PART FOUR Y Slir ig9an ~Iat~kg GENERALNEWS SECTION VOL. XVI. No. 1 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1935 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Announce NewRadi~o Programs No rdmeyer Brings Scholarly Background To New Position Changed Staff Of Teachers v rJR's Greater Facilities Important In Securing Larger Audience BS May Carry Some Programs c s C Because he was born and received part of his education in Germany, because he has traveled in many parts of the world, because he has taught in five great American uni- versities and because he is scholarly but "human" possessing a fine sense of humor, Prof. H. W. Nordmeyer is particularly fitted for the chairman- ship of the University's German de- partment. Dr. Nordmeyer, who comes here this fall to replace Professor Eaton, who has sailed for Europe on a sab- batical leave, was head of the Ger- man department at the uptown col- lege of New York University from 1929 until this year. Born 44years ago in Northern Germany and educated at Braun- schweig and the University of Leip- sig, he came to the United States in 1913.hIn 1914, at the age of 23, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin. That was the start of his success as a scholar. Dean Edward Kraus of the literary college, who has much praise for Professor'Nordmeyer, now classes him as a "scholar of very high Begins Year Choral Union Concerts, Oratorical Association Lectures Are Announced Variety Of Musical And Lecture Plans Outlined By Prof. Waldo Abbot A program of expanded activity for the twelfth year of the University broadcasting station at Morris Hall has been announced by Prof. Waldo Abbot, director of broadcasting serv- tce. Station WJR, which is the outlet for the University broadcasts, will join the Columbia Broadcasting System on Sept. 29, and on the same day will start operating on 50,000 watts, an increase of 40,000 watts. Both of these changes will aug- ment the potential audience for Uni- versity broadcasts. Efforts are being made to have the Saturday programs released over the entire Columbia network. Station WJR is also one of the relatively few in the country which have a clear air channel for broad- casts. Recording Facilities The University broadcasting station is now also equipped with facilities for making recordings, either for the gramophone or for broadcasting pur- poses. Recordings will be made of the voices of faculty members and mu- sical organizations. It is planned tC send these recordings to alumni or- ganizations who are too far away to be visited by University repre- sentatives in person. Recordings will also be made at the request of Northern Peninsula broad- biri3ation irrthe" for'ri f elec-- trical transcriptions for broadcasting. Beginning Sunday, Oct. 13, broad- casts will be given daily until March 29, except for the Christmas holiday and the final examination period. Weekly Program A "Parent Education Series" will begin at 12:45 p.m. the first Sunday and will continue at that time weekly throughout the season. The Monday programs will consist of classes in stringed instruments at 9:15 a.m. and classes in wind instru- ments at 2 p.m. At 9:15 a.m. every Tuesday, classes in elementary singing will be given, and at 2 p.m. the "Michigan, My Michigan" series will be broadcast. The "Geography and Travel" series will be given at 2 p.m. on Wednes- days. Weekly discussions of "Amer- ican History as Told by American Artists" will be broadcast at 2 p.m. every Thursday. Every second week at 2 p.m. on Fridays, talks will be given on "Eras in English Literature," and a series on "Critical Moments in the Lives of Nations" will be heard on alternate weeks at the same time. Saturday broadcasts will consist' of talks on "Planning Your Home," (Continued on Page 26) 2 Instructors Are Added To Speech Faculty Graduates Halstead And Bloomer Get Positions; McBurney On Leave Two instructors have been added to the speech department of the lit- erary college for the 1935-36 school year. They are Dr. William Hal- stead and Dr. Harlan Bloomer. Both were graduate students last year, specializing in work directed by Prof. Muyskens in the phonetics labora- tory. Dr. Halstead has assumed the duties of Dr. J. H. McBurney, who has a leave of absence from the Uni- versity this year' to pursue advanced studies in rehetoric at Columbia University under the terms of a scholarship. Dr. Halstead is now en- gaged in directing the Michigan High School Forensic Association, which last year included more than 300 -Ann Arbor Daily News Photo. DR. H. W. NORDMEYER standing in the field of Germanic language and literature." The Uni- versity German department, the dean (Continued on Page 26) Saturday Class Rule Effective This Semester All Students In Literary College Affected Unless Exempt By Committee The ruling of May 10 establishing compulsory Saturday classes for all literary college students will take effect for the first time during the coming registration period, with every student forced to take at least one class Saturday morning unless excused by the committee on exemp- tions. Aimed to bring about a better dis- tribution of class hours and class- room use, the same regulation has forced departments in the literary college to schedule one fourth of their :lasses in the afternoon, and at least one tenth on Saturday morning. The committee on exemptions, pro- vided for in the original ruling, has not as yet been established, accord- Ing to Dr. Lloyd S. Woodburne, as- sitant to the dean, as all department chairmen have not yet returned to the city. It will consist of 15 or 24 members representing most of the departments in the literary college. Policy Indefinite According to Dr. Woodburne, no policy on what will constitute valid causes for exemptions has been for- mulated, and none will be until the committee is appointed and has met. The committee will be stationed in aWterman Gymnasium, where classi- fication takes place, to pass on all programs. All students who intend to present Saturday morning employment as a cause for exemption from the ruling should be prepared to prove that they have already secured that employ- ment, and are not merely planning1 to do so, Dr. Woodburne said. No definite decision has as yet been reached by the office of the Dean of Women in regard to chang- ing women's hours for Friday night because of classes Saturday morning.1 Causes For Exemptions tn regard to exemptions, Prof. George R. LaRue, chairman of the+ zoology department, and chairman: of the committee which formulated+ the Saturday classes plan, stated at the time the plan was adopted: "The, committee believes that as many as five percent or even 25 percent of the students may have legitimate; reasons for exemption from Satur- day classes." Other than Saturday employment, the committee mentioned at the time as a possible cause for exemption a (Continued on Page 27)4 League Council Plans Discussion On 'Ho urs Proposed changes in under- graduate women's hours because of the new University ruling mak- ing Saturday classes compulsory for all students will be discussed by League Council at an early date, it was announced yesterday by Jean Seeley, '36, president of the League. Under the present system 1:30 a.m. permission on Friday nights and 2:30 a.m. permission for special class dances held on Fri- days has been granted to women students. Saturday night has been a 12:30 a.m. permission night for underclass women, although senior women have been allowed 1:30 a.m. permission. Although no definite proposals have been made as yet, tnetative plans have been considered for rearranging hours to make Sat- urday a 1:30 a.m. permission night, and Friday a 12:30 night. "The present arrangement of hours will probably be in force until it can be seen how the new system of Saturday classes works out. "Dean Alice Lloyd said yes- terday in commenting on the rules. "However, if any changes are made," she said, "the proposals will come from the women stu- dents themselves, although the final decisions will be made by the staff of the Dean's office." Union Presents First Dance Of Deaths, Illnesses, Leaves, And Appointments Alter UniversityFaculty Riegel Given Chair In Business School Kelso Becomes Professor And Director Of Newly Formed Institution Sabbatical leaves, illnesses, deaths, appointments, and promotions have effected many changes in the fac- ulty roster for the 1935-36 school year. A new chair was created in the business administration s c h o o l through the Earhart foundation. John W. Riegel has been appointed to this position with the title of as- sociate professor of industrial rela- tions and director of the bureau of industrial relations. During his career, Professor Riegel has been connected with the Whar- ton School of Finance, the University of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and the Federal War Department. Noted as a social worker in Massa- chusetts and the eastern states, Rob- ert W. Kelso has been appointed pro- fessor of social service and director of the newly-created Institute of Health and Social Sciences. After having developed a law practice in Boston, Professor Kelso became sec- retary of the Massachusetts State Board of Charity. Later he was com- missioner of public welfare. New Appointments Listed Bradley Patten, who last year was assistant director for medical sciences in the Rockefeller Foundation, is now professor of anatomy and director of the anatomical laboratories. Prof. Henry Nordmeyer is the new head of the German department. Other professorial appointments in- clude: Philip Munro Northrup, as- sistant professor of oral surgery in the School of Dentistry and assistant professor in the department of surg- ery in the University Hospital; W. D. Revelli, assistant professor in the School of Music and band conductor; Walter Nungester, associate professor of bacteriology; Arthur Dunham, pro- fessor of community organization; and Clark Hopkins, associate profes- sor of Greek and Latin. Promotions Henry J. Otto and Mowat G. Fraser will be lecturers in education. The following promotions to fill professorships made in 1934-35, will be effective in the ensuing school year: College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Robert Cooley Angell, sociology; Roy William Cowden, Eng- lish; David Mathias Dennison, physics; Hereward Thimbley Price, English; George Yuri Rainich, mathe- matics; Raymond Louis Wilder, mathematics. School of Education - Willard Clifford Olson. College of Pharmacy --Frederick Franklin Blicke. School of Dentistry -- Paul Harold Jeserich; John Willard Kemper. College of Architecture - Roger Bailey.; The following were advanced to associate professors: College of Literature, Science and (continued on Page 27) PUBLICATION NOTICE The next issue of The Daily will make its appearance on Tues- day morning, Oct. 1, marking the resumption of the regular publi- cation schedule. From that time on, the paper will be published daily except Mondays. Diversified 1935-36 Oratorical Association William R. Castle Is First Speaker Emil Ludwig, Biographer, Will Lecture On 'Fate Of Europe,_1914-1940' Eight lecturers, headed by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, famous aviator-explorer, and Emil Ludwig, noted biographer, will make up the annual lecture course sponsored by the University Oratorical Association. Mr. William R. Castle, authority on international affairs, will open the series Oct. 31, and the subject of his' lecture will be "Our Relations With' Other Nations." Mr. Castle served as a member of the State Department under four administrations and in 1930, at the time of the Naval Con- ference was United States Ambassa- dor to Japan. Admiral Byrd will give an illus- trated lecture Nov. 18 on his second1 Antarctic exedition. He has already1 made several previous appearances on the series program. Hopkins To Speak "Problems of Government" will be the subject of the third lecture, which will be presented Nov. 25 by Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Relief Adminis- trator. Under the direction of Mr Hopkins more than $2,000,000,000 of Federal funds have been expended, and he will present a personal pic- ture of the questions involved in this vast governmental undertaking. The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, S. J. the "glacier priest" will give the fourth lecture in the series Dec. . The subject of his speech will be "A Voyage Into the Ice Inferno." Mr. Ludwig, famous biographer,1 will lecture Dec. 12, and the topic of .his speech will be "Fate of Europe1 1914-1940." Mr. Ludwig has become one of the best known modern biog- raphers, having written "Bis'ar'k," "Napoleon," and numerous othert books." "Rediscovering America" r The fifth lecture will feature Dor- othy Thompson, wife of Sinclair Lewis. Mrs. Lewis holds her place as one of the distinguished woman1 journalists of modern times, and prior to 1934 was chief of the Central Eu- ropean Bureau of the New York Eve-t ning Post. "Rediscovering America" will be the subject of her lecture tot be given Jan. 23. The present Ethiopian crisis will be discussed by Josef Israels, feature1 writer for the New York Times and various other magazines. He will lecture Feb. 19. The final lecture of the series willt be given Feb. 27 by Edward Price Bell, foreign newspaper correspon- dent. Mr. Bell was for more than 20 years the London correspondent of the Chicago Daily News, and has' just returned from a 38,000 mile trip through Europe and Asia, in the course of which he has talked with practically every important prime minister and foreign minister. Prices of tickets for the entire series range from $2.75 to $3.50 and single admissions will be 75 and 50 cents, with a slight increase in price for the Byrd lecture. Announce New Schedule For MainLibrary. The General Library will be re- opened on Sunday during the com- ing school year for the first time since 1932, it was announced yesterday by Dr. William W. Bishop, librarian. In addition to being open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, with the exception of the lunch and dinner hour, Dr. Bishop revealed that the library and its study halls will also be open Friday and Saturday nights. The study halls will close for only an hour over the lunch and dinner per- iods, instead of an hour and a half as was the case last year. An additional grant to the library by the Board of Regents enabled the Program For Is Planned By Heavy Grain Crop Causes Hay Fever Vitimrs D)iscomf orti Ker-choo! The hay fever season, which will last until there is a real frost, has been worse than ever this year, ac- cording to Dr. Buenaventure Jim- enez, health service hay fever ex- pert. The unusual severity with which hay feverites have been stricken this fall is on account of the heavy grain crop, which Dr. Jiminez believes has swollen the air with pollen. The ragweed and goldenrod crops are es- pecially heavy too, he pointed out. The disease has been the worst for those who suffer from hay or some type of grain, he pointed out, but even those whose sneezing and wheezing is caused by food have been1 worse this year. Dr. Jimenez is preparing to start his tests and treatments which he gives to all who wish them. The pro- gram is, he explained, to first find out what caused the hay fever andj then set out to cure it. The cure for the most part consists of "shots" of serum. Blakeman Tells Of Ann Arbor's Church Activity Stu dents' Opportunities; For Participation Are Outlined In Interview Religious organizations and activ- ities in which students of the Uni- versity may participate were outlined1 by Dr. Edward W. Blakeman, coun- selor in Religious Education, in an interview yesterday. All religious groups and organiza- tions are represented in the Council of Religion, which includes in its membership the Student Christian Association, the Jewish Hillel Foun- dation and St. Mary's Chapel. The Council is presided over by Irving Levitt, '36, who was elected to the office last spring. Lane Hall, located at State and Washington streets, is the home of1 the Christian Association, a co-edu- cational organization corresponding to the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. Bill Wilsnack, '37, is the student pres- ident of the Association, which spon- sors numerous lines of social service work on campus, together with a campus-wide jamboree held during the second semester. The student organization at St. Mary's Chapel is known as the New- man Club, and its activities are di- rected by the Rev. Fr. Allen J. Bab- cock, student chaplain. In addition to the work of Father Babcock, two other men have defi- nite appointments to campus work, and give their full time to students and religious education. The Rev. Howard Chapman, for 15 years Mich- igan's representative at the Baptist Board of Education, holds interviews both at the Baptist Guild Hall on Huron Street and at Lane Hall. The Rev. H. L. Pickerill also conducts interviews at Lane Hall and at his residence, 436 Maynard Street. For Jewish students Hillel Foun- dation, affiliated with similar cultural and religious centers at other univer- sities, is under the direction of Rabbi Bernard Heller, who conducts a serv- ice each Sunday at the Michigan League Chapel and also holds classes, lectures and drama for his, students A central office for religious edu- (Continued on Page 28) August Enrollment Is Hospital's Best The University Hosital staff was more than busy during August as 1,- 316 patients, the greatest number in its history, were enrolled, according to Dr. Albert C. Kerlikowske, assis- tant director. The bed capacity is normally but 1,295, Dr. Kerlikowske said, and it Series Will Be Opened By Grand Opera Quartet Saturday, Oct. 19 Season o Be Best In 57 Years -- Sink Sergei Rachmaninoff And Cossack Chorus Will Appear Soon Presenting a group of 10 outstand- ing concerts, the fifty-seventh annual series of Choral Union concerts will open Saturday, Oct. 19, in Hill Audi- torium. The first concert will be given by the Metropolitan Opera Quartet, consisting of Giovanni Mar- tinelli, tenor; Ezio Pinza, bass; Eide Norena, soprano, and Doris Doe, con- tralto. The four, all members of the Metro- politan Opera Company, will present a program of favorite operatic solos, duets and quartets. The complete program for the sea- son is as follows: Metropolitan Quar- tet, Oct. 19; Sergei Rachmaninoff, pianist, Nov. 6; Don Cossack Russian Chorus, Nov. 11; Fritz Kreisler, viol- inist, Dec. 3; Boston Symhony Or- chestra, Dec. 11; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Pan. 16; Kolisch String Quartet, Jan. 20; Detroit Symhony Orchestra, Jan. 24; John Charles Thomas, baritone, Feb. 17, and Myra Hess, pianist, March 16. Favorites Repeat Many of the headliners who will appear before Ann Arbor music-lovers this year are favorites of many past seasons. Among these are Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Myra Hess, who have been enthuiastically received on former occasions; the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra, which will be ap- pearing for the twelfth time locally; John Charles Thomas will make his third appearance on a Choral Union program; Fritz Kreisler's concert will be his ninth before a local audience, while Serge Jaroff and his Don Cos- sack Chorus will also be repeating former concert appearance here. Serge Koussevitzky will direct the Boston Symphony, Vladimir Golsch- mann the St. Louis Symphony, and Bernardino Molinari will be guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony. According to President Charles A. Sink of the School of Music, this will be a banner season for Choral Union patrons, offering a well-rounded pro- gram including almost all fields of musical activity and bringing more (continued on Page 27) Oct. 2 Set For First Concert Of Glee Club Prof. Mattern Will Lead 40 Men Singers At Banquet Of Cadillac Salesmen Enjoying an outstanding reputa- tion as one of the oldest musical or- ganizations on the University cam- pus, the University Glee Club offers membership to 100 students. It came into existence here as a Mandolin and Glee club, with voices being supplemented by many varieties of string instruments. During its lifetime of 75 years the Glee Club has toured to almost every prominent city of the United States. Last year, reduced to a concert group of 40 singers it made 15 trips. Al- though piano accompaniment is the most common, at times the group is augmented by a harpist. Under the direction of Prof. David Mattern, who has been actively in charge of the group for the past five years, the Glee Club will open its concert season Oct. 2 in Detroit. The singers will appear before a banquet of the Cad- illac sales organization. Although at one time the Glee Club was controlled executively by stu- dents, the trend in the last 50 years has been toward faculty supervision. Among the well-known musicians who have conducted the singers are the late Prof. Albert Stanley, Earl G. Killeen, and Theodore Harris. At the present time Professor Mattern Year Sept. 27 The various departments of the Union including the swimming pool, billiard and recreation room, and the bowling alleys will open for the school year today, Stanley G. Waltz, general manager said last night. The first membership dance will be held Friday night, and besides the Union formal which takes place in the first semester, several other dances will be sponsored featuring some well known orchestra at fre- quent intervals. This will be a new feature of the Union dances this year. Several improvements in the fa- cilities of the building have been made. It is expected that the new steam room will probably be open today for those availing themselves of the privileges of the swimming pool Union officials also said that the bowling alleys will be opened at 3 p.m. Sunday; heretofore the alleys have been closed on Sundays. Reporter Turns Sleuth, Discovers 47 Laboratories, Quits Job 1/12 Complete By RALPH W. HURD No one has ever stopped to count the number of laboratories in the College of Engineering. However, there are 47 laboratories in the chem- ical engineering department alone, and there are 11 other divisions of the college which include laboratory work in their courses of study. These laboratories range in size all the way from tiny research rooms glutted with instruments to the Probably the most powerful pieces of equipment ever to be developed in the college are the high gain amplifiers of the electrical engineering depart- ment, whose amplification can reach the 100 trillion mark. Selecting a course of study in en- gineering resolves itself largely into choosing the laboratories in which the student feels himself most in- terested. The electrical engineering opportunity of operating a 100-ton tension-compression machine, to- gether with other machines to test the endurance and strength of me- chanical equipment. Among the laboratories in the chemical engineering department are the evaporator laboratory and the unit operations laboratory, the latter used for the study of such operations as heat transfer, distillation and fil-