WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1936 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Trautman And Van Tyne Lead New Expedition Mayan Civilization And Its Background Is Subject Of University Researd A University expedition to Yuca- tan, part of the University's coopera- tive program with the Carnegie In- stitution of Washington for the pur- pose of reconstructing the background of the Mayan civilization, was an- nounced last week by Prof. Fred- erick M. Gaige, director of the Mu- seum of Zoology. The members of the expedition are Dr. Jocelyn Van Tyne, curator of birds, and Milton B. Trautman, as- sistant curator of fish, of the museum of zoology. The expedition is already in the field and is working out of Chichen Itza, an ancient Mayan city. It is the fifth expedition sent by the Uni- versity as part of the cooperative program with the Carnegie Institu- tion. Many species new to science are expected to be brought back by the expedition. The area to be explored has been visited only twice before by scientists. Dr. Frank Chapman, of the American Museum of Natural History, visited the region in 1896, and Dr. Leon J. Cole, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, in 1906. The work of the expedition will consist in collecting birds and band- ing hundreds of them in an effort to learn what migratory North Amer- ican birds spend the winters in Cen- tral America. It is hoped that they will be able to determine relationships now unknown between North Amer- icar~and South American birds Spe- cimens of fish in the area will also be collected by Mr. Trautman. Michi an Youth Aided By State Uelth Program Professor Keeler Praises Government For Better Care OfHandicapped The decrease in the number of handicapped young persons being placed in isolated institutions marks the steady improvement in the amount and quality of the service the state has rendered, Prof. Louis C. Keeler of the psychology department, said yesterday in a speech over WJR on "Michigan's Provisions for Its Wards." Behind the policy of the state, Professor Keeler pointed out, is "the functional hypothesis that service must be rendered in such a way as to fit these handicapped individuals to become as useful members of the social group as the nature of their handicaps will permit." Thus, "the individual should be withdrawn from contact with his normal fellows to the least possible extent." Segregation Harmful Formerly segregation of the handi- capped resulted in their being less capable of making natural contacts later. The tendency now is to allow the individual to attend day school under local and state supevision, Pro- fessor Keeler continued. Professor Keeler emphasized that the increase of the rate of handi- happed over the rate of increase in population may be due to the fact that better means of discovery, diag- nosis and treatment bring greater numbers into institutional life. The speaker isolated three main groups included in the list of the state's services to the handicapped. Under the first of these Professor Keeler described the instituitions and schools devoted to the care of juve- niles, including the State School for the Blind at Lansing and the State Public School for the Indigent Home- less at Coldwater. Board of Regents Helps The second group includes hos- pitalization and treatment, Professor Keeler added. It is administered by the University Board of Regents, which provides treatment and educa- tion through the University Hospital, and the Michigan Crippled Children Commission. The third great division of the juvenile wards of the State is that of the vocationally, handicapped and consideration of them falls under the division of education, Professor Keeler concluded. 1u s iNarned Head Of Fish Committee Dr. Carl L. Hubbs, curator of the fish division of the Museum of Zoo- logy, was appointed chairman of a sub-committee on fish of the Wild Life Institute at a meeting of the In- stitute held recently in Washington, DC Artist's Conception of Future Setting Of Burton Memorial Tower Drawing by Wilfred B. Shaw. -Courtesy Ann Arbor Daily News. The M. L. Burtn Memcrial Tower, which will house the Charles Baird Carillon, is sketched here by Wilfred B. Shaw as it will appear in relation -to HillyAuditorium and, directly behind the Auditorium, the proposed University School of Music. Facing Ingalls Street and the Michigan League, the Memorial Tower will be located on the mall which will extend from the new Graduate School to the Main Library. At the comple- tion of the Tower and the School of Music, all University musical activities will be conducted within these buildings, all in close proximity to each other. Change In Drivers' License Laws Is Asked At State Highway Conference (Continued from Page 1) R. Olmstead, assistant research en- gineer of the Michigan State High- way Department, at the morning ses- sion of the Conference. The tests have been taken over a period of the last two years, and the average reaction time of drivers was found to be 78-one hundredths of a second. The age group from 17 to 31 was found to have the fastest reac- tion times, and the more education possessed by the motorists, the quick- er they reacted, according to Mr. Olmstead. The survey also reveals, he con- tinued, that accidents are directly proportional to the mileage driven by motorists - the faster reactions of drivers tending to be offset by the tendency of this "fast" group to drive at higher than average speeds. Most Drive Too Fast The conclusions reached by the De- partment, Mr. Olmstead stated, were to the effect that all drivers are equally subject to the hazards of ac- cidents, most drivers tend to drive faster than their "better judgment" should tell them, and the average driver regulates his speed according to the comforts and noises of driving rather than the safety factors in- volved in vision, traffic and pave- ment conditions. E. Ross Farra, manager of the Grand Rapids Safety Council, also speaking at the morning session, pointed out the advantages resulting from the recent substitution of bus- ses for street cars in Grand Rapids. He summarized these advantages as a "greater safety of handling their patrons, the ability to avoid traffic congestions and obstacles impeding traffic movement, increases in speed of transportation and safety factors' involved in passenger loading at the curb rather than in the middle of the street." Asks Better Lighting Concluding the morning session, L. J. Schrenk, general superintendent of the Public Lighting Commission, De- quate lighting facilities on public highways. Prof. Preston Slosson of the history department spoke before a joint lun- cheon of the Highway Conference and the Michigan Engineering Society. Dean H. C. Sadler of the engineering college presided. The afternoon session of the Con-1 ference was directed by Prof. John S. Worley, head of the department of Parley Seeks To Coordinate Work on Fish A conference between fish inves- tigators representing the Federal and State governments and the University was held Monday at the Museums Building. The conference was for the pur- pose of coordinating fish work and investigating stream and lake im- provement and fish cultural work be- ing conducted by the United States Forest Service and the State Depart- ment of Conservation. The Forest Service was represented by Harry Adams, in charge of fish and game work in Michigan, and Fred Johnson, in charge of similarl work in California. The Department of Conservation sent Fred A. Wester- man, head of the fish division, and A. B. Cook, Jr., field superintendent of the fish division. The Institute of Fisheries Research was represented by Dr. A. S. Hazzard, director, and the staff, and Dr. Carl L. Hubbs, cur- ator of the fish division of the Mu- seum of Zoology, represented the Uni- versity.' transportation engineering. Lewis W. McIntyre, president of the Insti- tute of Traffic Engineers, Pittsburgh, Pa., spoke on the methods used by officials in that city in achieving the title of "America's Safest City," which honor was awarded to Pittsburgh during the four years, 1930-34, by the 1 National Safety Council. Tells Of Pittsburgh Success "The practice of too much muni- cipal economy in traffic bureaus and a constant shifting of department heads and traffic magistrates are the causes of sharp increases in auto deaths in many of the nation's larg- est cities," he stated, "and Pitts- burgh's success in dealing with the problem has resulted from a balanced program of traffic control, scientific engineering and organized educa- tion." Paul W. Voorhies, member of the Michigan Public Utilities Commis- sion, outlined the difficulties involved in "Railroad Crossing Protection," in a talk following the address of Mr. McIntyre. The afternoon session was concluded by a description of the Michigan highway planning survey, given by Fred C. Taylor, director of 1 the survey and official of the Michi- gan State Highway Department. Witness Demonstration The objectives of this survey, ac- cording to Mr. Taylor, include the ( classification of roads on the basis of use and serviceability, the equitable distribution and collection of highway costs ,and an analysis of accidents in relation to the hazards of driving. The Highway Conference and the Michigan Engineering Society met at Hill Auditorium last night to wit- ness a demonstration of "The House of Magic," electrical "feats of magic" performed by Oliver Ajer of the Gen- eral Electric research laboratory. Rescue Greek Seamen From. Atlantic Storm NEW YORK, Feb. 18. - (R) --In a heroic rescue in raging seas, the pas- senger liner City Newport News late today took off the 30 men in the crew of the Greek phosphate freighter Stefanos Costomenis about 500 miles off the Virginia Capes. Poking through the gloom of night and the high waves of astorm-boiled >cean which generally hampered At- lantic Coast shipping, eight ships sought the foundering freighter af- ter she had sent out a distress call last night. The Newport News reached her first, after a faulty position report aad taken the others far off the course. For hours fog clouded the stricken steamer but her wireless crackled pleas to "save the crew." The freight- sr was abandoned after the crew had been rescued. "Can you really talk through a wire?" people still asked when this telephone switchboard went into service back in 1881. .Apparatus was crud -,ervice limited -but the idea was right. It took hold in spite of ridicule. Today there are more than 13,000,000 tele- phones in the Bell System-telephone conversations average 60,000,000 daily - ti . s vie is Laster and clearer than. ever. , Telephone growth and im- provement will go on. 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