The Weather Partly cloudy and cooler; Wednesday fair and warmer. mud A6r Ar 411 1 r t ttil AW 49 ~Iaitr Ei torials Fraternities Face A Natural Law; Sportsmanship At North- western. VOL. XLIII, No. 14 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, OCT. 11, 1932 PRICE FIVE CENTS - - - - -- Nellie T.Ross, Ray L. Wilbur To Give Talks Nationally-known Figures To Feature Washtenaw County Campaign Week Liquor Question To Be Debated Tonight Baptist Guild Speaker Democrats, Set Up In Ann Ar Republicans Headquarters bor' . The Washtenaw County political circus swings into action this week with the coming here of two national speakers and the centralization of the local campaign to the newly-es- tablished Republican and Democratic headquarters.' Nellie Tayloe Ross, former gover- nor of Wyoming will appear here to- morrow, speaking at a Democratic rally in the evening at the Whitney theatre. Mrs. Ross occupies a uni- que position in American politics, she having been the first woman to hold the office of governor in any state in the Union. At the death of h e r husband, Governor William Bradford Ross in 1923, she was elect- ed to fill his unexpired term. Only one woman has held the office of governor in any state since that time. Wilber to Speak Twice Mrs. Ross' address will be followed on Thursday with the appearance of, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, secretary1 of the interior speaking in behalf ofr the Republican cause. Dr. Wilbur, PROF. LEROY WATERMAN Dr. Waterman Says Churches Have BeenLax Speaker At Guild Takes' As Subject, 'Basis Of Optimism In Religion' Churches have not rallied to their place in dispelling the general des- pair which has enveloped the world because of the economic depression, declared Prof. Leroy Waterman of the Oriental Languages department, speaking on "The Basis of Optimism in Religion" before a group of faculty members and students at the Baptist Guild House Sunday night. Referring to the various religions of the world, as he would to stocks a n d bonds, Professor Waterman stated that in his judgment, "Baptist Preferred" was "rising steadily, with coupons payable in the next world if not in this"; Spanish Catholic he characterized as having "crashed several years ago; Mexican Catholic," he said, "has gone on the rocks bad- ly, figures having been compiled to show the extent of the loss." Returning to a more serious vein, i Ex-Sen. Reed Hits Hoover's War Policies, Gives Democratic Answer To President's Opening Campaign Speech Raps Farm Board For Wheat Buyings' Brands 'Untrue' Statement' That Country Nearly Had To Quit Gold Standard DES MOINES, Ia., Oct. 10.-(1)- Former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri in the Democratic reply to President Hoover's opening campaign speech, tonight asserted the state' ment that the country was nearly forced off the gold standard to be "absolutely untrue." Speaking in the coliseum where the President last week opened his active campaign, the Missourian also re- ferred to a statement on Gov. Roose- velt's tariff views as "willful perver- sion of the truth," and referred to the body of the President's address as "a series of incorrect statements and unjustifiable deductions." In devoting a large portion of his address to reviewing both war-time and post-war activities of Mr. Hoover which he said were detrimental to increased prices for farm products, the former senator said: Charges Foreign Favoritism "Mr. Hoover's (war-time) regula- tion of prices was for the benefit of England, Italy, France and Belgium. Thus did he carry out the plans he brought with him to the United States, viz: to beat down American farm prices for the benefit of Great Britain and her allies."I The speaker said Mr. Hoover's the- ory to capture the trade of the world was to "undersell the world." In attacking the farm board, theI address of the former senator, as dis- Low Point Passed In Depression, Say .Business Leaders NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-(A)-Con- fidence that the extreme low point of the business depression has been passed and that revival, although it may be slow and irregular, is un- der way, was expressed by an over- whelming majority of more thant100 business leaders in replies to a tele- graphic questionnaire. The canvass of business sentiment was made by Lehman Bros., private banking house, and the findings were made public Sunday. The bankers' conclusions stated that in all but a few industries there is ample evi- dence of definite improvement and return of hopes for a slow but sure climb, during the winter and spring months. The opinion that the low point was passed in the summer was de- scribed by Lehman Bros. as "near- ly unanimous." It was explained that "the large majority were definitely of the opinion that the bottom had been seen, while the small number who voiced no definite conviction, were at least hopeful that this was the case.' Inventories were reported by near- ly all as ranging from normal to very low. The replies indicated, however, that, there is not much likelihood of increased employment, except sea- sonal, until there has been an in- crease in business volume of around 15 to 20 per cent, the banking house1 found. t Reed Reports CountyM7'Fault s In Government Demonstrates Inefficiencyt In Structure, Lack Of Centralized Executive 1. will give two addresses, one at a Un- ion forum at noon and the other at a G. 0. P. rally at the Whitney in the evening. He will be the guest of Dr. Alexander Ruthven during his staying here. Dr. Wilbur is a prom- inent educator, having served at one time as president of Stanford Uni- versity. Democratic headquarters for the local campaign were established on East Liberty over the week-end with William Dawson, police commissioner and former druggist, in charge. Re- publican headquarters have been set up on North Fourth Ave. All cam-! tributed by the~Democratic national evre criticism of governmental committee, said: operation in Oakland County, Michi- "Hme , (Mr. Hoor)tegan, and constructive suggestions for "He (Mr. Hoover) tells yo in onremedies are embodied in a report breath that he proposes to collect the ies are embodied in a report rnilprd by Prnf Thnm~ H -T d Kunz To Talk On Individual Self-Discovery Was Prominent Figure In Educational And Social Advance World Of. East Applies Philosophy To Our Civilization Man Of Wide Experience Will Lecture For The Theosophical Society Fritz Kunz, popular speaker, will deliver two lectures in Ann Arbor to- day under the auspices of the Theo- sophical society. At 4:15 he will dis- cuss "The Invisible World" and at 8:00 p. m. he will speak on "Self- Discovery by Experiment." Both lec- tures will be held in Natural Science auditorium. Mr. Kunz has the benefit of a wide experience in the East which he is bringing to the study and interpreta- tion of Western thought, effort, and problems, according to a statement from the society. As a prominent figure in the educational and social- advance world of India, Burma, and Ceylon, he assimilated and digested the essence of the ordered philosophy of the old and cultured East. In his present lecture tour he, is demon- strating how this philosophy, with its knowledge of the cultivation of the individual, can be applied to the ac- tive civilization of the United States. Unusual in his disregard for tradi- tion, Mr. Kunz yet applies to the consideration of our most confusing problems a great respect for the past where it fits. With his background of learning, he is able to present the turmoil of this age as the transition from one culture to the culture of aj new age. Mr. Kunz has travelled widely and has enjoyed intimate contacts with diversified t y p e s of individuals;; statesmen, poets, philosophers, and scientists, the statement said. He has the capacity to convey this experi- ence in a manner calculated to stim- ulate any audience either to enthus- iasm or to thoughtful dissent. On a former appearance in Ann Arbor. Mr. Kunz spoke for the Tlieo- sophical society. Kunz Lectures Under Auspices Of Socialists Contrasting the different philoso- phies of the East and the West, Fritz Kunz gave examples of the changing philosophies of today, 'and onsidered Socialism from its philos- ophical aspects, in a talk in Natural Science Auditorium last night. "Inequality of wealth prevents po- litical democracy. America today is politically democratic and economi- ally plutocratic," said Mr. Kunz. 'We want ourrbusiness in the hands of the government, not our govern- ment in the hands of business." Mr. Kunz, who is a member of the Socialist party, quoted at length fromt Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for President this fall. The lecture was sponsored by the Michigan Socialist Club.t Roosevelt To Give Address Over The Air ---- Democratic Candidate Will' Talk Thursday Night To Outline Relief Views ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 10.-(P)-Aft- er accepting an invitation to give his' views on the extent to which thel federal government should engage in relief activities, Franklin D. Roosevelt tonight went into a conference to complete the itinerary for his south- ern trip. He decided to make a radio speech Thursday night at 10 o'clock over a national hook-up to outline his relief views in response to a letter signed by 10 welfare workers, acting on their own individual initiative. Their let- ter said they were asking the same five questions on relief, public works, unemployment insurance, the chil- dren's bureau, and education, of both candidates. The Demncratic nresidential eandi- I Drnfoo-," xxrn+avn" coin +V-+ i- t Will Lecture Here paign activities will be directed from riessor onaterman sai e that in the i.view of present conditions, one might Republican Club to Meet The Young Men's Republican club of Washtenaw County will meet to- night to discuss the prohibition issue and other issues at the Chamber of Commerce building at 8 p. m. Plans are being made by the University of Michigan Republican club for a stu- dent rally sometime next week, ac- cording to Del Pfrommer, publicity1 director of the group. Definite an- nouncement of time and place will be made later. Coolidge Says G.o0.P. Chances Are Ver Good Will Address Republican Rally For Re-election Of Hoover and Curtis NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-(P)-Calvin Coolidge, the same silent man of the White House, came to New York to- day on a two-fold purpose. 1. To attend as honorary pall- bearer the funeral of Darwin P.- Kingsley, chairman of the board of New York Life. 2. To touch off the Grand Old Party's major offensive, in the east at the Madison Square Garden rally tomorrow night. On politics, the former president limited himself today to saying the Republican chances "are very good." But tomorrow night, his address will be one of the party's primary appeals for the re-election of Hoover and Curtis. The Garden seats 22,000, and the national committee was looking to- day for a nearby auditorium to hold the overflow crowd. This will be Coolidge's second ad- dress on politics since he left the White House-he made a radio] speech in 1930-and, unless the pres- ent plans are changed, will be his only public speaking appearance in the campaign. Inasmuch as the national commit- tee has not decided as yet whether President Hoover will speak in New expect a large increase in the mem- bership of churches, but that no such increase had. been observed. "The general despair of this de- pression is a worse blot on our civili- zation than was the Great War,".he declared, and pointed out that the principles of Jesus nowhere dominate our civilization. "There is no cause for optimism in the religions of today as 'they now exist," said Professor Waterman, "the only real ground lies in the untried religion of Jesus." aisley, Friday To Talk At Educators' Meeting The first meeting of the Michigan Education Association will be called at nine o'clock Friday. morning in Hill Auditorium, according to Otto W. Haisley, who will speak on "Teachers' Welfare." Dr. David Friday, who will speak on "Economic Change and Fi- nancial Readjustment," a n d Mr. Haisley will be the prominent speak- ers during the morning session. Friday night the association will be entertained by an illustrated lec- ture by Laurence M. Gould. "With Byrd in the Antarctic." Mr. Gould is the head of the department of ge- ology and geography at Carleton Col- lege, Northfield, Minnesota. foreign debts and in the next that in some mysterious way he is going to wipe out the debts due us by Europe by sending them our wheat in addi- tion to the money we have heretofore given them. That kind of financing is well illustrated by a proposition now being discussed. "The farm board paid more than, $25,000,000 of our money for 25,000,- 000 bushels of wheat. It is now try- ing to sell the wheat to China for $15,000,000 and proposes to loan China $15,000,000 with which to pay for it. Thus we will have $40,000,000 invested and the very doubtful note of China for $15,000,000." Quotes Sen. Glass Reed quoted Sen. Carter Glass (D., Va.), former secretary of the treas- ury, as the source of his information that the, "country was never within $2,700,000,000 of the lawful suspen- sion of gold payments." Quoting from the sections of the President's address dealing with the gold standard peril, Reed said: "The fact is that the drain upon our gold reserve was largely occa- sioned by the mismanagennt of the federal reserve system, and also that the system has been greatly strength- ened by the Democratic Glass-Stea- gall bill." compiA e ry . ro 1. i noimast ..Aeea, of the political science department the first portion of which was re- leased for publication yesterday. Professor Reed has prepared the report t the request of A. R. Glancy, former president of the Oakland Auto Company, and an influential resident of Oakland County. Finds Two Major Faults j Professor Reed finds the county's government faulty in two major re- spects. He believes that in the first place the structure of the county government is illogical and ineffici- ent; and secondly that there are too many independent units of govern- ment within the county. He points out that there is no ultimate, effective head of the coun- ty, and hence little executive co-or- dination. The accounting system he believes to be weak and frequently misrepresentative of the true situa- tion of public finances. Many Government Units He names 225 independent units of government within the county. These include school districts, cities, villages, and townships. To better these conditions Profes- sor Reed outlines a three stage pro- gram which embraces local action, state legislative action, and ultimate 'constitutional amendment. By fol- lowing it he believes an immediate, partial solution of Oakland County's problems and an ultimately complete one could be reached. Michiganensian Staff Will Meet Thursday All members, b o t h men and women, of the Michiganensian edi- torial staff will meet in the 'En- sian office in the Publications Building at 4 p. m. Thursday. According to Benjamin McFate, managing editor, the meeting is, important, and it is essential that all members attend. Two Arrested On Charges of Arson, Leaving Accident Two arrests were made yesterday, according to the Ann Arbor police. Frank Wilson, address unknown, FRITZ KUNZ Freshmen-May Turn In Prize Contest Papers Walters Makes Hopwood Award Announcement; Judges Are Selected Manuscripts will be received in the freshman division of the Hopwood writing contest any time until Janu- ary 27, 1933; it has been announced by Prof. E. A. Walter, chairman of the committee of the freshman divi- sion. Three prizes of $50, $30, and $20 respectively will be offered in each of the three fields, essay; prose fiction, and poetry. Any freshman enrolled in a composition course in the liter- ary college is eligible to compete. The manuscripts will be judged by Prof. L. A. Strauss of the English de- partment, Dr. F. E. Robbins, manag- ing editor of the University Press, and Theodore Hornberger of the English department. "The , contest this year has been announced six weeks earlier than last year's," Professor Walter said, "and we expect double the number of en- tries this year, or even more." The committee in charge of the ar- rangements i Prof. E. A. Walter, chairman, A. L. Bader, and J. L. Davis. Police Apprehend Insull; 'Am Honest Tourist,' He Says ATHENS, Oct. 10.-(/P)-After two failures the United States Govern- ment succeeded today in bringing about the detention of Samuel Insull, who is wanted in Chicago to an- swer an indictment charging grand larceny and embezzlement growing out of the collapse of his vast utili- ties interests. Greek police found Insull as he was sipping a cup of coffee on a bal- cony of the Grand Bretagne Hotel. They took him to police headquar- ters, where he told them the finan- cial reverses of his companies had meant a personal loss of $100,000,- 000 to him.' The police said they acted because the Chicagoan's papers were not in order, but they reported what they had done to the American Legation, and it was learned the Legation had requested the provisional' arrest of the former financier. Previously, the United States had attempted to bring about the deten- tion of Insull in France for the pur- pose of starting an extradition ac- tion. But he left Paris too quickly for the American authorities to act. He went to Italy and there the story was repeated. Twenty-four hours after he had departed for Athens the Embassy at Rome received a cabled request for his arrest. "I have committed no crime and there is no warrant out for me," In- sull declared in a newspaper inter- view shortly after the Greek police took him in custody. "The failure of my company was not fraudulent. "I have come to Athens purely as a tourist. I find the climate de- lightful." Sophomore Women Will Elect Cabaret Committee Sophomore women will meet at 4 p. m. tomorrow in the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre to elect the central committee for the annual sophomore chabrent it was annonned vsterda v Houses Gain 409 Pledges; Approve New RushingPan 'ystem Best,' Say Most Fraternities; Advocate Minor Changes In Next Year's Regulations 150 More Pledge Than Last Spring Turner Predicts Possible Adjustment In Silence Period; 'Somewhat Un- Wieldy,' He Believes (A complete official pledging list will be found on page 5) Fraternities pledged a total of 409 freshmen last night, an increase of 150 over last year's class, according to figures issued by the Dean of Stu- dent's office last night. The general consensus of opinion among the fraternities is that the rushing system now in force is the best which has been tried so far. Al- though some fraternities reported that they would like to see a few minor changes in the plans, most of them preferred the system to any other which has been enforced. The average number of men who were pledged this year is more than six per house, while last year the average was approximately four. Nine houses were reported to have received no pledges at all. Six of these fraternities failed to file a UNLABELED LISTS RECEIVED Three preference lists without the names of the freshmen who submitted them were received at the office of the Dean of Students, it was reported last -night by Ed- win T. Turner, '33, president of the Interfraternity' Council. As a consequence, these freshmen could not be pledged. This matter will be adjusted if will call today Turner said. the three freshmen at the dean's office, preference list, an opinion last rushing system, turning to the last spring. When asked to give night as to the new only two favored re- deferred 'pledging of PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10. - (P) - Benjamin Franklin was a pioneer ex- ponent of indoor nudism, an old let- ter discloses. "The new system proved to be much easier on both fraternities and freshmen," was the opinion of Ed- win T. Turner, '33, president of the Interfraternity Council. "The chief difficulty was found in the silence period, which was a bit unwieldy and hard to enforce. It is hoped that there will be a change next year, possibly a stipulation that the fresh- men hand in their preference lists first." A spokesman for Beta Sigma Psi said that "the fellows think that the old one couldn't have been any worse," while one other house re- ported that it would prefer to return to the old "hot-box" system. N. S. Potter, president of the Inter- fraternity Alumni group, said that from reports made to him by vari- ous alumni representing many of the houses on the campus, the new sys- tem is far superior to that in effect last year. "It gives the freshmen a better op- portunity to get acquainted with the fraternity men," he said, "and like- wise it gives the fraternity men a better chance to know freshmen." Financial Press Makes Houses Less Exclusive Michigan fraternities were deter- mined this year to keep the wolf from the door if freshmen could do it, for a total of 1,555 names were submitted on the fraternities' prefer- ence lists. One house in particular named more than 60 students thatt would be acceptable. Six houses re- turned no list at all. Only 650 freshmen received bids, the remainder of the 1,555 being du- plicates. The average man thus was invited to join -2.38 houses. Three fraternities 'received no pledges at all. One house got 19, four got 16, two got 14 and one got 12. The average number of pledges was seven; 6.66 to be exact. Out of the 650 students receiving bids, 400 were pledged, 50 either withheld their selections or submit- Creaser And Steere Bring Back Large Collection From Yucatan Dr. Edwin P. Creaser of the zoology department and Dr. William C. Steere of the botany department ac- companied an expedition to Yucatan last summer on a scientific investiga- tion which yielded a fruitful collec- tion of plants, fish, crustaceans, and lower animal life, it, was learned in an interview. The party headed by Dr. A. S. Pearse of Duke University sailed from New Orleans the latter part of May and spent two months studying the fauna in the "Cenotes" and "Agua- das" around the regions of Chichen Itzas and Merida, the capital of Yu- catan, according to Dr. Creaser. The Cenotes are well-like breaks in evolution of forms of Crustaceans not found before." Some of the peculiar animals consist of blind shrimp and Isopods, a fresh water turtle that cannot walk on land and some long- billed animals that quack like ducks. The party made its headquarters at the ruins of Chichen Itza, headquar- ters also of the Carnegie Institute. Dr. Creaser said that it was necessary to obtain permission to explore the Cenotes, some of which are held sa- cred and to which it was impossible to gain entrance. Others are utilized by the native Mayan Indians as fish- ing and water holes. According to the scientists the fish- ing in these pools, some of which are