OCTOBER 29, 1945
THE MICHIGAN. DAILY
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GRANDDADDY OF'EM ALL:
Rare Edition of Stars and
Stripes' Is Obtained by 1U'
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A rare 1861 edition of theUnion
Army newspaper, "The Stars &
Stripes," believed to be the only copy
in existence, has been discovered and
acquired by the William L. Clements
Library of American History on the
University campus.
This great-granddaddy of the fa-
mous service paper was purchased
from a Battle Creek manuscript deal-
er for less than $25.
In the opinion of librarians here,
founders of the official AEF news-
paper, "The Stars & Stripes," dur-
ing World War I, which was resur-
rected in the second World War,
were completely unaware of the
Civil War publication bearing the
same name.
A small, four-page handset paper,
it was published Nov. 9, 1861, by
members of the Illinois Volunteers
in a captured printing plant at
Bloomfield, Mo., after Union soldiers
chased the Confederates out of town.
It is labled "Vol. 1, No. 1" but whether
or not subsequent issues were pub-
lished is not known.
That the newspaper plant was
taken with little formality is evident
from reading the paper. "Through
the distinguished kindness of our
commander, Col. R. J. Olgesby," the
soldiers wrote, "we are permitted to
take temporary possession of the
Bloomfield Herald and print a news-
paper."
The GI sense of humor wasn't
exactly lacking among Civil War
soldiers. Under their "obituary"
column they printed this note:
"DIED - A Natural Death - in
Bloomfield, Mo., Nov. 9, 1861, the
last spark of seccession. The last
rights will be paid to its remains at
Spring Hill today by the Illinois Vol-
unteers, under the command of Col.
R. J. Olgesby."
The advertisements made good
reading, too. One Union soldier pen-
ned this offering:
"AUCTION SALE-Offering a var-
ied assortment of the latest styles of
Southern Confederate Bonds put up
in lots to suit the purchasers. For
sale by Col. Olgesby's soldiers on the
premises."
Back to Normal
In Law School
Is Predicted
At least one University college will
return almost completely "to normal"
this term.
More than 150 new students are
expected in the University Law
School, and with the group already
enrolled returning, it would be safe
to predict that the usual pre-war
group of prospective lawyers will be
out in the quad pitching pennies,
weather permitting.
We are informed that Law School
is all work from the word go, but
with a goodly number of lawyers liv-
ing between S. t niversity and Mon-
roe Streets, we would hazard a guess
that the Lawyers Club of old will
again flourish.
The Daily was informed of the rel-
atively great influx of law students
by a couple of local pub operators
who, foreseeing a business decline
due to armed forces demobilization,
scouted around in an attempt to dis-
cover a ready market for their wares.
More prospective attorneys are ex-
pected to be admitted to the quad
when the Judge Advocate General
program is discontinued, Jan. 26th.
U.
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University for War Service
FOR INVALUABLE SERVICE
Government Commends
THIS IS the architect's air view of the planned addition to the East
Quadrangle, which will front on E. University and extend to Hill St.
No 'Ensians Yet . . .
No, the 1945 Michiganensian is not
ready for distribution yet.
It is expected that the 'Ensian will
be printed and distributed sometime
during the fall semester. Students
moving from Ann Arbor who wish
the yearbook sent to them should
call and leave their addresses at the
Student Publications Building.
Housing
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PICTURED ABOVE is ,Capt.
Woodson Michaux, commanding
officer of all naval personnel sta-
tioned at the University. Capt.
Michaux succeeded Capt. Richard
Cassidy as naval commander here
last year.
Drs. aber ryeus Resume
'Teaching Posts This Term
* * *
Two University facualy members,
outstanding authorities in their
fields, serving in important federal
government posts during the war,
will resume their teaching duties
here during the fall semester.
They are: Dr. Lawrence Preuss of
the political science department and
Dr. William Haber of the economics
department.
Dr. Preuss was granted a leave in
1942 to serve in the State Depart-
ment. He has served as a member
of the United States War Crimes
Commission and attended both the
Dumbarton Oaks and the San Fran-
cisco Conferences in an advisory ca-
pacity.
Before his return to the University,
Dr. Haber was director of manpower
in the Office of War Mobilization
and Reconversion. He has also been
on leave since 1942.
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the houses is expected to eat up most
of this grant.
Each unit will be completely fur-
nished and will have a gas stove, ice
refrigerator and oil heat. All utili-
ties, except fuel oil, will be furnished
by the University.
The City of Ann Arbor has agreed
to furnish water and sewage dis-
posal facilities on the condition
that the entire project be removed
within three years. By that time,
if not sooner, the University's post-
war building program which en-
tails extensive additions to dormi-
tories, will be completed.
Work Is Started on
Apartment Project
Preliminary site construction on
the married-students apartment pro-
ject, to be located near University
Hospital, has begun with the project
scheduled to be started sometime
next year.
Under present plans there will be
eight apartment buildings with 22
apartments. Estimated cost of the
project is $600,000.
Dr. Edmonson
Addresses ACE
In Washington.
Dr. James B. Edmonson, dean of
the University's School of Education,
suggested to the American Council
on Education that just as the Nazis
used schools for their own wartime
practices, America should turn to its
schools to develop a real appreciation
of the brotherhood of man, the one-
ness of the world and the inhumanity
of war.
Dr. Edmonson addressed a special
meeting of the Council convened in
Washington to consider the formu-
lation of an educational and cultural
organization of the United Nations.
Much of the present instruction
in our schools, Edmonson said,
tends to deepen prejudices and pre-
pare children and youth to expect
disagreements, quarrels and even
war.
"If our schools are to make a maxi-
mum contribution to peace," Edmon-
son said, "the histories used in our
schools and those of most other coun-
tries must be re-written, with em-
phasis on the common purposes,
dreams, and achievements of man-
kind rather than on their past disa-
greements and quarrels."
Deploring the teaching of geogra-
phy and history in such a way as to
develop a national pride and loyalty
based on contempt for other nations
and their peoples, Edmonson offered
these suggestions:
Geographies must give more re-
liable information without stress-
ing particularly the wealth, bigness
and power of one or two countries.
Schools must place increased em-
phasis on the interdependence of the
peoples of the world.
Older students must be given an
opportunity to discuss honestly and
frankly the forms of government,
culture, religions and the ways of liv-
ing of other peoples.
Children and youth must be led
to believe that, the wellbeing of
other peoples is a matter of real
concern to them.
Dr. Edmonson pointed out that to
accomplish their potential contribu-
tion to world peace the schools will
need a compelling motivation such
as World War II furnished.
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Publicly commending the Univer-
sity for work that "proved invaluable
in the solution of urgent problems
arising during the course of the war,"
the Federal government has tilted the
lid of secrecy imposed on the war-
time activities of the University's en-
gineering research department.
In a letter to President Alexander
G. Ruthven, the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics praised
the University for its "whole-hearted
cooperation" in conducting aeronau-
tical research investigations under
the Committee's sponsorship.
The letter cited the University's
experiments with heat-resisting
alloys; characteristics of flow in
the boundary layer over an airflow,
and electron and X-ray diffraction
techniques. No explanation of how
the research work was applied was
authorized for release.
According to William E. Quinsey,
assistant to Prof. A. E. White, who
is director of the Department of
Engineering Research, the three pro-
jects cited were under examination
for nearly two years. The Depart-
ment handled a total of more than
Prof. Rowe Granted
Leave of Absence
Prof. Kenneth Rowe* of the Uni-
versity English Department has been
granted a leave of absence for the
year 1945-46 to enable him to accept
an appointment for the year as head
of the play department of the Thea-
tre Guild in New York City.
1200 secret research projects for the
Government during the course of the
war, Quinsey said, but as yet is not
authorized to release information
about them.
The National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics is headed by Dr. Jer-
ome C. Hunsaker, and includes in its
membership, General H. H. Arnold,
commanding general of the Army Air
Forces, Dr. Vanevar Bush, Vice-Ad-
miral Aubrey W. Fitch, and Orville
Wright.
$50,000 Grant
From Kresge
Accepted byT~'
A grant of $50,000 from the Kresge
Foundation of Detroit, for a five-year
program in research of the heart, has
been accepted by the University Board
of Regents.
In accordance with the wishes of
the donor, the funds will be admin-
istered and the research conducted
under the supervision of Dr. A. C.
Furstenberg, dean of the University
school of medicine, and Dr. Frank N.
Wilson, professor of internal medi-
cine.
The large number of records of
patients with heart diseases will be
studied using modern statistical
methods and it is planned to investi-
gate new electrical methods of study-
ing the normal and diseased heart.
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DR. PREUSS
. resumes teaching duties
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PROF. HABER
... returns
AAF Men To Attend
U' f or Two Terms
Seven officers from the United
States Army Air Forces will receive
graduate study in the communica-
tions field of electrical engineering
at the University starting Nov. 1,
Dean Ivan C. Crawford of the Engi-
necring School announced today.
The officers will be at the Univer-
sity for two semesters.
Late Registrants . .
Wednesday willbe a day off for all
students except those who failed to
on their assigned enrollment days.
A usual reliable University source
informed the Daily that school must
start Thursday.
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