LL wo C A60, AbF: a it A6V ,AL- 0 . XXXIII. No. 163 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MAY 13 1923 PRICE FIVE Deficient Secondary School *"iOR- |AKINIe Education Causes Failures A limb, a cudgel, or a bean- pole, you can find them all. F --Senior medical students carry all j Profssor elivers Series of "The average freshman is inade- dents to take their work more serious- , varieties of stcks as senior L'etures o American Psychology quately prepared to meet the stand- ly, though by no means do they take cas. is re ar' g rauting at Paris ard requted by the University be- their work as seriously as in the days ayclaw is reviving the custom of cause of a deficient secondary school when education was only for the weal- k many years ago and carrying LECTURE TOUR L PROBABLY training." declared Prof William G. thy. The paradox is evident,-when home-made walking stick.s s BE CONTINUED THRU ENGLAND Smeaton,' of the chemistry depart- only wealthy "spendthrifts" attended Ec me f th las has ment, in a recent interview. Profes- college, the amount of studying done gone to the forest with his tiys- sor Smeaton was chairman of the sub- was greater than today, when a col- ty hatchet, hewn dwn a husky Recent communications and letters committee appointed by Dean John R. lege educration is no longer beyond: oak, and carved it to the proper have been received from Prof. Walter Effinger last spring to investigate the the reach of the majority. shape for a watlkindg support. B. Pillsbury of the psychology de- causes of freshman failures. He stata These causes, together with a ten- I The ca re tnadorne artment, who Is lecturing in France ed that in his opinion too little care dency to neglect study for outside wihs hemaed s of the s I is being given to the student's train- activities, are believed by Professor various members of the class. this year, by Prof. Charles E. Griffitts ng during his high school career. In Smeaton to constitute. some of the of the psychology department and numerous instances the funds at the main causes for failure among fresh- Adelbert Ford, also of the psychology command of a small high school are man students. department. entirely Inadequate, and therefore the - PA EISGRETST Prof. Pillsbury hps.been absent on school board is forced to engage inf ill.. ,e,.snutt ..mlat leave from the Universaty this year in competent teachers. Again, when order that he might take up his lev- there is a scarcity of teachers in one ture tour in France. He has been lec- department, often., a man or woman U VI C T turing at many French universities teaching in another department is and coliegs throughout France, and drafted to fill the first position, des- U U L UIILJ Prague is the greatest university it is possible that he may continue his pite the fact that the teacher's train- center in the world. It is estimated | lecture tour Into England in the early ing and ability do not lie in'that direc- I believe that more can be done to that no fewer than 27,000 students of part of June. tion. promote a good international relation- full university rank and time are The main and most important lee- Speaking of the present agitation for ship among the nations of the world gathered in the old medieval city. For tures have been given by Prof. Pills- separate trade and literary schools through wholesome competition in ath- r e om i ity bury at the University of Paris, which for high school students, Professor purposes ofhcomoarthrnghtnmayobetiaod is located in the Latin Quarter of Par- Smeaton stated that the plan has prov- letics than through any other means that there are probably not exceeding is, the distrit sometimes known as ed successful in Europe, and there is of which I am aware" said Captain In- 20,000 university students of full uni- toirbnoro where he has ees lee- no reason why it should not work man Sealby, '12L, during his visit versity time and rank in the whole of turfg for some time. In his last letter out well in this country. People are Monday and Tuesday in Ann Arbor New York City. Prague has not mere- to Mr Ford, he states that he is about too well satisfied now that "practical" ly the Czech university, named after to begin a new series of lectures on the Emperor Charles, but the German in the schools, while the literary side Captan Sealby was a great favorite Ferdinand University, a German and which will be delivered in French as of the student's education suffers ac- among' faculty members, being then' a Czech Institute of Technology, an all Prof Pillsbury's lectures have been cordingly. He believes in separate middle-aged, and was interested in ac- Agricultural Institute and a commer- I tiven. While in France. Prof. Pills- igh sch ls, as described, to accom- tivities, especially the Student Coun- cial university, and, finally, a Rus- bury gained favor with French stu- modate the two types of students ci 1of which he was president. sian and a Ukrainian university, all dents perhaps largely through his first whose inclinations lie in different di- In advocating the participation in carried upon the national budget. The publication,.a book on the psychology rections. games by the different nations, Cap- two latte rare composed of profes- of "attent n which was first printed In response to a question concern- tarn Sealby recommended track meets sors and students, refugees from the in PFrench and later in English and ing the effect of the war on students, and boat racing as the best sportsI Bolshevist tyranny. Spanish. Prof. Pillsbury has a rep- since they are the most common in-' utation as being one of the foremost1ternationa sports. psychologists in that particular rfie -rIn speaking of the religious situa- today .i ,AD N IU T n s e ki g o h ei io s st a U LE E G A S W N E .o. Pla LiU tion, he said that the charge that, nrof. Pillsbury will resume his ac- "the people of Continental Europe were tivities at the University next fall. not religious was false, as nearly one it is expected that he will return from half of Sunday was spent by the aver- -_____ his lecture tour by the latter part of age European family in religious ob- this coming summer. SENATE CQM1MITTEE 1 E A R servance. Religious worship is general Officials of the Standard Oil com- WANTS OF MICiIGA', LUMb among nearly all families there, ac- pany of New York have recently an- D TTALKS ON BER DSTRICTS cording to his belief, and that un- nounced that they will require a few STUDENT NIusual interest in this vital thing of! college graduates for their foreign {A$QUS LECTUJRE' . A~f cannot be eliminated, and must service before July. The duties o [ W have a place here on the campus, as ore 3000 nn and womnn -Sitting in the heart of the once fam- well as in all parts of the world. Even these .poition5 range from office have ben enbled to go through col- ous Saginaw valley timber region, the worst sea-faring men as a rule work and sales management up to the lege on the proceeds from delveri ebers of the U. S. Senatorial re- are Christians and are truly relig- organization and development of og R. H. Cornells' talk on "Acre'srof forestration committee were told that I ans,. agencies. Owing to the nature of fHAi additional federal and state ld for duties in the tropics and is partly Diamonds," according to Aubry flob- fin additection and in adequate reduc-7 civilized countries applicants can or- rest. '23Ed, who gave extracts from iroen rtetion a n i cutOver lands, lies SredduIl ss dinarily only be conidered from A- the famous lecture Wednesday nightIuterl ie- Srion bee n age o Am- in Lane hall. It is estimated that Mr. the only hope of reluSbng chliants must nBe un2arried al- Conwell has given the talk nearly gan's idle acres. -h"ta though their is no objection to mar- 6000 times and that approximately- The hearing before the committe! 000O piesons ha hprdxIat y :was attended by grizzled lumbermen : Student illness is on the decrease : riage after the employe returns home ,~000,000 persons have heard i. res according to the Health service re- on his first furlough. According to Mr. Roberts, Mr. Con-' who have seen millios of acres of 1port for April, showing that there No previous business experience is army ande a present an Btst mU - wood. They were divided in their were 641 fewer cases of illness during necessary and it is not required that inter in Philadelphia, first heard the opinions as to how much aid will be the past month than during the same applicants be able to speak any for- sistrc of Phi alk, firm anArard ecessary to bring Michigan back as a moth a year ago. There were 3,1.07 eign language although if accepted subject of his talk from an Arat lumber state cases during the past month and 3, 74S they will be required to learn the Hol land. whilen tto th u The committee evidenced a lively in- in April last year. - speech of the country to which they yhe made it his life work to b tl terest in th Sargent reforestation More illnesses were due o respira- are assigned. When assigned to their aw nentedtbthe Mgan egrsla-ooltory infections, such as colds and oth- foreign positions employes will re- moral of the story to as many people law, enacted by the Michigan legisa- drs, than to any other cause, 40 being ceive in native currency an equiva- as possible. ture just adjourne lit fall due to this. In April last yea, 452 lent of 200 in United States gold per It provides for the aboli o similar cases were recorded. Ninety- month. After one year of service em- PIONEER CLUB TO MEET advaloren tax laws on'land being de- nine infirmary patients were cared forta AIONERueTMEET voted to reforestration.r an at th Hieoys become eligible to partici- of rforetraton ws moth.pate in te company's plan for an- :-.__ _....rrr..,_..... .A. uniquean,7 ilplann P Eplosive Expert Lauds Use Of Surplus War Materia fs tie ex- th.., x- Maiuiani rei's Unravel T re now iimplicated I'rocess rh no In Fao Salvage and utilization of surplus war materials has been a great eco- nomic benefit, according to Dr. Charles F. Munroe, chief explosive chemist of_ the Bureau of Mines. Government agencies have distributed for their own ! and supervized uses during the past four years many millions of pounds of explosives as compared to none be- fore. a Such agencies include the Bureau of Public'Roads, Reclamation service, Indian service, and the National parks. Thousands of pounds of ex-s plosives have been used to construct the government railroad in Alaska, in the Canal Zone work and in num- erous river enterprises. "Many benefits can be derived from the use of these explosives in highway construction and repairing, in ditch- digging, in drainage work, and in land{ - clearing," said Dr. Munroe. "Event-.E ually there will be an increasing (e- mand for explosives as labor savers. Consumption is expected to go far be- yond present work. Using explosives once will lead to a greater demand POMINENT AUTHORS TO ADDRESCONVNTION for them ond will increase plosive industry in the country Surplus war explosives a being distributed throughout tl try. Dr. Munroe made a repoi Bureau of Mines in which he "The use of these surplus ex in industrial blasting seems n< an obvious means for their eco utilization, but it was by nm rt to the says: :plosives ow t'o be )nomnical o means. I N I4i1lI L SS4WIATF Ai1) &4OVEJINMEN' New York,. May 12. By business of life, at least t so obvious whIen first proposed follow- of it having to do with the man ing the armistice. Authorities differed i turep sale, and use of material t} widely in their opinion on the matter.; Those who believed that military ex-, plosives were unsuitable for indus-° trial blasting could point to the well[ known fact that although the explos-' ive properties of substances such as picric acid and T. N.. T., had been known for years prior to the war, yet! they had not entered into use as in-; dustrial blasting agents. Investiga-z tion had to be resorted to as a means of determining the facts, and the larger part of the allotments made have been used in industrial blasting. on- a great variety of projects with entire acceptance." One interesting feature is in the case of agriculture investigations. Estimates of the U. S. Soil Survey showed that, when lands were cleared of stumps and reclaimed; the upper Mississippi river states alone would increase in value more than $1,000,000,- fwa' Th ii. is iiow c ug arrie has become so complicated in recen years that more than 200 national in dustrial associatioas and governmen departments arc now engaged in a co operative effort to straighten out tho tangle. The straightening process ha taken the form of simplification, unifil cation, and standardization - of raw materials, of manufacturing processe and of finished products. The far reaching proportion thi work. assumed during 1922 is reveale i the year book of the American En ginecrig Standards Committee, federation oK the industrial, technical social, and governmeWtal agencies en gaged i national standardization work. 'ihe projects under way rang Rom standardization of the propo- insof bolts, 'nuts, and rivets to th11 standardization of the dimensionsA C motion picture films; from standardi zation of the methods of testing ante mobilo headlights to standardization of methods of testing wood, steel, o portland cement; from standardizatio: ,i methods of sampling coal and cok to the standiardization of the method r testing cotton fabrics; from th tandardization of rules concernin electricity meters to standardizatio of the manner in which telegraph, tel ephone, and other electric wires Gros each other at overhead intersection on the streets and roads of the Unite States. In all, more than 120 such prc jects have been completed o. are no' under waY. U". its workr is now en are Detroit, May 17. by A.P.-Promi- on as a result of the distribution of nent authors and educators are listed explosives ordered by congress.- among the speakers for the twenty- third annual convention of the Ameri- PRIZES OFFERED can Booksellers' Association, to be . F ESAY CON e held here May 14 to 17, inclusive. I SAYC N ET Among the authors expected are Fan- nie Hurst and Irving Batchelor. Many studcnts interested in thV, A large part of the convention time prize essay ,ontest which is being will be taken up with entertainment held by the Intercollegiate Zionist so- features. A trip will be made ,to Wind-: ciety of the Unfversity of Michiga'n sor May 18, after the close of the local { Fifty dollars in prizes have been of- convention, to attend the annual meet- fered for the three best essays deal- ing of Canadian booksellers. ing with any phase of Zionism. Among the speakers during the var- The contest is open to 'all under- ious business and dinner meetings will : graduates of the University. The es- be Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris, Si- says should not contain less than 2,000 mon L. Nye of Washington, president words and not more than 3,000 words. of the Association; Frank Cody, sup- All papers should be typewritten and erintendent of Detroit's schools, and bear.an assurned name. Essays and Edgar A. Guest, the Detroit poet. communications should be sent to the Contest Chairman. care of 0etroit Jew- MAOR LEWS A PC PP A >7 inltment of Clarenace Sndr )Jaily Exchange ish Chronicle, -on or before May 20 A The names of, the judges of the con- the Varsity Laundry Co., Geor Files Include 40 -test will be announced at a later date. Burkc, of the law firm of Cavanang Colsanl Burk , and John Swisher, pr _Tr r nprictor of the Swisher Grocery coi C'ollege andmetropolitan newspa.L pany, to the new board of police cor g dm ptp~missioners was announced by May pers from all sections of the country George E. Lewis recently. Snyd may be found on the exchange rack Indiana. Purdue, and Ohio State will serve for one year, Burke f in the Daily office. Exchanges are universities have combined to form u two and Swishgr for three years. T made with more than 40 papers, most an udebates etween these schools agu board was sanctioied by the voters of which are college publications. the la-t election. College newspapers from the west be held nextafrmtion of this league Other appointments include Re and southwest include the universities Indiana has withdrawn from the In -Granger as city treasurer; ose of California, Washington, Lregon, Le- gy eC Bonisteel as city attorney; Edw land Stanford, Texas, Kansas, Okla- ference league will be of greater ben- Schmidt to the board of fire comm Noma, Utah and Idaho. From the efit to the university. Indiana was sioners; Levi D. Wines to the boa i south and east come the publications tied with Notre Dame for the chain- of park commissioners; Titus Hi of the universities of Kentucky, Van- p h thisyear in the Indiana zel to the board of public works a derbilt, Washington and Lee, Johns pionship ye r. Udo J. Wile of the medical sch Hopkins, Harvard, Princeton, Penn eDual or triangular 'ineets with other to the board of health. SState, Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, state universities will be held during Massachusetts Tech, Wellesley, Grin the first semester of next year, it was Police Program Boosts License Sal ne and McGill. a w announced. Since the local police adopted t r1,xchanges are also made uwith.____________ smaller schools that are nearer to Ann policy of arresting drivers .with( Arbor and with a number of metro-- W choose topics dealing Bible school will meet at 9:30 o'clock. .A with mothers for their sermons to-! Bible school ssturyhhour will be An out-doors meeting is planned by SlU OALS UOT day. held at 9 o'clock at the Zion Lutheran the Adelphi House of Representatives Baptist Church, followed by a pre-confirma- for Tuesday night. This is rather a, "Mother" will be the topic of Rev. tion service at 10:30 o'clock. Student depart-re from the usual meeting but New York, May 12. By A.P.---Com- Edward Sayles' morning service at Forum, will meet at 5:30 o'clock, with I the committee in charge, headed by -iunity art centers in country school- the First Baptist church this morning. Miss Ruth Sauer, leader. The subject E Andrew C. Beam. '23Ed, intends to 1 houses, deserted during the summer Following the morning service, stu- will be "The Christian Attitude to- give the members of Adelphi a chance vacation period, are advocated by Da- ._ _ .._':31 Y. I i - 4 A Plnnr Vn.p of+ . h-n m ,,,+' t-An- vid Mannes. a musician of this city. a E i 1 { I i ._._. 'fn army ph.ne T-2 in Ahich -Lic tepants Oakley Kelly right, and John Macready. left, made their 2.800-mile flight. When the giant army plane T-2 taxied to a stop at S3.. Diego, Cal., under the gkudanve of Lieut John Macready the "impossible" had been ncccn- plished. Maeready and Lieut Oakley 1 elly flew acro-s x the. con- tinent. from New York to Sie Diegi2,800 miles, in 2ii hiors ~ i ,;