The Weather Unsettled, local thundershow- ers today. Tomorrow showers. Y i gan IuaiIli Editorials Five Inches On An Inside page ... Repeat Order... V. VOL. XLVI No. 154 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1936 PRICE 5 CENTS MiPA To Convene Tonight Program Of Discussion Groups Is Announced; 25 To Be Held Brummn Addresses Opening Assembly High School Journalists Meet For Round - Table Discussions, Lectures With more than 370 registrations already on hand, the Michigan Inter- scholastic Press Association is looking forward to its most successful con- vention in the 12 years of its his- tory, with the first meeting at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Union ballroom, where the delegates and advisers of the high school publications consti- tuting the association will meet for their first general assembly of the three-day session planned for them. The convention, sponsored annually by the journalism department of the University, will bring to Ann Arbor a record gathering of the representa- tives of newspapers, magazines, and annuals of Michigan secondary schools to discuss the problems and special topics of their publications in general" assemblies, addresses, and; round-table discussion groups. Housing Problem Acute 1 The problem of housing the dele- gates is still acute, according to the journalism department, and anybody who has available rooms is urged to1 offer them to the association for the] week-end by calling the department office in Haven Hall. Registration of delegates will begin at the Union this afternoon, with members of Sigma Delta Chi, na-i tional professional journalism fra- ternity, 'and honorary journalism so-, cieties assisting in conducting the delegates to their rooms and showing them the campus.E Brumm To Speak! The general assembly will be ad- dressed by Prof. John L. Brumm, chairman of the department of jour- nalism, on "Let's Try Intelligence," followed by a reception of delegates with staffs of the University High School Broadcaster and the Ann Ar- bor High School Optimist as hosts. At 9:30 the delegates will make a tour of the Student Publications Bldg. Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the his- tory department will address the general session opening Friday meet- ings on "The High School and the World Outside." The first of the 25-round-table discussion meetings will follow his address. Program Of Discussions The full program for the round- table conferences follows: At 10 a.m. Friday a demonstra- tion of interviewing, by Ralph L. Peters of the Detroit News, inter- viewer, and Dr. Clyde R. Ford of Michigan State Normal College, sub- ject. "Getting the Breaks in Ad- vertising," by Frank Kissell, of Mt. Clemens High School; "Literary As- pects of Annuals," by Sister Mary Consilium, of St. Mercy Academy, Grand Rapids; "Gloves and Pigskins," by James "Bingo" Brown, dean of. men at Michigan State Normal and state boxing commissioner; and "Cir- culation Problems in Large High Schools," by Spenser Fishbane, ad- viser of the Central Student, of Cen- tral High School, Detroit. At 11 a.m. Friday: "Humor," by Hamilton Easton, of Lakeview School, Battle Creek; "Publishing the Smaller School's Newspaper,' by Gordon Fisher of Howell High School; "A Staff That Clicks," by Mattie Crump, # of Arthur Hill High School, Saginaw; (Continued on Page 2) Riksen's Case Is Set For Next Wednesday The city of Ann Arbor's case against D. Ray Riksen, fraternity sandwich- man, for peddling without a license, has been postponed until Wednesday, May 13, at the request of Riksen's attorney, Carl Stuhrberg, it was an- nounced yesterday. His driver, Charles Golder, was again arrested Tuesday night for im- proper license plates, no certificate of registration, and a second offense of driving without a chauffeur's li- cense. He was arraigned yesterday and assessed fine and costs of $9.55 for having passenger car plates on a car used for commercial purposes, --A QMA CC S....Cho nthor-..+ - x,.. -n n n r rOC' "il" " "peak"Today"On"Peaceou cilProgram City Manager Plan Holds Up In Depression rl'Iofessol' Bro triage Slows Ini Survey Only Seven Cities Abandoned It No Inherent Flaws Reveaded, Ile Says Republicans Laek Of itil Causes Fails Points Out [6C Ize~is Su pport Report The Rt. Hon. George Lansbury (left), former leader of the British Labor Party, who will speak on "Ways To Peace" at 4 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Kirby Page, American author, will intro- duce Mr. Lansbury and will also speak at a faculty luncheon at noon today in the Union. (*(* * *i George LansbUr. Will Speak On "Ways TO Peace"~foa Kirby Page Also To Talk At Meeting Sponsored By Peace Organizations "Ways to Peace" will be the subject' of the Rt. Hon. George Lansbury, well known British political figure and leader of the English Labor Party, in his address at 4 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn theatre. Kirby Page, American author, will make the introductory speech at the' meeting, which is being sponsored by the University Peace Council and the local Emergency Peace Campaign committee. Mr. Page will also speak at a faculty luncheon to be held this noon in the Union. Mr. Lansbury has been active in the political circles of Great Britain for several decades, having been elected to Parliament in 1910. He resigned, however, to fight for the cause of woman suffrage. In 1912 he became the editor of the first So- cialist daily in England.4 Later, Mr. Lansbury was elected mayor of Poplar, a borough of Lon- don, and insisted on an adequate scale of relief for the unemployed. Rather than reduce the relief ap- propriations at the demand of a court order, Mr. Lansbury and the entire Town Council went to jail and re- mained there until the measure was put through. Mr. Lansbury is convinced that the present state of world affairs is a Sivma iRho Tau To Meet Ypsi Team In Debate Second Of Series Will Be Held At McKenzie Union This Evening Sigma Rho Tau, honorary engi- neering speech society, will meet the woman's varsity debate team of Mich- igan State Normal College of Ypsi- lanti at 7:30 p.m. today in the Mc- Kenzie Union at Ypsilanti to de- bate on the subject, "Resolved, that Congress Should Be Empowered to Re-Enact by a Two-Thirds Majority Legislation Declared Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court." The engineering society will take the affirmative side. It's team will be composed of Charles Probst, '39E, Earl Brenn, '39E, Louis Slabkowicz, '37E, Kenneth Parkhurst, '38E, and alternate Joe Trueblood, '38E. Those representing the negative side from Ypsilanti will be Mary Jean Purcell, Ruth Holleran and Dorothy Fin- kell. Tonight's debate will be the second in the series of three designed to give the newly-elected members of Sigma Rho Tau debating experience, said Prof. Robert D. Brackett, faculty ad- viser of the speech society. The first debate on the same subject was given Tuesday night in the Union when the Ypsilanti team, taking the afirma- tive side defeated the engineers. Dif- ferent teams were used by both schools at that time. The series of debates will be con- cluded May 19, when the Sigma Rho Tau affirmative team, engages the Men's varsity debate team of Ypsilanti in Ann Arbor and the neg- ative team meets the Ypsilanti wom- en's squad at Ypsilanti. The propo- citrn fr teseramne mmil bete threat ti the maintenance of peace, and last February introduced a mea- sure in the House of Commons where-1 by England was to call in interna- tional conference to deal with the subject of a more equal distribution of raw materials. Mr. Page is known for his many books on international, religious, eco- nomic and social questions. His works have been translated into 10 lan- guages and have been read by people throughout the world. At present Mr. Page is contributing editor for the "Christian Century," having formerly been editor of "The World Tomorrow." Traveled extensively, Mr. Page has talked with many of the famous per- sonages of other nations and received their viewpoints on matters of in- ternational significance. Among the people he has talked with in his tour of 35 countries are Mahatma Gand- hi, the late President Hindenburg of Germany, Ramnsay MacDonald, Cli- ang-Kai-Shek, George Bernard Shaw, Toyohiko Kagawa and Lloyd George. Band Occupies New Rooms In. Newberry Hall, Monday's rehearsal of the Univer- sity Band was the first one to be held in the organization's new quar- ters in Newberry Hall. Previous tol this time the band has occupied Mor- ris Hall, which has served as the or- ganization 's headquarters since its official recognition by the University in 1913. By FRTED WARNER NEAL The city manager plan of govern- ment came through the depression practically unscathed, according to Prof. Arthur W. Bromage of the po- litical science department, who de- clared yesterday that the seven Amer- ican municipalities abandoning it be- t ween 1931 and 1935 did not do so Lecause of any "inherent weakness in the plan itself." These facts were shown in a survey written by Professor Bromage for the National Municipal Review of the five cities, one town and one village which repudiated the plan during the recent "lean years." The fact that the city government system survived as well as it did, he called a "remarkable record" and declared that "the seven reversals are only the exceptions that prove the rule of its durability." The municipalities which aban- doned the city manager plan are Cleveland and Brattleboro, Vt., in 1931; Lima, 0., and Windsor, Vt., in 1932; Sulphur, Okla., in 1934; and Fall River, Mass., and St. Albansc, Vt., in 1934; and none in 1935. States Abandonmedmt Reasons But in these same five years, Pro- fessor Bromage pointed out, there were 48 referenda in which cities voted to retain the manager plan. In general, he asserted, the reason for abandonment is that the friends of the plan relaxed their vigilance after the manager charter had been adopted, and scheming politicians and foes of the system were thus able "quietly to gird their forces to the3 attack." "Supporters of the plan," according to Professor Bromage, "must exercise eternal vigilance at councilmanic elections, and they must be on guard against the day when opponents of the manager plan will come out of hiding to swing the pendulum against the manager charter." Non-voters, Professor Bromage said, play an im- portant part in the drama surround- ing the manager plan, and "some- times an organized minority of think- irig voters succeeds in putting over a manager charter and bows later to an organized minority of politicians. An indifferent mass of non-voters per- mits these active groups to resolve the issue. The manager plan, like any other governmental institution, may be prey to passing politics." Abandoned In Cleveland PlanOutdoor Notification Expect To Hold Ceremony In Cleveland Municipal Stadium Nominee To Decide Concerning Meeting. No Significance Is Placed On Green Statement By Fletcher WASHINGTON, May 6. -WP) -- Plans for a giant outdoor notifica- tion ceremony for the next Repub- lican presidential nominee, to be staged in the Cleveland Municipal Stadium immediately after the June convention, were announced tonight by the Republican National Commit- tee, Whether the plans are carried out, however, depends upon the wishes of1 the nominee, Henry P. Fletcher, na- tional chairman, said tonight in a statement. He added that in putting forward the proposal he was taking a leaf from the Democrats' book. Im- mediate notification ceremonies are planned after the Democratic con- vention later in June.1 Green's Statement Discounted Fletcher said in another statement, issued simultaneously, that the com- mittee "attaches no particular signifi- cance to the statement by William Green that he favored Mr. Roosevelt." "The American Federation of Labor is non-partisan," Fletcher said. I "Its members and officers can bef for whom they please, and always are. There is no more news in thet statement of Mr. Green, who has al-t ways been a Democrat, than there would be if Tugwell should announcet that he was a"New Dealer'" Regarding the notification cere-p monies, Fletcher said:s "Strange as it may seem I approvet the precedent established by Mr.I Roosevelt in going to the conventionr to receive the notification of his nom- ination. Fletcher Makes Tentative Plans "I am making tentative plans fort holding the ceremonies connected with the notification of the Repub-f lican candidates for President andt Vice-President at the stadium inf Cleveland as soon as possible afterf the nominations are made.f "Whether these plans will be car- ried out will depend entirely on the1 desires of the successful candidates." President Roosevelt accepted his 1932 nomination in the Chicago con- vention hall. The 1936 Democratic nominee is to be notified in Franklin Field, Philadelphia.t Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,' one of those prominently mentioned1 for the Republican nomination, had no comment on Fletcher's proposal. S.CA. Seeks Donations For Youths' Camp' $1,000 Toward Expenses Of Running Boys' Fresh Air Center Is Needed A crew of students armed with pails and tags will take to the campus May 15 and 16 to collect donations for the University of Michigan camp for boys, which annually provides healthful rest and nourishment for approximately 200 needy and under- privileged youths from Ann Arbor and Detroit. The camp, located at Lake Patter- son, about 25 miles from Ann Arbor, is sponsored by the Student Christian Association and is directed by George Alder. It has been in existence 13 years and is conducted by members of the University faculty and stu- dents. According to Howard Holland, '37, chairman of the SCA Tag Day com- mittee, the drive is hoped to net at least $1,000 toward the expenses of running the camp. Holland said last right that the camp, which has tak- en care of 5,500 boys from the ages of 9 to 14 in its history, expects to have 200 youths enjoy its program this summer. The boys going to the camp will stay for four-week periods, Holland said. The activities of the camp include swimming, nature studies and out- door athletics. The water supply and the food are tested by the State Board of Health, and fresh fruit, vegetables Meeting Of Board Set F 8 A.M., May 16 The Board in Control of Student 1 Publications will hold its meeting J for the appointment of managing editor and business manager of The Michigan Daily, The Summer 1 Michigan Daily, the Michiganen- sian, and the Gargoyle, and busi- ness manager of the Summer Di- retoray, at 8 a.m., rather than at 2:30 p.m. as previously announced, May 16, 1936. Each applicant for a position is requested to file nine copies of his letter of application with the Auditor of Student Publications not later than May 9' 1936, for the use of the members of the Board. Carbon copies, if legible, will be satisfactory. Each letter should state facts as to the ap- plicant's experience upon the pub- lication or elsewhere, so far as they may have any bearing upon his qualifications for the position sought, and other facts which the applicant may deem relevant. E. It. SUJNDERLAND,e Business Manager, Board E In Control of Student Pub- i liatios. t t For 1.936-137 b Choral Series Bostoni, CicagoDetrot , Symphonies Scheduiled To Appear Here A brilliant series of ten concerts, which will include three distinguishede orchestras, the Boston, Chicago anda Detroit Symphonies, has been planned L for the Choral Union Series of 1936- t 37, Dr. Charles A. Sink, president ofn the School of Music, announced yes-i terday. The opening concert will be one of the most outstanding events of thet series, with Kirsten Flagstad, thee Norwegian -operatic soprano, who b scored such a success this year with v the Metropolitan Opera, appearing i recital on Oct. 19 in Hill Audito- rium. Chicago Group To Return The Chicago Symphony Orchestra,a under the baton of Frederick Stock, will return to the scene of its manyC former triumphs in previous May Fes--s tivals, for the second concert of theI season on Nov. 2. This will be the first time that this organization hasc been heard in, Ann Arbor with its full quota of men. On its Festivalr appearances for the past 31 years, it1 has always been represented by its c curtailed group of 70 players. One of the most unusual concerts will be the presentation of the Mos- cow Cathedral Choir, consisting oft two dozen singers, to be directed by Nicholas Afonsky. They will presentf a program of Russian music for thes third concert, to be given Nov. 16.t Jascha Heifetz, one of the most famous violinists of the day, who has been heard here on numerous occasions, will appear in the fourth concert on Nov. 30. The Boston Symphony orchestra, directed by Serge Koussevitsky, who1 presented one of the most outstanding concerts in last fall's Choral Union series, will be heard again for the sixth time in Ann Arbor on Dec. 10. Hofman Recital Scheduled The sixth concert will be a recital1 by Josef Hofmann, world renowned pianist, who has not been heard in1 Ann Arbor for almost 10 years. He will appear on Dec. 14. Bernardino Molinari, brilliantl young Italian conductor, will appear as guest director of the Detroit Sym- phony Orchestra in the seventh con- 1 cert, to be presented Jan. 15. His sensational success of last season was so great that he was engaged again for this series. Appearing for the second time in Ann Arbor, Gregor Piatigorsky, the well-known Russian violin-cellist, will present the eighth concert on the series, on Jan. 25. The next concert, will be given by one of Ann Arbor's favorite artists, the piano virtuoso, Artur Schnabel; who will appear in recital on Feb. 23. The series will close March 24 with a recital by Nelson Eddy, baritone, who has recently achieved outstanding fame not only in the movies but on the concert stage. Robbi ts Edits New Book On Umiversity A book edited by Dr. Frank E. Rob- bins and published by the University to be sent to prospective students or others interested in the University has just come off the press. The purposes of the book are to Italians To Begin Rule In Ethiopia .ritisi Statesmen Debate Future Of League And CollectiveSecurity Eden Says Geneva Body 'Must Go On' English Laborites Request Continued Economic Sanictions (By the Associated Press) Italy swiftly began the task of stablishing a civil government in Ethiopia Wednesday while the Brit- sh government debated the future of he League of Nations and of collec- ive security itself. Fascist troops, who entered Addis Ababa in triumph Tuesday, routed the last of maurauding Ethiopian bands and then began to clear bodies from the streets of the looted, half- 'azed capital. Despite the admitted blow to the League by its failure to save Ethiopia, the British government has no idea of abandoning Geneva, it was disclosed. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden old the House of Commons during foreign affairs debate that the League "must go on." Sharp differences of opinion were expressed as to whether sanctions against Italy should now be dropped. Laborites asked for a continuance of the economic penalties and liberal members even demanded that they be increased. Italy To Demand 'Hands Off' In Rome, where a delirous celebra- tion of the occupation of Addis Ababa extended into the second day, it was learned that Italy would be adamant when the League council meets next Monday. She will demand, informed sources said, that the League keep "hands off" the Ethiopian question and will assert "Ethiopia is Italian" As Italy began the task of taking over her vast new acquisition Giu- seppe Bottai, former governor of Rome, was appointed civil governor of Addis Ababa. Marshal Pietro Badoglio, who di- rected the successful military cam- paign, told newspapermen the labors of peace would be "quite as arduous as those required for war." Detachments of Fascists stood guard over various legations, where thousands of foreigners were be- sieged for four days. Many of the foreigners had their firstsquare meal since Emperor Haile Selassie fled the capital Saturday. American Minister Safe Safely reestablished in his bullet- dented Addis Ababa legation, Ameri- can Minister Cornelius Van H. Engert reported to the state department to- day that he had accounted for all his fellow countrymen in the razed city except one woman. She was Eleanor Meade, a New York journalist, for which the min- ister said he had begun a search af- ter failing to locate her in making a check of those Americans thought to be in the Ethiopian capital when rioting, looting and fire followed its abandonment by the government last Saturday. He explained that it was possible that Miss Meade had left Addis Aba- ba, without reporting her departure to the legation, by one of the last trains before the disturbances began. He added, however, that three women attaches of the American Mary Hasties School-the Misses B. A. Dommermuth, and L. M. Ship- pey of Avoca, Pa., and E. C. French of Avoca, N. Y.-lost all their be- longings at the hands of pillagers. Zeppelin Crew List Fails To Indicate Eckener's Ranking ABOARD THE ZEPPELIN HIN- DENBURG ABOVE FRIEDRICH- SHAFEN, Germany, May 6. - ()) - Passengers aboard the new German zeppelin were amazed tonight to find the name of Dr. Hugo Eckener, com- mander, in the crew list without an indication of his-rank. Many American passengers ex- pressed indignation over this appar- ent slight to the veteran zeppelin official. Providing a larger practice room than Morris Hall, Newberry Hall, it is In Cleveland, the latest and most thought, will make possible more ef- important loss, for example, Professor fective rehearsals of the 75-piece con- Bromage continued, the manager cert band. The acoustics of the larger plan was abandoned because: auditorium will more closely resemble 1. "Of unremitting bedevilment of the sound properties of the halls administrative officers by party lead- where the band plays its concerts . ers and partisan councilmen for party Another in the series of spring con- spoils and special favors. certs by the band took place last night 2. Of antagonism produced by when Conductor William D. Revelli failure of the council and the first took his group to Adrian for a con- manager to recognize the clear dis- cet in the Adrian armory. The trip tinctions in the charter between their was mate in three buses, and the or- respective fields of activities. ganization returned immediately after 3. Of accumulated antagonisms, the concert.uwhich develop against any charter under the American idea of regard- This afternoon the band will take in- government as a grab-bag into part in the R.O.T.C. practice review which every citizen has a right to at Ferry Field. This drill will be the dip his hand and grab all he can first of the dress parades to be staged get. in preparation for the annual retreat 4. Many voters disliked the pro- parade during homecoming. .ontinuea on Page 6s Printive Si n Lalv4are Causes Decline Of Campus Social Life By ROBERT WEEKS Social life on the campus has suf- fered a severe decline because of the recent student adoption of the pris- tine idiom of communciation used by_ primative aborigines. Sociologists, hereabouts are looking askance at students who are rapidly digressing to the dawn of human culture and using communicating devices common to the Piltdown Man. Strange as it may seem, gesticula- tions that were used to while away rainy afternoons in the Stone Age are now the rage with the brilliant coterie which spends fascinated hours in the Parrot or even in sacred sanctums of slunk into our social milieu and may depart as inobtrusively. Ingenuity is apparently super- abundant in the mind of the creator of "Guess What." There are few fields of human endeavor that have not been invaded by his fruitful mind. Music has its "Broken Record"; transportation its "Mowhawk Riding in Ford V8"; physiology its "Hang- over"; chemistry its "Pasteurized Milk"; Hollywood has "It Happened One Night"; barbering its "Bald Man Combing Hair," forensics its "Talk- ing Off Hand"; grammer its "Split- ting Infinitives"; plumbing its "Man Taking Cold Shower," and so on ad infinitum.