ESTABLISHED 1890 - -d HA NESHOES1OF tU ~aiI MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XXXVII. No. 142 EIGHT PAGES ANN ARDOR, MICHIGAN, TIHURSDAY APRIL 21, 1927 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS RORGANIZ ATION PLAN' BY STUDENT COUNCIL SEPARATE COUNCILS PROJECTI W1ILL YIELID TO OLDI ORGANIZATION! PUBLICITY TO BE GIVEN Daily Will Publlsh Special Section! Containing Photographs And Records Of Candidates Voting on the experiment college councils, which were temporarily formed a year ago, the Student coun- cil, at its meeting last night, conclud- ed that the project has beet. unsuc- cessful. With the action taken last night, the council automatically re- verts to its former size, consisting of three senior and three junior repre- sentatives, the managing editor of The Daily, the president of the Union, the president of the Student Christian as- sociation, and. a representative of the Board in Control of Athletics, in ad- dition to the council president. At the time the college council plan was sugested, last spring, it was de- cided to establish the councils in each of the five major colleges and schools of the University, the president of each becoming an ex-officio member of the general council, on a trial basis over the period of a year. A vote, de- termining the success or failure of the venture, was to be taken this spring, the general council as it now exists being abandoned in case the college council plan was considered desira- ble. Work Is Not Sufficient In deciding that the experiment has failed, the council concluded that s although the presidents of the college councils have given invaluable ser- vice to the general organization dur- ing the year, there is not sufficient work to warant a separate council in each' college and school. James Boyer, '27, chairman of the Spring games, which will be held May 6 and 7, reported last night that the events this year between the fresh-i man and sophomore classes will be similar to those in the past. The tug- of-war over the Huron river will be held on Friday afternoon, as usual, with the rope-tying contest, obstacle, race, and cane 'spree on SaturdayE morning. The first year men will meet at the Union the week preceding the . games for the purpose of electing their captain, while the sophomore men will also assemble during that week for the same purpose. Preliminary to the annual spring elections, The Daily, this year, will devote a special section to photo- graphs and records of the candidates in order to assist students in iden- tifying prospective incumbents. To Publish Official Ballot Pictures of all candidates for pres- idential offices, as well as their com- plete -campus activity records, will be published, along with the records of certain other office seekers, and the ifficial ballot, on Tuesday, May 10, MRS. TRUEBLOOD DIES FROM ACUTE MOriL THROAT AILMENT Mrs. Thomas C. Trueblood, wife of L Professor-emeritus Trueblood of tlie public speaking department, passedC away late Taesday night after a pro- Fi Ft longed illness. Professor and Mrs. Trueblood arrived in Ann Arbor April li1 T 10 after Mrs. Trueblood was stricken SRE with an acute attack of bronchitis StREE while at their winter home in Braden- ton, Fla. She was 72 years of age. ' Mrs. Trueblood was prominent in HOLME l educational, church, and club work for many years. She was a dramatist Ten Men 1 of some note, having read in public igan; No selections from "Silas Marner", "Mill A on the Floss", "Ramona", and numer- ous other selections. For a time Mrs. Michigan Trueblood acted as head of the pub- opportunit: lic speaking department of Stetson university, Florida. glare of t The funeral will be held this after- representa noon at three o'clock at Dolph's fu- tres will neral chapel. Dr. A. W. Stalker will Union mak officiate. The pallbearers are as fol- connection lows: Prof. R. D. T. Hollister, Prof. First Nati I Louis M. Eich, Levi D. Wines, Prof. Hugo P. Theime, Dean Alfred H. university Lloyd, and Dean Edward H. Kraus. More tha Arcade the 100 more a Union dur i ng to a t Holmes, d ColumbusI Ann Arbor ready to b The rooms Dorothy Williams Addison Pettetier the work v Will Perform Female Roles bers will In New Production board in th The unit TO SHOW THREE NIGHTS ry more t _____ions and to the dir "Anna Christie," the last play to be Mel Burns given by Mimes this year, will open torial staf its series of three performances at operate th 8:30 o'clock tonight in the Mimes Ireport mor theater. The play will be given to- at Northw morrow and Saturday nights also. and at Ohi Two women, Addison Pelletier, '28, Of the m and Dorothy Williams, '29, are incid- ed this a ed in the cast of the production, lected as which is the first time in the history the contest of Mimes that women students have pared with been allowed in any of their plays, universities acording to officers of that organiza States, and tion. Miss Pelletier will play the role lected. T of Ann Christie and Miss Williams Burbank,C will play the part of Marthy. Both for an eig have had previous experience in cam r, vd i pus dramatics, the former in the J'un- be given for Girls' play and the latter in sev- First Natio eral productions of Comedy club and The aim Masques. vide colleg "Anna Christie,,' which is a Pulitzer pictures, i lirize play, is generally conceded to the presen be -the best known of all of the works versity life of Eugene O'Neil. Special settings for ly true to 1 all three acts have been designed in final winn the Mimes theater workshop by Otto June 1. Schiller, who painted the scenery for - the Union opera, and Fred Redmond, SEAT, head carpenter, has constructed -them. Costumes for the production will FOR come from the Van Horn costume sup- ply company of Philadelphia, Penn- Tickets f sylvania. Lighting equipment for the plays to be show has been secured from New the Rockfo York especially for these perform- well Angel ances. f the Wome TESTS WILL BE TODAY AT UNION INIVERSITY MEN; HAN 100 REGISTER FOR N TESTS T0O BE HEL) FIRST NATIONAL 5 TOHEAD WORK Will Be Chosen From Mich- rthwestern And Ohio State Uready Completed men will be given their y to perform under the he Kleig lights today when tives of First National Pic- spend the afternoon at the ing tests of college men in with the College Humor- onal campaign to recruit students for the films. .n 100 men registered at the ater yesterday, and at least re expected to report at the ing the afternoon. Accord- elegram received from Ned irector of the work, from last night, he will arrive in this morning and will be egin work by 12:30 o'clock. in the Union best suited to will be used, and the num- be posted on the bulletin e lobby. making the tests will car- ban 200 make-up combina- preparations. In addition ector, the group includes of First National's direc- f, Ned Connors, who will e camera, and others. They e than 100 men tested both estern early in the week o State yesterday. en who will be photograph- fternoon, ten will be se- Michigan's candidates in . These men will be com- others selected at various s throughout the United a final group of ten se- hese men will be sent to California free of charge, ht week period this sum- f they show promise, will permanent contracts with nal. of the campaign is to pro- e men to star in college n the hope of elminating t so-called picture of uni- in favor of one more near- life. The names of the ten ers will be announced by SALE OPENS PLAY SERIES or the series of repertory presented May 3 to 17 by rd players in Sarah Cas- 1 hall for the benefit of 's League will go on sale e Alumnae office in Alumni all, it was announced yes- ders or direct applications will be filled there, and ay the tickets will go on e at the State street book- gle admissions, are priced and series tickets for all plays can be ;secured for ding to- the announcement. I 1 ; l r l . } , 1 fff H AYNES HOPES TO I ENFORCE DRY ACT] is Roy A. Haynes Who, under the new reorganization act, will attempt to put the national dry machinery in running order. _.. I FLOOD1)ME AE GROWS IN ARASAS REGION I Swelling Waters Of 'Nssissippi Peril Homes In Lower Part Of Valley; Defenders Redouble Efforts TOWNS ARESUBMERGED (By Associated Press) MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 20.-The menace of flood disaster in the lower Mississippi valley grew tonight as Arkansas felt anew the grip of the swelling waters and guardians of de- fenses in another state along the river doubled their efforts to save lifes and property. Hurdling the levee at Clarendon, Ark., the White river early today surged through that town of 3,000 in- I habitants and changed its streets into foaming whirlpools where boats, men, animals and swaying houses were tossed about in disorder. Reports of loss of life to tardy residents of the lower sections went unconfirmed until reief agencies could explore the stricken town. Driven by a break in the Arkansas river northwest of Little Rock ,the flood charged down in a diminishing wall upon the) town of Levy and moved on to widen the inundated area in North t Little Rock, across the stream from the capital. The Little Rock municipal water plant was abandoned late today. Three or four days supply of water re- mained in the reservoir. Along the hundred mile St. Francis river basin, between New Madrid, Mo., and Helena, Ark., inhabitants of a score of towns were making prepara- tions for the advancing waters which moved southward through a crevass to the St. Johns bayou levee. States affected: Arkansas, Missouri. Mississippi, and to lesser extent Illi- nois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Louisi- ana. Estimated area inundated: 4,000,000 acres, or 6,250 square miles. Estimated homeless: 50,000 per- sons. Persons affected: 100,000 directly or indirectly. Lives lost: impossible estimate, more than dozen known dead. Property loss: not estimated, but far into the millions of dollars. Persons homeless in Arkansas: up- ward of 20,000. BANDITS ATTACK 1MEXICAN TRAIN; OVER 50 KILLED 1 Aj (By Associated Press) MEX ICO CITY, April 20.-Between 50 and 100 helpless passengers were slaughte.red by a great force of revo- lutionaries or bandits who held up a Guadalajara-Mexico City train last night after killing the train's entire escort of 50 soldiers. The bandits drenched the coaches with gasoline and kerosene and set them afire and as the terrified passengers tried fran- tically to climb out of the winodws to escape from the incinerator, they were shot down. The slaughter took place near Limon, state of Jalisco. Of recent outrages this is declared to have been the worst in Mexican territory. The attack came almost without warning. Suddenly, the train was halted while passing through a desolate territory, and the attack, some reports have it, was begun by I. 1- I I 1 Il I c 1 1 lI I ~1 I "I J I CI 1 !STUDENTSMUST SOLVE AFFAIR OF BENCHES-SMITH That a solution of the whole situ- Fht OI BETA KAPPAol sation regarding the removal of semor be nches from the eastern end of the T Ediagonal walk an be affected only through the action of the students, is the opinion of Shirley W. Smith, sec- rear of the University, in comment- SIXTY-SIX OF N'MRER CHOSEN ingupof the controversy which has ARE MEMBERS OF SENIOR -'arisen in connection with the removal CLASS THIS YEAR of the benches. The action resulting in the removal THIRTEEN ARE JUNIORS of the bencheswas taken as a result of nume-ous complaints from parents, Prof. Grant Showermnan of Wisconsi girls, and husbands, objecting to the And Prof. W. 'H. Hobbs ill I disrespectful , attitude of students Speak At Banquet sitting on the benches in regard to women who passed by. The removal Phi Beta Kappa, national academicwfthetlbenel approa ek Mwortmer honor society, made its annual cam- E Cooley dean of the engineering pus elections yesterday in room 1035 college. Angell hall. Thirteen members of the "Teg proper course to pursue now junior classes, 66 members of the for students who wish to have the senior classes, and four members of benches replaced," pointed out Sec- previous years were elected to mem- retary Smith, "would be to send a ersiup. a representative of a group honor so- he annual initiation banquet of ciety to Dean Cooley with the request, the organization will take place accompanied by a promise to be re- Thursday, May 5, in the Union. The isponsible for the further action of the banquet will be addressed by Prof. students. The question of whether Grant Showerman of the classics de- the benches will be replaced in the partment of the University of Wis- future rests with Dean Cooley." cousin. Prof. W. H. Hobbs of the geology department, president of the University chapter, will also be on fl flflflfl The list of the newly elected fol[ U I lows: Class fo 1928 of the literary college: August F. Avery, Ruth E. Banfield, Kathryn S. Bennett, Wil- liam W. Bishop Jr., Louis Braitman Roy G. Curtis, Irving R. Johnson, William E. Klein, Thomas H. Mack, Plans For Turning First Sod For New Margaret E. Stalker. Class of 1928 Women's League Building of the School of Education: Adele D. Are Compieed Ewell, Vivian N. LaJeunesse, Lois A. Parks. SPEAKERSARE NAMED Clas of 1927 of the literary college:I Anna B. Arnold, Lloyd W. Bartlett, Ta Sue G. Bonner, Norman C. Bowersox, The program of exercises incideni Margaret Clark, Karl R. Crawford, upon the turning of the first spade of' Stanley E. Dimond, Cecilia L. Fine, I earth at 1:15 o'clock June 18, 1927 forj Russell A. Fisher, Myer Givelber, the new Women's league building was Julian N. Goldman, Catherine E. finally completed by the executive Grindley, John H. Hanley, Clarence committee at a meeting held Tuesday. C. Hostrup, Lloyd Huston, Robert V. The execution of the plans will of Jaros, ILydia R. Kahn, Marion Mi. course denend on the success of the Kiely, Edith Kinder, Thomas V. 1 finance drive between now and June1 Koykka, Harold D. Larson, Samuel J. 1, but the committee feels certain that, Lukens, Grace Helen McDonald, Jose- the remaining $159,000 will be raisedl phine E. Megars, Melvin A. Oll, Law- by that time." ence Preuss, Margaret A. Schwartz, The day chosen' for the service is Dorothy A. Seeber, Helen K. Shaw, Alumni day and by invitation of thet Vargaret L. Sherman, Charlene Shi- national alumni association, the turn- land, Fred H. Shillito, Dorothy A. ing of the first spade of earth will be Thulze, Walter E. Simmons, Charlotte included in th'e regular program for B. Stephens, Dorothy B. Tiscii, Ithat day. Upon leaving the annual stuart W. Taylor, Yea Tanaka, Willis alumni luncheon, all graduates of the . Topper, Abraham Torgow, Mary University and friends will proceedt Van Tuyl. Theodore A. Veenstra' to the lot on north University avenue Robert C. Walton, Mary F. Wofett. tohereot onatorthUiverten.' Class of 1927 of the School of Edu- where a platform will be erected. ation: William W. Arnold, Genevieve Mrs. Shirley Smith, national chair- ti. Buell, Theodore L. Bystrom, mthan of the alumnae council will pre- Meirodine A. Case, Florence T. Cum, side, and I. K. Pond, one of the archi-I ing5Wesley C. Darling, Irene Field, tects will give a short speech about lle G. Groff, FrancesL.nHaFch, the plans of the building and the Pheodore R. Hornberger, Hel ideals and aspirations of the archi-