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Wekoed Back To Rare instrument
Republican Fold Sent From Egypt
An Egyptian sistrum, a musical in-
;s'rument used especially in the wor-
ship . of Isis, the Egyptian goddess,
h as been obtained for exhibition
> { y rv M1through the efforts of Prof. Francis
W. Kelsey of the Latin department,
%. ",now in charge of the Near East ex-
pedition.
The instrument is declared to be
one of the niost valuable acquisitions
of recent years and was presenetd to
University by Maurice Naham of
Cairo, Egypt. It will be placed in the
famous Stearns collection of musical
instrumnets in Hill auditoriun. The
collection, consisting of some 1,5000
instruments of every description, was
presented to the University by the
late Frederick Stearns of Detroit.
{STUDENTS TO VOTE
Detroit Newspaper Extends Forecast
On Presldenthal Race To
Ann Arbor
Senator James E. Couzens, who
Testerday received an ovation as he EXPECT LARGE RETURNS
vas nominated by .the Republican ___
late ~ ~ o fofh'nie tte e ae
oze recentl carried Michiga y opportunity ti expresstheir prefer-
.n overwhelming majority in the pri- ence in the approachirg presidential
nary balloting, despite his defiant race, when the straw vote which is
tand on the party platform and the to be taken at Ann Arbor by a De-
ighteenth amendment. troit newspaper begins. The work of
registering Michigan's choice will
commence as soon as the ballots ar-
r.c, probably tomorrow .aftern oon.
EO N y' t tyiltbe m ad ttbr ng
out the vote here, both in the down-
Seao aDIC E , TO uLenGEse whoswilbokp eprt,
town district an on the campus.
oso topinion of the university
roo Btiineg Provisions Will Tend to may be obtained without conflicting
a eep America Out Warns Sir with the vote of the townspeople. The
vewhl gma yn ttwo will be added into the final total,
ntn esplitehwhich will he published by both the
stEd AKthpr fom n bethigan aily And the Detoit Tmes
SPgEehaSeORd OMeNtONS thatewalloting is.pentorualfe
voters and should run far up into the
Geneva, Sept. 24.--(By A.P.)-If the thousands.-
ETh test vote was extended to towns
ea u f nto s w sto E cn Eve untbth i chieanabo h o heno La
he hopes that America may some day sollet ernts i Detroitwh
ally to the protocol of arbitration Coolidge is manting a slight lead,
.n scuit it isnwtyn ohv rotested that the test was unfair,
as only the citizens of a large city.
.dopted, then the drafting committee Detroit, were allowed to vote. In order
rust not make the sanction provis- to obtain greater accuracy, Ann Arbor
ons too binding This warning was is now being included.
oiced by Sir James Allen, of New ociialsehave foud that thea
unit almost as strongly as do laborers,
Mission this evening at the close of a office workers, and other groups. It
ather fruitless day of wrangling over expected that the Ann Arbor re-
he details of they protocol text. turns will dleterminfe how they will
Speaking for the British dominions' vote next November.
lir James said that they would i:ev Equipment for use in collecting andt
ard a moral obligation to lend aid to compiling the returns has been ad-
ny attacked states for more bind- vancedl by Shirley W. Smith, secretary
:xg than any mere legal obligations of the University, who joins Dean
nd they were sure that America Burley and others in hearty support
-ould feel the same way if the pro- of the project.
ocol were put up to her. If the The Ann Arbor returns will be add-
.irists in n t league commission per- ed to the national total by the chain
Isted in framing the text which would of newspapers, which are operating in
oe the hand of the member states un- sixteen cities. The Michigan total, as
uly as regards bringing sanctions to given yesterday by the Detroit Times,
ear, he added tha r New Zealand was: Coolidge, 2398; LaFollette, 1242;
nou have to mae serius serva aDavis; 389. nl
ions deand fhe i di atdo to t e t h i ex ect d _t at_ he_ nnrbore
r dominions might well do likewise.
myatOa RCHIstsfooeC AiSeveral changes have been made
Two new Instructors, both of whom this year in the location of library
ave recently studied in European reading rooms. Two new study halls
olleges, have been secured for the have been estabalished in the Literary
aculty of the College of Architecture Building, the first of these, which is
sd are now acting as instructor of located at the south end of the third
rchitecture- and instructor of paint, floor, being a combination of the
ng and drawing. old library of economics, insurance,
Knute Lonbarg-holm, graduate of and mathematics, and of the School of
he University of Copenhagen in Den- Business Administration. Professor
nark, holds the position of instructor James W. Glover will be in charge.
n architecture. He has hadsrcta This is to replace the old economics
.xpriecturhefHelashadpractical reading room. The insurance library
xperience in the field of architec-. Iwhich formerly was open only to ad-
u r a 1 work through professional wihfrnrywsoe nyt d
work in Denmark. vanced students, contains the nucleus
In order to fill the vacancy left in of the library of the School of Bust
.ne frdcrlty owfingtthe factyttE.ness Administration. Donald Coney of
he faculty owing to the fact that E. the library staff is in authority here.
I. Barnes is on a leave of absence, On the first floor at the north ena
Myron Chapin has been brought to of the building will be a reading room
he University of Michigan to act on devoted to freshman and sophmore
h e f a c u Ity of .the Architectural required reading. In addition, . most
;ollege in the capacity of instructor of the books from the old rhetoric Ii-
n drawing and painting. Chapin is a brary will be located in this room.
;raduate of the Art Institute of Chi- Mrs. T. Thornton, of the library staff,
ago and of the University of Chicago. will preside. Both of these rooms will
Ie has also studied in Europe. be open at the regular hours.
In the main building, books from
V- ew Jersey Goes the uperstudy hall for junior and
rssenior required readng, will be moved
To Senator Edge to the lower study hall.
Riding Club Meets First Time Today
Mw aivir wT T SOnt 94-W ith in- 1 . - 2 e_ a a
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Baly, Noted Chemist, Talks On
Synthetic Sugar Manufacture
Dr. E. O. C. Baly, senior professor plants, life on the earth would be
of chemistry of the Uinive ity of impossible."
Liverpool, England, delivered his lec- Professor Baly -attempted in the
4T UN16N O,,N-CHT tore entitled "Photosynthesis of course of . his lecture to demonstrate.
SUBJECT OF SPEECH UNKNOWN;
WILL BE OF GENERAL,
INTEREST
TO ARRIVE ODAY
Specall Prominent in Field of Aero.
4iautcs; served in
Three Wars
Final plans and preparations for
the engineering society's smoker,
which wil be held at 7:30 tonight in
the assembly hall of the Union, were
made at a meeting of the society held
last night. Rear Admiral William A.
Moffett, chief of bureau of the United
States Navy aeronautics, and princi-
pal speaker of the evening, will ;ar-
rive sneAnn Arboratv5:40 this after-
oon. He will be entertained at a din-
ner party by Dean Cooley at which
time the heads of the various engi-
neering departments will be present.
The nature of Admiral Moffett's
talk is as yet unknown, but inthe
opinion of Dean Cooley, who is to in-
troduce thre speaker, it will be non-
technical and of such a nature as to-
"raise the students to a higher plane
of thinking and convince them of the
real service whcih can be rendered
in the field of engineering"
Rear Admiral Moffett has for some
time been prominent in naval aero-
nautics and served in the Spanish
American war, the Mexican war in
1914 and the Wotld War.
Due to the fact that the Navy Gen-
eral Board is making a study of he
relative importance of the submarine
surface ships and aircrafts in the
Navy it is thought that the Admiral's
time in Ann Arbor may be limited.
The Engineering society has pro-
vided a number of songs and dances
as a means of entertainment. All
members of the engineering faculty1
are invited to attend the smoker as
guests of the-eng "eriug society and
a section of the seatsi will be reserved'
for the Camp Davis men who will
lead in the singing of camp songs.
Dead Languages
Fail To Decline ,
In Pupils' Favor
Princeton, N. J., Sept 24.-Inquiry
into thte teaching of the Classics,
Latin and Greek, made by Dean An-
drew F. West, of the Princeton Grad-
uate school and president of the
A m e r i c a n Classical League, has
shown that approximately 940,000
pupils are now sudying Latin in the
secondary schools of the country. The
investigation also included the reason
for the study of these languages as
given by students themselves. Forty..
seven per cent of those continuing
Latin for a period of four years gave
entrance to college as the reason;
and the, same per cent said that "I
had found Latin helped in English."
Pupils were also asked to tender
reasons why their friends did not
continue with their study of the "dead
language." The biggest percentage,
55, stated that Latin was found to be
"too difficult." Other stated that it
took too much time, or that they con-
sidered it of no value.
In an investigation miade among
505 freshmen from college who were
continuing Latin for the fiftth year,
"I liked Latin" seemed to be the most
prominent reason for continuation of
the subject. Other reasons for con-
tinuing the study of Latin by the
freshmen were practically the same
as those given by the pupils of the
secondary schools.
College graduates were also ques-
tioned as to the values they believed
they had received. Out of 763 replies
ninety-three per cent stated that it
was the "value for the understand-
ing and use of English words derived
from Latin..
The questionnaire also asked "If
you had a son or daughter entering
high school next year, would you ad-
vise him or her to take up the study'
of Latin?" Eighty-three per cent of
the replies stated "yes," while quali-
fied "yes" was answered by three per
cent. Only seven per cent replied in
the negative and two per cent a
"qualified no," Five per cent gave no
answer.
Purdue has organized a life say-1
ing corps which is open to all stu-
dents who were taking life saving
Niaturally Occurring Compounds" yes
terday afternoon in the chemistry
amphitheatre.
After discussing for a time the gen,
eral phenomena of chemical reaction
and the three stages involved, Pro-
fessor Baly described at length his
observatipns of the chemical reactions,
undergone in the process known as
photosynthesis.
"Photosynthesis," Professor Baly
said, "is the fundamental reaction of
life and involves the manufacturing
of sugar in the leaves of plants due
to the presence of chlorophyl (green
coloring matter) which unites with
the carbon dioxide in the air and takes
the required energy from the sun's
rays in the process.
"The by-product of this operation is
oxygen which is given off from the
leaves in a quantity equal to that of
the carbon dioxide taken in. Were it
not for this miniature food factory in
the possibility of manufacturing
synthetic sugar in sufficient quantitiep
[to market, basing his theory upon the
process in nature which he claims to
have dupicated. In place of the sun'b
rays he has used ultraviolet rays
in his' experiments by which he was
able to produce traces of formalde-
hyde, a substance found in the first
reaction of photosynthesis in diving'
plants. Professor Baly revealed in
support of his claim a portion of his
experiments. T4s was the second
time that this has been done', the first
being at the convention of the. Ameri-
can chemical society, held two weeks
ago at Cornell university.
Professor Baly is an authority in
his line, and his recent researches are
regarded as epoch-making. The lec-
ture, which was under the joint aus-
pices of the local section of the Amer-
ican chemical society, attracted some
300 persons interested in his work.
3
BISHOP STUDIES IN
FOREIGN LIBRARIESi
Represents Library Association
A Trip Through
Eurppe
OnI
VACANCIES HERE FILLED
Foreign librarians and booksellers
have had an opportunity during the
past summer to renew "acquaintance
with William W. Bishop, head of the
library of the University of Michigan
on his trip to Europe this summer.
For several years past, Mr. Bishop
has been carrying on negotiations
with these men. Much of his time in
Rome, Brussels, and Florence, was
spent in searching out the haunts of
his old acquaintances among the
bookish population. In the library of
the Vatican, Mr. Bishop did special
research work; and the library of St.
Marks in Venice also yielded valua-
ble information.
As a delegate from the American
library association, Mr. Bishop's dutya
was to invite librarians of other coun-
tries to the semi-centennial of the l
Association, to be held in Philadel-
phia in 1926. Severalavacancies in'
the University's library collection
have been filled by purchases which!
Mr. Bishop made abroad. After his1
return from Italy through Switzer-
land, Mr. Bishop delivered four lec-
tures before a libtary school in Paris.
At a meeting of the British library
association in Glasgow, he spoke on
the subject, "Large library buildings
in the United States."
During the final weeks of his trip
Mr. Bishop did research work in the
British museum, and other widely,
known British libraries. Acting as
one of a committee of six, appointed
by the American library association,
he made a fairly detailed study of the
relation between libraries and adult
education in England. Though the
primary purpose of his trip was re-
laxation, he feels that a great deal
has been accomplished. In spite of
fact that everything was done in a
comparatively leisurely manner, and
no inmmense or difficult commission
was fulfilled. Mrs. Bishop, and Wil-
liam Jr., accompanied him on the trip.
TOO MUCH AOYICE-30
GET IN WRONG COLLEGE
More than 30 students registered in
the wrong college during enrollment
last week, according to Dean W. A.
Humphreys. Most of the students in-
tended to enroll in the School of Bus-
iness Administration or in the School
of Education. Failure to follow the
directions of signs placed in the Uni-
versity buildings, and taking the ad-
vice of friends instead of officials,
seems to have been the cause for
such mistakes.
In such cases students are requir-
ed to obtain a withdrawal slip from
the College of Literature, Science,
and the Arts from Dean Humphrey's
office. This is redeemed at the sec-
retary's office for a slip which en-
titles the student to register in the
school desired after lie has paid any
difference in fees at the treasurer's
office. In sime cases students were
even classified. before the error on
registration was detected. In others
the registration officials were able to
STATE SENATORSHIP
Enthusiasm for Michigan Dean Is
High At Democratic State
Conventions
SUPPORTS PROHIBITION
Confidence in the belief that Dean
Mortimer E. Cooley of theengineering
school has a chance in the senatorial
election in Michigan this fall caused
considerable enthusiasm in the demo-
cratic conventions, throughout the
state last Tuesday night. I " the Wash-
tenaw convention here in Ann Arbot
Dean Cooley was formally offered as
the democratic candidate.
In .a recent interview the deat de-
clared himself in favor of a strict en-
forcement of the prohibition law, as-
serting that the nation cannot help
but prosper through such enforce-'
ment. As to the problem of campus
prohibition he believes that effective:
action toward the enforcement of the
law can come only from the students
themselves.
"I have been a Democrat all my
life,' said Dean Cooley, who went on
to say that all candidates for office
must have a ship to sail in and must
be loyal to the flag floating above the
ship, but that no political aspirant
should sacrifice his independence to'
gain an office, "The Welfare of the
people and the good of the nation is
the main consideration," he said, and
announced his determination to work
for these ends.
The dean is now filling numerous
Speaking engagements, addressing a
combinedmeeting of the Kiwanis and
Rotary clubs of Saginaw and an as-
sembly in Jackson this week.
PASOHEN STYS AT'.HOME,
CANCELS LECTURES HEIRE,
UPPER CLASSES VOTE WEtD
DAY; '28 TO BALLOT WEEI
fTLAER
PLAN PEP 0MEETIN
Lawton, 'll, Auhtor of "The Vit
May Address Crowd Before
Illinois Game
All class elections, with te.ex
tion of the freshman, election, wi
held next Wednesday, following
action taken by the Student coi
at their first regular meeting ol
year held last night in the Unio
full quota of officers for each c
will be chosen at this time, R<
sentatives from the council will
in charge of the elections.
The officers for the freshmixan k
will be chosen at a special ele<
which will be held the week fol
By request of the Student co
cil, all names of freshmen
wearing pots 'should be submitt
to the council for further acti
until the first class is able to c
ganize its self-governing bo
These names should be turned
at the council offices inthe Uni
ing the general elections for
other classes. The purpose in
poning the selection of officers
the class of '28 is to give the
students at Michigan a chance ta
come better acquainted with the M
bers of their class. Edward Fox, '
was appointed chairman of the,<
mittee in charge of elections.
Dean ,J. A. Bursley. attended
meeting of the council and disew
the various aspects 'of the new
ciplinary power which gives the c
cil preliminary jurisdiction over
cipline casos. The cquncll will inv
gate such cases and make recmunx
atons which will be {M in tted to
University diselinM' (1)10 .)Htt(aC,
r{solu ation. conferring this powi
th'tc Sudent Council, w as passe
the Board of 1?e erts lau une
was formally accepted by he o
last night.,
Irvin Deister, '25, was place
charge of the Illinois pep me
which will te held on Wedneb
October 15, in Hill aqditorium.
1 will - be assisted by Kenneth Ke
'26. Efforts are being made to se
Fred Lawton, '11, as the print
speaker for .the pep meeting. La
is the composer of Michigan's ,
song, "The Victors." 'Ie has been
seaker on several occasions and
never failed to fire the enthusiasi
the student body. The Varsity 1
will help enliven the meeting
other features for the program
under conside'ration.
Jospeh J. Winn, '26, was selects
draT up a tentative list of activ
for the counci this fall.
Iflfl Trein ffmnl
Having been recently made presi- RVJ. vu urAn i
dent of the Reichsanstalt, a German
scientific society, Professor Paschen,
who was scheduled to give a seriesI
of lectures here, has felt it his patri-
otic duty to remain in Germany and
head that society. The Reichsanstalt Two new departments are
is the institution in Germany which added to the administrative e
corresponds to the Bureau of Stan- the Michigan Union, according t
dards in this country. liam J. Wilkins, '26L, preside
Apparently the situation in this publicity department is to be
bureau has become very acute and gurated this year, in place of a
the German. scientific world believes licity director. This departmen
that it requires their best physicist, handle all advertising and pu
to bring it back to the earlier high for the Union Opera, the memb
standard it maintained. Paschen was drive and all Union activities.
one of the first to be cons dered for The other department is an e
the position, however, he preferred ly new idea, called the departm
to retain his University position apd complaints and improvements.
the Reichsanstalt presidency was of- purpose of this body will be
fered to someone else. Both Paschen ceive and act upon all comj
and the department made all arrange- regarding any part of the Unic
ments necessary for his work here. to receive any suggestions fe
Later, however, when the man se- proveineats in the sudent ad
lected declined to accept, Paschen tron or nythertent a
was urged by the entire body of Ger itraion or any iepartent t
man physicists to take over the posi- blng t isehoped hat i
tion as a patriotic duty, tend to create a greater inter
In addition to his semester's lee- the Union and is affairs, ia
tures here, numerous lectures had as any mtebei is free to write
been requested by the leading, eastern e9mittee, giving his opinion.
and mid-eastern universities. Arrange- munications addreased to the I
ment had also been made for a tripj ment of Complaints and Im
to California, where lectures at Mt. ments, Michigan Union, will
Wilson and the California Institute ceived and acted upon.
of Technology were to be given.
Paschen is the first spectroscopist of
the world When judged by the breadth kliflLlfi nairnair
of spectroscopic researches.
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