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VOL. XLI No. 161

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1933

PRICE FIVE d

Traditions To,
BeFeature Of
de le
Alumni, Parents. Here To
Witness Lantern Night,
Spring Class Games
Duckings In Huron
Increase Rivalry
Tug Of War Over River
At 4:15 P. M.; Kipke,
Yost To Speak Tonight
Parents and other visitors arriving
in Ann Arbor for the opening Spring
Homecoming festivities will turn to
three Michigan traditions-the' an-
nual freshman-sophomore tug of war,
Freshman Night, and Lantern Night
-for. the bulk of their entertain-
ment today. A marked shift towards
an old-style underclass rivalry has
been noticed on the campus in the
past few days, with duckings in the
Huron River and roving bands on
the outlook for opponents giving rise
to rumors of "kidnap" plots and
hints that class officers were alter-
nately mobilizing their men and
seeking shelter.
At any rate, the classic tug will
begin at 4:15 p. m. today over the
Huron River near the Wall Street
Bridge At 3:30 p. m. freshmen fra-
ternity men and independents will
meet at the Union in old clothes,
the fraternity men with their iden-
tification cards ready so Union com-
mitteemen can check representation
to determine the winner of the 15-
inch silver cup donated by Green's
cleaners to the house having the best
proportion of their underclassmen
out. The sophomores will go through
the same procedure, meeting at 3:30
p. m. in front of Waterman Gymnas-
ium.
To Supervise Tug
Union committeemen and repre-
sentatives of the Student Council will
jointly supervise the tug, and will re-
check the fraternity participants.
Three separate tugs of wr will be
staged, the first a free-for-all with
as many men as desired on each
side, and the next two with 50 picked
Freshmen and sophomores par-
ticipating in the tug of war were
warned yesterday that they must
observe two rules: (1) No one will
be allowed on the railroad tracks
during the tug of war; and (2) no
object of any sort may be attached
to the rope.
men on each end of the rope, it was
announced yesterday. One point will
be given for each pull.
The Saturday morning contests
will include two flag-rushes, each
counting one point, and a hog-tying
contest, which will also count one
point.
Out of the six points in the games,
one class will have to win four in
order to win the games.
Band Will March
The Varsity Band will leave Morris
Hall at 7:30 p. in., marching to Pal-
mer Field where Freshman Night
will be celebrated at 8 p. in., to be
followed by Lantern Night at about
8:30 p. m. Coach Harry Kipke will
give the main address at Freshman
Night, while William Elliott, '33, of
the Student Council, and Fielding H.
Yost, athletic director, will also speak.
The band will give a program of
Michigan songs and the traditional
M-blankets are expected to be award-

ed.
Immediately after this program is
completed, Hugh Grove, '34E, who is
in charge of Spring Games and the
tug of war, will turn the festivities
over to Catherine Heeson, '33, who
will lead the Lantern Night line of
march. Fouir leaders and eight aides,
elected on the basis of their activi-
ties and scholarship. have been
chosen from each class to lead their
respective groups. The senior women
will wear caps and gowns, and will
carry lighted lanterns which they
will pass on to the junior women.
Leaders and aides will wear white.
To Form "M"
The procession will begin at
Mosher-Jordan Halls. After march-
ing to the field where an "M" will be
formed, the women will be called out
for presentation to Mortarboard, Sen-
ior Society, and Wyvern, junior hon-
orary society. After Lantern Night,
the band will lead the way to free
shows at the Michigan and Majestic
theatres.
During the afternoon exhibitions

Drys On Council Make State
Street Beer Sale Improbable

Regardless of x orney-General
Patrick O'Brien's ruling that the Di-
vision Street charter provision is in-
valid, the possibility of beer's being
sold on State Street are still remote.
This is because of the dry sentiment
manifested by leading members of
the city government, plus the legal
technicalities which make it possible
for them to delay any action when
they so desire.
The most important committee in
the city at this time, at least so far
as beer is concerned, is the bond and
license committee of the Common
Council. This committee was ap-
pointedabout one month ago. It
was appointed by the president of
the council, E. E. Lucas, whose votes
on every wet-dry issue which have
come before that body have been on
the dry side.
President Lucas named three men
to the committee. Two of these men
are professors; the other is a wet
from the Second Ward.
When the beer bill was passed at
Lansing, Ald. Leigh Young, another
professor, moved that all applica-
tions for licenses be presented to
this committee. The motion was ap-
proved.

Tuesday, when the application
blanks came down from Lansing, 52
merchants applied for licenses.
Among these applicants was a large
group from east of Division Street.
Wednesday afternoon the bond and
license committee met and discussed
the applications.
There was a meeting of the coun-
cil that night. When Ald. Walter
Sadler, chairman of the committee
and a University professor, named
the approved applicants it was noted
that not one from the east side of
town had been approved. This, ex-
plained Alderman Sadler, was because
of the Division StreeL charter. The
committee had been instructed to
examine the character and the place
of business of the applicants. Inas-
much as the State Street applicants
were east of Division Street, and the
charter prohibited the sale of beer
in that section of the town, no State
Street applications were approved.
He was sorry, Alderman Sadler said,
but there was really nothing that
could be done about it.
Wet councilmen then again asked
City Attorney William Laird if the
charter provision was valid. And
again he said it was. There was
some discussion concerning drug
(Continued on Page G)

25,000 Jobs
For Veterans
Are Secured
Men Placed In Foreign
Conservation Corps; To
Investigate Bonuses
Roosevelt Pushes
Tariff Truce Plan
Discuss Silver Question
With Representatives Of
China And Mexico
WASHINGTON, May 11.--P)~-
President Roosevelt today made room

Of Legal Beer;

Michigan Welcomes Return

Thousands

Throng Downtown Gardei

State Joins Wet Parade
As Sale Begins In Many
Restaurants, Clubs
Liquor Commission
Machinery Stalled

Good Will
Will e

Free Shows
Held Tonight

Local Stores Rushed As
Hundreds Of Cases Of
3.2 Brew Are Dispensed
General Celebration
Causes No Disorder

Detroit
Close
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Police Plan
'Blind Pigs'
AA, . gst c

To
As
Aid

for 25,000 unemployed War veterans ! I-A U ieh s it1Lifl -t
in the foreign conservation corps, but DETROIT, May 11.-(A)-Michi-
put aides to investigating fully the gan, first state to vote repeal of the
situation regarding bonus payment ( Eighteenth Amendment, joined the
demands, and prepared to take up beer parade of states tonight with
with the Cabinet a far-reaching pub- an enthusiastic chorus of "prosit,"
lic works and industrial control bill. "gesundheit," a n d "skoal" from
His State Department officials, t housands of throats about to be

Parents and students with blue
Family Banquet tickets stubs will
be admitted to the east-side door
of the Michigan Theatre, and to
the south-side door of the Majes-
tic Theatre tonight at' the free
shows. Police and Union com-
mitteemen will attempt to con-
trol the crowds.
Contributions to the Student
Good Will Fund will be accepted,
although free-showers are not re-
quired to pay. Those who wish
are asked to drop coins in the
boxes which will be placed in the
lobby.
The show at both theatres will
be "Ex-Lady," with Bette Davis.
Pillsbury Will
Present Russel
Lecture Today

Campbell Terms
Goldsmith Play
A Good Comedy
Tickets On Sale Today
For Play Production's
Last Spring Show '
"Contageous fun-a sure-fire com-
edy" were the words with which Prof.
0. J. Campbell of the English de-
partment characterized the comedy
value of "She Stoops to Conquer,"
Play Production's forthcoming play,
to be presented Monday and Tues-
day nights, and Wednesday and
Thursday matinees in the Laboratory
Theatre.
Goldsmith, the author, and Sheri-
dan, his contemporary, brought
mirth back into comedy during the
Eighteenth Century, according to
Professor Campbell.
"Comedy has become so decorous
and so 'low' with reference to the
social station of the characters, that
Goldsmith sought to produce boist-
erous laughter," he said. In "She
Stoops to Conquer" the writer satir-
izes the sentimental, dialect type of
comedy.
The play was taken ,according to
Professor Campbell, from an inci-
dent from Oliver Goldsmith's boy-
hood. He had been directed to the
house of a squire instead of an inn,
and the plot centers around follow-
ing circumstances.
"She Stoops to Conquer" has not
lost any of the humor over the period
of 150 years since its writing, he
continued. "It opened the doors to
comedy outside of London with its
rollicking mood. It is contagious in
that it runs along without interrup-
tion."
Tickets for the play will be placed
on sale at 10 a. m. today at the box
office of the theatre. Prices for the
night performances are 35 cents, the
matinee showings, 25 cents.
63 Students Get
Commissions In
Reserve Corps
Commissions as second lieuten-
ants in the Officers Reserve Corps of
the United States Army were pre-
sented to 63 members of the grad-
uating class of the Michigan Univer-
sity battalion of the Reserve Officers
Training Corps at a military assem-
bly yesterday afternoon in Hill Audi-
torium.
Maj.-Gen. Frank G. Parker, com-
manding officer of the Sixth Corps
Area and the Second Army, present-
ed the commissions and addressed
the battalion, the Varsity-R. O. T. C.
Band, and members of the University
Committee on Military Affairs.
"The R. 0. T. C., though a mili-
tary organization, is primarily a
builder of citizenship, and the Regu-
lar Army as an institution believes
in peace as well as protection," Gen-
eral Parker told the graduating offi-
cers, in defending the nation's mili-
tary policies.
"The army and navy are the sole
co-ordinators of the physical forces

Tag Sale For Fresh
Air Camp Nets $650
Over $650 has been raised for
the support of the University Fresh
Air Camp from the campus tag
sale, the donations of various fra-
ternities and sororities, and con-
tributions from towns-people and
faculty members, s t u d e n t s in
charge of the drive to raise funds
stated last night.
Leaders of the drive expressed
satisfaction with the results of
yesterday's tag sale, which netted
the camp $400. Requests for fac-
ulty support were sent out late
and it will be impossible to deter-
mine the final results of the drive
until these subscriptions are re-
ceived, leaders of the drive ex-
plained last night.
Pharm aBcutcal
Group Hears
Talk Bjy LaRue

worked strenuously to assure the de-
sired tariff truce pending the world
economic conference, going over the
German position with Dr. Hjalmar
Schacht, the special envoy of the
Reich. Also, they went extensively
into the silver situation with repre-
sentatives of China and Mexico, two
of the most important silver coun-
tries.
Congres meanwhile wrestled with
legislation, the Senate voting on a
series of amendments to the gasoline!
and electricity tax bill, and the
House turning back attacks on the
independent offices appropriation
bill with its important rider carrying
new economy powers for the Presi-
dent. Neither chamber reached a
final vote.
The Muscle Shoals legislation was'
advanced in conference to a point
where early agreement was expected.
The big Farm Relief and Inflation
bill awaited tiomorrow's retur# of
Speaker Rainey so it might be sent

moistened with legal brew for the
first time in 15 years.
The 3.2 per cent beer went on sale
at 6 p. m. in restaurants, hotels, beer
gardens and clubs throughout the
state, and in nearly every city, village
and hamlet, celebrations were in
progress.
The overtaxed machinery of the
newly created liquor control com-
mission broke down under the deluge
of last-minute demands for licenses
and State revenue stamps, but the
commissioners indicated that for to-
night, at least, the forces of the law
would not bear down too hard on
technical violators.
There were few signs of a rush at
6 o'clock in Detroit, but a few hours
later the tables began to fill andthe
flow of beer approached flood tide.
Hotels and many restaurants report-
cd that all of their tables were re-
served for the celebration which
would continue into the wee small
hours of the morning. While itis

I

to President Roosevelt with all the illegal to sell beer after 2 a. m: and
propersignatures, before 7 a. in., beer sold before 2
rThe cominttee hearings on both a. m. may be delivered and consumed.
Senate and House sides pushed for- In Detroit police launched a de-
Senae ad Hose ide pused or-termined offensive against blind pigs
ward the administration rail regula- oeraing insthe a nuber es
tion bilk, next of the major measures ,operating in the city, a number es -
to be brought up for action timated by officials at 7,500. Supt.
tohbe brugdhtial ep f John P. Smith of the police depart-
The presidential move to help vet- ment issued orders to all precinct
erans to jobs was made as hundreds inspectors to "close and keep closed"
of bonus seekers filtered into the every speakeasy in the city. He said
city, most of them going to the gov- "now that people have beer, I be-
ement-provided shelter at Fort lieve they will be willing to help
Hunt, 10 miles out in Virginia. handle the blind pig situation."

Production Of Rubber
Described; Johnson
Elected President

Is
Is

Prof. Carl D. LaRue of the botany
department, who has spent three
years in Sumatra and three years in
Brazil engaged chiefly in the study
of rubber production, gave an illus-
trated lecture of his observations in
the tropics before the May meeting
of the Detroit Branch of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical Association, held
last night in Natural Science Audi-
torium.
Felix Johnson, '33P, was elected
president of the Detroit group for
the coming year. Hamilton Whit-
man, '36P, and Florence Hartsuff,
Spec., were chosen to the student
council.
At meetings of the Pharmaceutical
Conference held during the day in
the Union, talks were heard on a
wide variety of topics. President
Alexander G. Ruthven greeted the
conference, telling a large group of
visiting pharmacists that research is
inseparable from instruction and
service, and so logically a part of the
University program.
Dr. C. W. Edmunds of the Medical E
School outlined drug addiction con-
ditions in countries throughout the
world, Dr. H. B. Lewis, also of the
Medical School, spoke on vitamins
and hormones, and Dr. Nathan Sinai
of the division of hygiene and public
health told the group that "techno-
logical unemployment" is present in
medicine as in every other field. Dr.
Russell W. Bunting of the dental
school spoke on the causes of tooth
decay.
Ira S. Dunning, Oldest
Michigan Man, Is Dead
AURORA, Ill., May 11.-(AP)-Ira
Smith Dunning, 98, oldest graduate
of the University of Michigan, died
late ye:terday in a hospital. He
graduated from the engineering
school at Ann Arbor in 1863. Dun-
ning was born in Sodus, N. Y. Fu-
neral arrangements have not been
completed.

Junior And Sophomore
Cheerleaders Announced
Robert McN. Burns, '36, Ted R.
Evans, '36, Van A. Dunkin, '36, and
Joseph H. White, '36E, were selected
as sophomore cheerleaders at try-
outs held yesterday afternoon, ac-
cording to Thomas B. Roberts, Jr.,
'34, head cheerleader. Hov/ard P.
Kahn, '36, and Alvin F. Zander, '36,
were appointed alternates.
At the same time Varsity cheer-
leaders were announced for next
year. John C. Healey, '35, Joseph E.
Horak, Jr., '35, and Robert E. Wolfe,
'35E, received the junior appoint-
ments.
Interfraternity Council
Members Mleet Alumni
A joint meeting of Interfrater-
nity Council representatives and a
committee of secretaries of national
fraternities here to investigate the
fraternity situation met last night
and drew up a tentative plan, after
discussing various phases of the prob-
lem, which it is believed will remedy
present conditions.

Three Indian
Skeletons Are
Unearthed Here
Three skeletons, uncovered by
workmen yesterday near the Stadium,
were declared to be of early Indian
origin by Dr. W. B. Hinsdale, curator
of the division of the Great Lakes,
Museum of Anthropology, who with
several other members of the muse-
um staff went out to excavate the
skeletons.
The discovery of pottery frag-
ments in the grave led to the belief
that the bones were Indians buried
before the coming of the white man
because the Indians threw away all
their earthen pottery and adopted
the white men's utensils when they
could, according to Dr. Hinsdale.
Two skeletons, of a man and an in-
fant, were removed to the Museum
yesterday while the third was left
until today. Absence of any teeth
in the smaller skeleton made it
known that it was of a young child.

'The Unit Of Experience:
Gestalt Or Meaning' To
Be Subject Of Address
The eighth annual Henry Russel
Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Wal-
ter B. Pillsbury, head of the psychol-
ogy department, at 4:15 today in
Natural Science Auditorium. It was
erroneously reported in yesterday's
Daily that the lecture was scheduled
for Thursday afternoon instead of
Friday. Dr. Pillsbury will speak on
"The Unit of Experience: Gestalt or
Meaning." The lecture will be illus-
trated with slides.
Dr. Pillsbury was selected for this
honor by the Executive Council of
the University Research Club in rec-
ognition of his achievements in the
teaching of psychology. During the
past years he has come to be known
as a national authority in the field,
according to officials here.
His selection adds another well-
known name to the growing list of
famous Michigan faculty members,
who have received the honor since
its institution in 1925, it was said.
Prof. Moses Gombrg was the first
to receive the Lectureship, in the
academic year 1925-26. In 1926-27
Dr. Frederick G. Novy was selected;
in 1927-28, Prof. Henry A. Sanders;
1928-29, Prof. Aldred S. Warthin;
1929-30, Prof. Claude H. Van Tyne;
1930-31, Prof. William H. Hobbs;J
and last year Prof. Jesse S. Reeves
was chosen.
At the time of the lecture today
the winner of the Henry Russel
Award, made annually to a member
of the faculty not ranking higher
than instructor or assistant profes-
sor, will also be announced. This
award carries a cash prize of $250, as
does the lectureship.
In past years the list of winners
has included many who have come
to be important in the history of'
Michigan, University authorities say.
The first winner was Prof. Carter
Goodrich, in the academic year
1925-26. In 1926-27 Prof. Albert
Hyma was chosen; in 1927-28, Prof.
Laurence M. Gould; 1928-29, Prof.
John Alexander; 1929-30, Prof. CarlI
L. Hubbs; 1930-31, Prof. Earl L.
Griggs; and in 1931-32 Prof. William
L. Ayres.
Ten Men Initiated
To Triangles Group
Ten sophomore engineers were ini-;
tiated into Triangles, junior engi-
neering honor society, yesterday aft-
ernoon. A banuqet at the Union
followed the initiation.
The new members are Edward
Jaros, Philip Singleton, Joseph Wag-
ner, Don Pomeroy, Henry Felker,
Kenneth Cogger, Martin Mortensen,
Maurice Demers, James D. Nicholls,
and Stanley Cejka.
Phi Eta Sigma Officers
Elected For Next Year -
Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honor l
society, held its elections yesterday
afternoon. The officers elected were:
Samuel Lipsky, '36, president; Letch-

One Restaurant Sold Out
At 11:30P.M.; Evening
Marks End Of Dry Rule
By WILLIAM G. FERRIS
That highly publicized combination
of malt, hops, and an appropriate
amount of alcohol-beer-went on
sale at 6 p. m. here yesterday for
the first time since 1918, and it was
greeted by a large experimenting and
quite generally satisfied audience.
The brew, in fact, went flowing
down curious throats at a rate to
make downtown merchants think,
and almost convince themselves, that
the proverbial good-old-days really
had returned. Restaurants, grocers,
and drug stores sold Budweiser,
Prima, Eidelweiss, Stroh's, Kings-
berry, and other brands to thousands
of Ann Arbor citizens and University
students.
The general opinion was that the
beer was good. There were 'some, of
course, who delighted in calling it
"vile," but that group appeared to be
in a lonesome minority. To the great
number of people it was fine, re-
freshing, and reminiscent.
Statistics were difficult to procure
last night. Most of the stores were
so rushed they had no idea of how
many bottles they had sold. But at
the Davenport restaurant on East
Huron Street the entire stock was
sold out at 11:30 p. m. Besides three
barrels of draught beer, they had sold
44 cases with 24 bottles in a case.
Each bottle was priced at 15 cents.
The largest student crowd was at-
Preketes Beer Garden, formerly the
Sugar Bowl, on Main Street. But all
the other restaurants selling beer-
Pullen's Cafe, William Seagert's
(which was formerly a saloon),
Rice's Restaurant, the German-
American Restaurant, the Allenel
Hotel Restaurant -- were equally
crowded.
At the police station no intoxica-
tion and no disorder was reported.
So far as the police staff was con-
cerned it was just another night. And
the police admitted the temper of the
crowd was one of happy self-con-
tentment rather than riotous tree
climbing. Beer came back, ousted gin
for the night at least, and left the
imbibers mellow rather than blood-
thirsty.
To Hold Annual
Spring Election
Next Thursday
Student Council President,
Council, Students On
Boards Will Be Named
Thursday, May 18, was the date
set for the annual all-campus elec-
tion at a recent meeting of the Stu-
dent Council. President of the
Student Council, sophomore mem-
bers on the Council, student members
of the Boards in Control of Student
Publications, the Student Christian
Association, and Athletics will be
chosen besides six vice-presidents of
the Union.
Balloting will take place from 9
a. m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p. M.,
at a voting station to be located on
the Diagonal Walk in front of the
Main Library.
Each of the groups mentioned will
nominate its own candidates, two for
each available job. Those for posi-
tions on the Council will be selected
at a special meeting to be held Mon-
day night. Next year's president will
be elected from two nominees which
the council will name, and sopho-
mores will be named for the ballot at

the Monday meeting.
The Union nominating committee
will meet at 6 p. m. Sunday in the
Union to select not more than two
candidates for each of the six vice-
presidencies. One vice-president each
is elected from the literary. and the

SiX Plays To Afford Powers
A Chance To Prove Verso
By BRACKLEY SHAW sufficient comment on hi
On the stage Tom Powers is an ex- Mr. Powers tells the sto
cellent actor but off-stage he sheds not long ago in New Yo
his presence and becomes mortal. producer called him up
Mr. Powers, who is to have leading that at last the perfecti
parts in all six of the plays to be actor had been found-it
presented on the Dramatic Season a backwoods Kentuckyi
program, arrived in Ann Arbor yes- complete with an accent
terday. had Mr. Powers started
Of the six roles which he is to script when another prod
have during the season he has never him jubilant with the n
played five and all of the characteri- last the role had bee
zations will be of widely varying which he was waiting.
types. of a cultured English g
In "Another Language" he will 65, an Oxonian aesthe
portray a Babbitt, an unimaginative typical English clipped s
clod of the American lower middle in two days a third pro
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atility
is versatility.
ry of a time
rk when one
telling him
role for this
t was that of
mountaineer
t. No sooner
reading the
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news that at
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It was that
gentleman of
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peech. With-
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