A" i ESTABLISHED 1890 Jr AVti 46 AL MEMBER ASSOCIATEDs PRESS I VOL. XXXVIII, No. 6S. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1927 EIGHT PAGES i 4 MINNESOTA TO MEET UNIVERSITD EBATERS IN FORENSIC CONTEST DEBATE IS FIRST ONE OF YEAR FOR MEN'S TEAM AND IS ON BAl M ES L AW MICHIGAN HAS NEGATIVE Only One Section Of Baumes La~w Will Come Under Discussion Through Common Agreement Michigan men's first intercollegiate forensic contest of the year will tak place at 8 o'clock tonight in Hill and-' itorium when the University debate team meets Minnesota. The Minnesota team will have the affirmative of the proposition "Re- solved, that the principles of thE Baumes law of New York should be enacted into law in the other states." Although the debate question re- fers generally to the 'entire code of Baumes laws, the debate tonight will center upon one section agreed upon by both teams. This act provides in substance that it shall be mandatory upon the judge to sentence the crimi- nal to life imprisonment who has been found guilty of four felonies. The'Minnesota team, which will ar- rive in Ann Arbor this morning, is composed of Harold Goldengerg, Jos- eph Vesely, and 'Cedric Jamieson. It will be accompanied. by its coach Prof. W. E. Morse. , O'NeIsl I( Coach Richard '. Savage, '30L, Elliot Mov- er, '30L, and Paul Franseth, '29, are the Michigan representatives and will speak in the order named. They have been coached by Prof. .James M. 0'- Neill, head af the department of speech, and Gail E. Densmore, of the same delartment. Savage is a member of Delta Sigma Rho and was a member of the Uni- versity team that debated against Northwestern at Evanston in the Central league debates last year. lie was a member of Adelphi's freshman debate team in the annual contest with Alpha N during his first yea' on the campus and previous to that had three years experience in high school. Moyer is the second Michigan speaker. This is his first intercolleg- iate debate. He is also a member of Adelphi and hd one year's experience in high school debating. The third Michigan speaker, Fran- seth, is a new man on the campus this year. He has been teaching school for the past two years. Prev- iously lie spent two years at the Kalamazoo State Normal college, ing a member of the debate team each year. He also had two year's high school experience, debating on the East Jordan team that was a finalist for the state championship. Franseth is a member of Alpha Mu. Weaver Will Be Judge Prof. A. T. Weaver, of the depart- ment of sneech, at the University of Wisconsin has been chosen as the judge of tonight's arguments. The chairman is to b Prof. E. D. Dickin- son, of the law school. It was erroneously stated in The Daily yesterday that this was the first debate between Minnesota and Michigan. It has, however, been mo than ten years since the two schools met-in a forensic contest. While in Ann Arbor the visiting team will stay at the Union. A lunch- eon is also to be held there in their honor after the debate. BOWLERS SHOULD QUALIFY AT ONCE The present week will be the last inl which men who (desire to enter the Union bowling tournament will be able to pWay their qualifying rounds, according to announcement made yesterday by the officials in charge. Three complete games are to be played by each one desiring to enter and, the average of these thrr' will determine the class in which he will be entered. Competition will be divided into two classes: singles and doubles. The tourniament nroper will start soon aft- er the Christnas holidays and prize' will be in the form of silver c(', , given by the University lIntramura depar: ment. Although no definite an- i'ouncement has yet been made, it is CXI)Ccted that medlals will be given to the runnersup in both events. ARCHITECTS HOLD S 'MOKER TONIGH T Students of the Architectural col- According to a statement issued yesterday from the office of Paul Buckley, general manager of the union and treasurer of the Union Opera, "The Same To You," local ticket, sales have this year bested those of previous years by a consider- able margin. The amount of tickets sold for the Ann Arbor performances of the Opera has been steadily increas- ing year by year,' Buckley declared. Originally, the seven performances were given at the Whitney theater more to give the cast and choruses a chance to accustom themselves to SEALS WILL BE SOLD ON CAMPUSTUSA Council Orders Sale For Benefit Of Tuberculosis Funds At Last Meeting Held At Union JEFFRIES P f IN CHARGE An opportunity will be given thel students on the campus not affiliated with any fraternity or sorority to buy Christmas seals for the benefit of the tuberculosis funds, it was decided last night at the regular meting of theI Student council held at the Union. A table will be placed in the lobby of the Union next Tuesday for the pur- pose of selling these stamps, and Wil- liam Jeffries, Grad, was appointed from the council to take charge o1 the sale. The fraternities and sororities on the campus will be given an oppor- tunity to purchase these seals through the direct nail solicitation to be car- ried on under the direction of a Stu- dent council committee headed by Russel Sauer, '28. regular appearances than anything else, and while an effort was always 41 { # ' ELECT HOLLIS JENCKS DDIpQwfJT f ri AQ LOCAL TICKET SALES FOR OPERA IIT[DADV (I)WM SHOW LARGE INCREASE THIS YEAR LIILlii !ILIII A review of last night's per- ' g ! IL IULI! UIUt LLlO formance of "The Sanme To You,"j{- 22nd annual Union Opera, will be found in the Theater, Books, LA WBEN1 IIOGERS IS ChOSEN and Music column on page 4. PlRESiDENT OF FRESHMEN I________________________EiGINE;ERS made to effect a wide distribution on RESULTS O VOTE CLOSE the campus and in the city, unpacked houses were an expected occurrence. Chandler Garrisen, Jane Howard, AndI This state has gradually been reliev- i Rilth Bisho Are Elected To ed by the growing campus interest in Minor Offices the production, and this year the peak was reached when practically every At a poorly attended freshmen class i i i i 1 I performance was sold out before the election held yesterday afternoon in first show.f Hill auditorium, freshmen of the Col-, Operashave been enabled to ii lege of Literature, Science, and the crease their annual budget for trip, I Arts chose Hollis Jencks, '3,, as class costumes, and settings through this president. Earlier in the day, at 11 popularity, and the more money that o'clock, the freshmen of the engineer- was taken in, the more there was put ing college chose Lawrence Rogers, into the show. This was likewise a '31E, as president of their class for factor in enabling the producers to the following year. better the quality of the show, Buck- Though the freshmen literary class ley said. election was poorly attended, it was Applications for all out-of-town marked by considerable enthusiasm performances were obtained later and a fairly close but decisive contest than usual this year, but there has between Jencks, the winner and John been a considerable demand for them den Bleyker, runner up for the class at the main desk in the Union. It is presidency. Jencks, on the final bal- the policy of the management to sell lot, led by 107 votes to 88 votes. The out the various theaters where the Opera plays as nearly as possible through these applications, in order that alumni and friends may have the first chance at seats. The first of these performances will be given a week from Friday at the Auditorium theater in Chicago. ICKTSL FNEW S PLAY TO OPEN TODAY1 Drama Translated Froa Spanish Will Be Offered By Play Production As Last Before holidays It was decided also at the meetingI of the council held last night that a TO BE GIVEN NEXT WEEK regular day will be set aside for the- collection of class dues sometimue in Tickets for the first of the seasonal January, and that until that time it productions of Play Production "The wvill be unnecessary for the various Romantic Young Lady," by Martine2 class treasurers to attempt to collect Sierra, will go on sale today in the dues. The council will furnish reg- box office of the Mimes theater and ular forms upon which the various also in the lower .corridor of Univnr- treasurers can record their collections sity hall. The play will run for three' and disbursements at that time. performances only, beginning Tues- Other matters taken up were a re- day, Dc. 13. It will be the last of the' port of the elections committee, which legitimate dramatic productions of a under the direction of Ellis Merry, '28, campus nature until after the Christ- completed the handling of all the raas holidays, when the Mimes Play- class elections with the consummation ers will give "Seventh Heaven." of the freshmen elections in the liter- "The Romantic Young Lady" is in ary college and the engineering col- a translated form from the original lege yesterday, and a report revealing Spanish of Sierra. The translation the possibility that the University was accomplished by Harley Gran- moving picture will be shown in Ann ville-Barker and his wife, and was Arbor. supervised by them in its first Eng- The committee appointed to investi- lish playing in 1920. It has formerly gate the Burton memorial, and the been produced at the Teatro Royale ways and means of securing it, will in Madrid in 1918. The New YorkE report at next week's meeting, it was 'premiere did not occur until 19 25. stated, at which time the presidents , The plot of "The Romantic Young of the various senior classes will be Lady" deals with the disillusionment invited to the meeting. of a girl who had been denied much J. A. Bursley,, dean of students, at- participation in worldly pleasures, tended the meeting and following the and who has had to seek her adven- regular business session he led an ture in the writings of a popular informal discussion on the various Spanish novelist. A series of unique phases of Student council activity. adventures lead her unknowingly into Charles Gilbert, '28, will attend the the presence and association of the annual convention of the National writer, who is known as the appari- Student Federation of America to be j tion. The drama is one of the few held Dec. 15, 16, and" 17, it was re- modern examples of Spanish comedy ported by Courtland C. Smith, pres- of a contemporary nature. ident. Gilbert was originally chosen Rehearsals for the play have be- to represent the University at this proceeding for some time due to the conference before the meeting was fact that an earlier playing was postponed from Dec. 1, 2, and 3. Cyn- scheduled but had to be postponed thia Hawkins, '29, has been chosen by because of date complications. The the Women's league to be the women's cast, as in those of last year, has representative from the University at been taken from the all-campus try- this meeting. outs, under the direction of Earle JFleischman, who has succeeded David WOMEN INJURED Owen in Play Production. All of the AS TRUCK RAMS sets have been constructed by classe in stagecraft under the direction (A AUTO O CURVE Richard Woelhaf, Grad., an asistant( ~~.in the department. ! Mrs. Edna Vermitt and Mrs. Glenn Bossard, of Milan, were seriously in- HUGHES WILL NOT jured late yesterday afternoon when SEEK PRESIDENCY the Oldsmobile coach in which they S K R I N were driving was struck and partly - demolished by an International truck (By Associated Press) belonging to the Brown Avenue NEW YORK, Dec. 7-Charles Evans iof ld H ITh P fl t id th oom in his ';e- SMIT H IS DENIED T( TDD S'",7 S DNIED SM ITH IS DENIED OATH OF OFFICE PENDING TAKING OF OATH FURTHER HEARING; KANSAS CITY WILL HAVE 3REPUBLICANt NAILCONVENTION 1IN 1928 two men ran on the final ballot after being chonsen from a field of five on the prelipinary ballot. For the minor officers of the fresh- men literary class the majorities were likewise decisive in every case, with Jane Howard, '31, being chosen as vice-president, Ruth Bishop, '31 as secertary, and Chandler Garrison, '31, being elected class treasurer. Zlany Are Nomnated For each of the offices except that of class treasurer, more than two were originaliy nominated, with five run- ning for vice-president and three for secretary, is addition to the five who contested the office of president. The three men in, addition to Jencks and den Bleyher who ran for class pres- ident and were eliminated on the first ballot were John Dobbin, '31, Law- rence Sweet, '31, and Mason Bailey, '31. I"or vice-president five women stu- dents were nominated, with Katherine ' McllMurray, '31. Marion Hinton, '31, and Iiel en Barry, '31, being nominated in addition to Miss Howard and Mary Gay Von Boeslager, '31. On the first ballot the two named were chosen by decisive maporities, and on the final ballot Miss Howard defeated Mists Von Boeslager by a vote of 111 to 77. Three women students contested the office of class secretary, with Barbara Swift, '31, and Jess Simmons, '31, running in addition to Miss Bishop. Miss Swift, reached the final ballot, where she was defeated by Miss Bishop by 114 votes to 74. Garrison Wins Large Majority There were only two candidates i contesting the office of class treas- h urer, with Edward Cronwall, '31, run- nin a ainst arrison; Garrison won - I TfRANK L:SM1TA' Who was denied the right to take the oath of office as a senator from Illinois by vote of the Senate yester- day. FOOTBALL TEAM WIL-L ATTEND AL*UMNI BUST Football (uad, (ah si , anagers, And Baud 11ill a('. To Banquet Of Detroit Graduates HONORS TO BE BESTOWED Making their last out o town trip of the season as a unit, the members ,f the 1927 football squad, the entire' coaching staff, the Varsity band, and the student managers will entrain Sat- arday for Detroit to attend the annual Alumni "Bust" given in honor of the team by the University of Michigan IAlumni club of that city. No pearranged program has been >repared by those in charge of the af- i air, but the general procedure of past banquets will be included in this year's, it is expected. In the after--f noon, all guests will be entertained by attending one of the local matinees. Numerous gifts are to be distributed o the various members of the team after the banquet in the evening. IEach graduating player will be pre- sented with a ring engraved with block M's. All members of the team ,vill receive the annual gift of theI board in Control of Athletics, a gold1 fcotball. Captain Bennie Oosterbaan will receive a special type of football which is awarded to any Michigan, man who is placed on the official all- American team. It will be engraved with a spread eagle and fittingly in- I scribed. Saturday's award will make the third that Oosterbaan has received - since he first played on a Michigan 4OPPON ENTS AhA NDON EFFORTS TO BAR 1I1i, 1 E1lD.G TO HiEAR HIS114P A SENANE DISCUSSES VARE FINA Vole On Exelusion Will 1 W Tak~en: After ilearlm.), Before Siw- ial Campaign Funds Committee (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 7---Although denied the oath of ofitce, pending a further hearing, Senator-elect Frank L. Smith, of Illinois, gained some advantages today in the Senate. First hi opponents abandoned their efforts to bar him without a hearing and then of their own init- iative obtained unanimous consent for him to plead his o wn case on the S'enate floor before a final vote on ex- clusion is taken after a hearing be- fore the special campaign funds com- nittee, headed by Senator Reed, Dem- crat, Missouri. The Senate twice voted against giv- ing Smith the oath, the first time 50 to 32 and the second [5 to 29. Then it fook up the case of Senator-elect W illium S. Vare, of Pennsylvhnia, with the expectat on of disposing of Sthat temporarily and in the same fa- shion befo te te week