THE WEATHER FAIR AND SLIGHTLY alu eri t e AT YOUR DOG THREE TIMES WARMER A WEEK I VOL. X. No. 17 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1919 PRICE THREE CE HOU-SE ABANDONS RHECESS TO AVERT RAg [IAYSTRI K E TO CONSIDER WAGE DEMANDS OF RAILWAY EM- PLOYEES LEGISLATORS ACT ON PRESIDENT'S REQUEST CHANGES MADE IN COACHING STAFF Michigan's 1919 football season drew perceptibly nearer today with the an- nouncement of the coaching staff that is to handle the Michigan's team this fall. Proposed Bill Empowers Wilson Comnandeer and Sell Food Products to Fielding H. Yost will be head coach of the Michigan Varsity for the nine- teenth consecutive year. Carl Lund- gren, Varsity baseball coach, N'ill be assistant coach, paying especial at- tention to the backfield candidates. Ernest J. Allmendinger, '13, will be hassistant coach in charge of the line, while Elmer Mitchell, '12, will coach the freshmen. Mitchell will also aid in training the Varsity men during pre- liminary training. The early training will commence Sept. 15, and between 25 and 30 men will be invited to attend this prelim- (Continued on Page Four) Tennis Tourney Decisions To We Made Next Week t . 010 STARS TO APPEAR1 IN SUMMER SPOTLIGHT Among the several stars of previous Michigan Union shows who will ap- pear in the Summer Spotlight show next Thursday night in Hill auditor- ium, are "Pete" Emmerman, '19L, and "Si" Simons, '16E, considered two of the best performers ever connected with a Michigan production. Emmerman sings and recites in a way that always arouses enthusiasm among members of his audience, and DEN EXPLAINS JUNIOR COLLEGEDEMELOPMENT (Editor's Note: The following article touching upon the devel- opment and present scope of the Grand Rapids Junior College has been written especially for The Wolverine by Mr. George G. Wright, '13, now dean of that college.) (George G. Wright) The Grand Rapids Junior College was founded six years ago, with an .initial enrollment of about 40 stu- dents. During three years its exist- PROF. THIEME TO SPEAK IN FRENCH Washington, Aug. 1. - The house, without a record vote, tonight aban- doned its week's recess plan in order to comply with President Wilson's re- quest to take up railway employees' wage inclease demands. The recess was to have begun tomorrow night. In asking congress to create a spe- cial investigation commission to pass upon the railway employees' demands, the President also requested it be stip- ulated in the legislation that, if wage increases' are allowed under its award, it should be mandatory on the rate making authority to increase rail- road rates enough to meet the ad- vances. The president's request, addressed to Speaker Gillett, of the house, and to the Republican floor leader, Mon- dell, follows: "The dictator general of railroads in- forms me that the situation with ref- erence to the railroads is growing so critical every hour that I hope it will be possible for the house to postpone its recess until some definite action is taken upon the recommendations contained in my letter to Mr. Esch. Officials of the government have been in consultation with reference to the problems growing out of the high cpst of living upon which I expect recommendations to be made within a fortnight. I sincerely trust that the proposed recess of congress may be postponed, at least until such time as we may know definitely the problems which confront us, growing out of this intricate situation." Washington, Aug. 1. - Power would be given the president to commandeer all food products, fix prices on them and distribute them for sale through any method he may devise, under a bill introduced in the house this aft- ernoon by Representative James, Mich- igan. The bill would apropriate $10,- 000,000 for the use of the president in carrying out its provisions. Washington, AL. 1. -- It was learn-E ed late today that the officials with whom Attorney-General Palmer co-t ferred regarding living costs would meet again next Tuesday, at which time the special committee was in- structed to inquire especially into charges of "profiteering." Julius Barnes, director of the United1 States Grain corporation, has been in-t viited to attend Tuesday's meeting. It was not disclosed whether his at-7 tendance presaged consideration of7 the suggestion that this year's wheatt crop be sold at a price determined by the law of supply and demand, and the difference to the farmers be made up from the billion-dollar congression- al appropriation. EXCURSION TO PUT-IN-BAY f STARTS IN EARLY MORNING A special titerurban, which carried the members of the Put-in-Bay excur- sion, left early this morning for De- troit where the party will take a boat for the Lake Erie resort. After spend- ing the day at Put-in-Bay, the excur-1 sionists will return in the evening toc Detroit where the interurban will1 meet the party at the docks. They will arrive in Ann Arbor about 10:30 o'clock." Fischer and Bassett will meet Clippert and Parsons in the semi- final round of the doubles tennis tournament today to determine which team is to play Munz and Merkel for the campus championship. Clippert and Parsons won their way into the semi-finals by defeating Breakey' and Sanchez, 7-5, 7-5. The finals in both singles and dou- bles will go to the first side winning three sets. All semi-final matches will be decided by the best two out of three sets. The doubles finals will be played next week, probably on Wednesday. Announcement of the time and offi- cials will be made in Tuesday's issue of The Wolverine. But one match remains in the third round singles, and this match will be played today, leaving but seven men in the tournament. Worth and Bed- dow are the opponents in the last third round match. Angell has already won his way into the semi-final round by defeat- ing Merkel, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, in one of the best matches of the tournament. As a result of his play in this match An- gell is favored by many to win the singles championship. He will play the winner of the Breakey-Harbert match for the honor of representing the upper panel in the finals. In addition to Angell, Breakey and Harbert, Munz, Bowers, Sanchez, and the winner of the Worth-Beddow mat remain in the fourth round. Play in this round will begin im- mediately and must be completed by Tuesday night. This will enable the semi-finalists to complete their match- es by Thursday night, so that the+ finals can be played one week from today. BONISTEELE, '18P, U. S. N., ARRIVES HOME ON LEAVE William Bonisteele, '18P, who en-' listed in the medical department of the navy soon after his graduation, is in Ann Arbor on a leave of absence.' Bonisteele has been making trips to' France on the transport Leviathan for the past year. CHINESE CLUB GATHERS AT LANE HALL FRIDAY EVENING The Chinese students' club held a' social gathering at 7:30 o'clock Friday+ evening in Lane hall, where a pro- gram of characteristic Chinese games was given. Music and singing by the women of the organization were in- cluded in the evening's entertainment. Mrs. Bishop to Entertain League Owing to the illness of Mrs. L. C. Karpinski, next week's entertainment of the Women's league will be given by Mrs. W. W. Bishop from 3 to 6 o'clock Thursday at her home, 715 Church street. A short program is being arranged. announcement of his return, and ap- pearance in the Summer Spotlight, has created considerable interest among those who have seen and heard him. He made himself famous while in the University with his vocaliza- tion of "That's Why They Call Me State Street Pete." Simons is a composer who has con- tributed several very good songs to the Ann Arbor collection, and has also done considerable professional work. Al Jolson and Norah Bayes are now using his "When It's Onion Hime in Bermuda." Emmerman will sing the latter song, with Simons at the piano. Rehearsals are being held every night at the Michigan Union building under direction of E. Mortimer Shuter, director of "Come On, Dad," last year's successful Michigan Opera, who promises a polished production by next Thursday night. NEGROH SITUATION IN DETROIT NOT ALRMING -PROFESSOR WOOD. The negro situation in Detroit is not alarming at the present time, ac- cording to Prof. Arthur E. ,Wood, of the sociology department, who is do-1 ing criminal survey there for the re- search bureau of the Associated char- ities. No immediate trouble is an- ticipated, but a great remedial agency is considered necessary to improve4 housing conditions for all working classes. Professor Wood is conducting in-J vestigations in crime statistics and particularly in regard to the negroi situation. He spends three days of< each week in Detroit and his research will result in a case work on special agencies, the family, the delinquent, which will be published this fall. Because of rapid growth and gen- erally congested conditions the hous- ing problem in Detroit is a grave one,l says Professor Wood. All types ofi crime have increased, but redemptiont lies in the fact that automobile in- dustries are still in need of labor and wages are high. As long as there is no decline in manufacturing the labor situation is tolerably good. Detention houses are financed by the community union, and a housing corporation has started buildings toi rent at low rates. One brick house, old and almost a hovel, in a negro district was found to rent for $75 per month. Professor Wood will also have ready for publication this fall a new publication, "Housing and Health Survey of Princeton, New Jersey." Itj is an investigation and critical analy-< sis of housing conditions in that lo- cality. ence was somewhat precarious, and it would seem that it was on the point of dying out altogether, when a sur- vey of the Grand Rapids school sys- tem, made by a committee of which Prof. Calvin 0. Davis, of the educa- tional department of the University of Michigan, was a member,,recommend- ed that the work of the school should be both maintained and extended. From that time to this progress has been rapid, and during'the year just past there, were more than 500 stu- dents enrolled, of which more than 300 were in the day school. The Grand Rapids school, which started out merely as an echo of the Californian Junior college, and offered in its early years only such courses as would fulfill typical "fresh-lit" re- quirements, has in the past two years taken on much of the complexion of the Ohio municipal colleges, and has offered more or less complete courses of its own, as suggested by local con- ditions. It is necessary, however, to state here with some emphasis that it has ever been the ideal of the faculty and administrative officers of the Junior College to send on to the Uni- versity every student who seemed capable of appreciating and profiting by further educational experience, and a very large and increasing propor- tion of our students have in fact thus continued their studies. Special Departments~ It is not the purpose of the present article to dwell upon the general char- acter of the Junior College movement, either in Michigan or elsewhere, but rather to indicate a few somewhat special developments in the Grand Rapids institution, which may be of interest to educators, in suggesting the possibilities of the junior college as they have been discovered and worked out in this particular city. The Junior College offers of course the first two years of work leading to the Arts and Engineering degrees in the university. Courses in rhetoric and literature, classical and modern languages, history, mathematics, phys- ics, economics, etc., of first and sec- ond year college grade are offered, so that a student may elect such courses as fit his tasks or his future profes- sion or business. School of Art and Industry The first special development with- in the Junior College came about as a result of the demand in Grand Rap- ids for men and women trained in artistic design. Grand Rapids, be- sides being a printing and advertising center, is of course one of the world centers of high-grade furniture manu- facture. As such, the city offers a fine field for designers. By the es- tablishment of the school of art and industry, the board of education has attempted to meet this need, and under the direction of Mr. Harry M. Kurtz- (Continued on Page Four) Prof. Hugo P. Thieme's lecture "La France et l'Amerique pendent et apres la Guerre" to be'given in French at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Natural Science auditorium marks the first trial in an experiment by the Summer session officials to determine if lectures in foreign languages will prove popular. The opinion of Dean Kraus is that the result will be satisfactory because of the large number of students reg- istered in French courses, both ad- vanced and elementary. The talk Monday is to be somewhat similar to the lectures which are given during the regular session under the aus- pices of the Cercle Francais. Professor Thieme is a member of the French faculty and collaborated with Dean John R. Effinger in writ- ing the text book used in elementary French courses. Stove Leaguers Give More Old Scores to'Tigers (By Whozzat) "Well, why shouldn't we utilize these old baseball scores?" queried the sec- retary of Ann Arbor's newly organiz- ed Stove league, when questioned re- garding the activities of the league. "Many of these scores were made by' Detroit teams and still rightly belong to them. "These scores were made by Michi- gan teams all the way from 20 to 50 years ago. They have been laying around out here in Ann Arbor ever since. The team has no further use for them and if they can be used toI advantage by the Detroit team, I see' no reason why we should not turn them over to Manager Jennings." That is the situation as it stands at present. Moved by pleas of govern- ment officials that nothing should be permitted to go to waste, the Stovel league has determined to do its part. "Take the game played| between Michigan and the Hiawatha club in 1886, for example," said the secretary1 of the league. "In this game Michigan scored 75 runs to 10 for the opposing club. Think what Jennings could do with those 75 runs on Detroit's presentl eastern trip." Officials' Attitude That is the attitude of the Stovel league officials. The scores are laying around out here and no one is using them. Meanwhile, the cost of living is steadily advancing, simply because these baseball scores, and other simi- lar essentials, are not being utiliezd. "We do not wish to be misunder- stood," said the. secretary of the league when questioned. "We are not at- tempting to force our aid on the De- troit club or on its supporters. We are attempting to co-operate our work with other reconstruction plans of the government, which, it is hoped, will result in a great saving. While the government saves food, we will gather; together these old scores which have lain unused for so long. Working with the government in this way we shouldf prove a powerful force in the conser- vation cause." Second Batch The second batch of scores, offered; by the Stove league to Detroit, was gleaned from early day statistics. In 1867, according to the secretary of the! league, Michigan's second Varsity baseball team played two games, both with the Detroit city team. Detroit won the first, 36 to 20, but Michigan! won the second 70 to 17. The second game required three and one-half hours and completely exhausted both teams. Six home runs were made in this contest. The following year two more games! were played with Detroit. Michigan won the first 26 to 24 in an overtime game when the Wolverine sluggers poled out two home runs in the elev- enth inning. The second game re- (Continued ,on Page Three) UNIO9N CAFETERIJ AND SODA BAR T OPEN WEDNE5O1 PRACTICALLY ALL OF EQUIPME INSTALLED AND READY FOR USE SOFT DRINK BAR TO B GRILL ROOM FEATUI Decorations of Semi-Futurist Desi Soda Fountain 30 Feet in Length Wednesday of next week is th probable date for the opening of th *new Union cafeteria and soda ba located in the basement of the build ing. Meals and refreshments at popu lar prices are to be served there. .Except for the tables and a few min or furnishings, practically all the fix tures have been completed and in stalled. The lunch counter and th soda bar, which are of oak, are com plete and modern, and were selecte by the Union with a view to securin the highest efficiency. Through thi; means it is expected that the servic will be unusually prompt. Near-Beer Service The Union plans to make the -nev ;rill in some measure reminiscent o anti-prohibition days. In mugs coole in a refrigerator and handed out ove: a bar with a brass foot rail, near-bee: will be sold to the student patrons The best up-to-date brands will be "on tap" at the bar. Soft drinks also will be dispense from the fountain, the most complete in Ann Arbor. It is 30 feet in lengtl and its size is considered a guarante that large crowds can be taken care of quickly. Futurist Decorations The decorations of the grill roon are of a semi-futurist design. Tiles o bright colors form mosaics in the wall: and this color scheme will be carrie out in the tables and chairs. Eac table, of which there are 38, with a total seating capacity of 152, will b enameled in four colors, and will b supplied with chairs each correspond Ing to one of the four tints. The over head lighting fixtures are designed t4 follow out the color motif. The remainder of the building i likewise being pushed to completion All temporary floors are being torn uj and the permanent flooring is being laid. i WHAT'S GOING ON August 2 5:30 a. m.-Excursion to Put-in-Bay Lake Erie, under the direction o: Prof. I. D. Scott, via Michigan Cen- tral railroad to Detroit and steame to Put-in-Bay. August 4 5 p. m.-La France et, l'Ameriqu pendant et apres la Guerre ( French), Prof. Hugo P. Thieme. 8 p. m.-The Yangtse Gorges and Be yond (illustrated), Dr. C. E. Thomp kins, of Fuchau, China. August 5 5 p. m.-The Origin and Nature o Color in Plants (Illustrated), Prof H. Kraemer. 8 p. m.-The Care of the Injured Sold ie with Special Reference to th Blind and Deaf, Prof. W. R. Parker August 6 5 p. m.-The British General Electio of 1918, Prof. R. M. Wenley. 8 D. m.-Concert. Faculty of the Uni versity School of Music (Hill audi torium). Augut 7 5 p. m.-Where Are We Coming Out i1 Vocational Education? Prof. G. ! Myer. 8 p. m.-Educational motion pictures 8 p. m.-Joyshow, under the Auspice of the Michigan Union. Admissiol will be charged. (Hill auditorium. o PRESBY'TERIAN CHURCH Huron and Division Streets :30 A. M. Sermon by Rev..John Comin. :45 A. M. Talk by Prof. W. D. Henderson. :30 P. M. Young People's Evening Service. 10 11 6 f - _ THE MICHIGAN UNION PRESENTS ITS Thursday August SUMMER SPOTLIGHT Admissioi 60c MINSTREL AND VAUDEVILLE.= PERFORMANCE EXTRAORDINARY Hill Auditorium