Fair, slightly cooler today; tomorrow fair and warmer. I Mg Lit I gun ~E ti Prof. Louis A. Strauss . . Harlan County After' Twenty Years .. VOL. XLIX. No. 4 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, SEPT. 29, 1938 . _ , PRJCE, FIVE C Washington Grants $450,000 To Build Dorm For W omen PWA Funds Appropriated For Project To House 356 Women students Total Cost To Be Nearly_$1,000,000 Dormitory expansion plans of the University gained impetus for the third time in recent months yester- day when announcement was received from Washington of a $450,000 PWA grant making possible a new $1,000,- 000 dormitory for women. Intended to house 356, the dormP. tory was unofficially reported to have been at least partially due to the efforts of Regents John D. Lynch and Edmund C. Shields. A continuation of the Mosher-Jor- dan development begun eight years ago, the new building is to be locat- ed at the northwest corner of N. Uni- versity Ave. and Observatory lodge between Mosher-Jordan Halls and the Women's Athletic building. Financing of the University's share of $550,000 will be carried out through a self-liquidating loan plan similar to that used for the new $2,100,000 men's dormitory and the $200,000 medical dorm announced last spring. Profits from operation then pay off the debt. Coming exactly a week after an- nouncement of a $193,500 PWA grant for a new dental building, the grant will make possible a five-story build- ing architecturally similar to Mosher- Jordan.Featuring an exterior of brick with stone trim, it will extend ap- proximately 250 feet along each street . and have a width of 40 feet. The new building will contain more single rooms than Mosher-Jordan. Another difference will be two din- ing rooms extending north and westt from the main building toward the center of the block. ' No date has been announced for the beginning of construction which must be preceded by purchase of three lots. : and razing of the buildings upon them. Football Rally To Hear Sabo, CrislerFriday Band Also Will Partiipate In Pre-Game Activities; Captain Janke To Speak Johnny Sabo, '24, of Gary, Ind., will be the principal speaker at the pep rally to be held at 7:45 p. m. Friday in Hill Auditorium, Frederick Luebke,' '39E, chairman, announced yesterday. Mr. Sabo, who is described by the; University of Michigan Club of Gary as "150 pounds of red-headed dyna-I mite," is former president of the group and is chairman of the club's scholarship committee, which has a- warded over $1,000 in scholarships, Luebke said. Well-known on campus during his years here, Mr. Sabo is a member of Sphinx, and was editor of Chimes, a defunct literary magazine. Head Coach Fritz Crisler will be a speaker, Luebke said, and Captain F'red Janke may be introduced, as well as Phil Woodworth, '39, student nanager of the football team. Bob Canning, '39, is in charge of group vocal effects, which, according to Luebke, will play an iihportant part inz the program. About 125 members of the Varsity Band are scheduled to appear at 8:15, Luebke said.\' 600 Register s For Fraternities All Preference Lists Will' Be ReadyOct. 6 More than 600 prospective fratern- ity pledges have registered for rush- ing thus far with the Interfraternity Council, it was announced yesterday by Robert Reid, '39E, president of the Council. The total number of regis- trants could not yet be ascertained,3 Reid said, since registration will con- tinue until the end of the rushing period on Thursday, Oct. 6. At the end of the period the rushee9 Grants To University Now Total $1,892,250 Yesterday's $450,000 PWA grant for construction of a new women's dormitory brought the total contribut- ed to the University by that govern- ment agency within three months to the amazing total of $1,892,250. This was matched by the University with $2,31'2,750. The resulting work necessitates raz- ing of 38 buildings which last year housed a total of 250 students. The allotments: $945,000 for men's dormitory and medical dormitory; $193,500 for addition to dental school; $90,000 for addition to Hospital; ' $450,000 for women's dormitory; $213,750 for new health service. '. EXpect ,000 F or M edical Alumni M eet President Ruthven, Dean Furstenberg, Dr. Rous To Speak At Reunion More than 1,000 medical alumni of the University will gather here today for the opening of a three-day reunion held in conjunction with the eighty- ninth annual opening exercises of the I Medical Schol. Dr. Peyton Rous of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research will give the principal address at the ex- ercises to be held at 10 a. m. Satur- day in the auditorium of the Graduate, Schol. President Ruthven and Dean Albert C. Furstenberg of the Medical SchOol also will address the gather- ing. Dr. Rous, a graduate of Johns Hop-; kins University, became an instructor in pathology here in 1906 and kept1 that position until 1908, when he left to become assistant in pathology and bacteriology at the Rockefeller In- stitute. He became a mlnber in that; department in 1920. He was chairman of the medical division of the Na- tional Research Council in 1918, and, is a member of several medical soci-, eties. A complete program of round table discussions, lectures and luncheons has been arranged "for the reunion, which is the first of a series of annual meetings. Highlighting the alumni activities will be a banquet at 7 p. m. Thursday in the Intramural' Building at which President Ruthven, Dean Furstenberg and Dr. Frederick G.f Novy, dean-emeritus of the Medical School, will speak.l CAMERAMEN WANTED Students interested in joining the photography staff of Michi- ganensian are requested to see, Dave Laing at the Student Publi- cations Building today between 2j and 5:30 p.m. Personal equipment is unnecessary. Move Ii iatead ByEngineers To sbolishAll Class Offices Plan Would Replace Them To End Voting Abuses; Needs To eBe Ratified Bursley Endorses Council's Proposal The Engineering Council, student governing body of the College of En- gineering, in an attempt to eliminate all abuses from class elections last night unanimously voted to amend its constitution and abolish all exist- ing class officers. The move will result in a new stu- dent organization of the College along class lines. The amendment, as introduced by Wes Warren, '39E, president, and rati- fied by the .Council, provides for the election of two students every year from each class who will be known as Engineering Council Representatives and will act as sole representatives of the several classes in the student gov- ernment of the engineering college. Delegates to the four class dance committees each year will be chosen from this number, thus keeping the number of elective class positions down to a minimum. Before taking effect, the amend- ment, which has been endorsed by Dean of Students Joseph A. Bursley, must be approved by the membership of the 15 societies represented on the present Engineering Council. If ap- proved, it will be put up to all stu- dents of the engineering college for a referendum vote, and if again ap- - proved will go into immediate opera-, t ion. This referendum vote will in all probability be held during the latter part of October, Warren said. - The present drive for the passage of this amendment was given new impetus during the past week, whens the Council, operating in a manner similar to the projected amendment plan, collected over $600 in class dues,; threreby: braking .all records in this field. "This is but another indication," Warren stated, "that with fewer fig- ureheads and more competent class representatives we will remove any- thing questionable about class ele-, tions and point to a far greater effi- ciency in our student government." The Council also voted to conduct an open meeting Wednesday, Oct. 5, at which time all students of the engineering college are invited to pre-1 sent their opinions of the proposed{ amendment.t Perspectives Staff ToMeet Tomorrow Students interested in working on Perspectives, quarterly campus lit- erary- magazine, are asked to reportf 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Student Pub- lications Building for a general or- ganization meeting, according to F.j Randall Jones, '39BAd, editor-in- chief. James H. Robertson, Grad., has been appointed new member of the advisory board. Section editors of the magazine are Donald Cozadd, '40, fiction; Rolfe Weil, '40, essay; Robert Wayne, '39, poetry; Harvey Swados, '40, book review; and John Stiles, '39, publications. Four Powers Agree To Talk Peace In Munich; Hitler To Confer With Duce Firs Halt Mobilization, Conference A Last Effort By Fuehrer To Work In Peace, Berlin Hears Nazi Troop Moves ReportedSubsiding BERLIN, Sept. 28-(A')-The peace conference at Munich tomorrow to be attended by the ranking states- men of four leading European powers was semi-officially described tonight as Reichsfuehrer Hitler's "last effort to accomplish peaceful cession of Sudetenland." Reliable sources said tonight that Hitler would meet Mussolini, already enroute to Munich, at Brenner Pass, historic gateway between Italy and now German Austria, and then ac- company Il Duce to Munich. Announcement of the Munich meeting brought joy to the German public and hope that Hitler would score a bloodless victory over Czecho- slovakia. Hitler's demands for peace- ful surrender of Sudetenland by'the Prague Government had set Satur- day as the deadline. War Talk Fades Word of the Munich get-together coincided with a decline in talk of German mobilization. The official news agency, DNB, had flatly denied reports that 2 p. m. (8 a. n., E.S.T.) today was a new deadline for Czecho- slovak capitulation under threat of German mobilization. "It is hoped," semi-official circles said, "that even in the last hour this exchange of views will lead to an agreement over putting into immedi- ate effect measures for cession of Sudetenland as promised by the Czechoslovak Government." Thus, comment on the four-power conference showed Hitler was as in- sistent as ever on cutting off from Czechoslovakia the area in which re- side most of the 3,500,000 Sudeten German minority.; Hunt Peace Plan< The task for the Munich conferees1 was to find a peaceful method to con- duct the operation-apparently on the basis of a new Anglo-French plan.. Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels told a Berlin throng late1 today that he foresaw a peaceful solu-' tion of the dispute "within a fewr days." Goebbels, usually given to ora- torical fireworks, sounded that note of peace without mentioning the Munich gathering. j To a deafening chorus of "Heils" in historic Lustgarten, Goebbels mere-1 ly said: "I, as a man in the know of things, can tell you we neither can nor want to retreat, as the Fuehrer has pledged9 his word to support the Sudetens, but the solution is imminent.- ' "Herr Benes (President Eduard; Benes of Czechoslovakia) now will be forced to stick to his promise" - Prof. Strauss' Funeral Today Services To Be Attended" By Family And Friends Funeral services for Prof. Louis A. Strauss, former chairman of the English department who died sudden-' ly of a heart attack Tuesday, will be held at 2:30 p. m. today at his home on 1601 Cambridge Rd. for members of the family and friends. Active pallbearers will be Prof. Karl Litzenberg, Prof. Albert H. Marck- wardt, Prof. Earl L. Griggs, Prof. War- ner G. Rice and Mr. John F. Weim- er of the English department and Mr. Otto G. Graf of tie German de- partment. Hlonorary bearers will be Dr. Reub- en Peterson, professor-emeritus of ob- stetrics and gynecology; Dean of Stu- dents Joseph A. Bursley; Prof. Camp- bell Bonner, head of the Greek de- partment; Prof. Wilbur R. Hum- phrey of the English department; Dean Henry M. Bates of the Law School, Dr. Frederick R. Waldron local physician, and Prof. Morris P. Tilley of the English department. Former Faculty Man Shoots Self In Head While Great Ones Talk, The People Pray When Europe's most important diplomats gather around a Munich conference table today, in the balanceiwill be the lives of such men as the Czech soldier shown above holding his child in his arms as his wife walks beside him for a last farewell at the station before he starts toward the German border. i Duce Urgred By Dem~ocracies To Of f er Olive'Branch ToHitler Pres. Benes' Resignation Believed Desired Price; British AskPapal Aid ROME, Sept. 28.-(IP)-Prime Min- ister Chamberlain and President Roosevelt today drew Benito Mus- solini into the circle of peacemakers striving to pull Europe back from the brink of war. Each appealed to him to help keep peace. Chamberlain urged Il Duce to use his influence with Adolf Hitler against immediate conflict in Eu- rope. His peace plea, arriving first, brought response at once from Mus- solini who got in touch with the Nazi Reichsfuehrer by telephone. A personal message a few hours later from President Roosevelt added further urging that Mussolini aid in settlement of the German-Czecho- slovak controversy gravely threaten- ing peace. Announcement followed shortly that Chamberlain, Hitler, Mussolini and Premier Edouard Daladier of France would meet tomorrow at Mu- nich. Wasting no time, Mussolini board- ed a train for Munich at 6 p.m. (noon EST) and departed to assume the role of mediator in the crisis. A vast crowd gave resounding cheers as he left with Count Galeazzo Ciano his foreign minister and son-in-law. Chamberlain's appeal, delivered by the British Ambassador, the Earl of Perth, asked Mussolini to "urge" Hitler to take part inM four-power discussions that would "keep our peoples out of war" over the German- Czechoslovak dispute. "I have already guaranteed that. Czech promises will be fulfilled and I trust that complete agreement may (Continued on Page 2) Bad pus Kiz,' Oct.18, T'o Helpt B and SieYale Prof. Brumm Questions At Heads; Band Will Fire 6 Campus To Swing Soviet And Czechoslovakia Not Invited; Talks May Seek A General Peace Chamberlain Tells Of Plea To Rome On the eve of the four-power con- ference which European diplomats hopefully regaided as a means to peaceful settlement of Hitler's Su- detenland demands, Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy agreed to suspend mobilization of their armed forces pending the outcome of the eleventh-hour peace talks in Munich today. Prime Minister Chamberlain yes- terday called upon Premier Mussolini to use his influence with his axis part- ner to bring about the conference, and foreign observers expressed the belief that Mussolini's price for his efforts would~ be the resignation of President Edouard Benes of Czecho- slovakia. LONDON, Sept. 28.-AP)-Europe was halted on the brink of war to- night by a swiftly called peace con- ference of Great Britain, France Germany and Italy. The four powers, working against' expiration of Germany's 24-hour sus- pension of mobilization plans, will meet tomorrow in Munich seeking some peaceful solution of Adolf Hit- ler's demands for Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland by Oct. 1. If any solution of the Gern ian- Czechoslovak problem is reached the big four might go on to wider issues in an effort to achieve a general European settlement. Diplomats To Meet Chamberlain, Hitler, Premier Da- ladier of France and Premier Mus- solini of Italy are to meet in Munich for a peace conference, possibly the most vital since Versailles, which yet may avert war .over German de- mands for Sudetenland. Before he spoke Chamberlain had sent a last minute appeal to Mus- solini to urge peace upon his German ally. Even until he was well into his Parliament speech the British Prime Minister did not know the result of that appeal, President Roosevelt in a personal message also urged Mussolini to use his influence to keep Europe's armies from marching to a new world wa r a plea that was credited with in- fluencing the Italian Duce. The threatened victim of the attack which Europe feared and expected- Czechoslovakia-will be absent from the Munich council table, though her minister to Britain, Jan Masaryk, quickly protested to Chamberlain against the fact. USSR Overlooked So will another power, Soviet Rus- sia, whose millions of man-power had been counted on to help the vic- tim. Chamberlain appealed to Hitler's Rome-Berlin axis partner-Benito Mussolini-to use his influence with the German Chancellor for a peaceful solution.' Tie result was not known as the pale, weary 69-year-old Prime Min- ister rose to address a hushed Par- liament saying "We are faced with a situation which has no parallel since 1914.", In a voice filled with emotion h" went on to relate how one measure after another-even his own twoo dra- matic flights to Germany-had failed to weaken Hitler's determination to take the Sudeten areas of Czecho- slovakia at once. Then, unnoticed by many :n the old "mother of parliaments," a piece (Continucd on Page 2) La Guardia Settles Trucking Dispute NEW YORK, Sept. 28-(P)-A four day strike of truck drivers was ended --at least in New York City-tonight when the Merchant Truckmen' Bur- eau voted to accept Mayor La Guard- ia's compromise proposal. The vote was reported to have been "about 3 to 1." The strike apparently remained in A new departure in the form of a 'Kampus Kwiz" will feature this; year's'Varsity Show, to be held Oct. 18 to raise funds for the Bands trip to Yale. Six campus leaders, three men and three women, will take wpart in the "Kwiz," which will be modelled after the radio programs of Professor Quiz and Kay Kyser. Questions for the "Kwiz" will be selected from those submitted by students and faculty members beginning today. Questions in the fields of popular music, ath- letics and college affairs will be ac- cepted, Ballot boxes for the ques- tions will be posted at the Engineer- ing Arch, in front of the library, and in the lobbies of the League, the Union and ,Angell Hall. Prof. John L. Brumm of the jour- nalism department, who has acted as master of ceremonies at the two pre- vious Varsity Shows, will again be in charge. Self-Determination Outgrowth Of Nationalism, Sellars Holds I By H-AL FRY. The principle of political self-de- termination is the logical culmination of the idea-system of liberal or ro- mantic nationalism, Prof. Roy W. Sellars of the philosophy department declared yesterday. Its ascendancy, which produced such idealists as Mazzini and Wilson, marked the cli- max of the trend of political develop- ments that included the unification of Italy and Germany, the crystal- lization of national consciousness in Ireland, and the rise of the Balkan nations. Czechoslovakia, Dr. Sellars ex- plained, owed 'its very existence to the prevalence of this principle at the time of the Versailles Treaty. The Czechs, a small ethnic group sub- merged in the large Austro-Hunga- rian Empire, were affected by the ideas of romantic nationalism. Con- scious of their cultural and racial individuality, they saw little hope of but there had been a single failure to apply the principle of self -de- termination of national minorities, a failure that laid the way for the crisis in Europe today. In the de- termination of the boundaries of Czechoslovakia the device of the plebescite was not employed; rather, the boundaries of the country were laid down arbitrarily by the Allied diplomats without reference to the wishes of the people. And now Germany, in a new cycle of imperialistic nationalism, is upon the scene once more with a bid for its "place in the sun." Essentially undemocratic in its political phi- losophy, Germany now employs the democratic idea of self-determina- tion toward the attainment of her end. We have the paradox, Dr. Sel- lars pointed out, of a totalitarian state using a democratic principle. against a democratic state. To iudge right and wrong in a Roosevelt Pleased As Powers Negotiate; Hoover Gives Support WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 - (IP) - Washington heartily applauded to- night the decision of Europe's great nations+to try the conference table again instead of resorting to the battlefield. President Roosevelt, the author of repeated appeals for peace and, too, of a letter which urged Premier Mus- solini to take a hand in the situation, was tremendously pleased. ' Whatever the extent to which his efforts influenced the day's historic turn of events, the result was exactly what he had urgently requested-that there be no breakdown of negotiations, lest a devastating war ensue. Although opinions varied as to the outcome of tomorrow's session, the view was general that an immensely heartening breathing spell had been provided. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 28-(P)-Her-r bert Hoover, food administrator dur- ing the World War and the leader of; Belgium refugee work, said tonight "the efforts of 'our government to maintain peace deserve our full sup- port." "The President will find every Re- publican and every thinking person behind him in that effort,". Hoover said. "In that there is no partisan- ship. "The President has rightfully urged negotiations as the way out. There is no American who will not agree that the council table is the solution-not the battlefield." His comment on efforts of his suc- essor, President Roosevelt, to per-; suade European powers to continue peaceful negotiations prefaced an ad-