REPORT OF ACTIVITIE& OF HOBBS' EXPEDITION BROUGHT BY BELKNAP HAWAII'S RULER (Continued From Page One) in the Arctic, and the Morissey, Put-. nam's ship aboard which was Prof. Lawreice M. Gould of the University faculty, stationed in the vicinity of Baffin Bay. After Hobbs and Belknap had left camp, Oscanyan succeeded in getting messages through direct to this country, and since then he has been in almost constant communica- tion with the New York Times wire- less station. The chief work of the expedition during the past summer, according to Belknap, was to erect the weather station and- the radio station on- the top of Mount Evans. A complete weather station, capable of recording all data recorded by the regulation United States Weather Bureau sta- tions, has been erected and put into operation. Since August 1, C. R. Kall- quist, expert aeroogist on leave of absence from the United States Weather Bureau, has been doing bal- loon work with captive balloons car- rying instruments for measuring tem- perature, humidity, and pressure, and with free balloons which have been followed for 20 to 30 miles to ascer- tain direction of wind currents. It is impossible to use free balloons carry- ing instruments, because there is no one to return the balloons once they have come to earth. A self-deflating device was tried out by the expedition but proved unsatisfactory. Rope To Predict Storms Professor Hobbs' object in conduct- ing these expeditions is to collect data which will bear out his theory of the origin of North Atlantic storms over the great ice-cap of Greenland. By collecting this data he hopes to be able to prove the possibility of pre- dicting .such storms 48 hours before they reach the travelled lanes of the North Atlantic, and of broadcasting warnings to transatlantic ships and fliers. Belknai refused to comment when asked about the opinions of other me-, teorologists on Professor Hobbs' the-- ory of the origin of North Atlantic storms. American meteorologists, however, he said, think that the expe- ditions are eminently worthwhile, and they are doing everything possible to co-operate. European meteorologists have heretfore been skeptical, but now they are taking great interest in the project proposed by Professor Hobbs. Most authorities agree that the Ice-cap has a distinct effect on mete9'rlglgical conditions over the At- lantic, and the question which Hobbs is trying to settle is the extent of that effect. Hobbs thinks it extensive, while sobphe9. believe it merely local. AKaliquist the aerologist and Paul. Oscanyan, radio expert, will remain during the winter at the station on top of Mount Evans. Dr. Church and a ;Dane named Bangstedt, two other members of the expedition, will take sleds over the inland ice with two or three months' provisions. They will remain from 100' to 200 miles inland with instruments to measure tempera- ture, pressure, and humidity. Church Plans InvestigatiQin Dr. Church is planning some special investigations into ice density and pre- cipitation. It is expected that the data they will collect, when correlated with the data that will be collected at the Mount Evans station will do much to- ward the final confirmation of Pro- fessor Hobbs' theory. t t x An attempt on the part of the ex- pedition to measure the movement of the glaciers which form the Green- land ice-cap met with only partial success. The party was not able to penetrate far Inland on account of the extreme roughness of the ice. In all they camped about a week on the glacier, spending four and one-half days going in and two and one-half coming out. They planted five stakes by which to measure movements, but a snow storm interrupted operations and they were able to locate only three of these. The ice was melting. at the time, and it is not at all certain that the stakes will be there when the expedition returns at some later date. Belknap May Return Mr. Belknap did not know yester- day whether or not he would return to complete that phase of the work in the summer of 1928. Carl O. Erlanson of the botany fac- ulty, also a member of the expedition, will spend the winter at the station on Disko Island. Mr. Erlanson has been engaged in making a collection of the flora of Greenland, and he thinks that he has discovered some new species and some hitherto unknown informa- tion about the existence of plants in Arctic, climates. LOREE DIRECTS PROGRAM AT MEDICALGATHERINGI Members of the Wastenaw County Medical society met Monday night at tne Union at the regular dinner meet- ing. I. D. Loree, Ann Arbor physician and president of the society, was in charge of the program which was held immediately after the dinner. Dr. Carl Eberbach, professor of sur- gery in the medical school, spoke first. Doctor Eberbach told of his work with Dr. Grenfell in the Labrador this sum- mer, and brought up a number of in- teresting medical problems found there during his stay. His talk was Wallace P. Farrington, governor of Hawaii, has been in the United States conferring with government officials on land transfers in the Hawaiian Islands. He.wants the United States to develop the beach properties on the island of Oahu for public use. INSTITUTE HOLDS FORMAL OPENING AT HARRIS HALL Fifty people attended a banquet at Harris hall last night which marked. the formal opening of the Institute on Religious Education. This organiza- tion, which is under the auspices of the Ann Arbor Bible Chair, of which Thomas M. Iden is the director, an- nually holds a series of classes on re- ligious topics. .Leaders in the Stu- dent Christian Association and preach- ers of Ann Arbor give the lectures in these sessions which are open free to' the public. Reverend Frederick Cowin, a new man in Ann Arbor, was the principal speaker on the program last night. Each man leading a class gave the general outline of work to be done in the five meetings and the essential facts of what the course comprised. The courses announced for this year are as follows: "How Our Churches Came to Be," conducted by the Rev. Thomas Harris, "The Life and Teach- Complete Outside Construction Work For Local Theater Ann Arbor's new theatre is rapidly approaching the final stages of com- pletion, according to announcements made by those in charge. All outside construction work is done and plast- erers have completed the inside work backstage and on most of the lobby. Contracts for all decorations were awarded to Tuttle and Clark company. This includes specially designed car- pets and draperies. The color scheme throughout will be in Michi- gan's colors, maize and blue. The carpets will be of unique pattern with the maize and blue colors used as background. All the furniture in the lobby will be upholstered with yellow and blue fabric arranged in wide stripes in vertical arrangement. Seats in the auditorium and balcony will be fully upholstered in blue j leather, resting upon gold standards. These seats are so placed to afford patrons extra room and added comfort. Oil is being used for heating pur- poses, and the plant is already in- stalled and ready for use. It is ex- pected that it will be put in operation soon to aid in drying the plaster. The formal opening will probably be dur- ing the last week in December, as the decorators will take over the build- ing for the final touches on or about December 1. ing of Jesus of Nazareth," conducted by Eric H. Thomson, "Devotional - 'Studies Based on Pilgrim Psalms" under Rev. Frederick Cowin, and "Doctor Looks at Missions" under Dr. C. E. Tompkins. These classes are to be held every Tuesday night at Lane hall, and are to meet five times each. One class, "Round Table for Parents" under Mrs. Herbert Mallory, is to be given at 4 o'clock every Tues- day afternoon. The final meeting, of all classes is to be on Dec. 6. PURDUE-A special cover consist- ing of 77,000 square feet of heavy waterproof duck has been purchased by the atheltic association to keep the turf of the Ross-Ade stadium in good condition. MINNESOTA-A speech clinic has been established in the university for the purpose of helping students in speech deficiencies. ADJUSTABLE LAMPS Excellent lamps for table, bed or dresser. See them here Phone 4744 1111 So. U. Phone 4744 .".."*......-.....-......- ....-.-.--------.................. - 2 QTh~e o en "Ann Arbor's Unique Sandwich and Coffee Shop" 1108 SO. 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