THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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ATHER STATION NOTES AIR TRAVEL CONDITION:
willow Run Bureau Gives Forecasts for Vicinity
Students on Vacation May
Pursue Studies Via Mails
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By MARILYN THISTED
Forecasting the weather involves more than just looking at the
sky, according to Ernest B. Williams, official in charge at the Willow
Run weather bureau.
The weather bureau's main duty is to note conditions which will
effect air travel and relay them to the airport control tower. They
also serve as a sub-station for the regular regional weather station in
Chicago from which Ann Arbor obtains its official forecast.
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A TELETYPE MACHINE receives the conditions from all over the
country at two hour intervals. The messages are decoded and the in-
formation is put on weather surface maps. These maps tell the direc-
tion and velocity of the wind, air pressure, weather and temperature
"We often hear the comment that Ann Arbor is located in five
rain belts and has heavy rainfall. Actually this is a mistaken idea
-Ann Arbor is normal for this part of the country," Williams
says.
Explaining the unusually small amount of snow and cold weather
this winter, Williams declares that temperatures have been above
normal since November.
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HE WENT ON TO SAY that weather runs in 11 to 14-year cycles
In such a cycle temperature minimums for one month are about the
same as in preceding years. "This year could be the start of a new
cycle," he added.
In compiling reports for the airport, the pilot balloon plotting
board is one of the most important instruments. Balloons are
sent up and a record of each one's angle is measured to determine
the wind at different altitudes. Drawings are made and the condi-
tions are sent to the airport control tower.
Ann Arbor receives its weather forecasts from the regional sta-
tion in Chicago, but the Willow Run bureau makes minor changes
relevant to this locality. "This system makes for greater accuracy and
conformity," Williams points out.
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"Y u can't have your cake and
So runs the old saw. The Uni-
versity Correspondence Study De-
partment, however, provides a way
for harried students to enjoy a
summer vacation and acquire
needed academic credits at the
same time, in defiance of the well-
worn adage.
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ALREADY THE desk of Mrs. Al-
fred 0. Lee, supervisor of the Cor-
respondence Study Department, is
piled high with applications from
students who wish to combine a
two to six-hour academic program
with a summer job or lakeshore
vacation.
Courses ranging all the way
from freshmen history and Eng-
lish to second year language,
political science and psychology
are being offered.
Correspondence study is a con-
venient way for students to com-
plete needed prerequisites or group
sequences without having to at-
tend summer school or crowd next
year's program, Mrs. Lee empha-
sized.
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HOWEVER, IT IS not possible
to raise a grade by Correspondence
Study or repeat a course in which
a failing mark was received, she
cautioned.
Summer studies are only a
small part of the University's
correspondence program, for it
is a year-round proposition of-
fering more than 100 college
and high school level courses to
anyone prepared to do college
work.
Through this program many
who have been forced to drop out
of school for various reasons have
been enabled to continue their
education.
UP TO 15 HOURS of credit
toward graduation can be earned
in this manner.
Through a contract with the
Veteran's Administration, vet-
erans can take the courses with-
out cost to themselves.
Students may enroll at any time
and set their own pace for the
completion of their courses as long
as they finish within a 12-month
period.
THE COURSES are written by
members of the University faculty
and all papers, drills and tests are
corrected by instructors in the var-
ious departments.
Interested students should en-
roll before they leave Ann Arbor
in Rm. 4001, Administration
Building.'
VET'S
WATCH REPAIR
Said the swabbie to the watch
officer, "How about fixing me
zip."
Blue Front - State & Packard
West Lodge PX - Willow Lodge
Community Drugs-E. Ann Arbor
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-Daily-Hank Tyson
HOW HOT IS IT?-The temperature and dew point are observed
by Hal Reidman. This box is checked at regular intervals. All
changes are noted in temperature and humidity.
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New Officers
Of Grad Club
Plan Outings
Edith Kovach, Grad, has been
elected president of the Graduate
Outing Club.
Other graduate students elect-
ed were vice-president, Bob Olt-
huis; secretary, Margaret Larson
and treasurer, Kurt Stern. Prof.
William Kincaid of the mathe-
matics department will act as fac-
ulty adviser. The club will be rep-
resented at the Graduate Student
Council by Hugh Gundel, Grad..
The new officers have been
drawing up a full calendar of sum-
mer session outings. An all-day
canoe trip on July 4 is listed
among the tentative plans. Square
dancing, cross country hikes,
swimming and bike trips will high-
light many of the summer week-
ends.
(Contributors to What's Up in the
Dorms should contact Janet Watts
at The Daily or 567 Jordan.)
When Mdsher Hall won first
prize in the Lantern Night song-
fest Monday, the women brought
home their third trophy this year
in all-campus competition. The
women also placed first in the
homecoming display, women's di-
vision, and the Winter Carnival
ice carving contest.
Seniors, dormitory officers and
committee chairmen will be hon-
ored at the Mosher Honors din-
ner tomorrow (Thursday). Co-
chairmen are Barbara Whiting
and Marilyn Keck. Honored guests
include Prof. and Mrs. Arthur
Bromage, Mrs. Elsie Fuller,
Mary Jane Hoag, Mr. and
Francis Shiel, Dean and
Erich Walter, Dean and
Charles Peake, Prof. and
Mrs.
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G. I. Requisitions Accepted
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Individual Care at
What's Up in the Dorms
Fred Wahr, Prof. and Mrs. John
Tracy and Miss Dorothy Green-
wald.
ALICE ANDERSON was elected
president of Jordan Hall in elec-
tions held last week. And dormi-
tory residents approved two
amendments to the house consti-
tution by an overwhelming ma-
jority in the same election.
The women voted to collect
$2 dues at the beginning of each
term and to elect the dorm so-
cial chairman in the spring elec-
tion.
Recent elections revealed that
Harold Cunningham will rule
Green House as president next
year. Other officers elected are
vice-president, Paul Hodges; sec-
retary, Jerry Sluggett; treasurer,
Bud Chicione; East Quad repre-
sentative, William McIntyre; and
Duane Ellis, Monroe Rowland and
Edward Silberfarb, other Green
House Council members.
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UNIT IV OF THE New Wom-
en's Residence recently held an-
nual elections. New officers are
president, Doris Smith; vice-presi-
dent and social chairman, Jean-
nette Dujardin; secretary, Sally
Stickney; and treasurer, Vivian
Beck.
Anderson House's newly elected
officers for next year are presi-
dent, Robert Baker; social chair-
man, Arthur Nevins; athletic
chairman, Bernard Fitzgerald and
East Quad representative, Carl
Hasselwander.
Pollock To Speak
West Point cadets today will
hear Prof. James K. Pollock,
chairman of the political science
department, discuss problems in
military government in Germany
in two lectures.
Prof Pollock, advisor to Gen.
Lucius B. Clay, former U.S. Occu-
pation chief in Germany, left last
night for West Point.
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In anybody's book, one of them
is Paul W. Trousdale. Said TIME's
issue of December 2, 1946:
on yoUr way home
Go HOME by TRAIN . .. theres
relaxing comfort and plenty of
room to roam about in pleasant
surroundign today airoled
on the way. And don't forget, you
can check 150 lbs. of luggage FREE
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ticket!
Ago
With a banker's natural curiosity,
old A. P. Giannini wanted to meet the
32-year-old builder who had already
borrowed $30 million from his Bank
of America, and was now asking for
$50 million more. So he made a special
trip to Los Angeles, dropped in on
Paul W. Trousdale, looked at his past
projects and future plans. Banker
Giannini's curiosity was apparently
satisfied, for last week Trousdale an-
nounced that he was getting his $50
million loan.
Past Projects. The record which im-
pressed Banker Giannini: during the
war the Paul W. Trousdale Construc-
tion Co. had built 3,025 small houses,
including seven big housing projects.
Now it was hard at work on 2,000
houses for veterans and was turning
them out at the rate of ten a day.
Mitchell Studios, L. A.
BUILDER TROUSDALE
A.P. took a look.
for the
SENIOR BALL
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S H A L Y
COLLAR
$27.7S
MIDNITE BLUE DRESS ,
TROUSERS $12.50
on next year's travel
Get a "COLLEGE SPECIAL" Ticket
next Fall. It gives you the advantages
of a regular reduced fare round-trip
ticket. PLUS 10-day transit limits
permitting stopovers in each direc-
tion. PLUS a time limit long enough
to cover the Fall term or both se-
mesters. In other words, the ticket
that brings you back to the campus
takes you HOME for Christmas ...
with savings both ways! Your rail-
road ticket agent at home will have
"COLLEGE SPECIALS" for stu-
dents and teachers from August 15
to October 15.
For a Time and
MonAv-Savinn Trin
Paul Trousdale got into the Los
Angeles building business by way of
the University of Southern California
and the ad department of Beech-Nut.
After a year as an adman, Trousdale
took a $125-a-month timekeeper's job
with a local contractor, quit to form
his own company with a $io,ooo bank
loan to finance it.
On each project, he and his stock-
holders put up the money to cover the
cost of real estate, got Bank of Amer-
ica loans to cover all construction
costs, had little trouble getting mate-
rials by .his cash-on-the-line policy.
Like most builders he formed a new
corporation for each project, dissolved
it when the project was finished. Thus
his fat profits were taxable at only
25% as capital gains, gave him plenty
of capital to expan'd. In all, he invested
some $9oo,ooo in his wartime projects,
made another $9oo,ooo.
Future Plans. Well heeled at war's
end, he decided the time had come to
plunge. For this he picked one of the
best pieces of undeveloped land in
Southern California, a 625-acre tract
at Baldwin Hills, a short run from
downtown Los Angeles.
Now, with the Bank of America
loan, Trousdale plans to build 8,ooo
rental units on 450 acres of it, along
with a 26-acre super-shopping center.
Eventually he hopes to build a hun-
dred 13-story apartment houses on the
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