UTN }. MAY 13, 1945

THE MICHIGAN - DAILY

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_FEATURE PAGE
STORY OF DEMOCRACY:
Former Student Senate till
Has Influence on U Campus
By BINNA RULLMAN had been in operation since
Such discussion forums as the re- 1931, under Student Religious Asso-
cently' concluded Student Town Hall ciation sponsorship. The Student
series and the Postwar Council's Model Senate was accorded re'cogni-
"mock" San Francisco conference tioh by the University's Committee on
continue a line of influential student- Student Affairs on January 10, 1938.
opinion organizations on the cam- A Daily article, dated March 12,
pus. 1938, states that the Student Sen-
The well-organized system of win- ate, sponsored by the League, Union,
ter, spring and summer parleys was and SRA, was "planned to consoli-
one of the most,,interesting groups of date and express student opinion
meetings held in the past, because through an elected body of 32 student
out of it grew the Student Senate, a senators running as independents or
trial at student self-government that backed by campus organizations and
had a stormy career on campus dur- political groups." There were 64
ing the years 1937 to 1942. candidates among the United Liberal,
Conservative, and Progressive Inde-
The Senate holds an extraordi- pendent parties for an election at
nary place in campus history as a which 1,700 students voted. At that
serious attempt at student auto- time it was the largest casting of
nomy. Although it died out only votes in a campus election.
three years ago, definite informa-
tion about the Senate has been so On March 15, 1938, the first
scarce that a report of its purpose meeting was held, starting with a
and function has had to be pieced conservative majority and a lib-
together from scattered articles in eral minority. The Senate submit-
back editions of The Daily aided ted a housing plea to the regents
by the memories and filing sys- that contracts with rooming houses
tems of Dr. Edward W. Blakeman, be removed so that rents might be
Counselor in Religious Education, lowered. It advocated library re-
and Dean Joseph A. Bursley.i forms, notably better lighting fa-
and ean oseh A.Bursey.cilities in the study halls.
The Senate came into existence as
a result of the 1937 parleys on na- A major function of the Senate was
tional and international affairs, which to conduct the parleys which had
.in.aditraioa.farwihbrought about its existence. It han-
dled the spring parley of 1939, "The
Student Looks at the 40's"; the 1940
forum called "Democracy Through
the Students' Eyes." In 1941 "The
Are Baby Stuff Student Looks at War and Peace"
was its topic, and in 1942 it organized
By JEAN ENGSTROM the last parley, "America at War."i
Revival of Class Games may have According to Dr. Blakeman, who
left you freshmen and sophomores helped the organization to its feet,
worrying about what's going to hap- the Senate did its best work in
pen, but if you think it might be bad, sponsoring this series of programs.
you should know about 'Black Fri- He indicated that the Senate met
day.' strong opposition from outside
In case you're wondering what groups and lost power swiftly in its
'Black Friday' was, you have only to last years, although "it might have
investigate the Union basement to had a chance if the war hadn't
find, decorating the walls the blood- started.
curdling proclamations of years gone The combined efforts of the scarce-
by. - ly-remnembered Senate and the par-
There hang the 23 Edicts of the ley series has left its impression on
class of '07 compelling frosh to wear present campus life by championing
their class caps, always walk in the the causes that brought about the
middle of State Street, and never to Postwar Council, the compulsory hy-
appear at Joe's. giene lectures, Social Studies 93, and
"Ye sneaking, blushing babes; ye Dr. Blakeman's "Dominie Says" col-
who have just left thy mother's lap umn in the Sunday Dailies.
to live the life of a man," starts the
ultimatum of the class of '11, "obey
our commandments." One of the com- Cross Counir
mandments reads, "Ye shall be rough- .
ly ejected from the boxes or the
first five rows at the Whitney Thea-Q
tre.
In 1906, with the rest of the world Ten
at peace, a declaration of war came
from the sophomores of $08 to the-
freshman. With mastery in the field By The Associated Press
of alliteration they started their proc- NEW YORK, May 12.- A new
lamation, "Skiddoo-ye slippery, transcontinental airline route be-
slimy spawn of sea serpents; ye tween New York City and the Pacific
sniveling snobs and scallaways; ye sa- northwest will be inaugurated June
bulous sagitaries, sapless sackies" and 1 when Northwest Airlines will make
went on to the declaration of war. the first of its "northwest passage"
vcflights, it was announced today.
"Proclamation to ye infantile Three round trips between New
frosh", wrote the sophs of '32, "the York City and Seattle are scheduled
inquisitiondpales to insignificance, daily, as well as a fourth to the twin
Only the dead do not return. Be- cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
fore you is the abyss-onward." Other cities to be served include De-
The last Black Friday proclama- troit, Milwaukee, Portland, Ore., and
tion, from the class of '44 sounding cities in North Dakota and Montana.
as frightful as those of former years, Connections will be available to Win-
was illustrated with skulls. ripeg, Can.
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WILLIAM J. SIEBER T --
PRESENTS A COLLECTION OF
flNTJQUE JEWELRY
CHARM BRACELETS AND OLD SILVR I'
TO BE SHOWN AT T Il
ANN ARBOR ANTIQUE SHOW

Gift by Bryan
Is Source of
Annual Award
Given To Stimulate
Government Study
By ANNE KUTZ
A gift of $500 by William Jennings
Bryan,, perennial Democratic presi-
dential candidate and free silver
champion, to the University is the
source of an annual award to an
outstanding graduating student in
Political Science.
The gift was presented on Feb. 18,
1899, on the occasion of an address
by Bryan before a large audience of
University students and Ann Arbor
residents. In the lecture, one of a
series sponsored by the Good Govern-
ment Club, he advocated indepen-
dence for the newly acquired Philip-
pines.
To Stimulate Study
The Daily published after the lec-
ture records the "silver tongued ora-
tor's" words in presenting the gift:
"In order to stimulate study on sub-
jects in connection with good gov-
ernment, I hereby give $500 to the
University on condition that the
money be invested and the annual
income be given as a prize for the
best essay on good government top-
ics."
No award was made for a number
of years, Prof. Everett S. Brown,
Chairman of the Department of Poli-
tical Science related, the money be-
ing allowed to increase through in-
vestment. Additional contributions
and accumulating interest had in-
creased the principal to $2,938 when
the University's Annual Financial Re-
port for 1944 was published.
Presented Annually
In recent years the William Jen-
nings Bryan prize has been presented
annually to the most distinguished
graduating student in Political Sci-
ence in the form of a $50 check to
be used for the purchase of books.
There have, however, been several
years when no award was made be-
cause no student was considered suf-
ficiently outstanding.
The balance of the annual income
is added each year to the principal
with the idea that when there is
enough money a fellowship will be
offered in accordance with Bryan's
stipulation.
Recipient of this year's award was
Robert McWilliams.
Author.
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ment being made up of connois-
seurs in the art of improving on na-
ture.
But what of the founder of this
exalted land-the student's friend,
Mr. Nichols?
A native Chicagoan, Nichols came
to the University to study chemistry,
graduating in 1891. Soon afterward
he married his collegiate sweetheart
who was still attending classes (no
doubt she did her homework beneath
one of the hickory bark trees by the
bird sanctuary while her newly ac-
quired spouse made his living as a
fruit grower.)
When Mrs. Nichols received her
B. S. degree in 1894, the couple
moved to New York where Nichols
studied history at Columbia Uni-
versity. After serving as a member
of the faculty of that institution he
began his west-ward movement
which took him to the Universities
of Colorado and Pasadena, and
finally led him to Palo Alto, Calif.
High School where he remained as
principal until his death in 1935.

As he pioneered across the conti-
nent he took time out to write three
novels- "Trust a Boy", "Cowboy
Hugh" and "A Morgan Rifleman".
No doubt some of us at an earlier age
read these books little realizing that
some day we would become the bene-
factors of the author's greatest gift.
And so, learning the history of
the Arboretum, we wonder what the
future alumni could possibly think
up as an offering to emulate the
university's Garden of Eden.

History of University Reveals
Use of Three Of fi1lal Seals

MOSHER-JORDAN--Camera fans have always clicked the shutters for
snaps of Mosher-Jordan and Palmer Field.
CAMERA CLICKING:
Shutter Fiends Take Pietures
Of Buildings, Spring Scenery

By JEAN MAC MAINf
Spring has come to Ann Arbor, and1
to many University students it meansc
more than a stroll in the Arboretum.
It means that it is time to get outf
cameras and start "clicking".
Shutter fiends on campus range.
from amateurs with box brownies to
experts with light meters and super-
r. Lee Dice
Explains Local
Heredity Clinic
Silver Van Dykes, horn-rimmed "
spectacles and Mendelian laws go
well together.,
Dr. Lee Dice, director of the lab-
oratory of vertebrate biology, also has
a considerable knowledge of the func-
tions of heredity, as his work in the
Heredity Clinic would show. A kind-
ly gentlemen who looks like some-
one's grandfather, Dr. Dice explains
the purposes of the Clinic.
"Every week a number of people
come here with problems dealing with
heredity. A typical case goes some-
thing like this.
A couple come in who have a child
that wvas born deformed-a defect like
a club-foot or a hair-lip. They want
to know if it is safe to have another
child. We question the parents, and1
as many other members of the fam-
ily as we can possibly contact to find3
out if anyone else in the clan has
had a similar deformity. If neces-1
sary, a medical examination is given.
"Another kind of problem with
which we have to deal comes from
couples who are planning to adopt a
child. These people are interested in
finding out if the child they are con-
sidering has any hereditary defects
that might show up in later life. We
study this type of problem in the same'
manner as the others-we investigatea
the family.'
"We also do research work here,
being supported by a Rackham fac-
ulty Research Grant. Our main pro-
ject is to discover the relationship
between ordinary physical character-
istics and certain tendencies which
are found only in some people.
"Of the 24 pairs of chromosomes
which are part of each cell, we know'
that one determines sex. We also
know that the sex chromosome car-
ries with it other traits, such as color-
blindness as it is transmitted to the;
male.- What we are trying to do now
is to find what characteristics the
other chromosomes carry, and what
tendencies go with these character-

fast cameras. For weeks all of them
have been begging their favorite".
druggists for "just one role", andthe1
film shortage looms as acute as the
famous cigarette one. However, this
has not deterred the camera fan-it
has merely lured him on in his desire
for "more and better shots".
Angell Hall's steps have become
the Mecca for most of the campus
snapshooters. Its stately white pil-
lars are an impressive background
for pictures of University coeds.
Recently one young coed was heard
to stop a passing V-12 there and say,
"Say, Sailor, would you please pose
with me-it's good background!"
Spring-Like Background
Many enthusiastic fans have even
taken their subjects down to the is-
lands to obtain the traditional
spring-like background of trees, a
bubbling brook and a bridge.
The "camera bug" is not limited
to any one class, and freshmen at
Jordan are among the most enthu-
siastic in taking pictures of their
new surroundings. In fact, snaps
of coeds perched on the low walls
of Mosher or Jordan by the quaint
lamp posts are in demand for mili-
tary males.
Even the flagpole on the diagonal
has been the background for recent
shots. Maybe it's the patriotic mo-
tif-.
However, the prize for the most
interesting and unusual pose goes to
the coed who climbed upon the pan-
ther in iront of the main museum for
a "different" angle!
Officer~s Like Tea,
Not Active Exercise
Society note: the tea for the offic-
ers of the language classes at the
Rackham Thursday was well-attend-
ed. Perhaps it was because of the
penciled note beneath the typewrit-
ten invitation on the bulletin board
that read: "All officers attending will
be excused from physical exercises to-
day."
istics. To explain this we might say,
for example, (although there is abso-
lutely no indication that this is true)
that a blue eyed person also has a
tendency for tuberculosis.
"For our research work we also
study families, and try to determine
definite hereditary patterns running
through all the members. In one fam-
ily, we have already examined ap-
proximately 500 members.

By LILA MAKIMA
In 1817, when the University of
Michigan, located in Detroit, was
known as Catholepistemiad, officials
of the University commissioned ar-
tists to design and strike a Michigan
seal.
A light shining on a dome sup-
ported by pillars, the motto "Epis-
temia" and the legend "Seal of the
University of Michigania" were to
be components of the design.
Act Changed Name
A state legislative act of 1821,
which founded the present Univer-
sity, changed the name from the
ambitious Catholepistemiad to the
University of Michigan.
This new dignity demanded a new
seal, so on Oct. 29, 1824, the ex of-
ficio president of the Trustees of the
University, Lewis Cass, was named
to a committee to design a new seal.
On April 30, 1825, the seal procured
by the President was declared the
seal of the University. There is writ-
ten evidence to prove this seal was
used but there is no impression of
the seal itself.
Moved to Ann Arbor
In 1837, Michigan was admitted as
a state to the Union, and the Univer-
sity of Michigan was moved to Ann
Arbor. The time of the first Ann
Arbor commencement arrived and
the board of regents decided that a
diploma was not a diploma without
a proper seal. Previous to that time
a "paper seal impressed with a com-
mon stamp" was used, but this was
unsatisfactory in a time of progress.
So a committee was appointed
which came forth in April, 1843, with
the famous Minerva seal, which was
adopted on Major Jonathan Kears-
ley's recommendation. This seal
bears the device and legend thus de-
scribed in the minutes of the regents:
Minerva pointing a youth o the
ITemple of Wisdom, surrounded1 with
the inscription, "University of Michi-
gan", and "Minerva Monstrat Iter
Quaque Ostendit Se Dextra Sequa-
mur." Except for the first word, Min-
erva, this Latin quotation is identical
with line 388 of the second book of

Virgil's "Aeneid",- "Wherever for-
tune (here, "Minerva") points, let us
follow."
The University of Michigan's old
"Minerva seal" in all its essential
features is identical with a frontis-
piece by the earliest good American
enravcr on wood, Alexander Ander-
son, which appears in Noah Web-
ster' famous "blue back speller",
used by most school children at this
time.
Changed Seal
In 1894, the Minerva seal was pro-
tested against by a group of faculty
members and a new seal,-picturing
a modified Greek lamp, a book, the
Latin words, "Artes, Scientia, Veri-
tas," the words,.University of Michi-
gan, and the date of the founding of
the University, 1837--was adopted by
a full vote in 1895.
But even this seal was not entirely
satisfactory. A group of alumni felt
that the date 1817 should replace
1837 as the true date of the founding
of the University. This change was
made in 1929 and complaints were
silenced. The seal of the University
of Michigan had at last come into
its own.
Sig nal Corps
Needs Women
Women "who can keep a secret" are
needed by the United States Army
Signal Corps for civilian jobs, Lt.
Richard W. Hanson of the Signal
Corps announced yesterday.
Lt. Hanson will interview interested
students Tuesday at the Bureau of
Appointments, 201 Mason Hall.
"The highly confidential nature of
the materials which the employe will
handle demands that we place per-
sonal integrity, loyalty and unim-
peachable character above all other
qualifications," he said.
Appointments for interviews may
be arranged at the Bureau of Ap-
pointments office.


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