1UJ13. LOCAL $1.50 MAIL $2.00 -oak The M ihigan 5 Dall"'..1 my $.lMAIL $.20(O Vol. XXIII, No. 96. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1913. PRICE FIVE CEN' ,.iz CONFERENCE, QUESTION IS GOSSIP FUEL Numerous Rumors are Rife to Effect That Board in Control of Athletics Will Soon Decide Current Question. HEARSAY HAS ASSUMED WILD AND ALARN 1 PROPORTIONS Athletic Authorities Deny That Meet- ing Is to-be Held This Satur- day Evening. Dame Rumor is generally considered a busy body who has nothing else to do but cause dissentions and then sneak away to leave the fighters alone with nothing to fight about, and gen- erally this lady of "it is said" is met with the Anartic shoulder. But when her presence becomes too frequent, even the most conservative citizen will turn an ear and there are times when the rumors carry a certain weight of truth. Such is the situation on the campus today regarding Mich- igan and the conference and not to give heed to the rumors would be to deny that there were such rumors. According to the stories in vogue to- day the next meeting of the board in control of athletics here, which is scheduled to take place shortly, will determine the much discussed ques- tion of a return. And according to most of the stories the meeting at which it will be finally decided will be held this coming Saturday night. The athletic authorities do deny that the meeting will be held at this time and have nothing further to say concern- ing the matter. It has been a matter of common gossip that Michigan has been flirting wtih .the conference in an endeavor to reach a mutual ground of compromise but just what form these flirtations have assumed or what E(Continued on page 4.) SCIENCE TEAM IS LEADER IN HOCKEY, Pucksters From Northeast Corner of Campus Have Not Yet Met Defeat. PRESENT WEATHER HALTS PLAY. THE WEATHER MAN Forecast for Ann Arbor-Saturday colder with probable snow flurries to- night.' University Observatory-Thursday, 7:00 p. i., temperature, 48.2; maxi- mum temperature, 24 hours preceding, 53.1; minimum temperature, 24 hours preceding, 42.0; wind velocity, 7 miles per hour. UNION STARTS NEW FEATURFo Will Hold Weekly "Get Togethers" for Entertainment of Members. Tonight, a new feature will be in- augurated at the Union in the way of a Friday evening "get together." Each week some different method of enter- tainment will be arranged, and an e- deavor made to get as many members out as possible. Tonight's program will consist of a progressive card par- ty, with bridge, five hundred 'and pin- ochle as the games to be played. Fa- vors, have been secured and Will be given to the winners. There will also be the regular "cider-doughnut lay- out." The committee is very anxious to have a large crowd at the first of these evening entertainments. CHICAGO JUDGE IS PRINCIPLE SPEAKER tChas. Cutting-to Address Washington Birthday Meeting Tomorrow Afternoon. LAW CLASSES TO MEET AT 2:15. Final preparations have been com- pleted for the Washington's birthday exercises which are to be held in Uni- versity hall tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock under the supervision of th' law department. Judge Charles S. Cutting, of Chica- go, who will be the principal speaker at the meeting, will arrive in the city early tomorrow morning. He will be entertained by the law faculty at a luncheon given at the Union at 1:00 o'clock. While in the city, Judge Cut- ting will be the guest of Dean Bates of the law department. Arrangements have also been made for the law classes to march in a body from the law building to University hall. Third, second and first year classes are to meet in rooms G, C, and B respectively at 2:15 o'clock. The president and sergeant at arms of each class will lead their respective bodies. GERMANS ARE ENTERTAINED WITH POETRY AND SONG. Dr. Markus Discusses German Folk Songs and Musical Numbers Complete Program. The Germans of Ann Arbor, and stu- dents of German, filled the high school hall last night as guests of the Deut- scher Verein at an "Abend-Unterhalt- ung." The entire entertainment was in German. The program was opened with a se- lection by the Ann Arbor zither club. Miss Julia Rudolph sang Schubert's Serenade and and Mrs. M. Markus recited several poems from Heine. "The German Folk-song" was the sub- ject of a talk by Dr. M. Markus, of De troit, who defined, described, and clas- sified German folk songs. He gave numerous examples, several of which were sung by Miss Rudolph, and Mr. Fritz 'Velten, of the Detroit Doppel Quartett. fter the lecture Mrs. Mar- kus entertained the audience with some, original poems, followed by a selection by Mr. Velten. The Ann Ar- OLD "M" STAR* TO DEVELOPE '13 TWIRLERS Rtd C anipbell, of Varsity Pitching lame is Engaged to Coach Battery Candidates for Present Season. 1HERETOFORE PITCHERS HAVE SHIFTED FOR THEMSELVES, TICKETS FOR MEETS MUST BEOBTAINED Today is Last Time Association Office Will be Open for Members to Secure Event Tickets. ALL CONTESTANTS MUST HAVE ADMISSION CARDS. l asebal1 Cage Will Be Hung erman Gymnasium Today. in Wat- No Admittance at Door by Yellow Book;Admission Allowed on Pre- sentation of Proper Card Candidates for the pitching staff of the 1913 Michigan baseball team are to have the advantage of a special coach. Commencing Monday, when the work of the 1913 battery candidates will commence in earnest, "Red". Campbell, Varsity pitcher in 1910 and 1911, will take charge of the twirlers. Heretofore the pitchers trying out for the varsity staff have been obliged to shift themselves during the time be- tween the opening of indoor practice and the arrival of Coach Branch Rick- ey. This season, Campbell has been secured to take charge of the hurlers during this time and to assist Rickey during the major portion of the sea- son. Campbell is one of the best pitchers Michigan has had in years. In the spring of 1909 he pitched the senior lit class to the championship of the campus in the inter-class series. In 1910, Campbell's junior law year, he pitched for the Varsity and in 1911 was the star twirler of the staff. His quick return ball which he used when "Johnny" Fischer worked behind the bat, was a sensational feature of his twirling. Campbell is employed in the office of Judge Murfin, of Detroit, an alumnus, and has been enabled to give his time to the 1913 Michigan team. The baseball cage will be hung in Waterman gymnasium today, and will be ready for the battery men. Earnest work will commence the first of next week. LAY PLANS FOR ALL-SOPH PROM. Lits Meet and Discuss Possibility of Dance for Second Year Classes.# At a meeting of the soph lits yester- day, the social committee was given power to confer with representatives of the soph engineers relative to form- ulating plans for an All-1915 Prom. It appears that many of the second- year men of the other departments on the campus want to combine with the lits and engineers and make the event a general sophomore dance. It is to decide this matter that the two classes will meet, and if possible to arrange affairs so that the annual Soph Prom can be changed into a dance of this nature. At the meeting of the soph engineers, which has been called for next Tues- day, the question will be gone over thoroughly, and a committee will be appointed to meet the lits. Senior Laws to Hold Dance Tonight Nearly all the tickets for the senior law dance are now sold. The sale is being strictly limited to members of the third year class. The dance, will be held at the Union tonight and a one o'clock limit has been set. Prof. and Mrs. Stoner and Prof. and Mrs. Every student who wishes to attend any one of the three indoor track meets, open to the student body as a whole, namely, the preliminary, Var- sity, or -M. A. C.-All-fresh, must ex- change his yellow coupon, number 13, for an admission card to the event at the association office today.. Absolutely no one will be admitted to the meets this season upon presen- tation of the yellow booklet; admis- sion will be allowed only upon pre- sentation of the proper ticket. These tickets can be. obtained at the associ- ation office today at any time between 9:00 a. m. and 5:30 p. m. in exchange for the yellow coupons. The office has been open for this purpose for two days and only a small percentage of the student members have exchanged coupons in the necessary manner. Another point which the authorities wish to be clearly understood is that every contestant must have an admis- sion card. This will entitle the con- testant to enter the gym by the south door. Every man, whether he is a freshman, numeral winner, AMA, or Varsity material, must present atick- et in order to gain entrance to the meets. These tickets can also be ob- tained today at the above hours. The scheme of drawing for admis- sion to the meets, in order to give every student an equal chance, was devised by the association and approv- ed by the Student Council. Whether the student body understands this sys- em is a question, but at any rate, every student is expected to go to the office today and there acquaint him- self with the plan. Final arrangements for the big meet Saturday evening have been made. The entry lists are closed and the offi- cials selected. Trainer "Steve" Far- rell has announced that his men are in good shape, and it is believed that an interesting contest will be staged by the new men and novices. Michi- gan students will have their first op- portunity to see the 1913 track can- didates in action Saturday evening. A. E. White Addresses Chemicals, Mr. Albert E. White, instructor in chemical engineering, addressed the regular monthly assembly of the Mich- igan section of the American Chemical society, held yesterday afternoon in the chemical building. His subject was, "The Availability of Blast Fur- nace Slag as Material for Building Bricks." INSPECTION COMMITTEE IS HERE FOR INVESTIGATION. The legislative committee for the inspection of the university arrived in the city yesterday at 6:00 o'clock in the evening. They were entertain- ed at the residence of Pres. H. B. Hutchins. Inspection of the buildings will be carried on today and possibly CALL IS ISSUED FOR NEW OPERA'S SINIG CHORUS. Tryouts to be Held at Union Tonight at 7:00 O'clock to Fill Thirty Two Positions, In order to organize a 1new singing chorus for the Michigan Union oiara, a tryout- will be held this evening at the Union at 7:00 o'clock. This formation of a new chorus will provide an added opportunity to all who may have tried out, except those who tried out last Tuesday, and the management wishes to solicit the whole campus for new material. Thirty-two places are open for this chorus which is promised to be one of the snappiest and liveliest of all. Picking of men for this chorus will be made upon vocal rather than any- other qualifications, and the tryouts will not be required to do any dancing and little of the ordinary chorus work. This chorus together with ppe cast and glee club will furnish the ocal part of the program. Prof. W. H. How- land. of the University School of Mu- sic will train the nin. The music which has been turned in, has proven to be most meritorious. WOMEN ADOCAT DIVISION OF HONOR Mortar Board and Women's League7 Propose System of Basing All I ;Honors on Credit ----- TO S4UM11IIT PLAN TO COUNCIL. Mortar Board, in conjunction with the Women's League, is supporting1 a petition to submit to the non-ath-S letic committee a motion to the effect that all honors, other than scholastic, shall be determined upon , basis of, credits. This idea is to prevent anyt one person from holding three or four important offices at the same time. Every office on the campus will be rat- ed at a certain number of points, and a student will be entitled to dbtain only a limited number -of credits each year. It is thought that this scheme will provide for a more even distribu- tion of honors that are obtainable in student activities than now exists. The Michiganensian shows that many students have a long list of offi- ces attached to their names that tend to make one believe that the univer- sity is run by a selected few. It is this feature that the women would likea to see abolished, The idea will be pre-I sented to the Student Council in thet hope that it will be treated favorablyc by the men. The system is in vogue at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-I nology and is reported to be workingi quite successfully there. MUSICAL CLUBS LEAVE TODAYI Will Give Concerts at Port HuronI and Saginaw. Fifty members of the glee and man-< dolin clubs will leave this noon at 12:15 o'clock for Port Huron where they will give a combined concert thist evening. Saturday they will go to Sag-t inaw for a concert, returning to Anni Arbor Sunday morning. There hast been a large set sale for both con- certs and extensive plans have beenc made by Michigan alumni for for en- tertaining the men. Charles L. Loos,i university purchasing agent, will ac- company the clubs on the trip. Junior Lits Attend "No Namne" Party, Junior lits were unable to label the, "No Name" party held at Barbour gym last night. A large number of the class were present. Prof. and Mrs. Claude 11. Van Tyne and Prof. and Mrs. U. B. Phillips acted as "chaper- ones. Kentuekians to Gather at Union. Kentuckians will meet at the Union at 7:30 o'clock tonight to conduct rou- tine business. The meeting will be a regular gathering of the Kentucky club and after the transaction of bus- iness, will assume the nature of a smoker. All men from the blue grass state are requested to attend. FORESTERS 'A RE INC STATE WIDE CAMPAIGN. Fifteen Hundred Copies of Prof Roths Reply to Ex Governor Shafroth Are Published and Circulated, REPRIEISE NTATIVE BEAIES (6VES VIEWS ON QUESTION, L~e;tes are Sent to Prominent Men for Informion Regarding Th sIdea. ,In an endeavor to awaken the people of the state to the frantic effo'rts being made by the disciples of "big business" to wrest the control of the hatural re- soureas from the hands of the federal go vrnment, the Michigan Forestry association, with headquarters in Ann Arbor, is waging a state wide publicity campaign. Fifteen hundred copies of Prof. Fili- bert Roth's reply to ex-Governor Shaf- roth's speech favoring legislation to put the control of all forests, coal lands, and water powers in the hands of the state will be mailed to all mem- bers cf the association and to the members of all associate organizations throughout the state. Under the direction of Prof. P. S. Lovejoy, secretary of the association, letters have been written to the most of the prominent men of the state and also to the members of the Mich- igan delegation at Washington, asking for information regarding their stand- point on the- question. The answers have beon practically unanimous in favor of leaving al control in the hands of the federal government. Both of vihigan's senators and *the ma- jority of her representatives have al- ready gone on record as being opposed to the idea of conserving to the states the national resources now controlled by the federal government. (Continued on page 4) PANSMARE FOR TEACHERS' EETIN Nine Sub-Committees Are Appointed to Take Care of the Routine Business. WORK TO 1BiE STARTED AT ONCE. Arrangements are already being made, and permanent committees have been appointed to aid in entertaining the Michigan teachers when they gath- er here for their annual meeting next October. The general committee ap- pointed by President Harry B. Hutch- ins some time ago has been reorganiz- ed on a broader basis and several sub- comittees have. been named, each having its own specific duties. Work will be started on all busi- ners which can be attended to at pres- ent bu most ogfthe details will not be consi