Weather Cloudy and cteler. Y i' Fifty Years Of Continuous Publication jaiti Editorial, Senate Dance Helps Scholarship Fuinds.. VOL. LI. No. 165 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1941 Z-323- PRICE FIVE CENTS Senate Approves University Funds Un v ri.yAppropriation Bill Nine Beats Notre Dame; Net SquadBlanks Toledo Mase Gould Holds Irish To Six Hits In 8- Victory; Tennis Team Wins With Three Regulars 2,000 Student Signatures Oppose Increased Board In First Day Of Campaign Override Recommendation Of Finance Committee; $4,802,000 Is Allotted Grant $327,000 Over Last Award F 1 (By The Associated Press) LANSING, May 20.-The State Senate today passed the University of Michigan's appropriation bill for the next biennium, calling for the .amount originally requested by the Board of Regents for operating ex- penses for the year 1941-42. The appropriation figure amount- ed to $4,802,000, an increase of $327,- 000 over last year's amount. Debate on the bill resulted in the offer-riding 'of the Senate Finance Committee's recommendation of $4,- 700.,000. Action by the state House of Representatives will be the next step toward passage of the bill. State Budget Director Leo J No- wicki had proposed a grant of $4,- 575,000 for next year, an increase of 4100,000 in the amount received dur- ing 1940-41 and $227,000 less than 'the request by the Regents, when the bill was introduced into the House April 10. In rejecting the Finance Commit- tee's proposal, the Senate removed the ceiling on the University's mill tax allowance to provide for the higher figure. Sen. J. T. Hammond, frofn Benton Harbor, led the fight against the committee, urging the Legislature to return to the unpegged millage form- ula in operation before the "depres- sion" so the University would not need to resort to lobbying for its requirements. The allotment asked by the Board Wf Regents was introduced last month in a bill sponsored by chairman Reid of the Senate committee on Uni- versity affairs. A mill rate of .83 on the estimated general property evaluation as compiled by the State Board o Equalization was used in computing the requested amount. Since 1925, however, a state tax on real property has ceased to exist. Yesterday's, Senate action presaged a return to the previous tax schedule in deriving the University's annual appropriation. Pre-Med Group Plans Smoker Society Will Close Year's Activity NextTuesday The Pre-Medical Society will hold its last smoker of the year at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. May 26, at the Union. Open to all pre-medical students, the gathering will be informal, con- sisting of small discussion groups, in order that those present may have the opportunity to meet members of the faculty of the Medical School. Newly-elected officers for next year will give short talks on the so- ciety's new expansion policy. These officers are Joseph Likovsky, '42, president; Robert Long, '42, vice pres- ident; Eugene Fairbanks, '43, secre- tary; Helena Hanson, '42, treasurer; and Richard Steiner, '42, publicity chairman. Clayton Manry, '41, is re- tiring president of the group. Aims of the society are to bring together all pre-medical students to give them an insight into the pre- clinical and clinical years, of their medical education and to provide a ,glimpse of the life and work of the physician. Gargoyle Editorial Staff To Meet Tryouts TodayI A tryout meeting for Gargoyle edi- torial staff will be held at 4:30 p.m.; today on' the first floor of the Publi- cations Building. All those interested in working on the Garg during the next year are urged to attend, Artists and photo- graphers are requested to bring spec-l imens of their work with them. Tryout programs and next year's, policy and format will be discussed by Chandler Simonds, '42, editor. A new system of tryouts will be in-E Co-op Meeting Will Be Held ByICC Friday All students interested in the co- operative movement are invited to attend the annual public meeting on campus cooperatives, to be held at 4:15 p.m. Friday in rooni. 305 of the Union. Prof. Claude Eggertsen of the School of Education will speak on the history and achievements of the Michigan cooperatives. Other speak- ers will be Harold Guetzgow, Grad., president of the Inter-Cooperative Council, who will discuss men's co- ops; and Joan Ferguson, 41Ed., who will describe the progress which has been made by the women's coopera- tive houses.{ The ICC, sponsor of the m.eeting, serves as the central advisory agency for the 12 co-ops on campus. In- cluded among the houses are eight for men, three for women and one for married couples. Each house is gov- erned independently from the others, the 'Intercooperative Council serving to pool the ideas and knowledge of all the member houses. All cooperatives operate according to the Rochdale principles of con- ,sumer cooperation. Student members obtain room and board at prices rang- ing from $2 to $5.50 per week, plus from four to seven weekly hours of work, depending upon the house. All the work of maintaining the houses is' done by students. Senate Starts Sale Of Tickets By MIKE DANN (Special to The Daily).. SOUTH BEND, May 20.-Four weeks ago in Ann Arbor Subby N o- wicki allowed three scattered hits as Notre Dame beat Michigan, 6-2. Today the Wolverine, batters turned the tables on the stocky right' hander by chasing him from the mound and giving the Maize and Blue an 8-3 victory over the Irish. The Wolverines scored eight runs off Subby in the five innings 'die worked and had the outcome of the game well decided before many frames had gone by- Little Mase Gould won his fifth victory of the season while limiting the Irish to six hits and three runs in the five \and two thirds innings he pitched. The game marks the first time this season that Mase has started a game, and the eighth time Ray Fisher has used a different hurler to open the game. The Wolverines scored their runs in clusters today, making three in the third, two in the fifth and three in the sixth. The home team scored their only runs of the gan'e in the sixth inning. Fisher lifted Mase in the sixth aft'er Notre Dame had scored their first run- and sent Neil Muir to put out the Irish rally. The curly haired lefthand- er let in two more runs and then settled down and held Notre Dame scoreless the rest of the game. The Wolverines got off to a lucky (Continued on Page 3) Gerhart Seger Will .deliver Talk Today Fund For Will Bce Scholarships' Beneficiary With the purchase of Ticket No. 1 by President Ruthven, the Student Senate has opened its concentrated ticket sale campaign for the Senate Scholarship Dance, to be held Friday night in the Union. The Scholarship Fund will receive all proceeds from the dance, which will be a regular Union affair in every other respect. Bill Sawyer and his band, the main ballroom of the Union, and the usual one dollar ticket rate are offered to anyone who wants to combine a date with a chance for aid- ing a needy student. Tickets have been distributed to representatives in dorms, fraterni- ties, and co-ops, and to every Stu- dent Senator. Admissions to the dance, the first of its kind ever to be held on campus, may also be purchased at the Union desk. The Senate Scholarship Committee is cooperating with the Scholarship Committee of the literary college in this effort to remedy the University's present scholarship situation. Former member of the German Reichstag and active anti-Nazi au- thor and lecturer, Gerhart Seger will speak on "What Confronts Ameri- ca" at 4:15 p.m. today at the Rack- ham Lecture Hall. Seger, who was impisoned by the Nazis shortly after Hitler's rise to power, is now editor of the Neuevolk- zeitung, a New York paper. He has also lectured widely during the past two years from his large background of experience with the Nazis. Seger's history is one typical of many German refugees, the whole family having been placed in a con- centration camp by the Nazis. After British Parliament members had se- cured release of his wife and child, Seger himself escaped through Czechoslovakia and finally reached England. He later came to the Unit- ed States and is now a citizen of this country. Speaking before a large audience here last fall on "Why Hitler Will Not Win the War" and "The Ger- man Fifth Column," Seger outlined many of the conditions in Germany which he felt would eventually bring about the collapse of the Nazis. Prin- cipally he stressed that time was working against Hitler. The lecture will be open to the public and is sponsored by the local chapter of the Committee To De- fend America By Aiding The Allies. (Special to The Daily) TOLEDO, Ohio, May 20.-Michi- gan's net forces traveled a bit south yesterday to meet the University of Toledo Rockets, and when the smoke of battle had cleared away the Wol- verines had tucked away another vic- tory, this time to the tune of 7-0. Coach Leroy Weir expected little trouble from his hosts and took only three regulars on the trip - Jim Port- er, Tom Gamon, and Alden Johnson who played one, two and three singles respectively. Roy Bradley and Jim Bourquin played in the fourth and fifth singles spots. Every Maize and Blue player scored decisive two set victories except Bour- quin who has forced the full three sets before he vanquished his oppon- ent, Bill Bowman. Firmin Bishop, Rocket number one. man, put up a good battle before he succumbed to Porter's overhand game, 6-4, 6-3. Gamon had little trouble downing Bob Kniseley, 6-2, 6-1, but Johnson had to play steady ball in order to beat Clyde Sweet, 6-4, 6-3. :Bradley made short work of Aaron Rathbun (Continued on rage 3) Petitions Due For Camnpus Nominations Union, i, dications Board, Congress .Posts Open To EligibleStudents Petitions for nomination to the stu- dent positions on the control boards of student publications and athletics and to the Union vice-presidencies and the executive posts of Congress, are due at 5 p.m. today in the Stu- dent officeas of the icigan lnion, Students Publications Board - three are to be elected to one year terms. Petitions with 100 signatures are required. Nine already have been nominated by a special nominating comliittee. Union - six vice-presidents will be elected, one each from the law, lit- erary, medical, dental and business administration schools, and the en- gineering and architecture schools combined. Ten signatures from ap- plicant's school must be secured. Board in Control of Athletics -one is to be elected to a two-year term, Petitions must present 50 signatures. Already nominated are Cliff Wise, '43, and Frank McCarthy, '43. Appli- cants must be sophomores or stu. dents with two years of schooling remaining. Congress - Four rooming house and three dormitory representatives will be chosen. Each petitioner - in- dependent men - must secure 10 signatures., Male Animal' Run (,4ntues Through Week Performances of "'he Male Ani- mal," which opened here Monday at the Lydia Mendelssohn will continue through Saturday of this week. Mat- inee performances will be given atI 3:15 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday. Conrad Nagel, who made a special trip from Hollywood to step into the, role of the shy and academic Pro- fessor Joe Turner, will be supported by many key members of the original cast Ruth Matteson will play the pro - fessor's distracted wife as she did ni the Broadway production, Leon Ames will continue a. the ex-football player and Matt Briggs will portray tie stad- ium-boosting trustee who abhors anything red. "The Male Animal," Nugent and Thur~ber's rollicking comedy about college life, should prove of particular interest to University students as a football game between Michigan and a midwestern university fot-m a back- ground for most of the play, Single tickets are still available at the box office for all of the five plays ,,", cca cn rd.nf 'iy .. tnyra- hi e- -a Interviews Revec Of Publicatiot By MORTON MINTZ Campus opinion tends to over- whelming disapproval of any change in the membership of the Board in Control of Student Publications, "man-on-the street" interviews taken yesterday indicate." Nearly 30 people were stopped on the campus and asked if they would give their reasons for having signed or not having signed the petitions now being circulated against the pro- posed change. Only one person of the 30 questioned was in favor of a change and willing to give reasons for his stand. Ten of the statements are reprinted here: For A Change: Phillip C. Long, '43E: "I feel that The Daily is a University publication, not a student publication, and I therefore Jold that stronger faculty control should be exercised." Against A Change: John Casey, '42E. "I believe that the existing ratio of four faculty members to three students is the best one to insure sound journalistic prac- tices and yet guarantee The Daily its freedom." Dorothy Cummings, '43: "The pres- ent four to three ratio of the present Board has worked to raise The Daily standard high among those of the country's college papers. I can see only harm in discouraging in any way the student initiative which has raised The Daily to its respected position," Frank Warner, '41: "The proposed change is undemocratic and discour- sphinxl nitiation Is Held At Union it Disapproval is Board Change aging to student initiative. Students on The Daily have, for the most part, shown themselves to be mature enough to properly handle their pub- lication." Doris Atkinson, '41: "I agree with Professor Slosson and those others wlo are of the view that The Daily should be expressive of student opin- ion, and that no more restrictions should be applied. . John Middleton, '43; "Believing that under the present arragement of the Board The Daily has become one of the nation's foremost student papers, I cannot cee how any change in this balance can improve the pub- lication." George Mackmiller, '44E: "There's a building on Maynard Street whi is inscribed, 'Student Publications.' I never want that statement to be anything but! a true one: I never want to see it inscribed, 'Faculty Publica- tions.'," Ned Reading, '42: "I believe that The Daily has done a consistently good job in reflecting student opinion through its open columns. Everything (Continued on Page 2) Fraternity Men Will Compete In Annual Sing Tonight's the night for the 10 fra- ternities selected last Monday to sing their best for the sixth annual Interfraterity Sing. At 7:15 the songfest will begin on the steps of the Main Library, with each fraternity backed by a sorority cheering team, Added attraction to the program will be "My Pi Phi Girl," sung by the members of Pi Beta Phi sorority, and a song by the Psurfs, a group of law students. Alpha Delta Phi will sing "The Winter Song." They will be spon- sofed by Kappa Kappa Gamma sor- ority. Alpha Tau Omega, "Sweet- heart of ATO," with Alpha Phi and Alpha Omicron Pi cheering them on. Beta Theta Pi, "The Loving Cup," spurred on by Kappa Alpha Theta and Zeta Tau Alpha, Kappa Sig- ma will sing "All Through the Night," with Kappa Delta and Chi Omega to inspire them. Phi Delta Theta, "Tell Me Why She Wears His Pin?," backed by Al- pha Xi Delta and Alpha Chi Omega. Phi Gamma Delta, "Here's to Good Old Delta" and "Smoke Dreams," Sorosis cheeing them on. Psi Upsilon will offer a medley of songs, and is sponsored by Delta Gamma, Sigma Chi, "Brown Eyed Sweetheart of Sigma Chi," with Del- ta Delta Delta and Phi Sigma Sigma in attendance. Sigma Phi will sing "Good Night Song," with Alpha Delta Pi and Gamma Phi Beta as rooters. Theta Xi, "Brown October Ale," cheered on by Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Alpha Gamma Delta. Judges for tonight's contest will be Prof. Arthur Hackett, Prof. Har- din A. Van Deursen, and Leonard S. Gregory, all of the School of Music. Awards for the best songs have been presented to the Interfraternity Council by local merchants. Student Sponsors Continue Circulation Of. Petitions Today And Tomorrow Plan Disapproved By Organizations 'By A. P. BLAUSTEIN (Daily City Editor) N An estimated 2,000 signatures op- posing an increase in faculty repre- sentation on the Board in Control of Students Publications were re- ceived yesterday by the 32 student sponsors of the three-day petition drive. . The petitions, which will be dis- tributed throughout the campus to- day and tomorrow, must be in the hands of the sponsors or at the Stu- dent Publications Building by noon, tomorrow. Bernard Dober, '41, secre- tary of the sponsors, will be in charge of collecting the petitions. Groups Add Voices In addition to the student leaders who have opposed any change in the organization of th~e Board, which now consists of four faculty mem- bers, three student members, and two non-voting alumni advisers, sev- eral campus organizations have ex- pressed their disapproval of the pro- posed Board revision. As a mark of protest, the Student Senate on Thursday, May 8, went on record as opposed to any move which would increase the number of non student members on the Board and voted "to take immediate action to send letters to alumni urging them to complain to President Ruthven" about the suggested publications change, Theproposed revision, which was approved by the Board of Regents at a meeting last December, would pro- vide for the addition of two voting faculty members to the Publications Board and the giving of votes to the two alumni members. At their last meeting, the Board voted to ask for a hearing with the Regents which is expected to take place Friday. Sponsors' Plan Plans have been made by the stu- dent sponsors to submit the petitions to President Ruthven before the Re- gents' meeting as a'n indication of how the general campus feels about the reorganization proposal. Objections to the Regents' pro- posal have been made on the grounds that such a measure would render student representation virtu- ally ineffective because of the over- whelming number of faculty mem- bers. The University Council committee which recommended the change has charged that The Daily has misre- presented the student body to those who have "misunderstood" it as the opinion of the campus as a whole- and that the solution was a faculty "dominated" Board. Argument Answered Members of The Daily staff have answered this argument by contend- ing that the present Board, because it contains a larger pencentage of students than the prioposed new Board would, is able to more nearly reflect students, views. In addition, The Daily editors have reminded the campus that its editorial pages were open to letters and guest editorials on any views from every graduate and undergraduate and member of the faculty. Yesterday, members of the esecu- tive committee of the local chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, quoted one of their national officers, who declared that "The Daily is almost too good to be considered merely a college paper; it became the outstanding university daily in the country be- cause of the work of its students and any change in its present set-up would be unwise." High-Spirited Students Stage Local Blackout Frank: head McCarthy Elected Of Honor Society / Sphinx, junior literary men's hon- orary society, admitted 27 sophomores and two faculty men to membership at a Union banquet yesterday which followed the campus initiation and Monday evening's tapping, Frank McCarthy, leading point scorer on the track team, was elected Pharaoh. Chosen treasurer was Cliff Wise, understudy to Harmon on thel gridiron last fall and hurler for the baseball team. Dr. Alfred W. Coxon, health service surgeon, and Mr. Floyd A. Bond of the economics department, were tapped as honorary members and were guests of honor at the banquet. The new members of Sphinx are Jim Skinner, Bud Hendel, Will Sapp, Bill Baker, Homer Swander, Jim Mandler, Mel Comin, Frank McCar- thy, Bob Ufer, Max Bahrych, Ray D eane,Bob Templin and Ed Holm- berg. Also tapped were Dave McCal- mont, Cliff Wise, Ben Douglas, Ed Perlberg, Dick Wakefield, Bob Chris- tenson, Ben Smith, Jack {Ogle, George Ceithaml, John Zimmerman, Bob Kolesar, "Jinx" Johnson, John Fletch- er and Ted Horlenko. Retiring Pharoah and treasurer of Sphinx are Norman Call, '42, and John Gillis, '42.1 Engineer Speech Group Will Hold Twelfth Annual Tung Oil Banquet By CHARLES THATCHER "A Little Knowledge" and a lot of horseplay and fun will mark the twelfth annual Tung Oil Banquet, pride of Sigma Rho Tau, engineering speech society, to be held at 6:15 p.m. today in the Union. James W. Parker, vice-president and chief engineer of Detroit Edi- son, will be the speaker of the evening, addressing the group on the subject, "A Little Knowledge." The position of the other speakers on the evening's program is more dub- ious. Not only are their subjects un- known, but the speakers themselves have not been announced. And that's where the horseplay comes in, for tonight several faculty members will be called forward, giv- en a subject such as "Which is the department will be on hand to make the presentation. Also scheduled for the evening is thep resentation of the coveted Cooley Cane to the most outstanding senior member of the organization. Last year's winner Henry C. Billings will make the award. Other awards to be made are the gavel citation, given to those seniors who just, missed the Cooley Cane, the Sigma Rho Tau stump, awarded to first place winners in society speak- ing contests, and the Sigma Rho Tau gavel, awarded to second-place win- ners. Prof. of faculty interest in the im- promptu speaking contest is the fact that an attempt was made Monday to sabotage the Sigma Rho Tau alarm clock, to be used to time speeches this evening. However, toastmaster Prnf . .L .riksen of the enginee- i -I- Ann A Frbor High Student Counecl Asks For Vote On, Ha-isley Case ill Poll Students A resolution calling for a "vote of confidence" from Ann Arbor High School students before taking action on the Haisley dismissal was passed by unanimous vote at a special meet- ing of the Student Council yesterday. The secret ballot of the students will be held today and will be complet- ed in time for presentation at the Board of Education meeting to be held af '7:0 n m tinrthdin the Tzih Schonl (:heck The Record Examination of the -ninutes of the 1935 Board of Education meetings when the Slauson school location question was prominent, revealed that the question was decided entirely by the board. (Haisley was accused of "overriding" the board in this in- stance), The minutes evidenced'that the board had approved the archi- tect's sketches and the site and had authorized onntrustion Thp aar Apparently animated by more than college spirit, two students early yes- terday morning tried to create a local blackout by breaking twenty-five streetlights with a BB-gun- i