ch n 1 I, I y ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1912. LAWS FOLLOW ACTION OF LITS. New System of Four Grades Allows No Conditions. A new system of grading will be in force this year in the law department and is similar to that put into effect O in the literary department last year. " Four marks; A, exceptional proficien- cy, B, satisfactory, C, passable, and D, unsatisfactory will be given. There TO will be no conditions and credit will NG, be given for the grade of D. )NS Only 12 hours of grade C. will be counted toward graduation and not more than four hours in any one year. CE If a student receives more than four hours of grade C, credit is last beyond ght such amount in subjects so marked,: and there will be no reexamination. ASE ELEVEN IS COMPOSED OF VETERANS FIRST MEMBERSHIP DANCE TO BE HELD AT UNION SATURDAY Program of Eighteen Dances Starts at 9:00 O'clock. Tick- ets Limited. The first of the regular Michigan Union membership dances will be held at the clubhouse on Saturday evening. President and Mrs. Harry B. Hutchins, Dean Myra B. Jordan, and Professor and Mrs. T. E. Rankin are the chaper- ons for the opening affair. Tickets which will sell at fifty cents, will be limited to 100, and will go on sale this evening at the Union office. First to come are first served. "The program will begin promptly at 9' o'clock and will consist of eighteen dances. Fischer's orchestra has been secured to furnish the music. LunchI will be served in the dining room be-j tween 10 and 12 o'clock. Special at- tention is to be shown to freshmen. The committee appointed by Presi- dent Edward Kemp, in charge of the first dance is; Harold Abbott, '13, gen- eral chairman; Bernard Fallon, '13, chairman; William Shafroth, '14, Ed- win Wilson, '15, and Morris Milligan, '14. HAB ISHERS REPORT HEAVY S.tE OF LITTLE GRAY CAPS. According to the reports of some of the State Street merenants, last year's fresh cap campaign seems to be bear- ing fruit. To date more caps have been sold than in several years pre- vious-between 800 and 850 having al- ready been disposed of. Contrary to last year, sales began several days before college opened, and business still remains brisk. So far the de- mand for lit capsrhas been heaviest with the engineers second and the dents a bad third. MEMBER OF DAILY Famous Lecturer and Iunchner Play- ers are Scheduled. German students of the university may sometime this fall have the priv- ilege of listening to Hermann Suder- mann, the famous dramatic poet, if he visits America as is expected. This eminent German was secured by the Deutscher Verein from the Germanis- tic Society of America. He is well known to some of the students in the university through his works which are studied here. Another treat for the Germans is coming very soon in the famous Munchner players of Oberammergau who will present Der G'wissenswurm" at the Whitney theatre, Wednesday ev- ening, October 30. The play is a com- edy by Anzengruber and will be given in German. "RE ACQUUAINTANCE" PARTY IS PLAN OF RETURNING SENIORS An informal party for all members of the senior class will,. be held at Barbour gymnasium, Saturday morn- ing, from 9 to 12. No admission will be charged, the object of the recep- tion being to help seniors become re- acquainted with one another. Prof. and Mrs. T. E. Rankin, Prof. and Mrs. . R. Brumm, Mr. and Mrs. F. Jordan, and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Humphreys will act as chaperons. Dancing and refreshments will figure on the pro- gram. Union Membership Still Increases. ,The membership list of the Michigan Union is still growing. Last night's figures showed a total of 1,555 mem- bers. At the same time last year the membership was 583; this makes a gain of 972. ENGINEERS FIND FACULTY CHANGES, NOTED GERMANS TO COME HERE THE WEATHER MAN Forecast for inn Arbor:-Thurs- day fair and warmer; moderate south- westerly winds. FlOURI BIG . go Professor Returns From Canal Zone. Prof. F. G. Novy, of the medical de- partment has just returned from a va- cation spent in Panama, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and neighboring islands. Leads Cheers for Bull Moosers. Lloyd M. Otis, '76, one of Michigan's old cheer leaders, introduced an inno- vation at the recent Bull Moose con- vention by organizing the cheering. GREY CAPPERS INEARLY HAS L] AT TH LARGE LITS Gradwi Us At least University PERFORM FOR I .3 SOPH HAZE I LL OPPOSE VAR- ALE TO BE STAG- 'IELD NEXT SAT- FIFTEEN OF THE VERDANT ONES SHOW ABILITY IN CLIMBING TREES AND SINGING FOR THE BENEFIT OF CROWD. BIG CROWD SEES STUNTS new r the lit of 23 1 At t literar more S HOPE T0 WIN Team Has Practiced Hard, th Michigan Victory as Goal. er seasons the Case game looked upon as sort of a >und for various candidates. it is gofing to. be a real test- 1 for the varsity itself,for ye team comes here Sat- . ten "C" men, and many of First Year Men Gather at Depot, But Disperse Soon After- ward.f 2,202 fo sid- j vear Fifteen freshmen, flanked on all es by a crowd of about 250 sopt ambition is to win the Saturday match. Probably only two positions, that of left end and right tackle will be occu- pied by men who have not won their letter in football. The Case squad has had more practice than Michigan, and has trained and worked for this big game, so that the rooter who expects to see a lop-sided score may be sadly disappointed. Among some of the Cleveland school old guard who will battle are Goss, who has played two years at quarter, Rosendale, a veteran tackle, Francy at end, and Matsh, Young, Kenyon, Boley, Randall, Whelan, and Patsona of last year's team. The lineup of the visiting team has not been definitely decided on, but the opposition Satur- day promises to make the contest look like a late season game. NEW HILL AUDITORIUM TO BE FINISHED IN DECEMBER Work on the Hill Memorial Hall has been progressing slowly since last June, and according to a statement from the superintendent of construc- tion, the structure will not receive its finishing touches until the first of De- cember. The contractors have been ex- periencing much trouble in securing help from Ann Arbor and have been forced to 'import laborers from other parts of the country. Over two hun- dred men are assisting in rushing the building to completion and this num- ber is being increased every day. ANNUAL RECEPTION FOR NEW MEN TO BE HELD TONIGHT. The annual stag reception for fresh- men and foreign students will be given by the members of the Y. M. C. A. and the Cosmopolitan club at Newberry hall this evening at 8 o'clock. Fresh- men are especially invited. There will be refreshments and music, and members of the Cosmopolitan club will introduce several features in the way of entertainment. Hoosier Poet's Birth is Honored. In commemoration of the birthday of James Whitcomb Riley, who was born October 7, 1853, there has been placed in the east corridor of the li- brary a number of views of places as- STAFFIS TAKEN Sore Throat Developing Into Perito- nitis Causes Death of Robert Gillett. WAS PROMINENT ON CAMPUS. Sore throat of the sort that was un- usualy prevalent in Ann Arbor last winter, which developed into peritoni- tis, caused the death on July 20 of Robert M. Gillett, '13, managing editor of The Wolverine and one of the most prominent figures on Michigan's cam- pus for the past three years. Gillett was seriously ill for only two weeks, and the end came after he had been removed to the university hospital and all that modern medical skill could accomplish had been done. Gillett entered the university in the fall of 1909, after graduating from the Bay City High School, at the age of 18. During his three years and one summer session in attendance at the university Gillett was engaged in a large number of student activities, in- cluding the Michigan Union, The Michigan Daily, and Le Cercle Fran- cais. He was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, of Sigma Delta Chi, Griffins, Sphinx, and Woolsack. According to member. of the fac- ulty in whose" classes he took his work, Gillett's scholastic record was always of the best. Secretary Goddard of the law department said of him, "He was one of the best men in his class; there were few as good, and none better." Sextet of New Faces Greets Bridge Builders at Opening of School. /CHANGE IN COURSE IS. CAUSE. The opening of the engineering de- partment yesterday morning found. many new men occupying places of prominence on the faculty, and at the same time a lack of many, who for years have graced positions on the engineering teaching staff. Among the many new men to be seen are Prof. Horace W. King in the hydraulic engineering department; Prof. William C. Hoad, in the sanitary engineering department; and Prof. Lewis M. Gram, in the structural en- gineering department. Mr. H. L. Loyd, of Cambridge, England, has been en- gaged to take Mr. G. E. Wallace's po- sition. Mr. J. E. Emswiller will have charge of the mechanical laboratory this year in place of Prof. Moyer. Prof. James A. Moyer, of the me- chanical engineering department, has accepted the chair of mechanical en- gineering at Pennsylvania State Col- lege. Professor A. E. Greene, acting head of the civil engineering depart- ment last year, will enter engineering work in the near future. He taught the famous "S'nR" courses which for years were the engineers' bugbear. Professor A. H. Pierce, of the mechan- ical engineering department will prac- tice. his profession in Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. G. E. Wallace, instructor in the mechanical engineering depart- ment, has also resigned and is now employed by the Armstrong Cork Company of New York. Mr. S. B. Wig- gii's, instructor in the drawing depart- ment, has secured a position with a large power plant at Gladwin, Mich.' Mr. F. B. Thomas, also an instructor in drawing, is practicing the engineering profession in the south. PROF. SMALLEY'S COURSES ARE DROPPED OR REASSIGNED mores were treated to a rather stren- uous hazing last night. The second year men had a hard time gathering together enough grey cappers to war- rant them in holding a celebration, and after searching about an hour, were unable to increase the number of' captives. The hazing started about 8 o'clock. Each freshman's coat was turned in- side out, trousers rolled tp and his face daubed with shoe blacking. A few freshmen were picked out of the crowd which left the Majestic at 9 o'clock and then all the verdant ones were forced to show their ability at tree climbing, in front of the Ann Ar- bor Press building. Paddles were us- ed frequently and were applied with- out regard to the feeling of the first year men. The unfortunates were then formed into line and marched in lock- step to the foot of State street where, standing on the water trough, they were forced to sing and recite their high-school yells for the benefit of their captors and a crowd of upper- classmen who had gathered to witness the proceedings. One freshman lost his balance and fell into the tank. The amusement seeking sophomores then marched the freshmen to the Michigan Central station where the performers shampooed each other with ketchup and eggs, which were more or less ripe. On the way back, about twenty-five sophomores tried to force their way into a house on North State street, to get two freshmen who room- ed there, but were met at the top of the stairs by two upperclassmen arm- ed with chairs, who prevented them, from capturing the "prizes." One freshman, becoming angered at his treatment from the hazers, picked up a large rock and held off his would be captors for several minutes. He was taken, however, and because of his action was given a thorough drenching under the water tank on North University avenue. Another first year man was not as green as he looked. He feigned a sprained ankle and was carried fourteen blocks to his room by three sophomores. One amusing incident occurred ear- ly in the evening. Two sophomores went up to a house and rang the door- bell. When the landlord came to the door they politely tipped their caps' and inquired of him whether there were any freshmen in the house. Up- on receiving a negative answer they again tipped their caps and went on to the next house. The first year men had passed the word around for a meeting at the Michigan Central depot at 7 o'clock but most of them must have thought it wiser to stick to their rooms for only a slim dozen answered to the call the corresponding date a 131 had registered. Seven more pharmic si enrolled in that departmei shown in the total record The freshman class com men, numbers 13 more I 1911. 'The total for the is almost 90. Because of new entrai ments in the Homeopathic the registration is not qu as last year. UNION HOLDS "OPEl Informal Reception Frid Open to All. Tomorrow evening the I Michigan Union will hol "open house." The recept the form of an informal of everyone connected witl sity. Last year a similar affa at which timethe clubb too small to accommodat guests. With the new ac pleted, every effort will the social committee to all comers. Just what fc gram for the evening will yet been announced. Li ments will be served. Al to attend. REGENTS APPOINT N] i I The changes in the various political economy courses occasioned by the death of Prof. H. S. Smalley are as follows: Course 10, dealing with .the government control of industry, will be withdrawn. 'The principal points in course 37a will be treated in course 6 given the second semester and in course 36 this semester. The course in corporations will be given this semes- Committee Will tagious D: The universit; at its meeting l appointed a' co Deans Vaughan Reuben Petersoi for the new cont al. This institu1 jointly by the ci At the same i Professor W.R.P refused a tempti versity of Illinoi He was also 9