THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1950
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Vote Errors
Accidental
Experts Say
The Williams-Kelly vote-count-
ing errors weren't made malicious-
ly, but were due to human care-
lessness and an involved tabula-
tion system, according to local
election officials and experts.
County Clerk Fred J. Looker as-
serted, "It is very easy to make
errors after working 18 hours
counting votes." Continuing, he
said, "It could hardly happen
fraudulently, unless our entire sys-
tem is breaking down."
Prof. N. Marbury Efimenco of
the Political Science Department
called for a complete overhauling
of the system of . canvassing the
votes, citing the errors as a case
in point.
Prof. Lionel Laing of the de-
partment compared the greater
accuracy of British elections with
American ones. A series of close
checks administered by election of-
ficials and clerks who are usually
employees of the municipal gov-
ernment, and under the supervi-
sion of watchers from both par-
ties, prevails in Britain.
He pointed out, however, that
this system is applicable in Britain
because there each voter casts his
ballot for only one candidate for
one seat in Parliament, and there
are generally only two or three
candidates running for each seat.
Prof. Samuel Eldersveld pointed
out the significance of the close re-
turns, saying, "It demonstrates
that the mandate of the people is
blurred and inconclusive, if indeed,
any mandate may be said to exist."
Recital To Be
Given by Hess
Here Tuesday
The third program in the fifth
annual Extra Concert Series will
be presented by pianist Myra Hess
at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Hill Au-
ditorium.
The famed English artist will
present an all-Beethoven recital
of three Sonatas: the E major,
the F minor, and the A flat ma-
jor.
CURRENTLY ON A full concert
tour of the United States, she
is due to arrive in Ann Arbor
Tuesday afternoon. Sie will room
at the League during her stay
here.
Miss Hess has twice received
royal recognition for her mu-
sical ability and public service.
In 1936 she was made Comman-
der of the Order of the British
Empire, a distinction never be-
fore given to an instrumentalist.
Five years later King George VI
awarded her the title of Dame
Commander of the British Empire
for services rendered during the
days of the London air blitz.
The second presentation entitles
her to the title Dame Myra, by
which she is often called both on
and off the concert stage.
Tickets for Tuesday's concert
are still available at the office of
the University Musical Society in
Burton Tower.
Grout to Give First
'U' Music Lecture
The first in a series of three vi-
siting lectures under the auspices
of the School of Music will be pre-
sented by Prof. Donald Grout of
Cornell University at 4:15 p.m.
Tuesday in Rackham Amphithe-
ater.
A well-known author, and editor
of the Journal of the American
Musicological Society. Prof. Grout
will speak on "Modern Editions of
Renaissance Music."
Dead' Viiiage eturns to Life
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'U'
Aids in Revival
OfMichiganTown.
"Never say die."
This apparently is the slogan for the tiny community of Grass
Lake, a village of 800 people just twenty miles west of Ann Arbor.
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FOR ALMOST ten years this village has been in the throes of a
suffocating decline which eventually turned the once-flourishing site
into a virtual ghost town.
But recently the citizens of the little lake community have
started to rebuild and revitalize their small city.
A civic Booster Club was created to find ways to attract small
business and industry, and, in answer to a SOS, the University De-
partment of Landscape Archit'ecture stepped in to aid the town
project.
Now the village is again on its way to a useful existence.
A prosperous television parts firm has located there, and planning
for the village rejuvenation is O
going full speed ahead. tion which the village could not
The town's original troubles meet.
started ten years ago when U.S. * * *
Highway 12, its "life-line" between GRASS LAKE'S possibilities for
Chicago and Detroit, was rerouted. full recovery are enhanced by nu-
The benefits of its position were merous advantages, according to
thus swept away, and the site was Prof. H. O. Whittemore, chairman
left semi-isolated in the heart of of the architect landscape depart-
a great industrial area. ment.
Bustling Jackson, just a few One advantage is the lake after
miles from Grass Lake, aided the which the town is named. Al-
subsequent devitalization process though it is now too marshy to be
by providing commercial competi- useful, Prof. Whittemore has sug-
gested to the Booster Club that
the ton deepen the water and im-
Iprove the beaches, thus opening
the site to possible tourist trade.
A Paved highways to the east
and the west also enhance Grass
Lake's position. "Improvements
in trucks and roads have nulli-
lyfled the necessity for a town to
be situated on a main trunk
highway such as U.S. 12 in order
P h toto attract industry," Prof. Whit-
Soto - temore explained.
Other assets the town has are
an excellent water supply, good
outlying farm country, a compact
business district, and citizens who
are "energetic, hardworking, and
thrifty."
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A CRUMBLING REMINDER OF THE VILLAGE'S BAD TIMES STANDS ON MAIN STREET
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THE TOWNSPEOPLE DISCUSS THEIR PROJECT WITH PROF. WHITTEMORE
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Donna Hendleman
and
Ed Silveefarb
Photos
Courtesy
University News Service
of inactivity has left its mark on
its buildings. Many of them have
fallen into advanced stages of dis-
repair. And others cannot be fully
serviceable until they are modern-
ized.
In addition to the possibility of
a tourist business, Prof. Whitte-
more has suggested that the town
form a corporation which could
build an industrial plant.
"Many manufacturers are es-
tablishing branches in small vil-
lages when plant facilities are
already available to them," Prof.
Whittemore explained.
"Planning for the possibility
of war, and the paralyzing effect
an atomic bomb could have on
centralized industry, continu-
ously more corporations are
branching out in towns such as
Grass Lake," he said.
Revitalization of small villages
I is also an aid to the chronic prob-
lem of urban slums, according to
Prof. Whittemore.
"In some areas new villages are
being built," he said, "but it is
much more feasible and economi-
cal to improve such villages as
Grass Lake."
The citizens of Grass Lake ap-
parently have no argument with
this vie. "It's wonderful to feel
the place- growing again," one
"old-timer" in the village said.
"We have a lot of catching up to
do, but I know we won't stop until
we make it," he asserted.
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TESTING TELEVISION PARTS IN A NEW GRASS LAKE FACTORY
THE BOOSTERS GET AN ILLUSTRATED REPORT
FROM THE PROFESSOR
CHILDREN'S
BOOK WEEK
Nov. 12 - Nov. 18
A Few Titles from our Complete Selection
of Books for Children of All Ages
THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD . . . .., . . . . ,$.60
by Mabel C. Bragg
THE WONDERFUL BAKER . . . . . . . . . . . . .,. 1.50
by Mabel L. Hunt
MARY LIZZIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25
by Florence Musgrave
THE COAT OF MANY COLORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50
by Marian King
ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER . . . . . .. . . 1.25
b Mar. ?, T..a
REVIEWING THE VILLAGE'S FINANCIAL CONDITION
Give To Promote Peace
STUDENT PHOENIX
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