GE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY. APRIL 30, 1936 Classes To Be Dismissed For Meeting Friday Dr. Aydelotte Will Speak At Honors Convocation; To Be Held At II A.M. The Thirteenth Annual Honors Convocation of the University of Michigan will be held at 11 a.m. to- morrow in Hill Auditorium. This year's Convocation, at which the honor students of all the scholsand colleges of the University will be feted, is to be addressed by br. Frank Ayde- lotte, president of Swarthmore Col- lege. All classes, with the exception of clinics, will be dismissed at 10:30 a.m. for the occasion. However, students in clinical classes who are receiving honors at the Convocation will be excused in order to attend, accord- ing to President Ruthven. More than 700 students are to be honored. They will receive reserved seats for themselves and the members of their families who wish to attend, and will have their names printed upon the program. The public is in- vited. President Ruthven will preside. Im- mediately preceding the address by Dr. Aydelotte, Dean Bursley will pre- sent the honor students to the pres- ident and Palmer Christian will play a selection upon the organ. 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 pub- 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 the1 Convocation program. Dr. Aydelotte, a former All-Amer- ican tackle at Indiana University, re-, ceived his master's degree from Har- vard and attended Brasenose College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa1 Senate, an honorary member of the, American Association of University Professors and has been the American1 secretary of the Rhodes Trustees since 1918. He has been president of1 Swarthmore College since 1921. ; An occasion of note, the Convoca-1 tion always hears an outstanding edu- cational leader. Last year at the Con-f vocation, held April. 26, Dr. Henry1 Sturgis Dennison, president of thef Dennison Manufacturing Company, was the speaker.< Workers Union Attacks 'Radical, 'False Rumors' Almost 200 Have Signed Membership Cards, Says Secretary Kuhne n Stoutly denying that the Student Workers Federation, newly frmed . union for working students, had among its purposes interference with the administration of the NYA, Eu- gene Kuhne, Grad., secretary of the organization, declared yesterday that it sought only to "stop unfair ex- ploitation of student labor on the campus." "The union as a union is neither radical nor conservative," Kuhne con- tinued, denouncing all false radical rumors that the student group was a "red" tool. It was announced yesterday by union officials that membership ini the federation amounted to nearlyl 200, "although no general member- ship campaign has been inaugurated as yet." A meeting slated for 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, at the Unitarian Church is expected to draw manyr students who are interested in the union's program. A publicity com-l mittee has been appointed to ac- quaint the campus with the outlined program. A committee named to seek Uni- versity recognition, including Mich-l ael Evanoff, '36L, Ray Salgat, grad.7 and Eldon Hamm, '38, will have a; report ready for the next meeting. a The administration of the Uni- versity, together with NYA officials, stated in conference with union of- ficers that they were very much in sympathy with the stated prograr;? but warned about organization of NYA workers and about the approach that should be used, Kuhne assert- ed. "If the federation gains in mem- bership as we hope it will," he said,: "smaller working groups whose lead- ers will meet as a central committee will be necessary in order to func- tion properly." Kuhne declared that "each mem- ber of the union is appointed as a committee of one to submit a report nn his own working nlace and to sub- Killers Of Policeman A bandon, Bullet - Pu netured Car Alumni To Hold Annutal Lectuire Religion Needs A Conservative Form Rev. H1. O. Yoder Believes Series in June C , -Associated Press Photo. Indiana police authorities searching for four men who shot and killed an Indianapolis policeman, ex- pressed the belief they were members of a gang as dan crous as that built up by John Dillinger. The quartet is believed to have abandoned this bullet-punctured car and found shortly after the shooting near Indian- apolis. First Theory Explaining Color In Solids Evolved By Dr. Ellis Paper On Research To Delivered At Meeting Physical Society Be Of By E. BRYCE ALPERN Believed to be the first theory to satisfactorily explain the color of any solid, an explanation of electronic movement within the atoms of rare earth metals has been made by Dr. C. B. Ellis, teaching fellow in the physics department, after work done by him during the past winter. Dr. Ellis will deliver a paper de- scribing his investigations before the American Physical Society, during its meeting on May 1 in Washngton. Before leavng for Washington Dr. Ellis explained, "It has long been known that an object is colored be- cause, when sunlight -which is a mixture of all the colors of the rain- bow -strikes it, the atoms of that object absorb certain colors. When the remaining mixture of colors not absorbed by the object is reflected to the eye, the brain tells one that the object has that color which is strong- est in this reflected mixture. The underlying question of interest, how- ever, is what goes on within the atom to cause one to absorb red light and another blue." Explanation of what is happening within the atom which determines which colors are absorbed is based upon the now universally accepted nuclear theory of the structure of the atom, Dr. Ellis continued. This the- ory, he stated, describes the atom as being composed of a dense nucleus surrounded by electrons, minute par- ticles with a negative charge, which revolve in different orbits around the nucleus. The structure of the atom is somewhat similar to that of the solar system, the sun corresponding to the nucleus and the planets c'orrespond- ing to the satellite electrons. Dr. Ellis pointed out that the outer DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 4) Dr. Robley C. Williams will give a demonstration talk on a "Vacuum Deposition of Metallic Films." Tea will be served at 4:00. Geological Journal Club: A rncet- ing will be held at 7:00 p.m. 3065 N.S., at which time Prof. D. MacLach- lan of Wayne University, will dis- cuss his doctor's thesis problem. Junior Mathematical Society meets 7:30 p.m., Room 3201 A.H. Prof. R. L. Wilder will discuss "The Nature of Mathematics." Refreshments. Aeronautical Engineers: Meeting of the Student Branch of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences at 7:30 p.m., Room 1024 East Engineering Building. The meeting will be a seminar in aircraft structures. All members are urged to attend and to participate in the discussion. j electrons have the ability to change their orbits when they absorb a spe- cific amount of energy, and will do so if this amount of energy is fur- nished them by a certain color of light. Since each color has a dif- ferent energy associated with it, the particular structure of the atom in question determines what colors will be absorbed. Dr. Ellis has succeeded in deter- mining mathematically for the first time exactly what shifts in the orbitsj of the electrons of the atoms of the; rare earth metals take place. It turns out, he says, that these par- ticular transitions occur only rarely except in solids, so much so that they have been termed "forbidden transi- tions." This accounts for the pale1 color of the compounds of these metals. The reason these transitions can be' observed in solids, the physicist as- serted, is that there are so many bil- lions of atoms in a small quantity of' solid that a few of these unusual transitions are always taking place. They are, however, Dr. Ellis alleged, more common in the nebulae in the sky. It is believed by Dr. Ellis that this' information can be used to shed light' upon many other properties of these crystals and that his theory may be extended in the future to explain the color of other more familiar materials. quet at 6 p.m., Union. Prof. A. B. Moehlman will be the speaker, and Prof. George E. Carrothers will be the toastmaster. The initiation it- self will precede the banquet. Varsity Glee Club: Rehearsal at 8:30 p.m. All members who took pictures on the Easter trip please bring them to rehearsal. hillel Play rs: lyouts for a series of one-act plays will he held at the Hillel Foundat ion, 3 to 5 p.m. All those interested please be present. Drama Section of the Michig-In Dames: Last regular monthly meet- ing at 8 p.m., Michigan League. The play to be read is "Awake and Sing." Mrs. R. Roberton and Mrs. J. H. Gast are in charge of the meeting. All+ membe's of the Dames that are in- tere ;ted are c'ordially invited. Coning Events Zeta Phi Eta: Initiates and pledges please plan to meet Tuesday, May 5, 5 p.m., in the Michigan League for election of officers. All financial ob- ligations should be met immediately. Phi Sigma meeting scheduled for May 6th has been changed to May 5th due to conflict with Sigma Xi banquet. Election of new officers at this meeting. Graduate Outing Club will meet at Lane Hall, Saturday, May 2, 3:00 p.m. Transportation will be provided to Wolverine Day Camp for an after- noon of games and baseball. Cost of supper and transportation will be approximately 40 cents. All grad- SCA Sociology Group To Visit Chinese Ghetto Three Day Field Trip Will Include Talks By Street Characters Of Loop With an itinerary that will show them the worst and best that Chi- cago has to offer, the members of the last sociological field trip which the SCA will sponsor this semester will leave Ann Arbor at 1:20 p.m. to-I morrow for a three day visit to thei "windy" city. With its schedule arranged withI the cooperation of the University of' Chicago's professor of sociology, Earl S. Johnson, the group, which will be definitely limited to 40 persons, will visit the Maxwell Street markets, theI Ghetto, the stockyards, Bug House Square, Hell's Half Acre, and the Marshall Field low-renting housing project. Officials of the trip hope to be able to obtain "characters" of Chicago streets to talk to the group while at dinner in the downtown area. Itin- erants, dope addicts, prostitutes and unemployed persons will be asked to speak on their philosophy of life. During the three day stay the stu- dents will spend the nights in George Williams College dormitories, Wil- liam Wilsnack, '37, SCA president said, adding that although many stu- dents had announced interest in the field trip, there was still room for at least 10 more. The registration fee of 50 cents should be paid at Lane Hall today. Entire costs of the trip should not exceed $13, he said, if railway transportation is used. If enough desire to go by bus, the cost may be reduced to $11. The group is scheduled to return to Ann Arbor early Monday morning. ROSA ONE OF FINALISTS Clarence 11. Rosa is one of the eight finalists in the annual contest. being conducted by the American In- stitute of Steel Construction for the best bridge construction design sub- mitted by a student. Eighty-eight designs, for a steel highway bridge having a span of 300 feet, with 30 feet minimum vertical clearance over a river, were originally submitted. On May 13, the winner of the $100 prize will be announced by the jury of engineers and architects. WAT E R ISOFTENER SALTE For All Makes of Water Softene rs SNOW SHOVELS All Kinds At All Pries Ii I Dial 2-1713Iii Lectures For This Year's Discussions Will Have Future As Keynote "Horizons for Tomorrow" will be the keynote around which the 11 series of lectures of the seventh an- nual Alumni University of the Uni- versity of Michigan will center thisl year, according to an announcement of Wilfred B. Shaw, director of alum-1 ni relations.- This "refresher" course of lectures for alumni will be held during the week of June 22, and as in the past, the alumni will register and go to class as they did in their undergrad- uate days in Ann Arbor. The Uni- versity of Michigan was the first of the state universities to adopt the plan of providing means of con- tinuing education through a special campus lecture series. During the past six years both the popularity of the idea and attendance figures have grown steadily and another ad- vance is probable for the seventh series, according to Mr. Shaw, This year's program will include the following lectures: "Delinquency and Community Education," by Prof. Carr of the sociology department; "England and America," by Prof. Ar- thur Cross of the history depart- ment; "America in the Pacific," by Prof. J. R. Hayden of the political science department; "The Chemist and the World's Food Supply," by Prof. Howard B. Lewis of the chem- istry department; "Architecture in the World Today," by Prof. Emil Lorch, director of the College of Ar- chitecture; "The Child in a Chang- ing World," by Prof. Howard R. Mc- Clusky of the School of Education; "Music in Modern Life," by Glenn D. McGeoch of the School of Music. Other lectures and lecturers are : "Contemporary Banking Problems," by Prof. Robert Rodkey of the bus- iness administration school: "Legal Frontiers in Public Administration," by Prof. E. Blythe Stason of the Law Sdhool; "Phases of American Consti- tutional History," by Prof. Lewis Van- derVelde of the political science de- partment; and "Literature and Life," by Prof. Bennett Weaver of the Eng- lish department. Traffic Opened 13 Days Later In Upper Lakes (leveland Cliffs Steamer, 'Pontiac' Leads Others In Opening Navigation SAUT STE. MARIE, April 29.-- -The Cleveland Cliffs steamer Pon- tiac led five ships through the St. Mary's Falls Canal this afternoon, opening navigation in the Upper Lakes 13 days later than last year. Following the Pontiac were the 1 Ishpeming and the J. H. Sheadle, of the same company, and the Algocen and Algosteel, of the Sault Ste. Ma- ie, Ont., A.C.R. fleet. Both of the Canadian ships puit in at the Canad- ian steel plant with coal. The other three, bound for the head of the lake, will remain at the Sault overnight and then will at- tempt to force a passage through the Whitefish Bay ice in the morning. Boatswain W. Kincaide, Whitefish Point coast guard commander, said the ice was soft enough to permit navigation. The unbound fleet encountered ice and fog in the lower St. Mary's River, but had little trouble after the heavy fog lifted this morning. Liberal T ype His Prove(] Failure In Soiw Respects Lutheran Minister Say: EDI'TOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a series of interviews with Ann Arbor ministers on the subject of stu- dent religion. By HORACE GILMORE { "Because liberalism in religion has proven in some respects to be a fail- ure, a more conservative form should be given a chance," the Rev. H. O. Yoder of the Trinity Lutheran Church stated in an interview yesterday. It is quite generally conceded that liberal religion has not produced the fruits that the more conservative type has, Mr. Yoder asserted. He pointed out that the great amount of crime and immorality among the last generation can be attributed in some measure to a type of religion that hasrnot been conservative enough. Mr. Yoder went on to say that the student is more conscious to- day than at any time during the last decade that the Church must clear- ly define its place and purpose in so- ciety. The Church should be more posi- tive in its teachings and conserva- tism should be more frequently pre- sented to the student mind, he de- clared. Mr. Yoder pointed out that the student comes to church not to hear a lecture on politics, but to have his religious life developed, and to afford himself an opportunity for real worship. "The Church must for- ever remain faithful to this purpose," he stated. As for students at Trinity Luth- eran Church and Zion Lutheran Church, which carries on a student Subsidy Paymenis Might Be Delayed WASHINGTON, April 29. - (P) - A statement by Acting Administra- tor H. R. Tolley today was inter- preted by several AAA officials as in- dicating the bulk of the Soil Con- servation subsidy payments might not reach the farmers until next Decem- ber. Tolley told reporters at Secretary Wallace's press conference that the AAA would not know before then the number of acres of soil depleting, cash crop land shifted to soil con- serving growths in 1936.- program with Trinity, Church, Mr. Yoder told of the great aid they are to them. He showed how they con- tribute greatly to the work of the Lutheran Student Club, the Luther League and the Sunday Schools. He commented on the great interest they have taken in the work of these churches. This year has been the best year as far as students go since he has been here, Mr. Yoder stated, emphasizing the great loss Zion and Trinity Lutheran Churches feel when they are not present. Famous Pacifists Will Speak May 7 The Local Emergency Peace Cam- paign Committee and the Peace Council, a student organization, are jointly sponsoring a pu'blic meeting at 4 p.m. May 7, in the Natural Sci- ence Auditorium, to hear two interna- tionally recognized pacificists, the Right Honorable George Lansbury and Kirby Page. , The price of the tickets is 25 cents. The Emergency Peace Campaign is a national organization whose pur- pose is to promote a cooperative na- tional campaign to keep the United States from going to war and to achieve world peace by a definite program. Mr. Lansbury was the editor of the first socialist daily paper in Eng- land and is a former cabinet minister. He was born in England in 1859, and was a member of Parliament, from which he resigned in 1912 to fight for woman suffrage. Mr. Page, the other speaker, is an author and pub- licist whose works have received world wide circulation and have been trans- lated into ten languages. He is the former editor of "The World To- morrow" and is now contributing edi- tor of "The Christion Century." F TYPEWRITING and MIMEOGRAPHING Promptly and neatly done by experienced operators at mod- erate rates. Student work a specialty for twenty-eight years. 0. D. Morrill 314 South State Street T _nr'1 A T T Y.'V r%AXT~TTrT_% - - - -!J PIANO LALLY R A D I 0INSTRUMENTS :W NED e A SINCE I 207 E. \VASHIINGTON 852 PH PRONE z"Iz i Su perior MILK-ICE CREAM VANILLA and RED RASPBERRY CREAM Superior Dairy Company Phone 23181 MAY FESTIVAL TICKETS The Over-the-Counter Sale of Indi- vidual Concert Tickets will begin uate students are cordially invited Weekly Reading Hour: The pro-,to attend., gram for this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Room 302 Mason Hall will consist of a platform presentation of two one-act plays. The following stu- dents will take part: Katherine Kirwan, Lillie H. Lee, Arlyne Milligan, Marie Sawyer, Jack Porter, Donald Dolan. The public is cordially invited. Phi Delta Kappa Initiation Ban- Mimes: Regular meeting Monday afternoon at 4:30, Union. Those new members not yet initiated please at- tend also. Congregational Students who are interested in the trip to Greenfield Village on Saturday, please sign in Pilgrim Hall by Friday noon. Cars will leave at 12:45, Saturday. MONDAY, MAY 4th at General Office, School of Music $2.50 - $2.00 - $1.50 -1.00 Each WA ARBOR SPRINGS WATER III