THE MICHIGAN DAILY 1 Union Madness ,20 7:QO MOVIES- CARNIVAL HI-Fl CONCERTR DANCERT JAZZ CONCERT Mead Calls Graduate Studies Wage-Improvement Schools Graduate school has become a viewed as training sergeants cross between a professional whose aim Is to keep people from school and a continuation school attaining some goal, she said. married people attend to improve "This would seem to be a period their wage-earning capacity, Prof. when the students themselves. Margaret Mead, said last; night at will have, to' take the initiative in the Graduate School Convocation what they want from graduate Exercises in the Rackham Lec- school, and not rely on the ii- ture Hall. tiative of a faculty, many of whom Speaking of "The Challenge of are still happily teaching a kind of Graduate Studies," Prof. Mead, of student who no longer exists," she the anthropology department of said. Columbia University, said the. em- phasis+ in graduate schools 'has To prevent graduate students changed from a student expecta- from relyingon an out-dated fac-. tion of a few years to linger and uty, Prof. Mead suggested that learn, "to an overwhelming em- students be allowed to participate phasis upon the desirability of in real, progressive research pro- getting through and getting out." grams, rather than be given well' Many parts of almost all grad- paid but low level work to attract uat scoos tda; sillber, heand support them. She further um schools toda sll dbar th said that graduate students must armprinwhof the WorlyWare" also be made to feel a part of a army, in which the faculty are d n mm it ,.. - L4 W 'a z w C 'A NEUE EVERY DAY AND EVENING - GENUINE OLD TOWN CANOES - .r CANOE LIVERYo ON THE HURON RIVER AT THE FOOT OF LONG SHORE DRIVE use Telephone NO 8-7411 y uyila cuc nun y oZ scnolars, rather than subordinate members of a highly organized educating machine. Forming alliances with one's contemporaries as well as with undergraduates in one's own field might effect new farms of teach- ing and learning, Prof. Mead added, as well as "reinstate an institution without which no tra- ditional scholarship has ever flourished - the long, informal exploratory conversations among friends - without which the arts wither and the imagination dries up." Associate curator of the Ameri- can Museum of Natural History in New York, Prof. Mead is also the author of many books, in- cluding "Growing Up in New Guinea" and "Coming of Age in Samoa. 'U' Experts Investigate Conception Some of the answers to the problem' of sterility have been found in the human. blood stream by a team of University scientists. In many cases where apparent- ly physically fit couples are in- fertile, incompatibility exists be- tween wife andhusband with re- spect to the ABC blood group sys- tem, according to Prof. Samuel Behrman of the gynecology de- partment and. John. Buettner- Janusch, research assistant in the anthropology laboratory. Blood Types Contribute Typically, of those who report- ed to the gynecology department of the University Medical Center for blood and saliva tests, the wife was blood type O, the hus- band A. This means that the wife's blood contained a natural antibody for the husband's- which prevented pregnancy by destroyingered blood cells in the fetus. The scientists also learned of a peculiar pattern of antigen se- cretion among childless couples which differs greatly from fertile couples. This pattern, they theor- ized, may be related to destruc- tion of male sperm before concep-. tion is obtained. Prof. SpuhIer Directed Study Prof. James N. Spuhler, acting chairman of the anthropology department, directed the project which is sponsored by the United States Public. Health Service. In beginning the experiment, scientists scanned Medical Center records of the past decade per- taining to couples with fertility problems, none of which had ex- perienced pregnancy. Six h u n d r e d questionnaires, were sent to these persons, 102 couples volunteering to visit the Center for blood and saliva tests. A second control group was also selected which included 117 couples d u b b e d "the fertile series." These were marriages which produced three or more children each. Blood analysis 'turned up evi-. dence of blood system incompati- bility among the childless couples.' Saliva analysis from both groups also turned up- a peculiar pattern of antigen secretion: among the childless couples. No cures or corrective measures The Botanical Gardens are run on a business basis, Prof. Norman explained. "Classes order- what they are going to need for next semester and we grow them," he said. Pointing to a patch . of rice plants, Prof. Norman said one student was studying the anato- my and development of rice .. with no plans for growing it as a native plant in Ann Arbor, he chuckled. Outside, Prof. Norman has evening primrose plants in sep- arate, decomposable paper pots. "The evening primrose is a good plant for botanists to study in- heritance characteristics," he in- dicated. In the Garden's cactus house Prof. Norman gestured toward a three-foot plant. "That plant is under suspicion," he said. "We think it's been dead for two years but nothing shows on the out- side yet, although the inner core may be dead and hollow." Have Crinum From Bikini In the subtropical house of the Gardens is a crinum, a, plant whose bulb came from the island of Bikini. The bulb is about the shape of a tulip but is the size of a football, Prof. Norman said. Figs, bananas, mangos, papaya, and pineapple plants are among the inhabitants of the tropical room. "Unfortunately someone has harvested the only pineapple that we had, Prof. Norman said. The Botanical Gardens now has a plant growing that a few .years ago was known only as a fossil. The plant, Meta Sequoia, was dis- covered growing 'in a remote area of China. Seedlings have been transplanted and now the Uni- versity's gardens has cuttings. Indicating a small,:spindly tree a few feet tall, Prof. Normanr called it a redwood. Although not very majestic the small tree has 'U' BOTANICAL GARDENS: GeraniumsExotic Plants Grow Togeti By RALPH HANGER Scattered among the exotic varieties of plants growing in the * University's Botanical Garden is . the common geranium. The geranium is studied for its /~ starch production by various # F botany classes according to Dr. Geoffrey Norman, Director of the Botanical Gardens. "We also, have tobacco plants here," Prof.,Nor- man said, "It's a good plant. for studying the movement of native Run Businesslike" LAW BOOKS I Y. 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