TIHUUt6DlY, 19 47 WAGE SIX T II HE MIC IGA N DAILY 1 EAST MEETS WEST: ForeigneGroups IPatniI X/eek To Opeti Internal tinl Week Indian, Filipino, Latin Ameri- tan, Greek and Chinese groups will participate in the International Pageant which will be the opening event of International Week, April 22 through 25. An American Square Dance Team from the Ann Arbor Youth Hostel will also participate in the Pageant, which will open with an address by Dr. Esson M. Gale, di- rector of the International Center at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Ann Arbor High School Auditorium. Panel Discussion "U.S.-Soviet Relations and Their Old Rome Hit With In flation, Johnson Says Effect on the United Nations" will e the subject of a panel to be held t 8 p.m. April 23 in Rackham Au- ditorium. Jerry Szapiro, chief of external ervices of the department of pub- ic information of the United Na- ions, will be the opening speaker. le will discuss "The Set-up of the 7nited Nations." Other members of the panel wil >e Prof. Howard Ehrmann of th' history department, Alfred Hots >f the University of Chicago po- itical science faculty, Neil Staeb er, Ann Arbor businessman, anC Dr. Samuel J. Eldersveld of the po- litical science department. Prof. Preston Slc-son of the his- cry department will be the mod- rator. 1anlqutet lPlanned Sanarindraneth Semn, member of he Indian delegation to the Unit- ,d Nations, will be the principa Inflation accompanied the -is: ;k I of a governmental bureaucracy it peaker at the International Ban- ancient Rome, as the central gov- suet at 6:30 p.m. April 24 in the ernment increased its issue of fiat Union. money rather than raise taxes, Approximately 100 graduatin= Prof. Allan Chester Johnson said 'oreign students will be guests o' yesterday in the second of the Jer- he Ann Arbor Junior Chamber o{ ome Lectures. ommerce at the Banquet. Dear "R s ' od of inflation last-..ivan C. Crawford of the engineer Romes period of i o l ng college will address the stu- Jed approximately 300 years," Prof. lents. Kenneth Heininger, presi- Johlnson said. "The inflation ap- -ln of the Ann Arbor Junioi parently began when the central haenber of Commerce, will be government lost control of th ''ha:nberf Empire's money and began issuin s token money-coins which in international Ball themselves had little value but Climaxing the week's activities which were based on credit." nternational Ball will be hel The inflationary period cor- 'rom 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. April 25 ir responded to the rise of a grea 'he Union Ballroom, under the Roman bureaucracy, the lecturer ;ponsorship of the International pointed out. The Roman Empire Students Committee. increased during this time froe An annual affair at which for about 30 provinces to 120, whil ign students are hosts to the en- the civil and military command: ire campus, the Ball will featur( were divided into separate bureaus 'oreign entertainment and decora- thus requiring more personnel, ;ions with a geographic theme. "One historian has commentec' that in ancient Rome more peopl 20 Students Enter were living on taxes than were paying them," Prof. Johnson said Lii-1,w Pr'rant "It was during this time of in- creasing government activity anc Ttr l employment that inflation reacheicci 'Twenty literary college student emplo n tr iave taken advantage of the lift- its height." ng of the state residence require- The lecture series will continue 'nents for entrance to combined tomorrow with a talk on systems letters-law curriculum, Dear of land tenure. Next week there charles H. Peake, Chairman of will be talks Monday on "Serf- Ghe Committee on Admission aA- dom," Wednesday on "Taxation nounced yesterday. in the Byzantine Period" anC Applications for the program b Thursday op "Byzantine Admin- students now in the first semeste istration." All lectures are bein' of their junior year will be ac- given at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackhanr cepted in Rm. 1220 Angell Hall Amphitheatre. until Saturday noon. Entries Up Ito 11 ;)wood ; torn petil wii. Hopwood Contest com~pe titors enter-ed "many more" manuscripts in every field of writing this year than last year, Miss Mary Cooley, acting director of the Hopwood Room, said yesterday. The spring Contest ended at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. 12 poetry, 13 fiction, seven :lrama and four essay entries were submitted for major awards. The maximum award possible in theI najor category this year is $2000 [or not more than four entries in ill fields. These awards are of- ered only to properly qualified ienior and graduate students, Miss -ooley said. 22 fiction, nine poetry, seven es- -ay and four drama entries were ubmitted for minor awards. Two; awards totaling not more than1 $500 are provided in each of the] four fields. Only undergraduate tudents compete for these Awards. Fillelzapopp11 Tickets on-Sale Show AprIl 26 Will Include Seven Skits Tickets are now on sale for "Hillelzapoppin' ", all c a m p u s aunt show which will be present- 'd April 26 at the Ann Arbor Eigh School. The show, composed of seven, 7omic skits, selected on the basis f originality by the central com- nittee will be the second annual show since before the war. Members of the central commit- [ee are Blanche Berger, chairman; Shirlee Rich, assistant chairman; Clarice Bercey and Warren Weil, director-s. Other members of the commit- "ee are Audrey Enelow, secretary; Betty Blumberg and Bob Klein. stage managers; Abe Ackerman ind Dan Tannenbaum, lighting: Lorelei Neirman, publicity: Gladys Relkin, makeup; Gladys Savitt mnd Aviva Shanoff, programs;: oanie Silverman, ushers; and Paula Zerman, tickets and fin-1 ince. Tickets may be purchased at the Union, the League, the Hillel Foundation and on the diagonal. Use of commercial fertilizers in The United States was about one ind eight-tenths times as great in1 (944 as the average of five years aefore the war. IPA To Give Assistantships For Research Five research assistantshmips il public administration and two fellowships for research in prob- lems of Michigan taxation have been announced by Prof. Robert S. Ford, director of the Bureau of Government. The research assistantships will be given to graduate students in the public administration cur- riculum, and will provide $500 for the academic year 1947-48. The appointments involve part-time work on selected research projects in the Bureau of Government. Completion of a project will ful- fill the field work requirements for the degree of Master of Public Administration. Applications for the five assist- antships, as well as the two taxa- tion fellowships, must be filed by May 15 with Prof. Ford, Room 220A Haven Hall. The taxation fellowships for the academic year 1947-48 are being offered jointly by the Institute of Public Administration and the state Department of Revenue. The students receiving the appoint- ments will do research in the Bur- eau of Government, under the, supervision of Prof. Ford, on taxa- tion problems that are definitely of interest to the Department of Revenue. The stipend will vary from $800 to $1,000 for candidates for the master's degree and $1,000 to $1,200 for candidates for the doc- tor's degree, depending on the experience and background of the students. These fellowships are open to graduate students in public administration, economics, law, political science and business administration. Rally Planned For Greek Aid Michigan Youth for Democratic Action is initiating plans for a rally next week to urge support for its program of aid to Greece, Harriet Ratner, president, has an- nounced. In further outlining MYDA's program, Miss Ratner explained that the organization opposes the Truman Doctrine and supports the Pepper-Taylor Bill, which pro- vides that American funds be giv- en to the UN for the purpose of aiding the starving Greek people. She urged that all student organi- zations, individual students and faculty members attend and sup- port the proposed rally. DOCTURE NEWS ASSOCIATED PRESS '4 H O T G L A S S B L O W E R - In a glass-blowing labora- tory at Linden, N. J., John Breda "plays" a trombone-shaped condenser while the flame from a burner reaches 2,500 Fahren- hcit. In a year, Breda, who has blown glass since he was a boy, fashions more than 1,000 pieces of glass equipment for Standard Oil laboratory scientists. M I N I A T U R E P E T S - Tico and Taco, miniature Chi- huahuas weighing but slightly more than a pound apiece, frolic with their owner, Xavier Cugat, orchestra leader. They're really pocket-size pets, I D A N C E R - Milada MIa- dova of Oklahoma City, former Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo dancer, is now in the movies. T W O - M A N S U B M A R I N E A 35-ton, two-man Italian submarine, one of several awaiting disposition by Allied powers, lies in the harbor of Taranto. Sicily. vor AwAdw mmlrqw AL Ado Ou P R 0 T E C E-Fritzie Zivic, (right) former welter champ, May quit the ring now that he has found a boxer he considers b1s carbon copy - his protege. Juste Fontaine (left), R E P A I R I N G C R U I S E R - The Italian light cruiser, Scipione Africano, 5,500 tons, awaits repairs in a floating drydock in the Sicilian harbor of Taranto. sm - .mw _ -. - 1-... ..-' -:.. -