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VOL. XXVIL No. 132.
A:N ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1917.
PRICE FIVE
CONTINUED COURSE
MAY BE GIVEN IN
REMEDICAL SCHOOL
RESOLUTIONS, IF PASSED, WILL
FIT MEN TO ENTER ARMY
CORPS AT EARLY DATE
APPROVAL ASKED OF
LICENSURE .BOARDS
Infantry Drill Also Advised; Stand-
ing and Addresses of Graduates
Sent to Washington
Provided the various state boards
of licensure will sanction the plan,
courses in the University of Michigan
Medical school will be made continu-
ous through the summers of 1917 and
1918, thus enabling its graduates to
qualify for service in the United
States medical corps, The proposal
is embodied in a set of resolutions of-
fered by the medical faculty of the
University, and is in full accord with
the movements for preparedness which
have recently been undertaken by the
student body.
Believing that those men who have
finished their medical courses and
have had all or part of their hospital
training, and who have not yet estab-
lished themselves in practice, are best
fitted to enter the country's service,
members of the medical faculty have
signified their desire to begin .the ses-
sion of 1917-18 immediately after the
close of the present one. The present
junior class will be fully graduated In
January of 1918.
Indorse Drill
The regular infantry drill now be-
ing offered is heartily indorsed as
tending toward greater efficiency for
medical staff duties.
Addresses and standing of gradu-
ates in the classes of 1915 and 1916
were sent to Washington yesterday.
The resolutions follow:
1. It is the opinion of the faculty
of the University of Michigan Medical-
school that in meeting the demands
for medical officers iii the national
service, the military authorities should
give first preference for enlistment to
the members of the medical classes
of the past two years, viz 1915 and
1916
Make Courses Continuous
2. In view of the probable urgent:
demands for trained medical men, the
faculty of the Unive'sity of Michigan
Medical school desires to place them-
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CONVICT *DR. WAITE
Dentist Confesses Crime; To Die in
Electric Chair
Albany, April 3.-Dr. Arthur War-
ren Waite, dentist who poisoned his
father-in-law,' John E. Peck, wealthy
Grand Rapids business man, must die
in the electric chair, the court of ap-
peals decided today. His conviction
was affirmed without a dissenting vote.
Waite confessed to poisoning his
father-in-law, and to an attempt to
kill his mother-in-law, his wife's aunt,
and also to plan to kill his wife. His
motive, it developed at the trial, was
to obtain the Peck fortune. Waite is
now in Sing Sing awaiting the death
penalty. From, the first he has op-
posed an appeal, declaring he was
willing to suffer the consequences of
his crime.-
Cosmopolitan Club to Hold Initiation
Seventeen acolytes will be initiated
into the 'Cosmopolitan club at 7:30
o'clock tomorrow night in Lane hall.
Plans for the spring trip will be dis-
cussed and final arrangements made.
H. G. King, '18, will preside over the
meeting, which takes the place of the
meeting of the class in international
relations.
SHAKESPERE CLASS
PRESENTS HAMLET
Entire Cast to Cage After Every
Scene; 5OQ Students
Play
A public platform recital of "Ham-
let" will be presented by the com-
bined Shakesperean classes of Prof.
T. C. Trueblood and Prof. R. D. T.
Hollister at 8 o'clock Thursday night
in Sarah Caswell Angell hall.
Nearly 50 students will take part in
the recital, the entire cast changing
after eachscene, enabling each mem-
ber to appear at least once in the pro-
duction. This play is one of the two
that the Shakesperean reading classes
present during the course of each
semester.
Admission will be free. A special
request has been made by Professor
Trueblood that the audience be seated
by 8 o'clock, in order that the play
may begin promptly.
ROOSEVELT GALLS TO
~ONGRATULATE WILSON
COMMENTS UPON PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE; WILLING TO
LEAD ARMY CORPS
By Robert J. Bender
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, April 3.-Announcing
President Wilson's war message one
of the greatest documents in Ameri-
can history and offering to lead a
fighting army division to Europe,
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt called at
the White House this afternoon, but
failed to see the president.
The visit was made between trains
with typical Rooseveltian spontaneity,
and without previous knowledge of
the president, who had just gone to
the executive offices to attend a cab-
inet meeting. The colonel swung up
to the broad gates of the White House
grounds in a big auto accompanied by
his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Long-
worth.
After the customary entrance pro-
ceedings the colonel asked if the
president was in. Upon being told
the president had just left, Roosevelt
expressed his regrets, and said he
wished the president to learn of his
visit, and know that he called to con-
vey his hearty congratulations for the
remarkable state paper. Roosevelt
was asked if he could not return later,
but he turned and briskly walked back
to his machine. He said he was en-
route to New York, and had just
stepped off between trains.
Visits Senator Lodge
The colonel later called at the of-
fice of his close friend, Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts, presumably to con-
gratulate Lodge on the outcome of his
battle yesterday with a pacifist. Roose-
velt returned to the station and
boarded his train for New York.
Colonel Roosevelt's action in tem-
porarily forgetting political enmities
in patriotic support of President Wil-
son for the course chosen by this gov-
ernment toward Germany was only
one example out of hundreds today.
Scores of telegrams from .men well
known in political life throughout the
country who have vigorously opposed
the president in politics during the ad-
ministration of his office reached the
White House strong in their assur-
ances of support in this crisis.
Roosevelt looked fit for a campaign
tomorrow. He is brown as a berry,
but some of his rotundity is gone and
he looks hard as nails. Asked by
newspaper men for a further state-
ment he said he bad too many tele-
grams to answer.
Iowa Faculty Approve Training
Ames, -la., April 4.-Compulsory
military training for citizens of the
United States has been approved of
in a resolution passed by the faculty
of Iowa state college.
M.GJSTAVE LAWSON TO
LECTURE ONFRENCH MINO
NOTED PROFESSOR OF LITERA-
TUTE TO SPEAK ON
THURSDAY
M. Gustave Lanson, professor of
French literature at the University of
Paris, will speak on the "Character-
istics of the French Mind as it Ap-
pears in Literature" at 4:15 o'clock
Thursday afternoon in the Natural
Science lecture room. The lecture will
be liven in French, and all interested
are invited.
Professor .Lanson, besides being a
member of the faculty of the Univer-
sity of Paris, is also exchange pro-
fessor at Columbia university, and is
a member of the French institute and
an officer of the Legion of Honor. He
is now on a tour in which he will
speak at six middle western univer-
sities. He comes here from Cornell.
Professor and Mrs. Lanson will re-
main in Ann Arbor as the guests of
Professor H. P. Thieme of the French
derart.nient. M. Lanson recently
wrote an introduction to Professor
Thieme'- book, "French Versification"
EDITOR IS SUSPENDED
Pacifist Senior Banished from New
York College
New York, April 3.-Samuel H.
Freidman, a senior at the College of
the City of New York, was suspended
yesterday from that institution by Sid-
ney Edward Mezes, resident of the col-
lege, and forbidden to come within the
college grounds until May 1. Th
cause of the action is laid to an edi-
torial which appeared Wednesday in
the College Mercury, of which Freid-
man is editor. This editorial upheld
pacifism among college men.
Freidman, besides being head of the
Mercury, was also co-editor of the
Microcosm, the yearly junior book, and
was connected with other activities
o the undergraduates. In recent edi-
tions the College Mercury has con-
tained articles on pacifism and it is
alleged that Freidman had been of-
ncially warned several times against
opinions which the faculty deemed
radical.
Friends and upholders of the young
editor's opinion have united to formu-
late a petition in which the president
will be asked to revoke his decision.
OFFICERS ELECTED
Women's League Elect Board of Di-
rectors for Next Year
As a result of yesterday's balloting,
the following women were elected to
the board of directors of the women's
league:
President, Anna Lloyd, '18; vice-
president, Mildred Mighell, '18; treas-
urer, Olive Wiggins, '19; secretary,
Ada Arnold, '19; corresponding secre-
tary, Marguerite Chapin, '20; senior
director, Clarissa Vyn, '18; junior, di-
rectors, Ruth Dailey, '19, and Edith
Duemling, '19; sophomore director,
Ruth Jennings, '20.
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ORGANIZE BRA9NCH Of
INTELLIGENCE BUREAU
ORGANIZATION FOUNDED TO IN-
DEX INFORMATION IN TIME
OF WAR
With the appointment of a state di-
rector and a local executive commit-
tee yesterday by President Hutchins
a branch of the intercollegiate intel-
ligence bureau was established here.
The intercollegiate intelligence bu-
reau with Dean William McClelland of
the University of Pennsylvania as
chairman and headquarters at Phila-
delphia is a national organization
founded for thetpurpose of tabulating
information on college alumni, facul-
ties, and students for the use of the
government in case of war.
Frank M. Bacon, '02, a former mem-
ber of the University faculty, was
made state director .while the local
executive committee consists of Dean
Henry M. Bates of the Law school,
chairman; Dean John R. Effinger of
the literary college, Dean Marcus L.
Ward of the dental college, Prof. Jos-
eph A. Bursley of the engineering col-
lege, Prof. Lewis M. Gram of the en-
gineering college, Abraham S. -Hart,
'17, president of the Student council;
Glenn M. Coulter, '18L, president of
the Michigan Union; Frederick B.
Stevens, '87L, Frank M. Bacon, '02,
and Regent Harry C. Bulkley.
Appoint Dean Bates
At a meeting of the executive com-
mittee last night Dean Bates was ap-
pointed local adjutant of the corps
and he will have charge of the Uni-
versity of Michigan branch of the bu-
reau. Headquarters have been estab-
lished at the Union and notices and
cards asking for information on the
receiver's training and experience in
different kinds of work will be sent
to all the alumni, faculty members and
students of the University. The notice
is as follows:
Give Services
Th 'Regents of the University of
Michigan wish to place at the service
of the federal, state, and municipal
governments all the resources of the
University.
The intent of the enclosed card is
to make a personal index of the fac-
ulty, alumni, students, and former stu-
dents of the University men and
women.
To assist you are asked to fill out
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UNION OPERA TO
APPEAR TONIGH T
Pre-Trip Performane' Tickets Are
Selling Rapidly; Cast Leaves
Monday
Once more the cast and chorus of
the "Fools' Paradise" will delight Ann
Arbor audiences, when at 8 o'clock
this evening the 1917 Michigan Union
opeia will again be produced.
Tckets for the pre-trip perform-
ance have been selling rapidly, though
many good seats still remain. Crowd-
ed houses are promised for Detroit,
Toledo, Grand Rapids, Battle Creek,
Chicago, and Saginaw. The cast aId
chorus will leave Monday.
A number of minor changes have
been effected, and the whole is said
to present a finished appearance pleas-
ing in the extreme.
BRITISH MANGLE ENTIRE CORPS
OF GERMANS ON WEST FRONT
London, April 3.-An entire Ger-
man battalion massing for attack
against the advancing British forces
east of Templeaus was mangled by
British artillery today. The British
forces continued their progress in the
neighborhood of St. Quentin, despite a
flare back into wintery -weather.
Dawn today saw eight inches of
snow and a high wind, which piled
25 feet deep in sme places.
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HERE'S WHERE
YOU CAN DRILL
South State street, corner South
University, 12:30 to 12:55 o'clock,
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and
Friday.
North Ingalls, corner Cornwell
place, 12:30 to 12:55 o'clock daily
except Sunday.
Maynard street in front Michi-
gan Daily office, 12:45 to 1:15
o'clock daily except Sunday.
Washtenaw, corner Hill street,
5:10 to 6 and 7 to 8 o'clock every
evening except Sunday.
Waterman and Barbour gymnas-
iums, 7 to 9 o'clock on Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings.
FORMNEDf OR DRILLING
STUDENTS MAY JOIN ORGANIZA-
TION WHOSE TIME IS
CONVENIENT
Every Michigan student who wishes
to receive infantry drill is welcome to
join any organization whose time and
place of drill is convenient.
The four new organizations now
drilling at regular periods in addition
to the reserve officers' training corns
which meets in Waterman and Bar-
bour gymnasiums have been formed
to relieve the congestion at the gym-
nasiums and to furnish an opportunity
for men who are unable to drill in the
evening.
A large number of men drilling in
the various outside organizations will
continue to work wth the training
corps imk the gymnasiums. There is a
greater need than ever for me who
have had experience and who are able
to train "rookies" in the school of the
soldier and the school of the squad.
All new men reporting tonight at
the gymnasiums will drill in Barbour
gym. Men having some experience
will drill in Waterman gym.
TOASTMASTERS ELECT NEW
MEMBERS TO ORGANIZATION
Speeches were made, new members
taken in and old songs sung at the
banquet of the Toastmasters, honorary
society, held at the Catalpa Inn last
night.
Harold P. Scott of the rhetoric de-
partment was elected a member of the
society and responded with a speech,
his subject being "Peace and Democ-
racies." Prof. H. R. Cross of the fine
arts department, and Allen Shoenfield,
'18, were elected members to be taken
in at the next meeting.
SEVEN ELECTRIAL ENGINEERING
FACULTY TO ENROLL I CORPS
Seven of the electrical engineering
staff have already received commis-
sions in the engineering officers' re-
serve corps or have made applications
for them. Prof. John C. Parker has
made application for a commission as
major, Mr. Ward F. Davidson has re-
ceived an appointment as lieutenant,
while Professors A. H. Lovell and H.
S. Sheppard have taken the examina-
tion for captaincy. Mr. Porter H.
Evans, Mr. A. D. Moore, and Mr. G.
A. Pomeroy are applying for commis-
sions.
Pre-Medics Hold Meeting Today
All literary pre-medics interested in
forming a company for voluntary mil-
itary drill will assemble in the West
Medical amphitheater at 4 o'clock to-
day. A committee has been organized
to take charge of the organizing of the
drilling units.
SLEEPER ASKS FOR
5P900 000 TO0AI
STATEGUARDSEN
GOVERNOR INTRODUCES BILL T
STATE LEGISLATURE FOR
ACTION
LAUDS PATRIOTISM OF
PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN
Purpose of Bill to Equip and Main.
tain State Troops; Provides
for Dependents
Lansing, April 3.-Governor Sleepet
tonight will ask the legislature to au-
thorize the borrowing of $5,000,00(
for the purpose of equipping and main-
taimng the Michigan national guard
A bill to this end will be introduced
The message Governor Sleeper wil
give is as follows: "With the sam
patriotic devotion with which our com-
monwealth answered the call of Pres-
ident Lincoln in 1861, and hastened tc
the defense of the flag when Presiden
McKinley, for humanity's sake, inter-
vened in Cuba, the people of Michigar
are ready to give of ,their vast re
sources that American armies ma
triumph for American honor and the
welfare of mankind.
"In all the crucial periods of our na-
tion's history Michigan has been in the
forefront. The glorious deeds of oui
citizen soldiers during the dark days
of '61 are indelibly linked with the val-
orous achievements of the brave boys
who went to the front in 1898.
Need Proper Equipment
"Once more Michigan's citizen sold,
iers are to be pressed into the servic
of their country. That they may le
properly equipped for tile campaig
before them it is necessary that the
state raise funds for 'this purpose, anm
I recommend the speedy enactment of
law authorizing the proper state of-
ficials to borrow on the credit of the
state not to exceed $5,000,000 foi
the purpose of equipping, maintaining
and organizing our national guard, and
for the care and maintenance of the
dependents of those pressed into mil-
itary service.
"The wives andchildren, the father
and mothers must not be permitted t
suffer by the state. In this great cris
is the citizens of Michigan, irrespective
of nationality, will be found ready an
anxious to uphold the hands of th
president, and to aid in establishing i
every way possible an honorable an
permanent peace."
CORNELL ABANDONS
ATHLETIC CONTEST'
Southern Trip for Baseball Team I
Called Off as Result of
War
(Special to The Daily.)
Ithaca, N. Y., April 3.-The athleti
essociation today decided that in th
event of a declaration of war, all in
tercollegiate schedules will be consid
ered cancelled. Southern trips for th
baseball and lacrosse teams whic
were to begin today have bee:
definitely abandoned, and further cre
practice has been summarily stoppe
The coaching in all sports will be di
continued until lecisive action ha
been taken by the government.
ETIQUETTE OF THE FLAG
1. The flag should not be
hoisted before sunrise nor allowed
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to remain up after sunset. *
2. Whenever possible, the flag *
should be flown from a staff or *
mast, but should not be fastened *
to the side of a building, plat- *
form or scaffolding. *
3. In a banner of the Union *
the field of blue containing the *
stars should fly to '-the north in *
streets running east and west, *
and to the east in streets running *
north and south. *
4. It should never be allowed *
to touch the ground. *
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Petition to Eliminate Examinations
Eugene, Ore., April 3.-Petitions
are being circulated at the University
of Oregon to eliminate senior exam-
inations, according to the Oregon
Emerald. The faculty seems to be di-
vided on the matter but according to
indications the action will be taken
to abolish the tests.
Oregon Students to Hold Drill
Eugene, Ore., April 3.-'Forty-two
students have enrolled for military
drill.
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