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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

WEDNESDAY, 1DECEMBER K5,

DA ILYOFFICIAL BULLETIN
Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of
the University. Copy feceived by the Assistant tU the Prsidet until
$:30 p. M. (11:30 a. m. SaturdaN)
Volume 4 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1928 Number 62
To The Deans:
There will be no conference of the Deans on Wednesday, December 5.
M. L. 'Burton.
Faculty, College of Literature, Science and the Arts:
The December meeting will be held today, Wednesday, December 5th, at
4:05 P. M. in the lecture room of the General Library.
The program:
1. Report from Professor Frayer on Junior Colleges in Michigan.
2. Special order proposing changes in the marking system.
3. Special order regarding entrance requirements in Mathematics.
4. Report from Registrar Hall on year and semester courses.
5. New business, including proposed restatement of requirements for
graduation.
John R. Effinger.
Faculty of the Colleges of Engineering and Architecture:
The mid-semester reports on those students in your classes whose work
is below passing should be made on cards which may be obtained in this
office or in the messenger boxes and filed in the Secretary's Office, Engin-
eering Building, not later than Wednesday, December 5.
Louis A. Hopkins, Secretary.
Woman's Research Club:
The next meeting will be held Wednesday, December 5, in Room Z 242,
Natural Science Building, at 7:30 p. m. Dr. O. F. Butler will present "A
Study of Ancient Costume", (illustrated).
Mina L. Winslow, Secretary,
Physlcal Education for Women:
Through some mistake it was announced in Tuesday's Daily that there
would be no gymnasium classes for women today. There will be classes'
today and tomorrow but not on Friday, December 7th on account of the
bazaar. Ethel McCormick.
Mechanical Engineering 1:
M. E. 13 will meet in Room 411 Engineering Building Wednesday, Dec-
5th at 9 a. m. J. E. Emswiler.
Mechanical Engineering 35:
M. E. 35 will meet in Room 229 Engineering Building, Wednesday, Dec-
ember 5th, at 9 a. in. C. B. Gordy. i
Public Speaking for Engineers:
Program for Dec. 5, Room 348, En g. Bldg., includes E. E. Elwood, Chair-
man; It. L. Woolley, E.W. Sanders, C. E. Meyer, C. Vielmetti, S. H. Tsow, F.
L. Thompson, M. Stellwagen, H. A. Smith, as speakers J. K. Bulmer.
Forestry:
The public is invited to an open meeting of the Forestry Club held in
Natural Science Auditorium at 7:30 P. M. Wed. Dec. 5. Motion pictures of
the various phases of Forestry will be exhibited. The pictures pertainnig
to transportation should be of equal interest to Foresters and Engineers
and the club extends a hearty welcome to engineering students.
Robert Craig Jr.
BotuiicAl Seminar:
Meets Wednesday, Deceniber 5, at 4:30 o'clock, room B173, N. S. Build-
ing. Paper byW. W. Tuppr,-Lauraceous Woods. B. M. Davis.
linver'4ty of Mclhig'aii BItnd:
Rcehearsal tonight at 7 o'clock in the new Band Headquarters, corner
of E. Jefferson and State Streets. By order of the Director.
William Graulich, Jr. Asst. Manager.
Players Club:
The next public presentation will be held Tuesday evening, December
11, at 8:15 o'clock. At this time "Mothers" by George Middleton, and "Tick-
less Time," by George Gram Cook and Susan Glaspell will be given. This
is the production which was orginally'announced for Dec. 12th.
Stacy R. Black, President.
Notice to Faculty Members:
Mr. Willis John Abbot, editor of The Christian Science Monitor, will del-
iver an address immediately following a luncheon to be given by members
of the Western Conference Editorial Association at The Michigan Union, Sat-
urday, December 8th, at 12:15 P. M. Faculty members are invited to at-
tend.
Tickets for the Luncheon will be placed on sale at The Michigan Union on
Friday and Saturday. The price of these tickets is $1.00.
Laurence Favrot.
Western Conference Editorial Convention committee.
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- 7:15-Liberal club meets, room 306,
Union. Professor Frayer talks.
~ GOIN ON :0-Amrian Legion mneets room
304, Union.
7:30-Alpha Nu meets, fourth floor,
'WEDNESDAY IUniversity hall.t
W7:30-Senior education students meet,
12:00-Kiwanis directors luncheon in room 108, Tappan hall.
Union. 1 7:30-Sociedad Hispanica meets in
12:00-Romance club lunch, room 319,1 room 203, Tappan hall.
Union. 7:45-Westerners' club meets in Harrs
4:00- :00-Open house in Harris hall.
500-Tryouts for Whimsies busine.s
staff meet in Press building.
7:00-Varsity band practices in Uni-
versity Hall. ,
7:00-Rabbi Berkowitzspeaks on world
problems in Lane hall.
7.00-Travese City cdub meets in Lane F
hall.
7:00-Quarterdeck meets in room 302,.
Union.
7:15--Saginaw club smoker in room
318, Union.
7:30-Foestry club meets in Natural
Science auditorium.
7:30--University Chamber of Com-
merce meets, room 306, Union.
7:30-Round-Up club meets in room
304, Union.
7:30-Naval reserve meets in room
225, Union.
7:30--Youngstown - Michigan . club
meets in room 325, instead of Tues-
day night as announced.
8:00-Michigan Union opera, "Cotton
Stockings," at Whitney theater.
1THURSDAY
12:00-Dental faculty lunch in Un-
ion.
415-University lecture, Tappan hall.
5 :00-Dodo players rehearsal, room n
205, Mason hall.
MANAGER TRYOUTS FOR

hall.
8:00-Michigan Union opera, "Cotton
Stockings," at Whitney theater.
U-NOTICES
All fraternity copy for the 1924 Mich-
iganensian must be turned in to
Neil Barber, fraternity editor, at thi
Michiganensian office immediately.
New houses must turn in pictures
of houses and crests also.
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GIVEN BY MRS. MERRICK TO THE CHINESE RUGS SIE IS IMPORTING
FROM PEKING, CHINA.

MINOR SPORTS WAiNTED
Sohpomores who wish to try
out for assistant managers of
Minor Sports, which include
Ihockey, swimming, wrestling,
and golf, report at the wrestling
room in Waterman Gymnasium
between t and 5 o'clock any day
this week or next.
R. V. Rice, Manager.

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MEASUREMENTS NEEDED
FOR FOOTBALL SWEATERS
All freshman and reserve foot-
ball players who won their in-
snia should report at the Ath-
letic office in the Press building
immediately to be measured for
sweaters.

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FOR FORMAL NIGHT
One of the most essential points in connection with
formal attire is that you should feel perfectly at
ease in Tuxedo or Full Dress.
Nothing contributes so much to comfort and smart-
ness of appearance as a well-fitting Tuxedo, and
accessories in perfect harmony.
We have Tuxedos ready to put on, whose easy
comfort will be an asset to your appearance on any
formal occasion.
$50.
Smart accessories add that touch of distinction that
is characteristic of a perfect harmony of collar, tie,
shirt and jewelry.
Correct Dress Charts for the Asking.

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How a Welsley College Graduate, Trying to Help During the Chinese Famine
of 1920. Started a Business That Developed From, the Sale on Commission
f One Rug in September to a Gross -Output from July, 1922, to July, 1923,
of Over $135,000, Which Bids Fair to Be Doubled by Next July. And This
Enormous Increase Has Come from Friends of Purchasers, Who, Realizing
the Unusual Quality of These Rugs, have Also Wanted to Own Them.

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So many people have asked thef
meaning of the word "Fette" combined
with my name in my advertisement
that. I am repeating "The Story of
sFette' Rugs," published in the Times
News of Oct. 1.
In the famine year of 1920, Mrs.
Franklin Fette, an alumna of Welisley
college, and wife of a former Well-
sley professor, now a professor in
Peking, China, ordered a rug for her
living room. Before placing the order
she visited various rug making shops
recommended by friends and finally
placed her order with Mr. Li. Before
it was finished she saw a design she
liked better, so offered her new rug
for sale. to some tourists. It sold at
once. In fact, several wished to buy
it. This was in September, 1920-
about the beginning of the awful and
far reaching north China famine. -We
were all scheming some way to aug-
ment the amounts we could afford to
give from our incomes, and encour-
aged by the demand for her one rug,
Mrs. Fette conceived the idea of turn-
ing one large room in her home into
a display room, and selling these rugs
on commission. She went to the best
manufacturers and asked if they
would like to have her show their
rugs. As her home was within walk-
ing distance of both the large hotels
and the principal business streets;
this they were glad to do for the
factories are mostly situated some dis-
tance from that part of the city oc-
cupied by the hotels and foreign resi-
dences, and are reached only by nar-
row, crooked streets, making it difli-
cult for the Chinese rug merchants to'
get in touch with tourists. And even
if the adventurous tourists did find his
shop, the difference of language made
trading very difficult.
Her success was phenomenal from
the first. From a start with the sale
of one rug in September, 1920, her
business grew to an income of over
$135,000 in 1922, and bids fair to dou-
ble that this year. And that without
one cent for advertising, salesmen or
agents.
In visiting the shops to oversee the
work she realized the pitiable condi-
tion of the boy weavers, most of whom
were underfed and many of whom had
tracoma, and in the spring, when there
was no more need for famine relief
she turned her attention to bettering
the conditions under which the boys
worked. She sent all boys afflicted
with tracoma to the magnificent
Rockefeller Foundation Hospital for
treatment, and refused to buy rugs
from any firms but those who would
install individual wash basins with
towels daily washed. She also hired
a social worker, a returned student,
who had been trained along this line
in America, who, besides looking after

Mrs. Fette's employes goes to all other
rug factories where he is allowed,
whether or not Mrs. Fette takes their
output, and teaches them how to clean
up and live hygenically. In a num-
ber of factories she found boys half
starved and not being able to con-
vince the master that he should fur-
nish more food, she supplies anf extra
meal a day gratis. In addition she
has this summer hired a trained
nurse, who devotes her entire time to
looking after the health of the boys
from Mrs. Fette's factory, and other
contributing factories.
Last year she decided to open a
factory of her own, run on human-
itarian basis, shorter hours, a bal-
anced ration, a .dormitory with beds
instead of a dirty mat on the cold, clay
floor, no Sunday work, etc. She was
told it was impossible to run a rug
factory on such principles, but her
success has been such that this win-
ter she will build a large model fac-
tory. She has taken boys from the
streets, had them taught the rug
wea ing trade by her experts. Each
boy is fed well and warmly clothed
and as soon as he learns his trade
given living wages. Also each boy
is taught to read and given bible in-
struction.
The rugs produced are not excelled
in wool, dye or workmanship any-
where in China. She takes rugs from
only the best shops and only those
made of the best wool. Peking and
Tientsin wool is good, but highest
quality Chinese wool comes from the
province of Shensi and is more ex-
.pensive, hence other rug dealers hesi-
tate to buy it. As she pays cash and
takes their full output, naturally the
rugmen besiege her to buy their rugs.
(She does no commission business
,now), but she had gradually elimin-
.ated all but one or two factories be-
sides her own, encouraging these to
greatly increase their loom-space.
In spite of the fact that she will
not compete with the 'prices of less
perfect rugs made in Peking and
Tientsin the demand is now so great
that she is unable to keep any dis-
play stock on hand for sale to tour-
ists, and her orders are booked for
months ahead.
The "Merrick Feete" rugs are
bought direct for cash from Mrs. Fette
or can be ordered at a saving of 35c
a square foot. Mrs. F'ette has had
weaved a strip of seventy-five shades
of color from which to select and has
also sent twenty wonderful hand-
painted water color or rugs painted
by Chinese artists.
A new shipment of 26 rugs has just
arrived.
MRS. H. B. MERRICK,
Phone 265-J. -Adv.

Goodrich Straightlines are
the best you'll find. Durable,
good looking, yet we charge
you only

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$9.00
This weather calls for better
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