New Retirement Plan Is Announced by Regents THE MICHIGAN DAILY -AUDY AY2,14 FEMALE GABRlELS: Thirty-Six Women Will Play hi Spring Concert of U Band "tx 1 UL AA'"""Ik'"""an " ""l ""n members of the business staff, tech- academic employes of the Univer- nicians and caretakers. Participation sity, entailing contributions to a re- in the retirement plan is open to tirement fund by both the University employes above the age of 30, and and employes, was announced yes- full benefits, ranging up to $2,250 terday by the Board of Regents. annually, will be paid to tlhse retir- Open to Those Above 30 ing at the age of 70. Employes, retir- Subject to, the provisions of the ing between 60 and 70 will receive plan are administrative officers, modified allowances. Effective July 1 *1l1 1 o H ldThe new plan, effective July 1, the H r ei To norn Regents announced, will supersede the temporary plan. Employes, al- Todaready retired under the temporary Auctio T oday elan, however, shall have their al- lowances continued at the present Funds Go to World amounts. According to the yesterday's deci- Wide Relief Agencies sion, the University will contribute reven and the employee three per Kenneth Spencer, Negro baritone, -ent if his salary is less than $1,000 will highlight the evening's enter- annually. Employes receiving be- tainment when the "UJA Over-the- tween $1,000 and $1,500 annually will ,xh.2 contribute four per cent and the Top Mixer" is held from 9-12 p.m. University six per cent toward the EWT (8-11 p.m. CWT) today at the ;etirement fund. Equal payments of Hillel Foundation. five per cent will be paid toward the "Over-the-Top," the watchword of fund of non-academic employes re- the evening, signifies the anticipated ceiving more than $1,500. All em- results of the United Jewish Appeal ployes subject to the plan will make campaig.According to Beryle Wal- monthly contributions toward their ters, student director in charge of retirement compensation. the drive, it is hoped that the $2,500 - -- student goal will be surpassed witL AluF the proceeds from the Mixer. um nus inds Spencer, who appeared in the mov- ies "Bataan" and "Cabin in the Sky". "U'H Hospital Unit is now playing in the Detroit pro- duction of "Showboat".I. du ed" ' ducioIn Belgian Area An old fashioned auction, con- ducted by "Doc" Fielding, chief bar- ker for the affair, will be held. The After 19 months of searching items to be placed on the block have newspapers for mention of the Mich- been donated by Ann Arbor mer - igan Hospital Unit, Captain Stuart chants. MC Fielding also will raffle M. Low, '39, discovered that it was off $10 worth of war stamps, and will the 298th General Hospital, the one present the door prize of a war bond. which had been serving his organ- Songs by Rita Hyman and tap ization in Belgium! dances by Betty Friedlander will "I had visited the 298th a dozen supply further entertainment, and times, not realizing that Col. Mad- records will provide dance music, dock, whom I. had known in the There will be refreshments served. United Kingdom, and many of his This is a non-date affair. - staff were fellow alumni," Capt. Low wrote in a letter to T. H. Tapping, editor of The Michigan Alumnus. Governor Granted He also wrote that the quarter- master unit which he commands. Emergency Powers "has been. highballing supplies over Adolph's Autobahn-and many bang- LANSING, May 25-(P)-Legisla- ed-up secondary roads-to one of the tion giving the governor authority spearheading armies." to proclaim a state of emergency in time of public crisis, and to make State To Wage War rules for the protection of life and On Swimmers' Itch property, was signed into law today by Governor Kelly. , LANSING, May 25-()-The state The measure was designed by state stream control commission is going police officials to meet problems which to increase its war on "swimmer's arose during the Detroit race riots. itch" this summer. Legislators said it was determined The commission said today it would then that the governor had no auth- furnish half of the chemicals needed ority to deal with public unrest short for treating privately owned bathing of proclaiming martial law and sus- beaches which are available for pub- pending all civil rights. lic use. AROUND THE CLOCK WITH WPAG tI Thirty-six women, holding promi- nent positions in the woodwind and horn sections, will be heard in the thirty-second annual spring concert of the University Concert Band, un- der the direction of Prof. William D. Revelli, at 4:15 p.m. EWT tomorrow in Hill Auditorium. Instrumentation for the wood- winds is important in all the selec- tions, particularly the Overture, "Be- atrice and Benedict" by Berlioz. Wo- men students in the band include first chair flute, alto clarinet, alto and tenor saxophones, French horn and trombone. Opens with 'Mlada' The opening selection on the band's program will be Procession of the Nobles from Rimsky-Korsa- kov's "Mlada", the score of which FLUTE SECTION REHEARSAL-A group of six women in the woodwind section of the University Concert Band, under the direction of Prof. William D. Revelli, are shown rehearsing for their perform- RussG ance in the band's thirty-second annual spring concert to be presented Hill Auditorium. Mrs. Ge tile Will Address Workshop ons Anti-Semitism "FEPC; the Legislative Approach to Anti-Semitism" will be discussed by Mrs. Philip Gentile at a meet- ing of the "Workshop on Anti-Semi- tism" to be held at 7:30 p. m. EWT (6:30 p. m. CWT) Monday at the Hillel Foundation. Mrs. Gentile will discuss the New York Ives-Quinn bill, the proposed permanent national FEPC. bill, and the proposed Michigan FEPC bill. Special Education Director of the Fair Employment Practice Council of metropolitan Detroit, Mrs. Gen- tile has served with the YWCA, the League of Women Voters and the Inter-racial Committee of the De- troit Council of Churches. Last year she was the acting co-ordinator of the Wayne University Labor Program. Stevens Co-Op To Hold Picnic Sunday on Island Stevens Co-op House will hold a weiner roast and picnic 3-9- p. m. EWT Sunday at the Island. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Berlin will be chaperones. All members of other co-op houses, friends, and men of Co. A have been invited. CHURCH NEWS at 4:15 p. m. EWT tomorrow in -Photo by Nathan Anderson Pi For Sp A Spring Ho Assembly Posts George "Ham"t 294 of the Am held from 9:30 Closes at Noon today at the Russ Girt any turing drummer Petitioning for the 1945-46 Assem- for the dance. bly Recognition Night will end at with Stan Keri noon today, according to Helen Al- and Ina Ray Hu pert, new Assembly President. on "Drum Boog Jump". The b Petitions may be obtained in the Basie arrangem Social Director's Office in the League. a University stu All independent coeds petitioning are calist with the asked to sign up for interviewing-_ times on the slip posted on the door of the Kalamazoo Room on the sec- Prof. Chri ond floor of the League. Interview- 1-o ing will be from 3 p. in. to 5 p. m. EWT Monday, Tuesday, and Thurs- Prof. Palme day. School of Musi Positions open to all unaffiliated turned from N coeds are general chairman, assist- attended the Ne ant chairman, war activities awards vention of the chairman, scholarship awards chair- Organists. Prof man, and chairmen of publicity, dec- ticipated in a orations, tickets, and patrons. music. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH S-at Iand William Streets Minister: Rev. Leonard A. Parr, D.D. Director of Student Work: Rev. H. L. Pickerill Assistant Director: Miss Bobbie Simonton Choir Director: Leonard V. Meretta Organist: Howard R. Chase 9:30 A.M.: Church School. Junior and Inter- mediate departments. 10:30 A.M.: Primary and Kindergarten depts. 10:45 A.M.: Public worship. Dr. Parr will preach a memorial sermon on "The Rememberers." 4:30 P.M.: The Congregational-Disciples Stu- dent Guild will meet at the Guild House, 438 Maynard St. for an outside meeting at River- side Park. The program of the evening will be a sharing of "Old Favorites." Closing Vespers by Shirley King. If the weather is unfavorable the meeting will be at the Church at 5:00 o'clock. 'irt To hi Music oringHop p, sponsored by the Cannon Post Number erican Legion, will be 0 to midnight EWT vague Ballroom. id his orchestra, fea- r Cris Story will play Story, who has played nton, Tommy Dorsey, utton, will be featured ie" and "Two O'Clock band features Count nents. Gloria Brown, udent, will be the vo- band. stian Returns c Convention !r Christian of the c faculty recently re- New York where he ew York regional con- American Guild of f Christian also par- Festival of Church Baptist Panel To Meet ... Ernest M. Ligon's book "The Psy- chology of Christian Personality" will be the subject of a panel discussion to be led by the Rev. Chester Loucks at 5':30 EWT tomorrow at the Bap- tist church. Other people on the panel will be Barbara Storgaard, Anne van Lee- uwen, Bill Umbach, Clotyde Read, Charles Riggs, Rosalie Reese, and Margaret Waid. Ligon, a clinical psychologist at Union College, Schenectady, New York, believes that eight character traits constitute Christian personal- ity. The panel members will attempt to apply Ligon's character traits to their own personalities, to the com- munity and to social issues of the day. 10:40-Women Today. 10:45-waltz Time. 11:00-News. 11:05-Kiddies Party. 11:30-Farm & Home Hour. 12:00-News. 12:15-Merle Pitt. 12:30-Trading Post. 12:45--Luncheon Melodies. 1:00-News. 1:05-Hollywood Reporter, 1:15-U. of M. 1:30-Mitch Ayres. 1:45-Phil. Hanna & Harry Sosnick. 2:00-News. 2:05-John Kirby. 2:15-Jerry Wald. 2:45-Baseball Brevities. 2:55-Baseball (Det. a Phila.) 5:00-News. 5:05-Campus Ballroom. 5:45-Sports Review. 6:00-News. 6:15-Albert Wallace. 6:30-Telephone Quiz. 6:45-Piano Interlude. 6:55-Flashes from Life. 7:00-News. 7:15-Fireside Harmonies. 7:25-Band of the Week. 7:30-Evening Serenade. 8 :00-News. 8:05-Dance Time. 8:15-Put & Take It. 8:30-Your American Mu- sic. t UNTIL MAY 30th: BURR PATTERSON & AULD CO# FRATERNITY JEWELERS AT MICHIGAN will be open from 1 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. Only 1209 South University Ruth Ann Oakes. Mgr. Group T o l0( ienic . The Congregational-Disciples stu - dent- group will hold its first outdoor meeting of the season tomorrow with volley ball and a picnic supper in Riverside Park planned.-, Following the supper will be an "Old Favorites" program. Members will read favorite poems and sing favorite songs. The vesper service will be led by Shirley King. * * * Baptist Guild Plans Hike The Baptist Roger Williams Guild will meet at 8:30 p. m. EWT for a hike and weiner roast along the Huron River today. * * * Pastor To Review Book Reinhold Niepuhr's book, "Children of Darkness and of Light" will be re- viewed by the Rev. Edward H. Red- man at 11 a. m. EWT tomorrow at the Unitarian Church. Redman will attack Niepuhr's premises that modern liberalism is too "polyanna-ish' 'and that our dem- ocracy is not sufficiently realistic. Gopal Tripatti, an Indian student and a member of the Unitarian Guild will speak on "India's Problems" at 7:30 EWT at the Unitarian Church. Explosion at Arserl Kills 11, Injures 52 EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, Md., May 25--(P)-A terrific explosion that wrecked two buildings caused the deaths of 11 persons and injuries to 52 who were engaged in assembling and loading two-pound igniter hand grenades at the army's chemical war- fare service headquarters today. Nurses Rush to Seene Eighteen of the injured were hos- pitalized and three were in crititcal condition under treatment of post medical authorities and volunteer civilian nurses who heard of the, disaster and rushed to the scene to aid. Thirty-four were treated and returned to duty. Maj. John D. McPherson, chief of the Edgewood arsenal production di- vision, said that about 135 workers were engaged in the two structures i preparing the so-called "balls of flame" that serve as igniters for in- cendiary gas tanks now being jetti- soned from bombers on Japanese tar- gets.. 'Great Bll (if Flame' McPherson said that he was about a quarter of a mile from the build-I ings around 3:20 p. m. EWT when he "heard a terrific explosion and saw a great ball of flame shoot into the air, followed immediately by a pillar of white smoke." The officer said that he got to the scene in about five minutes and that "many persons already were trying to rescue those trapped. Five post fire companies under Capt. Clyde E.j Woodman arrived promptly and be- gan pouring water into the struc- tures. DAILY OFFIcIAL_ BULLIE1IN I it II I II ALP-IA PHI O MEGA p rese-nts DANCE TUESDAY, MAY 29th 9.00-12s00 P. Michigan Union Bill Layton's Orchestra (Services donated free of charge)' THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN ANN ARBOR Series of Study Classes: Every Thursday night, at 8:00 in the Michigan League. Conducted by S. H. Wylie. The public is cordially invited. ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Division at Catherine The Rev. Henry Lewis, D.D., Rect~or The Rev. A. Shrady Hill, Curate, 8:00 A.M.: Holy Communion. 11:00 A.M.: Morning Prayer and Sermon and, Junior Church Awards. 11:00 A.M.: Nursery and Kindergarten, Tatlock Hall. 6:00 P.M.: H-Square Club meeting at Fyfe residence, 227 Wildwood Ave. 6:00 P.M.: Canterbury Club Supper and Meet- ing, Student Center (408 Lawrence). During the Week: Tuesday, 10:00 A.M.: Holy Communion, War Shrine. Wednesday, 7:15 A.M.: Holy Communion (fol- lowed by breakfast at Student Center. Reser- vations, 5790.) Friday, 4:00-6:00 P.M.: Open House, Student Center. LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION sponsored jointly by Zion and Trinity Lutheran Churches Zion Lutheran Church- East Washington at S. Fifth Ave. (All time stated here is EWT) 10:30 A.M.: Worship Service and Holy Comun- nion. Sermon by Robert Eibling, Vicar. Trinity Lutheran Church- East William at South Fifth Ave. 10:30 A.M.: Worship Service and Holy Com- reunion. Sermon by Rev. Henry O. Yoder, Lutheran Student Association- 309 East Washington St. 4:00 P.M.: Outdoor Meeting - Meet at the Parish Hall, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1432 Washtenaw Ave. William P. Lemon, D. D. James Van Pernis, Ministers' Frieda Op't Holt Vogan, Organist and Di- rector of Music. E. Gertrude Campbell, Director of Religious Education. 9:30 A.M.: Church School Intermediate, Senior and Adult departments. 10:20 A.M.: Junior department. 10:45 A.M.: Nursery, Beginner and Primary de- partments. 10:45 A.M.: Morning Worship. Memorial Day sermon by the Reverend Fred Cowin. Topic: "Uprighteous Forgetfulness." 5:00 P.M.: Westminster Guild talk on the Bible by Mr. Van Pernis. Topic: "The World into Which the New Testament Came." FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 512 East Huron Rev. C. H. Loucks, Minister and Student Counselor Ruth McMaster, Associate Student Counselor Roger Williams Guild House, 502 East Huron Saturday, May 26- 7 :10: Choir rehearsal in the Church. 8:30: Hike and weiner roast. Meet at the Guild House. Sunday, May 27- 10:00 A.M.: Study class, "Sources of Power" 11:00 A.M.: Morning worship, "Have Faith in God." 5:30 P.M.: Panel discussion on "Christian Per- sonality" based on Ernest M. Ligon's eight points. 6:30 P.M.: Cost supper. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH 120 South State "Ministers: Dr. James Brett Kenna Rev. Ralph Gordon Dunlop Music: Hardin Van Deursen, Director Mary McCall Stubbins, Organist 9:30 A.M.: Student class, Wesley Foundation Lounge. 10:40 A.M.: Church School for children - Nurs- ery through the sixth grade. 10:40 A.M.: Worship service. Dr. Kenna's ser- mon topic is "Remembering Our Dead," 5:00 P.M.: Wesleyan Guild for college-age young people. Prof. Harold M. Dorr will speak on "World Relations." 7:30 P.M.: Young Married People's Discussion group. (All time are Eastern War Time) FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 409 S. Division St. May 27: Soul and Body. 10:30 A.M.: Lesson sermon. 11:45 A.M.: Sunday School. 8:00 P. M. Wednesday evening testimonial meeting. This church maintains a free Reading Room at 706 Wolverine Bldg., Washington at Fourth which is open daily except Sundays and holi- days from 11:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Here the Bible and Christian Science literature including all of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy's works may be read, borrowed or purchased. ill iIiII (Gontinued from Page 2) New Testament Came". Supper will follow. The First Unitarian Church: State and Huron Street. Edward H. Red- man, Minister; Miss Janet Wilson, Organist; Mrs. Claude Winder, Chu- rch School Supt. 9 CWT, Unitarian- Friends Church School, Adults Study Group. Prof. Clark Trow: "Effects of the War upon Children". 10 CWT, Service of Worship. Rev. Edward H. Redman preaching on Reinhold Nie- buhr's "Children of Light and Chil- dren of Darkness". Unitarian AUY ('Imn" f R(I WT' Unfnin t, I GRACE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP Masonic Temple, 327 South Fourth Ave. Harold J. DeVries, Pastor 10:00 A.M.: University Bible Class. Ted Groes- beck, leader. 11:00 A.M.: Gideon Rally. ,I ' I I Il UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL AN S TIIENT CENTER I I I 1111