AT ;R DOOR YI TSHEUMMERNEWSPAPER VOL. VIIL No. 19 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1917 P!ICE FIVE CENTS PROFESSOR KRAVS T0LECTURE TODAY Dean of Summer Session to Give 11. lustrated Talk on "Gems and Precious Stones" 2 OTHER LECTURES THIS WEEK Prof. E. H. Kraus, of the Minerology department and dean of the summer session, will deliver a lecture on "Gems and Precious Stones," at 5 o'clock this afternoon in the auditor- ium of the Natural Science building. Professor Kraus will show what characteristics congtitute a gem and will discuss the difficulties of mak- ing certain stones by the synthetic process. He will also explain the pro- cess of recovery from the mine and the cutting process. The lecture will be illustrated with slides and also with specimens of the stones them- selves, which will be thrown on the screen with a reflectoscope. Prof. Brumm Speaks Friday "The Case Against English Gram- mar" is the subject of a lecture to be given at 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Natural Science building by Prof. J. H. Brumm of the Rhetoric departmbit. Professor Brumm will criticise the present method of teach- Ing English and suggest a remedy for the faults of formal education in grammar. Prof. Hegner Lectures Tomorrow Prof. R. W. Hegner, of the Zoology department, will deliver a lecture on "The Relation of Insects to Man," at 9 o'clock tomorrow night in the Na- tural Science building. Professor Hegner will talk about both beneficial and injurious insects that live in gard- ens and farms. Professor Hegner has been granted a year's leave of absence to do research work at Johns Hopkins university. MILITARY STUDENTS START MAP MAKING Major Wilson's Classes Visit Riflle Range and Practice with Trench Mortar A thorough drill in road map mak- ing was given to the students in Ma- jor C. E. Wilson's military courses yesterday afternoon. Sketches of the different roads entering Ann Arbor were accurately made by several. squads of men. Guard and mount duty will be given to the military men this afternoon. "Cannon" fire will also be undertaken. The gunners will shoot several rounds from the "trench mortar" that was re- cently constructed by the class, and the squad attaining the greatest num- ber of "hits" will hold the champion- ship. On Friday the classes will be given instruction in contour map making and demonstrate their ability in throw- ing bombs. The bqmbs weigh about one pound each. The "bomb thrower" hurls the weight about 60 feet and aims to land the sphere within a two- foot circle. A small number of the men will visit the rifle range at 6:30 o'clock this evening. CLIMS AMERICA MUST DECIDE RESULT Of WAR Professor Hobbs Delivers Lecture on "The Outlook of De- mocracy" Whether autocracy or democracy wins this war is for America to de- cide, was the main point brought out in Prof. W. H. Hobb's lecture on "The Outlook of Democracy," deliv- ered Tuesday evening in the Natural Science auditorium. "The pacifist sentiment has in America been due to her tardiness in realizing responsibility and taking part in the great struggle," said Pro- fessor Hobbs. "Even now the coun- try is not fully alive to the situation but it is rapidly awakening. It is my firm conviction that once thoroughly aroused that American will do honor to her noblest traditions." Concerning the phases of the war the lecturer said, "Every long war has passed through the successive stages of onset, grip and drag. Country with Largest Resources Wins "When the German armies recoiled from the Marne the grip of the war (Continued on Page Four) CAMP DAVIS 'PRODUCES SOME BAEBAL STARS Mosquito and Blackfly Leagues Each Have Several Good Team Combinations baseball activities at Camp Davis are producing several stars that might appear in the Varsity line-up next spring. In the Mosquito league there are two teams that have a clean rec- ord. In the sister league, the Black- fly combination boasts of one team with a 1.000 per cent average. A big game between the lnaders is scheduled this week, and the nine that brings home the laurels will probably be the pennant winner for the sum- mer. Last week the result of the games showed that the faculty still have something on the students, capturing two games. The Staves were con- quered by the Plumbobs, 14 to 5; while the Transits beat the Axes by the same score. The result of the other games were: Planimeters vs. Sextants, 10 to 5, and the Alidades vs. Levels, 9 to 6. The standing of the teams in the FOOTBALL HOPES NOT VERY BRIGHT Many of Last Year's Stars Either Graduated or In Nation's Service 'PAT' SMITH NOT EXPECTED BACK Prospects for an all-star eleven at Michigan this fall are not of a prom- ising nature. Many of the stars on the Varsity team last year have either graduated or been called to the colors. The gridiron artists who graduated last spring are: Ex-captain John Maulbetsch, M. F. Dunne, W. A. Nie- mann, A. Martens, F. L. Rehor, J. L. Whalen, E. A. Biber, O. P. Pobanz andl H. M Zeigler Smith Not Expected Back 'Pat" Smith, the newly elected cap- tain of the Varsity squad, is now at the Great Lakes naval training sta- tion and will probably be missing from the ranks in the fall. C. M. Sparks, who starred as quarterback in a number of the big games last year, is expected to be here when the roll call is taken in October. The other Varsity men who will probably return if not drafted, are R. F. Weske. Johnson, C. S. Nash, P. T. Raymond, R. G. Dunn, W. L. Peach, Wieman, J H. Sharpe and H. Ingham 250 Letters Sent Out About 25) letters were sent out to the football men intending to return this fall several weeks ago. No ans- wers have as yet been received and no definite announcement can be made. The Varsity will have a large number of new recruits, many of which have played spectacular football in the dif- ferent schools they attended. Coach Feilding H. Yost will be on hand about the middle of September to whip the team into first class shape. Women's Party To 2e Given Friday More Than 30 Different Colleges Rep- resented By Women in 1917 aSummer Session Over 30 different colleges are rep- resented by the women attending the Unversity of Michigan this summer, and the Women's league will take ad- vantage of this fact in planning its party for all University women from 4 to 6 o'clock, Friday, at Barbour gym- nasium. Each girl is requested to wear her college colors and to consider herself as coming from that college whether she is a graduate of it or not. The college having the largest represent- ation, aside from the University of Michigan, will be awarded a prize. Skits will be given by the different col- lege groups. Dancing will be another amusement for the afternoon. The colleges represented by the 350 women students are: Mt. Holyoke. Columbia, Wellesley, Oberlin, George Washington University, Vassar, Cor- nell, University of Chicago, Boston University, Smith, University of Illin- ois, Hiram College, Wells, Ypsilanti, (Continued on Page Four) WOLVERINES PENETRTE LINES OFCAMP FORCES Michigan-Viseonsin Regiment Puts Up Good Battle in Fort Sheridan Practice Engagement Fort Sheridan, Ill., Aug. 8. - The Michigan-Wisconsin regiment claimed the decision tonight after an all-day battle between the Michigan-Wiscon- sin and Illinois student officers, in which artillery and cavalry joined with infantry. An exciting incident of the day came when a patrol from the Michigan cavalry troop broke through the Illinois lines and captured the tower at the center of the fort. Immediately after the morning mess shortly after daybreak the Michigan troops started north in the direction of Libertyville. Illinoisans went south to Highwood, where they took up a a defensive position. Michigan Men Penetrate Lines It was then -up to the Wolverines to penetrate their lines and enter the fort. Four cavalrymen did this; the infantrymen claim they did the same, and the instructors refuse to render a decision, claiming it was simply good physical and mental gymnastics. (Continued on Page Four) WENLEY WITES BOOK ON WORK_ OF MORRIS Book Contains Interesting Account of One of Great American Philosophers The latest volume of the University of Michigan publications is Professor Wenley's "The Life and Work of George Sylvester Morris, a Chapter in the History of American Thought in the Nineteenth Century," which was published last week. Professor Morris was one of the significant figures in the history of American philosophy. Long residence in France and Germany made him familiar with European movements. At first, from 1870 till 1879, he oc- cupied the chair of modern languages in the University of Michigan. After a year as lecturer on philosophy at Johns Hopkins, he returned to Michi- gan as professor of philosophy, where he became one of the grat leaders of the idealist school. His death, in 1889, at the early age of forty-eight, was a great misfortune for the University, an irreparable loss to American thought. Professor Wenley's book is much more than a biography. He sets Morris in the midst of the entire movement of thought, European no less than Ameri- can, and shows how he representd the passage from the old Calvinistic ways of thinking in New England, to the international scientific methods of approach to problems, now universal. Specialists who read the manuscript are of opinion that the book is de- stined to become a classical account of this characteristic transition, espe- cially for the English-speaking peo- ples. The book may be obtained through any of the local booksellers. HEAVY IND HURTS TENNISMATCHES Four Players Already Qualified for Third Elimination Series; Three More Eligible SHIELDS LOSES HARD CONTEST Handicapped by a strong wind sweeping over the tennis courts yes- terday afternoon at Ferry Field, the three sets of singles .played in the sec- ond elimination contest were not of the usual high standard, being marred by wild plays. The results of the games narrowed the field of competi- tion for the third elimination series to four players, and with the second round to be played today, seven entries will be on hand for the third elimina- tion. The results of the third series in the first elimination contests played Wednesday afternoon are as follows: Jeffries took the first game by 6-8, Sutton winning the other two by the score 6-2 and 6-3. Buell followed by taking the first and last games from Hardy by a 6-4 and 6-1 count, Hardy easily grabbing the second by 6-1. In the match between Krohngold and Bintz, Bintz lost the first by 6-1, taking the other two by 6-1 and 5-3, the last game being called on account of darkness. Four Ready for Semifinals In the first series of the second elimination contests played yesterday afternoon, Fox, Langworthy, Kirkpat- rick and Redfern were placed in the third elimination by winning their sets. Fox defeated Doty by 6-1 and 6-2. Langworthy then took two games from Doolittle by 6-1 and 6-0. Da wey for- feited to Kirkpatrick, thus putting Kirkpatrick into the semifinals without much effort. Redfern, in the most stubbornly fought contest of the after- noon, grabbed two games from Shields by the score 6-4 and 6-1. Today's schedule, which will begin at 4 o'clock, in the last round of the second elimination contest, is as fol- lows: Chandler vs. Egley, Sutton vs. Bintz. With the third elimination due to be played Friday, and the semifinals Saturday, the singles of the tennis tournament will be completed early next week, and the doubles will begin immediately afterwards. All those who wish to appear in the doubles are urged to hand in their names to Chair- man Hedin. The men can select their own partners in this competition, The semifinal schedule to be played on Friday afternoon will be drawn some time tonight, and the men will be notified some time during the even- ing. The matches will be drawn by lots, as those heretoforg. Fire Partly Destroys Board Fence Fire partly destroyed the high board fence behind the Mechanical labora- tory yesterday noon. A large pile of shavings was being burned and the fiames got beyond control. The men working there at the time easily ex- tinguished it with a common garden hose and by chopping the burning parts out. two leagues is as follows: Mosquito League Team. W. L. Faculty .............. 3 0 Heliotropes ........... 2 0 Plumbobs ............ 2 1 Tapes ...............1 1 Staves .............. 0 3 Rods ...............0 3 Blackfly League Team. W. L. Planimeters .......... 3 0 Alidades .............2 1 Transits .............. 2 1 Sextants ............. 1 1 Levels ............... 0 2 Axes .................0 3 Pet. 1.000 1.000 .666 1 .500 .000 .000 Pct. 1.000 .666 .666 .500 .000 .000 - VI 250 AT Sheehan's Wahr's Slater's THE SUMMER SCHOOL DIRECTORY NOW ON SALE, 25c AT Sheehan's Wahr's Slater's Student Supply Store Subscription receipts may be redeemed at any of these stores or at Wolverine Offiee