PAUL, EIGHT THE MICH IGAN DAILY SATURDAY, FEI3RUATtY 1.9, PAGE 1i'IGIIT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, (. r DAILY OF FICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received by the Assistant to the Presi- dent until 3:30 p. m. (11:30 a. in. Saturday.) PLANT COLLECTION HOUSED IN NEW MUSEUM BUILDING; Highway Engineers HERBARIUM CONTAINS EQUIPMENT FOR RESEARCH W RK! To Meet Wednesday EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sixth of a I Vol. 39. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1929 No. 99. Faculty, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The February meeting of the Litera- y Faculty will be held Monday, February 18, at 4:10 p. m. in Room 2225 Angell Hall. Order of business: 1. Proposed change in Classification. D. L. Rich. 2. Proposed increase in requirements for admission to the course in series of a;ii'tlc,. iljti'tr;tivc of thde worh 1bing done in the myn VCSity M iLISCUmiis. The University herbarium, which is now one of the four main di- visions in the group which is col- lectively known as the University Museums, was established in 1921 as a seperate unit. The founding of this unit was in reality a reorgani- zation of the work being done with collections of plants which had been accumulated for many years in the botany department and in Library Science. W. W. Bishop. the museum of zoolog 3. Preliminary report of the Committee on Relations with the School time of the establishm of Forestry and Conservation. J. W. Glover. new unit, it was house John R. Effinger l other museum divisions Museum building, (the p Lecture by Professor Churchill: mance languages buildin The herbarium is now Professor Alfred V. Churchill, Head of the Fine Arts Department the north wing of the f in Smith College, will lec'ure on: "Modern Romantic Painting" in the of the Museum building Natural Science Audito jum at 4:15 Monday, February 18. Illustrated. enaw avenue. It is The public is invited. equipped for all branch J. G. Winter research, storing, indoo photography work, etc. Lecture by Dr. Van Glabbeke: In the collections, whi Dr. Adolphe Van Glabbeke. of Brussels, 'will lecture on: "Leonardo about 200,000 specimens, da Vinci" in the West Lecture Room, Memorial Hall, Tuesday, February of plants are available f 39, a :15.. The public is inviteo. Not only are the plan United States well repre J. G. Winter many valuable collect foreign countries are inc Exhibition of Mr. Chamberlain's Etchings: plant specimens, which From February 1 to February 25 there will be on view in Alumni Istantly being added tof Memorial Hall an Exhibition of recent Etchings and Lithographs by sources, are all identifie M". atmuel C. Chamberlain. The Exhibition is under the auspices of Esperanto Exhibit: the Ann Arbor Art Association. Esperanto books, peric J. G. Winter posters published in E the Orient are exhibit College of Engineering; Lecture: lobby of the Main Libra Mr. J. Ormondroyd, Research Engineer at the Westinghouse Electric be inspected till Febru and Manufacturing Company, will lecture on "Mechanical Problems in E. Wad. Design, and the Provisions Made for Their Solution by the Westinghouse td Company," at 4:15 on Monday, February 18, room 348 West Engineering arsityBnda: Building. Spe1:a0 rehearsal this at 1:30 o'clock at Morris otendance of every mem' To Graduate Students in Education: pea Gilet B. Saltonsta The nett meeting of the Graduate Students in Education will be held in the Ladies Dining Room of the Michigan Union, Saturday, Feb. 16, at 1:00. Miss Weeks, Mssrs. Cowart, Pickens, and Roudebush, instructors from southern institutions of higher learning who were sent to the University of Michigan by the General Board of Education to make aI special study of teacher-training, will have charge of the program. All Graduate Students in Education are invited. Clifford Woody, Chairman of Committee on Graduate Study in School of Education Senior Electrical Engineers: Mr. S. P. Bordeau of the Electric Machinery Mfg. Company, Minne- apolis, will. talk about employment with his company in a short talk in Room 109, West Engineering Building, this morning at 10:00 o'clock. Mr. Bordeau and Mr. Shawley will be in Room 109 all morning and until 1:00 p. In. for interviews. y. At the ent of the d with the in the old present Ro- ng.) housed in fourth floor on Wash- completely es of plant r growing, ich nunber , all groups or research. its of the sented, but ions from luded. The are con- from many ed and ar- )dicals, and urope and ed in the ry and can ary 21. Isworth afternoon s Hall. At- iber is im- 11, Mgr. ranged in an easily accessible man- is especially concerned with the ner in the herbarium cases. A ca d distribution of the plants of Michi- index supplies ready information gan, in particular those which about these specimens. grow about the Biological station Dr. C. H. Kauffman, the director in the northern part of the south- of the herbarium, is working out ern peninsula of Michigan. Prac-! the geographical distribution of tically all of the native plants of groups of fungi throughout the the state are well represented in United States. With assistants, he the collections of the herbarium. has made seven trips to the west- Mrs. Lois Ehlers has made a special ern part of the United tSates and study of the plants collected by the large quantities of these plants are early explorers in Michigan, es- now available for study. pecially those around Lake Su- Investigations on the fungi living perior. in our lakes and rivers are being The herbarium employs several' carried on by Dr. Bessie B. Kan- assistants who are kept continually ouse, assistant to the director. at work mounting, indexing and, These have to be grown indoors; distributing the new specimens as the herbarium is provided with a they are added to the collections. laboratory especially provided with One of the most important of the sterilizing facilities. Another of additions which have recently been the research workers in the depart- added to the total of specimens in ment, Mrs. Francis J. Thorpe, is en- the herbarium is the group of gaged in- study of the mosses which specimens collected by Professor H. grow in the region about Glacier H. Bartlett while on a year's ex- National park. 'pedition to Sumatra. Dr. J. H. Ehlers, curator in the Dr. Howard A. Kelly recently herbarium, is in immediate charge donated a very complete botanical of the flowering plants. Dr. Ehlers library to the herbarium division. Convening next Wednesday for a four day session, highway engi- neers of the middle west will open their fifteenth conference on highway engineering at the Uni- versity. The Conference is under the direction of the College of Engineering -in cooperation with the Michigan State Highway de- partment and the Michigan Asso- ciation of Road Commissioners .. I and Engineers. Plans for the conference pro- gram have been completed under the direction of the members of the engineering faculty, and an-! nouncements are being made re- garding conference activity. Sev- eral noted speakers have been se- cured for the smoker, banquet and meetings which will occupy the greater part of four days. Regis- tration will begin on Wednesday afternoon and the final session will be held on Saturday morning. The meetings are open to all in- terested in highway improvements. IEI IVESITY - COMEDY ANNOUNCES T A I K E a 't i! ' w f I r. y X A. D. Moore Women, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The Administrative Board of this College has decided to treat E grades in the courses in Physical Education for Women on the same basis as E. gades in other courses, so far as they affect eligibility for public activitles. The Department of Physical Education reports that enrollment for these courses is 300 below the number expected to enter them during the second semester, and that the latest date on which admission to them can be arranged is Saturday, Feb. 16. W. R. Humphreys J'iistory 4: The class in history 42 will meet in room 1025, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. J. Lloyd Mecham Speech 31 and ;2: All students wishing to elect Speech 31 or 32.. who are not already enrolled in a definite section are requested to assemble in Room 4203 Angell Hall Saturday morning. at 11 o'clock, February 16. At this time an additional section will be arranged to meet the needs of the majority. Men's Educational Club: The Men's Education Club will meet at 7:00, Monday evening, Feb. 18, in Room 304 of the Michigan Union. Dr. Shirley W. Allen will speak on Michigan Forests, and will illustrate his talk with a new teaching device. All, men who are interested in education are invited.? John D. B. Luyendyk Beta Kappa Rho: The next meeting of Beta Kappa Rho will be held Saturday evening, Feb. 16, 1319 Forest Avenue.} Louise J. Lingel, Pres. Eta Sigma Phi: There will be a special business meeting of Eta Sigma Phi on Mon- day, Feb. 18, at 8 p. m. Tickets for the banquet may be secured. Una Van Riper, Secy. Foreign Students: The song rehearsal for the International Night will take place at Wesley Hall, Saturday at 7 p. m.1 Every foreign student is urged to be present. M. G. Bueno, General Chairman Round Table Club: There will be a meeting Sunday, February 17, at 2:30 p. m. in Room 302 Michigan Union. 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