THE MICHIGAN DAILY NEW UNIVERSITY SERIES: Shows To Feature Astronomy, Art Two new University television series will begin today on WJIM- TV (Ch. '6, Lansing). At 11 a.m. Channel 6 presents an overview of the field of mod- ern astronomy. This will be fol- lowed by a new art series at 11:30. "Profile of Space," the astron- omy series, has as host Prof. Wil- liam Liller, of the astronomy de- partment, who will explain as- tronomy's practical and abstract divisions, its past accomplish- ments and its aims for the future. The opening program, "Second Genesis," starting today, con- siders the problems which will confront man when he steps into the "mystery of space." In addition, Prof. Liller will comment upon the race for space between this country and the So- viet Union; offering statistics gained from observations and dis- cussions with Russian astron- omers during his recent travels there. The second program of the Y series will investigate the tools of the astronomer, and the third will discuss the possibility of life on other planets. Prof. Liller will be assisted in his presentation by University faculty and visiting guests. * * * "The Public Arts," which fol- lows the astronomy series, wi l show University artists creating art now found in many modern public places. Host for the series, Prof. Guy Palazzola, of the architecture and design school, says that the re- emergence of art in public places shows the increased desire of modern man to enhance his life with meaningful decoration. On today's program, "The Story the Mural Tells" Prof. Frank Cas- t i I Choir Drops 'U Activities For Year By ANITA FELDMAN The large University Choir was a group composed of three indi- vidual choral groups whose tal- ents were combined to produce the resounding effect desired by their director, Prof. Maynard Klein of the music school. But the Choir is no more. Klein became ill a few days be- fore the spring semester began, and both the Choir and its mem- bers are now in a period of idle- ness. The Choir's inaction is the re- sult of the music school's execu- tive committee decision "not to bring in another man," Dean Earl Moore of the music school said. "The faculty and the members of the Choir feel a great rever- ence toward Prof. Klein, and the committee feels that at this time, no one could adequately carry on the prgoram of work he has un- dertaken so ably for the past number of years," Dean Moore continued. The Dean hopes Prof. Klein will be well enough to return to the University and its choirs in the fall, but "until that time, we do not wish to complicate our pro- cedure or his health with a new director," he said. When the University choir members learned of their con- ductor's leave of absence, many of them joined a local choral group which had been organized by Charles Sherman, Grad. Sher- man's choir was in existence be- fore klein's illness, but was small and held its rehearsals in his liv- ing room. When the attendance in his liv- ing room began to increase far beyond the room's capacity, Sher- man contacted Lane Hall, and Lane Hall, in turn, agreed to sponsor the group. Now, Sherman's choir, as well as the University Choir, is no more. One of the members of both of these groups, incensed about the attitude of the students who dropped out of Sherman's choir, remarked that "The students have time to sit up in Burton Tower practicing their 'ducky- doo' songs for music education courses, but can't spare one small hour a week on something which they, as music students, should be interested in." Military Service Listed As Block in Education (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last in a series that will explore the ex- tent and character ofr retention,1 transfer and wthdrawa of students from colleges and universities. It is based on a report released by the Office of Education of the United States Department of Health, Educa- tion and Welfare.) The most important reason for: discontinuing college attendance listed by men in the survey was enlistment in the military service. However, as was pointed out earlier, the period of 1950-54 which was covered by the survey included the years of the Korean conflict and for this reason the Office of Education did not em- phasize the importance of this reason in the overall picture. Among the men students polled, lack of interest in studies ranked second in importance and p e r s o n a 1 financial difficulties ranked third. List Marriage For women students, marriage was - the major reason for dis- continuing college attendance. The next two reasons, in order of importance, were taking a full- time job and personal financial difficulties. On the questionnaire, the rea- sons listed for discontinuance were purposely limited to those reflecting on the student rather than on the institution which he left, the Office said. However, each dropout had an opportunity to write in other rea- sons. The great majority of the additional reasons referred to personal problems and deficien- cies rather than to deficiencies in the facilities of the institutions, "further indicating the import- ance of greater attention to the services which can assist in solv- ing these problems," the report stated. Present Findings Some auxiliary findings of the survey were presented in the re- port in question - and - answer form. "How do the persistence records of students who enrolled in insti- tutions that operate on the se- mester system compare with the records of students in institutions operating on the quarter system?" The report indicated that "the advantage is clearly with the in- stitutions which operate on the semester basis. Probability Inrerases "It might be inferred," the study continued, "that the in- crease in the number of stopping places increases the probability of stopping." The data indicate that 1,000 high school graduates will pro- duce 132 college graduates (from the institutions in which they first registered) four years after high school graduation, the report stated. TODAY 7 P.M. enjoy the play VVWINTER" by Sholom Ash HILLEL FOUNDATION 1429 Hill TELEVISION SHOW-At the University Television Service many people backstage help put out the shows. A television camera dollies in for a closeup on an interview. I flPo'46Campu4 -I T. S. ELIOT'S "Murder in the, Cathedral" will be presented by the Lutheran Student Association today at 7 p.m. The performance will be held in the Student Center at Hill and South Forest. PROF. DONALD HALL of the English department will give a poetry reading in West Quad- rangle's Strauss Library at 7 p.m. Tuesday, according to Arthur Brown, '61, administrative vice- President of the Inter-House Council. The reading is being sponsored by IHC and the West Quadrangle Council. THE INTER-HOUSE Council Will sponsor a bicycle race from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. April 18. An endurance relay contest, the race will be held on the asphalt walks outside Michigan Stadium. Every men's house in the Uni- versity's residence hall system is entitled to enter one team, ac- cording to Arthur Brown, '61, ad-' ministrative vice-president of the Council. * * * KAINNETH A. MEADE, director of General Motors Educational Relations section, will show a film on the experimental car at the next meeting of the Engineers' Wives to be held April 7. The meeting will take place at Lane Hall at 8 p.m. * * * GAMMA DELTA, the Lutheran Student Club, will present a pro- gram today at the Lutheran Stu- dent Center, 1511 Washtenaw, at 6 p.m. The Wayne State Univer- sity chapter of Gamma Delta will present "The Sign of Jonah." * * * THE JOURNALISM department will present James S. Pope, execu- tive director of the Louisville Cour- rier-Journal, Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Rackham Amphitheatre. He will speak on "A Preface to Jour- nalism." sara of the architecture and de- sign school, will discuss the tech-' niques of the oldest of the public arts and retrace the steps he took in creating the mural in the East Detroit Post Office. The second program will be on sculpture and the third on foun- tains: The concluding program of the series will discuss the integration- of art into modern architecture. * * These two new series will com- prise' the University Television Hour, which is carried by four stations on Sundays. WWJ-TV (ch. 4, Detroit) car- ries half of the TV Hour and now having finished one of the two programs, "Science: Quest and Conquest," is now carrying the second series, "Western Europe," at 1 p.m. * * * Today the second of the "West- ern Europe" series discusses the, history and current state of Euro- pean parliamentary democracy. Prof. Roy Pierce of the political science department will explain how lack of balance between poli- tical parties contributed to the collapse of France's Fourth Re- public in 1958 and how it also threatens Italy with the alterna- tive of a Communist government. He explains why the English and German parliaments are more stable and, traces the history of parliaments from the Greek forums of 4 B.C. to their appear- ance in continental Europe of the middle ages. s s " On other University programs today, WXYZ-TV (Ch. 7, De- troit) presents a discussion of great medical advances brought about by war, on "Understanding *Our World" at 9 a.m. The story of the rehabilitation of an amputee is told by Prof. Leonard Bender of the medical school and Elmer Ferguson, a World War II veteran. Prof. Bender discusses how the medicine of rehabilitation was given a tremendous new impetus due to World War II. Prof. Thomas Flotte of the medical school discusses the his- tory of medical aid in war and shown that war has proved to be a living laboratory. Program host is Prof. Arthur Eastman of the English depart- ment. * * * WXYZ-TV also presents folk songs about heroes on "Accent"3 at 9:45 a.m. Prof. Niel Snortum of the Eng- lish department sings songs about, heroes such as John Henry and Jesse James. He said he believes that these songs "made these men sometimes bigger, sometimes bad- der and sometimes better." As an example of the latter, Prof. Snortum sings the ballad of Jesse James which turns this out- law into "an American Robin Hood." Regents ,Pick Cornmittee For Dearborn The Regents at their meeting Friday appointed an Executive Committee for the Dearborn Cen- ter. The three members of the Uni- versity Senate will be Prof. Algo D. Henderson of the education school; Prof. John W. Lederle of the literary college; and Prof. Gordon J. Van Wylen of the engi- neering college. Prof. Henderson's term will ex- pire June 30, 1962, while Prof. Lederle's term expires June 30, 1960. Prof. Van Wylen's term will expire June 30, 1960. At the meeting ex-officio mem- bers were also appointed. They will be: Vice-President William E. Stirton, director of the Dearborn Center, chairman; Dean Stephen S. Attwood, of the engineering college; Dean Roger W. Heyns of the literary college; Dean Russell A. Stevenson of the business ad- ministration school and Dean Ralph A. Sawyer of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies. The duties of the members will be to advise the various deans at the Dearborn Center. Applications Now Available Applications for the seventh an- nual International Student Rela- tions Seminar are now available, Carol Holland, '59, Chairman of Student Government Council's 'National and International Com- mittee said yesterday. 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