Section Three Y fIUr igan 4:Iaitij Society and News VOL. XLVII No. 2 ANN ARBOR, MICHGAN, TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1936 Dean Lloyd Will Open Orientation Lecture Series Ton? PRICE 5 CENTS orrow The Trimrose Tath "The primrose path to dalliance" ad libbed Shapespeare. And then to amplify his idea he added: "Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too much rein." Then Webster's New International Dictionary (bound in fine calf) took over, defined primrose as "also--flowery or gay" and dalliance as "(From Dally,) Act of dallying: specif. a Talk; chat; gossip; light, familiar or serious discourse. Obs. b Trifling; play. c Esp., amorous or wanton play, etc." But perhaps that definition is too scholarly. In more simple terms, the Primrose Path has often been referred to as the least direct and most pleacant to one's reward. It is crowded with laughter, color and tears. It is never boring. It is the stage on which many of you will strut and fret; you will find it a happy place, and you will probably disregard the signs warning you not to pick the flowers. "The Primrose Path" as you may read it in these columns, therefore, will strive to be more than a microscopically thin veneer of printers ink on inex- pensive pulp paper. It will be the background for your meanderings and cavortings, and your shadows will dance on it for a while and then fade away. And, of course, it will show you your names in print, and you'll love it. We will try to present a broad, bright picture of the social side of campus life, and if you find the picture complete and true, we shall have accom- plished our purpose. Women On Hunt .. . The walls of the League echoed and re-echoed Friday night with the sound of tramping feet . . . you bumped into everyone you knew and hundreds that you didn't know for the freshmen Scavenger Hunt was the main event on the program . . . from the guest room on the fourth floor to the laundry in the basement the building was filled with racing groups of eager "hunters" . . . each woman carried a long railroad ticket and had it stamped at every station. . . It was a grand way to become acquaint- ed with the League and the prize was more than worth the effort .. . At the Beauty Parlor . . . where you received a clever red card with' a jingle on it . . . we noticed Barbara Jean Backus crowding up to the1 front with Margaret Ford . .. Jane Nussbaum had just finished that sta- tion and raced past as we came in . . . From there you climbed two flights of, stairs to the library . : . Katherine MacIvor and Ruth Laing came out proudly bearing another card stamped on their "tickets" as a souvenir of the book-oom ... The groups found difficulty locating the rehearsal room on the first1 floor . . . It is tucked back in a corner behind the check room . . . Betty, Whitney was there to greet them when they finally found it and added ai yellow circle to their programs . . . right across the hall Helen Purdy put1 a University seal along with the rest of the things and explained the costume room to the newcomers . . . they didn't stay very long though for the nextE station was way up on the third floor .. . Jo-Anne Kimmel explained the Alumnae Room to the breathless groups as they entered and hurriedly left again. . . down to the first floor and the cafeteria . . . up to the chapel the Ethel Fountain Hussey room . .. down to the shower room . . . next-door to the laundry . . it went on and on and finally the Main Dining Room was visited and the last little red card graced the long railroadi tickets. . . the last stop on the program was the Silver Grill. . . and no one1 had any difficulty finding it . .., Spoils To The victors... When the first groups arrived the doors were still closed for thei freshmen were much better acquainted with the League than the upper- classmen imagined . . . three groups crowded in the door together and raced for the far end of the room where Gretchen Kanter and Jacqueline Kolle sat ready to give the winners their little silver tickets . . . the ensuing scene more than faintly resembled a bargain basement sale . . . The crowdF was over ten deep around the table and programs flew in all directions .. . Out from the crowd scrambled ten victorious freshmen to receive their prizes . . a pictorial map of Ann Arbor . . . Ellen Thompson, Rhea Jane Easton, Janice Friedman, Barbara Guest, Dorothy Nichols, and Wilma Cope were some of the proud winners . .. After the treasure hunt there was a mixer in the League ballroom . . . We had a chance to meet many of the newcomers there and renew acquaint- ances of last year . . . Carmelita Hatch and Betty Brooks were there . . . Pauline Telhurst, Mary Ellen Thomas and Adelaide Mason were some of the others . . . and now for some of the upperclassmen . . . Jean Hatfieldt ... chairman of Orientation which came to a successful close with Fri- day night's program . . . stood discussing the week's events with Maryl Louise Willoughby who planned the Treasure Hunt .. . Gretchen Lehmann who has spent the week making charts for the dinners and taking attendance at all the affairs announced proudly that over five hundred guests attended the Friday night dinner ...l Back To The Union... And now that we have the freshmen all carefully oriented into our intellectual and social life on campus we pass on to the first Friday night] of the school year . . . Many people gathered in the Rainbow Room to7 pMck up the threads that they reluctantly laid down last June . . . The con- versation ran along the same line no matter where you were . . . "How are you," ... "Did you have a nice vacation?" . .. no matter how they started they all ended "Isn't it great to be back?" ... Some of the couples we noticed in the Union were Harriet Heath and' Stek McCallum . . . Charlotte Hamilton and Dick Mavis . . . Ginny Eaglesfield and John Strayer . . . and Bill Struve and Betty Miller. Everyone gathered in groups between the dances and talked over the sum- mer. . . We saw Betty Shaffer and Steve Mason and Adeline Singleton and Walt Jensen . . . and then in another spot, Betty Hunter and John Freese ..The tables that used to line the walls of the Rainbow Room haven't been placed yet this, year but there are promises that they will be back before long giving everyone a place to gather during the intermission . . . Betty Gatward and Frank Dannemiller greeted Hope Hartwig and Jack Betcher as they passed . . . and then a few others . . . Eleanor French and Ross Faulkner. . . Jane O'Ferrall and Wemmer Gooding... Jane Lord and Bob Garrels . . . and Jane Hardy and Hal Blackburn ... And now we bid you farewell until next week . . . rushing will probably keep you busy all week . . . and we will see you at the football game on Saturday ... Until then ... Faculty Trips Cover Globe This Summer Dean Bursley And Family Tour New England States And Canada On Vacation Dr. Moore Inspects Bells For Carillon Dean E. H. Kraus Gathers Information For Book On EuropeanVisit Faculty members this summer spent a varied and interesting summer, travelling as far east as the Orient and as far west as the Pacific coast. Dean and Mrs. Joseph A. Bursley, and their daughters, Rebecca and Marjorie, toured the New England states and Canada during the latter part of the summer, going to Boston, Cape Cod and the Gaspe Peninsula. Dr. and Mrs. E. V. Moore of the Music School spent part of the time in England, where Dr. Moore inspect- ed plans for the carillon whieh is to be set up at the University during the coming year. Upon returning he went up to his summer cottage at Omena, Mich. Another member of the music school who passed the sum- mer in Europe was Dr. Charles Sink who visited Germany, France and the Scandinavian countries. Slosson Goes East Dean Edward H. Kraus travelled in Europe in quest of information for the revision of one of his books, on which he is now working. His tour took him to Paris, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and England-particular points of inter- est in the latter country being Oxford and Cambridge. He described his trip as being "most strenuous but most fruitful." Prof. Preston Slosson of the history department taught summer school at the University until late Augst, and then went down to Richmond, Va. He later went to Tower Hill, Mich., where he gave a series of four lec- tures before the conference of Con-' gregational Ministers which met' there. Another faculty member to take a trip after summer school was over was Prof. J. L. Brumm of the jour- nalism department. After spending a few days on the west coast, he visit- ed his son at Berkeley, Calif., and then went on to Pocatello, Idaho and Yellowstone National Park. While in California he visited Hollywood and; was shown through the MGM stu- dios by director Boquet ,to whom he submitted several plays for consider- ation. Studies Porto Rican Politics Prof. Emiliado Mercado of the Spanish department travelled by auto to New York the early part of the summer, and from there went by boat to Puerto Rico. He spent much of his time on the southern part of the island at Juana Diaz, and came back with some very interesting re- ports concerning the economic and political conditions of the island. Dean Alfred H. Lovell of the En- gineering college attended the annual summer conference of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in! Pasadena, Calif: He then toured Yosemite National Park and the Lake Tahoe country on his return trip to Ann Arbor. Prof. Hammett of the Architectural School was another European visitor for the greater part of the summer, while Prof. Arthur E. Boak and his family spent their va- cation in northern Michigan. Hygiene Talks S tart Monday For Freshmen The series of six hygiene lectures, a compulsory course given annually for the incoming freshman women, is scheduled to begin Monday, Oct. 5 and continue for the five following Mondays, it was announced recently by the Women's Physical Education Department. Dr. Margaret Bell and Dr. Helena Schutz will be the speakers for the course. Two of the lectures will be given over to diet, two to sex, one to posture and exercise and one to the prevention of disease. Althonurh there are nn orrdit nint., First Meeting Of Year Is Attended By League council UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL b. The heads of the various leading women's groups on campus which compose the representative body known as the League Council held their initial meeting of the year at 4 p.m. yesterday in the Under- graduate office of the League. Jewel W. Wuerfel, '37, women's editor of The Daily, is also a member of the group which was introduced to the freshmen women at one of the Orientation dinners held last week. ]Engagements; Wedding~s Are Made Known The number of engagements and weddings of University students rose surprisingly during the summer and early fall. Most recent of the engagements was that of Nancy Quirk, '37, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Quirk, De- troit, and Mennen Williams, '36, sonj of Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Williams, Detroit. Miss Quirk is affiliated with Collegiate Sorosis and is a member of the present senior class. Williams graduated from Law School last June and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. No plans have been made for the wedding. Another engagement recently an- nounced was that of Lorien Saxon Finch, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Frank R. Finch, Ann Arbor, and George Robert Bowland, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bowland, Men- don, Ohio. Miss Finch is a member of Alpha Chi Omega August 27 was the date of the wed- ding of Mary Louise Wademeyer, daughter of Mrs. William Walter Wedemeyer, and Stephen A. Mc- Carthy son of Mr. ahd Mrs. S. J. Mc- Carthy, Minnesota. The couple are living in Chicago where McCarthy is the librarian at the University of (Continued on Page 14) Modernistic Motifs Mark New League Grill Decorations New decorations for the League Silver Grill which is to open Friday night, have been announced by Char- lotte D. Rueger, '37, president of the League. A large mirror is to cover the en- tire back of the bandstand and all the panels are to be mirrored also. There will be modernistic lamps in the balcony and the entire ballroom { will be illuminated by flood lights I from two corners of the room which will reflect on the ceiling in a huge arc. The bandstand has been rebuilt and an extra tier has been added to the original two. The piano has been moved to the center of the I stand in order that Charlie Zwick, leader of the League band, who spe- cializes in piano numbers, may lead 1 his group from that instrument. A mirror has been placed over the piano from the keyboard to the music rack to that the dancers may watch the pianist's hands. Special flower arrangements have been planned for the opening eve- ning. Fifty cents worth of food will be allowed in the ticket price as usual. Dances will be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday night and from '9 p.m. to 12 midnight Saturday. Kirche, Kuche Und Kinder' Is Revived Under Nazi Swastika 1936 Graduates(T Are Now Active In Professions Teaching, Coaching, Law Are Vocations Chosen Byt Recent Alumni Last year's graduates have joinedt the ranks of the employed and have taken their places in the world of teaching and business. Few of them1 have strayed far from the state of1 Michigan to find jobs. Florence Harper is in Northville,t teaching school where she bears the responsibility of sponsoring the school paper and numerous other scholastic activities. Adelaide Crow- ell is doing filing work in a Detroit# business concern and Marjorie Spen- cer is greeting the patrons of the Bell 1 Telephone Company who come in to complain, while Betty Chapman is doing her bit for the Detroit Edison1 Company.c Many Teach School1 Mary Robinson and Barbara Lutz1 are both teaching in Mt. Morris;i Julie Kane amuses numerous smallt charges daily at the Detroit Chil- dren's Aid and Dorothy Utley is learning how to become a businessl woman at school in Detroit, and Peggy Duggan has a position in the Detroit Museum of Arts. Among the group who have strayed; as far as New Jork are Josephine McLean, former women's editor. of The Daily, who is living with her; sister; George Atherton, who is working for Vicks Vaporub, Mar- jorie Morrison is at present employed at Lord and Taylor's; Dorothy Gies, who is at Columbia on a scholarship; Marybelle Bouchard who holds a po-1 sition at the Congressional library there; Marian Edgerton, who is in Bergdorf Goodman's and, according to rumor, was pronounbed an intel- ligent girl by the Queen of Spain. Josephine Hadley has a scholarship and is doing art research at Carnegie Institute and Joyce Black is attend- ing Pratt Institute,ta school of inter- ior decorating. Betty Furbeck is at Katherine Gibbs' secretarial school. Renner At Yale Russell Anderson is working for Hearst in Pittsburgh and was one of eight chosen for the job. William Renner is on the coaching staff at Yale and William Dixon is employed in the Dow Chemical Company in Midland. Mary Jane Pardee is ptudy- ing at the National School of Educa- tion in Evanston, Ill. Margaret Buell is in Marshall Fields in Chicago and Grace Bartling, former president of Kappa Delta and recently married is living in this city. Jean Seeley is studying music at the University and Betty Sinclair, Peggy Van Vleck, Janet Jackson, Elizabeth Allen, Gertrude Sawyer and Sally Pierce who is also assist- ing in the speech department, are all o- 1- A ~,+ , .... -. a .. ,- --- , ConductIn College Is FirstTopic, gx Freshman Women To Hear Charlotte Rueger Discuss 'Your University' Attendance Will Be Compulsory For All Miss Chockley, McClusky To Appear Before Next Meeting On Oct. 7 Dean Alice C. Lloyd will open the freshman women's orientation lec- ture series at 5 p.m. tomorrow in the Lydia Mendelssohn theatre, according to Jean Hatfield, '37, who is in charge of Orientation. Attendance will be compulsory, Miss Hatfield said. "College Conduct" will be the text of Miss Lloyd's talk which is to be similar to that addressed to former freshman classes. Last year Miss Lloyd emphasized the need for the consideration of others, cooperation, good manners, conservative dress, and also gave an enlightening talk on the subjects of sororities and rushing. She said that the standards of college con- duct really depend upon the fresh- man women of the University. Honesty, Miss Lloyd stated, is im- portant in the incoming students' at- ttude toward college work. "It is the very basis of good living, and to swerve in the slightest degree from such a standing is a denial of educa- tion itself," she said. Honesty Emphasized "Be sure that when you leave the University it will be a better place for those who follow because you have been there" Miss Lloyd continued., Charlotte Rueger, '37, president of the League, will also speak tomorrow afternoon. Miss Rueger plans to de- scribe the unusual features of campus life in her talk, "Your University." Prominent men and women, fields of research, and unique subjects which the University has to offer will be discussed. The lecture series, which will con- tinue for a number of weeks, is being conducted in a different manner from that of former years. Two speeches are to be given at every lecture, each lasting a half hour. Other Speakers Announced Following the talks tomorrow, the lectures will continue to be held each consecutive Wednesday. Dr. Howard McClusky, professor of educational psychology, will speak on "Comprom- ising Intellectual and Social Activi- ties." Maryanna Chockley, '37, chair- man of the Judiciary Council, will ad- vise on "How to Budget Time and Money." These two talks are to take place on the same afternoon. "Intellectual and Cultural Oppor- tunities" will furnish the text of Prof. Bennett Weaver's talk. Professor Weaver is of the English department. Dean Lloyd is scheduled to speak at another lecture in the series. The subject of her second talk will be based on "Personality and Values." Prof. Paul Mueschke of the English department has also been asked to talk to the freshman women. The text of his speech has not yet been decided upon. Attendance Is Urged All freshmen are urged by Miss Hatfield to attend the series of lec- tures because attendance is to be taken and also because of the credit which is to be given to those having a perfect attendance record. One merit point will be awarded to each freshman having a 100 per cent record. These merit points are recorded in the Undergraduate Office of the League. They are used for fu- ture reference in regard to women seeking parts in extra-curricular ac- tivities. The merit point system is a recent method adopted by the League and has proved very successful. It is in this way that the women are chosen to fill the important positions in the League and on the League Council. "How to Study" lectures will also be held for those students who need them. A new test was added this year to the customary English and psychology tests for freshmen to dis- cover which incoming students need this additional help. These lectures must be attended, Miss Hatfield said. Any others who d'eire th a da r By MARY GIES (EDITOWS NOTE Miss Gies spent last year in Germany as a graduate studentaat the University of Heidelberg and is enrolling in the graduate school here this semester.) Supposedly the age of enlighten- ment has not yet dawned for women in Germany, and according to report' the time-honored,. pre-war proverb is once more being shouted to glory under the swastika of the Nazis. The good old saying was the place of women was in the home, and more specifically, in the "Kirche und Kuche" taking care of the "Kinder." As far as I was able to see--and I lived with almost every type of Ger- many family-the German frau spends astonishingly little time in the kitchen, and still less in the church; there are few families even in the simplest circumstances who have not at least one maid, and if they have more than three children they are a great exception. Servants Do Housework Most German girls grow up in the most blissful ignorance of the in- tricacies of a household-the maid usually has most of the dusting done by the time daughter gets up, and the cook won't be bothered when she can do it better herself. So when daughter finishes high school at ahn,+ PAbfPno an .h ~ ana nioffto the fine art of baking tarts and in- itialing the linen for her hope chest.' You know exactly what class you belong to, and you contentedly live within your income, run no bills, and don't buy on the installment plan. If you're the wife of a fairly well- to-do official you have a rather pleasant life, scolding your maid now and then, bringing up your children, and sitting by and knitting evenings while your husband reads the "Volks- gemeinschaft." Life is very leisure- ly, and not too exciting. You don't have an automobile, of course, unless your husbanid is quite wealthy. There' are so many other things to spend' your money on, and then walking is very healthful. Advertises For Husbands In America we're apt to think it rather catty if jealous females whis- per maliciously-oh, she's just out for a man. It's supposed to be a little weak-iinded, if not down-right in- decent either to "go out for" or "sit and wait for" a man. But that's the logical thing in Germany. No- body makes any hypocritical bones about it, and if sitting and waiting doesn't work, you put an ad on the back page of the evening paper-"At- tractive girl, young, slender, fond of children, flowers, and animals, wishes Zwick Band Picked To Play At League Charlie Zwick, '39, and his band will open the season at the Silver Grill Friday night in the League ballroom. This summer Zwick played four weeks WAA Field Hockey Practices To Begin According to Miss Marie Hartwig, faculty sponsor of women's intra- mural hockey, open practices for all students will take place from 4:15 to