SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1950 THE MIClH!GAN DAILY 'AGE SEVEN- -Ago- d-E IF SL Petitions for NSA Institute Scholarships Due Tomorrow DOESN'T WANT TO BE KING! A frican Studies To Aid Homeland 200TH ANNIVERSARY: 'U' Choir Concert Today Will Commemorate Bach's Death Students interested in applying for NSA scholarships to the an- nual Summer Institute for Social Progress at Wellesley College must submit petitions to the Student Legislature office by 4 p.m. tomor- row, according to Dorrianne Zip- perstein, '51, chairman of the local NSA committee. The scholarships, which will be awarded by the national NSA of- ficers at Madison, Wis., will pro- vide all tuition and room and c board expenses for the Summer institute which will be held from July 1 to 15 on the Wellesley Col- lege campus. Patterned after the renowmed People's Institutes in Denmark, the Wellesley Summer Institute is designed to enable businessmen, industrial workers and students to discuss the social implications of current economic and political problems. ;.i By JOAN WILLENS John Dickson, Grad, is one of the few people in the world who may have a chance to be king of his country-but he doesn't want to be. Brother of the King of Ashanti, largest state in the Gold Coast, Dickson is studying political geo- graphy here, with hopes of becom- ing a national leader when he re- turns home, to fight for the free- dom of all West Africans from British and French colonial rule. AFTER RECEIVING his mas- ter's degree in June, he will go to summer school to work for his doctor's degree in geography. Then, the ambitious 27-year-old student plans to study interna- tional law at the University of Oxford. "The proudest hope of my life," he declared, "is to see the people of West Africa united under one flag and able to util- ize their own natural resources to their best advantage." A graduate of Adisadel College, in the Gold Coast, Dickson said that he never went to school be- fore his college years, but was in- structed by two English tutors, who first interested him in geo- graphy. "It was then that I began to realize that West Africa is one geographic whole, arbitrarily di- vided for the benefit of British and French politics," he added. DESCRIBING the formal edu- cation in "how to become a good king" received'by members of the royal family, he explained that "part of the instruction was to learn to speak in proverbs. "Sometimes I had to memorize as many as twenty a day. On Sundays we often had contests with members of the royal hous- es of neighboring sub-states to determine who knew the most proverbs." Other important parts of a king's education are learning to Native Supper To Be Served West African students on cam- pus will serve a native supper at 6:30 p.m. today in the Internation- al Center. The menu will include chicken and rice, corn on the cob and French-fried bananas. Movies on West Africa will be shown after the supper. The evening's program will conclude with a panel discus- sion by students from West Africa. A limited number of tickets for the supper, at 85c each, will be available at the door. The University Choir will pre- sent the second of two concerts, featuring an all-Bach program, at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. Under the direction of Maynard Klein, the 222-voice group will be assisted by the University Little Symphony Orchestra and Brass Choir. George Exon, '50 SM, will play the harpsichord, and Bertram Strickland, Grad, the organ. Commemorating the 200th an- niversary of Bach's death, the program will open with "Jesu meine Freude, Motet No. 3," which was composed by Bach for the funeral service of Frau Reese in 1723. This motet has been called Bach's "Sermon on Life and Death." the bicentennary of the delivery of the Augsburg Confession. After an intermission, the Choir will sing exerpts from "Mass in B Minor" with Arlene. Sollenberger, contralto, instructor in voice at the University. CHILDREN'S BOOKS for ... (ra4 tei Sale Old Books OVERBECK BOOKSTORE 1216 S. University -Daiy-Burt Bapowitch WEST AFRICAN STUDENT-John Dickson, Grad, whose royal name is Nana Yaw Duah Agyman, points to his homeland, the Gold Coast, where his brother is king of Ashanti, the largest of three states in the country. play and interpret the royal drums which are used for emergencies and ceremonial occasions, and learning the intricacies of the pouring of libations for all kinds of ceremonies, according to the African student. Traditions of the Gold Coast provide a new twist in royal suc- cession customs, as the throne there is handed down on the mother's side of the family. Dick- son's royal name is Nana Yaw Duah Agyeman, the third word of which is his mother's ancestoral name. When a man becomes King, he discards his father's name. * Dickson's hobbies center around all sorts of sports, namely track, tennis, soccer and swimming. As an undergrad he was an enthus- iastic member of his school's track team, but he claimed he hasn't had time to go in for sports here. SPEAKING earnestly about the political situation in his country, Dickson declared there are hun- dreds of West African youths studying in the United States and other parts of the world, all of whom are determined to work for a United States of West Africa. The Choir will then sing "O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht, Can- tata No. 118" with the Brass Choir. This will be followed by "Ein Feste Burg ist Unser Gott, Cantata No. 80," which was written in 1730 for the Reformation Festival at Moore To Present Demonstrations Prof. A. D. Moore, of the elec- trical engineering department, will demonstrate fluid mappers and sand-bed mapping at 8 p.m. to- morrow in Rackham Amphithe- atre, at an open meeting of Phi Sigma, biology honorary frater- nity. Book Reservations Students who want to take li- brary books home with them over Spring vacation may reserve them tomorrow, and withdraw them Fri- day after their last class, Mr. Dim- ock, chief circulation librarian, an- nounced yesterday. " Tell Me About Jesus by Mary A. Jones-$2.00 " A Child's Book of Bible Stories by J. Werner $2.00 " A Child's Book of Prayers by Louise Raymond-$2.00 " Mr. Bunny by Janet Beattie-$1.50 " A Tale for Easter by Tasha Tudor-$1.50 * The White Bunny and His Magic Nose . by L. Duplaix-$1.00 " Make Way for Ducklings by R. 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