PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, Audio- Visual Eqf 11ment Provided MORE THAN BRASS: Cymbal Maker Speaks On History of Instrument * * * * * -Daily-Wally Barth FILM LIBRARY-Ford Lemler, director of the University's Audio-Visual Center, inspects one of the Center's 5,000 film cans which are filed on the fourth floor of the Administration Building. Mrs. Hilda Davis, chief inspection and shipping clerk, is shown wheeling out a group of films which will be shown in University classrooms. MAGICAL MAGNETRONSf: Engineering Researeh May Improve TV Transmission Television transmission may be made more readily in the future if the electrical engineering re- search department's work on radio transmitter tubes can be devel- oped. The department is building new and better radio transmitter tubes under the auspicies of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. * * * H. W. WELCH, project engineer, (O Ex-Hopwood ' Writers Score LiteraryHits Three past Hopwood winners have made a start in their literary careers. John Malcolm Brinnin will di-1 rect a course of fifteen events at the Poetry Center in New York City. Two volumes by Marianne Roane and John Ciardi have been published. * * * BRINNIN'S course will consist of readings and discussions of poetry by well known poets. Presenting part of the series will be two other past Hopwood prize winners, Arthur Miller and Patrick Boland. Miller was an award winne'r in drama in 1936 and. 1937. Boland, Inner of last spring's major award in poetry will be one of four poets to read from their work March 23. In addition to directing the lec- ture series, Brinnin will offer two evening courses at the center on "Twentieth Century Poetry and It's Sources" and "The Craft of Poetry." * * * TWO OF Brinnin's Hopwood volumes "The Garden Is Politi- cal" and "Lincoln Lyrics" were published in 1942. A third volume, "No Arch, No Triumph" was pub- lished in 1945., Miss Roane's second novel is "The Face of Love." Ciardi's work is "Live Another Day." . In private life, Miss Roane is Mrs. Marianne Meisel, wife of Prof. James H. Meisel, of the poli- tical science department. She has won four different Hopwood awards, one in 1944 for "Year Be- fore the Flood" which was later published. * * * CIARDI'S first volume of poems, "Homeward to America," won him a major Hopwood prize in 1939 and was published the fol- lowing year. Several of his poems appeared in national magazines. He is now ;sociate professor of English at ,Harvard University. Marks To Lead YD Floyd Marks has been elected president of the Young Democrats. Other officers are Lyn Marcus, '50, vice president; Frances Wag- man, Grad., secretary; Jack Lar- designs all the tubes, known of- ficially as magnetrons. They are then built and tested in the lab- oratory in East Engineering Build- ing. "Making tubes that will gen- erate radio waves is easy," ac- cording to Welch. "The prob- lem is to modulate them or get intelligence into them." The research crew is trying to provide more channels for commu- nication by developing a magne- tron with a wider frequency range - about 2000 megacycles. The average broadcasting tube oper'- ates on about one megacycle. * * * ALTHOUGH this high frequency is within the range of radar, Welch emphasized that these mag- netrons have no connection with it. "Radar works like the old crys- tal radio sets," he said. "We are experimenting only with radio transmitting." Of special interest to the re- search lab is the interdigital mag- netron, which is a tube of simpler construction than the usual. Also, Welch has developed an entirely new type - a cross between the interdigital and the vane, or radar, magnetron. People kSenii Too Heart Conscious,~ American peoplerand physicians have become overly heart con- scious, according to Dr. Franklin D. Johnston of the medical school. Dr. Johnston declared that doc- tors are inclined to blame the heart for sudden death when there is no clear evidence that that organ is defective. HE STATED that such proced- ures as the electrocardiogram should not be accepted as conclus- ive without having been preceded by careful physical examination and study of the patient's past illnesses. Many patients are hospital- ized purely on the basis of ab- normalities in the electrocardi- ogram, when there is nothing in the patient's history and there are no physical findings to justify such action, accord- ing to Dr. Johnston. He cited two ways in which the heart disease problem might be alleviated. * * * FIRST, basic research work should be completed regarding causes for high blood pressure and rheumatic fever. Secondly, there should be a de- velopment of more competent physicians trained in the diagnos- is and management of heart pa- tients. Films, Other Devices Used Extensively, Center Contains Vast Collection Occupying nearly the entire fourth floor of the North wing of the Administration Building, the University's Audio-Visual Center houses a library of more than 5,000 prints of films. In addition, there are more than 1,000 film strips on file and a growing collection of tape record- ings, radio transcriptions and re- productions of rare historical doc- uments. * * * THE CENTER was founded in 1937 as a division of the Univer- sity Extension Service and was es- tablished as a separate adminis- trative unit in July, 1948, by the Board of Regents. Acting principally as a "dis- tributing center for instruction- al motion pictures and other audio-visual materials," it booked films with 1252 study clubs, schools, Parent-Teachers Associations and other organiz- ations in the State, according to Ford Lemler, director. He estimated that "more than 1,000,000 people are shown the films every year." RANGING FROM studies of "Common Animals of the Woods" to a survey of "Problems in Housing," the film prints and strips cover nearly every subject studied in classrooms and by adult groups. A rental fee averaging $1.50 is charged for most films, which are packed and shipped daily to cities and villages all over the state. In addition, the Center sponsors a Co-operative Film Project which entitles all mem- bers to a 15 per cent discount. Films used in University classes are provided and shown at no cost, although student organizations not closely related to department- al work are charged the regular rental fees. * * * LAST YEAR more than 4,009 films were booked by University instructors for classroom use. All of the film cans are stored in the Center's library on the fourth floor. A staff of 12 full- time and 8 part-time clerks and projectionists supervise the se- lection, shipment and showing of the films in University class- rooms. Each reel is inspected before shipment and on its re- turn by technicians in a spe- cially equipped laboratory. Occasionally some films are previewed in the Center's modern :±ttla auditorium. * * * - ONE OF THE most interesting features of the Audio-Visual Cen- ter is its collection of tape re- cordings of "Treasures Off the Shelf," a series of University broadcasts of dramatic moments in American History. Written by William Bender, script editor for the Broadcast- ing Service, the recorded pro- grams are based on a specific historical document or manu- script from Clements Library and are available for instruc- tional purposes in schools all over the state. Another growing phase of the Center's work is the actual pro- duction of educational movies for use in University departments and for circulation among adult clubs and professional groups. Brauer Awarded Cole Math Prize Prof. Richard D. Brauer of the mathematics department has been awarded the Cole prize for algebra by the American Mathematical Society. The prize was given Prof. Brauer foria series of papers he did on group characters of groups of finite order. Prof. Raymond L. Wilder, re- search mathematician in the University's Engineering Research, Institute, was named vice-presi- dent of the society and Prof. Sumner B. Myers, of the mathe- matics department, was elected to the council. -Daily-wally -Barth REEL INSPECTION-Maxine Baker (left) and Molly Louis, technicians in the Audio-Visual Cen- ter's inspection laboratory, are shown rewinding films returned by borrowers all over the state. Each reel is inspected before shipment and on return for film scratches and breaks. REALLY SOCIAL: Faculty Trapped by-Psych Students By PHOEBE FELDMAN There's more to a cymbal than just a lot of brass. At least that was the position that Robert Zildjian, celebrated cymbal maker, took in his discus- sion of the percussion pieces at one of yesterday's sessions in the Midwestern Conference on School Vocal and Instrumental Music. FOR ONE THING, "when a cymbal loses its temper, it stops playing," and even in the pairs that are made for each other, "no two are exactly alike." This oldest of instruments be- gan 6,000 years ago when Bronze Age man progressed musically from sticks and bones to bang- ing two little pieces of metal together between his fingers. From this beggarly beginning, cymbals have developed down the ages through the "zinj" and the "zil" until today you can get one to "Finger," "Splash," "Crash," "Ride," "Be-Bop," "Hi-Hat," "Swish," "Concert," or just "play" in a "Heavy Band" or "Large Symphony." For these are the names of the thirteen cymbal classes existing today. They also come in three to five different "approximate pitches," so there's really quite a range of cymbals. s * * * CYMBALS can own up to a rather interesting background, having begun in a spicy way doubling as vinegar cups and progressing down the times till their almost exclusive exercise was aiding and abetting Middle East dancing girls. But their effectiveness was too well touted to go unnoticed, and soon the Turks began to use them for other purposes, in their mili- Doctoral candidates in the so- cial psychology program have faculty members right where they want them, according to Mrs. Jean King, staff secretary. "When we planned our new headquarters in Mason Hall, we designed it so that faculty offices would adjoin the lounge," she re-t lated. "They can't get away fromt the students." * * * BUT THAT'S the way the in-i structors wanted it, too, she ex- plained. They even pitched in and7 helped to set up the rooms. The lounge was established to serve as a study and meeting room for students in the inter- departmental program,as well as to promote cooperative rela- -tions between faculty and stu- dents. "Putting the rooms in order was an experiment in social psychology in itself," Mrs. King pointed out. "Students and faculty jointly rolled up their sleeves and painted the rooms and constructed furni- ture. They brought money and fur- nishings to parties and indulged in curtain-making bees." * * * ONE OF THE main ideas in1 setting up the social psychology program in 1947 was to establish close working relationships be- tween teachers and students in psychology and sociology, Prof. Theodore Newcomb, chairman of the program, said. Army Offers Women Grads Commissions Travel, adventure, high pay- that's the incentive the U.S. Army is currently offering University women with a flair for the mili- taristic. Upon graduation from the Uni- versity, an interested woman may secure her commission in the WAC reserves, with an opportuni- ty to go "regular" if she desires. * * * SHE CAN PIN on the gold bars of a Second Lieutenant and quali- fy for a starting salary of $318 monthly, if she passes the require- ments: 1) She must be a senior be- tween 21 and 27 years old, 2) She must be unmarried and without dependents. Do you like college life? Many WAC officers are assigned by the Army to colleges and universities for graduate work, depending up- on. individual aptitudes and capabilities, Major G. W. Shivers of the campus ROTC department pointed out. Further information and appli- cation blanks for direct appoint- ments-to be completed by sen- iors before Feb. 15-may be ob- tained at ROTC headquarters, North Hall, he said. 4 The program was the first of its type in the country with the possible exception of Harvard University, which started a simi- lar program at approximately the same time. These are the only two schools that have complete programs of this kind in the United States. DESIGNED for students hold- ing the master's degree in sociology or psychology, the program now has 30 students and a teaching staff of 15. Adams To Be HistoryJudge Randolph G. Adams, director of Clements Library, has been named one of three national judges of the Frederic Bancroft Prizes for his- torical writing. Adams is the author of several bocks on American history, in- cluding "Political Ideas of the American Revolution," "A History of American Foreign Policy" and "A Gateway to American His- tory." The three judges will select the two best works produced during the last year relatingdto the field of American history, diplomacy or international relations. "After receiving their degrees. the students generally go into some type of research or survey work," Prof. Newcomb said. tary bands. Finally the Armenian Church took them over a little later. The Zildjian family got started on cymbals when an alchemist ancestor tried to find gold and came up with a new kind of cym- bal instead. They've kept their cymbalistic secret and gone on making. the instruments ever since. Crash ! Elect. Bisdee As CEDHead Charles H. Bisdee, Grad., was elected president of the Commit- tee to End Discrimination yester- day at a meeting at the League. The membership rules of the Constitution were changed to read: "In order to become a member of the Committee to End Discrimina- tion, an organization must sub- mit a written statement of its ac- cordance with the purposes of the CED as stated in the Constitu- tion." Ed Lanning, head of the CED petition committee, announced that he had obtained a table for the committee at registration. Petitions will be presented to stu- dents for signing during registra- tion. Press releases concerning the CED and its activities have been sent to 69 newspapers; the com- mittee plans to send many more. A speakers' bureau was estab- lished whose duty it will be to speak to organizations and try to obtain the membership of new or- ganizations in CED. 4 + 4 MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ) Hill and Tappan Streets Rev. Earl Grandstaff, Acting Minister Howard Farrar, Choir Director 9:45 A.M.: Student Class. 10:50 A.M.: Morning Worship, "Mid-Century Prophesy." (This service will be broadcast over WHRV.) Nursery for children during the service.t GUILD HOUSE: 438 Maynard Street H. L. Pickerill, Minister to Students Jean Garee, Associate Student Guild: 6:00 supper at this church. Five members of the Guild will speak on "The Christian Faith At Work Today." (The stu- dents of the Congregational, Disciples of Christ, Evangelical and Reformed Churches are mem- bers of one Guild since Jan. 1, 1950.) FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 512 East Huron Rev. C. H. Loucks, Minister and Student Counsellor Roger Williams Guild, 502 East Huron 10:00 A.M.: Bible Study Class. Ezra, Nehemiah. 11:00 A.M.: Church Sermon, "Pride in the Gos- pel," by Rev. C. H. Loucks. 6:00 P.M.: Cost Supper followed by Fellowship. Prof. Preston Slosson of the History Dept. will tell us about "Paradoxes of Christianity." v M a ___ w .I r p Pe s BETHLEHEM EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED CHURCH 423 South Fourth Ave. Theodore R. Schmale, D.D., Walter S. Press, Ministers Irene Applin Boice, Director of Music 9:30 A.M.: Church School. 10:45 A.M.: Morning Worship. Sermon by Rev. Schmale, "The Hidden Treasure." 6:00 P.M.: The students of the Congregational, Disciples, Evangelical and Reformed Churches at the University of Michigan will meet for supper in the Memorial Christian Church, Hill and Tappan Streets. Five members of the Guild will speak on "Christian Faith At Work Today." UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL AND STUDENT CENTER 1511 Washtenaw Avenue-Phone 5560 (The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) Rev. Alfred T. Scheips, Pastor 9:30 A.M.: Bible Study. I Car. 12. 10:30 A.M.: Service, with Holy Communion. Sermon by pastor, "Rejoicing in Hope." 5:30 P.M.: Supper and Program of Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student Club. 9:15 P.M. Tuesday: Social Hour. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, Scientist 10:30 A.M.: Sunday Morning Services in the ballroom of the Michigan League building. Jan. 15--Life. 10:30 A.M.: Sunday School. 8:00 P.M. Wednesday: Testimonial meeting. A free Reading Room is maintained by this church at 211 East Washington St., where the Bible and all authorized Christian Science literature may be read, borrowed, or purchased. This room is open daily except Sundays and holi- days from 11:30 A.M. to 5 P.M., on Saturdays to 9 P.M. VILLAGE CHURCH FELLOWSHIP (Interdenominational) University Community Center Willow Run Village Rev. J. Edgar Edwards, Chaplain John R. Hertzberg, Director of Sacred Music 10:45 A.M.: Divine Worship. Sermon, "Jacob, the Struggle of a man." Anthem, "Praise the Name of the Lord" Ivanoff. 10:45 A.M.: Church School and Nursery. 4:30 P.M.: Study and Discussion, "Christian Be- haviour." Leaders, Miss Anna Rankin Harris, Mrs. Ruth Kerr. 5:30 P.M.: Fellowship Supper. FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH 1917 Washtenaw Avenue-Phone 2-0015 Rev. Edward H. Redman, Minister 10:00 A.M.: Adult Study Group-Dr. Alvin. Zan- der leading discussion on: "Character and Character Education." 11:00 A.M.: Service of Worship: "What is Hap- pening to Civil Liberties?" 6:30 P.M.: Unitarian Student Group. Business Session. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1432 Washtenaw Av. W. P. Lemon and W. H. Henderson, Ministers Maynard Klein, Director of Music Mildred Beam, Church School Director 9:30 A.M.: Westminster Guild Seminar in Re- ligion. Coffee and rolls at 9:00 A.M. 10:45 A.M.: Morning Worship. Sermon by dr. Lemon, "When Man Comes to Himself" 5:30 P.M.: Westminster Guild supper. Mr. E. S. Dudley, Jr. will speak on "Christians in the World Community" at 6:30 P.M. 7:45 P.M.: Young Marrieds meet in the Russel Parlor. ,,.I i Presented by ART CIN EMA LEAGUE and A*I.Mo CHURCH OF CHRIST 210 N. Fourth Ave. Y.M.C.A. Auditorium Carl York Smith, Minister Telephone Belleville 7-1351 Sermon Topic- A.M.: "The Sinfulness of Instrumental Music in Worship." P.M.: "Itching Ears." (Send cll communications to P.O. Box No. 91) FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Minister, Rev. Leonard A. Parr, D.D.. Student Directors-H. L. Pickerill; Jean Garee Music--Wayne Dunlap; J. Bertram Strickland 9:30 A.M.: Intermediate Church School. 10:45 A.M.: Nursery and Kindergarten. 10:45 A.M.: Public Worship. Dr. Parr will preach- on "The Man Who Came .By Night." 6:00 P.M.: Student Guild-Memorial Christian Ck. ...,-S1 ,r',.r Discussio~n,"Christian Faith 4 4 NOTICE... KYER MODEL LAUNDRY TODAY 7:30 and 9:30 Announces 11.1 I LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION 1; . -. I II A rrh itarti i rp A i trf I 11 . I { [I .