THE MICHICAN DAILY THURSDAY, JANUA
1W GERMAN COURSES'
NOW TAUGHT IN SCHOOL5
IENCH AND SPANISH POPULAR;
NO DEMAND FOR GERMAN'
TEACHERS
"German teachers are more than a
ug on the market, today," says Prof.
0. Davis of the educational depart-
ent. "As soon as we declared war,
e demand for them started to de-
ease until now the unpopularity for
e study of German has probably
ached its limit.'
Schools Drop German Courses
"Since October 1918 the appointment
rnmittee of the educational depart=
nt has received only one call for a
rm'an teacher and that was for an
vanced course... Out o; 687 accred-
d schools in nine of the north-cen-
il states, 552 have dropped German
tirely from their curriculum, 344
ve installed French for the first
ie and 141 have introduced the
dy of Spanish. Next to French,
litary training is a course that is in
a greatest demand in the schools of
a country today. Out of the above
pools, 191 are introducing military
,ining this year.
French Study Increases
n Michigan, 69 of the 93 accredited
ools on record have eliminated Ger-
,n, while 47 have added French and
Spanish. The calls for German
chers which have been entered at
appointment 'office of the Univer-
y have decreased within the last
it from 82 to 17. French has in-
ased in the same time from 32 calls
97.
States Prohibit Study
?rofessor Davis states that about
teen states of the country have
minated the study of German alto-
her by state laws. He further
tes that hedoes not think this
rsion to the language will be long-
ting and in time it will be necessary
commercial reasons, but it will
ver again gain the supremacy it
s held up to the ,war.
WHAT'S GOING ON
Prof. R.2 . Wenley will be unable to
et his classes this morning. He
1 hold his consultation hour as us-
at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
i meeting of the Christian Science
iety will be held at 7:30 o'clock this
ning in the Sunday school room of
Christian Science church.
11 these interested in drawing post-
for the opera should report at the
ion at 11 o'clock Saturday morn-
Only Few Toues.
Out; *fostly Froshl
It was cold yesterday. Fine weath-
er for heavy clothes - and class
toques, but toques were greatly in
the minority. Out of the number of
people who passed the corner of
North University and State streets
between the hours of 11:55 and 12:10
yesterday morning, 69 wore freshman
toques; 33, sophomore; 19, junior,
and 25, senior.
Investigating the cause for the
scarcity of emblems of class distinc-
tion, the following solution presented
itself: Since freshmen are suppos-
edly compelled to wear frosh pots,
the lumber of gray toques lead.
Thh y sophomores, evidently not
wishing to be taken for freshmen,
wore their distinctive hat. Nineteen
juniors, perhaps fearing that their
appearance or their size belied their
class, chose to make their year in
college plainly apparent by wearing
the white and blue hat. Twenty-five
seniors wore their toques, either be-
ing the only few possessed of suffi-
cient class spirit, or else wishing
their position on the campus to be
distinctly understood.
FOREIGN TRADE SHOWS
SLIGHT GENERAL DECREASE
The Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce announces the total
amount of imports and exports for
1918. Exports for the year totaled
$6,150,000,000 ,showing a decrease of
$83,000,000, from the 1917 total. Im-
ports for the year totaled $3,031,-
000,000, not half the exports. Im-
ports as well as exports of gold
showed a decrease, the imports
amounting to $62,000,000 in 1918,
against $552,000,999 in 1917, and the
exports to $41,000,000 and $372,000,000
in the same year.
Imports of silver increased from
$53,000,000 in the calendhr year 1917
to $71,000,000 in 1918. Exports of sil-
ver amounted to $253,000,000 in
1918 against $84,000,00 in 1917.
ENGLAND'S THOUSAND "Y" HUTS
TO BECOME SOCIAL CENTERS
(By Associated Press)
London, Jan. 29.-The Young Men's
Christian association huts, to the num-
ber of about 1,000, dotted all over the
country, which have been erected for
the soldiers are to continue their use-
fulness in another sphere. Plans are
being made for the huts to be moved
into villages and turned into social
clubs for the improvement of social
life in industrial and rural commun-
ities.
UNITED STATES RECOGNIZES
NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT
(Continued from Page One)
The American plan, which was
discussed Monday and is receiving
further consideration, looks to inter-
national control of the colonies,
backward nationalities and tribes by
individual powers or by agents to be
known as "mandatories" of the Lea-
gue of Nations These agents are
to derive all their powers from the
league and to act entirely on the
policy dictated by that body.
Distribution of these guardian-
ships is to be made by the League
o fNations; so it again happens, as
in the case of many of the projects
of reform broached at the confer-
ence, that its successful application
is wholly dependent on the consum-
mation of the league.
Purchasers Resign
Oscar T. Crqsby, president of the
Inter-Allied council for war pur-
chases and finance, and Gen. Tasker
H. Bliss, of the council, have re-
signed, their resignations to take
effect Feb. 1, the original functions
of thq council having been substan-
tially fulfilled.
The council is composed of dele-
gates from the principal associateds
governments. For more than a year
it has supervised and compared the
requisitions of the European Allies
for supplies and finance from the
United States. The cessation of hos-
tilities has simplified operations so
that all remaining negotiations can
be conveniently carried out from
Washington.
HEAVY DEMANh SENDS PRICE
OF COFFEE ABOVE U8UAL MARK
(By Associated Press)
San Juan, P. R., Jan. 29.-Porto
Rico is consuming 50 per cent more
coffee today than she did before the
island "wvent dry" according to a
San Juan coffee dealer. This fact, to-
gether with an island coffee crop of
only half of what it was last year
and a heavy demand from Spain and
Cu ba, has sent up prices throughout
the island.
The coffee market here began
jumping a week or two ago and it
has been going up ever since. Re-
tailers found the price almost dou-
bled overnight and the restaurants
last week raised their prices to 10
cents a cup.
San Juan dealers say coffee is like-
ly to go higher than the present price
of 44 cents retail if the outside de-
nand continues as strong as now,
London Banks Through with Women
London. Jan. 29. - Eight hundred
women clerks employed by the Bank
of England as a war measure have
been notified that their esrvices will
no longer be required, but that 200
of them may make special applications
for as many permanent positions in
the clerical .staff. The salary will be
$15 a week with a pension of half
that amount after 25 years' 5ervie,
Serhiai King Siuiers Relapse
Amsterdam, Jan. 29.--A dispatch
from Liabach says that King Peter,
of Serbia, who has been ill for some
time, has suffered a second stroke of
apoplexy.
Ralph Rose, '06L, holds the Ferry Have you ever notived the particular
field records for both the 16 pound distinctive flavor of the pastry served
hammer and shot-put, his record at The Cafeteria? Joseph Loukotka is
throw for the hammer being. 158 feet, a graduate of Hoffman School of Con-
3 inches, and for the shot, 47 feet, fectionary and has taught fancy ana
3 inches. decorative pastry in most of the large
cities of America and Europe. It is
Use The Daily to .reach the students. made each day fresh in our own bak-
Four thousand students read it every ery. It would sell for 25c an order
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STATE HOTEL MEN NOT TO AID
WINE AND BEER AMENDMENT
Lansing, Jan. 29. - The Michigan
State Hotel Men's association, which
the public has been led tobelieve is
inspiring the fight for the adoption
of the so-called "wine and beer
amendment" at the election in April,
has refused its support to the "wets,"
according to information that has
come into possession of the Michi-
gan Anti-Saloon league.
Those who advertise in The Mich-
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Cormences
February 18
The increased business activities in the days Of Reconstruction
means increased opportunity---increased opportunity for the
young man or young woman with a business training
Shorthand, Typewriting and Bookkeeping are essential to busi-
ness and the opportunities which open up to one with both
university and commercial education are many and attractive
A knowledge of shorthand and typewriting will prove very
useful to you while in college and is almost indispensible after
you get out into the world
Beginning and Advanced Classes-Feb. 18
Hamilton Business College
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