'1 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1917. [ C NOTICE 11 With the approval of the President and the various departments interested, all freshman classes, scheduled to meet at the time of the freshman assembly today, will be excused. JOHN R. EFFINGER, Dean. All freshmen of the liter- ary college are expected to be present at the assembly to te held at 10:30 o'clock today in University hall. Prof. John R. Brumm of the rhetoric department will speak on a subject of inter- est to first year men. I f fl TO PARADE IN HONOR OF 78 v ARBOR MEN LEAVING FOR BATTLE CREEK ,t All classes in the University have been dismissed from 8:00 to 9:30 o'- clock Thursday morning by order of President Hutchins to allow students to participate in a parade to be held din honor of 78 men who will leave Ann Arbor for Camp Custer. The city police department and city officials will head the parade. The University band will follow and be- hind that will come the, ordnance corps under Prof. J. A. Bursley and the students of the University in or- der of their classes: senior junior, sophomore and freshman. Women are also asked to march with their classes. Following them will march Ot- ito's band, the Boy Scouts, the high school students, the Salvation Army band, the Rotary club, and other city organizations, in the order named. The ~selected men will bring up the close of this parade. Many Townspeople To March Many townspeople will also march and the school children of the city will view the parade from different points .Along the line of march. Efforts are being made to secure bands from Yp- silanti and Chelsea and the employees of the Hoover Steel Ball company to LMarch in the parade. At the end of the line of march, the students will line up at the sta- tion so that the drafted men may pass tn review. Without breaking their (Continued on Page Six) DEANS OF SUMMER SCHOOLS TO MEET U.S. WAR MISION MEETS BRIISHRS Army, Navy, Food Controllers, Ship- ping Boards, Treasuries, and War Trades Represented ITALIANS PREVENT INVADERS FROM PUSHING SOUTHWARy Haig Starts Series of Attacks Against Germans Near St. Quen- tin BULLETIN London, Nov. 20. Premier . Lloyd George In his address at the allied war council told the mission that the collapse of Russ.. Ia and the reverses to Italy "made it even more imperative than be- fore that the United States send as many troops as possible acrvss the Atlantic as early as possible." (By Associated Press) The American mission headed by Colonel Edward M. House, which re- cently arrived in England for the pur- pose of discussing and co-ordinating efforts to win the war, has had its in- itial meeting with the British war council. Details of the conference, naturally- have. been kept secret, but announce- ment is made that little formality at tended it, and that satisfactory pro- gress marked the discussion. The far reaching scope of the conference is in- dicated -by the attendance upon the meeting of joint representatives of the army, navy, the food controllers, ship- ping boards, the treasuries, and war7 trade boards. Italians Repulse Germans Four Times Between the Brenta and the Pave rivers on the northern front of the Italian theater, the Italians are ten- aciously holding back the enemy and! preventing his advance southward to the Venetian plains, the gaining ofI which would Wreck their entire liney along the PiaVe river southward to theF Adriatic sea. Four times attacks against Monte Tomba, the chief posi-a tion still blocking the way from the1 hilly country to the plain, have, been1 repulsed by the Italians. Capture Prisoners and Guns East of the Asiago plateau the Italians are keeping up their offensive against the invaders and have taken more than 300 prisoners and a number1 of machine guns and several hundred rifles. Along the Piave river the en- emy has apparently made no further effort to cross the stream, after the serious losses he sustained in being driven back Monday from the Zenson bridge head. Shifting his offensive to the south, Field Marshall Haig has delivered ai series of attacks against the Germans in the region between St. Quentin and the river Scarpe. MEDICAL SOCIETY ELECTS 5 SENIORS Alpha Omega Alpha will Initiate New1 Members at Banquet _ December 1h Five senior medical students have been elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, national honorary medical fraternity.t They are: John T. Connell, Ann Ar- bor; toy M. Greenthal, Detroit; Merit .D. Haag, Wauseon, 0.; Lynne A. Hoag, Ann Arbor; and Lester C. Todd, Detroit. The new members will be initiated pt a banquet to be given on Dec. 13, at the Union. This will also mark the tenth anniversary of the chapter at: Michigan. Arrest Broker for Liberty Loan Fraud New York, Nov. 20.-Elmer Dwig- gins, New York bond broker, arrested in Montgomery, Ala., last week charg- ed with using the mails to defraud in the sale of Liberty bonds. was held inc $50,000 bail here yesterday.t 30 Sesu Ye .. '\\_ THE PENDULUM .-MUST SWING 17 shi fiver ACK! . _ RIETY TO BE FEA TUE " AR, NOTHING BUT SOf 1911 BAND FE TIU OTES FRENCH, MIN MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONGS AND CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES ~I siy GIVE SKETCHES, AND OPERA ON THE PROGRAM Lulling melodies from Hawaii, where the dark-eyed maidens dance gracefully to the accompaniment of ,the ukelele and steel guitar, will soothe the senses of those who attend the an- nual Band Festival to be given at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow evening in Hill auditorium. The Hawaiian instru- mental pieces, which will be rendered by the Wailana Four, overflow with the spirit of the Pacific isles. Jazz Music and Songs In direct contrast to the soothing songs from the South Seas, comes- a "Joyful Jumble of Jazz," produced by Cottington's Mean Music Makers. More variety will again be heard when Carlos A. Zanelli, '18E, appears in operatic selections. L. B. Emmerman, '18L, and Seymour Simons, '17E, will entertain from be- hind the footlights in a number of songs written by Simons especially for the Band Festival. The martial spirit will shine forth in "Women of Michigan," which is expected to be the hit of the act. The other two songs which Simons has composed are "Still We Call Them Babies Today" and "I Know a Girl," both of which are said to be very catchy. Vaudeville Specialties Sketches from Dixie, the land of cotton and watermelons, will be given by the Darktown Four-tette. F. D. Reider, '18, & Co. will be seen in "Ac- tion." The band, for whose benefit the Festival is given, will render a few special numbers. The entire program is one of varie- ty, and has been planned with great care. The predictions are that it is going to be the snappiest affair of its kind that has ever been given on the campus. The talent which will take part is high class, and practically all of the starshave had previous -ex- perience in dramatics at the Univer- sity. Tickets are now on sale, and may be obtained from any committeeman. Robbers Use Pepper to Get Pay Roll Cleveland, Nov. 20.- Hurling red pepper into the eyes of the factory superintendent guarding the pay roll of the Van Dorn Iron Work company, three bandits escaped with $10,000. VOTE OF CONFIDENCE 418 TO 64 I Paris, Nov. 20.-"War, nothing but war," concluded Premier Clemenceau this afternoon in a declartion, to the chamber of deputies, decided upon by the new cabinet. "We have accepted places in the government in order to conduct the war with redoubled effort for theb ter application of all our energi the declaration began. "We come be ' fore you with the sole idea of an tegral war. "The single, simple duty is- to sts by the soldier-rive, suffer and fil with him; renounce everything thai not of the fatherland. "Neither personal consideration n I- political ardor turned us from our copal Gi duty or lead us to go beyond it. ed its pr Too many criminal attempts have al- The ca: ready resulted on our battle front in Universi the shedding of a superabundance of Plans French blood. Weakness would be returns complicity. We shall be without weak- game, S ness as without, violence. All the ac- auditori cused before court martial-that is our will be policy. No more pacifist campaigns, go to tb no more German intrigues; neither arrange treason nor semi-treason. War, noth- music a ing but war!" feature. The chamber of deputies this vening leased f gave a vote of confidence to Dr. Clemenceau 418 to 65. PROF. es from 12 Universities Will at Ann Arbor Convention Friday and Saturday Deans of the summer session from and 12 universities besides Michigan- will the be present at their first convention to, forc- be held here Friday and Saturday. 1 af- The plan of the convention was club formulated by Dean E. H. Kraus, who iving in conjunction with other deans made con- the convention possible. Some of the hese topics that will be discussed are: "Registration in 1916 as compared with 1917"; "What courses should be ieine eliminated from the 1918 summer ses- '21, sions?"; "The status of graduates in ago summer session," and "Best ways of the obtaining publicity," - year The representatives who will be in dical Ann Arbor are: A. H. Rice, Boston that university; R. D. Salisbury, Chicago ctors university; J. P. Egbert, Columbia; G. R. Bristol, Cornell; R, C. Babcock, Ill- stem inois; W. D. -Howell, Indiana; F. G. rhich Kelly, Kansas.; L. P. Coffman, Min- an is nesota; C. S. Marsh, Northwestern; J. man, E. Lough, New York; M. E. Smith, dom- Syracuse; S. H. Goodnight, Wisconsin. alled Dean E. H.Kraus will represent Mich- they igan. rain- Several schools who were asked to rn to send representatives have not yet se in answered, but it is expected that some schools will send their directors, in- creasing the number to perhaps 15 or Goal more. The meetings will be held Fri- ional day morning, afternoon, and evening, I s an-, and Saturday morning in Alumni+ ARCHON INITIATES 11 JUNIOR LAV Junior Law Honorary Society Ho Initiation Followed by Banquet Eleven initiates were 'taken i Archon, junior law honorary socie yesterday evening. The new men' as follows: Emil Annebel, Rollin Winslow, John C. Roberts, Oscar Lambert, Abraham J. Gornetz George L. Field, Ronald A. But Donald F. Geddes, Harold B. Co'y Eugene D. Kirby, and Don T. McKc A banquet was held at the Un immediately following the initiati Professor R. W. Aigler was the I ulty speaker, while speeches were a given by J. E. Chenot, '19L, O. P. La bert, '19L, and J. H. CarWright, 18L. MISS-ANNA PYOTT' National Y.W.C.A Secretary will Speak on "'War Work for Women" Graveure To Appear In Louis Graveure, the br gian baritone, will appear recital at 8 o'clock Thurso in Pease auditorium, Yps Tickets for the Norm course may be secured fro: erick Alexander at the I C..J be tendered the vis- Wed. Evening, - Nov. 21st' 8:00 O'clock wwTU'rtI the Univ ~ I up] RIAN.C