b) 1.50 'I The IAIL $200 }a e Daily LOCAL $1.50 MAIL $2.00 I' ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS XXIII, No. 100. - -,~--- - -....-.-~-- ---~-- - 1 I i RENEWS THE WEATHER MAN CALL FOR 1914 114K.OPERA BOOKS Committee Decides to Reopen Compe- tition for ilanuscript for the Michigan Union 1914 Opera. ALL CONTRIBUTIONS MUST BE HANDED IN BY MAY 1. Reheagrsals For This Year's Opera Start on Arrival of Bert St. John. Willi As only six contributions were hand-, ed in as a result of the first call for books for the 1914 Michigan Union op- era, another chance will be given cam- pus playwrights to compete for first honors. Philip K. Fletcher, '13E, gen-' eral chairman of the 1913 opera, an- nounced last evening that May 1 will be the final date for books to be en- tered in the competition. Several of the books handed in at the union following the first call were considered meritorious to a degree, but those in charge feel that there should be a larger number of offerings from which to select. It is expected that several men who wrote books in this year's competition will submit en- tries for the 1914 opera. " . Expect Bert St. John Tomorrow. No word was redeived here yester- day from Bert St. John, director of "Contrarie Mary," but he is, expected to arrive in Ann Arbor tomorrow. In that case a general rehearsal will be called for tomorrow evening, at the Union, at which time all those who take part in the show will be given an opportunity to learn the details of the production. Eligibility cards must be filled out by all tryouts at this time, but as the candidates for positions have known from the first that they would not be able to take part should their work be belpl par, it is not ex- _ _.,earta many will be eliminated by this ordeal. A rehearsal of the orchestra picked for the opera will be held at the Union at 9:00 o'clock Saturday morning. Members of the singing chorus will meet at the Union this evening at 6:45. A picture of the committee in charge of the 1914 production will be taken at Rentschler's tomorrow noon. CLASSES FAVOR "SOPH PROM" Soph Engineers Turn Down Project for All 1915 Dance. As far as the soph engineers are concerned there will be no All-1915 dance this year. At a meeting of the class yesterday afternoon the question of changing the usual Soph Prom to a 1915 dance was discussed from all sides, and the present method of hold- ing the dance was thought to be pref- erable. At a recent meeting 'of the soph lits some of the class favored one dance and some the other, and to settle the matter satisfactorily for both classes, the social committee was instructed to confer with representatives of the engineers to learn the sentiments of that class. At the meeting yesterday the opinion seemed to be that considering the ac- tion of the lits, the best plan would be to declare in favor of the usual function with the two classes repre- sented rather than, allow the other 1915 classes to take part. R. C. Jeter to Run for Class President Richard C. Jeter's name was omitted as a candidate for president of the fresh engineer class. The other can- didates are Everett Judson, Paul Wagner, and Horace Corey: The elec- tion will be. held Wednesday, March 5, the time and place to be announced later. Senior Lits to Hold Meeting Tomorrow * Senior lits will hold an important meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 o'clock in Tappan Hall. Reports of various committees will be made and matters relating to invitations, me- morial and souvenir will also be dis- Forecast for Ann Arbor-Wednesday, snow; slightly warmer. University Observatory-Tuesday, 7:00 p. m., temperattre, 22:6, maxi- mum temperature 24 hours preceding, 28:4, minimum temperature 24 hours preceding, 13:;0; average wind veloci- ty 5 miles per hour. C. P. CUSHING CONTRIBUTES ARTICLE TO PAINTED WINDOW Charles P. Cushing, '07, associate editor of Collier's, is a contributor to the "Good Cheer" number of the Paint- ed Window, which will appear March 10. "Some Uses of Adversity" is the title of Mr. GCushing's article, in which are described the experiences of a free lance in the magazine world, and which is illustrated by H. L. Druck- lieb, of the art staff of Collier's. Mr. Cushing was the last managing editor of the Inlander, a student lit- erary and humorous magazine which went out of existence in 1907. PLAY TWO GAMES OF BASKE T-BALL '13 Lits and '15 Engineers Are the Winners in Double- Header. While the veterans of the Varsity track team are not to be slighted in their training for the indoor season, this will be the big week for the nov- ices,-freshmen and sophomores. The annual Fresh-Soph indoor meet is Tf Sc Li Hockey league standing: am Won ..Lost cience ............3 0 iterary..........3 1 ..Pct. 1,000, .750 .333 .000 Engineer ...........1 Law ...............0 3 3 FRESH-SOPH MEET STIRS UP RIVALRY Unde r Trainer Farrell's Direction Underclassmen Prepare For Annual Event ENGINEERS TAKE GAME FROM LAWS Boilermakers Win Overtime Hockey Contest by Score of 5 to 4. Five and four was the final count in scheduled for Saturday evening of this the engineer-law hockey game yester- FE VW S)PlVORES TURN OUT. LITS MEET SCIENTISTS TODAY. COMMNUN ICATION. (The Michigan Daily assumes no re- sponsibility for sentiments express- ed in communications.) Editor, Michigan Daily:- Detroit, Feb. 20. I note a communication in your is- sue of last Wednesday excusing the florid accounts of the so-called riot precipitated at the J-Hop. Had the writer's purpose been to arouse the ire of newspaper. men, and nothing more, he would have succeeded admir- ably. I fail, however, to understand his motive in attributing these exag- gerations to hasty telephonic corres- pondence and fabricating state editors. May I ask of him a pertinent question or two? 1. Why were the most ridiculous and disgraceful articles published in the next evening's papers, and not in the morning journals? 2. Why did his own paper (and mine), The Detroit News, print but a paragraph of sane description of a more or less immaterial incident? 3. Will he not admit that telephones are used in preference to telegraph wires on practically all stories; hence his excuse a poor one for a particular (Continued on page 4) PICK JUNIORS iN ORATORY TRIALS' Three Men Win Right to Enter Final Junior Oratorical Contest. MEMBERS WANT ASSURANCE OF ONE TRIP NEXT FALL. Committee Will of Athletic Association Also Probe Question This Wee. k.ommittee For Appointed to Devise Means Providing Financial Support For Musicians. PLAY TWO GAMES TONIGHT Playing on the second leg of the in- terclass basketball series, the 1913 lits and 1915 engineers were returned vic- tors over the 1914 lits and 1916 engi- neers, respectively, in a double-head- er staged last evening in Waterman gym. In the first game, called promptly at 7:00 o'clock, the senior lits ran far ahead of the junior five, counting up 23 points to their opponents 11, be- fore the whistle blew to end the last half. Spring who starred in last year's contests showed no deterioration in form, being the principal basket shoot- er for his squad. The 14 lits were lax in covering, and made it easy for the seniors to get the ball past them. The inaccuracy of the winners in tossing the baskets kept the score down, as they let slip many opportunities to score. The second attraction of the evening resulted in a score of 24 to 16 with the soph engineers on the heavy end. This game was hotly contested from start to finish, but was marked by cleaner playing and less propensity to rough- ness than characterized the preceding fracas. Lack of practice was shown (Continued on page 4) SOME TICKETS ARE STILL LEFT. A Few Pasteboards May be Obtained At Association Office. There are still a number of tickets left for the Varsity and All-Fresh-M. A. C. track meets, at the office of the athletic association. Those who have not procured tickets may get them to- day. The athletic association has pro- sided that those who attended the pre- iminary meet may get tickets for either of the above mentioned meets oy showing ticket Number 14 in their athletic book. The drawing of seats for the Fresh- 3oph meet, to which only underclass- nen and members of the faculty are Aigible for admission, will commence Thursday morning at 9:00 o'clock. It _s expected that interest in the annual underclass indoor competition will :ause a run on the tickets and it is de- Aired that those who wish the admit- Lance pasteboards call for them early. DR. V. C. VAUGHAN TELLS OF NEW MEDICAL PROFESSION At the ninth annual conference of the American Medical Association, held in Chicago on Monday, Dr. V. C. Vaughan, of the medical department, stated that a new medical profession was in the process of development. The new departure will be taken along sanitary lines and will in time take the place of medical legislation and preventive medicine. COUNCIL WILL TAKE HAND IN BAND PROBLEM week, and the underclassmen are pre- paring for the event under the direc- tion of Trainer Steve Farrell. From the showing made by several of the first year men in the prelimina- ry meet of r Saturday evening the youngsters have a great opportunity to get the best of their natural rivals. Armstrong and C. B. Smith look good for points for the first year men, while several other verdants have been showing almost as well. The freshmen have been working faithfully since the work in the gymnasium com- menced and are planning on a victory Satutday evening. As far as the sophomores are con- cerned there seems to be a marked lack of interest on the part of all but a 'few men who are eligible for the second year team. Several of the stars of the All-Fresh team of last season are working hard for the coming meet, but compared with the number of freshmen working out, the sophomores are greatly in the minority. An effort is being made by the sophomores in- terested in the meet to get the men out for practice so that a good showing may be made against the underlings. The entry lists for the Fresh-Soph contest are open in Dr. May's office at Waterman gymnasium, and all under- classmen desiring to coirpete in the event are urged to sign at once. The entries will close at 6:00 o'clock this evening. PROF. WENILEY TO SPEAK AT SOPH LIT DINNER THURSDAY At the soph lit dinner tomorrow night at the Union, Prof. R. M. Wenley will be the principal speaker of the; evening. He will be followed by "Bill" Davidson, and "Eddie" Hamm will preside at the piano. Several other1 musical numbers have also been ar- ranged. Tickets, selling for 50 cents,, are going rapidly. The dinner will be served at 6:00 o'clock. CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION IS TAKEN UP BY COUNCIL. Communication From Superintendent Marks States Appropriation Will be Made, day afternoon, with the engineers on the heavy side. This game was a con- tinuation of the contest which was in- terrupted by the closing hour during the first part of the season. The battle was hard fought through- out for the teams were both register- ed beside a zero percentage, and each fought for the raise. The game was started at the point where the original battle was stopped, but at the end of the regulation halves the count was four and four, so ten minutes more of skating was needed before the decision was rendered to the engineers. For the boilermakers, Carpenter was the man who saved the day, for the sturdy goal' guardian was invincible against the drives of the laws. Whar- ton played the most consistent game for the laws being responsible for most of the tallies. Today the literary and science teams will skate for the honors at 4:00 o'clock. The lits are planning upon pulling the science aggregation from first place. If the lits win it will give them an average percentage of .800 while it will lower the science record to .750. WILL COMPETE SATURDAY. PLAN TO BOOST MICHIGAN.I Das and Bal Receive Slides to Use in Their Campaign. Stereoptican slides depicting scenes in and about Ann Arbor will be utiliz- ed by Premananda Das, '12, and Sar- endora Bal, '1?, of India, in the cam- paign to boost Michigan which they are planning to conduct throughout the principal cities of their native land. Das, who will return to India next month, received a set of 60 colored slides from President Harry B. Hutch- ins yesterday, together with a trunk- load of university catalogues and oth- er literature which will serve to in- duce young Hindus in quest of western culture to come to Michigan. OFFICERS OF STATE HEALTH ASSOCIATION MEET TODAY. ilayor Walz Will Open Program With An Address of Welcome to Visitors. Michigan state health officers will Percival Blanshard '14, C. C. Lock- wood, '14, and W. C. Mullendore, '14, won the right to enter the final junior oratorical contest,, at the second class preliminary tryout held last night. The subjects of the winners were, respectively, "Christianity and the So- cial Crisis," Progressivism in Govern- ment," and "The Degredation of our National Honor." These three together with three con- testants selected Monday evening, will compete in the final junior contest Saturday evening, at which time two1 men will be selected for the University contests. The sophomore contest, from which one man will be selected for the uni- versity contest, will be held tonight in room B of the law building at 7:30 o'clock. The following are the speak- ers and their subjects in the order in which they will appear: C. E. Frank- lin, '15L, "The Broad Function of the the Common School;" A. A. Scheerer, '15, "Philippine Independence;" C. C. Chang, '15, "The Chinese Republic and Recognition;" S. J. Rosenstein, '15L, "America and the Jew;" O. P. Grant, '15, "The Eight Hour Law for Women Workers;" and T. H. Hood, '15, "Armed Peace." PROF. RIGGS DEPLORES LACK OF INTEREST IN LECTURES. In an effort to settle the much moot- ed band question, the student council last night appointed a committee to in- vestigate the announcement of the mnu- sicians that there would be no con- certs on the campus this spring and to effect an arrangement providing permanent financial support for the band. The action came as a result of the declaration of Manager Max Stan- ley, of the band, that failure of the 'band to reorganize before the close of this semester may mean no band next fall. The committee, consisting of Rolfe Spinning, '13, D. H. Strickland, '13P, and H. J. Trum, Jr., '14E, will ascer- tain the demands of the musicians and endeavor to settle matters so that the concerts will not be omitted this spring. Its report will be presented to the council at the next meeting of the student body. According to Manager Stanley, un- less matters are arranged satisfactor- ily so that the bandmen can reorgan- ize within the next few months, the rush of other activities next fall may prevent the musicians from getting together in time for the football sea- son. This would mean that there will be no band music at the football gam- es. "By a satisfactory arrangement," said Stanley last night," we mean as- surance that the band will have per- manent backing of some kind. We believe that the student body Is willing to give it to us; it's up to the authori- ties to decide how. "One of the reasons for dissatis- faction on the part of the bandmen is that they were not given a single trip during the football season last fall and one of the conditions of a satisfactory arrangement will have to include at least one trip next fall. "At present the members of the band do not feel that they are under any obligations to go to the trouple and expense of preparing for spring concerts. Unless some inducement is offered next fall the men will not reor- ganize this spring and this may result in their failure to do so in time for the football season." Prof. A. S. Whitney, chairman of the committee appointed last fall by the athletic association to investigate the band question; said last night that a meeting of the committee would prob- ably be held within the next fortnight at which some means will be devised to give permanent organization to the band. Oratorical Association Meets Today. A meeting of the oratorical associa- tion will be held this afternoon to pass upon several amendments to the con- stitution. These are all of a technical nature, but none the less necessary. Other important matters in connec- tion with the annual play will be act- ed upon, and a meeting of the board will be held immediately following the association meeting, which is called for 5:00 o'clock in room 302 north wing. Hold Annual Cercie Dance Tomorrow. The annual Cercle Francaise dance will be held in Barbour gymnasium tomorrow night. The program will begin at 8:00 o'clock. "Ike" Fischer's "Parisian" orchestra has been obtain- ed to furnish the musical numbers for the dancing. Prof. and Mrs. J. R. Ef- finger and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Kenyon will act as chaperones. Admission to the party is by the regular course tick- et of the society. Further impetus was given to the hold the second meeting plan of the senior lit class of beauti- organization into a state since their association Lecture fying the campus when a communica- tion from Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds J. H. Marks was read before the student council meeting last night. The letter stated that inE all probability the board of regents appropriate several thousand dollars this spring for the purpose of campus beautification. In consequence of the communica- tion Supt. Marks and Professor Au- brey Tealdi, of the landscape garden- ing department will be invited to at- tend the next meeting of the council at which time they will present some plans they have worked out which will follow the resolution passed by the 1913 lits. . After a consideration of minor busi- ness, the council went into executive session, for a further consideration of the hop riot question. No definite plans have as yet been made public for dealing with the men implicated in the affair. hop Committee Considers Souvenirs. Several samples of souvenirs for junior hop committeemen are now be- ing considered by the sub-committee appointed at the last general meeting. The souvenirs, which are purchased from the hop surplus, will be picked in a few days. by Mr. Willard Beahan Attended by Only 75 Students. is today and tomorrow in the west am- phitheater of the medical building. The program this afternoon is to be formally opened by an address of wel- come by Hon. Wm. Walz, mayor of Ann Arbor. Three papers in regard to sanitation and the care of public health will be read at this time by members of the association. All pa- pers are open for general discussion. Dean V. C. Vaughan will lecture be- fore the association on the subject of "Eugenics" at 8:00 o'clock this even- ing. The address will be followed by a business session. The meetings will be continued to- morrow; one session will be conduct- ed at 9:00 a. m. and another at 2:00 p. m. C. J. CONOVER, '11, SPEAKS TO FORESTRY CLUB TONIGHT Forest destruction by insects and fires will be discussed by C. J. Cono-1 ver, '11, before the Forestry club to- night at 7:30 in room 407 of the engi- neering building. Since his gradua- tion Mr. Conover has been employed as a forest ranger on the Klamath res- ervation in California. He will illus- trate his talk with piicares taken by himself. The lecture will be open to the general public. "One of the most surprising things that I have found since I came to the university last June," said Prof. Riggs, head of the civil engineering faculty, yesterday afternoon, "is the manifest lack of interest by the students of this university in their opportunity to hear the big men of the country, who come here as lecturers." As an example of this lack of inter- est, Prof. Riggs cited a lecture yester- day afternoon, by Mr. Willard Beahan, Principal Assistant Engineer of the Lake 'Shore and Michigan Southern R. R., who spoke to the members of the engineering society, on "The Engi- neering of Men." "Mr. Beahan's lec- ture, one of the best of the year, was attended by only 75 or so enigineers, and yet there are over 1,200 men in the engineering department.- At M. A. C., a much smaller institution, Mr. Beahan delivered a lecture last night, and over 600 men turned out to hear him.". Mr. Beahan's lecture emphasized the necessity for the engineer to try and study the men under him, especially the laborers. "Kindness will take you a long ways toward the prevention of strikes," said Mr. Beahan.