.._:. THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR r 3k Ak 4I ahtu ASSOCIATED PRESS D~AY AND I) GH'TVIRE SERVICE TODAY PRICE FIVE C VOL. XXXI. No. 96. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1921. PRICE FIVE C: JAPAN'S MADT OVER ISLAND OF COLBY NOTE SAYS U. S. NEVER CONSENTED TO GRANT BY LEAGUE , New Type Of Opera To te Presented J9J[ MANNED 10 For Play, " Top o' Th' 7lornin"[DINGS i r i 1 i l i CLAIMS POSSESSION VALUABLE CABLE Action on Matter Delayed for tation; May Be Referred Supreme Council IS POST Consul- to Different in locale, characters and atmosphere from any previous Union opera is "Top o' th' Mornin'," the 1921 Irish musical comic opera fan- tasy. It was decided last year to produce something in 1921 altogether unlike "George Did It," and Russell Barnes, '20, author of the 1920 opera, set to work to combine Irish wit and humor with American ingenuity. He believed that he could obtain the proper atmosphere and colorful back- ground by using Irish and American characters. He commenced writing the book and lyrics for "Top o' th' Mornin' " shortly after finishing "George Did It," and by June 1 of last year had handed in the complete first act and the scenario for the second act. Three other writers submitted operas but Barnes' was easily the best. SEN-B ARK HO SE O fF CABINET LIST } A total of 52 characters will be * .i i.-a-..- s - - - -a-- - -a - used. There are 12 speaking parts, and 40 in the chorus, of which 24 Will Appear Tonight, Giving Excerpts have girl parts and 16 are men. From Her Eighth Series of All music has been accepted for this P resentaitions year's opera, and most of the num- bers have been returned by the Cin- READER HAS INTERPRETED cinnati orchestrators with complete PLAYS ON TWO CONTINENTS orchestrations. "The music is the best since I have been here," was the Members of the University will be comment of E Mortimer Shuter, opera given an opportunity to hear one of3 AVENUES OF LIFE, SAYS DEOFIELO FORMER SECRETARY OF COM- MERCE ENUMERATES BENE- FITS OF GOOD ROADS IMPROVEMENT GIVEN AS (By Associated Press) I Paris, Feb. 23. - The Americanb note respecting mandates occupied thet council of the League of Nations o throughout the day. The note wasE discussed in the strictest privacy and- the council decided this evening to is- sue only a brief summary for publi- cation. The note deals specifically with the mandate attributed to the emperor of Japan over all former German islands1 in the Pacific north of the equator, and calls attention to the fact that the United States government has never gvien its consent that the Is- land of Yap be included in the terri- tory under Japanese mandates. The reservation is taken on the grounda that Yap has a very important bear- ing on the matter of cable communi- cation and that no power can limit or control the use of the island. The United States declares itself not bound by the terms of- the man-i date and asked that the question be submitted to a new investigation. Members of the council consider itf necessary to confer with their gov- ernments regarding the Americanf note, and with this in view they for-t warded the text today. It is there-1 fore considered unlikely that any de-g cision will be reached at this session.t It was suggested this afternoon that the whole matter be referred to theg Supreme council as it is declared thatg it was in reality that body which at-, tributed Yap, along with othert Northern Pacific islands, to Japan, and this was the principal point raised in Secretary Colby's note. Further than this it is expected thati the council will merely acknowledge receipt of the note. WEATHERBEE WILL PLAY FOR PROM' Nobe Weatherbee's ten-piece orches- tra has been engaged to play for the Sophomore Prom which will be held March 11 at the Union. Tickets are to be placed on sale for $5 at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon at the ticket desk in the Union lobby. Every pre- caution is to be taken to insure the distribution of tickets among sopho- mores only. Payment of dues is necessary before a ticket can be secured, and applic- ants who have not paid up may do so at the time of purc'hasing the ticket. Only 215 tickets are to be sold-for the Prom, and they will be sold to the first sophomores who come this after- noon. According to the chairman, L. Per- kins Bull, '23, both tuxedos and full evening dress will be worn. ,-ENGINEERS MEET FRIDAY FOR FORMAL DINNER-DANCE Junior engineers will have their formal dinner-dance this Friday even- ing at the Union. Tickets will be on sale until 10 o'clock Thursday even- ing. Parties desiring tables may make reservations for four couples by calling A. B. Evans, chairman of the social committee at 2642-R. Music during the dinner will be furnished by the Michigan Union, from 7 to 9 o'clock. Immediately fol- lowing the dinner, dancing will be held in the assembly hall. The social committee announces that corsages are banned. Michligain Graduate Provides Surprise Among Appoint- ments Real ALL BUT THREE OF CABINET APPOINTEES hAVE ACCEPTED) (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 23. - With for- mal acceptances received from all but three of the men chosen by President- elect Harding for his cabinet, it is prictically certain that the men chos- en will all assume their respective duties March 4. Edwin Denby, Mr. Harding's choice for the secretary of the navy, the real surprise of the choices, as his name had not been mentioned in connection with a cab- inet position, is on his way for a con- ference with the President-elect, which is expected -to seal his appoint- ment. Was Detroit Lawyer Mr. Denby, a graduate of the Uni- versity of Michigan, law '96, was born in Evansville, Ind., Feb. 18, 1870, and received his early education in the Evansville high school. He began his practice of law in Detroit with the firm of Keena and Lightner. His prac- tice was interrupted by the outbreak of tha Spanish-American war, during which he served as a third gunner's mate on the gunboat, Yosemite. In t902 he was elected to the Mich- igan legislature and in 1904 to con- gress, serving three terms. He then resumed his practice of law and be- came interested in the manufacture of motor trucks. When the United States entered the war against Ger- many in 1917, Denby, then 47 years old, enlisted as a private in the Ma- rine corps and later rose to the rank of major. Denby Is an Episcopalian, a Mason and a member of several clubs in Detroit. Cabinet Choices The other choices for the cabinet follow: Secretary of state-Charles Evans Hughes, New York. Secretary of the treasury-Andrew Mellon, Pennsylvania. Secretary of war-John W. Weeks Massachusetts. AtTorney general-Harry M. Daugh erty, Ohio. Postmaster general-Will H. Hays Indiana. Secretary of the navy-Edwin Den by, Michigan. - Secretary of interior-A. B. Fall New Mexico. Secretary of agriculture-Henry C Wallace, Iowa. Secretary of commerce - Herber Hoover, California. Secretary of labor-James J. Davis Pennsylvania. ADDITION TO MEDIC BUILDING IS PRACTICALLY COMPLETE] Work on the new addition to th Medical building is practically com completed, according to an announce ment by C. E. Pardon, superintenden of the buildings and grounds depart ment. This addition, which provide for a dissecting laboratory and a ba teriological laboratory, will accomm date approximately 80 students. director, yesterday. Scenery will be more elaborate than ever before. Tableau curtains which were supplied last year by Beaumont of New York will be new and original this year. Carl Bromel, the designer, has supervision of the Michigan Union Construction company, who are now building the scenery in the work- shop. This organization constructed the scenery for "George Did It" and "Come On, Dad." Costumes will be obtained from VanHorn and Son of Philadelphia,] who have furnished them for the last three Union operas. Rehearsals of both the chorus and the cast have been in progress at the workshop for more than a week. Second choices for parts are already being called upon because of first choices becoming ineligible. COMEDY C1UB WORKS FOR STAGEPERFECTION "BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS" TO HAE ELABORATE COSTUMES, SETTINGS During the interval between sem- esters, the Comedy club has been working to perfect arrangements for its play, "Bunty Pulls the Strings," to be given Wednesday, March 9, at the Whitney theater This year the club has made an ef- fort to have more elaborate scenic effects than usual. Two new stage settings have been designed by the di- rector, Prof. J. Raleigh Nelson, of the English department, and painted by 0. S. Davis, of Detroit. The church at Lintihaugh, which forms one of the striking features of the second act, was designed for the club by Prof. C. D. Loomis, of the architectural de- partment. Having spent the past sum- mer in Scotland, Professor Loomis was particularly well fitted to suggest the necessary type of stage setting. The costumes are being made in New York and are of the picturesque crinolinesperiod of sixty years ago. Well known campus talent is in the cast and rehearsals have been con- ducted daily for the past four weeks Yesterday three rehearsals were held the cast working at intervals for more than six hours. 'With still more in- tensive rehearsals ahead, a finished production may be expected. GREEK CHURCHMAN LECTURES FRIDAY "The Reconstruction of Europe" i the subject of the lecture to be give by the Right Reverend Bishop Nich olai, head of the Greek Orthodo . church of Serbia, at 8 o'clock Frida evening in Natural Science auditor - ium. Bishop Nicholai is president of th , Serbian Child Welfare association am one of the distinguished men of th - present day. He has spoken befor large gatherings throughout the world , recently appearing at Westminster Ab bey at London. The lecture is unde the direction of the Cosmopolita: club. .t , bulletin (Special to The Daily) Lansing, Feb ;23. - Unver- D sity of MIchigan beat Michigan Agricultural college 17 to 10 in e basketball here tonight. Karpus - made nine free throws. Miller, a-I Whitlock, and Rea each made one it field goal. Gilkey made one field - goal for 31. A. C.. The rest of Ag- s gies' scores were free throws. - Michigan outclassed opponents at D all times. Michigan made 14 per- sonal fouls and M. A. C. 9. the leading professional readers of the day when Jane Manner will ap- pear this evening in Hill auditorium, under the auspices of the Oratorical association. Jane Manner entered up- on her profession of interpreter of lit- erature after her graduation from the University of Cincinnati and since then has done extensive traveling throughout this country and Europe, I where she has met with the approval of critics wherever she has perform- ed. Thus far Miss Manner has com- pleted seven series of readings which she began in 1914 ,and this evening she will give selections from the eighth series. According to Miss Manner the, best! way to become acquainted with a play is through the interpretation of the professional reader. The material is thus condensed to such an extent that only the finer qualities of the play are brought out and the audience is seldom bored by any dull or uninter- esting passages that might occur in the play. The program this evening will fill the vacancy caused by the death of Leland Powers, who was to have spok- en here on Dec. 18. Tickets for that date will be accepted this evening. 'ENSIAN TO RE-OPEN SUBSCRIPTION DRIV VICTOR C. VAUGHAN WHO RESIGN-' ed After Serving 45 Years on the Medical Faculty. FEBURYSES FEATRESCRITICS EXPRESSION OF CAMPUS OPINION ON LITERARY COLLEGE IS PREDOMINANT (By L. M. W.) ' Recognizing that one man's ideas seldom carry the same weight as the properly collected and interpreted1 thought of a group, Chimes has at- tempted in the February issue, which went on sale Wednesday, to secure a really representative' expression of opinion on the literary college The opening article, "A Brief Slant at the Lit School," is made up of pieces of frank criticism arranged in a coher- ent whole which makes an exceeding- ly interesting piece of reading It may be complained with juktice that practically all the criticism is , contra, and very little pro. But the constructive idea back of the article is to point out the wrongs, imaginary or real, which students see in present teaching methods, and thereby to make plain the need for remedy; there is hardly a place for praise in such a program. . Among the other special articles of the issue, Katharine Holland Brown's "The Short Story of Today," and Dean Victor C Vaughan's "The Medic," take first place. Athletics are given prom- inence in writeups of "The Intramural Idea," by Director Elmer D. Mitchell, and of hockey, by James Hume, '23. The conclusion of Laurence La Tourette Driggs' "Keeping Watch Be- low," signalizes the completion of a real literary triumph for Chimes. Fic- tion from the campus is well repre- sented by the third prize story in the recent contest, Mildred Barton's "But- terfly of Happiness." Business admin- istration students were doubtless at- tracted by the title, "Is There a Chance in South America?" on an article of George E. Sloan's based on personal contact with the continent to the south of us. CONFERENCE PURPOSE Civilization of Nation Measured by Highways, Declares Burton "The highway movement interests me because it brings to the obsolete an abundance of life; because by bringing the open road to every man's door it also brings truth and sun- light," said William C. Redfield, for- mer secretary of commerce of the United States, before the highway conference last night in Hill audi- torium. "We are importing thousands of eggs from China. You have perhaps taken part in the campaign to relieve suffering in that country. Yet the eggs cannot be used for relief be- cause there are no roads. I shall never forget a practical illustration which I saw in the same state and in the same hour," said the former secre- tary of commerce. "I came upon a farmer with one bale of cotton in a wagon drawn by four horses, his wheels in the mud up to the hubs. Farther on I saw a farmer with five bales of cotton in a wagon drawn by two horses on a hard surfaced road. When will Americans wake up to the fact that economy is not the stopping of necessary expenditures? Wise ex- penditures is economy." He then described the development of transportation in the United States from the waterway to the railroad and thence to the highway. Highways Important President Marion L. Burton in in- , troducing Mr. Redfield emphasized the importance of highways. "You can measure the civilization of any nation by the, development of its highways,," he said. "I am not at all uncertain that in the America- Just ahead the development of highways will be as important as the development of rail- roads we have just witnessed." Previous to the meeting in Hill aud- itorium A. R. Kroh and Tom Snyder spoke at a banquet at the Union. In speaking of the back-to-the-farm movement Mr. Kroh related how the Babylonians flocked to the magnifi- cent cities, how they became consum- - ers instead of producers, and how as result nothing remains of the country ex" pt rocks and dust. He gave fig- ures to show that the people in this country are flocking to the cities and are becoming consumers instead of producers. SECOND OPPORTUNITY WILL GIVEN TO SIGN FOR - YEAR-BOOK BE A campaign for the purpose of se- curing subscriptions for 500 addi- tional copies of the 1921 Michiganen- sian will be launched Monday, Feb. 28, by the business department of that publication. The drive will be of three days' duration, and tables will be placed at convenient parts of the campus where students may sign sub- scription blanks. Subscriptions will also be accepted at the Michiganen- sian office in the Press building. According to the business depart- ment, reports from the other confer- ence schools indicate sales averaging from 40 to 60 per cent of the entire student population. Michigan, how- ever, is far behind the others in this: matter with a percentage approxi- mating between 20 and 25 per cent of the student body. The 1921 year-book will have many new features, including professional art work, a larger athletic section, and 32 pages to be devoted to individual snapshots of prominent students whose names were selected by a Stu- dent council committee. Whitney Attends Educational Meet Prof. A. S. Whitney, of the educa- tional department, attended a meeting of federal and interstate citizens' con- ference on education at Lansing yes- terday. r 1 i i t j _ LA SOCIEDAD HISPANICA LECTURE IS POSTPONED "Women Writers of Spanish Amer- ica," the lecture which was scheduled to be given at 7 o'clock tonight un- der the auspices of La Sociedad His- panica, has been postponed until further announcement The next meeting of the society will be held at 7:15 o'clock Thursday even- ing March 3, in the Cercle Francais room in University hall. BURTON AND SHARPE RECEIVE VISITORS, GUESTS, FRIENDS "At home" day at the home of Pres- ident Marion L. Burton and Mrs. Bur- ton wasrattended byimore than 200 guests from the faculty and student bodies. Ambassador William Graves Sharpe and Mrs. Sharpe received with President BurtoA and Mrs. Burton. Among the out of town guests were: Mrs. J. Playfair McMurrick, Toronto; Mrs. Richard P. Strong, Cambridge; Mrs. William A .Webster, Minneapolis; Mrs. Fred B. Snyder, Minneapolis; and Mr. A. M. Todd, of Kalamazoo, who is the guest of President-emeritus H. B. Hutchins and}frs. Hutchins. Pool Fund Gets Donations of $700 Two donations to the Union swim- ming pool fund totaling $700, were re- ported yesterday by Homer Heath, general-manager of the Union. The donors were Charles R. Wells, '73, of Bay City, and James Inglis, of Ann Arbor, a directors' member. The gifts were $500 and $200 respectively, and were unsolicited. Final Plans For Temporary Stands On Ferry Field Are Completed Final plans for the temporary stands to be erected on Ferry field were ap- proved by the Board in Control of Athletics at a meeting Saturday night in the Union. The new stands de- signed by the stadium engineers will have a seating capacity of 15,200. This will provide a total of 37,600 seats, which may be increased to 38,000 with emergency boxes. It is estimated that by the sale of standing room a crowd ed to the western extremities of both stands. These two structures will be built only as far as the running track. Between the two tracks a movable stand will be built in two sections which will complete the stadium. This wooden "U" will be the same height as the North stand. The movable sections will be built on rollers. The bottom tier of 15 rows will match the baseball stands I K. 0. T. C. NOTICE 19 Students are required to complete the en- rollment in the infantry unit of the R. 0. T. C. Enroll now in room 241, Engineering building. of more than 40,000 can be efficiently and will be moved to the diamond handled. when the football season is complet- The specifications adopted provide ed. The upper tier will be rolled for an extension of the east end of the back off the track and stored. present North stand to balance it with A type of construction which corre- the South stand which now extends sponds with the North stand will be several yards beyond it. This addi- used. This stand has been recently tion, which will be stationary, will be inspected by various engineering ex- 42 tiers of seats high as is the North perts and declared to be very well stand, and will accommodate 1,100. built and still good for a long period "U"-shaped extensions will be add- {of years. . CHANGES OF ADDRESS Any subscriber who has changed his address this semes- ter should notify the Daily office so that his paper may 'be sent to his new address. 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