__THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUND Mr. Swain Returns From Antioch I)y Rosalea Spaulding Mr. George R. Swain, photographer' with the University of Michigan ex- pedition to Mesopotamia, returned Tuesday morning to Ann Arbor. With, him Mr. Swain brought between 800 and 900 negatives of actual finds and excavations in progress. At presentj uass of material to be unearthed there, the inscription and architec- ture and sculpture already found are of paramount interest. Inscriptions,' which date from the first century, are in both Latin and Greek; the temple, it is certain, was built by Greek work- men, for construction directions upon graduates on equal terms. They in- vite them to tea and lunch, and are invited back in their turn. The whole College is a kind of happy family with no conventions and few restrictions. The College clubs and societies per- haps need explaining. I understand that in American university life one of the chief features is the secret society, so called because of the distincctive buttonhole badge worn by all mem- hers. This method of mis-nomencla- Yi Try Us Once-You'll Try Us Again WHY? Because We Always Aim to Please You 11 11 South University Ave. Phone 11I60-R I THERE ARE ONLY THREE STEPS between failure and success-good appearance, good judgment, and perseverance. Show good udgment by taking the first step, SEND YOUR LAUNDRY TO the p all p and Asia set o by M than tion. An tione ter a the s gan Febr Fran parti John of ex "Tc city of ab "and cality suita the hous side.1 the Anti happ Hu ruins ity A ictures are to be enlarged; later the blocks are in Greek. incidentally, ture would be thoroughly appreciated hotographic material from this the buildings were of solid stone: no in Cambridge, where the chief under- other University expeditions to mortar was used in fitting them to-; graduate festival of the year is called Minor will be catalogued and a gether. Only two notable pieces of May Week because it is held in June f lantern slides will be prepared sculpture were found, a head of Au- and lasts a fortnight. The College so- r. Swain for more extensive use gustus and a torso of Victory. The cieties are by no means secret, but ad- can be made of the whole collec- latter was made of a high grade stat- vertise themselves as much as pos- nary marble not native to that region sile. They are simply a means of cient Antioch, the very city men- so that it.is possible that it was im- bringing together in a formal manner d by Paul in the thirteenth chap- ported from an older artistic center." those interested in the same subjects. f the Acts of Apostles, furnished Another expedition led lay Profes- They are usually open to everybody ite for excavations for the Michi- sor Kelsey will leave Ann Arbor next who is willing to pay the subscrpition, expedition which started last Iebruary to make further excavations which is never very high, somewhere uary under the directon of Prof. at Antioch. It will go first to Rome in the region of a shilling a term. cis W. Kelsey of the Latin de- and Naples to complete photographic There is a musical society for musical ment; David M. Robinson of records of Roman aqueducts begun in enthusiasts, both active and passive. A s Hopkins university had charge September by 'Mr. Swain. Roman debating society which will usually :cavating operations. "aqueduets now rapidly deteriorating debate on some subject of a would-be oday half a mile below the old are the subject of this collection of humorous kind. There will be a sci- lies Yalovatch, a Turkish town pictures. During the absence of the entific, a historical and a classical out 14,000," Mr. Swain recounts, excavators Turkish guards are caring society which will meet and listen to for centuries dwellers in that lo - for all that has been found near Yal- papers read by one of the members y have been used to quarry out ovatch. Stones have been turned in- or by sonie visitor, and afterwards ble blocks from the mound above scription side down; and a foot and a discuss any hints to which the paper plain and build them into their half of dirt protects the crumbling has given rise. All these societies es. Along the canals at way- mosaic floors. serve the purpose of bringing to- fountains one must be always on I gether members of the College who lookout for historical valuables. tion. Everybody knew everybody else might otherwise not meet. They are och has become an architectural if they wished to. The caste system far from being technical. They are y hunting ground." has never returned and the different held in some undergraduate's rooms ge limestone blocks from the years now mingle freely. There is and the majority of the listeners have s are used in the modern commun- no formal calling, friends are just I to recline in as comfortable a manner n numerous ways. One from a picked up on the various occasions as possible on the carpet. This tends nphal city gate was found with when undergraduates are brought to- to keep them informal. inscription practically obscured gether. A Freshman will meet people One other point we should mention. use of continued use as a step- when he plays games, when he sits The undergraduate who lives in lodg- stone across a small stream. A next to strangers in Hall, when he I ings lives in precisely the same way ;e of the ordinary wood and sun- goes to the reading room used by all as his friends in College. He suffers l brick construction attracted the undergraduates of the College, or even from one small disability. At 10 ition of the excavators by its when lie visits the College bathroom.i o'clock College gates and lodging- -posts; they were massive stones He speaks to a person, likes him, asks house doors are shut and none can ing Latin inscriptions five inches him to tea, lunch or breakfast, and in pass out, though they can come in url concerning the events of a c this way soon collects a congenial to 12 o'clock. In College this does; consulate. circle of friends. In the smaller Col- not matter, because undergraduates bris to a depth of 15 or 20 feet leges everybody knows everybody can go to each others' rooms all night to be cleared away to reach the else to a certain extent, though they long if they wish. The person in aeologicail treasurers. Inscrip- have their own little clique of boon lodgings, however, will be forced back , mosaic floors, early pottery, and companions. on his own company unless he reaches of sculpture were all uncovered The Dons and Fellows of the Col- the sanctuary of some friend's rooms he Turkish workmen, who had to leges (the words mean the same, before 10 o'clock strikes. ffered every inducement and ad- though the latter is the more official (Copyright 1924 Student Life in shment to preserve their finds in- designation) mingle with the under- Foreign Countries) .._,., M OE LAUNDRY 204 North Maln St. Phone .0 ) U II w A Store. -For lien * I ,t r f _ 1 S 3i Shirts in blue, gray, blue-gray and white; ties; domestic and im- ported woolen socks;-everything the well groomed man requires for tasteful. dressing. A selection that will catch your fancy. I w ping dried attel door- bear high tain De had arch tions bits by th be o moni Eirbu II, flarquarbt g S 608 East Liberty' Street Phone 1713-J " . 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Illiteracy caused some inconvenience to heads of the. expedition when men best qualified to ^f as foremen were found to be un- able to write numerals on time sheets, "The spectacular finds have p rob- ably been made on this trip," declared Mr. Swain. "Although there is a great EAT AT WILLITS We believe that you will experience entire satisfaction by taking your meals here. Home-cooked food is always welcome.8 315 South State Street -liveryn of those delicious barbecued meat sand- wiches has been started. Only 1Qc o ..Lam. ..... /- v $, s r~r ea es tr nvsrna ehi h 318 SOUTH STATE STREET "The Richelieu Store" Ve have just received a car load of splendidsand rown potatoes from northern Michigan. Tlese potatoes are smooth, of uniform size, and when cooked are mealy and pure white. This will be welcome news to all who have had trouble in getting good po, tatoes. 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