The Weather Fair today, tomorrow unset- tled; not much change in tem- perature. LL IAAfr ~Iat Editorials Functions Of Language Departments... I VOL. XLIV No. 180 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS California Dies In Office Governor Succumbs James Rolph, Jr., Loses His Fight Against Death After LongIllness Merriam Succeeds Deceased In Office Rolph Was Renowned For Stand On Lynchings Last November SAN JOSE, Calif., June 2. - P) - California's picturesque and widely- known governor, James Rolph, Jr., 64, died here today. In the quiet of the Santa Clara val- ley ranch home of Walter Linford, a friend, the chief executive succumbed to a combination of diseases which overcame-him several months ago and recently caused him to abandon plans for a re-election. For days the death-had been ex- pected. Early in the week physicians abandoned hope for Rolph. Every time h'e rallied the succeeding relapses made him weaker. The climax came this afternoon. "Sunny Jim" Rolph, whose personal characteristics and long public career made him known on two continents, died as his son, James Rolph III, held his hand. Mrs. Rolph and the Gov- ernor's three brothers, Will, Ronald and Tom, were at the bedside. Merriam New Governor The duties of governor immediately fell upon Lieutenant Governor Frank F. Merriam, of Long Beach, like Rolph, a Republican. Merriam, a former Iowa state legis- lator, is 67 years old, a native of " Hopkinton, Iowa. He had announnced previously for the Republican nomi- nationifor governor. Rolph's capacity1 for making friends, his acts and ges-1 tures of generosity, and his enormous. capacity for work made him one of the outstanding political figures i a the country. He held decorations from France, Japan and other countries. Famous For Smile The Rolph smile .was famous. He never appeared in public without a1 gardenia in his buttonhole. He wasi ever ready to crown a beauty queen,1 throw the first ball at the openingi game of the season's national pastime, make a speech, meet an incoming dig-; nitary or a visiting actor. Governor Rolph usually was out- spoken and his stand on the lynching + of Thomas Thurmond and John M. Holmes here last November 26 brought I widespread condemnation and ac-+ claim. He said he would "pardon any- one convicted of lynching them." "This is the best lesson that Cali- fornia ever has given the country," said Rolph when informed of the lynching. "We show the nation that this state is not going to tolerate kidnaping." The next day, enlarging on this sentiment, he promised to pardon any- one convicted of taking part in the lynchings. He said too that he was thinking of "paroling" to the San Jose mob several other kidnappers who were serving terms in California prisons. Architectural Award Given Toledo Senior Buderus Receives Annual Lake Forest Travelling Fellowship William H. Buderus, Jr., of Tole- do, Ohio, a senior in the College of Architecture, has been selected as the successful competitor for the archi- tectural fellowship of the Lake For- est, Foundation for Architecture and Landscape Architecture. This fellowship is awarded annual- ly in competition between represen- tatives of students in architecture and ' landscape design from a group of middle-western institutions: the state institutions of Michigan, Ohio, Illi- nois, Iowa, the Chicago School of Architecture, and the University of Cincinnati. The income of the fellowship is $1,200. The competition is a collabo- rative one, and two fellowships are offered, one in architecture and one in landscape design, the winners in both fields travelling and studying to- Nine Defeats Hawkeyes2-IL InFinalGame Wistert Allows Only Two Singles As He Climaxes Athletic Career Wolverine Batters He1 Thiree His Petoskey's Single Artz With Tying Sixth Inning Scores Run Iny -Associated Press Photo GOV. JAMES A. ROLPII Doctor Guilty On Change of Mansla ughter State Official Is Convicted In Traffic Death Of Aged Detroit Musician DETROIT, June 2. - oP) - Dr. Paul F. Voelker, state superintendent of public instruction, tonight was con- victed by a traffic court jury of a charge of negligent homicide in con- nection with the traffic death Jan. 24 of Vernon Gillespie, 64-year-old musician. Judge John J. Maher, who presided at the trial, said he would pass sen- tence June 16. Dr. Voelker, who will continue at liberty under bond, will appear Tuesday morning before the probation department at Judge Ma- her s request. The jury took the case early Satur- day afternoon. Dr. Voelker was charged with involuntary manslaugh- ter, but in his charge to the jury Judge Maher referred to the possi- bility of a conviction on a negligent homicide charge, the involuntary manslaughter count, or acquittal. When the jury returned to the courtroom at 7:30, Dr. Voelker's attor- ney, Edward T. Echlin, asked a poll: All jurors answered "guilty" to the negligent homicide charge. Dr. Voelker, taking the stand in his own defense, testified that he was traveling only 18 miles an hour when his automobile struck Gillespie at the intersection of Second Boulevard and Selden Ave. He. said he was blinded and confused by the lights of adver- tising signs along the thoroughfare. Previous testimony had been intro- duced to show that Gillespie died of pneumonia, a physician testifying that it might have been a result of the ac- cident. The state with assistant prose- cutor Herbert Munro directing its case, had two witnesses who testified that Gillespie was in good health be- fore the accident. England And U.S.Determine Debt Question France Decides That It Would Rather Arni Than Make Payment LONDON, June 2-(')-Reliable sources said today that Great Brit- ain apparently has reached an un- derstanding with President Roose- velt on the war debts question and will make a token payment in June. The only comment from official quarters, however, was: "We are studying Mr. Roosevelt's message with much interest." Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, arrived here today from Geneva, where he left the world dis- armament conference Friday. He will spend his week-end at his home in the country in private talks with other cabinet members. Sir John, in his trip from Switzer- land, had opportunity to be fully informed of the content of Roose- velt's message. It is known that the message oc- casioned the British government no surprise of any kind and indicated that both Washington and London knew each other's views before Mr. Roosevelt's message was sent to con- gress. A formal communication regard- ing Great Britain's plans for the payment June 15 probably will be sent to Washington next week. PARIS, June 2-(/P)-France .con- By ART SETTLE The Wolverine nine .closed its sea- son yesterday on Ferry Field in the midst of a five-game winning streak, by nosing out Iowa, 2-1. Little hit- ting was done by either team; the players probably figured it was too hot to run bases, but the contest was an interesting pitching duel between "Whitey" Wistert, pitching his last game for Michigan, and Ford, of Iowa. Wistert closed his brilliant athletic career as a Wolverine by limiting the Hawkeyes to two hits, one of which was a scratchy affair, and striking outI 9.. "Whitey" was just too good for the Iowa boys, and theytknew it.r Wistert's Hit Wins Game Throwing slow curve balls because he didn't have a fast one, Ford had the Michigan hitters tied up at the plate. He only surrendered three hits, but Michigan bunched two in the sixth to score the winning runs, and it was Wistert's single which won the ball game. Artz led off in the sixth with a ground ball to short.) Mason fielded it and threw to Baker, a lanky behemoth, at first. Baker got his feet all tangled, and by the time he stepped on first, Artz was across the bag safely. Getting his last base hit for Michi- gan, Ted Petoskey drove Artz in with the tying run with a single to right, taking second on the throw to the plate. Ted got a big lead off second and stole third. Clayt Paulson went down swinging at an outside curve ball, setting the stage for Wistert. "Whitey" took a tremendous swing at the first pitch, but he only cre- ated a breeze. He slammed the next throw for a line single over second which scored Petoskey with the win- ning run. Regeczi ended the inning by striking out on a ball, a foot above his shoulders. Hitless For 4 Innings For four innings neither team scored, and Wistert had a no-hit game, although the Hawkeyes threat- ened in the first without a hit. Ste- phens, Iowa's undersized third base- man, started the game with a walk on the first four pitches. He thought he could run wild on the bases, for he tried to steal second on the first pitch, and arrived safely when Waterbor dropped Chapman's perfect throw. He took third on a passed ball, and thinking his luck would hold up, he broke for home on a pitch which trickled away from Chapman. Wis-' tert covered home, taking Chapman's throw in plenty of time to put the ball on the daring young man. Stephens walked again in the third and took second when Waterbor erred (Continued onP age ) Gargoyle To Hold Story Competition $10 Prize To Be Offered For Best Short Story In Each Issue 1,000 Word LImit On All Manuscripts Hall Appoints Morrison, Miller For Two Editorial Positions A short story contest open to all University students will be sponsored beginning next fall by the Gargoyle, it was announced yesterday by Eric Hall, '35, managing editor. The contest will carry a prize of $10 and publication of the story in the magazine each month to winning manuscripts. "The contest is now open and any student is eligible to enter," Hall said. "Students wishing to compete are urged to mail manuscripts during the summer to the Gargoyle since the deadline for the October issue is too early for contestants in that month's contest to wait until returning to school in the fall." Stories must not exceed 1,000 words and should be of the short short story type, which may be run complete on. a single page, Hall stated. Arrange- ments are now being made to secure competent judging for the manu- scripts. It is hoped that in addition to the short short story, the publishing of a longer story might later be in- cluded in the magazine each month. Hall stressed the idea that stories do not have to be humorous because they are to be printed in a humor magazine. "In fact," he said, "it is preferable that they are not." Appointments of members to the editorial staff of the Gargoyle were also made yesterday by Hall. Don. C. Miller, '36, Marion, Ind., was named to the position of assistant editor for 1934-35. Miller, a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, has served on the Gargoyle for two years and is a member of Sphinx, junior- honorary society. For the position of women's editor, Hall selected Marjorie W. Morrison, '36, Highland Park. Others who re- ceived editorships are Robert S. Fried- man, '36, Brookline, Mass., copy ed- itor; William R. Slenger,, '36, Oak Park, Ill., exchange editor; Charles J. Levine, '36, Rochester, N. Y., photography editor; and Wesley Eis- enhood, '37, Battle Creek, art editor. Negro Graduate To Be Employed In Detroit Edward Benjamin, '31, who took a B.S. in Physical Education here and received his M.A. this year in Public Health, has been hired to teach in Detroit High Schools, where he will be the first Negro ever to have been employed in this capacity. Benjamin is a member of Sigma Delta Psi, honorary athletic fraternity, and also of Alpha Phi Alpha. He will teach under Vaughn Blanchard, direc- tor of physical education in Detroit public schools. Nazis Are On Warpath, But Just Against Bugs Prof. R. W. Cowden Money Had To Be To Cover Deficit Says Used -Associated Press Photo SECY. HENRY A. WALLACE U. S. MayUse $200,000,000 In DroUnht Aid Insects Attacking Crops In Drought-Scourged Areas Of State WASHINGTON, June 2--UP)--The Administration today had under con- sideration the advisibility of asking Congress for an additional $200,000,- 000, or thereabouts, to cope with the rapidly increasing intensity of the midwestern drought. The subject has been under dis- cussion several days. Some leaders said they expected the President to send a message on the situation to Congress next week and that he might ask them for a special emer- gency fund. Others said they felt that the Pres- ident might conclude that passage of the pending billion-dollar deficien- cy bill would enable the government to take care of the situation. They added, however, a few more days without rain might cause Mr. Roose- velt to feel additional funds should be made available as a matter of pre- caution. Chester Davis, farm administrator, said after a conference with senators and representatives from the parched areas today that a broader plan of relief would be drawn after a con- ference with the President on Mon- day. LANSING, June 2. - (/P) - Crops in approximately one-third of Mich- igan's far-flung area were being rav- aged today by hordes of insects, but,, unlike the drought before which man is helpless, the farmers are fighting back this new menace. A thousand tons of bran, poisoned with 10,000 gallons of sodium of ar- senate, were being spread in the Upper Peninsula and 14 northern counties of the lower peninsula to combat a plague of grasshoppers, which have multiplied rapidly in the hot, dry weather. They are eating everything in their path. Cinch bugs, sucking the sap of corn and wheat stocks in counties along the northern border, were being trapped and killed off with lime and paris green. BERLIN, Germany, June 2. - WP)- A new Nazi drive has been begun in Germany which involves the exterm- ination of the millions of pestiferous insects which swarm through the country in May and June. Thousands of children and "volun- ary laborers" are on the warpath against the wee winged beasties that plague their lives, and municipal gov- 3rnments are buying dead bugs by the bushel to be dried and sold as chicken feed. The latest trap for the pests ws volved by the owner of an estate ear Berlin. Strips of white celluloid are stretched across ponds and treams, and are illuminated at night o attract insects. When they hit hd celluloid they fall into the water md drown. Young, Brown Selected For Council Posts Ruthven Appoints Alumni, Faculty Members F o r Interfraternity Jobs Prof. Leigh J. Young and William Brown, were appointed by President Alexander G. Ruthven to serve as faculty and alumni members respec- tively of the revised Executive Com- nittee of the Interfraternity Council. The names of Herbert Upton and Charles Graham, the other candidates for the remaining alumni positions on the committee, will be submitted to he Executive Committee and one of hem will be selected. Among the several new projects planned by the Council under its new president. Phillip E. Singleton, '35, is the organization of a freshman sub- nterfraternity council. This group will be made up of one freshman from1 each house and the meetings will be - under the supervision of one of the student members of the Executive Committee. The purpose of the new organization is to stimulate group discussion of the problems of freshmen that arise in the various houses. It will be insti- tuted shortly after the announcement of pledging. Singleton also plans to more for- mally organize the regular dinners for fraternity presidents. A definite schedule of dinners will be arranged. The houses will be operating under several new rules next fall. Chief among these is the organization of an indictment board composed of fac- ulty members of the Council Execu- tive Committee. This group was creat- ed to hear evidence of alleged viola- tions of the rushing rules. Such in- dictments are to be turned over to the Executive Committee when the board feels that there is need for action, the names of the complaining parties being withheld. Another change in rules is that rushees will turn in their preferences to the Dean's office without notifica- tion that they have been bid and will do this on Friday afternoon. The new rushing tax of 50 cents on all freshmen expressing a desire to be rushed to, a fraternity will also be assessed next semester. Girl Drowns Whfile Bathing In Huron Annette Figg, Dexter, became Washtenaw County's first drowning victim of the season when she lost her life yesterday afternoon while bathing in the Huron River, near Camp Newkirk, Boy Scout camp lo- cated near Dexter. The girl, who was 14 years old, could not swim and went under the surface when carried out by strong surrents. Boy Scouts at the scene of the drowning recovered the girl's body and gave artiificial respiration treat- ments. Dr. W. C. Wylie of Dexter also attempted to revive the girl and a pulmotor was sent out from the University Hospital. All the attempts at resuscitation failed. The girl is the daughter of Mr. and In Drought Crisis Smaller Hopwood Awards Explained By Committeemen States Awards Are Lowest Ever Made Funds For Administration Of Contest Slashed To Make Prizes Larger By THOMAS H. KLEENE Replying to student charges that the Committee on Hopwood Awards had failed this year to award win- ners of the various divisions of the competition the sums promised in the official announcement of the contests, Prof. Roy W. Cowden of the English department and chairman of the committee told The Daily last night that it had been necessary to use a large share of the amount, originally intended for awards, to meet a deficit incurred in the distribution of last year's prizes. The bulletin, announcing this year's contest, stated that the total amount to be awarded for major, minor, and freshman competition would be $10,- 300. However, the list of prizes as issued Friday totals only $6,100, a dif- ference of $4,200. Professor Cowden explained that the money given to winners was the annual interest on an invested sum created by the will of Avery Hop- wood and that last year the interest from the investment of this sum had decreased beyond the expectations of the committee. The result was that more money was awarded than was in the fund at the time, hence the deficit. Eliminate Deficit In order to completely eliminate this deficit, according to Professor Cowden, it was necessary to use some of the money which was originally intended for prizes this year. It was further explained that the amounts promised in the announce- ment for 1933-34, which was issued in June, 1933, were of necessity es- timates inasmuch as the amount of interest from the investments was uncertain. The situation was further complicated by a decrease in the in- terest return this year. The sum which was awarded this year was the lowest which has ever been given the winners of the com- petition, he stated. Professor Cowden expressed the belief that in the fu- ture, with a more stable return from the invstments, it would be possible to award a larger sum to the various winners. Effect Economies He explained that, in an effort to increase the amount available for awards this year, two economy mea- sures had been effected in the ad- ministration of the competition. The salaries of both the chairman and secretary of the committee were cut, and the pay of the national judges was also slashed 25 per cent. The money made available by these mea- sures was added to the sum used as awards. Likewise, as an attempt to effect a permanent increase in the amount of prize money, the salaries of the chairman and secretary have been cut approximately $1,600 for next year. This money will also be added to the sum available for awards. Professor Cowden expressed the hope that in the future a steady in- terest return from the investment would make it possible to set a definite list of awards, which would be used permanently. He added that it was his belief that the committee might have been empowered with the right to abolish various division of the competitions from time to time in the event that the material submitted did not merit the awards. However, this is im- possible because of the provisions of Mr. Hopwood's will, according to Pro- fessor Cowden. Sigma Delta Chi Will Initiate Six Tuesday i Sigma Delta Chi, national profes- sional journalistic fraternity, will hold s initiation Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the Union, it was announced by W. Stod- d dard White. nresident of the organi- Rockefeller Foundation Grants Have Helped A rcheological The Rockefeller Foundation grants Tigress," by Dr. Robert H. McDow- to the Institute of Archeological Re- ell; and three others on University search, the Early Modern English archeological work by scholars from Dictionary, which were made in 1929, other institutions. have to date succeeded in helping Six more volumes are to be pub- investigators toward the ultimate lished soon, and Institute officials feel goals of those divisions. that they have made great steps in The grant to the Institute of Arche- the field of archeological research. ological Research, an organization the e archeodoia esh. composed of professors from various The Early Modern English Die- classical departments, was made for tionary, under the direction of its "research in the Advanced Humani- managing editor, Prof. C. C. Fries, is ties." This Institute, originally formed attempting a description of the Eng- by the late Prof. F. W. Kelsey, has lish language used from 1475 to 1700. utilized the $150,000 subsidy almost Its original grant was $100,000, the entirelyfor the publication .of books greater part of which has been used explaining research done by the Un- sorting and grouping the some 4,000,- iversity. 000 word slips, finding "new" words, The books published by the Insti- and in the actual editing itself. The tute include three volumes by Prof. dictionary is to be printed in parts, Leroy Waterman on "Royal Corres- the first of which Editor Fries hopes pondence of the Assyrian Empire," to send to the press in the fall. and reports on the University exca- The Dictionary started in 1929 with vations at Karanis, Egypt, by Prof. the editorial staff, in addition to Pro- Arthur E. R. Boak. There are also fessor Fries, composed of Prof. M. two reports on excavations at Tel- P. Tilley and Dr. A. H. Marckwardt, Uman in Iraq by Professor Water- both of the University English de- man, and another book by Professor partment, and Dr. H. T. Price, who Boak on "Papyri From Tebtunis." came here in 1929 from Germany. Investigators; editorial staff, a full staff is em- ployed on the dictionary all the time.c The dictionary, covering the en-1 tire English language, a unique pub-c lication, is regarded by authorities as greatly aiding to the knowledge words and their derivations. The work in the elementary school, directed by Prof. Willard C. Olson of the School of Education has been of "inestimable value in developing a broad program of research in child training and care." The grant of $95,000, given by the General Edu- cation Board, has been used chiefly in the publishing of 50 reports of re- searches. Among them is an investi- gation of how language is used in control of behavior; a prediction of delinquency of children at the ages of six and seven years; an investiga- tion on genetic development; one on the articulation of consonant sounds; and one on the development of teeth and jaws. In this last, the Dental School is co-operating. Each University division is com- pelled to submit periodical reports to