-EIGHT THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, SEPT. 22, 19 -EIGHT TUESDAY, SEPT. 22,11 Faculty Plans For Semester Leaves Told Prof. I. L. Sharfman Will Investigate history Of I. C. C. Commission View Of Northeast Side Of Law Quadrangle Forsythe In Europe Prof. Arthur W. Bromage Studies Irish Free State During His Leave Programs consisting of untiring re- search work, recreational and rest- ful travelling, or combinations of both have been planned by the many members of the University faculty who will be on sabbatical leave dur- ing the present academic year. Prof. I. L. Sharfman of the eco- nomics department will be busy dur- ing the entire year, in his research into the history and the work of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Professor Sharfman has been at Han- over, N. H., during the summer months and will be in Washington, D. C. this fall to continue his work. To Complete Series He is planning to complete the fifth and final volume of a series dealing with the work, methods and history of the ICC. In his compila- tion and setting down the record of the comission, Professor Sharfman has been backed by the Legal Re- search Committee of the Common- wealth Fund. While in Washington Professor Sharfman will have access to the In- terstate Commerce Commission's own library, and much of his work is ex- pected to be done there. Four vol- umes of the exhaustive study have been finished by Professor Sharfman. They include: Part I, The Legislative Basis of the Commission's Authority; Part II, The Scope of the Commis- sion's Jurisdiction; and two volumes in Part III, The Character of the Commission's Activities. The final volume will be Part IV, The Commis- sion's Organization and Procedure. Professor Sharfman has also been appointed the first Rackham Re- search Professor in Economics. This appointment was made possible by the Rackham Fund, and it, as well as the Commonwealth Fund, have enabled Professor Sharfman to con- tinue his study of the ICC. Dr. Warren E. Forsythe, director of the University Health Service, is touring Europe on his leave. He is expected to stay for some, time in London, and then proceed to travel through France, Italy, Switzerland, and possibly Germany. Dr. For- sythe's son, George, a student at Swarthmore College, was in Ger- many during the summer. It is not known whether Dr. and Mrs. For- sythe met their son in their Euro- pean travels. Working At Seattle Prof. Frederick D. McKenzie is spending his leave at Seattle, Wash- ington, where he formerly taught for nine years at the University of Wash- ington. Professor McKenzie is work- ing on a book treating the subject upon which he has become recog- nize das an authority. The name of the book will be "Human Ecology." Prof. Herbert Blumer, Associate Professor of sociology at the Uni- versity of Chicago, will fill the va- cancy on the staff of the sociology department during Prof. McKenzie's leave of absence. He will teach courses in social psychology. A comprehensive study of the city manager plan in what he termed "one of the finest laboratories in the world for such a study" will be made this fall and early winter by Professor Arthur W. Bromage of the political science department on his present trip to Ireland. The scrutiny of the managerial system will form a part of Professor Bromage's field study of govern- ments in the Irish Free State. This type of a study has never before been recorded, according to Professor Bro- mage. To Study Government The aim of his project, Professor Bromage said before he left Ann Ar- bor, will be to "study local govern- ment in thetIrishFree State from other bases than the purely struc- tural approach to political science." Professor Bromage will analyze the! structure, functions and finances of the administrative counties, county boroughs, boroughs, urban district councils and all other agencies that constitute local government in Ire- land. i One of the most important aspects of his study will be an attempt to ascertain why the city manager sys- tem has been introduced in local units and what have been its effects. The city manager plan, according to Professor Bromage, has developed extensively in the Irish Free State, raking the Emerald Isle one of the finest laboratories in the world in which to study this system of local government. Professor Bronage said that he also intended to find out just how far the Irish method of local (Continued on Page 26) FThe Quarry . The Law Quadrangle, covering a complete block, includes dormitories, classrooms, ballroom, recreation rooms and complete library for law students. The building is constructed with an open court in the center. Records Of Graduating Classes Show Student Civil War Service Almost Half Of University Alumni Durnig War Era Drawn To Battlefields During the anxious Civil War days, almost half of the' men-and only men attended the University in those days-graduating from Michigan be- came immediately embroiled in the great war between the North and the South. Looking over the records of some of the classes which graduated from 70 to 80 years ago, one cannot fail but observe the war careers of some of the men who later entered various walks of life. To be sure, many of those who later occupied prominent positions did not fight in the bat- tles of the nineteenth century, but so great was the demand for soldiers that almost 50 per cent of the Uni- versity's graduates went from the class room to the army. The programs are the property of Miss Gertrude Breed, for many years a teacher in Ann Arbor High School. 11 Graduates In '53 The commencement program of 1853 lists a total of 11 graduates, all of whom had to speak at the exer- cises. From this group two answered the call of the G.A.R. This was eight years before the war started, and no doubt many of the men had married and settled down to home. Waldo C. Daniels of the class was for two years a surgeon in the 14th Ohio Infantry, serving the opening years of the war, and George M. Lane was a captain of Company B of the 1st Michigan Engineers. He served from 1862 to the close of the war and was promoted to the rank of Brevet-Major. It would have been advantageous, for the purposes of record to know the tenor of Mr. Lane's remarks at graduation nine years before he became engaged in aiding in the suppression of a re- bellion. for his subject at the time was "The Spirit of the Radical.' Of the class of '53, Jay A. Hubbell became Michigan's representative in the Lower House for five consecutive Congresses. Thomas Spencer Ogden was sent by the Presbyterian Board as a missionary to the island of Cor- isco where he is reported to have died around 1860. Traveled Widely Turning to the class of '59 one can see that Augustus Pettibone traveled almost entirely over the width and breadth of what was then the United States. He came to Mich- igan for his education, he fought for four years in the .20th Wisconsin In- fantry, having the rank of major, and later was a representative from Tennessee for many 'years. Richard Beardsley of the same class turned to the Navy when war was declared. A member of the class who achieved promince in the academic field was William J. Beal. After graduating from the University, he studied at the University of Chicago, Harvard, Michigan Agricultural Col- lege and Syracuse University. He was an active teacher at Michigan Agricultural College for 40 years and was the author of many scientific papers. Two members of the class of '60 died in action during the second year of the war. Simon C. Guild was killed during the battle of James Island, S. C. He was captain of the 8th Michigan Infantry. William H. A. Zacharias, captain of the 7th Michigan Infantry, received severe wounds at the battle of Antietam, where Gen. McClellan defeated Gen. Lee's attempted invasion of the North on Sept. 17, 1862. Captain Zacharias hovered between life and death for over three months and died on Dec. 31 of that year. Was Latin Instructor After graduating, Silas W. Dun- ning, '60 was an instructor in Latin at the University for six ,months. lie enlisted with the Northern forces in 1862 and served till the close of the wart having a rank of corporal in Company E of the 124th Illinois In- fantry. After the war he turned his attention to the journalistic field. Byron Mac Cutcheon of the ejass of '61 served in the United States Volunteers during the Civil War and was later elected to Congress from Michigan. He was a representative for four consecutive terms and re- turned to the sphere of the Uni- versity in 1876, when he was elected to the Board of Regents. "Military Greatness" was the sub- ject of Jonas H. McGowan's com- mencement talk on the morning of June 26, 1861. The following year he joined the 9th Michigan Cavalry and was made a captain. He was, like his classmate, General Cutcheon, elected to the House of Representa- tives from Michigan, and also to the Board of Regents of the University. Killed At Shiloh Frederick Arn of the same class was added to the list of those killed in action at Shiloh, Tenn., on April 6, 1862. In this fierce battle Gen- erals Grant and Buell with a force of 38,000 troops defeated the 40,000 Confederate soldiers under Generals Beauregard and A. S. Johnstone. Arn was a major in the 31st Indiana In- fantry. In August. 18-2. Gene-a! Pope launched the Shenandoah Valley campaign in an effort to capture Rchmond. During this campaign was fought the second battle of Bull Run in which, although outnumbered, the Southern troops under Generals Lee and Jackson turned back the Union soldiers and retained Richmond. It was in this battle that Sidney G. Morse, '61, a sergeant in the 1st Michigan Cavalry, lost his life on Aug. 30. Two members of this class turned to educational work after their grad- uation. William H. H. Beadle served as a brevet-brigadier-general in the U. S. Volunteers until the close of the Many Students Enter $10,000 Prize Contest, Hopwoods Cover 4 Major Fields Of Literature; Have Three Divisions Prizes totaling almost $10,000 will1 will be offered this year as in the past by the University for the best1 work done here in creative writing. The manuscripts awarde prizes wil be those which have been chosen above others in the annual Avery and Jule Hopwood Awards contest, more commonly known as the "Hopwood eontest." Through the terms of the will of the late Avery Hopwood. prominent American dramatist and playwright, and a graduate of the University in 1905, one fifth of the estate was set aside for the sole purpose of rewarding the literary ability of members of the student body of the University. The contest itself embraces four fields of literary endeavor, poetry, drama, fiction and the essay. Awards are made in each field, which is in turn divided into two sections, known as the major and minor awards. The major awards, totaling the largest amounts, are open only to graduate students and seniors. Minor awards, also given in all fields, are open to all properly qualified undergraduate students, and carry awards as high as $250 each. In addition there has recently been established a special contest open anly to freshmen. This contest also embraces all four fields of writing, and carries with it awards of $50, $30, and $20 in each. The Hopwood contest for 1936-37 will be the seventh since the original contest was given in 1930-31. The contest for freshmen was first given in 1931-2, and has been continued without interruption since that time. Prof. Roy W. Cowden of the Eng- lish department heads the committee which is in charge of the awards and the contest itself. Manuscripts are judged by a group made up of persons distinguished in contempo- rary literature. Further details of the contest will be given at a later date, and will include specific rules for this year's contest. war and then turned to teaching. He was for many years president of the South Dakota Normal School and after he retired from that post was made an honorary professor of his- tory. Walter S. Perry, who will be recalled by many of Ann Arbor's old- er residents, was superintendent of schools here from 1870 to 1897. Aaron C. Jewett, '62, joined the ranks of the Union immediately up- on graduating. He held the rank of 1st Sergt., Co. F of the 6th Michigan cavalry. Almost exactly one year after graduation Sergeant Jewett was killed in action at the battle of Wil- liamsport, Md. Although not fighting in the Civil War, James E. Eastman dedicated his entire life to military efforts. After graduating from the University he entered West Point, graduating from there in 1866 and entering the 2nd U. S. Artillery with the rank of cap- tain. He was still with the army when America declared war on Spain and died from a disease contracted during thatrwar. Martin L. d'Ooge, who was later to return to the University to teach, studied abroad after receiving his Bachelor's degree here and 'received his Ph. D. at the University of Leip- zig. He became an assistant profes- sor of ancient languages at the Uni- versity in 1867 and in 1870 was made professor of Greek languages and literature. The lives of these men represent a cross section of the students of years gonetby and shows what sort of a role the war played in the molding of their careers. History Of Subject Traced Since Founding In 1853 In Dean-Emeritus' Book Although engineering has been taught at the University since 1853, there has been a separate college de- voted to the subject only since 1896, Dean-Emeritus Mortimer E. Cooley of the Engineering College points out in his book, "The History of Engineer- ing at Michigan," which he is now writing. In 1853, the Board of Regents established an engineering depart- ment in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and appointed Alexander Winchell as professor of lphysicsand civil engineering. From that time until 1896, when the de- partment became a separate college at the suggestion of Regent Crocker,' all classes were held in the South Hall of University Hall, according to Dean Cooley. The first shop of the department was built in 1881 at the cost of $1,500, he says. In 1883 a new shop was built, and in 1888 the final addition was made to this shop. This building is still in use today as the engineering annex. After the department became the engineering college in 1896, the dean relates, classes were moved to a build- ing that stood where the William L. Clements Library is now located. This new engineering building had form- erly been occupied by the School of Dentistry. The structure was used for classes until 1921, when it was torn down to make room for the Clements Library. The present West Engineering Building was constructed in 1902, with the North Wing being added in 1909 to take care of the increased' number of students. The East En- gineering Building was built in 1923. In 1881 when Dean Cooley came to Story Of Engineering College, To Be Told In Cooley's Book the University, there were 65 students enrolled in the civil engineering course, which was the only type of engineering taught then. However, later that year, he tells, a course in mechanical engineering was intro- duced. By 1900 there were 600 stu- dents, the dean recalls, and in the next few years there was a phenom- enal growth in the size of the stu- dent body with 1,500 being enrolled+ at the opening of the West Engineer- ing Building in 1902. The number of engineering students continued to in- crease until there were about 2,000 enrolled at the close of the World War. At the time of the depression the enrollment dropped to 1,100, but in the past few years it has been steadily increasing with about 1,500 persons enrolled now. The engineering college has had four deans since 1896. The first was Charles E. Greene, who served from 1896 to 1903. Greene was followed by Dean Cooley, who served until 1928, when he became dean-emeritus. Dean Cooley had. a year's leave from 1927 to 1928, and during that time George W. Patterson was acting dean. In 1928, H. C. Sadler, present dean, took office. University Has 97 Inch Telescope Cast The third largest telescope mirror in the world was cast at the foundries of the Corning Glass Works, Corning, N. Y. this summer for the University observatories. -The great mirror, which is 97 inches in diameter was cast for the second time this summer. The first casting was made in January, but after the glass had been allowed to cool it was found to contain a fault, and the Corning Works undertook the second casting this summer after increasing the size of the mold one inch over the original size. Medical School R.O.T.C. Unit To Be Installed Maj. Peter K. Kelly And Lieut. Benjamin Winier Become Instructors Iere For the first time, this year the Medical School will have an R.O.T.C. corps, it has been announced by Lieut.-Col. Frederick S. Rogers, post commander here. In charge of the new corps will be Capt. Oland F. Mc- Ilnay, Medical Corps of the United States Army. Two changes in instructors were announced. Major Peter K. Kelly, Inf. has relieved Capt. R. R. Coursey, who will be at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. First-Lieut. Benjamin R. Wimer, Corps of Engineers will also be sta- tioned here this year. He is a grad- uate of the Military Academy and a post-graduate of the University of California. Entering the fourth year of organi- zation as a regiment, the University Reserve Officers Training Corps begins its activities this week with conducted tours of freshmen men through headquarters and displays of various phases of the courses studied. Freshman training in the unit in- cludes one drill period and two one- hour classes each week, and covers the rudiments of military drill, rifle marksmanship, and other basic fields. Completion of four years in the unit, plus one period at summer camp, leads to a commission in the Offi- cers Reserve Corps of the United States Army, as a second lieutenant. 4 ARBORSPRIGSWATER The drinking water that is sparkling clear and absolutely pure as it comes from the ground. It's so refreshing! Delivered to your home in cases or six 2-qt. bottles, or in large 5-gal. bottles. Phone 8270 for Quick Service. ARBOR SPRINGS WATER CO. 416 West Huron Phone 8270 ,' J _ . _; __ -- - - --- - ---- - ---- , .1 Got Cold Feet about Winter? " Keep snug, warm and smartly shod in our Walk-Over Weatherproof Grains. Plump, pliable, they mellow with long wear. BROADWAY. Pear-shape heel hugs your ankle. 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