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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. JANUARY 24, 1924

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GATHER TOMORROW
IN FIRST MEETING
OVER 70 VISITING ENGINEERS1
WILL GATHER-IN ANNUAL
CONFERENCE HERE
COOLEY S NYS SESSION
WILL IMPROVE SYSTEM
Reception Will Be Given At Union
For Visiting Representatives}
By Faculty
In response to the invitation of
President Marion L. Burton extended
before the first meeting of the divis-
ion of deans and administrative offi-
cers of the society for the Promotion
of engineering education held at
Ithaca during the past year, repre-
senatives from more than 70 engin-
eering institutions will convene here
tomorrow for the first mid-winter con-
ference of the committee.
Dean A. M. Greene, of Princeton
University, is chairman of the commit-
tee this year, succeeding Dean W.Ob.
Raymond of Iowa.
Plan to Broaden Course
The society for the promotion of
engineering educationhave been dis-
cussing the question of the general
broadening of engineering work and
studies more in the way of general
business course. This has been made
possible by the donation of approxi-
mately $150,000 by the Carnegie
Foundation for the systematic study
of engineering education. This has
been started' under W. E. Wickenden,
formerly vice-president of the Amer-.
ican Telegraph and Telephone com-
pany and now director of the investi-
gation.
In commentng on the conference,
Dean M. E.Cooley said yesterday, "I
believe this to bie one of the biggest
and most original investigations in
education and it bids far to material-
ly revolutionize the education system
for engineers." Dean Cooley will sit
at the conference as a representative
of the University.
Activities of the conference delgates,
are scheduled to start at 10:30 o'clock
tomorrow morning when they will
make an -inspection tour of the Col-
leges of Engineering and Architect-
ure, the General Library and the
Clements library. Following this
luncheon will be served at 12:30-
o'clock in the Union. The first con-1
ference will open at 2 o'clock in room I
348 of the 'Engineering building.
Advance Six Plans
At this session the "Length and
Content of the Curriculum" is to be'
the topic of consideration. Six plans
will be advanced at this time. Dean
W. G. Raymond wil introduce the Iowa
plan, Dean H. J. Hughes, the Harvard,
Dean M. E. Cooley, the Michigan, Dean
G. B. Pegram, the Columbia, Dean E.
J. McCaustland, the Missouri and
President A. C. Humphrey's, the Stev-
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Predicts Briti sh
Labor Party Fall
"Labor will not continue at the
head of Parliament very long," said
Paul Blanshard, field secretary of thef
League for Industrial Democracy,
yesterday in an interview immediate-
ly following his lecture in the auditor-
ium of the Natural Science building.'
"They can't hold out in Parliament
long," he went on. "All they can do
is to make manifest their standards."
When asked what he thought the
labor party might attempt to do, he
said, "They may be able to put
through an act for the disarmament,
being a pacifist party. They may try
to stop the present Ruhr activities,
thereby causing Poincaire's downfall.
Belonging to the national labor or-I
ganization, they may hope to bind1
themselves closer together with un-
ions in other countries and by means
of strikes attempt to stop any war
which might occur in the future."
ORGA9NIZATION ON
B U S1IES BASIS
PROMISE[D BRITISH'
NEW PREMIER WILL LOOK FOR
PIUNCTUALITY ON PART
OF ASSOCIATES
LABOR LEADER MAKES
FOREIGN OFFICE CALL.
Secretary and Assistant Both Absent
and MacDonald is GIven
Long Wait


MEN WHO WILL LEAD 1925 J-HOP

State Bureau Men
To Inspet Houses
Several investigators from the state
bureau of labor and industry are at
present in Ann Arbor inspecting
fraternity and sorority houses, dorm-
itories and league houses and all stu-
dent rooming houses for possible fire
hazards, it was learned yesterday.
investigators came here on request
of Chief Andrews of the Ann Arbor
fire department and Mildred P. Sher-
man, assistant dean of women, fol-
lowing the fire at Spaulding house
a short time ago when one girl was
injured in jumping from an upper
story window and several others had
to be carried to safety.
It is planned to make investigation,
thorough and when it is found nec-
essary the investigators have author-
ity to order that proper precautions,
such as the building of- fire escapes,
be taken.
HOSECOMMITTEE,
COMPROMISE OFFER-
STILL UNACCEPTEDI
DEMOCRATS SILENT ON PLAN TO'
WORK WITH REPUBLICANS ON
NON-PARTISAN TAX BILL
MISCELLANEOUS RATES
UNDER CONSIDERATION
C! (1 P_ ProDrnm Ad atod on Par-t

PROFESSORS AND
RAI XECUOTIVE'S
WILL MEET TOOl
AIM OF GATTIEKING IS TO FOST
INTEREST OF STUDENTS IN
RAILROAD POSITIONS
DAY AND WORLEY WI l
ADDRESS ASSOCIATIC
President Burton and Regents I
Be at Dinner of Committee
Tomorrow Noon
With the aim of fostering closer
lationships between railroads and
iversities of the country, twelve u
versity professors and railroad ex
utives will meet in conference h
today and tomorrow. The men m
up the committee on co-operative
lations with Universities of the An
ican Railway Engineering associat
The committee, which came into

The 1925 J-Hop Commiittee
The thirteen members of the junior classes of the University who aro in charge of arrangements for the
1925 J7-Hop that will be held Feb. 8 in Waterman and Barbour gymnasiums. The members of the committee are:
Top row, left to right, W. C. Cartier, '25D, James K. Miller, '25, William Roesser, '25, Charles Merriam, '25E.
Second row, Ray A. Billington, '25, Wil liam Kerr, '25E, Edliff R. Slaughter, '25E, chairman, Robert Snodgrass, '25L,
Harold Cassidy, '25A. Lower row, Ri chard Travis, '25M, William Cusick, '25P, James Collison, '25, John Tracy,
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ALENTO SPEAK

London, Jan. 23.-Ramsay MacDon-
ald, who took office today as Eng-
land's first labor premier, gave tacit THS 9 T H U N
notice to the country and his col-
leaguesttodaythat he expected to give Lecturer Will Talk onI Relation of I
the British people a business-like or-j "Poetry and Drama" in Natural
ganization and would look for punc- Science Auditorium
tuality on the part of his associates in ._
reporting for duty each day. I LELAND STANFORD PROFESSOR
Soon after partaking of a light HIERE ON UINIVERSITY SERIES
quick luncheon in theAmerican fa-
shion, he called at the foreign office
about 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Professor Raymond F. Alden, of Le-
expectation of seeing Marquis Curzon land Stanford university, California
or Sir Eric Crowe, who in the foreign is to make an address on the univer-;
secretary's absence is the executive ' sity lecture series at 4:15 o'clock this
head of the department.
LordCuron ad lredy ive urafternoon in Natural Science auditor- j
Lord Curzon had already given ur
the reigns of state and gone home and ium. He has announced as the sub-
Sir Eric, like most British officialE ject for his talk: "The Relation of Po-
who believe in a full two or three hour etry to Drama".
siesta at midday had not yet returned Prof Alden is at this time on r
from luncheon.
Sir Eric Crowe did not arrive until leave of absence from Leland Stan-
after 2:30, Mr. MacDonald meanwhile ford university for the entire year, anO,
having cooled his heels in the ante is making an extended tour througl
room. Sir Eric apologized profusely this part of the country. He was tak-
for his tardiness after which the pre- en up his residence at Swarthmore
mier engaged him in a long talk over Pa., although he is at present engag-
the personnel and functioning of the ed in giving a series of talks at the
various departments of the foreigr University of Chicago. He made anI
I office. address before the Graduate Englislh
-_Club yesterday in Newberry residencej
tU d it i sc tl. d th t h w ill h hbmld

. . 1 . g p" y 1~iiiA VIM l .i .
Vote With Frear, Wisconsin,
D e a ns Despair; MEnting
ICam pus Canines Washington, Jan. 23.-The offer of
KCgAUARepublicans of the house ways and
K e ep' C vemeans committee to compromise-with
Ithe Democrats and work out a non-
Twelve men met in the office of Rebels in Flight Pursued by Cavalry; partisan tax bill remained unaccept-
President Marion L. Burton yester- Victorious Troops Supported ed tonight by Democrats while the
day. Twelve men representing at by Airplanes committee proceeded with consider-
as ma utlooks if not mreation of the miscellaneous rates, us-
least as many outOBE(ON RECONQUERS ing the Mellon plan as a basis.
on the problems of University life STATE OF TUMAULITAS Representative Garner, of Texas,
They were the Deans of the Univer- speaking for the Democrats in com-
sity. Washingtoii, Jan. 23-(By A.P.)- mittee, said his party would not yield
And for a few minutes after their Mexican revolutionary forces under on the rates outlined in the Demo-.
meeting had opened, all of these men General Estraea have evacuated cratic tax revision plan, of which he
picked for their shrewdness in handl- Guadalajara, capital of the state of is the author, until the Republicans
ing the University's affairs, concen- that name in the face of a steady ad- had proposed definite terms of com-
trated their attention upon a prob- vance by federal troops, the Mexican promise.
lem which, no matter how diverse embassy said in a statement today. harn ree, ofr thecom e,
their interests, touched them all. They "The rebel defenses on the west or who made thae rtsic-
were discussing the dog evil on the Jalisco front have completely col- ans, indicated that while consider-
campus. This body is of the opin- lapsed," the statement said. Unable tinoed in full committee it was possi-
ion that the campus is entirely toe to hold his army intact in the face of ble that majority members might de-
St"doggy". It seems that the Deans steady advance in the face of Federal cide upon a schedule among them-
are tired of being chased up and down troops Gen. Estraba has evacuated the selves, which could be adopted maj-
the highways and byways of the cam- city of Quadalajara, the rebel strong- ority vote in comittee.
pus by enthusiastic canines, and that hold. A strong federal column pre- Representative Garner urged that
they are tired of the piercing yelps ceded by airplanes is advancing to re- the rates be considered in the order
which, ever and anon, ring out above sume command of this region. Cav- in which they came in the bill, which
tle drone of recitations. airy units are pursuing the rebe! would bring the income taxes up
So they decided to put a stop to the groups throughout the state. first. The Republican program was
menace. They referred the matter The city of Victoria, capital of the adopted on a party vote, with repre-
I to the secretary of the University state of Tumaulitas, where a small sentative Frear, Republican, Wiscon-
Mr. Shirley W. Smith. Mr. Smith i, band of federal troops went over te sin, dissenting.
at present in California. I the rebels has been retaken. General
Aquirre, at the, head of A large force
of Sonora troops, is advancing int TI

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istence as a result of the inquiry
railroad men as to why they are i
getting university men in the railrc
industry, consists of the followi
who will be here today and tomorro
Robert H. Ford, chairman, assist,
chief engineer of the C. R. 1. and
R. R.; R. N. Begien, general man
er of the Baltimore and Ohio R. I
W. C. Cushing, chief engineer of
Pennsylvania system; E. T. Hows
Western Editor of the Railway A;
Edwin B. Katte, chief engineer of
Electric Traction department of
New York Central R. R.; Milo S. E
chum, Dean of the engineering
partment of the University of I
tois; Brig.-Gen. C H. Mitchell, D.
of the Faculty of Applied Science
Toronto university; G. J. Ray, cl
engineer of the D. L. and W. R. I
Prof. Henry E. Riggs, of the civil
gineering department here; H.
Stafford, vice-president of the C.
and Q. R. R.; G. F. Swain, of
Harvard engineering school; and
G. Raymond, Dean of the Colle
of Applied Science of Iowa.
Session to Start at 10 o'clock
The session, which starts at 10
clock this morning, will be addres
by members of the committee on s
jects of interest, as well as by P
Edmund E. Day of the economics
partment and Prof. John S. Wor
of the Transportation engineering
partment.
Luncheon will be served today
the dining room of the Union
members of the committee. Ot
events planned include a resumpi
of the conferences and an inspeci
of the campus and the Univer
buildings starting at 4 o'clock.
Plan Future, Work
Following the above meeting, a
cussion of the conference and
mation of plans for future work,
well as the outlining of a report
the annual meeting of the Amer
Engineering association, will i
place.
President Marion L. Burton and
Board of Regents of the Univer
will be present at the dinner wi
is to be tendered the committee by
University tomorrow noon.
Christiau Charms
In Organ Recii

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The second meeting will take up
the "The Place of Research in thej
Engineering School" which subject is
to be sponsored by President C. R.
Richards of Lehigh university. A sec-
ond topic brought forwardrat this
time by Mr. M. W. Alexander of the !
National, Industrial Conference board
is to be "The Relation of the Engin-
eering School to the Industries.".
Saturday evening a reception will be
held for visiting college represent-
atives in the Union. The entire fac-
ulty of the Engineering and Architect-
ural schools and the Deans of the
various colleges of the University
will meet the delegates as hosts of
the occasion. At 7 o'clock following!
the reception there will be a banquet
in honor of the University's guests.
President Marion L. Burton is to give
the address of the evening.j
Naval Reservists
Pla n Athleticsi
Plans were made last night at the
Naval reserve drill for a smoker. af-
ter this semester's examinations were
over and a committee was formed to
handle the athletic events of the div-
isions. The committee of athletic
suipervision is composed of the follow-
ing men; Charles Neidleman, '25E,
chairman; R. W. Davidson, '27E, H.
T. Kinley, '26E, S. D. Richardson, '27,
and Robert Ingle, '25.
HOP*
There are a number of things
that will be needed for the com-
ing great social event of the

MARCH 2815 DATE SET
FOR FRESHMAN FROLIC
March 28 was set as the date for
the 1927 Frosh Frolic at a meeting of
the Frolic committee Tuesday night
in the Union. The Frolic this year
will be held in the ballroom of the'
Union as on previous years.
Applications for tickets will be
mailed to members of the freshman
class on or about Feb. 20. The price of
the tickets this year will be $5. The'
number of applications, accepted this
year will be limited to 250.
Funds necessary for current ex-1
penses of the committees are'being ad-.I
vanced by the freshman engineering1
class. It was decided at the general;
assembly of the class held last Wed-
nesday that this would be done to!
expedite the work of the committee.
The money advanced will be repaid
at the time of the Frolic.
Every effort is being made to ob-
tain the cooperation of the whole
freshman class in making the Frolic
a success, according to Mark Harring-
ton, '27, chairman of the committee.

ana itis expectea at ne wi re auic
to present one of the most education-
al lectures of the series.
Professor Alden is nationally prom-
inent in his field, and has made a life
study of the literature of England
which has proved to be invaluable te
all students of the English language

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Repertorv Conedyv


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He has also made a special investiga-1i J L vrv vw vw
nga Plans were put under way by the
tion of the works of Shakespeare, and ) Giving practically the same program Student council in a meeting last
has contributed much to our store of as the one offered here last week, thc I Douglas Moore of the Cleveland night for the formation of the cheer
knowledge of the famous author and University Glee club gave its annual|Playhouse, as Geoffrey Wareham, was leading squad for next year. A com-
playwrite. ' recital in Pease auditorium, Ypsilan- the individual star in "March Hares" mittee was formed to take care of
ti, last night, before an enthusIastic the entertaining comedy presented by this proposition, James Rice, '24, be-
omaudience. Conendations were re- Ie Michigan Repertory company at ing appointed chairman. Another
January TIc n ufinl teIMcignRprtr oun ti
ceived by George Oscar Bowen; direc- I the Whitney theater . last night. He committee was appointed to make out
S Number Delayed Ifor of the club, after the concert played with engaging casualness a a calendar of events for the second
uwhich tended to show thc a thhe ner part which could have been played in semester, such as Cap Night and the
T policy undertaken by the organizaor no other way-that of an indifferent I Spring games. This committee is
was well liked. Adonis in a household full of wolfish composed of Donald McCabe, '24,i
gan Technic, magazine of the collegesRThe chorus sang the same numC women. chairman, Howard B. Hoffman, '24M,r
of engineering and architecture, has'Ih
be engdeaennd aherinter inDha ers that they offered in their pre- Norma Harrison Thrower had the A. B. Connable, '25.
troit and will probably not go on contest recital. The Varsity Quarte' courage to make herself exceptional-
sIa unill of the we on and String quartet were also on the ly disagreeable in the part of Claudia Indianapolis, Jan. 22.--International
a hh .Kitts, and as a result her work stood j President John L. Lewis called the
ies were to have been deliverecd yes- progranm.j
E wut have not ye ivedy Immediately after the concert, the out from the rest. Local talent was twenty-ninth biennial convention of
terday a y. men who will represent Michigan in represented by Mattie Proudfoot, '24 i the United Mine Workers of America
Carl Brandt, formerly of the publicthe glee club competitions to be helW who took the part of a coKx. J.C. to order yesterday.
speaking faculty, addressed the meet- -at 'higo on Feb. IS, were named.I
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Girls Take Camp

ing of the Republican club bold last,
night in the Union. He considered
Isome phases of political problems. I
us Approval ANNOUNCED AT BANQUET

Ruopssn pera Ltar 10 zng
In Hill Auditorium Tomorrow

Yesterday afternoon's twilight
al at Hill Auditorium seemed to
cate that Palmer Christian is s
ing his programs with the com:
able design of presenting pure
music upon that instrument, an
the customary group of compo
made over from those intende
other instruments. A few of the
bers served as further demonst
of Mr. Christian's extraordinary
ity. The Bach little fugue in E
or was as intellectually satisfyi
d'Evry's Meditation was charn
sentimental.
It is difficult to know whethE
acoustics were detrimental, or v
er the organ was at fault durn
Angel scene from Haensel and
tel, but a certain haziness hun
the entire piece which no degi
'attention could clarify. This ce
ly could' not be put upon Mr. Chi
whose adroit fingers glided an(
from manual to diapason wil
tounding alacrity, particularly r
able throughout Saint-Saens'
Rhapsody on Breton Melodies
opened the recital. His accure
registration and exalted interpre
made of Vierna's Finale from
phony I a tremendous musical e
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Americaun Legion Gets Approp:


ByStorm With January (argi At a banquet held last night in Wil-
let's cafe the 1924 staff of The Michi-
gan Technic, publication of the col-
With a barrage of parodies, poems, of the fair members of the sisterhoods leges of engineering and architecture
sketches and bits of humor through- was one of the outstanding illus- was announced. Dean Mortimer E
out the January number of Gargoyle, trations of the ability of the girls to Cooley was the principal speaker at
the girls have taken the citadel of make use of one of the man's failings the banquet.
campus approval by storm. There were to produce good humor. Fred A. Leisen, '25E, was named as
many who doubted the ability of the "Men", a parody on Kipling's "I've managing editor for the coming year
fair sex to produce a humor magazine taken my fun where I've found it" while Fred M. Freeman, '25E, will head
equal to a product of masculine pens. struck the most responsive chord of I the business staff. Other members of
The idea of a girls number by girls any of the contributions. Wherein the editorial staff will be as follows:1
alone was viewed with apprehension I lay its appeal as a matter of diverse Fred A. Kimmich, '25E, associate ed-
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Feodor Chaliapin, the most famous
of living bassos and an outstanding
figure in the musical world of today
will sing at the fifth concert of thej
Choral Union series tat 8 o'clock to-
morrow night in Hill auditorium
Chaliapin won fame for himself inJ
the early part of this century, but be-
I tween 1914 and 1921, when he was1
not allowed out of Russia, Europe and
America lost sight of him. His re-ap-'
pearance October 1921, when the So-
viet government granted him leave tcl

received no training until after he
had won public recognition.. In 189f
he made his first debut in opera
Thereafter for some time he was spon-
sored by the millionaire Mamontev
His fame was soon established and he
became he idol of the Russian peo-
' ple.
All of his concerts in New York and
London have continued to sell out en-
tirely, as have many extra perform-
ances. Chaliapin urges his audience
to glance over the words of his songs
as he announces them. It is his op-