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WSSF LIFTS MORALE:
Prisoners of War Make
Urgent Plea for Books
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LIFE IN T HE WlLDERI\ESS:
Botanist Seeks Quinine in Ecuador
"Prisoners need two things, an!
interest in life and the knowedge
that they have not been forgotten,"
writes a British prisoner of war in
Italy.
, Designed to alleviate these needs,
the campus World Student Service
Fund campaign for more books to
be sent to prisoners of war all over
the world has stepped into its second
Week with 70 books contributed up
to date.
Four Receptacles Placed
Receptacles for the books have
been placed in the League, the Union,
the International Center and The
Daily.
Sponsored by Pan-tllenie, Wo-
men's War Council, the Union and
the International Center, the local
drive will continue through to the
spring semester to permit students
to contribute this semester's books.
Created by American students as
a means of expressing their solidar-
ity with their suffering fellow stu-
dents all over the world, the WSSF
operates priiiarily in the colleges
universities, preparatory and theo-
logical seminaries of the United
States.
The book collection has become an
important part of the WSSF appeal.
Last year the organization sent more
than 100,000 textbooks to prisoners
of war in the various thetres of
action all over the world.
Letters Express Gratitude
Many letters have been received
from the recipients of these books,
expressing their gratitude. An Amer-
ican prisoner in a German hospital
says, "Amidst the rumblings of war,
your parcel of books has been re-
ceived with eternal gratitude."
Allied prisoners of war are not
the only recipients of these books.
Axis prisoners interned in Allied
camps may also benefit from this
generous fund.
"Thanks to your organization,
thousands of people who are without
means and separated from their
Engineers Set
Elect jon A .I.head
Voting To Be After
Opening of Semester
Because of uncertainty over the
number of positions which will be
open on the Engineering Council
election of representatives for the
coming term will be held shortly aft-
er the opening of the Spring semes-
ter. .
The following people have filed pe-
titions for class representatives:
freshmen, Robert Dolph, Charles
Walton and Salvatore 'Sorice; sopho-
mores, James Martin, Pvt. Ray Hulce
USMCR, Witold Malinowski and Rog-
er Hotte. Francis X. Nutto, who sub-
mitted the only petition for the junior
class, is automatically elected.
Newly elected officers of the En-
gineering Council for the coming
semester are, John De Boer, presi-
dent; Frank Abrams, secretary; and
Al Bek, treasurer.
Ensian Staff Meting
All Ensian staff members must
attend a meeting on Friday, Feb. 18,
at 4:45 for distribution procedure.
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EVELYN KEYES
BRUCE BENNETT
JOHN HUBBARD
JEFF DONNELL
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families are able to cuiI tivate their
knowledge,' a Spanish student in-
terned in Africa, writes
Morale Is Major Problem
The major problem nof a prison
camp is one of morale. "How do you
expect us to begin again when the
bottom has dropped out?" This cry
of a prisoner of war gives a clue to
the despair that lays hold upon men
who, perhaps after only a few hours
or days of fighting, are taken as pris-
oners by the enemy and interned for
Ithe duration.
In order to lessen this inevitable
despair, schools have been operat
ing in many of the prison camps.
In these so-called "universities of
captivity," work of full university
grade goes on, instruction being
provided for me from those
among their own number who were
formerly professors or graduate
students.
Tyre work done in prison camps
has been of a very high caliber aca-
demically. Many universities send
examinations into the camps, and
many degrees are awarded to men
for academic work done behind
barbed wire.
Expressions of gratitude from
numerous camps where such educa-
tional activities are already in full
swing have been pouring in daily.
Goal Is 200,000 Books
"Your books have been received as
a perfect godsend in our prison camp
school," a British educational officer
in a German prison camp writes. "I
wish to assure you on behalf of all
those who benefit from your gener-
ous help that we are most grateful
to you for what you are doing for
us."
With the increasing demand for
more textbooks, this year's goal
for the WSSF has been set at a
figure of 200,000 books.
"A university of this size should be
able to make many valuable contri-
butions to this cause," Mary Jane
Hastreiter, president of Pan-Hellen-
ic, said yesterday. "We should all
rummage into our stockpile of books
and see what books we can easily
donate."
College textbooks which are in cur-
rent use are requested. Language
study books for any language, and
books for professional subjects such
as law, medicine and theology are
also needed.
Clean books are preferred, but
books with markings are also accep-
ted.
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flight to nearly 2,000 miles over en-
emy waters. Enemy fighters zoomed
into the sky but never got near the
daring marine planes.
Neither of them were damaged.
Great Risk Involved
The attack on Truk involved great
risk for our naval forces-from en-
emy land based and carrier planes
and from submarines. The possibility
of wreaking further damage on the
already crippled Japanese fleet as
well as on installation at Truk ap-
parently was considered a worthwhile
gamble by American leaders.
The attack on Truk involved a
courageous stroke extending far past
Eniwetok, Kusaie, Ponape and other
enemy airbases. Recent bombard-
ments of those atolls evidently were
the forerunners for the Truk assault.
Important to Japs
Truk's airfield, in Japanese hands,
could mount raids against our newly-
seized Kwajalein bases in the Mar-
shalls, less than a thousand miles to
the east. From Truk warplanes were
ferried to the Solomons, Rabaul and
the Marshalls. The bastion was the
supply depot for all kinds of equip-
ment for Japan's island outposts.
(1 (. R eqiiests Skis
For Weekly IDrills
Members of Company G of the
3651st Service Unit are looking for
snowshoes or skis, which they will,
use in their weekly drills on Palmer
Field whenever there is snow on the
ground.
Wednesday afternoon the fellows
had to wade through a foot of snow
on the Field while they were drilling.'
"Snowshoes would be very helpful,"
stated Captain Samuel Riezman,
company commander.
Anyone who knows where about
300 pairs of snowshoes or skis can be
obtained should contact the orderly
room of Company G.
Co. G To Have Furlough
All dental students of Company G
of the 3651st Service Unit will leave
on furlough next week. The medical
students of the company will receive
their furloughs in' March.
SNUlT a NIBBL E
By l IAU(ClA 1'EI1LMAN
lose iIs alkaloid 'i ocutn nless Itrca t-
Breafkin g Atlsnhougli1 foes- ecar'fully."
on teslop ofIheAndes o Uder what you might
tains, eating guie pis, fightinig call minimum conditions," he said.
rain, mud, and disease lve been tiie "'We work at an altitude (i, about
life of Prof. William Steere of the 10,04)) feet. and it is usually cold
aInd stet. Boots cause us a lot of
Botany department since October, trouble because they' rot rapidly,
1942. aind our feet are always wet.'
A member of the Cinchona Pro- "Supplies and diseases are our
curement Unit of the Board of Econ- sain worries, however. We use pack
omic Warfare, Professor Steere has anmamalswh.nwen. Wan, but Often vel
been on the front line of the econo- must take men alon with us pust to
mic battle to supply quinine for the cay supplies. We need ony jfive
men fighting in the South Pacific. men in a party on horseback, but it
Professor Steere is in general takes 15 men if we go on foot, each
charge of a group of seven Ameri- 'arrying a 50 pound load"
cans stationed in Equador, whose Idia s Prove helpful
job it is to find the vital quinine- "Sanitary conditions are poor, es-
bearing Cinehona trees and to get pecially the water supply. We never
the bark harvested, which is then drink water unless it has been boiled,
shipped to this country for proces- Five of the seven of us have beeni
sing, seriously ill; four with dysentiary anld
He recently returned to Ann Atrbor cne with mnalar ia.'
on business, and left here Monday to The Indians of Equador' have been
resume his work in Equador. of invaluable aid to the Cinchona
Life Is Primitive Unit, Professor Steere said. "They
"It is just a day to day affair of are a very picturesque people, and are
slugging it out with the rain and mud simple, friendly, honest, and coopera-
and cold, and with people who don't tive."
want to work and mules that won't "Most of them speak Spanish,
go," Professor Steere said. and their culture is mainly Span-
"We live almost entirely with the ish. Concerning the war, they have
Indians. We sleep in tents, eat a vague idea that the Japanese
guinea pigs and corn, and drink ! have invaded America from the
tea, boiled water or beer." West, and the Germans from the
"Our base in in Quito, the capital East."
of Equador, but we don't get in there "There is very little chance for
nmore than once every two months. them t~o learn about the war. F'ew of
We work in parties- --each of us takes them can read, and those that cann
a group of natives and we go out read see a newspaper only once every
from the camp for about two weeks two or three months."
at a time. We try to open up as much Despite the hardships of his work,
territory as possible-it is like a big Professor Steere said that he enjoyed
selling campaign."
Because the Cinchona trees must
be cut in order to get the quinine out New School Is
of the bark, the men must keep mov-
ing out into the wilderness as the y
trees are cut, PI'ofessor Steere ex- '.'~I1.~ AI ..
as they go, but it is estimated that it±Educate Adu ts
will take ten years for the forests to
f grow back. One of America's newe c
Seven of 14 Jap twin-engine bombers, caught on Engebi Island
Air Field by fighters and dive-bombers from an American aircraft
-carrier, are blasted and burned before they can rise. The rest of the
bombers not in picture also .were destroyed.
SORRY, FISHERMEN:
Poor Fishing Is Predicted as
Smelt Disappear from Lakes
it and felt that he was doing some-
thing essential ill the war effort. He
said that it was good to get bailk to
Ann Arbor for a while and added
that. "it is good to i:sie I-1ome cooking
again."
Professor Steere took his doctorate
here in 1932, and until October, 1942,
lie taught in the Botany Department.
His work as an exchange professor
at the University of Porto Rico and
experiences on botanical expeditions
in Yucatan gave him valuable back-
ground for his preseilt work in Equa-
dor, and he was called to Washington
and asked to joinm the Cinehona Unit
in August, 1942.
McKayRelri
Sen. Ferguson8,1t
MIAMI BEACH, Fla Feb. 17.-(/P)
-Lashing backst; <,Senator Hoiner
Ferguson, (Rep., Mich.) and others
who seek his retirement as Republi-
can National Cormmit teeman from
Michigan, Frank D. McKay in a
statement here today said it was
"less an issue whether there shmll be
a 'boss' than who that boss shall be."
"I am not answerable,",he said,
"to any individulal who seeks to set
himself up as a desp ot dictating who
shall be purged or liied or"who
shall be placed inl, ~)wcr.
Good of the Party
"If and when I conclude to be a
candidate to succeed mnyself my deci-
sion will be made to the proper
officials of the party, with most of
whom I have wvorked in hiarmiony
many years, and not to an individual
like Judge Ferguson."
Ferguson at Washington Tuiesda y
demanded McKay resign "for the
good of the party."
Previously a group of Michigan
county Republican leaders had start-
ed a move to oust McKay from his
post.
The Grand Rapids politician in
his statement issued from his winter
home here, said:
Subterfuge for Plot
"A leader of this Wayne faction
has openly asserted that they are
out to organize the entire party from
governor down. Their attack upon
me with Ferguson serving as their
messenger boy is merely a subterfuge
for their plot to grab control of the
whole state Republican organiza-
tion."
"Forgetting entirely my own po-
litical fortune," McKay said, "I say
it would be a tragedy if the rank and
file permitted such usurping of its
rights and powers."
McKay's statement continued:
"This recent sudden rise to eminence
may have given him (Ferguson) an
exaggerated appraisal of himself. It
is doubtful whether Michigan Re-
publicans feel special need to substi-
tute their judgment with that of a
junior senator."
Amateur fishermen, who used to
flock to the streams at the spring
spawning runs of the smelt, will be
filled with disappointment this year
when they find that most of the
smelt are gone.
Great Lakes smelt, visited by a
mysterious disaster a year ago, when
the smelt run was a complete failure,
I will likely be absent from the lake
tributaries this spring, the Office of
the Coordinator of Fisheries reported
yesterday.
Dr. John van Oosten, Area Co-
ordinator of Fisheries for the Great
Lakes, and Director of the Fisheries
English Paper
Is Sent Here
Brumm Gets Edition
Of London Daily Mail
The transatlantic edition of The
London Daily Mail, the latest experi-
ment in international journalism, was
recently received here by Prof. John
L. Brumm of the journalism depart-
ment.
The paper contains a digest of one
week's issues of The Mail. News,
columns and editorials which will be
of the most interest to American
readers are printed.
It is hoped by the publishers of the
paper that in printing it they are
bringing a message of good will from
one newspaper in England to the
ones which shape opinion in America.
The transatlantic issue is set up in
England and photographed on micro-
film, reducing the entire edition to
the size of a dollar bill. The film is
then flown to New York, re-enlarged,
printed and then mailed. The entire
process requires only two or three
days.
New Officers Elected
New officers for Tau Beta Pi,
Engineering Honor Society, have
been elected. The president and
vice-president are, respectively, Bud
Burgess and John De Boer; corre
sponding and recording secretaries,
Julian Bulley and Bill Chapin; cata-
loguer, Dan Ling, and Engineering
Council Representative, Henry
Schmidt.
MICHIGAN
Double-Feature Program
Institute in Ann Arbor, has reported
the only smelt catch of which he has
heard this winter was that of a
single fisherman who took two pounds
-about 20 fish-from his nets.
Last summer, van Oosten said, no
smelt was found in the stomachs of
Lake Trout. Smelts are the favorite
food of trouts. In previous winters
large numbers of smelt have been
taken through the ice.
No clue to the disappearance of
the fish has been found. The reasons
for the sudden death of most of th(
smelt remain unknown. The fish,
however, are not extinct. They have
merely thinned out, said Dr. van Oos-
ten.
Whether some have escaped les-
truction and will.again re-stock the
lakes, remains unanswered.
Co. G Seniors To
Graduate Saturday
Fourteen Dental Seniors of Com
pany G of the 3651st Service Unit
will graduate at commencement exer-
cises on Saturday morning in Hill
Auditorium.
After graduation, the Dental stu-
dents will leave on a field trip. Wher
they return from the trip, they will
be given commissions as Second Lieu-
tenants in the Army Dental.:
Cpl. Krug Wears Third
Uniform in Eight Years
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 17.-(P)-
Corp.Bernaid T. Krug of the Salt
Lake City Air Base is wearing his
third different military uniform in
eight years.
He enlisted in the Marines in 1936,
served in China, and after his dis-
charge joined the 'Royal Canadian
Air Force. Later he asked for and
received his discharge to join the
U.S. Army Air Force.
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Extra Service Is Furnished
They have to furnish "extra serv-
ice" in connection with their work,
Professor Steere said. "We furnish
machetes and water-proof blankets,
and have to do quite a bit of educat-
ing while we work. We teach the In-
dians how to dry the bark, which will
Engineers State
Alumini Plants
Three Classes of '444
Will Form One Group
At the meeting of the class of 44E
Wednesday, it was decided that all
classes graduating during the year
1944 will be consolidated into one al-
umni group. This action was taken
to prevent the forming of three dis-
tinct classes which would mean three
separate reunions.
Also at this meeting it was an-
nounced that a class picture would
be taken Saturday afternoon, Feb-
ruary 19, at 1 p.m. in front of the
East Engineering Building. All mem-
bers of the class, whether graduating
or not should be on hand for this
picture as it will be the only one tak-
en this year of the group. Following
the taking of the Class picture a
party will be held. to provide a social
get together before many members
leave school.
has organized an extension depart-
ment to educate adults in the pfob-
lems of winning the war and peace.
It is the Abraham Lincoln School
in Chicago, which was established a
year ago to help adults meet the
problems of living in the modern
world.
The only entrance requirements in
this skyscraper experiment is an in-
terest in the world.
Included in the wide range of
subjects are such courses as labor
problems, the significance of Teher-
an and language classes in Russian
and Spanish.
There are two basic extension
courses offered at present. One, on
"Understanding the World Today,"
is of a general nature, while the
other, "Wartime Trade Union Prob-
lems," is to help the trade unionist
meet present-day labor problems.
At the Lincoln School, classes are
held both during the day and in the
evening, to accommodate people who
work at all hours.
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