THE MICHIGAN DAILY U ATHER STATION NOTES AIR TRAVEL CONDITION: willow Run Bureau Gives Forecasts for Vicinity Students on Vacation May Pursue Studies Via Mails I 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. * * m 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. * * * * 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. * * * * (: "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. * * * 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. * * * 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 . . -- -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. : > , 'S. '" { }' r; ,., i.\$l "f \ i: x i { i.y'1{: 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. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. TYPEWRITERS Office and Portable Models of all makesa Sold' Bought, Repaired, Rented STATIONERY & SUPPLIES G. I. Requisitions Accepted O. D. MORRILL 314 South State St. Don't worry, Mrs. Kern ..-. Your coat is given 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. * * * 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. .: . :::::::::::*::. :::::::::. ::::::::.. :.,::.: ::: : *:::" ..:.: I I i PUT $9.38 A MONTH In Series E Savings Bonds through The Payroll Savings Plan. IN 10 YEARS YOU WILL OWN SAVINGS BONDS WORTH $1,500 MATURITY VALUE. i I I I PUT MORE OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR FUTURE non 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 in baggage service on your RAIL 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 May 21 I i SMARy s 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 5 SY RYDQFKER(/" rl -7&sx rest of the land. L!._!_L - -1 " 1 -_a _- 19 G-_.. -- _GC I 'Tin mnct nnmfnrf5kkl } Ainnpr_ I G - . ZI 'I I - - - U i.