Wheather Colder Today. Ne fri 4A &- E ditorial French Canadian Paper Not Representative , . VOL. LII. No 87 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1942 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS Three Varsity Squads Clash With Invaders In TiltsToday Basketball, Swim Teams To Oppose Ohio State; Matmen Face Findlay Buckeye Natators Seen As Threats By DICK SIMON A continuation of one of the oldest rivalries in Wolverine cage history will take place at 7:30 p.m. today in Yost Field House when Michigan takes on a fast-stepping Ohio State quintet. Tonight's battle will mark the 41st time the two teams have met on the hardwood and will find the Wolver- ines entering the fray a decided un- der-dog. The Maize and Blue cagers have not notched a victory over the Scar- let and Gray in their last three en- counters and they will be out for blood. But much more than just a game is on the block tonight, for the Buckeyes are in the midst of a mild winning streak and, have come to Ann Arbor With the idea that Bennie Oosterbaan's players are just a breather in their Conference sched- ule. - Ohio State's up-and-coming cagers have a none too favorable Confer- ence record-two wins and three losses-but they have been more than impressive in their last two starts. Their most recent triumph over Northwestern last Monday night brought to light a high-scoring, good defensive Ohio State team. The Buckeyes' fast break make the Wildcats look almost like a high school team at times and North- western was scarcely able to pene- (Continued on Page 3) Mermen Face Buckeyes In Renewed Rivairy By BUD IENDEL Undefeated in dual meet competi- tion since 1938, Michigan's swimming team will be riding the crest of its amazing 31-meet victory wave when it raises the curtain on its home sea- son against a strong Ohio State crew at 7:45 p.m. today. The last time the Wolverines tasted the pangs of defeat, another Buck- eye aggregation was awarded the sweets of victory. And tonight the Scarlet and Gray natators will go all-out in an effort to repeat that winning performance. Tonight's encounter will mark the first meeting in two years between these two perennial natatorial pow- ers of the Big Ten. Much improved over last year and primed for this struggle like they have never been primed before, Mike Peppe's band of invaders are set to offer the title- holding Michigan outfit its strongest challenge since the last time the two schools met. Well aware of the serious threat his mermen face tonight, Coach Matt Mann will send his strongest lineup into action. It will be a lineup re- plete with some of the greatest names in the swimming world today, headed by Capt. Dobby Burton, Jim Skinner, Jack Patten, T-Bone Mar- tin and a host of others. Four-star attraction of the night should be the diving contest, featur- ing Michigan's T-Bone Martin and (Continued on Page 3) Grapplers Meet Oilers In Mystery Match Today By JACK FLAGLER You wouldn't say that Cliff Keen is worried about today's clash with the Findlay College matmen, but with a true mentor's tact he isn't chalking up a win for his own boys before the final match is decided. "Sure, this outfit is liable to knock us off," Cliff told us yesterday. "They've got some mighty fine wrestlers down in that part of the country. These are the ones we've got to keep our eyes open for. "This Findlay bunch has beaten some good teams in the last two years besides. I don't look for any pushover." And we can't blame him for play- ing it safe on his prediction. The Oilers, led and coached by one of their own student grapplers, have a tough 16-meet schedule this year, and have so far knocked off four and t+iied ne while dropping only President Ruthven Takes His Tag 'Russian Army Continues Advance In New Drive For Latvian Border; Australia Appeals For More Help - Daily Photo by Bob Killins First contributor to yesterday's all-campus defense savings tag day, President Alexander Ruthven examined his war stamp album while Edith Longyear, '42, pinned him with the campaign's minute-man symbol. Burton Rubens, '42, chairman of the drive, stands by. Nearly 300 student salesmen covered the University yesterday to sell a total of 8,443 10-cent albums. The albums, holding 50 stamps, are the initial step in a plan to acquaint students with the "savings habit." College Men Offered Commissions In. Coast Guard, Marine Programs Reserve Officer Training To Be Given; Applicants May Complete Degree Both the Coast Guard and the United States Marine Corps have started new officer training programs for University men, according to two official Washington communications received by the War Board. During March of this year, 25 se-' niors, 15 juniors and two sophomores will be accepted from the University for marine corps training. Entrance into the candidates' class for com- missions will be open only to stu- dents working towards an A.B., B.S. or engineering degree. The future leatherneck will be al- lowed to finish his college education, unless a sudden emergency requires State Educators To MeetaToday At Conference i i i >> i i; his induction. After he has gradu- ated he will be given three months training as an enlisted man, and an- other three month Reserve Officer course. Further information can be had upon writing to the U. S. Marine Corps, Recruiting Station, Room 257, Federal Building, Detroit. Applicants must be American citizens, unaffili- ated with any other military unit (including ROTC and NROTC), un- married and willing to remain so. A liaison officer will visit Ann Arbor early next month with complete de- tails. Physical requirements for this pro- gram are the same as those needed for a regular Marine Corps commis- sion. Men accepted will be trained in general combat duties. Open to unmarried men between 20 and 29 years of age, the Coast Guard's training program requires a bachelor's degree or better for ad- mittance. Under this program, trainees will be given a three to four month course at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Cadets completing preparatory work in this reserve training school will be eligible for commissions in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. Intended mainly for mid-year graduates and seniors, the first course will begin about Feb. 10. Additional information and application forms may be obtained by writing to the Office of Commandant, Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D. C. Jap Forces Draw Closer In Drive For Singapore; Ratan Troops Repel Foe Rio Parley Reaches Final Compromise (By The Associated Press) Japanese landings in at least three places on Australia's protecting arc of outer islands were announced to-' day by the government, which ap- pealed urgently to Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt to furnish arms quickly so that Aus- tralian manpower can "clear the seas and land of the Japanese menace." Meanwhile across the far ocean stretch to the west the Nipponese were creeping farther down upon Singapore in Malaya. In both areas the enemy's advances were clear and menacing, but in the Philippines and in Dutch East Indies waters he was paying high. MacArthur Holds The Japanese enemy again found that not all his tremendous-and still growing-force of 200,000 or more men was yet enough to break the short and storied line so thinly held by General Douglas MacArthur on Batan Peninsula in Luzon. In 24 hours of unending battle, the War Department's morning commun- ique reported, the American-Filipino troops hurled back every Japanese assault - hurled them back with heavy casualties. Dutch bombers and dive-bombing fighters fell upon a large force of Japanese warships and transports in the Strait of Macassar between the islands of Borneo and Celebes and scored 12 direct hits on eight enemy ships-a large warship which per- haps was a battleship, a heavy cruis- er, a light criuser, a destroyer, three transports and a smaller ship. Singapore Flank Periled In Malaya, the vital left flank of the British Imperial Forces at Batu Pahat, 60 miles northwest of Singa- pore, was imperiled; the British com- mand acknowledged some further Japanese penetration in that sector. In Africa, the British offensive against the Axis Libyan army of General Erwin Rommel appeared stalled. In Rio de Janeiro the Pan-Ameri- can conference through its political committee unanimously approved a compromise program recommending to each American republic a sever- ance of diplomatic relations with Ja- pan, Germany and Italy. The change, representing a major concession to Argentina and Chile, dashed United States hopes that all the Americas would sever Axis ties forthwith. Congress Group To Advise Students On Questions Caused By Cut In Year By ROBERT MANTHO In a move designed to hit at com- plications that may arise between in- dependent rooming house students and their landladies as a result of the war-slashed semester, Congress, Independent Men's Organization, yesterday established a University- approved Rooming House Board to advise individual students in the set- tlement of semester rents. Any independent man who cannot come to terms with his landlady can seek the advice of the Rooming House Board, John MacKinnon, '44, chair- man of Congress' Student Welfare Committee, declared yesterday. If the student thinks he has a case, he should call the Congress Offices in the Michigan Union between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. any weekday after- noon, MacKinnon said. Should the Board advise in favor Music Society Presents Roth Quartet Today String Group To Conclude Second Annual Festival , With Rackham Concert The University Musical Society's Second Annual Chamber Music Festi- val will conclude with concerts by the Roth String Quartet at 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. today in the Rackham Auditorium. The festival is similar to those sponsored by many other American colleges and universities. The Roth group has earned the name of "festi- val quartet" through its many per- formances at these festivals. At the present time the quartet is on a coast to coast tour with some 60 concerts scheduled. The programs for today follow: 2:30 P.M. Today Quartet in D major, Op. 11, by Tschaikowsky. "Rispetti Strambotti" by Malipiero. Quartet in G minor, Op. 33, No. 5, by Boccherini. 8:30 P.M. Today Quartet in D major by Mozart. Four Preludes and Fugues by Roy Harris. Quartet in F major, Op. 135, by Beethoven. f the aggrieved student, that stu- lent can then appeal to University %uthorities as to his course of action. The creation of the Rooming House Board followed a conference between Assistant Dean C. T. Olmsted and a :ongress heads in which the follow- c ing points were clarified:v 1. In those cases where the land-a lady charged on a per diem basis for the days preceding the dpening oft the school year, a refund of part ofe the student's payment can be ex- " pected as a matter of fairness to the L student.t 2. In all other cases any form ofL settlement is left to the discretion ofk the householder and the student con-s cerned- 3. It is the wish of the University t that neither party shall profit norc lose by the changed conditions and, in cases where this is true, settle- 1 nents agreeable to both parties shallI be encouraged.1 4. The student has the right to oc-r cupy his room until the close of theC school year as originally scheduled t (June 16, 1942) unless it is rented to another person, in which case he would be entitled to a rebate. This1 must be recognized by the household- er and should be taken into account before she makes further arrange- ments or agreements.1 5. In each case, the form of settle- E ment is largely an individual one and t no general policy or compromise shall E be imposed by any authority. Members of the newly-created Rooming House Board will be ap-E pointed by Richard Shuey, '42, Con- gress president, today. Concert Clinic ' To Hold Annual: Meeting Today Famous Musicians To Aid In Two-Day Conference; Holland Band To Play Four nationally known musicians led by guest conductor Erik Liedzen will assist in the two-day sessions of the fifth annual instrumental read- ing clinic to be opened with registra- tion from 8:45 to 9:30 a.m. today in the Union. A free concert by the University Concert Band under the direction of Prof. William D. Revelli, at which Mr. Liedzen, Roy Harris, well known com- poser-conductor, and Russell How- land of the School of Music will ap- pear as guest conductors, will offi- cially bring the conference to a close at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Audi- torium. As today's guest conductor, Mr. Liedzen will first appear with the Holland High School band, directed by Eugene Heeter, when it plays class C and D selections at a general 11 a.m. session in the Union Ball- room. LePr1ing the opning meeting of the cinic scheauled for 9:30 a.m. will be Gustave Langenus, noted clar- inet teacher, who will direct discus- sion on "The Art of Teaching the Clarinet." Declared by Sousa to have no equal as a bass drummer, August Helmecke, famous percussionist and former drummer with the Sousa band, will conduct the second clinic of the con- ference at 10:30 a.m. in Morris Hall. Following the appearance of the Holland High School band, Kappa Kappa Psi, national honorary band fraternity, will sponsor a luncheon at 12:15 p.m., presenting Mr. Helmecke and Roy Harris a guest speakers. The University Band, under the (Continued on Page 2) House Unanimously Passes Plane Grant WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. - (P) - Less than four hours after it received the request from its appropriations committee, the House voted unani- Rooming UHouse Board Created To Meet New Rent Problems Germans Reported Routed In Valdai Hills As Reds Clear Leningrad Area Soviet Spearhead Extends To Kholn MOSCOW, Jan. 23. - (A) - Red armies raging forward on the north- central front for the greatest ad- vance yet of their mighty offensive are within 120 miles of the Latvian border in an enveloping drive which threatens the entire German position ast of White Russia, the Supreme Soviet Command announced offic- ally tonight. Screened by a blinding snowstorm, the advancing Soviet forces pounced upon the unsuspecting Germans, killed 17,000 of the foe, imprisoned some hundreds of others and re- captured 2,000 towns and villages in this stunning 65-mile advance, a spe- cial communique said. The spearhead of the Soviet drive has reached Kholm, which is on the Lovat River west of a north-south line running through Smolensk, the main headquarters of Adolf Hitler's central front armies. This thrust cut the vital Rzhev-Veliki Luki rail line. Kholm Was Pivot Kholm was reported reliably to have been the northern pivot of the winter line which German Field Mar- shal Fedor von Bock originally sug- gested that the Nazis should try to hold. Hitler was declared to have overruled him, and determined that the winter line should run well to the east of that point. Thus the Russians now are in po- sition not only to outflank Hitler's central front positions but to envelop his forces besieging Leningrad as well. The Soviet drive swept the Ger- mans from the snow-drifted Valdai Hills, whose lakes form the head- waters of the Volga, and regained control of half of the 300-mile long rail line connecting the main Moscow- Leningrad and Moscow-Vitebsk rail- road. The most violent fighting of the year was reported to have marked the progress of the Red sweep in the 40-mile sector between Novgorod and the Moscow-Leningrad railway. An unexpected rise in sub-zero temper- atures, which brought general snow- fall, preceded the Russian assault upon Field Marshal Gen. Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb's positions there. Hurled Beyond Mozhaisk Coupled with this new offensive were announcements that the Ger- mans had been hurled back 23 miles west of Mozhaisk in the crumbling salient west of Moscow and a con- tinuing and accelerated advance by Marshal Semeon Timoshenko's forces in the Ukraine along a 100-mile stretch between Kursk and Kharkov. The liberators of Mozhaisk, who were crunching forward over deep snow for gains of six to seven miles a day, were reported to have captured 98 more villages in the vicinity of re-occupied Uvarovo, Smolensk prov- ince town. In two days the Germans were reported to have lost 1,290 offi- cers and men in this area. Lantz Happy; Pastor Finds Lost Thesis The happiest man on campus to- day is Edward Lantz, Grad., who has just been notified that his 25,000 word masters' thesis which he lost Monday night has turned 'up in Wes- ton-way over on the other side of the state-and is on the way back to him by registered mail. The Rev. T. A. Dolman, of Weston, was here Monday for the Michigan Pastor's Conference. When he found the thesis on the Angell Hall curb, where Mr. Lantz left it, he tossed it into his car planning to do something about it before he went home. But he forgot. And thus Mr. Ed- ward Lantz, who had spent more than two years on the thesis, "Drama For a Purpose," spent an anxious week. But today it's on the way back to Ann Arbor, Rev. Dolman has a re- ward and everybody is happy. Placement Of Instructors To Be Discussion Topic Of 'Vocational Meeting Educators from all over the state will gather for the important war- time session of the Educational and Guidance Conference at 9:30 a.m. today in the Rackham Lecture Hall. This fourth annual mid-winter meeting sponsored jointly by the School of Education and the Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information will discuss many vital problems of education in the warl world in addition to the many ques- tions of educational policy and prac-I tice always present. Morning sessions will consist main- ly of roundtable discussions conduc- ted by regular class instructors using their Saturday morning classes to present the type of work done in Uni- versity courses in education and vo- cational guidance. A special demon- stration of new techniques in visual education is planned for the Educa- tional Conference arranged by Prof. George E. Myers of the education school. The Guidance Conference, planned by T. Luther Purdom and Gertrude Muxen of the Bureau of Appoint- ments, will emphasize problems re- lating to teacher supply and demand, adjustment, and use of guidance pro- grams in the schools. "Frontier Problems in the Field of Vocational Guidance and Vocational Education" will be the theme of the afternoon symposium in the League Ballroom following a 1 p.m. luncheon conference at the League. About 300 Michigan school super- intendents and teachers are expected to attend the conference, and all - - .- -- t, rr.A of. President Ruthven .Disputes 'Wisdom Of Hutchins' Two-wYear Degree Plan' By MORTON MINTZ It's not the Kentucky hills variety of feudin', but when President Hut- chins of the University of Chicago announced adoption of a two-year college degree program yesterday, he renewed a "feud" that he and Presi- dent Ruthven have had for years. Those quotation marks are there for a purpose, for the two educators are the best of friends-despite a world between them on educational policies. The University of Chicago has made its program granting a bache- lor's degree in two years effective immediately, but it took the pub- lished reasons and explanation of "Bob" Hutchins, as President Ruth- ven calls his friend, to bring on the fireworks. The President said laughingly, "You have your nerve asking me to dispute something my colleague Bob Hutchins wrote," but he smiled-and disputed. While Dr. Hutchins believes that "the junior and senior years of our colleges are crowded with mediocre easily be termed superficial. Hel pointed out that those who seek merely a degree after two years have to contend with a concentration pro- gram that discourages many not in- tent on education. The President vigorously disagreed with Dr. Hutchins' statement that "students who have neither the in- terest nor the ability which special- ization requires should not be al- lowed to proceed beyond the end of their sophomore year." He said that the entire statement was "full of glit- Measles Rate Climbs As 16 More Are Hit The attack of German measles continued with unabated fury as 16 more students succumbed to the pesky disease yesterday. With about 33 students now fill- ing the contagious wards of Health Service and University Hospital to virtual capacity-the other wards are not affected-operators of rooming houses with a number of empty rooms and facilities for feeding pa- tering generalities" and minimized: greatly the wisdom of granting aa degree at the end of two years work. Declaring that such a procedure does not solve any fundamental prob- lem of education, he maintained it takes at least two years in the great; majority of cases to determine a stu- dent's major field of interest. He acknowledged that certain students; may seek only a degree, but he strong- ly questioned the advisability of in- ducing them to drop out of school, possibly before they have reached in- tellectual maturity-which is often not reached until the senior year. As to Dr. Hutchins' contention that American students were unnecessar- ily delayed two years prior to their entering college, Dr. Ruthven cited his experience with high school prin- cipals from the entire state who have convinced him and other concerned educators that those two years-the last two spent in high school-are very essential to the educational growth of the student. To cut these out, he said, and in addition to the two in college as proposed, would serve to disqualify many students be- fore they had an adequate chance to