w k C"Z4P 'ummrr i WEATHER Cooler with probable showers. SitrIgan :43 att MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. IV. No. 15. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS CAREFUL OBSERVATION MAKES WRITER, SAYSI LAWRENCE HS'CONRADi SENSITIVENESS TO LIFE CHIEF MARK OF TRUE AMATEUR, ,.AUTHOR BELIEVES SEES ODD THINGS IN LIFE I Rhetorical Grace Not Only Requisite, i Michigan Instructor, Writer, Tells Audience "Sensitiveness to life is the chief mark of the true amateur writer,"' said Lawrence H. Conrad, of the rhe- toric department, in his lecture yester- day afternoon in Natural Science au- ditorium. "He is sensitive in one of two ways: either he has felt the gen- eral round of human experience with, a special, a keener emphasis, or else he has seen subtle and peculiar and out-of-the-way things to experience in life that his fellows have passed by. "An author is more an author by virtue of the sensitiveness; almost the irritability of his nature ;#'an by any rhetorical grace." He cannot put on paper anything that his mind has not absorbed, and it is only through this altertness of the senses that he can absorb the outside world. Don't Use Our Senses "In these days we are beset by such* a multiplicity of sense-impressions that many of us in self-defense have turned off' our senses, put a damper on them, as if afraid to let ourselves taste life to the full. We have actually so shut off the sense of smell that it brings us nothing unless we specifi- illy sniff. And when we look at faces, for example, we see only the tags by which we can identify them; we seldom have the conscious sensa- tion of looking at noses, or at elbows, or any other common fact of experi- ence. May Have Tonic Effect "Once our senses are awakened so that the number of impressions com- ing in Is increased, the associative power of the mind grows; for the de- gree of that power depends upon the number of impressions between which association can occur. In this way, then, opening the sense-channels has a positive tonic effect on the mind. Let the amateur writer therefore extend this sensitiveness from which his material is .drawn. Let him be- come a human sponge, forever on the alert for the fullI flavor of experi- ence. And then at least, whether he ever writes or not, his life will be full of vitality and satisfaction. EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGES HAVE NEED D OAYSD MEN MANY ADVANTAGES, AGARD SAYS rEEDES HEN SMUTS TO SPEAK HERE NEXT FALL Experimental colleges such as 'f dii'idual attention, found in a small ours at the University of Wiscons;in college. and, as I understand it, your Uni- 'We began last fall with 119 stu- v rsity College project here grow out dents and 11 members of the faculty. or a desire to secure for freshmen 'l be students were not 'picked in any and sophomores closer contact with v ay. We desired to make our experi- experienced teachers," thinks Prof. nient a significant one for a state Walter R. Agard, professor of university by taking not a selected classics in the experimental college p coup but a normal cross-section. TheI at the University of Wisconsin, who is students and bachelor members of the teaching two courses in Greek civili- faculty lived and ate together in zation here this summer. "Profit- Adamn hall, a dormitory on the shore ihg obviously from the experience of c r Lake Menota. Classes were abolish- Oxford, they attempt to combine the e i entirely, and the personal confer- advantages of a large university- E nce took their place. The student libraries, laboratories, research conferred with his adviser at least equipment---with the greater degree of cnce a week, met with a group of POINTS TO DIFFICULTY O0F TRACING DI191SEAS Dr. Lunisden Cites Factors In Various Epidemics Which Epidemiologist Is Forced To Fight WILL SPEAK AGAIN TODAY 'It is almost impossible to estimate the difficulties that stand in the way of the health worker in tracing down a disease to its cause," said :Dr. L. L. Lumsden in a lecture on health prob- lems delivered at 4:40 o'clock yester- day in Natural Science auditorium. "There are W many factors to be con- sidered, so many ways in which the epidemic might have started that the epidemiologist is forced to fight in the dark for a long while before he can seize with 'any accuracy on the cause." / ;Doctor Lumsden outlined the way in which several epidemics of certain diseases have been traced down, their causes ascertained, and a cure found for them. One sickness, which began in Spain and Italy and spread to this country, and which was found to be similar to infantile paralysis, was brought under control only after long months of hard work and effort. He also gave the history of the fight against the fever that spread over this country a few years ago, which was found to be caused by diseased oysters from a certain bed in New York. "The U. S. Public Health depart- ment has greater opportunities for combatting disease than state or city departments because it can study the diseases in all parts of the country and under varying conditions," said the lecturer. He also demonstrated the several ways in which diseases could be caught by human beings, such as water, food, fingers, insects, and animals. "Air used to be considered the most dangerous transfering agent for disease germs," he declared, "but. about a dozen other students for a round-table discussion once a week, and the whole class met together sev- e ral times weekly to hear informal talks and take part in an open; forum. "One of the most striking features of the experiment," said Prof. Agard, ' was our ;attempt to get away from the hodge-podge course system. Our wudents studied a civilization, with all its problems of human experience - -ast year it was the civilization of the fifth century B. C. in Athens- and analyzed its various aspects, govern- n ient, art, literature, philosophy, economics, religion, and science, un- d r the direction of specialists in these departments. But the specialist's were not specialists alone-each tried to show himself still as interested in the other aspects of the civilization studied as his students were. AT LEAGUETEA TODAY Mrs. Little and Rockford Players Are Honorary Guests at Affair In Women's Field House TO PROVIDE SOCIAL HOUR Mrs. Clarence Cook Little and the Rockford Players will be honorary guests of the Women's league at a spe- cial tea which will be held from 3:30 to 5 o'clock. This afternoon in the Women's Field house, Miss Katherine Wick Kelley, Miss Elberta Trowbridge, Miss Marvel Garnsey, and Miss Lillian Bronson of the Players will attend. This is the second of a series of special teas which the league is giving in addition to those held during the week. All women enrolled for the Summer Session are urged to attend the tea and take advantage of this opportunity to meet Mrs. Little and the Rockford Players informally. Mrs. Edward H. Krause and Miss Beatrice Johnson, advisor of women, will also be present. Marie Hartwig, '29; summer president of the league, and Doris Rengenberger. '30, will be in charge of the tea. The teas are an attempt on the part of the Women's league to provide a' social hour in which women students may become better acquainted with one another and at the special teas, to meet some of the prominent wom- en. Since the teas are held in the new field house summer students have an opportunity to inspect the building. The parlors are equipped with bridge tables and cards for the use of women students who wish to arrange private bridge parties during the -week. IN EDlCATWN IELD TODAY' SAYS COURTIS DECLARES THAT CURRICULUIM HAS NOT YET REACHED SATISFACTORY STAGE STATES AIM HAS CHANGED lan's Progress In World Depends On A Constant Course of Education, Speaker Avers "The need of education today is for trained research workers who a. will discover the way to achieve an Ideal program of educational meth- ods," said Prof. Stuart A. Courtis, in his lecture "What Is School For," de- livered in the auditorium of the Uni- versity High school yesterday after- noon. "The educational curriculum is growin, piece-meal, but it has not yet reached a satisfactory state, un- dear present conditions." "All of our present social institu- tions have grown out of the home. The function of the home, primarily, is the integration of personality. In tle past, we considered the primary function of education as being to farce into the younger generation our ideas and make them accept them, an idea of conformity to the general ideas: This was first done by means Cf tie birch rod. Wen people re- volted against that idea we began to educate by skill and then the need for teacher training arose. Then we. 1 passed through the stage of creating interest in the pupil and motivation. All through these stages the goal was the same, that of making the child conform to our ideas of what he s uld be and know. Goal Has Changed But now the goal of education has changed. The home is demanding that we do more for the child. We must do many things that were be- fore done in the home. The present functions of education are four-fold: to train and perfect the motor ele- ment of the child; to train the emo- tional side and utilize the energy stored up there, to train the mind mechanisms, and, most important, to n ake the field of education the cen- t 'r of control. Adult Edfcation Is Problem No individual i's competent to take his place in this changing world un- less he enters upon a continuous course of education. Today we have a s one of our greatest problems, a p:°ogram for adult education. It is in this field that we must have re- search workers, and his partially answers the question, "What i's school for?" 'When the public in general rec- ognize that the chief function of edu- cation, its goal, has changed in the SLst few years, thu our task will be easier. It seems to me that we of t:1e teaching profession have much to nllook forward to and should see the day when education is the center of control." HTRI CAL L[CTURE COURS[IS ANNOUNCED FORH 1928-29 SEASON EIGHT NOTED' SPEAKERS WILL APPEAR HERE ACCORDING TO ANNOUNCEMENT DATES ARE NOT ARR4NG ED List Of Speakers Includes Gen. Smuts, Stephen Leacock, Graham McNamee, And Richard Halliburton Jan Christian Smuts, Stephen Leacock, Richard Halliburtop and Graham Mc- Namee, will appear here in Hill Audi- torium on the 1928-29 Oratorical Asso- ciation lecture course, according to the GEN ERAL SMUTS initial announcement made yesterday Distinguishegl hero of the Boer war by Carl G. Brandt, of the speech de- who will appear here in Hill auditor- partment, who is manager f th him on the Oratorical Association lecture course next fall. course. Although, the dates have not yet been arranged, the personnel of the M course is completed. IMGeneral Smuts, who distinguished himself in the Boer war, also galne- international fame at the Peace Con ference and in the League of Nations Une Hundred And Seventy-Five Will Leave This Afternoon To View , Large Auto Factory WELLS TO BE IN CHARGE One hundred and seventy-five stu. as one of the foremost statesman in the world. He was termed the most forceful speaker at the Peace Confer- ence by Colonel House. General Smuts will speak on "World Relations." Stephen Leacock, famous Canadian humorist, is well-known in Ann Arbor, having appeared here several times on previous occasions. He is noted for dents will leave Ann Arbor at 1:15 his knowledge of human nature in add- this afternoon on the excursion to ition to his keen sense of humor. Mr. Leacock will speak on "My Re-Discov- the Ford Motor Co. The party willery of England." LIBRARIAN WILL modern research has shown it to be TALK HERE TODA Y of very minor impo eiance." This afternoomn at 5 o'clock Miss I BASEBALL SCORES Helen Martin of Western Reserve uni-; versity will speak oh "Illustraters of American League Children's Books." j Detroit at New York, rain. Coming here from Western Reserve Chicago at Philadelphia, rain. university, Miss Martin is on the Li- Cleveland 5-0, Washington 9-9. brary staff during the summer sen- St. Louis 4, Boston 2. sion. For the past five summers she{ has been on the staff here. National League After graduating from Oberlin Miss St. Louis 5, New York 1. Martin graduated in library science Cincinnati 12, Brooklyn 4. from the Pittsburgh Library school. Chicago 7, Boston 6. She has had 15 years experience with Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 5. children's books, and will speak on English and American illustrators. !FIRST PERFORMA She will also speak on the modern PC trend in art, as it is used in chit- PLAYERS ChAK dren's books. Slides will be used with1 meet on State street in front of Angell hall, and will there board special b asses which will take them directly t the offices of the Ford plant at; 1'ordson. It was announced last night' t!at some of those that had signed1 up for the trip were planning to t ravel in their own cars. Carlton F.' Wells, instructor in the Rhetoric de- I artment, is in charge of the expedl- t on. :vlany in eresing things will be ?eu I y those en the trip. The long, - intinuous assembly line for the new, Ford automobiles will be included in1 t-:1 places visited. The blast furnaces,c t ie power plant, plate-glass plant,; t re- unlogding docks, foundry, and thej 1 ordson tractor assembly, Will all ber s :en in operation. The River Rouge plant, which isl the one to be visited, is the largest ofj the Ford plants. In former years an excursion has also been made to the 1lighland Park factory, but due toI changed operating conditions that ex- cursion was combined with the one today. "This fact probably has some- thing to do with the unusually large number that are going with me on Wednesday," said Mr. Wells last night, + "It has been found necessary to char-t ter three busses for the journey, and all the tickets have been sold."a The party will spend about an hour and a half in viewing the Ford plant 7 and will arrive back in Ann Arbor4 at 6 o'clock in the evening. DEMOCRA TS MEET, TO PLAN BATTLE (By The Associated Press) NEW YORK, July 10-Members' of the Democratic National committee gathered here today for the first meet- ing with the candidatte's for President and vice-President to decide on a plan of battle. Senator Joseph Robinson of Arkan, sas, candidate for vice-President, ar- rived ahead of his running mate, Gov- ernor Alfred E. Smith of New York, who broke his journey from Albany to attend the annual Boy Scout Out- ing at Bear MountaIn.. tc~amnee Is Well-Known Graham McNamee, famous New York announcer, needs little introduc- tion in any section of the country. His "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the radio audience," is familiar to listeners all over the country, especial- ly since the Republican and Demo- cratic national conventions. "Telling the World" will be Mr. McNamee's fubject. Richard Halliburton, author of "The Royal Road to Romance," will speak on "The Glorious Adventure." Halli- burton has sought to relive the travels of Ulysses, and consequently has made over the most romantic story of an- cient times into the most romantic tra- vel story of modern times. This will furnish the major part of his speech ihere. Count Felix von Luckner, famous "Sea Devil," who roamed the Southern Seas during 1917-18, sinking 500,00 tons of shipping without taking a hu- man life, will tell his story of the World War. Upon his arrival in New York some months ago, Count von Luckner was greeted by three former sea captains whose vessels he sank during the war, and who came to him to thank him personally for his treat- ment of themselves and their com- mands. His subject will be "The Cruise of the Seeadler." Mne. Sun-Yat-Sen To Speak Madame Sun-Yat-Sen, China's "First Lady," will speak on "The Ultimate Orient." She is recognized as being a woman of brilliant personal charm and rare achievement, and obtained'her education in America. She is the wid- ow of Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen, China's first president, and she, more than anyone else, is carrying on the tremendous activities started by China's eminent leader. Emil Fuchs, eminent authority on art and sculpture, will speak on "Con- temporary Art and Artists." During his speech, the famous sculptor and artist, will illustrate his lecture and will paint or draw a portrait sketch during his speech. Peggy Wood, famous American ac- tress, will tell of the stage and play bits from her successes in speaking on the subject "From Musical Comedy to Shakespeare." She will also sing a number of the best-known song num- bers from her musical comedies and will give characterizations from "Trel- awney of the Wells" and other plays in which she took he leading role. Oratorical Association officials be- lieve that the 1928-29 lecture course is the best to date. They point to, first, the fame of the speakers, and second, the variety of the subjects. Datest will be announced soon. NCE OF "CH IGAGO" BY ROCKFORD ACTERIZED BY EXCELLENT ACTING - - - - the lecture. " vKp ~ rve yGog .Smn None of the players could justly be 1 - A review by George E. Slmons itIt was n delightful treat to those left out of the favorable comment STATISTICS SHOW MANY of us who agonized over the "The paragraphs. Elberta Trowbridge, ALREADY HOLD DEGREES Man Who Married A Dumb Wife" to playing the part of Mary Sunshine,' see the splendid performance of "Chi- the sensation seeking woman reporter,1 Among the sets of statistics corn-cago" given by the Rockford Players carried off her sole in a decidedly piled relating to summer students for last night. All the make-shift and pleasing manner, the character of the records in the office of the Summer lack of harmony between characters gushey, sob-sister feature writer com- Session, is one which gives informa- which spoiled the play of la'st week ing to life from her first entrance. Lil- tdon regarding the standing of gradu- I had disappeared, and the cooperation Tian Bronson, although not exactly the ate students according to the number which marked the first two bills of type for tle role, portrayed Roxie of academic degrees they hav, re- j the season had returned with addi- Hart the hard-boiled, bit wise steno- . ceived. L yions. grapher in a most realistic way. Her Approximately 47 per cent. of the The play itself was an interesting court-room scene brought out tle total summer enrollment already have one, depicting the life of the shop dis- climax of the satirical element. various degrees. Of the 1668 students tricts and the courts of the city after Roman Bohnen's interpretati.an of in this group, 1395 ha-re one degree, which it was named, in an exaggerated the role of the sharp, -rafty defense 258 hold two, 13 have 'three, and two manner which at times was almost lawyer was realistic to a remarkable students hold four de'greeg each. In- pure burlesque and then shifted to degree. His plea to the jury was made cluded in the group 1233 A.B. degrees; brilliant satire. The success of the in the dramatic fashion 'f the coat- B.S., 303; M.A., 176; Ph.B., 21; M.D., play depended much on the proper less and perspiring attorney made, 17; D.D.S., 5; Ph.D., 4; L.L.B., 6. There shifts between the two phases,'and in famous in the sensation murder trial are a total of 1942 degrees held by the this the production was close to per- of the age, while his shifts of char- 1668 students fection. acter out of the court-room combined to make it the most powerful role of his engagement thus far. Robert Henderson's characterization of the "go-getter" type of news reporter was easily his best work of the season. The alert young man of experience, with its varying shades of character covered with an armor plate of "don't give a damn" who literally pushed his way through the entire action was ex- cellent. / Katherine Wick Kelly agiin dis- played her very real artistry, while SEARCH FOR AMUNDSEN Henzie Raeburn did the part of the CONTINUES IN ARCTIC Italian murderess in a highly gratify- ing manner. Paul Stephenson, as (By The Associated Press) Amos Hart, added a fourth excellent OSLO, Norway, July 10-The min- characterization to his season Martieli ister of Marines announces that the Garnsey and Mirium Whiteley bath (lid search for Captain Roald Amundsen excellent work in their minor parts. is being continued by French and Nor- The staging of the production was wegian vessels in latitude 75 north excellent, and for those who enjoy near the Spitzbergen coast and also something different, f'Chicago" is ree- in the open water in the vicinity of ommended. Bear island.