ANEW # 'tmmirx HE WEATHER ARMER; UNSET- TLED TODAY Sit A aitli ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY AND NIGHT WVIRE SERTICE ................ XIV. No. 14 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JULY Y8, 1923 PRICE FIVE CEN I S EARCGH FOR TO ALLOONISTS HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD FROM SINCE RACE BEGAN 4AY BE LOST IN FOG; SEEN LAST IN STORM illoon Said to be Afloat on Lake Erie;' All Other Entrants Account- ed For1 New York Company To Present Plays Opening a three day, stand next Thursday with Shakespeare's "Merch- ant of Venlep," the Shakespeare Play- house company of New York, will pre- sent four plays in the campus open air theater, under the auspices of the Eng- lish department. The three other plays, which will be given Friday and Saturday, are Jerome's "Passing of the Third Floor Back," Shakespeare's "As You Like It," and Shaw's "Candida." Old students remember with pleas- ure the past performances in the cam- pus open air theater, where in form- er years the Ben Greet pllyers gave Shakespearean performances. Shakes- peare's plays are peculiarly adapted to outdoor presentation, inasmuch as one of them, "As You Like It," is act- ed almost entirely in the Forest of Arden, and all of them were first giv- en with anything but elaborate scen- pery. In case of rain the plays will be presented in University Hall. Public School Fetish In The EDI'TORIAL British Educational System NOTHING FOR NOTHING English Student Tells How ArA.toraty Controls Primary Schools, Eton and n f tHarrow; Offspring of Royal Families Registerd at Birth; Strivig for the universal ideal of - Public School Training, "hall-mark of elucation" FARM-ABORPARTY lSPLITS1 REFUSES AFFLAIN811 i Indianapolis, Ind., July 7.-(By A. P.)-Airmen of the United States army today took u the search for the two naval officers, Lieuts. L. J. Rith and T. D. 1!ull, who have not been heard from since they sailed frpm here last Wednesday m a giant gas bag, the United States navy No. A-6698, as con- testant in the national balloon race. The search centered about Fort Stan- ley, Ontario; it was here where a bal- loon was cited floating in Lake Erie with the basket submerged. The other twelve entrants in the race have been accounted for all having landed many, hours ago. Lieutenants Ross and Null are from the naval station at Lake Hurst, New ,Tersey. The last word was learned today by H. 1E. Honeywell, pilot of the "St.. Louis,' headed. toward Lake Erie on- Thursday. Honeywell, wh brought his balloon to the ground at Bronson, New York, said the naval aircraft was far below him and being carried by a different current from the lake. Ue declared a terrific storm approached and he lost sight-of the other craft in a fog. WOMEN'S EDUCATTONAL CLU$ WILL HOLD SECOND MEETING The Woman's Educational club will hold Its second meeting of the sum- mer session at 7 o'clock Monday, July 9, at Adelia Cheever house. The pro- gram will consist of singing of Mich- igan songs led by Mr. George Oscar Bowen of the Universaity School of' Music, :a brief talk by Mr. Ralph Pur- dom of the School of Education, and a "stunt" by the Adelia Cheever house group of the club. An "Organ- grinder" with his performing monkey will be present to take a small col- lection for the use of the club. LA9W SITE SUITS NEAR_ DECISION Property gwners oi State and Oak- land Strets Carry Cases to Su- preune 'Coirt PRICES QFFERED MORE THAN ASSESSED VALUE, SAYS SMITH Decision is pen ling in the Supreme cou#$ at LIapsing as the outcome of the suit waged between property own- ers of State street and Oahla d ave- nue an4 the Uiversity, copcerning the purchase of lands for the site of the fgw lab. The case went to the #upreme equrt o an appeal from the circuit court here; anl was argued there first o .une 19, Decision will probably be rendered in the uea3r tu- Excavation of that land which was bought by the University is now un"- der way, but the work is held up by the fact that certain property owners refused to sell their land at the figure stated by the jury here as a suitable price. In each ease, according to Shirley W. Smith, secretary of the University, the price offered was at least twice that of the assessed value of the house. Two land owners on State street, apd thre on Oaland avepue have taker the ce into the Supreme paurts. world peace, Edward W. Bok has offer- ed prizes amounting to $100,000 for the best plan submitted to secure amicable relations, permanently throughout the world. This of course may be called another hollow bubble of idealism by those who fatalistically consider this planet one of endless struggles and conflicts. To any one who sincerely looks forward 0 the day when "the lion and the laT-ib shall lie down to-, gether" this aspiration is the most sacred thing in the world. In making his offer, Mr. D.oh demon- strated that his purpose was not mere- ly to get an idea for the settlement of international conflicts, but to get a worliable one. He stated that $50,000 would be paid the originator of the plan upon the selection of the winner, and that the final $50,000 would be remaitted when either the nation or congress evidenced their support by popular or congressional ballot. Thus, the donor puts the entire cit- izenship of the country in a position to approve the winner of his award and to sanction the furthering of the pro- posed- measure. Already plans have been submitted1, and they are decided- ly worth considering. An econompist has suggested that the nations of the world buy their peace through the cancellation of foreign loans. 'The majority of national au- thorities on the country's financial status would not hoot an incessant stream of reasons why such an attack at the problem would be impractical. In all probability they would be cor- rect but they should bear in mind, just as all.others will have to, that if peace is to be secured, we will have to pay our share in obtaining it. Nothing is ever permanently secur- ed without some sacrifice. Peace. in- terminable peace. cannot be The English public school, which must be carefully distinguished from the American institution bearing thel same name, places the hall-mark of education- upon the English youth. In this country the term is applied literally to any school supported by public funds. To us it means some- thing fundamentally different as our public schools are independent of out- side interests. The English are very proud of their schools and are possi- bly inclined to attach too much im- portance on attendance at them. Ev- ery parent, who can afford to do so,, sends his boys to a public school and he will deny himself many little lux- uries to give his boy this privilege. He is fully aware of the weight that is attached to the bare statement of attendance at a certain school and how the boy's future employer will look upon it. A business man will adver- tise far a public school boy, it is use- less for any other to apply; in a regiment the colonel will ask the new- ly-joined officer what his school is; In club circles and at Oxford and Cam- bridge that is the eternal question on* first acquaintance; the fetish extended to my military college and was per- haps worse because those who were public school boys looked askance at those who were not, and who were, ipso facto, of another/ class. One of our characteristic attitudes is not to do anything which will be considered' 'bad form" or "not done." The basis of this is inground at school and, so thoroughly is it learned, that one nev- er forgets. I am at present doing things which would positively shock the people at home and which, I must confess, I dare not do there, due to my, Booklet By Member Of1845, Class Given To University Mathematical Treatise by Edmund Fish, '45, Presented by Friends; Was Only Member of Class Present at Last Reunions (By J. C. Heraper) _________________. early training. Our best known public schools are ADYT IRIE Eton and Harrow, which stand out Again we are reassured that the sole preeminent from the remainder by motive behind the French activities, in virtue of their historical associations, the Ruhr is to assure Fraice that the social position and size. The boys are original amount set as the reparations recruited from the royal family of figure will be paid. Whether or not England and frequently of other for- the French authorities are devoid of eign countries, and from the wealth- any malcioils intent toward their late test classes as no poor man could af-. enemnies, they are working havoc in ford to send his boy to either. There every phase of qerman life, eliminat- are so many additional items necess- ing all; possibilities of recuperation ary, besides the actual tuition fees form the ialadies which accompany and living expenses, that a sum of war. $1,500 would not be an extravagant The marl falls, falls, and falls estimate for the minimum, annual up- again, Industrial conditions grow keep of each, boy. One of the feat- worse every day. Impositions of ures of London's social round is the French troops increase every hour Eton and Harrow cricket match at Then the world wonders why the Ger- Lords criket ground, when all the best 'mans break their mood of passive re- known members of English society sistance and bomb railroad trains, assemble. Old Etonians and Harrow- The letter received recently by Dean ians are represented in every walk of *Kraus, of the Summer session, from life, members of the houses of parlia- a professor at the University of Tued- ment, highly placed army and naval ingen bears out the fact that Germany officers, cabinet members, officials from, is not only imperiled economically the varions services at home and inI and politically, but morally and intel- the colonies. Admission. to the two ligently as well. With professorial schools is difficult, the usual practice salaries sq siall that one can hardly is to enter a boy's name at birth on make , living and the impetus for the school waiting list, and then, when constructive scientific work entirely he reaches the age of 14, there will be lacking, the great German universities a vacancy for him. are doomed to failure unless the coun- The other public schools keep up try is soon reestablished on a firm,|similar traditions but they have not sane basis, the same standards. Wv get, again, a The great professorial class in Ger- slight air of condescension from thei many is dying out. These men who !Eton and Harrow' schools towards once inspired the greatest minds of their smaller and lesser-known broth- .the world are being forced out of their ers, similar to the condescension work by dire need for a meagre liv- shown by *all of them to non-public ing. In this letter the professor schools. speaks pessimistially of the future. He Their expenses are not so high and feels that "the future of intellectual it is possible to send a boy to one for Germany is problematical and the end the sum of $750 to $1,000 yearly. of intellectual Germany is unavoidable The product of the public schools -unless we are given our freedom." enter the field of politics, or goes to If the thinkers of Germany - are the university or into the army or (Continued on Page Two) the business world. Here we have an illustration of the attitude of not do- ing anything which is "bad form." There are certain professions which may be entered and others which must be shunned like a plaue. A profes- sion must be one which would be term- ed in America a "white collar" job, a gentleman would not soil his hands. I can give an extreme example of this attitude to work from my own home town in England, where a man I am acquainted with is not permitted to do any work as it is '7beiieth a gen- tleman." The World .war has done a lot to- wards dispelling this public school at- titude to life. Many men enlisted in the ranks and served cheek to cheek with the man from the streets and fac- tories and each had time to appreciate the others qualities. The necessity of being, a public school man is not so great, the bar- rier is being broken down and a man has to prove his worth rather than de- pend on his public school education to get him a job. 30 ENROLL AT GEOLOGY CAMP Group Under Direetion of C. 0. Saner Study Topography of Kenituckly (AROUP WILL BE MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS STATE Thirty Michigan students are en-, rolled in the University geological caip which is situated at Mill Springs on the upper Cumberland river near the edge of the Cumberland Plateau, in Eastern Kentucky. The extrene di- versity of geologic and gographic conditions in thi sparticular locality offers the student an area rich in field, problems, according to those in charge.1 En route the class stopped off for a, few days at the famous Blue Grass region. Just now the students are engaged in an intensive survey of the country about Mill Springs. .During the last two weeks of the field course the camp will move eastward over the Cumberland mountains into Tennessee passing through Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, then further to the eastward into North Carolina. Prof. C. O. Sauer, of the department of.geography, is in charge of the camp which is open to all students who have had elementary work in either geo- graphy or geology. The course closes July 19' Phi Dela Kappa To Hold Reception The members of the faculty and the active members of Phi Delta Kap- pa will give a reception to the out of town .and visiting field members on Wednesay, July 11. The annual initiation of new mem- bers will take place July 25, and will be followed by a banquet. Many prominent men in the educational circles of Ohio, -Chicago, and other near by universities are expected to be present., League Social Chairman Appointed Katy Amonette, '24, llas been ap- pointed social chairman of the Wo- men's league. She succeeds Grace R. Doughty, '23. MEMBERS JOIN FEDERATED FAC. TION FOLLOWING DIS- PUTE BOTH SIDES WILL TAKE ACTIVE PART IN FIGHT Leaders of the Farmer-Labor party who fought against affiliation with the Federated Farmer-Labor party in the face of a split in their own ranks, said their party was "freed of a red men- ace and on its feet stronger than ever in pursuit of indep~ndent politcal sat- isfaction." f The Federated Farmer-Labor party welcomed to its ranks the delegates who bolted the Farmer-Labor conven- tion and elected five of them to its ex- ecutive committee. Both Parties to Enter Both parties prepared to launch pro- grams of intensive activity, leading' to individual platforms and president- ial candidates in 1924. The date of the party's nominating convention, will be fixed later. The constitution of the federated party calls for a nominating convention in December and January and it will send invitations to coming labor con- ferences to unite with it, leaders said. Oppose "Dictator" John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and Rob- ert M. Buck, Chicago labor leader and editor, with the Illinois unit led the fight against affilitation with the Fed- erated party. "We want political bet- terment for the workers and farmers, but we want control through the bal- lot in our owni ranks asd not from a dictatorship in Russia" declared Fizpatrick. LECTURES CHANGED1 N 0 TO' SPEAKHERE MUDTV Attention is called by the Summer session administration to the fapt that the 5 o'clock lectures which are scheduled in the summer school cat- alogue for tomorrow and Tuesday of this week have been changed. The latest bulletins of the session carry' the correct statement of the lectures. At 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon in the Natural science auditorium, C. S. Meek, superintendent of schools in Toledo, will speak on "The Teach- ers' Participation in School Poli- tics". Every year it is the custom of the Summer session to bring to the city prominent educators to speak on problems vital to the teacher. Mr. Meek is one of the foremost educat- ors in the .country. Educated at Co- lumbia, he became superintendent of public schools at Boise, Idaho. Later he served as superintendent of schools at Madison, Wis., at the same time acting as professor of educational ad- ministration in the University of Wis- consin. Two years ago he was called to Toledo where he has been superin- tendent of Public schools since. I i , Coniienratives Oppose Detatorshlp; NI'ut Polif leal Control Through hallot Chicago, July 7.-(By A.P.)-Defeat- ed in efforts to promote untiy of polit- ical action among minority political and industrial gro'ups, but well satia- fled with results, Farmer-Labor party and Federated Farmer-Labor party delegates went home today, each party intent on putting its finger in the 1924 political pie. "Solution' of the Cattle Problem ofi Archimedes" is the title of a little brown paper booklet, the work of Ed- mund Fish, '45, a member of the first graduating class of the University, which was received yesterday in the- office of the President. The bookle was sent by Mrs. S. B. W. Pursell, of Chicago, whose son was an inti- mate friend of the author. In her letter Mrs. Pursell stated that when he was nearly 80 years of age Mr. Fish answered the call of class re-unions and at the last two that he attended, he was the only nember of the class of 1845 present. The little booklet which purports to be a solution of the famous "cattle problem" indicates that Mr. Fish was fond of mathematics, and after ex- pending much time and labor filling pages with his neatly penned figures he hid the result of his work bound and it is this copy which is now in the possession of the University. On the cover is inscribed "Hillsboro Mathematics Club, Hillsboro, Ill." and the date "1893". The mention of Pdmund fs s,5, also discloses some interesting facts with regard to the firs graduating class of the University. There were 11 persons in the elass f 1845 who graduated ad among them were only four Michigan residents. Univeralty records show that Mr. Fish received a master of arts degree here in 1854. He died April 20, 1904, at Hillsboro, at the age of 80 years, Alumnae Visit Here Ralph N. DuBois, '22E, and Helen Miller DuBois, '18, of Washington, D. C., are in Ann Arbor visiting Mr. and Mrs. William J. Miller of N. Fifth Avenue. SHAKESPEARE PLAYHOUSE presents in open air Campus Theatre, at POPULAR PRICES: Thursday Night, July 12th, $:15 o'clock, Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice." . Friday Night, July 18th, 8:15 o'clock, Jerome's "The Passing of the Third Floor Back." Saturday Afternoon, July 14th, 3:30 o'clock, Shakes- peare's "As You Like It." Saturday Night, at 8:15 o'clock, Shaw's "Candida." Reserved seats, 75 cents; general admission, 50 cents. Reserved seats for four performances, $2.50. Advance seat sale at Wahr's Book Store, State street, begins at 9 A. M. Monday, July 8th. In case of rain, performhances will be given in Uni- versity Hall. I - -, ---R- -,-.. - - q