The Weather Slightly warmer today; gentle to moderate southerly winds. LL itia a t Editorial No Message, No Moral . . . The Courts Are Vindicated... VOL. XLV. No. 95 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1935 PRICE FiVE CENTS Cagers Are Beaten By Minnesota Varsity Loses 26-29 After Last Half Bid For Victory By Subs ' Gee Shown Up By Opposing Center Michigan Is Consistently Out-played Until Last 15 Minutes Of Game By ARTHUR W. CARSTENS Michigan's Varsity basketball team lost to Minnesota, 29 to 26,,here last night. The Minnesota five demonstrated an easy superiority during most of the game and led, 25 to 12, with 15 minutes left to play, but the Wolver- ines made a determined bid for a vic- tory in the last few minutes which was cut short by the final gun with Michigan trailing by three points. The defeat, fifth in six Conference games for Michigan, left them in eighth place in the standings since Northwestern also lost. With 15 minutes left and his team trailing by 13 points Coach Franklin Cappon withdrew his impotent reg- ulars from the game, substituting Solomon, Tomagno, and Joslin for Plummer, Patanelli, and Gee. Tomagno started the drive with a shot 'from outside the foul line and Meyers added two points on free throws, but Baker got back two points when he broke down the floor ahead of Rudness for an easy basket. A minute later Joslin got his only basket on a pass from Solomon, but again the gain was wiped out, when Norman scored on a "sleeper" under Michigan's basket. When Jennings replaced Rudness, Coach MacMillan substituted Svendson, a ponderous tackle on the Gopher grid team, and Frienuth, a shot putter. Oldest Alumnus Of Michigan Salary Raise To Celebrate 100th Birthdayi Need Is Cited ____Need Is Cited Gang Killed I d Hull Will Deliver IL Dr. John Parker Stoddard, '59, the 'University's oldest living alumnus- perhaps the oldest living graduate of any American college or univer- sity-will celebrate his hundredth birthday Feb. 22 in Muskegon. The occasion will be marked with a special testimonial dinner at noon in the Occidental hotel, Muskegon, given by the University of Michigan Club of Muskegon, the Muskegon and the Michigan Medical Societies, .he Muskegon Albion Club, the Mus- kegon luncheon clubs and the Uni- versity Alumni - Association. Dr. Stoddard was graduated from Albion College in 1855, from the Uni- versity in 1859 and later took his medical degree from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York. After graduation he practiced medicine in Albion for 12 years, later moving to Muskegon where he prac- iced 12 years more, being surgeon for the West Michigan Railway Company and' a member of the Board of Examiners for Soldiers Pensimns and county physician. In 1891 Dr. Stoddard went to De- land, Fla., where he engaged in his profession and in orange grove cul- tivation for 8 years. Previous to his return to Muskegon he resided in Norwcod, Mass., and Missoula, Mont. He visited Ann Arbor in 1905 for the reunion of the class of 1859, of which he is the only surviving mem- ber. Emory J. Hyde, president of the Alumni Association, T. Hawley Tap- ping, general secretary of the Asso- K / i~ i ( M Y DR. JOHN P. STODDARD ciation, and University Vice-Presi- dent Shirley W. Smith will attend the Muskegon celebration. Vice- President Smith will participate as the personal representative of Pres- ident Alexander G. Ruthven. Dr. Stoddard was born on Feb. 22, 1835 in Jackson when that city was a village known as Jacksonburg. He entered the University as a member of a class of 39 young men. At that time the .institution had been estab- lished in Ann Arbor for only 15 years, after its transfer from De- troit, and Dr. Stoddard likes to tell "how lonely and unkempt was the whole outfit," as compared with the institution he saw on later visits. Meyers andJennings lput Michiga within striking distance with baskets in quick succession, bringing the score to 29 to 22. Ford and Rieck came in for Michigan and Norman quickly returied in place of Friemuth. With only a minute left to play, Jennings got his second sensational basket from far out, and Ford sank an underhand shot from the side. In the last 30 seconds a barrage of shots from all conceivable angles failed to connect for the Wolverines. Lanky Gordon Norman matched John Gee's height and showed Mich- igan's sophomore how the pivot posi- tion should be played, directing Min- nesota's floor play and feeding the ball to his mates on fast breaks, or himself connecting on reverse shots from close in. Gee was caught flat-footed time after time as the guards' passes to him were intercepted by the faster Goph- ers. While Meyers was unsuccessfully trying to draw out the Minnesota de- fense with long shots, his running mate, Dick Evans, allowed Jim Baker to score ten points in as many min- utes, before being replaced by Rud- ness. Michigan couldn't get close to the basket in the first 30 minutes and when they finally cracked the Minne- sota defense in the closing minutes, (Continued on Page 6) Dean-Emeritus Cooley T Get A.S.M.E. Medal Iturbi To Give Piano Recital HereTonight Jose Iturbi, distinguished Spanish piano virtuoso and conductor, will be heard in a Choral Union Concert at 8:15 p.m. tonight in Hill Auditor- ium. He will give a piano recital composed mainly of classical compo- sitions. Mr. Iturbi arrived in the United, States for the first time in October, 1929. and has been back every season since then, having played more con- certs in America during that time. than has any other pianist except Paderewski. Born in Valencia, Jose Iturbi, a child prodigy, has had a nomadic career. He studied both in his home city and in Paris, supporting him-. self by playing in sidewalk restau- rants. Later he was head of the# piano, faculty of the ConservatoryI of Geneva. For his Ann Arbor concert he has chosen the following numbers: ? Bach: Caprice, for the departure of] his beloved brother (Back-Gesell- schaft edition -Bass realized by Mr. Iturbi). A. Friends persuade him not to undertake the journey. B. They picture the different adventures that may befall him. C. Adagios- sissimo - Lamentations of all his friends. D. Friends, finding their ef- forts unsuccessful, bid him farewell. E. Aria of the postillion. F. Fugue in imimation of the postillion's trum- pet. (This is played without inter- ruption.) Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Opus 53 (Dedicated to Count von Waldstein, Allegro con brio, Adagio molto, and Rondo - Allegretto mod- erato; Chopin: Fantasie - Impromp- tu and Scherzo, B-flat minor; Grana- dos: Plaintes, ou la Maja et le Ros- signol (from the Suite, "Goyescas"); Debussy: Serenade a la poupee; Rav- al: Pavane; Albeniz: Fete Dier a Seville; Liszt: Two Etudes d'execu- tion transcendante: C major, No. 1 (Prelude) and F minor, No. 10 (Al- legro, agitato molto). Law Balks At Lawyers' Diagonal Sleigh Ride Two law students became a little too exhuberant Saturday, when real- izing that the terror of semester ex- aminations had finally been allayed, they hired themselves a horse and cutter and went cutting down the middle of the diagonal. Expecting to encounter a little difficulty at the engineering build- ing arch, they also encountered the Law, in the person of Patrolman Er- win Schmidt, who escorted them to the county jail. Arraigned in court yesterday, the two pleaded guilty to- a charge of being drunk and disor- derly, and were fined. The two gave names of "Robert Hancock" and "Louis Haggins," neither of which is listed in the stu- dent directory. Their law training aided them only to the extent of keeping their real names off the police record, according to local officials. Dr. Slutz To Speak At Lane Hall Today Dr. Frank B. Slutz of Dayton, 0,, noted authority on religious, social, and economic problems will. speak under- the auspices of the Student Christian Association at 3:30 p.m. to- day in the upper room of Lane Hall on "The Vocation of Vocations."' Last night Dr. Slutz addressed the cabinets of the S.C.A. and Guilds and other campus leaders who met to- gether in a joint meeting. The'topic of his talk for the closed session was "The Lonely Gleam." Dr. Slutz has had much experi- ence both as a lecturer and as an edu- cator. For many years he was instruc- tor in psychology and English litera- ture at Chicago Teacher's College, and taught at the summer sessions of the University of Colorado and Mount Union College. In addition to his work as a college instructor, Dr. Slutz was vice-president of the Day- ton Structural Steel Co. for ten years and for twelve years was director of a summer camp for boys 1n Minne- sota. By President Annual Report Also Asks Increase In Number Of TeachingPositions Decries Necessity Of Lower Income Reports Of Vice-Presidents And Deans Contained In Document The necessity of an increase in faculty salaries and the number of teaching positions "if the kind of work is to be done that is demanded of an institution of higher education today" was strongly emphasized by President Alexander G. Ruthven in his annual report to the Board of Regents. Commenting on the program for reducing operating costs of the Uni- versity, he reported that by the use of this plan of effecting economies necessitated by the reduced income, it was possible to continue all of the important functions of the Univer- sity, although with less effectiveness than in previous years. President Ruthven pointed out, however, that, while satisfactory as a method of meeting an emergency, there is considerable doubt that the institution can continue to operate successfully on the present income. The excuse that the small number of positions available to graduates has decreased the need for educa- tional oportunities is "largely the re- sult of hysteria and is to be logi- cally defended only on the ground that education is merely specialized training for a living," he observed. This is at best only a secondary aim, and the broader concept of school training is that its primary ob- jective "should be to train one to think clearly and act rightly," he pointed out. "From this point of view," Pres- ident Ruthven continued, "no less than its best efforts are demanded of any people at all times to pro- mote the welfare of its educational agencies." The process of reducing the ex- penses of the University to anI amount consistent with the income as set by the State Legislature was broken up into four separate steps: First, general services; second, ex- ecutive functions, student personnel units, and all general offices and general accounts; third, readjust- ment of staffs and offerings of sev- eral schools and colleges; and, fourth, decrease in salaries. The President's Report, which is published each year by the Univers- ity, also includes annual Reports of the Vice-President and Secretary, Vice-President and Director of Ed- ucational Investigations, Vice-Pres- ident in Charge of University Re- lations, Dean of Students, Dean of Women, Deans, Directors, and Su- perintendents. "Stool Pigeon' To Be ried On Sing Sing Gate NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-(P)--A magnetic "stool pigeon" slips into Sing Sing prison this week to sign the death warrant for gun smuggling. The invention is expected to detect every weapon brought to the portals of the big house. The inventor is Prof. Leon There- mc, formerly of the state physico- technical institution at Leningrad. The gun detector consists only of two little boxes, one on either side Professor Theremin, a thin-faced young Russian, who came to America six years ago, told how the apparatus in one of the boxes sent out a constant stream of magnetic impulses. In the box on the opposite side of the door- way was a receiver that had nothing to say while the field remained un- interrupted. But the receiver set off a loud buzzer the minute the magnetic field was distorted by a metal object. The apparatus is being installed at Sing Sing at the front entrance. The same detector already is in operation at Alcatraz, the government's "es- cape-proof" prison at San Francisco. The prisoners there were first to bestow onto it the title of "stool pigeon.,, In Plea To Jury, Reilly Charges That State Has 'Bungled' Case Infers Condon Is Implicated In Crime Servants Participated, He Claims; Wilentz To Ask The 'Chair' FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 11. - P) - The last plea for Bruno Richard Hauptmann's life was flung at his jury today in a hotly-worded cry that a "gang" kidnaped and killed the Lindbergh baby and that the case against, Hauptmann was an empty fraud. Edward J. Reilly, in a summation rife with bitter charges that ,Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was betrayed and tricked by those he trusted, begged the eight men and four women trying the carpenter for murder not to take away what they cannot give back --his life. With scorn in his phrases but al- ways with an appeal to the "David Harum horse sense" of the jury, Reil- ly charged that evidence against Hauptmann had been "fixed" and "planted," that the State of New Jer- sey had bungled the investigation of the century's greatest crime from the start. 'Work of Gang' "This kidnaping was the work of a gang, and by a gang I mean a collec- tion of people, bent on an evil under- taking," he shouted He charged Dr. John F. (Jafsie) Condon, ransom intermediary who identified Hauptmann as receiver of the $50,000 Lindbergh ransom "stands behind something in this case that is unholy."j He charged guilty knowledge and participation in the crime to Betty Gow, the baby's nursemaid, to "Red"1 Johnson, her Norwegian sailor friend, and to the two dead servants, Ollie; Whateley, butler, and Violet Sharpe,, maid in the home of Mrs. Dwightj W. Morrow. Reilly concluded the defense sum- mation at 4:32 p.m. Wilentz to Demand 'Chair' i Tomorrow Attorney General David 7 'r. Wilentz, lithe and alert, will de- mand the electric chair for Haupt- mann, and the jurors, after hearing r Justice Thomas W. Trenchard's charge, will file into the bleak, back room where they will try to reach a verdict. The verdict may come Tuesday night, or Wednesday, or not at all.- There is eyery indication that only four courses will be open --acquittal,, conviction with a mandatory life sen- tence, or disagreement. For hours Reilly talked on in the breathless, hushed atmosphere of the tiny, time-scarred courtroom. Hauptmann Alone' He began where Anthony M. Hauck, Jr., youthful Hunterdon County pros- ecutor, left off. It was Hauck's task to outline the state's evidence, which he said, proved that Hauptmann, and Hauptmann alone, kidnaped and killed the baby. Hauptmann's color mounted as the young prosecutor applied the verbal lash, weaving with words one of the chains which, the state hopes, will fasten Hauptmann in the electric chair. When Reilly began his summation, the defendant's eyes blinked rapidly. Then his face became'set. Apparently he brushed away a tear as he raised a finger to his cheek. Mrs. Hauptmann sat motionless. Her face mirrored little. Now and +ha n tn fQvac nH , Graduation Speaker Ex-Senator Was Delegation To Conference Head Of World CORDELL HULL PWA Projects In State Total f$787,091,977' Planning Commission Will Probably Be Made A Permanent Body DETROIT, Feb. 11.-(A)-Public works projects by Michigan commu- nities now total $787,091,977, the state' planning commission announced to- day at the conclusion of the first of a series of nine regional meetings it will hold to coordinate Michigan's ef- forts to share in the Administration's" proposed $4,000,000 program. More than 130 municipal officials from the Detroit area heard Gov. Frank D. Fitzgerald express the opin- ion that the planning commission will be made a permanent organization to carry out a comprehensive program of state development. In the huge total cost of the pro- posed projects, the $415,000,000 pro- gram by the city of Detroit was out- standing. The state conservation recommends expenditures of $75,000,- 000, while the state highway depart- ment had a program involving ex- penditure of $243,000,000. Students Eligible For Census Named The Michigan unemployment cen- sus, which is in progress in Ann Arbor at the present time, counts only those students who live within the state, with their parents, or in no home at all, it was emphasized by officials here yesterday. It is the belief of the census bureau that in the University there are "a considerable number of older stu- dents who are not members of any family located elsewhere." All these must, according to law be tabulated. Persons attending school and working a certain number of hours per month also have to be tabulated, it was as- serted. Officials conducting the census Secretary of State Cordell Hull will deliver the principal address at the annual Commencement Exercises of the University to be held Monday morning, June 17, at Ferry Field. Announcement of Secretary Hull's acceptance of the invitation to speak was made yesterday by Dr. Frank E. Robbins, assistant to President Alexander G. Ruthven, after word had been received from Washington. The topic of his speech was not an- nounced at the time. Secretary Hull, who is a native of Carthage, Tenn., has been a promin- ent figure in diplomatic circles since first entering public life as a member of the 60th Congress from the fourth Tennessee district in 1907. He served as a member of the' House of Representatives until 1929; this period of service was interrupted only once, for two years. In 1930, he was elected United States Senator from Tennessee, but resigned in March, 1933, to fill his present position in the President's cabinet. Previous to his Congressional ca- reer, Secretary Hull was a member of the Tennessee House of Repre- sentatives and a judge in the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Tennessee. He has been a member of the bar since 1891. He was chairman of the Ameri- can delegation sent to the 1933 World Economic Conference in London, and has'served in various advisory capac- ities continuously since his appoint- ment to the cabinet post. Secretary Hull has served for many years on the Democratic National Committee, and from 1921 to 1924 he was chairman of the Democratic Na- tional Executive Committee. His appearance here will mark the second time in as many years that a member of the President's cabin- et has spoken locally. Frances Perk- ins, secretary of labor and first wom- an cabinet member, addressed a large audience in Hill Auditorium last spring. Local Students Cast Heaviest Ballot In Poll Semi-Final Returns Show Michigan Favors League Of Nations Casting the heaviest ballot of 115 leading American universities polled, undergraduates at the University def- initely agreed that the United States can stay out of a war, according to semi-final returns of the Literary Di- gest College Peace Poll. Local students to date have cast 3,197 votes but are closely followed by Harvard undergraduates who have sent in 3,167 ballots. Nearly one sixth of the 91,055 stu- dents voting stated that they would not bear arms in case the United States was invaded. Of the Michigan undergraduates 2,566 said they would fight if invaded while 688 answered the issue negatively. In general Michigan students fol.- lowed the trend of all the universities on the issues. On the policy of "Should the United States enter the League of Nations?" the balloting of all uni- versities was almost a tie, with 50.17 per cent voting "yes" and 49.83 per cent voting "no." The Ann Arbor stu- dent totals on this issue were 1,819 affirmative replies and 1,432 negative answers. An overwhelmingly negative reply greeted the question "would you bear arms for the United States in the invasion of the borders of another country?" Michigan students voted 2,- 816 to 403 against this question, while the general average on the issue was 82.17 per cent favoring the negative. Even more pronounced, however, finc th +-a lmnc. -iinnrnmmf,',n nrn Defense Says Principal Speech A t Graduation Will Be Second Cabinet Member To Speak Here In Last Two Years Secretary Has Had Varied Public Life i A gold medal will be presented to- night to Dean-Emeritus Mortimer E. Cooley of the Colleges of Engineer- ing and Architecture by the Detroit chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for Dean Cool- ey's 50 years of membership in that society. The presentation will take place at a banquet to be held in the Detroit Athletic Club. The medal was originally conferred at the annual meeting of the society which was held December 5 in New York. Dean Cooley was not pres- ent at the annual meeting, so the' actual presentation of the medal was postponed until tonight. . Members of the faculty who will attend the banquet and the presenta- tion tonight are Dean Joseph A. Burs- ley, Dean Herbert C. Sadler of the engineering college, Assistant Dean Alfred H. Lovell of the engineering college. Prof. Henry C. Anderson, Damrosch Says Radio Teaching Is Failure; Maddy Disagrees hnen a trace of anxiety settled and 'asked cooperation of students in the then passed. answering of necessary questions. Dean Joseph Bursle Asks For Reports From Campus Houses Prof. Joseph E. Maddy, University radio music instructor, came to arms with Walter Damrosch, N.B.C.'s chief music adviser, over the efficacy of the radio as a medium of music in- struction, in a discussion that has extended over the past month. Dr. Damrosch has frequently made statements that radio has no place in the teaching of music, said Pro- fessor Maddy, who recently wrote Dr. Damrosch telling him the advantages and successes of the University meth- of radio teaching. The outcome of the correspond- ence was an invitation to Professor Maddy to visit Dr. Damrosch in New York and explain in detail how he accomplishes that which the N.B.C.'s structor who is in constant personal relationship with his pupils, in or- der that he may frequently observe their progress and correct their faults." Professor Maddy, who conducts radio broadcasts instructing in be- ginning and advanced playing of wind" and stringed instruments and a class in elementary singing over Station WJR direct from Morriss Hall, said that their disagreement lies in what constiutes musical perform- ance. "My work," he wrote to Dr. Dam- rosch, "is of the most elementary nature and its whole purpose is to create a strong desire on the part of my pupils to study music seriously. Plans For Attainment Ruthven's Objectives Be In Feb. 14 of To A statement of plans adopted by I individual fraternities to attain the objectives set forth by President Alex- ander G. Ruthven in his talk to fra- ternity men Jan. 19, must be filed in the Office of the Dean of Students lby Thursday, Feb. 14, according to a' request made recently by Dean Joseph Monthly Financial Reports Must Be Turned In By February_15 Fraternity house managers have been requested by Dean of Students Joseph A. Bursley to turn in the monthly financial report of their houses on or before Friday, Feb. 15. Letters were sent to each fraternity house manager with 12 copies of the Standard Report Form, one of which