SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1942

TIE MICHIGAN DAILY



Caduceus,

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Medical

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Qalens, Honor
Medical Society,
To Give Dance
Donald Cooper, Robert Leitch
Are Selected As Co-Chairmen;
Union Will Be Scene Of Event
Caduceus, the annual Medical Ball,
will keep to its tradition, despite the
shortening of semesters, Galens, hon-
orary Medical society which sponsors
it, has decided. The dance will be
held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday,
Feb. 20, in the main ballroom of the
Union.
Donald Cooper, '42M, and Robert
Leitch, '42M, have been selected as
co-chairmen, while Howard Schau-
bel, '42M, and Armin Darmstaetter,
'43M, will- be in charge of patrons.
Committee Is Listed
The job of picking an orchestra
for the "medics' J-Hop" has been en-
trusted to William Wright, Jr., '43M,
and Eldean Betz, '43M. Logan Horis,
'42M, has the responsibility of ar-
ranging for programs and the- ticket
sale.
It will be up to William Ver Hey,
'42M, assisted by Edward Nedwicki,
'43M, Charles O'Brien, '43M, and
William White, '43M,. to handle the
all-important matter of planning
decorations for the dance, which is
always held on the Friday closest to
George Washington's birthday.
Responsible for the publicity will
be George Schaiberger, '42M. All
members of the committee in charge
of plans for Caduceus Ball belong to
Galens, the honorary society for stu-
dents in the School of Medicine, the
chairmen being seniors and their as-
sistants being juniors.
Ball Has Medical Theme
Symbolic of the physician's work,
the "Caduceus" or serpent-entwined
and winged-tipped staff of Mercury,
was selected by the medical students
as the name for their annual ball.
Last year the ballroom was decorated
with murals of hospital scenesrand
cartoons with caricatures of profes-
sors in the School of Medicine.
Gus Arnheim's orchestra played
for the traditional dance last year
and in keeping with the theme all
the members of the band were dressed
in surgical caps and gowns. Caduceus
Ball will be open only to medical stu-
dents and doctors, who may purchase
tickets at a sale which will be an-
nounced later.;

Jimmie Lunceford Gave Up Professorship
To Lead Band To Top Of Musical Ladder


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By BARBARA DE FRIES
Jimmie Lunceford who will lead
his orchestra for the formal night
of J-Hop, Feb. 6, is living proof that
with proper application, it is possible
to exchange a college sheepskin for
a baton, and carve out a successful
career.
Holder of four college degrees,
Lunceford, Fisk University, '25, gave
up a position as English professor in
1927 at Manassa high- school, where
he also led the student band, to go
back to his alma mater, as head-
waiter.
Coached College Band
Upon graduation from Fisk, Lunce-
ford was given the professorship in
his home town, Memphis, Tenn.
There he became the instructor and
faculty adviser of a coterie of stu-
dent jazz lads. Jimmie coached the
boys for four years and when gradu-
ation exercises were completed, it ap-
peared that the association between
the teacher and his disciples would
come to a permanent end.
But because he had grown fond of
his group and because he recognized
their latent genius for music, he
tossed aside his professorship and re-
turned to Fisk with them, where he
took extra-curricula courses, earning
enough money for himself and his
boys by playing dance dates as a
sideline.
All College Graduates
Through trying, lean days at first
and to days of success later, five of
his original nine boys strung along
with him-Edwin Wilcex, piano;
James Crawford, drums; Willie
Smith, saxophone; Moses Allen, bass
and Earl Carruthers, saxophone.
These five and the newer additions
to Lunceford's organization comprise
one of the most intelligent orchestras
in the world. Every man is a college
graduate. They know the classics
and they know the popular favorites.
Four-Letter Man
Nicknamed "Piggie," Lunceford re-
ceived his first musical training from
James Wilburforce Whiteman, fa-
ther of the famous Paul Whiteman,
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while attending grade school in Den-
ver, Colo. He learned to master the
clarinet, flute, trombone and guitar
before attempting to become an or-
chestra pilot.
Besides possessing four college de-
grees, Lunceford was a four letter
man in athletics at Fisk. His frater-
nity is Kappa Alpha Psi, football is
his favorite sport and his most thrill-
ing experience was losing his way in
a Colorado blizzard and almost freez-
ing to death. He speaks fluent Span-
ish and eats chow mein at midnight.
He's Got His Wings
His first professional engagement
was at the Andrew Jackson Hotel in
Nashville, Tenn., where he played a

piece all the way down in the wrong
key.
Jimmie believes that jazz is becom-
ing more tame, that American com-
posers seldom offer real works of
merit and that the public is swayed
by "big name" attractions, rather
than by an appreciation of music it-
self.
Lunceford is the first Negro or-
chestra leader to win his wings and
become one of the few Negro pilots
holding a Civil Aeronautics Commis-
sion license in the United States.
Only he and three other name band
conductors-Larry Clinton, Bobby
Byrne and Buddy Rogers-now wear
gold wings on their tuxedo lapels.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles McFillen an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Mae Elizabeth McFillen.
'42SN, to Harry G. Drickamer, '41E,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Drick-
amer, of East Cleveland, Ohio.
Miss McFillen, whose home is in
Toledo, Ohio, is a member of the
Senior Ball committee. Mr. Drick-
amer, at present doing graduate work
in engineering here, was president
of the senior class of the engineer-
ing school last year, a member of
Vulcans, Mimes and Engineering
Council. He also worked on Engi-
neering Ball last year, was financial
director of the last two Union Operas,
and founded the Student Award
Fund, of which he was chairman his
senior year.
Transferring from Vanderbilt in
19?8, he became at Michigan a mem-
ber of Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi,
Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Eta Sigma,
Iota Alpha, and was awarded the
Michigan Gas Association Fellowship
this year. The date for the wedding
has not been set.
Mr. and Mrs. William Stern of De-
troit announce the engagement of
their sister, Jean Shapero, '42, to
Fred Epstein, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Epstein, also of Detroit.
Miss Shapero wasa junior night
editor on the editorial staff of The
Daily and a member of the Student
Senate. Mr. Epstein attended Wayne
University and Detroit Tech. The
wedding will take place May 31.
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The mariage of Willma Barth, of
Corsicana, Tex., and Lieut. Walter F.
Stebens, formerly of Detroit, was sol-
emnized Jan. 10.in St. Andrew's Epis-
copal Church in Jackson, Miss. The
bride is the daughter of Mrs. Fred
Barth, of Corsicana and Lieut. Steb-
ens is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
F. Stebens, of Detroit.
Mrs. Stebens is a graduate of Indi-
ana University and Lieutenant Steb-
ens, a graduate of the University, is
stationed with the Army Air Corps.

Men Of String, Quartet Lead Lives,
O0f Travel And Constant Rehearsal


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By FRANCES TRIESTRAM
Join a string quartet and see the
world, like the Roth group. Feri,
Roth, first violin, Rachmael Wein
stock, second violin, Julius Shair, vio-
list, and Oliver Edel, cellist, are on
the go all the time. Their life hasj
been a continual concert tour.
Yesterday and last Friday they
were in Ann Arbor for the second an-
nual Chamber Music Festival. From
here they will continue west. with
their concerts.
Ambition To Play Perfectly
Roth says that his secret ambition
is for the quartet to play so perfectly
and "musicianly" that they will be
the best string quartet ever in exist-
ence. They are well on the way to
achieving this ambition for the group
is world-famous already.
The four men are constantly to-
gether, traveling, eating and rehears-
ing. They rehearse together at least
three hours a day on trains, or in ho-
tels. "This constant practice and our
great friendship account a good deal
for the success of our music," ex-
plained Mr. Roth, the leader of the
group.
Feri Roth, at the time a Czecho-
slovakian citizen, began playing his
violin with a quarte thirty-five years.
ago while attending a university and
the Academy of Music in Budapest,
Hungary.
Roth Comes To America
In 1921 he went to Berlin where lie
organized the first Roth quartet. He
came to America in 1928, and in 1938
organized the present quartet, all
Americans. He is now an American
citizen. "When I saw democratic
America contrasted with the hate
and fear in Europe," said Roth, "I
decided America was to be my own
country."
The quartet makes about 60 ap-
pearances during the year. Going on
tour seems to run in their blood.
About 80 per cent of their concerts
are given at colleges and universities,
Girdles Will Survive,
Decrees War Board
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-- (P) -
Cheerio, girls, you'll bc, able to get
girdles after all.
The War Production Board au=
nounced today that it would act
within a few days to make a "limited
amount" of crude rubber available
for the manufacture of girdles, cor-
sets and other foundation garments.
Earlier, it had been announced that
no rubber would be allotted for man-
ufacture of girdles.

and Ann Arber compares favorably
with the other campuses, for Roth,
who has now played here three times,
considers the audience here to be
extremely fine. He also has much
praise for Dr. Charles M. Sink. "He
has made your school outstanding
for its musical activities-theChoral
Union, Spring Festival, and now, the
Chamber Music Festival," said the
violinist.
War Affects Quartet
When asked how the war affected
the activities of the quartet, Mr. Roth
answered that they had to cancel
many foreign tours, such as one to
Australia. He had confidence that
we would soon win the war, however,
and hoped to do his share for the
country's morale with his music, per-
haps even giving concerts at army
camps.
When the war is over they plan to
play in several South American coun-
tries.
Particular praise for the University
can be found in the world-traveler's
statement that they had never before
seen a place with so many beautiful
girls and boys.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-(/P)-Sec-
retary of Labor Perkins said today
that by 1943 "it will be necessary for
us to mobilize young women for fac-
tory workers."

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