THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SATURDAY, MAY 1 1927
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BULLETIN
VICKSBURG IS MADE HAVEN OF REFUGE FOR THOUSANDS I MIMES THEATER IS BUSY AS MANY
BECAUSE OF POSITION ABOVE WATERS OF MISSISSIPPI PRACTICE STEPS FOR NEXT OPERA
Publicailon in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of
she University. Copy received by the Assistant to the President until
3:30 p. m. (11:30 a. m. Saturdays). Copy must be typewritten.
VOLUME VII SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1927 NIBER 13
Geography Summer Camp:
Students planning to elect the field courses in geography this summerr
meet in Room 13, A. H., Monday'afternoon at 3 P. M. Those who fail to
appear at this time may have their places taken by other applicants. j
P. E. James..
The Teaching of English:
The members of the class in the Teaching of English are invited to
the dramatic programs to be given by the Eighth Grade English classes
of the University High School, in the High School Auditorium, Monday
afternoon, May 16, at one o'clock and at four o'clock.
C. C. Fries,
Lila Reynolds Cannon.
Students, College of Literature, Science and the Arts:
Dean Henry M. Bates will lecture to students expecting to enter the
Law School and to others interested, on "The Profession of Law." TheR
lecture will be given on Tuesday, May 17th, at 4:10 P. M., in Room 25,
Angell Hall.
John R. Effinger.
Engineering Faculty and Students:
Mr. John F. Stevens, President of the American Society of Civil En-
gineers and one of the most distinguished engineers in the United States,
will visit tthe University Saturday morning, May 14th. He will address the
students in Room 311, West Engineering Building, at 11 o'clock. Seniors,
juniors and faculty members are especially invited and urged to attend
this meeting. Classes will be dismissed.
3."E. Cooley.
Senior Electricals:
Mr. M. W. Turner, of the Electric Storage Battery Company, Detroit,
will be in Room 274 West Enginering Building at 10:30 this morning to
interview men interested in work with his company.
JosephI t. Cannon.
University of Michigan Band:
Formation at 2:00 P. M. today a( Morris Hall and from there will march
to Ferry Field to play for the Michigan and Illinois Track Meet. Attend-
ance is imperative.
Paul F. Schlanderer, Student Manager.
Chinese Students' Club:
An election of th Club officers will be held this evening in Lane Hall
at 7:30 P. M. All the members are courteously solicited to come, to par-
ticipate in the election and deliberation of the Alliance's request.
John Lim.
Choral Union Ushers:
All ushers and ticket takers who assisted during the winter concerts
are requested to assist during the May Festival starting Wednesday even-
ing, May 18th, and continuing through Saturday.
Anyone not being able to be on duty during these four days is requested
to notify their Floor Head or myself not later than Monday noon, May
16th. Phon-University 117, 9512, or 7987.
W. A. Davenport, Ass't. Supt.
Building and Grounds Dept.
Quadrangle
The postponed meeting will be held at 8 P. M., Monday, May 16, at
1954 Cambridge Road. Thomas Koykka will speak on "Academic Freedom
from the' Students' Point of View."
N. C. Fisk, Clerk.
Field Courses Will Be Given
In Geology At Summer Camp
Site Is Again Located In Southern with the outdoor world, using mater-
Kentucky On Cumberland River ials and methods which differ greatly
.tfrom those of the average classroom
Rceksurons feld crse o the ges- course. The region in which the camp
wveek summer field chuxses of the ge is located is considered an excellent
ology and geography departments are field for the graduate student, pre-
now being accepted, Prof. George - senting numerous problems for inves-
ologyEhlers,amp director ofunctheye Summer GeThis tigation in various phases of geologic
will mark the eighth season of the and geographic research.
University camp in southern Ken- The local area contains a relatively
tucky on the upper course of the Iwell formed and preserved succession,
Cumberland river, the camp being l ranging in age from the Ordovician to
cated at Mill Springs, ten miles west the Pennsylvanian periods of forma-
of, Burnside, which is the nearest tion. The various types of rock found
point of railway connection.
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Big things have big beginnings, and strugg ing choristers, and holding hur-
!he Opera is no exception, as tire ob- ried conferences with his assistants
server at the stage door of Mimes about handling the eager groups who
theater cannot help but notice. The succeed each! other on the boards. The
reverberations of "Front Page Stuff" lone piano in the pit begins its tune,
having effectually been cleared away holds it for a feW moments, and then
except for the framed pictures in the subsides while the lines go back and
box-office and labby, the 1927 opus try that step over again. In the hack
is already beginning to absorb the of the theater two or three of the lat-
time of E. Mortimer Sb'uter and his as- est aspirants: gather to speculate on
sistants. Despite the long time which their nrobable appearance after they
will elapse before poster contests, have gone below and donned the
circulars, wigs and ballroom apparel pumps, stockings, and bathing suit
begin to take up attention and excite, which makes up their present cos-
comment, and before there are an-'tume.
noincements to the effect that the No publicity, no committees, no mu-
production is moving down to the sic, no book, not even a leading lady--
Whitney for final dress rehearsals, I but the Opera is under way if confu-
things are far from quite on the sion is any criterion.
Mimes stage. The committee fever has
not yet reached its height, and the TUNNEL IS NEARLY 'N
book is still in an embryo stage, notISL
even knowing its author, but last
year's cast members are still stand- The wind tunnel, in the aeronau-
ing around every afternoon now, tical department in the West Engineer-
snapping their fingers and whistling ing building, is rapidly nearing cor)-
while lines of perplexed and sweat- Ipletion. The building and groundls (dl-
ing tryouts stomp their feet and try T -rtm it has been working on it all
to extricate themselves from some winter.
of the beginning steps. Shades of past
productions in the form of used scen- KANSAS-It has been found that
ery and properties lend a professional almost two miles of test tubes are
air to the whole proceeding. used and broken annually by stu-
The stage manager runs about with dents and professors in the labora-
his little book, taking note of the ab- tories at the University of Kansas.
sences and late comers, supervising
and giving out of high-heeled shoes PEAD THE WANT ADS
to further complicate matters for the
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ARTISTS'
OIL COLORS
Canvas Boards
Artists' Brushes
Academy Boards
Artists' Canvas
Drawing Inks
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ARTISTS'
OILS and VARNISHES
Academic
Water Colors
School Water Color Boxes
Show Card Colors
Pastel Boards
Thousands of flood refugees have oil tank barges, which were pressed
been brought to Vicksburg, Miss., into service to carry thousands of per-
here express th'emselves in widely dif-~ which, because it lies far above the ,,
ferent conditions of structure, surface which, stae th lissfssabov the sons to safety. The "Sprague" made
feret coditins normnal stage of the Mississippi andi
and soil conditions. Immediately to also because it has a stout sea wall, her record towing coal barges from
the southeast of the camp are the has proved to be an excellent concen- the Ohio river, but-this is an interest-
'mauntains" of Kentucky; to the west tration center for Red Cross activities. ing sidelight of the change in river
nHere are some exclusive photos of traffic-she now tows oil from out of
lies the characteristic upland area of .Vicksburg scenes: (1) Towboat "Spra-:southern fields. Photo No. 2 shows an
central Kentucky; to the southwest is gue", reputed to be the most power- old woman being helped down a gang-
th'e northern extension of the Nash- ful towboat in the world and which .plank; (3) Red Cross workers regis-
ville basin. Within a comparatively has handled nearly seventy river tering refugees on the waterfront at a
small radius, Professor Ehlers point- barges in one tow, is shown here with railway station; note the ambulances.
ed out, the region provides the key to
the study of the .major divisions of a°b4 m. '. .
very large area. --- p --
Iinerahs Founil Nearby
Minerals of economic value are pro-
duced in nearby mines, he said, andi
the local oil fie1(1, which is, the old- _
est in Kent uckis now in t e proceR ofrd
of extension. According to present
plans, the largest coal mining enter- r
prise in the mountainous part of the P la y re
state will be visited before breaking
up camp.. After camp is broken, the THIS AFTERNOON at 2:30
work of the session Avill, close with a THIeo anceRof N atl2:3-
reconnaissance trip eastward across Farkngtons
the Cumberland nlatean, tb, ereat val- ous Comedy
ley of the eastern Tennessee river, the'.mate Stray
Great Smoky mountains, the Piedmont
plateau, and the Atlantic coastal TONIGHT at 8:15
plain. Final Performance of William Archer's
Immediate application by letter is Thrilling Melodrama
necessary to insure admission, Profes-
sor Ehlers stated, as the total number "The Green Goddess"
of students that can be accommodated
in each of th-e courses is limited. Reynolds Evans in the famous George
Arliss role
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the rooms are in need of just enough
heat to dispell the chill and damp-
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V ACATION days ahead.
Time for flannels and
knickers-and a pair of our
new sport shoes. Like all
Bostonians, they've a knack
of styling that's different.
An easy comfort that sport
shoes should have. Mostly
$7 to $10.
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Man has long had the habit of eating three
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