PAGE SIX THE MICCI G A N DAILY SATURDAY, NOV. 25, 1939 Fire-Lighting Features Tlhanksgiing In orimn British Naval Vessels Passing T hrough Mined Waters { 2 I'ioF. Karl litzenibei, director of residence halls, lit the first fire in the fire-place in the main lounge of the West Quadrangle Dormitory Thanksgiving afternoon. The fire-lighting ceremonies which came directly after the Thanksgiving dinner were marked by a short talk by Professor Litzenberg in which he gave thanks "for being able to eat this dinner in peace in a world torn by war." The official dedication of the new dormitories will take place at an open house Dec. 7. Student Bureau Supplied 1,233 Jobs Last Year The one university department where statistics are unimportant, where students are tested for char- acter and not for their cramming ability, and where few applicants have gone in need and been turned away, is the Student Employment Bureau in the Office of the Dean of Students. For the past 10 years Miss Eliza- beth A. Smith, officially assistant of the bureau, has been by the very nature of her work an adviser extra- ordinary to students in need. Re- garded as a sort of clearing house for work, the bureau provided 1,233 jobs during the 1938-39 school year. All of the applicants were inter- viewed by Miss Smith, who assigned themdto positions calling for every- thing from taking dogs for airings to assistance in University labora- tories. A classified work file is kept for experienced workers who are skilled in stenography, selling, chauffering, cooking, and even farming, but most applications are from men who wish to work for board, waiting on tables, or for room, doing housework, or for odd or steady cash jobs. A good percentage of the men for whom work of this sort is provided are putting themselves through school, according to Miss Smith. Because there is fluctuation yearly in the number of applications for work and the requests for workers, Ithe bureau has been unable to pre- dict the number of students it can aid. However, requests from Ann Arbor residents, fraternity and sor- ority houses, and the University it- self are being made continually throughout the year so that there is a good deal of opportunity for work. Gratifying reports on the caliber of student help are usually received from employers. Dr. Rabinowitz To Speak Dr. Isaac Rabinowitz, director of the Hillel Foundation, will give a talk on "The People of the Book" at 11 a.m. tomorrow, during the regu- lar Sunday morning Reform Serv- ices. This is the third in a series of bi-weekly talks given by Dr. Rab- inowitz on "Principles of the Jewish Religion." Varsity Debaters T4o Meet Iinoks Discuss Railroads Topic At Union Thursday Michigan Varsity debaters will open their home season against the University of Illinois at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the North Lounge of the Union discussing government rt ,,I I rShip of the railroads. El.. Erwin Bowers, '41, and Karl Olson, '40, will take the affirma- tive of the question, "Resolved: That the Federal Government Should Own and Operate the Railroads" in the Third non-decision contest of the year. Northwestern University will send a squad here Dec. 6 for the last Big Ten contest of the season. The Michigan team for that discussion has not yet been chosen. 1,166 Lose Lives In Autos LANSING, Nov. 24. -R)- A sur- vey by the State Health Department showed today that 1,166 persons lost their lives in automobile accidents in Michigan in the first 10 months of the year. Ships of a British convoy, stretching toward the horizon are shown as they passed through dangerous waters off the British coast under the protection of the Royal Navy. Mines in European waters have sunk many ships of neutrals and belligerents in the past week. Espionage Activities Play Large Part ia Military Fortune Prof. Davis Says By HOWARD A. GOLDMAN ' Espionage in the present war de- spite all attempts at secrecy is never- theless recognized, if only by results, Prof. Charles M. Davis of the geog- raphy department declared yester- day in an interview. Professor Davis, who has dabbled in espionage as a hobby for many years, spoke purely as a hobbyist in explaining recent activities on the war front. Germany's campaign against Poland, for example, he ob- served, could have been successful only if Polish positions and strength were known to the German High Command. In order for the Ger- mans to conduct their campaign by utilizing lightning thrusts deep into' enemy territory, forgetting all about flanking movements, he explained, locationstof Polish weakness in rela- tion to strength had to be known. A short time ago, a giant spy ring was revealed on France's Maginot Line. The French, of course, lost no time in cleaning up the men in- volved, Professor Davis said. Spies Better Off In France In the last war, he recalled, spies fared better in France. When the French intelligence service submit- ted a list of suspects to the army command, the officews refused to "go after" those on the list, for the simple reason that it contained too many of their friends. On the other hand, he observed, the British were busy lining up spies long before war was declared in 1914. Then immediately after hostilities commenced, they conducted a gen- eral and successful cleanup, which presented Germany with the diffi- cult problem of replanting its spies. British Agents Active There is some reason to believe, Professor Davis said, that British and French tactics on the Western Front to date have been dictated by knowledge gleaned from agents plantedin the Reich, that it is only a matter of time before Germany collapses internally. British spies in Germany during the last war, al- though they received relatively little publicity, were very successful, he added. In this regard, Professor Davis recalled an incident wherein a British spy, Reilly by name, actually attended a military and naval con- ference with the Kaiser, and what's more, he attended as the military attache supposed to represent the army. A spy's toughest job, Professor Davis commented, is not to get his information, but to get rid of it. This simple fact explains in part Great Britain's unusually strict cen- sorship of all communicaitons leav- ing the country. Another result of probable espion- Secrecy Policy Scored WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. -(A')- The Army and Navy Journal says in an editorial to be published to- morrow that the Navy's "policy of secrecy" was to blame for Congres- sional proposals for an inquiry into admitted defects in 12 new de- stroyers. age in the present war, Professor1 Davis said, is the Germain raid at Scapa Flow. For a German sub- marine to penetrate the heavily for- tified Scapa Flow harbor and leave it safely, he explained, the U-boat commander had to be in possession of detailed maps of the fortified avea. Espionage undoubtedly sup- plied the necessary maps, he added. Union Will Sponsor Intramural Debates Intramural debates, for the first time in many years, will be sponsored on the Michigan campus, according to an announcement by Charles Ker- ner, '41E, member of the Union executive staff in charge of the pro- ject. 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