PAGE TWO T"HE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY' DFORXURP.R. I'A- lffU THE MICHIsvesGAN DAIL 'TTwhV hif4ji ' 1b li)A, '2'.tl~ASl * \.Ud i , t.iL' l.rL 1Yi23LrCS. 1 5 1.111,4 !Reads Messagede $6000 Offered or Pesdn For Chemistry NROLMNTGROS. PrizeEssays Canada and China Lead Other Na- Six prizes of $1,000 each will be tbins; Wayne County Sends Dele-r for he best essays submit- gatlon Numbering 2,217 ted by students of universities and colleges in the United States on six MICHIGAN LEADS d gnated subjects relating to diem- ;}_____. istry, in a contest whicli is being con- ducted under the supervision of the Students at the University from the k :American Chemical society. This con- state of Miehigan are gradually in- .'. : t.test has been made possible through creasing in proportion to those from a gift of $16,000 by Mr. and Mrs. other states, according to the annual . Francis P. Garvan, of New York. report of Registrar Amthur G. Hall, This contest is similar to the one offered last year although it has been cn the enrollment last year. The enlarged to two separate ones. The number of foreign students is also' - first part of the gift of $6,000 willl be increasing, despite the effect of the used for the six university awards, present immigration laws. while another $6,000 will be used for the awards to students of secondary Wayne county, with 2,217 students, schools throughout the country. The furnishes approximately one-sixth ofisnh400s o e usto de the ota enrllmnt o 12291.Theremaining $4,000 is to be used to de- the total enrollment of 12,291. Th-3 fray the expenses: of the contest. state of Michigan accounts for a total It is not required that entrants be of 7,833. Other states with more than enrolled in chemistry courses or that a hundred students represented are: they have any special knowledge of OhIo, 90.; New York, 618; Illinois, the subject.aThe purpose of the offer 501; Pennsylvania, 362, Indiana, 340; New Jersey, 124; Iowa, 105 is to instill generally a live interest New erse, 14; Iwa, 05.and appreciation of the subject and a The decrease in the percentage of realization of its importance to our stfdents from other states is due to realzationfi the development of other colleges in jnational life. the middle western territory, accord- Essays must not be more than 5,000 the iddle weas.te r tertoran one -words in length and they m ust be ing to officials. More than one-half turned into the committee at New- of the students from outside the state torkdntlttha ch1tt Judges come from points east of Ann Arbor. ork not later than March 1. Judges come f rm p ons eas of An s Arb s will include men and women promi-. The figures on foreign students : C d ;C ,nent in business, social and political are: Canada, 105; China, 98; South,; life in the country. Africa, 36; Japan, 23; India, 16. These e te ny are the only countries whose total is " Supervision of the contest at the more than ten. University of Michigan is in the Ihand of Phi Lambda Upsilon, na- S"The presence of these very desir- hadIfPiLmd pion- able andstiactoryfoeignve dendsIWillamTyler Page tional honorary chemical society. able and satisfactory foreign students, William Tyler Page, clerk in the I Further information regarding sub- as well as those from other states, house of representatives, read Pres- jects and rules can be secured from affords for our Michigan boys and ident Coolidge's message to congress E. K. Bacon, room 108, Chemistry girls an educational factor of the when the chief executive took that building. #ghest value and importance," points method of "laying down the law" to out the official report of the regis- them.. trar. -________________ tsar.BLNCHARO TO ATTEND FChristmas Trees Y T fT To Cheer Invalids RIBM CONfRENCE During Holidays ---- _______ Prof. Arthur H. Blanchard, of thi That every invalid confined to the Ighway engineering department, wi attend the national conference wi Tickets for the freshman luncheon University hosnital shall partake of street and highway safety in Washing- to be held at 12 o'clock next Wednes- the Christmas spirit at least to the ex- ton, D. C., on Dec. 15 and 16. Ths day in the main assembly hall of the tent of a Christmas tree, "s the aim of convention was called by Herbert Union are on sale at the main desk, the social service division, which is in Hoover, secretary of commerce, to and may also be obtained from the charge of the work of obtaining trees. consider measures for meeting current Receiies First Wilson Reward Death Rate Increase Reported In 38 States, 7 Show Decrease1 Washington, D. C., Dec. 12.- the highest rate, (145 Ter 1P000 - I Thirty-eight states had a higher mor- tality rate in 1923 than in 1922 ac- cordling to the announcement or the Department of Commerce today whose figures show the ratio to he 12.3 per; 1,000 population last year against 11.81 for two years ago. Seven states, Colo-r rado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, South; Carolina, Utah and Washington, are the exceptions to this statement reg- istering lower rates during 1923 than; JL. 11 t'J J p , p I lation) for the whites, and Atlanta Mrs. L. L. Mautner, of Saginaw, will for the colored people (31.6) while Nor- give 35 copies of "lealth Training in folk has the lowest rates for both the Schools" to the Michigan county with white and colored inhabitants with;the highest per capita sale of Christ- 8.3 and 13.7 respectively. Of the 44 other cities of 100,000 mas tuberculosis seals. Mrs. Mautner population or more in 1920, which will give this prize in memory of her show refined rates, but not by color, husband, annually to the county with the highest rate (15.7 per 1,000 pope-; lation) appears for San Antonio and the lowest (9.5) for Portland,. Oregon. ! Viscount Robert Cecil Viscount Robert Cecil of England has been awarded the first annual prize of $25,000 given by the Woodrow Wil- son Foundation for "meritorious ser- vice of a ublic character tending to the establishment of peace through j ustice'' ( DECREAE IN BUILDING SHIIWN RY BRADSTREET Bradstreet's report of building op- erations for November shows a shrink- age of 15.3 percent from October, and of 8.8 percent from November of last year. The total value of permits is- sued for 162 cities was $224,817,516. comlpared with $265,542,959 for the preceding month and $246,783,175 for November of last year. rlne great shrinkage is largely ac- for 1922. ------ _ _ _- Crude mortality rates, which areg - ~-~~ based on the total population all Chi cago Students deaths occuring within a given area, Plan Second Ball are declared to b~e lass reliable iii- dewes than the rates defined for dif- ferenes in the age and sex distribli- Chicago students home for the va- tion of the population and for deaths cation will have an opportunity to at-j of non-residents, in the statement tend the second Intercollegiate ball which goes on to interpret the in- crease in a more extensive manner. t. be given Dec. vG, in the ball-room Of the six states which show, by of the Drake hotel. RepresentativesI color, such defined rates for 1923, frnm three Eastern and three West- Maryland has the highest rate (12.6 erim schools have been chosen to act; per 1,000 population) for the whites s ushers Michigan beng represent- Iand also for the colored (22.8) and ed by H erbert Steger, '25, captain of1 Mississippi the lo est (9.7 or the the 1924 football team. whites and 15 for the colored people.) T Of the 24 other states which show music will be furnished by, "spie'' amilton's orchestra, and refined rates, but not by color, th'ss highest rate, (13.3) appears for Dela- rank Westphal's orchestra. The ad-; ware and the lowest (8.7) for_ on- mission is $5.00 a couple. Tickets may i e obtained at the door. tana. Of the 11 cities of 100,000 popular' tion or more in 1920, by color. re- fined rates for 1923, New Orleans has I_ _.__- --_- - - - T A S L IS the best sale. "These books will go to the rural schools and city class rooms which need them most," says Miss Mary Maier, state seal director. "Health Training in Schools" is on 'the ac- credited list of the state and is used by teachers all over the country. Use Students In Chemistry Work More than 35 undergraduato stu- dents in chemistry are employed as assistants in the Chemistry building. Of this number 27 are laboratory as- sistants, while a few are employed in the store room. There are also 13 graduate students employed as teaching assistants in re- citation classes. The graduate stu- dents are working for their doctor's degree while a majority of. the labor- atory assistants are seniors. iNEO late Michigan Teachers To Hold Assembly Several memhbers of the Educ ation staff will go to the general assembly of the State Teachers association which will be held this year, Dec. 22 and 23 at Grand Rapids. 1 y h Miss Margaret Camieron, ,,~rtr countedl forib telimlinisihed buildimng; expenditures in New York City. The's of the School of I ducation, ando Prof. returns from the rest of the country Clifford Woody are to present reports show a decrease of only 14.6 percent of committees of which they are chair- from October and a gain of one per- men. Prof. J. B. Edmonson will also cent. over November of last year. attend the meeting. Gains are shown in the New Englan d uth Be, I d De. 12.-t andl central western gros Sof cities : i Suth Ben, Ind., Dec. 2.Notr while ten far-wetern grou shows a Jamne will meet no other football small decrease. The gains in Chica- ,ceven outside of Leland Stanford at go, Detroit, San Diego, and San Fran- Pasadena, Calif., New Year's day cisco were especially notable.! while on its western tour, Knute K. lRockne, athletic director of Notre Pay for your Subscription today. Dame university, declared today. HED Isle MADISON AVENUE COR. FORTY-FOURTH STREET NEW YORK Telephone Murray Hil1 8800 Our Representative will Le at the HOTEL STATLER, Detroit Today, December 13 with Samples of Ready-made Clothing Furnishings, Hats and Shoes for Fall and Winter Send for "Christmas Suggestions I managers and captains of the fresh- man groups. Reports from those men selling the tickets indicate that a large number will attend the lunch- eon. At present more than 400 fresh- men are expected to be present. The luncheon is being sponsored by the Union underclass department un- der William L. 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