AMERICAN INTERVENTION See Page 2 YI r Lwr 43 41P a t PARTLY CLOUDY VOL. LVI, No 2ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THUREDAY, NOVEMIIER 29, 194& d PRICE FIVE CENTS Looley Memorial Planned by Engineers Deans OK Four Day Extension Class Resumption Is Set for Dec.t31 Extension of Christmas vacation to Monday morning, Dec. 31, was au- thorized yesterday at a conference of the University deans. The action, setting up a ten-day, vacation, followed petitions from ap- proximately 700 students in the Vet- erans Organization, the League Council, University residence halls, league houses, and cooperatives, all of which requested an extension un- til Jan. 2 or Jan. 3. Six Days Impossible "A six-day extension is imprac- ticable," Dr. Frank E. Robbins, assis- tant to the President, pointed out yesterday after the meeting. "It would necessitate the shorten- ing of the present semester by an en- tire week, to a total of 14 weeks of classes, instead of the normal 17," he said. "The deans felt that it would be unwise to shorten the se- mester to such an extent." Some petitioners suggested that the first or second semester be lengthened a few days to make up for the longer Christmas vacation. Registratioh Period "However, this is also impossible," Dr. Robbins said. The first semester will end Feb. 23 and the spring term will begin March 4. The last few days of this period are needed for registration and the first part is nec- essary to bring records for the past semester up to date. "This time is important esiapeelly to V-12 officials, who base service assignments on rec- ords of the past semester," he contin- ued, Discussing possibilities of moving Commencement back a few days, Dr.; Robbins pointed out that the summer essions, as it is now, begins later thanfis advisable. School teachers object to such a late-beginning ses- sion because they have to return to their schools Sept. 1 or thereabouts.- Society Meetings Dr. Robbins said that one consider-, ation which weighed heavily with the; faculty was the meeting of many sci-I entific and language societies soon; after Christmas for the first time in four years. Many faculty members are already listed to read papers on the programs.3 One of the chief arguments ad-r vanced by student petitioners was that many of the 2,000 veterans on campus were looking forward to their first Christmas at home since joining the service.c "{ S~ a Peceime 1 Dow Reveals Development Of New Vacuum Radio Tube Coinciding with the national announcement of the development of anti-radar devices by the Radio Research Laboratory at Harvard University, Prof. William G. Dow of the Department of Electrical Engineering said in a press conference yesterday that the peacetime uses of radar counter- measures are of greater importance than those of the radar program itself. Prof. Dow recently returned to campus after serving for two and one-half years in administrative and consulting capacities with the Radio Research Laboratory, where methods of radar-jamming were perfected. Methods Save 4,500 Lives Although these methods saved an estimated 450 bombers and 4,500 lives for the Allies, Prof. Dow stressed the importance of their peacetime ses of Radar I-ed East Hall Selected For Site