER A "pep" meeting for the 1914 Var- sity football candidates, good, bad, or indifferent, is called for, Tuesday ev- ening, at 7:15 o'clock in the trophy room of Waterman gymnasium. The "pep" is to be generated, not for grid- iron antagonists, but for the opposition the coming semester examinations is expected to furnish. It is expected that Director Bartel- me, Trainer Farrell, Director Rowe, ex-Captain Paterson, Captain Rayns- ford and perhaps other Varsity play- ers will make short speeches. The entire emphasis of the meeting will be laid on the importance of keeping up scholastic work before thought is given to participation in next season's football activities. Cards notifying the men are being sent out from the athletic office, and any man eligible for the Varsity team next season, whether Varsity squad player, scrub, freshman, or class ath- lete will be asked to attend. )'INTYRE ANI CORWIN LEAD UNION BRIDGE TOURNAMENT Proposed Methods Suggest Rei in Membership and Forbi4 Soliciting of Support. NEXT ELECTION WILL BE H UNDER THE PRESENT S1 Edward Kemp Advocates Subst of a Senior Council of Nh Members Instead of Present Body. At its meeting Tuesday nigi student council will consider ti plans for its own reformation have been submitted to the sei of the council, T. F. McCoy, accordance with the resolution by the council on December 2, effect that it would welcome pla suggestions from the campus,: reorganization of the body. Although the plans submittec in several important particula agree in suggesting that the I of councilmen should be reduce forbid solicitation of votes an port, but would allow 'discus candidates for purposes of ed and informing the voter. Th the plans favor oral nominatio The Michigan Daily plan inti the feature of a nominating composed of a few members class which is to elect coun acting with a small committee council. The board representat the class would be elected by I PLANS T SPEAK r, occupies the same 'he American Boy, the f all boy's magazines. '08, formerly chief ed- f the Detroit Tribune head of the' school of hie University of Wash- wit Franklin P. Adams, '00, humorist of The New York Evening Mail, editor of Everybody's Almanac, author of humorous volumes, occupies the same position in New York as did the fam- ous Eugene Fields, in Chicago. Stanley Waterloo, '98, is the author of "The Story of Ab," and "The Launching of a Man," a story of Uni- versity of Michigan life. Perhaps the most famous of f11 Michigan authors is Stewart Edward White, '95. His first success was "The Blazed Trail," and it has been follow- ed by novels which have met the in- stant approval of the American read- ing public. The most recent literary production of the famous author- sportsman is "Gold," a volume which has been highly praised by eastern critics. Avery Hopwood, '05, who was quite prominent in campus dramatics, is the author of the famous farces, "Sev- en Days," "Nobody's Widow," and "Clothes." Donald Haines, '09, author of "Michigenda," first Union opera, is a regular contributor to current pub- lications and has published "Pierre," a volume which is highly spoken of by members ofthe rhetoric factulty. James A. LeRoy, '96, who acted as secretary to former president Taft, when he was governor of the Philip- pines, has written several volumes on life and conditions in the Philip- pines, all of which are standard works. Among the writers of the present day are Jules Verne Des Voignes, '08, author of many juvenile stories, to a great number of magazines; Woods M. Indian has. "Last year we earned 19 1-2 billions of dollars,From this we should be able to save at least 12 billions or two-thirds as much as England has saved it the past 100 years, and this is being used to buy more land for us. Because of our great area we are compelled to increase in population. In the last 250 years we have multi- plied 5,000 times. "We are taking tremendous strides in industry. The Panama canal will transfer the English cotton 'mills of Manchester and Sheffield to the Mis- sissippi. The coal fields in England and the United States are nearly ex- hausted and in the future Alaska and northern Canada will furnish our fuel. 'Thomas A. Edison believes it will be possible to convert coal into elec- tricity without removing it from the mine.' "Much depends upon ,the health of the nation.. The standard in height in the English army has 'decreased from S to 5 feet, 12 inches in the last 101 years, owing to poor conditions of fac- tory laborers. Because of the supe- riori-ty of the German over the French woman, Germany will some day own France. Legislation must be enacted to prevent criminals and feeble-mind- ed people from producing their kind. The lunatic asylum has become the typical building of the United States. "I am more afraid of the degenerate descendants of noble American ances- tors than of the flow of 'immigrant mud' into our country. We need 10 million immigrants to develop the middle-west and south, particularly Texas." During his visit here, Dr. Hillis has been the guest of Prof. Francis W. Kelsey of the Latin department. Row- land W. Fixel, '12-'14L, president of the Oratorical association, introduced the speaker, D. C. McIntyre, '17, and H. B. ( win, '17, were high in the Union bri race at the finish of the fourth ro at the lounger, last evening. 'T score was 9,908. George H. Mudl Sp. L., and Maurice Myers, '14L, lowed with 9,315, and E. A. Tes '14L, and R. V. Lucas, grad., w 8,853. G. C. Paterson,, '14E, and Clement, '15E, had the highest a age of the evening, 'but are behind the total score. GENERAL WOolO TO SPEAK IN U-HALL, NOT IN AUDITOR Major-General Leonard Wood address the student body in Und sity Hall, instead of Hill auditor as previously announced. Presid Harry B. Hutchins states that summer camp for students, at which the general is to speak, will established near Ludington, on eastern coast of Lake Michigan, offer of the university tract at I Douglas was not accepted by the ernment. Y sentati , The Tickets Are on Sale For Next Dinner, Wednesday Night Union "Examoret" is the name of the next Michigan Union membership dinner to be held, at 6T:Q0 o'clock, Wednesday night. It will be a pre-exam affair with a cabaret setting. The tables will be arranged in white-light restau- rant fashion, and there will be orches- tra music during the entire meal, of which chicken will be the principal constituent. The tickets go on sale today at 50 cents. They may be pro- cured at the Union desk,or from mem- bers of the finance committee. The Mimes will furnish a skit, and a mandolin club quartet has promised some numbers. H. C. Tallmadge, '14, and A. 0. Williams, '14E, will present a clogging number, similar to that which made a hit in the opera, last year. Prof. A. L. Cross will give a short talk, and Anthony Whitmire, of the school of music, will offer a violin selection. There may be one or two additional numbers of a light vau- deville nature. n thoroughly de commission for n, which would xers to a body of m the campus at I BARRISTERS-VULCANS-MRcIDS TO DANCE AT UNION, MARCH 8 The annual spring formal dance of the Barristers,Vulcans and Druids will will be held at the Michigan Union, March 8, according to an announce- ment given out yesterday.. The soci- eties are planning to have about 75 couples in attendance. Fifty First Year Solicitors Dance. Fifty couples attended the fresh law dance, last night, at Granger's. Prof. J. H. Drake and Mrs. Drake, and Mrs. E. N. Durfee acted as chaperones. ed the latter part of 11 be chosen under the pr Fourth Year Forest Senior foresters orgy day afternoon, for the 1i history of the departme Hammer, '14, was elec and Ribet Valiton, '14, s urer. The- foresters da sever their connection ior literary class, but necessary to organize