PAGE SIX TIE MICHIGAN DAILY Dean Walter To Give First Freshman Talk Re-Orientation Lecture Series To Open Today Currently controversial topic pf "Liberal Education in Wartime" will be the subject of a lecture by Dean E. A. Walter, followed by discussion, the first in a series of Freshman Re- orientation Lectures, at 7:30 p.m. to- day at Lane Hall. The series, sponsored by the Stu- dent Religious Association, aims to give the freshmen an opportunity to hear suggestions and ask questions concerning problems which trouble them. Planned for after Christmas are the second lecture by Rev. H. L. Pick- erill of the Disciples Church on the maintenance of individuality on cam- pus, and a discussion by a group of upperclassmen on social, behavior on campus. Dean Philip E. Bursley said in a letter concerning the series to the Student Religious Association, "There is no doubt that at the present time not only freshmen but, in fact, every- one is more or less at sea regarding the present and the future, and if these round-table meetings help these first-year students to clarify their ideas, you and your associates will have done the freshmen a great favor." Be A Goodfellow 'NYA Head to Talk to Inter-Racial Group Leonard P. Troutman, Personnel Director of the Detroit NYA, will speak on "Twenty Centuries behind the Veil," at 8 p.m. today in the Un- ion. The lecture is thte second in a series sponsored by the Inter-Racial Asso- ciation. Mr. Troutman will trace the historical background of the culture of the American negro. The Inter-Racial Association is a University - recognized organization whose aim is to combat prejudice and eliminate discriminaton. The lecture series is part of its program to make students aware of the problems fac- ing minority groups and the reasons for prejudice. - Be A Goodfellow MICKLE GETS LEAVE Lieut.-Col. F. A. Mickle, formerly an associate professor in the mechan- ical engineering department, has been granted a leave of absence from the University. He will report to the Tank Automotive Center of Army Ordnance in Detroit. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS ORATORIO: Four Soloists Will Be Featured In 'Messiah' Program Sunday On The Line At Grosse Ile FOUR GALLONS, DADDY'S HOME: A' Cards Need Not Resurreet Family Life, Prof. Fuller Says With a group of distinguished solo- ists and the University Orchestra and the University Choral Union com- bined under the baton of Hardin Van Deursen, the annual Christmas oratorio, the "Messiah," will be pre- sented at 3 p.m. Sunday in Hill Audi- torium. Palmer Christian, University or- ganist, will preside on that instru- ment, and several of the free arias will be sung in the Handelian tradi- tion with piano accompaniment played byMabel Ross Rhead of the music school faculty. Four well-known soloists will be featured in this performance of the 'Messiah.' The soprano solo will be sung by Marjorie McClung who, since graduating from the University, has won great distinction in New York as concert artist and as leading so- prano at the Riverside Church. Eileen Law from Montreal will also be heard in a solo part. She has long been recognized as Canada's out- standing contralto and will sing in Ann Arbor for the first time at this performance. Harold Haugh, a distinguished ten- or of New York, now on the faculty of Oberlin College, will also be heard in Ann Arbor for the first time. John MacDonald of the Chicago Opera Company will sing the bass Post-War Council Will Ho ld 'Town Meeting' Dec. 15 Eager to follow up their successful Conference held last- week-end, the Michigan Post-War Council will of- fer a "Town Meeting" Dec. 15 at the Rackham Amphitheatre to discuss "Internationalism-How?" After a month of intensive re- search, four students will present ob- iective descriptions of four major types of projected post-war interna- tional organization. They include, Pox Victoriarium, The Modified League of Nations, Federations of Regional Sov- ereignty, and World-Wide Govern- ment. Following the presentations of the plan, time will be devoted to discus- sion from the floor. As a climax, votes will be cast on the four general ideas presented. Although this is an open meeting it is expected that a representative campus opinion will be obtained since each housing unit has been asked to send at least one offi- cial representative. Prof. Lionel Laing of the Political Science department and Dr. Kenneth Hance of the Speech department have been faculty advisors to the group during their research work. role. Mr. MacDonald has also had wide experience in the concert and oratorio field. Tickets for the "Messiah" will be on sale at the offices of the Univer- sity Musical Society in Burton Me- morial Tower until noon Saturday. On Sunday the box office in Hill Auditorium will open at 1 p.m. and will remain open until the beginnin'g of the performance.3 Be A Goodfellow Hootlkins Will Give Spanish Lecture Today Ties of friendship between Mexi- cans and North Americans will be discussed by Hirsch E. Hootkins of the romance language department, in the first of seven Spanish lec- tures, at 4:15 p.m. today in Room D, Alumni Memorial Hall. Having returned in September from a six-month stay in Mexico, Hoot- kins studied for a time at the Uni- versity of Mexico. Though listed only as an instructor in French, he is a linguistic expert, being able to use 25 foreign languages. His lecture is the first of the win- ter series sponsored by the Sociedad Hispanica, University Spanish Club. The lectures will be given at inter- vals from now until March 31, 1943. Most of them will be presented by faculty members and will be given in both the English and Spanish languages. Tgday's lecture will be followed by a talk on various aspects of Colom- bian culture before the regular meet- ing of Sociedad Hispanica at 8 p.m. today at the League. Jose Perdono, a native of Colombia, will speak on his homeland. His talk will be followed by Span- ish songs sung by Mrs. Roberto F. Olmedo and recitations by club mem- bers. The program, the last of the year, will end with a conversation group. Be A Goodfeilow- French Club To Present Special Program Today Members of Le Cercle Francais will celebrate Christmas with a lively pro- gram at 8 p.m. today at the Michigan League. Games, carols and refreshments will supplement the presentation of Zamocois' humorous one-act play "L' Arriviste" and Professor Koella's reading of a Christmas story by Al- phose Daudet. All active and prospective members are welcome to attend. By IRVING JAFFE "Plausible, but merely common sense guess work" was the descrip- tion given yesterday by Prof. R. C. Fuller of the sociology department to the recent statement of a Michigan State professor that gas rationing would bring about the rebirth of fain- ily life in Michigan. Prof. J. F. Thaden, of the M.S.C. sociology department, predicted that gas rationing would help bind family and neighborhood relationships more closely and would tend to reduce ju- venile delinquency. He declared that the practice on the part of farmers of making week- end trips into town would disappear for the duration, and that as a con- sequence, "there will be greater em- phasis on card clubs, exchange visits, popcorn parties and similar activities in farm areas and small urban com- munities." He asserted that -small communities would become less de- pendent on larger cities. Prof. Fuller commented that Tha- den's conclusions are plausible,,but noted that they are merely predic- tions and prophesies, not based on any research. He said, "We cannot be sure what gas rationing will mean in solidifying family and neighbor- hood units and reducing delinquency. until rationing has been tried long enough to see how it really works." He declared that for Prof. Thaden's predictions to come true, two sets of conditions are necessary: The first of these conditions is that rationing must be "severe enough to keep people at home and in the neigh- borhood, and sharing rides." Liberal issuance of "B" and "C"' cards, he pointed out, would not change family and neighborhood relations much. The second condition, Prof. Fuller explained, is that other factors which in wartime tend to promote family discord and increase delinquency are not strong enough to counteract the solidifying effect of gas rationing. The principal disorganizing factor, he declared, is the breaking up of families because of husbands, wives, sons and daughters being drawn into military service or industry. Whether gas rationing can counterbalance such factors is a question which can- not now definitely be answered, Pref. Fuller said. -Be A Goodfellow MAIER TO SPEAK Dr. Norman Maier of the psychol- ogy department will conduct the sec- ond session ,of this semester's leader- ship course at 8:30 p.m. today in the Michigan Union. These Navy Aviation Mechanics are warming up planes for cadets at the Grosse Ile Naval Reserve Aviation Base near Detroit. So large has the field grown since Pearl Harbor that many auxiliary fields have been established throughout Michigan. Cadets from the United Nations receive primary flight training at the base. I #tuch19l #teth at Wa U Lieut. Commander Roy Callahan of the Miami naval air station 'and a graduate of the University was credited recently with the dramatic rescue of four naval ensigns forced to bail out of their planes over the Atlantic after a mid-air collision. He had to blast through heavy rain squalls and ignore the dangers of Students to Honor Former Pastor To honor Dr. Howard M. Chapman, former pastor of the Baptist students of the University for 20 years, a spe- cial memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the First Baptist Church. Dr. Chapman, who died Tuesday at Northville, was 73. The service will be presided over by the Rev. Chester Loucks of the First Baptist Church. Dr. Edward W. Blakeman, religious counselor and an alumnus of the Baptist Guild who worked under Dr. Chapman will also speak. While in Ann Arbor Dr. Chapman was chairman of the leadership train- ing in religious education for Protes- tant Churches, chairman of the Washtenaw Council of Churches, and chairman of the Student Religious Council for three years. v;" r .J..................... v ' uting P.J.'s" of soft flannel . coat style, convertible neckline to keep you warm this winter. White with pink or baby blue stripes. A gift anyone will love. J"Outing wear" also comes in a gown style. Tiny floral print on white flannel. Both priced at Polo Robe in soft and plushy wool . . . tin- gling warm . . . cut on long, dashing lines. ~~ Other robes in quilted floral prints, silk, cord- uroy, and flannel. For her lazy hours . give a COLLINS robe. Merr $95 ir- -Is. . .A AAa. choppy seas to rescue the wrecked fliers who had escaped by parachute. Commander Callahan radioed an air- craft rescue patrol boat after he had located the castaways clinging to a rubber life raft about 50 miles off Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He landed be- side them and took them aboard, but was unable to take off with the added load. Commander Callahan, who serves as operations officer of the Miami naval air station, received his A.B. degree from Michigan in 1924 and graduated from law school here in 1929. He captained the cross-country team in 1925 after breaking the Michigan Agricultural College course record in 1924. Callahan also was a member of Michiguama. Even then he was known on cam- pus for his courage. Three times he lost one of his shoes in a conference meet and continued running. Once he ran four and a half miles after losing his shoe over the roughest course in the conference.Callahan ran an M.A.C. race half blinded in 1923 and managed to finish the race even .though he was unable to see. Later he submitted to an operation. Commander Callahan, who is now 38 years old, was a prominent New York attorney before he was called for active duty in October, 1940. He joined the Navy Air Corps in 1929 and remained on active duty for two years before beginning his law prac- tice. He is unmarried and his home is in Shreveport, La. Be A Goodfellow- Manpower Corps Removes Boiler Bricks for WPB Bricks flew thick and fast yester- day as eight Manpower Corps volun- teers began work on two six-ton boil- ers in the West Engineering Building in an attempt to make them ready for WPB inspection Friday morning. These two steam boilers, formerly used by the University, stand two and one half stories high. Each is lined with bricks which have to be removed for inspection. Richard Dick issued an urgent call for volunteer workers to finish work on these boilers. Said he, "We'll work to all hours of the night to get these things ready for the WPB." Volunteers are asked to call Dick today at 2172 for work today, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday if necessary. These boilers have to be ready for removal the first of next week, Dick stated, and the more workers we have, the faster this job can be finished. Ho pwood Notes Not much more khan a month re- mains for freshmen to complete their manuscripts, if they plan to enter the annual Freshman Hopwood Con- test. Prizes of $50, $30 and $20 are of- fered for the prize-winning selections in the essay, prose fiction, and poetry. Essays are limited to 3,000 words, prose fiction to 10,000 words, and po- etry to ten poems. All freshmen are eligible to compete in more than one field. Any freshman enrolled in a com- position course in the English De- partment of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts or in the Col- lege of Engineering may enter the contest. Judges will be Prof. Arno L. Bader and Prof. Louis I. 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