s9tTU*DrAY, MAY '0, 1939 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Cooley's Old Tence-Slat' Cane Has Shared Ex-Dean's Travel-s Stick Is Awarded Annually To Excelling Junior Of SigmaRho Tau By BETTY M. SHAW Few tropies on campus have so rich a background of history and tradi- tion as the rare old cane which Dean- Emeritus Mortimer E. Cooley pre- sented to the stump speaker's so- ciety of Sigma Rho Tau and which is given each year to the junior who ex- cels in the work of the society. The stick dates back from the very early °days of the college when a picket fence with a cow-proof gate- way of staggered posts guarded the sacred grounds of learning from wan- dering cattle. Tradition has it that this fence was the battle ground for many a class rush with the sopho- mores on the inside trying to keep the freshmen from getting onto the campus. In 1887 or thereabouts the old fence was taken down and carried presented the cane to the society. Every spring at the Tung Oil Banquet the cane is presented to the outstand- ing junior to be carried by him throughout his senior year. This member of senior standing must have accomplished the most noteworthy achievement in the work of stump speaker's society. The winner of the cane must excell in story telling, speeches in engineer- ing projects, writing briefs and argu- ments on subjects of interest to en- gineers and architects, and prepare and deliver eulogistic speeches on great architects and engineers or great achievements in their fields. Patriotic Duty Attracts Few In ROTC Poll Less than 20 per cent of the men in the ROTC joined because they' favored military training or felt "pa- triotic," according to a recent Daily survey in which 100 ROTC men were questioned. Nineteen per cent revealed that they took military science because they desired a commission, which in case of war would enable them to get better and safer posts than they might get otherwise. Twenty-two men are in the ROTC bekcause of academic reasons; 10 merely to escape gym and 12 because' of its credits toward graduation. The prospect of receiving the $200 given to all advanced corps students was the motivating factor fot 11 who' joined. Approximately 30 per cent of the boys asked gave this as a sec-, Graduate Club To Hold Annual 1 ing O1ting Weekend Trip To Climax Traditional C a m p i n g Affair At Clear Lake A year's program of Graduate Out- ing Club activities will be brought to a climax this weekend when the group 1ill rndetake its traditional "An- nual Spring Overnight." The affair was described by Henry Wallace, Grad., president of the club, as "half-way between a camping trip and a house party." The group will leave Ann Arbor and proceed directly to Camp Tacoma at Clear Lake. The camp provides facilities for baseball, canoeing, boating, swimming, hiking and cooking and it is these activities which are expected to feature the group's trip. The "Annual Spring Overrfight" is in line with the whole season's ac.Avi- tics of the club. Along this sare pat- tern of outdoor recreation the group has conducted hikes to many of the farms along the Saline Valley, canoe trips on the Huron, and open boating on Portage Lake. A "bird and breakfast" hike to take place May 28 and a long canoe trip immediately after final examinations will round out the sea- son's activities for the group. Membership in the Graduate Out- ing Club is open to any graduate student or faculty member. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 4) Films Important For Education, Fisher Declares Use of educational motion pictures as an effective medium of puolic in- struction is now an important part of the diversified activities of the Uni- versity Extension Service. The importance of such films with , their "poterit influence upon public opinion' was K ressed recently in a statement by Dr. Charles A. Fisher, director of the Extension Service. He asserted that "we are now on the' eve of an unprecedented development of the educational motion picture." "It is vital to the best interests of education that such films be pro- duced as will best lend themselves to classroom use. and that they be in- telligently interpreted once they are made available," Dr. Fisher said. Valuable material at the University can be made available through the medium of visual education to the people of the state and country, he said. On May 6, with the idea of popu- larizing educational films on the cam- pus, the Extension Service sponsored an all-day showing of new instruc- tional pictures in the Rackham Audi- torium. These films ranged from the popu- lar movie "short," the March of Time, to technical films dealing with docu- ments in the Clements Library and the archeological collection in the University Museums. open air theatre, Dr. Lemon will lead, a discussion on "The God of the Open Air" with brief reference 'to the re- cent campus lectures on the being of God. 8 p.m., he Sunday Evening Club will meet in the Lewis parlor. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church: Sunday, 8 a.m. Holy Communion; 9:30 a.m. Junior Church; 11 a.m. Kindergarten; 11 a.m. Morning Pray- er and sermon by the Rev. Henry Lewis; 4 p.m. Student and Young People's Picnic at Dr. Walter Koelz's farm in Waterloo. Speaker: Mr. Thakur Rupchand of Tibet. Cars leave Harris Hall at 4 p.m. Unitarian Church: State and Hur- on Streets. 11 a.m. Youth Forum- discussion of local problems con- fronting Ann Arbor young people, by John Huston, '41, Frances Orr, '40, Tom Lovering and Robert Cummins. Recorded symphony music and ques- tion period. 8 p.m. Moving Pictures shown by Dr. Norman Maier on Rat Behavior- Goodwill Missionary Good Will mission as "Made- moiselle France" brings Ginette Catrians, 21, Paris singer-dancer, to the United States for visit. Businessren Open Two-Day Annual Meeting (Continued from Page 1) business. Prof. Merwin H. Water- man, '26BAd., declared that the national economy is faced with the anomaly of an excess of capital on one hand, and a demand for capital on the other that isn't being satis- fied. Giving the views of the invest- ment banker, T. K. Haven, '29BAd., of Watling, Lerchen and Co., De- troit, stressed the need for supplying sufficient short-term loans to small business. To achieve this, he sug- gested the establishment of some new type of investment institution. The problem was also approached from the angles of the factor, the banker and the investor, with H. R. Sluyter, Gerald Dewhirst, '39BAd., and Sanford B. Taylor, '27, speaking. Today's sessions which conclude the conference will be featured by a discussion of the monopoly problem and the monopoly committee, fol- lowing a talk on the subject by W. H. S. Stevens, economist of the ICC, at 9:30 a.m. in the Rackham Amphi- theatre. Prof. Shorey Peterson of the economics department will lead the discussion at 11 a.m. in the Assembly Room. ism. Only public showing in Ann Arbor. Benefit for Unitarian Relief fund in Czecho-Slovakia. 9 p.m. Dancing and social program -music by Carey Dance Orchestra. Prof. Hopkins Receives Post Ciae ical Scholar Honored By Athenian School Prof. Clark Hopkins of the classi- cal language department has been appointed a member of the managing committee of the American School of Classical Studies of Athens, Greece, it was announced here this week. Professor Hopkins is the third Uni- versity faculty member to be so honored. Prof. Campbell Bonner and Prof. John G. Winter of the classical language department are also mem- bers of the managing committee. Professor Hopkins studied as an undergraduate student in the Athen- ian university, which specialized in historical and archeological work. His appointment was made at a meeting of the managing committee held at Columbia University last Saturday. Glider Club Elects liedman President Robert Tiedeman, '40E, was elected president of the University of Michi- gan Glider Club at a meeting Thurs- day night. He succeeds R. Scott Royce, '39E. Others who were elected are Glenn Sanderson, '40E, secretary-treasurer; Hans Wiechsel, '41E, 'Engineering Council Representative; Rhodes Cop- ithorn, '41E, custodian of equipment, and Edward King, '41E, publicity chairman. At the meeting, plans for attend- ing the National Gliding Contest to be held next month at Elmira, N.Y., were discussed. Grace Wilson, Singer, 'To Give Public Recital Miss Grace Wilson, mezzo-soprano, of Detroit, will give a graduation re- cital, 8:15 p.m., Monday, May 22, at the School of Music Auditorium. The general public is invited to attend. Miss Wilson, a student of Prof. Arthur Hackett, has made a brilliant record in the University and has ap- peared in many Detroit rectials. The program for Monday evening will include classics and semi-classics by contemporary and past composers. H. W. CLARK English Boot and Shoe Maker * Our new repair department, the best in the city. Prices are right. 438 South State and Factory pn Mouth Forest Avenue. I DEAN-EMERITUS COOLEY away to some "limbo of the lost" by the building and grounds depart- ment. At this time Dean Cooley was a professors in mechanical engineer- ing. 4Someone in his department with an eye for values procured a few, choice bits of the fence and turned them out into canes, one of which was presented to Dean Cooley. This cane became his favorite and trusty companion on his walks and shared his closest confidences. It accompanied him on all his speaking tours throughout the United States. Dean Cooley made over 800 speeches in one campaign, and who knows what secrets of grave political im- portance, of naval warfare, and of student life this old cane may share? When Dean Cooley became a mem- ber of Sigma Rho Tau in 1930, he ondary reason. Of those who joined the ROTC for less practical reasons, there were 12 who did so because they favored military training and five because of "patriotic" reasons. Those favoring military training are in two groups: one which believes that the training will do them good personally and the other which believes, as a general principle, that all men should have such training. Five joined in order to help get a better position in life. Three of them want to go into the army after gradu- ation, and one hoped that the train- ing he would receive in chemical war- fare would help him in his field. One ROTC man, formerly a Nation- al Guard member, had to keep up his training, another took military sci- ence because he merely felt that there were "many advantages" which were offered in it and another took it because "he wasn't allowed to do as he wanted in gym." Berman, violin; William Goltz, cello; Frieda Halpert, piano. Churchest First Methodist Church. Dr. C. W. Brashares will preach at the Morning Service on "God Saves This World." Stalker Hall. Wesleyan Guild meet- ing at 6 p.m. at the Church. Harold Gray will speak on "War and the Con- scientious Objector." Fellowship hour and supper following the meeting. First Presbyterian Church, 1432 Washtenaw Ave. 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship Serv- ice. "Blessed Frustrations!" will be the subject of Dr. W. P. Lemon's ser- mon. Palmer Christian at the orga4 and directing the choir. 6 p.m., The Westminster Guild, student group, will meet at the coun- cil circle for a picnic supper. At the meeting which will follow in the A Lne prctica neueissary peria iod E ducal order 'to shorten the necessary period Educational Organizations of apprenticeship. Faculty and guest To Hold Luncheon Today leoturers are outstanding fashion ex- ecutives, who give students the bene- All undergraduates and faculty of fit of years of experience. the School of Education are invited to Fashion merchandising, advertis- attend the first of a series of lun- ing, styling, display and reporting cheons given by the Graduate Educa- with trips to factories and show- tion Club, Phi Delta Kappa, men's rooms is included in the curriculum education fraternity, Pi Lambda The-, in addition to two periods of actual ta, women's education sorority, and department store selling. he Snior Class at 1 p.m. today at the Union. McMurray To Attend Meet A program without speeches will feature a skit, "A Conference to End Prof. K. C. McMurray of the geo- All Conferences" presented by the graphy department will attend a graduates student under the direction meeting of the board of directors of of Harry M. Offenbach, Grad' Tickets the Michigan Rural Rehabilitation may be obtained at the School of Corporation Monday at Vanderbilt. Education offices. Abbot Sees Year As Success For Bureau Of Broadcasting By ROY BUEHLER E. Maddy, of the School of Music, was More than 400 radio programs, ap- carried throughout the year .over the proximately 120 hours of broadcast- Columbia Broadcasting System. Fea- ing, and the installation of better i tured on this program were talks by amplifying equipment made the 1938- 39 season a great year for the Bureau President Ruthven, songs by the Glee of Broadcasting, according to a re- Club and recitals of the Carillon bells. port issued by Prof. Waldo M. Abbot, During the year Station WJR pre- director of broadcasting. sented the University with control The Marital Relations Series of 16 boards and equipment valued at $7,- faculty talks proved to be very popu- 000. Jerome Wiesner, Grad., and lar, the report indicated. One lecture Charles E. Moore, '39E, rebuilt this brought in more than 900 requests equipment and adapted it to use in for copies of the talks. Morris Hall. In addition to this con- Prof. G. E. Densmore, of the speech tribution WJR loaned *the Broad- department, conducted a series of casting Service an NAB library of "classroom" programs in which stage musical recordings. and radio diction, and pronunciation Plans for the future of University and usage were taught. Over 1,000 broadcasting are still in the process listeners responded to this program of formulation, but may include a with requests for the assignment sheet network of Midwestern university used. stations and a greater number of Student programs during the year programs than in any past year. included a series of skits on Ameri- can history written and presented by Mariam Brous, Grad.,,as well as the traditional dramatized versions of Summer Prices! foreign literature, childrens' pro- Effective May 22, '39 9 } 17 " 7 7 S2 2 \? *? Just a Name on the Faucet? Do the hot water faucets in your home mean what they say? Do they deliver hot water any hour of the day or nght - Summer or Winter? With an automatic GAS water heater in your basement 9 H-O-T means hot. It means more than a name on the faucet; it means year 'round, low-cost hot water comfort and convenience . . . and money saved. '1 I I I 60 DAYS FREE TRIAL Take advantage of our low optional rate for auto- matic'water heating. 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