The Michigan Daily-Thursday, January 17, 1980-Page 7 I) N Put On Your Dancing Shoes. Learn From The Best. Take a U-M Dance Department Class. SEVEN OBERLIN COLLEGE students recreate a 19th century slave escape trip will last 30 days ending at the school. following the underground railway between Kentucky and Ohio. The 400-mile OBER LIN BLACKS RECREA TE 400-MILE JOURNEY: Students travel slave railroad RIPLEY, Ohio (AP) - A group of ragtag, foot- weary blacks struggled against the current of the wide Ohio River in a rowboat yesterday as they crossed from Kentucky. Wearing the tattered clothing of slaves, the five men and two women from Oberlin College re- enacted the experiences of their forebears along the underground railroad. INEXPERIENCED AT the oars and plagued by the January chill, the students were like the hun- dreds of black men and women who left the slave territory of the South across the river to Ohio - a. free state. But certain elements of yesterday's crossing were modern. The students wore life jackets, and on reaching the Ohio shore were greeted by 300 cheering Ripley elementary school students and a television news crew. And they.crossedthe river by daylight instead of in the welcome cover of darkress that aided slaves headed for free states and Canada more than 100 years ago. THE CROSSING was a landmark in the group's 400-mile journey from southerf! Kentucky to nor- thern Ohio - a journey reviving the so-called un- derground railroad - not really a railroad at all but a series of friendly way stations and buggies of- fering aid to fleeing slaves in the 1800s. Striving for realism, the students have worn one set of clothes since leaving Greensburg, Ky., on foot Jan. 2. They plan to keep walking until they reach Oberlin around Feb. 3. "We could only make one-tenth of the feeling that those slaves must have had," said David Hoard, project leader. "We respected what they did when we started. Now we have awe at the fear and the pain they must have had." "WE'VE BEEN CHASED by dogs, taunted and threatened. People have driven by and called us nigger. We've been stopped on a dark road by a sheriff who wanted to know what we were doing." The students have been preceded by a trailer where meals of chicken and grits are prepared. They stay overnight at homes that include those on- ce used by runaway slaves. Hoard designed the project as part of the four- week winter term at Oberlin, one of the first schools in the nation to open its doors to women and blacks and an important stop on the underground railway. The trip was funded by $9,378 from the National En- dowment for the Humanities. HOARD SAID the group read about the un- derground railway before beginning its journey. But he said reading does not compare with ex- perience. The students are avoiding motels and restaurants along the route, but are making occasional stops to talk to church groups. Besides Hoard of Paoli, Pa., the group, including those riding in the van, comprises Larry Spinks of St. Louis, Marzella Player of Reston, Va., Lester Barclay and Adrienne Banks of Chicago, Gail Ellison of Park Forest, Ill., Herman Beavers of Cleveland, Richard Littlejohn of Bridgeport, Conn., and George Barnwell of Clinton, Md. Two six-week Winter Semester Sessions: (1) JAN. 21-MARCH 1 (2) MARCH 17-APRIL 26 All classes held in Dance Building studios. ADULT DANCE DIVISION Beginning Modern (Willie Feuer) intermediate-Advanced Modern (Susan Matheke) Advanced-Beginning Ballet (Christopher Flynn) l'ntermediate Ballet (Christopher Flynn) Beginning Jazz (Lorry Ham) PREPARATORY DANCE DIVISION Children's Ballet (Ages 10-14) (Gay Delanghe) Young Dancers Workshop (Ages 12-18) (Gay Delanghe) Register by mail, in person, or by phone with Master Charge or Visa. Call U-M Courses in Adult Education from 8-5 at (313) 763-4321 ext. 27 for additional information. Cn rc U-M Extension Service y1 ell412 MaynardSt.AnflArW~481O9 Jan. 18-Jan. 19 A Special Shabbat, Celebrated at Hillel with Guest RA B D A DFL, Chaplain at Princeton University Speaking On: "THE HOLOCAUST AND AFTER:- THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS" FRIDAY, 8:00 P.M. And Leading a Study Sesson On: "RAV KOOK AND SECULAR STUDY" 5,4 URD V :30P.M. New University Club, and grub (Continued from Page 1) Black said the type of work going on now is the,, first of many steps that will take one to two years to complete. The 'U' Club has been plagued with management and other problems for problems has been a history of un- favorable showings on health inspec- tions. IN JANUARY 1979, student Larry Pulkownik, then president of theNUnion, said he did not think the Club would be able to continue its operations "primarily because it isn't a student- oriented organization. What is needed is a student-oriented, possibly student- run, food service." Those now involved with the Club said they are hopeful that Pulkownik was correct, and that a student- oriented, or at least community-orien- ted, Club will be successful. The current changes at the 'U' Club include painting, refurbishing the bar, removing old curtains to show off the window design, and adding many plan- ts. Carpeting also will be stripped to reveal a tile floor. *SLINE SAID a major impetus for the entire Union renovation program came from concerned students, but "just 'calling it (the Union) a student center doesn't make it one. Without real good food service we're never going to at- tract the students back to the building." One of the major priorities in the long-range plan (for the Union) is to provide "dynamite" dining, Sline said. Requirements for such dining, he said, would include "good service, high quality food, and reasonable prices." Black said an attitude change ac- *companied the decision to make the physical renovations. "For so long, every effort was made not to make the students feel a part of it (the Union)." Now, Black claims, the idea is the more patrons, students or otherwise, the bet- ter. MOST OLD members, he added, were not greatly upset by the change in outlook. "The old members were pretty well dissatisfied (with the former operation). I think the majority of the old members were in favor of seeing some changes made down here," Black explained. Prof. Charles "Fritz" Lehmann, president of the 'U' Club board of direc- tors, said he was hopeful the changes will be successful. "(W e expect) a larger clientele, par- ticularly since the University com- munity has now been blanketed in," Lehmann said. BLACK SAID he hoped the 'U' Club might be self-sufficient in one year, but warned changes in the Union have been (and will be) "traumatic." The new 'U' Club menu was carefully constructed to be "as broad as possible," Black said. "We don't want to discourage anyone from coming in." 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HOUSING DIVISION RESIDENT STAFF APPLICATION FORMS FOR 1980-81 ACADEMIC YEAR, rI The University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies & Department of For Eastern Languages and Literatures PUBLIC LECTURE At! Available Starting January 17, , 1980 500 SAB In Ms. Charlene Coady's Office, 1 1 "TOKYO IN TE MEL/ PERIOD" EDWARD G. SEIDENSTICKER Professor of Japanese Literature Columbia University Thursday, January' 17, 1980-4-5 pm 200 lane Hall, Washington and state streets 6 _l Study in London and Stockholm SUMMER OF '80 COMPARATIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS POSITIONS INCLUDE: Resident Director, Assistant Resident Director, Resident Advisor, Head Librarian, Resident Fellow, Minority Peer Advisors and Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Advisory positions require the completion of a minimum of 55 credit hours by the end of the 1980 Winter Term for the Resident Fellows in Residential College, Resident Advisor and Minority Peer Advisor positions; Graduate status for Graduate Student Teaching Assistant in Pilot Program, Head Librarian, and Resident Director positions. However, qualified undergraduate applicants may be considered for the Resident Director positions. QUALIFICATIONS: (1) Must be a registered U. of M. student on the Ann Arbor Campus during the period of employment. (2) Must have completed a minimum of 55 credit hours by the end of the 1980 Winter Term. (3) Preference will be given to applicants who have lived in resi- dence halls at University level for at least one year. (4) Undergraduate applicants must have a 2.5 cumulative grade point average in the school or college in which they are enrolled. Graduate applicants must be in good academic standing at the end of the 1979 Fall term in the school or college in which they are enrolled. (5) Preference is given to applicants who do not intend to July 5-Aug. 29, 1980 6 week intensive course 6 se mester credits-