THE MICHIGAN DAILY . . A FACULTY FOR KNOWING: Prof. Bartlett Says Life with Ex-Cannibals Is Interesting By FRANK HARMON SDIfTOR'S NOTE: This is the 73rd or a series of weekly articles on faculty personalities. Three months of life with an ex- cannibal Sumatra tribe as their deputy chief-"Person Having Important Business" - was "an intensely interesting experience" for Prof. Harley H. Bartlett, retir- ing chairman of the botany de- partment, but it was only an inci- dent in his richly varied career. Prof. Bartlett has, however, al- ways shown a willingness to do the unorthodox and a determination to get at the root of things which in- terested him. He decided as a youngster to make botany his ca- reer; but when an undergraduate at Harvard. he majored in chemis- try, since he wanted to do work in fields where the two sciences over- lapped. His love for botany was satisfied by serving as an assist- ant in the famous Gray Herbarium at the Cambridge school. Chemistry Invaluable His chemical background proved invaluable during his employment for the next six years as chemical biologist with the federal Bureau of Plant Industry. Prof. Bartlett came to the Uni- versity as assistant professor of botany in 1915; he was named chairman of the department in 1923, two years after being made a full professor. He never limited Travelling has been the rule rather than the exception in Prof. Bartlett's life, although Michigan is the only American university' at which he has taught. He has visited tropical areas all over the world-in Central America, the Philippines and the East Indies. Sumatra Sojourn In 1918 he served as botanist with the United States Rubber Co. in Sumatra, developing improved strains of rubber trees with high latex yields. It was during his return trip to Sumatra in 1927 that he spent the summer living with one of the Ba- tak groups of the East Coast. Here he fulfilled his work-hopby-col- lecting botanical specimens, espe- cially climbing palms, studies of which he expects to publish soon-- and his special hobby, study of Indonesian languages. Rubber Experiments His work with rubber was re- umed shortly before the late war, when he introduced improved strains of rubber trees from the Orient to Haiti. Soon after the war broke, the Chilean and Ar- PROF. HARLEY H. BARTLETT gentine governments requested his services in a program of experi- mentation with the growing of a rubber-bearing plant, Mexican guayule, operated in cooperation with the American State Depart- ment, Exchange Teaching .Prof. Bartlett's personal inter- est in the Philippines and its peo- ple was intensified by his appoint- ment in 1935 as exchange professor at the University of the Philippines in Manila. Explaining his decision to step down from the department chair- manship, Prof. Bartlett said, "I decided I had been in the saddle long enough, and that it was time to give someone else a chance." But the most important reason was that "I wanted to be able to devote more of my time to doing what I like to do-botanical re- search." 1948 Autos Will Feature New Designs Shortages Hinder Current Production DETROIT, May 17-UP)-Most of the nation's car manufactur- ers have their 1948 models fairly well blueprinted but few, if any, have closed the door to last min- ute changes should competitive factors suggest such action. Before the war the car design- ers frequently complained that yearly model changes did not per- mit enough time to implement the things they would like to put into new cars. If this be true the ve- hicles to carry the 1948 labels should be truly impressive in ap- pearance and operation. Certain- ly the designers have had plenty of time to try out their ideas since the industry last brought out a really changed model. Ready Last Year It is no secret that the car mak- ers originally planned 1947 models should be the "real postwar mod- els," With this end in view they had a number of mechanical and styling changes ready to intro- duce-after they had sold some 5,000,000 or more of the postwar "stop gap" models. But instead of selling 5,000,000 of them they shipped only about 2,200,000 from the factories last year and never did get into the poruction gait that made high vol- ume output economical and pro- fitable.< Operating At Profit But the 1947 prospect is differ- ent; already most manufacturers, particularly those who produce the bulk of the nation's vehicles, are operating at a profit. Despite production cutbacks currently be- cause of sheet steel shortages, the prospects for the year's aggregate operation are good. Paul Hoffman To Talky Here Paul G. Hoffman, Detroit auto- motive official, will be the prin- cipal speaker at the business ad- ministration school's 17th annual Alumni Conference, to be held Sat- urday, May 24, Dean Russell A. Stevenson announced. Approximately 400 alumni of the business school are expected to at- tend the conference for an all-day program which will include a se- ries of round table discussions of various fields of business, a cor- ner stone laying eeremony for the new Business Administration Building, and a report to the alum- ni by Dean Stevenson. The round tables will be in the fields of accounting, marketing, finance and industrial relations, with leaders ii each field serving as speakers.. STAR'S DAUGHTER INJURED-Sharon Harmon, 22-month-old daughter of football star Tommy Harmon and Actress Elyse Knox, gets a drink of water from her mother after being treated at a hospital in Los Angeles, Calif., (May 15) for minor injuries re- sulting from a backyard fall. She sustained a slight concussion. RING OUT WILD BELLS: Burton Tower Timte Clocked By U.S. Naval Observatory W est Ldge Events . The West Lodge social commit- tee will hold a coffee hour and record dance at 5 p.m. and show films of the Michigan-Northwest- ern football game at 8:30 p.m. to- d(hy in the West Lodge gymna- siun. The committee has invited all students in the village to attend the events. SBA Speaker . Dr. Franklin H. Littell, direc- tor of the Student Religious As- sociation, will speak on "Chris- tian Discipline" at a meeting of the Michigan Christian Fellow- shin at 4:30 p.m. today at Lane Ilall. Di)(tIs er°erin fl, Deutscher Verein will hold a pic- nic on the island at 3:30 p.m. Those planning to attend should meet on the steps of the Rack- ham Building at 3 p.m. Zubi ranu To Speak . . Dr. Salvador Zubiran, presi- dent or the University of Mex- ico, wills peak on "The Univer- sity of Mexico," at 8 p.m. to- morrow in the Rackham Amphi- theatre under the sponsorship of Phi Sigma. Piano') leCital , . . Beverly Solorow, pianist, will present a recital at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Rackham Assembly Her selections will include Sonata No. 1, by Scarlatti; Son- ata in B-flat major, Schubert; Promenades, Poulenc; Funer- ailles, Liszt; Quejas o la maja y el Ruisenor, Granados; and Toccata, Prokofieff. Radio Techniques . . Techniques of radio production, from handling a microphone to devising sound effects, will be demonstrated in "Expert Opin- ion," a play to be presented by the speech department at 4 p.m., Wed- nesday in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The performance is open to the public. Operatic Concert . . A concert of operatic arias and ensembles will be presented by students of the Opera Work- shop Course at 8:30 p.m. Wed- nesday in Hill Auditorium. \Diamonds &ad Wedding 7 r U Ring. S717 North University Ave. #, i. Campus Highlights The concert, under the direc- tion of Prof. Wayne Dunlap, will be presented in conjunction with the University Orchestra and members of the Orchestral Con- ducting Class. The program will be open to the public and will include se- lections from the Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Aida, Samson et De- lila, La Boheme, Madam Butter- fly, Faust, Orpheus, La Gio- conda, Martha, Carmen and. Jeanne d'Arc. Carillon Program .. Percival Price, University caril- loneur, will present an all-Mozart program at 7:15 p.m. Thursday. His concert will include selec- tions from Le Nozze de Figaro, Don Giovanni and Die Zauber- flote. ,_. . . _ . . .__ _ _. "III I I I SPECIAL SALE of MICHIGAN SOUVENIR, CALEN DARS the perfect graduation remenbrance By MARY STEIN For the past ten years, Burton Tower's clock, with its four stain- less steel faces, has told time to University students pretty faith- fully. According to Oscar A. Prieskorn, chief University electrician, the Burton Tower clock, like all other University clocks, operates on elec- trical impulses which are carried on wires through underground tunnels from the Physics Build- There are two master clocks in the Physics Building which are set by Arlington Naval Obsehra- tory time three times a week. "Our time is pretty accurate," Prieskorn said. "It varies little from day to day. If 'a clock is one- or two-tenth of a second fast, we weight it down by dropping weights on the pendulum." He explained that these weights are extremely light. Several years ago, the clock was stopped when steam escaped from a pipe in the S. University St. tun- nel, condensed on the wires car- rying the clock current, soaking Dr. Lapides Gets $500 Essay Prize Dr. Jack Lapides, resident in surgery at the University Hospi- tal, was awarded $500 in a prize essay contest sponsored by the American Urological Association. This award is made for out- standing research by a young doc- tor who is serving or has completed his residency in Urology within the last two years. The American Urological Asso- ciation established this award several years ago, but during the past five years, no award has been given because the essays present- ed by the candidates were not of sufficient quality to merit recog- nition. through the insulation and causingI a short circuit. At that time all University clocks were stopped for a couple of days, he said. Dave Rossbach, janitor of Bur- ton Tower since it was built, re- calls the time when the automatic mechanism which operates the bell stuck, and the hour was struck about 110 times without stopping. The huge bell is usually struck only 95 times a day, on the hour, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Frank L. Warren. a University electrician, has the special job of making sure that the Burton tower clock keeps on receiving its motivating electric impulses from the master clocks. James A. Mann, a plumber by trade, has for a "sideline" ti-Ic job of greasing thel gears cf the clock, which move the steel hands at one-minute in- tervals. Pliy sieiat111s To An estimated 45 physicians from 17 medical schools will attend a conference on graduate and post- graduate medical education to be held May 19 to 21 at the Univer- sity. Sponsored by the W. H. Kellogg Foundation, the purpose of the conference is to discuss how best to train hospital resident physi- clans, and how to continue train- ing of general practitioners and specialists. TYPEWRITERS Bought, Sold, Rented Repaired STUDrNT & OFFICE SUPPIEA 0. ". MO l RIILJ 314 S. State St. Phone 7177 12 BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF CAMPUS BUILDINGS Originally priced $1.50 NOW REDUCED TO 75c f/paA : UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE- J * * * Cornerstone Will Contain Microfilm A complete history of the School of Business Administration pre- served on microfilm will be placed in the cornerstone of the business school building at a ceremony May 24. The cornerstone ceremony will be held in conjunction with the 17th Annual Alumni Conference of the business school. Included in the microfilm history will be pic- tures of the school and students. I DELIS (~r Such a dash to your costume such a lift9 to your step . . . WHITE with Blue or Black 31"995 ]r i Stretch Your Clothing Budget! DRESSES SUITS 1/4 to 1/2 OFF We're clearing the decks for our summer fashions. . . so come in today and stretch your clothing budget by %4 to f2 . . . don't dclay! SPRING 14OFF SUITS were $35.00 to $79.95 Sizes 9-15, 10-18 SPRING 1720UF DFFSF were $10.95 to $75.00. ~~ S. '~ ~'z t ,roun COTTONS . . new exciting c \ \ p You're lookinc in Juniort back-spl( E \bow. 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