__THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDA r, I il Report Sees Specializing Of Doctors Specialization among Michigan doctors has gone up during the past 25 years, a survey by Dr, Samuel J. Axelrod, University public health economics bureau director, along with W. R. Mills, reports. The study, published in the state -medical society journal, says "striking changes" have tak- en place in the location and type of practice and the age of Mich- igan's physicians. Specialization, generally thought of as limited to large cities, the researchers say, has made "impressive gains through- out the state, even in the most rural areas," with one fourth of the physicians in the upper pen- insula being full-time specialists. Considering both the large cities and the rural areas, nearly half of the state's doctors limit their practice to one area of med- icine. The second major area that has change is the distribution of ages in different areas. In the 1930's most older doctors were in rural areas, the research- ers say, while today the northern part of the lower peninsula has the youngest group of doctors in the state. I I -Daily-James Marneka G&S LEADS--Ty McConnell and Virginia Hill will be two of the leading players in the Gilbert and Sullivan Society production of "Iolanthe" which opens tomorrow. Performances will run through Saturday beginning at 8:30 p.m. 'Iolanthe' To Be Staged By G&S Group This Wee k 11 WEEK By LORA KRAPOHL " Iolanthe' is an operetta about a young shepherd, Strephon, whose mother is a fairy, Iolanthe, and whose father is a mortal," Jim Bob Stephenson, of the speech department and director of this Gilbert and Sullivan pro- duction, began. "Strephon falls in love with and wants to marry Phyllis, a ward of the court of Chancery. However, the Lord Chancellor won't allow this since Strephon isn't of suffi- ciently high rank to marry her. "No one knows that Strephon is half a fairy - down to the waist that is," Stephenson added. The fairies help Strephon not only by getting him elected to Parliament but by influencing* both Houses to pass any bills he may intro- duce. To Open Tomorrow The operetta will be given by the Gilbert and Sullivan Society at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow through Saturday at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. A school matinee will be given at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The leads will be Laurel Benn, '61, as Iolanthe; Ty McConnell, '61, as Strephon; Virginia Hill, '62SM, as Phyllis; and Thomas Jennings, '62, as the Lord Chan- cellor. "I've devised a little gimmick at the beginning of the show for a curtain-raiser - and I think this is the first time it's been done anywhere - I've put to- gether a sequence of Gilbert's ballads," Stephenson said. Set To Music "Two of them are set to music. The rest of them will be read with music as punctuation. Actually the audience is getting a double dose of Gilbert and Sullivan," Stephenson added. Stephenson has also given parts to two of his children. John, nine years old, will be an elderly train bearer for the Lord Chancellor and Evelyn, seven years old, will be the train bearer's train bearer. GMusic Group Plans Meeting The second meeting of the In- terlochen Fraternity will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the League. Former students, faculty and staff of the National Music Camp are eligible for membership. "We have had absolutely no staging difficulties. We have a marvelous crew. In fact, once someone joins the group he usu- ally continues to work every se- mester. The group is devoted to doing this kind of thing," he said. "The Society is a very tightly knit group. There is a sort of family relationship among the members which is generated by the common feeling of working on a play," he added. 'U'Foreign Study Plan Not General (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a five-part series on foreign studies at the University. Future articles will cover Far Eastern, Russian, Near Eastern and South Asian Studies.) By RALPH KAPLAN The idea of foreign studies pro- grams at the University is not a general one. Each department or program arose with greater interest in the geographical area involved. Far Eastern Studies, the first such department, was created in the 1930's because of greater American interest in China and Japan. This was caused by the tense situation in the Far East at that time. Reflect Interest City Council Hears Plan On Building Set Recommendations For Improvements The City Planning Commis- sion's six-year capital improve- ments program, listing 80 proj- ects at an estimated cost of $22,- 114,813, was presented to the City Council for consideration Mon- day night. The council will not take any action on the report for several weeks. It was described by Robert M. Leary, director of the planning staff, as the most comprehensive report on capital improvements ever made in Ann Arbor. Leary said the program will be reviewed each year and that as one year passes, another year will be added so that the city will con- stantly have a six-year program. No Specific Recommendations The commission has made no specific recommendations on the financing of each project. How- ever, "it is the conviction of the planning commission that the program is within the financial capabilities of Ann Arbor to exe- cute." Among the basic assumptions listed by the report are (1) that the rate of growth of Ann Arbor will continue at least at the rate it has averaged over the last five years; (2) that the level of serv- ices to be rendered in Ann Arbor should remain at the current level and will probably tend to in- crease; (3) that the University, the community's major employer, will continue to expand at least at the same rate it has over the last five years, and (4) that the city will maintain its relative tax position in comparison with oth- er local governmental units. Expansion Not Expected The program "does not con- template the extension of or con- struction of facilities to serve sub- stantial areas west of Maple Rd. nor south of Scio Church Rd." This is because the commission feels that the city should encour- age substantial development in the areas served by facilities al- ready extended to the northeast and southeast areas of the city. Several of the recommended projects have been under City Council discussion in recent months. One of these is the construction of a new city hall, at an estimat- ed cost of $2,600,000. Fire Stations Construction of two fire sta- tions, expansion of the water treatment plant, and construc- tion of the Huron Parkway con- necting the east and north por- tions of the city are among other recommended projects. Most of the projects are con- cerned with street improvements, storm and sanitary sewers and By JOHN FISCHER Financing, conservation of ma- terials and training of skilled workers are the major problems facing Guatemalan construction industries, Prof. Jorge Sittenfeld of Guatemala's San Carlos Uni- versity, said yesterday. Visiting this country for a month on an exchange program under the auspices of the inter- national Council on Education, Prof. Sittenfeld, a consultant for a Guatemalan construction firm, is visiting laboratories and re- search centers in the field of con- crete. He is also interested in speaking with outstanding people in this field. He is particularly interested in "stressed concrete" as this ma- terial is needed in Guatemalan construction projects. Prof. Sit- tenfeld explained that this prod- uct was especially needed in his country because steel is very ex- pensive there. Concrete Explanation Applying stress to the steel re- inforcing the concrete, (hence the term "stressed concrete,") enables w tion. Thus a considerable saving is made in a country where fi- nancing, is such a problem. This -problem has created a movement to create a group simi- lar to the United States Federal Housing Authority to provide loan funds for construction, However, as Guatemala is not as financially well off as this country, Prof. Sittenfeld, said her plans must be more modest. Construction, nevertheless, has made great strides in Guatemala, he said, both quantitatively and qualitatively. G o v e r n m e n t- financed highway and bridge con- struction is going ahead pretty well. May Adopt Tolls However, Prof. Sittenfeld said that the government will prob- ably have to adopt toll bridges and toll roads to be' able to solve the financing difficulties Qualitatively, the architecture of the new buildings is very dif- ferent from the old Spanish ar- chitecture that still makes up most of Guatemala. "It is more GUATEMALAN CONSTRUCTION EXPERT-Visiting laboratories and research centers in the United States which specialize in concrete, Guatemala's Prof. Jorge Sittenfeld of San Carlos University spent some time at the University yesterday. Professor Cites Problems Guatemala Construction builders to use a minimum of khunctional, simple and beautiful" concrete and steel in construc- he said. m 01 BURTON HOLMES TRAVELOGUE IN YOUR P OWNCAR Motion Pictures In Natural Color Narrated By Andre de la Varre of UN i After the war, American uni- versities quickly reflected greater American interest in many areas ofthe world. The important role of the Soviet Union both during and after World War II, stimu- lated sufficient interest to cause the beginning of a Russian Studies program at the Univer- sity. The attention focused on the Middle East by such events as the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-49 and the Egyptian revolution against King Farouk aroused interest in Islamic lands and traditions. This resulted in beginning of the Near Eastern Studies Department. The recent emergence to inde- pendence and world prominence of India has created enough in- terest to separate this area from the Far Eastern Studies depart- ment and create a South Asian Studies Committee. Latest Area Africa is the latest geographic area to interestathe University. The studies in this program, how- ever, are conducted very inform- ally and there is no department dealing with the area. "There is no consensus among scholars concerned with Africa in the development of an institu- tionalized African studies pro- gram nor an interest on the part of the University," Prof. Henry Bretton of the political science department commented. He described. African studies as an informal process by which various faculty members cooper- ate with regard to library acquisi- tions, scheduling and planning of degree programs and offering courses in extension and summer session programs." A student can earn a doctorate degree in African studies by tak- ing various courses and doing ad- vanced research in several de- partments. This would be a standard political science degree wtih specialization in African studies. L l i r a r i 1 2 the water system. Organization Notices Am. Soc. for Public Administration, Social Seminar: "Port Operation and Mar.agement-The New Orleans Ex- perience," Mar. 10, 8 p.m., Rackham Bldg., Conf. Room. * * - Congregational Disciples N & R Stud. Guild, Social Action Luncheon, Mar. 9, 12 Noon, 524 Thompson. Gamma Delta, Luth. Student Club, Lenten Vespers, Mar. 9, 7:30 P.M., 1511 Washtenaw. International Folk Dancers, Folk Dansing & Instruction, Mar. 9, 8 p.m., Lane Hall. La Sociedad Hispanica, Reunion, Mar. 10, 8 p.m., 3050 Frieze Bldg. Programa, baile, refrescos. Vengan todos. Lutheran Stud. Center & Chapel, Len- ten Vespers, March 9, 7:15 p.m., Hill St. & S. Forest Ave. * * * Newman Club, Christian Marriage Se- ries: "Preparation for Marriage," Mar. 9, 8 p.m., Newman Club Center. Political Issues Club, Direct non- violent action: The CORE program for Integration, Mar. 10, 8 p.m., Union, 3rd Floor Conf.. Rm. Speaker: Anna Holden, Nat'l See. og Congress of Ra- cial Equality. SOC Educ. & Stud. Welfare Comm., Meeting, Mar. 9, 4:15 p.m, 1548 SAB. Anyone interested in working on this comm. is welcome. Univ. Coed Horseback Riding Club, Meeting, Mar. 10, 6:50 p.m., WAB. * * * W.A.A. Golf Club, 1st meeting, Mar. 10, 7:15 p.m., W.A.B. downstairs. * * * CAMPUS ELECTIONS: Poll workers needed for campus elections March 15, 16. Sign up for a time and place, SGC headquarters, SAB. Call NO 3-0553 or come in after 3 p.m. Ending Tonight A THURSDAY-8:30 P.M. Tickets: $1.00 (Main Floor, Reserved -50c (Balcony, Unreserved) On Sole Daily 2-4 P.M. and Thursday 10A.M.-8:30 P.M. PLATFORM ATTRACTIONS HILL AUDITORIUM DIAL NO 2-6264 and The Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra and Chorus of Rome COMING THURSDAY "ON THE BEACH" GREGORY PECK AVA GARDNER FRED ASTAIRE ANTHONY PERKINS The Michigan Union m.m - I I DIAL NO 8-6416 LAST TWO DAYS "HERE IS A PICTURE THAT 0 E S ENCOURAGES AN EXCITING REFRESHMENT OF FAITH IN FILMS. REVEALS TIE EXPLOSION OF A FRESH CREATIVE TALENT . . TRE- MENDOUSLY MEANINGFULI" -Crowther, Times FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT'S 1 Ending DIAL Friday NO 5-6290 NOMINATED FOR TWO ACADEMY AWARDS AS "BEST ACTRESS" ELIZABETH KATHARINE MONTGOMERY TAVI RD. IFPRIIRN -I IFT D II