F ,ESTABLISHED 1090 IY V Midujan . tti MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XL. NO. 134 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1930 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS (OST WILL READ POET IC SE[LECTIONSi AT I EAGUE MIMES Poet Has Been Teacher, Editor of Weekly Newspaper and Shoe-Maker.{ WON PULITZER PRIZE Frost Holds Idle Professorship' at Michigan; Taught at Amherst. Robert Frost, nationally-known poet and winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1923, will read selections from his poems at 4:15 o'clock next Tuesday in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater and at 4:15 o'clock Wed- nesday in the Mimes theater Frost has, at different times, been a poet, a teacher, a shoe- maker and an editor of a .weekly newspaper. He was born in San Francisco in 1875 and was a grad uate in 1892 of the high school at Lawrence, Mass. After a few months at Dartmouth, he withdrew and; was married. Attended Harvard. In 1897, he moved with his fam- ily to Cambridge where he attend- ed Harvard University for two years and then began teaching school in Derry, Vermont. For three years he taught, made shoes and edited a weekly paper. His poetic work was unappre- ciated in this country and, on the advice of friends, he went to Eng- land in 1902 where he published his first poetry. Since that time, he has published many volumes of poems. These include "North of Boston," "A Boy's Will," "West-j Running Brook," "Mountain Inter- val," and "New Hampshire," for y'rhich he was awarded the Pulitzer prize in 1923 for the best book of. poetry written during the year. Taught at Amherst. On. his return to America in 1915, he became an instructor at Amherst college where he remained until 1925 except for an interval? of four years which he spent in1 Ann Arbor. In 1925, he again returned to the University of Michigan where he was offered' an "idle professor- ship" for life. At the present time, he spends part of the year in edu- cational circles and a small por- tion in poetic lecturing. The rest of the year he spends with his fam- ily at his farm in Vermont. ON ICAM PUS MAY 141 Final Sales Campaign of Year Will be Concluded Today Says Atkins. May 14 has been set for the gen- eral campus distribution of the 1930 Michiganensian, it was an- nounced by Sam Atkins, '30, busi- ness manager, and the final com- pus sales campaign of the year will be concluded today. The final cam- paign was so successful that it was decided to continue it today, At- kins said. This year's 'Ensian is the largest one ever published at Michigan and will contain 584 pages, 3,000 pictures, and eight original etch- ings of University buildings which have not previously appeared in the yearbook. All of the copy is now in the hands of the printer and will be ready for printing by May 1. The printing work alone has cost $12,- 000 and the photographs and curs have cost $6,000. The 'Ensian is being set up by the Cargill Co. of Grand Rapids. The cover, which has already been finished, is of blue leather with gold embossing. It will have a green border around it as will all of the inside pages. Although the sales campaign on the campus today will be the last, checks may be sent into the 'En- sian office at the Press building up until time for distribution, when all extra books will be sold over the counter, Atkins said. . 1 CONVOCATION SPEAKER WILL TALK SUNDA Y ON 'RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE' Wishart Travelled Extensively, gate university. Before matricu- rAddressed Large Number o f I lating there, however, he was em- ployed by a life insurance company College Groups. and by a law firm in New York. After receiving an A.B. in 1889 he "Religious Experience" will be studied at the University of Chi- the subject of the address the Rev. cago Divinity School. He later held Dr. Alfred Wesley Wishart, pastor pastorates at Troy, N.Y., Maywood, ,of the Fountain street Baptist Ill., and Trenton, N. J. Since 1906 church of Grand Rapids, will de- he has been pastor at Grand Rap- liver Sunday morning in Hill audi- ids, with the exception of six torium. The occasion will be the months in 1917 when he was en- second of the spring series of con- gaged in Y. M. C. A. work in vocations sponsored by the Stu- France. dent council. He is now a trustee of Kalamazoo The Rev. Dr. Wishart's theologi- college, a member of the Social cal experience has been of an ex- service commission of the Northern ceptional nature. He has been pas- Baptist convention, and secretary tor of several churches in various of the Michigan peace commission. !sections of the country. In addi- Two books, "A Short History of' tion, he has traveled extensively, Monks and Monasteries," and "Pri- and has frequently addressed spe- mary Facts in Religious Thought," cial audiences, including a large were published by the Grand Rap- number of college groups. ids minister in 1900 and 1905, re- Arrangements for the appear- spectively. ance of the University glee club at Arrangements for the third con-t 1 the service were completed yester- vocation of the spring series to bej day, Stanton W. Todd, '30, chair- held April 27, are now being com-1 man of the committee in charge of pleted, Todd announced yesterday. the affair announced. The glee A nationally known theologian has. club will sing one selection fol- been obtained as lecturer. The, lowing the offertory. service is the. same day as Cane The Rev. Dr. Wishart's under- Day and it is planned to have the1 graduate days were spent at Col- senior class attend in a body. DCP01111 Dlii irllDC CCA RESERVE TABLES FOR FRATERNI TIES, AT(G(1DBAQE Sigma Delta Chi Members Star in Campus Movie; Pre-view to be Shown at Banquet. WOMEN AID IN FILMING Scenario Will Show Experiences{ of Freshmen Entering University. Fraternities and other under- graduate organizations desiring club tables at Sigma Delta Chi's' gridiron banquet, to be held Wed-I nesday, April 9, in the Union ball- room, may secure reservations by communicating with Lawrence R. Klein, '30, at 1524 Geddes avenue, the temporary offices of Sigma Delta Chi. It has been the custom in past' years for various student groups to reserve sections of 1 to 25 seats at the annual Razz fest. This seating arrangement .ensures that intimate friends will be able to obtain seats together, and thus makes for great- er spontaneity in the mirth and wit which marks the annual banquet, Klein pointed out yesterday. Ticket applications from the members of groups asking for club tables need not be sent in together, BULLETIN High Low Close umn iurl ap ...... 0 0 o Cabot Cadavers ... 4 3 (opened) (no close) Forsythe Fusilades ,.. 173 o 7 Pillsbury 1Potion 0 0 0 Rea R u ibleseats...... iog , 9,", Ruthven Radio .... 6o 50 54 is COMPETITIVE, Students Will Submit Schemes for Architects' Annual May Party. AWARDS ARE OFFERED JLLLIIl dLIIa ON NEWRLfIN Philosophy Professor Describes; Position of Christianity as Untenable. ADVOCATES HUMANISMj i' ! ki I I I EXPLOSION FATAL TO TEN WORKMEN OTHERS_INJURED Fireworks Display Company Is Virtually Wiped Out After Devon Disaster. GIRL DIES IN HOSPITAL Roofs Caved in, Porches Wrecked' and Windows Blown Out in Nearby Residences. (By Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 3 - Ten persons lost their lives and more than 30 were injured when a series of explosions virfually wip- ed out the plant of the Philadelphia Fireworks Display company at De- von, 16 miles west of Philadelphia. Most of the dead were employees of the plant which was comprised of ten small buildings on a seven acre tract of land near the main I line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Although the hospitals reported treating only about 20 injured per- sons, many more were treated on 1 the scene by emergency ambulances with staffs of physicians. Many others in the two hundred homes in the surrounding territory which the police reported were damaged, were treated by family physicians or administered first aid them- selves. . Police Investigating j Police tonight were investigating reports that several employees were unaccounted for. But it is believed that if they are missing they are represented among the unidentified dead. The explosions were terrfic adC caused great excitement and much anxiety among the countryside. The blasts were felt over a wide area, Ireports having been received that the heavier explosions were felt 30 miles away. Heavy damage was I done to houses nearby tenanted by workers. Roofs were caved in, porches wrecked and windows blown out. There was extensive-mnor d-amage done over a large area, some places more than a mile away being af-~ fected. There were three heavy ex- plosions which caused most of the damage, followed by smaller explo-] sions. At times, the exploding fire- works sounded like machine guns while rescuers were forced to re- main at a distance. Wreckage Burns.I The debris caught fire and was burning briskly when firemen and other rescuers tackled the debris of the small buildings, most of them of frame construction. Eight of those who lost their lives were killed outright and their bod-, ies were badly charred before they were dragged from the burning ruins. Another died shortly after- I ward. And the tenth, a girl, died in the Bryn Mawr hospital this aft- ernoon four hours after the explo- sion. She had been terribly burn- ed. There was little left of the build- LITERARY SENIORS MA Y OBTAIN BIDS Final opportunity for seniors in the literary college to purchase Commencement a n n o uncements and invitations is now being of- fered, Jennings McBride, chairman of the committee in charge, said yesterday. Sale will proceed at a booth in Angell hall lobby daily un- til Friday, April 11. Attendants will be in charge of the boothnevery day during thehhours that most seniors are on the campus. Any Ssenior who is unable todpurchase his bids at the booth during the hours that are to be open may ar- range to get them by telephoning McBride. The leather-covered invitations, which are in the form of a small booklet, have been on display in State street shops for several days. Manufactured by a firm which has designed nearly 1,000 Commence- ment invitations for various col- leges and universities this yea'r, those made for the University are said by competent judges to be among the most beautiful and dis tinctive of the entire 1,000 lot. The cover is of blue leather and gilt, and shows the Union tower etched against a golden background. Both leather and paper invita- tions are being sold at cost. Price of leather invitations has been set at 54 cents; of paper announce- ments or invitations, 13 cents. SLIDE RULE PARTYi Virtual Ticket Sell-Out Assures Success of Engineers' Dance at Union Tonight. WADELL FAMOUS SCULPTORH (GIVES CONCEPTION OF IDEAL MUSEUM Says Is Proper Lighting of Objects Most Important Feature for Art Appreciation. TO ENTERTAIN N Competition for the design of a "Christianity is untenable," said Summary. decorative scheme for the Archi- 'hitint . ntnbesi decoative scyhem fnor teAh- Prof. Roy W. Sellars, of the phi- t Rush toward Rea Rumbleseats tects' May Party, announced tenta- tively for May 9 in the main ball- losophy department, in his discus- is believed by traders to be due room of the Women's League build- sion, "Is Humanism a New Reli- to the warm weather. After be- ing, will begin at 1 o'clock this aft- gion?" before the fifth of a series ing tied 'up by the recent snow r nir s-oeri storm for several days, the trade ernoon, when architectural stn- of All-Campus Forums held at 4' was able to get out of the back dents will begin the work on de- signs. The completed designs are o'clock yesterday in room D of yards on Thursday. The market due. in the hands of the jury by 1 Alumni Memorial hall. is inflated, but with the employ- o'clock Monday-afternoon. - "Man," he . continued, "is up ment of augmented enforce- A $25 award and one ticket to the against life and must interpret it ment officers, a sudden collapse May Party will be given to the stu- to know how to act. Humanism is .of trading is anticipated. dent who in the opinion of the jury 'an intelligent and co-operative j submits the best design, while the I Klein said. All the members of the runnerup will receive one .ticket to quest for the good or satisfactory group may send in separate remit- the affair. life in the light of modern know- tances, and after the group has de- Selection of the Winning designs ledge." termined how- many people will be will be made some time next week Professor Sellars went on to show sitting together, reservations for by a jury composed of three mem- that humanism is "not a cult but the club table may be mailed to bers of the architectural faculty Klein at the Geddes avenue address and the entire executive committee an outlook. Atheism is negative or telephoned to him at The Daily of the Party. while humanism is a more positive office during the afternoon. Re- The executive committee, which conception." mittances for members of groups will direct the activities of the sev-I Throughout the discussion, he desiring club tables may, however, eral minor committees, is compos- stressed the fact that there is no be sent in together, with a single ed of Mortimer Hawkins, '31, Wil- revealed religion but that the creed, check to cover the cost of all tick- liam Reid, '30, Percy Knudsen, '30, of the past have grown out of hu- ets, or with individual checks being James Auer,.'30, Wayne Mead, '30, man needs and a limited know- included. Frederick Schweitzer, '31, Robert ledge of the world. "Man," he con- Filming of the campus movie McCormick, '30, and Marjorie Mc- tinued, "is to become the creator which will be given a special pro- Guire, '31. not the supplicant." view showing at the gridiron ban- Regulations of the competition, Humanism, Professor Sellars quet is now completed. Star parts as well as suggestions as to the1 concluded, "will dig new channels in the cast were filled by prominent nature of the designs have been Ito drain off the energy that hasb members of Sigma Delta Chi. Pres- posted on the various bulletin been kept back in the church." ident Ruthven, Coach Yost, and boards in the architectural build- Coach Farrell also play title parts. ing. "It is to be noted," the an- ARREST CAUSES Although the name of the produc- nouncement reads, "that t h i s STUDENTS tion has been held secret, it has scheme permits of a more refined RIOT #been announced that the scenario and concentrated treatment of the is concerned with the Freshman room than has been considered in (By Associated 1ress Week experiences of Joe Zilch, '33, previous May Party decorations, LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 3.- of Oshkosh, Wis. and the most should be made of Police riot squads were used today Special appeal is added to the this opportunity." to quell a student riot at the Uni- production through the enlisting of versity of Southern California here members of the women's staff of DEBATING TEAM which broke out when a traffic pa- The Daily to play the part of co- trolman attempted to arrest a co- eds, who give Joe a new slant on TO E D SE SONcollege life. TO END SEASON ed motorist on a charge of reck- I _g___._ Debating activities of the year less driving. ' j, . willaclose wit two more deaes rThedisturbance in which several Les Canadilens Beat by the varsity squad on Tuesday hundred students participated in Bruins to Win Title and Wednesday of next week. On the streets about the university Tuesday, the two alternates of the was ended quickly after the police (By Associatcd Press) men's varsity team will debate emergency squads arrived. No ar-. MONTREAL, April 3-Les Cana- against Wiley college, of Marshall, rests were made and the only diens of Montreal beat back a third Texas, in a no-decision debate in violence was the rough handling of period drive here tonight to defeat1 Chicago on the Ontario system of the traffic officer by the resentful the Boston Bruins by a 4 to 3 score liquor control, and on Wednesday, students. and attain the Stanley Cup, pro- the women's varsity will meet a____________ fessional hockey's most prized tro- traveling Northwestern teamehere [phy, and emblematic of the World's on the topic, "Resolved: that the Belknap Reviews Book championship. The Flying French- present extent of installment buy- by Jeffreys for Club men outplayed the Boston sextet ing of goods for private consump- u by a wide margin in the first two tion is detrimental to the best in- Dr. R. L. Belknap last night re- periods, when they piled up a 4 to teres of the Am rican pub n Ar- viewed from a geological standpoint Tead. ruins, with their backs to thur Goulson, '31, will make up the Harold Jexfreys' book, "The Earth" the wall, put up a great stand in men's team that will make the trip before the Geological Journal club. the final period, scoring two goals, to Chicago. The women's varsity In speaking of the book Dr. Belk- but the bell caught them before will be composed of Mabel Morris,,nap said, "Jeffreys has taken up a they could get the tying score. That 225 students of the engi- neering college and their guests will da-ce to the music of Ray Dixon and his broadcasting or- chestra from 9 until 2 o'clock to- night in the ballroom of the Union, was assured yesterday by a virtual sell-out of tickets, 'according to L. Verne Anselrgeneral, chairman. John Wadell, well-known bari- tone entertainer, will sing popular song hits during the' evening. Wadell is a well known radio en- tertainer and has made a number of Brunswick records. According to the decoration committee their work has been completed with the' mammoth slide-rule as the centerI of attraction. Patrons of the party will be: President and Mrs. Alexander 0. Ruthven, Dean Emeritus and Mrs. Mortimer E. Cooley, Dean and Mrs. Joseph A. Bursley, Dean and Mrs. Herbert C. Sadler, Secretary and Mrs. Louis A. Hopkins, Col. and Mrs. Henry W. Miller, Prof. and Mrs. E. M. Bragg, Prof. and Mrs. J. Edward Emswiler, Prof. and Mrs. J. Raleigh Nelson, Prof. and Mrs. Jose Albaladejo, Prof. and Mrs. Ferdinand N. Menefee, Prof. and TALK IS ILLUSTRATED Taft's Lecture Ends Series of Oratorical Association Programs. "People who listen to the music of the great masters played on a hand organ are quite likely to say they do not care for music," said Lorado Taft, internationally fa- mous sculptor, in his talk on art in Hill auditorium last night, "and they are not to be blamed for dis- liking even great music in this form. The proper lighting of art subjects is just as necessary for the appreciation of art as a symphony orchestra is for the proper appre- ciation of good music. "I've learned a good deal about art during the many years I have taught it," Mr. Taft continued. "I have heard myself talk about it for more than 40 years and I couldn't help learning something. But per- haps the most important thing I've learned is that are museums throughout the world are sadly lacking in proper arrangement of subjects and adequate lighting." Deplores Treatment of Treasures Mr. Taft said that some of the world's greatest art treasures lie in the basements of museums and that many which could be a source of inspiration to laymen as well as artists are put in obscure or poorly lighted corners and left to stand with smudgy noses and "eczema" expressions due to lack of care. "Instead of studying ways and means of most effectively display- ing works of art," Mr. Taft assert- ed, "most museum oIcials spend their time wondering whether they ought t~o leave, s Michael- angelo's 'Moses' in a corner of the exhibition hall, or saw him in two and store him in the basement." To illustrate his point Mr. Taft showed two slides of a bust of Lin- coln; one poorly lighted, the other intelligently lighted, and the con- trast was startling in its effect. Mr. Taft stated that interest in art would attain its proper place in modern life if some effort were ex- pended in presenting plaster casts so that their vivid characteristics would be brought to light. . Discusses Ideal Museum. He explained the subject of his talk, "My Dream Museum," as be- ing the conception of an ideal mu- seum which took form in his mind immediately after he returned from France where he unsuccessfully en- deavored to instill a love of art in the doughboys. He made extensive plans on a museum which he hopes will some day be built near the campus of the University of Chi- cago where he is a lecturer in the history of art. It will be so divided that all the great works of art will be presented in historical sequence to facilitate art study and encour- age a knowledge of history. Mr. Taft's lecture was the last of the series of eight presented this season by the Oratorical associa- tion. JAMISON SPEAKS BEFORE MEETING ings when the last of the explosives Mrs. Albert B. White, Prof. and Mrs. on the leveled track let go and the Alfred H. White, Prof. and Mrs. fire was easily extinguished. Louis Gram, Prof and Mrs. Benj- amin F. Bailey, Prof. and Mrs. GANDHI SUGGESTS Felix W. Pawlowski, Prof. and Mrs. L A W VIOLATIONS Hugh Keeler, Prof. and Mrs. Donal 1Hamilton Haines, and Prof. and (By Associated i'ress) Mrs. Robert D. Brackett. BOMBAY, India, April 3-Mahat- ma Gandhi, through his newspaper, Case of Mae Wst Is "Young India," today authorized C efM e etl starting of mass disobedience of the) Presented to Jurors salt laws on Sunday. (VHy Associated Press) AHMADABAD. India. April 3 - NEW YORK, April 3.--The case Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Nation-I of Mae West and others, charged alist leader, today was only 10 miles with having brought to Broadway from Dandi, where he intends to an indecent production when they break the salt laws in inauguration presented "Pleasure Men" in Octo- I of his civil disobedience campaign ber, 1928, went to the jury at noon I to secure Indian independence. today. BURSLEY BOOZE AND JACK EXPORTS j FLUCTUATE DURING DAYS' TRADING Trading on the Sigma Delta ChiI Angell Sugar and Kraus Steam exchange was sporadic yesterday, found the market thin with few some stocks rising to higher levels, I purchasers, while Brumm Oil and as the time zor awarding Vne Oil Wahr Air Reduction dropped sev- can narrowed to six days. Warm oral points. weather buying sent Bursley Booze Bid Asked soaring a few points, while trading Angell Sugar........14 15 in Jack Exports was also heavy in Brumm Oil--..........13 15 anticipation of week-end business. Bursley Booze.......111 109 Rumors of an impending merger Donaldson, Pref. ...,..54 56 caused increased buying in Windt, Lorch, Limited ....... 17 17 Wireless and Shuter Union. Mar- May "B"-.........3-4 1 ket analysts anticipate a dramatic Kraus Steam ..... . 9 6 combination along these lines with- Pollock Gas .......... 10 10 in a short time. Bulls were buying 1 Sadler Soap .......... X 22 into O'Brien Copper in expectation 1 Jack Exports .... . ...116 115 "Selling yourself is the first re- quisite to any success" declared Prof. C. L. Jamison at the regular weekly meeting o'f the Business Ad- ministration club last night at the Union. "One must secure a position, na- turally, before he can work at it," he continued, and explained that, to secure the position, there is someone to whom the applicant necessarily must sell himself. He discussed the various methods by which this may be accomplished, such as a tidy appearance, attrac- tive mannerisms, and self-assur- ance. "Of course." Professor Jamison continued, "one must have some- thing back of his front"-but em- phasized that no one will peer be- hind this front unless it is attrac- tive in itself. His peroration, which thoroughly epitomized his talk, was the advice: "Early to bed and early to rise, Work like thunder, and advertise." '31Ed., Dorothy Blumgarden, '31,' and Eva Hesling, '31. May Festival Tickets to be Sold Tomorrow Over-the-counter sale of seats for the May Festival concerts will broad subject, one which will not help men in the individual fields. It is a general correlation of their work, including astronomy, minera- logy and geology.t Student Will Present Mee" R',,,d;-. a ,, ,I Ouraher ~ ' I - .- i! i . " } I ..