JESTABLISHED 1890 I r It 4, MEMBERI ASSOCIATED PRESS EIGHT PAGES ol. XXIX, No. 4 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER.27, 1928 . i tt ;. I MILLIOS OF 0DOLARS ASKED BY RED CROSS FOR HELP IN FLORiDA GENERAL APPEAL ISSUED FROM STRICKEN DISTRICT TO NATION AT LARGE MEMBERSHIP DANCES AT UNION BEGIN AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT CREMATION Is, EMPLOYEDI Funeral Fires In Some Parts Of State Cast Ghostly Pall Over t Countrysidec Twelve million dollars has been asked by the American Red Cross as a donation for the alleviation of the tragic situation in Floridat according to a report issued yes-; terday from the national head- quarters of the society at Wash-t ington. The sum is to be subscrib- ed by the American people and will I be used for the permanent re-e habilitating of the devastated sec- 4ion. Funeral fires cast a ghostly aspect over some sections of the Everglades last night as the bodies of those killed in the storm were cremated by workers. It was ne- cessary to resort to cremation methods for sanitary reasons fol- lowing the recent period of storm and flood. It was reported that onI Tuesday alone over 165 bodies were1 burned in the Belle Glade section. Many Lose Everything 1 The appeal to the Red Cross was made in a formal report by the Palm Beach county chapter of the total number of dead, placing it "in excess of 2,300" and the num- ber of refugees at well over 12,000 who lost everything in the blow and subsequent flood of Lake Okeechobee.4 The citizens of the districts af- fected have shown remarkable zeall and cooperation in the restoration of order, while plans for the relief of the situation are being rapidly worked out.. Heavy rains and intermittent showers added to the discomfort of the residents and workers, who in many cases had not even time to rebuild the roofs which had been blown from their houses. Witnesses Describe Scenes The situation has been described as a complete and awful tragedy1 by witnesses and petitions for funds for the organization of re- ilef work have been pouring daily into the local chapters of the Red ross. InJacksonville, Gov. John Mar-1 tin, who has just completed a tour of inspection of the storm area,1 has issued a call for the people of I the state and the country at large to "give till it hurts.".i Survivors Are Hopeful Hope was held out at Lake Worth and at Palm Beach that the water which inundated the coun- tryside was gradually receding and that the Palm Beaches would prob- ably not feel the result of the storm during the coming winter resort seasons.I According to a report received at 'washngton from Porto Rico, ap- proximately 225 persons w er e killed as a result of the storm and over 1,150 were injured and made homeless here. TH RE E CAPA CIT Y GAMES PROBABLE. SAYS TILLOTSONI Sellouts of the football tickets for three Big Ten games at the Michigan stadium this fall are ex- pected by Harry Tillotson, business manager of the University Athletic association, he announced today. These games are the Illinois, Wis- consin, and Iowa games. FIn general the tickets are going1 fast, according to Mr. Tillotson. Despite lean prospects for a win- ning eleven apparently as many people as ever will be on hand to watch the Wolverines perform this fall., A sellout for the Illinois game was early thought possible, but sellouts on the Iowa and Wiscon- sin games, which reports have practically assured, come as a sur- prise. BOXING TRYOUTS ASKED TO REPORT Friday and Saturday night Un- ion membership dances will be held again this year as last begin-i ning tomorrow night in the Unioni ballroom, it was announced yes-I terday by William E. Nissen, '29, president of the Union.1 The Paul Omer-Don Loomis or- chestra which played at all Union dances last year is returning in- tact this fall after spending the summer playing in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan cities. Incidentally it is the first Union dance orches- tra to return to Ann Arbor un- changed after a summer on the road.j During the first part of thej summer the orchestra played one week stands in Columbus, Cincin- nati, and Dayton, and then moved. to Michigan City for a six weeks1 engagement. The balance of the1 summer was spent playing in Pittsburgh.'In each of these cities1 the organization either preceded- or succeeded orchestras of nation- al repute such as those of Ted Weems, Dan Garber, Charles Dur- enberger, and Fletcher Harrison. It will consist of ten men thisI fall with "Bill" Suthers out in front directing.rThe double piano feature inaugurated 1la te last spring, it is announced, will be a regular part of the orchestra throughout the year. The orches- tra directors also aver thatrthey have several new special numbers ready for Union dancers. The side porches off from the ballroom, according to Nissen, have been closed in, repaired, and are ready for use. A new indirect, lighting system has also been in- stalled and will be an added fea - ture. UNION PERATRYOUT RESUME DALY WORK, Positions Still Open for All Types of Opera Work; 125 Have Aiready Reported COMMITTEES BEGIN WORK Tryouts for the 1928 Michigan Union Opera are continuing daily at the Mimes theater at four o'clock, accordin'g to E. Mortimer Shutter, and any men who have not yet appeared for try-out work for any of the positions on cast, chorus, or committee work may still do so this week at that time and place. More than 125 students have already signified their desire to do work for the coming show, Shutter said, and the total is ex- pected to be considerably higher before the week is over. The work this week for the chor- uses consists in rehearsing the old men and training the new men in the many routines devised by Roy Hoyer, former leading juven- ile with Fred Stone and now play- ing the lead with Schubert's, "To the Queen's Taste." Hoyer was in Ann Arbor for a month last spring and worked out many new ideas with those in charge of the Opera. In addition Shutter conferred with Hoyer during the summer and it is understood that additional plans were made at that time for origin- ality and newness in the 1928 opera. Finishing touches are now being added to the musical scores for the new production. Much work was done along these lines this summer by those who are writing the music. The nature of the music as well as the names of gthose writing ithave not yet been divulged by Shutter, who stated, however, that the music will not follow in any way the conventional types of music previously used in collegiate productions. In addition, committee work is getting under way, although def- inite committees have not yet been Ichosen. Dance hours will be the same as previously, from 9' to 1 o'clock on Friday night and from 9 to 12 o'clock on Saturday night. Tickets for Friday night dances will go on sale at 5 o'clock on Wednesday in the Union lobby and tickets for Saturday night dances will go on sale at 5 o'clock on Thursday aft- ernoon each week. Almost 12,000 couples or nearly 24,000 people participated in the membership dances on Friday and Saturday nights during last year, Nissen stated. This figure is especially interest- ing when one remembers that five of the all-University dances were also held in the ball room last year. Of this group, the pan- hellenic ball and the sophomore prom were held in the fall; and the military ball, the frosh frolic, and the senior ball were held in the spring. NOTED MUSICIAN ADDS VOLUMES TO LIBRARY1 Music Collection Enlarged By of Complete Edition of Mozart's Works Gift W. W. HINSHAW IS DONORj Twenty-five bound volumes, the complete musical works' of Wolf- gang Amedeus Mozart, famous German composer of the early classical period, are among the latest acquisitions of the Univer- sity library. They are the gift of William Wade Hinshaw, Metropoli- tan opera singer and director of the Hinshaw opera company, and will fill a gap on the shelves de- voted to music. The edition just acquired was printed by Breitkopf and Haertel of Leipsic, Germany, and is not only the most all-inclusive edi- tion in existence, but is unique be- tause it is free from the compli- cated additions and emendations which are so often the result of an editor's work upon a master- piece. The scores are printed just as Mozart wrote them. Hinshaw some time ago in- formed William W. Bishop, Univer- sity librarian, of his desire to make a gift to the library, and after some correspondence with Prof. Earl V. Moore, musical director of the School of Music, the Mozart volumes were selected as the most worth-while addition to the library music collection. Upon their ar- rival from Germany theywere sent' to the bindery in the base- ment of the library and made into handsome volumes. This gift makes the collection fairly complete, and some very val- uable source material for students of the history of music is now available for their use, according to Professor Moore. The collec- tion includes the works of Pales- trina, Bach, Haydn, Handel, Bee- thoven, Schubert, Schuman, Liszt, Brahms, and Chopin, and is kept in a special section of the library stacks. SAYS LEAGUE IS INSECURE IN ASIA (By Associated Press) GENEVA, Sept. 26.-A warning that while the League ofuNations is firmly established in Europe its condition in Asia is not assured was given the delegates of the League of Nations assembling dur- ing the closing moments today by the Earl of Lytton, British states- man, who spoke for India. The delegates of 50 nations who started for their homeland tonight with the ninth assembly a matter of history, were plainly thoughtful as the result of his speech. FARMERS MILL VOTE FORSMITH AND FAR RELIEF, SAYS FRAZIER DISCONTENT IS WIDESPREAD IN WHEAT BELT, HE AVERS HAS TALK WITH HOOVER Mondel Declares That Smith Has Lost Rather Than Gained by Western Tour WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-A de- cidedly unfavorable report of the political situation in the north- western wheat belt was brought to Herbert Hoover today by Senator Lynn J. Frazier, of North Dakota, after the Republican presidential candidate had received encourag- ing news from such widely separ- ated states as Wyoming and Flor- ida. Frazier, a Republican member of the Progressive group in the Sen- ate, who has endorsed Hoover's candidacy, said that the situation in North Dakota was far from satisfactory and that there was discontent among the farmers. He added that his information was that a similar situation existed in South Dakota, Montana, and Min- nesota. "There is likely to be a big pro- test vote in my state," he said, aft- er his conference with the nom- inee. "The Republicans have been promising farm relief for years and with my people farm relief is synonymous with the McNary- Haugen bill. "I cannot believe that Gov. Smith will carry the state, but there is much discontent with wheat prices low. Some say the Democratic nominee has a good chance in Montana, South Dako- ta, and Minnesota as well as in my state. I do not know." Frank W. Mondel, a former representa- tive from Wyoming, who called up- on the candidate during the day, expressed belief that Gov. Smith had lost more votes than he had gained from his sally into the west. "If we concede that a consider- able number of votes in the west were in doubt when the Demo- cratic candidate started his tour and that the winning of those votes was the object of his trip," Mondel said, "we are forced to conclude by reports from the west that he has not benefited any from his speeches." TRYOUTS SOUGHT 9Y CHORAL UNION Tryouts for the choral union will continue from 4:15 to 5 o'clock to- day and tomorrow at the School of Music, according to an an- nouncement by Earl V. Moore of the School of Music, musical di- rector. All students, including freshmen, are eligible for this ac- tivity, and prospective candidates are urged to report as soon as pos- sible to permit arrangements to be completed before the first number of the concert series on October 10. All members of the Choral Union receive complimentary tickets to all the concerts in the series. Re- hearsals are held one hour per week throughout the year, the men on Tuesday nights and the women on Thursday nights. Old members ar also asked to report and fill out a registration card. WEATHER Weather Forecast-Lower Michi- gan, unsettled with local showers Thursday and possibly Friday; continued cool. Practical business experience in- cluding work in advertising, sales- manship, bookkeeping, and ac-1 counting, as well as exceptional journalistic opportunities in any one of a wide variety of fields with excellant possibilities of upperstaff appointments on any one of three major publications are open to sec- ond semester freshmen and sopho-I mores who try out for one of the publications this fall. The Michiganensian, annual publication of the senior class, the Gargoyle, monthly campus humor magazine, and The Michigan Daily, campus newspaper, appearing every morning except Monday, are the three major campus publica- tions. Each publication, has two dis- tinct staffs and offices. One is known as the editorial staff and offers direct editorial experience; COPENHAGE[N REACHED BY ROCKFORD FLYERS Hassell and Cramer Greeted In Denmark; Expedition Escorted By Prof. W. H. Hobbs TO TRY AGAINNEXT YEAR (By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, Sept. 26.-Bert Hassell, and Parker Cramer, pilots of the airplane "Greater Rockford" in which they intended to fly from Illinois to Sweden via Greenland, the other is referred to as the busi- ness staff and carries the entire problem of financing the publica- tion. Work in the business offices of each publication is largely the same, although in each case the problem is somewhat different. All three business staffs have unusual- ly small number of sophomores working with them at present which means that there is very little competition for next year's upper staff positions. On the editorial side of the pub- lications, a wide range of experi- ence is offered. The 'Ensian offers, what is generally considered one of the three best college annuals in' the country. It offers an excep- tional chance for students inter- ested in photography as well as to those interested in other fields of journalistic experience. Additional opportunities for stu-' dents interested in writing humor or in publishing cartoons are of- fered on the Gargoyle editorial' staff which once a month supplies the campus with its humor maga- zine. The Daily, covering the campusJ each day offers practical experi-' ence in newspaper work upon one of the finest college dailies. In addition to experience in reporting,! it offers opportunities for editorial and critical writing as well as ac- tual work in make up and news- paper management. Students interested in trying out for either staff of either of the' three publications should reportI between 3 and 5o'clock any after- noon at the office of that staff in the Press biliding on Maynard 1] C jV ! . S l I i C C !t ! 7 MAJOR STUDENT PUBLICATIONS CALL FOR SOPHOMORE TRYOUTS were greeted and praised on their street. 3 arrival here today. They were ac-3 companied from the north by Pro- j fessor William H. Hobbs, leader ofW the University of Michigan Green- land observation party which res-x cued them after they had landed 'UBLICATION OF YEAR far from their objective in the -_ northern country. First Number to Make AppearanceI "I wish my wife and three kid- Wednesday, October Third, dies were here," said Hassell, as It Is Announced he landed from the Steamer Ful- bon. He was happy but plaWly ILL BE MUCH MPROVE homesick, yet he announced that L he and Cramer would make an- With the first official meeting of other attempt to span the great The Michigan Weekly staff set for circle route next year.-Mn.s. "The trip taught us that Green- 4 o'clock this afternoon in the Press land is a natural relay station for !building, plans are rapidly going air travels between America and forward for the publication of the Europe," he said. "It contained first issue which, it is announced, excellent landing places that can -1 not be spoiled by climatic condi- will appear on Wednesday, Octob tions in, summer or winter. er 3. "Next year Cramer and I are Beginning its second year as a going from Rockford to Copen- publication, although still continu- hagen via Greenland and Iceland ing as an off spring of The Daily, and back. This route is preferable The Weekly will have many new to a direct flight across the A$- changes and improvements over iantic because the latter demands the publication of last year. too much gasoline cargo space at Whereas last year, it consisted the expense of passenger capacity. entirely of stories reprinted from { "Our machine was not damaged The Daily, under the plans an- on landing but subsequent storms nounced for this fall a staff has. played havoc with it. I still hope been organized which will write to save the motor and the scien- all of The Weekly copy .with the tific instruments. particular viewpoint of the outsider 'Unfortunately we . lost all the being considered in every story. mail we were carrying, including In this way it is felt that The1 letters for the Royal Swedish fam- Weekly will have a wider appeal I ily. They were buried with the than previously and that it will as machine under the snow." a consequence'prove of greater in- terest to the parent and alumni GENERALS PLEDGE groups which must of necessity SUPPORT TO GIL make up its reading public. The Weekly is designed primarily' MEXICO CITY, Sept. 26.-Tele- to be sent home to the parents of grams from military chieftans, be- Michigan students. As its name1 gan to come in tonight, pledging implies, it is published weekly. Its support to Emilio PortespGl ias news is carefully selectednwith the! provisional president-elect. He re- parent viewpoint and interest in ceived. many other felicitations mind; and its chief function is to during the day from all parts of keep the fathers and mothers of Mexico and abroad. students in Ann Arbor acquainted An official decree was present in a general way with campusI today ordering that "citizen attor- news. ney Portes Gil will present him- Students who have not as yet self in Congress at noon, November subscribed may do so by mailing 30, to take oath of office. ",It was their orders to The Michigan signed by President Calles and by Weekly, Press building, or by call- Portes Gil himself, as secretary of ing at the business office of The the Interior. Daily. NEW COUNCIL -FAVORS AICTION TO OVERCOM1E DRINKING AT PARTIES MOTION INSPIRED BY LETTER TO STUDENT BODY FROM PRESIDENT LITTLE KERN SELECTS CIAIRMEN Cheering Section Committee Says There Are About 100 Seats Remaining Last night at the opening meet- ing of the student council for the current year, the drinking question was considered and the council voted to support any reasonable action the University administra- tion may take. The motion as passed read, "That the council will support any reasonable action to abolish drinking at fraternity par- ties, provided that each house president be adequately notified by Dean Bursley." Communication Received The motion came as a result of an informal communication from President Clarence Cook Little to the council requesting its opinion on measures for the prevention of drinking at fraternity parties. The council held that a large number of fraternities, innocent of viola- tions, are suffering penalties for the mis-conduct of members of a minority group of houses. Discussed Cheering Section Richard S. Spindle, '29E, report- ing for the cheering section com- mittee, announced that 100 of the 1,200 cheering section seats now re- main to be sold. These may be obtained any day this week upon application at the Administration building on Ferry field, and pro- vision has been made for those who have already sent in their regular applications to exchange those seats for cheering section seats if they wish. Councilman John Gilmartin, '29E, was appointed by Paul J. Kern, '29, president of the council to handle elections this fall, and to prepare a schedule of meetings to be subnmitted next week at the regular council meeting. Robert Warren, '29,'was appoint- ed to take charge of the Fall games, set the date, appoint officials, and organize the teams of the fresh- man and sophomore classes. Council Pep Meetings Williard Lowry, '30, was placed in charge of Friday night pep meet- ings before football games, and was requested to recommend pep meet- ing dates at the next meeting of the council. He will arrange for alumni speakers, and consult with the Butterfield theaters about free movies after the meetings. A suggestion was considered by the committee to let the J-Hop committee select its own chairman, and another proposal was consid- ered to elect the chairman on a separate ballot. At present the committee candidate from the lit- erary college receiving the most votes automatically becomes chair- man one year, and the candidate from the engineering college re- ceiving the most votes becomes chairman the next year. TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED SENIORS IN SCHOOL OF EDUCATION GARGOYLE BUSINESS STAFF TRYOUTS All first semester sopho- mores interested in trying out for the business of the Gar- goyle are urged to report to the Gargoyle office in Press building any day -this week between hours of 1 to 5 p. m. Carl Fauster, Business Manager. New opportunities to obtain di- rected practice teaching for seniors in the School of Education who arej working for the teacher's certifi- cate have been arranged for by that school. Although for. a long time the seniors have been allowed to instruct in the University high school here, they will snow be able to travel to many of the high schools in the vicinity of Ann Arbor and to teachat those places. . The University will operate a bus' which will run twice daily between ing in certain of the co-operating schools all near Ann Arobr, in such places as Dexter, Saline, South Lyons, and others. Students who secure assignments to these towns. will be given special permission for driving their automobiles to and from centers. Those students who do their directed teaching in the co-operating schools will extend their opportunities throughout the semester by two periods daily. The University will continue all facilities for directed teaching that FOREIGN STUDENT ROLL 200 HERE REPRESENT According to recent records of by the or the Cosmopolitan Club, the Univer- ing a pi sity of Michigan has attracted stu- program dents from more different foreign characte nations this year than in any pre- At the vious one. There are already reg- be held n istered in the records of the club at 8 p. m almost 200 students from some- Little w thing exceeding 30 countries. China welcomin has again contributed more stu- Michigan dents than any other nation, but It has the list this year is widely and in- nouncet terestingly varied. There are rep- tion is n resentatives from such countries as all the i Amrndnn. Rvrin. Pn1tinPoscftam o INCREASES: 30 COUNTRIES rganization. At each meet- icked nation is to give a to portray something ristic of their nationality. first meeting, which is to next Saturday in Lane Hall n., President Clarence Cook ill give a short address ng the foreign students to n. sbeen requested to an- that all possible co-opera- needed in the recording of foreign students. A new f- r~o1istration has hen in- PLANNED MERGER POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT SEMESTER Combination of the Romance Language departments, the English departments, and the Mathematics departments,. of the Literary col- lege and the Engineering college has not yet been consumated in accordance with a motion passed last April by the Board of Regents, it was announced today from the President's office. Due to the fact that the plans for this semester were alreadynear completion at that time, the change was post- pnd until this fall. The resolution of the Regents was "the Board approves the es- tablishment of University depart- ments, rather than separate col- lege departments, in the following subjects: English, Mathematics, and Romance Languages. The chairmanship of each group is to be lodged in the chairman of the respective group in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts." BURGLARS ENTER PURDUE HOUSES rninriaont with the rnhhin of COUNCIL TO ELECT IONS HOLD SOON At a special meeting of the Inter- fraternity Council to be held Tues- day afternoon, that group will elect its noffcrs for theconming vear.