BIB 'THE MICJ!i;AN DAILY TUESDAY, GENETICIST SPEAKS: Knowledge of Heredity HelpsDiagnoseIllness P - Modern knowledge of heredity has many times proved a life saver, according to Dr. Laurence H. Snyder, dean of the University of Oklahoma graduate school and noted authority on medical gene- tics. Speaking here yesterday, Dr. New Course In Reading To BegimToday Students who have trouble plowing through their textbooks can speed up their reading in a four-week course beginning to- day. The course, which involves no grades, meets at 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Rm. 4009, Uni- versity High School. THERE, STUDENTS will be in- troduced to a tachistoscope, and other visual aids which help de- velop reading speed. A movie, "Speeding Your Reading," will be shown at the second session of the class to ex- plain the methods used. "The majority of students who have taken the course in the past show definite improvement," ac- cording to Cameron Meredith, of the Extension Service, who will teach the class. INFLEXIBILITY in the teach- ing of reading accounts for much of the difficulty slow readers have, according to Prof. Irving H. An- derson of the education school. Writing in the Sschool of Edu- cation Bulletin, he says provi- sion must be made in the schools for individual differences in reading. Salesmanship Talk. Slated For the benefit of all students seeking jobs, Daniel L. Beck will. discuss "How to Sell Yourself," at 8 p.m. today in Rm. 130, in the business administration building. Beck is the Director of the Exece- utives Selection and Training In- stitute and the Vocational Coun- seling Institute in Detroit. He will point out how students can analyze themselves to discover their weaknesses and capabilities, so that they may emphasize their merits to full advantage when ap- plying for a job. Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity, is sponsoring this meeting which is open to the public. Snyder cited numerous cases in which practical use of genetic facts had been invaluable. Most important fields of use are pre- venting and diagnosing illness, prediction of whether the trait will occur and the solving of medical and legal problems. *~* * "DEATH HAS been prevented several times," he said, "in car- riers of a gene for hemolytic ic- terus, a type of anemia." If the gene is detected in time through blood tests, removal of the spleen will avoid death. Quicker, more sure diagnosis of illness is made possible by full knowledge of family history when a person exhibits any dis- ease or abnormal condition, Dr. Snyder said. He also cited the case of a pa- tient who thought he had heart trouble because of frequent breath- lessness and his club fingerb, a fre- quent sign of illness. * * * "UPON examination, it turned out that a doctor had told him he had heart trouble," Dr. Snyder said, "and the patient developed a neurosis about it, which brought on the breathlessness. The club fingers were an unrelated heredity condition." One of the greatest uses for knowledge of blood groups, is in legal problems, such as paternity cases, he said. Philips Hits Dismissal of Communists By dismissing three faculty members from is staff last Janu- ary, the Universi+,,y of Washington hoped to establish a precedent of making membership in the Com- munist Party sufficient grounds for removal Prof. Herbert J. Phil- ips declared Sunday. Prof. F hilips ( who was dismissed from the University of Washing- ton for admitted membership in the C'mmunist Party, spoke at a meeting of the Young Progressives. * * * "BUT THE final report of the Tenure Committee hearing the c<:ses stated that no charges of in- !ompetence or non-objectivity were being brought against me," he said. "The report recommended that I and another colleague not be dismissed, but added com- ments that enabled President Raymond Allen to say that the )Committee did think that Com- munists should not be allowed to teach." And working on the basis of these added to comments, Presi- dent Allen recommended their dis- missal to the Board of Regents, wro approved the action, Philips odded. Philips cited as "without foun- dation the- charge that Commu- nists favor violent overthrowing of the government, or that party members are mentally enslaved. Air ww NEW T I N Y A T 0 W N - Mrs. John Jurczewski operates a railroad in a miniature village built by her husband at their Chicago home. In an area 12 by 14 feet are homes, schools and factories. S E A F A K E K - A I N T K - Capt. Gunnar Van Rosen.i of the Army Transport Gen. Howe, holds his "Norwegian Coast," first prize winner in exhibition by merchant marine captains in N. Y. I BRIEFING TODAY: Youth Lobby To Urge Passage of Legislation All students interested in par- ticipating in a statewide youth lobby for social legislation to be held in Lansing Thursday may at- tend a briefing meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the Union. Initiated by the Michigan Young Progressives, the lobby will include young people of many political' backgrounds who are interested in having the State Legislature pass the Fair Education Practices Bill. THEY ALSO advocate passage of the Fair Employment Practices Bill, a state housing measure, and an increased unemployment com- pensation appropriation accordingj to Gordon MacDougall, chairman of the campus YP. "Heartening support for the education bill, which would make it illegal for a Michigan school to employ discriminatory policies, was given us by the many students who signed our petition on the diag last Thurs- day." L A S T I C P L A N E - Robert M. Sebring, of San Fernando, Calif., sits at the controls of his 150-pound Wee Wing plastic plane, designed after the "flying wing" with swept-back wings. "The formation of the Commit- tee to End Discrimination with 20 groups as members and the recent progressive anti -discrimination program of the Student Legisla- ture is convincing evidence that the student realizes the need for such a bill," MacDougail said. The education bill was written by Leo Weiss. * * * CED Gains Two New Members Anderson House and Tyler House of the East Quadrangle have voted to join the Committee To End Discrimination, it was an- nounced at a meeting of the Com- mittee held yesterday at the League. The Committee also reported that the Young Democrats will give their support to the Fair Em- ployment Practices Bill which at present is being discussed by the State Legislature. EVAN GE L I ST AT A B B E Y-Krishna Venta, of Los Angeles, Calif., who claimns to have lived 1,900 years ago, walks with his 34-year-old wife, Ruth, past Westminster Abbey, London. V S P K I N G S W I NGS - Louise Hatchett, Doris Wallace and Thelma Mattox (left to right), or the Lorelei Ladies' softball team, go in for "pepper game" batting at their training camp, Atlanta, Ga. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fat t f . 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