ESTABLISHED 1890 Jr 01w A I aiti MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 176. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1928. EIGHT P MEMS WILL VOTE TOMORROW ON UNION !MERIT SYSTEM ISSUE PROPOSED AMENDMENT COMES AS MOVE FOR FAIRER UNION REGIME BOARD TO NAME OFFICERS Change Must Recele Two-Thirds Vote Of Those Present; At Least 600 Must Attend Coming as the culmination of a number of steps leading to the estab- lishment of the Union government up- on a, sounder foundation than ever before, the merit system of selecting the president and recording secretary of the organization will be submitted to male students of the University for adoption at an assembly to be he at 7:30 o'clock tomorow night in the Union ballroom. Under the proposed amendment, it is planed that the president and re cording secretary of the Union now selected by popular vote at the all- campus elections held each spring will be appointed by the newly create board of directors of the Union estat lished by the adoption of an amend ment earlier in the year. This new board of directors includ- es the president :of the Union, the recording secretary, the six vice pres- continue to be elected at the all-cam- pus election, three members of the Union, the secretary of the Alumni association, and one member of the Board of Regents of the University. To Curtail Polities The amendment is being proposed with a view to taking the two offices out of campus politics as' they are in reality much too administrative and technical in capacity to really be pro- perly filled by a popular vote. It will mean instead that a system very much the same as that employed by the Board In Control of Student Publica- tions will be adopted. Such a move is based upon the belief that it is very possible under the present system for a man not de- serving the ofice to be put in the place not because of any particular °j lrt but bec ie' f his own capacity for securing a strong vote in the elections. And it is plan- ned instead that the members of the Board shall be fully acquainted with each man working on the Union com- mittees aid possess an individual knowledge of the man's peronality and4 capabilities. This plan has been sglested as particularly workable with a view to placing each one of the vice presidents in a more responsible position insofar as his relations to the Union are con- cerned and thus placing each one irn position to be more thoroughly acqainted with each of the men ap- plying for the two offices. It is probable that ,nder the pro- posed plan the president and record- ing secretary will make written re- commendations to the board giving in detail the qualifications and wcrk of each much 'as the managing editors and business managers of the publi- cations do in making recommenda- tions to the Board in Control of Stu- dent Publications. If adopted it will go into effect with the selection of the officers next spring who will run the Union for the following year. In order to be adopted it is nec- essary that 600 members be present at the assembly and that the amend- ment reecive two-thirds of the votes cast or at least 400 of the 600 bal- lots.I Name Organization Comnittee An organization committee consist- ing of William V. Jeffries, grad-, pres- ident of the Union for the past year; Prof. H. C. Anderson, head of the me- chanical engineering department; and Archie W. Diack, '29D, was named from the Board of Directors more than two months ago after Jeffries' had brought student opinion favorable to the change to the attention of the Board. The committee, after considering the new system, reported themselves as unanimously in favor of a change to the merit system and a week later it was endorsed, again unanimously, by the Board of ;Directors. One change in the proposed plan as reported by the committee '.was made by the board of directors before endorsing it. By this change, it is proposed that the entire board rather than seven members will meet in making the appointments because of the greater range of judgment which will be brought to bear in consider- ing the applicants. As a result, eight studentmembers will sit on the board in comparisor with the three which were slated for the original group. Five alumni and faculty men were also added to the GARGOYLE'S TO APPEAR COMM ON CA Michigan's humor magazine, thr Gargoyle, will make its final appear- ance of the current college year to- day when the June issue appears on sale on the campus. This number is dedicated to the seniors and is entitled "Commencement Number." Final ex- aminations and college exercises in general are also used as the subjects of humorous treatment. The effervescent "Lichty" bobs into the spotlight again this month with several new art creations. His feat- ured drawings of the issue are "A Prizefighter Writes His Memoirs," "The Gymnast Goes to the Movie," and "Freedom of the Press." Al yyse is the designer of the cover of the month which is done in green and looks to the river and canoeing along with other things. Other ar- tists featured this month are Jerry TO HOLD TRADITIONAL SENIOR SING TONIGHT ENCEMENT NUMBER .MPUS SALE TODAY Ellison, Kenneth Holmes, Margaret Gentz and James Trott. Among the literary features this month are "The Perfect Swingout," by William Emery, "I'd Rather Be Left Than President," by William Hillyer, and "The Listening Ear," a review of the latest records by Gurney Williams, Jr. RESIGNS PRESIDENCY KENYON BUTTERFIELD Of MICHIGAN STATE RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED UNANIMOUS VOTE OF BOARD BY Give Sing cert By In Conjunction With Con. Varsity Band Scheduled For Tonight WILL MEET AT BANDSTAND Seniors of all schools and colleges of the University will meet at 7 o'clock tonight around the newly erected bandstand for the traditional Senior Sing. Seniors are expected to wear caps and gowns. The sing will be given in conjunction with the concert by the Varsity band which is .:ched- uled for tonight. The event will begin promptly at 7 o'clock when the first concert selec- tion will be given by the band. Michi- gan songs will be sung by the Seniors during the intervals between instru- mental selections on the land concert program. Th entire affair will prob- ably last not more than an hour and a half. Original plans made by the commit tee headed by Thomas H. Fitzpatrick, All seniors are requested to meet in their caps and gowns at ( 7 o'clock tonight around theE band-stand on the campus for Sthe S'enior Sing. '28, included several sings, but incle- ment weather has prevented any ga- therings previous to this time. To- night's will be the only sing of the year because of the approaching ex- amination period. The committee re- quests that all who can possibly at- tend report promptly so that the pro- gram may be finished as early as pos- sible. The seniors find themselves in for a bit of razzing in a featured editorial pointing out the deplorable weakness- es of seniors. Among the shorter lit- erary features of the issue are some clever skits by Alexander Gage, Jr., Edwin Fisher Forbes, and William Hillyer. The books review included: "Boo- jum," by Charles Wertenbaker, "Old Swords," by Val Gielgud, "The River Between," by Louis Forgione, "Daisy and Daphne," by Rose Macaulay, and "The Siamese Cat," by Leon Under- wood. And probably bigger than any other feature of the book is the fact that for the first time in more than 20 years its has changed its price and go on sale today at 15 cents a copy. This marks a reduction of 10 cents in the price of individual copies and if it is successful in securing a hoped for increase in sales will be continued through next year, according to Gar- goyle editors. Gargoyle has enjoyed a peculiar year for the most part starting slowly and making its feature hit of the year in the "Liberty" issue which endeav- ored in many ways to be a take off of the magazine, Liberty, and succeed- ing, it may be said, very well- It also gained distinction when one of its artists, Maurice Litchtenstein '29, reecived a $,000 first prize in a national art contest sponsored by Col- lege Humor. NEW CATALOGUE OVV IN LITERARY COLEGE Edition For 1928-1929 Contains Usual Features Although More Compact, Smaller NEW MUSEUM DESCRIBED The official catalogue for 1928-29 of courses offered in the College of Liter- ature, Science, and the Arts may be procured at the Registrar's office, ac- cording to a recent announcement. In- cluded in it are all the regular fea- tures of former catalogues, listing the courses offered and the instructors. The book is more compact this year and smaller than previously. Courses offered in the various de- partments ane listed alphabeticvlly with the individual subjects listed by their numbers. Several new topics will be taught for the firs~t time next year, and several departments form- erly listed separately have now been combined in the catalogue. The journalism department is listed under the Rhetoric department, while the public speech :department appears under the ti-tle of "'Speech." The front of the catalogue i's de- voted to suggested curriculas in var- ious schools leading to degrees and certificates. A special section is de- voted to ta description of the facilities of the new Museum which will be open in time for the coming tkrm. iA school calendar and a map of the city of Ann Arbor showing the location of all campu's buildings is also contained in the issue.j According the school calendar, the academic year of 1928 will begin on Sept. 17, 1928, with registration and Freshmen week held before hand. School will be out in the Spring shortly following Memorial day, Commencement exercises being held on June 17. Vacations listed include Thanksgiving day, Christmas, Wash- ington's birthday, Spring vacation and Memorial day. SENIOR SWING-OUT WILL BE STUDIED BY FACULTY MEN In hopes of restoring Swing-out to its former place of dignity and solem- nity among Michigan's traditions, a committee of three faculty members, was appointed yesterday by the Com- mittee of Student Affairs to make a study of the problems which have arisen in connection with the annual senior promenade and exercises in Hill auditorium. The committee, con- sisiting of Prof. A. G. Ruthven of the zoology department, Prof. H. C. And- erson of the mechanical enginreering department, and J. A. 3ursley, dean of students, will confer from time to time with such studentrcommittees as may be raised. SHAW NAMEDSUCCESSOR Was Formerly Agriculture Dean And Three Times Acting President Of Institution (By Associated Press) EAST LANSING, May 22-The res- ignation of Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield as president of Michigan State college today was accepted by the state board of agriculture by unanimous vote. The resignation is effective immediately with salary continued to January 1, 1929. Robert F. Shaw, veteran dean of agriculture, who has been serving as acting president of the institution for the third time, was elevated to the ~presidency. J. R. McCall, Detroit member of the board, left the session before the vote on the new president in order to catch a train. Resignation Prepared Earlier The resignation of President Butter- field was prepared earlier in the week. Clark L. Brody, member of the board from Lansing, visited the president's home this afternoon and returned with the resignation. No statements were made either by Dr. Butterfield or the board. The res- ignation read: "I hereby resign as president of the Michigan State college of agriculture and applied science." On motion of Mrs. Dora Stockman, East Lansing, the resignation was ac-I cepted with the following statement: "The state board of agriculture ac- cepts the resignation of Pres. Kenyon1 L. Butterfield, effective today, May 22, with salary continued to January 1, 1929. Mr. Shaw later appeared before. the board and accepted the presidency. "There are greater problems con- fronting the institution than ever be- fore in my 26 years of experence," he dleclared in his aeptance. "The pres- idency is a radical change from my plans for later life, but if I can be of sny ervie to the Institution, 1I am glad to do so." M. B. McPherson, Lowell, made the motion for the selection of Shaw as the new president. It was seconded by Mr. Brody. Board Ends Administration Action of the board today marked 1 the complete fall of the Butterfield ad- ministration. It began to topple in April when the board ousted three members of the faculty and friends of Dr. Butterfield from the payroll and extended the president's leave of ab- sence to July 1, without his consent. The three faculty members who serv- ice expired July 1, by the elimination of their departments are John E. Will- ard, director of continuing education; John Phelan, dean of the college of education; and Ross W. Mayer, as- sistant to the president. The first controversy between the lboard and Dr. Butterfield came in Feb- ruary when the financial control of the institution was taken out of his hands. A new budget prepared under the direction of the board not only made the sweeping elimination in the col- lege staff, but also heavily reduced salaries in the face of recommenda- tions of the president for an increase of $135,000. The president was in the Holy land when the new budget was being prepared but he was notified of the probable changes before his de- l parture. RFOR CLAS S TO HOLDI MOrK ELECTION TODAY Senior class mock elections will be held at 4 o'clock today in room 25 Angell hall, it was announced last Snight by Robert Leland, president of the Senior literary class. According to tradition 'the recipients Pf the left handed honors will be elected. At this time the following officers will be balloted for: Most bashful boy, class barby, class bluffer, class ,handshaker, man with the biggest lime, class politician, class vamp, most popular girl, biggest woman hater, most bashful girl, best man student, best woman student, and class ath- lete. At a late hour last night it was an- nounced that a few more honorary of- fices might be inaugurated, including the class 'shiek. There was some doubt expressed, however, as to the advisability of the creation of such an joffice. WORK ON OPERA FO WELL UNDER 1 Work for the 1928 Michigan Union Opera has been continuing with great enthusiasm in all departments of the production since the original meet- ing of those concerned more than a week ago, according to Dalton D- Wal- per, '29, general chairman. Embryonic men's and women's cho- ruses under the guidance of Roy Hoy- er, leading man with Fred Stone in I "Criss-Cross," have been training faithfully several hours a day, learn- ing new routines, planned especially by Hoyer for the 1928 edition of the Opera. An unusually large number of books have already been submitted to Donal Hamilton Haines of the journalism department, and numerous other as- pirants are completing their plans for the honor of writing the book for the Opera. The books are said to be var- ied in character and to offer a large field of ideas from which to choose for presentation next winter. Tryouts are now being arranged for all those interested in writing the mu- sic for the 1928 Opera so that they may present samples of their music to the committee in charge. Anyone 'SENIOR CLASS HONOR GUARD IS APPOINTED! Graduating Class President Announc- es 63 Appointments To Honorary Escort Section who has not already done so who wished to submit his music should communicate with Roy S. Langham of the School of Music at once for an appiontment as he plans to hear the suggestions tomorrow. In addition, all men who want to try out for leading parts in the coming presentation should get in touch with Langham so that arrangements can be made for a hearing by him. As yet the chairman of the various committees including the program and publicity committee have not been definitely selected, but announcement will be made within the near future as to the choice of those in charge. VARSITY TENNIS TEAM OVEHbVHELMS CHICAGO> Wolverine Netmen Win Eight Matches Out of Nine In Final Dual Meet Of Season BARTON DEFEATS BU D D Losing only one match of the nine the Michigan Varsity tennis team ov- erwhelmed Chicago yesterday at the Windy city. This was the closing team match of the year for the Chicago men, but they could not stand before, the powerful playing of the Wolver- ines. Michigan closed its dual match BASEBALL BE 'LEADS GRADUATE PARADE season with only one loss, that from RIllinois and will enter the Conference TEAM HAS YET DEFEATED IN BIG TEN )R NEXT YEAR WAY, SAYS W ALPER MICHIGAN REGISTEFLVN~jTAG CONFERENCE VICTOI Appointments to the Honor GuardI of the Senior Class in the College ofi Literature, Science, and the Arts were announced yesterday by Robrt Leland,r president of the graduating class. The1 students chosen number 63, and will march at the head of the Commence ment procession with the Honor; Guards chosen from the various oth- er schools and colleges of the Uni- versity, escorting the honor section. of the parade to the cermonies. Tha1 honor section is composed of the far ulties of the several schools and col- leges, regents of the University, Uni- versity officials, and candidates for, honorary degrees., The. list of seniors chosen from the Literary college follows: William C. Pusch, Martin Garber. William Edwards, L. Keith Goodric i, John L. Wilson, James C. Hughey, '1,. HaroldFitzpatrick, Robert C. Hann: losee, Charles Van Arnam, Bennie, G. Oosterbaan,bCourtland C. Smith, Carl Tjisted, Robert Leland, Lorne Poo;le, John Herrick, Clarence W. Little, John Ottoway, William T. Barbour, Williamj B. Wildanger, William Ramsey, Frauk Wachter, Hepry S. Grinnell, Thomas G. Conlon, Francis Roehm, Dales A. Knapp, :William D. Brumbaugh, J. Albert Roesch, 'John Cunninih am John H. Crosby, Jo. H. Chamberlin. George H. Annable, Rand E. Wint.- ers, David Monroe, Samuel E. Gawne, John Bobrink, Arthur Grigg, Seeley. Chapman, Norman Gable, Richard Lu- tes, William C. Campbell, Addison Connor, John Glover, Fred Fuller, John W. Rice, Ellis Merry, Thomas Dougall, Louis Gilbert, Wayne Brown- ell, Bryan Hunt, Raymond Read, Her- man Z. Nyland, Bruce Tyndall, Charl- es Humphrey, George W. Douglas, Herbert V. Douglas, Wilbur E. Petrie, Robert Shambaugh, Edward C. Trem- ble, Carlton Champe, Mat Hudson, In- man Munger, DeLeslie L. Alien, Sam Wettlaufer. FEAR DEATH FOR ENTOMBED MINERS THE UNION AMENDMENT Editor's Note: In order that members of the Mich- igan Union may fully acquaint them- selves with the proposed amendments to the Union constitution which will be voted on at an assembly to be held at 7:~30 o clock Thursday night, the Daily is publishing here with a complete text of the proposed amendments. (1) Change Article IV, Sec- tion one, paragraph one, to read -as follows-The President of the Union and Its Recording Secre- tary, to be students, ex-officio, to be appointed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided for. (2) Under Article IV add the following-The Board of Direc- tors shall, on the Saturday pre- ceding the all-Campus elections, appoint, by a majority of vote of the entire Board, a President and Recording Secretary of the Union. (3) Under Article XII Sec- tion I, paragraph two, leave out the words "at least two candi- dates for President and Record- ing Secretary and for each of the Vice-Presidents, five in all." Insert the words "at least two ,candidates for each of the Vice- Presidents, six in all." (4) Under Article XII, Section II, leave out the words "may nominate a candidate or candi- dates for any or all such offices" and add the words "may nomin- ate a candidate or candidates for Vice-president., (5) Article XIII, Gection I, leave out the words "President, Recording Secretary and five Vice-Presidents" and add "six Vice-Presidents." (6) Article XIII, Section II, | leave out the words "each mem- I h pr -h thUion shall he entitl- Meet the end of this week as one of1 the favorites. Captain Barton, playing number one, defeated Budd who holds a like position for the Chicago team i straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. Barton has lost only one match this season, that be- ing to Illinois.Bob Heaney, Michigan's sophomore flash, had a great battle with his opponent, Callahan, but man- aged to pull the match, out of the fire in three sets, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1. Heaney's strong forhand was the deciding fac. tor in his match yesterday, and it pulled him through in great style. Nelson of Chicago won the only match for his team when he defeated. Graham, a sophomore, in two sets one 6-4 and the other 8-. 'hs sec- ond set was a battle all the way and the outcome was always In doubt. Algyer played perhaps the best ten- nis of his intercollegiate career as he swamped Iesser 6-0, 4. Algyer played an a.II round brilliant game, but looked te best at the net, where he made many spectacular shots. Schaefer continued the winning streak when he overwhelmeld his op- ponent, Hebert, by a s fr OL 6-0, 6-2, and was followed by Brody -who de- feated Roters 6-0, 6-4. Brody is a new comer in Michigan tennis circles. In the .doubles matches the result' was as conclusive as in the singles. The first match ended with Barton and Moore on the long end of the score of 6-4, 6-2. Algyer and Hetaney were hard-er pressed in their seond set after taking the first 6-1, an had to be content with a decision 6-1, 8-G. Brody and Graham, the last Mich- igan doubles team staged a great comeback and took the second and third sets of their match 6-2, 6-1 after losing the fir'st 3-6. The members of the tennis team hot entered in the Conference meet will return immediately "hile the others, probably Barton and Heaney in the singles and B'arton and Moore or Hea'ney in the doubles, will continue on to Purdue where the meet is to be held. ADELPHI WINNER FROM ALPHA NU Adelphi was the victor over Alpha Nu in the annual inter-society fresh- man debate, which was held last night in the Alpha Nu room in Angell Hall. The subject of the debate was "Re- solved: That the ethics of the mod- ern business world are incompatible with sound morality." Adelphi, repre- sented by Lawrence Hartwig, '31, Carl Urist, '31, and Nathan Levy, '31, debat- ed for the affirmative. Lyle Chubb, '31, A. F. Donohue, and F. Boesche, of Alpha Nu, main-. tained the negative. As a result of the debate, the winners gain possession of the oratorical association cup, the contest for which, by the freshmen teams, provides the only competition between these two debating societies. Edward Robinson, '30L, was judge of th .contest. WILL LIFT AUTO BAN JUNE NINTH Accordin t oa nnnnemen mde CONQUERS OHIO 13 TO Oosterbaan Leads Batting Attack Wi Home Run, Triple, And Two Singles Michigan won its eleventh straig conference baseball game 13-9, ov Ohio State yesterday afterno The game was featured by the terril hitting of Bennie Oosterbaan and the erratic fielding of the Michig team. Bennie in four times at bat a home run, a triple, and two singl besides working a base on balls, a stealing 'a base. The loose fielding of the Michig team was undoubtedly due to the cent shift in the infield lineup, whi was ca'used by the a'sence of Cl tain Loos. Corriden opened the third inni with a single, and Oosterbaan, w was next at bat, tripled scoring C riden. Weintraub then singled score Bennie. McCoy came up to t plate and doubled, bringing lin We: raub and anotherrun. Reichman w safe when Hinchman of Ohio Sti dropped his fly ball, McCoy goi down to third on the play. Asbe then drove out a searing single, ena ing McCoy to get home safely on t play. Asbeck and Reichman who w then on base were sacrificed alo Straub went out as Rechman scor and Asbeck added another marker Michigan's score in this big inn when he got home from third Lange's hit. The Ohio State teamn hit Asbeck fr y and with the very poor suport b hind him the game was never on I ice. Nebelung opened the game w a sharp single to center, and Stra went out on a hit and run play. Lar walked, Corriden flied out to L and Oosterbaan followed with a dr :o the stadium for four bases. T home run was a case of a mis-jud fly and either Hess or Hinchman col have caught it, but neithe? aded catch and Hess was imediatelyr moved from the lineup by Coach John. Sutton, Ohio's leading hurler, w Shelled off the mound in the fou inning, giving way to Klin'k, who i in turn followed. by Sill, but the da age was done as the four rus in first seemed to take the heart out the Ohio team. A barrage of 6 runs in the third s tIed matters for the day, but .1 Buckeye team fought a game upl fight in their effort to tie the sc in the closing frames. They used men in this atempt, but' failed to ti the tide of battle their way. Barnes and Rieh, Ohio's two le ?ng hitters, led the offense for 1 Buckeyes with three and to hits spectively. While Oosterbaan was' outstanding player for the Wolveri Oosterbaan received an ovation e time he came to bat as this was last time he would play a collegi game in Columbus, and though he I been a constant nemesis to the .Bu eye hopes they seemed loath to him leave. Michigan AB R H PO A Nebelung, cf 4 2 2 2 0 Straub, 2b 6 1 2 4 3 Lange, rf 5 1 2 0 0 Corriden, ss 6 1 1 1 4 Oosterbaan, lb 4 3 4 13 1 Weintraub, 3b 3 1 1 0 4 McCoy, f 5 1 2 2 0 Reichman, c 5 1 1 4 0 Asbeck, p 5 2 3 1 4 Totals 43 13 18 27 16 '. ! (By Associated Press.) MATHER, Pa., May 22.-Grave fears that death has claimed all but a hand- ful of the 211 miners entombed in the Math'er mine expolision seem's likely to be borne out late tonight as' the known death toll mounted to 92. Hopes that had risen with the es- cape of a lone miner today, ebbed as hours passed and rescue crews brought only more dead to the sur- face. Late today there still remained 105 men unaccounted for on the basis of a Red Cross check of the men miss- ing rafter the explosion in this little mining community last Saturday. Only 14 men of those who were down in the mine at the time of the catastrophe were outside the workings today, and it was believed they were he only survivors. WILL DISTRIBUTE SENIOR PROGRAMS Today will be the last day for the distribution of the senior programs, ..4. ,.7 . s._ .Mnin ankfin Ohio State Perkins, If Leo, lb Riefil, ss Widdifield, c Hinchman, cf Walters, cf Kline, If Genger, 2b Barnes, rf Summers, 3b xSutton, p Klink, p Sills, p McLaughlin, rf 1 4 5 4 2 2 1 5 5 5 1 2 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 0 12 0 18 0 .3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 15 n; Totals 43 Score by innings: Michigan Ohio State Summary-Two 316 102 013 201 base hits: 000-1 200- McCo Straub. Three base hits; Oosterbaai Asbeck, Summers. Home run: Ooste, baan. Sacrifice hits: Nebelung, Weit traub. Stolen bases: Nebelung, Lang' Oosterbaan, Riehl, 2. Struck out/ b Klink, 1; Sills, 1; Asbeck, 4. base o ba. uf' f iutem 1* T(1-nKi . -Aswek I T 1 t 1!