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AT YOUR DOOR THE ONLY OFFICIAL
3 TIMES A WEEK, 750 SUMMER NEWSPAPER
VOL. VII. No. 22. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1916 PRICE FIVE CENTS

FDEl C EBS D ED
U. IND[ENDENCE
Poles, French, and Germans Fought in
Ranks of Washington's Con-
tinental Armies,
MANY SLIDES fLLUSTRATE TALK
How the different people In the
American colonies helped the flag of
freedom to float over the United States
was shown by Prof. W. W. Florer of
the German department in his illus-
trated lecture delivered Tuesday even-
ing in the Natural Science building on
"The American Revolution."
Starting with a picture of the first
liberty tree in the American colonies
Professor Florer traced the progres of
the social desire for independence.
The pictures he showed in connection
with his lecture were most interesting
ones. Some were drawn by artists
present on the field of battle. The pic-
tures of the buildings shown were all
old and authentic cuts of the condi-
tions of the time.
The blockade of Boston harbor, Sam-
uel Adams, Peter Faneuil, and the
hall which he donated for the cause
of liberty, were all shown in the slides.
Then the battle of Bunker Hill with
its position on the map were demon-
strated by Professor Florer.
Then came scenes of famous build-
ings, such as the old hotel at Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, where the Dec-
laration of Independence was first
read.
In the concluding portion of the lec-
ture Professor Florer showed how the
many European nations had helped us
in the war. The names of Baron Von
Stueben, LaFayette, and Count Pulaski
ale among the most familiar.
FATHER OF CHRLS 0.
WARIIEN DIESHERE
Robert L. Warren, '66L, Prominent
Newspaper Man, Passes
Away Tuesday.
Robert. L. Warren, '66L, father of
the capitalist, Charles B. Warren, of
Detroit, and one of the most promi-
nent Ann Arbor citizens, died here
Tuesday night. Robert Warren has
been a newspaper man, soldier and
lawyer of high ability. Twelve years
ago he came to Ann Arbor from Char-
lotte where h had been an editor.
Here he edited and published the Ann
Arbor Times until its merging with the
Ann Arbor News.
Mr. Warren has been commander
of the local chapter of the G. A. R.,
and has been a member of the Ma-
sonic lodge. He served both as a sol-
dier and as an officer in the Union
army during the Civil war.
Charles Warren, of Detroit, his son,
prominent state corporation lawyer
and politician, was in New York City
at the hour of his father's death. He
was immediately notified by long dis-
tance telephone and all arrangements
for the funeral were held over until
his arrival. Mrs. L. Ware, of Evanston,
Ill., is the only other surviving child
of the deceased..
Robert Warren has been identified
during, his long career with newspa-
pers in Bay City, Albion, Decatur,
Charlotte and other cities in the state.
He was born in Caledonia, Shiawasse

county, December 2, 1842. His par-
ents were Samuel N. and Anna K.
Warren, the former a native of Ver-
mont, and the latter of the state of
New York. The father died in 1904
at the age of 92. Mr. Warren's birth
was in the wilds of early Michigan
where tribes of Indians were still in
abundance. A few months after hisl
(Continued on page four)

Library's Passing l A M
Saddens Students 01UT
When the pitiless work is finaly A T OOK CAPITAL
finished and the new and massive li-
brary stands completed, a mute wit- Such Is Description of Diverse Scenes
ness to the University's progress, In Moslem City by H. V.
something more than mere material Wain Yesterday.
will have been carried away with the
BEGGARS AND FAIRS ABOUND
piles of dusty bricks and tangled vines. ~~GR
For it is the old library that the stu- Here niud, here beauty, more or less
dent of .yesterday, and of many, many characterizes the contrasting parts of
days back, recalls when lie slips back the great city of Constantinople, ac-
Into the realms of what used to be. cording to a lecture yesterday after-
It is not the books, nor the remen- noon in the Natural science amphithea-
brance of hours of true work,. for
those . are long forgotten; it is ter by Mr. H. V. Wann, of the French
rather the memories of hushed department. He showed diverse types
laughter of busy companions, of the of humanity which swarms the great
hurrying footsteps of friends of mart of the Bosphorus, by an excel-
long ago, of a hasty greeting lent series of slides and comments
spoken in passing from desk to showing knowledge of the subject.
almost eventless, passed among people Little dirty houses squat beside won-
with whom one felt strangely safe. derful palaces which make the days
"Do you remember spring at Micbi- of Huron Al Raschid seem as though
gan?" one student of long ago will ask real are characteristic sights in the
another. "Do you remember haw the capital of the Turks.
early morning sun would shine on the On one corner one sees the crippled
opening leaves of the vines on the old beggar and the filthy fakir pictur-
library? How the old slate roof would esquely dresed, and then rich citi-
gleam in the coolness, and the old zens go by with silks and fezzes or
clock, ringing out in the misty still- turbans. Thus the audience in the
ness would call us from our dreams natural science lecture room was
to a day of work?" carried to the heart of the Bosphorus
Ask anyone who went to Michigan as though each slide were the magic
years ago to tell you some old campus carpet of the Arabian mysticism which
stories. He will smile a fond far- carried the owner like the speed of
away smile, and his eyes will light the sunlight to the land he most de-
tenderly. "You know the old library," sired to behold.
he will begin, and he will drift off
into tale after tale of happenings, fun- -i
ny, tragic and often pathetic, and al-
ways and always the old library will ,
be serving as the background.
And, then look back over your own
few years at Michigan. Where is itP
that the stories you tell your children s,
about college will be centered? Will
they be about the new buildings, or Juicigan Graduate Appointed Headof
: t wonders of Michigan's latest gifts vri Department at Uni-
No, they will not. You will find your -ry W h t
self thinking of the long-gone ac-
quaintances-after all so much more FOUNDER OF THE WOLVERINE
than acquaintances-whom you used to
accost in the library. You will find Prof. Lee A White, who is conduct-
yourself telling of the worn old steps ing the courses in journalism in the
carved by the hurried scraping of be- University this summer, yesterday re-
loved feet. You will be surprised to ceived and accepted appointment as
find how well you remember the first acting head of the department of
touch of frost on the vines that spread journalism at the University of Wash-
out their tiny tendrils to all but hide ington, to succeed Frank G. Kane,
the dull red of the bricks. resigned.
And then, before your memory has Mr. White has been assistant pro-
carried you too far, turn to a drawing fessor of journalism in the Seattle in-
of the library that is to be. And you stitution for the last two years. Prior
will nod approvingly, because you to his engagement there he was a
know you ought to, and say aloud, member of the editorial staff of the De-
"This will mean a lot to Michigan; a troit News. He was graduated from;
very fine building indeed." But deep Michigan in 1910 and took his mas-;
down in your heart, where that mem- ter's degree in 1911. During his stu-1
ory will still be at work, something dent days he founded The Gargoyle
w411 be saying, "Yes, it will mean a lot and edited for three years; founded
-to those, who have never known The Wolverine, which he ran in the;

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Why 9Not Try the
Skip-StopSystem?
Uncle Tom's Eliza would have nad a
much better chance to pull that drag-
to-crag act of hers if she had lived
today, andcould walk down Liberty
street where the only way of crossing
is by walking the plank or hopping
daintily from one soap box to the next.
There aren't any bloodhounds, to be
sure, but there's always someone just
behind you who thinks you could eas-
ily move with greater velocity, and
someone just ahead who is suffering
from locomotor ataxia; it's the old
problem of the irresistible force and
the inmmovable body.
FEW ILLNESSES IN DAMP DAVIS
Dr. Drury Reports Chief Ailments of
Summer Are Insect Bites
and Black Flies.
A medical report recently received
by the University health service from
Dr. Charles P. Drury, who is acting as
camp physician for the students of
Camp Davis and the Biological station
this summer, stated that in the period
between June 20 and August 1, 351
engineers and 66 biological students
had been treated by him. Treatments
were chiefly given for cuts, muscle
strains, abrasions, insect bites, sun-
burn, ivy poison, and other ailments
common to camp life. Dr. Drury re-
ports the camps in excellent condition
and says that while the thermometer
has risen to 104 F. during the day,
it has never fallen beflow 890 F. at
night, a very unusual thing for the
camp. There have been no heat pros-
trations this summer and the only
thn to mar the happiness of camp
life are the thousands of black flies
and mosquitoes, which are very plenti-
ful this summer.
Last Ninute News
Car Strike If Union Not Recognized
New York, Aug. 17.-Another strike
of conductors and motormen employed
by the New York ,Railways company
will be declared "forthwith" unless
the company grants recognition of
the union, according to resolutions
adopted at a mass meeting of the men
tonight.
Allies Gain Trenches Near Haurepas
London, Aug. 17.-A new blow for
which the French and British artil-
lery have been paving the way for
some time, was struck this afternoon
against the German front both north
and south of the Sommle. As a result,
Teuton trenches were carried on a
two-mile front on both sides of the
village of Maurepas to a depth of from
350 yards to 600 yards, while south of

MlCHIGAN TAKES
ON\ DPAH TA EN
Professor David Friday Lectures Be-
fore Students on "Culture
and Efficiency."
NOT CREDITED TO UNIVERSITY
"Michigan taxes are on the upward
trend and will continue in that di-
rection," said Prof. David Friday in
his lecture on "Culture and Efficiency"
in the Natural Science building Tues-
day afternoon.
"Although taxes have increased to
a remarkable degree in the last 10
years, this advance is not in any way
comparable with what it will be in
the future. Those who say that the
taxes in this state will decrease in-
stead of remaining at the total col-
lected last year, or even going above
.hat point, are talking in the wind. This
increase cannot be credited to, the
growing University appropriations,.for
these are only one-sixth of the to-
tal."
Professor Friday's lecture was .a
discussion of the relationship of cul-
ture and efficiency in the university
curriculum, comparing the purely cul-
tural courses with those of engineering
and economics. He laid especial stress
on the importance of the study of busi-
ness administration. He pointed out
that the two most important peases
of the development of gndustrial so-
ciety in late years are the great in-
crease in the individual output, and the
development of the conception of
equality of opportunity which is due
to our modern democracy.. Although
the output per capita has increased
three or four times over 101 years
ago, the social dividend is insufficient
to satisfy the wants of society. As a
result, the matter of industrial tech-
nique is' nt alone adequate for the
solution of the problem; it has become
a question of organization which only
the specialist trained in a particular
field can solve intelligently.
In the field of Justice and equity,
in questions of public control, prob-
lems have arisen which call for the
university-trained expert. The prob-
lems of taxation, railroad regulation,
and countless others relating intimate-
ly to the public welfare must be un-
dertaken by men of this stamp if they
are to be adjusted in the best way.
But efficiency and increased tech-
rique are not enough. Some schools
of business administration do not real-
ize that- efficiency in itself will lead
only to materialism.
The true value of efficiency is meas-
ured in its cultural ideal. In this
light strictly economic problems may
be regarded as cultural questions in
themselves. Just as labor problems
require an idealization of society for
their proper solution, so the greatest
need of modern society is an idealiza-
tion of industrial efficiency.
CHORAL UNION CONCERT PLEASES
LARGE, APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE
The hnnual summer concert of the
Choral union, directed by Kenneth N.
Westerman, was given last evening in
Hill auditorium before a large and
appreciative audience. The soloist of
the evening, Miss Ada Grace Johnson,
pleased the audience with her excel-
lent rendition of Mendelssohn's As-
the Heart Pants," which is particular-
ly suited to Miss Johnson's rich flow-
ing voice.
The singing of the four leaders of
the chorus, Horace L. Davis, first

tenor; Odra Patton, second tenor;
Walter Scott Westerman, first bass,
and George Cantrick, second tenor,
was in perfect harmony, and together
with background furnished by the
singing of the chorus, made the con-
cert one of the most enjoyable of the
summer.

Michigan. But never can it fill the
emptiness left by those crumbled old
bricks and tangled dead vines." And
then the chimes will interrupt your
reverie, and you will turn away with
a sigh.
8-Hour Day Proposed as Settlement
Washington, Aug. 17. - President
Wilson today completed a definite plan
for settlement of the threatened nation-
wide railroad strike, and will submit
it to representatives of the managers
and employes tomorrow. Administra-
tion officials said negotiations would
be continued until a peaceful solution
was found.
The proposal framed by the presi-
dent following conferences with the
managers and employes since Monday
morning is that the railways should
concede the eight-hour work day, with
an agreement that it will be observed.
Later it probably will be proposed that
a federal commission, appointed by
the president or created by congress,
investigate all problems which have
arisen during the present discussion.

summer of 1910, and was editor of the the river the German line, three-
Michigan Daily. During his senior quarters of a mile in length, was seized
years in Detroit Central high school by the French.
he edited The Student. .. _
llinois Merchant ti Manage Bookstore
ILL HEALTH AND WORRY OVER Charles W. Graham, a merchant of
SICK CHILI) CAUSES SUICIDE Champaign, Illinois, has left the man-
agement of the students' co-operation
Mrs. Henry Mills, of 643 S. Ingalls, supply store in that city to take up
thought to have been overcome be- the management of the Sheehan & Co.
cause of her constantly crying infant bookstore of this city.)
child of three months, who had been
in ill health ever 'since birth, cut her Last Dance to be Held at Golf Club
throat with her husband's razor yes- The last summer school dance at
terday morning. Henry Mills is a the Ann Arbor Golf club will be held
driver of a local delivery wagon. His at the club house next Saturday night.
wife heft her bed at about 4 o'clock A four-piece orchestra will furnish the
and was found dead in the kitchen by music. The charge will be fifty cents.
her husband at about 6 o'clock.
Mrs. Mills was the mother of three Creek Flowed Too Fast; Soaked $5
children. The two oldest children Alex Creek came over here from
were two and four years old. It is Jackson this morning and the first
thought that the strain of taking care thing he did after landing in town was
of the youngest child who was in ill to get himself arrested for speeding.
health, combined with other circum- That, however, does not hurt him much
stances, comprised the causes of the as he is a retired business man and
tragedy. Mrs. Mills has been de- has lots of money-so the police say.
scribed as a woman of rather melan- The court fined him five dollars and
choly temperament. costs.

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