New Program In Languages To Start Soon French, German And Spanish Social Hours To Be Conducted Weekly In International Center In accordance with President Ruthven's plea for gredter concen- tration in languages, there has been a speed-up in the extra-curricular program of foreign language social activities, Mrs. Ruth L. Wendt has announced, as well as increased ac- tivity in Russian and Japanese lan- guage departments. At the International Center, a Ger- man social hour will be conducted on Wednesdays by Mrs. Wendt, Por- tugese on Thursdays by Prof. Alberto Leao, and French on Fridays by Prof. Percival Price. Every Thursday dur- ing the International Center Tea, a Spanish conversation group will be conducted.f Tea To Be Tuesday In addition to: this, the regular international teas will begin again Tuesday, with a French tea held, as usual, in the League. All dormitories, league houses, sororities and frater- nities are asked to cooperate fully at these student-conducted functions. Mrs. Wendt stresses the impor- tance of all students taking full ad- vantage of these opportunities. She finds that too many will not partici- pate in language round tables be- cause no credit is given. Ruthven Predicts Im porta Ince "We are taking President Ruth- ven's speech on the importance of languAges for post-war reconstruc- tion as our motto," she said, "and the most convenient means of getting our students to dp more in the languages they have learned is the organization of extra-curricular affairs." The Russian and Japanese lan- guage departments will stretch their schedule from three hours to eight, which will include round table dis- cussions lasting for two hour periods.' Mrs. L. Pargment will teach the Rus- sian, and Joseph K. Yamagiwa will instruct students in Japanese. Troth -ld Mr. and Mrs. Walter Basye of Rochester, N. Y., anndunced the en-- gagement of their daughter, Ruth Frances, to David Robert Peet, '42E, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson R. Peet of Webster, N. Y., at a buffet supperI given Jan. 3. Miss Basye has also attended the University. / THE MCHIGAN AlYl._______________ Defense Suit ills Women's Wartime Needs /" t, ti ' I ~- ' .$ I' , .-. ° a I . . iX'!' .. r .. .. y. ;. k .. .: R, ;: - ¢ . I j': . :: ,lI f } s . . rs :: F.}i 4f { Y .: k'.. 5 . + f 4: q ! , ._.: .. .. . .. i Theatre-Arts Will Produce Children's Play 'Princess And The Swine-Herd,' Dramatic Version Of Fairy Tale, Scheduled For January 23-24 "The Princess and the Swineherd," the third play to be presented in the current series of Children's Theatre productions, will be presented by the Theatre Arts committee of the League Friday and Saturday, Jan. 23 and 24 in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.l The play, written by Gwendolyn Seiler, is adapted from the old fairy tale about the princess who marries the swineherd that turns out to be Prince Charming #in disguise. Miss Wheeler To Direct As is customary, the play, directed by Mary Ellen Wheeler, '41, will be given three times the opening per- ormance at 3:45 p.m. Friday, and the last two at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Assisting Miss Wheeler in the did' section of this play is Sally Walsh, '43. General chairman of the The- atre Arts Committee is Virginia Ap- pleton, '42, aided by Veitch Purdom, '42, and Marjorie Storkan, '43. Faye Goldner, '42, and Kay Jones, '43, are in charge of costumes, while Sally Walsh, '43, will be bookholder, and Charlotte Noble, '43, will handle pu blicity. List Continues Cynthia Davis, '42, and Jean Sol- lit, '42, are-responsible for scenery. Programs are designed by Dorothy Schloss, '43, and Marjorie Teller, '43. The financial, committee is in the hands of Jane Honey, '43, and the art work directed by Mary Pate, '43. Mairellyn MacRitchie, '43, is in charge of collecting properties. Ush- ers are under the leaddrship of Al- vira Sata, '42. Kay Gladdin, '42, is in charge of make-up; Joy Wright, '43, music, and Mildred Radford, '42, Idance committee. Record Dance .For Graduates Will Be Today An informal frdio dance will be held from 8:30 p.m. to midnight to- day, at the Rackham Building. This dance is being sponsored by the se- nior class of the School of Business Administration. Members of the central committee are Robert Gilmour, '42BAd., chair- man; Elizabeth Cowart, '43BAd., in charge of publicity; Joseph Bres, '42BAd., and John Clark, '42BAd., who are'reslonsible for the refresh- ments and entertainment. Bridge and other card games will be in progress during the evening, while mnoving pictures of the North- western-Michigan game will be shown at intermission. All members of the faculty and student body are invited, with the members of the faculty serving as patrons for the dance. s r ......I Mercury Drop Brings Snow And Ski Suits -- r 'N Aarriage Vows' \re Taken Education School Recorder, Professor To Live In California For WCINrtOFI OVI LaVjxI lPI %;. I fP4, ,vv t<3 i ' VLL 10 C. Miriam Jane Highley, Recorder of the School of Education, and Arthur Raymond Kooker, Assistant Professor of History at the Univer- sity of Southern California, Los An- geles, were married Christmas Eve by the Rev Charles W. Brashares in the chapel of the Ann Arbor Metho- dist Church. While on campus Mrs. Kooker served on the staff of The Daily. She is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, of Wyvern, Alpha Lambda Delta, Eta Sigma Phi. Phi Kappa and Phi Beta .Kappa. Serves On Board She is also a past president of the Ann Arbor Junior group of the American Association of University Women and a member of the Alum- nae Advisory Board of Kappa Al- pha Theta. She also received the Phillips Scholarship her freshman and sophomore years in the Univer- sity. Dr. Kooker received his bachelor's, master's and doctor's degrees from the University of Michigan. He was for some time Regional Director of the National Survey of Federal Ar- chives, and later served as Chief Editor in the Washington, D. C. of- f ie.' Was Resident Advisor While finishing his work on his doctorate last year, he was a teach- ing fellow in the history department at the University.also acting as resi- dent advisor at CNcago House, West Quadrangle. Mr. and Mrs. Kooker left for a trip through the South, and will be at home after the first of February at Dorset Village, 3125 West 9th Street, Los Angeles, California. Dinehart Has Unorthodox Replies For Ordina' tma r n - .T By KAY RUDDY Alan Dinehart, as a Revealer of All to the great theatre-going public, respectsnone of the an enities of the stock newspaper interview. He has never been to Ann Arbor before. He has seen neither tall buildings nor beautiful women in Ann Arbor-a fact which some may excuse by saying there are none of either, but which we hasten to ex- plain with his addition that he "had been sleeping until just before the show." We Aren't Quite Sure He isn't quite sure about just what, exactly, a college audience is and consequently, cannot say whether he especially enjoys playing before one. And he doesn't feel one way or the other about the weather. We didn't seem to be getting tooi far with the careful list of questions which we had prepared, to ask the star of "Separate Rooms," the play now being giyen in Ann Arbor, so we looked to the Dinehart person and costume for colorful material. He Takes It Seriously He's an actor who, if he isn't mak- ing an intensely serious business out of his acting, at least looks as though he's making a business out of some- thing. Just a rather average-appear- ing courteous gentleman with a care- fully-controlled voice-the only Hol- 'lywood touch about him, incident- ally-who has reached the age where one tries to comb the hair from where it is over toward where it isn't. We've already intimated that tl ere was very little of the Hollywood glamor here, so rule out, praise be to Allah, any ideas of his wearing either a luggage tan sport coat or a polo shirt with an Ascotiscarf tuckedi in at the throat. It was a dark brown business suit and a yellow and brown tie, and although campus exquiisites might have shuddered and paled at the fact that his socks didn't match ,I his neckwear, he presented a very pleasant picture of a very mild, ordi- nary guy. We asked him if anything humor- ous had happened so far during the play's experiences on the road. Displays Sense Of Humor "Humorous?" he said, contemplat- ively. "Well, now, let's see." Tap- ping the chin with the forefinger. "Humor-humor-oh yes-the little Chihuahua dog used in the play is just about freezing to death in this cold weather." We agreed with him that this was very humorous, indeed, and decided to let the whole thing go. Then, we branched out into the radical and- asked him if he had seen any college productions anywhere in the country, lately. Yes, he had-at a college whose name he couldn't re- member at the moment-where they put the plays on in a sort of show- boat affair. He gave a few worcs spf approbation to this project. "The arrangement was very cute," he said. We thanked him and left. Fraternities Report Elections, Pledgings Kappa Nu announces the election of new house officers for the coming year. They are Bernard Kozel, '43, president; Milton Zerman, '43, vice- president; Phillip Baris, '43, treas- urer; Walter Klopper, '44, secretary, and Rubin Fried, '43, steward. The pledging of Melvin Comin, '43, Chicago; Herbert Forgash, '44, Niles; Milton Sterngold, '44, Detroit, and Henry Sterngold, '44, Detroit, has also been announced by Kappa Nu. Sigma Alpha Mu has elected its new house officers. They are Mervin Pregulman, '44, president; Aarron Moyer, '43, secretary, and Bruce Kirchen'baum, '43, treasurer. Tinkering with a faulty distributor in Motor Mechanics class is apt to be a messy job, while practice of artifi- cial respiration for First Aid rd Aires comfortable clothes. These new cov-, eralls are the latest measure passed by fashion experts for Civilian De- fense. Designed expressly for wear by women working on the assembly lines of defense production, these suits are made of heavy serviceable cotton without hooks, snaps, zips or tricks- just a surplice, side closing, big patch pockets, tab and button adjustor. The buttoned trouser cuffs eliminate rubber bands or rolled pant legs. These features make it a practical outfit for' everything from greasing a car to lounging in the dorm, Men Threaten Drastic Measures If Women's Pants Fad Continues If you're lucky enough to be going on a special ski train excursion one of these week-ends to Grayling or Cadillac, towns in northern Michi- gan, you'll be needing a mew ski suit. At any rate, you may be doing your bit of skiing in the University Win- ter Carnival next month, so it's wise to get that outfit now to do some practicing. Yours should be lightweight as well as a windbreaker and shoVld have plenty of room for violent movement, like the suit illustrated above. For this reason, gabardine is practically the uniform of the ardent skier. Bird-cloth is good, too, being less expensive than gabardine, but, we must admit, gabardine surpasses it in style and tailored beauty. Houses Brave Cold Winds To Entertain It looks like the Kappa Nu's aren't going to be left out in the cold today since they are braving the winter winds to terminate their gala week- end. Yesterday they held a formal dance and today they will be giving an informal radio dance from 9 p.m. to midnight at the chapter house. The chaperons will be Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kessel and Mr. and Mrs. S. Kohlenberg. Sigma Alpha Epsilon will have an ice skating party with Kappa Alpha Theta and Gamma Phi Beta today. By BOB aTIRLING (Whose opinions are his own and not necessarily those of the Daily Women's Staff-Editor) "That this has gone far enough, is evident; that something should be done, is imperative; them women have to take off them pants." That is the ungrammatical outburst from the male student body, occasioned by coed usurpation of the masculine long tweeds and high pockets. It all started when an elixir of cold wav~e was brewed in the East Lansing kettle of the Unite States weather bureau and spilled into this open city. The mercury-shrinking temperatures- caused consternation amongst our fair, gulp, sex and they took to the shelter of the trouser. TiMidly at first and then in rapidly growing' numbers they began.to assume the attire of man's estate. The Fad is "Taking" Michigan men are slow to anger and being gentlemen hesitated to complain of the flagrant flagrancy. They hoped that Dame Fashion would reassert herself or that tea- table talk would stifle the fad. But now it appears that the women in- tend to go on with the idea and even improve on it. Our "fifth column" now begins to play fickle fashion with the plan. They compete with ski pants, slacks and go even unto belting themselves about with the fraternity wrestler's uniform-the blue denim "jeans" or dungarees rolled at the ankle. They complete the outfit, with over-sze woolen shirts that hang, and hang and 'hang like a truck's tarpaulin. Altogether a sloppy uni- form that obliterates any initial beauty. The women support their "Clothes £Yeddrngs engagements The engagement of Virginia Board- man, '42, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Boardman of Jackson, Mich., to Carl J. Holden, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Holden of Palmer Woods for Comfort" campaign with the ar- gument that silk and nylon weren't made for sub-zero conditions; that they can't protect themselves in long woolen unmentionables in any other manner. Campus males, we repeat, are slow to anger, but their tone is ominous. "Them women will have to take off them pants! There was no "de- pantsing" at "the freshman-sopho- more games-but!" t : -I( <