ESTABLISHED 1890 AV Ar Ida, A*- dgdmfte 'Roo6w Itil r all MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XXXVII, No. 66. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1927 EIGHT1 PAGES UNIVERSITY LAYS PL ANS FO TWO FOOTBALL TEAMS BEGIN SESIONT gas lAftal0 EMMiL1 P 3~ VII RAI"' AN TI (1 [AT'~El EIlI;CT ION LONGWORTLI RE-ELECTED PreOdent Coolidge To Deth er A ialI Message ho oiinihiiiIed Session Of Rouses _ T orrow (By Associaed lPre-;) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 - The 70111 Congress began work on Capita l JIM today with a political tumult in the Senate that promises to echo through- out the session and far into next sund- mer's presidential campaig. Hardly had the bangs of the gaveis called both houses to order befoen' the long-impending Smith-Vare elec- tion battle broke in the Senate and shoved into the background the con- sideration of a host of legislative tasks that the new Congress will be' called upon to tackle. Even in the House, where/ stricter rules call for more regular procedure, came an indication of discord and po- litical confusion ahead. After some debate a resolution was adopted t investigate the eligibility of one of 11s new members, James M. Beck, of Pennsylvania, a Republican, elected lo fill William S. Vare's seat, and chi(t fn, arnin i Sne orm 1 E I i i i 4 4 j 1 i, 1 MICHIGN GLEECLUB U PNDMITE NNA UNION OPERA MEMBERS OF IG TEN ADOPT N E W SYSTEMGLE HILL F[xTRE eiXTt y =h s'HAS LOCAL PREMI[RE' INVOLVING TW0 COMPLETE SQUADS EACH OF Dsccpline committee for the remain- UNIVERSITY PROlRAM iaAT WHITNEY THEATER WHICH WILL PLAY EIGHT GAMES NEXT YEAR U E Ttomo ereguiations of the University. MLUi thL .x- dZ, ' u i i baJIII'J il he- b +- .Iicholas Longworth Of Ohio, who was re-elected speak- er of the house as the 70th Congress ^onvened in Washington yesterday. CLASS~-LECTIONS TO BECNLDE OA counsel tor Vare in is ena e cony test. Message Is Today Despite the first minute eligibility disputes, Congress got its machinery into shape to receive President Cool- idge's annual message at noon to- morrow. After that has been read by the clerks of the two houses, t~l House will make a start at its huge legislative tasks. The Senate will bn plunged into the S'mith-Vare ,*ht, which may occupy its attention for days and perhaps weeks. After establishing that 417 of its 435 members were present, the House reelected Nicholas Longworth, r' Ohio, as speaker; William Tyler Page as its clerk, and all of the other offi-- cers nominated by the Repuiblican ma- jority, thus reaffirming that party's, control in that body. Reorganization of the Senate was deferred until later in the week by an agreement between the Rl(publicma and Democratic leaders, but c hap lain was elected, the Rev. C. Z. Phil- lips, rector of Epiphany Episcopal c:hurch here, lcing selected to suc- ceed the late Rev. J. J. Muir. Former Solicitor-General Beck wos given the oath after the motion prevent him from doing so had le)en rejected by a vote of 213 to 157. Sub- sequently, without a roll-call, I House referred to an elect ims e -. mittee the question of whether he was a legal resident of Pennsylvania at the time he was elected to the I loue in a special election last month. After a first session listing on v a little more than two and half lor-. the Iouse adjournedA with theG ap- pointment of the Rerublican a iid Democratic leaders, Chilson of Con- necticut, and Garrett, of T1nimsse -- as a committee to act with a siniirir one from the Senate. Curtis, of Kau- sas, majority leader, and Robinson, ol Arkansas, the minority leader, in notifying President Coolidge that the New Congress was ready to repcei;°c his message. This form of notification was gi'y'r in mid-afternoon and the expectation is that Mr. Coolidge will send his an- iual message to Capital hill by ni senger so that its reading may begin immediately upon the convening o the two houses tomorrow.. Roll tCaiGi en Then came the roll call of the sen atirs-elect. A hush descended both upon the members of the Senate and i Freshmen Of Arehitectural, Pharmaicy Colleges Will Elect Officers TI'bis Afternoon ARE LAST OF THIS YEAR Freshmen of the architectural cc' lege and of the College of Pharmach will hold their class elections this afternoon, according to arrangements completed by the Student council elections committee yesterday. The freshmen of the architectural college will meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon in room 348 of the Nest Engineering building, while the freshmen of the CLASS ELECTIONS TODAY j Freshmenj Architectural College ......4:00 Room 348 West Engineering Building College of liarmacy......5:00f Room 303 Chemistry Building College of Pharmnacy will iet an hour later, at 5 o'clock, in room 301 of the Chenmis;try 1ililnr;. These freshmen elect ion s are the last class elections of the year to h scheduled by the Student council Selections conimmittee, under the chair- mianship of Ellis Merry, '28, and will be staged as the elections in the other classes thus far have Been, with dif- ferent colored ballots for each clas : iid oi(Jers from the Student council officiating. iFollowing the fre:himen class elec- tions tdaiy the freshmen of the en- g',jwering college and of the College of Lite oature, Science, and the Arts S ill hbol their elections tomorrow, The elect ion of the freshmen of ti SCoi e-,e of Literature, Science, and the Arts will ble the largest of the serie of cl,i- eleclions, it is expected, an t as a result the balloting will be hel hin Hill auditorium. The freshumen of the enginoerinp l ic will meet at 11 o'clock to- norrow morning in room 348 of the WeAt Engineering building for th c nice of their officers, while th4 reshneln of the literary college wil' n(eet al 4 o'clock tomorrow afternooi n lill auditorium. The elections o he freslmen of the engineering cols loge will be held at a regular clas. assembly previously scheduled. A 1 ny student, to be a candidate fo 1 office or to vote in any of these elec d tions, must be a regularly enrollee ORWANIZATJO N ILl~ PRESE NT A (IRO OF COLLE' E A N0) PORULAR N UMBERS W. ABBOT WILL OFFICIATE llr. Cross, Dr. Sturgis, Pro. O'Neill Will Seak O The las ltadi Broadcast Of Tear Featured upon the sixthi Michligan Night radio program to be broadclast Iriday night between 7 and S o'clock over station WWJ, the Detroit News. will be the In versity of i'higan Glee club. under the direction ci Theodore Harrison, of the University School of Music, according to ar- rangements completed for this week's broadcast. The Glee club is said to be compos- ed of the best singers in the Univer- sity and, according to Waldo M. Ab- bot, of the rhetoric department, pres- ent program manager and announcer, who also managed the 1926-27 series, their programs in the past have met with the enthusiastic approval of the radio audiences. The Glee club, which numbers about 50 young men, will sing a program of college songs and some popular numbers. Will rakse Picture At. the conclusion of the program Friday night, Mr. Abbot announced yesterday afternoon, a picture of the campus broadcasting studio on the fourth floor of University hall will be taken, showing the Glee club as well as one of the speakers before the microphone, just as would be the case during the regular broadcasting hour. This week's program will be rounded out with addresses by three University speakers. The first of these will be one by Prof. Arthur Lyons Cross, of the history department, wh will take as the subject of his talk "Truthful History." Dr. Cross l the author of a "Short History of Eng- land" in addition to a number of other history books. Dr. Cyrus R. Sturgis, director of the Thomas Henry ~impon Memor ial Institute for Medical Research, in which research is being conducted concerning the cause and cure of per- nicious anemia, will be the second1 speaker on the program, confining his address to a discussion of this disease and its treatment. Recent figures have( shown that the state of Michigan i afflicted with pernicious aemia suf- ferers more than any other one sta in the country. 1Heretofore consider, fatal, the use of liver diet as a crn? for this ailment has prove to le a cure' in some cases. O'Neill Oni Prormtai Prof. James L. O'Neill, new b d ll Of the speech (department, who joined the University faculty this year aftte comning from) tile Universit y .of Wis- coinsin, will be the third and con- luding speaker on this Friday> broadcast ."The Function of Speech' iwii be the subject of Professo O Neill's address. This week's radio broadcast will ic the last of the present year, the ser- ies to be resumed early in January after the Christmas holiday recess according to Mr. Abbot. Over one-haf of the period allotted to the Mihiga Night program, Mr. Abbot says, wil be given over this week to the vari ous numbers by the Glee club. LINDBERGH PLANE AVERTS DISASTE (By Associated Press) HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N. J., Dec 5-Col. Charles A. Lindbergh narrow ly escaped injury today when one o the wheels of his "Spirit of St. Louis' struck a hole and tilted the plan sufficiently to damage the propeller a the Teeterboro airport, according t information from the Gaes Flyin Circus company. i I I I 'I t F 1 . I in c IC Ic P I I I " E " i it i] i z1 'F -I i C iE ut i '° I T C EIJY TO BE GIY[N foA review of last night'sper- f ance of T he Same 'oY , 22nd Annual Union Opera, will be oun inthe Tlheater, Books, and Music column on page 4.s :'The Romantic Young Lady" ,1By presentation last night culminated Sierra Will Have Three Per seven months' work on the part of formiances Early Next Week the members of the cast, choruses, and committees, during which time F1EICHIMAN WILL DIRECT "The Same To You" has been evolved from the book and routine stage into its present form under the direction tickets will he placed on sale on Thursday at the box office in Mime T of E. Mortimer Shuter. theater for thio three performances of The books and lyrics for the show The Romantic oting Lady" by Mar- were written by Vincent C. Wall, Jr., te Sirra.Tis wil dy"teMlast - '28, and Thomas J. Dougall, '28, and tiez Sierra. This will be the of all of the music was written by Wil-- the legitimate productions for the in- liam M. Lewis, Jr., '29. The book was terval before the Christmas holidays, selected in the customary competition and will he given Tuesday, Wednes- e.held last spring, and since that time lay anl Thursday of next eek. rhe has undergone thorough rewriting. pl~ay wvii be given iby Play Produc- The settings for the production were tion, and will be directed by Earle constructed in the Mimes theater un- Fleisehman, of the speech depart- der the supervision of Otto Schiller ment. and the Mimes scenic staff.. The cos- "'The Romantic Young Lady" is a tumes were created specially by Les- light comedy, translated from the ter of Chicago, who has costumed original Spanish of Sierra by Harley most of the Operas of the past.u Granville-Barker and his wife. It is Authors Have Roles one of the few examples extant of th' Lewis, Wall, and Dougall were all work of mnodernsSpanishpdramatists. members of the cast of "Front Page he comedy was first presepted in Stuff" last year, and all have roles in 1918 in Madrid, and later in 1920 in the 1927 Opera in addition to their London. It's New York premiere was work in producing it. Prominent in given in 1925. It is in three acts and the cast of "The Same To You" are two scenes. C. Lyman Crane, '29, Watson D. Har- Set.s for the production are being baugh, '28, George Randall, '29, Rob- built by the classes in stagecraft as ert Wetzel, '28, Charles D. Living- a part of their academic work, and stons, '28L, Richard C. Kurvink, '29, under the direction of Richard Woel- and Paul Samson, '31M. Robert Gra- haf, scenic director and graduate as- ham, '28, sings the principal songs of sistant in the department. The lead- the show, "Indigo Strain," and "Rus- ing role, of Felipe de Cordoba, the ap- sian Rose." piarition, will be filled by Charles Lester has been in Ann Arbor for Green, a graduate assistant, who the last few days preceding last came to the University from Wiscon- night's performance giving his atten- sin with Prof. James M. O'Neill. Green tions to the costumes which he de- is a graduate of Oklahoma uni- ~ signed earlier in the year. These were :ersity. late in arrival, and this fact necessi- Others in the cast of "The Roman tated considerable last minute fitting tic Young Lady" are Helen Workman, and altering. '30, Mlarie Boss, '29Ed, and Samuel The orchestra that is playing in the IO~cinell, '28. pit at the Whitney has been recruited Tickets for the production will als from the Mimes theater group and be obtainable in the lower corrido from Sid Byrant's dance orchestra at of University hall. They are reserved the Union. Both of these have been and are priced at 75 cents. "The Ito- augmented as to numbers,,and are nantic Young Lady" was scheduled ! (under the direction of Kemp Keena of to he presented earlier in the year, Detroit. This orchestra is larger than imt had to be cancelled because of any that has accompanied the Opera coimlica tions in dates with the plays on tour before-. of the Aimes Players and Comedy Settings for "The Same To You," club. including the two acts and four -----~--~---scenes, were built entirely by the GILBERT IS LOST Mimes organization and on a large TO OPERA CAST scale because of the greater size of some of the theaters where the Opera will play. The first act set is laid in Louis Gilbert, '28, football star, who a garden of a palatial Long Island has been cast in the role of a butler 1 home, while the three in the secomI in the 22nd Union opera "The Same act are centered about the Indigo Isle To You," which opened last night at Night club, a notorious underworld the Whitney theater, has been decler- rendezvous. ad ineligible by Dean John Effinger Cocerns Stolen Bonds of the College of Literature, Science, The plot of "The Same To You" and the Arts, according to an an- deals with stolen bonds and an indis- nouneement made yesterday by offi- creet financier. The latter is involved cials of the Union. in a plot woven by a blues singer, the Charles Iivingstone, '28L, who has cafe proprietor, and a "hoofer," but had the leading part in every Mimes is extricated with the aid of his office play for two years and who will make bo and two daughters The whole his debut with Jessie nseur on the production has been worked up in professional stage in February, has (modern musical comedy style. been cast in GilberUs part. He played Performances of "The Same To PLEDGE CO-OPERATION FOR FRESHMAN V(EEK I nf terfraternity Council Resolves To lrrment Inter erenice 1'ith Eirsl ieeIk Activities competing on either of the intercolleg- iate teams next fall will have to be scholastically eligible and in the upper three classes of the University under r the Western Conference rules. There may be some change in the reserve squad, according to Professor Yost, since it is possible that this second team will cut into their num- bers so greatly as to force some alter- ations. Things will be worked out, however, Professor Yost said, as seems iem n was cr vi ng an autoimoli e - longing to Hugh Kitchen, '29E, and IPRESENTATION OF "THE SAME PRESIDENT LITTLE WAS ORIGINATOR OF INNOVATION was returning from Detroit when the TO YOU" CULMINATES_ _ n ovy, 7+ most convenient when the teamrs begin S UHR i;ar JGHV1S' Ktt'I I working next fall and when the coach- I ing staff sees more clearly how they Cooperation f the fraternities and the University during the activities of Freshman week was assured by a resolution passed at the meeting of the Interfraternity council yesterday afternoon. The resolution, drawn up by a special committee appointed for this purpose, and presented by Ellis Mer- I ry, '28, read as follows: "Whereas, the Interfraternity coun- cil recognizes the University Fresh- man week as an activity deserving their cooperation. "Be it resolved, that the members of the council so regulate their rush- ing activities as not to interfere with the University Freshman week; that the fraternities observe the time schedules which may be announced by the University officials; that viola- tions of the rule brought to the at- tention of the council by the Univer- sity authorities shall be dealt with by the Judiciary committee; that the fraternities be advised to cooperate with Freshman week by encouraging, and personally conducting the fresh- men to attend the scheduled meet- ings. "The committee also wishes to point out the possible punishments which may be used by the Judiciary com- mittee, as social probation, delay of initiation and delay of pledging." In briefly stating the conside.tions which had influenced the committee in its decision, Merry stated that the th-*oretical advantages of deferred rushing were more than offset by the practical difficulties confronting N. The committee decided against de- ferred rushing, preferring a plan .o cooperation, since it felt that in a school as large as Michigan, the en- forcement of delayed rushing would be impossible, inasmuch as detection o infractions could not be success- ful. Wayne Schroeder, '28, gave a re, sumo of the meetings of the under- graduate section of the national Inter- fraternity conference, held in New York on Nov. 25 and 26, which he and Edward Wachs, '29. attended as representatives of Michigan. Sevej problems affecting fraternit ,s we W discussed: fraternity scholarship, the iincorporation of fraternity councils, collective buying, control and en- forcement of council rulings, fune- tions of local interfraternity councils, whether or not freshmen should live in fraternity houses and deferred rushing. A committee, consisting of Orville L. Dowzer, '29, chairman, Rueben 1). Wax, '29, and William C. Campbell, '28, was appointed to consider wa and means of encouraging larger re- presentations for the meetings of the council. The most probable solution suggested was that each fraternity missing two or more meetings be fined. This committee will report at the next meeting to be held Jan. 9. WAHR WILL SPEAK TO HILLEL GROUP Fred B. Wahr, assistant dean of stu- dents, will speak at the headquarters _P +4.- Lrr,111 r.nr~n *,.. + -.L4. .,. can be worked out. There will be no change in tile coaching staff, Professor Yost stated, except the possible addition of one more man. Begin Plans For Schedule. The of ice of the Athletic association has made advances to a number of smaller colleges in Ohio and Michigan for games next fall, and squad P. will undoubtedly play most of its gaines next year with these teams. Since the arrangements made involve plans to have one team play at home and one away each Saturday durimg the fall session, and since the plans have already been made to have one team play six games here and two away, tho other team will of necessity play six games out of town and one in the new stadium, according to arrangements. It is planned that in future years, when the two teams have been devel- oped to nearly equal strength, the Con- ference universities will play two games on the same day with each oth- er, thus when one Michigan team plays Ohio here the other will play another Ohio team at Columbus. The original plan as presented by President Clarence Cook Little to the Big Ten meeting last winter involved the developing o' two teams of equal strength to play one game at home and one away from home each Satur- day. The plan, as presented, was supported by the points that it would practically do away with out-of-town exoduses to games on the part of the student body, that it would provide athletic training for all and thus more nearly approach the real idea of col- legiate athletics, and by the the fact that the arrangement would greatly relieve congestion in the great stadia of the universities, in order that ad- ditional building would not have to be undertaken for many years. Plan Previously Approved. Last spring at the May-meeting of the Big Ten representatives the plan was approved in principle by the faculty men present, and it is pre- sumed that since that time the various Faculties of the Conference univer- sities have approved to the extent that the adoption was possible at the meet- ing held last week-end in Chicago. The arrangement carries through to all of the major corts, with the re- sult that two Varsity teams will event- ually be chosen in track, baseball, and basketball as well as in football, thus providing opportunities for twice as many students to participate in inter- collegiate competition. DR. BYRON BIGGS, HOSPITAL HEAD, TAKEN BY DEA TH i automobile swerved into a ditch and turned ovr the night of Nov. 26. Miethe's case was not brought up before the discipline committee until esterdtav owim to the fact that lie jxvas only recently released fm'omitUmni- versi ty hospital where lie was taken folow1 ing the accident.. Evidence in- troduced before the committee showed that he has driven the same car on several previous occasions in Ann Ar- bor. Although be has a permit to drive his own ca', the permit is re-j stricted to use of the car for business purposes only. 3MONTHS' WORK mUSIC WRITTEN BY LEWIS Wall And Dougall Are Co-Authors Of E Book Aud Lyrics For Mimes' - ~2nd PIroduc'tionu Inaugurating their 22nd successive season in the college opera field, Mimes of the Michigan Union last night in the Whitney theater gave the first performance of their 1927 pro- duction, "The Same To You." The Corming as an outgrowth of the plan presented by 'resident Clarence Cook little to the Big Ten meeting last December, the uni- Versities of the \estern Conference have adopted the plan of hav- ing two football teams each for the season of 1928, it was announcd by Prof. Hielding 11. Yost, (lirector of intercollegiate athletics, yester- lay. Vach team will play one complete schedule of eight gaines, ac- cording to I rocesso)r Yost, alid during next yeai-, at least, the teams tvil int be of equal strength. \\ hile arrangements for the change had not been completed by the Athletic association officials last night, Professor Yost stated that it is probable that both squads will be kept together next year, and that the men will be group)edi into A and B divisions, with easy trans- fer from one group to the other. Neither squad will in any way be connccteoi with the reserve squad as constituted at present, since in- eliqible imen are noxw allowed on tle reserve squad while all them nien I i I i 4 I t 1 e,#~rin~t ir, !-hc cniinni nr >r lioo c i nr the crowds in the galleries and on the sutelnt in the snuom or curege ur floor. The senators-elect were called up in groups of four and five such groups had taken the oath before Smith's name was reached. Vare was halted before lie even made a start, as there was no move on his part to leave his seat. Thus he escaped the trying moments Smith had as he stood in the aisle during the reading of the indictment which the Nebraska independent leveled against him. Both senators-elect were directed to I whose officers he votes. He must also have entered the University either i the tole last night after 24 hours notice. ibis fall or last February with no ad - vae r'dits, or must possess less VARIED COLDORED LIGH 'TING EFFECTS ie n-4 hours of University credit at TO BE USED AT SOPHOMORE PROM t present ime. . An opportunity will be given at all of the elections for the challenging Subdued and colored lighting effects fair, has been engaged to provide the of votes which are not cast by mem- will be employed Friday night in tie D music for the eveniig. )bens of the class! ball room of the Union for the Peren- Decorations indicative of Christmas nial Sophomore Prom, the first for- atmosphere have been planned and FIGHT BRUSH FIRE mal all-acinpus party of the year. will be hung by the Goodhew Floral ' VI A huge crystal ball has been oh- shop. Favors in the form of desk I oA P A r irIC Cf A .S T tainedl by the committee in charge ofI clocks wiii be distributed betwveen 3 You" will be given every night this week at the Whitney beginning at 8:15 o'clock. There will be a matinee on Saturday afteroonm. Most of the seats for the Ann Arbor performances have been sold, but a few are still avail- able. ThekOpera will entrain for Chicago a week from Friday, the day that va- cation begins in all schoolsand col- leges of the University. where the first out-of-towvn performances will be given at the Auditorium theater. The Dr. Byron E. Biggs, aged 46, assis- tant director of the University hos- pital, died Sunday evening at the hospital of heart trouble after a two months' illness. Dr. Harley Haynes, director of the hospital said "Doctor Biggs was a very efficient man and had all the qualities required for a person in the position he held. He was a fine man and will be missed by all who knew him here." 1