A4 tI'V''T l" AA T fTI AIT Xr f 4fMfSFF! '1t rt Mr f+ w.rar!ww r w.ww .tom ...r Geographers Will Convene In Louisiana James And MacMurray Will Present Papers At Annual Convention Prof. K. C. MacMurray and Prof. P. E. James, both of the geography department, will attend the thirty- seventh annual meeting of the Asso- ciation of American Geographers to be held Dec. 27 and 28 at Baton Rouge, La. At the meeting, Professor James will present a twenty-minute paper entitled '"Expanding Settlements of Latin America-The Statement of a Problem." Likewise, Professor Mac- Murray will deliver a fifteen-minute paper, "The State Public Domain in Michigan." The actual meeting will be over in two days but a field trip through Louisiana will occupy the geographers until New Year's Day. The field excursion will leave as a single unit on the morning of Dec. 29. The first day will be devoted to contrasts between the cultures of typical Mississippi River floodplain, Red River flood plain and lower terraces, the night being spent in Lafayette. The second day will be spent in the Teche Country, with the night at Houma. On the third day one bus will proceed directly to New Orleans' and another will go to the citrus district of the lower delta, arriving in New Orleans in the early evening. Fore'nsic Group To Meet Delta Sigma Rho; honorary debat- ing fraternity, will meet at 4 p.m. today in the League, Jack Schuler, '41, president of the group, an- nounced. All members are urged1 to be present. ____________ 3 I J M1Il.,11 yk AIN 11LFA L Y TUESDAY, DECE1WBOR 17,1Ma0 Ann Arbor Here Is Today's News In Summary A traffic collision yesterday morn- ing at E. Summit St. and N. Fifth Ave. resulted in a serious injury to Ernest O. Muehlig, business manager of the Muehlig Funeral Chapel. Muehlig was thrown from his car and struck his head on the sidewalk. He was knocked momentarily uncon- scious. It is believed at St. Joseph's Hos- pital where Muehlig was taken that he had suffered a probable brain concussion and severe bruises. * * * Funeral services will be held tomor- row for J. George Bischoff, prominent Ann Arbor florist who died Sunday night at the age of 79. Bischoff was born in Germany and came to this country at an early age. * * * Theodore J. Balgooyen, '41, suf- fered a possible rib fracture and severe back bruises when he fell of f his bicycle which skidded around the corner of Maynard and E. Liberty Sunday morning. His back struck a curb. He is now in the Health Service. Brace New Head Of Medical Group Dr. William M. Brace, assistant director of the University Health Service, last Saturday took office as president of the Washtenaw County Medical Society. He was elected president-elect at a meeting of the Society last year and will serve as President for the coming year. Dr. Dean W. Myers, a local phy- sician, was made president-elect and will succeed Dr. Brace next Decem- ber. Dr. Rigdon K. Ratliff of the Uni- versity Hospital was reelected secre- tary-treasurer of the society at a dinner held last week in the Union. . . ........... ........... . . E1 Vichy's New And Old Foreign Ministers West Quad Features French Tables By DAVID LACHENBRUCH 'On parle francais" every day of the week at the new French tables in the West Quadrangle dining halls. There are 10 tables per week, where students interested in conversational French may learn it by actually speaking. All this is under the direc- tion of Bertram Smith, Grad., a graduate of the University of Lou- vain in Belgium. There is one table for beginners, at which very elementary French is spoken, and there is adtable for those who ar'e extremely advanced in the language, mainly those who have been abroad and lived for some time in French-speaking countries. Then there are graduated levels of ad- vencement at various other tables. But there is one iron-clad rule which all tables have in common, and that is that the speaking of English is strictly tbaoo! To facilitate the introduction of members of the tables and to "break the ice," the table members congre- gate 20 minutes befo-e dinner time Capt. Davidson Will Give Talk Before AIEE AME Society Will Hear Prof. Harry E. Miller At Meeting In League Capt. A. L. Davidson of the naval science and tactics department will be the main speaker at the meeting of the student chapter of the Ameri- can Institute of Electrical Engineers to be held at 8 p.m. today in the Union. Prior to the talk, which will be on "Submarines" and will be illustrated by motion pictures, the organization will hold a discussionof the possi- bility of a series of field trips to big manufacturing concerns in Detroit after Christmas. Meanwhile, the Society of Ameri- can Military Engineers, closing their activity for the calendar year, will hear a talk by Prof. Harry E. Miller of the Department of Public Health Engineering and Sanitation at a meeting at 8 p.m. today in the League. The subject of Professor Miller's talk will be "What Would It Mean to America if Great Britain Were Defeated." As a colonel in the Army Reserve Corps, Professor Miller is well qualified to speak on this subject. in Smith's room, where they partake I "tres interressants, tres interres- of cocktails