OCTOBER 29, 1945
THE- MICHIGAIN DAI-LY
PAGE FIVE
By Nancy Groberg
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a Gro-
berg classic on college life which is
timeless. It was first printed in
The Daily on February 27, 1943.
"Answer promptly," you say, "and
tell me all about Ann Arbor life." You
don't ask much, do you - only that
I set down, in the brief note which
my schedule will allow the very es-
sence of my existence here and the
story of the student's day.
And what a curious mixture of
elements it is. We move here in a
separate world-fantastic, yet nat-
ural. We are escapists and realists:
We are very young and very old.
We wake, we dream, we study. We
glueournoses to the printed page,
and fill our days with the pursuit
of knowledge, yet we note the com-
ing and the going of the seasons,
and the multi-colored haze of the
Arboretum. The" girl next door
knows all the economic theories in
the world, but she can also tell you
what last week's football score was,
and who won the inter-dormitory
baseball game.
We are all of us part of a miracu-
lous kaleidoscope. Our life is a pat-
tern - planned yet unplanned, timed
yet unforeseen. It is routine - get-
ting up to an alarm clock and eating
at regular intervals, classes and meet-
ings and quiet hours in a dorm. It is
helter-skelter and lackadaisical -
walking for hours in the fresh night
air, drinking cokes in the corner drug,
smoking behind Angell Hall, and
playing bridge in the early morning.
It's various parts blend and clash and
make any one day different from any
other which came before it.
We are dull and alive. We see
only the biological markings on a
leaf - the qualities which text-
books give ,the stars. And then,
sometimes, we notice that the car-
rillon is outlined against -a red sky
or that the ivy on University Hall
is changing color. We are shallow
and profound. We complain that
the food is bad, the work too hard
or realize suddenly how very care-
free we are, how steeped in "the
better things of life." We are di-
vided and united. We guard our
personal things, live deeply within
ourselves, part our hair in our own
particular way and decorate our
rooms to suit ourselves. But we
rise as one great body in the sta-
dium to cheer the team. We flock
to Hill Auditorium and look around
amazed to see what a startling
group we are. Each one of us puts
a touch of possessiveness into his
voice when he speaks of "The Uni-
versity." We are blase, sophisticat-
ed. We are alive and alert and con-
stantly thrilled by it all.
We are ungrateful. We are trai-
torous.
"Too big a school - I hate the sys-
tem. Why not go to a good school-
Why Michigan?"
"The. food is rotten-"
"Call those things men?"
"And they call this education!"
We are loyal. We are invincible.
"Beat Minnesota!"
"Come on to Michigan with me."
"Wow, what a beauty of a course!"
"I want to go back to Michigan."
We are all of these and more.
Our student body is a tremendous
mixture of all the intangible bits
which make up life. Ann Arbor is
our fantastic city - our other
home. We own the town. We are
the town. We are the student body.
That's it then - Michigan life, col-
lege life, every day and every minute
of the school year. It never changes,
not with the day or the season or the
people. It remains fundamentally the
same, just as the city itself - the
buildings and the familiar noises do.
And we who grow to love it all, we
lucky ones - we keep it all under-
neath, what we feel about it. Out-
wardly we take it all for granted and
go about our life here as if it should
never end. But in our most silent
hours we dream of it, perhaps, store
up our love for very special times,
and pour it out in songs and cheers
and letters.
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increasing numbers, ,which further
complicated the housing situation. In
locating new league houses every ef-
fort was made not to take over houses
which had been used to house men.
No immediate relief for the hous-
ing shortage is in sight. Victor
Vdughan will probably again be used
by men next fall, as well as the con-
verted fraternity houses, and the con-
struction of the proposed new
women's dormitory to house 500
women will not begin for some time.
Fine Art Collection
The Fine Arts Collections were be-
gun in 1855 and are located for the
most part in Alumni Memorial Hall.
Painting and sculpture exhibits in-
clude valuable original works of the
114 Recruits-
Sign for Cadet
Nurse Training
Registration of 114 new recruits in
the Cadet Nurse Corps this year was
recently announced by MissRhoda
F. Reddig, Director of the School of
Nursing.
This will be the last class to enter
the program, which will be discon-
tinued in three years. The new regis-
tration brought the total of enlist-
ments at the present time to 392
women.
Registered Nurses
Women completing the three-year
course graduate as Registered Nurses.
Until recently, graduates were eligi-
ble for commission as an Ensign in
the Navy or First Lieutenant in the
Army upon completion of the pro-
gram. Women who entered the Corps
after two years of basic college will
e graduated with the combined de-
grees of Registered Nurse and Bach-
lor of Science.
The Cadet Nurse Corps is a divi-
sion of the School of Nursing, and
cadets are enrolled in the regular
professional curriculum of the school.
Some clinical work is introduced in
combination with the academic
course after approximately two
months.
Three Residences
Members of the program are housed
in the three nurses residences, Cou-
zens Hall, the Pemberton-Welch Resi-
dence, and Beale House.
An optional uniform, provided by
the government, is worn by most
Cadet Nurses. The uniform is grey
with red shoulder tabs and carries
the international insignia of nursing,
a red maltese cross, banded in white.
Accessories include a Montgomery
beret and grey belted trench coat.
Co-ops
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mate in nutrition, palatability and
economy.
Apart from the purely functional
aspects of co-op life, there is a weld-
ing together of the entire group
through, a series of social and edu-
cational programs. Discussions at
which all co-opers gather are fre-
quently arranged by a special com-
mittee delegated for that purpose.
Prominent guest speakers are often
invited to co-op suppers. They re-
main to lead forums on various as-
pects of co-op life. Social gather-
ings are another feature of co-op
life. Buffet lunches are served and
there is usually some dancing.
Racial Bias Absent
The Michigan cooperative houses
pride themselves on . the complete
absence of racial or religious bias in
the organization, and in co-ops to-
day, the members are of many races,
religions and creeds. When a new
student applies for membership either
as a boarder or a roomer in co-ops,
the personnel committee judges him
solely on his merits as an individual.
The criterion for admittance is the,
newcomer's ability to adjust himself
to, and to add to the efficiency of
the organization. The successful co-,
oper quickly gains an insight into the
particular problems represented by
the members of different groups
in his house, from which there
arises a new understanding of
human values, one which can
be carried forth into the world. In
that manner co-ops on campus fulfill
a definitely ideological function:
Cooperatives do not identify them-
selves with political parties as such,
but they lo foster a liberal spirit and
take stands on the basic issues of
the day. Consequently many of the
student leaders on campus are to be
found in co-ops.
Basically Independent
The ICC is basically an indepen-
dent organization. True, it is one of
the 19 members of the SOIC the all-
inclusive student campus organiza-
tion. But the ICC is unlike any other
group on campus. By buying or rent-
ing its houses, the ICC establishes an
atmosphere of responsibility, of be-
lcnging. The occupants know that
what they have has been handed
down to them by their predecessors.
They come to feel their obligation to
leave as good or better a set-up to the
succeeding group of co-opers. Ap-
topos of this, among the vital co-op
problems are those of expansion. The
great number of veterans returning
to campus, the increasing number of
freshmen who will enter school when
the war terminates compel a project-
ing of co-op thought into the future.
Right Clothes
Are Valuable
Studying Aids
Dressing in the right clothes for
the right occasion is the key to suc-
cess and so it is with the proper
approach to studying.
Despite rumors to the contrary,
quite a bit of studying is called for
in the typical college program. And
until you learn exactly how much
the minimum cover charge is, it's
better to plan on doing too much.
But to get back to the main topic,
you can't study if you're not dressed
for it or you can't study if you are
dressed. What I really mean is that
you have to be undressed to study
and dressed in study clothes.
Now that blue jeans have been
prohibited, we discover that the chief
difference in this year's and last
year's study clothes is their new
primness. One of the sharpest new
ideas is the gray flannel three-quar-
ter slacks to be worn with a casual
flannel shirt of a contrasting color.
Also sweet and neat are the navy,
black, or brown and white checked
slacks and matching "battle jackets"
with their military crispness.
Or if you prefer to study in lux-
urious femininity, there are quilted
jersey brunch coats which come in
wonderful colors - black with red
lining, white with soft light blue,
or aqua with peach. These can be
teamed with black satin trousers
which complete the effect of ex-
travagance.
So when you study, dress the part,
but don't ever part with these extra
special study dresses.
Scholarships
Off ered Yearly
A number of scholarships and
prizes are awarded annually to quali-
fied women students in the Univer-
sity who apply for them.
The various dormitories award
scholarships on the basis of good
citizenship, scholarship, and need.
Although they are ordinarily in-
tended to meet the needs of stu-
dents who have already made a
record at the University, they are
occasionally awarded to a new stu-
dent whose credentials are excep-
tional.
Entering freshmen who are resi-
dents of Michigan are eligible to ap-
ply for the Michigan Alumni Under-
graduate Scholarships, valued at the
total of the semester fees. These
scholarships are renewed as long as
the completion of study in the Uni-
versity is satisfactory. Application
should be made to the secretary of
the University of Michigan Alumni
Club in the applicant's home city or
district.
A goal .to strive for is the win-
ning of one of the three Ethel A.
MacCormick Scholarships which
are awarded each year. These are
given to second semester junior
women who have a scholastic aver-
age of at least 2.7 and have partici-
pated in extra-currcular activities.
The awards of $100 each are pay-
able at the beginning of the next full
semester during which the recipients
are on campus, and are given for one
year unless the winner fails to meet
the requirements at the end of the
first semester.
Letters of recommendation must
accompany each application and the
women applying must appear for an
interview-.
Policy . . .
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Women to this effect as soon as
possible (no later than one month
before the end of the fall term) to
assure themselves of the reserva-
tion, After this preliminary step,
students will be instructed how, to
complete the reservation by direct
contact with the League house
mother. No assignments in League
Houses will be considered final un-
til they have been recorded in the
Office of the Dean of Women. Stu-
dents not now on campus for whom
space in the dormitories or con-
verted fraternities is not available
will be sent upon request a League
House application blank with spe-
cific instructions on how to pro-
ceed. Only students tentatively ad-
mitted or already enrolled in the
University may reserve housing
space of any kind.
Although the war is technically
over, the campus USO Club, at the
corner of State and Huron, will re-
main open throughout the coming
year to entertain servicemen remain-
ing in uniform.
Advised by the newly formed Ser-
vicemen's Council of three Army and
three Navy men, the Club maintains
perpetual entertainment, ranging
from the ping-pong tables in the
basement to the dance hall on the
v-econd floor.
Any coed between the ages of 18
and 30 may apply for niembership
as a junior hostess. Recommenda-
tions, including cne from her home
minister, are necessary if the coed
is an underclasswoman. If she is
a junior or senior, a recommenda-
tion from her housemother is need-
ed also. Each hostess should ex-
pect to contribute at least one hour
a week in addition to the social
hours.
The local Club has proved to be as
much fun for the hostesses as it is
for servicemen. Hunger is easily as-
suaged in the kitchen. Letter writing
materials are available to men in uni-
form, and the lounge has proved to
be a fine place for conversation or
just relaxation.
Servicemen are urged to wander in
at any time to play cards, chat with
hostesses, read the newspapers and
magazines, play the piano, or just
listen to the nickelodeon. At the re-
quest of many photography fans, a
darkroom has been installed where
servicemen may develop and print
their pictures.
A weekly Sunday morning break-
fast, served;free of charge between
10 a. m; and noon, starts off each
week at the Club. For those who
missed the breakfast, as well as
those who are still there, a coffee
hour is held every Sunday after-
noon.
The classical music hour follows
the coffee, the disinterested may ad-
journ to the nickelodeon. Recording
facilities are available on Wednesday
and servicemen may sing to the gal
back home, or merely record a one-
sided conversation.
Flattering portraits are guaran-
teen by the local artist who is avail-
able several times weekly to men
who wish to send pictures home to
mother, or others. Culbertson en-
thusiasts may brush up on their
bridge each Wednesday night, and
a discussion group headed by a
member of the faculty is open to
serious arguers once a week.
A Saturday night dance with mu-
sic furnished by an orchestra is held
twice monthly in addition to two juke
box dances each week.
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The night has a thousand eyes . . . and you
can be beautiful to all of them! Be slim and
svelte with a siren look in your eye or be
sweet and naive in a dress as romantic as
Shoe Fashions
Change Little
Although there have been no start-
ling changes in the shoe silhouette
for this year, several innovations
have prevented the situation from
becoming monotonous.
Most striking of the new fashions
are the high platform soles featured
on many suede shoes. Some of these
platforms are studded in nailheads,
and the most exotic of them has glis-
tening black and multi-color sequins
on the high sole. These high fashion
shoes are a contribution from Argen-
tina, whose short-statured women
adopted them as a heightening meas-
ure.
Another new model has a slender
gold 'hair-clip' binding the puffy fold
over the toes, giving a modified ballet
slipper appearance.
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slim-waisted, shortie version of
the fitted coat. Styles similar to
sketch in black, royal, white
wine, or brown,
49.95 to 79.95
Here are your slacks in warm, bright
wools, gay plaids, or neat checks, some
with matching lumberjack jackets-all
made for the sharp, crisp days of
autumn.
8,95 to 25.
So elegant ... so enduringly
practcial. Simply styled
diamond-patch sling-pump
in brown . . . a perfect
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want to look your best. We will
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