PAGE TWO 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. Iit TTTV MT!'TT.TP .A.1%1_... Ti A TT v iti V^ AA 1 11 5 I I U ZI hA l1:. TlAT h.~±i.~~i JIl x --.,WDNDAY, JAN. 24,1840 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 (Continted on Page 6) s In Fish Predation Here valuable Aid To Aniglers _ __ _ _ .. : . , o- l ;. ,g DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1940 VOL. L. No. 88 Notices To All Faculty Members: 1. 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The Regents at their-meeting of January, 1919 agreed that any mem- ber of the Faculties entering the serv- ice of the University since Nov. 17, 1915, may purchase an Annuity from the above-named Association, toward the cost of which the Regents would rmake an equal contribution up to five per cent of his annual salary not in excess of $5,000, thus, within the limit of five per cent of the salary, doubling the amount of the Annuity purchased. 3. The purchase of an Annuity under the conditions mentioned in (2) above is made a condition of em- ployment in the case of all members Of the Faculties, except instructors, whose term of Faculty service does not antedate the University year 1919-1920. With instructors of less than three years' standing the pur- chase of an Annuity is optional. 4. Persons who have become mem- bers of the faculties since Nov. 17, 1915 and previous to the year 1919- 1920 have the option of purchasing annuities under the University's con- tributory plan. 5. Any person in the employ of the University may at his own cost pur- chase annuities from the association or any of the class of faculty mem- bers mentioned above may purchase annuities at his own cost int addition to those mentioned above. The Uni- versity itself, however, will contribute to the expense of such purchase of annuities only as indicated in sections 2, 3 and 4 above. 6. Any person in the employ of the University, either as a faculty mem- ber or otherwise, unless debarred by his medical examination may, at his own expense, purchase life insurance from the Teachers Insurance and An- nuity Association at its rate. All life °nsurance premiums are borne by the individual himself. The University makes no contribution toward life insurance and has nothing to do with the life insurance feature except that it will if desired by the insured, de- duct premiums monthly and remit the same to the association. 7. The University accounting of- fices will as a matter of accommoda- tion to members of the faculties or employes of the University, who de- sire to pay either annuity premiums or insurance premriurs monthly, ae- duct such premiums from the pay- roll in monthly installments. In the case of the so-called "academic roll" the premium payments for the months of July, August, September, and October will be deducted from the double payroll of June 30. While -the accounting offices do not solicit this work, still it will be cheerfully assumed where desired. 8. The University has no ar- rangements With any insurance or- ganization except the Teachers In- surance anid 'Annuity' Association of America and contributions, will not be made by the University nor can premium payments be deducted ex- cept in the case of annuity or insur- ance policies of this association. 9. The general administration uf the annuity and insurance business has been placed in the hands of Sec- retary of the University by the Re- gents. Please communicate with the un- dersigned if you have not complied with the specific requirements as stated in (3) above. Herbert G. Watkins, Ass't Secy. Applications in Support of Re- search Projects: To give the Research Compmittees and the Executive Board adequate, time for study of all pro- jposals, it -is requested that faculty members having projects needing sup- port during 1940-1941 file their pro- posals in the Office of the Graduate (Continued on Page 4) * a Ir Always Within Reach 4 (44", 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 . . 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