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Entry Deadline,
For Hopwoods
Set By Cowden
Freshman Manuscripts Due
Friday In Prose Fiction,
Poetry, Essay Writing
Manuscripts for the freshman
Hopwood contest are due at 4 p.m.
Friday in the Hopwood Room on the
third floor of Angell Hall, Prof. Roy
W. Cowden of the English depart-
ment pointed out -yesterday.
Three types of writing-essay, prose
fiction, and poetry-may be submit-
ted. In each of these fields, three
prizes of $50, $30 and $20 are offered.
Any freshman regularly enrolled in
a composition course in the English
department of the literary college, or
in that of the College of Engineer-
ing is eligible for this competition.
Judges for the contest will be Prof.
Arno L. Bader and Prof. Louis I.
Bredvold of 'the English department,
and Dr. Frank E. Robbins, assistant
to the president. To facilitate the
work of the judges, the members of
the: contest will read all manuscripts
submitted, and will eliminate unac-
ceptable material.
Limitations on entries will be 3,000
words in the essay field, 10,000 words
in prose fiction, and ten poems in
the potry field. In the fields of
essay and prose fiction the student
is limited to two manuscripts each.
A student may submit manuscripts in
more than one field if he desires.
Each manuscript submitted must
bear a pseudonym. The entire entry
of a contestant must be accompanied
by a sealed envelope bearing this
pseudonym and enclosing the author's
real ,name, address and telephone
number. The envelope itself should
also bear the pseudonym.
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Expeiment
Txerme n
By DAVID LACHENBRUCH .
Sportsmen of the north centra
states are greatly effected by the ex-
perimentation being conducted b
Mr. Karl F. Lagler of the zoology de-
partment for the University of Mich-
igan and the American Wildlife In-
stitute in the.field of fish predation
What is fish predation, and what
is its effect on sportsmhen? The prob-
lem which besets Mr. Lagler, in his
own words, is "to determine the ef-
fect of predators on game fish popu-
lations. In other words, how do
kingfishers, herons, watersnakes.
turtles and so forth effect the
chances the angler has of catching
fish?"
The questions of which species of
predatory or fish-eating animals are
retarding the production of more
and larger game fishes and how; of
controlling serious depredations by
fish-eating animals without killing
them, and of vindicating' hose ani-
mals formerly andd wrongly consid-
ered serious enemies of game fish
come within the field of Mr. Lagler's
experimentation..
And how does Mr. Lagler conduct
these experiments? On his numerous
field expeditions he catches alleged
fish-eating specimens and removes
their stomachs which he "opens up"
and examines under the microscope.
By analyzing the stomach contents
of hundreds of animals of the same
species, a general idea of the crea-
ture's feeding habits may be ob-
tained.
But -studying the contents of an
animal's abdomen is not always easy.
Frequently tiny bits of fish bones
are found. Because it is plausible
that these bones could have belonged
to virtually any type of fish, a keen
knowledge of skeletal fish structure
is necessary. Since in Michigan there
exist about 180 .different types of
fish, minute differences in skeleton
are. extremely difficult to distinguish.
The delicacy of the bony structure
of many fish necessitates Mr. Lag-
ler's using an unusual method to ob-
tain complete skeletons for use , as
standards of comparison. He puts
the fish whose skeleton he wishes to
obtain in a box containing several
of a species of flesh-eating beetles
which remove-the meat, leaving the
skeleton in perfect condition. These
skeletons serve -as --standards with
which t'o compare bone-particles found
within predatory stomachs.
Insects, plants and other animal
food also must be correctly identi-
fied, and are done so with the aid of
specialists called in to render assis-
tance. .
"To kill off any animal," explained
Mr. Lagler, "is poor conservation,"
takping as an example the watersnake.
Many anglers believe that the water-
snake feeds entirely upon game fish,
and popular angling magazines have
urged sportsmen to "kill them off."
Mr. Lagler's.analysis proved that the
Michigan waternsake eats some fish,
mainly those that were unable to
make a fast ."getaway," thereby in-
voking the law of ,natural selection,
capturing the weakly and diseased
fish. The watersnake also feeds on
large predaceous insects which prey
on game. fish. On-the other hand,
however, the snake devours some
game fish. It is necessary, Mr. Lag-
ler stressed,:to weigh carefully the
pros andcons to decidejust how the'
waternsake should be managed, if
at all.
A striking- illustration of .unusual
results of investigation in the field of
predation, Mr. Lagler cited, is the
experimentation on the snapping
urtle, popularly believed to -subsist
almost entirely on "game fishand
ducklings." In the first investigation
conducted in this country in 30 years
>n the food of snappers"we found,
surprisingly enough, that over one-
hird of the-food of several hun-
Ired specimens examined from all
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valuable Aid To Aniglers
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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1940
VOL. L. No. 88
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January, 1919 agreed that any mem-
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1915, may purchase an Annuity from
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rmake an equal contribution up to
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the limit of five per cent of the salary,
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Of the Faculties, except instructors,
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Applications in Support of Re-
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Mr. Karl F. Lagler, experimenting here under the sponsorship
of the American Wildlife Institute in the field of fish predation, is
exploding many popular myths about fish-eating Pnimnals. Ile is
shown here with snapping turtles, on one of his field expeditions.
--- By JUNE McKEE
"The Women's Page" will feature
more "Feminine Facts" in its airing
today over WCAR and WMBC at
2;45 p.m. Marguerite Mink, '41, is
director, Nancy Harris, Grad., an-
nOu cer. Dorothy Caughey, '40, Janet
Burns, '41, Helen Ralston, '40, Mary
I ou McKisson, '41, Anne Kleiner, '40,
and Arleen Schumann, '41, comprise
the cast.
For the "Student Forum" broadcast
over WJR at 3:30 p.m. Prof. Preston
E. James,'of the geography depart-
ment, brings students selected from
his classes for an extemporaneous
round-table discussion. Tom Har-
mon, '41, announces.
From the fan-mail of last Friday's
"Game of the Week" we find Morris
Hall now rechristened almost unan-
imously "Lawrence Hall," with a few
"Forrest," "Morse," and "Horse Hall"
variations, and even occasional "Mor-
ris Hotel." Also, "Mr. Laurence Hall"
is at present receiving much of the
mail "Mr. Morris Hall" welcomed . .
Orders for the recordings of Res-
pighi's "The Pines of Rome" played
by the University Orchestra in last
Sunday's concert, will be taken at
Morris Hall all week. If at least 20
people reserve records, two of twelve-
inch size will be sold for $3.25. If
40 people put in their orders, the
set will be available for $2.25.
As Tom Dorsey and Ted Fio Rito
will alternate in managing music forf
WJR's broadcast of the J-Hop, Donn
Chown, Grad, 'and -'Richard Slade, -
'41, have joint charge of the announc-
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