ESTABLISHED .1890 Air . -A- t A&S MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS I VOL.- XXXVII. No. 122 EIGHT PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICTIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1926 IGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS ADDRESS TO HEL CAMPANLE FUNDi P'OLA R EXLO II) DEPIC'TS FARL NORTH A S DI FFE RENT FRM FICTIONAL ARCTIC SCORES PUBLICISTS 1 1 1 Great est E di .tioiial Problem iIs Combat Spread Of Ignorance, Says Adventurer Toj Decpicting the Arctic as quite dif- ferent from the fictional Arctic which is generally described and which most people traditionally believe it actually to be, Vilhjalmur Stefasson famous i explorer and lecturer, delivered a lec- ture last night on "Abolishing the Arctic." The lecture was the first of a series arranged by the Student council for the purpose of raising funds for the Burton Memorial cam- panile, and the speaker was intro- duced by President Clarence Cook Little as having been a close friend of the late President Marion LeRoy Burton. Stefansson spoke of the ignorance which generally ,prevails regarding many scientific facts and also regard- ing other facts which he claimed are really wonderful, but which are not so dramatic as generally pictured. He cited numerous incidents in whichi the press has misinformed the public in order to present dramatic material to its readers. Beginning with the mistaken beliefs which the ancient Greeks had in regard to the world, he traced the development of ignor- ance to the present day when it is largely due to the misinformation gv en by the newspapes. "The ancient Greeks believed in absolute death at the center of the world because of the heat, and they believed that nothing could live at thes ends of the world because of freez- ing," said the speaker. "It was co- monly believed that there was a place where the oceans boiled. This was proved to be a mistaken idea by ex- plorations." The speaker ilustrated the bad ef- fect which the press has had by citing the example of publicity which was given to the 70 mile race of the (og team across Alaska to take medicine to the stricken people of Nome. Through journalistic exaggeration, this affair was given a dramatic touch which placed the public in general ignorance of the actual happenings. The speaker went on to say thatI along the route followed by the dog teami there were road houses at very short intervals, that there was a regu- lar road which the team followed, that there was a telephone line along the route, the road went through th for- est, and that there was no barren waste to be traversed. "The greatest educational problem today," said the speaker, "i~ to find some way of combatting the spread of ignorance and untruth. Ignorance should either be abolished or it should be standard ized with definitions that are really beneficial." Stefansson then showed where there is a mistaken conception of the polar regions. By the use of slides, he showed that the Arctic does not hold nearly the number of horrors that itj is sup~posed to hold. Pictures show- ing the country in the polar regions] were used to establish his theory that the Arctic is "friendly". Animal and plant life were also shown in the pic- tures, all of which were taken within the Arctic circle. Stefansson asserted that the ma- jority of Eskimos do not live in snow houses as is generally supposed, butt that they live in a variety of rude dwellings. "Of the 13,800 Eskimos in Greenland," said the speaker, "250 Ati the most have seen snow houses. The rest of them probably would laugh at the idea of a dwelling made of snow or ice." NEW YORK, March 12.-More than 200 striking textile workers from Pas- saic, who came to New York toay to sell tags for the benefit of, the strikers, retreated after 33 of Mtheir number had been arrested and charg- ed with disorderly conduct. No per- mit had been issued for the "tag day." ' BILL OF 1ISAIIAMENT IS ( PASSIED)BY 1DANISHI IIOUSEj ICOP~ENHIAGEN, March 12.- The Folketing (House of Com- Imons) today passed the third reading of the disarmament bill, I which calls for virtual abolish- ment of the Danish army and, (navy, leaving only frontier and customs guards and a number of ( vessels for coast duty. The vote was 75 to 71. I Strong oppositign was shown by the conservative and liberals who declared their astonishment{ Ithat the government dared toj S support such a measure under (present conditions in Europe. UONION TO SPONSOR Speakcrs At C'hamionship Banquet To Include Yost, 31ather, Doyle And Chambers 'WILL AWARD CHARMS As a testimonial to Michigan's championship basketball team, the Union, in conjunction with Blue Key, will sponsor a banquet, similar to the annual football banquet, next Thurs- day night in the assembly hall of the Union. William L. Diener, '26, presi- dent of the Union, announced yester- day that Hlarry B. Koenig, '26, has been appointed general chairman. The affair will be the first basket- ball banquet in the history of the Uni- versity. As soon as Michigan entered into a tie for the Big Ten champion- ship, for the second time in six years, plans were formulated for holding the banquet as a mark of recognition to Coach Edward J. Mather and the team in view of the record that was i GERMANN ot TqkcStand FI I IIb h W N OF OFEPI DRKE, Watcrwav'si HEAT IN BIG TEN' (F A..,s c iktcd Iic WA~t 1INGTO Nrh 12-Des-pit EUROPEANOUTLOOK iby oh sides, ire&! CONFERENCE MEETI delt Colige oesnot inendto take LE-V fI'E 71JE )L 1,W'KHASGRAVE sdsi h ipt vraroute for' WOLVERINE STAR QUALIFIES A$, I'd l' ;^V r I~A Olil' I I1 aGraLakes-Atlanticcaa until he IN QU'ARTE R 31iLE RUN I P4 lL ' aI) 1 sinvestigated. PRELIMINARIES Th White b-louse announced today BRAZIL ST'ANDS PAT! nids1of heUv re faa luets !F REYBERG DEFEATED showered dlown about him. To this IwII *d .Say'g~s Proposal Whih ~old i barrage Secretary Wilbur added todaydIc iiiiigan aptaiuEliminated In 880,, (iveP Poland Ni-P'e rnuaiient ('anun- in opeI letter denlyin~g in~direcctly a i will Enter 'Xile Fi cut At 01i Seat Is fimit Of Cocsso charge that he. was playing polities; Evailsioli Tonight # wheni he recently pointed out the (By Associated Press)I benefitsa of the alli-American Ontario- i By Josephli Kruger GE V7, Mrch12-Th crsisinHudson route. 'This route has beenT GENVA Mach1 .-TidelclareOd imp~racticable by army en- EVANS)cTONt, Ill., March 12.--Nate the European political situation grow-j gineers, but Chairman IDenmpsey of Fisne a h nyMcia ing out of the dleadlock over the ques- the H-ouse rivers and harbors 'com- runner to qualify in the preliminary tion of enlarging the council of the ;Mittee favors it.', heats of the Western Conference' League of Nations, took on an even' Championship track meet held tonight graver ashpect tonight, for the Gjerman ! L atthjPttnfymasum statesmen rejected the compromise PrIL P ER W L tteliiary heats wr run off in offer made, by the allied delegates,U but two events, the quarter mile and whereby Poland would be given a z~r ~ e.~ ~m the half mile, with Iowa, conceded the non-permanent scat on the council. I I I If avorite, getting two men in the finals liable sources, tis compromise also U and Michigan the other. involves the rejection, temporarily at) Coach Farrell started Dick Frey- least, of the Spanishi and Brazilian I 11a aird Philosophy Processor W'ill berg, Wolverine captain, in the half claims for permanent seats. The _an- i 1Deliver. A41(resses Monday mile in order to get him accustomed nouncement of the compromise ium- AfternIoonl Ad Aight! to the track, and the middle distance' m uediately caused the declaration in star failed to place. Freyberg is Spanish circles that "Spain would re- SRV D N WO LD WAR scheduled to run in the mile event tire from the league unless her de- ! tomorrow night. mandl was recognized."I Prof. Ralph Barton Perry of the In the first heat of the 440 event, Alfonso M\ello Franco, reprosentingphilosophy department o IHarvard* Fein singer took first place in 54 4-5 Brazil, would1 not comment ceyond university- will arrive in Ann Arbor while Ohiheiser took second in his the declaration that be would at all lee-, heat which. was captured by Kennedy ,MVonday. March 15, to deliver two 1 evnsinsist on Bhrazil b~einlg given the urI of Wisconsin in 52 and1 9-10. Herrna-' events alway~~~i rs .hProfessor Perry will speak lac- tenwshehidMcga etr ,permanent chair which has awy;fore thme semin ar in the moral issues isenwstetidMcia nr been held for the United States. Io oenlf fteSiolo to place in the semi-finals when he Premier Blriand of Franiice, looking; ligion at 4:15 o'clock in room C, LawI took his heat in 54 4-10. worn andl (owncast, mhatle known the 'In tefrtsm-ia et end building oni the subject, 'What Is thme I tefrtsm-ia et end critical dlevelopumen itengta of Wisconsin took first place in 53 1-10 ent n te, ntotIj Good of Religion ?" lie will (deliver tions in such a tone of solemnity as a ivriy1e~ue~~~~i wthfl Cuhel of Iowa secondl, only two to make the announicenment deeply teNtrlSineadtru n" I men qualifying. H-errnstein finished tragic.\odritItrrain thir'd, losing by inches to Cuhel.y "The Gerinans have not accepted," ;das" fAercnHerrnstein (lelayed his final sprint a he said. 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