SUNDAY, FEBRUARY Li, 1D25 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THRRE W111 ldBanquet (Commemiorating Quarter ('entennial Wedc- ziesday s. 7 ORGANIZERS LEFT ,; Commemorating; the quarter centen-, npal of it~s founding on February 15, 1900, the Research club of the 1niver- city will .,hold a banquet Wednesday evening in the Union. This organiza- tion was started by a small group of scholarly men for the avowed purpose "t~o unite those members of the acad--. ernic staff -of the University who sire actively engagedl in research, and to originate and support such measures as are caluculated to foster and ad- vance( research in the University." Of the small group which organized' the club, only sixteen in all, but seven are now actively engaged in work on the faculty. These are Professors Campbell, Huber, Novy, Reighard, Wenley, and Ziwet. Prof. W. P. Lom- bard, at whose home on Oxford road the club was organized, is now in residence,- here as Professor Emnerit- us. Four of the charter members have died and the remaining five have re- moved their residence from Ann Ar- or. Prof. A, R. Cushiney is now at the University of Edinburghi, Prof. J. P. McMurrich is at the university of _! onto, Dr. George Dock is living ini L.os Angeles, Prof. F. C. Newcombe now resides in Honolulu, and Dr. Vic- tor C. Vaughan is now a resident of Washington, D. C. Those who have died are Professors Carbart, Freer, Prescott and Spaliding. Docter Vaughan, the first presidentli of the organization, was for many I years dean of the Medical school. ti lie is now a member of the National 1s Academy of Sciences and the Americ- ai ,in Philosophical socie(ty, andI is one of the most distinguished scientists of th e ! ('Cuntry. The vice president was Pro f. I R.. M. Wenley of the philosophy (de- pa'rtnment, and the secretary-treasurer. Prof. F. C. Newcomibe, long head of the botany (department and now re-( tired. To celebrate its birthday the club has invited to the dinner all its living, cox-members, ,President ilinerittus ;to Hutchins, the Regents of the Ulniver- 11,01 sity, andl the presidents of (the Junior FM Research club and the Society, of Sig- ma Xi. pr,' PHYSICIST FROM S1AEOEN WILL fVISIT UNIVRSITY n 0 - 1 Climbers Conquer Alpine Peak TodAY's question: Do youi the University should own andc a radio station? Where asked: The Union. --- 1The aiwr:Robert N. Donley, iJ. U. Burr, '2G.-"Ye0s, I think it sure would be better than some of the '2'-Ys adio 1apermanently es-j would be a very good thaing. It woelda oor pr'ograms which are nowiN being ta,;lish ' itlf as onre of ie- methods, help the, people of distant cities to broadcast elsewhere." o0° nmnu(,innllinicatio i, t I thinlkI understanid what is going on here.'" the ilniv('?:Si ty should h( 7relrfl 7te(1 KC. C. dmunds3, '2dA.-" Yes, 1 think * I in this field, jv as it is rep (,rted broadcasting station operated by the iNINNTC s in the field oa~rn{al I) by The University could pr ove very interest- i~alyrfl~~~c re l e )PitP15deriived ing. There are enough artists of high comitee from the publlict iou of a university ranl among the students and noted - opula sian office by Monday, Feb. 16. i our a 1roadleasting, station.", }st.ticn." I IPeiet r se osn n K.M,, BoI3ydl, '26"Yes, 1 do. The iJ. Allen Vickery, 27-~ie;as a. Feiet r akdt edi ~. '27-"Yea;the. names of officers and coan- believe poition of tile university inl the state; former operator of a radio st ation, I j initteenien immediately. operate" is such that thre best program~s could + think It would be a,.very good thing for - ______ be offered. It would be somewhat simn-Ih University. ; Some )real progra.-ns I ilar to the extension service and would could be arranged withr the talent that reach muove people." is pres ent on ltbe campus, which I am' RIAVE tOU SUBSUL LI3b D ETIl a..aaww. , flaina k Fop STARTING TODAY j," . } Oil STAzt Ta 0 1* The P1ilost Entertainig rehiestra LEn Tour Piz Bernina, which stands 13,300 feet un in Switzerland's ilde- s, finally as* been conquered by man. An expedition of thae Iiizernatjonal Research nstimute of' Germany rhas just succeed ct in scaling -the p)';1.c for the first ime, carrying up heavy scientific equipment with enormous difficulty. This it-Ie highest niotntain in East Switzerland. 'The p~eak 'and iti conq~uerors re :howen. WIcDonald's Sonl ducator Says c o res System Colleges Fail )f Social .L i f ej To Fill Needs Chicago, Ill., Feb. 14,-According "Colleges to which we, are looking a recent article in the Daily Ma-j for leaders aie in reality breeding ion of theC University of Chicago, ! goslings," asserts, Henry Neumann, lalcolm MacDonald, son of England's( prominen°. New York educator in his; x-premier, has expressed his disap- i event at ide in the American Re-, roval of American college fraterni- Iview. es and sororities. His reason was, The cause for this failure of the un- at the fraternity system draws a iveriities to fulfill their mission is the efinite line "between members and interference of outside institutions on-members which is to be (deplored,"which insist that only what tradition il tLatastihee-fraternities create the sanctities should be taught. )allf.ofO colgtemnnt!M..Nuanseabihspti fraternities; ',rp' unjustly excluded the future of somec colleges as evid- ,oni it. Ihe contrasts with this the ened in the offer of a. chair in econ- n lislitsysten -ini -which the social omits by Wisconsin university to- the.;', fe of the university is centered same= urofess;or who was ousted from j 011.1d hnnwi drc, of sm~all eating clubs, the castern -institution. iffee clutbs,, conversation clubs, and l- )r various thder purposes. The; Paris, Feb. 14.-- Tihe German iron nubers owve these clubs no ob-! and steel interests have notified the .tiof, and caIn wibtds aw at, will. jFrenchi interests that the Germans are ,ioBnali clut r-wcteviz., lifo in Ein- !,di pu;ed to i asnie negotiati~ns for' an sit on i vrsi mo} }t d 3fre (aret re e t-.isandinlg wirth the W~renchl ro~n I, i{ c r The Orchestra Plays Today at 2:40 4:80, 7:15 Joyous, Zestful, Tinkling, Teasing, Taunting, Tantilizing with Clever Solo Dancer, and Singers Diecte d by BILIE ORE OR hSTRA LEADER SCREEN FEATURES Dr. Manne. Siegbalhn, professor of' physics at the University of lipsala, SW6de; ill-- arrive lin Ann Arbor eadnesday, for a. visit of six days. iring that time he will give two 'etures on X-ray spectroscop~y, a field wh 1ich he is an authority. Or. Siegbahn is making his first visit. this country. Ilie is '(:coming ttV' Ann Arbor at the invitation of Prof. oerge A. Lindsay, of the p~hysics deC- ,rtnient. Professor Lindsay studied th Dr. Slegbahin two years ago ill ,eden and has recently translated Tslatest book, "Spectroscopy of' X- y," from the C erman. It is now be- gpublished b~y thle Clarendon P ress EnFtglanhd. Unitl the past two years Dr. Sieg- - liii was professor of phzysics at. Lund fr-c fot liz Come to the Land of VidnigAft * ht Eun 4 bll d iuisorcly- than that in Ameries. t'-adcs, ut: ineicr thattihe meeting be lnit a j)onld's opinion, however, ii, il witzPI~ri nid. the t 0111 c oflarge ii Libii)E'1of Amed----____- Gait s~ituets of wvorking t heir way i' delay ----ay your Subs~ ription endency Gi Iratern it jes. Sn(-li a- iii i: i'.uslnosnin Enhgland. Al ! t i versity, Sweden, w~here he ieccEir- ;,his university training, H liahas °'ale aspecial turfy of X-ray spec- t roscopy and is considlered blymei hers of the physics department. one of the highest authorities on that sub- ject. Tphe physics depatm ilent is now using a spectroscope constructed aft-, er a(design inventedl by Dri. Sicelntliii, Dir. Siegbahn is a mnenmber oi the Swedish Academy of, Science, a society of science at Upsala, aInd thle Physio-- graphical Society at Lunld. Report Estimates Building Progyram Of Recent Years If one man were to do all the con- :tructi'ont work which has been don( by:,hlt University since June , 1922, it would' take himt 4,00 years, working ten houris a (lay, to c'omplete the job. rIhW t is the estimiate of engineers of b inldings and grounds department. is excldlsive of the Lawyers' club,, a nd the Nurses' homie which caine to .she, university as gifts.I t ricks used in these buildings, it' laijI end to end, would reach froin1De- t roit to New York City, while tile use in interior part itioans would build a j,al1 100 feet-high around tile entire canlpus. To transport the cement us -tj 300 railroad box-cars would be - rii ed, with 50 more needed to car- ry