TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1959 THE MICHIGAN DAILY VAnW IMMVV. TU S A , A R L 7 95 H -HG N D ~ Y lAI ' ,vi~ ' z LUE '1'Xi1Li',Rj Bandits Get Fraternity Cash, Goods By PETER DAWSON Thieves made off with a reported $1,500 in cash and possessions from five fraternity houses over spring vacation. A hi-fidelity phonograph, rec- ords and clothes, worth together about $800, were taken from Zeta #Beta Tau. A $200 television set, a $60 short-wave radio and other possessions were taken from Alpha Epsilon Pi. Thieves took approximately $400 from the wallets of membersof three other fraternities. Members of Sigma Phi Epsilon lost $81; Tau Delta Phi, $150-$200; and Phi Sig- ma Delta, about $150. Police said the wallet robberies seemed to be the work of profes- sionals who took advantage of the confusion in the fraternities and the fatigue of the members return- ing from home with money. They occurred early Monday morning. Police added that fraternities have been robbed many times in the past around vacations and that robbers continue to be successful despite warnings to students. The thieves apparently entered the Tau Delta Phi house by break- ing a side window, police said. At Zeta Beta Tau, an upstairs window was broken and a side door was found standing open! A fire escape leads to the window. The route of the thieves was not certain. Like the wallet robberies, the Tau Delta Phi theft apparently happened early this morning. Indians Thrive Again in Butsch Villages By SHARON EDWARDS RobertaS.nButsch is a man with a deft talent for creating whole communities. Butsch, assistant to the director of the University Exhibit Museum, designs and constructs Indian dio- ramas. The dioramas are scale con- structions of American Indian plaster molds and manipulated to suit the activities represented. Butsch not only does this basic design and construction but also completes every detail of clothfhg, tools, housing and vegetation. According to Butsch, the scale presents no special problem to his construction. A certain amount of imagination is required, however. Representation of grass, for 'ex- ample, may require some ingenuity when the horses feeding on it are only three inches high. Zoology Interest When asked what special inter- ests had led him into his unique occupation, Butsch replied, "I am a zoologist and interested in an- thropological materials as they apply to natural history." The dioramas currently on ex- hibit are primarily of North Amer- ican Indians. Four older recon- structions of Michigan Indians are SeTTATSIO V UOSVS 5 Ol Og paJOAap of the Chippewa. In addition, there are six very new dioramas representing In- dians of different cultural areas. Indians of the northwest coast, north central California, the great plateau-basin of the central west, the Mackenzie area, eastern wood- lands and central Eskimo areas are depicted. Butsch is presently completing construction of two more dioramas to round out the set of eight de- voted to American Indians north of Mexico. Five small and very simple dio- ramas portray South American In- dians, from the farmers and mari- ners of the Caribbean to the em- pire builders of the Andes. Kreger Wins Assembly Position Connie Kreger; '60, was unani- mously elected first vice-president of Assembly Association at yester- day's meeting of Assembly Dormi- tory Council. Miss Kreger, 20 years old and a resident of Martha Cook, will take office at League Installation Night to be held Monday. Termed the "internal president" by Pat Marthenke, '59, out-going Assembly president, the first vice- president acts as coordinator of all committees formed by the Assem- bly executive board, with particu- lar emphasis placed on her work with the Housing Committee, Miss Kreger's responsibilities will include close cooperation and work with the vice-presidents of all the independent housing units.She will also, Miss Marthenke added. work with the Assembly president in all matters, including those in- volving policy making. Ex-officio membership on ADC, League Council and Women's Sen- ate are part of the duties the first vice-president assumes. The first vice-president, together with the corresponding officers of Panhellenic Association and Wom- en's League, now has authority in setting up agendas for Senate meetings. Sophistication do you have it? Do you manage to be poised and con- fident on any occasion? Learn what sophistication really means , in this week's Star Weekly... on sale all week. Look for the BLUE COVER. TUESDAY SPECIALS After-Easter -Daily-Richard Bracken INDIAN DIORAMA--A village of the Northwest Coastal area is one of a series of reconstructions of North American Indian communities now on display at the Exhibit Museum. Fine detail endows the miniatures with an atmosphere of reality. ROBERT BUTSCH .. . museum preparator communities. They are designed to integrate the various museum ex- hibits of American Indian anthro- pological materials. Plastic Molds The construction of the dioramas involves a basic design of the de- sired layout for both the rounded background and the foreground figures. Wax figures are created in In designing a diorama, Butsch said, illustrations of a typical kind of geographical locale, as well as of the types of houses and cloth- ing is most important. In some instances, he added, a more specific design is employed. As an example, he pointed out the Central Plains diorama he is cur- rently construcing, which concerns the tanning of leather. Such ac- tivities are chosen with care, said Butsch. In this instance, tan- ning techniques were quite univer- sally the same among American Indians. Their particular significance to the Central Plans lies in their greatly inbcreased useage after trade was established with the white man, and the subsequent ex- tinction of the American buffalo. When possible, he added, such ac- tivities are combined with the rep- resentation of village life. Other Fields Although his principal work is the construction "of the dioramas. Butsch also has designed and con- structed many of the Exhibit Mu- seum's small mammal and bird natural habitat groups. As museum preparator, he instructs small un- dergraduate classes in museum techniques. "Dr. Butsch's academic training and field experience in combina- tion with his artistic ability make him a one-man team," said Irving G. Reimann, director of the Mu- seum. "He is qualified not only to make dioramas and habitat groups but also to do the research neces- sary to assure their accuracy and authenticity of detail." 200 kind wear DRESSES of every for day and evening sizes 7-15, 10- -i INDIAN JOURNALISM STUDENT: Hejmadi Describes Adjustment to U.S. Customs FLORENCE BRIDAL and BEAUTY SHOP Large selection of Spring Formals Wedding Gowns Cocktail Dresses 109 W. Liberty NO 2-5878 U By JOAN KAATZ Putting one's values into a cock- tail shaker and then pouring out a mixture of old and new ideas is the way Padma Hejmadi describes her adjustment to American life. An Indian graduate student in journalism, Miss Hejmadi said, for instance, she often found it diffi- cult to comprise the reticence in speaking found in India and the bluntness and openness of Ameri- can students, particularly in dis- cussions of dates and social affairs. Perhaps the adjustment she finally attained can be depicted by her participation in American ac- tivities, such as Generation maga- zine, and the retention of wearing the customary Indian sari. Hopwood Winner Creative writing is one of Miss Hejmadi's main interests, and last spring she won a major Hopwood fiction award. Upon her return to India, she hopes to write literary pieces in journals for women and children. Few of the Indian magazines for women have a stimulating content, she commented, in addition to suf- fering from poor paper and print quality. Miss Hejmadi attributed part of Indian journalism's diffi- culty to the 16 per cent literacy rate in her nation. Art and music criticism intrigue Miss Hejmadi, particularly the relations of silences and sounds in music. In Western music it is as if silence has been poured into the sound of the music, she said, while "Indian music is as if sound has been poured into silence." English Unpopular She pointed to the recently in- creasing unpopularity of English in India and said that "whatever I have to offer will not only have to be intellectually stimulating .. . but will also have to be immediate, Prof. Kawar To Lecture "Muhammed and Alexander" will be the lecture topic of Prof. Irfan Kawar, of the, oriental lan- guages department at the UCLA at 4:15 p.m. today in Aud. C, An- gell Hall. The lecture is sponsored jointly by the history and Near Eastern studies departments. in detail. The press played a large part in the gaining of India's in- dependence, she said. Complaints are often lodged that there aren't enough human inter- est stories in the press, she said.. Discusses Press In general the Indian press is neutral in foreign affairs, follow- ing the government policy; but the press does not hesitate to criti- cize constructively the country's domestic policies, Miss Hejmadi said. This is necessary in a new nation, she commented, and the press has been very sincere in its attitude. Previous to coming to the United States, Miss Hejmadi did free- lance writing for "The Times of India" and the "Hindu" news- papers. She also worked on gov- ernment publications and radio, writing her own script for a broad- cast to foreign countries. A magazine of short stories, es- says and poetry for a more sophis- ticated audience is another job she left in India, and might like to go back to, she said. Miss Hejmadi has been at the University on a Barbour scholar- ship for Orient~l Women for a year and a half and expects to return to India by 1960. ASETA presents U EMMBBB 44, 121/2to 241/2 ...taII 10 to 20. 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