The WeatherA Increasing southwest winds, C becoming fresh, partly cloudy Wal Tuesday. Figi VOL. XLIII No. 88 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JAN. 24, 1933 Editorials onsult The People About ter Changes; Hockey Game ht And The Crowd Roars. PRICE FIVE CENTS Lam Dck Act Gets Approval Of 36th State Norris Bill Becomes 20th Amendment; Missouri's Vote Ends Long Fight Action By States On Proposal Rapid Was Passed By Michigan Legislature In March; Makes Five Provisions WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-(IP) - After 10 years of trying, and a hun- dred of waiting, the United States modernized its political machine to- day, by eliminating defeated officials -the "lame ducks"-from govern- ment. A Twentieth Amendment was writ- ten into the Constitution, declaring that after this year both the Presi- dent and the newly chosen Congress Prof. Jesse S. Reeves, head of the political science department, com- mented as follows on the ratification of the amendment: "We should all be gratified. While the 'Lame Duck' amendment will not guarantee a bet- ter government at Washington, it will do more to tone it up than any change of recent years. Would that it had been in effect during the pres- ent inter-regnum." shall take office the January follow: ing November's election and that the short session, which for so long has clogged the political machinery with its ineffectiveness, shall be held no more. The present one is the last. Final Action Rapid Thirty-six states of the Union rati- fied the Amendment in less than one-tenth the time it took to con- vince Congress that the country de- manded abolition of this lumbering antiquity. Mic igan ratified the Amendment' in Ma 1932. Missouri dompleted the ratifica- tion, seizing the distinction of being the thirty-sixth state by a wideawake maneuver. Its House was to meet at 2 p. In. to act on the amendment already ratified by the Missouri Senate. The Massachusetts House was to do exactly the same thing but had the one-hour advantage of being in the Eastern time zone. The Mis- souri Speaker rounded up his mem- bers for a session at 10 o'clock in the morning, and the job was done in next to no time. The provisions of the Amendment follow: PROVISIONS SECTION 1. The term of the Pres- and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representa- tives at noon on the 3d day of Jan- uary, of the year in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. SECTION 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law apppoint a different day. SECTION 3. If, at any fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President-elect shall have died, the Vice President-elect shall become President. If a Presi- dent shall not have been chosen be- fore the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President-elect shall have failed to qualified, then the Vice President-elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President-elect nor a Vice President-elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as Pres- ident, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly un- til a President or Vice President shall have qualified. Gives House A New Power SECTION 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the r ersons from whom the House of Repr' sentatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice Presi- dent whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them. SECTION 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of +his. ae Proposal Accepted i -Associated Press Photo SEN. GEORGE W. NORRIS R.O.T.C. Awards Announced B y Major Edwards Company B, First Platoon Of Company F, Winning Squad Given Medals Announcement of the winners of the semi-annual drill competitions held by the Reserve Officers' Train- ing Corps has just been made by Maj. Basil D. Edwards, commanding officer of the department. Company B, under the command of Cadet-Captain MacLellan J. John- ston, '35, was judged to be the best drilled in the batallion. Johnston will receive a gold medal and the men in his company will receive service ribbons in the University colors. In platoon competition the first platoon of"company Fwas chosen. It' is,.commnanded by. Cclt-ieu~en- ant Maurice A. Pettibone, '33. Petti- bone will be awarded a silver medal and the men under him will also get service ribbons. Cadet-Corporal Ed- ward P. Hall, '35E, commanded the winning squad. Announce New Varsity Debate Question Today Mass Education Called The Most Interesting Subject In Years; Tryouts Soon With the official announcement of the 1933 Western Conference debate question, plans for tryouts for the second semester Varsity squad are complete, according to Coach J. H. McBurney, of the speech department. The question as accepted by all the member schools will read, "Resolved, That a Limitation of Enrollment in W e s t e r n Conference Universities Should Be Effected by Raising the Scholarship Standards." "I believe this question will inter-. est University audiences more than anything we have debated in recent years," commented Mr. McBurney, in making public the statement. Try outs have been announced for the afternoon of Feb. 15. The 20 who have reported and signified their in- tentions of trying out will be cut to a much smaller unit at that time. Conference debates for the semes- ter will be held early in March with Ohio State at Columbus and Indiana here. In addition to these regular debates meetings have been tenta- tively scheduled with the University of Detroit, City College of Detroit, New York University, and Notre Dame University and will be held in Ann Arbor or the vicinity. Hirschfeld Pleads For Use Of Straight Thinking Pleading for the use of straight thinking in everyday life, Dr. C. F. Hirschfeld, head of the Detroit Edi- son Research Laboratories, last night urged engineers to apply their tech- nical training to the solution of pres- ent day economical and social prob- lems. Dr. Hirschfeld declared that many of our modern problems are contrary +onv nicano .1nne aofinvaieeansn Tokio Orator Sees Possible War With U.S. Former Party Spokesman Criticizes Tie Japanese Military Diplomacy 'No Uneasiness' Is Minister's Answer Count Uchida Declares That Foreign Policy Is Liked By People TOKIO, Jan. 23.-()-The spokes- man for one of Japan's principal po- litical parties declared in the Diet today that unless relations between Japan and the United States are im- proved they will produce renewed armaments competition and possibly a world war. This statemnt was made by Hita-.. shi Ashida, formerly chosen spokes- man for the Selyukai party, who de- livered the boldest criticism of the current military domination of Jap- anese diplomacy heard in Parliament since the Manchurian conflict began in September, 1931. In response to Ashida's assertion that "a gloomy situation" rules re- lations between Japan and America the foreign minister, Count Yasyua Uchida, declared that "there is no uneasiness concerning our relations with the United States." Ashida questioned the desirability of the army's domination of diplom- acy and asserted that the public was afraid that "we are being dragged blindly into an uncharged pitch-dark abyss." "Where is the government leading us?" he asked. "What is to be Ja- pan's future?" He urged Gen. Sadao Araki, the minsiter of war, to "forsake the no- tion that the army is almighty." His criticism was directed against the methods and not against the sub- stance of the .government's plicy in Manchuria. Count Uchida responded that the foreign policy was conduct- ed "in accordance with the will of the people and in co-operation with the army." Publisher Talks To Journalis Class Pointing out that the greatest pub- lic service in the journalistic field is rendered "in a small way" by the lesser newspapers, A. L. Miller, pub- lisher of the Battle Creek Enquirer- News, in a lecture here yesterday outlined three ways in which the press could render important public service during the present crisis. The trifold policy he advocated in- cluded: (1) moderate editorials dur- ing local critical situations, cooling the passions of extremists; (2) sup- pression or coloration of news stories of a potentially dangerous nature; (3) the exposure of malicious propa- ganda. Speech Class Loses To Business Men In Debate Members of Professor G. E. Dens- more's extension class in public speaking defeated members of his campus team in a debate held last night in the Adelphi room of Angell Hall. The question debated was, Resolv- ed, That capital punishment should be adopted in the State of Michigan. The members of the extension team supported the negative and the cam- pus team the affirmative. The decision as given by Prof. Floyd K. Riley, of the speech depart- ment, was in favor of the negative, Delay Action On Freshman Rooming Rule Senate Committee Fails To Set Meeting Date; Action May Come Soon Landladies Must Be Told Of Change Survey Shows That 282 Yearlings Would Move; $5,000 Saving Possible Although fraternities are waiting for a verdict on the ruling that would permit freshmen to live in chapter houses, no definite plans had been made last night for a meeting of the Senate Committee on Student Af- fairs, the body that must decide the matter. Yesterday, Joseph A. Bursley, dean of students and chairman of the committee, indicated that perhaps the meeting would be held at the end of this week or the beginning of next week. Officers of the Interfraternity Council again warned first year men that they must inform their land- ladies that they may move out of their rooms before Friday of this week if they plan to live in fraterni- ties provided the ban is lifted. The proposal to amend the ruling was first brought before the Inter- fraternity Council by a group of fra- ternity men who claimed that it was the only means of saving several houses from financial disaster. After the plan was passed by that body, householders besieged the dean of students' office with complaints stating that the University's agree- ment with the householders had been; violated. In spite of the protests,, however, the Judiciary committee of the Council passed the amend- ment. A recent survey shows that 282 students would move into fraternity1 houses, if the ban is lifted. This would mean an approximate saving of $5,000 to the fraternities. The gravity of the fraternity sit-, uation was brought out at the last meeting of the Judiciary Committee when a plan was discussed to com- bine several fraternities which are experiencing financial difficulties. A committee has been appointed to in-I vestigate the possibility of such a move. Although some local chapters favor such action, it is doubtful if the national headquarters of the fra- ternities would permit it. Freshmen who failed to hand in preference lists last fall are eligible for pledging at 6 p. m. Friday, Feb. 10, according to the rushing rules of the Council. Constance Giefel hurt In Accident Constance Giefel, '33, of Ann Ar- bor, suffered head and body bruises when she w a s injured yester- day afternoon oy an automobile driven by W. A. Gingrich, 1118 Bald- win Ave. She was immediately taken to the Health Service where her condition was pronounced not serious by Dr. Margaret Bell after x-rays had been taken. She was confined to the Health Service for observation, how- ever. Miss Giefel had just stepped out of a car driven by her brother, Wil- liam Giefel, '34, and was crossing State Street at Jefferson Avenue. Ac- cording to her brother, Miss Giefel evidently misgauged the direction of Gingrich's car, which was turning the corner on to Jefferson Avenue, and walked into the car's side. By ELEANOR B. BLUM "Freshman women come to the University with a real desire to par- ticipate in athletics; if the classes in physical education have become a burden, then there must be some- thing wrong with the system," Mrs. Wilma T. Donahue, freshman adviser and assistant in the psychology de- partment, stated in an interview yes- terday. "Psychologically, anything com- pulsory meets with a certain amount of opposition and certainly the same amount of benefit does not accrue under compulsion. The fact that physical education classes are not of sufficient interest to hold the stu- dents is seen in the apparent dle- crease in the number of women who take physical education after they have finished the two compulsory years." That the freshman women display such a marked interest in athletics should guarantee a large attendance in non-compulsory classes. Almost the first question I am asked as Freshman adviser is "Mrs. Donahue, can I take tennis?" or "Is there a golf class?" Obviously something must account for the lack of enthu- siasm after their two years of com- Compulsory Aspect Of Physical Education Termed Objectionable pulsory gymnasium. Perhaps if the compulsion were withdrawn and in its stead more inter-class competi- tion set up, the system would be more popular, Mrs. Donahue sug- gested. Some of the interest manifested by the freshman is the result of high school successes, and when they come here and receive little or no opportunity to display any minor ability, their interest soon wanes-- partly because they are under force and partly because there is little competitive spirit within the gymna- sium classes. "Academic classes are almost en- tirely run on the assumption that the students come because they want to attain an end, and it seems to me that if physical education classes were run on the same principal the women would see that the end they should seek if the physical fitness to carry on academic work." "The interest and enthusiasm that would be the natural result of the withdrawal of compulsion and the installation of competitive tactics would react favorably both psycho- logically and physically," Mrs., Don- ahue concluded, "for anything that can be attained by natural means is always more desirable." Mic higa Conquers Minnesota Basketball Team's 34.22 Win Brings A Second. Place Tie With Wildcats; Garner Tops Scorers Last-MinuteRall Accounts For Win Eveland Leads Belated Spurt With Four Field Goals; Robinson Paces Gophers With 10 Points MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 23.--(P)- Michigan raced into a tie with Northwestern for second place in the Big Ten basketball campaign by whipping Minnesota, 34 to 22, be- fore 6,000 fans in the Gopher field house tonight. It took a valiant rally by the. Wol- verines to defeat Minnesota in the latter team's try for its first Big Ten triumph, Michigan driving up from the rear in the middle of the second half on the sharpshooting of Capt. Eveland. Held to a single foul in the open- ing period, Eveland connnected for four field goals and another foul shot in the Wolverines' charge. SUMMARIES Socialist Mayor Calls Economic Doctrines False Claims Machines To Society And Not Be Privately Belong Should Owned Plan To House Visiting Teams Wins Approval Fraternity Alumni See No Objections To Proposal; Houses Still Skeptical The plan to entertain visiting ath- letes in fraternity houses in order to cut athletic expenditures received the endorsement yesterday of H. Seger Slifer, accountant for several frater- nities, and W. E. Brown, Jr., both of whom are active in the Alumni In- terfraternity Council. The expense to the fraternities Michigan G F Eveland, f ........... .*.4 2 Plummer, f...........3 2 Garner, c ............6 2 The present doctrine of economy is fallacious and will only aggravate the depression, Dr. Marvin V. Baxter, socialist mayor of West Allis, Wis., said in a speech on "Men and Ma- chines" last night in Natural Sci- ence Auditorium. Dr. Baxter, who said he was trying to extend a knowledge of socialism to other people, declared that ma- chinery belongs to the whole human race and that social wealth should not be owned individuals. He said that the Socialist party believes that all industries that are used to ex- ploit man must be socially controlled. Council Turns Tax Discussion Into A Debate Dobson Assails Council, Alderman For Sanitary Sewer Extension Plans A special meeting of the city coun- cil called last night by Mayor H. Wirt Newkirk to consider the crisis in the collection of delinquent taxes and the mounting demands. on the welfare department, turned into a free-for-all debate. Councilmen accused City Treasur- er William Verner of trying to "pass the buck," and R. T. Dobson, ac- cused the council in general and alderman William Paton in particu- lar of attempting a breech of faith in proposing to extend the sanitary sewer beyond the limits previously specified. Dobson declared that he would swear out an injunction if the council passed the proposed meas- ure. Action was deferred. The council directed Treasurer Verner to make immediate seizures of goods belonging to personal tax delinquents after March 1. Petoskey. g............0 Oliver, g ..... ...... 1 Altenhof, g... . ...... 0 Petrie, g .............. 0' 0 0 0 0 6 TP 10 8 14 0 2 0 0 34 .. . 14 Totals ...... . . woul be at agtinimwzi ,,said Mr. Slifer, and would not be a hardship' on the houses. "With more than 50 houses on the campus, the total number to be housed by each frater- nity would be comparatively small," he said. "If the plan would help keep up competition in minor sports, I think the fraternities would be will- ing to make the small sacrifice." Mr. Brown said' that he thought the plan was "a might fine one," and could see no reason why it should not be adopted. He likewise pointed out that the burden placed on the fraternities would be small. Fraternity men looked on the plan with skepticism, however, and sev- eral houses stated that they were willing to keep members of their own fraternity but did not want to pledge themselves to take anyone the Coun- cil "pawned off" on them. The proposal would keep many of the minor sports alive, according to its backers, as several are now on the verge of cutting off intercollegiate competition. T, S. Eliot Will Talk On Poetry Today T. S. Eliot, who will lecture at 4:15 p. m. today in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre on "Edward Lear and Mod- ern Poetry," is qualified both as a poet and critic. Though American born and educated, he has been for 20 years a resident of England. Better known perhaps as a critic and editor of an English review, Mr. Eliot nevertheless has great prestige as a poet. TheodoretSpencer, review- ing his poetry in the January At- lantic Monthly, ranks him with Wil- liam Butler Yeats, who spoke here last fall. "With the exception of Yeats," Spencer says, "and it is hard to choose between them-he (Eliot) is undoubtedly the bes t of living Eng- lish poets." His lack of prominence is due to the scarcity of his poetical work and to its unusualness, which makes it difficult for many to under- stand, according to Spencer. State Supervisors To Open Convention Today The critical situation in the state in the matter of taxation and tax deliquency will form the principal topic for discussion at the annual convention of the State Association of Supervisors opening today at Lansing. Members of the Washtenaw County board are attending the meetings. Minnesota Robinson, f eh~ckI, f ... Wright, c..... Anderson, g .. . . . O'Connor, g .. Champlin, g .. G F TP ....... . s .. . . . . . .O. . . . . . .w.. L 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 Totals............9 4 22 Score at half: Michigan 11; Min- nesota 10. Personal fouls: Eveland 2; Garner, Petoskey, Altenhof, Sochacki, 3; Wright, 3; Anderson 3; O'Connor 2. Officials: John Schommer, Chi- cago, refree; George Lewis, Wiscon- sin, umpire. BIG TEN STANDINGS Ohio State......3 0 1.000 Michigan ........4 1 .800 Northwestern 4 1 .800 Wisconsin.......3 1 .750 Purdue.........2 2 .500 Illinois.........2 3 .406 Indiana ......... 1 2 .333 Iowa ............ 1 3 .250 Minnesota .......0 4 ,000 Chicago .........0 5 .000 Myra Hess Is Highly Praised By Music Critics The re-engagement of Myra Hess, British pianist, to appear Jan. 27 in Hill Auditorium, has created grow- ing excitement in Ann Arbor musical circles. Plaudits extended the pianist, how- ever, her popularity zenith, in Amer- ica, she has received comments the nature of which is indicated by a few scattered samples. Olin Downes, writing in the New York Times in 1930, called Miss Hess one of the few virtuosos who prove that the piano can be a medium of especial beauty. "The *public," he said, "which is very faithful to Miss Hess, and which grows with each season, is well aware of these facts and prove, its appreciation by pack- ing her hall whenever she appears. "The playing of Miss Hess grows each season in resource and charm. Her style is the product of artistic ment is steady, consistent, inevitable, traits deep within her. Its develop- ,and it seems to grow richer every year." Eddie Tolan Declares He Will Not Be Induced To Run Again DETROIT, Jan. 23.-(AP)-For be- spectacled little Eddie Tolan, whoseI short legs swept him to triumphs as sprint king of .1932 Olympiad, the heady wine of victory has turned overnight, to vinegar. Eddie Tolan, the speed flash, will never race again. One whole wall in Eddie Tolan's room is covered with gold and silver medals. Tables and cases are piled with trophies. The Olympic insignia games brought a massed stadium to' its feet. Eddie Tolan isn't complaining. But he believes that fame such as he earned is futile. Two weeks ago he got a job. He is a filing clerk in a county office here. His lifetime hope and dream of becoming a great physician is waning, for he has been unable to make enough to support himself and his parents, also unem- ployed for many months, and to Ensian Will Conduct 1-Day Sale Tomorrow The price of the 1933 Michigan- ensian will remain for a short time only at $4.50, or $3.50 with a pledge coupon, it was announced last night by John A. Carstens, '33, business manager. A one day campus sale of the yearbook will be conducted tomor- row, Carstens said, with the price at $4.50 for those who have not already purchased the coupons. The Lawyers Club will be com- pletely canvassed by 'Ensian sales- men tonight, he stated, and all sororities on the campus will be visited by the members of the wo-