917 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGn -- i PROF. A. .WHITE ENTERS ARMY ENGINEERING CORPS EXPERIMENT UPON MOTAL OF NITROGEN FROM AIR RE- Prof. A. H. White of the chemical en- gineering faculty left last night for Washington where he will take up his duties as a captain of the nitrate division of the army engineering corps. Congress recently appropriated $20,- 000,000 for the, erection and main- tenance of laboratories where the fixa- tion of nitrogen from air will be ex- perimented upon. Every pound of ex- plosive requires a pound of nitrogen in its manufacture and the present supply of the American army depends entirely upon the amount secured from the fields in Chile and other parts of South America. If this sup- ply should be cut off the army would be helpless within six months. Professor White will experiment with resources of our own country in an endeavor to overcome this possible calamity. A plant will be constructed in Washington immediately at the ex- pense of $4,000,000, and Professor White will be a member of the experi- mental staff located there. Prof. A. E. White, Mr. Clair Upthegrove and Mr. Lieu of the chemical faculty also have captaincies in the service. 3o Golden Minutes For Military Men 8 o'Clock Classes Will Begin at 7:30 Monday and Continue for Balance of Year The war's sacrifices are not con- fined to the battle field will again be impressed upon Michigan students be- ginning Monday, Oct. 8, upon which day it has been decided to set the classes back a half hour in order to give way to a more extended, course in military training. Classes will then and thereafter be- gin at 7:30 o'clock instead of at 8 o'clock as is now the rule, and will close regularly at 3:30 o'clock, there- by adding a half hour to the afternoon devoted to military training. Choral Union Tryouts Begin Thursday Tryouts for membership in the Uni- versity Choral Union will be held by Dr. Stanley at the University School of Music, from 10 to 12 and 4 to 5 o'clock daily, beginning Thursday of this week. Former members of the chorus should also register at these hours. Members in the chorus must pay a fee of $3.00, $1.50 of which will be re- funded at the end of the year when the music books are returned. Mem- bers in good standing are given free admission to'all concerts on the pre- festival as well as the May Festival series. Engineers Start Membership Drive A .membership in the engineering society and a year's subscription toi the Technic are being offered for $1.25 in the campaign the society is carry- ing on for members. Members are signing up rapidly and, indications are that the membership will be fully as large as last year.1 Plans are being made for an all-engi- neer smoker to be given at the Union within the next month. Usual society dances will be given throughout thef year.- Army Needs Flame and Gas Chemists Flame and gas chemists are in de- mand in the United States army en- gineering corps at present. Four captaincies and 24 lieutenant- cies are open to anyone who can qual-c ify for the commissions. Anyone en-c rolling will see immediate service in1 France.t Additions to the faculty list at Ohio State University number more thant 100 this year. . Fountain pens, all the best makes,L at Wahr's.-Adv.t The official Freshman cap. Wagner & Co. State St. at Liberty.-Adv. n Army Men to Have City Jobs Vack Police Department to Lose One Man by Draft; Two Firemen Subject to Army Call Employees of the city of Ann Arbor who enlist or are drafted into the serv- ice of the United States are to be re- instated in their former positions upon their return from helping Uncle Sam win the war, according to the action of the city council last night. Frank Keihl, three years patrolman on the ,police force, is one of the men .to be affected. He has been called and passed1by the board and will leave for Camp Custer Nov. 1. Harley Wise and Raymond Gillespie, members of the fire department, are also subject to call. One of the other actions of the coun- cil was to approve a plan of the high school to build a driveway from Hill street into their athletic field. A communication was read from Mayor Wurster announcing a reorgan- ization of the police department, to take effect Nov. 1 of this year. Two new patrolmen were appointed and Thomas O'Brien was named sergeant and acting chief. Several shifts were also made on the force. TRAIN FOR FIELD NURSES WAR WORKERS URGE WOMEN The committee on women's war work of New York City has issued a bulletin urging college women to un- dertake the study of professionalinurs- ing in order that Red Cross and other trained nurses may be released for war service in the foreign hospitals. This country can supply more than 9,000 professional nurses, but the places of these women must be filled by other women in the hospitals at home. First aid and home nursing courses are of little real value, but hospitals are anxious for women to take up regular courses in nursing. In most of the best hospitals, credit for a full year will be given to grad- uates of approved colleges, who have had the proper preparation in scien- tific and social courses. This will lengthen the regular nurses' two-year course one year. Junior Women Pilot Freshman Girls One hundred and forty junior wom- en have, cared for nearly 500 fresh- man girls since their arrival. The work consisted in meeting trains, finding accommodations for the new students, and assisting them in the task of registration. Much of the service, in charge of Anna Mc- Mahon, '19, took place in University hall, where a rest room was maintain- ed under the direction of Groeso Gaines, '19. The: work, which is most active during the first few weeks, continues phroughout the year, and the juniors will entertain their freshmen at the annual Junior Advisor supper, which will follow Dean Myra Jordan's tea to freshman women, Monday afternoon, Oct. 8. German Captain Violates Mann Act Philadelphia, Oct. 2.-Captain Max Phidichadms, former commander of the seized German commercial raider, was today found guilty of violating the Mann act in bringing a woman from Ithaca, N. Y., for improper pur- poses. Sentence was postponed pending disposition for a motion for a new trial. The German captain also is under imbatement and a charge of violating the postal laws in sending an improper letter to a school teacher in Saginaw, Mich. Will Train Negroes at Each Camp Washington, Oct. 2.-With plenty of room available at the national army cantonments, due to the large num- ber of men soon to be withdrawn to fll up the national guard and other branches, the war department has again modified its plans for negro troops of the national army forces. It is now the purpose, Secretary Bak- er, said today, to train a complete unit of negroes at each of the 16 can- tonnments. Basket ball and Gym shoes. Wag- ner & Co. State St. at Liberty.-Adv. 11 1 I I Conklin &VSwan Pens Military r Al arm ~ Clocks Guaranteed $1.25 HALLER & FULLER State Street Jewelers - Agents for GRUEN VERITHIN AND BRACELET WATCHES mmm ----------- B-I-C S-A-L-E Jo SUMMER RESORT PIANOS COMMENCING MONDAY, OCTOBER 1st, 1917 GR INN ELL B ROS. MUSIC HOUSE 116 SO. MAIN ST. ANN ARBOR F