ESTABIUSHED 1890 . 4 '. Lw A I MEMBER ASSOCIATED VOL.,XL. NO. 80. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1930 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS CUUHH UUNFEHLNUL Hoover Nominates for Commission Lee Post England to Honor American Delegates to A .m C n" f ol-A"i 'CONGRESS OISPUl Omi CUT[flfli n EIAI A Deferred Rushing Compromise TOSTART INITIA DISCSSOSTTODA Leader Has, Won Much Renoi Both in United States and Abroad. WILL CONSIDER RELIGIO Delegates Representing Alno Every College in. State Attend Conference. Student delegates representi dearly every coLeg2e in Michigs will meet with Doctor Bruce Cu ry, noted New York theologian, the first of a series of disdussioi of student problems at 8 o'clo this evening in Lane Hall. The conference which begins th afternoon and which will contint through Sunday afternoon, is beir sponsored by the Student Youi Uen's and Young Women's Chri tian associations throughout t state. I - Nearly 200 Register. To date nearly 200 registration have been received with 50t 100 more expected, according to th iatest reports from Fred'G. Bau chard '30, chairman of arrang meits for the Bruce Curry confe ence. The majority of application have been received from the fo lowing colleges: Michigan Stat Albion, Alma,, Hillsdale, Morn Pleasant, and Western State No Mal. The work of the conference cen ters about a fresh understanding c Jesus, involving a new approach t the gospel records, and proceedin to ,a discussion of how this redis covered religion of Jesus bears upo the 'solutions of problems upper most in student thought today. Dr. Curry, who at present9 teaching at the Union Theologica Seminary in New York city and Wh holds the degree of Doetor of Phil osophy from the University of Ne York, has been described as bein "the most successful interpretero the Bible appearing at student con ferences in the country." In add tion to being the author of th books, " Lacing Student Problems and "Jesus and His Cause," Doct Curry has won renown as a confer ence leader in the United State Canada, and England. Discussions to be Unique. The method of discusison will b in the nature of demonstratio studies and group discussion's rath er than l*gtures. Problems cove insg the range from questionso social life on the campus to nation al and world problems, and ques tions on God, prayer, and the geniu of Christianity, will be discusse Following registration and the s curing of rooms this afternoon th delegates will attend a banquet the First Methodist Church. At o'clock this evening they will mee in the first discussion with Doct Curry. The second division wit him will be tomorrow morning an the third tomorrow evening. A re ception for the visiting delegate will be given tomorrow afternooni the Women's League building L:....L i ltl 1C1l \.1 1ICL1tG . U IV VU L J I LAIU L 11VVI ams onerence neial PLYMOUTH, Eng., Jan. 1G.-ThIs 1 11 old town, rich :n Anglo-American fIT 11B EH t I associations and In tradition of British sea power, is ready to ac- Tenth Prohibition Birthday Finds cord a warm welcome to Secretary Stimson and the American delega- Senate Wets Urging tion to the London naval confer- Repeal. ence. The welcome will start as N soon as the liner George Washing- RESOLUTIONS OFFERED ton can nose her way into the po(- tected reaches of Plymouth harbor. -- ist Late tonight the wind was howl- La Guardia Desires Amendment ing over the historic town where Declared Inoperative on Sir Francis Drake played at lawn eTchale Go nds. bowls three centuries ago when the Techncal Grounds. alarm of the Spanish Armada was sel; Ssounded here. If the gale continues, WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.- an r{. ?the popular welcome to the Ameri- The tenth anniversary of prohibi- tr cans will be somewhat subdued for tion found a Congressional contro- only those officials whom duty calls will care to board the tossing naval versy over President Hoover's plan ns, tender on which tihe delegates will for Volstead enforcement superced- ck A.ssorrp lPa"* -I-. a be brought from the outer harbor ed today temporarily by arguments William E. Lee, to the dock. on the merits of the dry law itself. Of Idaho, who has been nomin- The George Washington is due Senator Blaine, Republican, Wis- is ated by President Hoover for the at 7 a. m. and the tender is expect- consin, offered a resolution for re- u interstate commerce commission. ed to reach the dock at 8.18 a. m. peal of the 18th Amendment. Re- n - with the Americans aboard. Forty- presentative La Guardia, Republi- five minutes later a special train can, New York, introduced a reso- will pull out from Plymouth. It is ltionrat veeclare the Amendment scheduled to reach Paddington sta- n eteron tcys rounds tion, London, at 1 o'clock I the af- T Veteran Drys Reply. nsternoon.+ able contest which brought a ban t o on the sale and transportation of he ( liquor stood up in the Senate and s- pecia s i rHouse to pronounce their cause a B- cids for Patrons May Be uicontributing factor to America's r- Exchanged for Tickets greatness. ns Until Wednesday. nU1 Senator Sheppard, Democrat. 000 f U l Texas, co-author of the 18th SALE TO START2 Amendment, hailed the "triumph- SALr-TO START JAN. High Waters Endanger Sections a ea o hibition before an Invitations for Play Production's of Lower Mississippi Representative aCooper, Republi- n- presentation Jan. 25 and 25 of Valle #can, Ohio, contended before an en- of "Leila," by Dorothy Ackerman, '29, thusiastic House, that ' a "solid to were mailed to all atron f the' phalanx" of members of the Chris- orgizsatienCWednesdayCHECKrdingtian churches would stand for per- s- organization Wednesday, accordng ~~~ ptuation1 of prohibition. n to Valentine B. Windt, director of"'T''.\c'ncate P ,' As the Congress wet and dr r- Play Production activities. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Jan. 16-Flow- Aors the Co ng n dryiora- tosieeidlgn nterpole- The invitations will be honored ing southward to the accompani- mics, prohibition commissioner Do- isand tickets exchanged for them at ment of a cold wave and freezing ran selected the day to declare that al atemperatures, water from the rain-! the large scale liquor operators had 0 the box office of the Lydia Men- swollen St. Francis river tonight been driven to cover and that the I- ' delssohn theatre until Wednesday was flooding over lowlands in "lines are tightening with certain- w noon, Jan. 22. The mail orders will Greene County, Arkansas. In Mis- ty" on smaller violators. itbe filled ' th sissippi, the coldwater, after break- Clancy Enters Battle. o fille in te order of their re- Ing its banks in several places in There were other orators, too, :caption. Quitman county, had sent a flow + Representative Clancy, Republican, i- After noon Wednesday the box of water inland. i Michigan, a wet, bitterly assailed e office will be opened to the general It was estimated that the inun- ' the Anti-Saloon League for holding public. During the week of Jan. 20 dated area in Greene county would its present meeting in Detroit, his or the box office will be open from 10 be increased to approximately ten !home city. He described the League r- o'clock to 12 o'clock and from 1 thousand acres by water let in by as "the most bigoted and the most s, o'clock to 5 o'clock for the accept- depression in the dikes. Along the fanatical organization in the world" ance of invitations to Wednesday Coldwater levee workers were re- I and termed Dr. F. Scott McBride, noon, and for the general public ported late today to have checked superintendent of the Anti-Saloon be after that time. the .1ow over the embankment by ! league a "typical League lobbyst n Miss Ackerman, the author of the the use of sandbags, but water 'who never won his leadership by an play, has come to Ann Arbor to which passed over the earth works over-scrupulous conscience." of assist in any minor changes that ' was expected to spread more than Representative Oliver, Democrat,. o may be necessary in the script or a quarter of a mile. New York, another wet, told the ~ in the action. At all other points in the lower House "we turned a good sermon s- ;Mississippi valley, levees were hold- into a bad law," and it was time for us PHI DELTA KA IPA ing and engineers directing the America "to conquer her sense of d. A flood battles were optimistic that humor."j e-' HOLDS INITIATION the fight would be won.-- eC The cold weather is proving to be at Dr. Morrison Talks to Honorary an ally in checking the water from Pea sg'S TT y up-country streams and drainage 39PH N111 U et Education Fraternity. stations. P or Desatches from Paragould, ten 1 ''Phi Delta Kappa, honorary edu-- miles south of the Watertop sec- d i cational fraternity, held a banquet tion of the Greene county levee, re- e- in the Union last nght at 8 o'clock ported three breaks in the embank- To combat certain alleged evils in the present cut-throat sys- tem of fraternity rushing the Senate Committee on Student Affairs adopted last Wednesday a system of deferred rushing which pro- vides that no fraternity may house freshmen and that no freshmen may be pledged during his first semester on the campus. Their contention is that freshmen new-arrived on the campus are be- wildered by the terriffic pressure at which the present rushing system operates, and in that state of mind cannot wisely choose their most intimate associates for the ensung four years. To a certain extent this contention is borne out by facts; each year some freshmen make unhappy choices, though we believe this number is small in comparison to those who choose wisely. In any event it would be desirable both for freshmen and fraternities if this number of unhappy choices, resulting from the hectic speed of rushing, could be materially reduced. To this end the Senate committee voted to defer pledging one semester to permit the freshman to adjust himself to college life and develop a rnor thorough acquaintanceship with fraternities before making his final choice. Certainly no exception can be taken to the general thesis of deferred rushing as calculated to serve this end. Unfortunately however, the particular system of deferred rushing ordered by the Senate comnmittee leaves other large questions open to discussion. and therefore their action can hardly be regarded as the last word to be spoken on the subject. The first question is that of the financial readjustments which the fraternities must make if the new rushing system goes into effect. Not a few of the present houses have been built to provide rooms for freshmen, and their kitchen arrangements are such that a full membership carries the overhead at the least cost per man. This means that between now and the end of rushing next fall every fraternity, to protect its economic stability against the loss of freshman boarders and roomers, must pledge nearly twice as many men as usual-an utterly impossible task. There will not be enough men on the campus who can afford to join a fraternity, who will want to join a fraternity, or whom and this will have to be a minor consideration next fail the fraternities will want to admit to mnem- bership. This means that many fraternities, particularly the smaller and younger ones, will have to operate at a loss for several years or surrender their charters. If the total fraternity membership on the campus is to be reduced one-fourth by eliminating freshmen, obviously the campus cannot support the 66 general fraternities which it now boasts. The second question raised by the new rushing system is that of where to house and feed freshmen who would normally be ac- commodated by the fraternities. Obviously they will be forced to seek inferior rooming-house quarters at no saving in money, and to board at restaurants and eating-houses without the proved ad- vantages of regularity, balanced diet, and service at cost-as opposed to cost plus profit to a restaurmteer. This objection would not be so valid if the University maintAuied freshman dormitories and'a freshman commons, but for at least the next ten years there is no money in sight with which to provide such accommodations. The third question which the Senate committee's order leaves open for discussion is the efficiency with which deferred rushing will orient the freshman to college life. Of course he will be more oriented before pledging than now, but to The Daily it seems that by depriving him of contact with upperclassmen, which he would normally have in a fraternity and which he can hardly get if left to his own devices, his orientation (certainly in itself a desideratum) will be seriously retarded. It is a fact commonly met that many freshman do not discover college life until they join a fraternity It is also a common occurence for upperclassmen of a fraternity to guide and advise freshmen in their academic work as well as their recreation and their extra-curricular activities. A fourth consideration, and one that certainly cannot be omit- ted'from this discussion, is the inevitable clandestine rushing that fraternities will practice du.ring the entire first semester under the senate committee's new system. In order actually to defer pledging in accordance with the Senate committee's order, the sub-committee of the Senate commnittee appointed to consider this matter, must hedge the fraternities about with restrictions as to when freshmen may visit the houses, when the subject of joining may be broached to them, and when pledge-pins may be worn. If pledging is not to take place until the second semester, it would be logical for this sub-com- mittee to designate early in the second semester a two- or three- week rushing period at the end of which pledge-pins might be worn. This period would be made long enough to obviate the intensity of rushing as we now have it; efforts to prejudice a freshmen in favor of a certain fraternity before the designated rushing period would have to be banned and made punishable. If such is in the minds of those who favor the Senate commit- tee's deferred rushing plan (and we believe it to represent the logi- cal functioning of such a plan) then we ask what is gained by defer- ring the rushing period by one semester during which nothing is accomplished toward acquainting freshmen with fraternities. Our suggestion is that a rushing period of similar length be introduced in the fall a week or two after the freshmen have started their class routine. It would be stipulated that pledge-pins must not be worn until the end of the period. Freshmen would be free to accept in- vitations at any time duing this period, possibly to come to under- standings during the period with the fraternities, but also to reserve the right of breaking such agreements at will. Such a program would be in accord with the Senate committee's desire to shift the emphasis from the fraternity's choosing the fresh- man to the freshman's choosing the fraternity. Also, by not inter- posing a fruitless semester, it would enable fraternities to maintain a full table and avoid the loss of revenue occasioned by empty rooms; it would provide fraternity-inclined freshmen with a better room and more wholesome board than he could otherwise obtain; it would assist his speedy orientation by contact with upperclass- men; and it would eliminate clandestine rushing with its attendant accusations, recriminations, hard-feelings, and petty disciplining. It is our hope that these objections and this compromise plan will be reviewed by the deferred-rushing sub-committee of the Senate committee in the same sincere spirit in which they are offered, and reported favorably by them to the Senate committee. M. S. C. Experiments Alumna Will Become With Motion Pictures President of College INCREASED TARIF ON SUGAR BLCKED BY COALITION VDOTE Existing Duty to be Retained Say Senators Following Week of Debate. RATES RECOMMENDED House Reaction to Decision May Prove Disastrous to Low Duty. WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 16-- The Senate by a vote of 48 to 38 today refused to grant higher tar- iff on sugar as proposed by the finance committee Republicans and approved a Democratic proposal to retain existing rates. The vote was reached after a week of debate on an item regarded as the most im- portant in the tariff bill. It placed the Senate on record by a surpris- ingly comfortable margin in favor of an amendment by Senator Har- iison, Democrat, Mississippi, to maintain the present duty of 17 cents a pound on Cuban raw s'nr and 2.20 cents a pound against other countries. The finance committee majority had recommended a rate of 2.2) cents on Cuban sugar, and 2.75 on sugar from, other nations, while the House bill provides rates of 2.40 and 3 cents, respectively. House, Senate at Odds. The difference between the House rate and existing law will have to be ironed out in conference. Wheth- er the House will consent to the Senate's action is highly doubtful Sizable blocks on each side of that chamber favor a higher sugar duty. On today's vote, 18 Republicans, half of them regarded as regulars, joined 29 Democrats and 1 Farmer- Labor Senator, Shipstead, of Min- nesota, in supporting the Harrison amendment. Four Democrats broke away from their party to join 34 Republicans against it. Eastern Regulars Split. The surprise caime in the large number of Republicans from the East voting for existing levies. Al factions were known to have split, and did split on the final roll-call. But the Harrison Democrats who were counting the eastern RaA- licans to win for them, but did not expect so many from these ran'is to support' them. \Also the Republican regulars fav- oring an increase had.predicted a greater number of Democrat to vote for them. Orestes Ferrara, the Cuban em- bassador to Washington, saw in the Senate's action the "first step to- ward a more intimate relation b - tween the United States and Cuba." FOREIGN STUDENTS President Ruthven and Deans to be Hosts at Reception This Evening. INVITATIONS TOTAL 350 President Alexander G. Ruthven and the Deans of the University will be hosts to all the foreign stu- dents of the University at a recep- tion this evening from 8 to 10 o'clock at the Women's Athletic building at Forest and North Uni- versity avenues. Close to 350 students represent-- ng over 40 different countries O the world, have been invited to at- tend the reception given i Lhei honor, according to Prof. J. A. C Hildner of the German department who is chairman of arrangements for the reception. The first public reception for for- eign students was given under the administration of the President- emeritus, Henry B. Hutchins and has been an annual affair since that time. While the purpose of it is to promote and extend better feeling and understanding between students of different countries, it also allows the students to meet the PraA Ct nt. f 4-i, a Tin i,, .c'it H, a o itl es in! DR. SPEARS MAYS COACH AT OREGONI in honor of the initiates who were ment._ taken into membership earlier in Along the Coldwater, the situa- the day. tion tonight was reported as ma- The new members of the organi- terially improved. The river had zation are Bertus L. Boone, '30 Ed., at Marks, just north of the threat- Lofton G. Burge,; Grad., Charles ened section, reported a fall today{ Chapman. Grad., Orie . Frederick, of nearly three inches. A force of Special Invitations To Be Sent Pupils of First President for Commencement. 150 INCLUDED IN GROUP ;G rad., Paul D. Guernsey, '30 Ed.! 100 state convicts were working on Projected plans to extend a spec- Leaves for Missoula to Confer Harold Steele, Grad., and John E.,the levee. ial invitation to all alumni of the With College President. Warriner, '30 Ed. I Big Lake, in northeastern Arkan- University who attended Michiganj The address of the evening was sas, the upper St. Francis in the I during the presidency of Henry P. (fy: As ociated Pre delivered by Dr. J. Cayce Morrison, vicinity of Holcomb, Missouri, and Tappan to the commencement inj MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 16.- Assistant Commissioner of Elemen- the St. Francis near Marked Tree, June are now being developed by With the University of Minnesota tary Education of New York State. I still were regarded as battle- the President's office and the Alum- making last minute efforts to keep Welsey C. Darling was the chair- grounds, but from each came re- ni association, Dr. Frank E. Rob- him as head fooball coach, Dr. Clar- : man of the evening. ports of improved conditions. bins, assistant to the President, an- ence W. Spears started today for the ' - -----nounced yesterday. West with the offer of an $11,500 RUSSIAN VIOLINIST EXPERIENCES Among the former students of annual salary as gridiron coach at, President Tapan's regime, there are the University of Oregon awaiting MANY UNIQUE INCIDENTS IN TOUR nearly 50 graduates and more than him. ---- 100 non-graduates living. Few stu- Dr. Spears was elected coach at Many unusual happenings, inci-r dents at the University during the 'Oregon at a meeting of the institu- dent to his foreign tours, have been pro i udoin Civil War times graduated after tion's executive council at EugeneY experienced by Jascha Heifetz, vio- may be perfectn this world, or God having completed a continuous four last night, and he will meet Dr. Ar- linist, who played in Hill Auditor- be jeoushand stroys t year course,aues reag n nold Bennett Hall, present of the l ium last night on the seventh of the wher ofan-graduates remainingran Oregon school, at Missoula, Mont., Choral Union concerts. bad you nop yibgsometh g the class rolls of that administra Friday to discuss final acceptance. In Australia Heifetz was obliged to bed tonight?" pti n. Coach Spears has been dissatis- to adhere to the custom of opening The proposed plan, which has re- fled with management of athletic every program with "God Save the The crowning experience of his ceived the sanction of President affairs at Minnesota, especially over King." Having played it a score of many travels, though, came on his Alexander G. Ruthven and the financial matters relating to assist- times he was automatically prepar- last European tour when he had ! Alumni association, was suggested ant coaches and their salaries. The ing to start this number at his first a . distinguished looking colored by Mr. Luther Conant, '62-'64, of; ~~~~~~~~~~I valet travelling with him. The Hei a akIlni.Ms ayB Gopher mentor receives $7,500 a concert in Honolulu. He luckily aettaanatsme in Hen Oak Park, Illinois. Mrs. Mary B. year at Minnesota and devotes all glanced over his shoulder and saw fetz party was on a sleeper goig Henderson, secretary of the alum- his time to football. At Oregon, in that his accompanist was prepar- through Switzerland when early in nae coucil, pursuant to a policy addition to the salary increase, he ing to play the Vitalli Chaconne. the morning a trai porter knock- laid down last year, has agreed to would be permitted to practice med- He hurriedly shifted to that. ed on the door of the violnist's hold reservations at the League ini a i a rg+ff1h a eunn Ane rnv in a hotel lobbyin Perth compartment. open for all of the graduates to I 1 i i I i i s' t Y(y Ayiatd '"s) Miss Lucy C. Wang, '23, a gradu- EAST LANSING, Mich., Jan. 16.- uate student at the Univer- Here's a two-act drama of the sil- uty student at te nivr- ent screen that will still be new i nity last year, will be inaugurated spite of the talkies. president of Hwa Nan college at Michigan State College athletic froochow, China, Saturday, it was authorities are experimenting with. announced here yesterday by Dr. motion pictures of basket ball prac- Frank E. Robbins, assistant to the tices. Eleven huge reflectors which;h rI flood the new portable floor, give 'the president. out an intense light and pictures Miss Wang's inauguration will