The Weather cloudy in south, showers In north; cooler today, tomor- row fair and warmer. VOL. XLVIII. No. 149 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 79, 1938 Editorials The Bugle Call Rag. . Go Yourself . . Is The Wagner Act Next? .. . PRICE FIVE CENTS New Political Party Headed By LaFollette Is Es tablished Announce Plan To Nation; 'National Progressives' Launch Organization Snow White And The 7 Dwarfs To Cavort In Michigras Parade, Blames New Deal Failure On Mistrust MADISON, Wis., April 28.-(P)- Gov. Philip F. LaFollette of Wiscon- sin announced to the nation tonight formation. of a new political party- the National Progressives of America -dedicated to a philosophy of pre- serving the "right of a free people to work, and by their work to add to the wealth of the country." The Wisconsin Governor, son of the fiery late "Old Bob" LaFollette who failed in a campaign for the presi- dency on an Independent ticket in 1924, told a mass meeting of liberals that the Democratic and Republican parties never can unite on a funda- mental program to restore economic equilibrium and that the time had come for an entirely new movement tq go forward. The governor announced that ac- tive organization would begin in Iowa tomorrow. Announces Prnciples Of New Party He said that if the task of rehabili- tation had been supported by popular "onfidence and affection for the lead- ershp of Roosevelt, the job would have been done, long ago under his Sadministration, but tha.t party dis- sension had undermined and ham- strung the administration.' SLaFollette announced the principles to which the new party will give al- legiance are stated in its articles of association. They are: ' "(1) The ownersifip and control of money and credit, without qualifica- tion or reservation, must be under public and not private control. "(2) The organized power of this nation must stop at nothing short off necessary steps to restore to every American the absolute riht to earn his living by the sweat of his brow. Government Needs Modernizing "(3) We believe in the basic con- cepts of American government and, in particular, that grants of power always should be safeguarded against abuse. Our present governmental system is in sad need of modernizing. One important step is to grant the executive branch power to get things done-to g t to work on the problems of agriculture, business and industry, but, as we have demonstrated in Wis- consin, this can be done with ample guarantees against arbitrary or dic- torial abuse of such power. (4) Those who work on the farm and in the city must be given security, not a security founded on producing less for more, or working less for more. We propose security founded on a definite decent annual income for all, measured by our contribu- tion both in quality and quantity. "(5) We flatly oppose every form of coddling, or spoonfeeding the American people-whether it be those on relief-whether it be farmers or workers-whether it be business or industry.... Like our forefathers, we will use every power of government to open the frontier of this age. We will build stockades and forts to pro- tect industrious producers from (Continued on Page 2' Roosevelt Considers New Inner Council' WASHINGTON, April 28.--(P)- President Roosevelt is considering the creation of a new "inner council" of business men to study and make recommendations on economic prob- lems, some of the more conservative advisers of the Chief Executive said today. Whether he actually would decide to set up such a council was not known, but it was said that "great pressure" was being exerted "both from within and ou side the admin- istration" in behalf of the idea. "Right wing" elements among the President's friends were arguing that such a step would tend to bring busi- ness men and the administration closer together for a common attack on depression problems. Lady Godiva Will Ride Down State Street Along With 'Corpse' Of F.D.R. By EARL R. GILMAN Lady Godiva will ride down South State Street and Snow White will cavort along with the Seven Dwarfs in the parade heralding the Michi- gras May 6, it was.announced yester- day. While it is not yet official, Michigras committeemen report that they expect to obtain some high University functionary to play a cal- liope. Paul Brickley, '39, who is in charge of the parade reports that while en- tries are still coming in for floats in the parade, he already has 15 organ- izations which have signified their intention to participate in the parade contest. Mullison's Riding Academy will do- nate 30 horses and a tallyho for pa- rade purposes. The Pretzel Bell will exhibit a 1907 Riegel car. Alpha Sig- ma Phi will get a Lady Godiva some- place for the positidn of honor on their float. Alpha Tau Omega is planning a surprise package. Psi Upsilon will enter a stage coach, while Sigma Alpha Epsilon will at- tempt a take-off on cigarette adver- tisers. Republican members of Sigma Phi Epsilon will give their interpre- tation of the New Deal as six mem- bers will act as pallbearers, carrying a coffin with "King Roosevelt" paint- e don it. Zeta Psi has formed a Bavarian Engine School, 'Open House' Is Tomorrow Models, Technical Exhibits Are Program Features; 150 GuidesReady The Engineering Open House pro- gram will begin officially at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Final preparation of more than 100 exhibits is being rushed by the 10 departments of the Engineering College. Arrangements have been made to guide students from the 400 high schools here to attend University Day, and a staff of 150 engineering stu- dents will be present throughout the day to explain in and operate the exhibits.' Visitors will register in the main lobby of the East Engineering build- ing on E. University Ave., from which tours will be conducted at frequent intervals by the guides.' However, guests are encouraged to stop and discuss the exhibits with professors supervising the display, Wes Warren, chairman of the Open House said. In addition to technical exhibits such as the wind tunnel, the naval tank and antique engines, there will be a display of scale models of ocean steamers, airplanes and automobiles. Five foot models of the Normandie, Bremen, and Queen Mary, and of the TWA flagship, Illinois, have been sent by the operating companies. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has presented a three-foot model of one of their locomotives. "The purpose behind the Open House is to acquaint the layman with the sort of work the student engineer can do and is doing. We have one of the finest engineering schools in the country, and we want our fellow students in the University and busi- nessmen throughout the state to see it," Warren said. sextet band which will lend "music" to the occasion. The VarsityBand is also expected to play during the parade. Kappa Alpha Theta sorority will enact the drama of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" en route. Alpha Phi girls will ride horses and Pi Beta Phi will do a take-off on "Chary Esquire." Alpha Gamma Delta and Mimes have also signified their inten- tions of participating but have not yet decided on the theme of their floats. Any other group which has not yet been contacted should get in touch with the Michigras committee if they wish to enter a float, Brickley said. Freshmen girls are planning to sponsor a float using the oldtime square dance as the motif. A hay wagon drawn by horses, several tan- dems and girls dressed in old- fashioned costumes will take part in the display. French. Grolup Will Present 'L'Avare'Today Cercle Francais To Give Moliere Play As Annual Dramatic Presentation For the 32nd time members of the Cercie Francais will join with the French department tonight in pro- ducing the annual French play, this year "L'Avare," by Moliere. The production will be given at 8:30 p.m. in the Lydia Mendessohn Theatre. Charles E. Koella of the French department will play the leading role of Harpagon, the miser. James C. O'Neill, also of the department, will substitute for John Stiles, '38, in the role of Valere, and Ruth Koch, '39, will play Elise, the miser's daughter. Robert Power, Grad., will play Cle- ante, the son. Other parts w b 4i -yaae Roberts, '38, Mary Allinson, '39, and Marian Iddings. The supporting men's cast will include Henry Schwartz, Grad., Hudson Tourtellot, '38, Charles Wesley, '38, Walter Hahn, '38Ed, Rob- ert Vandenberg, '40, Malcolm Long, '40. and Richard Harmel, '41. Tickets will be on sale from 10 a.m. until curtain time at the box office. Holders of Cercle Francais lecture cards will be able to get seats for half price. "L'Avare," one of the most pop- ular plays of Moliere, deals with the machinations of a money-grabbing old father. Moliere himself took the lead in the first production of the play in 1668 and since that time it has been presented over 1,500 times at the Comedie Francaise in Paris. This will be the second presenta- tion of the play in Ann Arbor, it hav- ing been' the French play in 1908. Theatre Will Honor University Teams The Michigan Theatre will honor members of the wrestling, track, swiming andhhockey teams at 9 p.m. Monday, when cups will be awarded to the teams and their coaches. Members of the teams will be seat- ed in the front row of the theatre and some may be asked to get up on the stage and give speeches. The wrestling, track and hockey teams won the National Intercollegiate title. Schoolmasters Meet, Continue ParleyToday Professor Remer Discusses Proposed Tutorial Plan In OpeningOf Session Reception Banquet Completes Pro gram Sessions of the 52nd annual meet-1 ing of the Michigan Schoolmasters' Club will be continued today and to-I morrow. Conferences, class demon- strations, luncheons and finally a1 reception banquet at 5:15 p.m. in the Union complete today's program.- Prof. Charle F. Remer of the eco-; nomics department told the school-; masters yesterday that if the re-, cently adopted tutorial systemdofethe University is to be a success, students and tutors must have some definite ideas of what a liberal eduoation should be and must regard the sys- tern in the light of a progressive ex- periment.1 Professor Remer, a member of the seven-man faculty panel which drew up the plan, said that the system was adopted to supply the answers to two, problems: How to bring about a better liberal education, and how to, deal with the more capable stu- dent. Problems and methods in teaching freshman composition and sopho- more literature were discussed by Prof. Calton F. Wells of the English department in a later speech on the topic "Improvement of Instruction in Colleges Through Better Teaching Methods." The annual Honors Convocation will be held at 11 a.m. today in Hill Auditorium. The Convocation ad- dress on "Research" is to be given by Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth, consulting engineer. The general conference meeting is at 9 a.m. today. Prof. Robert B. Hall of the geography department will speak on "Regions of Conflict in the Far East." Prof. Thomas V. Smith of the phi- losophy department of the University of Chicago will be the principal speaker at the annual dinner to- night. Professor Smith is a member of the Illinois Senate a leader of the University of Chicago Sunday radio round table. The Essentialist Association of the schoolmasters will meet at 4:15 p.m. today in the University High School Auditorium. The adult education conference will meet at p.m. in the (Continued on Page 4) Double Jewish Camrp aign'ITotal Committee Sets $3,000 As Goal In Aiding Oppressed Because of the recent announce- ment by Germany that $3,000,000 worth of Jewish property would be confiscated, thie Executive Committee of the Ann Arbor fund drive to aid Jews in central and eastern Europe, yesterday voluntarily raised the Ann Arbor quota of the five million dol- lar national campaign from $1,600 to $3,000. Residents of Ann Arbor therefore doubled their contribution, and the Hilel Foundation has already re- ceived $350 from three people who refused to reveal their names. The two-week drive opens Monday. Last year Ann Arbor raised $1,- 300, but this year, due to the spread of Jewish persecution in Europe, the Joint Distribution Committee of New York, directing the national cam- paign, requested that this town raise $1,600. Letters containing a self-addressed envelope and a coin card will be mailed to every independent student on campus, Grant stated, and if there is no answer received by Wednesday, they will be solicited personally by one of the committee of 30 indepen- dent men organized for that purpose and headed by Elmer Frankel, '38. High Ranking Scholars Get Honors Today Woman Engineer To Make Principal Talk At 15th Annual Convocation All 11 A.M. Classes To Be Dismissed The 15th annual Honors Convoca- tion of the University, a feature of the Michigan Schoolmasters' Conven- tion continuing its three-day session here today, will take place at 11 a.m. today in Hill Auditorium. The assembly will be addressed by Mrs. Lillian M. Gilbreth of Montclair, N.J., consulting engineer, educator and psychologist. President Ruth- ven will act as chairman. Classes will be dismissed throughout ;he University at 10:45 a.m., with the exception of clinics, where only senior students receiving honors will be ex- cused. The Honors Convocation is devoted to honoring meritorious scholastic work on the part of graduate stu- dents, seniors and undergraduates. Seniors with averages of B or more who stand in the highest 10 per cent of their class, and undergraduate students with averages of half A and half B will receive recognition. Graduate students will be cited for exceptional work in their fields of re- search or study. A number of scholarship and fel- lowship citations will be made to both graduates and undergraduates. Russel Lecture Will Be Given NextTuesday Prof. Heber D. Curtis To Be Speaker; Russel Awards To Be Made Prof. Heber D. Curtis, director of the University observatories, will de- liver the 13th annual Henry Russel Lecture on "Receding Horizons" at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, in Natural Science Auditorium. At the same time the announcement of the winner of the Henry Russel Award for the year 1937-38 will be made. The estabiishment of this lecture- ship and award, which have come to be regarded as local Nobel Prizes, was made possible by a bequest of $10,- 000 made to the University in 1920 by Henry Russel, '73, late of Detroit, "to provide additional compensation to members of the University staff." One half the available sum is used as an honorarium for an annual Hen- ry Russel Lecturenby the member of the faculty chosen by the Council of Research Club of the University on his attainment of the "highest dis- tinction in the field of scholarship." The Henry Russel Award each year is assigned by a special University Council Comittee to that "instructor or assistant professor whose scholarly achievements and promise for the future.seem most to merit the Award." Basilius Speaks Here On Germans In State About 600,000 people in Michigan are of German birth or German de- scent, Prof. Harold A. Basilius, chair- man of the German department of Wayne University, told the members of the Deutscher Verein in a lecture in German on Germans in the state of Michigan yesterday. Beg Your Pardon, Sir, Is This The U. Of M.?' We don't even blush to tell this one. A puzzled old gentleman was seen standing on the Diagonal yesterday morning as the voices of the Gar- goyle's personnel, announcing the greatest show on earth, filled an otherwise unblemished spring day. "Down With Everything, here it is just what you've been waiting for," the barker intoned as the crowd walked by. Finally the sprucely-clad gentle- man, dignified in a white goateee and mustache, walked up and hesitated glancing at the red and white cover. After a moment he plucked the sales- man's sleeve and asked determinedly "Excuse me, but are you selling pro- grams for the Schoolmaster's Conven- tion?' We have it on reliable authority that the Gargoyle representative was speechless. London-Paris Military Treaty Forged By Fear Nazi War Threat Forces Daladier, Chamberlain To PledgeCooperation LONDON, April 28.-)-France and Great Britain, brought together by fear of the German war machine, reached full agreement today o~ pooling their military might in the event of a European explosion. The interdependence of the two countries rapidly neared expression, in a formal, mutual assistancepact. Both were taking swift steps to put defenses in order and combining their resources in war-time. French Premier Edouard Daladier, at the conclusion of the first of two days of conference among British and French premiers and foreign ministers, declared: "We arrived without difficulty at complete agreement. Without exag- geration, all conversations were most cordial, everyone, being ,,fully aware, of and fully understanding the neces- sities we have to face. Technical staff talks between the land, sea and air forces of the two countries, to map details of life-sav- ing strategy if diplomacy fails to avert a European conflict, were ex- pected to begin shortly. The French endorsed Chamberlain's policy of easing European tension- founded on his counter weapon, the conditional British agreement with Italy. Agreement on these points emerged from the meeting headed by Daladier and British Prime Minister Chamber- lain: 1. The British-Italian friendship pact-despite French fears of Italian and German domination in Spain through the support the Fascist coun- tries have given Spanish Insurgents. 2. Continuance of the "hands off Spain" policy as the best insurance against embroiling the rest of Eu- rope in war. 3. Mutual defense preparations- both military and economic-with technical staff talks probable soon. 4. The procedure to take at Geneva to gain recognition of Italy's con- quest of. Ethiopia-which Italy has demanded as a price of renewed friendship with the two countries. TOBY OR NOT TOBY Those Theta Chis tried hard, but the best they could rate from Toby Wing, blond Hollywood ingenue play- ing at the Cass Theatre in Detroit, was the following wire received late yesterday:' "Bad manager won't let me come and see you stop I'm terribly sorry stop your own. Toby." Nearly Half Of Student Body Is Dissatisfied, SurveyReveals S.R.A. Conducts Campus Poll Similar To Gallup Institute Polling Method Nine Of Ten Favor Marriage Courses More than 40 per cent of the stu- dents at the University are dissatis- fied with the education they are re- ceiving, if a scientific poll completed yesterday by the Student Religious Association and the (pring Parley Committee is an adequate represen- tation of campus opinion. The poll, which was taken to pro- vide a ,basis for discussion at the Spring Parley this weekend, was based upon the method perfected by Dr. George Gallup's American Insti- tute of Public Opinion and tested a five per cent cross-section of the campus with proportional representa- tion of schools and of the sexes. Favor Preparation For Marriage If the pool is accurate, almost 90 per cent of the students favor a course in preparation for the prob- lems of married life, almost 80 per cent feel there is a need for improv- ing student-faculty relations and opinion is evenlydivided as to whe- ther the University is primarily pre- paring students for a job. Other results indicated that 68.8. per cent feel "a need for more in- formal mixed social gatherings," 54.1 per cent have sought vocational ad- vice from faculty members, 57.1 per cent are on a basis of "personal" friendship with one or more faculty men and 67.3 per cent read the Daily "practically every day." Poll First Of Kind Here The poll, run on a scientific basis, is the first of its kind to be held on campus. Five hundred and thirty- nine students were interviewed at random by volunteer workers. Selec- tion was macl ii'pji djiontothe enrollments of both sexes in the: various schools and colleges of the University. It is expected that this poll will lead to the establishment of a permanent campus "bureau of student opinion." In replying to the question, "In general are you satisfied with the education you are getting from your courses?" 54.1 per cent answered "yes," 41.1 "no" and 4.8 per cent had no opinion on the question. Need Faculty Relations / "Should the University offer a course designed to prepare students for the problems of inarried life?" brought 89.6 per cent replying in the affirmative, 5.5 per cent negative and 4.9 per cent with no opinion. "Is theret a need for more.oppor- tunities for friendly relations with the faculty?" was answered in the affirmative by 79.9 per cent, in the negative by 13.7 per cent and "no opinion" by 6.4 per cent. When asked, "Do you think of your (continued on Page 2) To Hold English ParleyTo day Frosh And Soph English Teachers To Meet The first annual conference on teachin freshman and sophomore English will be held from 8:30 to 10 .m. today at Room 3231, Angell Hall, in conjunction with the. Schoolmas- ters' Club convention, it was an- aounced yesterday. All teachers of freshman and sopho- more English courses in state junior ,olleges and all administrators of the Same courses here willgather to dis- cuss problems of teaching and meth- ods of improving the courses. Presiding at the meeting will be Prof. C. D. Thorpe, active chairman of the general committee here on freshman and sophomore English. Prof. Karl Litzenberg of the English Departient, chairman of the commit- tee on sophomore English, will spew: on "Recent Changes in Sophomore reaching at Michigan." A discussion period will follow. Plans for the con- tinuation of the conference will also be discussed. Afterwards, the visiting teachers will be invited to sit in on English 2, 31, 32 and 33 classes. Daily's Inquiry Discloses New Version Of Young Parker's Death University Of Chicago's Methods Are Unique In Higher Education By STAN SWINTON A bewildered father yesterday pieced together conflicting reports on his son's death in Spain, eagerly wait- ing for further information to trickle through a communication service dis- rupted by civil war. Convinced by previous reports that DeWitt Webster Parker, 27 years old, was killed in early April during an Insurgent air raid on Barcelona, Prof. DeWitt H. Parker, chairman of the philosophy department, yesterday was informed by Friends of the Abra- ham Lincoln Brigade that his son was one of two Loyalist soldiers who died on leave. There he reported his pres- ence to authorities. Soon afterward, Rebel planes bombed the city. DeWitt Professor and Mrs. Parker believe, escaped the attack and left immed- iately for the Aragon front where the 15th International Birgade to which he was attached was stationed. He did not report himself "out" of Barcelona, they are convinced, and thus Loyalist officials believed he was one of the victims of Fascist bombs. They informed relatives of the boy in Gloucester, Mass., of his death in the raid and it is this information which was yesterday released to the Daily from Boston. 'We Are Ford On The Spot,' Tells Newsmen EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third of a series of articles dealing with in- novations in American colleges and universities designed to improve the higher educational process. The pur- pose of the series is to provide some idea of the different avenues of approach to educational reform which are ac- tually being followed in principal in- stitutions in the country, as prepara- tion for discussion in the Spring Par- ley tomorrow and Sunday.) By ALBERT P. MAYIO A four-semester school year, intro- ductory courses dealing with the four main branches of knowledge, non- compulsory class attendance, separa- tion between a college and four divi- work in high school. If a student enters with only two years of high school, he may fulfill the require- ments for graduation from the col- lege in approximately four years. If he enters as a graduate from high school, he may be expected to finish his College work in two years. The curriculum of the college con- sists of four introductory general courses in the biological, physical, so- cial sciences and the humanities which are given in two years of three semesters each. NEW YORK, April 28.- (P)-A day after his closeted 2-hour talk with President Roosevelt, Henry Ford said tonight that "we are all on the spot" and that the people have "a leader who is nutting something over them."