-beauty in the ugliest, strengtt weakest, and the tenderest ht NEWS The literary critic Says I WHAT'S iG 11 .50. )p. 1 Michigan nart models in .ts Seventy-nine applications have been received from students by Lieut. George C. Mullen for entrance into the fourth officers' training school. Out of this number 40 will be selec- ted before May 15. As soon as the elections are made by the military authorities, the names will be announ- ced. All cadets who have failed to fill out the information slips in the R. 0. T. C. offices in the Natural Science building must do so immediately, in order that the records may be made complete. The following program will be given to the cadets at 4:15 o'clock this afternoon on Ferry field: First regimen,-Company E, fence vaulting; company F, soft ball; com- pany G, grenade throwing; company H, broad jump and 50-yard dash. The first battalion of the First re- giment will be given manual of arms. Companies of the first battalion, Second regiment, will have battal- ion drill under Lieut. Losey J. Wil- liams, and the second battalion of the Second regiment, battalion drill under Lieut. George C. Mullen. All boarding houses on the north side of the campus will, have inner at 6 o'clock every night, in order to permit the members of the R. 0. T. C. to attend the drills. No agree- ment has as yet been reached by the boarding houses on the south side of the campus. ICHIGAN RED .CROSS TO CONVENE IN DETROIT TODAY Officers of the Ann Arbor Red Cross chapter will leave this morning for Detroit to attend a convention to be held at 10 o'clock in the Board of Commerce rooms. The convention will be composed of the officers of the various branches and chapters of the Red Cross throughout the state. The purpose of the conference is to in- struct the members with regard to various phases of work to be taken up' in the coming Red Cross war drive. The Daily's specialty is service to every one. Let us serve you.-Adv. "COMRADES IN COURAGE," (Medit- ations dans la Tranchee), by Lieu- tenant Antoine Redier. Translated from the French by Mrs. Philip' Duncan Wilson. Doubleday, Page and company. "Proof of this is found in the glad- ness of our hearts. We find joy in the smallest things, and we laugh incess- antly. I do not mean to say that there are no desirable joys in peace, but we had become satiated with enjoy-' ment, like rich children who have too many toys within their grasp. This is a school of suffering and we learn to content ourselves with little. This corporal who has made an excellent saw out of an old clockspring found in the ruins of a village, and who uses it to make rings from the aluminum shell-fuses, is happier now with his improvised tool than when he used his leisure time in running from cabaret.' to cabaret. This is a vital lesson, and we must not let it pass unnotic- ed." It is not often in these days that we have the good fortune to meet with someone who, while playing a vital role in the great turmoil, is able to step aside, as it were, and regard it all impassionately, without hysteria. Lieutenant Antoine Redier, a man of the highest education and culture, has given his spare time in the trenches too the writing of a book of reflec- tions on the phenomena which the war has brought to his attention.. It is to be regretted that in the transla- tion the French title was not pre- served, for "Meditations dans la Tran- chee" is much more apt than, "Com- rades in Courage." The book is by no means a war story. It is rather a philosophy of war-a careful and in- telligent study of the daily effects of war upon its fighters, and while the author does not forget or underesti- mate the heroism, the- glory, and the danger of it all, his study is truly of the soul of France, and its manifesta- tion by war. The book is beautifully Written,, and Lieutenant Redier's thoughts and ex- pressions are surely akin to poetry. He dwells not on the strife itself, but rather upon the magic which it is working in the hearts of these clumsy, awkward, thick-fingered men, finding the roughestbdiLes. GOVERNMENT NEEDS TODAY TRAIN DMECH NICS 12:15 o'clock-Dental f, TRAINED MECHANICS eon at the Union. 7 o'clock-Comedy clu "One-quarter million mechanics, Cercle Francais rooms, such as are training here in the engi- 7:30 o'clock-Christian neering shops, are needed by the gov- ciety meets in Newberry ernment for work in this country and 8:00 o'clock - All-ca in France," said Prof. W. L. Miggett, Smoker at the Union. superintendent of the engineering shops, recently. "Purdue university TOMORROW is giving similar training to 1,000 men 7:15 o'clock-Alpha Nu of this class." ciety meets in Alpha Nu The men are divided into several versity hall. groups, according to Professor Mig- 8:00 o'clock - Norther get, each specializing in a particular contest in Hill auditoriui trade. Carpenters are taught the 8:,30 o'clock-Fresh En rough brand of work required at the in Barbour gymnasium. cantonments and behind the lines, while a little airplane woodwork is U.NOTICES also given. Blacksmiths will become Rehearsals for "The experts at general repaid work. They will be held tonight in must be able to make their own tools, Hall as follows: act 2, for equipment will be scarce at the 7 o'clock; act 2, scene 2 front. and act 3 at 8:30 o'clock "We hope soon to have a consign- be a rehearsal of act I ment of army rifles with which to in- 4 o'clock tomorrow after struct our gun-smiths" said Professor Miggett. "These men will be special- Tae pae. ists in hand work and will be compe- The Varsity latdolli tent to rebuild and repair the compli- sity Hall. 'New music v cated modern rifles." out. Further week-end A gun-shop has been fitted up on out.edurther weee the second floor of the shopswth planned and all memb new benches and equipment for in- present. struction of the men. The gas-engine men number about take the place of the trai: fifty and are being instructed by mem- {would have received at bers of the engineering faculty. They ment, so that they will are learning to repair and adjust take up their work in all kinds of motors, from small am- or in France on completin bulance power-plants to aviation en- Every Saturday after 10 gines. be devoted to military dr "The work that we are giving here," direction of the four offi concluded Professor Miggett, "will here by the government. acu] yha ines Fashions largely accounts for the 92 in the enrollment. made inroads upon the the men to the extent ntage of women attend- ry college in the Uni- a the past year risen per cent. According to 1Michigan is the only tional institution which derance of men in the it advertisers represent e business men of Ann Koda I am consta Kodaks, and, alt partment, we ofi ks at Attr ive antly taking Use4 Kodaks in excl hough we have use for all of them Ter many of them much less than k out and have 1 Now is the time to get your K the summer. Bring it to me for a LYNDON, PH( ns. I ays N ore And We Must Be Over The T' Our goal is in sight we'll raise the honor flag; Provided we clean up during the next few days. Visit the Liberty Loan Stand Main floor, University Hall and y your first Bond, or, another Bond. IS I iga This space donated by qua Kiaillj