THE MICHIGAN DAILY lonoraries Serve 'U' 'U MUSEUMS: Visitors See Various Displays . i Often the springtime visitor sees strangely dressed (or undressed) students undergoing the mild tor- ture of crawling from the Diag to the League Fountain or being showered with brickdust around an oak tree. This is not fraternity hazing- long departed from the University --but the honoraries initiating. A neophyte is "tapped" for the organization by the old members in a nighttime visit. The lucky individual generally finds him- self taken unwittingly from bed, immersed with water and brick- dust or oil, and told of his selec-, tion. Public initiation ordeals fol- low on. the Diag, in which the chosen undergo other tests to prove their worthiness and self- dedication to the group. Women's honoraries do not tap in as colorful a manner, but they too have their traditional cere- monies in which they show the public that a new class of women has been honored for service. Every men's honorary and the majority of women's organizations are strictly local in origin and present status. Circle... Circle, formed in 1957, strives to recognize leadership, service and citizenship in the residence halls, and promote interest in these areas. Two years ago the group, spon- sored by Assembly Assn., put on an art show to display the works of independent women. It suc- ceeded so well it is to become an' annual event. They have also established a chapter at Michigan State. Druids ... Outstanding senior men in every school but engineering are eligible for Druids, which chooses as initiates for achievement in athletics and activities. "Saplings" (those tapped) become mighty trees through plenty of water and g r e e n brickdust. Duckwalking around the Diag and the reciting of Joyce Kilmer's "Trees" also is a traditional part of the ceremony. New members are given tree names which are announced pub- licly at the initiation. Druids, named after the forest priests of old England, was founded in 1909. Hectorians... Hectorians, founded in 1953, rec- ognizes and honors outstanding fraternity men and meets to dis- cuss fraternity problems. Members are chosen from the fraternity presidents, Interfrater- nity Council officers, and Frater- nity Buyer's Association. Michigam... The Tribe of Michigamua is an all-campus senior men's honorary for excellence in activities and, athletics. Members dress for "Rope Day" (initiation day) inl Indian costume and turn the chosen palefaces into young braves; through an ordeal that takes the selected ones on a duckwalk journey "seven flights up and seven flights down" the Michigan Union. Initiates are doused with brickdust and water and are given secret Indian names, revealed only at the end of the year at the next Rope Day. Founded in 1901 to serve the University, Michigamua is the oldest existent campus hon- orary. Mortarboard.. . The national senior women's honor society, Mortarboard, is the first of the senior women's groups' to tap in the spring. Members, chosen for servicel leadership, and scholarship, must have a 3.0 average. The girls tap at. midnight clad in caps and gowns, singing their song, "Thy Ideals." New members wear mor- tarboards the next day. The Michigan chapter, Pi Sigma Alpha, was one of four founding chapters in 1918. There are now 95. Quadrants... The Quadrants is the honorary of the quadrangles. Having chap- ters in each quad, the group rec- ognizes leadership in house and quadrangle affairs. Scabbard and Blade.. . Participants in either of the three ROTC programs are selected on the basis of leadership, patrio- tism, efficiency, loyalty and honor for Scabbard and Blade. Initiates are tapped in the star- light with sabers, and during the trial period must guard the lions and defend the scabbard and blade in front of the flagpole. The group's purpose is to raise the standards of military educa- tion and spread information on military service careers. Scroll ... Another local organization, Scroll honors senior affiliated women for leadership, character and loyalty. Members are tapped after hours by the group singing, "Out of the night comes a sound of voices. Scroll is now tapping its loyal crew." Its purpose is to promote cooper- ation between alumnae and stu- dents and further interest in cam- pus' activities. It also 'grants a $100 scholarship to aljunior affili- ated woman on the basis of leader- ship and need. Senior Society.. Senior Society recognizes inde- pendent women with high scholas- tic averages who have actively served their dormitories. Girls recommended by their house directors and presidents are tapped by members singing, "In and out the halls we wander sing- ing as we go; of the girls we're going to favor with our pin of black and gold." During the initiation ceremony, each member's name is added to a long yellow ribbon with the names. of all members since the organiza- tion's founding. Sphinx ... A junior men's honorary estab- lished in 1905, Sphinx chooses neo- phytes for its courts by- the same standards as the senior groups. Men may be tapped from all schools except the engineering col- lege. Red brick. dust and water transform the neophytes into Egyptians and then the initiates must crawl on their stomachs looking for the River Nile. When they 'reach the Nile (usually known as the League fountain) they must prove their worth by a final dip in that body of water. Members are given secret Egyp- tian names. Triangles... Triangles, for junior engineers, is also designed to recoknize achievement and to serve the campus. Initiates are abducted in the night and must find their way back to campus from an isolated part of the county. Then the public initiation features such stunts asn a human pyramid and scrubbing the Engineering Arch with a toothbrush. Triangles was formed in 1907. Julcans.. . The only mortal acceptable in the eyes of the god Vulcan is a senior engineer who has served the University in activities or athletics. Neophytes are abducted in the night and taken out of town to find their way back to campus. Then they undergo a public initiation by blacking them- selves with oil, chaining them- selves to each other and carrying torches through the underground steam tunnels. Each member is given a mythological name of a god and the society, formed in 1904, works to serve the engineer- ing college and the University as a whole. Wyrern.. . Wyvern, also a local group, hon- ors girls who are active on cam- pus and have high scholastic aver- ages. The sophomores are tapped during dinner by a line of girls singing, "Damn, damn, damn to Michigamua, to hell with Sphinx and Vulcans, too, to the Druids and the rest, for we know we are the best, we are Wyvern's daugh- ters tried and true." Approximately 95,000 persons visited the University museum last year to see exhibits ranging from ancient bones to a model of a large part of the moon's sur- face. For those who have never look- ed into the threatening jaws of a mastadon or a water shrew, the University Museum is the place to go. Occupying two' floors and a balcony, the' museum contains a conglomeration of various dis- plays. The "Hall of Evolution," situ- ated on the second floor, pre- sents the plants and animals of past geological ages. The ancient skeleton of the "Duckbilled" dinosaur has a skull weighing 250 pounds and attracts quite a bit of attention. Preserved Mastadon A mastadon, the best preserved and most complete ever found in Michigan, sits wearily on its haunches waiting for visitors to come up to it on the second floor. Mounted' proudly on the right wall is a pteradactyl, an extinct flying reptile, with a wing span of almost 14 feet. On the balcony, there is a syn- optic series of Michigan plants and animals., Environmental influences af- fecting the life and growth of plants and animals are shown in the fourth 'floor displays. There are also displays on anthropology, geology and astronomy along with a planetarium. New minerology displays have been set up this year. The museum has also done much work on a new ecology exhibit. Other Museums The University is not the only one on campus which has public displays. The Kelsey Museum of Archae- ology contains an extensive- col- lection from the Mediterranean world and from the Near East. Most of the relics on display are from exeditions run by the Uni- SKULLS: Two workers at the Natural Science Museum examine skulls of our forefathers. Some of these skulls have been on exhibit in the anthropological section of the museum. Along with this section, the museum also has displays on zoology, botany and other fields. versity. Seven expeditions were it houses the only known icons sponsored by the University in that survived the eighth and ninth the first quarter of 'this century. century iconoclast heresy. The ex- Between 1925 and 1936 two major pedition is involved in photo- expeditions worked at Karanis in graphic work which when develo - Egypt and Seleucia in Iraq. ed will be put on exhibition in The exhibit shows artifacts, Ann Arbor. photographs and models of these During the past year, an ex- expeditions. pedition from the University has 'U' Expedition been working in Egypt at Karanis. Since the end of the war, an These expeditions supply the expeditipn from the museum has Kelsey Museum with its extensive been working at St. Catherine's displays. Jewelry, artwork, food- Monastery at Mt. Sinai in Egypt. stuffs, coins, glass, pottery and The monastery, built around 550 writing materials can be found A.D. by the Emperor Justinian, is throughout the two floors of the of particular importance because museum L. University Health Service Provides Basic Clinical Aid