PACE FTGRHT
THE MICHIGAN D AIY
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1941
Public Attitude
Aids Medicie,
Sigerist Says
Population's Requirements
Promote Advancement,
Noted Doctor Maintains
War WillHelp Out
The progress of medicine .has re-
sulted from the attitude of the peo-
ple toward scientific method, Dr.
Henry E.. Sigerist, Welch Professor
of Medical History at Johns Hopkins,
asserted yesterday in a talk given in
the Kellogg Foundation Institute.
The history of medicine and the
history of civilization are integrated,
within each other, Dr. Sigerist con-
tinued. Medical history is not mere-
ly the record of scientific progress,
but has become a social science which
includes the study of industrial revo-
lutions and economic depressions.'
Medicine is a science, Dr. Sigerist
claimed, "which is subservient to the
need of the population and the peo-
ple must respond or the purpose of
science fails. Medical services must
be made available to the masses or
science will soon lose its significance.,
Dr. Sigerist expressed confidence
that the present war will not inter-
fere with the social progress of the
medical sciences, but will accelerate
the trend toward the socialization of
medicine. He advised the medical
students in the audience not to fear
these trends because 'they have as
their aim the health and develop-
ment of the nation.
Wesleyan Player Group
To Give 'Adam And Eva'
The Wesleyan Guild's play group
will present their annual spring pro-
duction, "Adam and Eva," at 8 p.m.
tomorrow in the Social Hall of the
Methodist Church.
Wendell Baker, '42, and Barbara
Yale, '43, have the title roles, direc-
tor Janet Sibley, '41, announced. Oth-
er members of the cast are Eliza-
beth Decker, .'43, Hubert Drake, '43,
Dorothy Davidson, '44, Byron Hatch,
'42, Howard Parr, '41, Doris Reed,
'42, Stanford Summers, '44, and Os-
mar Ullrich, '42E. .
Band Will Give Concert
Under the direction of Albin John-'
son, '41SM, the University Regimen-
tal Concert Band will offer a concert
at 8 p.m. today in Saline. The an-
nual spring concert of the band has
been planned for 4:30 p.m. Friday,
May 23, in the Union Ballroom. The
public is cordally invited to attend.
Fred Fine Denies
Union Control
By Communists
"The American people have not
been taken in by war propaganda -
the American people aren't quite sure
they want to sacrifice," Fred Fine,
Michigan district secretary of the
Communist Party asserted at a meet-
ing yesterday of the fyarl Marx So-
ciety in the Union.
Fine made these statements in ex-
plaining "the growth and unity of she
labor movement at a time when the
government is demanding that labor
acquiesce to the demands of the de-
fense program."
Unions are not Communist dom-
inated, despite the claims of those
who, wish to destroy the labor move-
ment by red-baiting it, he continued,
but their strength now is proof that
"the people are uniting to resist the
effects of the war program."
In explaining the role of Commun-
ists in unions, Fine declared that
Communists are union members be-
cause most of them work for a living
and because the part philosophy
teaches them to "try to make con-
ditions as decent as possible under
capitalism." Communists are more
influential than their numbers would
warrant, he concluded, because they
stand for a way of life which all peo-
ple want.
Lectunre Given
BY meugebaiir
Cites Mathematical Method
Of Astronomy
Prof. Otto Neugebaaur, of Brown
University, addressed the members of
the Mathematics Club yesterday on
the subject of "Mathematical Meth-
ods in Babylonian Astronomy."
Explaining the effects of Baby-
lonian astronomical theories, Profes-
sor Neugebaur treated the ancient
methods of measuring time, the Baby-
lonian's theory of planets and their
theory of the moon with great detail.
Citing the example of the problem
of determining variance in the
length of day and night, he explained
how, the work of the Babylonians
helped give rise to spheric geometry.
Professor Neugebaur also delivered
a University lecture in the afternoon.
Prof. Corwin R. Wright of the
School of Denistry will address the
staffs of the speech department
and the Speech Clinic today on
mechanical aids for patients suf-
fering from cleft palates. Professor
Wright will speak in the Speech
Clinic at 3:00 p.m.
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G R E T E L, W A L D I AND F IF1-Elisabeth Rethberg,
Metropolitan Opera soprano, relaxes at her New York home with
three of her five dogs-Gretel, a cocker spaniel; Waldi, a dach-
shund, and Fifi, a Belgian papillon.
B R I T I S H B L I T Z B I K E-As part of their mechanization, England's famous Grenadier Guards
now are equipped with motorcycles which mount a Tommy gun, as above:'
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0 0 0 D W I L L-Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (left), U.S. goodwill
envoy, and Brazil's President Getulio Vargas chat at Rio de Janeiro.
L E G E N D A R Y-Mystic
Jewels of the Eight Immortals"
is this Chinese legendary print
modeled by Gertrude Warner.
Percentage of wholesale fabric
cost is donated to Madame
Chiang Kai-shek through Chi-
nese Women's Relief association.
T A N D E M A N D T W O-Gasoline rationing holds no woe
for this London family, which gets about on a tandem and sidecar.
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WIN DOG IN OWNERSHIP SUIT-Royce and
Joyce Haley of-Romeo, Mich. (above), won possession of Spot, an
English setter -playmate, after Judge J. Eugene Sharp heard wit-
nesses in a suit for the dog's ownership.
S U R P R I S E-When this 12-year-old scarlet macaw's own three eggs failed to hatch, Charles H,
Johnson of San Diego substituted chicken eggs-and was Mrs. Macaw surprised!
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