THE MICHIGAN DAILY TSDAY.? American Youth Hostels Enable Cyclists To See America First' By HER VIE HAUFLER The price-tag on travel no longer need force American young people with a wanderlust to stay at home. The American Youth Hostels, with 177 lodgings arranged along scenic "trails" in nearly every section of the country, offer. youths an opportunity to travel at an average cost of a dollar per day. Brought here from Europe in 1934. the idea of youth hostels has-fostered an organization of 25,000 members. Hostelers are constantly at work on new lodgings, narrowing the gaps in the trails crisscrossing the nation. Michi- gan's 38 hostels permit young people -_ to plan trips to almost any part of the state. Rural Areas To Get The hostels, placed at convenient* New Fire Prwection intervals along the trail, offer super-, N wFr Pr ec__ vised lodgings and cooking facili- ties at 25 cents a night, plus a fuel charge of 5 cents in summer and 10 within a seven mile radius of Ann cents in winter. The usual distance Arbor will be offered soon or a com- between hostels in America is 50 mercial basis. miles--one day's biking distance. Charges for the services will be Each country has its characteristic computed on the insured value of type of hostel. In America they are property, with a 10-dollar fee as the most often in old farm houses, with the farmer and his wife as house par- lowest one possible for property in- ents. Representative of this American sured up to $5,000, and an increase type is the Ann Arbor Hostel, a re- of $1.50 for each additional $1,000 modelled farm house on the Ply- of valuation. mouth Road fari of Mr. and Mrs. Two fire trucks will be provided, W. H. Kemnitz, the house parents. with 400 gallon tanks as part of their One of the country's finest hostels equipment in case water is not avail- is on the Saline Valley Cooperative able. The fighters also plan to use farms near here. It has facilities for cisterns, wells, and, other sources of horse-back riding, an artificial lake water if necessary, 'although as Ken- for swimming and excellent furnish- nethWill, a partnerginethe venture, ings.. pointed out, the average amount of The Ann Arbor and Saline Hostels water used by the Ann Arbor fire de- are links in a newly developed trail partment in extinguishing a roof fire extending to Benton Harbor, thence is only 60 gallons. to Chicago and on around Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. Similar trails lead through New England, the East, Mail On Thanksgiving the Great Smoky Mountains of the 'Special' South and the Rocky Mountains of Can Be Sent pectaen the West. The local Post Office department National organization of the hos- reminds students that mail to be tels centers in Northfield, Mass., delivered Thanksgiving Day, or any where the first American hostel was hioliday, should be sent special de- founded in 1934 by Isabel and Monroe livery. Many students were disap- Smith, now national directors. The pointed Arristice Day because they country is divided into eight regions, received no regular mail. This could with fieldworkers supervising local have been avoided, the postmen hostels. Each localunit is sponsored pointed out, by the use of the special by a committee of citizens of the delivery service. community. The local post office has a person- The aim of American Youth Hos- net of 10 men who make 11 special tels is to enable youth to "see Ameri- delivery runs on week days and four ca first." runs on Sundays and holidays. i To Elect Officers Nominations for: president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and social secretary of the Public Health Journal Club will be made at the sanitation lecture today. Officers will be elected at a meeting tomorrow. Botany Club Meets Today The Botanical Journal Club, com- posed of botany majors and the de- partment's faculty, will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in Room 1139 of the Nat- ural Science Building. . lassified Direetory FOR RENT FOR RENT-Nicely furnished and heated apartment, reasonable. Cor- ner Baker and G. Street, Dexter. Auto for sale-fine condition. 208 FOR RENT-Suite with private bath and shower for three. Also newly decorated double, steam heat, con- tinuous hot water. Garage available. Phone 8544, 422 East Washing- ton. 204, FOR RENT-602 Monroe. Now avail- able, 2 and 3 room newly furnished apartments. Fireplace. Bachelor apartment, electrically equipped kitchens. Baths with showers. 210 FOR RENT - Furnished six room house. Sun porch. Attractive grounds. Available Dec. 1. Phone 9806. 211 LAUNDRIES LAUNDRY - 2-1044. Sox darned. Careful work at low prices. 9 WANTED - TYPING TYPING at reasonable rates. Mrs. Howard, 613 Hill St., dial 5244. 176 TYPING-Experienced. Miss Allen, 408 S. 5th Avenue. Phone 2-2935. or 2-1416. 79 LOST and FOUND LOST-Writing part of Sheaffer fountain pen between East Physics and League. Reward. Phone 2-4514 Betty Spangler. 213 MISCELLANEOUS WASHED SAND and Gravel, Drive- way gravel, washed pebbles. Killins Gravel Company, Phone 7112. 17 PAPERHANGER-Craftsman, cap- able fine paper work. Dial 7209. 181 SPECIAL! Regular $5.00 Eugene Permanents $3.25. Shampoos and finger waves 50c afl week. College Beauty Shop. Phone 2-2813, open evenings. 212 DRIVING TO WASHINGTON over Thanksgiving. Room for 2 passen- gers. Call 7235 after 8 p.m. Mon- day. 209 buys 25 acres on Main road, 8 miles out. Old fashioned barn on property. $600 buys 10 acres. $1500 down and $100 per year, 4 plus interest buys a $7,500 farm of 115 acres, good soil. Well- fenced, excellent buildings and frontage on good fishing lake. ' ORIL FERGUSON 928 Forest Phone 2-2839 Seyrig Speaks Wednesday Hazelrigg Will Visit Here Henri Seyrig, director of the De- To Stud Youth Problem partment of Antiquities in Syria, will give an illustrated University lecture Mr. Hal W. Hazelrigg of the Ameri- Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the amphi- can Youth Commission will visit theatre of the Rackham Building on Michigan in the near future and talk "The Meeting of Greek and Iranian with Dean James B. Edmonson of in the Civilization of Palmyra." the School of Education, Dr. Ed- monson was informed in a letter re- NAVY PICKS FLEDGLINGS ceived recently. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-(P) - The American Youth Commission, The Navy today assigned 44 aviation formed in 1935 by the American cadets for flight training at the Council on Education, is investigat- Pensacola, Fla., naval air station in ing the youth problem in various typi- the class beginning Nov. 28. cal states throughout the country. 4ON SALE TODAY! ..LIFE.. V VULCAN'S INITIATE F FRESHMEN RIOT ...LOVE. A FULL PULP SECTION LAUGHS.1. BETTER CARTOONS BEST JOKES I' All in December's GARGOYLE. *~~1 efaed5 M% I.f61Z%.NST 64* V74 949S 1Y/SYEE" A W meet It may be "all Greek" to some people, but to the instructors at the U. of M. it ought to be simple enough. Loans of any amount up to $300 can be obtained here-without co-signers or endorsers-without any publicity--without the kind of security usually required elsewhere--by any one having the ability to repay in small regular amounts, except students. 376 offices in 28 States round Floor Wolverine Building Phone 4006 10th year in Ann Arbor i