". , ,. ,. 3 ". ,_.r ._ Local $2.00 Lcl20 Mail 2.50flail $2.50 Vo.%II o LANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1912. PICE FIVE CENTS FOOTBALL MENT Under Rul ng of Attendance Committee in Law Department, Absences on Trips Count Against Players. MEN IN LAW DEPARTMENT FEEL RULE WORKS INJUSTICE Similar Absences are Excused by At- tendance Committees of Other Departments. Football men in the law department are somewhat dissatisfied with the de- vious workings of the attendance com- mittee. According to the rule in that department, if a student is absent dur- ing the semester a sufficient number of times to constitute an equivalent of missing one class per week, that student will be deprived of one hour's credit. It has developed that the ab- sences of football men while away on trips are treated as ordinary ab- sences and count tow d the deduction of credit. The men feel that this is nard upon them, inasmuch as they have missed their classes while work- ing for tge university, and they think that their absences should not be counted against them in deducting credit. The system for deducting credit is explainedby Professor F. C. Goddard as follows: All absences, whether ex- cused or not, will count toward the deduction of credit; that is, if a man misses an equivalent of one hour per week of class work, he will lose an hour's credit. If a football player is away on a trip, and his absence Is ex- cused by the board in control, the ab- sence will be treatedin the same man- ner as an absence for sickness. The average absence of a player on ac- count of football trips amounts to ten hours for the season, which leaves him a margin of but about eight hours for other absences such as those due to sickness; hence the feeling that the rule works a hardship on the play- ers in that department. In the literary department no cred- it is lost by excused absences, includ- ing those of football players, and in the engineering department, which has no rule for the deduction of credit, football absences are put on the same basis as absencesfor sickness, which are excused. Thus, while thehtreat- ment of players' absences in the law department falls entirely within the rule of the attendance committee, nevertheless it seems that tie rule is not as fair to the football men, as are the regulations of the other depart- ments. MEN FROM TWO CITIES FORM SECTIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Cleveland and Toledo Clubs Are Lat est Additions to L ist of See- tional Societies. Two more city clubs were added to the already long list of sectional so- cieties at Mihgan when the Cleve- land club and the Toledo club form- ally organized. T'he body of men from Cleveland, about 30 in number, elected the fol- lowing officers: president,- Charles G. Thomas, '14E; vice-president, Homer L. Mueller, '14E; secretary, Henry J. Lindherst, '1F; treasurer, Albert H. Jenkins, '14. The following men were elected on the social committee: W. G. Kerr, chairman, '13, J. A. Ruetenik, '14, 1L. T. Bushnell, '15, J. M. Loeb- lein, '14?, . Humiston, '16E. A dance is to be held in Cleveland during the holidays by the club. Men desiring tickets, should call the treasurer at 1551. The gathering of the Toledo club was in the form of a smoker. Speech- es were given by Prof. Waite, Walker Myers, Edwin Thurston, John Fow- ler and Clair Hughes. The officers elected were: president, Walker My- ers, '14; vice-president, and treasur- er, Kenelin Collainore, '13E; Norman Reed, '13L, respectively. Merle Tabor was appointed to arrange for a smok- er to be held during the Christmas THE WEATHER MAN Forecast for Ann Arbor-Wednes- day, probably snow flurries and much colder; brisk and high westerly winds. University Observatory- Tuesday, 7:00 p. m., temperature 36.1; maxi- mum temperature 24 hours preceding, 42.0; minimum temperature 24 hours preceding, 140; average wind velocity 19 miles per hour. VACATION TO START EARLIER. Senate Council Makes Christmas Va- cation Longest in Years. With the approval of Pres. H. B. Hutchins, the Senate Council has changed the date of the closing of col- lege work for the holiday vacation in all departments of the university from Saturday night, December 21, as announced in the calendar, to Friday night, December 20. The date for the opening of college was also changed from Monday, January 6, to Tuesday, January 7. This makes one of the longest holiday vacations in many years. COMMENDS WORK OF PROF, SADLER Captain Gibbons Speaks Well of His Services at Naval Academy. PROF. BRAGG COJTINUES WORK. Pres. H. B. Hutchins has just re- ceived a letter from Captain J. H. Gib- bons of the United States navy, super- intendent of the naval academy at Annapolis, expressing great appreci- ation of the services rendered by Prof. H. C. Sadler, who has recently return- ed from a two month's leave of ab- sence, given in order that he might in- stitute there post graduate work in naval architecture. "His valuable services as an in- structor," says the letter, "and the great assistance rendered by him in formulating general courses of in-. struction cannot be too highly com- mended." "Within the past few years an in- creasing demand has been felt in the navy for men who have made a spe- cific study of naval engineering prob- lems. Until this year certain men were detailed to the Naval Academy for special study, but no specific course had been laid out," said Prof. Sadler, when interviewed last night. Prof. Sadler besides giving lectures in naval architecture and marine en- gineering, and having general super- vision of the experimental engineer- ing work, has also acted in an advis- ory capacity in connection with other courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Electricity. At present ten officers have been de- tailed each year, and will remain at the school two years. The work of the first year will be devoted to a gen- eral review in the subjects indicated above, in order to prepare the men to take up some specialty at a later date. After this year, however, the post graduate course for the first year men will be somewhat changed and its scope enlarged so as to form a general preparatory course, not only for the engineers, but also for those who may wish to take up gunnery, naval con- struction, wireless, etc. Prof. E. M. Bragg left Ann Arbor last week to carry on the work that Prof. Sadler has started, and will be gone for the next two months. Museum Receives Excellent Specimen An exceptionally fine specimen of the Miocene Rhinocerous Dicerathe- rium will soon be put on exhibition in the museum. It will be brought here by the geological department from the ranch of Mr. Harold Cook lo- cated near Agate Springs Nebraska. It will be paid for in part by a few permian collections now in the mu- seum. STUDENT PLAYERS DRILL OVERTIME Comedy Club Actors Work Nights to Put Finishing Touches on Annual Play. ACTIVE WORK IS STARTED ON HOP' Committee Will Start at Once in Bids for "Ho" Business. to GetI ADVANCE SEAT SALE IS NOW ON. I COMMITTEEMEN ARE CHOSEN. Although lines are in perfect shape for a final production of "Money," the Comedy club play which will be given at the Whitney theatre next Saturday evening, doubled work is slated for the players during the remaining days of the week. Under the coaching of Bert St. John, the players have adjourned to the Whitney stage where, nightly, they are going through lines of the play from beginning to end. The scenery has been finished and is in place for dropping and setting next Saturday evening. Stage busi- ness and attention to technical de- tails are being emphasized during these last rehearsals to a point of professional finesse. "Money" in the shape of five dollar bills is being distributed campus wide today by the publicity committee, and although said paper is not of the re- deemable kind, it will serve as a live- ly reminder that a play of that name is going to be given at the Whitney Saturday evening. The seat sale is being conducted with vigor. Today will be the last day of the sale at Wahr's State street book store. Commencing tomorrow, the sale will be held at the Whitney theatre where it will be carried on up to the time of the performance. ORATORS COMPETE IN TRIALS TODAY Ten Men Will Deliver Orations Preliminary Trials for Peace Contest. in Work on the 1914 Junior hop was commenced yesterday when the offi- cers and the combined committees met at the Chi Psi house for the first business meeting of the year. At this meeting the general work of the dance was outlined and the officers and va-' rious committeemen were assigned to their duties. In addition to those who have representatives in the manage- ment of the function, Alpha Sigma Phi, Delta Chi and Phi Kappa Sigma were granted floor space for booths. Instructions were given to the re- spective committees to receive bids fqr decorations, music, refreshments and, programs. Firms who have han- dled the "hop" business il previous years will be consulted at once and bids will be received as soon as pos- sible. The next meeting of the offi- cers and combined committees will be held Tuesday at 4:30 o'clock in the Alpha Delta Phi house. At this meet- ing more explicit directions will be given to committees, and work will begin more definitely under the direc- tion of general chairman, Willis A. Diekema. The final selection of committee- men was made yesterday when Phi Kappa Psi chose Irving E. Shutts as a member of the invitations commit- tee, and Reuben Peterson was selected to represent Psi Upsilon on the deco- rations committee. DEAN BATES WILL ADDRESS MEETING Mass Meeting of Students Interested in Proposed Suffrage Bill Oc- curs Tonight. PROF. DAVID FRIDAY TO TALK. For the purpose of arousing ethu- siasm among the Michigan students of the university in the interest of the proposed suffrage bill a mass meeting will be held at the Michigan Union tonight at 7:00 o'clock. The princi- pal speaker of the evening will be Dean Henry M. Bates, of the law de- partment, who will outline the bill and discuss its constitutionality. Prof. David Friday, of the economics de- partment, will. talk on the general need and demand for student suffrage and Louis Haller, '14L, will speak on the student viewpoint of the question. Each student will be asked to sign a card enrolling in the University of Michigan suffrage association and give his home address and county. Ev- eryone will also be asked to exert as much influence as possible on the rep- resentative of his district in the inter- est of the bill. The main provision of the proposed bill is that the student shall make a request for a ballot to the city or township clerk, who will mail it to him. The student is to make it out and return it within a certified time to the clerk and it will then be taken by the official to a voting booth and there cast. Safeguarding against fraudulent voting and to bring about such meas- ures as to insure the polling clerk doing his duty were the two main ideas taken into account in working out the details of the bill. It is pro- posed to change the laws only for the purpose of bringing about suffrage for students. and all Grand Rapids men will be wel- wears is to indicate the number of come. FIVE WILL BE ELIMINATED. Michigan's orators appear in pub- lic for the first time this year in the preliminary try-outs of the Peace Or- atorical contest, which will be held today. Ten participants will enter this event, five of whomn will be select- ed from today's showing for the final contest December 19. The first group will speak this af- ternoon in room 302 N. W. at 4:00 o'clock. Paul B. Blanshard, '14, Paul D. Doherty, '14L, C. C. Chang, '15, and J. W. Harding, '14L, will deliver their orations at this time, in the order giv- en; two of them will be eliminated. This evening at 7:30 o'clock, in the same room, the remaining speeches will b6 given. H. C. Tallmadge, '14, N. H. Goldstick, '15L, Wm. C. Scott, law special, S. S. Grosner, '14L, Elmer Riebel, '13, and A. J. Boesel, '14, will speak in order. Three of these six men will remain in the final contest. The judges in the afternoon will be Professors Holbrook and Waite, of the law department; W. M. Humphreys and Harry Rottschaefer, of the liter- ary department; and Dr. L. A. Barrett. In the evening, the following four, and one other yet to be selected, will act. Dr. S. F. Gingerich, of the English de- partment; W. M. Aiken, of the high school; Sec. S. W. Smith; and Dr. J. L. French. Only one girl student at the Univer- sity of Chicago voted against the re- turn of Michigan to the conference, when, a test ballot was held recently at that institution. WATER PIPES ARE LAID WITH SPEED New High Pressure System Comparesf Favorably With Similar Systems in Use. ONE MILE ALREADY PLACED. Of the two miles of pipe which are1 to be laid on the campus for the newI high pressure fire protection, about one mile has already been laid and the remainder will be completed inI two or three months. With the exception of Illinois, which has a much smaller system, Michigan is the only university in the country with a complete high pressure system of its own. A few such systems exist in large cities, such as New York and Baltimore. The water pressure in the pipes will be the same as that in New York, 150 pounds to the square inch. They will be tested at 200 pounds. This is a great increase over the city water which is only about 40 pounds and for the use of which a fire engine is neces- sary. There will be 32 hydrants on the campus, at least one near every build- ing, and several when the buildings are unusually large. The water will be pumped from the naval tank in the engineering building by means of two motor driven centrifugal pumps. The current for the motors will be supplied by the Edison company untilthe new university power plant has been com- pleted. The tank has a capacity of four hours continuous flow which will be sufficient for any fire which is likely to occur. But for emergencies the system is arranged so that, by means of gates which are distributed all over the campus, the city water can be utilized in all the hydrants. The expense of such a system is very great but the reduction in insur- ance on university buildings, due to the added protection is expected to pay a good percentage on the investment. COMBINED CLUBS MAKE PLANS TO TOUR SPRING VACATION. Several Short Week End Trips Will Probably be Made Before Long Tour. Plans were started at the meeting of the executive board of the musical clubs night before last at the Union for the trip which will probably be taken by the combined glee and man- dolin clubs during the spring vaca- tion. All hope of a tour at Christmas time has been abandoned but an effort is being made to supplant this with a spring vacation journey, at least this year. Some week-end trips will be sched- uled before that time, a date having already been made for a concert at Port Huron, Feb. 21. The club picture will be taken Friday at 12:45 o'clock DRUIDS HOLD INITIATION. Honor Society Initiates Five Students and One Faculty Man. Five honor students from the senior literary class and one faculty man were initiated into the sacred order of Druids at the second fall initiation of that society held last evening. The awenydds to join the ranks of wise men were: Thomas Doyle, John Han- na, William Hart, Walter Hill, and Norton Schuyler, while the newly elected faculty member was Prof. Mor- ris Palmer Tilley. A dinner was given at the Michigan Union in honor of 'the initiates and all Druid members on the campus, both active and associate, were in attend- ance. Professor Tilley spoke on "Sen- ior Advisors," Dean Effinger on "The Meaning of True Michigan Spirit," Professor Friday on "The Student," and Thomas Doyle responded for the new men. Grand Rapids Men Will Meet Tonight The Grand Rapids club will hold an informal smoker at the Union to- night. Refreshments will be seryed ISSUES EDICT FOR 'WEARING CLASSTQE Indoor Track Meets, Primary Upper class Nominations, and the Council Membership are Considered. RECOMMEND SECRET BALLOT FOR UPPER CLASS OFFICES. Under Proposed Plan All Political Campjgning Will Be Kept Out of Elections. After a heated session last evening the student council adopted the report of the committee on the wearing of toques and it is to be considered a rule for all in regard to this matter. Hereafter the toque which any student years which he has spent on the Mich- igan or any other collegiate campus, whose credits are accepted by the uni- versity. This ruling will tend to make pharmies who are spending their sec- ond year on the campus wear the sophomore toque, and will also make the second year dents who have been accustomed to wear the junior toque, don the soph head-gear. The one' ex- ception to this rule is that the third year dents will be allowed to wear the senior toque as they have in the past. The seniors in the pharmic de- partment will participate in all senior activities in the spring of the year as usual. The vote on this question was' exceptionally close, standing 11 to 10 in favor of the adoption of the report. A committee consisting of Dickin- son, Keliher and Mayall was appoint- ed by President Barringer to confer with the board in control of athletics to formulate a plan by which students may be taken care of at the indoor track meets to be held this winter. All students can not be accommodat- ed at each of these meets and the com- mittee will attempt to form a definite plan for this. Adopt Plan for Nominations. The report of the committee on nominations for the upper classes was adopted. According to the new idan a recommendation will be placed in the back of the interclass constitution which provides that the candidates for president and vice-president of these classes be nominated as follows. Each person present at the class meeting is to place some one person in nomi- nation by a secret ballot. The names of the six men receiving the highest number of votes for the nomination will be posted on the blackboard in alphabetical order and immediately thereafter a second secret nomination will be held and the names of the two men receiving the highest number of votes will be placed on the official ballot. Nominations for the other of- fices are to be made from the floor, but no nominating speeches will be made. No campaigning of any sort is to be done in the elections which fol- low. This is merely a suggestion and will be adopted only by the will of the classes affected. Councilman Jacob Crane suggested that the heads of various campus ac- tivities as president of theUnion, man- aging editor of The Michigan Daily, manager of the 'Glee club, president of the athletic association and so forth, be considered members of the council and the representation of the classes be reduced. No action was taken on this matter. Council Limits Membership. Hereafter the council will consist of 25 members at all times, and to further this rule the senior medics will have a councilman elected in the fall, and the junior medics will elect their councilman at the beginning of the second semester. The sophomore classes will elect their representative at the end of the sophomore year in- stead of at the beginning of the junior year as heretofore, and first year laws and dents will elect councilmen at the end of their first year. The student councig will have ts :picture for 'the Mchiganensan .taken ALEXANDER IRVINE Social Reformer and Public Orator The man with a message for college men and Women Prof. Lorch Leaves for Washington.I Professor Emil Lorch, head of the architectural department, left Ann Arbor Monday for Washington, D. C., where he will attend the annual meet- ing of the American Institute of Ar- chitects held in that city Tuesday to TONIGHT Newberry Hall at 8 o'clock Admission 15c