THE WEATHER UNSETTLED; PROBABLY SlO WERS Y S'irU ~Iaihi MfEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS and WESTERN ICONFERENCE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATIONI VOL XXXV. No. 14 EIGHT PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1924 EIGHT PAGES PRICE, FIVE CENTS I i TRAITINS DAY EXERCISES WILL BE HELD TODAY 'RESHMAN CLASSES TO ASSEM- BLE AT 11LL II AUI)ITORIUM 1 AT 4 O'CLOCK CONNABLE TO SPEAK First Year Literary Students Will Elect Class Officers At Close i Of Meeting Traditions Day will be observed to- day by all freshman classes in the, University at 4 o'clock today in Hill auditorium. The doors will be opened at 3:30 in order to adequately the large numbers of first year students that are expected to attend the gather- ing. The program as announced by Ro- bert J. Hummer, '25, chairman of the; ,Student council committee on Tradi- tions Day, will consist in a number of forms of entertainment. The open-; ing number will be the singing of "The Victors" following which Alfred B. Connable, president of the Student council will give an address to theI members of the class of '28 on the War Material Orders Placed 1In Scandinavia Stockholm, Oct., 7. (By A. P.)-Con- siderable interest has been aroused here by the large orders for war ma- terial placed by several foreign fov- ernments with the Bofors company, Scandanavian's largest manufacturer of guns, ammunition and military sup- plies. Less than a month ago the head of the Boford concern announced that it had contracted for delivery of 10, 000,000 kroners' worth of war material. A new report from the same com- pany now reveals the placing of an- other $5,000,000 worth of orders with- in the last few weeks. In striking contrast with this, it is reported that the demand for agricultural imple- ments, another great speciality of the works, is comparatively small. Commission Will Recommend De Jure Recognition as Way to Resume Relations1 TO SEND AMBASSADOR nionlr61\ g Oxford Team Meets Michigan NAVAL VIDltiIULL Debaters In Contest Tonight STARTSF ONUISE OXFORD AND MICHI6AN WILL CLASH ON PROHIBITION AT H11 1 Ah1flhlfR1lIM TIf1HT REAR ADIMIIAL )IOFFETT COM. )IANDS EPOCHi MA KING TEST OF 511EINANI)OAI WEATHER GOOD Commander Lansdowne is in Charge Of Cruiser and Crew of Forty Men BulletinI Camphille, Virginia, Oct. 7.-(By A. P.)--The naval dirigible Shenandoahj passed over this city at 8:07 o'clock' tonight, apparently not more than 1500 feet high and traveling at an estimated speed of 50 miles an hour. The ship was heading due south and the roar of the engine was plainlyj heard by spectators on the street. Lakehurst, N.'J., Oct. 7.-The naval dirigible Shenandoah started her; epoch-making round trip cruise to the Pacific Coast at 10 A. M. today, taking the air from her mooring mast in perfect weather conditions. With Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett, in charge of Navy aeronautics, on board to make the entire trip, the Navy's pride of the air fluttered the Admiral's pennant from the stern circled once sbout the flying field and headed south, with Wilmington, Del., as the first city on her route. "I consider this the most severe test an airship has ever been called on to make,' were 'Rear Admiral TMoffett's parting words. "It will thoroughly demonstrateI that an airship is practicable for all purposes, in peace-time as well as in war." With her course laid for Wilming- ton, Baltimore, Washington, Greens- boro, N. C., Atlanta, and Birmingham to Fort Worth, Texas, the big air- ship is expected to arrive at her { mnrns n f n tho fir t tii . I I jii>4V -Underwood and Underwood Woodriff, and 31l. C. Hollis meet a picked team of Uni- uditorium. This will be the glish team will have in their ace last Wednesday with the Left to right--Malcolm J. MacDonal I, J. D. The Oxford debating team, which willn versity debaters at 8 o'clock tonight in Hill a second of 30 formal engagements that the Eng tour of the country, the first having taken pl University of Pittsburgh. RECUOS BROE AT DAYTON MEET' subjcet of Michigan traditions. He will Paris, Oct., 7. (By A.P.) -De Jure' explain to the assembled freshmen recognition of the Soviet will be ree- the origin and value of Michigan ommended by the commission appoint- traditions; their growth with time ed by Premier Ierriot, to discover a and the duty of the new men and wo- way of resuming relations with Rus- men on the campus to perpetuate sia, according to Le Matin. them. The commission has decided, Le Dean J. A. Bursley will then give Matin declared, that negotiations for a short address to the freshmen. It I Russia's payment to French bond- will be the first opportunity that the holders and other disputed points can' new students have had to become ac- be conducted better by a French am- quainted with Dean Bursley. Lyman bassador at Moscow than by the pres- Glasgow, '25 head cheerleader, will ent discussion. Practical results of direct the singing of "Varsity" at the the commission's work, such as actual' conclusion of Dean Bursley's speech. recognition are not expected to be Prof. H. C. Carver, '15; will be the very great for some time. last speaker on the program. He has No conditions, therefore, would be selected as his subject some phase attached to the dejure recognitionl of athletics. Professor Carver was a if the government accepted the com- half miler on the Varsity track squad missions present plan. But a letter will during his student days at Michigan. be sent, it is said reminding Moscow Newly selected members of the cheer- that France does not renounce her ixg squad will be present and under intentions of seeking to obtain satis- the direction of Glasgow will lead the factory .adjustments of the claims of freshmen in a few of Michigan's yells. French citizens against Russia, and t The program will be concluded with that Russian property taken over by the singing of the "Yellow and the France will continue in sequestration. Blue'." All members of the freshmen liter- ary class will remain for the election H enry Ford 10 of class officers. The election was . I not held last week at the time of the C tF orCi , other class elections but was post- poned in order that the freshmen W elcom e W ales might become better acquainted. Rep- resentatives from the Student council Detroit, Oct., 7. (By A. P.)-Tenta- will take charge of the election.DeriOt,7(BA.P)TnaI _____k__hag ___thectn tive plans made by city officials to receive the Prince of Wales when he comes to Detroit October 14, were call- ed off today following the receipt of a. telegram by acting-Mayor John C. Mof141VOE Lodeg stating that the prince would be M YDILa guest of Ifenry Ford, Detroit auto- I mobile manufacturer during the day. A straw ballot on the presidential When the announcement was made election, otaken at the Chamber of that the Prince would visit Detroit Commerce luncheon yesterday, show- the acting-mayor telegraphed Capt. A. ed: Coolidge 77, Davis 4, LaFollette 4. F.Lascelles, telling him that while he This overwhelming majority for the understood the brief visit of the' President has been evident in every Prince would be unofficial and wouldc test made in Ann Arboc. require no civic recognition, there The law school vote was finished would be the matter of policing and yesterday and gave Coolidge 191, La- other civic details to be arranged. Follette 71, Davis 54, a total of 316 The telegram received today by Mr.l votes cast. This is one of the best Lodge said. showings made by LaFollette in this "Prince of Wales much appreciates vicinity. !invitation contained in your telegram Different organizations are being of the 3rd. He is visiting quite private- canvassed, including the Rotarians, ly on the 14th as guest of Mr. Henry Exchange Club, Kiwanians, and Ann Ford who has kindly consented to ar- Arbor Trades Council which meets I range the program for the day.' Friday night. These votes will show - more clearly than any others the preference of different classes of people, and in the latter, at least, La-4 Follette is expected to make a good T showing. The vote on the campus will be con- eluded today, when ballots are passed i--- at the meetings of the freshman lit- Season tickets for the 1924-25 Ora- erary and engineering students. Thus torical course will be placed on sale far, the ratio of student opinion has from 1:30 to 5:30 o'clock this after- been about 85 percent for Coolidge. noon in the box office of Hill audi- The grand total of the University torium. The open sale of these tickets vote will be compiled today, as soonI was delayed until today due to theI as the freshman vote can be tabulated, conflict with the sale of tickets and will be published in The Daily to- for the Whiteman concert, but a large morrow. number of mail orders have been re- ceived, accoring to officers of the Muskegon, Mich., Oct. 7.-Rep, Oratorical assciation. Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, open- The program this year is said to ing the Republican campaign here be one of the best in the history of last night, urged Democrats to vote the course, consisting of 11 well for Coolidge. !know popular speakers, and it is expected that the demand for tickets Do Your Duty, Be Sure and Vote. will be heavy during next few days. All seats for this course are reserv- ed. They are priced at $3.50, $3.00, NOTICE and $2.50. Fraternities, sororities, and k league houses desiring space in = NOTICE the 1924-25 Student Directory New Altitude and Weight Carrying Marks Established by Air Pilots ATTAIN 17,200 FEET Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 7.-(By A. P.)- Four world records for altitude and weight carrying were established by Lieut. John MacReady and Harold R. Harris, of McCook field at the inter- national air races at Wright - field last week, according to announce- ments today r by George B. Smith, chairman of the contest committee forj the race week. Thnmfia T 4nnt_ Th1n nfT ndxr in q I i 1 t kflSI OiaCA L'.AeL. *zAtAA'JAAU.J Ala 0a moring mastfor L Ln irLJU L1i1me Martin bomber, carrying a load of some time between midnight and sun- 1500 kilograms (3,361.5 pounds) or rise Thursday. Weather conditions (10 iorm 3,6.pud)o along thersday. werterpoedtoas 54.6 pounds more than the required balong the route were reported today odfrti lsiiainrahd to be excellent as far as fort Wrth load for this classification, reached om n Lxtasdowrne iFr n W an altitude of 17,200 feet. He re- charge of the aerial cruiser nd its nained in the air for 2 hours 13 min- crew of 40 men. Fuel for 90 hours' utes 496 seconds. I lil 4 YY V1 ZV 111 G11~. 1 d L 1 V + ar cruising was in the tanks and food for 40 days was aboard. Shenandoah's men for five FAVOS FOR ILLINOIS 6AME TO BE SELECTED This accomplishment excells the dluration and altitude records for this classification which were held by Lucien Bossoutrot, of France whose marks were 1 hour 47 minutes 8.4 seconds, for duration and 14,882 feet in heighth. Friday Lieut. Harris in the Barling bomber, carrying 9,035 pounds, use- ful load, ,,n overload of 217 pounds, remained in the air 1 hour 47 minutes Faculty Names Hdickey A s Head Of Department Dr. Preston M. Hickey, professor of rocutgenology, was appointed execu- tive head of the internal medicine de- partment of the medical school at the faculty meeting Monday after- noon. Dr. Hickey will serve in this capacity while Dr. Louis M. Warfield, head of that department, is absent from the University. Dr. Warfield was granted a leave of absence Saturday to take effect immediately and to continue until June 30 1925. MASONIC TEMPLE WILL OPEN; SMOKER TONIGHT Ann Arbor's new Masonic temple will he officially opened for the first time at 8 o'clock tonight when a men's smoker will be held. A pro- gram consisting of speeches and mu- sic has been arranged to make the evening one of interest to all mem- bers of the order. "Features of the New Temple," will be the subject of the main talk of the evening to be given by John Lin- denschmidt, chairman of the build- ing association. Rev. Herbert A. .Jump, pastor of the Congregational church will speak on "Things I Learned About Masonry While Abroad." Kenneth Westerman will have charge of the music with Harry Nichols acting as chairman of the af- fair. All student Masons are invited to attend the smoker and inspect the new temple which is said to be one of the most complete edifices of its kind outside of the city of, Detroit, costing over one million dollars. PRINT FIRST NUMBER fON NEWAUMNI PRESS The year's first issue of the Alum- nus, dfficial organ of the Alumni as- sociation, will be off the press tomor- row, the first number to be printed on the new Alumni press which has recently been installed by the asso- ciation for their work. The new magazine will contain 24 pages of Outlook size, standard for most' Alumni weeklies of the country. Contained in this issue will be arti- cles upon the new Literary building, President Marion L. Burton's open- ing speech and a word of apprecia- tion for Dean C. Worcester, '89, fam- ous " diplomat in Philippine affairs who died recently. IUE11L 11iv1 1 WI 11iii 1 i i ll5 ill BRITISH PRIME JIFISTER'S SON 1 COUNCIL OFFICE HOURS IS ONE OF VISITING jsPEAKERS Regular office hours will be maintained from 4 to 5 o'clock BURTON T O PRESIDE every day by the Student Cun- 1 cil in their new offices located J in the activities room of the Audience, Instead of Judges, Wil Michigan Union. Members of the J Give Decision; Program J council will be on hand at the Are Ballots j appointed times and will be glad d I ( to confer with any student on ( Michigan will meet Oxford at 8 various phases of current cam- o'clock tonight in Hill auditorium in J pus problems. This plan has J the University's first intrenational has been initiated in an effort I debate, the subject of which will be (( to bring the student body into J "Resolved, that this house is opposed j closer contact with their rere- J to theprinciple of prohibition."' The J sentatives on the council. ) English team will take the affirma- tive. Pres. Marion L. Burton will preside. The Oxford team, made up of Mal- colm J. MacDonald, son of the British Labour Premier, J. D. Woodruff, who has earned a reputation in England as a scholar and speaker, and M. C. THollis, who has become known in lis through his contributions to English newspapers and magazines, Applicants Take Entire Allotment will arrive at 4:41 o'clock this after- of 3,000 Before 10 O'clock noon from Toledo. Yesterday Morning The Oxford team, the University team, which is made up of K. F HUNDREDS REJECTED Clardy, '25L,' G. Demimink, '27L, and B. B. Sibley, '27L, Prof. Thomas C. Trueblood, head of the public speak- The 3,000 additional tickets for the ing department and Mrs. Trueblood Wisconsin game which were placed will be the guests of P ree : r> on sale at 8 o'clock yesterday morn- ton at a formal zi : e;t his enigs . at the Preside.s hm A"t X e.(,- ing at the offices of the Athletic as- bate the sam g r wi' b4 h 1[ sociation in the Yost field house were guests of Delta Sigma n m sold out before 10 o'clock, according honorary public speaking farteitLy, to Harry Tillotson, business mana- at a supper at the Union. ger of the Athletic association. English Method to be Used Soon after the offices were open- Inasmuch as the English method of ed yesterday morning there was a debating is different from the Ameri- line of several hundred students can, depending more upon the actual waiting to hand in the applications effect made upon the audience, the which they had secured on. Monday. debate will be decided upon the same A long line o applicants were still manner as those held in England. waiting to turn in reservations for The programs, which will be distrib- the game when the announcement uted to the audience, are so printed that all the tickets were sold was that the bottom may be used as bal- made at 10 o'clock. lots. At the conclusion of the debate The additional applications which every person in the audience will be are accepted will be placed adjacent asked to cast this ballot for that to the original purchase. These tick- team whose arguments seemed the ets will be sent at the same tme as most conclsuive. Thus the audience, those of hte first application. instead of the usual judges, will give The number of applications for the decision. the cheering section will not be Since the Oxford team's next en- known until the Athletic association gagement is not until Friday, when has counted this number. It is esti- they will debate with Ohio State Un- mated that the 1,100 tickets reserved versity, it is hoped by the officials in for this section will be sold out. The charge that the team will remain in cheering section which will be com Ann Arbor tomorrow. After the de- posed entirely of men students will bate with Ohio the Oxford men will be on the fifty yard line in the south continue their westward tour, which stand. Sophomores and upperclass- will end when they sail for New men were permitted to take advant- "Zealand January 20. age of this arrangement and secure Millard H. Pryor, '25, president of a seat in the center of the stand. the Oratorical association, which is stDue to a misunderstanding some sponsoring this debate, will give a . students believed that the cheering few introductory remarks cbncerning section was to be located in the west the work of the association and will t sale of additional tickets iuce President Burton as chair- Tesadal of dditiora tkes man. Also on the platform will be means a great deal of work for the IElizabeth VanValkenburgh, '26, and I Athletic association. It will be sever- Frank Backstrom, '26L, who will act al days before the changes necessi- as timekeepers. tated by these new applications can Tickets for the debate will be be worked out by the association. placed on sale for the first time from 11:30 to 5:30 o'clock this afternoon 1 IAIUIITRIIV 111111 I innnr 'land from 7:15 to 8 o'clock tonight in Bids will be considered this morn- 10.5 seconds traveling to an altitude ing by Alfred B. Connable, Jr., '25, of slightly more than 4,000 feet. president of the Student council and This mark breaks the record held T. hawley Tapping, '11L, field secre- for 2,000 pound load of Lucien I3os- tar'y ofthe Alumni association, for soutrot and also beats the record favors to be carried by students and 1 made by Lieut. Harris in the 3,000 alumni at the Illinois game at Urbana, pound classification; it also sets a Oct. 18. new record for the 4,000 pound class- These favors will take the form of ification. small wooden wands, about nine in- ches long, with either paper or cloth J streamers of maize and blue. TheyJ will be distributed on the student spe- At Union Recital cials and also sold at the gates to alumni at the game. No charge will . be adeto tudnts a-Stuentcou_ jMr. Reber Johnson, the noted viol- be made to students, a Student coun- !nist of the New York Symphony or- cii fund being used to defray the x-chestra and Mr. Guy Maier, of the penses unless the prices are prohibi- University School of Music, and Mrs. tive. Maier, will play in a recital this aft- ernoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Mich- VVunult. VILL HUVI1La EDUCATION CONCTION PLAN BANQUET TO START LANSING MICHIGAN CLUB igan Union ball room. The recital is sponsored by the Matinee Musicalej and promises to be an unusually goodj opening for Ann Arbor's musical sea- soil. c l i ' I I r EIi I ____ Mr. Maier and Mr. Johnson will play Lansing alumni will form a Univer- I the "Kreutzer Sonata" by Beethoven, sity of Michigan club for that city a famous selection and one that au- on Friday evening. A banquet is be- diences are rarely privileged to hear. ing planned for 6:30 o'clock in the Mrs. Maier, pianist, will appear alone' Hotel Kerns to which all students in a Brahms group. She has not and alumni are invited. It is hoped played before in the city and as she that the gathering may take the form is known to combine accomplished of a pep meeting before the Michi- musicianship with a charming per- gan-M. A. C. game the following day. I sonality her part of the program will Prof. Ralph Aigler of the law I be awaited with special interest. school, chairman of the Board in Control of Athletics, has been invited I RuberCulture to speak, as have Paul Goebel, '23E, b rl of Grand Rapids, captain of the foot- To Be Discuissed ball team in 1922 and T. Hawley Tapping, field secretary of the alum- Prof. Francis E. Lloyd, of McGill ni association. Dean W. Kelly will university, Montreal, and James Cran- represent the alumni body of M. A. C. them, of the U. S. Rubber Plantation W. S. Foster, '2, and . M. W. company, will be in Ann Arbor today Shaw, '12L, are in charge of arrange- and tomorrow to confer with Prof. H. ments. The dinner will be $1.50 per I. Bartlett and Prof. C. D. LaRue of plate. tho ht n.t ne .rtn-ent on the nroh- Dean A. S. Whitney will deliver an address to students of education who will assemble this afternoon at 4:15 in Tappan hall for the first general !convocation. The meeting was called by the fcaulty committee on student welfare, of which Prof. T. S. P'irdom j is chairman. Every person on the campus enrolled in the school of edu- 'fi I cation or interested in educational1 , theory and practice is asked to be R.0. . .. Begins#present this afternoon. n I The situation in the school. here, Year Of Activity especially in relation to changes in -administration resulting from the Work in the reserve officers train- opening of the University high school, ing corps has started for the year will be the chief subject of discus- after a successful season at the var- I sion. Practice teaching to begin the ions R. O, T. C. summer camps which ; second semester has necessitated the were attended by a number of stu- initiation of new policies. dents in the University. Time and places of class organiza- The activities this year are much tion, including those for students in l the same as those of last year, con- physical education. will be an- sisting, of weekly drills of one hour j nounced. each, along with the bi-weekly band The convocation will last not long-! practices. Membership in the band is er than 45 minutes.s open to all the men students on -the campus playing band instruments. Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 7.-The War 1 Besides a special effort is being made Department plans to promote Lieut. this year to interest the men in inter- Lowell H. Smith, commander of the company athletics which are to be 'round the world flight, to the rank the box office of Hill auditorium. There will be no reserved seats, all the seats being priced at 50c. Large Crowd Expected A large crowd is expected, not only from the canipus and from Ann Ar- gor, but also from the surrounding towns. Arrangements have been made for special cars from Ypsilanti and Detroit, and the Oratorical as- sociation has been notified that large delegations will attend from High- land Park, Jackson, and Albion. Word has also been received from Heidel- burg university, Tiffin, Ohio, that their entire debating team and coach will attend. The debate will start promptly at 8 o'clock. After that time the doors will be closed and no one will be al- lowed to enter the auditorium during any of the speeches. Dates set for Women's League ac- tivities during the year have bee definitely determined b« th. Iir I or of the League. Th- F I w will occur Fi i O'. r ,t which a novel idea i I" -howr is to worked out. Owosso, Mich., Oct. 7.- Senator James Couzens, of Detroit, and Gov. Bartlett, of Massachusetts, will ad- dress a Republican rally at th'e ce) uoany paI muecvuc pt t lems of rubber culture. Professor Lloyd has for a number of years been scientific adviser for the U. S. Rubber company. Mr. Cran- tham has held the position of head of I I I