___.. TttE MICHIGAN DAIIY ____ _ U , . Err r f , ii Research Featured By Orthodontists .. I 11 Orthodontists of the Middle West have returned to their practices after rnent, prepared by the 13 candidates seeing demonstrations and hearing for the degree of Master of Science lectures on the latest techniques in 1 -rthodontics at the graduate school. the profession at the fifteenth annual Three members of the staff gave meeting of (he Great Lakes Society papers on diagnosis and treatment of of Orthodontists, held here Monday cases. Dr. George R. Moore spoke and Tuesday under the sponsorship on "A Study of 58 Orthodontic Cases, of the Department of Orthodontics 'Five to Fifteen Years After Treat- ft the University School of Dentistry ment." "Specific Points in Diagnosis and Indicated Procedures Based Ninety-five members and their Thereon," was the topic of Dr. Ches- guests attended the sessions, which ter D. Ward. Dr. Ira A. Lehman read featured a progressive demonstration a paper on "Observation of Cases of research projects in the depart- as an Aid to Orthodontic Diagnosis." GiveCandy We carry a complete line of GILBERTS Chocolates. * Ira -f O EI TSr/Y ROSS .3 h / INeTHE ARCADE "Wherestudents meet to chat and eat" 0; or 'Baillie Boys' Senrve Chinese W 130 filndstry Secretary Has Duty Of Hiring Admitati-ve S f f Members. En gineering Group Sp nsors , oker Fog Nett; Stniidnts ''jo lsortd by Cthe' I~iigiE' ,iin; Council, a smoker for transfer engi- i Pre-Med Group M\Ieets At a meeting of the Fre-Meclical S ciet yeSterday in the Mich'g an Union, Dr. Elizabeth Crcsbv of 1he Anatomy Department addressed an audience of oval 'i .students in - n]eeron wit[the fi'ilm o "D eipmpu of the Norvous Systenm" Three Michigan graduates are among the group of American- trained engineers, called "Baillie Boys," now directing China's wartime industrial effort. They are Frank Lem, '27-28E, Chu- Si Wu, '26E, and Charles Wong, '27- '28E. All three are serving in the administration of the Chinese Indus- trial Cooperatives. They are called "Baillie Boys" because they received their training through an agreement nade between Henry Ford and Joseph Baillie, an American missionary in China. This agreement provided for American training of promising Chi- nese engineers. Lem is chief engineer for the In- dustrial Cooperatives while Wu, who btained his Master of Science degree at the University in 1927, is adminis- trative head, and Wong, who got his M. S. degree here in 1930, is a re- gional engineer. The Chinese Industrial Coopera- tives movement is a system of more than 2,000 "vest-pocket workshops" which have grown up in China to re- place production lost or destroyed during the war. Some 100,000 refu- gees and dispossessed workers man the cooperatives. They produce about $1,000,000 worth of consumer and military goods monthly. By BI1 BAKER .T Hidden in the maze-like iabyrinths of University Hall is the office of the woman who is responsible for the employment of the University's cler- ical staff of over 350, the adminis- trative backbone of the University. Soft-spoken, pleasant Mrs. Grace Van Cleaf, secretary to the Commit- tee on Office Personnel, is charged with that duty-a job she says she wouldn't change for any other on the campus. In her office the lengthy process of choosing stenographers, clerical workers and typists for all depart- ments of the University goes on ev- ery day of the year-applications for jobs, giving of tests, personal inter- views, placing of applicants or the bitter disappointment of a refusal. Must Take Test Every applicant must take a test before being considered for a Uni- versity clerical job. Last year nearly 1,000 tests were given, and as a re- sult 520 applications were placed on file in Room 209 University Hall. Three types of tests are given- stenographic, typing or general cler- ical. The first two are given every two weeks and the clerical once every month. Mrs. Van Cleaf makes out typing and stenographic tests her- self. Each person is given a personal interview before taking the test, and Mrs. Van Cleaf goes over the test with them afterwards.- After the test all who passed are laced on record in the active file of applicants, which today has over 700 names. When any department or unit of the University needs addi- Aional permanent help, they make application to Mrs. Van Cleaf, and she sends two or three to the unit head to be interviewed. Every per- son sent is "guaranteed as to, me- chanical skill." - But the test which every person for Mr,,, V 11 ( '-'at 'd oviv ,i cach ap)1mant personally, "No person se- cures a job on his test record alone." Mrs. Van Cleaf also goes around to the various University units which she supplies with help and becomes acquainted in order to know what type of applicant to send. There is an almost constant turn- over in clerical workers in the Uni- versity. September and October are the biggest months, with July, first month of the fiscal year, third. Many workers have been with the University 20 years or more. how- evei'. Busy Summertime Bt Mrs. Van Cleaf's busiest time is in thersummer-- 'Then people are lining up employment for the coming school year. Many students have part-time work as clerical workers, and they make application for work during the summer." So this woman who places workers as much on psychological fitness as on their record, never takes a vaca- tion during the summer, for she re- ceives hundreds of written applica- tions from all over-as far away as Turkey. And on a map on the wall of her office she places a pin in every place from which she receives applications by mail. All get the same answer- they can take the testsbutthey must take' it on campus. Has Held Job Seven Years For seven years now Mrs. Grace Van Cleaf has held her job. Her of- fice is a little room in University Hall, "with walls painted pink be- -ause it's more cheerful." All of which goes to make up one )f the most difficult jobs on campus, but one which perhaps comes closer to real people than any other. And one that Mrs. Van Cleaf wouldn't ,rade "for any other in the Univer- city." / neering students will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the Union, to enable the new students to meet and talk in- H formally with engineering faculty members. Speaking informally at the smoker will be Dean Ivan C. Crawford of the Ride at College of Engineering and Dean Walter B. Rea, assistant dean of stu- GOLFSI D E STABLES dents, after which the meeting will break up into informal conversation groups. Free Transportation Although no specific topic has been to and from stales set for the main talks, it is expected d that Dean Crawford will discuss the academic side of the engineering col- SUPPER RIDE lege while Dean Rea will take up extra-curricular activity and their re- Every Friday spective values. Chairman of the committee plan- Call 2-3441 ning the smoker is James Edmunds, '43E. Assisting him are Carl Rohr- bach, '42E, and Bob Imboden, '42E. === THANK YOU! The response to yesterday's MENU was great! mere is aniother "'Topper Menu," for Thairsday DELUXE HAMBURGER on toasted bun, relish, -. potato chips, 15c 1 The time is getting short to have your 'Ensian photograph taken. Make an appointment for a sitting today and take advantge of the fine 'I THE BURDEN of Johnny's homework a-iA BETTER LIGHTING Good lighting may not en- able Johnny to sail through his studies in jig time. But it will certainly make seeing easier and win his emphatic "O.K.!" Give him a new I.E.S. study lamp with a 150-watt bulb for good lighting. (We do not sell these lamps. See them on display at your deal- er's.) The Detroit Edison Company. UniversityHospital Conducts Experiments On Common Cold 1. Baked Meat-loaf with creamed mashed potatoes, buttered peas, roll and butter 2. Hot roast pork *ndwich, gravy, mashed potatoes, apple and nut salad . .... 3. Chop Suey with steamed rice, roll and butter 4. Chicken salad on crisp head lettuce, roll and butter 5. Waffles with crisp bacon, pure maple syrup, butter chips, milk or coffee 6. Baked macaroni and cheese, vegetable, apple and nut salad, roll and butter, milk or coffee 35c 30c 30c 30c 35c 33c Dial 5031 a ~~'r' '.. lopL7 I J f 1 / R. . Cr 00 By EDMUND J. GROSSBERG Londoners huddling in bomb shel- ,ers and hundreds of thousands of American doughboys in army camps may be spared the discomfort or serious illness caused by the spread of the common cold and its cohorts, pneumonia and influenza, this win- ter by the experiments being con- ducted by the University Hospital) and other medical centers in this country and Great Britain.I Work in the Department of Pediat- rics and Communicable Diseases of the University Hospital has centered around the use of ultra-violet ray sterilization while the University of Chicago and the English medical men have been experimenting with aero- sol sprays of organic chemicals de- signed to kill harmful bacteria in the atmosphere. Respiratory Infection Serious Long a problem plaguing medicine, respiratory infections-colds-spread particularly under conditions of crowding such as are ordinarily found in theatres, schools and nurseries. During the last war, influenza was almost as disastrous to our armed forces as enemy bullets. At the University Hospital two wards have already been equipped with ultra-violet ray lamps which have reduced cross infection by about 60 to 70 percent. The admitting room of the contagious ward is similarly outfitted. Experimentation in ultraviolet ray sterilization has been going on at' the Childrens Hospitals of Phila- delphia and Toronto, and Duke Uni- versity where the idea is being applied to operating room conditions. Cross >Infection Is Problem Cross infection within hospitals has always been a troublesome prob- lem which no amount of precautions have been able to completely do away with. Cold germs are inadvertently spread by infected or carrier doctors, nurses and visitors. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology stroboscopic photography has shown that infectious bacteria is projected into the atmosphere by coughing, sneezing or even talking, and gauze masks commonly worn by doctors and nurses are only partially effective in stopping this. More important than direct con- tact from person to person is the trouble caused by air-borne infection. Bacterial casts show that counts as low as 15 to 20 bacterial colonies per ten cubic feet are found in outside air with counts as high as 600 to 1.000 colonies in a crowded hospital wait- ing ropm. A recent report by Dr. Charles F. McKhann, head of the pediatrics and communicable diseases department. and Dr. Fe del Mundo on early in- vestigations at the Boston Infants Hospital, during 1939-40 offers im- portant evidence. Air conditioning does not seem to offer the answer, but remarkable re- stlts were obtained when ultra-violet -ay lamps were installed at the Bos- ton Infants Hospital. Air bacterial counts dropped almost 90 percent the 'first week although subsequent counts were not quite so low. Use Experimental Method Two wards were used in this early experiment-one protected with a diffused curtain of ultra-violet rays from lamps at the entrance to the cubicles where the infants were kept; he other was maintained under com- mon 'conditions and used as a con- trol for comparison. Over a six-months period the con- rol group of 224 patients showed an 'ncidence of cross infection of 12.5 )ercent. In the ward protected with iltra-violet rays only 2.7 percent fell ,rictim of cross infection. This new technique was the sub- iect of a three day symposium at the University of Chicago at a conven- tion during September to consider the problem of aero infection. Al- °eady a few army barracks are using ,iltarviolet ray protection and thf ,nethod may soon become universal ir the fight to stamp out the cold germ. 7. 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They dig deep furrows, lay two cables in them and cover them with earth-all in one continuous operation. Their meeting will mark com- pletion of the first all cable line across the continent. Carrier systems;will be operatrd in the cables=- one A . . M s chants of Ann Arbor and The Michigan Daily. ADMISSION FREE ii I