THE -MICHIGAN DAILY Human SiIe: BenjamiT W. Wheeler ow Features exican Work Professor Valerio's Recent Water Colors Displayed In Season's Last Exhibit Paintings by three Mexican artists and recent water colors by Prof. Alex- ander Mastro Valerio, of the College of Architecture, will be displayed in the last exhibit to be presented this year by the Ann Arbor Art Associa- tion. The exhibit begins today and will continue through May 13 in the North and South Galleries of Alumni Memorial Hall so that visitors to Ann Arbor for the Schoolmasters' Club meetings and the May Festival Concerts will be able to see it. The exhibit of Mexican art will in- clude six large oil paintings by the noted artists Diego Rivera, Jose Oro-: zco and David Siqueiros. These three men, many people feel, have been largely responsible for the revival of interest in mural painting on this continent. Rivera has done work in murals in the San Francisco Stock Exchange and in the New Workers' School in New York. Orozco has gained fame through his frescoes in the Dartmouth College library, and Siqueiros has done several unusual frescoes in Los Angeles, executed in cement with the colors put on with a spray gun. Professor Valerio, who is widely known in artistic circles for his vig- orous and striking work, has con- tributed about 15 large paintings to the exibit. Smith Pursues St udy Project1 OnMushroom. Dr. Alexander H. Smith, assistant curator in the University Herbarium, left for Kalaloch, Wash., during Spring Vacation to continue his study of the mushroom. . Dr. Smith spent several months on the Pacific coast last summer and fall studying the varieties of mush- room growing there in late season form. This year he will complete his study in observing the varieties in the spring and early summer. This study of mushrooms is one of the main projects of the Herbarium. It is hoped that the study will even- tually cover the whole of the United States. Dr. Smith is accompanied by Mrs. Smith, assistant in the botanical gar- dens, who will make a collection of seeds from plants of the Pacific coast, for study in the botanical gardens. In connection with this study of mushrooms, The Cranbrook Institute of Science published Dr. Smith's "Fungi of Southeastern Michigan," which contains a description of edible and poisonous varieties, antidotes and treatment for musnroom poisoning and various other facts of interest. Military Society Will Initiate 14 Scabbard And Blade Fete To Precede Annual Ball The annual formal initiation ban- quet of Scabbard and Blade, nation- al honorary military society, will be held at 7:15 p.m. tomorrow in the Union. The banquet at which the 14 new initiates are to be honored will precede ,the Military Ball. James Apleyard, '39E, will ie the toastmaster for the occasion. Paul SiOnpson, '39BAd, Rowland McLaugh- lin, '40E, and Lieut.-Col. P. K. Kelly will give short talks. All honorary, active and associate members of Scabbard and Blade and, the members 'of the Military Ball Committee have been invited to at- tend. Capt. Richard R. Coursey, former instructor here, who is now stationed at West Point, will fly to Ann Arbor and Major and Mrs. Carroll Powell are coming from Washington, D.C., to attend the banquet. Major Powell is a former Signal Corps instructor at the University. Members of the committee in charge of the banquet include Wil- liam J. Archer, Jr., '39, committee chairman; Ken Gauthier, '39, ticket chairman; Charles Simpson, '40, and Richard Waterman, '40. A.I.E.E. Elects Officers f. , PROF EMIR A G° Rtprescnts the thirst of poucr OMEN" L Ft R MAN Y FRANCE ITAYJ ,,a ra~veflcd thru.m, * E c4r o pe .d, C An f Several \ g ae ,gtnrdraotIu f only Sons. .iKes to rick ,his bicyee nd on horse baek---westerni style. LikeS to 4do ar erra#* jomt. Cissel Claims Straits Bridge Project Sound By KARL KESSLER The proposal to span the Straits of Mackinac with a bridge to replace present ferry service across the straits is sound both from the financial and the engineering point of view, Prof. James H. Cissel of the- department of civil engineering and consulting en- gineer for the Mackinac, Straits Bridge Authority, believes. The cost of the span, Professor Cissel estimated,' would be about 30 million dollars. This sum would be obtained through the sale of revenue bonds, which could be retired in about 30 years on the basis of present traf- fic estimates. The present ferry service, which is operated by the State Highway De- partment, is being run at a large loss to the state, Professor Cissel pointed out. The present plan of operation of the ferry service provides that the state should furnish the capital out- lay, but stipulated that the running expenses be paid from 'revenues col- lected. The total revenue last year, however, was less than a half million dollars, to which the highway de- partment added another half million dollars appropriation to make up the total expenditure of one million dol- lars. Further capital outlay must be made in the near future to purchase a new ferry boat, estimated at one million dollars, and to construct new dock facilities at St. Ignace at a cost of another million dollars. On the basis of these figures, Professor Cissel concludes, we are paying for a bridge, but we do not receive the benefits of one. Several surveys of the straits have been made in the past few years, and on the basis of these surveys a num- ber of possible routes have been pro- posed. One plan would build a two- mile fill (earth dam) out from St. Ignace over the shallow shoals near the northern shore. A temporary ferry dock constructed at the end of this fill could be utilized until the re- mainder of the bridge were complet- ed. The use of this dock would short- en the present ferry route of more than eight miles down to four. The main span, which would be of the high level type, would have a total length of at least 1,700 feet and a clearance of 150 feet to allow the passage of lake traffic. The proposed bridge, Professor Cis- sel indicated, would eliminate many of the difficulties encountered by the present ferry service.uOne of the objections to the state ferry is the intermittent service it offers. Al- though boats leave at intervals of an hour during the summer, the winter schedule drops down to two trips a day. -'S. By HARRY M. KELSEY Cartoon by George E. Hoar Benjamin W. Wheeler, A.M., assistant professor of history and teacher's certificate counselor, College of Literature, Science and the Arts . . . Bet you can't guess where we found all that . . . Rides his bicycle to school every day from his home on W. Huron . . . A fair weather rider, however . Doesn't ride on ice or snow . . . Claims he doesn't bounce as well as those who do.r Very fond of eating . . . Likes to cook occasionally, also . . . Considers himself a rather respectable meat cook . . . Says he can tie his wife, Edith, in that field . . . And his wife admits it! . . . Concedes to Mrs. Wheeler the advantage of a wider range of dishes. Likes hot weather, which he thinks is unusual for a fat man . . . Is not as fat as he makes himself out to be . . . Was spoiled in his youth by' Californian sunshine . . . Born in New York . . . Michigan seems to be a geographical compromise.' Given to playing with a pointer while lecturing . . Perches on edge of desk precariously . . Has been known to fall off rostrum while pacing back and forth . . . Prefers to teach advanced classes, but likes freshman classes too . . . They force him to take a broader survey and keep in touch with the field in general. IIUTZEL'S Ann Arbor END-0-MONTH SALES, on all Spring Suits Combination Sports Suits Man-Tailored Suits. 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