The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 6, 1989 - Page 3 Former BY MARION DAVIS William Haber, renowned labor economist and former LSA dean, died at his Barton Hills, Mich., home on Dec. 30. He was 88. In addition to his duties at the University, Haber was a member of the advisory council that drafted the nation's first social security law and was the principal drafter of Michigan's un- mployment insurance law. Former University President Robben Flem- ing said Haber's outside work contributed sig- nificantly to his career as an economics professor., Tourist draws sell- out dean. s "His life was dedicated not only to teaching and writing, but also to public service," Flem- ing said. "His work in the 'real world' made it possible for him to understand the limitations of theory, which was fascinating for his stu- dents." Two weeks before his death, Haber was honored by the University's Board of Regents when they established the William Haber Pro- fessorship of Modern Jewish History. The professorship is supported by an en- dowment from The Frankel Center for Judaic erved state, 'U' Studies. Todd Endelman, professor of Judaic history, said the establishment of an endowed chair recognizes the importance of the field of Jewish studies. Haber played an active role in Jewish affairs during his adult life. After World War II he ad- vised the American army on resettlement of Jewish concentration camp survivors. Haber worked extensively with the Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training program, which trained Jews in various job fields after the war. Haber also authored several books on social security, unemployment insurance, labor rela- tions, and economic development. He earned his bachelors', master's, and doc- toral degrees in economics from the University of Wisconsin. He joined the University of Michigan fac- ulty in 1936 as a professor of economics and chaired the Department of Economics before accepting appointment as LSA Dean - a post which he held from 1963 to 1968. Haber re- tired in 1971. Haber is survived by his wife and two sons. Haber ... led LSA college - Musical Theater . 7 I I &crow Y MARK SHAIMAN A sell-out crowd of more than 1 600 people crammed into the Nlichigan Theater last night for the Midwest premier of The Accidental 7'ourist, the latest film by Univer- sity graduate Lawrence Kasdan. | As the ticketholders flowed in, tlIeir pictures were taken by a group of pseudo-papparazzi, a comical twist on the receiving lines that are Usually reserved for the movie stars themselves. Some patrons were even asked for autographs as trumpets *blasted in the background to an- nounce their arrival. The lobby was not only filled by tie filmgoers but also by numerous references from the film such as t avel posters and street maps of Baltimore, where the majority of the film occurs. And on the platform of the stairs sat a quartet of cardplayers doing an imitation of the card game that the family in The Accidental Tourist plays. John Lauter, the Michigan The- ater organist, entertained the crowd as they struggled to find an empty seat with a number of selections on t4e Barton Organ, including a few l4ieces by John Williams, who wrote the music for the film. When the lights went down, Russ Collins, the manager of the Michi- an Theater, welcomed the crowd and anked those involved in making the premier possible. First men- tioned was Prof. Frank Beaver, chair of the University Communications Iepartment, who -was the contact- Sale qu takes the BY ELIZABETH ROBBOY maybe a third wil You stand behind the spotlight. a performer. You feel your heart tremble. Your "Thank you, n insides are a mess. Still, you project from the auditoriu confidence, keeping an undaunted But those of y smile plastered to your face. performing for a "Number 15!" the director calls Broadway doesn' from somewhere in the darkened sent "success." theater. Although not o Okay, you're up. It is time to Musical Theaterg switch on the emotion. Time to theatrical - perf channel that nervous energy into theater, teaching positive thoughts. All you have is designing costur 16 bars to sell yourself - less than composing, Deter thirty seconds to demonstrate every- "No one real! thing you've learned. Sharon Rosin, a 2 Exhilaration, anxiety, and adren- Theater major, w aline shoot through your body. You years of experi take a deep breath, soaking up the "You only set you blackness and the space. The "theater" bug" has bitten again. The audience You are performing in the annual withholding their University Musical Theater Work- wondering, alsoq shop for a captive audience of family is it like to spen and friends. It is supposed to feel University studyin like a real audition. And it does. voice, piano, ac Practicing for auditions accli- theater? mates you to the real-life pressure of Intense. Comp performing, the competition, the rewarding. worries that haunt stage life, and the A typical dayf grim statistics. majors stretches i Ten percent will drop out of the p.m., and then fr program annually, estimated Brent p.m., if they ar Wagner, director of the School of show. Many win Music's Musical Theater Program. 19 credits, more And of that number, said former LSA student. Musical Theater major Marti Deters, Another gruel spotli ill make a living as small, intensi competition be number 15," rings like I was alw im, then silence.... with my friends ou who have been is always pressc while know that it comes to audi t necessarily repre- high." You're your friend wil n Broadway, many show you want graduates will stay less, Deters, ct orming in regional nior, misses the , choreographing, But the long mes, directing, or ing schedule, a s said. ness of the pi ly makes it," said stronger, say mi 5-year-old Musical "If you can who has had three handle anythir ence on the road. Rossi, a sophoi ur own standards." Theater progran a e dof show busine; watches dazzled, balance 18 applause -- also bpe m8 questioning. What work-study jo d four years at the wsd. ng the art of dance' s ,yd ting and musical Plus, you do study with you actresses, she sa petitive. And verya s h After you hi for musical theater let out a silent from 9 a.m. until 6 half-minute in om 7 p.m. until11 ended. e performing in a You reluctai d up taking 18 or light, and new than the average come your thou the director? Wi ling aspect of this Now all you gin ve program is th tween peers. "I fdit vays in competition ," Deters said. There ure to diet, and whent tions, "the tensioigli always worried that 1 get the part in the , she said. Nonethe- urrently an LSA j01 program. hours, the demand- and the competitive- rogram make them usical theater majoir. handle this, you can ng," said Elizabeth more in the Musidal n. In the "real world" ss, you don't have'tb hours of school; shows, holding a b and sleeping, she n't have to live and ar fellow actors at I id. . . t the last note, you sigh of relief. Your the spotlight ha& ntly step out of the uncertainties over- ights: Did I impresS ll I get the part? have to do is wait. ROBIN LULNAIK/DOIY People wait to enter the Michigan Theater last night for the Midwest premiere showing of Accidental Tourist, starring Kathleen Turner and William Hurt. because of his continuing friendship with his former student, director Kasdan. Collins also read to the audience the telegrams that were sent by some of the people involved in the film, including Kathleen Turner, David Ogden Stiers, and Ed Begley, Jr. In his telegram, Kasdan referred to the Michigan Theater as "one of my oldest stomping grounds" and went on to say that the occurrence of the premier was "not as amazing as what happened in Pasadena on Monday." The premier was a benefit for both the Michigan Theater and Win- terfest, a new art fair that makes its debut this February. In 1949, the Michigan Theater hosted a premier of the film It Hap- pens Every Spring, and at the time some film was taken of the event. The footage, shown before the film, was better than any cartoon, show- ing what Liberty Street looked like 40 years ago. (cunrt may dron maior outas may be *cut by Lotto proposal 4 ST. JACQUES, Mich. (AP) -- A country store owner says a Lotto computer returned to her business yesterday, along with a state promise tb cut sales quotas in half, but lottery officials say the pledge is only tentative. The proposal to cut the recently raised weekly quotas has yet to be pproved by Lottery Commissioner lI ichael Carr, said spokesperson 1.auric Kipp Klecha in Lansing. She said it would be a week or more 1 efore the lottery decides on the new dales quota. e The change would replace a S2,000 weekly sales quota which had been raised to $3,000 on Jan. 1, with a 1,200 weekly quota. State officials say 123 of Michigan's 3,800 Lotto vendors can't meet the limit and now pay between S65 and S125 a week in penalties. The proposal from the lotterys marketing division wasn't r blicizd until after St. Jacques Grocery owner Sue Hansen got fed up with paying the state $65 a weekfr the rivilege of selling lottery tickets. 1-ansen asked the state to yank its Lotto machine Tuesday, which it did. That angered loyal Lotto players in the rural Big Bay De Noc area, who were left without a machine to play on. In the furor that followed, a lottery official asked Hansen on Wednesday to reconsider her deci- sion. "He was anxious to know if I would take the machine back. He said he had gotten a call strai uht from Lansing to tell me what the new policy would be," Hansen said. cha-rgesde WASHINGTON (AP) - The Iran-Con tor sought dismissal yesterday of the charges against former White House aideC giving up a struggle with the Reagan ad over disclosure of some of the nation's] crets. Independent counsel Lawrence Wals dismiss conspiracy and theft charges, ci "insistence on introducing classified infor defense" and the Reagan administration's lease material which the judge ruled North at trial. North is still confronted with 12 felony carry prison terms totaling as much as 60 THESE INCLUDE obstructing v gressional and presidential inquiries in Contra affair by preparing false stat destroying documents. U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell hearing for Monday to consider Walsh's the two charges be dismissed "without pr is, in a fashion that would leave the optio them again. President Reagan, returning to the V from a California vacation, said of Walsh gainst North ntra prosecu- satisfies our problem, which has been... concern about two major national security... but of course the judge has not re; Oliver North, sponded yet. We're waiting to see what the future i' Iministration going to be." best-kept se- ASKED WHETHER HE was going to pardon'' North, Reagan said. "We're waiting for the judicial sh moved to process to go forward." ting North's The president has repeatedly said he has no plans tot mation in his pardon his former aide. But the head of the liberal- refusal to re- group People for the American Way criticized the ad- h would need ministration's stance on the classified documents and$ said Walsh's "efforts appear to have been sandbagged." - charges that The group's president, Arthur Kropp, said "they years. Reagan administration appears determined to give Ollie. various con- North a 'pocket' pardon as a reward for his Iran-Contra' Ito the Iran- activities." ements and "The Department of Justice believes that the mo- tion is a constructive step in the handling of a veryA scheduled a sensitive national security issues," said the statement. request that Reagan and Vice President Bush have been subpoe- ejudice," that naed by North to testify at the trial, but dropping then n of bringing two major charges could make it harder to show why their testimony would be needed, perhaps defusing a-% White House, legal issue that has threatened to delay the trial now 's motion. "It scheduled to begin Jan. 31. NEW ANN ARBOR TA NNTTTTG ANT C OFT (FUt7ERC Closing Continued from Page 1 leadership was not going to attack the recommendations on national security grounds. "In my view, it makes good sense from the standpoint of both man- agement and economy to allow the Department of Defense to cut back Oarginal installations as circum- stances change," the admiral said. "This is especially true in times of fiscal constraints where the resulting long-term savings assume even more importance." he added. Under the law, the commission studied the Defense Department's installations across the nation and put together a list of those consid- yred obsolete or unneeded. Carlucci, as a strong proponent of base closings, had been expected to approve the list all along. But he demonstrated his excitement by an- nouncing his decision before a legal deadline of Jan. 15 and by describing base closings as a long overdue breakthrough. He also said he would ask Congress for $500 million in the fiscal 1990 budget for a revolving fund to help cover the up-front ex- penses of closing bases. 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