mommumoo For itigrt Iiti Probably rain today with little change in temperature. Editorials Appreciation For Sacrifice ; The Jamboree Disappoints.., VOL. XLV. No. 149 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1935 PRICE FIVE CENTS Hold Honors Convocation HereToday More Than 725 Students To Be Recognized For Scholastic Achievement Talk Will Be Given By H. S. Dennison Seniors, Graduates Will Wear Caps And Gowns; Classes Dismissed The 12th annual Honors Convoca- tion, recognizing more than 725 Uni- versity students f o r scholastic achievement, will be held at 11 a.m. today in Hill Auditorium. Henry Sturgis Dennison, president of the Dennison Manufacturing Com- pany, Framingham, Mass., will deliv- er the Convocation address. Presi- dent Alexander G. Ruthen will be the presiding officer. Classes in all schools and colleges, with the exception of clinics, willsbe dismissed at 10:30 a.m. Clinical stu- dents receiving honors will be ex- cused. All seniors and graduates in the honors group have been requested by the Convocation committee to wear the traditional cap and gown, and al- though the general student body is invited to attend, a special section of the auditorium has been set aside for those receiving honors. Parents of members of the honor group have also received special invitations to attend. InstU'uted By Burton The purpose of the Convocation, which was instituted in 1924 by the late Marion LeRoy Burton, former president of the University, is to give the University an opportunity to plib- licly recognize the scholastic abilities and achievements of University stu- dents. The first public announcement of those students who are eligible to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and other spe- cial and professional scholastic hon- orary societies, will be made in the Convocation program. Students who will receive senior honor recognition are those who have attained at least a "B" average and hold rank in the highest 10 per cent; of the senior classes in the various schools and colleges of the Univer- sity. 'A'-'B' Average Needed Juniors, sophomores, and freshmen who will receive honors must have attained an average equivalent to at least half "A" and half "B." Graduate students who have re- ceived fellowships, scholarships, and prizes, will also be honored. Mr. Dennison received an honorary degree in business administration from this University in 1929. He re- ceived his A. B. degree at Harvard in 1899 and his Sc.D. degree at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1927. He returned Tuesday from a Eu- ropean trip, where he attended the International Labor Conference at Geneva. Michigan History Collection Is Dunckel To Begun By History Department Withhold His By FRED WARNER NEAL that the principal reason for starting The beginnings of a Michigan his- a Michigan history collection in the tory collection, with the aim of mak- University is to locate valuable mate- ing the University a mecca for im- rial for the purpose of research. In portant state historical documents, this regard, he made a plea for all were announced yesterday by the his- students to "keep on the look-out" tory department. for anything relating to Michigan The collection, which is under the { history that they might run onto in supervision of Prof. Louis G. Vander their home towns. Velde, is a distinctly new policy for Things the University is especially the University, and according to Pro- interested in, he said, are papers of fessor Vander Velde, is in line with public men and of industrial leaders, action taken by history departments records of governmental activities, re- in many other state universities. ports of state organizations, records "The history department is of the of Michigan industries, and copies ofI opinion." Professor Vander Velde de- early newspapers. A collection ofI clared, "that the University is the books on Michigan history is also be- logical place for the preservation of ing attempted, he stated. material on Michigan history. While While a University collection of in the past we have had no one whose Michigan history has been under con- ::pecial interest lay in this field, we sideration here for some time as a felt that the time has now come for faculty research project, the idea is us to make a concerted effort to col- in complete accord with the recom- lect all available state historical mendation of Gov. Frank D. Fitz- data." gerald, who in his January message President Alexander G. Ruthven to the legislature, cited it as a "wor- praised the idea as being "excellent. thy endeavor." I am back of it 100 per cent," he de- Professor Vander Velde called at- clared. The President stated that he tention to the fact the University al- was in complete accord with all ac- ready has some Michigan historical tion being taken by the history de- material here, both in its own pos- partment in this regard. session and on loan. This includes, Professor Vander Velde pointed out he said, an almost complete file of that "in spite of the fact that Mich- the Signal of Liberty, an abolitionist igan has a rich historical background, newspaper published in Ann Arbor in with the exception of a few notable the 1840's; papers by Lucius Lyon, achievements, this field has been one of Michigan's first two United grieviously neglected. It is this his- States senators; the papers of the tory that we are trying to locate." distinguished Michigan statesman, Professor Vander Velde emphasized (Continvea on Psa' 21 Anti-Red Bill Senator Announces, 'We Are Definitely Killing The Bill' Labor Delegates In Iiouse Make Gains i Judiciary Committee Gives Hearing On Baldwin- Dunckel Bill LANSING, April 25. - (A) - The communist party, object of drastic punitive legislation this season, won its initial victory today in the Legis- lature. Sen. Miller Dunckel (Rep., Three Rivers), one of the sponsors of anti- communism legislation, announced plans to kill a measure designed to keep the Communist party off the election ballot. The bill would pro- hibit the ballot to any party advo- cating the overthrow of the govern- ment. Labor delegates also gained a slight victory during the day when the House judiciary committee granted them a hearing on the Baldwin-Dunckel bill passed by the Senate Wednesday. which would make it a felony to ad- vocate the overthrow of the govern- ment. The hearing will be held at 10 o'clock next Thursday morning be- fore the judiciary committee. It will not be an open inquiry. Senator Dunckel said he will have his bill returned to Senate state af- fairs committee where it will remain. "We are definitely killing the bill," the senator said. "The bill, after a thorough study, has been found to be without merit. Our purpose this season in anti-com- munism bills has been to obtain new weapons against those who advocate the overthrow of the government. "This bill would deny the ballot to a particular party. It is not in lineC with the general purpose of our other measures. I believe it would pass the Senate but I am having the bill killed." Labor delegates were denied a hear- ing on the punitive bill before it passed the Senate. Spokesmen said today they may attempt a public hear- ing after the one before the judiciary committee next week. SCA President To Resign At SSmester Enu Oriental Group Will Conclude Meeting To day Papers To Be Presented, Committee Appointed At Final Business Session A business meeting, in which a com- mittee to nominate next year's offi- cers will be appointed, and a series of papers will be presented, will con-- clude the one hundred and forty-sev- enth meeting of the American Orien- tal Society here today. The Society has been meeting here since Thursday, being attended by 50 members from all over the United States and numerous interested per- sons on the campus. Today's sessions will begin at 9:15 a.m. in the Alumni Memorial Hall, with Prof. Roland G. Kent of the University of Pennsylvania, president of the society presiding. A report of the directors regarding the time and place of the next meeting will first be entertained. Other features of this session will be reports of the various committees and delegates, the ap- pointment of the nominating commit- tee and a committee on arrange- ments for the ensuing year, and the appointment of auditors by the pres- ident. Students A s k Statement o f I Lecture Policy Five Questions Answered By Group Of Prominent University Men Answers to five questions were sub- mitted to Prof. Carl Brandt, secretary; of the University Committee on Lec- ture Policy, last night by a group of 20 prominent students, who were asked to submit a basis for a defini- tive statement of policy following their protest against the University's withholding of permission for John Strachey to speak in Hill Auditorium. The questions, together with sug- gestions of the committee, were sub- mitted by Wilbert L. Hindman, Grad.,; and Edward H. Litchfield, '36, win- ner of the National Public Discus- sions Contest, member of the Varsity debating team, and chairman of this year's Spring Parley.x First, was asked, "What constitutes a responsible organization?" Secondly, the nature of the proced- ure by which such an organization may go about to obtain the use of a University building was asked. "What must be the personal quali- fications of a lecturer?" was the third question. The fourth question asked what limitations are placed on the subject matter of a lecture to be given in aj University building. Lastly, the student group asks, "What definite provisions relating to lecture policy exist in the By-Laws of the Board of Regents and in deeds of gift of University buildings?" "We believe," the group concludes, "that the use of University grounds (that is, walks, steps, and other out- of-door parts of the campus) for lec- tures, assemblages, demonstrations, parades, etc., should be subject to no restriction whatsoever, so long as it. does not involve a violation of legal or moral sanctions.- Law Club To! Observe 10th Anniversary Gilbert Montague To Make Addresses In Founder's Day Program Today Case Club Finals To Feature Exercises Quealy And Quaife Meet Kitlinger And Barnako In Annual Event The finals of the Case Club argu- ments, three lectures by Gilbert H. Montague, prominent New York law- yer, and a banquet to be held tonight in the Law Club will be featured in the 10th annual Founder's Day cele- bration at the Club. In the Case Club arguments to be held at 1:30 p.m. in Room 100, Hut- chins Hall, Erle A. Kitlinger and Frank R. Barnako will contest with Patrick Quealy and Donald Quaife, all Law School juniors, in a hypo- thetical legal problem growing out of the depression. These four stu- dents have eliminated a group of 72 contestants from the arguments in the junior class. The case involves a business prob- lem of economic duress and arises in a dispute between a contractor and a municipality and the bank which has issued its bonds. The Henry M. Campbell Memorial Award of prizes totaling $150 will be distributed fol- lowing the argument. Ju s t i c e s George E. Bushnell, Henry M. Butzel, and Louis H. Fead of the State Su- preme Court will act as judges. Mr. Montague, who has acted as counsel in numerous Federal and State anti-trust investigations, and who has had wide experience in national politics, will give three lectures on problems relating to the New Deal. The first lecture, having as its title, "NRA In Operation," will be given at 4Hp.m.. today in Room 100, Hutchins Hall. The second, "Exec- utive Law-Making Under the Con- stitution," will be given tonight at tha banquet in the Law Club. The third, "The Future of the NRA, " has been scheduled for 11 a.m. Satur- day and will be given in Room 100, Hutchins Hall. The first and third of the talks are open to the public. The 10th annual Founder's Day banquet, to be held at 7 p.m. in the Club dining hall, will feature the second of Mr. Montague's lectures. Regent Edmund C. Shields will also speak at the banquet and will award the "billets" which are given each year to seniors who have spent at least two years in the club. Chapman To Talk On Human Affairs Dr. Royal N. Chapman, dean of the Graduate School and director of the Experimental Station of Tropical Ag- riculture of the University of Ha- waii, will speak at 4:15 this afternoon on "Creative Research and Human Affairs" in the Natural Science Audi- torium in another of the University lecture series. Dr. Chpman is world-famous for his knowledge of insect population and is the author of a text used by the University on animal ecology, accord- ing to Prof. Samuel A. Graham of the zoology department. Schoolmasters T Long Prepara For weeks, officers of the School- masters' Club announce, they have been at work on plans for the banquet toniA ht in commemoration of their To Elect President Of Interfraternity Council The new president of the Inter- fraternity Council will be elected at a general meeting of the Coun- cil at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Union, Alvin H. Schleifer, '35, sec- retary, announced yesterday. The Executive Committee of the Council will meet Tuesday to nom- inate three men for the position. Schleifer said that all students wishing to netition for the nosi- Sixth Annual Conference On Teacher Training Is Held In Morning Sessions To Draw Large Attendance Educational Problems Are Discussed In Afternoon By College Officials W 11 AS* u** g pJ*u1 pAI/* *lJA. f1,1G 1fl tion must have their petitions in By CLINTON B. CONGER not later than noon Tuesday. The seventieth meeting of the Mich- igan Schoolmasters' Club opened yes- } terday with special conferences of two Elect Litchfield groups meeting in conjunction with the sessions of the Club. Attendance . As Chairm anOf at the early meetings gave promise of a large turnout for the regular sessions of the Club itself. Spi-ngy Parlev First of the special meetings, held ./ in the morning, was the sixth annual conference on Teacher Training, Discussion To Be Based sponsored by the School of Educa- tion. The other, taking place in the On 'Values Involved - In afternoon, was the meeting of presi- Conflict At Michigan' dents, deans, registrars, and other college officers and heads of depart- ments of Michigan colleges inthe The Spring Parley General Com- conference on problems in the field mittee unanimously adopted the re- of higher education, sponsored by the vised title, ValuestInvolved in the University Bureau ofCooperation' Social Conflict at the University of With Educational Institutions. Michigan," for the 1935 Parley sched- uled for May 3, 4, and 5 at a meeting Reports Given held last night at the League. The morning session was in the Edward Litchfield, '36, was elected form of reports and discussions on chairman of the Parley by the com- chapters of the 1935 Yearbook "The mittee, which also went on record to Education of Teachers" of the Na- adopt five sub-topics on which a por- tional Society of College Teachers of tion of the three-day discussion will Education. The meeting. was presid- be based. The subjects selected were: ed over by Dean James B. Edmonson "Academic Freedom," "Technique for of the School of Education. Social Action," "Race Discrimina- The first speaker was Dean W. E. tion," "War," and "Political Philos- Lessenger of Wayne University, who ophy." . reviewed the chapter of "Selective Commenting on the choice of the Admission and Promotion." While subject last night, Litchfield said, "In there has to date been little truly se-- view of recent campus developments, l lective admission to schools of edu- the entire executive and general com- cation, he pointed out, there is a gen- mittee feels that this subject must be eral trend in that direction, with of particular interest to all socially qualifications to be set up in scholas- conscious students. Every effort has tic ability, mental capacity, health ' been made to select such a subject as and mental stability. this which will appeal to all students The object would be, he continued, and members of the faculty whether I to eliminate the poorer candidates conservative or liberal." i for the teaching profession before The executive committee was in- they even enter their professional structed to contact a list of faculty training. men to make up the panel which is iDescribe Curriculum Trend hoped to bring out all points of view Aeoribe chlmtren on current questions, according to A report on the chapter dealing members of the committee. with "Curriculum," given by Prof. Committee members appointed last Thomas M. Carter of Albion, followed. night to make preparations for the Here he indicated that the trend is event are, Marjorie Hiscock,'36, Patri- more and more toward a broad gen- cia Woodward, '36, on the secretariat; eral training rather than limitation Wilbert Hineman, Grad., on the con- to the field of intended study. tinuations committee; Dorothy Roth, The question of a teaching "in- '36, on the banquet committee; and terneship" in the form of intensive Irving Levitt, '36, Arthur Taub, '35, practice teaching after graduation and James Merry, '36, on the publicity and before takig up the duties of a committee. regular teacher was also discussed Members of the Model League of j and warmly recommended at this Nations, which meets at the same time point. It was also recommended that ' were invited to attend the sessions of the professional curricula should the Parley. Martin Wagner, Grad., be differentiated according to the in- was. appointed to contact the Model tended field of service, such as ele- League to issue the invitation. mentary or secondary schools, or the special schools for the deaf, blind, or LIVING COST TO RISE mentally retarded. NEW YORK, April 25 -(P)- A rise Schorling Speaks of more than 100 per cent in the cost The third speaker on the morning of living in the next 10 years was fore- program was Prof. Raleigh Schorling cast to the American Chemical So- of the School of Education, who dis- ciety today by Dr. Melvin T. Cope- ! cussed the Yearbook's chapter on "Di- land, professor of marketing in the rected Teaching," which he wrote. Graduate School of Business Admin- The trends in this field, he said, are istration, Harvard University. toward placing the practice teaching - early in the professional training, a broader definition of the term to in- ell H i stor Ofclude observation, participation, and the teaching itself, and emphasis on the quality and training of the critic tion For Banquet!teacher Other trends are toward the in- creasing use of the case or problem held the post since. Although not method of directed teaching, provis- secretary, he was a former director ions for experience in some of the and treasurer of the Michigan Fed- non-instructional functions of the eration of Teachers' Clubs, and an teacher, the use of the individual con- Special Open Meetings Convention ;hoolmasters I Six papers will then be presented, two by University faculty members. These are "Remarks on Some Syrian Bronze Amulets" by Prof. Campbell Bonner, head of the Greek depart- rj to. ment; and "Figurines from Seleucia rJ1 on the Tigris and the Question of r. Hawley Tapping Parthian Art," by Miss Wilhelmina - r t T Po Van Ingen, research associate in ar- Reelected To ost chaeology. This last paper will be9 illustrated, according to last night's T. Hawley Tapping, general secre- arrangements. Nearly all the papers, 4f thp. Alumni Association was while termed of outstanding import- ,ry of ue iailtav aa , - recently appointed to succeed himself as American Alumni Council director of regional conferences. He was also named director of membership. At the same time the Michigan Alumnus, edited by Mr. Tapping, was awarded a special prize by the Council for an article by Dr. Eugene S. Mc- Cartney; editor of scholarly publica- tions. Board Sets Date For Filing Of Applications The Board in Control of Studentj Publications will hold its meeting1 for the appointment of managing editor and business manager of The Michigan Daily, The Summer Michigan Daily, the Michigan- ensian, and the Gargoyle, and business manager of the Summer Directory, at 2:30 p.m., May 17, 1935. Each applicant for a position is requested to file nine copies of his letter of application with the Audi-- tor of Student Publications not later than May 10, 1934, for the use of the members of the Board. Car- bon copies, if legible, will be satis- factory. Each letter should state facts as to the applicant's experi- ence upon the publication or else- ance by experts in the Oriental field, are technical in nature. Seven other papers will be read by title only. Graduating Engineering Student To Meet Changed Conditions Engineering students on the brink j types of engineers. "The principal of a hostile world will find changed conditions existing between employers Sand the prospective job-hunter, in the opinion of W. B. McClelland, as-j sistant to the president of the Case School of Applied Science at Cleve- land. After an extended investigation into industrial concerns with an eye to- ward aiding engineering graduates to, sell their services, Mr. McClelland be- lieves, that the time when college graduates received four or five defi- nite offers of employment is forever past. "It has been found that the men who during the depression were forced to make aggressive efforts to obtain employment turned out to be more interested employees than those who were asked to join the organiza- tion," Mr. McClelland observed in a report to Prof. R. S. Swinton of the engineering school. "Companies may - nar-~n~ yntimr mn in hit mnvnn'iena source of employment for civil engi- neers, especially those who have ma- jored in hydraulics, will be with the government projects, some on the government payroll, but most with the private contracting companies who win the bids. It is useless to send anyone to Washington to get a job, since the Federal functions are being decentralized and the people in the local communities have the authority to hire. Those majoring in structural design will probably have a little more difficulty. "The mechanical engineers are finding employment with companies manufacturing industrial products, who are coming to realize that the valuable merchandizer is the man who has an engineering background and can analyze his customer's needs. Uncertainties among public utilities are making the electrical engineer less fortunate; however, the vacuum ,i hinia ,-vnan in, n nnnn,-i tiP fr. t f Anderson Quits As Move To Establish Custom Of ElectingJuniors Although having one more year to serve, Russell F. Anderson, '36, re- signed as president of the Student Christian Association yesterday, the 1 resignation to take effect at the end of the current semester. Anderson stated that the reasons for his handing in his resignation were twofold. "First," he said, "the, plan of electing a junior to the presi- dency should be established as a regu- lar procedure in order to unify the work of Lane Hall. As matters are now, the building is entirely student- managed, and thus with the gradu- ation of each senior president the I experience gained is lost." Anderson will remain on the S.C.A. cabinet and serve in an advisory ca- pacity. The retaining of the past president as an advisor will thus give the staff of the S.C.A. "continuity and stableness." "The second reason for my resign- ing," Anderson continued, "is to fin- ish up a book I am writing which will deal with contemporary college life." Anderson has already had one book published. At the present time there are sixI sophomores on the S.C.A. cabinet and from this group the next S.C.A. president will be selected. Petitions for the position must be submitted to Anderson by May 5, and the elec- tion will be held in the next three or four weeks. Journalist Will Be Distributed Today The second issue of the Michigan Journalist, laboratory publication of the journalism department, will be distributed today, members of the de- partment announced. The paper was printed for the department by the; Adrian Daily Telegram. ti fiftieth anniversary. 'The program, organizer and first president of the ference, and again the suggestion of when completed, was built around the Michigan High School Athletic Asso- the "interneship," he said. past officers of the "organization, and IThe final report of the morning chiefly in honor of Louis P. Jocelyn, At the turn of the century, with the session was made by Dean C. L. An- secretary-treasurer of the club for 15-year-old Schoolmasters Club at a spach of Michigan State Normal Col- 33 years, and Mrs. Jocelyn. low ebb, he was asked by Dean-em lege, president-elect of Ashland Col- itus Allan S. Whitney of the School legen peidnlofshd Co- Only recently it has been made i of Education to attempt a resuscita- lege in Ohio who discussed the chap- known that the two guests of honor tion. Accordingly in 1902 he became terion "Supply, Demand, and Ctional will be unable to attend. Ill for the secretary-treasurer of the club. InIcation." relation to a national first time in 40 years, the retiring ' 1904 he was given the office perma- survey of the subject, he stated that "All-American" secretary is confined nently. there is a great oversupply of teach- to his home with pneumonia, missing "Since then the Schoolmasters' Club ers nationally. This situation, how- the Club's meeting for the first time has been my big interest outside my I ever, does not prevail in Michigan, since he joined. And although Mrs. teaching - and my wife's too." Since with what surplus we have being Jocelyn is temporarily acting secre- that time, the Club has prospered. gradually used, as the yearly turn- tary-treasurer in his place, she also Where its dues receipts were once only over is greater than the product of ' will be unable to attend the ban- $3, its membership reached 3,112 in the teaching colleges, so that by 1940 quet. 11928, although not that high at pres- the surplus may have vanished. Mr. Jocelyn, at present a teacher ent. At a joint luncheon of the two SmnthPmatin + AlAnn ArbA -Tirh i At the testimoniald rinner tnnio-htI conferences combined President