The Weather Moderate to locally fresh southwest winds becoming northwest today; showers and thunderstorms today. LI r Sir igan :4Iat&l Editorials Night Thoughts ... Doubtfully Democratic ... l)rmsed Fit To Kill.. VOL. XLVI No. 150 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1936 PRICE,5 CENTS New Deal in Schools I Urged More Organized Direction Is Needed, Dewey Tells Sgchoolmasters Seeks 'Rethinking' Of School System 1 i f R Y J r e S G S t y Acadenic Freedom In America Is Increasing, Says Dr. Dewey Schoolmasters' Founder Is Heidelberg invitations or no Heidel- Emphatic In Declaring It berg invitations, liberalism is growing in American education, he neverthe- The Hope Of Democracy less deplored schools that did accept ByA E NEAsthe invitations of the German uni- By FRED WARNER NEAL versity. "I regret deeply that Co- Although academic freedom may be lumbia accepted," he said, "and I having its set-backs during this per-thnitstobateUivrtyf d ofcrisistisstditgaining Michigansdid." He based his opposi- strength in America, Dr. John Dewey, tion on the belief that the Nazi gov- hstrengthinmer icar. Jn Dewy ernment would use the acceptances philosopher, educator and Grand- to prove their political and education- father Schoolmaster declared last al ideals were generally favored. night in an interview. The 76-year-old liberal, who 50 The liberal arts college has pro- years ago helped to found the School- gressed, rather than declined, in the masters' Club, was emphatic in his opinion of Dr. Dewey. "It was cer- assertion that academic freedom istain asd henl a stronger here than ever before. "Of education was divorced from purely course it has had difficult going," he classical subjects," he said, holding said, "and pressure groups have tried that therefshould be certain kinds of their best to stifle it. But they have education for certain kesds of stu Tint altnncrcaradents." Aydelotte Hits At Restriction In Education President Of Swarthmore College Heard By 3,500 At Honors Convocation Both I Brilliant, Slow Hindered, le Says Urges Specialized Study For More Progressive Upperclass Students "Regimentation and standardiza- tion" in American education were hit yesterday by Dr. Frank Aydelotte, president of Swarthmore College, who, when he addressed the Honors 'Con- vocation in Hill Auditorium, urged a1 return to the old "University system"1 of student independeiice and initia- tive. More than 3,500 persons, including 719 honor students, heard Dr. Ayde-f PlymouthFalls To Kalamazoo In State Final New Debating Champion Crowned Before 3,000 In Hill Auditorium Government Arms Control Is Argued Debate Is Characterized By Prof. Densmore As One Of Best In Years G-Men Get Karpis At New Orleans In Downtown Raid c7 Meri Orranization Group Meets Here The organization committee of the Michigan Merit System Association, which was organized Wednesday in Lansing, will meet this morning in the Union. The comittee consists of G. I. Nip- Says Depression, Amount Of Scientific Material Necessitates Change American education is in need of a New Deal, with "more organized direction and control of social life and social forces," Dr. John Dewey last night told members of the Mich- igan Schoolmasters' Club assembled at the Union for their Golden Anni- versary Banquet. Education and government, he said, have for a long time exercised a lais- sez-faire attitude toward social con- ditions in the world, but the time has now come for a "rethinking" of the educational system for greater unity of aims and thought. A change in the conditions and problems to be faced, Dr. Dewey maintained, has made the dispersive and diffused education which has been brought about by its populariza- tion no longer adequate. He con- trasted as the old and the new the education of a few financially fa- vored individuals as against the edu- cation of "anyone in anything," the process of accumulating knowledge compared to learning to think, and the acquisition of an education by absorption as contrasted with activ- ity in the fields studied. The necessity of a change, he point- ed out, has been brought about by two factors - the present depression and the introduction into today's civili- zation of a great amount of scientific and technological material. As a step toward the new order he recommend- ed a unity of system to replace the wide spreadof educational institutions brought on by the tenfold increase of the school population in the past 50 years, bringing' with it a change in the quality as well as the quantity of the education offered. At the business meeting yesterday morning B. J. Rivett, principal of Northwestern High Schoolpin Detroit, was elected president of the School- masters' Club for 1936-1937, and C. E. Brake, assistant superintendent of Wayne County Schools, was elect- ed vice-president. H. A. Tape of Ypsilanti was named to succeed him- self as secretary-treasurer, and Reg- istrar Ira M. Smith was reelected to (Continued on Page 2) Speech Society Initiates Nine At Union Today Nine varsity debaters and orators will be initiated into Delta Sigma Rho, national honorary forensic society, at the banquet celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of its founding, at 7 p.m. today at the Union. The banquet will also honor Prof. Thomas G. Trueblood, former debate coach. The nine who will be initiated are: Collins E. Brooks, '37, Mary E. Burns, '36, Leo R. Burson, '36, Clifford C. Christenson, '37, Frederick E. Dens- more, '36, Grace K. Gray, '37, Jay C. Hall, '36, Don W. Mayfield, '37Spec., and Arthur S. Secord, Grad. Mr. Se- cord, who is the present debate coach, was elected a member-at-large. The program will include speeches by Edward H. Litchfield, Grad., Col- lins E. Brooks, and Professor True- Blood. Judge Ira W. Jayne, of Wayne County Circuit Court, will be toast master. Election of officers for next year will follow the grogram. Former varsity debaters from all over the state will attend the ban- quet, according to Samuel L. Tra- vis, '37L, president of the organiza- tion, and messages of congratulations to Professor Trueblod have been re- ceived from all over the country. City Lags In Social Aid, Hyde Asserits Ann Arbor is running far behind the average small American city in private social service, according to a statement issued by Emory J. Hyde, noL succeeded. "Always in time of crisis," Dr. Dewey said, "pressure groups become afraid, and they attempt to stop free discussion. But in doing it, they hurt only themselves. It is that sort of thing that causes revolution." He cited the need for continually fight- ing against repression, and declared that complete academic freedom is the great hope for democracy today. A state university, he continued, "is, of course, always in a precarious situation. They have their budgets to consider," He said he saw no ex- cuse under any conditions for expell- ing students because of their political views, but added that many radicals on campuses "are immature and have no perspective." "They are interest- ed so often in mere showmanship," he maintained, and they must be taken in hand by the administratipn. While Dr. Dewey believes that Varsity Errors Bring Normal Victory, 8 To 2 'Selassie Girds ' For Last Stand Agrainst 11 Duce Orders Troops To North And Says Ethiopia Has Excellent Morale ADDIS ABABA, May 1. -(/P) - Emperor Haile Selassie, determined to defend the seat of his menaced em- pire, today ordered soldiers to the I north to meet the invading Italians. The Negus called upon every able bodied citizen to take up arms and join the regular troops tomorrow in a defense of the capital. This army, part of it volunteer, will be led by Ras GetachouvGovernor of Kaffa and Gofah provinces. Selassie, who returned suddenly yesterday from the Northern front, told his soldiers to carry enough food to last them for five days. He as- serted Ethiopia has only made a -strategic retreat" and the war is far from over. Ethiopia, asserted the Emperor, will fight "until the last soldier and the last inch." Reappearance of the ruler here dis- closed that he has not shaved his beard (as Italian reports said). "The majority of our army is not destroyed, and the morale of the troops is excellent," he told the As- sociated Press.- "The Italian advances are im- portant in length, but insignificant in width and far from bringing the invader a decisive victory, as claimed by him. "Even occupation of Addis Ababa does not signify destruction of the empire." A narrow escape from death by the Emperor at the hands of rebels was disclosed by General Kornivaloff, a military adviser. lie said the rebels recently fired into the imperial suite at Magdala, killing the Emperor's valet and his chambermaid, both standing near him. Larso Oii oun~llotte decel t Larson On Mound Against the bachelor'st Slugging Ilhini Today; become not kn Big Ten Lead At Stake 1of 120ours certified in the( By FRED DE LANO Studen Michigan's attempt to sweep the two-game baseball series with Mi'hi- "Wes," hae re gan Normal met up with a wor'ld of dehess trouble yesterday at Ferry Field when in lock-step, a the Wolverines found themselves in the race horse such a generous mood that they were Holding that willing to give the Hurons seven un- standardization earned runs and thus drop their under the pressu fourth game of the year, 8-2. numbers of stu At 2:30 p.m. today Coach Fisher's tinually expand club, acclaimed as possible Big Ten hip.e Dr. Ayde champions, goes into action once cave evolved in more before local fans when they face cated system o the slugging Illinois outfit that to credit hours, w date has marched through six Con- values to the f ference games without defeat. Capt. educational pro Larson will pitch for the Wolverines rate of progress and will be opposed by Hale Swan- which it is son, Illini ace, whc ti son, lliniace.to deviate very After two and a half innings of tiont. We have yesterday's tilt the only question re- concerning cuts maining in the fans' minds was how inations, which many errors the Michigan club could of the time of make. The Hurons scored once in not need them the opening frame on two errors and do." a single and at, no time staged a real- ly good fence busting: rally to collect A rges their runs. And all these Pete Lahti, sophomore right hand- e. Di. Ayd er, started on the hill for Michigan th pense of and in the for innings that he studenatk like ti worked yielded four hits, all of the (the honor stad one base variety. Four errors led to The right wr his downfall. Ed Andronik worked A we have gotter the next two innings and was fol- Dr. Aydelotte, i lowed by George Rudness, who had versity system,' the least trouble in disposinig of the here in the 188 Ypsilanti aggregation. tically the same The Wolverines tied the score tem- now employeda porarily in the second on a double rystem, he expl by Kremer, an error on the part of sive students, e. Weaver and an infield out. The Wol- two years in co verines satisfaction was short lived, major and twor however, as in the third Normal independently o ,lcoredfour men as they batted inaticns. At t around. year period, Di., In that session three hits were reg- the students tak istered against Lahti, and the run-c ners benefited by another pair of Michigan misplays. Lahti also walked Ilan T- two during the course of events .le was relieved at the end of the in- (Continued on Page 3) 1311i. (2e er Uinpiaced iNext In Speech Colesi - . George ans CHICAGO, May 1. ---(Special to British labor p The Daily) -Ramon Irwin of the Pairlianment, will University of Minnesota today won Thumsday, May the first prize of $100 in the annual delssohn Theatr Northern Oratorical League Con- tural Science tst at Northwestern University, Ev- previously annot anston, Ill. auspices of th William A. Centner, Michigan Rep- the local branc resentative, was given no rating by Peace Campaigr the judges. "Ways To Peac He will bei Pa 'e, famous at - will also descri Emervncv Pea gimented our student rted. "They advance nd we penalize both and the laggard." "regimentation and become inevitable ure of larger and larger' dents and of the con- ling fields of scholar- otte charged that "we this country a compli- f courses, grades and hich attempts to as- ive and qualitative Fractional part of the cess. We have fixed a for the average, from ractically impossible much in either direc- e devised regulations exercises and exam- take about as much the students who do as of the ones who New System "results have been ac- elotte maintained, "at the development of here in front of mhe ents)." ay out of the "mess 1 into," according to s to adopt the "Uni- " which was in use 0's, or, what is prac- e, the "honor system" at Swarthmore. This ained, allows progres- specially in their last lege, to work on one related minor subjects of classes and exam- he end of the two- Aydelotte pointed out, e comprehensive writ- uei on Page 2) )n P"eace Thursday bury, leader of the arty and member of 1 speak here at 4 p.m. 7, in the Lydia Men- re instead of the Na- Auditorium, as was unced, under the joint Peace Council and ih of the Emergency n. His subject will be e." introduced by Kirby uthor and editor, who ibe the work of the ce Campaign. )uncil, sponsor of the e Meeting on April 21 nded by more than 2,- d faculty members, is ture as a continuance It has also organized ers bureau, according igham, '36, secretary, send out speakers in ease to organizations hem. ncy Peace Campaign rganization dedicated sponsoring no single ing it. It is engaged e plan of student and akers to arouse a con- wr preventing another hat "our standard for degree has everywhere owledge, not even in- rather the possession Isemester hours duly office of the registrar." t Regimented Kalamazoo Central High School press, Saginaw educator, chairman; won the 19th annual state champion- Dr. C. C. Shilling of the Western State ship debate of the Michigan High Teachers College at Kalamazoo; D. A. School Forensic Association last night Van Buskirk of Hastings, president of in Hill Auditorium when it defeated the Michigan Education Association; Plymouth High School by supporting and Mrs. Harry Applegate of Lansing. the affirmative on the question of The committee will map out a plan government monopoly of munitions of action for the association, which manufacture. will back Prof. James K. Pollock's ef- "One of the hottest and yet most forts to bring civil service to Michi- excellent debates in the 19 years of gan. this contest," was the way Prof. G. E. Densmore of the speech depart- ment characterized last night's de-TH ouse Passes bate. Throughout the program, the I.PIS audience of more than 3,000 registered D repeated outbursts of applause as the Hnor eNew D eal closely contested teams fluently lashed back and forth, first with ar- gumentation, then with rebuttal. Navy .M easulre The question used in the debate has been used by all the schools in the contest and is as follows: "Re- Marcantonio Leads Bitter solved: That the Several Nations F.T Should Make Government Monopolies of the Manufacture and Sale of All Biggest Peace-Time Bill Combat Instruments of War." t1' In successfully advancing the af- WASHINGTON, May 1. -- UP) - firmative, the Kalamazoo debaters The biggest naval supply bill ever mentioned the graft among munitions put forward when the nation was at makers which has been so success- peace-carrying $531,068,707 in new fully brought to light by inquiries such funds and conditional authorization as the recent United States Senate for the construction of two new sup- investigation. They also cited the er-battleships - today was passed by saving which would be made possible the House after crushing down by a by government monopolization, since 212 to 73 vote a move to strike out conscription of industry could be used the capital ship clause. in time of need instead of partici- The measure was ropelled into an pation in armament races such as apparently favorable Senate only a those of today.p few hours after President Roosevelt Plymouth argued against monopolif-ewndoursdatersPressden t zation because of the increased mili- indicated at his press conference that tarization they felt would result by he might send to that branch shortly placing arms production in the hand the new London Naval Treaty. le of the militarists, and the dsadvan- did not commit himself definitely, nor tage to small nations. did Senate leaders hold forth any The honor'able Charles F. Hiemans, guarantee of ratification at this ses- Tven hofrhe Chanversity w a hF. e sio . t t i a i 1 i !.tl;U ~J tit' t&l t 4UY W ,5Ji chairman of the debate and presented both schools first-honors loving cups and the individual debaters with gold wrist watches. The judges, Prof. Gladys Borchers, of Wisconsin, Prof. Pollock of the political science department and Prof. Densmore, cast two votes for the af- firmative, one for the negative. Van Wagoner Out Of Democrat Fight LANSING, May 1. - (AP)- The withdrawal of Murray D. Van Wag- oner from the list of those considered as probable candidates for the Dem- ocratic nomination for Governor centered interest today on State Treasurer Theodore I. Fry and Speaker George A. Schroeder, of the House of Representatives. Van Wagoner, State Highway Com- missioner, brushed aside the urgings of party leaders who had insisted lie had the power to bring together con- tending factions. He insisted he "must carry out his contract with the people." BLOCK BOOKING HIT BENTON HARBOR, May 1.- -Delegates to the Michigan Con- gress of Parents and Teachers adopt- ed resolutions today urging Congress to enact the Neeley-Pettengill bill prohibiting "block bookings" and blind selling of motion picture films. To the surprise of the House lead- ership, one of the noisiest floor fights in two sessions of record army and navy supply bills developed under the generalship of Representative Mar- cantonio (Rep., N.Y.) who centered his attack on the battleship authori- zations with a cry that "we are aim- ing for an imperialistic war." Despite backing by Mid-western farm members, he lost successive at- tempts to strike out the authorization on a point of order, as an amend- ment, and by recommitting the bill to the appropriations committee with instructions to remove it -- this on a roll call vote. The bill then was approved with- out a record vote. Worrell To Reiurn. From Egt In June Prof. W. H. Worrell, of the Oriental languages and literature department, who has been in Egypt for the present semester studying certain Coptic dia- lects and documents, will arrive June 10 in New York on the U.S.S. Exeter. Leaving early in February, Profes- sor Worrell has spent most of his time in Cairo studying certain docu- ments and special materials at hand in some of the libraries and museums in that city. Professor Worrell is an international authority on Semitic languages. Hoover Directs Surprise Capture; No Shots Fired By Either Side Prisoner Rushed Away In Airplane Public Enemy Arrested Before Apartment House In Heart OfCity NEW ORLEANS, May 1. -- (P)A- Alvin Karpis, No. 1 bad man of the United States, was captured tonight without resistance by officers led by J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A few hours later, the man who succeeded John .Dilinger as the coun- try's most wanted criminal was placed aboard an airplane heavily guarded and manacled andtakenfrom the city with the destination unan- nounced. Karpis, under indictment in the kidnapings of William A. Hamm, Jr., wealthy St. Paul, Minn., brewer, and Edward George Bremer, also of St. Paul, was taken into custody along with Fred Hunter, 37, suspect in the $34,000 Garretsville, Ohio, mail rob- bery, and a woman whose name was not revealed. Hoover himself made the announce- ment of the capture of the three per- sons as they emerged from an apart- ment in the 3300 block of Canal Street, about a half mile from the center of the business district. "They were in an apartment on the first floor of the building and were leaving the house to enter an auto- mobile when the agents surrounded them," Hoover said. "The agents called upon them to surrender and they were taken with- out the firing of a shot." The prisoners were taken to an un- announced place for questioning for about an hour before the announce- ment of their capture was made. Phi Beta Kappa Eleets Regent And 5 6 Initiates Phi Beta Kappa yesterday an- nounced the election of 56 students and Regent Junius E. Beal of Ann Ar- bor. The elections were made public at the Honors Convocation in Hill Au- ditorium, and the new members will be initiated Monday. Regent Beal was graduated from the University in 1882 and has been a member of the Board of Regents for 28 years. He has the longest record of service of any elective State official. Students elected to the honorary scholastic society include: Harvey W. Patton, Jr., Donald N. Sweeney, Jr., Richard Brawerman, Emil M. Isberg, Esther Kaplan, Mar- garet U. Newman, Ann Timmons, Clevoe D. Jones and Lillian Ogoro- skin, ails of Detroit. Israel H. Finkelstein and Nina Jean Knutson, Flint. Dorothy 3. Carr and Edward Wen- drow, Lansing. Clara E. Gilmore, Barbara E. Mil- ler, Louis Olivier and Gertrude M. Veneklasen, Grand Rapids. Ward P. Allen, Battle Creek; John A. Babington, Sault Ste. Marie; Ralph H. Danhof, Kalamazoo; Mary E. Groesser, Traverse City; Tom D. Johnson, Augusta, Mich.; Philip H. Trezise, Calumet; Erwin C. Moess- ner, Bay City, and K. L. Nielsen, Rog- ers City. Elections to Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma, and other honor- ary scholastic societies were also an- nounced at the convocation. Michigan Alumnus Gets Music Award ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 1. --(R) -Rent M. Kennan, 23-year-old East- man School of Music instructor and graduate student, looked forward eagerly today to two years of musical study in Europe as the winner of the ~Thiere'l1 Be NoI If Professors Ho By RICHARD G. HERSHEY Early in the spring when most Uni- versity students were shivering from the cold wind, over at the site of the Burton Memorial Tower tests to determine whether the ground. was suitable for' the foundation" of the 193-foot structure were being con- ducted by Prof. W. S. Housel of the Highway Engineering department. The purpose of the tests was to determine the bearing capacity of the soil upon which the foundation was to stand, and the amount and uni- formity of the settlement which bllsed (aii hel I . 1 How the tests, which for the ordi-S nary building would cost between $300 and $500, were made was carefully de- scribed by Professor House], who di- rected them from start to finish. First pits 10 feet deep were dug, 10 feet being the elevatiorn of the Towe' footings. A 60 ton hydraulic jack bearing upon a steel plate resting on the soil at the bottom of the pits, and a platform with 60 tons of ce- ment was placed over the jack. Grad- ually the cement was allowed to bear upon the jack until the steel plates below began to sink steadily into the The Peace Cc University Peac which was atter 000 students an planning the lec of its service.I a campus speak to Alice B. Bri and offers tos the cause of p which request t The Emerger is a national o to peace but s plan for achiev in a nation-wid professional spe certed action fc Aydelotte Disproves Conception Of Male Scholastic Superiority By VANDERBILT R. SPADER, JR. The college woman, that much ma- ligned creature so often seen upon the college campus today, seems to have come into her own at last. In the opinion of Dr. Frank Aydelotte, president of Swarthmore College, the female student plays a vital and in- dispensible part in the scholastic ac- tivities of the modern college. "I believe the ideal college is one whose student body consists of both men and women," said Dr. Aydelotte. The co-educational plan is certainly found that there were exactly 198 of each sex." When asked as to whether he would advise students to obtain a liberal or a so-called "practical" education, Dr. Aydelotte stated that the best minds demand a liberal education. "It is in this type of course," he said, "and especially under the Honors system as found in English universities, that the real character of the student is developed. The individual respon- sibility and initiative required to pur- sue a liberal course under the Honors I