THE MICHIGAN DAILY HDALE PRINCIPLES: tudents Share Responsibilities in Co-ops By THOMAS COPI s are more than just a lot le trying to live together MUSICAL COMEDY: MUSKET Produces All-Student Show 4 This point was stressed by Lu- er Buchele, ExecutiveSecretary the Inter-Cooperative Council. though the co-op gives the stu- mts a chance to save money, it so presents them with oppor- nities of living and getting along th others, and learning house- ld management.f The co-op system, was estab- hed at the University during the neteen thirties as the first stu- mt co-op in the nation. The ochdale Principles, under which e Inter-Cooperative Council op- ates, include: 1) Open membership: Each ruse is interracial, interfaith, and eutral in all external political [atters. 2) Democracy: Each member tall have one vote in the deci- ons the organization makes. All ecisions are made at open meet- .gs by majority vote. 3) Cooperation: Equal duties ,nd responsibilities as well as vual sharing of the benefits. Incorporated in 1944!. The Inter-Cooperative Council t University was incorporated 1944 as a, Michigan non-profit operative corporation. The ICC the coordinating organization at owns the co-op houses, and versees the actions of the houses. he Board of Directors of ICC is ie chief coordinating body of Musket (Michigan Union Show --Ko-Eds Too) is an all-campus show sponsored by the Union. Each year the group presents a musical comedy featuring the act- ing, singing, dancing, artistic and other musical and organizational talents of students. Organized. in 1956, Musket has produced the Broadway musicals "Brigadoon," "Kiss Me Kate," "Oklahoma," "Carousel" and "Kismet." The productions given the past two years were original creations by two graduate stu- dents, Robert James, and Jack O'Brien. Their "Bartholomew Fair," an adaptation of Ben Jon- son's 1614 comedy of the same name, was last fall's production. After giving five performances of the satire on Elizabethan society to Ann Arbor audiences, the cast went on a road tour. Musket was originally an all- male group called the Michigan Union Opera which presented original musical parodies of cam- pus life, and was widely known due to extensive road tours. The show played twice at the Metro- politan Opera House in New York, and was received at the White House by President Coolidge. The Union Opera was forced to close down in 1955 due to great operating expenses. Another group was started immediately, let coeds in, and called itself MUSKET. After two productions, the group ceased to rent costumes and to have sets professionally designed, and students took charge of this end of production also. This, along with the move from a local movie theatre to the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, cut down on high ating expenses, and the shov moved along steadily since. Over 200 persons are neede produce a Musket show. The will hold a mass meeting soo any students interested in w ing on this year's production sides acting, dancing and ore tration work, students may up for the following commit publicity, programs, tickets, ers, and productions which is divided into sets, costumes, m up and props. 4 WHAT'S FOR DINNER? Students cooperate in preparing a meal in the kitchen of one of the cooperative houses on campus. In addition to offering living space these houses also board a limited number of non-residents who help pay for their meals by doing necessary chores around the house as do the regulars. that organization. It meets every two weeks to consider recommen- dations made to it by the various committees. Board members di- rectly represent their houses, each house electing one board member for each ten residents. Advisory Board In addition to tfe Board of Directors,' a five-man Advisory Board, made up of interested fac- ulty and townspeople, serves to provide an additional bridge be- tween the co-ops, the University, and the community. Since 1944, the ICC has added an additional house every two or three years. There are presently nine co-ops-three for men, five for women, and one for married couples. The ICC will continue to buy houses as the need for them dictates. Any student at the University who is not a freshman or is twenty-one is eligible to live in a co-op. Applications for a room are taken on afirst come first served basis, with no discrimination whatsoever. Often applications are filed months In advance, as the limited number of spaces avail- able are-greatly in demand. Allow Boarders Many people who do not wish to live in a co-op do want to board there, and this is allowed.. Men may board at either men's or womn's co-ops, but- women cannot board at a co-op without living there. The women in co-ops have the same hours as women in other University sponsored housing, and each co-op has a house director, who represents the University. The women are allowed to elect their supervisor., Executive Secretary The executive secretary of the ICC is hired by the board of di- rectors to provide continuity from year to year, and to give advice when needed. Buchele emphasized that the ICC is "a student-run or- ganization, where the decisions are made by the students. It is one of the few organizations of this type on campus." Some of the decisions that the Board of Direc- tors made include the renovating of the kitchens in two of the co- ops, this summer, at a cost of. about $14,000. The names of the co-ops are as follows: for men, Michigan, John Nakamura and Robert Owen co- ops; for women, Muriel Lester, A. K. Stevens and Harold Osterweil houses; for graduate women, Mark VIII co-op; and for married stu- dents, Lois Brandeis co-op. COMFORTS OF HOME-Two students study in theirroom at a co-op., The Houses are owned by, the Inter-Cooperative Council which usually buys a new one every two or three years. At present the system numbers nine houses. hi ' Welcome Freshmen Let us introduce you to the college student's righthand man-THE TYPEWRITER. We SELL, SERVICE, and RENT all makes and models. Our complete stock includes - Remington, Olympia, Smith Corona, and Adler. i .1 Ifl ' ,II! 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