Sunday, February 9, 1975'

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Page Five

Sunday, February 9, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five

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JANUARY'S INVENTION
TURNED THE WORLD ON
r WASHINGTON ()-
January may have been one of
the slowest months of the year
for inventors but the only sig-
nificant invention recorded that
month turned the world on.
Listing the major inventions
by month, the Intellectual Pro-
perty Owners Inc., a non-profit
group interested in preserving a
strong patent system, notes that
on, Jan. 27, 1880, Thomas A..
Edison, the "Wizard of Menlo
Park," received a patent for
the incandescent electric light.
Just two years earlier, IPO
points out, Edison patented an-
other major invention that had
a similar far-reaching effect on
mankind - "a phonograph or
speaking machine."

Ed. note: James Kentch, '74,
has spent the last five months
teaching English in Iran. His
account of his routine and

off my chair with their h indker-
chiefs.

emotions follow. TEACHING A foreign lan-
guage is as rewarding as it
By JIM KENTCII is frustrating. Every so often
ESFAHAN, IRAN the proverbial light bulb of un-
derstanding illuminates a stu-
"IRAN - LAND of enchanting dent's face, and that balances
contrasts"' is what the travel the number of times I've heard,;
posters say. There are definite- "Yes, I doesn't go to the Teh-
ly unbelievable contrasts here, ran yesterday."
but the degree of their enchant- Adapting to a very different
ment varies greatly, to say the culture is as demanding as
least. teaching. Most women v, ear;
Around January of 1974, with veils, the call to prayer echoes
four months left as an under- in the streets thrice daily, and
graduate majoring in English, you have to get a man to shovel
I began to give serious thought the snow off your roof fyes, it
to that q u e s t i o n mark-filled does snow here) so that the
period after graduation. More mud and straw doesn't soften
school was a necessary evil at and collapse.
best, so I compromised and took It's enthralling to live in a
an eight week course it the mile high oasis of half a million
E n g I i s h Language Institute people surrounded by mountains
(ELI) to learn how to teach and the desert, a city with b00
English as. -a foreign language. year old mosques and 150 foot
Accountered with a new haircut minarets; but spend Three days
and a white suit, an interview trying unsuccessfully to get a
in Chicago in July landed me a driver's license . . .
job in Iran. It's spiritually uplifting to see
I landed in the Tehran air- the sunrise (I get up ot 5:30 fr r
port (of the fabled ceiling) on work) over a 370 year old
September 17 and started work! bridge and to visit nearby Zo.-
four days later in Esfahan. All roastrian fire temples, but try
of a sudden I found myself on to get some packages thcrugh
the other side of the desk. Fac- customs ...
ing me were my students, their
inquisitive eyes sizing up this. IT'S VERY pleasing to make
strange foreigner in front of enough money to be abl- to
them. buy exquisite Persian carpetsf
Twelve tabulae rosae upon and metalwork, but ttv to get
which it was my challenge and to sleep when you are 10,000
frustration to carve the lan- miles from home and have left
guage of Hemingway and Halde- people whom you love very'
man. Twelve quick spirits who much and cannot forget . . .
knew of fabled and faraway It's very satisfying tc live aI
places-New York and Chicago, life in which the basics require
Miami and Texas. Twelve peo- more work and effort, a life,
ple who stood up when I en- in which you must put ker.osme
tered the room and who dusted in your room heater ev ery day

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fespair
or suffer the consequences, but
try spending two days confarnt-
ly running to your outdnor toiet
with uncontrollable diairvea
So it's the old love-ha:e refi-
tionship. And how well did niy
days in Ann Arbor, that Mecca
of the Midwest, prepare mne for
the "real" world?
Strangely e n o u g b, m ten
months on the Daily were by
far the best preparation. The
pressure of deadlines and con-
stant production, the subter-
fuges, intrigues and c'miving,
and the art of advancng Aitnin
a hierarchy-I learned thtise at
the Daily and they nave served
me well here.
THE TRAINING of my criti-
cal faculties I received in
literature courses has also been
of great benefit. This is a coun-
try of tremendous subtleies,
where the color of the ,kv, the
taste of the food, the intricate
writing, the tiled mosque domes
and the delicate social relaion-
ships present two questions as
soon as one is answered.
But nothing can prepare you
for the view from the ridge
overlooking Persepolis. About
you is an abandoned mud ar.d
straw village and at your feet
are the 2500 year old ruins built
by Darius. A plain stretches out
to a semicircle of snow-capp.Pd
mountains, and on the other
side of the ridge are nomads
with their round black trents,
colorful costumes, and sheep.
And nothing can prepare you
for the feelings you have while'
spending a Christmas in a
grungy port town on the Per-
sian Gulf with your thoughts as .
vou main company. Exht!ra-
tion and despair-just another
enchanting contrast.


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DAILY CLASSIFIEDS
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Saga of a student soda shop:
A history of Campus Corners

(Continued from Page 3)
difficult as the market was di-
rectly next to the waiting room
of the interurban railway, part
of the general Ann Arbor trolley
system.
Unfortunately, for whatever
reason, Fischer and Finnell's
dissolved in 1913.
The growth of the University
in size, scope, and power in-
creased the need for a new
store geared towards meeting
student needs. In response, Cal-
kins and Fletcher moved their
drugstore down State street,
taking over Fischer and Fin-
nell's location in 1919.
Gradually they moved the or-
ientation of the store to meet-
ing student wants. In addition
to the aforementioned jukebox
and soda fountain, they expand-
ed the interior to stock more
and varied items. (The addi-
tion is fairly obvious - It's an
altogether different height from
the front of the store).
Prohibition was a successful;
period for Calkins and Fletcher
as their soft drinks and ice
cream served as legal substi-
tutes for illegal alcohol, as they
stressed in their ads in the
Daily of the period.
TN 1955, THE STORE was sold
to its present owners, al-
though the name did not change
to Campus Corners until 1957.
As the moods and preferences
of students changed, so too did
the services of Campus Corners.
Finding the operation of the
jukebox-soda fountain unprofit-
$2.50 :
FRI-SAT.-SUN.
ELEKTRA RECORD'S
PAUL
SIEBEL
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able, the management removed store covered with a network of
them in 1962. pipes and wires which the pro-
In their place, Campus Cor- prietors have not attempted to
ners installed hardware, soft- disguise. This lack of attention
ware, kleenex and light bulbs. j to such problems remains part
However, to this day, Campus of the Campus Corner charm.
Corners will not carry cos-
metics, a usual drugstore
staple, in keeping with their ;N THE DUSTY basement,
policy to stock only those items where they once showed
basic to the college trade. films and now keep wine and
During the last decade its beer, is the "Campus Corner
reputation and distinctive style Archives." A collection of
grew as well. Part of the Cam- staff-drawn beer posters an-
pus Corners mystique and at- pouncing Campus Corner spe-
mosphere is attributable to its cials of the week for the last
appearance. ten years, the Archives, like
Despite its varied history, the the store they represent, pro-
exterior of the Delta building vide an interesting glimpse into
has changed very little. The student life of the decade. In
original brick of its upper (resi- their content, as in the his-
dential) story has been covered tCory of the drugstore as a whole,
by white paneling and the cloth is a reflection of student tastes,
awnings have been replaced by current political interests, and
metal overhangs. beer prices.
As such, Campus Corners
would be immediately recogniz-
able to an Ann Arborite of the !Billiards & Bowling
turn of the century. Even today
the second story remains resi- Pinball & FOosball
dential and many of the cur-
rent employees live directly Peanut Machines
above.
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