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By RALPH KAPLAN
"Every university ought to have
ch a program," Prof. Joe L.
avis of the English department
id of the University's American
iture studies program.
The program is of long standing
the University. It was begun in
e 1930's by Prof. Howard Mum-

PROF. IRVING A. LEONARD
*.. named chairman
H1storians Set
Leonard Head
Of Convention
Prof. Irving A. Leonard of the
history department was elected
chairman of the Conference on
Latin American History, of the
American Historical Association,
at the group's meeting in Chicago
last week. "
Prof. Leonard will be in charge
of planning the lprogram for the
convention next year in New
York. He will name committees
for awarding annual prizes for the
best books and articles on Latin
American History.
The conference has been in ex-
istence for 25 years as a separate
organization for professional his-
torians interested in the area: It
promotes anthropological, geo-
graphic and archaeological studies
in Latin America, also.
Prof. Leonard is an editor of
the "Hispanic American Histori-
cal Review." His latest publica-
tion, released by the University
Press, is entitled "Baroque Times
in Old Mexico."

ford Jones, who introduced the
area program into the curriculum.
The University's program was the
first of its kind in the state and
possibly the first in the country,
Prof. Davis noted. ,
When the American Studies As-
sociation formed after the war,
the programs were given impetus
all over the country. Prof. Jones
established one at Harvard after
he left the University and they
soon became concentrated in the
East as well as developing in oth-
er parts of the country.
"Interdisciplinary perspective"
was cited by Prof. Davis as one of
the main purposes of the pro-
gram. Since each department has
its own "language," an area pro-
gram is needed to unite various
departments in a large common
interest.
Use Culture
Although "presumably this kind
of inter-departmental study can
be done in many ways," in an
American university, "it is best
to use American culture," he de-
clared.
The opportunity to see Ameri-
can civilization "whole" and so
gain new critical understanding
of it is another advantage of the
program. "It is extremely import-
ant that every American have
this understanding in view of our
country's world Jeadership role,"
Prof. Davis commented. For this
reason a student in the program
is encouraged to do similar work
in other cultures.
A practical result of the pro-
gram may be the qualification of
a student to teach American cul-
ture, he remarked. Teachersin
the program are much in demand
all over the country but are often.
hired by departments since the
program is usually not in a sep-
arate department. The United
States Foreign Service is also in-
terested in people who have had
this training, Prof. Davis com-
mented.
The interdisciplinary aspect of
the program is shown in its cur-
riculum. The prerequisite is His-
tory 49 and 50 and the remaining
prerequisites of eight hours must
be filled by either English, Philos-
ophy or Fine Arts courses.
Required Portion
Three hours in American
Studies, nine in English, nine in
history, and twelve in various so-
cial sciences and philosophy com-
pose the required portion of the
junior and senior program.
American Studies 99, the first
American Studies course, features
readings about American charac-

ters from Crevecour to D. W. Bro-
gan.
The second course, American
Studies 198, is concerned with
problems of American culture such
as Puritanism and the role of the'
frontier.
The possibility of a third sem-
inar course for the second semes-
ter of the senior year is the main
feature of the program's expan-
sion. The new seminar would be
taught by Prof. Charles Sawyer,
presently curator of the Art Mu-
seum. The role of art in the cul-
ture would be given added em-
phasis by Prof. Sawyer.
Group Function
Drawing together groups from
many departments is the main
function of the seminar courses.
Both the Master of Arts and the
PhD. levels of the program also
stress such cross-fertilization. The
doctoral dissertation usually in-
volves a discussion of two or more
disciplines.
-Hop Hails
Buddy Morrow and his "Night
Train" orchestra will provide music
for the Class of 1961 J-Hop, to be
held from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 6.
The dance in the League Ball-
room will be based on a Shangri-
La theme. Oriental decorations will
cover the walls and the° ceiling.
Morrow began playing the trom-
bone when he was 12, and played
with dance bands at his high
school. He also played with a col-
lege band.
Later he attended the Juiliard
School of Music in New York, and
during the '30's played with such
bands as Artie Shaw, Eddy Dti-
chin, Paul Whiteman, Tommy
Dorsey and Jimmy Dorsey.
In 1951, after having filled in as
leader several times for Jimmy
Dorsey, Morrow decided to strike
out on his own. "Night Train," a
rhythm and blues number, rocket-
ed Morrow and his orchestra to
fame.
Tickets for the between-semes-
ter all-campus dance will be sold
until Jan. 15 from 4:30 p.m. at
the Administration Bldg. After this
time they may be purchased at
the Student Organization Office on
the 2nd floor of the Student Ac-
tivities Building at the same hours,
until Feb. 5.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Maslen
of West Swanzey, New Hampshire
announced the engagement of
their daughter, Jane Louise to
Charles H. Stark, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Stark of Plymouth,
Michigan..
Miss Maslen graduated from
the University last June where
she was a member of Zeta Tau
Alpha. She is now teaching fourth
grade at Estabrook School in
Ypsilanti.
Mr. Stark also graduated from
the University and was a member
of Sigma Chi. He served two years
in the United States Navy and is
presently a senior in the Law
School.

Maslen-Stark

Wunsch-Dye
Mr. and Mrs. Alec H. Wunsch
of Houston, Texas,'announce the
engagement of their daughter, Dr.
Jayne Wunsch, to Mr. John T.
Dye, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
F. Dye of Fort Lauderdale, Flor-
ida.
Dr. Wunsch is a graduate of
Rice Institute and the University
of Texas medical branch at Gal-
veston. At present she is an in-
terne at Jackson Memorial Hos-
pital, Miami.
Mr. Dye graduated from Wayne
.State University and is now a
senior in the architecture and de-
sign school at the University.
A July wedding is planned.

'DISTINGUISHED SERVICE':
Nichols, Rauch WiIn Honors
For Radio TelemetryWork

Wolf it, Iden
To Perform
Shakespeare
Sir Donald Wolfit and Rosalind
Iden, two of Britain's top-ranking
Shakespearean actors, will appear
at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Hill Audi-
torium playing, in costume, scenes
in their most famous Shakespear-
ean play roles.
They will present the following
program:
1) "Henry V." Prologue to Act
I, -Act III and Henry's speech be-
fore the Battle of Agincourt.
2) "A Midsummer Night's
Dream." Act II, scene 1.
3) "Hamlet." The N u n n e r y
scene.
4) "Othello." Scenes throughout
the play between Othello and
Desdemona from his arrival on
Cyprus to Desdemona's death.
5) "Twelfth Night." Act II,
scene 5 and Act III, scene 4. Mal-
volio and Olivia.,
6) "The Merry Wives of Wind-
sor." Two scenes in the Garter
Inn between Falstaff and Muistress
Quickly.
Wolfit formed his own Shakes-
peare company in the 1930's after
having played Cassius, Touch-
stone, Macduff, Orsino, Gratiano;
Don Pedro and other Shakespear-
ean roles at London's Old Vic,
Polio Fund
Gives Grant
By DONNA MOTEL"
A 10-year administrative grant
of $294,000 was presented to Prof.
Thomas Francis, Jr., of the public
health school at the March of
Dimes kickoff dinner Thursday
night.
Addressing supproters, James
Eddington, who is assistant direc-
tor of the Western region of the
national fund, also reported, in
spite of the fact that an accept-
able vaccine has been in existence
for six years the average number
of polio cases remains nearly con-
stant.
This is an indictment of the
American people for sitting back
and thinking that the polio prob-
lem is licked, he charged. Al-
though school-age children and
most adults are receiving polio
shots, pre-school age children and
people over 40 years old are being
ignored. These mostly are the
people who are now contracting
the disease, Eddington said.
One of the National Founda-
tion's primary obligations is to
educate the public about the vac-
cines, treatments and hospitals
which are available for their
benefit, he remarked. Too many
people are not receiving the care
that they should have because of
their ignorance and fear.
The National Foundation head-
quarters is able to get the best
possible brains and men to do re-
search, but knowledge must come
to the local level. This is the basic
reason for the existence of the
National Foundation, he said.
Through its efforts, treatment
of polio, arthritis and birth de-
fects is made available to every
citizen regardless of age, color or
religion.
A good portion of the money
raised by volunteer workers is
used for the new scholarship pro
gram which is designed to select
capable teenagers and develop
them to become future doctors,
therapists, and technicians, Ed-
dington explained.
The Washtenaw Chapter of theI
National Fund has launched a

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PROFILE

Such a group is now crystal-
lizing around the state, in the
form of community citizens'
groups, scheduled to study the
state's political - economic-so-
cial organization and make
possible recommendations in
June.
The biggest challenge in the
enterprise, according to Stir-
ton-"can we get the citizens
to forget their partisan, politi-
cal identifications and become
jmpartial and objective?"
"When the political fight
spills out in the open arena
and hurts the University and
the state, then I'm. worried,"
Stirton says, summarizing his
interest in the citizen's group.
Educational Needs
As an administrator of the
state's largest university, Stir-
ton sees "very real needs" for.
more educational dollars.,
The capital (building) needs.
of this state are tremendous,"
he asserts. "Any postponement
will aggravate, not ease, the
problem which hit rock bottom
two years ago."
Stirton feels the Legislature
is now disposed to agree the
state has real needs.
"They'll try to help us," he'
says, hopefully.
No Poilyanna.
"I'm not just a Pollyanna--
the trend is to recognize needs
more than in the past."
What would be the effect of
sparse building funds for an-
other few years?
Basically, it, would prevent.
further expansion. Conse-
quently, Stirton says, the grow-
ing population of college-age
youngsters "might not be able
to go anywhere else, unless to
private schools . . ,the .whole
situation meantime getting
worse, of course, because of
obsolescence of present build-
ings and equipment."
The state's fiscal difficulties,
may thrust the need for more
community colleges on the citi-
zens, Stirton thinks. Typical
financing of such a venture
splits the cost three ways: one-
third from the state, one-third.
from the individual commun-
ity, and the rest from student
fees.
Backs Community Colleges
"The local facilities seem to
be available for community
colleges. Many communities
can muster the money to take
care of the first two years of
schooling."
"There seems to be more
logic in the community college

William Stirton

concept than in that of a new
four-year school in Michigan"
(A Grand Rapids Citizens'
group is presently laying
groundwork fdr a projected
four-year school.)
The four-year college idea
seems a form of "status seek-
ing" to Stirten. "Obviously
community colleges would bet-
ter serve the state. The com-
munity has a more obvious re-
sponsibility to its college than
it would to a four-year college.
The community sees its own
needs, then translates them
into the program of the col-
lege; including courses, for in-
stance, in retailing, secretarial
work, drafting or medical tech-
nology."
Prepares Students
The college would also have
a program geared to the stu-
dent who wants to go on to
another school for the final
two years of his work.
Incidentally, Stirton says,
those students looking .for a
place to spend their final two
years could do worse than the
Dearborn Center,-the Univer-
sity's newest branch.
As they rushed to set up
operations by this September,
Stirton and his staff said the
same thing to a multitude of
people.
Thirty-three agreed to at-
tend. Why so few?
Ethical Consideration
It was a matter of ethics, ac-
cording to Stirton. The Univer-
sity refused to accept. applica-
tions to the Center until it was
satisfied that the Legislature
would provide enough money
for both the Ann Arbor and
Dearborn campuses. Since the
appropriatirons didn't come
until mid-summer, most appli-
cants had decided to go else-
where, Stirton says.
But the Center will fill to its
capacity of 2,700 students on
an alternating work-study
basis within a very few years,
Stirton believes.
If drive is all that's neces-
sary to fill the buildings, Stir-
ton should succeed. As sug-
gested, he manages to be a
University vice-president, di-
rector of the center, a leader
of Citizens for Michigan, a di-
rector of American Motors, a
member of various other state
civic and educational groups,
an engineer, and a flower lover.
And, on occasion, he turns to
preaching-the church variety.
Appropriately, he believes in
being his brother's keeper and
in going "the second mile."
Tomorrow:
VICE-PRES. JAMES LEWIS


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Two professors in the Univer-
sity engineering college- received
awards last night for distin-
guished service in the field of ra-
dio telemetry.
Prof. Myron H. Nichols and
Prof. Lawrence L. Rauch were
honored last night in Angell Hall
by the Detroit branch of the In-
stitute of Radio Engineers for re-
search at a. development in the,
field over the past 17 years. Both
are profeseirs in the aeronautical
engineering department.
Radio telemetry concerns the
electronic transmission of data

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COMING TONIGHT, 8:30 P.M.

SIR DONA LD WOLFIT
ROSALIND IDEN
NOTED BRITISH SHAKESPEARIAN STARS
IN A BRILLIANT PROGRAM OF THEIR FAVORITE ROLES
IN COSTUME
"SCENES FROM SH AKESPEARE"
Ann Arbor is one of only three performances in America
Tickets now on sale -10 A.M.-8:30 P.M. --at Box Office
Regular Prices - $2.50 - $2.00 - $1.50
STUDENT RATES-$1.75-$1.40 -$1.05

which is very valuable in the de-
velopment and testing of aircraft
and missiles. By measuring and
monitoring the performance and
transmitting the data to the
ground, radio telemeters are vital
in checking the critical problems
of stress and mechanical capabili-
ty.
Both Prof. Rauch and Prof.
Nichols, in addition to teaching
and publication of articles on the
theoretical analysis of telemetry,
have been active in consultation
with both private industry and
the government in , connection
with ICBM testing and space
ship data transmission.-
They are the co-authors of a
book on radio telemetry.
SGC To Give
Bus Refunds
Student Government Council3
will refund the money spent on
Willopolitan ttickets to those who
were crowded off their buses.
Those students who were un-j
able to take the 3:25 bus for Met-
ropolitan from Mosher-Jordan
may obtain refunds at the Stu-
dent Activities Building betweena
3:30 and 4:30 p.m. either Mon-
day or Tuesday. They are asked
to bring their Willopolitan tickets.
Names will be taken, and refundsf
will be mailed.
Willopolitan is a bus servicec
which transports students to the
two local airports. It is sponsored
by SGC.t


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SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1960
VOL. LXX, NO. 77

University of Michigan Non-Academ-
ic Employees Local Union No. 1583,
AFSCME, AFL-CIO President Benjamin
F. Moore has called a special meeting
for all members Sun., Jan. 10, at 6:00
p.m. in Rm. 3D of the Mich. Union.
After the. meeting the officers and
stewards of the local union will meet
with' Michigan State Employees Union
Director Robert Grosvenor and Rep-
resentative Douglas Cook.
"Scenes from Shakespeare" tonight
at Hill Aud., 8:30 p.m. Sir Donald Wol-
fit and Rosalind Iden, two of Britain's
greatest Shakespearean actors. Tickets
are on sale today 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. at
the Aud. box office. Students are giv-
en a 30 per cent reduction on all
tickets.

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