DM WILHELM! LET'S STEER C 'fi IER I p.4 oti~t an Iailll ASSOCIATI PRESS DAY AND NIGHT SER VTCE o. 143. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1918. PRICE THRE TSBL 31IN GAS IS END OF CAMPAIGN ONLY AWAY, SA.LES ECCREASE LL NEEDED MPLETE QUOTA nn Leads; Women 850; Mortarboard ells $3,700 Sub- PROF. H. R. CROSS ENTERS SERVICE Prof. Herbert R. Cross, of the fine arts department, has been accepted by the American Red Cross for ser- vice in Italy. He expects to sail about May 8, for duty overseas. Professor ;Cross will receive the grade of a commissioned officer in his new position, and will be placed on excutive work for the American Red Cross in Italy, with which country he is well acquainted through pre- vious travels made there in connec- tion with heis art studies. The person who will take charge of Professor Cross' classes during his absence will be decided upon at the next meeting of the Board of Regents, to be held May 3. An indefinite leave of absence will be granted Professor Cross by the University, as he ls' expecting to con- tinue his new task for the entire du- ration of the war. "I have received so much of the best in my professional education from Italy that I welcome the oppor- tunity to serve her now in her hour of need. I count myself lucky to be given the opportunity to serve my own country, and at the same time the country that has done so much for me," said Professor Cross, in com- menting on his new appointment. R.E.T.C.-MEDIC DISPUTE BECOMES, MORE ACUTE Reorganize Army Signal Corps Washington, April 24.-Reorganization of the army signal corps with John D. Ryan, New York copper magnate and financier, as di- rector of aircraft production, was announced tonight by Secretary Baker. Major-General Squier, chief signal officer, hereafter will devote himself exclusively to administration of the signal branch. A new division of military aeronautics is created under the direction of Brigadier-General Kenly. The aircraft board continues in its advis- ory capacity with Mr. Ryan, chairman, instead of Howard Coffin who remains a member of the- board * * * * *- *_ LOAN 1PROGRESS *1 rday's ntions faculty sub- student sub-' iptions............. sulty total........... dent total ............ npus total ............ $1 npus goal-............$2 dent. quota '.........$ ount students must aise to get honor flag..$1 * 1,550 * * 2,050 * 29,150 * 25,100 * * 54,250 * 00,000 * 45,000 * * 19,900 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 7 s slump In the Liberty1 Loan drive is becoming more notice- able as the end of the time limit set for the campaign gradually approach- es. Yesterday's sales among the stu- dents were $1,450 less than on the preceding day, making the situation appear rather discouraging to the University committee. The sales yes- terday were the lowest since the cam- pus- drive began. The student quota of $45,000 still lacks $19,900 of being raised. An average of at least $2,000 a day must be raised within the next 10 days, if the three-barred honor flag is to fly on the campus. The amount raised by the students during the sec- ond Loan was three times the sum asked for now, and the committee feels that the students. ought, to do their share by subscribing the quota assigned them. The team of John D. Hibbard, '18E, is so far in the lead in the amount raised among the men, with a total of $5,300 to its credit. The other teams have raised the following sums: H. A. Knowlson, '18E, $4,100; Albert E. Horne, '18, $3,400; F. H. Tinsman, '18D, $2,750; Stephen S. Attwood, '18E, $2,350. Miscellaneous subscriptions among the men amount to $350. The women's subscriptions total $6,850, of which the Mortarboard team raised $3,700, and the Wyvern team, $3,150, the senior society still being in the lead. HE WOULD CERTAINLY ENLIST IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE WARI St. Paul, Minn., April 24.-The prize package patriot has been discovered here. Sergeant Carl Hauge of the local United States marine recruiting' force encountered him.'.' "Don't you want to enlist?" the sergeant asked him. "No, I guess not." "Why?" "Well, it certainly isn't because I'm not patriotic. Why, if it wasn't for the war I'd have been in the service long ago." The sergeant was carried back to the recruiting station in a coma. He will recover. British Sink German Destroyer Berlin via. London, April 24.-In the British naval raid Tuesday morn- ing. on the German submarine bases on the Belgian coast five cruisers, three destroyers, and a number of motor boats were sunk by the fire of the coast batteries, the German ad- miralty announces. MILITARY AUTHORITIES TO FORCE GOVERNMENT ORDERS EN. The situation in the R. 0. T. C. medical student squabble stood last night with the military department of the University prepared to enforce the recent government war order from Washington requiring all medical stu- dents in the R. 0. T. C. course to make up all back drills. Matters have be- come more acute with the refusal of the majority of the medical students .involved in the squabble to recom- mence their drilling. . Prof. Frederick G. Novy, of the Medical school, stated that he would not excuse any medical students who were members of his laboratory sec- tions extending to 6 o'clock for the he said, "and I shall not do it this purpose of drilling in the R. 0. T. C. "It has not been done in past years," he said, "and Ishall not do it this year." Lieut. William's View Lieut. Losey J. Williams said in regard to the protest of the medical students against making up drills: "The men in the medical school who have enrolled in the R. 0. T. C. course will be expected to make up drill just as anyone else in the course. Under general orders 49, the students bf the different schools in the Uni- versity who have enrolled in the R. 0. T. C. are all treated alike. No Man to. Be Excused "No man in any of these schools will be excused from attendance of drills except for reasons of physical disability or any sufficiently war- ranted excuse because of illness or similar reason. Any man in the medi- cal school who fails to make up his drill will be treated just as any other man in any other school in the Uni- versity who failed to attend drills." Galens' Committee A special committee, representing Galens, upperclass medical honorary society, has made the following re- solutions at a special deliberation meeting: "This society does not ask that partiality be shown to the medi- cal students enrolled in the R. 0. T. C. If, according to general orders 49, no man will be excused from attendance of drills except for reasons of physi- cal disability or any sufficiently war- rantable excuse because of illness or similar reason, and conflicts with scholastic work are not considered (Continued on Page Six) WILL PRESENT ERLY FRENCH PLAS TONIGHT CERCLE FRANCAIS PRODUCTIONSI DATE FROM EIGHTEENTH CENTURY "Laugh, and the world laughs with you, Weep, and you weep alone."3 Sincerely believing in the efficacyc of this old saying as a panacea for alli the ills of the world, the Cercle Fran- cias has gone back to the early eigh- teenth century, finding there "Lel Retour Imprevu" and "L'Avocat Patelin," two comedies, which it has prepared for presentation at 8 o'clock tonight in Sarah Caswell Angell hall. How well fitted each of these plays is to carry out the purpose for which it has been selected can only bei judged from the fact that one of themJ comes from the pen of an author con- sidered by many to be the leading comic poet and playwright since the time of Moliere, while the other is claimed by some critics to be the best of the earlier farces to which - thei modern stage has fallen heir. French Custom Arrangements have been made to follow out French custom as far asi possible in the production. No orches- tra will be employed, the opening of the play being announced by the usual three raps behind the scenery. Man's place as an usher will be us- urped by woman, this condition hav- ing become quite common even in America since the opening of the war. French Officers to Attend The French atmosphere will be even further realized by the presencea in the audience of eight or ten officers from the land of the fleur-de-lis who' are coming to Ann Arbor from Camp Custer for the express purpose of witnessing these plays. Between the two performances, lone A. Wilber, School of Music, lead-' ing lady in this year's Union opera, will sing "Menuet de Martini," a shepherd song of the eighteenth cen- tury, arranged by Weckerlin. THREE MICHIGAN MEN QUALIFY FOR POSITIONS AS OFFICERS Washington, April 24.-Three men, former students of the University of Michigan, and 16 others have quali- fled for appointments as second lieut- enants in the United States army, at the third officers' training camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. They will be placed on the eligible list to be ready for service when vacancies occur. Kenneth S. Keyes, '17, Detroit, Lyndly A. Walking, ex-'19, Merrill, and William A. McKinley, ex-'18E, Detroit, are the three students men- tioned in the official qualification list. SECRETARY McADOO APPEALS FOR LOAN OVERSUBSCRIPTION Washington, April 24.-Another plea to loan committees not to stop work- ing after communities reach their Liberty Loan subscription quota, was sent out today by Secretary McAdoo. The aggregate of reports up to the opening of business today is $1,790,- 478,150. . PLANS FOR SWING-OUT COMPLETEDBY COUNCIL PRESIDENT HUTCHINS WILL.GIVE PRINCIPAL ADDRESS - OFDAY Plans for the program and the lines of march for senior Swing-out tomor- row have been completed by the stu- dent council committee " in charge of affairs. Seniors will assemble on the cam- pus walks in caps and gowns shortly before 4 o'clock. The senior lits and foresters will form on the walk run- ning from University hall to the Mu- seum. The engineers and architects will line up on the walk running from University hall to the Angell resi- dence. Graduate students will meet on -the walk running from University hall to the flag pole. The medics, laws, and dents will form -in the above order on the walk :running from the flag pole to the Chemistry building. The homoeops and dents will meet on the walk running from the Chem- istry building to Waterman gymna- sium. NAME CHAMP CLARK TO SUCCEED STONE Jefferson City, Mo., April 24.-Gov- ernor Gardiner tonight tendered to Champ Clark, speaker of the house of representatives, the appointment as senator to succeed the late William J Stone. Senator William J. Stone, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, died at Washington, Sunday, April 14, after a stroke of paralysis. He was ill for five days. Senator Stone first entered the Un- ited States senate in 1903, where he has served until his death. His pre- sent term of office was to have ex-, pired in 1921. JUNIOR LITERARY CLASSES TO NOMINATE COUNCILMEN There will be an important meeting, of the junior literary class at 4:15 o'clock this afternoon in the Univer- sity Hall. The meeting is called for the purpose of nominating student council representatives, who will be voted upon at the All-campus elections to be held May 3. Story of Spain Is In New Inlander "Inlander today?" Of course you can borrow your roommate's copy, or simply assume an air of tacit intellig- ence, but everybody will be talking about the April number of the Inland- er when it appears on the campus Friday morning. Do you know any- thing about Spain and bull fighting and toreadors and, well, Gehenna? If not,- buy an Inlander. Professor Schurz's article bears the genuine label-"Made in Spain." Furthermore, there is a one-act play, "The Talisman," by F. S. Al- roy, the campus Rabelais-the kind that Sam Hume's players produce in Detroit. You know everybody likes them. The Henry James devotee will find Marion Holden's "Reality," a de- licious morsel of intellectual manna. There is a further suggestion of man- na in Hazel Fuller's "Good Samar- itan," and perhaps, if one looks hard enough, in Roy Fricken's potpourri "On Collecting Things." Of poet lore we have Muriel Babcock's "Carnival Night," Mary E. Oakes' "Apollo," and Margaret Cooley's "Reflections," on smiles and other things. WASHINGTON PAINTED ON RHINE, NOT DELAWARE, SAYS CROSS "The widely-known picture of Wash- ington crossing the Delaware is really a picture of Washington crossing the Rhine," said Prof. Herbert R. Cross, of the fine arts department, in an il- lustrated lecture on "Washington and Lincoln; Instruction of Painting" last night in Alumni Memorial hall. "This was occasioned by the fact that a German artist was the painter of this famous pose of the father of our country, in the well-known Delaware episode resulting in the drawing in of the Rhine river into the background of the picture instead of the Dela- ware." "The figure of Washington lends It- self most readily to painting, while Lincoln is more adapted to sculptural work," stated Professor Cross. "Lin- coln was the bane of artists, just as he was the bane of tailors and 'other small minded people," he said. Lincoln Penny Another point made by Professor Cross was that the use of Lincoln's figure on the Lincoln penny, the smallest of. our coins, is illustrative of the democratic spirit so charac- teristic of him. Barnard's statue of Lincoln to be found in Cincinnati, the subject of so much are discussion to-, day, was declared by the lecturer to be one of the grandest and noblest works of Lincoln, as well as of Ame- rican art in genertl. A number of lantern slides were shown. CHRMANS PON ALLIE INFNTR 1H:Al REPORTS ATTACK ON BJ NORTH OF ALBERT REPULSED VILLER-BRETONNEUX CAPTURED BY ENEI Teutons Gain Footing Northwar Hangard-en-Santerre; French Fight Desperately London, April 24. - Field Mar Haig reports that the Germans h taken Viller-Bretonneux. The text of the statement says 'This morning after a violent b bardment, the enemy attacked whole front soth of the Somme French on our right and was pulsed." "Later in the morning an at on our positions in this sector renewed and repulsed. Fighting severe throughout the day at Vi Bretonneux. "Other attacks by the enemy morning on the north bank of Somme and north of Albert were pulsed. "By a successful operation car out this morning northwest of F ubert, a post captured by the en was regained." Germans Gain Footing With the British army in Fra April 24.-The first German at along the whole British front sout the Somme river was thrown I: but the Germans returned and pu along toward Villers-Bretonneux ing three tanks. The Germans g footing in the eastern fringe of town where the battle is still ing. Attack Villers-Bretonneux The Germans attacked along line of Villers-Bretonneux, Hang Hailles and Castel. Villers-Breton: was the storm center. The stor infantry was accompanied by the t tanks which at the latest report battled forward into the eastern skirts of the town. Local Fighting Berlin, April 24.- "On the b field of the Lys and the Somme, fighting activity was limited to action," says the official commu: tion tonight. Enemy Resumes Hammering April 24.-After three weeks of paration in the Somme, the Geri have resumed their hammering Amiens. For days there has heavy artillery firing. The firs tacks were repulsed, but later enemy took Villers-Bretonneux. The fighting on the remainder o front, so far as it is known, has resulted in any notable retiremer the part of the Allies. Expect Attack on Somme - An attack on the line in the , me region has been expected, a (Continued on Page Six) In case of rain students will directly in University Hall. To Start at 4 o'clock meet The march will start at 4 o- clock with James Schermerliorn Jr., '18, president of the senior literary class leading the. procession. Lois May, vice-president of the literary class will follow leading the women. The lits will be followed by the en- gineers, the architects, the graduate students, the medics, the laws, the pharmics, the homoeops and the dents. Master of Ceremonies The address of the afternoon will be delivered by President Harry B. Hutchins. Philip Carrol is to be master of ceremonies at the exercises which will follow in University Hall. The Rev. Mr. Stalker, of the Methodist Episco- pal church, will give the invocation. Mr.. James Hamilton, instructor of singing in the School of Music, will follow with a solo "The Trumpeter," by Dix. Wilson J. Kellar, School of Music, will accompany Mr. Hamilton. Following the singing of "America," the senors will leave by the front doors and, marching to State street, will swing the campus in a block "M" going down State street to Sbuth University avenue, down South Uni- versity to the Engineering arch, back onto the campus to the flag pole, then south to the gymnasium and back to State street by the way of North University avenue. Visitors will be admitted to the balcony in University Hall. Ralph Gault, '19, was appointed by the student council, chairman of the committee for Swing-out day. Senior Lit Caps and Gowns Arrive Senior lit caps and gowns have ar- rived and may be procured from George Moe and George Kyer. In addition to those for which orders were taken, a number have been re-j ceived for men who have neglected to order caps and gowns and who are now desirous of obtaining them. , * E * * * , * * * * ENGINEERING ASSEMBI * Assemblies will be held in * engineering college this mor " as follows: * Seniors, room 348, 9 o'cloc * Speaker:- Prof. John C. Pai * "Michigan Spirit." * Juniors, room 348, 10 o'cloc Speaker: Prof. W. A. Fra * "The Situation in France." * Sophomores, room 348, 11 * clock. * Speaker: Prof. G. W. Dov * "The Cost of Living." * * * * * * * * * * * .* SARAH, TONIGHT at 8 o'clock CERCLE CASWELL |ELL LE RETOUR IMPREVU and L'AVOCAT PATELIN Admission 50, 75, $1.00 or Membership Ticket FRA P LA SEATS AT