PAGE EIGHT TH E M I CHI GA N D A I LY TUESDAY, FEBRUAUY 25, 1941 Memo Union Offers Services To Men; League Is Women's Center , : * *; Men's Council Is Supervisor Of Activities One of the most important Univer- sity extra-curricular groups is the Men's Judiciary Council. All cases of general discipline referred to the Council by the schools or colleges are investigated by its Judiciary com- mittee and findings are reported. In addition, the Council supervises and administrates class elections, pep- rallies, class games and functions of this sort. The Council is composed of the president of the inter-fraternity Council, the president of the Union, recording secretary of the Union, president of the Student Religious Association, managing editor of The Daily, president of the Engineering Council, the presidents and ex-pres- idents of Sphinx and Triangles and eight elective members. Three of the elective members are from the lit- erary college, and one from the en- gineering school, business adminis- tration school, Forestry School, music school and architectural school. Elec- tions are held each May with male students eligible to vote. The president and secretary of the council are automatically members of the University discipline committee and the president a member of the committee on Student Affairs. Sigma Xi Encourages Scientific Research The Society of Sigma Xi is a na- tional ,honorary scientific fraternity with over 100 chapters and clubs a various universities. The society wa founded for the purpose of encour- aging original investigation in pur and applied science and for the pro- motion of friendship among thos< engaged in research. The Michigan Chapter was organ- ized in 1903. Officers are chosen bi- ennially from among the faculties o the various sciertific departments o the University. Members are select- ed from nominations submitted by staff members in the department o specialization. Membership is con- ferred upon staff members and grad- uate students who have demonstrate ability in research, usually throug publication of noteworthy character Seniors and graduates who have ex- hibited high scholarship togethe with a promise of aptitude in re- search may be elected to associat membership. Mimes Sponsors Annual Union Opera Mimes is the men's honorary so- ciety founded in 1912 to provide fo the continuation of the Michigan Un- ion Opera as well as to provide en- tertainment at Union functions. In its early years Mimes was re- lated to the fairs and minstrel show produced during the first years of the present century as a means of pro- moting the construction of a Union building. The first Union Opera wa presented in 1907. The most successfu was in "Cotton Stockings" produced in 1923 which became a hit at the Metropolitan Opera House after a tour of the Middle West and the East Last year's show was "Take A Num- ber." Iota Alpha Rewards Engineering Students Iota Alpha is a society whose aim is to stamp approval on meritorious work of engineering students, to stim- ulate young practical alumni, and like objectives. The local chapter, authorized in 1925, was the second in the new na- tional organization that was formed at New York University in 1919. At its inception the organization was called The Engineering Honor So- ciety of Iota Alpha. Eta Kappa Nu Offers Activities To Engineers Eta Kappa Nu is a national elec- trical engineering fraternity found- ed for the purpose of closer cooper- ation among, and mutual benefit to, students and others in the pro- fession who by their attainments in college or in practice manifest ex- ceptional interest and marked abil- ity in electrical engineering. The local chapter sponsors elec- trical engineering colloquiums and aids in all activities of the electrical engineering department. Members are elected from junior and senior electrical engineers who have main- tained a high scholarship average. Supper meetings are held bi-month- ly at the Union. LI.. i' I A -I Engine Council Aids Students 1 M1any Ways x TMs , _ .____m_ __ _ __ , Law Students Are Honored By Barristers Michigan Union 'Gives Services, - pportiirily T f f Most of the new faces in Ann Arbor town have probably by now become thoroughly acquainted with the building known as the Michigan Union. But the Union is more than a club for Michigan men. It boasts a student organization that is one of the foremost service groups on the campus. From the time the new Michigan r man enters Orientation week-spon- esored jointly by the Michigan League and the Union-till he gets his sheep- skin, the student is in contact with the Union staff. After intro- ducing the class of '44 and transfer students to Michigan life through tours, rallies and mixers, the staff swings into its regular program of activity. r iStudent Book Exchange -The Organization Committee fol- lows with the Student Book Ex- hange. The idea is medieval-they used to bater nearly everything s back in the Middle Ages-but with a e little polishing it's saving students - many dollars they need for room and board. The House Committee con- s ducts Union registration, handing out l the little blue cards that certify one's membership in one of the best men's e clubs this side of the Hudson River. Frosh and Sophs alike are relieved of their pants on "Black Friday" under rules set up by the Union staff. During the fall the staff tempers Wolverine football fervor to red heat by sponsoring pep rallies and con- ducting the annual Michigan "Home- coming" day.n Dances Each Weekend Every weekend Michigan men squire Michigan damsels tp QJnion dances and every fall they get their. formal duds out of the moth balls to go sparking at the first formal dance iof the social season, the "Union For- o mal " Other Union social activities ainclude weekly bridge tournaments, a a weekly hour devoted to classical Upper Michigan Men Aided By 'Hiawatha' The Hiawatha Club, which nuin- bers about forty members, was organ- bid inHou ftyl of 1935 by Vernon Lasnh, fe-ha boxing coach; Mr. T. Hawley iTorappin, xncral secre- tary of the Alumni Association; ad taMr. John Johnston. The purpose of the Hiawatha Club is to foster a feeling of good will and friendship among Upper Peninsula men who are students at the Uni- versity; and second, to create a "Un- iversity of Michigan Consciousness" i-among high school graduates from the Upper Peninsula by sponsoring collegiate( ennces, advising the high schoolit ranctes asnd keeping in touch with Upper Peisula news- papers. Alpha Alpha Gamma 2 -4--A-4- 1 4 - 4 Men On Camnp-US recordings, special "Coffee Hours, the Union "Open House," hobby groups and debates. On Sunday af- ternoons members of the faculty are invited to lead discussion groups on current topics. The well-known Ice Carnival and the annual Activities Smoker are also sponsored by the Union. Count Class Ballots The Union Staff counts the ballots in all class elections and the staff is the brains and brawn behind those card displays everyone admires a the football games. When the time comes to go home the Union helps you to get there by operating a trave agency. High school seniors through- out the state get a preview of Michi- gan on "University Day" when th( Union Staff conducts them on tours about the campus. Vulcans Honors_ Senior Engineers Vulcans is an honorary society fo senior engineers from every depart- ment of the engineering school. The Vulcan society serves to bind the leaders of each senior class into an active body which can function as a unit for the betterment of the University and, more specifically of the Engineering School. Beside this j goal it functions as a means to ac- quaint those of one department with the ideas and personalities of the other departments. Vulcans have loaned a helping hand to all campus doings such as the selling of Goodfellow Dailys, Dorm Dance tickets and the like. It has played an active part in the sponsor- ing of all Key Dances. Every spring active members of Vulcans select 14 members of the Junior Class to succeed them and carry on the traditions of Vulcans New members are selected upon their merits as campus leaders. Christian Scientists Sponsor Services Christian Science Organization at the University of Michigan holds its services every Tuesday evening at 8:15 o'clock in the Chapel of the Michigan League Building. The or- ganization also maintains a room or the second floor of Lane Hall, where the Bible, the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, and all authorized Christiar Science literature may be studied. Students, alumni, and faculty mem- bers of the University are cordially invited to attend the services and tc use the Study Room. Freshman Women Have Honor Society Alpha Lambda Delta is a society established to honor those freshman --- oni-h n -A n ' d7 vryo The Engineering Council is com- This is an honorary law society posed of representatives of every class formed at the University of Michigan and organization in the College ofx~ Law Schiil in 1904. The purpose Engineering. is succinctly stated to the "social Class representatives are elected to and professional advancement of its office and various society representa- members and of the law school." tives are either elected or appointed, i It also seeks to give recognition to depending on the society constitution. those law students whom it considers The class presidents are ex-officio outstanding, by its selection of them i members. to membership. The main work of the Engineeringi Membership in any one year is lini- Council consists of the following: ited to twenty-five senior law stu- 1 o nsuis e anyomg dents. It is self-perpetuating, the ac- mTo supervise any meetings, tie members each year electing their competition, elections or other fost- successors in two groups: fifteen in tions, in which all engineering stu- the spring, and ten more in the fall. dtSelection is made on basis of schol dents participate. arship, character, and all-around t2) To actively promote frequent ability; emphasis is placed on those social functions of such a nature that iworking on Michigan Law Review, they will have a popular appeal to and in Case Clubs in the Law School. all engineering students. As its purpose is largely honorary, (3) To represent the student body membership may not be solicited; of the College of Engineering in any it is conferred. discussions with other schools or Col- Meetings are held every two weeks, leges.avmusually in the form of luncheons or (4) To advance the interests of the C us AcsFor W om edinners with faculty members, fol- College of Engineering in any way Cplowed by short talks by outside speak- and all ways within its power; par-- Ceers on subjects of current interest, ticularly by cooperating with theCenterMn League!legal ad otherwise. Initiations are Student Council, the Engineering in spring and fall with the active Honor Committee, and the constitu- W. members wearing the black robes tent engineering societies. Women's activities on campus cen- the chaiman of Judiciary Council and white wigs worn by the English ter about the Michigan League which and the Women's Editor of The Daily, Barristers, from whom the society de- 5? To present all petitions and is the headquarters for all meet- The League seeks to make itself rives its name. requests to the proper faculty or ad -ings and undergraduate extra-cur- T-ue o e lr i ministrative body. ricular organizations. Lee Hardy, '41, the meeting-place for campus women -- -- is President of the League which is and offers special classes as in social Quarterdeck Society I supervised by members of the Under- dancing, as well as sponsoring fre- Club graduate Council. lquent teas. A new feature of the Honorary Naval h aply (The League, as does the Union for League this year is the 7-11 Club I th me, hs ahbm-ry usi m-omQuarterdeck Society is an honor- 'the men, has a library, music room' which provides an informal setting ary invitational society of the De- ping pong tables and piate diingon week-end nights for dancing to partment of Naval Architecture and AD ]hiuirlish rooms at the disposal of all University women. A cafeteria on the main floor records, light refreshments, and card- Marine Engineering, College of Engi- ii r caters to both men and women, dur- playing. neering societies on this campus, it -jf ing meal and "coke" hours. Senior positions in the League are was formed in 1909. you build up a fine machine along Organization of the League is com- attained by participating in commit- All meetings are student conduct the lines of the Kelly-Nash thing, posed of five main committees; so tee organization and "learning the ed. At various times during the year it will get a monkey wrench in a , cial, orientation, publicity, theatre- ropes" in the freshman and sopho- members write papers on subjects cog somewhere along fraternity row, arts and merit. Participation in these more years. Committee positions are relative to the field of ships and and you will go through life a dis- committees is open to second-semes- available to all those who petition for shipping which are read before the - appointed and frustrated man who ter freshmen and all other students membership. society. Following the reading of didn't get the JHop chairmanship. if they fulfill scholastic requirements these papers there are general dis- I wish you would believe me if I for eligibility cards. Sigma Rho Tau Gussions. added to the above sta out of Women may be on more than one Group At present there is being formed, activities, but you won't because I committee and should file their peti- Develops Debate Ability under the guidance of the society, a D tins or heseorgniztion inthesailing club whose membership will ,t and if ndwace nts a ticket Undergraduate office of the League. The Stump Speakers' Society of be open to all who are or want to be- to the Wynx dance next Friday, he For further information, students Sigma Rho Tau is a branch of the come acquainted with the ways of can obtain same by calling The may call Lee Hardy at 2-3251. intercollegiate engineering speakers the wind and the water. ]Daily and asking for me. The undergraduate council is coin- society founded at the University of - - What I didn't know when I came posed of 16 senior women. They are Michigan to develop ability in pub- Forestry Club Is Social t here was that the most important the president; three vice-presidents; .e discussion and debate. The ma-F thing you can get in the line of hon- secretary; treasurer; the presidents jor object of the organization is to Professional Society s ors in a college is a Phi Beta Kappa of Assembly, Women's Athletic As- 'insure a closerbondpofunderstand- I key, a thing usually regarded as an sociation and Panhellenic; the chair- and the general public through de- dent organization in the School of - empty honor by people who cannot men of the five League Committees; velopment of speech activities among Forestry and Conservation. Its ac- - make that organization. Myself, I-- colleges of architecture, engineering tivities are both professional and so- am far beyond the Phi Bete stage, Buffalo Students and technology. It holds conferences, cial in nature. having sacrificed a brilliant mind to debates and speech contests on na- Membership is open to faculty the newspaper business, known Have Own Society tional and engineering problems with members, alumni, Forestry school popularly as the Fourth Estate, but local societies and branches in other students and pre-forestry students. if I had it all to do over again, I The National Fraternity of Scalp colleges. Ranks of membership are Dues are two dollars a year. Meet- would be delighted to give up my and Blade is a social organization for neophyte, novice, associate and full. ings, which are held bi-weekly, are hundreds and hundreds of friends the promotion of social entertain- Assembly meetings are held every for the purpose of transacting busi- r to whom I say hello on the diagonal, ment and educational recreation for ruesday evening at 7:30 at the Union. ness and discussing topics of profes- and the things I will put after my, college men from Buffalo, N.Y. The Training groups meet regularly. sional interest. Speakers from fields hen I d ad b Michigan Chapter is one of the oldest related to that of forestry appear. nape when I graduate, and buy a and most active chapters of the The Club serves as a medium for co- pocket watch or turnip, just for the fraternity aArch i tectura I Society operation with the faculty in matters sake of that small gold key. But Any male resident of Buffalo in Holds Annual Ball of mutual interest. enough for that. I am beginning the University is eligible for under- Social activities which are spon- to brood. graduate membership. The local The purpose of the Architectural steed include the Fall Campfire, at. f I don't say go out for gradr chapter invites all Buffalonians to Society is to give the student body Saginaw Forest, Spring Field Day, alone. But there are damn few Phi enjoy the companionship of fellow a means of promoting and developing smokers, dances and dinners. "The Betes who do that. And I guess townsmen. activities within the Architectural Michigan Forester," the school of hadn't better say just sudy.B- School itself. This body is also in- Forestry and Conservation's annual, Ssy. But strumental in getting speakers to ad- is published in the spring and every you're never going to get another Glider Club Offers dress the students from time to time member receives a free copy. chance to learn anything in just this I , upon subjects i-elated to their work, way, and if you try hard to learn it Flying OpportunitiesT spon s rh te ortirn -'rk. y~u illgetsomthig tht te bg- r-he sponsorship of parties and mix- Phi Kappa Phi Pledged zyou wiill get something that the Dig- r al pnti raiaina s gest BMOC in the world sometimes The University Glider Club pro- ers falls upon this organization as pines for, and that is a good four vides active contact with instruction does the school paper "Designer" and To Unity In Education year ofmenal lernes, ad sackin gliding and soaring. Instruction the annual Architect's Ball, held in years of mental alertness, and stack oa u the spring. Student relations with the Phi Kappa Phi, national honor so- fthat, upagainst being resident of is offered members once a week. Dues fclyaehnldmil hog ciety, has as its motto "The Love cif pggpare eight dollars a semester with a faculty am-c handled mainly through cey a sismto"h oeo something or other, and well for me fie dollar initiation fee. No previous the Society. Learning Rules the World." Organ- I'll take vanilla.i five xprieneisneces.u ized to provide an honor society dedci- .flying experience is necessary. cated to the unity and democraey of rI So having read all that I have to The club is the largest in the coun- Tau Epsilon Rho Aims education and open to honor students say on the subject, you will figure try and is the oldest collegiate glider yeah but that's not the way he did club in existence. Many members To Help Law Students of all departments of American i- - Ivrsi~ies and colleges, the sopie1j's it, who is he to talk, and you will go have gone on to win many major prime object is to emphasize scholar- out for something, and in three *> gliding and flying contests. Throughhcoandraaivctefinrhe Epsiloo a 01 rr, ship and character in the thought of a r S p 1 e r ' four years will have forgotten this column and won't remember that old Touchstone told you so. And probably old Touchstone won't re- tnemher that he told you so, either; as bleary-eyed and gin ridden he makes scrawls on copy paper in some second-rate small town news- paper office. Elsewhere is printed a list of ac- tivities for which you may try out. So long until soon. Michigan PartySponsors Student Group Activities The Michigan Party is primarily concerned with the betterment of student government, the awakening of the general student body to its opportunities and responsibilities and the attainment of more equal and democratic representation. The Party's purpose is carried out Chapter of TauEpsilon Rlio intera tional Jewish legal fraternity seeks to promote among its members a deeper grasp of the problems of the law student and a broader approach for professional life. It has sought to sustain a reputa- tign for scholarship on the campus and conducts regular discussion groups on current legal problems, special review sessions for its mem- bers and guests on academic courses, besides entertaining from time to time prominent members of the bar., For the past three years the chap- ter has won the trophy presented by the national fraternity for scho- lastic eminence. Social activities, including dances, dinners, and luncheons. Member-ship is by invitation and Ielection. college students, to hold fast to the original purpose for which institti- tions of learning were founded and to stimulate mental achievement by the prize of membership, Members are chosen during either the first or second semester of their senior year. Outstanding facultymen also are invited into membership. The Society provides several scholar- ships. for which members are eligible, issues its own journal; holds ban- quets twice annually and actively as- . sists its members in every way possi- ble. Members are chosen by a fac- ulty committee for scholarship. Tau Beta Pi Leads Honor Engineering Societies Tau Beta Pi is the national senior engineering honor society similar to Phi Beta Kappa in the Literary Col>- through student speakers, lectures, Cercie Franca is Aids activities placement and student sen- eE~l E EOCOI IOS ate elections. Students With Language ny student on campus is eligible or membership in the Michigan The principle purpose of the Cercie Party. Meetings are held either in Francais is to acquaint the student the Union or the League. with the more familiar aspects of the --- ----- French tongue and culture through La Sociedad H ispanica a series of lectures and semi-month- - ~ ~ ~ ~-L- I p~ "L c i [IV mAAtl11!?S r,, .rrcnwC 'qrnnich i nIL-c ]