THE DAILY NEWS OF THE WORLD'AND THE CA-31PUS ihe I A igan V9 ,Dali Phones :-Editorial 2414 Business 960 TELEGRAPHI SERV ICE BY -T) NEW YORK SUN VOL. XXV. No. 61. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1915. PRICE FIVE CE - , CHARITY LEADERSI SELECT FRIDAY AS GOOD FELLOW DAY Lansing r d icator EDWIN MAKHAM SPEAK Accider tally Shot Edward P. Cummings, '93, Is Injured While Cleaning Shotgun HIS POEMS IIIVLETTERS in Cellar. JOVERY MiAN AND YV01IAN THLE CAMPUS TO BE~ APPROACHED ON. MANY PROMISE TO ASSIST Studcnt Groups, League House and Local Orginizations Take Part in Movement ** * * SEND IN THE COUPON TODAY * * * * * * * * Good Friday has been appointed Fellow Day. At this day every man and woman on the Michigan campus will be approached in the interests of the Good Fellow campaign, and dis- tribution of the money and articles received will be started. To thislend, any local people who are willing to contribute the use of their automo- biles for next Friday afternoon, are asked to communicate immediately with the Good Fellow Editors, either at The Daily office, or by calling 1132 or 1649. Every day has seen a steady in- crease in the number of boys and girls and families to whom the Good Fellows have promised a Christmas visit, but there still remains much to be done if every needy case is to be taken care of. A. number of house-clubs and fra- ternities took action at their meetings last night in aid of the movement, and it is expected that definite an- nouncement of tWk progress in the campaign will be made tomorrow. The sale of the tickets to the trav- elogue lecture tomorrow evening ir' the high school auditorium has pro- gressed very well, according to the report of the chairman in charge, and it is expected that about $50.00 will be realized from that source. Several student groups have .volun- teered to take care of an entire fam- ily for a week; others have agreed to take four, six or eight little boys and, see that they have warm clothing and at least one real Christmas toy. One league house will see that the chil- iren of the Day Nursery have a real "honest-to-goodness" Christmas par- ty, and another group of girls has presented the nursery with a big doll house. The social service committee of the Y. W. C. A. have offered to perform their part as Good Fellows in a novel way. For years, the Federated Chari- ties have bought stockings for the poor children's Christmas. These are "really, truly" stockings guaranteed to wear. One hundred and forty pairs of these stockings have been pur- chased, and university women, under the direction of the chairman of the social service work of the Y. W. C. A., will fill each stocking with gifts. These stockings will then be distrib- uted under the auspices of the Asso- ciated Charities and the Good Fel- lows. Lansing, Mich., Dec. 13.-Edward P. Cummings, superintendent of pub- lic schools of this city, and a man well known in educational circles throughout the state, accidentally shot himself while cleaning a shotgun Sun- day afternoon. The full charge of the gun entered his body above his heart and his life is dispared of. The acci- dent occurred while Mr. Cummings was cleaning a gun in the cellar in company with his 12-year-old son. Mr. Cummings is a graduate of the University of Michigan of the class of 1893. He has been superintendent of the Lansing public schools for 10 years and was president of the Michi- gan State Teachers' association last year. BRUMIVISPEKSON "COLLEGE BGIES;! Gives Interesting Address Before Freshman Literary Class Assembly "COLLEGE PLACE FOR STUDY" Before a large audience Prof. John R. Brumm yesterday addressed an assembly of the freshman literary class on the subect of "Some College i3ogies" The speaker endeavored to send home a number of the sterner truths of life, and especially college ife, under cover of anecdote and wit- ticism. Professor Brumm has won a reputation as a speaker and the counds of applause that greeted the important portions of his address proved that the first yer men were aware of his ability in that direction. Following are excerpts from the ad- dress: Some College Bogeys "A bogey, br bujgaboo, is an intang- ible but altogether fearful something which persistentlylurks just round ,he next corner, eager to engage the luckless wayfarer in mortal combat. It assumes many strange guises, from the hobgoblins of nursery rhymes to the obsession which per- suades some of us that tAe world would immediately cease to wag along in its old familiar way if we were suddenly to be eliminated from the stage of action. Vigilance alone was the price of safety. And in the course of time Bluebeard and all his crim- son hosts, reduced to thin nothing- aess by virtue of our every wary de- fensive, apparently gave over the struggle, and the bogeys of our child- hood were gone. But when we slip- ped into the world of the brave grown-ups we were assailed by new oogeys. Some of these we soon came to recognize as tragedies; old age, the loss of health and friendship, the pain of defeat and failure-bogies hat strike terror to the hearts of gray-headed boys. and girls. These are the bogeys that cann t e easily banished by closing the eyes and thinking resolute thoughts. The Faculty Bogey "The first bogey is that which asu over-active imagination finds person ified in the faculty. This deep-seated superstition that a college teacher must necessarily have the instincts of a Bluebeard, coupled with the en- thusiasm of a crusader, is responsible for an enormous waste of nervous energy and a consequent loss of effi- ciency, and even of self-respect. The Bogey of Democracy The second bogey is that which masquerades under the name of "ste- dent democracy." Almost any prac- tice can gain credit if it can be made to carry the label "democratic," and (Continued on Page Six) Speaker Considered Great Artist by Prominent Writers of Country IECTUIR CALLED I Y MANY 'IUTICS "POET OF CENTURI" EARLY LIFE IN CALIFORNIA WAS A HARDSHIP; WAS FARMER AND TEACHER Edwin Markham, the poet, will speak in University hall at 8:00 o'clock tonight on "Readings from the Markham Poems with Running Comr- 'nest on Life and Letters." The speaker is said to be a good enter- tainer, and a large audience is ex- pected to be present. Ella Wheeler Wilcox considers Mr. Markham "The Greatest Poet of the Centuzry." The late Prof. William (Continued on Page Six) CROWD T CONERT At Least ,00 People Attend Third of Choral Union Series in Hill Auditorium ARTiST'S TECHNIQUE IMPRtESSIVE At least 5,000 people were present at the i hird of the Choral Union se- ries of pre-festival concerts in Hil auditori-.m last night when Mischa Elman, world famous violinist, ap- peared for his initial concert before the music lovers of Ann Arbor. At his first appearance on the stage, El- man was applauded warmly. His first number was the allegrc movement of the Mendelssohn Con- certo in E. minor. The artist was at once lost to all the world but that little one in which his imaginatioi. dwelt. Technique is to Enana a key to interpretation. The beautiful cantatiti of th "Faust" Fantasy evoked enthusiastic applause. The artist acknowledged graciouly with Sarasate's "Caprice Basque, a charming encore number. The "Orientale," of the famous Rus- sian composer, Cesar Cui, fulfilled the anticipation expressed in the title The wizard of the bow gave evident of his sympathy with the entente o the composer. The celebrated "Ave Maria," o Schubert was the most appreciated o the numbers on the program. The ar- tist put his entire soul into the won- derful harmonies, thirds and sixth which have an appeal of themselves but with Elman became heart throbs, vital and ritiful, yet appealing to the innate religious spirit in man. The final program number, XPaga- nini's "I Palpiti," was full of the technicalities which demand the ut- most of both artist and audience. El- man came from this number bigger than ever; he is a technician as well as a dreamer of music. This was to have finished the pro- gram. Scarcely a person left his seat. Elman was obliged to acknowledge with two encores, Wieniawski's "Le- gende," and Dvorak's "Humoresque." The program of the concert follows: Concerto, E Minor, Op. 64........ Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47) Allegro molto appassionato; an- dante; allegro molto vivace "Faust" Fantasy................ ............Wieniawski (1835-1880) "The Call of the Plains"......... .Goldmark (1872---) "Orientale" ...Caesar Cui (1835- ) "Ave Maria" ..................... Schubert (1797-1828, Wilhelmj (1843-1908) I"La Chasse" ..a..Kreisler (175--) "1 Palpiti"...... Paganini (1782-1844) Hits Novel Point J. M. Barrie's Play to Be Renderd at Whitney Theater Saturday Night Should Prove Interesting Can a college professor be in love? Certainly, but he probably won't know it, That, at any rate, is the answer giv- en to this delicate question by the Comedy Club play, "The Professor's Love Story," which will be produced at the Whitney theater next Saturday night. The solution of the problem is worked out in a distinctly modern set- ting by J. M. Barrie, and has delighted crowded houses during long runs in New York, Chicago and London. The play opens in the Professor's study in ,London. Complications emerge from the fact that the Profes- sor's powers of concentration have deserted him. Dr. Cousens, his friend and physician, makes the startling dis- covery that the professor is in love with his pretty secretary, and that he is blissfully unconscious of his mal- ady and its cause. Upon the aoctor's advice, the ab- sent-minded professor runs away to the country, accompanied, however, by his charming secretary and pur- sued by an aggressive dowager who has decided to marry him. The secre- tary, Miss Lucy, whose part is taken by Phyllis Povah, '16, is persecuted beyond endurance by the amorous dowager. Yielding to temptation in a moment of desperation, she forestalls the dow- ager in a ruse to elicit a proposal of marriage and simulates a fainting fit, which compels the Professor to clasp ier in his arms. A proposal is not ac- complished at this point, and still further obstacles remain to provide amusement before an end to the per- plexity is reached. As a novel method of advertising he play, those in charge will dis- tribute on the campus today 5,000 namphlets containing pictures taken of scenes during rehearsals in Sarah Caswell Angell hall. rFCULTY MEMBERS TO yMIEETTONIGHT Students Invited to Attend Meeting to Carry Out Purpose of Gatherings TNFORMALITY, PLANS KEYNOTE Faculty members of the rhetoric department and all students interest- ed are invited to the second faculty night of the year to be held tomor- row night from 7:30 to 9:00 o'clock at the Michigan Union clubhouse. In- formality is the keynote of the Union faculty-student meetings. There will be no special program and no speeches are to be made. The pur- pose of the occasion is to offer an opportunity for faculty and students to get together. All faculty members who have at- tained these gatherings are enthusi- astic in their support of the plan. Few students realize the extent of the benefit gained by the close contact which may be had with some of the big men of the university at these functions. Professor Friday said in a recent speech that the most im- portant function of a university is the development of a student's person- ality, also stating that "perhaps the greatest thing in education is the meeting of inspiring and magnetic personalities." Faculty nights offer the students of this university an un- paralleled opportunity to obtain this association. Faculty nights are to be continued throughout the year at intervals of a week or two. Different departments will be invited to each meeting so that before the end of the year all de- partments will have participated. ISSENTERS ON"PEAE SHIP THRAE BREK ON ILSON'S MESSAGE Rev, Charles F. Aked, of San Fran. Cisco, Leads Revolters; Judge Lindsey and Others Stand Pat FORD TRIES TO lEEP PEAC McCL>URE, PUL'TSt1Ei, REF USNS TO SIGN RIKSOLUTON; CREAT ;S IORM Aboard the Steamship Oscar II., (via Wireless, Steamship Noordam and Cape Race, Newfoundland), Dec. 13.-The Rev. Charles F. Akedthrew a wrench into the Ford peace ma- chinery when he presented a resolu- tion condemning President Wilson's message on preparedness. There were nine dissenters wo commended the President and these nine headed by Publisher S. S. McClure, may leave the party at Christiana Mr. Ford, who tried hard to keep the parts of the missionary machine assembled, and who was the first to' sign the resolution, stated "this dec- laration, since it is signed by the ma-_ jority, represents the sentiment of the whole party. The minority must stand with the majority. All are wel- come." ,The declaration which Dr. Aked in- troduced was proposed in secret by a? committee composed of Miss Florence Holbrook, the Chicago school teacher, as chairman, Dr. Aked, Mrs. Joseph1 Fels, Rev. Deacon Lloyd Jones, and Arthr L. Weatherly, secretary of the Nebraskan Peach socicty. Mr. McClre immediately refused te sign it and a storm broke out in the meeting. The others who refused were Herman Bernstein, Senator Helen Rin; Robinson of Denver, Judge and Mrs. Ben Lindsey, Lars T. Nelson, Governor Hanna of North Dakota, Don E. Barry and H. N. Wheeler. MANY FEMALE ROLES IN OPERA First Cast Tryouts to Fe Hld To- morrow Eening' Men who have any talent whatso- ever in the portrayal of female char- .cters are requested to appear at the Michigan Union Opera cast tryouts to be held in the Alpha Nu rooms at 7:00 o'clock tomorrow night. This year's Opera calls for more female roles than any heretofore, there be- ing at least four important female roles in the production. Men who wish to tryout for roles are urged to secure a costume of some sort. The tryouts will be based mainly on stage presence, singing and danc- ing ability. The judging committee will be composed of several faculty members of the school of music, one of the rhetoric department and sev- eral members of the Opera commit- tee. WHAT'S GO4 ON M. E. Adams speaks, Cercle Francais, Tappan Hall, 5:00 o'clock. Edwin Markham, U-hall, 8:00 o'clock. Complimentary Concert, Hill audi- torium, 8:30 o'clock. TOMORROWI Illustrated Travellogues, High School auditorium, 8:00 o'clock. Eastern Star, Masonic Temple, even- ing. Kentucky club, meets, Michigan Un- ion, 7:30 o'clock. Northwestern club Christmas dance, Packard academy, 9:00 o'clock. Opera cast tryouts, Alpha Nu rooms,' 7:00 o'clock. Fresh Mandolin club rehearsal, room 205, N. W., 7:00 o'clock. AU STROHUNMARY MUST, REPLY TO NOTE IN 2 WEEKS PREDICT AUSTRIA'S REPLY WILL BE FAVORABLE TO DEMAND ZWEIDINEK RUMOR UNSOUND Austria Unable to Consider Charge Until All Information Is Secured Washington, Dec. 13.-Austria will not have more than two weeks longer in which to comply with the demand of the United States for satisfaction in the Ancona controversy. Secretary Lansing is understood to have so in- formed Baron Zweidinek, charge d'affaires of the Austrian embassy in the course of a conference which he had with him today. The conference was sought by Baron Zweidinek with the result that the rumor was started in irrespon- sible circles that the charge had re- ceived instructions from his govern- ment to demand his passpqrts. This brought forth a categorical denial from Secretary Lansing. It is ' understood that Baron Zweid- inek desired to know the secretary's interpretation of the demand in the American note that the reply from Austria should be forthcoming promptly. The Austrian government is said to have asked on the' respon- sibility of the charge who was with- out any dispatches from his gover- ment. The question probably was prompted by Count von Bernstoff, the German ambassador who conferred with Baron Zweidinek prior to the latter's conference with Mr. Lansing. Following the intervxew a redic- tion was freely made in responsible diplomatic circle's that Austria will comply with the American demands. In this connection significance is at- tached to the report from Vienna to the effect that the Austrian govern- "ment has found it impossible to 'get into Communication with the com- mander of the submarine which at- tacked the Ancona The opinion was expressed in diplomatic circles that the commander will not be located. The prediction was made that Aus- tria's reply to the United States will be that inasmuch as it has been im- possible for her to get the command- er's detailed version of the attack Austria is not in position to consider the charge in the American note tha the submarine torpedoed the Ancons while there were persons still or board. It was contrary to the rules issued by the Austrian government t submarine commanders, therefore 411 is predicted that Austria will say tha she cannot do otherwise than comp1 with the demand that the form of th attack was "illegal and indispensi. ble," make'reasonable reparation an if the commander is subsequently lo cated, punish him for the offense." Gargoyle Will Appear at Noon Toda The Michigan Gargoyle for th month of December makes its appear ance on the campus at noon today. Th issue is said to possess the usual das and-go generally attributed to th publication, which qualities are, I anything, added to by several snapp and poignant editorials. * * Ad. W. ]titer says:- * There are but -: - -: - * *6 * more shopping days before you * leave for your Christmas vaca- * tion. * Mr. Student, are you heeding the holiday ads? * Mr. Merchant, are you adver- * tising? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CHECK ONE I live at No.- street. I will be Santa Claus to children. I will provide a Christmas for one family . I will give clothes, books, or other useful articles Sign name here * * * * * * * * * * * .. l S T. EVE. DEC. 18th THE Co EDY CLUB WILL GIVE WHITNEY THEATRE "THE PROFESSOR'S LOVE STOY" "A good, live, snappy, modern production."-Bacchus. __________________________I