The Weather Mostly cloudy, snow; colder: Thursday colder. LL ~t igan jDatt Editorials Michigan The Champions Of The West; The Grand Old Party A Chronic Minority. M VOL. XLII No. 45 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16, 1932 PRICE FIVE C U U State School Presidents To Open Meeting University Of Wisconsin Regent To Speak; Group Will Adjourn To Lansing Rotr Luncheon, Tea For Members Religious Instruction Will Be Subject Of Ruthven's Opening Address Today Addresses by Frederick B. Robin- son, president of the College of the City of New York, Daniel H. Grady, regent of the UniveIsity of Wiscon- sin, and Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven, president of the University will open the annual convention of the Asso-. ciation of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions in Ann Arbor today. After a one-day meeting here the group will adjourn to East Lansing Thursday morning, where the re- mainder of the four-day convention will be conducted under the auspices of Michigan Sate College. Founded in Ann Arbor The Association was founded in Ann Arbor in 1920 at an educational convention which was in session at the time of President Burton's inau- guratiop1. As a part of that program a.special meeting of regents and trustees of various institutions was held and it proved so profitable to them that a permanent organization was affected. The convention will open at 10 a. m. at the Michigan Union. After roll call, President Ruthven will speak on Th'e gnization of Religious In- structiol in a State University." Clif- ford W. Mills, chairman of the com- mittee on athletics, will present the report. of. that committee, *hcb will then be discussed by the asembly aS a whole. The Rotary club will entertain the conventionrat luncheon, whre Dr. Grady, who "gradated from the Michigan Law School in 1894, will speak. The afternoon will be devot- ed to a tour of the campus and the organ recital by Palmer Cristian at 4:15 p. m. Tea will be served at the President's residence at 5:00, and dinner at 7 at the Michigan League. Robinson to Speak Mr. Robinson will speak at 8 p. m. in the Lydia Mendelssohn theatre on, "If Anything Is Wrong With Formal Education, What Is It?" At 10 a. in. Thursday morning the convention will meet at the Union to leave for Lansing. Charles F. Ward, president of the association and president of the University of Mis- souri, will deliver the president's ad- dress at 2 p. m. in the Little Theater of the Home Economics building. there Other speeches will follow dur- ing the next two days by Webster H.I Pearce, state superintendent of pub- lic instruction; M. M. Chambers, honorary fellow, Ohio State Univer- sity; Prof. Solomon S. Huebner, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania; and Robertj S. Shaw, president of Michigan State College. The program will conclude with the Michigan state-University of De- troit football game Saturday after-] noon.- Ann Arbor Merchants Plan Dollar Day Sales Friday will be Dollar Day in Anna Arbor. The Retail Merchants Division of the Ann Arbor Chamber of Com- merce has announced plans for a day of saving. More than sixty merchants{ are co-operating. Arrangements include special pro-{ visions for the parking of cars, spe- cial luncheons to be served in restau- rants and many other features to help the shopper take advantage of the sales in Ann Arbor stores. Mr. F. C. Cahow, of the Cahow Drug Store, who is in charge of park- ing arrangements, told The Daily yesterday that he would announce specific regulations at some later" date. The general affairs committee in- cludes H. F. Straus, C. A. Wolf, Paul Proud, Fred Schmid and Julius Schaefer. Each member represents a leading Ann Arbor store. Marauders Enter Gasp Station, Get Over $140 President, Irs. Hoover View Damn Science Talks Delivered On ManyTopics Members Of Academy Of Sciences G iv e Papers In Lydia Mendelssohn Public May Hear Meetings Today Dr. William Beebe Sends Report, Was Unable To Attend In Person Experiments demonstrating every- thing from the probability that sleep is a hardening of proteins to the pos- sibility that a newly discovered in- tercellular communicating system will reveal the nature of the nerve impulse were described at yesterday's sessions of the National Academy of Sciences in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Prof. William H. Hobbs, of the ge- ology department, and one of the University of Michigan's four mem- bers of the Academy, delivered an il- A complete account of the lec- tures today, together with a pro- gram of the public sessions to- morrow, appears on page six. (Associatct! Press .Photo) President Hoover inspected construction progress at the Hoover, dam, the gigantic project along the Colorado River, on his return trip to Washington from California. Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur, who spoke here recently at a Unionis s t-'th the President and Mrs. Hoover. State S treet Wins Fourth Class Election Van Zile, Pardee, Farley, Hilty Chosen To Head Freshmen Class State Street ran through the last class election of the year with -full force yesterday when the freshmen of that party ran up a plurality of more than 112 votes, giving State Street itr Iourthi decisive vi~tery of the year. Phillip Van Zile, Delta Kappa Ep- silon, is the newly-elected president, having received 228 votes to his op- ponent's 96. Helen Farley, Mosher- Jordan, defeated Florence Kemp, Alumni House, for the vice presidency by a margin of 223 to 111. Mary Jean Pardee, Betsy Barbour and Kappa Alpha Theta, ran a few votes ahead of the party, polling 231 to Virginia Almand, Mosher-Jordan and Gamma Phi Beta, who received 97 for the office of secretary. Bob Hilty, Phi Kappa Psi, defeated Wil- liam Dixon, Kappa Sigma, by a vote of 228 to 100. The results were officially accept- ed by the Student Council at its weekly meeting last night. It was also decided at the meet- ing to hold a send-off for the foot- ball team Thursday afternoon as the Varsity eleven leaves for its last game of the season at Minneapolis, Minn. Junior elections in the Business Ad- ministration School will take place from 3:30 to 4:30 p. m. tomorrow in room 206, Tappan Hall, it was an- nounced last night at the Council meeting. Sophomores in the engineering col- lege will also go to the polls tomor- row at 10 a. m. in room 348 W. Engi- neering building. All sophomores are excused from classes at this hour, according to Alistair Mitchell, chair- man in charge of the elections. Joseph F. Zias, Student Council president, denied yesterday that he had deliberately withheld from the Freshman State Street party the fact that the class o1936 elections had been advanced one day. He pointed out that immediately after the Stu- dent Council meeting at which it was decided to advance the election, pub- licity had been given to the fact in a small story in The Daily. Freshman Lunch Clubs Report Big Attendance An attendance expected soon to in- crease to more than the proportions of last year is reported at the two Dean's Freshman Luncheon Clubs, meeting weekly at the Union. The clubs, named the Potawatomis and the Miamis, after two Indian tribes who traditionally inhabited this region, are a continuation of last year's groups, which "made a valu- able, unforgettable link in forming long-standing friendships," in the words of members of last year's DisGe Will lustrated lecture on past and present expeditions to study the Greenland ak es vstem continental glacier. Professor Hobbs discussed the findings of these expe-' ditions and their bearing on the anti- St. Lawrence Waterway cyclone theory. To Be Topic Of addres A paper prepared by Dr. Willianj ss Beebe, well-known explorer and na- At Trade Conference tural scientist, was read. Dr. Beebe was unable himself to be present. His Prof. F. N. Menefee of the Engi- paper set forth a preliminary ac- neering mechanics department will count of the deep sea dives in -the address the St. Lawrence Seaway and Bathysphere he has helped develop, with special reference being made to International Trade Conference to- "Teone descent of 2,000 feet. day in Ietroit on the subject, "The Dr. d n H. H ae, director of the Great Lakes Industrial Plant and the . .,h . -oological laboratories of Harvard St. Lawrence Waterway," it was an- i University, described the hitherto pounced last night. little known transmission system be- Professor Menefee has been study- tween cells of animal bodies. Accord- ing the waterway problem for severalj years. He is listed in the Science and Engineering Who's Who. His talk will be at 11 a. m. today at the Book- Cadillac Hotel. The treaty with Canada to provide the waterway has been signed by President Hoover, but it yet remains to be approved by the Senate. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt has intimated on several occasions that he is op- posed to the measure. WATERWAY CONFERENCE OPENS DETROIT, Nov. 15.-(A)-A drive to bring about the mid-west hope for a waterway to the sea got under way here today, with representatives of trade and civic interests in the Great Lakes area gathered for the St. Lawrence Seaway and Interna- tional Trade conference. With the chief purpose of the con- ference expressed by one of its speak- ers as "to analyze the opposition and its claims and to prevent . . . in Washington all available testimony favorable to construction" of the seaway project, 100 delegates held all-day sessions and planned to re-. sume tomorrow their discussions. Resolutions urging the Senate to ratify the St. Lawrence treaty with Canada were expected to be drafted before the close of the conference, while a Canadian speaker, O. E. Fleming, Windsor, Ont., attorney, de- clared the carrying to completion of the seaway to be entirely up to the United States. ing to Dr. Parker this inter-cellular action is as important to the life pro- cess as the circulation of blood and lymph. eadig Oxford Economist Will Tax Cut Bill Has Lead Of Over_23,000, Amendment To Force The Limitation Of Property Taxes Is Approved 126 Precincts Are Not Yet Reported Pearce Declares Measure Will Jeopardize School District Funds LANSING, Nov. 15. - (P) - The probability that Michigan's constitu- tion will be amended to force a limi- tation of $15 a $1,000 in property taxes has precipitated a state-wide controversy. Latest returns from last Tuesday's election show the proposed tax lim- itation amendment has a lead of more than 23,000 votes for the affir- mative. Most of the 126 precincts missing in this computation are in territory where a majority in favor of the amendment is indicated. May Bankrupt Schools The controversy over the amend- ment found Attorney General Paul W. Voorhies claiming it will force a complete revision of the state taxa- tion system. From Webster H. Pearce, superintendent of public instruction, came the opinion it will bankrupt many school districts and jeopardize the primary school fund. On the other side of the question, Hal H. Smith, counsel for the Michi- gan Manufacturers Association, de- nied the amendment will precipitate a turnover in the tax system. He said it will demand only minor eco- nomies in the operation of the state and local governments. While those opposed to the amend- ment have claimed it will necessitate new forms of revenue, the Michigan State Grange, strong advocate of the measure, contends the reduction in the average tax can be met by strict economies. . Revenue Is 'Problem "The average tax rate in 1931 Was $32.38 per $1,000 of valuation," Voor- hies said. "The first major problem which would result from adoption of the proposed amendment would be to find additional sources of revenue. The local subdivisions have practical- ly no way in which to raise money except through the property tax." Voorhies and Pearce agreed the primary school fund will be jeopar-. dized by the amendments, the latter said the fund this year would have been $3,000,000 less had the limita- tion been in effect. He estimated it will decrease about $1,000,000 a year in the future as debts are gradually retired. The primary school fund is com- prised largely of payments by utili- ties. The rate paid by these groups is the average tax rate of the state. To reduce this rate to $15 a $1,000 will mean a drastic drop in the primary school fund, opponents of the amend- ment claim. Libby Holman Is Exonerated; Walker Freed S t a t e Releases Actress Because Of Insufficient Evidence To Convict WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Nov. 15. -(IP)-The State today wiped out the murder charge it had placed against Libby Holman Reynolds and nine- teen-year-old Albert Walker shortly after the fatal shooting last July of Smith Reynolds, her milionaire hus- band and a chum of Walker. Solicitor Carlisle Higgins nol- prossed the case, with a brief an- nouncement that a thorough study of the evidence against Mrs. Rey- nolds and Walker convinced him that the State would not be justified in pressing the charges. The an- nouncement came as a brief and un- spectacular interlude at a petty lar- ceny trial. "In my opinion," he said, "a trial on the evidence we have would pro- duce one result only-a verdict of ac- quittal." The case was officially ended at 12:20 p.im., when Judge A. M. Stack, presiding in Superior Court, direct- Council, committee Cooperate On Date Coincidence? Well, maybe, and then again, maybe not. Anyway,'the Student Council had a meeting at which they de- cided that the Soph Prom would be on Dec. 2 ant: that the price of tickets would be $3. At the same time the sophomore committee had a meeting at which they de- cided without the help of the Council's advise, that the dance should be on Dec. 2 and that the price of the tickets should be $3. Maybe it was a case of mental telepathy or maybe the Lord just got tired of seeing people dis- agree with the Council and sent one of his angels down to guide the sophomores in their confer- ence. Reduce Price f Soph Prom; jTo Be Dec. 2 Belgium Joins In Appeal For Debt Revision; Europe W aits Demnpcratic Congressmen Say Congress Will Not Pass Reduction; Hoover To Talk With Roosevelt President Denies Favoring Extension Belgian Note Similar To French, British, State Department Offi cials Hint; To Be Made Public WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-(P)- While European capitals waited anxiously today for America's answer to French and British requests for a renewed study of the war debt sit- iation and an extension of the Hoo- ver moratorium, a third request for such action was received at the state department, this one from the Bel- gian government. President Hoover, meanwhile, was speeding, eastward to dig into the problem with his advisors here and