THE MICHIGAN DAILY




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IN CHISTIAN SCIENCE
"LARES LUXURIES DEMAND
ATTENTION WHICH MOR-
TALS DESERVE
rhe world has made marvelous
les in the subjugation of the elec-
current," said John Randall Dunn
hie lecture given under the auspices
hie Christian Science society of the
rersity of Michigan last night. The
ts of a self-sacrificing body of
ical omen are bringing to light
-y conceivable material theory for
alleviation of human suffering,"
continued. "And yet the under-
g cause of disease seems un-
:hed, and frightened humanity is
confronted with a terrifying list
o-called incurable diseases.
Luxuries Tax Mind
[he human mind has been taxed
:iscover new luxuries, and new
es of amusement, to keep pace
i mortals' fickle and ever-changing
ands. But can it be said that its
mplishment along these lines has
ight to the famished affections
thing that truly satisfies, anything
brings abiding peace and happi-
Christian Science is not a modern
osophy, not the 'product of a fer-
human brain.' It is the revela-
of the spiritual facts of being, the
lation of the truth about God and
taught by Jesus and the prophets,
it is all to be found in the Bible.
Path Marked by Jesus
lave you ever seen in the mountains
lazed' trail? A large piece of
k is cleft from a tree, and this op-
ion is repeated on other trees at
nent intervals throughout the
;th of the trail. No matter how the
s may grow, the 'blaze' remains,
so the trail is marked out for gen-
Ions to come.
When the world seemed immersed
he materialism of Jewish theology
Roman paganism, there appeared
whose mission was to point the
to spirituality, to deliverance and
ling, and he 'blazed' a trail to the
ier's house so plain, so simple,
a child could follow it.
Doctrines Obscure Trail
But in after centuries fast-growing
ds of ritual and human doctrines,
olitical power and ecclesiastical
ldliness, obscured the trail, and
tals seemed content to follow the
.os paths of creeds until in our
@ a woman-pilgrim came upon it
gave to her discovery the name
istlan Science, or the Science of
istianity, and she rested not until
had written a book showing you
me how to find it. This guide book
alled 'Science and Health with Key
he Scriptures,' and is the text book
ch Christian Scientists use in con-
ion with their manual of life, the
te."
L V.C.VAUGHAN JR.
) REPRESENT STATE

Yankee Brains Responsible For
War's Most Destructive Weapon

ESTABLISHES BRANCHES
OF BUREAU IN STATE

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War's most destructive weapon, the
torpedo shell, was made possible be-
cause of Yankee ingenuity, and the
terrible deadliness of this projectile
was tested first in an American war.
It is the "reluctant" high explosive
which creates all the havoc on Eu-
ropean battlefields - the chemical
which has enormous power to do mis-
chief but is lazy about using its forces.
The present-day projectile, filled with
"T. N. T.," unnite, or lyddite, is able
to lay waste acres in one fell swoop,
doing the work of scores of guns
which used to fire solid shot.
The armor-piercing shell of today
lands and lies around a few seconds
before it cuts loose its huge charge of
high explosive that makes valleys out
of hills and razes entire blocks of
buildings to the earth. The shells of
former years did damage merely by
the force of their own impact and that
was slight in comparison to the de-
structive properties of a charge of
dynamite well-planted in the midst of
the enemy.
Use "Insensitive" Explosive
"Insensitive" is the term applied to
the high explosive being used in Eu-
rope, for soldiers can handle it like
sawdust or flour without the slightest
danger to themselves. It requires a
detonator, such as mercury fulminate,
to cause it to explode. This reluctance
of the big shell to go off makes it
possible for them to be used in long-
range guns and mortars which can
stand off at a distance of 20 miles and
blow everything to atoms. The auto-
matic mechanism which each one con-
tains can be set to explode the charge
at practically any interval desired.
First to Use Torpedo Shell
The torpedo shell was first used by
the American navy in the bombard-
fnent of Santiago, during the Spanish-
American war. High explosives were
unheard of in those days but, never-
theless, the Yankee fleet had as part
of its equipment a boat, the Vesuvius,


which was known as "the dynamite
boat." This ship of 929 tons was
equipped with three 15-inch pneumatic
rifles which were 55 feet long, extend-
ing through three decks. Each gun
was supplied with compressed air from
a reservoir which forced the dyna-
mite-filled shells for a distance of a
mile and a half. Each of the projectiles
was nine feet long and provided with
a propeller-like tail which guided it
safely to its destination. The destruc-
tion wrought by the "cough guns" of
the Vesuvius would have been appall-
ing if their range had not been so lim-
ited. Tests made at coast defense
forts proved the same weakness.
Finally Perfect Shell
The apparent effectiveness of the
torpedo shell determined various gov-
ernments to perfect it so it could be
used successfully in future warfare.
For many years no advance was made
but finally the chemists came forth
with the discovery of insensitive high
explosive. This immediately revolu-
tionized the artillery fighting of the
great armies. Guns were invented
that could hurl the shells by a charge
of ordinary gun powder for a distance
of over 20 miles. It was because of
this discovery that the Germans were
able to demolish the fortifications of
Namur, Liege, and Antwerp and that
enabled the allies to keep the Teutons
from advancing further into their ter-
ritory.
At the present time United States
super-dreadnoughts are equipped with
16-inch long range rifles which can
handle high explosive shells and do
unbelievable damage to an enemy
ship. The comparative powers of the
old and new styles of projectiles can
be seen from the result of the naval
encounter between the Russians and
Japanese at Tsushima straits. The
Japs used shells filled with dynamite,
in pursuance of the American idea,
and their fire forced the Russian fleet
to silence its guns, which were throw-
ing out solid shot.

Director

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Work in 0

ether

Loleges
Francis M. Bacon, '02, state director
of the intercollegiate intelligence bu-
reau, has returned to the city after
establishing branches of the bureau in
a number of the other colleges of the
state.
Branches were organized at Hills-
dale college, Western State normal
college, Central State normal college,
Olivet college, Adrian college, Alma
college, Kalamazoo college, and lope
college. The same plan of organiza-
tion is being used at these colleges as
here. First the internal organization
is perfected, then the alumni, stu-
dents, and faculties are indexed, and
finally the means of getting the in-
formation to the government is pro-
vided, which is accomplished through
the state and national headquarters of
the bureau.
Assembly Bolting
Tabooed By 19L
Class Adopts ResohItiions Prohibiting
3en to Absent Theseives
Without Excuse
No longer will speakers at sopho-
more engineering assemblies face
empty benches.
At its last meeting, the class of '19
adopted a resolution to enforce at-
tendance at its assemblies by adminis-
trative measures.
No member will be excused from at-
-}JA e senqsa.tnJ da Ss5aOUi uwu9na
ten excuse from the class secretary,
signed by an instructor in some regu-
lar course given at the hour of as-
sembly, a certificate of ill health from a
physician, or a formal excuse signed
by the assistant dean, indicating that
it is necessary for the student to be
absent the whole day.
All excuses from instructors will be
filed within one week after the ab-
sence and the certificate from phy-
sicians within one week after the stu-
dent resumes his regular wvork. Ab-
sences not covered by legitimate ex-
cuses will be assessed 25 cents the first
time and 50 cents each absence there-
after. These assessments will become
a part of the class dues.
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AT THE THEATERS *
' TODAY
* Majestic- Rita Jolivet in "The
* Masque of Life"
Arcade - William Farninl ii
"The Price of Silence." Roscoe *
Arbuckle in "The Butcher *
Bloy"~
*Orpheum--Second McClure Pe
He tre., "Seven i Deadly Sins."
Holbrook Blin in "Pride"
* Roscoe Arbauckle in "The *
* Butcher Boy.'*

Freshmen Present
Playlet For Club
sllnimbiii 'Round Rome" Given by
New Iemubers of Classical
Society
'Rambling 'Round Rome" was the
title of the playlet presented by the
fres aiman members of the Classical
club at a meeting held last night in
Memorial hall. The sketch was a bur-
lesque on life in ancient Rome, the
scene being laid in a "Roman depart-
ment store."
Walter Simpson played the part of
the manager, and Mark Ehlbert ap-
peared in the role of floorwalker. Eliz-
abeth Oakes, as the irate shopper, and
Myrna Goodrich, as her infant daugh-
ter, were the leading female charac-
ters. Lewis Williams impersonated
the telegraph boy.
A ukelele and guitar duet was ren-
dered by Jeannette Sudow and Helen
E. Miller, the salesladies at the music
counter. Gertrude Benson also ap-
peared as a saleslady, and Marion
Ames as the lady elocutionist of the
book department.
Grace Griffin and Florence Collier
played the parts of shoppers. William
Chidester, Edgar Rice, and Frederick
W\ynn. were seen as Roman dandies.
The dialogue was written by Walter
Simpson and Mark Ehlbert.
WENDELL P. lOHLER TO TALK
ON INSURANCE HERE MAY 10
"Some Aspects of Fraternal Insur-
ance" will be the subject of a special
lecture to be given by Wendell P.
Kohler, an insurance man of Toledo,
0., at 7:30 o'clock May 10, in room
%01 Maeon hall.
Students of insurance listened to a
number of addresses upon different
phases of the course last week. Prof.
Ilen ry C. Walters, of the Detroit Law
school, spoke on "Policy Provisions
and War Risks;" Mr. T A. Lowry,
local agent for the New York Insur-
ance company, gave a brief account
of the war clause and now it is ad-
ininistered by his company; and Mr.
1'. E. Ies, cashier and office manager
of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
company at Detroit, talked on "The
Inside Workof a Life Insurance Gen-
oral Agency."
Junior Engineers pay class dues in
HAi ineering Society rooms today from
5 to 1.2.-Adv. 2

SAYS GYERNMENT MUST
TAKE DYER INDUSTRIES

URGES MOBILIZATION OF
BUSINESS IN COUN-
TRY

ALL

Princeton, N. J., May 1.-Govern-
ment control of industry and business
must be assumed by the United States
during the war, in the opinion of Dr.
Jeremiah W. Jenks of New York uni-
versity.
Industrial mobilization of all indus-
try is advocated by him, and he urges
government control as the best means
of attaining it. Control of railroads
will be necessary to furnish adequate
and ready service for army transports
of men and supplies. This, aided by
government charge of the merchant
marine, will give the proper founda-
tion for the superstructure of direct-
ing industry into the channels it
should take.
Dr. Jenks directly repudiates the
idea that the government should man-
age all industry. He differentiates
between control and management, that
control permits private corporations
to retain their entire managerial and
working force, while management puts
the actual carrying on of the work it-
self in the hands of government offic-
iaI s.
The types of business best fitted for
government management should come
under the following conditions: where
all industry can-,be combined in a
unifiedsystem; where the operations
possess a routine-like character;
where they are performed under thf
public eye and individuals notice lax.
ity; where there is but little capital
expenditure. Otherwise government
management is not advisable, though
government control is.
THE
SPRUNK
ENGRAVING
cow
Has Moved to
700 Marquette Bldg.


r of Tuberculosis Survey
Ake Part at Cincinnati Con-
vention

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Lansing, May 1.-At the national
berculosis convention to be held in
neinnati, May 9, 10, and 11, Michigan
11 be represented on the program by
. Victor C. Vaughan Jr., of Detroit,
n of Dean Victor C. Vaughan of the
niversity Medical school, one of the
agnosticians in the state tuberculosis
rvey. Dr. Vaughan's subject will be,
Medical Aspects of the Michigan
iberculosis Survey."
Dr. Vaughan has been assigned the
ork by the state board of health of
bulating all the several thousand
ses of tuberculosis discovered in the
urse of the survey and making a
edical report on them at the close
the work. There is considerable
terest among tuberculosis diagnos-
>ians in other states in this forth-
ming report from a scientific point
view.
It will be the first time in anti-
berculosis work in the United States'
at so large a number of cases are
viewed in a given territory. It will
a possible for Dr. Vaughan to draw
irly reliable conclusions in regard
a number of scientic theories about
berculosis because of the unusual
portunity the survey has given of
serving under all sorts of conditions

ORGANIZE PHI BET
KPPA SOIETY IN, 1176
WAS FIRST GREEK LETTER FRA-
TERNITY TO BE FOUNDEDI
IN AMERICA
Phi Beta Kappa, the first American
Greek letter fraternity, was founded
in 1776 at William and Mary college,
Williamsburg, Va.
The record of the first meeting is still
preserved and expresses the purpose
of the society. "On Thursday, the 5th
of December, in- the year of our Lord
God one thousand seven hundred and
seventy-six, and the first of the com-
monwealth, a happy spirit and resolu-
tion of attaining the important ends
of society entering the minds of John
Heath, Thomas Smith, Richard Book-
er, Armstd Smith, and John Jones,
and afterward seconded by others, pre-
vailed and was accordingly ratified."
* In its early days it was a secret so-
ciety with an initiation ceremony and
oath of allegiance. Membership was
open to students over 16 years of age
who were to be elected unanimously.
Meetings were held at regular inter-
vals and non-attendance was frequent-
ly fined heavily. A certain Joshua
Cabell, for instance, was fined $20 for
failing to give the declamation as-
signed to him for the meeting of Sep-
tember 23, 1780. The records further
show that while literature and politics
were the chief interest of the society,
the social side of college life was not
forgotten.
In 1780 a chapter was founded at
Yale, and in 1781 at Harvard. These
two chapters in turn granted a charter
to Dartmouth in 1787. In 1826 the
oaths of secrecy were abolished and
the society became what it is today,
a national fraternity of scholars. Mem-
bership Is limited to 10 per cent of the
graduating class who have won high
distinction in the literary college.
There are 86 chapters in American
colleges and universities at present.
The local chapter, Alpha of Michi-
gan, was founded in 1907, and now has
650 members. Elections to membership
are made in April. Officers are elected
annually, those for 1916-1917 being
Dean John R. Effinger, president; Pro-
fessor John G. Winter, secretary; Pro-

GEOLOGICAL EXHIBIT
OPEN'S TOMORROW
Various Specimens to Be Shown in
Natural Science Building To-
morrow and Friday
Geological and mineralogical exhib-
its in the Natural Science exhibit to-
morrow and Friday will range from
the mounted, now extinct, ferocious
animals of prehistoric man, to the
highly polished stones fQr modern
adornment.
Hundreds of fossils, petrified fishes,
birds and the more powerful animals
are mounted in the geological museum
including the giant, flightless bird
from New Zealand, in the process of
mounting in the preparation room on
the first floor.
In the geology lecture room on the
second floor, an artificial geyser is set
up which spouts at short intervals.
The glass cases in the corridor of the
second floor, are being filled with the
more common fossils and stones of
popular interest.
The mineralogical exhibit consists
of several thousand specimens, includ-
ing every kind of mineral, gem, and
rock known. Every specimen is la-
beled giving its name and place where
found.
The pamphlet guide will come from
the press this morning which will fur-
nish as a source of information to
visitors.
1920 HOLDS SMOKER
Majors Castle and Wilson Speak at
Military Meeting
"All lit classes should organize for
military training at once," said Major
C. E. Wilson at the fresh lit military
smoker at the Union last night. "You
should gain what military knowledge
you can, even if it is not of the best,"
he continued, "for you are likely to be
called into service, and if you are,
such training will prove invaluable."
Major Wilson said that the United
States should have 2,000,000 men
trained in the art of warfare at the
end of the present war.
The need for universal service was
pointed out by Major C. W. Castle,
who showed how the historians had
misrepresented the results of the vol-
unteer system as used in the war of,
1812.
Plans for furthering the drill work
of the class were discussed. The
freshman company will march to Ypsi-
lanti sometime the latter part of this
week. Those attending May Festival
tomorrow night will be excused from
drill.

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Rae - George Walsh
Medlator." "Merry
comedy.

in "The
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AT THE MAJESTIC
"The Masque of Life," a film which
comes from successful runs in New
York and Chicago, will be seen at the
Majestic today and Thursday.
One of the features of the film is the
work of "Pete" Montebello, the monkey
star who climbs to the stop of a 360-
foot chimney with a baby under his
arm. At the top the heroine attempts
to take the baby from him with the
result that all three, girl, monkey,
and baby go down into the slanting
chimney.
AT THE ARCADE
William Farnum in "The Price of
Silence" is the feature at the Arcade
today. Besides this film, Roscoe Ar-
buckle appears in his first Paramount
picture, "The Butcher Boy."
"Buster" Keaton of vaudeville fame,
makes his appearance in pictures in
the part of the village pest.
Helium Discovered by Student
Lawrence, Kan., May 1.--Com-
mercial helium has been discovered by
a young chemist studying under the
direction of Prof. H. P. Cady of the
University of Kansas. The discovery
is of greatest importance, as the Brit-
ish made strenuous efforts to locate
the gas in commercial quantities for
use in aeronautics.
Try a Michigan Daily Want-Ad.

Madam Homer
Sings Tonight
in mill Auditorium
You can hear her in
your own home any
time on the Victor
ictrola
A complete stock of her Records
at the
601 E. William Street

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e suffering from this disease. fessors Campbell Bonner, John W.
Bradshaw, Walter B. Pillsbury, to-
n M. E. Cooley to Speak to '19E gether with the president and secre-
ean Mortimer E. Cooley will speak tary of the university as ex-officio
Le freshman engineering assembly members, constitute the executive
morning. -His talk will be in the committee.
ire of a personal word of advice
he freshman and his relation to the Utah Adopts Compulsory Military Drill
Prof. A. H. White will then ad- Salt Lake City, Utah, May 1.-Com-
s the class on the subject of pulsory military training has been
emical Engineering as a Profes- adopted for all men students at the
in University of Utah.

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