7 1 "\(7, To Ti -rl T, li 1 7 Ti -11-7 I) AI If~ -ROTC~adets Arm To Begin Field... WT~ k S. . ......... y Amphibian Peeps from Ford Plant Take to Water or Katurday Training in Tactics Will Ie Enip iasized At Weekly Maneuvers The Provisional Rifle Company maneuvers sponsored by the ROTC' will begin Saturday. These maneuvers are under the direction of sophomore students and are intended primarily for basic ca- dets.- This year,. however, all men. who- are in any reserve' and who :ex- pect to remain in school until June are invited to participate. ,Tactical problems such as 'night combat, scouting and patrolling, en- trenchment, and ifidividual conduct in the field will be taught, and every- 9ne who engages in these problems! will have some idea of how to conduct himself in the field when he is called into service. The only membership requirement is that of enrollment in either the basic course of the ROTC or in a reserve classification that will allow you to remain in school until June. Meetings will be held every Satur- day afternoon at 1:00 p.m., the meet- ing place will be the old headquarters, and all prospective members axe asked to come dressed in old clothes. Bids Secured For Highways Absenteeism Is Discussed By Prof. Riegel (Continued from Page 1) a job, shortages of material causing layoffs, worker opinion that irregular attendance doesn't matter, hiring in excess of immediate needs, and poor planning and scheduling of produc- tion. Prof. Riegel believes that investiga- tions of absences are necessary to- . DISCUSSIO~' The Inter-Racial Association will sponsor a symposium on the con- tributions and problems of various minority groups in the war at 7:45 p.m. today at, the Michigan Union. The forum, "Our Part in the War," will deal with the part played -in war and post-war activities by na- tibnal and religious groups. I formulate corrective measures and I peaker5 at the meeting will be also to suit corrective measures to individual cases. A Fresh off the assembly line that once turned out Ford cars, these new versions of the Army's Peep, a four-wheel drive, quarter-ton car that's equally at h cme on land or in the water, take to the Rouge River near Detroit for test runs. Easier Plants Access to War To Be Provided LANSING, March 17.- I)- The State Highway Department today announced it had determined low bids on nine highway projects, pro- viding access to Michigan war plants, and military establishments or im-! provements on strategic networks, at' a total cost of $840,828. Five contracts were awarded for improvements in the metropolitan Detroit area, largest project being a grade separation and pumping plant on the Detroit industrial expressway on which W. J. Storen Company of1 Detroit placed a low bid of $251,209. Low bids were submitted by the Ann Arbor Construttion Company for 1.18 miles of sidewalk from the U.S. Army Bomber Plant to the United States Housing Area near Willow Run, and for bituminous concrete resurfacing on US-23 from M-171 northwest to Ann Arbor. CLASSIF EI DIRECTORY LAUNDERING LAUNDRY --2-1044. Sox darned. Careful work at low price. MISCELLANEOUS TYPEWRITERS of all makes. Of-I fice and portable models. Bought, rented, repaired. Student and Of- fice Supplies. 0. D. Morrill, 314 South State St. Phone 6615. MISCELLANEOUS WASHED SAND AND GRAVEL- Driveway gravel, washed pebbles. Killins Gravel Co., phone 7112. LOST and FOUND- LOST-Small cocker spaniel; black; ,male; R. C. Fuller, 2-2755; reward. LOST- Theta Delta Chi pin. Re- ward. Phone 23297. LOST-Bulova wrist watch; gold link band; Sunday; reward; Mela- nie Bridgman, 2-4561. HELP WANTED WANTED - Porter for fraternity. Your own hours. Payment in cash. Call 4837, 1325 Washtenaw. Highlights On Campus.. Carlson: Will Lecture "The Nature and Existence of God" from the agnostic point of view will be revealed by Prof. Anton J. Carlson of the University of Chicago in a lec- ture sponsored by the Student Re- ligious Association to be held at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow in the Rackham Am- phitheatre. At present, Professor Carlson is en- gaged in assisting prosecution in the Koch Cancer Cure trials. A professor of physiology, he has done research on the heart, nerve and thyroid. This lecture is one of a series which is an attempt to present the Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and agnostic view- points on the nature and existence of God. A reception for Professor Carlson will be held after the lecture at Lane Hall. ICC Elections Held The Inter -Cooperative Council . announced the election of the fol- lowing ICC committee chairmen yesterday: Midge Miller, '46, Social Chairman; Sally Heliker, '44, Pub- licity and Publications Chairman; Diane Turk, '44, ICC Accountant; and Irene Hollingsworth, '43, Edu- catitn Chairman. Professors To Speak Prof. Esson M. Gale and Dr. Joseph K. Yamagiwa will lecture on "Japan and China, Now and After" at 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Hillel Fireside dis- cussion. Following the lectures, Professor Gale, of the political science depart- ment, and Dr. Yamagiwa, instructor in Japanese, will lead a discussion in the present and future problems of the Orient. A Purim celebration has been scheduled for 9 p.m. Saturday, with, dancirg, entertainment ana refresh- ments highlighting the evening. Debaters Go to Detroit Eight members of the University debating squad will travel to De- troit Tuesday, March 30, to partici- pate in a series of discussions with members of the American Insti- tute of Banking. ThrQugh the media of open for- ums and round table discussions,, the participants will try to deter- mine the nature and the projems of the Post-War world in its gov- ernmental, social and economic as- pects. 'U' High To Give Play "Ever Since Eve," a comedy in the Henry Aldrich style of adolescent ad- venture, will be presented April 30 and May 1, in the auditorium of the University High School by the junior class. Ann Arbor Schools Undergo. Wartime Changes In Curricula By HARRIET PIERCE and electricity which give valuable th the step-up in curricula of technical training. iation's colleges becoming more d. Courses in radio and code train- Wi the ON THE HOME FRONT: pronounced daily, it follows that training in secondary schoolh should undergo certain wartime adjustments also. The Ann Arbor public schools have been among the first to institute defi- nite changes. which will train stu- dents for specific wartime purposes. The Committee on School and Community recently issued a conclu- sive bulletin for parents of Ann Arbor school children which states clearly the changes which the public schools have made in this direction. Definite adjustments are most notably evi- denced in the high school, where it is possible to give specialized training for war jobs and military service. Recognizing this need and meeting the demands of an increased enroll- ment, the Ann Arbor High School has made the following changes:* 1. A revised time schedule to ac- commodate the bus companies in staggering their loads, and also to release more students for work after school hours. 2. Modifications in curricula ac- cording to demands enumerated by the government. These courses will meet college demands but are in the nature of pre-induction courses: a. An expanded physical education program which meets the govern- mental physical fitness program. b. An introduction to aviation sci- ence. c. Courses in shop mathematics ing. e. The departments of history and literature will stress material which permits students to follow intelligent- ly the progress of the war and its outcome. In the junior high school revisions are less specific and changes consist, mainly of an adjustment of empha- sis. The athletic program promotes physical fitness, as requested by the government. The importance of mathematics and communication through English and spelling is emphasized, while in the home economics department, girls are taught the best methods 6f utiliz- ing food and materials rationed by the government. These same principles are being carried out in the elemeintary schools to a lesser degree. Most important is the training in practical patriotism which is being given to these younger children. A full sense of their posi- tion as useful citizens of the country is imparted. In all Ann Arbor public schools, students are not only concentrating on a full wartime schedule but are also bringing in scrap and buying stamps and bonds. In the drive last fall they collected the equivalent of 77 pounds of scrap per student and by the end of 1942 had bought $37,350 worth of bonds. Various methods of determining reasons for absences which have been suggested lately, according to Prof. Riegel, are as follows: (1) A written statement by the employee when he gets his time card upon return to work. (2) Interview by the foreman or a personnel department representative after the employee returns to work. Interview by the nurse or physician, in illness cases. (3) Interview at the employee's home on the second or third day of absence. Among suggestions for remedies for absenteeism offered by Prof. Rie- gel were general appeals to the work- ers, individual appeals, attendance bonuses and prizes, and penalties, such as the lay-off penalty. "Workers should be acquainted with the military importance of the products they make,"'concluded Prof. Riegel. "Furthermore, each worker should be shown his own individual importance in the general scheme of production. Displays of the finished product are a help if they are per- mitted by the military authorities." Prof. Riegel has recently completed an article on absenteeism with mater- ial gathered at a series of conferences on personnel management and war industries which were held in Detroit from October, 1942 to February, 1943. A list of the topics discussed are being sent to two hundred war plants throughout the country, according to Prof. Riegel, and a summary of the principal points brought out in each discussion may be ordered from the Bureau of Industrial Relations by these plants. Dr. Winifred Cullis, head of the Women's Section of the British In- formation Services in America, will speak at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre before the American Association of Uni- versity Women. Dr. Cullis is Professor Emeritus of Physiology at the University of Lon- don and has a distinguished record of service to her country in medi- cine, public welfare and education. She served as president to the International Federation of Univer- sity Women, and is chairman of the education committee of the English Speaking Union, and a director of the weekly review: "Time and Tide." During World War I, Dr. Cullis worked for the government in the War Savings Campaign and for the Nation Council for Combating Ve- nereal Disease. She has traveled widely in Europe, America, and throughout the Empire as a repre- sentative of Great Britain. She went to India in 1937, as the only woman member of a delegation of fifty to celebrate the Silver Jubi- lee of the Indian Science Congress. In 1940 and 1941, Dr. Cullis went, as a representative of her govern- ment, to carry a message to the women of the Far East. Shortly after her return to Britain in 1941, she was invited to join the British Information Services in America. I ZL-A U f7 I "I I fLI MICHIGAN Nights . 55c Matinees . 40c S) I 25CJL11*L NOW? eI Intiooutstanding WARNER BROS SUCCESS 7 with JOAINLESLIE, h 4ayo WALIER HUSTON- RICHARD WHORF 'Diroctad by MICHAEL CURTIZG JEANNE CAGNEY - FRANCES LANGFORD-*GEORGE TOBIAS- IRENE MANNING Added! NEWS EVENTS * "MR. SMUG" Victory Reel MOVIE'Y&F'/IPwS At the Iichigan . , Now in the second half of its week- long run at the Michigan is "Yankee Doodle Dandy", the story of the life of George M. Cohan. High on every ten-best list, the picture was the vehicle for James Cagney's Academy Award perform- ance of the life of the great show- man of the stage. Also included in the star-studded cast are Joan Les- lie as Mrs. Cohan and Walter Huston as his father, the senior member of the Four Cohans. Woven together with the pattern of Cohan's life, the film was high- lighted by scenes from some of his more famous productions such as "George Washington, Jr.," and of a more recent nature, "I'd Rather Be Right", in which he impersonates the President. Also hailed by the critics for her performance of Cohan's sister is Jean Cagney, James Cagney's sister in real life. At the State... "Eyes in the Night", the thrilling tale of a love affair which brought terror in its wake, is the screen fare which opens at the State today. Starring Edward Arnold and Ann Hardirg, the picture also includes such stellar performers as Donna Reed, Katherine Emery, Reginald Denny, Allen Jenkins and Friday himself. The plot deals with a hero- ine. Ann Harding, who is confronted by invaders in her very home, trusted servants who turn out to be killers, and murder in the dark. Directed by Fred Zinnemann, the picture was produced by Jack Cher- tok. Also on the same bill with "Eyes in the Night" are a patriotic short, "Mr. Smug," George Olsen and the Mills Brothers in "Hit Tune Jam- boree" and the world news. .4 , BUY MORE WAR BONDS - IMMEDIATE STARTS TODAY! TONIGHT 8:15 P. M. The Oratorical Association Presents T. B. YBAIUIA Outstanding Authority on Latin-American and European affairs. Author of best sellers "Young Man of Caracas," "America Faces South," etc. 1. IIENIMIMM, 0TV17 -1*N..a TA