SEPTEMBER 20, 1950 'S HE MIU119AN THE MICHIGAN DAILY ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION: Lilienthal To Open Lecture Series r1 4. * * * * * * The Oratorical Association's 1950 lecture series will range from "The Hydrogen Bomb" to "Chang- ing styles in American Humor," featuring s u c h distinguished 'zpeakerS. as David E. Lilienthal, Rfmnett Cerf, Charles Laughton and Lowell Thomas, Jr. I-tudents will get a deal from the Association as well as an out- standing list of speakers. The sec- ond balcony of Hill Auditorium, site of the lectures, will be re- served for students for general admission season tickets for $2.40. The balcony holds 1400. LILIENTHAL, former chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Com- mission, will speak Oct. 18 on a subject to be announced. Lilien- thal co-authoried with Secretary of State Dean Acheson the fa- mous Acheson-Lilienthal Report, a formula to determine the course for the nation to pursue in regard to international atomic energy control. LAUGHTON'S program, slated for Nov. 1 is entitled "An Evening with Charles Laughton." With a repetoire drawn from his more famous roles the distinguished star is entertaining national audiences in a limited number of personal appearances this year. Lowell Thomas, Jr. will pre- sent his color motion picture lecture, "Out of this World; A Journey to Lhasa," Nov. 7. Thomas and his father trekked through the Himalayas earlier this year to get the material and films for this presentation. Nov. 29, William L. Laurence, Pulitzer Prize-winning science re- porter for the New York Times will speak on "The Truth About the Hydrogen Bomb." One of the select group who have known about the hydrogen bomb for years, Laurence is attempting to explain its intricacies to college audiences. Laurence has been science re- porter for the New York Times for 20 years, saw the atomic bomb manufactured and saw it dropped 1950-1951 UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CONERT CHARLES LAUGHTON on Nagasaki. He is the only news- paper man to receive the Pulitzer Prize twice for reporting. FIFTH MEMBER of the series will be Bennett Cerf who will lec- ture Jan. 16 on "Changing Styles in American Humor." Cerf, presi- dent of Random House and Mo- dern Library is also a noted au- thor and columnist. John Mason Brown will make his fifth annual appearance in Hill Auditorium March 7 when he discusses, "Seeing More Things." The editor of the Sat- urday Review of Literature has been a great favorite with Ann Arbor audiences for his quick wit and sharp commentaries on the literature and drame of the day. Final number of the series will be given March 16 when Julien Bryan will present a technicolor motion picture lecture on "Eng- land in a Changing World." Bryan is the executive director of the International Film Foundation and has been billed on the lec- ture series a number of times in the past. Mail orders addressed to the Oratorical Association's offices in 3211 Angell Hall are now being ac- cepted. The Hill Auditorium box office will open Tuesday, Sept. 19, the Association has announced. LOWELL THOMAS, JR. 72nd ANNUAL CHORAL UNION SERIES HELEN TRAUBEL, Soprano . . BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, . Thursday, October 5 Charles Munch, Conductor Sunday, October 22 . . . . . CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA, George Szell, Conductor . Sunday, November 5 . . w. . SOLOMON, Pianist . . . . " WILLIAM LAURENCE' I.* , POLYTECH CHORUS OF FINLA ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCH Sir Thomas Beecham, Condu . . . . Monday, November 20 ND . Tuesday, November 28 i ESTRA, ctor . . Sunday, December 3 ERICA MORINI, Violinist Thursday, January 11 9 "9 r. " f " HOROWITZ, Pianist . Friday, January 19 CH ICAGO SYMPHONY . . . . . . . . . . /ORCH ESTRA, Raphael Kubelik, Conductor . . Sunday, March 4 . . . HEI FETZ, Violinist . . . . . . . . Wednesday, March 14 SEASON TICKETS: Block A, $16.80; Block B, $14.40; Block C, $12.00. JULIEN BRYAN BENNETT CERF i CROWDED BUT POPULAR: .U' Library Stores 1,400,000 Books AT THE TIME of its completion, the University population was about 6,000 and wild estimates at growth said a 10,000 enrollment might be expected. In 1950 with enrollment just double what was predicted then, remnants of the old building may still be seen. Climbing out on the roof, the old stack sec- tion looms up clearly between the three new wings. This ori- ginal section was not demolish- ed because of excessive cost. Up in the attic above the old sec- tion, the out-dated maple beams are still holding up the roof. But time and change have left their mark. The hordes of students who make their appearance around the fifth, eighth and fourteenth weeks of each semester have worn down the marble stairs so that the treads have had to be turned. Fluourescent lights have replaced the old, overhanging chandeliers. And the library staff has trebled since its first days. * * * THE PLANT itself is a complex combination of machinery, books and personnel. Gadgets like the conveyor belt with its intricate controls, carefully calculated loads and questionable efficiency, and the buzzers, telephones and pneu- matic tubes which connect the widely separated stations in the stacks, would fascinate even the non-mechanical. The bindery is a spot worthy of more appreciation. Every University book as need arises is processed through the large, well - lighted basement room which holds equipment for every type of book-binding from the rare books of the Clements Li- brary and Michigan Historical Collections, to the regular rou- tine jobs of rebinding well-used research volumes. As for books themselves, the li- brary offers the widest possible collection. Books in every lan- guage, printed on everything from sheepskin to papyrus, on every subject from Hindhu mythology to horse-racing can be found in the reading rooms, stacks and branch- es of the General Library. THE LIBRARY collection is still growing at, a rate of 30-40,000 vol- umes annually. Books are purchas- ed with department funds and a special library fund under Warner G. Rice, Director of the Library. And private donations keep pour- ing in. With one of the largest circula- tions in the country, the General Library is serving Michigan stu- dents with good books, after a short wait. Success at 'U' Won by Most Of Freshmen (Continued from Page 1) ate programs. Of the total number in each entering class, about 55 per cent receive a bachelor's de- gree, while another 25 per cent enter a professional school after two or three years of undergrad- uate work. In each freshman class, ap- proximately 13 per cent find University work too difficult or uncongenial, while seven per cent run into personal difficul- ties which force their withdraw- al. In commenting on the statistics, Registrar Ira M. Smith said that the University has a responsibility to those who apply for admission. If they will find the work too dif- ficult, they should not be admit- ted, he said. Guils Federate The student Congregational- Disciples-Evangelical a n d Re- formed Guild has been formed by federation of the. Disciples of Christ, the Congregationalists, and members of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, it has been an- nounced. The Guild House, at 438 May- nard St., is sponsored by these three churches. LAURITZ MELCHIORTenor . .Tuesday,October FIFTH ANNUAL EXTRA CONCERT SERIES 10 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Charles Munch, Conductor. . . . Wednesday, October 25 MY RA HESS, Pianist * . . . * Tuesday, November 14 DON COSSACK CHORUS. . . . . . . MondayJanuary Serge Jaroff, Conductor 15 CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCH ESTRA/ Thor Johnson, Conductor Tuesday, February 20 " " * * s SEASON TICKETS: Block A, $8.40; Block B, $7.20; Block C, $6.00. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERTS "MESS I AH" (Handel) . . . . . . . . December 9 and 10, 1950 Nancy Carr, soprano; Eunice Alberts, contralto; David Lloyd, tenor; Oscar Natzka, bass; Choral Union and Orchestra; Lester McCoy, Conductor TICKETS: 70c and 50c. On sale beginning October 16. CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL BARGAIN PRICES Why1 £Slae OR WAHDAY BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET. February 16, 17, 18,1951 SWI FT'S DRUG STORE Do your entire laundry in half an hour at our store. Wash, rinse, and damp- dry clothes automatical- ly in Westinghouse Laun- dromat automatic wash- Josef Roisman, Violin; Boris Kroyt, Viola Jac Gorodetzky, Violin; Mischa Schneider, Violoncello SEASON TICKETS: $3.60 and $2.40. On sole beginning October 16. 340 South State Street \\ -.,' ' t=-_: - _- -_ ____ FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL -k ers. Prescriptions Drug Sundries Student Supplies DRYERS AVAILABLE TO DRY CLOTHES COMPLETELY SIX CONCERTS . . . . . . . . . . . May 3/415, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor, and Alexander Hilsberg, Associate Conductor; University Choral Union, Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor,, and Lester McCoy, 6, 1951 Stationery Magazines 11 I A - I -U --i 4%I _ i i I