The Weather Partly cloudy, continued cold today; tomorrow mostly cloudy, snow flurries. I e L4 it gcr tv Editorials Let's See What The Students Think... The New Way Gains Favor ... VOL. XLV No. 67 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS Police Search For Missing Student; T C-u Balkan Crisis Is Eased As League Actst Aid In Crime Annual War Is Asked Henry Russel By President' I Last Ve Father Of Boy Believes He Went To Look For Work In Detroit Low Marks Caused Sttudent To Worry Raymond Diefenderfer Is Sought By Parents After Disappearance Detroit police instituted a search yesterday for Raymond G. Diefen- derfer, Jr., 18-year-old freshman of Sheridan, Wyo., who disappeared from his rooming house at 1110 Olivia Street about 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, and has not been seen since that time. Diefenderfer sent a letter to his father in Sheridan, in which he said that he was a failure in school and believed that he was losing his mind. '"There are times when I cannot re- member my name," he wrote. "I am not worthy of you." Marks Were Low Prof. Fred B. Wahr, assistant to the dean of students, who talked with the boy's parents about the dis- appearance, stated last night that although Diefenderfer's marks were low enough so that he received mid- semester warnings in two subjects, they were not low enough to indicate that. he would fail at the end of the semester. He was said to be an excellent stu- dent in high school and was a member of a national honor society. His father appealed to the Detroit police because he believes that his son went there looking for work. The father is 'stopping at the Statler Hotel to aid in the search, while the boy's mother is at the home of rela- tives in Chicago suffering from a nervous breakdown. The same day, Dec. 1, that Dief- enderfer wrote his father the letter questioning his sanity, he also wrote several "very rational letters," accord- ing to Professor Wahr, which leads the parents to believe that it was really a matter of hurt pride which prompted him to run away. Sent "Rational" Letters Although these letters were dated Dec. 1, they were not mailed until Dec. 3, two days after Diefenderfer had disappeared. The letters were postmarked Ann Arbor. Dean of Students Joseph A. Bur- sley said last night that the parents are perfectly sure that he is absolutely normal and that the things he said in his letter arise out of worries over his studies and the opinion that his parents might have because of them. "They are sure that he is safe, how- ever," Dean Bursley said. Diefenderfer was pledged to the Sigma Chi fraternity in the fall and members there last night said that he was an exceedingly popular boy and seemed to be happy. "If ever a boy was sane, Ray was," one member commentedI. "Nothing ever seemed to worry him and he certainly exhibited no change after midsemester grades came out." The missing student is described as being 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weigh- ing 175 pounds and having brown eyes and hair. He is thought to be wearing a light tan belted overcoat and a dark suit. Lecturer To Speak On Botanical Trip L. Williams, assistant curator of economic botany in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, will pre- sent a lecture, illustrated with colored stereoptican slides, on "The Marshall Field Expedition to the Amazon, 1929- '30," at 3 p.m., Friday, in Room 2003 of the Natural Science Building. Mr. Williams was in charge of the Peruvian division of this expedition, in search of plant and wood speci- mens. At present he is organizing the material collected on the trip, to- gether with the large amount of other samples of foreign and domestic woods, reported at about 13,000 in number, belonging to the Field Mu-, en i ec. ' Jugoslavia, Hungary Bow Roosevelt Calls On Nation ToResolutionDeploring To Cooperate In Drive King's Assassination Against Criminals Disappears .. Resiit Is Hailed Makes KeynoUe At .<;. !~:: As :eae Victory Cr ime Conference U i tI . Its Hungarian Government Is Chief Executive Decries Asked To Punish All Lack Of Facilities In 0 Officials Involved Local Enforcement GENEVA, Dec. 10 - (P) - War WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.- De- 'Give threats in central Europe precipitated manding the "backing of every man, At tonight when Jugoslavia and Hun- woman, and child" in the country, gary bowed to the League of Nations, . The the council of which unanimously President Franklin D. Roosevelt last adopted a resolution "deploring" the night issued a national call to arms The crime at Marseilles. against crime before law enforce- the dra The action of the two opposing na- ment officials from all over the se United States. againse ions in acceptingh esutMore than 500 sheriffs, policemen, 8:30 p.m viewed asntreat Lpeae ictry En detectives, lawyers, and criminologists ion Ope Ithe interest of peace. Central Eu- har teihifnxeutveashe rope had been threatened by war as sondd the eyoef ofuAttorney- on the b a direct result of the assassination of General Homer S. Cunmins' crime Theater. the Jugoslavian king, Alexander. conference in Constitution Hall here. Emplo Hungary, in diplomatie terms, is Ask Twoe(i Objectives 100 stud aqustedany auhorites hoseaction The President asked two objec- of "sets F l ~against fany authoritiescewhose cul-e pability has been established" and tives from the conference: that it scenes, ."communicate -to the council the evolve a scientific plan for an admin- in man cmsunsice tthesoncilthe-istrative structure that will embrace predeces fect." all governmental law enforcement the prod --Couruesy Detroit Free Press. This action was sought by Jugo- agencies, national, state, and local; as a co Aand that it interpret the problem of critique -------A-M.N-------- UnEiay s d m crime to the "people of your country." the emp Until the very last the diplomats'i President Roosevelt called crime a Althou interest in the Jugo-Slav-Hungar- 1 ,symptom of social disorder," and elapsed: O r e stra Toianitesaid the way to cure it was to "st'art and reh OsTn Hueas brealel m with crime prevention" and proceed, trast to t Present Fifth The HungarianHungarians Tgovernmentdegoth through prosecution, all along the practice final draft of the resolution for set- line. Repression, he pointed out, RussellN finldrft of the esltiton. Te "cannot :take the place of training that the Concer Today tlement of the issue late tonight. The and guiding the youth of our coun- Concert Today council then suspended its session un- dtry."expectati til Budapest deliberated. Relief was rT been iro __xpsstil Budspeste r e Re wan Though he is convinced that "state hearsals expressed on all sides when the Hun- an oa gnisaewrig'ihdrd Boston Symp honyM rsIadlclaexie r okn ihdrd y p yMarks garian received his urgent instruc- increasing effectiveness toward law Its Eleventh Appearance tions "Vote for the resolution." enforcement, toward the common ob- Descri In official circles at Belgrade, em- jective with the Federal government" mov In Ann Arbor phasis was placed upon Jugoslavia's the President decried the fact that Rhythm' willingness to accept the smallest "ofttimes bandits are better equipped respect f The Boston Symphony Orchestra, ! kind of satisfaction, such as a League than the officials." ners Flyi under the baton of Dr. Serge Kousse- resolution condemning international Crime Inter-Related of the U vitzky, will present the fifth of this terrorist action. This was regarded The fault lies he continued, in faculty, season's Choral Union series concerts by observers as a complete reversal the "lack of failities of trained addition at 8:15 today in Hill Auditorium. of attitude, since it was reported at men" in the field of local law en- have be More than 110 musicians com- Geneva Sunday night that Jugo- forcement. "on the pose the personnel of this great or- slavia. would consider any such reso- "We fail to realize that crime is One o ganization which will be heard for lution unacceptable, an inter-related problem of immense tracted n the eleventh time in Ann Arbor to- A spokesman for the Belgrade Gov- difficulty," he told the delegates. In of Rober night. ernment declared in the capital that advising that the public must under- ine, supp Now in its 53rd season, the orches- Jugoslavia wants only moral satis- stand all crimes, and that it is not dancers. tra has been directed by Dr. Kousse- faction, and feels that she has earned enough to know about only one crime, vitzky for nine years and has been at least that much by her calm atti- President Roosevelt asserted that even recognized as one of the country's tude. It was made clear, however, "lynching is, unfortunately, no longer outstanding orchestral units. that a decision to leave the League of confined to one section of the United Ed The program which will be present- Nations was very probable in case States." ed tonight is in three parts. The the League should decide to take no Warning that the "drug traffic, the T opening composition to be heard is action whatever as a result of what traffic in stolen goods, and the inter- 1 Mozart's overture to the opera, "The was termed the intervention 'of Italy state character of some criminals are Marriage of Figaro." This will be fol- in the conflict over charges against making for the destruction of the In lowed by the playing of Beethoven's Hungary. American home," the President said "Third Symphony," better known as Discuss Racial Origins there was a need of "common action" the "Eroica." The conflict arising out of Jugo- 'for control. "It is important," he The "Eroica," which Beethoven slavia's charges that Hungary har- stated, "that we recognize the in-PrOfe himself preferred above all his other bored the terrorists who killed King creased scope of law enforcement." 1 Mye compositions, is in four movements. Alexander broadened today at Gen- Sounds Hopeful NoteC The first is impetuous and swift- eva into disputes over racial origins Although he assailed the fact that Con moving, the second an elegiac funeral resulting from impassioned speeches law enforcement is "impaired by the march, the third a swift scherzo, and made by the foreign ministers of the lack of public support and under- Dean the final a series of variations Little Entente nations. standing," he struck a more hopeful of educa The program will be concluded with Tewfik Rushdi Bey, Turkish for- note when he declared that "under for Was a composition of Modeste Moussorg- eign minister, became angry at' a re- the leadership of the attorney-gen- national sky, "Pictures at an Exhibition." This mark of Nicolas Titulescu, of Ru- eral we are getting better results than legislatic has been specially arranged for full maiaotteoii fHna-ee eoe"planning tempraryFrech cmpoer, on-mania, about the origin of Hungar- ever before." orchestra by the well-known con- ians in Asia. He withdrew from the people of the United States This i Rael.Ravl'sarrngemet, madeiinCouncil meeting for half an hour are looking to you for a constructive Joint Co 1923, was made at the special re- (composing a reply, with friends urging program of action in which they can in Edcuca que3,stfDr moudevtzkye s r that he moderate his theme. participate," he told the conference. son is a quest of Dr. Koussevitzky. Finally be came back and made a "You can render a great public serv- conferen Pictures at an Exhibiticords Moussorgsky's speech before the Council. ice in this regard, and I am confident state su imptessions of the paintings of his "Remarks were made here as to the you will not fail to respond." structio friend, Victor Hartmann. Originally, origin of peoples," he said solemnly. Patrick J. Hurley, secretary of war national they were composed in a number of "I have the honor to represent a peo- in the Hoover cabinet, presided at a limited little musical character sketches as a ple of Asiatic origin and I hope no last night's session, and Attorney- responsi piano suite. one intends to cast a reflection up- General Cummins and Henry L. lation. C on us." Stimson preceded the President. conferen 1___ing of p Strdent -Faensty Ltion will e T 1 O Eof educa WatkinsTalksOnEconomiconsiderE Roast Is Planned -n T y-y T of-program Factors In Europes UnresDc16 EngineersI Profes By ARTHUR M. TAUB economic nationalism might appear Thomas A Student-Faculty Roast, to be Economic factors behind the cha- to lessen the danger of war by ending educatio given under the combined auspices otic conditions in Europe are diffi- i the struggle for world markets and week wit of the Aeronautical and Mechanical cult to isolate and set up as the by removing international loans from Theyt divisions of the A.S.M.E., will be held single reason for present unrest, but the picture. "If the general pattern ing the at 6 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 19, at that they exist and exert a large if of the world economy were construct- meeting the Union, it was announced yester- not the largest influence on European ed anew this might be .the case. But from Big day. policies was maintained by Prof. as conditions exist at present, the Myers w Professor John L. Brumm of the Leonard Watkins of the economics de-I world is specialized; it is geared for 00k pul ijournalism department will deliver partment yesterday. foreign markets; natural resources I tIdt] the main address of the evening. Dean The depression itself, he declared, and capital are unequally distrib- tIon.x Lectureship Awarded Graduate School Dean on Presents 26th Annual pera Tonight Us Rhythm' Opens Lydia Mendelssohn ater At 8:30 { dichigan campus, as well as matic world in general, will e itself in retrospect when at . today the 26th annual Un- ra, "Give Us Rhythm," goes )oards of Lydia Mendelssohn ying a cast of approximately ents and involving 22 changes ," including five different this year's show will differ y respects from any of its sors, according to members of uction staff. It is described npromise between a campus' and a broadway revue with hasis on the revue. gh just three weeks have in the casting, preparation earsals of the show in con- the two and one half months of last year's show, Director MlcCracken declared last night show had come up to his ions. "The rough spots have ned out in the intensive re- of last week-end," he de- bed by its promoters as "a ing musical revue," "Give Us " will differ in all but one from last year's "With Ban-j ng." Satire on the membersr Jniversity, both student and has been retained, but in a variety of other subjectst en given a mild treatment I pan." f the features which has at- nost attention is the dancing t D. Slack, cast as the hero-I iorted by a chorus of rhythmr The chorus was trained byt (Continued on Page 2)t nonson Goes 1 Conference Washington ssors Diamond Andt rs Away Attending ventions1 J. B. Edmonson of the school tion left yesterday afternoon 1 hington to take part in the conference on state schoolt n and long-term educational s a conference called by the mmission on the Emergency tion of which Dean Edmon- member. Invitations to the ce have been extended to the perintendents of public in- , the presidents of state and educational associations, and; 1 number of others who have; bilities for educational legis- )ne of the purposes of the ce is to secure better financ- public education. Considera- also be given to the defining tional issues that should be ed in long-time educational s. Dean Edmonson will not o Ann Arbor until Sunday,' sors George E. Myers and! Diamond, of the school of n, are also out of town this h convention meetings. will be in Peoria, Ill., attend- Manual Arts Conference, a of vocational education men g Ten universities. Professor, as one of the authors of the} blished by the group, entitled rial Arts and Modern Educa- week, Professors Myers and, d attended the meetings of Honored Dr. G. Carl Huber Is Tenth Faculty Man To Receive 1 Honor DR. G. CARL HUBER Senate Probe Shows Graft In Munitions Sales Investigation Shows Arms Salesmen Have Bribed Government Officials WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.--(P) - A trial of graft and bribery pay- ments reaching from Central America to China as competing arms sales- men sought orders for their companies was disclosed today in the Senate's investigation of the munitions indus- try. In one instance, a letter introduced as evidence declared that in some Latin American sales state depart- ment officials were "willing to -shut their eyes to small graft on such transactions." The letter came from the files of the Remington Arms Co. President Mentioned Civil and military officials in Mex- ico, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guat- emala, and even a president of Hon- duras, as well as officials in China, were mentioned as the recipients of the payments in data taken from the files of the Winchester and Reming- ton companies. Some officials of the two concerns, packed before the committee, dis- puted some of the assertions in these letters, but with respect to others they readily agreed that the payments had been made. The head of the Nicaraguan Na- tional Guard, trained by United States marines, was said to have received a "commission" on orders from that country, with the "knowledge" of the country's president. This, the letter said, could not be called bribery or graft. A man named only as Gen. Pa- dilla was reported to have received "presents," the largest of which was $250, from E. E. Jonas, Remington agent, for persuading purchasers of sporting arms to buy the Remington product before he, as war minister of Guatemala, would issue a permit for their importation. Letter Produced Another letter told of El Salvador equipping its army with German pis- tols for which Remington would get ammunion orders "regardless of competition." The payments were to come from docking soldiers 10 colones a month for the shells. Still another epistle described a $200 payment by a munitions agent to a Mexican general "to make his life mode pleasant and reform the new law on ammunition, arms, etc." Legislature Fumes As Session Begins Headed Research During World War Famous As Histologist And Anatomist; Also Edited Piersol's 'Anatomy' Dr. G. Carl Huber, dean of the Graduate School, has been designated as the faculty man "having attained highest distinction in the field of scholarship," and, as a result, has 'been awarded the Henry Russel lec- tureship for 1934-35, according to an announcement made last night by President Alexander G. Ruthven. Dr. Huber is the tenth faculty man to be chosen for the lectureship, which is awarded annually. The se- lection of the lecturer was committed to the Council of the Research Club, which transmitted its nominations to the President and Board of Regents for appointment. The nominating committee of the Research Club Coun cil consisted this year of members of the faculty who have previously served as Henry Russel lecturers. A professor of anatomy and direc- tor of the anatomical laboratories here, Dr. Huber is recognized as an outstanding histologist and anatom- ist. He has written various text-books on these subjects and is an editor of Piersol's Human Anatomy. Famed For War Research Dr. Huber has also been a con- stant contributor to scienfic jour- nals and during the World War had charge of experimental work on re- pair of severed peripheral nerves for the office of the Surgeon General. He has maintained an active con- nection with the teaching staff of the University since his graduation I with the medical class of 1887, with the exception of a year spent in post- graduate study in Berlin and another period of similar study at Prague. He first became a member of the fac- ulty as an assistant demonstrator in anatomy. He was an instructor in 1889, as- sistant professor in 1892, junior pro- fessor in 1899, and full professor in 1903. Since 1898, he has been director of the histological laboratories. For the last seven years, he has been ' ean of the Graduate School. Dr. Huber is a member of a number of societies, including the American Association of Anatomists, of which he was the president for two years, American Physiological S o c i e t y, American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, American Med- ical Association, Michigan State Med- ical Society, American Philosophical Society, Harvey Society, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Endowment Established In 1920 The Henry Russel lectureship was made possible by an endowment es- tablished in 1920 by bequest of Henry Russel, A.B., '73, A.M., '76, LL.B, '75, of Detroit. Mr. Russel's will stated that the income of the bequests was to be used to provide additional com- pensation for members of the faculty. Later the Board of Regents decided that $250 of the income from the bequest should be set aside annually to provide for the Henry Russel lec- ture, to be given under the auspices of the University at some time, be- tween the Spring vacation and May 30. It is customary to make a further appointment known as the Henry Russel Award to one of the younger members of the faculty who is con- sidered to have shown greatest prom- ise of scholarly achievement. The win- ner of this award will be announced later in the year. Prof. Paul Mueschke of the English department was the winner last year. The Henry Russel lecturers in the past have been: 1925-26, Prof. Moses Gomberg, 1926-27, Dean Frederick G. Novy,'1927-28, Prof. Henry A. Saun- ders, 1928-29, the late Prof. Alfred S. Warthin, 1929-30, the late Prof. Claude H. Van Tyne, 1930-31, Pro- fessor-emeritus William H. Hobbs, 1931-32, Prof. Jesse S. Reeves, 1932- 33, Prof. Walter B. Pillsbury, and 1933-34, Prof. Ermine C. Case. COAST GUARDS BATTLE STORM ST. JOSEPH, Dec. 10.-(R)-St. seum. Joseph Bursley, Prof. Henry C. An- derson, director of student-alumni relations, Dean Herbert C. Sadler of , the school of engineering, Prof. E. A. Stalker, head of the department of 9 raeronautical engineering, and Prof.t has provided the general and material ute.iA N f , h , ,, . ,., , l~r~ hc~a nnlitnn f n nrf~lDiamonc occasion for changes in government under these rcondntionsae partial and far-reaching changes in economic closing of certain markets, one of the at Pittsburgh. Professor Myers, an policies in European countries, in- results of economic nationalism, al- ex-official of the association, ad- cluding France, Germany, and the most inevitably increases the struggle dressed the meeting of Epsilon Pi' Balkan states. "The results has been for those remaining. In addition, the . fEpl Pi in most cases a pronounced movement necessity under which each nation is ;Tau, the national honorary fraternity in the field, an Professo ind towards nationalism." jplaced to add important natural re- , apn d ~th ~PrsofDimnd- l . l LANSING, Dec. 10. - (P) - The Legislature fumed over procedure as it. opened an extraordinary session Monday afternoon to settle election disputes. Fearing that the joint convention of the House and Senate, demanded byl x O. W. Boston, will be among the faculty members present.I