8LISH 'it_ itv I6 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS c . wommommumm VOL. XLII. No. 153. SIX PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1932 WEATHER: Mostly cloudy. PRICE FIVE CEN' - ... r v ..._ MICHI6AN TIES SPAT6AN IN INNING BATTLE Darkness Ends Contest With Teams Tied 'COLLEGE TUMOR' APPEARS TODAY AS MAY EDITION OF GARGOYLE WIT [IlIIILILd LJLIK nrminr am r na r RUSSEL LEC TURER Senior Swingout, Gargoyle's "College Tumor" issue, complete even to its "Book for Greasy Greeks," its account of the activities of "Goodness Gracious Rho" fraternity, its "Burp" contest, and a section of interesting colleg- ians under the title "The Collegiate Whirl," will make its apeparance on the campus today. "Down the Hatch" is the lead ar- ticle by Mickey Mouse Powers, who is incidentally responsible for the cover and for a number of the car- toons. It is the answer to a moth-I er who vacillates between sending her son to the University of Illinois or to Michigan and he answer states: "As a matter of plain fact, drink-, ing at Illinois, now that the rom- ance it possesed under the Clark regime is faded, has become a sadly prosaic and unsatisfactory busi- ness." In another place the article I at 3-3. MANUEL IS STAFR Griffin Pitches Route Against McNeal, Tompkins. By Sheldon C. Fullerton Michigan's "Tireless Wonders" and the equally long winded nine from Michigan State played a ball game yesterday. In fact, they al- most played two ball games, and when. the shades of night fell on Ferry field they were still trying to go through their paces for the handful of fans that turned down their dinners just to see which team could last the longest. Finally, con- vinced that neither side could do anything about the situation, the umpire called the game on account of darkness, with the score knotted at 3-3, and nothing gained for an aftcrnioon of hard work. All in all, it was an afternoon of some of the most nerve-wracking baseball that has bean. on tap at Ferry field in many a day. Charley Griffin, one of those left handed twirlers that usually can weave a pell over the Wolverines each and every time he takes the mound against them, was on the mound for the Spartans..Opposing him was the bespectacled H a r 1 e y McNeal, who had already turned in a victory over Illinois on the home diamond. Single Scores Two Runs. Thanks to some fancy fieldng on the part of Kenny Manuel and to an equally single that sent two runs scurrying across the plate by that same player, Michigan was very much in. the ball game when the iinth minning rolled aiound. All Mc- Neal had to do was to retire three more State batters and the game was in. Four men faced the Wol- verine hurler in the ninth. He re- tired three of them without trouble, but he made the fatal mistake of groving the ball for the fourth. Abe Eliowitz, who also does quitq a bit of footballing for Michigan. State, caught ahold of the cripple and when he stopped runnng he had left first base, second base, third base, and the plate behind him. From the twelfth inning to the finish Jack Tompkins took over the hurling duties for the Maize and Blue. The shift was made in the eleventh when Douglas was sent in to hit for McNeal. Griffin went the (Continued on Page 3). ),OX SCORE MADY WILL LEAD S5OPHOMORE CLASS Name Captain for Spring Games at Meeting; Freshmen to Convene Tonight. A handful of sophomores, sole upholders of Michigan's waning college spirit among the second year men, gathered last night in the Union and named William Mc- Roy, '34E, to captain the class in the traditional Spring Games Fri- day and Saturday. Freshmen will select their leader tonight when they meet at 7:30 o'clock in the Assembly hall of the Union. T. Hawley Tapping, secre- tary of the Alumni association, will address the first year men, and a smoker will follow. The small assembly of sopho- mores last night was addressed by Prof. John H. Muyskens, of the speech rdepartment, who described the underclass contest as a "safety valve" for the energy that is re- pressed by University life. Professor Muyskens urged the students to be individual and stand by themselves. "Education is just an addition, of so many facts," he declared, pointing out that the Uni- versity is inclined to "muzzle cour- age in expression." Joseph F. Zias, junior member of the Student council, outlined to the group a change in the rules for the Spring Games this year. Under the new regulation, a class that does not appear at the Huron river by 4 o'clock Friday afternoon will forfeit all the points for Friday's events. A rule against the kidnapping of class captains was also presented by Zias, as well as a requirement that the winning team be responsi- ble for the safe return of the rope. MICHIGAN TENNIS SQUAD WINSIBTO 3 Sweeping through five of the six singles matches and one of the doubles, the Wolverine netmen won their second intercolegiate start of the season by defeating Michigan State in East Lansing yesterday, Extreme cold handicapped players of both teams. Colby Ryan, captain of the Mich- igan racquet wielders had Weitz, Spartan number one player, to match point twice in the final set, but lost 6-3, 4-6, 9-7. Bob Clarke, Johnny Reindel, Dick Snell and Hank Pendell, however, all came through to win the other singles matches. Pendell and Rollin Clark ac- counted for the one doubles win of the day, triumphing 6-4, 6-2. DENTAL HONOR GUARDS The following have been selected from the dentistry school for the Honor guard today: Louis H. Mey- ers, Raymond A. McCarthy, Henry Walkotten, Bert H. Roberts, George Siersma, and Knneth Ryan. Final 'Ensian Sale Takes Place Today The final campus sale of Mich- iganensian subscriptions will be held today and tomorrow in the new Press building and at points on the Diagonal, Harry S. Ben- jamin, 132, business manager for the publication, announced yes- terday. There will be no books states by way of introduction to Andrew J. Volstead that he "is re- ported to be directly responsible fcr the fact that the statue of justice is blind from consuming Govern- ment-poisoned alcohol." "The Book for Greasy Greeks" is the catalogue of the "Burp, Atter- son and Old Co, Manufacturers of Fraternity Junk," and contains a long list of suggestions for party favors, fashions in jewelry, and fra- ternity pins. "Les Gage" Fuoss writes on "Hot Sports and HotsShots" for the is- sue and there is an article under the title "Majoring in Fashion" by "Frances Lee Chuck." "To Boo or not Tabu"' is the title of the campus drama review by "W. W. Haneman" F e t t e s. "Comedy Club," the article states in connec- tion with the plays that will be produced in the immediate future, "has most of the headline material through a freak of chance which is worth-while retailing to the col- legiate world at large." Fette ss also responsible for the "Goodness Gracious Rho" fraternity and its activities. "The Collegiate Whirl," with pic- tures and stories of four of Michi- gan's well-known undergraduates, together with a large number of ex- changes and cartoons, completes the May issue of the Gargoyle. OSCAR WILDEPLAY WILL OPEN TONIGHT Importance of Being Earnest' to Commemorate Theatre's, 'Third Anniversary. In recognition of the fact that Michigan has more and better equipped dramatic stages than al- most any other university, with the possible exception of Yale, Play Production will open a four-day run tonight with a performance of "The Importance of Being Earn- est" dedicated to the third anniver- sary of the opening of the Lydia Mendelssohn theatre. At the performance tonight of Oscar Wilde's well-known farce the entire play committee composed of Profs Herbert Kenyon of the rom- ande language departmentDean Alice, Lloyd, Prof. John Winter of the Latin department, Prof. O. J. Campbell of the English depart- ment, and Prof. James O'Neill of the speech department, will be present. The Mendelssohn theatre, ac- cording to Valentine B. Windt di- rector of Play Production, has re- ceived the praise of almost all the visiting professional actors and pro- ducers. "The splendid use to which the Mendelssohn theatre has been put is gratifying and proves its utility," Windt said. John Doll, Grad., will play the lead role in "The Importance of Being Earnest," Jack Lauren Gil- bert, Grad., willplay Algernon; Eu- genie Chapel, '32, will do Gwendo- lyne; Martha Ellen Scott, '32, will play Cecilie, Herbert Milliken, '33, will take the part of Dr. Chasuble; Glad Diehl, '33, will play Miss Prism; and Francis Bille Johnson, '32, will play Lady Bracknell. Other parts will be taken by Ray Suffron, Grad., and Herbert Hirsch- man, '34. Melvin Benstock, '32, will be stage manager for the produc- tion. The two sets for the play have been designed and constructed by James V. Doll, '33 and Oren Park- cr, '33. DENTAL, MEDICAL GROUPSTO MEET Joint Dinner Meeting to Be Held at Union Next Tuesday. The monthly meeting of the Washtenaw county medical society will be held in conjunction with a meeting of the dental society when the two groups gather for a dinner at the Michigan union. at 6:30,1 Tuesday, May 10. Dr. Chalmer J. Lyons, professor of oral surgery, will deliver a pap-,r, "The Relation of the Mouth to Dis- ease." This paper will be discussed from the dential standpoint by Dr. U. G. Rickert. professor of mater- ia medica, and Dr. W. A. Cook of Detroit. Dr. Charles Brown, department of internal medicine, University hospital, will give the medical dis- cussion. Empire State Erection to Be Shown in Movies, "Building the Empire State Build- ing" will be the topic of a lecture OKLAHOM,'\ ACT SIMILAR Supreme Court in Southwestern State Declares Fraternity Free From Taxes. An opportunity to achieve the aim of long years of agitation against localtaxation of fraternities ineAnn Arbor was seen last night when it was revealed that the Beta Theta Pi chapter here had been recently incorporated for perpetual existence which condition would probably ex- empt the organization from all tax- ation due to a state act covering such associations. Shelby J. Shourtz, Grand Rapids attorney for the fraternity, stated last night that it would be possible for all Michigan fraternities to be- come reincorporated under the act and thus make themselves exempt from the property taxes which so long have threatened the existence of many houses. Follow Oklahoma Example. The Michigan .statute, which is believed to exempt certain organ- s izations from the payment of taxes, provides that all library, benevolent, charitable, educational or scient- I et institutions incorporated under Sthe laws of Michigan owning and operating on rural property sahll be exempt from taxation. Since Beta Theta Pi filed affidavits to the effect that it was included in the above group, it is believed that it 'will also be exempt. Motivation for the articles of in- corporation under the act was the fact that the Oklahoma chapter of Beta Theta Pi was declared exempt by the Supreme Court in that state after having filed under an exact replica of the Michigan statute. The Oklahoma court held that all prop- erty belonging to scientific, educa- tional, and benevolent institutions, colleges or societies and devoted ex- clusively to the appropriate objects of such institutions, and that Beta Theta Pi is incorporated in Oklaho- ma to promote the educational, moral and social culture and bene- volent welfare of its members, and its property being devoted and used solely for the promotion of educa- tional, moral, charitable and public welfare, is exempt from taxation. One Requirement Needed. The only requirement needed for Michigan frattrnities are that they be incorporated under the state laws and that they be occupying the property for the purposes of the corporation's creation. It is considered likely that the Michigan Supreme court, in view of its own past decisions upon the tax exemp- tion statute, would follow the Ok- lahoma decision when the same so- ciety is incorporated in the two states for the same purpose under tax exemption statutes which read identically alike, especially as the State of Michigan has given the; Beta Theta Pi chapter here perpet-I ual existence.I imLAYIS ELECTED PHI SIGMA LEADE Ralph W. Imlay, Grad was nam. ed last night to the presidency of Phi Sigma for next year. At the election meeting, E. a. Martell, of the forestry department, addressed the society on "Some Observations on a Spruce Plantation." Other officers selected were: Jean E. Davidson, Grad., vice president; Elizabeth B. Shull, '33, secretary; and Josiah L. Lowe, Grad., treasur- er. President Alexander G. Ruthven, honorary president of Phi Sigma, will speak at the annual banquet of the organization May 25. The new officers will be installed at the banquet. Subiect of Discussion Is School of Religion The desirability of a school of re- ligion as a branch of the Unversity of Michigan will be discussed to- iiight at a dinner meeting of the Council of Religion. Representa- Lives of the university will take part in the discussion. President Alex- ander G. Ruthven and Vice-Presi- dent Clarence S. Yoakum will be among those present. First Time; Traditional Procession Will Make Campus Circuit. 'CHANGELIIU LSURFL TAXE'S BY STATUTE A ctivities Prof. Jesse S. Reeves, of the polit- ical science department, will deliver the honorary Henry Russell lecture for 1931-32 on "The Codification of International Law," at 4:15 Friday. At the same time the Henry Russel award for 1931-32 will be an- 1ouncel. PEACE IS SUBJECT OF NASH__LECTURE Lack of Proper International Machinery Is Obstacle, Director Says. Lack of proper international ma- chinery has been the stumbling block in obtaining world peace, according to Philip C. Nash, na- tional director of the League of Nations association, who addressed a group of Ann Arbor people last night on "Our Interest in the Peace Machinery-Disarmament and the Far East." The League, Nash said, is quickly becoming the center of all organ- izations working for world peace. The strong arm of the League lies in its machinery to igather facts and publish them. World peace machinery must be able to do four things, according to Nash. First, it must make it possi- ble to attack, on a world-wide scale the fundamental problems of life, such as economic and financial problems. Second, it must make it possible to solve disputes betwen nations by arbitration. Disarmament is the third prob- lem with which such a machine would have to deal, according to Nash. Nations are afraid to cut down on their arms now, as they fear war with some other country. Last, Nash said, there must be some sort of machinery to act as a fire engine to put out any flames of war which is liable to blaze forth in any part of the world. Poetry Prize Awarded Professor Burklund The $50 free verse poetry prize presented by the Gypsy poetry magazine of Cincinnati, was award- ed to Dr. C. B. Burklund, professor of English in the engineering col- lege, of the University of Michigan. Professor Burklund last year won a similar award. AE (George Russell), the Irish poet, was the judge of this year's contest. "Dilemma" was the title of Dr. Burklund's poem.7 T*his Incorporation of Beta Theta Under State Law Believed to Be Exemptory. Pi Class of Begin Swinging out in academic procession, seniors will inaugurate the graduating exercises of the class of 1932 at 3:30 o'clock today when, wearing for the first time their caps and gowns, they make a com- plete circuit of the campus and finally gather in Hill auditorium for the formal meeting. Dr. Alexander Grant Ruthven will deliver the charge to the graduating students. He will be the only speaker on the program. As is customary, classes for seniors will be dismissed at 3 o'clock so that all may attend the affair. The procession to Hill auditorium, which will be led by the Varsity band, will take the following route: down the diagonal in '__a northwest direction, South on State street, east on South Uni- Glee Club Chooses versity avenue, north on East Steino President University, and west on North University. T4.List Marching Order. 1932 to Afternoon Wear Caps and Gotdwns for J. Truman steinko, '33, was elected president of the Varsity Glee club for the coming year at an election held last night in the Union. He succeeds Gayle A. Chaffin, '32. Other officers named by the organization include Gilbert H. Palmer, '33, vicepresident; Philip T. Lincoln, '33, secretary; and Ronald W. Duncan, '34, record- ing secretary. Appointments for student manager, student direc- tor, librarian and for assistant manager will be made later BALL TICKET SALE WILL BEG'IN TODAY Installment Plan to Featurel Purchasing of Tickets ' for Senior Dance. Beginning today, tickets for the class' annual dance set for May 27 in the Union-will go on sale. They are priced at five dollars. But, by special arrangement, all that is needed to hold a ticket is one-dollar, an amount sufficient to place it in safekeeping until May 16. Then, if the remainder is not paid on that date, the down payment is automatically forfeited. Depression? That's one reason. Another-and the main object of the plan-is to keep the dance lim- ited to seniors. Not only will an identification c a r d be necessary when a ticket is purchased, but the time between now and May 16 will be utilized on checking up on those who plan to attend. Tickets will be placed on sale at two places on the campus. Seniors from all schools other than the col- lege of Engineering can obtain them in Angell Hall lobby. For en- gineering students, a box office will be located in Room 306 of West En-' gineering building. Committee c h a i r m e n for the dance, which is to be summer for- mal, have been announced by L. C. Whitsit as follows: Music, Howard Gould; Favors, Stanley Chase; Dee-, orations, Howard Baldock; fl o o r, Cullen Kennedy; invitations, Janice Gillette; publicity, F. M. Welch; as- sistant chairman, Kenneth McCal- lum; tickets, Ralph Hardy. The Honor Guard, a body of picked students from every college of the University will march direct- ly behind the pand. Members of the senior class will parade by colleges in the order given below: 1. Seniors of the literary college, who will meet on the walk extending from the med- allion to Waterman gymnasium. 2. Engineering school seniors will meet on the diagonal south of the Library. 3. Students in the arch~itec- tural school will gather directly behind the engineers on the same walk. 4. Medical school seniors will meet on the walk extending toward University hall. 5. Law students meet at the rear of the medical students on the same walk. 6. Dental students on the walk east of the Pharmacy building. 7. Seniors of the pharmacy school will folow directly be- hind the dentists. 8. Graduate students will meet on the walk extending southwest toward the Romance Language building. 9. Education seniors will Follow directly behind the grad- uate students and meet on the same walk. 10. Forestry Seniors will fol- low Education graduates. 11. Nurses behind Forestry students. 12. Business Administration school students Swill follow the Nurses. Members of the senior honorary societies and the Honor Guard will assist in the fomatlon of the ranks, NOTICE TO SENIORS Sobriety and normal conduct being necessary to .the continua- tion of the Swingout tradition, the Swingout committee and the University request that members of the class of 1932 act as gentle- manly and ladylike as possible during the ceremonies this after- noon. Richard L. Tobin, Swingout chair- man, said last night. They will also attempt to keep the marching as orderly as possible. In case of rain, the assembly will meet directly at Hill auditorium at 3:45 o'clock. CAPONE CONSIGNED TO ATLA N-TAJAIL Michigan Ferguson Waterbor, Superko, Diffley, c l3raendle Petoskey, Daniels,2 Manuel,1 McNeal,r *Douglas Tompkin **Kracht ***Wiste- AB RHPO A , f ........7 0 1 1 0 ss ........ 8 1 2 2 7 3b .........5 0 2 1 5 ........... 7 0 2 8 3 ,y If . .. . .. .. 5 .0 0 0 0 rf ........ 7 1 1 531 2b.. ... . 61132 lb .... .. 7 0 2271 p .......... 4 0 0 0 7 ..2 .... 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 s, p ..... . ..20 312483 .gs . . . . ." V 0 0 0 0 . . . . . . . .60 3 12 48 30 Totals State Madonna, s..... ... Cuthbertson, 2b Fawcett, rf ...... Morse, c ............ Eliowitz, lb ........ Griffin, p ........... Kircher, if .......... Gafner, cf......... L~anger, 3b ....... AB R 6 0 6 0 7?1 6 0 6 1 5 1 6 0 7 0 5 0 H PO 2 5 1 1 2 2 2 11 2 21 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 A 4 6. 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 CONDITIONS IN INDIA ARE DESCRIBED IN LETTER TO UNIVERSITY STUDENT To tL as...........54 3 14 48 18 *Batted for McNeal in the 11th. *Ran for Tompkins in the 16th. * "Batted for Ferguson in the Score by innings: State... 000 011 001 0000000 0--- 3 Michigan 001 000 200 000 000 0- 3 Game called on account of dark- ness. Errors-1Madonna, Morse, Eliowitz, Griffin 2, Kircher, Waterbor, Braen- dle. Two base hits--Gafner, Diff- ley. Three base hit-Superko. Home run-Eliowitz. Stolen b a s e--Ma- donna. Sacrifice hits-Cuthbertson, Eliowitz, Griffin, Kircher, Langer, Superko. Stmek out-by McNeal 7; by Griffin 7. Bases on balls-off imffilt 4: off Tomnkins 2. Hit by Conditions in India under the British repression regime are de- scribed in vividly graphic terms in a letter written from India by Mrs. Kamaladevi Chattopadhya, a lead- ing native political light, to Rajul Shah, Grad., a relative at the Uni- versity. Mrs. Chattopadhya, sister-in-law of Mrs. Sarajina Naidu, the noted poetess and political leader, pro- tests in the course of the letter against the extremity of the police measures forced upon the natives at Ahmednagar. The protest, how- ever, is not a despairing one, but is tempered by the hope that the I n d i a n idependence movement "must meet success," although the fight is likely to be *"very long drawn-out. "Things are very different now," she writes, "from what they were last time. The repression is fearful Everyone of us was locked up under the Ordinances even before the ,I that. Failing this, to be re-arrested and convicted for anything ranging from a year to three ears. Thik time we have broken no law, done nothing, and why, like habitual criminals, we should be asked to sign the police register is more than I know. I "The press is also very' badly gagged. They are hardly able to re-, port things so there isn't sufficient publicity. Half the things that hap- pen are never known. "Many more women have come torward this time and the number )f women convicted is much larger. That is a very welcome feature and the government resents it deeply. "I am afraid this is going to be a very long drawn-out fight. There isn't much chance of a pact or peace in the air. There is a dull, heavy sense of sadness hanging over the land. It is all terribly sad. In very many cases husband and wife have both been convicted with the result the homes are broken. Scarface' to! Be Removed From Center of Operations to Split up Gang. CHICAGO, May 3.-.()-In a last ninute shift of plans "Scarface Al" 'apone tonight was consigned to .he Federal prison at Atlanti, far xrom the city whose underworld he tuled, and far from fellow gang- Aters in other prisons. The Government, with its three- jear objective of putting Capone behind prison bars in sight, de- cided to remove the gangster as far as possible from the center of his operations and to split up still more the powerful gang it has crushed with income tax prosecu- tons. The change was made only a few hours before Capone was to have started for Leavenworth, Kan. It was in accordance with the