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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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T~IJ~S~AY, JAN. 18, 1945 PAGE
Gigantic Navy Log Book To Be
Higihliht of Annual Ship's Ball
Soph Project
Professor Pargment Comments
Rates Workers On Student's Response to Russian
Decorations Are Deep Secret;
Sherwood's Orchestra To Play
The "Largest Guest Book in the
World" will be one of the outstand-
ing highlights of Ship's Ball to be
presented from 8 p. m. to midnight
tomorrow in the I. M. building with
Bobby Sherwood and his orchestra
providing hit tunes.
The book will be in the form of a
Navy Log Book and all those attend-
ing the dance have been requested
by Bob Bennett, general chairman
of Ship's Ball to sign it sometime
during the evening.
Decorat ions Are Mystery
Details of decorations for the for-
mal are to remain secret until to-
morrow night but reliable souvces
assert that Navy men and their dates
should expect something "marvelous
and stupendous." The only light
that has been allowed to shine forth
on the decorations mystery has re-
vealed that there will be a huge
gold anchor. In addition, a life-
size gangway complete with a can-
opy will add a nautical touch to the
ball.
Entertainment during intermission
will be provided by the Navy Chorus
under the direction of Leonard V.1
Meretta. "Smoke Gets in Your
Eyes," "Night and Day," and "Navy
Hymn" will be among the numbers
to be offered by the group.
Also during intermission, Phyl
Snyder will -act as MC and K. T.
Wagner, of the local V-12 Unit
will double as a comedian and magi-
cian. Refreshments of cookies and
cokes will also be served.
No Corsages To fle Worn
In compliance with campus tradi-
tion, Bennett has requested that!
no corsages be worn at the formal
which is the third bald to be pres-
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ented by the local Navy V-12 unit
since its inception.
Sherwood is known as an out-
standing cornetist and guitarist m
his own right as well as being con-t
sidered one of the best arrangers in
the business. He is billed as pro-
viding "Young America's Favorite l
Dance Music" and is going on tol
Meadowbrook in New Jersey for anE
indefinite stay after his engagement
at Ship's Ball.
Patrons Announoed
Patrons for the ball will include
Cap. W. V. Michaux, Lt. Comdr.
J. J. Branson, Lt. Comdr. E. F. Scott,
Lt. C. Brewer, Lt. N. A. Pananides,
Lt. K. R. Webb, Lt. W. S.'Moore, Lt.
J. A. Izzo. Jr., and Lt. (j.g.) D. Chal-t
Also to be present are Albert G.
Demarest, Webster H. Doud, Joseph
Gaskey, Harold K. Hampton, Frank
J Joly, Larry Klein, Emmett J.
Plummer and Donald C. Timmer.
Continuing the list are Lt. Ivesx
Atherton, Lt. P. L. Blansett, Lt. A.
E. Le Gros, Lt. E. S. Meany, Lt.;
(j.g.) C. M. Flory, Comdr. Roy Cuth-
bertson. Major J. P. Wilbern, Lt.
(j.g.) E. M. Herrmann, Lt. Comdr.
C. A. Hoyt Jr., Lt. F. Werren and
Lt. J. C. Trainor.-
University Patrons Listed
University patrons will include
President and Mrs. Alexander G.3I
Ruthven, Vice-president andeMrs.
James P. Adams, Vile-president and;
Mrs. Robert H. Briggs, Vice-presi-
dent and Mrs. Marvin L. Niehuss,f
Secretary and Mrs. Herbert G. Wat-
kins, Regent and Mrs. R. Spencer
Bishop, Regent and Mr. Vera B.J
Bates, Regent and Mrs. Alfred B.
Commable, Regent and Mrs. Ralph
A. Hayward, Regent and Mrs. J. Jo-
seph Herbert, Regent and Mrs. Har-
ry G. Kipke, Regent and Mrs. John
D. Lynch and Regent and Mrs. Ed-
mund C. Shields.
Also to be present will be Dean
nd Mrs. Edward H. Kraus, Dean and
Mrs. Ivan C. Crawford, Dean andE
Mris. Albert C. Furstenberg, Dean and
Mrs. Edwin B. Stason, Dean and Mrs.
R. W. Bunting, Dean and Mrs. Wells
I. Bennett, Dean and Mrs. James
B. Edmonson, Dean and Mrs. Glare
. Griffin, Dean and Mrs. Samuel
T. Dana, Dean and Mrs. Henry F.-
Vaughan, Dean and Mrs. Walter B.
Rea and Dean and Mrs. Alfred C.C
Lovell. ,
The list continues with Dean Jo-
s)ph A. Bursley, Dean Alice C.
Lloyd, Dean Charles T. Olmsted,t
Prof. and Mrs. Clarence Kessler,I
Prof. and Mrs. Arthur Van Duren,c
Mr. and Mrs. Merwin H. Waterman,l
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Revelli.
SDorothy Raskind Again Leads; Editor's Note: This is the first in a
Volunteers Give ,706 Hours e res interviews with women faeulty
Announcement has recently been Contrary to the common impres-
made by Soph Project of the twelve sion that Americans do not make.
Honor Roll volunteer hospital wor k- good linguists, Prof. Lila Pargment,
ers for December, and heading the teacher of Russian language and
list is Dorothy Raskind, '47. who Iliterature, says she has 'found Am-
contributed 21 hours in work at Uii- I erican students most responsive"
versity Hospital. and claims "they are able to ac-
In November Miss Raskirnd also quire, without too much difficulty,
z } <a good Russian pronunciation.'
Iheaded the list with her contribti- ago usinpounito.
hedoneofd28 tho in wthe heroogrb- Prof. Pargment says she likes Am-j
tion of 28 hours i the serology lab- erican students very much and en-
t," oratory of the hospital. Following.y or eetemnosy
close behind her is Margaret Morse, joys her work here tremendously
r s4bhidhe s arae Mrs.The great interest students show .
'48, with 17 hours of volunteer ser- 'Theg t studs ns howh
vice; Elaine Stembol, '47, who ser- ± in the study of Russian is more than
ved 16.75 hours as a captain; Shirleyg
Eibler, '48, and Claire Hedesman on to explain that she has found the
with 16.50 hours and Carolyn Wei- exuberant youth of America inspir-
gold worked 16.25 hours. ing.
omedwotr buting.2 HoursIn addition to her teaching,
Women Contributig 16 Hours Prof. Pargment has found time to
-Continuing the list are Dorothea be active in Russian War Relief.
Levenson, '48, Barbara Manley, '48, She pointed out that Russian War
Lola Manson, '48, Peggy Matthews, Relief was organized int Ann Ar-
'48, Sylvia Merrill, '48, and Janet bor even before the central branch
Sutter, '48, all of whom contributed in New York, and since its estab-
16 hours of volunteer service at the lishment has been exceptionally
University Hospital. active in salvaging clothing, knit- i
A total of 1,706 hours of hospital ting, and sending necessary house-
work was given by 183, volunteer hold utensils to Russian families
coeds to both University and St. Jo- whose possessions were completely
seph's hospitals during December, wiped out in their total war-.
This is an increase over the 1,273 Prof. Pargment has made a study
k ~~hours contributed by 178 coeds. in}
Novr nibud es significant bee of the Russian theatre, contemporary
zNovember and is significant because iertendh ewduainl
it occured in spite of the Christmas literature, and the new educational
olidayd msystem, in the course of several trips
to Russia. Her last visit was in
Both hospitals depend to a large 1936. The material gathered on
{rsextent upon volunteer help and the these trips was later incorporated
praiseworthy help of University coed in the courses she teaches here.
workers has enabled them to carry - ---
on in spite of an acute shortage ofj
nurses. fr W
Variety of Positions Filled
-p --- ---------..-ICoeds fill a variety of positions ini
the hospitals from carrying trays to
U SO H astyping records. They work in clin-Mn
ics, laboratories, pediatrics, admit-i
ting department and occupational Assembly Speakers' Bureau will
therapy. They can be found at their hold a twenty-minute organization
H ost o any volunteer posts every week day and meeting at 4:30 p.m. today in the
evenings and Sundays are no excep- League for all independent women
ion.interested in speaking at various wo-
nSoph Project wishes to point out men's league houses to publicize spe-
to the sophomore class that only 37 cial drives sponsored by the Univer-
Functioning for just a little over a members of their class are actually 7sity.
year, the Ann Arbor USO has playedsupporting the project by volunteer- I There will be no tryout meetings
host to over 68,934 men and women ing their services whereas 98 fresh= for the Bureau. All coeds interested
in the armed forces. 'men women have turned out for it.! are urged to attend the organization
The USO first began its activities meeting and to be active in the
in Ann Arbor at the League but! Speakers' Bureau. The members will
increasing military personnel on Dlmake short talks, promoting such
campus necessitated larger facilities drives as the March of Dimes, Red
and thus was brought about the Cross Blood Bank and charity drives.
remodelling of what was formerly The Bureau talks will be mainly given
known as Harris Hall. Harris Hall Lonely Students in league houses; eventually short
was originally built in 1886 and was skits will supplement the speeches.
the Young People's l'all of St. An-, By JOAN WILK The room where the group will
drew's Episcopal Church. The church, Has the problem of how to meet meet will be posted on the League
however. has turned the building that rather smooth chick you've eyed bulletin board.
"English occupies the first place
among foreign languages studied
in Russian schools," explained
Prof. Pargment, "and the interest
is absolutely amazing." She tells
of having been stopped on the
street in Moscow more than once,
when chatting with friends in
English, and being asked by some
intent youth, "Do you speak Eng-
lish? Can you teach me?" She
said Shakespeare is one of the
most widely read authors in Rus-
sia, and a translation of his works
is available even in the libraries
of collective farms. Russian people
are surprisingly well informed
about American economic and so-
cial systems, and are keenly inter-
ested in new developments here.
Born in southeastern Russia, Prof.
Pargment received her early educa-
tion there. After her marriage to
Michael Pargment, now of the Uni-
versity French department, she movA
ed to Paris where they lived for sev-
eral years. While in Paris, she at-
tended the Sorbonne as a special
student. The Pargments' first home
in the United States was in Schnec-
tady, New York, where she replaced
her husband and taught French in
a high school when he came to the
University. When Prof. Pargment
first came to Ann Arbor, she taught
French for three years in the music
school, and now teaches five courses
in Russian language and one in Rus-
sian literature.
Two girls are needed immediate-
ly to work between noon and 2 p.m.
in the League upstairs dining-
room. Anyone
see Mrs. Clark
Office.
interested should
in the Manager's
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Ten years or more or less ago the
future Michigan coed balked at thej
thought of castor oil under her nose,
but now she voluntarily administers
it to herself daily, disguised in the
tube marked "lipstick."
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JQP Pe->titioning
Will Continue
Until Saturday
Fifteen key positions on JG Play
will b! filled by petitioning which
will continue today, tomorrow, and
Saturday.
Petitioning is limited to second-
semester sophomores and first-sern-
ester juniors. Petitions are provided
in the undergraduate office in the
Lea :ue and should be deposited,4
when written, in a box provided in
the same office. Interviewing will be
held next week by the JGP central
comimittee, at times to be announced
later.
The list of positions includes those
of assistant chairman, director, sec-j
retard -treasurer, and the heads ofj
the program, costume, dance, music,
script, stage force. ushers, property,
scenery, publicity, tickets and make-
up committees.
Petitions should contain a definite
idea as to the organization of theI
particular job and some understand-
ing of the project as a whole. Exper-
ience in this type of production will!
be particularly valuable.
Those women who would like to
work on any of the committees listed
above or who would like to sing,
dance, or act should sign up now on
the slips available in the undergrad-
uate office.
JG Play is an annual tradition
which is held in early spring. The
theme is always kept secret until the
night of the performance, when jun-
iors give the play to honor graduating
seniors.
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over to the USO for the duration of j
the war.
After remodelling operations
which included painting and fur-
nishrng, the Club was officially
opened and dedicated on Dec. 11,j
1943. Ann Arbor's USO is run as a
community conductive with the
Community Fund financing one
half of the funds necessary and the
National U1S0 financing the rest of
the maintenance fund.
Under the direction of Mrs. Robert
A. Burton, former house director at
Allan-Rumsey House, the USO is
carrying out a varied program in
addition to , providing a meeting
place and recreational facilities for
men and women in uniform.
The recreational facilities include
table games, such as chess, checkers,
dominoes, cribbage and cards. The
game room offers three ping pong
tables, billiards, dart games, and
knock hockey.
There are three pianos in the
Club, three radios, two of which
are equipped with turn tables for
records, and one juke box. In addi-
tion there is a public address sys-
tem with turn table for records.
I Over 150 popular records are avail-
able at the Club, also there are 48 1
fine classical albums, all of which I
have been donated to the USO.
An excellent library is provided
and books may be taken from the
library for a two week period. The!
USO has subscriptions to 52 current
periodicals and two daily newspapers. I
Services are also available to the
man in uniform which go beyond
I the recreational program. These
services include housing, checking
bus and train schedules, train res-
E ervations, shopping, cleaning ser-
vice, mending, facilities for shav-
ing, showers, pressing, and emer-
I gency overnight accommodations.
The Ann Arbor USO is more than
just a button sewed on or a cup of
coffee served. To the thousands of
men in service who have frequented
the Club it has become their "home
- away from home."
Has the fact that Waves were con-
fined to the continental limits of the
United States kept you from enlist-
ing? Recent legislation has lifted
this ban, and within the last week,
I the first large consignment of Waves
reported for duty at Pearl Harbor.
WAR BONDS'
in Philosophy lecture been keeping
you awake at night?
Do you yen to meet someone new?
Someone interesting? Someone whose
interests will jibe with yours, at least
to some extent?
Designed to promote new friend-
ships between members of the stu-
dent body, the forces of the Union
and the League have joined to bring
men and women together through an
Acquaintance Bureau.
To make sure you don't get your-
self paired up with some half or twice
your size, you will be interviewed and
pertinent facts about your height,
appearance, and tastes will be re-
corded. If you fellows would like a
gal who's enthusiastic about sports,
tht bureau will try to find her for
you. On the other hand, women
who'd like to find a super-smooth
dancer will also find the bureau to
be a helping hand.
Chairman of the League Bureau is
Carol Anderson, while Ken Bissell
and Charles Helmick, '47E, are the
Union's co-chairmen.
All students have been urged to
register even though the bureau is
not functioning merely for big cam-
pus events. They are asked to take
advantage of the opportunity to meet
others.
Registration for women will take
place at the League between 2:30
p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Thursdays, and
men may sign up between 3:30 and
5:30 p.m. on the same days at the
Union.
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One of the most essential ingredi-
ents of a good, smooth lipstick is
castor oil, so it is used in abundance
in giving the modern woman the per-
fection she desires for her lip cos.-
metics.
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priate when it comes to giving
o a fine gift. Come in and see for
yourself our large display of
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'U' Grad Is New WAC
A former member of The Daily
staff, Pvt. Gloria Donen of Rye, N.Y.
is taking basic training at the Third
WAC Training Center at Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Ga., and upon completion of
the course she will be assigned to an
Army Hospital as a psychiatric assis-
tant with the Medical Corps.
Pvt. Donen received her bachelor
# of arts' degree in English Literature
1in 1943 from the University, and
while on campus acted as chairman
of transfer orientation in her senior
year, was a member of Scroll, seniorj
national honor society, and Alpha
Epsilon Phi, social sorority.
Prior to enlistment, Pvt. Donen was
executive secretary for the Army
Specialized Training Program at the
City College of New York.
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