24, 1959 THE -MCTFIGAN DATLY 2L1351 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Ann Arbor Women Arrange Teas For New 'International Wives' By KATHLEEN MOORE Wives of international students chatted over cups of tea while; their children, nearly all pre- school age, rapidly became ac- quainted with each other at a gathering Wednesday in the Inter- national Center Lounge. PLANS NEAR COMPLETION: Displays, Dance, Mudbowl Featured in Homecoming "Do your know any deep, dark holes I can crawl into this week- "I don't know bow this display end. Buddy," a cab driver said will ever get done." yesterday. In the basement of the Student The cab driver did not like the Activities Building, the display prospect of Homecoming Week- for the dance is nearing comple- end, because it meant that Ann tion. The dance display, in line Arbor would be overfull of cars, with the Homecoming theme and this would slow him down. "Commedia del Commercial," will But it seems like everyone else on feature a facsimile of Times campus is looking forward to, Square. The band for the dance is Homecoming excitedly. Larry and Les Elgart's. mxThe Mud Bowl is being pre- For example one can see the pared for the men's football game, various housing units making the women's soccer game and the their displays (there are a record "Beauty Contest." The Diag ar- number of them this year - 89) rangements for the "chariot race" and the display chairmen worry- are completed. The Huron River is Ing aloud, "It better not rain," and bi ed to n.na fo. the The tea was part of a program planned and executed by a group of 40 Ann Arbor v-omen under the direction of Esther S. Dunham. Preceding the tea, the Ann Arbor hostesses tok the "international wives" for a drive through the city to show them "some of our beautiful spots," Mrs. Dunham said. She explained that the idea of a program in which townspeople and international wives participate is not new. During World War II such a group banded together at the International Center to pre- pare clothing for shipment to Eu- rope, she explained. After the war, "the interest waned because the crisis was over" and the group soon became ex- tinct, Mrs. Dunham continued. But, she added, international stu- dents and their wives continued to come to the United States and the University - in increasingly large numbers. ,With the idea that some attempt should be made to become ac- quainted with the 120 internation- al wives who are not students now living in Ann Arbor. Kathleen Mead, International Center ad- ministrative assistant, asked Mrs. Dunham to plan a few informal gatherings. Mrz Dunham decided that the plan should be supported by neighborhocd groups to include a representation of women with "variety of ages and faiths and prefessions." The neighbors she contacted greeted the plan with interest, and the international wives she talked with were "as enthusiastic as the neighbors," Mrs. Dunham said. Thus encouraged, Mrs. Dunham League TelIls Of Program For 'Week' The League's project for Inter- national Week will be to have each women's housing unit except league houses and Inter-Coopera- tive Council co-ops sponsor a dif- ferent country which is repre- sented at the University, Eloise Eberhart, '60, League international chairman, announced. Speaking at Wednesday's League Senate meeting, Miss Eberhart explained that each of the 48 houses on campus will take one of the 48 countries represented here, and working with students from that country, plan a program for the week. The houses will fill out prefer- ence sheets, and the country as- signed to each house will be an- nounced at the next meeting of the senate on Nov. 5, Miss Eber- hart explained. "For added incentive," she said,, "the housing units will turn in a list of what they have done dur- ing International Week, and the house which has done the most will receive a trophy such as a small globe saying 'World Friend- ship'," -1 -Daily-Robert Kanner TEA TIME-While their mothers have tea, these children, repre- senting several nations play together. The tea was given at the International Center so that wives of international students could meet with a group of Ann Arbor women. went ahead with her plans. The first get-together was a garden tea held in September attended by five international wives and seven neighbors of Mrs. Dunham. This initial gathering she de- scribed as "highly successful." Details:)Cited i BofblockI M' "Preparing for each Saturday's Block-M display is a complicated process," explained James Shapiro, '60, co-chairman of the Wolverine Club's Block-M. Shapiro and Genny Leland, '60, the other co-chairman, are respon- sible for directing and coordinat- ing the various steps which lead up td the final product: each Sat- urday's new display. The first step, Shapiro said is to talk to William Revelli, director of University Bands to learn the band's program for that game. The Block tries to coordinate its dis- plays with the band's performance in so far as possible. If the visiting school is sending its band, the Block contacts them, and, if pos-; sible, tries to coordinate with their program also, he added. Then the Block's design chair- man works out the week's display. He does it, Shapiro explained, on a scale of the Block, so that all the specific details can be drawn up. Immediately before the game, the cards and capes to be used that week are distributed under the supervision of the facilities chair- man. He must work in close super- vision with the Stadium ushers. The planning and organization of the Block and of the designs and displays must be precise, Sha- piro said,, because of the large size of the Block. It is 45 rows deep and there are 29 seats in each row. As a constant check and also to serve as inspiration, photos and movies are taken of the Block in action, Shapiro concluded, One prerequisite for a program in which the main aim is to make friends, Mrs. Dunham explained, is to have "something to do and something to talk about." Keeping this consideration in mind, Mrs. Dunham and her neighbors are planning a series of informal neighborhood teas during November and December at which there will be a "subject for in- formal discussion." Although plans are still "nebulous," the teas that are held will be small, with no more than 10 or 12 women in eachI group, she said. - Mrs. Dunham described the pos- sible discussion topics as things in which wives generally would be interested. The groups may com- pare notes on Thanksgiving fes- tivals through the world, she said, or exchange information on cook- ing, handwork or art objects in different cultures. The group also hopes, she said, to entertain the international wives during the Christmas season,. The whole program should pro- vide opportunity for everyone par- ticipating to make new friends and learn of cultures and customs other than their own, Mrs. Dun- ham concluded. Groups Plan 'Bucket Drive For Camp A bucket drive to support the University fresh air camp will be held Nov. 13 and 14, Joan Comi- ano, '61, central committee mem- ber announced today. Sponsored by Assembly Associ- ation, Inter-House Council, Pan- hellenic Association and Inter- Fraternity Council, the drive will be conducted in more than 30 locations throughout Ann Arbor and the University campus. A similar bucket drive in 1956 made $4,057. The goal for this year's drive is $4,000, according to Miss Comiano. Residence halls, fraternities and sororities will be contacted soon by the committee to man the buckets. The funds will be used to pay a portion of the expenses of the 70 emotionally disturbed children who attend the University's fresh air camp each summer. In previous years $5,000 has been donated by University drives to provide the additional funds nec- essary to pay each child's expenses for the seven-week session. Members of the central com- mittee for the drive are Miss Comiano, '61, from Assembly, Charles A. Sheffer, '61, represent- ing the Inter-House Council and Peter Theut, '60, and Jonathan H. Trost, '61, of the Inter-Fraternity Council. Panhellenic Association is repre- sented by Toby J. Chapman, '61, Denise A. 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