1L lVdl Vl &S ~ RING COMES NATURAgL T AMERICANSTUDENTS gs FOREIGN BY n. You should v and give us a before the BIG. TEACHERS STARTLED APTITUDE THEY SHOW GOLM MALCOLM BLOCK I ] PINS IN COLORS One, Two or Three Stars. ing Silver and Solid Gold. Dallas, Tex., Feb. 23.-The Ameri- can youth has a natural aptitude for flying. It was revealed and is being developed in seven aviation training stations in Texas and, during the win- ter, flyers have been turned out from them with a proficiency and in num- bers that have fully satisfied the Am- erican officers and have proved almost startling to instructors from the al- lied armies who are here to give the Americans the advantage of their ex- perience and knowledge. There are six American and one British aviation stations in the state. The American camps are at Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston, Waco, Dallas and Wichita Falls. At Fort Worth, the Royal Flying Corps, a camp of young Canadians trained by British officers, are in daily competition with the Americans in an adjoining camp. A goodly number of young Americans also are enlisted with the Canadians and are receiving their training under the direction of British officers. Number of Students Best Secret A regard for military secrecy pro- hibits relating the total number of students who have taken to the air here this winter. It reaches a figure that gives great comfort to the mili- tary men who know, and compared with the total advancement made by the men, the number of accidents re- ported has ben surprisingly small, it is stated. The death of Vernon Castle while flying at the British camp at Ft. Worth brought the total number of men kill- ed up to 57. The British flyers at Fort Worth have lost far more than any of the American camps. The high fatality record among the British it is said is the direct result of the more strenu- ous system of practice and drill which they use. Forty-three deaths have oc- curred at the two camps at Fort Worth, while Houston, next in the list, has had seven. British Rush Men NICKELS ARCADE , a jeved ictical Navigation" Bowditch in Co. Detroit NTERESTED IN 3RAPHY? rith Keys, Sounders, Buzzers, Batteries, Etc.W -I & SON COMPANY -, . S track is- asons for postponing give the men in the time to practice," "Blanks will be dis- cting first sergeants men can be entered ents." red in the inter-coin- schedule, which are ear tomorrow night, on the courts when >r otherwise forfeit nination of company s starts tomorrow championship to the highest record. ._"They kill more at Fort Worth be- -1berty Street cause they fly more" is the way a young aviation officer explained the great difference in the mortality lists. Eight hundred R. O. T. C. uniforms The British theory is that the meui have been given out to the cadets. should receive early instructions in The remaining suits will be distribu- all the difficult work they will have ted next week. A new list, contain- to do in actual service, while the Am- ing the names of the men whose un- erican trainers spend a larger part of iforms have arrived, was posted on their time in drilling the fundamentals the bulletin board la'st night. The of flying. The young Canadians go in- men will call for their suits tomor- to the air early for flights that are for- row at Henry and company, on North, bidden in the camps under United. University avenue. States control. They are taught with the spirals, the dives and the loops Dr. George A. May will give the that are a part of actual war flying following athletic and gymnastic pro- and so it is that if their mortality list gram to the cadets of the First regi-. seems out of proportion to those in ment in companies A, B, C, D, and E the other camps, the British officers at 4:15 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in are not displeased with the accom- Waterman gymnasium: plishments of the men under them. First regiment: Company A, tug- I There is a rigid ban against visitors of-war, parallel bar, horse, sprinting; at.all camps. At Love Field, a visitor company B, sprinting, horse, parallel caught with a camera was held until bar, tug-of-war; 'company C, relay all the negatives were developed and racing, wrestling; company D, wrestl- showed that nothing of a prohibited ing, relay racing; company E-cadets nature had been pictured. will, be sectioned off and assigned to An unexpected effect of the frequent the different companies. presence in the air of the flying ma- chines has been the almost total dis- apearance of birds from the neigh- Summer S h oborhoods of the camps. Wild doves which have heretofore been common irst eldina 94 flying in flocks in northern Texas, are never seen within miles of a camp, Summer School was first held at and in their northward spring flights, the game birds, the ducks and geese the University in 1894 under the direc- are conspicuous by their absence from tion of a committee of the faculty of the skies about Fort Worth in par- the literary department. The session ticular. which lasted for six weeks was at- The boys in the British camp have tended by 91 students. The attend- made much progress during the warm ance doubled at the session held in winter, so different from the snows of 1895, but during the four succeeding the Canadian winter, and are in the years the increases were not so great. air almost constantly. Scarcely a WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY 12:15 o'clock - Dean E. H. Kraus speaks at Methodist church on "Our Scientific Leadership." 3 o'clock-Community sing at the Michigan Union. 4 o'clock-Bible class meets at 444 South State street. 6:30 o'clock-Prof. J. F. Shepard speaks to, Student society of Unitar- ian church on "Psychological tests." 6:30 o'clock- Dr. Howard Musser speaks to Wesleyan Guild of Meth- odist church. 6:30 o'clock- Prof. E. C. Goddard speaks at Congregational church on "Kultur vs. Christianity." 7 o'clock-Jewish Students' congre- gation meets in Bible Chair house, 444 South State street. 7 o'clock-Jewish Student society meets at 705 South Thayer street. 8 o'clock-Menorah society meets in Bible Chair house, 444 South State street. TOMORROW 8 o'clock-Dr. C. U. Clark lectures in Hill auditorimon "Fighting Above the Cluds.' U-NOTICES Classes In engineering English will meet hereafter in the following rooms in University hall: 2 in room 102; 3 in room 302; 4 in room 302; 21 in room 100; 28 in room 304. The entire female chorus of "Let's Go!" will rehearse at 4 o'clock to- morrow afternoon at the Michigan Union. The entire ast and chorus of "Lets Go:" will rehearse at 730 o'clock to- morrow night at the Michigan Union. Members of the Union opera com- mittees will meet at 12 o'clock to- morrow noon at White's studio for a group picture. IGELOWTS- ~~YWISER HIMSELF SPIED ON U;1S THROUGH FLATTERY SUCCEEDED IN EXAMINING OUR VISITING NAVY "The United States sent to the open- ing of the Kiel canal in 1895 a squad- ron thoroughly up-to-date, and with several features unsuspected even by German naval architects," states Mr. Poultney Bigelow, in his book "Prus- sian Memories," who will speak at 8 o'clock Tuesday night in Hill audi- torium on the same topic. "The emperor took charge of this matter himself and by a little Judi- cious flattery not only was he shown everything he wished to see in the American squadron, but he even se- cured from Admiral Evans permission for his technical advisers to make a more detailed examination and give the benefit to his navy. German Captain Would Be Punshed "Had a German ship in American waters permitted an American official to gather information in this man- ner the captain of that ship would have been promptly punished as an example to others. In this case, how- ever, not only was the commanding American officer not censured; he even wrote a book in which this episode fig- ured as one of his professional'tri- umphi. Bigelow Warned U. S. "Yet when I have warned my coun- trymen in print that the German gen- eral staff knows more about Ameri- can military and naval conditions than even the officers in our service, my warnings have had no more effect than the corollary which I now repeat, that a German raid upon the United States is not outside the range of German war-thought." DETROIT EDISON COMPANY TO PRESERVE WOODS ON HURON Prof. L. J. Young and H. J. Andrews of the forestry department, have been employed by the Detroit Edsion com- pany to mark the trees on their land along the Huron river which are at present suitable for cutting. The company hopes thus to pre- serve their woods by having the cut- ting done scientifically. They form- erly allowed the farmers near these woods to have the dead and diseased trees for firewood if they would cut and, carry them away, but owing to the high price that cordwood is now commanding 'they have discontinued this policy. Baptist Guild to. Hold Banquet Members of the Baptist guild will hold, a banquet March 1 at the Guild house, 503 East Ruron street. The banquet will begin at 6:15 eastern time. Always-Daily Service--Always. Choice Wits From College Exchanges German measles are prevalent at the University of Kansas. During the last four weeks 75 cases have been reported. The Wesleyan Y. M. C. A. is help- ing freshmen to become acquainted with each other by having a picture of every member of the class placed in a so-called Rogues' gallery. The first year of the war will cost Columbia $250,000 more than normal- ly, caused by the decrease in enroll- ment, by the payment of salaries to members of the faculty in war work, and by the greater cost of fuel, equip- ment and labor. It required an average of 143 tons of coal per day to heat the buildings of the University of Illinois during the month of January, which is 21 tons more a day than were used in January, 1917. Foxcraft Hall, one of the two din- ing places used for many years by Harvard students, was badly damaged by fire lately. The loss is estimated at about $7,000. A plan to cut down issues of the Daily Ne each week is contem failure of support by s FRATERNITIES A commission as ensign and in the Transport Service, is ward given to the 10 highest ton men taking the Navigatioi Three months of actual servic navy will be required after t retical course is completed, be men will assume their duties A six-day week for the La- of Kansas university was a by three-fourths of the stude by the State Board of Admini It shortens the school year weeks. - Between five and six thousa vard graduates and underg are in service, according to University War Records offic Thirty-nine Brown v of last year and this fa in service. Football pl a total of 19. Arrange for Your Arthur R. Priest, dean of men at W omen A thlet the University of Washington, expects * And 7 to leave for France about March 1, having recently been commissioned by Governor Lister as the official rep- The freshman, sophomore, a resentative of the state of Washing- for girls' basketball teams h ton to the men in France. cided to go into training duri final games. This means no Finding it would be impossible un- and early retiring hours for t der present conditions for the Harle-, for a period of between thr quin club of Purdue University to four weeks. The schedule present its annual play this spring, final games is as follows: the management has transferred the Freshman-Sophomores, Mar right to produce the play on a smal- o'clock. ler basis to the English Department Juniors-Seniors-March 8, 4 Players. Consolation game between March 13, 5 o'clock. A large wooden jayhawker in which Final cup game for champi( students could drive nails at a cost of March 15, 4 o'clock. ht GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS Unsurpassed Accommodations PHONE 948-W 619 E. LI t'""""'-"-' Kansas as a m for various w, the If you are looking for a - eSp ring Hat. That is ifferent one that you will "enjoy"-one at a moderate price, you will find it at the pairs of shoes will I in the basement o nasium from 10 to 1 w morning to thl e not yet received on army shoes. Thi signment of shoes t is semester. vs. Greased Pigs )ng ago it was a popu participants at dun 'amble after grease son who was luck home the bacon" wa ed with a small prize vertised his wonder r of beautifully grease of 2 le a is o - Specialty Hat Shop 117 E. LIBERTY STREET EMMA B. FOGERTY'S >ass that a cer ons, who wer greased pij r. This partic e accomplish L- A few years after it was inaugurated passenger train enters Fort Worth d 1 the board of regents assumed full but it is welcomed by an airplane or y control of it, and changed the name so, and flights to the city from the s from "Summer School" to "The Sum- camp, 40 miles away, for social pur- e mer Session of the University of poses are made every day. Michigan." After 1899 each session brought a dean since 1912, when John R. Effin- larger number of students until by ger was appointed acting dean and 1908 the attendance was 1070. In later Dean of the College of Litera- e that year John 0. Reed who had been ture, Science, and the Arts. The fac- g Dean of Summer Sessions was made ulty has increased. from 24 in 1894, Dean of the Literary college, and to nearly 200, and new courses are be- - John R. Effinger succeeded him to the ing added to the curriculum each o first mentioned position. The length year. s of the session was then changed fromj n six to eight weeks, except in the Med- M. C. Schedule Remains Unchanged. ical school. Naturally, because of the With the exception of No. 3 and 4 e change, enrollment did not increase motor car trains on the Ann Arbor e so rapidly for the next few years, but railroad, which were taken off three - from 1911 until last summer, there weeks ago, no changes in schedule f were large incre'ases every year. The 'have or will be made on the schedules registration for 1916 was 1793, but 'of the Michigan Central, Detroit Uni- I last summer, owing to the war it fell ted railways or the Ann Arbor rail- ARNOLD OPTICAL SYSTEM where eyes are scientifically examined without the use of draps glasses designed to fit your eyes and face if you need them. ,Superior facilities enable us to render superior service. GLASSES Get Aquainted with the d ii EMIL H. ARN OPTOMETRIST-OPTICJ