THE MICHIGAN DAILY w Bridge Talks Begin Tonight At The League John Mathis To Instruct In Culbertson System; To Give Ten Lessons There will be no excuse for trump- ing your partner's ace or overbidding a bridge hand after tonight. The per- son who only plays "at" Contract is going to be out of luck this season 'or he will have few sympathizers. A series of bridge lectures will show hiim a way out of his troubles. The first lecture will be given at 7:30 to- night at the League Building. Miss Faith Ralph, '34, is chairman of the project which is being sponsored by the Michigan League.. Culbertson's system of play will be taught by Mr. John Mathis who comes here by personal recommenda- tion of Mr. Culbertson. Mrs. Mathis will assist her husband. There will be a series of ten le- - tures each dealing with a separate phase of the game. Tickets may be purchased for the entire series for $2.25 or it is. possible to buy tickets Eor single lectures for 25c thus mak- .ng it possible for those who already aave a general knowledge of the game o attend only those lectures in which hey are particularly interested. The other members of Miss Ralph's committee are Katherine Thompson, 34, Virginia Hartz, '35, Dorothy Eood, '35, Rosemary Osburne, '35, Alice Morgan, '35, Neda Dover, '34, Marie Murphy, '35, and Ada Dunbar, 34. Women students at Louisiana State University averaged 1.397 points out of a perfect three, while men scored only 1.125. Parents To Hear Talk On Children's Religion A series of six talks for parents, to begin Nov. 2, on the general sub- ject "The Child's Approach to Re- ligion" has been arranged under the direction of a group interested in the problem of providing a religious background for their children. The talks will be given by prominent members of the University faculty and others eminent in the field. It is planned tohave each talk followed by a half hour of questions and discussions. The group will meet on Wednesday afternoons from three to four o'clock in the Alumnae Room of the League. Each week the problem will be ap- proached from the particular point of view of the speaker. Prof. DeWitt H. Parker will present the subject as viewed from the field of philosophy. Prof. W. R. Humphreys will discuss the best method of presenting the Bible as a story book for children, and Rev. Henry Lewis will speak of the child in relation to the church. Other speakers will be Prof. Louis I. Bredvold of the English depart- ment, Miss Helen Platt, principal of' the Eberbach School, and Prof. Mar- tha G. Colby, of the psychology de- partment. The complete program will be announced later. Christian To Entertain At Dedication Of Organ Prof. Palmer Christian of the School of Music will play at the ded- ication of the new organ in the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Dec. 8 in New York City, it was announced yesterday. Other concerts scheduled for the University organist include the Wo- men's College at Oxford, Ohio, Nov. 5; the First 'Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, Dec. 4; and a memorial pro- gram at Steubenville, Ohio, on New Year's Day. Conservationists Will Meet Here This Week-End Fifty Expected To Answer President Ruthven's Bid; To Have Run Of Campus Matthews To Speak McCallum, Zon Will Talk On Legislative Program, Attend Football Game Forest land owners and others in- terested in the best means of con- serving and handling Michigan's for- ests will gather here Friday and Sat- urday for their sixth annual conven- tion, it was announced yesterday by Dean S. T. Dana, of the School of Forestry and Conservation. The convention, opening Friday morning and continuing until Satur- day noon, will include three business meetings during the two days and a luncheon on Friday. Fifty Expected About 50 are expected to attend in response to the invitation issued by President Alexander G. Ruthven and making available all of the facilities of the University. The University, however, is not sponsoring any legis- lative program, and will take no part and have no interest in legislative discussions carried on by the group, Dean Dana explained. Although actual owners of forest lands will make up the greater part of the, attendance, there will also be a good representation from the fol- lowing government agencies: the State Conservation Department, the State Tax Commission, Michigan State College, and the U. S. Forest Service which consists of two branch- es, the administrative branch, of which Milwaukee is the headquarters for the Lake States region, and the research branch, of which St. Paul is the headquarters. Both branches will be represented. The Friday meeting will begin at 9:30 a. in., with D. M. Matthews, pro- fessor of forest management here, giving a paper on the financial as- pects. of destructive logging. The luncheon will be held at 12:30 p.m. President Ruthven will greet the con- vention at this time. G. P. McCallum, president of the Detroit, Mackinac, and Marquette Land Co., will give the report of the timberland owners' committee on the proposed legislative program at the Friday afternoon meeting, beginning at 2 p.m. To Meet In Union Action on this report will be taken at, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, and the ses- sion will continue at 10:30 a.m. with Rafael Zon, director of the St. Paul branch of the U. S. Forest Service, speaking on "Developing a Land Util- ization Program for the Upper Pen- insula." All meetings will be held at the Union. Will Exhibit Samurai Coat of Armor Given to Baseball Team r, VOTE TODAY By RALPH G. COULTER bronze, lacquered black outside and A complete suit of samurai armor, red inside. The color effect is gener- presented to use the donor's own ally one of black lacquer and bronze, words, "in commemoration of Miehi- with blue cotton embroidered on the gan University Baseball Team's Jap- collar and knee pads. The leather an Tour, 1929," by Meiji University construction makes the whole consid- of Tokyo, and now belonging to the erably lighter than steel armor, Mr. athletic department, has been loaned March commented. to the University Museums, and is in Conditions in Japan during the age process of preparation for exhibition, of the samurai were much like the according to Benjamin March, cura- better-known feudal ages in Europe, tor of the Division of the Orient, Mr. March explained. Each knight Museum of Anthropolegy. was entitled to carry two swords, the "This gift is especially significant," longer of which was known as the said Mr. March, "when one considers soul of the samurai. the code of the samurai, or knights The samurai served as retainers to. of old Japan, and the implication the diamios of the provinces, who in made by its presentation to one of turn were subject to the emperor, or our invading baseball teams. Their tothe shogun, the military dictator code was called bushido,' and con- who from the fourteenth century tamed the elements of sportsman-unith Meirfominwa ship common to modern Japanese strong enough to overshadow the youth in its athletic activities. The former. gift, therefore, is a recognition of' 'samurai' qualities in Michigan ath- Grade School Teachers letes." Visit Saginaw Forest Mr. March explained that the sam- urai were traditional figures in Jap- Correlation of forestry principles anese history before the Meiji restor- with elementary school education is ation of 1868, when the army was re- being studied by public school teach- organized and equipped in the mod- ers in visits to Saginaw Forest, ex- ern manner. The particular suit perimental tract of the School of given to the University is probably Forestry and Conservation. well over 100 years old, Mr. March Sixty teachers from Wayne County, said. More can be told of its individ. eager to learn how to interest their ual history when the crest is studied. pupils in forestry and explain the ob- This crest, which appears on the jects and methods of conservation, back of each hand guard, represents were the first to receive instruction crossed feathers and four diamonds, by members of the Forestry School which might be either that of a fam- faculty. Other groups are expected ily, or that of a "daimio," or feudal from Alpena, Charlotte, Saginaw, and knight, whom this knight served. other points. The suit of armor itself forms a distinct contrast to medieval armor Oregon Repeals Auto with which the western world is fam- Ban In State Colleges iliar. The helmet, arm defenses and leg defenses are of heavy bronze, but PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 25.-The the body armor is composed chiefly stormy life of the auto ban has been of heavily lacquered leather rather a brief one in the state university and than of metal. The plates of leather colleges of Oregon. The new and are joined with cotton tapes, and much opposed ruling went into effect the arm pieces are combinations of at the opening of school in Septem- bronze chain and narrow semi-tubu- ber and was repealed recently with lar plates sewed to a cotton sleeve, minor reservations. The ban was or- The anklets and wristlets are lined dered by the State Board of Higher with buckskin. Education in Oregon and affected all The face piece is formed of lighter state institutions. WASHTENAW - INDEPENDENT r JOHN TOWNSEND . ...... ..Pres. POLLY WALKER .......Vice-Pres. CONSTANCE BEERY.........Sec. BILL DIBBLE ............. Treas. Room 25 A.H. 4:00 to 5:45 P. M. 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The convention proper will be pre- ceded by an informal meeting of those interested in the Saturday morning land utilization subject with Mr.Zon at 2 pah. Thursday in the dean's offce. All who attend will be guests of the University at the Michigan-Princeton football game Saturday afternoon. Music Teachers Will Discuss Requirements Plans to hold a special meeting of the Commission on Curricula of the National Association of Schools of Music Thursday and Friday at Cin- cinnati were made public yesterday by Earl V. Moore, University Musical Director and president of the asso- ciation. The commission will discuss stan- dards of admission of new applicants for membership in schools of music, and requirements for graduate de- grees. The association's regular meeting will be held in December. On Thursday night Mr. Moore will conductathe chorus and soloists in a presentation of Bruch's o ra to r io, "Cross of Fire," to be presented by the choir of the Saginaw Congrega- tional Church. 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