THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1950 I I ______________________________________________________________________________ I ARMOR PLUJS AMOfUR: Caesar and Cleopatra'To Open Tonight By WENDY OWEN Sporting costumes from the ori- g i n a l Broadway production the s p e e c h department's of- offering of "Caesar and Cleopa- tra" will open at 8 p.m. today in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Prof. Hugh Z. Norton, who is directing the Shaw drama, ob- tained the costumes via a New York middleman who contacted the costume house which had bought them after the New York production closed. * * * INCLUDED IN the gala array are authentic Roman helmets, heavily padded breastplates for the Roman army officers, gold- embroidered togas and realistic Roman tunics. Many of the cos- tumes were taken completely apart in the play production cos- tume shop and rebuilt for the students who will wear them to- night through Saturday. The breast-plates and 'bronze' armor were created by the New York costumer from heavy duty muslin and gilded to give them an authentic metallic sheen. All the Roman uniforms are heavily padded, in order to better show the burly Roman officers who luxuriated in the Alexandrian court of Cleopatra, and grew fat and lazy on the enormous court banquets. TO BRIDGE the time between scenes, Prof. Norton commissioned William D. Peterson to compose original music With the proper Egyptian air. A recorded orches- tration of this work, directed by Grant Beglarian, Grad., will be heard at the show. Caesar, the famous Roman em- peror, will be played by John Sar- gent, Grad. and opposite him, as the coyly naive Cleopatra will be Marilyn Begole, Grad. Sargent is no stranger to Ann Arbor audiences, having appeared in such dramas as Dr. Faustus and King Lear. Miss Begole was last seen as Cordelia in King Lear. The two will be assisted by Du- ane Gotschall, Irene Kelley, Char- les Olson, Nafe Katter, Jerome Lepard and Dennis Morley. Tickets for the Egyptian comedy will be ont sale at the Mendelssohn box-office, open daily from 10 a.- m. to 8 p.m. Special student rates will be offered today and tomor- row. * .:' * -Daily-Roger Reinke EMPEROR MEETS EMPRESS-Caesar, played by John Sargent, Grad. explains a perfectly evident point to young Cleopatra, Mari- lyn Begole, Grad. as the two rehearse for the speech department production of George Bernard Shaw's classic comedy, "Caesar and Cleopatra." 'U' Awarded Grant of $48,®00 By Carnegie Corporation The University has been award- ed grant of $48,4000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York City, according to President Alexander G. Ruthven. The grant will be used to es- tablish four post-doctoral re- search fellowships which will be offered by the Survey Research Center, the economics and poli- tical science departments and the Institute of Public Administration, President Ruthven said. * * * THE FELLOWSHIPS will be awarded to furtrer research in fields of common interest between economics, political science, psy- chology, sociology and public ad- ministration, according to Prof. Angus Campbell, director of the Survey Research Center. They will carry a remuneration of $5,000 a year with an addition- al allowance of $1,000 provided to each fellow for computational a n d clerical expenses, Prof. Campbell added. He noted that two fellowships in economics have already been established at the Center as the U.S. College Enrollments Show Drop By CAL SAMRA American colleges and universi- ties in toto have shown a marked decrease in enrollment this fall, according to the annual survey of The New York Times. According to the figures collect- ed by The Times from more than 18,000 institutions of higher learning in this country, student enrollment was 2,344,509-a drop of 187,809 from last year's record high. SEVERAL salient factors have .influenced this decline, according to Prof. Algo D. Henderson of the School of Education. 1. The decline in the number of veterans enrolling in the nation's colleges and universities. 2. The drafting of an increasing number of students. 3. The effect of the depression of the early thirties, in which the national birthrate dropped. At the moment this has resulted in a dearth in the number of high school students. "The trend downward will prob- ably continue for a while," Prof. Henderson added, but he thought that the trend would eventually be reversed. *, * * THESE DECREASES have left their mark on the nation's cam- puses. This fall one out of every four college students is a war vete- ran; two years ago one out of ev- ery two were ex-service men. The lack of veterans enrolling in fresh- man classes gives the tip-off as to what is to come. A number of colleges reported that the supply of new veterans has dwindled to the vanishing point. While 80 per cent of the col- leges and universities declared that they were prepared to ad- mit more students this fall if they had applied, they also re- ported that they lack sufficient facilities for their existing stu- dents. This is probably the reason why the colleges put as their foremost need the construction of new build-. ings and have embarked upon a vast expansion program. Seventy- five per cent of all the colleges and universities have made plans for building programs, according to the report. .* * PROBABLY because of the en- rollment drop, the colleges and un- iversities reported that they are now able to get nearly all the qual- ified faculty members they need. In all, 86.5 per cent answered "yes" on the question of whether they were getting a sufficient number of professors. This is significant be- cause only a year ago the colleges were suffering from an acute shortage of qualified instructors. From a fiscal standpoint, many of the institutions report- ed that they were in financial trouble. Actually, The Times re- ported that 22 per cent of all the institutions of higher learn- ing were operating on a deficit. "One unfortunate effect of the financial troubles is already tak- ing place," the report explained. "Standards are being lowered. Ser- vices have been cut on a number of campuses. Faculty members have not been replaced. Needed repairs are left undone." Consequently, it is not surpris- ing that the annual tuition fee for the undergraduate student, which this fall averaged $281, is an in- crease over the $276 fee for last year and the $187 in 1941-42. But most of the colleges and univer- sities reported that they were not planning to increase their tuition fees, but were looking for revenue elsewhere. Estep To Speak Prof. Samuel Estep of the Law School will speak on "The Consti- tutionality of the McCarran Act" at a meeting of Students for Dem- ocratic Action at 7:30 p.m. today in Rm. 3B in the Union. a seven-loot steel. mesn and barbed-wire fence around the 4,- 000 acre plot 14 miles west of Ann Arbor. * * * THE LAND has been bought up piecemeal over the past year or so. Farmers sold their property for reputedly fantastic sums. When they moved out their homes were boarded up or razed and the land lay idle. Negotiations were carried on by the late George Burke, Sr., Ann Arbor attorney, and John H. Hanna, a Detroit real estate agent. Their client remains a secret to this day. It has been reported that Han- na has spent $750,000 in acquir- ing the farm land. He has.moved bought the property for the Chrysler Corporation to use as a proving ground. But this is entire- ly without confirmation. Other suggestions range from an auto speedway to a nudist colony. These possibilities have kept Chelsea residents speculating for months. At ene time they pro- tested closing of roads in the area in an attempt to force Hanna and Burke to bring their client out into the open. But Burke would only say that the persons interested in the pro- ject are "splendid individuals who have a definite sense of respon- sibility to the community." In the meantime the fence goes up. And the mystery deepens. II CONSTRUCTION CREW-Students of the Finland Institute of Technology do their own hod-carrying and bricklaying in the con- struction of their new campus in Helsinki. Lack of housing and educational facilities prompted the students to undertake the pro- ject. * * * * Finnish Students Tell of Free Scholastic Sy*s tem 1{ By LEONARD GREENBAUM Students at the Finland Insti- tute of Technology don't have to worry about final exam schedules or getting to laboratories on time. According to Institute graduates Vilkko Virkkala and Yrjo Malkki who performed with the Polytech Chorus of Finland at Hill Audi- torium last night, Finnish stu- dents enjoy greater scholastic freedom than American students. - * * * WHEN THE CHORUS returns home next month they will be un- der no pressure to make up work lost during their current five month tour of the United States and Canada. The novel situation is due to the educational requirements of universities in Finland. Students are allowed to choose their own time for both studying and ex- aminaitons. Their laboratories are open 12 hours a day and may be used at the student's convenience. The four and a half to five years prescribed for securing a degree is extendable without any penalties. According to Virkkala and Mal- kki few Finnish students go to the universities for a liberal arts education but rather point them- selves toward some definite pro- fession. * ** A LIBERAL ARTS education is primarily attained in the "learn- ing school," a cross between the high school and a junior college. After completing their gener- al education in the "learning school" students take examina- tions that qualify them for a student degree and entrance to any university. One of the major difficulties facing Finland's students, Virk- kala noted, is not academic but economic. The lack of adequate housing caused many students to live in bomb shelters while others, not able to find even this type of roof returned to the country and 'postponed their education. * * * TO REMEDY the situation stu- dents at the Finland Institute of Technology are constructing a modern university campus with dormitories, educational and re- creational facilities. In order to save expenses the students per- form a major part of the menial labor from uprooting trees to car- rying a hod. But inadequate housing isn't the only shortage facing the In- stitute's students. They are lack- ing technical facilities for re- search, and their libraries were destroyed by fire during the war. The bird's eye view of Ameri- can colleges and universities that they have acquired on their pre- sent tour drew only envious ad- miration for the extensive equip- ment American schools possess. Ice Rink Closes A mechanical breakdown in the Coliseum forced a temporary shut- down of the ice rink last night. However, Harry C. Kaseberg, rink manager, indicated yesterday that repairs would be completed today or tomorrow. w ii v -_ r_ ;< . t l ;tee , jf,9 , s {- s .rt a NEW FOUNTAIN MANAGEMENT presents an ICE CREAM FESTIVAL Tru Dec. 2nd Student Builders i New Fence To Surround Chelsea Mystery Project By BOB KEITH 25 families from the area and torn Chelsea's mysterious land area down 18 houses and barns. is being further isolated from cur- * * * ious townsfolk this week. WHAT THE LAND will be used Worknien are preparing t efor is unknown. The most persis- Worme ar pepain toercttant rumor has it than Hanna I TWO SODAS or SUNDAES PRICE OF ONE, PLUS c result of a previous grant Carnegie. from 0 L a / il? //4 J It's Chirstmas Time at J De MILLER'S Try our BIG 44c Lunch Today! e MILLER'S CAFETERIA 211 South State 'Ensian Extends Proof Deadine The 'Ensian has extended the graduate-senior proof deadline in- definitely, according to Joe Hein- lein, '53, promotions manager. 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