THE WEATHER PROBABLY SNOW AMD COLDER TODAY .7 AF ti MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS I VOL. XXXV. No. 72 EIGHT PAGES ANN AREOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1924 EIGIiT PAGES PRICE, FIVE CEN" nraiATr' nrr-rkTn A "a oll .vI idl l Tom;,s tn1 c iU lil Ii U LfI /R I dPlayground, Scores Detracting Influence Of Student Activities "College is no longer, if it ever was, "It is discouraging enough for the solely a place for those who wish to college to have to work With such ma- become cultured; it is a social prac- terial. It is more discouraging to have tice ground where men and women life constantly imposed uonlA the in- TTEMPT AT ELIMINATING RI- learn to make friends and to carry stitution, as in the case of the inter- VATE OPERATIONS on mutual undertakings where they collegiate athletics, thus effectively FETRFISthey acquire a certain amount of pol- preventing thedevelopment of higher PREDICTSoyfre PASSAGEe, te aims among students." PREDICTS PASSAGE ish and enjoy, free from worries, the The evil influence of the alumni in most delightful period of their life.' their glorification of the less import- This is the opinion or Robert C. An- ant features of college life also re- Senator Underwood Charges Washing- gell, of the sociology department, who ceives a share of the blame. "As for- ton Herald Editorial Influenced was authorized by President Marion mer Dean Keppel has said," the re- by LobbyIs's L. Burton and the deans of the several port continues, "The interest of many schools and colleges to make an in- an alumnus in the team of his co!- Washington, Dec. 16.--(By A.P.)- vestigation of student conditions. lege is really no mare acadenic than The Underwood Muscle.Shoals 11ll to- "The difficulties which the liberal is that of the Chicago man in the arts college in a state university faces I Cubs, and many a father holds forth day hurtled the most formidable ob- are compounded chiefly of two ele- upon i , ,s stacle that has yet been placed in its ments, intellectual indeifference and lege exactly as he would upon those- path when it weathered a determined numbers," the report declares. "Either of a promising three-year-o 0 in his attempt to eliminate its private alone would present a formidable stable." operation feature and limit to gov- problem, but together they give rise The investigation admits that so ernment operation. to a well nigh insolvable one. The (Continued on Page Three) The amendment of Senator Smith, freshman throngs which yearly tax !Te Democrat, South Carolina, which the capacity of our recitation roomsi would have struck out all of the leas- require large classes, formal testing fl ing provisions of the bill, was defeat- of knowledge, credit by hours, grad-I ed by a vote of 49-32. Senator Under- ing systems, absence reports, warn- rP RO S[ CHANCES wood said he regarded the vote as as- ings and probations, things which do curing final passage of liis bill, which not tend to make education vital. he predicted would be disposed of be- !Were these men and women who flock IN fore Chri tmas. to our colleges possessed with a burn- The vote was split widely, more ing desire for knowledge the problems Republicans than Democrats voting of their numbers might be satisfac- &'ul"y Dsc, ses NeCd of New Pan to sustain the Alabama senator's bill. torily met. But unfortunately very ' for E 1matling Present Thirty-four Republicans and 15 Demo- few are guilty of such a feeling." I ishiney. crats voted against the amendment Mr. Angell then goes on to say that and eight Republicans, 21 Democrats, lack of preparation for intellectual AWAIT REGENT ACTIONi one Farmer-Labor member and two pursuits is an important problem. He says that "when all classes come back$ -insurgents voted for it to college the college must give that C anyes which might eliminateI .;(natr tneiirwot.d toda LiJ ...y acti e, l.osit..e.background which i INQUIRY ON NAVY MEETS OPPOSITIONI COOLIDGE BRIANDS ACTION OF CONHRESS AS UNNEC- ESSARY SENATE DE LAYS lose Begils IDehnte on Amumal Naval Appropriaion Mill tlheut Aivaltliig Declslon. \Vashington, Dec. iC.--(y A.P.) - The move to bring about a congres- sional inquiry into the state of the Navy, one of t he outgrowths of Wa5Ii- ngt)n's nl west controversy, today encountered opposition at the White House and delay in the senate naval; committee.I The opposition from the White House was based on the ground that a general investigation, such as pro- posed in the senate, was unnecessary. The postponement of action by the naval committee, called upon to con- cider an investigation resolution by Senator King, Democrat, Utah, was decided upon to permit study of what was described by Chairman Hale as a "substitute plan." Without waiting for the question of an investigction to be decided, the house began general debate on the an- nual naval appropriation bill with its provision for an expenditure of near- ly $300,000.000 on the naval est ab- lishment during th-e next fiscal Year. _-_ , ._. i Carritt, Visitang Professor From ITIATE RIC TO Enrgland, Astounded With Contrast IINIV[.IEUV IVO Between Life Here And At Oxford Some conception of how the Uni- est freshman must know more than liii versity appears to a member of the he does of the life he is describing, faculty of Oxford university is given and al of whom are articulate in the Carritt recently published in the that outsiders see most of the game, j'O(iNCH1 ILL CIRCULATE PETI- Manchester Guardian, noted English at least they are best able to de- 'O TO A T OT newspaper. Professor Carritt is at scribe it to other outsiders; for they CAMPUS present a visiting professor in the know what needs explanation and philosophy department here. their impressibility is not dulled by In this communication Professor custom. By the time I come to know FACULTY IN FAVOR Carritt describes his first impres- more I may have less to tell. sions of the University, and views "The first impression, though ex- W1i be Presented to Board of Regents a'ceepted American customs from the pected is still overwhelming. It is at Monthly XeetIng standpoint of an observer unfamiliar that of huge numbers, complex or- Thursday with such. The article follows: ganization, sharp contrast of inter- "When a teacher from one of the ests and of standards. On the first older English universities Is pitch- night of term the President gives an Members of the Student council forked, on the first day of term, into address or sermon, intended chieflyvtetunanimouslylast nght to pe t ion the Board of Regents that the the rich and complex life of an for freshmen, in the auditorium which American university in the middle seats 6,000. Some 2,000 are turned new Literary building be named James west it might seem the crudest im- away, in spite of the sweltering Brrill Angell hall, after the late pertinence for him to utter his first weather, for lack of standing room. President Angel, one of the great impressions. For around him he finds Haw many, I wonder, would have zt j#Petitions to this effect will be di- somte six hundred lprofessors and ten tended such a function at Oxford ors- thousand students of whom the. raw- Cambridge and how few would have culated on the campus today to ob- sat through the hour? On the next taini as many signatures as passible evening he holds a reception at and will be submitted to the Regents which newcomers on the staff are in- at their regular meeting next Thurs- trodlucel to some three hundred and (lay. fifty "members of the faculty." Both This action was taken by the coun- functions are effectively reported cil because it believes that "no more nextctiorning in the university dailyftting name could be given to Michi- OLgans magnificent new Literary col- VIL aper eclite'l and ruXniby students. fagtidng thaniicil be g i touild The organizution of such membersjlogemlr a one whielp wosl Isss' DrughtBefoe SeiateBut ustie intense and it is carried into I conimemorate one of Michigan's most Issz_ I'rc tt Before Senate But mit s di rrbeloved presidents and one of Amer- I'arlfr.mentary Situatlon every department. Since a big ath- Prevents Jeelsion letic event may be watched by be- centuforemost educators of the last tween fifty and a hundred thousandble lieves, according to Alfred B. Con- sea nble,25, president, that the nan- tickets, are issued, and railway seats gh on the special trains booked months ingn nm EIGHT PAGES PRICE1 FIVE CENTW l3Gtaa~l U1LL~wou tuayagan Iactive, positive background wbich in took notice of the Washington Her- former t fr aid's editorial attacking him and his it outside. It must create the intel bill by charging on the senate floor lectual stomach as well as present the that the editorial had been influenced food." by the fertilizer interests. The report, in turning to student Declaring lie found truth of hiis activities, blames them for detracting, statement that a lobby had influenced the student from intellectual pur- the editorial, he read a bulletin which suits. "'t'wenty hours of preparation le said had been issued by the na- a week outside of the class rooms is tional fertilizer association with its a liberal average," it says. "The stu- office in Washington. The organiza- dents' interest in the external, rather tion, he asserted, was referred to by than the vital, is too apparent to re- farmers as the "fertilizer trust." j quire exposition. Three forms of The bulletin said the Underwood achievement are coveted, which give bill was as objectioriable as the Ford immediate and obvious glory. Places proposal, and, as quoted by, Senator on athletic teams, ditorships of stu- Underwood added that "the writer dent publications, presidencies of stu- aid interviewed many senators dur- dent organizations, are sought with; ing the last week and has been as- j unflogging zeal, and scholarship rele- sured that they would carry, the op- gated to a subordinate position. What position to the last ditch." with athletic practice, committee meetings, play and musical club re- hearsals, moving pictures, dances, in- UVCIPI T O RTTENDfl tercollegiate gamn.s, rnd, what is worse, hours and hours of idle talk about these and other diversions, lit- tle time is left for the princip~al pur-, HINGTOpose of the college study. Several members of the physics de- Michidan i artment are planning to attend theML annual meeting of the American As- In Students Who sociation for the Advancement of Classics Science, which is to be hield Dec. 29i Study-Ca ic ix . sington, Dec. 16-(By A.P.)-- (ishonesty in examuina tiofns notice- The controversy as to whether the . another unsuccessful attempt was ablea t the plc,;;tnt time wve(e dis- nary is deficient and how if compares in the senate to a Emade i h eaetoday tobnin ;a cussed at the monthly neeting of the wit ter ea a gl>ig frces vote on President Coolidge's veto of ecaculty of the latjciary college which jtthe postal pay increase bill. Those aclyothlteaycleewihcussien. I desiring to override the veto sue- was held Monday afternoon. Several The matter of relative strength, d eng ao oerr1d5 to 3metting suggestions 'ere made I ut the final 'however, has beemisargey rengardceeed by a vote of 51 to 30 in getting report will ict be mmade until after ty sii C lde i h the issue before the senate, but the the Itege ts have discussed the mat- iaanion he iss giving the naval sues- pal-iianentary situation prevented a ter at their next meeting. tion. lie regards adequate uefense decision and the bill went back to its' It was recommiendleltat all examni- .splce on the table. eat ions be miOr'e thratuyr r as the real guidle i mie nval buillng The move for immediate consider- natio be Worecarefully lproctored, rather~ than end~eavor solely to build' and carried on under stricter super- her fornshipwit e r nytios. ation of the veto was made by Sena- ision by the instrctorship o ship otr aons for Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, dur-i ifessors. ibcgy the opening hoursafter("hair- The faclty em.uhraied1 the old [I mn Sterling of the post office Coi- plan of :lowVing th& . suler aid mitt , had introduced a Iil I tpo more advanced clases to hold their wi ing increased postal rates in line examinations under thslionor-sys-fwith recommendations with Postman- tem whenever the tuder ts in those :ter-General New. The Arizona sena-! courses desire and to have their ex- Ior objected to the second reading of aminations so conducted. the Sterling bill, thus preventing the For the purpose of making the in- ~measure being referred to a coin- stiuction more effective it was recom- rn- R.LT'n Speis aed - mittee. mneided that all large lecture'cour;e; T. age, '2, Is Named As a result of today's skirmish, the be divided into smaller groups. his ; As . ;postal pay situation is practicaly at a has been the aim of the faculty of i stalemate, Senator Ashurst said later. the college, but some courses are OVER 400 TO ATTEND 1 Time Sterling bill cannot be referr'ed' still given in which too men-ry stuto a committee for action until rou- dents are enrolled, naking discussion Holding a final gathering of the tine legislative biusiness is again in difficult, if not impossible according class before the Christmas holiday, er.Likewise, the vetoed measure to the faculty.; cannrot Ice called up in the face of th is ermnwl ahra 21 unanous conisent agreement giving " A tenativeexamination schedul e s ermnwngte a aa np2e a tenatie ealnnaton cheuleo'clock this noon in the umaimn assembly 1 right of way 'to the Muscle Shoals was presented for criticism lby Prof. H. C. Carver of the mathematics de- hall of the Union for luncheon. Ticket bill and then to the Isle of Pinesl partment, but this schedule will not i sales indicate that more than 400 treaty, until the same opportunity is definitely be accepted until after the freshmen will be pmesent at the meet-affcrded. Christmas vacation. The examination ing, which is being conducted by the period will begin January 26. The election of militery science nerlass deartment of the Union CE S LUKS courses by freshmen was also dis- in co-operation with the yearlings. a cussed, but no action will betaken I'Richard T. Savage, '28, will act asA on this matter until the final dis- toastmaster and will be introduced ri I 54 PINS FORl UfI~U cussion at the January meeting. by William L. l)iener, '26, chairman of; the Union underclass department. Coach George Little will give the ma Final arrangements for a dance to Se To discover specch on the program, talking on be given Dec. 30 in Mt. Clemens for , Sf"The Western Confernc" and le will townspeople and University studentsI isalsodiscuss Micligan's football sched- were made in the meeting of the Mt. m ng t e fs ule for next year. Robert -Brown,'2i Clemens club last night in room 31G captain of next year's football team. of the Union. The proceeds of the will also speak. dance are to be used to estahbhish a In an effort to discover whether Other speakers will bs IHenry scholarship in the University for the the church is losing its influence [Grinnell, '28, president of the fresh- best athlete graduate from the local among students, and the reason for ! man literary class, Paul Burton, '2B Ihigh school. With contributions it, Chimes, campus opinion monthly, president of the freshman engine*r- from business men, the scholarship is distributing a thousand question-i ing class and Charles Johnson, '28E, will amount to about $500.1 naires on the campus. The investiga- captain of the freshman for the fall I tion is being conducted in co-opera- games. * + tion with the National Council of Ted Rhoades' orchestra has been ! 'd(,a-yy Fec Student Religious work. secured to furnish music during theI The first two questions are con- luncheon and Burton Hyde, '25M, willRT LEAGUETTO PRESET I . Michigan Theater Group Will Offer Year's Second Play at Whitney RlEED TAKES LEAD "Icebound," by Owen Davis, will be presented at the Whitney theater to- night under the auspices of the Mich- Igan Theater league. This is the see- I ond production to be offered in Ann Arbor by this organization this year, "The Romantic Age," by A. A. Milne being presented earlier. Carl Reed, who has played in the ? other p~roductions offered by thisJ group, will,,have the leai" in "Ice. bound." The setting4 of the story is ins I New England, and the situation cen- ters around the last will and testa- ment of a dead mother. "Mixed Mar-iages," and the "Mot- lusc" were played last year by mem- hers of the Cleveland Playhouse. These plays were also brought to the j Whitney by the Michigan, Theater I league, known at that time as the "Michigan Repertory Theater." Two years ago "Icebound" won the . Pulitzer prize for the best Anierica1 drama. After a career as a successfulz author-of popular lays, Owen Davis , wrote this work of a more serious na- ture, *which was also a big success. "R. U. R." by Karel Kapek, is to be produced by this group in the middle of January. Katherine Wick Kelley,! who played in the Cleveland perform- ance of this play, will also appear in! 1 Ann Arbor.; to Jan. 2, in Washington, D. C. Amongt those going to Washington are Prof.t Ernest F. Barker, Prof. Walter F. Colby, Dr. Jean P. Cooley, and Prof. A. W. Smith', all of the physics de- partment. ! - Scientists from all over the coun-! try will assemble at this convention and all branches of science will be represented. The various scientific groups which compose the society will arrange individual meetings so that those men belonging to more than one section will be able to at-I tend several meetings. WOO -RESENTS PAPER AT DETROIT MEETING' Prof. W. P. Wood of the metallurg- ical engineering department present- ed a paper on the "Causes and Con- trolling Factors in the Corrosion of. Iron and Steel" before the Detroit chapter of the American Society for Steel Treating Monday. The paper, I the only one read during the Decem- ber meeting, included a resume of the theories of corrosion and outlined the factors controlling the rate of dis- solution. The paper made several references to research work conducted by Pro- i fessor Wood in the metallurgical laboratories of the department. "SEEK., AND YEj SHALL FIND" Jimmie is a far seeing man. His eyes seldom search in vain. His hobby is the locating of lost art- icles. Just recently he was re- suca tr adltional caatr sPei beforehand. Practice is carried on by dent Anehl is aracter whic Pri- artificial light as well as in daytime; dent An el is a practice which 'l the tactics of a match are worked out give Michigan something of the schul andl rehearsed beforehand, and some- a iy atmosphere which her camim times actually brought off in every needs. detail. cheering on the field is pre- It is definitely known that may o' concerted and drilled. the faculty members favor namin I Continued. on Page Three) the building after President Angel r'h petitions will be placed in stn- m Enrollment of students in the clas- sic and comparative philolgy classes in the University of Michigan ex- ceed that of all other state univer- sities in the country, according to a survey which was recently conducted by the University of California. At Michigan there are 550 students en- rolled in thes courses. The Univer- sity of Texas is second on the list, with 417 students, followed by the University of California, which has an enrollment of 400 in the classic and comparative philology courses. The department at the University consists of five professors, an assist- ant professor, and one instructor. At the University of Texas the courses are conducted under the direction f two professors, an associate profes- sor, and an instructor. Five profes- sors and two associate professors make up the lepartment at the Uni- versity fo California. Hlere the average class enrollment is 29rstudents,rwhile at the Univer- sity of Texas it is 16. The report (toes not give the average class en- rollment for the University of Cali- fornia. City To Witness Partial Eclipse1 The eclipse of the sun which will occur on Sunday, January 24, will be 98 per cent visible in Ann Arbor, ac- cording to Prof. W. J. Hussey, direc- tor of the University observatory. The greatest extent of the eclipse will be reached at about 8:20 o'clock in the morning. The total eclipse will be seen in the northern part of the state, in thef district around Grayling, Harrisville, and Traverse City. New Haven, Conn., and Buffalo, N. Y., and points on a near the campus, at all meeting pla-es and will also be sent to all the frater- ! nities. President Angell came to the l- versity to serve in the capacity o president in 1871, and continued in this position for 38 years, when hc re-sIgnation was ac;epted in90t . 1is educational service for Michigan dur- ing al these years was broken omy by his absence for a few years when the national government saw fit to call him to Washington. When his resignation was accepted, } the honorary title of President Emeri- tus was conferred upon him and al- though he gave up active work, he continued to serve in the capacity of professor of international law. He died, after an illness of four months, on April 1, 1915. Badgers Hold Fussing Title Of Conference Madison, Wis., Dec. 16.-The Uni- versity of'Wisconsin has at least one Conference title--it is flying the Big Ten championship flag of "fussers." Scott Ii. Goodnight, cean of men at the university, was authority for this statement yesterday in a talk to mem- bers of the soThomiore council. He condemned the state of affairs under which Wisconsin students spend $100,000 a year for dancing.] lie exhorted the students to make a determined effort to see to it that Wisconsin's reputation as a "fussers' Paradise" is eradicated. The council is an elective body chosen from the membership of the sophomore class. "A tradition is being established out- -side of Wisconsin among alumni and other institutions of the Big Ten that we are a bunch of cake-eaters," said Dean Goodnight. ENGINEERING SOCIETY TO SHOW MOVIETODAY The student branch of the Ameri- can society of Mechanical Engineers will showthe film, "xwelding gand Cutting" at 7:30 o'clock tonight iii Natural Science auditorium. Mr. I. H. Griffith, '12E, of the Union Carbide company of New York city, will de- liver a lecture in conjunction with the film showing. This film was prepared to ac- quaint students with the several ap- plications of the Oxy-Acetylene pro- cess of welding and cutting to various industries. It is put out under the joint auspices of the Linde Air Prod- ucts company, Prest-O-Lite company, -Union Carbide cominanv, and the Ox- itures Chimes; )ancing included Ihe thinks of college Dplications in cerned with church attendance. The third inquires as to the interest in church activities and organizations. Then, after asking the belief of the student, the questionnaire asks opin- ions on "evolution, sin, redemption, heaven and hell, divinity of Christ." The last questions endeavor to dis- cove'what the student prefers as tie text for sermons, and if the philo- sophical ideas are preferred. The stu- dent is also asked as to his favorite Ann Arbor minister. The question of the popularity of the Bible is touched in the questionnaire. - give several s phone. It is re be in the assen o'clock so that promptly at th Tickets may main desk in t are priced ats WPRK ON cQUIPMI elections on the xylo- equested that everyone mbly hall before 12:15; l._7 Chimes can claiiil a wide variety of '; (L11 i111G ,-Zv Dlii CIUn VCLIIULvY VL 1 i nLL 1 It C llr" 111 the meeting may start subject matter in its December is- "Printer's Ink, Professional." Mr. at time. sue, which will be sold on the campus EBaker points out a few weaknesses still be secured at the today, for sports, journalism, danc- I in student productions, with sugges- lie Union lobby.,rThey ! ents. ing, religion in several discussions, tions for improvement. Valentine! "Opera, women and kindred sub- Davies, '27, deals with the Union j(ects, all find a place in the "I-loll-; Opera. fdayVacation Number." ' ie women's share of the issue is The genral facts about the issue I devoted to the progress of the Wo- are that the cover design is by Alvin ! men's League building fund, humor- Wolfson, '25L, that there are 72 pages ous comment on dating, the menace *NI!IPuaII d. in all, and that the contributors in- of the barber shop-bobbed hair, and dlude not only faculty members and a criticism of reigning rules for wo- students, but men of vocations as var- men at the University. ied as the subjects. G. W. D, nishing hydrogen sul- Ted Shawn, the noted dancer, has, e Universities labora- not only written an article under the Ald 'h' Deba made when new equip- title "We Need to Dance," but has rI""' of its kind to be in- posed for the illustrations. "Strategy Baseball Ruling on the Court," by Edwin J. Mather,[ head basketball coach, acquaints the "Resolved. That nlaving summer Madison, Wis., Dec. 16.-University Departure fi of Wisconsin's radio broadcasting method of fur: station, WHA, has received a class B fide gas to th rating, the highest rank for stations tories will be n using wave-lengths in excess of 360 nent, the first meters. stalled in any i I