Y, JUNE 29, 960 THE MICHIGANDAILY .. .. PAGE 4tructors VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT: Role of EnglishTeacher Stressed University Radio To Begin Polities Ser In Computers eet for Day Approximately 45 computer sci-a entists and engineers, including several instructors in seven spec- lal two-week computer courses now concluding at the University, met recently here for a one-day conference. The instructors are teaching two introductory and five ad- vanced courses on all facets of computer technology to men and women representing industrial, governmental, military, and com- puter manufacturing groups. The summer session courses are the only ones dealing with aspects of computer design, use and pro- gramming, according to Prof. Harvey Garner, of the electrical engineering department, a course o-charman "Only a half-dozen schools offer computer courses," and "no other school has the integrated program the University has," Prof. Garner said. "Since anyone qualified to teach (computer courses) is also quali- fied to hold down a very good job In industry," there is a scar- city of teachers in the field. The summer session computer students attend 60 hours of classes and special evening lectures in their two-week courses. The in- troductory courses familiarize stu- dents with digital computer oper- ation, while the five advanced courses deal with happenings in "the frontiers" of computer sci- ences, he said. The latter include such things as faster computation, design of computers, planning work for them, and mathematical tech- nique. Advanced students also discuss ways of designing machines to organize themselves and ways of making them detect, control and compute their own errors. Conferences Conclude Here The University is hosting a con- ference on civil engineering next Wednesday through Friday, with the support of the National Sci- ence Foundation and co-sponsored by the Cooper Union and three other engineering organizations. This will be the third of a series of three conferences. At the first conference, held inj January, the representatives passed a resolution favoring "theI growth in universities and col- leges of a pre-engineering, under- f graduate, degree-eligible program' for all engineers, emphasizing. huma nistic-social sciences." The conference will include speeches and discussions on such topics as the background and ob- jectives, the proposed structure, and the aims and objectives of undergraduate' and graduate engi- neering education. Speaking on "Vocabulary De- velopment in the Classroom," Lee C. Deighton, vice-president and education department director forb a publishing firm, said the cen- tral problem of our society is communication. Deighton's lecture Monday was the second in a Conference Series for Teachers of English. "The critical necessity of clear communication in our society is becoming apparent to everyone; even to those who are daily pre- occupied with other aspects of the school program," Deighton said. 'Different Look' He pointed out what he thinks is a "different look" from ten years ago in the teaching of English. Besides the Impact of the Nation- al Council curriculum study, "the paperback revolution has gained a foothold in our classrooms." "Scholarly studies in semantics, linguistics and the mass media have provided new content of the highest importance," he said. He attributed the inspiration for these changes to a new point Astrono mer T o Lecture For Institute The University Summer Insti- tute in Earth Science is presenting a number of local and visiting lecturers during the six-week sum- mer session, Prof. Fred T. Haddock of the astronomy department will speak tomorrow on radio astronomy at two p.m. in the Rackham Amphi- theatre. Prof. Harlow Shapley, emeritus professor of astronomy at Harvard University, spoke last Wednesday on "Our Place in Time and Space." Seven other lectures are sched- uled for the summer. Speakers in- clude Dr. Sidney Chapman, chair- man of the International Com- mittee for the IGY Program, and Dr. Morris Tepper, chief of the Meteorological Satellite Program, NASA. of view-a "conviction that Eng- lish has its own unique content, a subject matter that is vital to the survival of our culture," and this 'U'Conducts sympAosium -The day when an independent inventor can make a useful con- tribution is by no means past, according to Maurice A. Crews, assistant commissioner of patents for the United States Department of Commerce. Crews spoke at a symposium on "Patent Facts and Trends" con- ducted by the University engi-. neering school's Industry Pro- gram. In an age of large-scale corpor- ate and government research, the individual inventor will continue to play an important role, Crews said. Mentions Study He mentioned a recent study which indicated that 60 per cent of the most important contribu- tions come from independent per- sons or from small organizations. The ratio of patent applications filed by independent or small- organization inventors has re- mained constant at about 40 per cent over the last couple of dec- ades, he said. The large-scale research on- slaught has not greatly increased patent applications, he went on. Patent applications have risen only one sixth, although research efforts have gone up six to 12 times in this period. Increases Inventiveness One of the functions of the pat- ent system is to increase national inventiveness by getting inven- tions out into the open so that others may improve and build on them, Crews explained. He said that the use of patents as such a base of information must be im- proved. The Patent Office is exploring the possibility of doing so by establishing patent search cen- ters by classification outside the one in Washington, D.C. Libraries in 21 cities now have patent fliles, but by number only. A researcher in one of these must look up the numbers of each of the patents he wishes to see and then retrieve them. Under filing by classification, he needs only go to the proper section to find all of the patents he is in- vestigating. Stimulates Engineer Patent searching not only tells the inventor if he has a patent- able idea, Crews said, but "often stimulates the engineer, or in- ventor, even when his own idea turns out not to be original." Also, to help engineers, chem- ists, executives and inventors to keep up with new ideas, the week- ly Patent Office Gazette "is ar- ranged in such a way that the reader will need to refer only to two or three pages to identify the newly-issued patents he wants to read," he added, subject matter is found in no other subject. A few years ago, when curricu- lum experts were combining Eng- lish with science, the arts, and social studies, English was the handmaiden in each combination, he said. The English department was merely a service center for the rest of the school, Economists, physical scientists, businessmen and others began to find it necessary to communicate their point of view, however, and this changed the status of English radically. An "explosion of knowledge" in every field of learning has, ac- cording to Deighton, accompanied the growth in political and social consciousness. Defends Heritage Deighton believes that, in addi- tion to being a defender of our cultural heritage, the English teacher has become a front-line worker in the field of communi- cation. "Society is turning to his unique skills and his unique sub- ject matter as keys to survival. For in the schools, it is only the English teacher who can deal with the management of language for effective communication," he said. Vocabulary development, Deigh- ton said, depends on one thing- an interest in words. So it is the task of the teacher to stimulate such an interest. PROF. TOM D. ROWE ... Rotary president Rotary Club Picks Rowe Prof. Tom D. Rowe, dean of the, University pharmacy school, has recently been elected president of the Ann Arbor Rotary Club for the 1960-61 fiscal year. He assumes the post from Gage Cooper, district manager of the Detroit Edison Company in Ann Arbor, whose term of office expires at the end of this month. Prof. Rowe was one of five new officers elected by fellow Rotarians at their weekly luncheon, meeting in the Union. By JUDY OPPENHEIM The University radio station, WUOM, will present a six-program series on politics and voting be- havior beginning tomorrow eve- ning. The series, . entitled "Back- ground," will be heard at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday nights on WUOM. It will also be re-broad- cast in Ann Arbor on WHRV and WOIA. Tomorrow's program will be "American Partisan Politics." It was -originally recorded last sum- mer when the participants, Demo- cratic State Chairman Neil Staeb- ler, Republican State Chairnan Lawrence B. Lindemer, and Prof. James K. Pollock, chairman of the University's political science department, were attending the Institute of Practical Partisan Politics in Ann Arbor. Records Statements Producer-Editor Jerrold Sandler of WUOM recorded Lindemer, Staebler, and Prof. Pollock's state- /mentswith the "Background" series in mind. All three partici- pants in the program agreed that a candidate can no longer buy an election with a few drinks in a saloon. Stabler feels that saloon-type politiking was once an easy meth- od, but the whole level of politics has since been raised. He added that we are now dealing with many more complex issues than we were formerly. Lindemer explained that today the party worker needs to keep abreast of many more issues, while maintaining a better understand- ing of how parties operate md of the historical background of poli- tics. Relationship Unseen "Today people don't see the relationship between themselves and the political parties," Stabler added. "Most young people who go into partisan politics limit themselves to a small area such as research or publicity . .. Prof. Pollock said that American political parties have lagged be- hind those of Europe in regard to educational activities. "Parties either have to revitalize HAIRSTYLES GALORE for the FEMININE SET!! " No Appointments Needed " Air Conditioned The Doscolo Barbers Near Michigan Theatre or die," Lindemer said. "The pub- lic needs a greater recognition of the importance of partisan poli- tics." Speakers Agree All three speakers agree that the proportion of participants in Michigan partisan politics is far too small to be effective. Staebler noted that only about one per cent of Michigan voters work for either major party in the state. Lindemer added: "People usually only take. an interest in what is going on in their own community. They don't see that the things that happen many miles away can have a direct and pronounced effect on themselves." The other five "Background" programs will fetaure three mem- bers of the University faculty. Prof. Warren E. Miller and Sa H. Barnes of the political se department and study- Din Donald E. Stokes of the Unive Survey Research Center will cuss issues particularly rel during the period of the nat conventions. Wrote Book Prof. Miller and, Prof. S are two of the four co-authc the- book "The American 'Vc prepared by the University vey Research Center and reo published by John Wiley ;Sons. The subjects of the remai five broadcasts in .the "E ground" series are major taken from the book and panded upon. *.~O O.~o~o I eao IoI 0 0 00 0"a a a a 4 e , 0'.a 0 0 00 " -: --- . ,. , {. . 'fir r ' ... .::. ...... Per +"''r' , ENDS TODAY PAID ADVERTISEMENT Survey Finds Slight Increase In Foreign Student Population AetPpuain Cinema quild Although more foreign students studied in the United States dur- ing 1959-60 than ever before, this year's increase is the smallest rise in the last six years, according to an annual survey by the Institute of International Education, However, the 48,486 foreign stu- dents in American college class-.' rooms this year continue to rep- resent the largest foreign student' population in the world. The slowing rate of increase in foreign students here may indi- cate that the influx is leveling off. On the other hand, the traffic' of A m e r i c a n students going abroad increased 34 per cent. Foreign faculty members who came to teach or do research and foreign doctors who served as in-I terns and residents also acceler- ated this last year. The number' of American faculty teaching or1 conducting research abroad drop-1 ped almost four per cent. These findings appear in the sixth edition of "Open Doors," IIE's annual statistical report on education exchange. The foreign students in the United States this year came from! 141 different countries and politi- cal areas and studied at 1,712' higher institutions in every state, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Only 37 per cent of them were here for the first time, in contrast with the year before when 58 per cent of the foreign student popu- lation was beginning its studies in this country. The most popular field of study THE PROME THEAN (Ann Arbor's only Espresso Cafe) 508East Wllam open 2 P.M.-2 A.M. Entertainment Friday, Saturday continued to be engineering; more than half of them were under- graduates. The largest number of foreign students came from the Far East, as before, and slightly more than half that number from Latin America. Canada was the single country sending the largest number of students to this country. The humanities, which was second in popularity, attracted its largest groups from Europe, North America, and Africa, while engi- neering claimed Middle, Far, and Near East natives. More than one quarter of the foreign students were concen- trated in California and New York. The University of Califor- nia was the institution with the largest number of foreign stu- dents enrolled. PRESENTS Trader Horn, one of the out- standing films of 1931, and still the touchstone for jungle thrills, had its inception in Irv- ing Thalberg's ambition to cap- italize on the popularity of the narratives of Aloysius Horn. This septuagenarian peddlar, with the aid of Ethelreda Lew- is, had published three volumes of his African adventures, in which highly colorful episodes jostled homespun philosophy, a combination that proved ir- resistable to the American best- seller public. No expense was to be spared, MGM announced, and early in 1929 a company under the direction of W. S. Van Dyke, whose White Shad- ows in the South Seas had in- dicated his talent for the ex- otic, sailed from New York. It was Hollywood's first great sa- fari. Several tons of the then new sound equipment were dis- patched to East Africa, togeth- er with i c e le s s refrigerators, portable radios, and bathtub gin. All the creature comforts were to be enjoyed by this pio- neer group; but in fact, they had a rather rugged time. The terrain was primitive, the ani- mals unfriendly, the natives clearly superior to the company, and the docetor signed on be- PROF. FRED T. 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Tick- ets $1.50 and $1.00 for Wednesday and' Thursday performances; $1.75 and $1.25 for Friday and Saturday performances. Box office open daily Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Men- delssohn Theatre. Season tickets now available for the four remaining Playbill productions, in- cluding AMPHITRYON 38, William' Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT (July 20-23), William Inge's PICNIC (July 27- 30), and Mozart's opera (with the School of Music) DON GIOVANNI (Au- gust 3-6) Season tickets $5.00 and 3y50, plus 25c fqr each Friday or Saturdayl performance ticket requested, Lectures' Lecture: Dr. Gordon B. B. M. Suther- land, Director, National Physical Lab- ortaory, Teddington, Middlesex, En- gland, will speak on "The National Physical Laboratory" on Wed., June ^.,9 at 3:30 p.m. In the Rackham Ampht-# theatre. Wed., June 29, Pharmacology Library, 6th floor, Medical Science Bldg., at 10:00 a.m. Chairman, T. M. Brody. Placement Notices The Air Force Dependent's Schools have vacancies in the following fields and locations: H.S. Physical Science-Azores & Ice- land, French & Spanish-England, Fr. & Latin-France, Jr. and Sr. H.S. Math/ Science-France, Italy, Germany, Mor- roco, Tripoli, & Turkey, 2 Dorm Super- visors for Boys-Germany, English/Lat- in - Newfoundland, Social Studies - Newoundland, Lnglish/Spanish or Lat- in-Philippines, Ind. Arts/Math-Tur- key. Applicants must be an American ci- tizen, have a teaching certificate, 2 years of teaching experience, and be unmarried. Fortany additional inforation con- tact the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Ad. Bldg., NO 3-1511, Ext. 489. Whirlpool Corp., Clyde, Ohio, young man, background in manufacturing and related functions, should be graduate engineer. for assignment in Quality Control. Executiver Manpower Corporation, New York. Director of Marketing. desir- ability: B.S. in Chem., or equivalent technical knowledge. about 10 years ex- perience in marketing. City of Benton Harbor, Michigan. As- sistant City Engineer. college grad with B.S. in CE. State of W'isconsin, Division of Ar- chitecture, Bureau of Engineering, State Department of Administration: Con- struction Specification Writer. (Archi- tect IV). Girl Scouts of Metropolitan Detroit: Special Services Director, master's de- gree in social work, or substantial ex- perience in similar agencies, also, Dis- trict Directors, B.A. with broad liberal arts required, some group leadership activities. Neighborhool House Association, Buf-- falo, New York: Neighborhood Worker. male, some group experience, will con- sider B.S. degree, but graduate degree in social work or sociology preferred. International Harvester Company: nel Department, Insurance Section. young man, experience not necessary. City of Flint, Michigan: Civil En- gineer. Bachelor'sdegreerwith speciali- zation in Civil Engineering, with at least one year of experience required. City of Detroit: Senior Stenographer (woman), Police MatronCorrectional Matron, Junior Zoological Curator (man). Wilson & Co., Inc., Chicago: men, Biochemist, PhD plusi 3 to 10 years ex- perience., Bacteriologistfil B.S. or M.S. in Bacteriology with a minor in Chem- istry. experience not necessary., Chem. ist analytical, recent grad in Chem. Corporation In Michigan: Analytical Engineer for Engineering Computer Group. B.S. In Engineering Mechanics, or Applied Mechanics, or Engineering Science or Electrical Eng. (communica- tions) or Mechanical Engineering, high scholastic average. Michigan Cvi. Service Commission. We have list of current vacancies, in- cluding some positions at the boys school at Whitmore Lake, & Northville. Texas Instruments, Semi-conductor- Components Division, Dallas. we have list of technical openings, Polaroid Corporation, Research and Engineering Division. list of technical openings, For further information contact the Bureau of Appointments, 4001 Admin. Bldg., ext. 3371. Organization Notices Spanish Society in conjunction with Chorus on Contemporary Theater pre- sents direct recording of Benavente's "Los Intereses Creados," June 30, 3 p.m., 3050 Freize Bldg. Refreshments. Students, Faculty for 24 hr. report on the worn for any cosion . . is perfect dress oc- the for I i ISSTARTING TODAY N A I~l~wFR SOME LKE iT HOT" NAVY, vocation and trav- elling . . . For it's of cool 100% or- net triacetate jer- sey that refuses to . wrinkle, washes and dries in a flash, needs no ironing . . . not even the pleats! And in addition, this marvel has "perfect fit" built in: the waist is elasticized and the skirt con be short- ened with your scissors! No hem- ming! No unravel- ing! We show these similar budget pleated Beauties in three types of necklines, for the tiny price of $10.95. latedly in East Africa, prescrib- ed whisky for every ailment. Van Dyke had not much to go on, apart from the techni- cal resources of the company. The story, culled from Horn's reminiscences by inept writers, is almost charming in its ab- surdity. Horn and his compan- ion Peru are inveigled by a dis- traught mother into searching for her long-lost daughter, who, she believes, is the "white god- dess" of a ferocious tribe. Af- ter harrowing adventures, they reach the Isorgi and get the welcome they deserve. Just as the juju begins (if you have ev- er wanted to see a juju, don't miss 'trader Horn), the white goddess is seized with remorse, and contrives to escape with the prisoners. Gunless and foodless, they face all the dangers of the menacing wilderness while flee- ing before the bloodthirsty Isor- gi, who do not take lightly the loss of the fetish. Harry Carey, long a favorite of John Ford, played the title role in a way that gave it a maximum of credibility. As Peru, Duncan Renaldo was ro- mantic in the style of the day. Since MGM was unwilling to risk any current screen favorite to the perils of Tanganyika, the role of white goddess was given to an unknown, Edwina Booth, who was later to complain that during her three years with MGM she never received more than $150 a week. The critics found her performance vibrant ture or in the imagination of the Hollywood scriptwriters. Van Dyke had, to "shoot' blind" - the film could not be; developed in Africa. What the MGM moguls saw in 1930 was an impressive documentary on which had been imposed a melodramatic story. Thalberg and Goldman shook their heads and insisted that some scenes be reshot in Hollywood and Mexico for greater story inter- est. The film had to be a "colos- sal box-office smasher." It was just that. Critics spoke of the "wild beauty, majesty, and thrilling intensity of this screen epic"'and paid tribute. to the "terrific brutality and somber magnificence of the na- tural setting." The audiences clung to their seats - under- standably, when we consider not only the hair-raising es- capes and battles but the sound track, on which was enshrined a veritable animal symphony of roars, screams, whistles, groans, snaps, and howls. And even the critics in the highest and whitest of ivory towers felt it worth their while to giv* pages of extended comment. (Vide Paul Rotha's Celluloid, pp. 196-211.) It was a truly colossal film, made by big money and"to big audiences. Van Dyke's art,, and the talent of his cast 'and crew,'have given it lasting in- terest. But how remorseless the gigantic machinery was that decided on the film's subject and gave it its final form can be seen by the subsequent ca- reers of the principal actors. Harry Carey, the genial print.- pal, went on to other film roles and posthumously had John Ford's Three Godfathers- ded- cated to him. Duncan Renaldo disappeared. Mutia Omoolu was' taken back to Hollywood in order to be a noble savage 4t its premiere. His Hollywood ex- periences are releted .with coarse insensitivity in Bosley Crowther's The Lion's Share.. Thereafter he and his com- panion were returned to Africa, "per the agreement made when. they were taken away." If they ever got there, "for the studio lost track of him.... But what tales he must have told when he got home! He certainly had his moment of triumph in help- ing to advance the fortunes of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." We do not know if Mutia got home,, and we can hardly assume that his tales would have been much to advance the credit of M1GM. Still, Mutia was a person who could take care of himself, and all paid tribute to his dignity. Edwina Booth's fate was more definite and therefore sadder, In the fall of 1933 she sued MGM for $1,000,000 for perma BLACK, BROWN, EMERALD GREEN, CORAL, BLUE Sizes 10-20, AND Also of print, in shades of blue at ra F4{. iAA~ - ''''' -t',----,--.-,tG ,ltI' I I I I