19 i; 4' THE M T~t-HTCAN Al PACT MIT .... .......... . ......... . . ........... V-Dance Committee To Sponsor ef ense Stomp American Youth Hostel Offers Outdoor Trips At Dollar A Day Et Prints Herald Spring By MARILYN MAYER Roughing it-with good beds, and hot and cold running water-that's Youth Hosteling! Today, some 100,- 000 hostelers frequent the 5,000-odd hostels which dot the world. Hosteling expenses total less than a dollar a day! This unbelievably low sum is due to the fact that the AYH (American Youth Hostel) is a non-profit institution existing en- tirely for the benefit of the hostelers. The hostels, usually located on sec- ondary roads at fifteen-mile inter- vals, are generally farm houses con- verted for the purpose with separate sleeping quarters for the boys and' girls, common kitchens and dining rooms, and are supplied with genial "house-parents" who serve as chap- erons. Cook Own Meals The travelers cook their own meals (the food is bought at the nearby grocery), wash their own dishes and make their own beds, and although there are no rigid hostel rules gov- erning conduct, consideration for others is expected. Most hostelers are collegians, nevertheless all those "be- tween 4 and 94" who enjoy the out-* of-doors and like to travel "under their own steam," be it foot, bicycle, skis, horseback or canoe, are eligible hostelers. Essentials include an AYH 'pass, which may be purchased for one dol- lar by those under 21 and for two dollars by those past the voting age. Incidentally, the pass is good for one year. An AYH handbook, guide to even the most remote hostel, is a hosteler's "must" as well as a sheet sleeping sack to be carried from hos- tel to hostel. Overnight rates are twenty-five cents per night. Even though the United States alone boasts of more than 250 Youth Hos- tels, many of the more adventurous Defense Uniforms Should Be Correct For Volunteer Wear For those who have volunteered for defense work, desire to wear a correct uniform has taken primary importance in their mind right along side of obtaining the correct formal for that "big" spring dance. How- ever, the volunteers will wear a uni- form only if authorized. This is es- pecially true in the case of woolen ones, for wool is at a premium. The American Red Cross uniform for outdoor workers is a slate-blue coat-dress. It combines rayon-and- wool covert with a sharkskin dickey. An overseas cap of the same slate blue completes the outfit. The coat work over the dress is slate blue cavalry twill with a zip-in flannel lining, for those particularly blus- tering days. The epaulets on the coat vary with the branch of your service. For the Office of Civilian Defense an outdoor winter "dress" uniform is worn. This is in a suit design with a long jacket, four pockets, brown leather belt and gold buttons. The 0. C. D. office worker's uniform is of service-blue. Being a shirt-waist dress, use is made of large pockets, gilt buttons, grosgrain epaulets, and a slim gored skirt. i 7 yr t. y a' Qordon Hardy's Band To Play At Tea Dance Affair Will Be Given March 5 In League Ballroom; Guests i Will Receive Defense Stamps hostelers have taken rolling hostels to Alaska, Mexico and South Amer- ica. Hostelers On Campus In case this brings to mind the groups of hikers or bikers you've seen lined up in front of Hill Auditorium on certain Saturday afternoons last semester, you are right, they were hostelers. The Michigan Outing Club sponsors such hostels almost every Saturday afternoon. The treks begin after lunch on Saturday and the travelers return just in time for din- ner on Sunday. Last semester over- night excursions were made to the hostels at Pleasant Lake, Saline Val- ley and Waterloo, while this semester many new trips are on schedule. The trips are made by bicycle or on foot and offer a splendid campus oppor- tunity to anyone interested in hos- teling. 'Wedd'ings &ngagements Adelaide Annette Boehm, '42, daughter of Mrs. Bessie Boehm, and Daniel Suits, Grad., of Kirkwood, Mo., were married Feb. 14 in the guild house of the Memorial Chris- tian Church. Dorothy Wiedman, '42A, a class- mate of the bride, was the brides- maid, and Gwynn Suits, '45, a brother of the bridegroom was best man. The couple will be at home on 530 S. Division St. - * * * Esther Schroeder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Watkins of Genton, and Raymond J. Warzynski, Grad., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Warzyn- ski, were married Jan. 31 in St. Mary's Student Chapel. The bride, a graduate of the School of Nursing, is head nurse in the operating room of the Neuropsy- chiatric Institute. Mr. Warzynski is research assistant in pharmaceutical chemistry here. He graduated from the University of Illinois, received his master's degree at the University and is continuing to study for a doctor- ate. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Gauss an- nounce the marriage of their daugh- ter, the former Ann Geraldine Gauss, to Raymond H. Rapaport, '41L, on Jan. 31. Sarah Simpson of Ann Arbor at- tended the bride and the best man was Don W. Mayfield, '40L, a class- mate of the bridegroom. * * * Alice Jeanne French, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. French, and An- drew D. Perejda, Grad., son of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Perejda, of Detroit, were married at 9 a.m. Feb. 14 by Msgr. Allen J. Babcock in St. Mary's Student Chapel. The coup opent the weekend at Niagara Falls and will live here. Mrs. Perejda is a graduate of Nazareth Academy at Kalamazoo. MVr. Perej- da is working for his doctorate at Clark University, Worcester, Mass. and at the University. He is a teach- ing fellow here, and is treasurer of Chi Gamma Phi, honorary fraternity. You will have to separate yourself from more cash for the "Defense Stomp" than for the ordinary run- of-the-mill tea dance, but you'll be able to get in some hot licks with your change-'cause your change will be in defense stamps. This, the newest thing in tea dances, will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. March 5, in the League Ballroom. It is the first in a series of three which are being planned by the V-DanceCommittee. Reutter To Sing Joan Reutter, '43, Miss Michigan of Song, will sing with Gordon Hardy :. and his new ten piece orchestra who will make his initial appearance in the League Ballroom. Another added attraction has been promised for in- termission. For the first time, this tea dance will sport decorations along the mili- tary line and 30 hostesses-the real queens of the campus. The nature of the door prizes which are said to be "bigger and better" will be an- nounced later. Tickets may be obtained at the door of the ballroom and while the price asked exceeds slightly the price of other tea dances, each person will receive a defense savings stamp as change. Elaine Barth Is To Direct Annual Dinner As a result of the petitioning held last Friday and Saturday, Elaine Barth, '43, Alpha Epsilon Phi, was chosen yesterday by Panhellenic Council to be chairman of the annual Panhellenic Freshman Scholarship banquet. Gertrude Clubb, '44, Alpha Chi Omega, will be her assistant. Qualifications of Elaine Barth in- clude work on Frosh Project, Soph Cabaret, JGP Dance committee, Merit System committee, Michigan Daily Business Staff for 3 years, Candy Booth for 3 years, J Hop com- mittee in 1942, and an Orientation adviser in 1941. Gertrude Clubb has worked on the Michigan Daily, the Publicity com- mittee of the Frosh Project, Finance committee of Soph Cabaret, Contact committee for Theatre Arts, and the Defense Filing committee. Both girls have filled the requirements of serv- ing as a Panhellenic Representative. The chairman and her assistant will set the date of the banquet for sometime within the next two weeks, and begin making plans immediately. The affair is an annual luncheon honoring the freshman in each sor- ority who has earned the best marks in her pledge class. v -: Sugar Rationing To Be 'Blessing' For Health Of American People Duty Is In Shoe Keynote Styles Believe us-spring is coming! We know it because the fashion marts are being brightened by eye-catching prints such as the one pictured above. The simplicity of this dress ac- centuates its fine cut and charming pattern. The smooth waistline and torso cut bless the figure. A fore- cast* of a future fashion "must" is the two or three inches of shirring emphasizing the torso waistline. The slippers pictured above have captured the fashion fancies of the country. The ballet-dancer's influ- ence is in Tading the realm of day- time dressing and everyone loves it. Nothing could be more flattering to the well-turned ankle, or more fun to wear than this shoe styled after the ballet slipper. Sale Of Tickets For .Pay-Off' Will Continue Tickets for "Pay-Off," sponsored by Mortarboard, are on sale and can be obtained from Mortarboard mem- bers or in Miss McCormick's office in the League. The dance will be held from 9 p.m. to midnight, Friday, Feb. 27, in the League ballroom. "Pay-Off" is the first all-campus radio dance to be given this year, as well as the first all-campus dance to be given by the women for the men. Informal dress will be the uniform of the evening, says Mortarboard, and adds a caution to the women to be chivalrous toward their dates for just one night. With the change in women's hours cutting time off the end of the eve- ning, and with many fraternity and sorority initiations scheduled to be- gin the same week-end as the dance, Mortarboard suggests that the wo- men see to it that their dates begin earlier, thus _keeping the amount of fun to be found in one evening at a constant. Playing for the dance will be the Cox Is General Chairman Winston H. Cox, general chairman, says, "The Committee is trying to present a real tea-dance at which we'll have a lot of fun and at the same time contribute to the national defense effort." Anyone may and is urged to come, Cox said. Assisting Cox on plans for the dance are Phil Whelan, '45, Jean Mills, '44, Nancy Griffin, '44, Jack Edmonson, '42, Keith Watson, '42, Eleanor Rakestraw, '43, Kay Jones, '45, Virginia Dodd, '45, and Marny Gardner, '42. Tryouts For JGP Continue At League Tryouts for "No Questions Asked," the 1942 Junior Girls Play, will con- tinue from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. today in the Kalamazoo and Game Rooms of the League. All eligible junior women may try out for speaking, solo or chorus singing parts, even though they have already signed up for another committee. Eligibility cards must be presented, health rechecks completed and class dues paid before trying out for a part in the cast of this year's JGP, which will be given the end of March for the seniors, the general public, and for the soldiers at Fort Custer. Stanford Initiates Black-Out Measures At Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, air-raid and black- out precautions are all-important. In Roble Hall, the freshman dormitory, there' is a "partner" system under which each girl reports her where- abouts to another as a safety mea- sure. Every private car on campus is listed, and passengers are assigned to a car in case there is need for an emergency evacuation. Blackout rooms are provided for studying dur- ing an alarm and even the local "cokeries" have provisions for carry- ing on as usual during an alarm. BOARD WILL MEET WAA Board will meet at 4:45 p.m. today in the League, Donelda Schaible, '42, president, has an- nounced. Members must bring their eligibility cards, signed by the League, to the meeting. I Designed Today I It's "women into uniform" and footwear dedicated to duty. Ameri- can women are leading double duty lives and shoe designers have res- ponded with footwear combining fashion and service. Campus coeds will follow the trend and take advantage of the smart low heeled fashions. Calf, jodphur styled moccasins resembling officers' boots, are neat and comfortable walking shoes. Sheep lined moccasins, de- signed for air raid wardens should prove an answer for numb toes. The new crop of sport shoes are featured in leather. Light brown saddle leather is popularly used in the buckle and strap version of the campus flat. Soft red calf in a flap shoe with gum soles reverts back to the prep school favorite. _ The antique brown leather flat tie- ups are now popular on campus. Good arch support is guaranteed by these. Laces matching light coats may be bothersome to put in, but they add a bright dash to a stable color. What about date shoes? A flat black suede pump and narrow red strap is a new version of the classic style and will be really appreciated by those of you who need dressy but down to earth footwear. Shoes for off duty hours are feat- ured with both low and high heels. The latter are shown in patent leath- er, bright suedes, and colored calf. Open toes predominate; new styled sandals have numerous criss cross lines. Nailheads switch from plat- form soles to shoe ornaments, while platform clogs in shiny calf and high strap are recommended for the so- phisticated. Suit shoes are more in the campus style. Antiqued red calf with black heel are casual and classic. Tailored calf or crushed kid pumps with tricky "doodads," head the list. Here's an original and tailored calf pump. It has a bump toe and a tiny square leather purse over it with contrast- ing color lining. I 13y ALICE FRETZ "It's a blessing in disguise," said Miss Adelia M. Beeuwkes, instructor in nutrition in the School of Public Health, of the effect of the new sugar rationing which has been set up. "The great American dietary fault," she continued, "has been the eating of too much refined food con- taining only calories and no other nutritive value. Last year the sugar consumption was 114 pounds per capita in the United States as com- pared to 10 pounds per capita in 1830. Now Leon Henderson, federal price administrator, predicts cutting it down to 77 pounds, and I believe it a very good thing." Fewer Vitamins Consumed "The danger of this terrific in- crease during the past century has been not only that we get nothing but calories from the sugar itself, but that such consumption pushes aside the consumption of those pro- tective foods that contain vitamins and minerals as well. From eating too much sugar, we are bound to eat too few of the cereals, fruits and vegetables that alone would supply the necessary calories along with plenty of the other food values." Miss Beeuwkes believes that a large part of the sugar consumption could be cut down be cutting out the car- bonated drinks, candies and choco- late bars. Statistics show, she says, that 74 pounds of the 114 are used in the household, and 40 pounds are used in industry, a significant indi- cation that America tends far too much to eat refined foods. To com- bat this dietetically harmful ten- dency, she proposes the adoption of the campaign slogan, "Choose your calories by the company they keep." In other words, eat the natural food- stuffs that haven't had all the im- portant nutritive value taken away. In stressing the defense angle of Chapter House Activity Notes Alpha Epsilon Phi has elected their officers for the next term. They are: Janet Lewin, '43, dean; Lois Arnold, '43, sub-dean; Gloria Donen, '43, treasurer; Kayla Backrach, '44, scribe; Shirley Altfeld, '43, rushing chairman and Barbara Sternfels, '44, social chairman. Alpha Xi Delta has announced the election of their officers for next year: Ann Dixon, '43, president; Betty Sachs, '43Ed, vice-president; Kay Buszek, '43P, treasurer, and Ruth McDavid, '43, secretary. Delta Gamma has announced the election of Jane Graham, '43A, presi- dent; Eleanor Rakestraw, '43, vice- president; Donna Eckert, '43A, secre- tary; Dorothy Bales, '44, treasurer; Marlou Shartel, '44, corresponding secretary; Allie Lou Schutt, '44, rush- ing chairman and Mable Luton, '43, pledge captain. JGP Group To Meet Make-up committee of JGP will meet at 5 p.m. today at the League. All those who signed up for the committee and any others interested are to attend and bring their eligi- bility cards. the situation, Miss Beeuwkes added, "there is nothing hysterical about this nutrition propaganda. We sim- ply have to begin now to see that every age group is in the best of health for participation in the big war effort. This ration plan is an attempt to encourage positive good health instead of just a state of not being sick. It is also an effort to be- gin early to save food. Wasted food is lost food." Conservation Needed Miss Beeuwkes predicted that if the democracies who have so much food now were to conserve the supply so that they would have enough after the war to assist war-torn democ- racies, they might have a larger in- fluence on the peace terms. In Paris, according to recent reports, she says, the monthly ration of butter is less than one ounce per person, and food is so scarce that people don't dare let their pets (when pets are allowed) out into the streets for fear the poor animals will be stolen and eaten. Concluding the interview, Miss Beeuwkes expressed hope that the new rationing program might im- prove American nutrition habits per- manently, and with it the national health. 'Bond, Scholarship' Party To Be Given By Abe Lincoln Co-Op "Buy a bomber and give a scholar- ship" is the slogan of the Abe Lin- coln Cooperative House party which will be held from 8 p.m. to 12 mid- night tomorrow. The party and entertainment which is open to all will be held for the ini- tiation of a fund for raising money on campus to be invested in govern- ment bonds, to be applied to a schol- arship fund for needy students who have joined the armed forces. This will enable them to continue their education when they return to cam- pus- at the end of the war. Chaperons of the party will be Dean and Mrs. E. A.Walter, Prof. and Mrs. Shepard and Prof. A. J. Jobin. Club To Meet Today Pitch and Putt, WAA golfing club, will meet at 4:30 p.m. today in the basement of the Women's Athletic Association, Virginia Frey, '42, chair- man, has announced. All women golf- ers interested are urged to attend. HORSES Ride at GOLFSIDE STABLES Free Transportation to and from stables SUPPER RIDE Every Friday Call 2-3441 1k i F