THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, MERITS OF THE METER: Rich Advocates Change in System ASSOCIATED PRESS By PAT CAMERON The average GI, marching along and sighting a sign "32 kilometers to. Gira" wonders where in Germany he is, unless he has, tiirougi2 what he may have considered pedantic busy- work, learned the metric system in his school days. His problem of adjustment to dif- ferent weights and measures is one example of the difficulties which Americans encounter in their con- tcswith a world which measures and weighs in grams and meters. Science Boosts Metric System Prof. Daniel L. Rich, of the physics department, is a firm advocate of the metric system, as most scientists are. "Every student of physics should be a booster of the metric system," he urges in his first lecture to each physics class, and he continues by pointing out the advantages which the metric system has, not only for the engineer, but also for the "lay- man." The metric system, Professor Rich stated, has all the advantages of a decimal system and is superior to the complicated English system. To prove his point, he compared American Dr. E. J Fisher Will Discuss World Culture Rackham Speaker Is Guest of AAUW "Challenge to Intercultural Activ- ity" will be the topic of Dr. Edgar J. Fisher, assistant director of the Insti- tute of International Education, in a public address to be delivered under the sponsorship of the American As- sociation of University Women at 4:10 p.m. tomorrow in Rackham. Arriving today for a series of lun- cheon meetings and conferences with campus groups, Dr. Fisher is a mem- ber of the Department of State's ad- visory committee on the adjustment of foreign students in this country, assisting the department on prob- lems of cultural cooperation. His ac- tiv'e interest in international ecuca- tion began as a member of the fac- ulty at Ioberts College, Istanbul. During his two-day visit to the University, Dr. Fisher will meet with foreign and American students at the weekly International Center tea, from 5 to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow. Stu- dents may also make appointments to meet him at his headquarters at the International Center. Dr. Fisher will participate in a luncheon conference on "Post-War Problems of International Educa- tion" at 12:30 p.m. today in the Union, and a similar program on "The Summer Program. Including Relations with the Universities of Mexico and Toronto" tomorrow. Bar Studies Case of Lawyer Legislators LANSING, March 20-(/P)-The House Judiciary Committee announc- ed today wheels were moving toward compromise settlement of a fight over limitations the State Bar of Michi- gan has imposed upon the right of lawyer-legislators to representcli- ents in the Legislature, and that the Bar's leadership now concedes its ex- isting rules on the subject are "too harsh" if interpreted literally. Rep. James B. Stanley, committee chairman, said Wilber N. Burns, State Bar President, would appoint a committee of three members of the Bar, and that he was appointing a committee of five lawyer-legislators to work with the bar group on a statement of principles involved in such cases. Bill To Legalize Practice "We'll get started %iext week," Stanley said. "This is too import- ant to allow any waste of time." Meanwhile, he said, a bill propos- ing to legalize the practice of lawyer- legislators accepting special inter- est clients would be held in his com- mittee. Bar Officials Adamant Stanley said Burns and other of- ficials acknowledged in a closed com- mittee hearing on the bill that the Bar's own statement of principles on the subject probably might be construed as not clearly expressing what it had attempted to state. He added that the Bar officials were adamant in demanding that the law- yer-legislators' bill to draw the teeth from the restrictions should be killed. Micqulen Heads BusAd Students Ed Micqulen has been elected pres- ident of the School of Business Ad- ministration's student committee for the spring semester, it was announced money, counted in dimes and dollars, to the English, with its snillings and pounds. If other weights and meas- ures conformed to this example, com- putation and all handling of figures would be much simpler, scientists agree. The conversion would elimi- nate many months spent in grade school learning (and teaching) "16 ounces equal one pound" and similar equivalents. Change Would Involve Cost Although every good machine shop is equipped to work in the metric system, the change-over would in- Y lve a tremendous cost, Professor Rich stated. However, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia set the precedent a few years ago, when it built a number of locomo- tives for the French government in accordance with metric specifica- tions. Industrialists, eng:neers, and ma- chinists are gradually coming to ad- vocate the change, and metric mea- surements are being used more frequently. Some machines and tires bear both the English and the metric scales. The U.S. Pharmacopeia Soci- ety specifies that druggists measure in grams, and the Navy uses the metric system freuently international Trade Asked about the metric system in international trade, William B. Pal- mer of the economics department said, "I cannot say what effect the metric system will have on interna- tional trade but it seems sensible for us to adopt the metric system, since Hillel To Hold Seder Services For Passover Seder services will be held for the first night of the Passover festival, March 28, at both the B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation and at the Congre- gation Beth Israel, 538 N. Division, while the second Seder service, March 29, and meals throughout the celebration will be held only at the Congregation. The Passover holidays are observed each year in commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt, at which time the Lord passed over the dwellings of the Israelites as he came to slay the first-born of the land. This year the festival extends from March 28 through April 5. Reservations for services and nmeals should be made immediately at the Foundation, 730 Haven. Committee members planning the services 'are Charlotte Shapiro, '45, chairman; Milton Budyk, '46, Stu- dent Director in charge; Dorothy Raskind, '47; Benson Jaffe, '46; Dav- id Brodman, '47; Saul Levine, '48; and Gabriel Allan, '47. Four appointments for the spring semester have been announced by the Foundation as follows: Charlotte Kaufman, assistant director of the Foundation; Fay Goldberg, secretary and office manager; and Beryle "Curly" Walters, and Katharine Sharfman, student directors. Students Asked To Give Clothes Phi Alpha Kappa Will Hold Drive for Dutch University students are being given an opportunity to become "lend- lease" agents. Phi Alpha Kappa, working in col- laboration with the Queen Wilhel- mina Fund is sponsoring a campus- wide clothing drive for the relief of the Dutch people. Students are instructed to take their old, clothes to the depository, Lane Hall. Because of transportation difficulties, it will not be feasible to ship clothes too worn to be of use, sponsors of the drive said. If contributors cannot leave their r.lothes at Lane Hall, telephone 2- 1995 for pick-up service. all but English-speaking countries use it, and since we will be trading extensively with them. We will prob- ably manufacture more and more machines for foreign countries, and interchangeable- parts, for example, should be reducible to a common factor." Professor Rich pointed out that much time is now wasted .in trans- lating feet and pounds into their metric equivalents for foreign trade. Legislation Suggested Proponents of the metric system have suggested national legislation through Congress' control over gov- ernment contracts or over interstate commerce. "However, the eange will prob- ably not occur by federal legislation," Professor Rich stated. "The common man and the actual worker with ma- chines, who often isn't very well edu- cated, will oppose the movement." With the increasing use of the metric system here and with more extensive contact with foreign countries, Pro- fessor Rich hoped that even the conservatives might eventually advo cate the reform. 'Unele Harry' 'U c IIsN e xt Play Psychological Study of Crime To Be Enacted Another recent Broadway success will be seen in Ann Arbor when Play Production of the Department of Speech presents "Uncle Harry" April 11 through 14 in the Lydia Mendels- sohn Theater. "Uncle Harry," written by Thomas Job, former Yale professor, is an interesting variation of the perfect crime. The plot revolves around a gentle and sensitive bachelor living with his two nagging sisters, Lettie and Hester. The two of them spoil him, quarrel over him, break up the one chance in his life for love and happiness, and generally make you want to strangle both of them, which Uncle Harry practically does. How- ever, his scheme is much more subtle than the simple use of brute force. He poisons one and makes the other the victim of circumstances so that she is convicted of the crime. The weight of his guilt is too much for the kindly Uncle Harry to bear, so he tries to confess the night before Lettie's execution. No one will believe that Uncle Harry is capable of so vicious an act, and the condemned Lettie sees her chance to deal out a fate to Uncle Harry that is worse than death. The play is a psychologi- cal study of a murderer. Tickets for the four performances will be placed on sale at the theater box office in the League -April 9. Mail orders will be taken before this date. Students Try INew Methods Of Teaching A new sideline to the process of teaching how to teach is being tried this year in the Education A-bclass, with students planning several assem- blies anda picnic. Yesterday the class of about 80 divided into three "interest" groups: choral, dramatics, and activities. The purpose of the division is to foster recreational interests, to become ac- quainted, and to have fun, Prof. Fred S. Dunham stated. Each group elected officers and planned an assembly program to be given before the A-10 lecture class. The choral group elected Marie Mar- tel chairman and Beatrice Gaal sec- retary. Peggy Coxon. chairman, and Shirley Gale, secretary, head the dramatics group, which is planning to present a play. The activities group tentatively plans to sponsor a picnic for all A-10 students Jeanne Shattuck is chairman and Janice Whittington secretary of this group. 10- I First German He Needed Gun POHCTURE O L D E S T - Rep. Joseph 3, Mansfield, 84, (D-Tex,) is the oldest member of the house. <' {' i, , i,,.....?_.. EWS vwN L O A D I N G B I G F L Y I N G B O A T-Passengers board the huge flying boat, Mars, now be. ing operated on Pacific flights by the Naval Air Transport Service. "t" tr _7,. ' S T I N G E R ' OF A B-29 -Cpl. Lawrence R.Bolin of Sapulpa, Okla., shines up windows in the tail gunner's compart- ment of a B-29 (Superfortress) at a 21st bomber command base in the Pacific. Note' powerful tail armament. A U S SIE NAVAL NURSES -- Miss Kathleen Baker, principal matron (right), will be in charge of all members of' Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service in Australia, At left is her sub-matron, Miss Norah Westaway. M A RSHMA L-This new pica ture of Marshal Joseph Stalin was made at Yalta conference. MAQUIS JOE OF KK Alsatian 1 Atl7Efec .OKOM~ iilie utse I N A P L A N E "'C R A V E Y A R D' - 8/8gt. Richard Holmes (left) of Galesburg, IL, and T/Sgt, Earl E, Wisner f Antioc i, Calif., work in a plane "graveyard" at a Marianas 7th AAF base.; <*: By A, 1 GOLDBERG Associated Press Correspondent IN ALSACE-Maquis Joe of Ko- komo killed his first German when he was 17 for two reasons-he didn't like the German and he needed the German's gun to be a soldier in the maquis. Joe is John G. Topsent, now 20, of Colmar, a six-foot two inch Alsa- tian who speaks an ingratiating English, has killed at least 11 Ger- mans "for sure," is proud of his cousin George Baer who is a tech- nical sergeant in the U. S. Army in New Guinea, and wants to visit the United States. He has an uncle, Henry Baer, a philatelist, in Nassau Street, New July 1, 1942, he crept up on a German sentry, stabbed him to death with a knife, buried him in the woods, and he had his gun. Joe was only 16 when a group of six British and two French para- troopers landed in his area in south- ern France. He helped guide them to a German garrison post. The toll that night was 52 Ger- mans. After Joe got into the Maquis and killed a few more Germans he got to be a personage. By the time the Sev- enth Army landed in southern France he was leader of 60 Maquis. The. 36th Texas Division drew him as a Q'uidj. lHe way aorandgA n fir;