j THE WEATHER COOLER; PROBABLY RAIN TODAY T 4 P 'umrr it tYi BUY A TAG VOL. XV. No. 27 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, ,TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1924 PRICE FIVE CNTS Fr OYS WILL SELL TAGS FR C ON CAMPUS TODA NEED $300 TO HELP- SUPPORT S. C. A. FRESH AIR INSTITUTE GIVES 500 YOUNGSTERS+ AN ANNUAL VACATION Indian Chief and Squaw Will Offer for Sale Samples of Their Basket Weaving Boys from the University Fresh Air Camp conducted by the Students Christian association will be on the campus this morningkand afternoon to sell tags for the support of that camp. The tag day has become an annual event during the summer school, when students here are asked to contribute to the maintenance of the camp. More than three hundred dollars must be raised in the one day drive. Last year $264 was raised on the campus, but authorities are desirous of a better re- sult today. Boys Sell f~r Themselves A carload full of boys will be brought in from the camp today and will be stationed at various parts of the campus. They will sell the tags for fifty cents or any amount that the buyer will give. Accompanying the boys will be "Dad" Lockwood who, for the entire period of the camp's existence; has spent the summer with the boys, teach- ing them nature lore, and Big Chief Jo, a full blooded Indian, and his squaw who have taught the boys basket weav- ing. Samples of their art will be sold on State street, the proceeds also to go to the support of the camp. Situated at Patterson Lake, a few miles outside of Pinkney, Mich., the camp site is the gift of business men and friends. One hundred seventy- eight acres in all were turned over to the University Students Christian as- sociation for the camp, and for the past two years it has been managed with great success. Five hundred boys were sent out there last summer, and since its inauguration as an institu- tion, Tour years ago, more than 1500 poor boys of Detroit have been given a summer's vacation there. The boys which it reaches are the poor boys of Detroit, juvenile court cases, and or- phans who have no other opportunity for a vacation in the open. University men conduct the camp as leaders. Eight Years is- Limit ForMany Married Couples The fifth, sixth, and seventh years of married life are the most dangerous, if figures obtained from Clarmon L. Pray, deputy county-clerk of Wash- tenaw County, can be used as a basis for this statement. Forty-one persons made application for divorce during the months of May, June and July. Fourteen of the applicants had been married from five to seven. years. Twenty-five had been married less than eight years. According to Mr. Pray about-one- half of the people applying for divorce succeed in obtaining a decree. The other half either become reconciled or their case is dismissed because the time limit has expired. Of the 41 ap- plicants who appeared during the last three months 26 were, women and 15 were men. Most of them appeared to berabout 30 years of age and one or two children was about the average family quota. Cruelty was the usual reason given for application. The most comimon forms of cruelty given were desertion and non-support. The ratio of divorce applications to marriages is about 1 to 4. During the period in which the 41 divorce appli- caticuis were made 171 marriage li- censos were issued. Mr. Pray said that he believed this ratio to be as low as that of any county in the state. About 60 per cent of the applicants for Iivorce are native Americans. Ac- cording to Mr. Pray this is true be- cause foreigners are brought up to dis- believe in divorce and thus are willing to suffer a great deal more before taking legal steps. Babe Ruth hit his 28th home run of the season Sunday. Wear One -- Buy a tag from the kids today Discusses South African Station Do- nated to the University in . 1902 LENS HAVE BEE COMPLETED AND ARE READY FOR TRIAL One of the most interesting and in- structive lectures of the Summer ses- sion was given by Prof. W. J. Hussey, of astrophysics, in the Natural Science auditorium at 5 o'clock yesterday on the subject of the proposed South Af- rican Observatory of the University. The lecture fell into two divisions, the first dealing with history of the movement, the second consisting of a discussion of the sites considered by Professor Hussey on his recent trip to Africa. In 1902 Mr. Robert P. Lamont, '91E, of Chicago, visited the University and Professor Hussey first broached the subject of the desire he felt to study the heavens of the southern hemisphere: Lamont, '91E, Gave Aid Seven years later Mr. Lamont offer- ed the necessary financial aid, at which time a 24 inch refracting tele- scope was planned for that work. In- ability to get lenses of the desired size delayed the plans for 12 years and the whole scheme was changed by the discovery of 27 inch lenses at Jena, Germany, in Sept. 1922. This lens was polished at Pitts- burgh in the shops of Mr. McDowell, U.S~CLINCHES HOLD ON O LYMPIC TITLE IN POINTS, AMERICAN SCORE DOUBLE THAT OF NEAREST OPPONENT, FRANCE1 FOUR SPORTS REMAIN ON GAMES CALENDER Present Score Gives U. S. 95, France 47, Great Britain 38 and Finland 34 Paris, July 21.-(By A. P.)-The United States, by completing its tennis triumph today not only made a clean sweep of all the major branches of the Olympic competition, but rolled up a! point total which clinches the all- around championship of the games. The completed tabulation tonight ofI points for the 16 events thus far coin- pleted shows that America is far in the lead with 95 points, double that of the nearest rival, France, which has 47 points and cannot overhaul the United Mates even if triumphant in the re- inaining 4 sports which are to be com- ieted this week. France jumped to second place by scoring heavily in tennis, gymnastics, encing and the modern pentathlon. Great Britain is now third with 38 points, and Finland fourth with 84 points. The United States added 10 points under the Olympic scoring sys- tem in tennis, and two more for gym- nastics, the tabulation tonight re- vealed. Championships have been carried off by the United States in eight fields of rivalry including tra(* and field, row- ing, swimming, tennis, boxing, catch as can wrestling, rugby and target shooting. Norway, with victories in the winter sports and the hunting shooting, is the only other nation to take two Olympic crowns. The other six championships are distributed among France, in fencing, Sweden with the modern Pentathlon, Finland vith the Creeko Roman wrestling, Ar- Fair Play Spirit Taught Boys At Fresh Air Camp Mr. H. C. Coffman, who is on the U. of M. Fresh Air camp committee, says that the boys who are sent to the camp, which is situated 25 miles northwest of Ann Arbor, come to the camp with the "Get everything for yourself" spirit. And while they are there, the camp, if it does nothing else worth while, certainly teaches these boys the spirit of fair play. The willingness to recognize the rights and honors which should come to other boys. The games they play proauce the group spirit. It teaches them to sub- due the individual desire for the sake of the group of which they are a part: The boys come to realize the folly of the destructive, gang spirit. They learn to work together for a common good. They are taught the meaning of leadership, through com- petition of the finest form. The camp takes boys from nine to sixteen years of age. And these young fellows, once they are given an op- portunity of this sort of outing, look' forward to their vacation from year to year with the keenest pleasupe. The next section of the camp starts next week. If the camp authorities can procure the necessary finances, they plan to accommodate one hundred and thirty under-privileged boys from Hamtramck. Chief Joe Donatus, who is instructor in Indiancraft at camp, and his wife, will be in Ann Arbor Tuesday, with several of the boys from camp, in the interest of Tag day. This is for get- ting enough funds to cover the ex- penses of the last section of the camp. CABS TECH, STATLER HOTEL TO BE ISITED Cass Technical High School and the Hotel Statler, both of Detroit, will be visited by Summer session students tomorrow afternoon. The first hour of the afternoon will be spent at the old and the new Cass Technical high school buildings where the excursion- ists will be given an opportunity to inspect all of the departments of this six-story structure. From the high school the party will proceed to the Hotel Statler where special guides will conduct the vis- itors through this up-to-date hotel. Among the interesting features of this institution which wit be seen are the electrically driven laundry, the scrup- ulously clean kitchen, the water. pur- ification plant and the mechanical equipment used to keep all of the con- veniences in running order. The party will eat at the Statler and will be able to get back to Ann Ar- bor by 7:45 o'clock. The trip will be- gin at 1 o'clock when the excursion- ists will take the D. U. R. from the corner of Packard and State streets. All persons wishing to take part in this interesting excursion should leave their names at the Summer session of- fice before 6 o'clock tonight so that proper provisions can be made. Mr. Nelson Collins, editor of the Free-Schools Exponent, will speak at Harris hall on Wednesday evening, July 23, at 7:30. He will discuss the subject of "The State Supervision of Non-Public Schools." Students of education and all others interested are invited to attend. LEAGUE OFOE sE WOMEN VOTERS t- POLITICAL INSTITUTE E WITH LUNCH AT UNION KRAUS WELCOMES VISITING WOMEN IN SPEECH; REED, WOOD ADDRESS FIRST MEETINGS More than 100 women were pres ant at the opening lucheon of the Institute of Government and Politics yesterday at the Union. Mrs. May Wood-Simons, chairman of the Insti ute presided at the luncheon which was held on the Union terrace. Dean Edward H. Kraus, of the su umer session, welcomed the guests in Iehalf of the University and the ci y. Dean Kraus commended the wom- n upon their initiative in starting a school of this type in an effort to !earn the essentials of good govern dent and to be able to use their right of franchise intelligently. Reed Glv s Lecture Mrs. Craig C. Miller, president of he Michigan League of Women voters, Jrs. Paul Rittenhouse, secretary to .the i fourth region of the national League of Women voters, and Mrs. G. W. Patterson, president of the Ann Arbor League of Women voters, were speakers at the luncheon. Enroll- ment figures for the Institute record 3d 36 women at noon yesterday. Prof. T. H. Reed, of the Political Science department, spoke to an audi- ence of 60 women on "Political Parties," at the opening session of the Insti- tute at 2 o'clock. Prof. Reed opened his lecture by defining the term polit- ical party as a body of men united for promoting, by joint endeavor, the na- tional interests upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed. 3ut, continued Prof. Reed, the partie: are not so much interested in pro- moting their own interests. The peop a run the political parties which are ands to securing certain results in g vernment. MARSH DENOUNCES POLITICAL GROUHPS Secretary of National Civil Service Reform League Speaks on Need of Reform SCORE S APPOINTMENTS OF DAUGHERTY, FORBES, FALL] I i and is in the ing. The fin possible until the telescope Professor 1 20 years ago Argentina at tory, where, v he discovere stars. Yet Pi that the atmo Platte are o vation of dou posed by the Hussey Therefore P South Africa Ann Arbor in Professor Hu cordially and From Johann went to Bloe British East1 as the site o tory because conditions. The plans three or four see that the p in four years The second sisted of mo showed vario the United S The U. S. h titles in the C cell and ready for test- g'ntina with polo, Uragua with soccer, al test is, of course, not :nd Italy with gymnastics. 1 the lens is mounted in Altogether 22 of the 45 nations gain- ged places in the scoring columns with Hussey was in Australia the only remaining contests in yacht- and spent two years in ing, weight lifting, cycling and the the La Platte observa- ,qucstrian games. vith the 17 inch telescope d more than 300 double E rofessor Hussey declares 3spheric conditions at La At suitable for the obser- IN~ ' O FENO ble stars, the work pro- P1LElOIIIL U Michigan unit. Made African Trip This afternoon will be filled with Professor Hussey went to events of interest to educational stu- in October, returning to dents and faculty. Members of the March. In Cape Town, Men's Educational club and several issey was received most guests from various places about the shown every favor. state will meet on Ferry field at 3 nesberg and Victoria he o'clock to be conducted through the mfontine, the capital of new Yost field house by Coach George Africa which was chosen H. Little. f the Michigan observa- At 4 o'clock the first faculty-super.- of its favorable weather intendent baseball game of the sum- mer will be played. Coach Fielding H. are that there shall be Yost will act as umpire. The super- observers there who will intendents have beaten the principals Mans are completed with- in two games so far, while the faculty has held the championship the lastl part of the lecture con- two years. re than 60 slides which After the game a weiner supper will us noted observatories of be served, to be followed immediately tates and of Europe. by the annual summer initiation into the order of the Yellow Dog. Denouncing the appointments ofi Daugherty, Forbes, and Fall followingt the last presidential election, and ex-t tending his indictment to cover both major parties and all branches of gov- ernmental administration, Mr. H. W.t Marsh, secretary of the National Civil Service Reform League, spoke last ight in Natural Science Auditorium on} reforms at present necessary. t In 1883 lack of rules specifying qual- ifications for government positions and the unscrupulous choice of officials by political parties ushered in the merit, system, the speaker recalled. The sit-' uation now parallels the previous one, he believes, and has been brought about by the operation of laws passed during the war period. Most of these have to do with exception of so-called "special experts" from all civil service examinations. "Appointments are made in too many Vases," Mr. Marsh stated, "on grounds purely personal and political, and the ,nsidious operation of the law as it ow stands leads both to decreased ompetition in examinations and un- -arranted dismissals after years of cient service. City, county, state, nd national governments have not escaped the politician who has to make good' his promises." compulsory selection of the first per- n at the head of examination; lists oould be the simplest means of vali- dating the civil service laws and dis- establishing the "bribery chests," the speaker said. 'ED FAULTY MAKES HAU FISHING AT LONG LAKE seven members of the education faculty went Saturday on a fishing trip to Long Lake where they were the guests of Mr. C. H. Dawson, assistant 1 superintendent of Grand Rapids schools, and Mr. Reuben Green, of the vocational school of the same city. The men spent the day on-the lake, and made a catch of 110 fish. Prof. C. O. Davis was the most successful angler in the party. Those who enjoyed the outing were Dr. R. R. Raup, Prof. G. M. Whipple, Prof. Clifford Woody, Prof. C. O. Dav- is, Prof. J B Edmonson, Prof C S. Berry, and Prof. Thomas Diamond. The international handicap is the feature race today at the opening of the Devonshire track. Country In Danger, States Parties are inevitable, according to Prof. Reed, because the only means by which we can give effect to our opinion is through unity. We could have no effective democracy if we didn't have group opinion. The desire to win has kept the two great parties in this country together. The platform of the two parties contain practically every subject upon which America is divided. The two party system of America is doomed for you can not hold the opinion of all the people in two groups for ever. At the present time, the two parties of the country represent practically the same thing. Prof. Reed concluded by stating that the two party system would be all Ight if it would work but it is not 1orking. The only remedy is that the people vote in accordance with their own convictions, do away with prejudices, decide our own individual questions and not be deceived by party bunk or party background. "There 'ever was a time when the country was in grave danger," declared Prof. Reed, "for political disintegration will lead up straight away from democ- racy." Wood Speaks Prof. A. E. Wood, of the sociology department, spoke on "Legislation and Social Progress" at 3 o'clock. He be- gan with an outline of the historical basis for social legislation and traced the changes that took place during the period of sthe industrial revolution. Among the demands made by the English women who are interested in social legislation today, stated Prof. Wood, are: Minimum wage scale; a 48 hour week; a state allowance for motherhood; establishment of a de- partment of public health; improve- ment of divorce laws; abolition of poor laws and the establishment of nursery schools. Prof. Wood declared that the women of this country should work toward the establishment of a public health department in our government. Prof. Wood continued to point out the types of social legislation and explained the police power which is fundamental in social legislation. He closed his lecture with an explanation vi the aims of social legislation. "The future of the American people is guar- anteed," continued Prof. Wood, "if you :an build up a standard of living that will safeguard society and the moral as well as material welfare of the people." At the close of the sessions of the Institute, the women attended an in- ormal reception at the home of Mrs. George W. Patterson, 2101 Hill street. Mrs. Francis King, of Alma, formerly president of the Garde n clubs of Amer- ica, and Mrs. Craig Miller, of Marshall, spoke to the 90 guests present. Mrs. May Wood-Simon and Mrs. Paul Rit- tenhouse were guests of honor at the tea. Fire department was called to 1912 Geddes avenue about 9:40 o'clock Sun- day night to extinguish a small chim- ney fire. has annexed 10 out of 201 Olympic games this year., Mr. A. A. Rather is in arrangements for the day. charge of Views Around U. of M. Fresh Air Camp Two views of the University Fresh Air camp which is sponsored by the S. C. A. Tag days and popular subscriptions supply the funds necessary to give-00 boys a vacation in the country each summer. Sports are offered, with instruction in basket weaving, woodcraft and other outdoor branches. Students of the University give their services as instructors and captains at the camp.