irn' 11 IDAY JN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918. Jtfareh Says Drive Not Alarming HAIG REPORTS TE AFTER ALL DAY AND SOUTH BA! Washington~, March 2.-In a statement tonight Major General March, acting chief of staff, assured the American people there is no cause for alarm in the advances made by the Germans in the great battle now raging in Picardy, and expressed complete confidence in the triumph of the Allied arms. "Whatever may be the present ground held by the Germans; whatever sacrifice of men the situation may entail," he said "the Al- lies will see it through and will win." Late tonight the general still was without any word from Gen, Pershing concerning the American troops participating In the battle. * * * * * * * * * * * * * Applications for enlistment in * the army stores course are again * being considered, following a rul- * ing received yesterday from the * government. The ordnance corps * was closed to volunteers several' * weeks ago. * Men who applied for the course * scheduled to start April 13 are * still eligible, and their applica- * tions are being taken in turn, not-' * withstanding notices sent out sev- * eral days ago to the effect that' * they could not be admitted. * * * * * * * * *,.* * * * Roosevelt Flays Nismanagemeni * * * * * * * A HUN ' '1 * * I * i ex-f al- cess has the WIRT OUTLINES GARY1 CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS WELFARE AGENCIES SHOULD MAKE CITY IDEAL FOR CHILDREN That the city is an ideal place for us to lead our lives and can be made the best place for children if all child wefare agencies make use of the advantages of concentrated popu- lation, was the theme on which Mr. Willian Wirt, superintendent and founder of the Gary city school sys- 1SCOL ATR'CLUB ENDS SESSION TONIGHT ANNUAL CONVENTION CLOSES WITH LECTURE ON KATMAI The fifty-third session of the Michi- gan Schoolmasters' club will close with a lecture by Prof. Robert F. Briggs, of Ohio State University, on "Katmai and the Ten Thousand Smokes," to be given at 8 o'clo'ck at the Hill auditorium. Professor Briggs has 'made four trips to the Katmai ttle I fidelity to are marking tatues which he main en- building. By instruments, is doing the e his work Portland, Me., March 28.-T"iere is but one way to get a righteous and lasting peace and that is to beat Ger- many to her knees, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt declared here today in a "keynote address" which he delivered before the Maine republican state convention. Colonel Roosevelt lauded as "Whole-hearted" support which- he declared the renublican members of tem, lectured last night in Hill audi- regions. a will torium. His talk, in which he outlined the system and showed its practical value, was accompanied by several reels of motion pictures showing the children of the Gary schools at study, work, and play. Play Ground Work Important "The play ground and shop work of our schools is just as much part of our curriculum as is the study of the 'three R's'," said Mr. Wirt, "but we six d the Ann what- con- itton have lucing no- sculptured SArchbish- is a pro- TY MEN ANE MOTORS i of the engin- it completed a nment on the E. do not believe in taking time from their regular studies to put on the special subjects. Instead we have ex- tended the time of the school day from five hours to seven. This additional time they spend in school keeps them from the strdet and alley where they are liable to develop bad habits. Pictures Shown Pictures were shown of scholars working in these shops and also :n the physical laboratories. "Children have a natural desire to experiment and if this is developed they will not lose it as they grow older," explained Mr. Wirt. "Of course young children cannot be trustedl to work alone with chemicals but older students who have nearly completed courses in chemis- try help and direct them in perform- ing the experiments.' Soph Engineers Choose Committee Four sophomore engineers were chosen to represent their class on the soph prom committee at a meeting of the sophomore engineering class yes- terday morning in the Engineering building. They are: Howard N. Col- lins, G. R. Anderson, George C. Dunn, L. W. Morehouse. The class voted to publish a cata- log containing the names and home addresses of all members to serve as a souvenir, and for reference after Speakers Announced Among the speakers who will ad- dress the meetings today are Prof. F. S. Breed of Chicago university, Prof. Whipple of the University of Illinois and Mr. William E. Hall, national di- rector of the boys' working reserve, Washington, D. C. A business meeting will be held at 9 o'clock this morning and will meet in general session at 9:30. Prof. F. S. Breed, Prof. Whipple and Mr. W. E. Hall will speak. Will Have 12 Sections The afternoon session will be div- ided up into 12 sections. The classi- cal conference will meet in Alumni Memorial hall, the history conference in room C-3 of the high school, the modern language conference in room 203, University hall, the English con- ference in the high school auditorium, the physics conference in the physical laboratory, the mathematical confer- ence in the lecture room of Tappan hall, the biological conference in room 207 Natural Science building, the art conference in room A, Alumni build- ing, the geography and physiography conference in room 217-G Natural said the former president, in his ar- raignment of "some of the most im- Th portant divisions of the government" tinu' which he said were "almost chemically the pure of efficient organization.". . who In discussing post-bellum readjust- to e -ments which he declared have already of th been shown essential to the continued attac well-being of the nation, the speaker of said "we cannot afford to tolerate Mesn flint-lock methods of warfare in time whic of war or flint-lock methods of the solid government for meeting the problems still of industry in time of peace. We need new weapons, but we need the old spirit back of the new weapons. The Ma simple governmental processes which shap sufficed in the days of Washington and man Congress had, en to the in. He d he said, had been such as to good patriots grave concern i the necessity for pursuing a "permanent preparedness"a war is won. "War is won by hrnins dly. ho arch 2F e of a g Science building, and the manual tie motor. from the engineering 'at the Packard plant notor work, according training conference in room C-1 high school. Announce Appointments of Teachers- Recent appointments of women to teaching positions in Michigan are an- nounced by the teachers' appointment bureau as follows: Lavanche Rieger, Hart, Latin and French; Elizabeth Patchin, Munising, French and history; Ruth Hebble- EXAMSI white, Birmingham, history;I Townsend, Wayne, subject not Martha. yet as- id approach- which signed; Nellie Belles, Ithaca, English; Portia Walker, Hancock, English and science; Beryl McClelland, Alma, mathematics. even in the days of Lincoln are as utterly inadequate today in peacetas the' flint-lock of Bunker Hill and the smooth-bore muskets of Bull Run would be in war." Lands Republicans "Republicans in Congress since the entry of the United States into the war have sought to serve their party only by making it serve America," Colonel Roosevelt said in his introduc- tory remarks. - "Not in all our history has any political party, when in op- pdsition, shown as fine, as whole- hearted and as completely disinterest- ed patriotism as has been shown by the republican party, especially by its representatives in the 'Senate and Con- gress of the United States during the year and two months now closing. "This is the people's war. It is not the President's war. It is not Con- gress' war. tI is the duty of the re- publican party to stand like a rock against inefficiency, incompetence, hesitation and delay "no less than against lukewarmness in serving the common cause of ourselves and our allies. To support a public servant who does wrong is as profoundly un- patriotic as to oppose a public servant who does right." to a halt exce salient drive: entente allies the Teutonic south, in an a Landricourt c line" to Mont behind the A stood in 1916. French Savage figb the French pa man attempts treme tip of the French p less. They h the point of t This afternoon at four o'clock a special service will be held in the Congregational Church. A quartet, under direc- quan- I tion of Earl V. Moore, will render appropriate music. The address will be delivered by Lloyd C. Douglas on the theme "A Dry-eyed View of Golgotha." -- .I ANNUAL s li