earner occasional snow, moderately cold Y. r fr iga aiti Editorials Non Profit - Yet High Price; Take The Hellt Of Nell Week. No. 100 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, FEB. 21, 1933 PRICE FIVE I I t rmty i Break Speaks Here Today enate Act ly 12 Freshmen Given 'erruission T o ove nto Fraternity Houses, tates Dean's Office of ators Warned By Council Heads Special Fund To Aid Girls In A.G.D. Fire Loss Of Wardrobes May Force Co-Eds To With- draw From University $12,500 Damages To Sorority House Dean Lloyd To Subscribe Money From Emergency Fund For Women Varsity Wins 35-10 Against Cbicagro Five Maroons Hold Michigan In First 12 Minutes Before Wolverines Open Up Small Crowd Sees 8th Big Ten Game House Resolution (;ivIe" Legislature Act Powcer (irver Banks To Comstock So Garner With Up8 Leads In Scoring 18 points;, Chalks Field Goals ,. Be dged Men May Eat Houses As Relief sure; Checkup To Vlade Immediately 2 freshmen have been grant- ,ission to move into frater-! Lses under the ruling recently y the Senate Committee on Affairs, it was revealed yes- it the dean of students' of- first year men are living in ies without having obtained on from Dean Joseph A. it was learned last night. nen, and members of the fra- into which they have moved, e to severe punishment for a i of the ruling," Edwin T. president of the Interfrater- ncil, said last night. le Governing Freshmen iling states that all first year > desire to move into frater- ust present the dean of stu- th a written statement from ent's parent or guardian con- o the arrangement, and they scholastically eligible for ini- nto a fraternity. w Interfraternity Council rules n stretched as far as possible the financial crisis which the houses are experienc- irner said, "but violation of 3 as they now stand will be CARVETH WELLS Carveth Wells Will Appear In Lecture Today British Explorer To Give An Illustrated Account Of 'Noah's Home Town' Peculiarities of a bit of ancient civ- ilization, "Noah's Home Town," will be described at 8 p. m. today in an illustrated lecture by Carveth Wells, British explorer and purveyor of fan- ciful truth, who will appear tonight at Hill Auditorium as the Oratorical Association's fifth presentation dur- ing the present school year. Although the statements of Mr. Wells have invariably been substan- tiated by scientists as cold truth, the lecturer has a way of making facts ,appear to be fantastic lies. Lack of credulity on the part of audiences has, according to the explorer, re- sulted in a number of amusing ex- periences during lecture tours.: Having begun his globe trotting as an engineer employed to survey a railroad in the Malay peninsula for the British government, Mr. Wells was, according to his own account, so enthralled by the amazing odds and ends of nature and civilization existent in the world that he has since spent all his time collecting motion pictures and still photographs of these oddities, together with com- plete data regarding them. The out- set of his Work as a lecturer com- menced in western United States, where, stranded following his return from the Malay Peninsula, he was forced to lecture in order to keep from starving. That which he had to offer met with instantaneous ap- proval. The explorations of Mr. Wells have in many instances resulted in valu- able additions to scientific knowledge. I Notable among these achievements were his observations concerning the periodic migration of lemings in Ice- land. In addition to the material set forth in his lectures, Mr. Wells has added to popular knowledge by pub- lishing several books, notably "Six Years in the Malay Peninsula," "In Coldest Africa," and "Adventure." Checks will be accepted for tickets at the box. office tonight. Several gins may oe forced out of school as a result of the fire that swept the Alpha Gamma Delta soro- rity early Sunday morning at 1322 Hill street. Although Dean Alice C. Lloyd has arranged to turn over special sums from the Emergency Fund to the group, the total loss of clothing may force several of the women to with- draw from school, Reta Pearl Mc- Omber, '33, president of the organi- zation, said last night.; The group has not decided upon temporary quarters as yet, although several houses have been investigat- ed. The former residence was dam- aged to such an extent that it is doubtful whether it can be utilized and rebuilt. Plans for building a new home at the same location will not be considered until officers of the Na- tional organization can get here to investigate conditions. Must go Home Florence Hiscock, Grad., chairman of the executive committee, said that only two girls remained in Ann Ar- bor while the rest had gone home to make arrangements for new ward- robes. She would not comment upon which of the eleven girls that were in the house at the time of the fire; would be compelled to withdraw from school. i Latest estimates by insurance agents of the damage place the fig- ure at $7,500 on the house and be- tween $4,000 and $5,000 on the furn- ishings. All the bedrooms were de- molished, except three in the front on the second floor. The fire had swept up the back stairs from the basement, where it started in the waste-paper receptacle. Miss Agnes Barker, house chaperon, was awakened by the crackling of flames in the kitchen immediately below her bedroom. None Injured She went into the hall to awaken the girls and found that the back of the house was in flames. The occu- pants of the second floor ran down the front stairs while those on the third used the ladders on the back of the house. All escaped unharmed, although a few had bruises to show for bumps that they received while trying to pass through the smoke- filled halls to safety. After all of the occupants were out, the fire continued up through the third floor and the roof and started back down the front of the' house: then the firemen stopped it. Eileen Lutzenhiser, Spec., called' the fire department at 5:45 a. m. When she came down the front stairs (Continued on Page 5) Freshmen who have been granted permission to live in fraternities will be given a written notification of such action, which must be presented to the president of the house into which he intends to move. All house presidents were warned by Turner to see that freshmen who have not taken the proper course be obliged to obtain permission at once. A check-up will be made shortly to see that the ruling is being obeyed, he added. All freshmen not having permission, he indicates, will be re- quired to move out. z Depledged May Eat in houses First year men who must be de- pledged when official notification of their marks are sent out by the dean of students' office will be permitted to eat in fraternity houses. "This lenient interpretation of the ruling has been made in view of the eco- nomic stress of the houses," Turner stated, "and we hope to change it so that freshman who have been de- pledged must sever all connections with the fraternity as soon as times are better." "Under no circumstances are these men to go through "Hell Week," however, Turner continued. "The main objective in depledging men is to give them an opportunity to raise their marks, and we believe that "Hell Week" seriously h a n d i c a p s their scholastic work." Depledged men will be eligible for rushing by other fraternities than those with which they have been af- filiated, Turner stated, and a list of these men will be published within the next week. Council Votes Down Appeal For R.F.C. Loan The perennial Ann Arbor water question, where to get it and how to pay for its procurance, came to a sudden, complete standstill in a meeting of the Common Council last night in City Hall. The Council voted down, 13 to 1, a resolution introduced by the Water Commission asking that "the Com- mon Council of Ann Arbor make ap- plication in amount of $210,000 to the R. F. C. to establish in fact whether this loan can be had." It did By JOHN THOMAS Chicago held Michigan for twelve minutes of the first half but from then on the Wolverines had things their own way and won easily, as expected, 35 to 10. Big Ed Garner was the only Maize and Blue player to hit the basket for more than one field goal, making seven.He added 18 points toghis to- tal and stretched his string to 85 points made in Conference competi- tion. He added four fouls to his seven baskets for the 18 points while the next high scorer for the Wolveer- ines was Petoskey with four points. Chicago presented a close-guarding quintet that held the Wolverines for the first half of the first period of the game. However on offense they could not find the basket, although they had plenty of shots. Evans and Wegner each made three points to lead their scoring. Garner made three pivot shots af- ter his one-handed manner in this half in addition to four fouls. Michi- gan held the lead of 17 to 4 at the half.. In the second half Garner got four field goals before he was pulled in favor of Wistert near the end of the ;ame. Black, Teitelbaum, Seeley, Wistert, Petrie, and Oliver replaced the original starters. Of the substi- tutes Petrie, Black and Oliver played good basketball. Michigan 35, Chicago10. Purdue 42, Northwestern 20. Indiana 36, Minnesota 25. Illinois 29, Wisconsin 15.6 Ohio State, 38, Iowa 23. Comedy lub Will Produce Mystery Play 'Three Times The Hour' To Be Presented During First Week Of March "Three Times The Hour," a mys- tery play by Valentine Davies which was produced in New York last year is to be put on by Comedy Club March 2, 3 and 4 at the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre, it was announced last night. Valentine Davies is a Michigan graduate, having been president of Comedy Club during the year 1925- 1926; since then she has been doing dramatic work in New York. This play has only been shown in New York and Boston before its presenta- tion here. The play itself is very unusual, ac- cording to officials of Comedy Club, and should be technically as well as. dramatically of great interest to a student audience. All three acts of the murder mys- eery take place at the same time on, different levels of the same house. The characters move out of one room in the middle of an act and in the following act reappear in another room at the instant in which they, left the first. This is the first play recently pro- duced in which this device has been used t secure time unity, Mary Pray, '34, president of Comedy Club, said yesterday. Charges Against Student Revoked By Complainant Charges that Ralph E. Taylor, Grad., was driving while intoxicated have been withdrawn, it was learned yesterday. A complaint charging Taylor with driving while drunk was filed by Jack Chyz, of Detroit, following an acci- LANSING, Feb. 20. - (MP)-The Michigan House of Representatives tonight adopted a resolution declar- ing an emergency to exist, thereby giving Gov. William A. Comstock vir- tual dictatorial power over the op- eration of the state's banks. The Senate adopted the resolution last week. Under provisions of the bill the governor may extend the existing holiday if necessary, or may continue restriction on withdrawal of funds by bank depositors as long as he deems it necessary. Revolution Is Unlikely In U.S, Says I. Lovett Chicago English Professor Talks On 'Literature Of Revolt' In Speech Here The United States is one of the countries of the world in which revo- lution is least likely to occur, Robert Morse Lovett, professor of English at Chicago University and nationally known for his liberal writings, de- clared last night in a lecture on "The Literature of Revolt" in Natural Science Auditorium. It was the sixth of a series of talks being sponsored by the League for Industrial De- mocracy. "Violence in this country is un- likely to be fruitful because there is no political or economic capital com- parable to Paris or Moscow," he stated. The diversity of economic and personal interests also would preclude any general revolution, Prof. Lovett added. Discuss Socialism In Alpha Nu Talk A-rationalization of views of free- dom is needed in this country, ac-1 cording to Robert C. Steen, whose1 talk, "Socialism from the Students' Viewpoint," was delivered last night before Alpha Nu, national honorary speech society. Mr. Steen presented the view of a struggle between the owners and, workers. "There are two classes of people in this country," he said. "Thej first is those who own the means of production, but do not work them- selves, and the second is those who work to produce but do not own." Mr. Steen applied the term "slaves" to the working classes, say-1 ing that he did so not with the in- tention of bringing to light the true conditions under which the "wage- slaves" of today work. Oratory Contest Announced Fort University Ment Chicago Alumni Medal To Be Given To Winner;1 Meeting Called Thursday Official announcement of the 1933 University Oratorical contest was made last night by speech depart- ment officials. Carl G. Brandt, of the speech department, will meetz men who are interested in writingt orations at 4 p. m. Thursday in the} Alpha Nu room, 4003 Angell Hall. c The final winner of the contest will be awarded the Chicago Alumni Medal, which Mr. Brandt describes as, "The most beautiful medal award- ed to university students anywhere3 in the country for any line of; achievement." Tentative plans also include a trip to Chicago for the win- ner, who will speak before the Chi- cago Alumni Association. This year for the first time it is not necessary that contestants use a strictly oratorical style. Extempore speaking or a combination of both styles is permissable. This ruling is in line with the desire of the speech department to make the contest prac- tical rather than extremely oratori- cal. The first preliminary contest is tenatively scheduled for the first week in April with the finals early Prophecy Fulfilled Associated tress I'Itoto Rep. John Nance Garner (Dem., Tex.,) saw his prediction of last week come true yesterday when the Heuse of Representatives adopted the Blaine resolution. E New iProblems. Confront States In Repeal Fight Prof. E. Brown Discusses Questions Involved In Convention Method :.. . Four major questions will face the legislatures of the various states in the ratification of the repeal amend- ment passed yesterday by the House, Prof. Everett Brown of the political science department said last night in explaining the unprecedented pro- cedure which the convention method will entail. The legislatures, according to Pro- fessor Brown, will be forced to de- cide upon the following questions: 1. How are delegates to the con- vention to be nominated? 2. When are they to be elected? 3. How are they to be elected? From the states at large or from dis- tricts? 4. If elected by districts what unit will be employed? "The action of Congress in sub- mitting the proposal to repeal the 18th amendment to the states is of the utmost importance," Professor Brown said. "Not only is it the first time that an attempt has been made to repeal. a constitutional amend- ment but it is also the first time that the convention method has been used since the constitution itself was ratified. ."All amendments up to now have been ratified by the legislatures of the states. Since the proposed method of ratification is unprece- dented many interesting questions have arisen. One of these already seems to have been answered. This was as to whether Congress had the power to provide all the rules and regulations governing the conven- tions or whether its power ceased with the proposal, leaving all details connected with the ratification to the legislatures of the respective states. The latter view was adopted by Congress. It remains now for the state legislatures to take the action necessary for the calling of the con- ventions." Women Will Try Out For Daily Thursday Freshman women who wish to try out for the editorial staff of The Daily should report to Mar- garet O'Brien, '33, 4 p. m. Thurs- day, at the Student Publications Building. Although it was pre- viously stated that the tryouts would be Wednesday, they have been postponed because of Wash- ington's Birthday. Women trying out will have an Michigan M Lead Wet Par Tentative Approval Given To Plan Would Submit Measu To People At Gener Election On April 6t1 LANSING, Feb. 20.--(M)--Propos to put Michigan at the head of t list of states ratifying repeal of t prohibition amendment were consi ered by Gov. Comstock and membi of the legislature today. Plans to let the people name de gates to a ratifying convention in t general election April 3 were tent tively approved. The governor a legislative leaders agreed that prom legislative action to this end is d sirable. Two measures were under seric consideration. One, aavanced by R4 Miles F. Callaghan, Republican, R City, would designate the legislato as a state convention to act upon peal. It would be submitted to t voters in April, and if approved them, the legislature almost imM diately could swing into action as convention. "It would eliminate all expen and would greatly expedite matters Callaghan said. "The people in p: could vote to designate members- the legislature as lelegates to ti convention. Members of the legis ture are assembled here. They a organized. As soon as the eledtio vote was canvassed the legislatu could assemble in convention at ratify. There would be no delay R organization, no milage or ho bills." Submission of prohibition repeali the states by Congress touched o keen rivalry among the states to among the leaders in ratifying V amendment to end the Eighteer Amendment. With enough legislatures now session to dispose of the axmendme this year if they take a tion, leade in many sections of the country k no time in getting things starte From a large number, howeverirea tions were still to come last night. As the first of the states were a ing, President-elect Roosevelt in N York expressed gratification of it action of Congress. He coupled with hopes that this short sessi of Congress would carry out one m proposal of the Democratic platfor of last year by passing beer legisl tion. 1 'Ensian Issues Call Today Fr Staff Tryout Business Group To -Me At 4 P. M. Today; Edito Says Teacher On Radii Business tryouts for the 'Ensi will report today at 4 p. m. at ti business office of the publication 4 the second floor of the Student Pu lications .Building on Maynard John A. Carstens, business manage. stated yesterday. Tryouts will be given general bu ness experience and especially in Vt department of accounts, sales, adve tising and organizations. Manage of these departments are chos from the tryouts in the spring their sophomore year and the f lowing year the business manager chosen from them. Editorial tryouts for the 'Ensia are reporting every afternoon in t editorial office, Benjamin McFa Bill Introduced In II Would Allow Solon Sit As Convention TaX Resolution Introduced In hWilliams Will Senate Friday A joint resolution introduced Fri- day in the Michigan Senate pertain- ing to the fifteen-mill tax limitation amendment, was explained yesterday by Harold D. Smith, secretary of the Michigan Municipal League. The legal aspects of the resolution were checked by Prof. E. Blythe Stason, of the Law School and Clarence Wilcox, corporation council, of Detroit. It proposes to submit an amendment to the electorate this spring that would clarify the millNtax amend- ment. According to Mr. Smith the pro- posed amendment would definitely exempt cities and villages having charters setting taxing limits at higher than 15 mills from following the provisions of the amendment. Mr. Smith said that the measure would also permit taxes to be raised in excess of the fifteen mill limit for Give Talk In LeagueToday To Tell Of Political Crisis Confronting President- Elect Franklin Roosevelt "Can Roosevelt Meet the Present Crisis?" is the subject which Howard Y. Williams, national director of the League for Independent Political Ac- tion, has chosen for his talk to be delivered at 8 p. m. today in the League. Mr. Williams has recently returned from Washington, where he has had interviews with more than 25 lead- ing progressive Senators and Repre- sentatives. He will tell of many of these interviews, placing emphasis on the political problems which are fac- ing President-Elect Franklin D.