THE WEATHER PROBABLY RAIN OR SNOW TODAY 4o ~ ailg ASSOCIATED PRESS PAY AND NIGHT llR SERVICE TTl1S 'V VSTT 7 T.. 9Q _ __ _ .. . .: z VOL#. XXXI.No. 32. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1920 FORMER- SHIPPING BOARD EMPLOYEES SUBMIT CHARGE~ ALLEGE MANY SHADY IN EMERGENCY FLEET DEAL SAY WORTHLESS BONDS TAKEN AS SECURITIE State Gross Waste of Governmen Funds; Improperly Drawn Contracts, in List (By Associated Press) Washington, Nov. 9. - Election o several officials of the shipping board emergency fleet corporation, granting the purchasing of supplies for repair- ing old merchant ships, owned by the government; the use of political or other influences in floating contracts for ship construction, are among the maze of charges made in reports sub- mitted to the house committee on shipping board operations today, by A. M. Fisher and J. F. Richardson, former employes of the board. Refuses Discussion Chairman 'Benson of the shipping board refused to discuss a report, re- quiring that any statement he might have to make would be made to the house committee which is continuing its investigation of the board's ope- rations. Thenreport was made public to- night by the committee of which Rep- resentative Walsh, Republican of Massachusetts, is chairman. Taking up in detail the board's ac- tivities, the report charged: gross waste of government funds, improp- erly drawn contracts which cost the government large sums, and failure of the various divisions of the board to co-operate efficiently, and the al- most complete failure of some of the divisions to function properly. Padding of Payrolls Padding the payrolls by firms re- pairing shipping board vessels; own- ership by companies operating gov- ernment owned vessels of stock companies furnishing suppliessto those craft at prices ranging any- where from 40 to 50 per cent above wholesale costs; wholesale theft of supplies and equipment of ships; and the loss of millions of dollars through improperly secured loans made to contractors building vessels, also was charged. NALL OF FAME ADMITS NOTED MICHIGAN LUMNA1 ALICE FREEMAN PALMER AMONG SEVEN CHOSEN FOR HIGH HONORS Alice Freeman Palmer, '76, one of the first women to graduate from the University, has been admitted to the New York University Hall of Fame. According to the announcement made Saturday she was accorded her place as a great teacher, along with six men: James Buchanan Eads, en- gineer, Patrick Henry, statesman and patriot, William Thomas Green, phys- ician, August Saint-Gaudens, sculp- tor, Roger Williams, preacher and founder of the state of Rhode Island, and Mark Twain, humorist. Mrs. Palmer was the first woman to have a part in the graduation pro- gram of this University. She served as president of Wellesley college for five years, and as non-resident dean of the women's department of the University of Chicago for three years. Her death occurred Dec. 6, 1902, in Paris. RIGGS TO SPEAK AT JUNIOR ENGINEER SMOKER THURSDAY Prof. Henry E. Riggs, of the civil EFFINGER LEAVES FOR INAUGURATION Dean John R. Effinger, representin the University of Michigan, left toda for Meadville, Pa., to attend the in auguration of Dr. Fred Whitlo Hix son, as president of Allegheny col lege. The inauguration exercises taki place the afternoon of Thursday, Nov 11. At noon a luncheon is to be given university and college representatives with the academic procession at 2 o'clock and the ceremonies at 2:30 o'clock. The representatives will be ban queted at 6 o'clock and a formal re- ception given in their honor at 9 o'clock of the same evening, closing the inauguration. SMORRSON TO BE SUNDAYSPEAKER Lauded As One of Most Brilliant Talkers of Present Day America DONALD J. PORTER, '21, TO BE CHAIRMAN OF SERVICE Dr. Charles C. Morrison, preacher and editor of The Christian Century, will speak next Sunday night in Hill auditorium in the second of the monthly Union services for this year. The subject on which he will speak has not yet been announced. Donald J. Porter, '21, will 'act as chairman of this service, while the prayer and scripture reading will be given by a speaker from out of the ctiy. Music is in charge of William Wheeler, head of the vocal department of the School of Music, and detailed plans of the program will be complet- ed later in the week. Thomas S. Evans, general secretary of the Students' Christian association, says of the speaker, "Dr. Morrison is one of the most brilliant speakers in America today. His speaking ability is equalled only by his scholarly thinking and his editorship of The Christian Century, the best and most progressive religious publication in the country. "This paper has the finest religious articles of the day and of all the pub- lications of its kind that come to Lane hall, it is the best. Dr. Morrison is highly progressive in the editing of his paper. I am sure his talk will be highly interesting to students and of great instructive value." He is the author of several books o a religious character, probably the best known of which is "The Daily Altar." Sunday morning Dr. Morri- son will speak at the Congregational church here. .Barrisers Hold Fall Initiation' With impressive and arduous cere- monies, Barristers, senior honorary law society, initiated 13 men at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the practice court room of the Law build- ing. The neophytes were Ernest Zeig- ler, Harry Rudine, B. B. Loring, G. D. Clapperton, Lee Joslyn, Jr., George Bouchard, Turner Rudesill, M. B. Conklin, G. B. Wolfe, E. J. Richards, W. R. Tomkin, A. J. Cohn, and Prof. E. R. Sunderland. Willis Blakeslee, '21L, was in charge of the initiation, assisted by Arthur Zeigler, '21L. After the initiation the men went to the Union where a banquet was given in honor of the new members. Eclipse Of Sun Evident Today' One-fourth of the surface of the sun will be obscured in a partial eclipse between 7:54 and 9:56 o'clock this morning, which will reach its greatest magnitude at 8:52 o'clock. The eclipse occurs when the earth At Meeting Eliected Tonight Captain Will Be and Idea of Contests Explained ' SOPHOMORE CLASS TO ELECT S LEADER THURSDAY NIGHT Freshmen tonight will inaugurate the preliminaries for the annual Fall -games which are to be held Saturday morning at Ferry field. The doors of Hill auditorium will be opened at 7 o'clock tonight and at 7:15 the freshmen will be addressed by up- perclassmen who will explain the games to them. A freshman captain will be elected and he will appoint his lieutenants. Calvin G. Wetzel, '21E, chairman of the Student council Fall games com- mittee, will preside at the freshman meeting, and he will be assisted by other councilmen in telling the men of '24 how to do their part. Members of the sophomore class will meet at- 7:15 Thursday night in University hall to elect their captain for the games. He will appoint lieu- tenants to assist him. "It is imperative;" said Wetzel last night, "that every freshman be on hand for the meeting tonight at 7:15 o'clock sharp, in order that arrange- ments for the games may be made promptly, and that the freshmen may get a correct idea of Saturday's ac- tivities." 0BBIRS BLAMEDFOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES UNSANITARY CONDITIONS CAUSE OF CASES SAYS HEALTH SERVICE That lack of sanitation in local bar- ber shops is the cause of the increas- ing number of cases of contagious skin diseases which have been brought to their attention, is a state- ment made by authorities of the Uni- versity Health service. Dirty Towels Used The disease, which is more com- monly known as "barber's itch," is due to the use of dirty towels by bar- bers. While not extremely danger- ous, says the Health service, it is highly irritable and painful, and should be carefully guarded against. Several physicians of the Health service, in order to ascertain forj themselves sanitary conditions in I barber shops, made personal visits of inspection to all Ann Arbor shops, and finally decided that barbers were using dirty-towels on the faces of their patrons. In order to abolish this danger, the doctors declare that stu- dents should insist on clean towels, and wherever other than clean ones are dsrr chrnld hinf '+f + FRESH TO PREPARE SFOR FALL GAMES' Practically every member of the faculty who was in the service during the war, will appear in uniform to- morrow afternoon to take part in the Armistice day parade, according to a statement made yesterday by the com- mittee in charge of the Armistice day celebration. Plans for the parade have been en- tirely completed by the committee and it is expected that almost every man in the University who saw service will turn out. The various University units will take formation promptly at 1:15 o'clock and the parade is scheduled to start at 1:30 o'clock sharp. r Led by the University band, the de- tachments will march west on North University to State street and then URGED BY JOHNSON President of American League Asks Minors to Refrain from Taking Sides DECLARES NEW CLUBS WILL REPLACE THOSE DESERTING (By Associated Press) Kansas City, Nov. 9. - The minor baseball leagues of the country at a convention here today were urged by President Ban Johnson, of the Amer- ican league, to follow "a hands off policy" in the baseball war and to take no action that would be partisan to either side. President Johnson, here for the an- nounced purpose of preventing the minors from joining with the new Na- tional league in the Lasker plan of reorganization, addressed the conven- tion this afternoon. Proponents of the new league said the Lasker plan will appear later. The political shakeup in the na- tional association of minor leagues which it was rumored was being en- gineered by the faction, said to be favorable toPresidenttJohnson in the baseball war, failed -to materialize. John H. Farrell was re-elected secre- tary for 10 years, and Mike Sexton of Rock Island was re-elected presi- dent. Previous to his address before the convention, President Johnson issued a statement declaring "that it was war to the finish and after that the American league would place new clubs in New York, Chicago and Bos- ton to replace those joining the new national league." Chimes To Ile On S a le Saturday, EX-Si RVICE MEMBERS OF FACULTY WILL BE IN ARMISTICE DAY PROCESSION proceed to the City hall square where they will join the Ann Arbor divisions. After marching down Main street to Packard, the columns will turn up State, march past the Union, and pro- ceed to Hill audtiorium where the memorial services are to be held. Col. Arthur H. Lovell, of the engin- eering college, will act as grand ma- shal of the day. He will be assisted by several aides, chosen from among the prominent ex-service men on the campus and in the city of Ann Arbor. The Rev. Charles W. Merriam, past- or of the Park Congregational church of Grand Rapids, will be the principal speaker at the memorial services to be held at 3 o'clock in Hill auditorium following the parade. The complete program for the mem- orial services is under the direction of George A. Bowen, formerly the community song leader for the city of Flint. The services, which will last only one hour, will commence with1 the singing of "The Star Spangled Bannsr," after which the Rev. L. A. Barrett, of the Presbyterian church, will offer the invocation. After the invocation Mr. Bowen will lead the1 audience in some of the war-time1 camp songs, the words of which wills appear on the program. Following a solo, to be rendered by a member off the School of Music, the speaker of the day will be introduced by a mem- ber of the faculty. An anthem and the1 benediction will mark the end of the service.I Invitations to the service have beenf sent by the committee to the deansE of the various colleges in the Uni-Y versity, and places on the platform will be reserved for them. Because of the large number of men taking part in the parade, it is probable that the entire main floor and first balcony of Hill auditorium will be taken up by the different detachments. However, it is the desire of the committee that all students and faculty members to- gether wtih as many townspeople as possible, attend the services. Following the exercises the mem- bers of the University post of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars will have a group picture taken on the steps of the Union for the 1921 Michiganen- sian. Carver, La Forge Win Appreciation From Audiencet (By D. F. M.)9 Warm appreciation greeted Charles: Carver, basso, and Prank La Forge, pianist, at the second concert of the Matinee Musicale series given Tues- day night in Pattengil auditorium. Coupled with a true bass voice ofs wide range, a wealth of color in thee lower no less than in the higher tones,t easy enunciation, and dramatic qualityo of interpretation, Mr. Carver possess-t es an engaging personality which in- sured him the sympathy of the entiref audience. "0 Thou My Sacred Land," by HugoS Wolf, was especially adapte4 to thet young singer's full rich tones. Bish- op's "Love Has Eyes," won him a well earned encore as did also Grieg's rol- licking boat song, "Thy Warning Is Good." Mr. Carver concluded the pro- gram with four French songs and three by La Forge including "A Hearts Mislaid," which had to be repeated.t Beside reaching the acme of excell- ent accompanying, Frank La Forgeg played two piano solos, proving agains in "Romance" that an artist's inter- g pretation of his own work is always doubly enjoyable and instructive,e while in "Etude de Concert," by Mac-t Dowell, Mr. La Forge left nothing un- done in the way of perfect technique.t PRICE FIVE CENTS PEP MEETING To PRIME MICHIGA4N FOR COME-BACK SPIRITUAL REJUVENATION FOR CHICAGO STRUGGLE PLANNED FRIDAY NIGHT DATE OF BIG STUDENT RALLY Doors of 1ill Auditorium to Open at 7 o'clock; Only Two Speeehes on Program In the face of two conference de- feats on the football field this sea- son, Michigan this week is preparing a comeback, spiritually as well as physically. The third mass meeting of the year is to be held this week, it has been announced, for the purpose of show- ing the Michigan Varsity football team that despite the two recent de- feats the University is behind it to a man. Friday night has been set as the time, Roswell P. Dillon, '21E, student councilman in charge, announced last night. The doors of Hill auditorium will open at 7 o'clock, and the meet- ing itself will begin at 7:30. Only two speakers will be on the program for the evening, Dillon has announc- ed, in order that no more time than necessary will be consumed. The band and varsity cheer leader will be in attendance, and the cus- (Continued on page Eight) i- SUPERFICIALITY VICE Of AMERICIA-BURTON PRESIDENT ING ADDRESSES MEET. OF GRADUATE CLUB tenutn eheu had branitr to theat With the announcement that the No- tention of the head barber or to the vember issue of Chimes, campus lit- Health service. erary publication, will be on sale Sat- Campaign Being Waged urday morning, C. M. Atkinson, '22 A campaign against unsanitary business manager, also states that methods in barber shops is being car- only 1,100 subscriptions have been re-1 ried on by the Health service, and it ceived to date. The aim of the busi- has adopted as its slogan, "Insist oi. ness department, he declares, is to! clean towels." While the disease " vsecure a total of 2,000 subscriptions. not as yet very prevalent on the cam-i Saturday will be the last opportun- pus, it has been rapidly spreading ity to sign up for Chimes, and Atkin- among school children, whose cases son suggests that students call at the are being handled by town physi- Chimes office in the Press building any cians. time before 5 o'clock during the rest, of this week. This also applies to ACOLYTES ELECT those who have already signed sub- scription slips, but who have not yet; OFFICERS MONDAY paid the full amount. Meeting next Monday night for the MORE SUBSCRIBERS first time this semester, the Acolytes will elect new officers. "Ethical ap- TO 'ENSIAN NEEDED proach to a solution of present day educational problems," will be sub- Subscriptions for the Michiganen- ject for the semetser and different sian have now reached a total of 2,150, papers will be read on it. several hundred below the early esti- For the first time in the history of mate of 3,000 copies. However, ac- the society, women are invited to at- cording to Boyd Logan, '21, business tend the meetings, although they will manager, the signing up of three or not be elected to membership. four hundred more subscribers will The program for the semester is as insure a successful publication. follows: Nov. 15, Prof. Walter B. Students who have not yet subscrib- Pillsbury on "Relation Between Ideal ed may do so any afternoon this week and Action"; Nov. 29, Prof. Robert from 2 to 5 o'clock at the 'Ensian's M. Wenley on "Final Purpose of Edu-! office on the second floor of the Press cation"; Dec. 6, Prof. Guy M. Whip- building. ple on "Human Nature and Its Remak- ing in Human Education"; Dec. 20, CORRECTION Symposium - "The Undergraduate The Graduate club will not meet in Soul," by student members; and Jan. the Union this evening as was stated 10, Prof. Charles H. Cooley on "Pres- in yesterday's Daily. The meeting ent Day Social Ideas and Education." was held last night. Declaring superficiality to be the national vice of America, President M. L. Burton told members of the Graduate club, meeting last night in the assembly hall of the Union, that it is their outstanding duty to raise the standards of scholarship in the United States by concentrated, thor- ough-going mental work. "It is a question not of how much we are do- ing but of how well we are doing It," he said. Hurry Shows The characteristic hurry of the American people has weighed into the standards of our civilization, showing itself in every phase of our lives, and especially in their scholarship, oen- tinued President Burton. He pointed out that Rhodes scholarship men, dis- tinctly above the average American student, are in the words of their Ox- ford tutors "lacking in accuracy and deficient in scholarship in a wide sense." Although appreciated for their distinctive American qualities, 'they seem to have been taught noth- ing very precisely.'. Indictment Found Finding in these statements a se- vere indictment of our standards of scholarship, the speaker asserted that there must be an improvement in these standards during the present generation. Such improvement, he said, must first manifest itself In the graduate schools. President Burton stressed the ne- cessity for accuracy and concentra- tion. He urged that research work, as being absolutely vital to a true university, be brought to a higher de- gree of thoroughness. Preceding the address by Dr. Bur- ton members of the graduate school elected officers for the coming year. M. ten Hoor was chosen president, J. K. Pollock, vice-president, Roberta Deam, secretary, and E. 0. Scott, treasurer. Executive committee mem- bers will be named later. i i engineering department, will be comes into the shadow cast by the egeing partmentew'll e moon as it lies between the sun and among the speakers at the '22 engin-the earth. From the spot on the earth eers' smoker to be held at 7:30 o'clock lying directly in this shadow a total1 Thursday night at the Union. Roger's eclipse can be seen, but as Ann Ar-! orchestra and the Mimes quartet will bor is some distance away, only a furnish music, while Vernon Foster, partial one will be evident. The Spotlight artist, will perform. Apples eclipse takes place during new moon doughnuts, cider, and smokes will be time when the moon's orbit lies in the furnished for refreshments.:same plane as the orbit of the earth. Druids Take In Six New Members Druids, senior honorary literary so- ciety, initiated six men at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The new wor- shippers of the mistletoe are William H. Ingham, George M. Gilmore, Charles H. Murchison, Robert L. Drake, George Duffield, and Peirce McLouth. After the ceremonies came the festivities, which consisted of a dinner at the Union in honor of the new initiates, at which Professors Cross, Tilly, and Dean John R. Effin- ger spoke. i f FRESHMEN MEET TONIGHT The freshman meeting at 7:15 o'clock tonight will inaugurate the activities for the annual Fall ' games which are to be held Sat- urday morning at Ferry field.