THE MICHIGAN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1928
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alR[lto be no romance surrounding the
-existance of the Michigan plates.
SERVCES9WIL 3&IRL Objections were raised by some o
the more fervent press agents but
R . the theory is still upheld that the
L U a d a plates "just grew."
j Many Photographs Taken
The pictures selected were of the
most beautiful campus buildings,
as can be seen from the reproduc-
tions of rough drawings of two ty-
MICHIGAN SCENES PICTURED pical plates, shown on this page.
ON FIVE HUNDRED SETS Several photographs of the en-
TO BE USED HERE trances of the new Women's Lea-
gue, the General library, the Mich-
igan Union, the William C. Clem-
ents library, old University hall, the
Hospital, Alumni Memorial hall,
Wedgewood Company, Manufac- the Lawyers' club, Angell hall, Hill
turers Of High Class Chinaware, auditorium, the gates to Ferry
To Furnish Plates field, and the Engineering Arch
were sent to the designers for the
They just came gradually;. likeWedgewood company and from
these photographs, composite de-
Topsy, they just grew. There is signs were made and thus the
no romantic story woven about product has been evolved.
their creation. They just are. What The border, which has been cre-
are they? The new University of ated by Prof. William C. Titcomb,
Michigan dinner plates, 500 sets of of the School of Architecture, has
which are now being, manufactur- been pronounced as by far the best
ed by the Wedgewood company in submitted for any similar purpose;
England will arrive in America it is both artistic and appropriate.
some time late in November. In The original purpose of the new
all the wealth of Michigan tradi- plates is to establish a tradition of
tion there has never been anything Michigan plates in the homes of
like them. alumni, in the fraternity and sor-
They are to be dinner size ser- ority houses, and in all the dining
vice plates with an original border halls in Ann Arbor, and because of,
and views of entrances to twelve the very reasonable price, Alumni
campus buildings all set in a back- association officials who are spon-
ground of blue. The idea originat- soring the project predict a quick
ed at Harvard university, where re- sell-out on the first five hundredj
cent excavations caused the dis- sets. Through arrangements made
covery of some old chinaware, very with the manufacturers by the
plain except for a rather singular agents for the Alumni association,
border, which, it is said, was used I Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, Inc.,
in the dining halls of Harvard std- of Boston, an unbelievably low
dents iniyears gone by. The unus- price of twelve dollars a dozen for
ual border of this set was repro- this Wedgewood ware will be
duced,campus scenes were added charged., This represents only
and the new Harvard plates were about thirty per cent on the price
born. Ina very short time, twojordinarily obtained for such ware
thousand sets of these dishes were in retail stores.
sold. The first set of these plates To Autograph Some
to be seen in Ann Arbor was a A rather unique sales feature has
present at a-wedding last June and I been adopted by which the first
immediately the query was raised, j one hundred sets out of the ovens
"Why doesn't Michigan have some- are to be stamped on the back with
thing like this?" And the $answer President Little's signature and
was, "Michigan, has; our plates are numbered serially. Several of these
now being made in England." numbered sets have already been
Someone immediately suggested spoken for. A rather interesting
excavations on the older parts of application was made by Clyde W.
the Michigan campus, but the "just Colby, '11E, of Cleveland, Ohio,
grew" party was in the majority who has asked for set number thir-
and, in convention assembled, de- teen. These numbered sets will be
cided unanimously that there was sold for eighteen dollars a dozen.
Special Train To Carry Detroit Alumni
To Navy Game At Baltimore On Nov. 10
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DESIGNER AND TWO OF THE PATTERNS TO BE USED Tolstoy Anniversar
ON NEW UNIVERSITY P LATES TO ARRIVE HERE SOON To Be Observed Here
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Assurance of quality chinaware,Alumni association offices in Alum-
is evident in the announcement ni Memorial hall and all orders
that the plates are to be made by accompanied by payment will be
Wedgewood, probably the leadingnd
manufacturers of chinaware in the filled in order of arrival and will
world. It is at the Wedgewood be filled according to the proper
plant that the final designs and priority. Numbered sets willbe
drawings were completed and the sent out consecutively as the or-
electrotypes made. And it is by ders are received.
the ceramic experts of the Wedge-i According to the scheme of dis-.
wood furnaces that the plates have tribution arranged with Jones, Mc-
been produced, thus guaranteeing Duffee & Straton, the importers,
the highest type of workmanship all orders and payments are to be
possible, in all phases of manufac- sent to the Alumni association
ture. here in Ann Arbor and all ship-
Eight Month's Work 1 ments are to be made directly from
the import center at Boston. Pack-
The entire proposition from its ing charges of one dollar are to
inception last spring until delivery be included by purchasers in their
of the plates next month has been remittances to cover the cost of
a matter of only eight months as packing and expressing. Accord-
was originally predicted by the ing to opinions of alumni, students
agents through whom the deal was and faculty members who have be-
made. come acquainted with the propo-
The machinery for taking orders sition,. the idea of an official Uni-
has already been set up in the versity of Michigan dinner plate
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Arrangements have been com-
pleted for a Football Special on'
the Pennsylvania railroad to
transport the members of the Uni-
versity of Michigan club of De-
troit and their friends to and
from the Michigan-Navy game,
Saturday, Nov. 10, at Baltimore it
was announced yesterday. The
train will leave the Union sta-
tiori, Third and Fort streets, De-
troit, at five o'clock in the after-
noon, Friday, Nov. 9, and will ar-
rive in Washington at 9:30 o'clock
Saturday morning.
Following a three hour sight-
seeing tour of the Capitol, the
party will leave on the same train
for Baltimore at 12:30 o'clock, ar-1
riving there at 1:30 and traveling
to and from the stadium in spe-
cially chartered Gray Line motor'
busses.
The special will leave the Balti-
more Union Station at six o'clock
Saturday night on the return trip,
and will arrive in Detroit at 9:30
Sunday morning. Table d'hote
meals will be served on the dining
cars of the Football Special at a
charge of $1.25 for breakfast and
luncheons and $1.50 for dinners.
Prices for the round trip ticket
and Pullman accommodations, and
bus service to and from the game
are as follows:
Compartmeit (2 persons), $39.55
person; Compartment (3 persons),
$33.55 per person; Drawing room
(4 persons), $32.80 per person;
tower berth (1 person), $34.31 per
person; Lower berth (2 persons),1
$27.93 per person; Upper berth (1I
person), $31.75 per person. A
minimum of two tickets is re-
quired for either a drawing room
or a compartment.
A reduced rate of $28.74 has been
arranged for those wishing to leave
Detroit on the Red Arrow at 4:01
o'clock, Thursday evening, in order
to attend the big Michigan dinner
in Washington, Friday evening.
The Red Arrow is scheduled to ar-
rive in. Washington at 8:50 o'clock,
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Friday morning. Those leaving
Detroit, Thursday, will return on
the regular Football Special after
the game. Club cars will be oper-
ated on both trains and will be
open for service at all hours.
Alumni headquarters for the
Navy game are to be located in the
Southern hotel, Baltimore.
DR. CHERRING TON
WILL SPEAK HERE-
Dr. Ernst H. Cherrington, sec-
retary of the World League Against
Alcoholism, and one of the lead-
ers of the Anti-Saloon league of
America for many years, will de-
liver the first Weslyan Guild lec-
ture of the season at 7:30 tonight
in First Methodist Episcopal
church. Dr. Cherrington's subject
will be "National Prohibition. Its
purpose and achievements." His
talk will be of a non-partisan na-
ture.
Dr. Cherrington is characterized
by guild authorities as being well
qualified to handle his subject. He
has been the editor for a consider-
able period of the magazine "The
American Issue," as well as the
author of several books. , Among
the best known of these are: "His-
tory of the Anti-Saloon League,"
"Evolution of Prohibition in Amer-
ica" and "America and the World
League Problem."
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guiltless charm... when she approaches callous
The men of the roadside the coarse brutes laugh at
her. . . they cannot believe-she offers them her
Stars of spotless charms for a price... hervery innocence
hinders her from plying tha only trade left
open for her ...the trade which that inno-
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distress could go o further ..
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fighting blindly, could
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