TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1950 1 HE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNFLOWER LOVERS: Proper Menu Attracts BirdsThroughWinter The bird who comes to dinner can be enticed into staying all winter long, if a proper bill of fare is prvoided for him according to Prof. George M. Sutton of the zoology department. Discussing the favorite food items of birds, Prof. Sutton noted that many birds are very fond of sunflower seeds. Bird lovers can usually make arrangements with a farmer to save complete sun- flower heads for them, he advised. *e * * THE sunflower seeds should be strung up in such a way that they will attract downy and hairy woodpeckers, chickadees and the tufted titmouse. The cardinal relishes this food, too, but for this indolent bird, the seed should be placed on the ground, because he dis- likes flying up to get it, Prof. Sutton explained. Other foods which are great favorites of feathered vertebrates are cracked nuts, hickory nuts, peanuts, black walnuts, and of course, the lump of suet tacked to the trunk of a tree or placed in a container of kitchen wire through which the birds can peck. * * OF COURSE, a bird lover must decide on a sheltered spot, safe from pouncing cats an dstrong winds, if he wants birds to come to his winter feeding station, Prof. Sutton continued. No special equipment is needed for such a station, the zoologist pointed out. In selecting the spot for placing the food, a partial roof or awning above the window is a good thing, he asserted. "People who want to attract birds to the feeding station should 'take advantage of the snowfalls. Many birds in need of shelter from a snow storm seek out sheltered places," Prof. Sutton said. One of the prettiest birds a bird-lover can have as a "guest" during the winter is the evening grosbeak. a black-white-green- yellow bird about the size of a robin, according to Prof. Sutton. Bobwhites may also be seen at winter feeding stations occasion- ally. The brown creeper, another ka- leidoscope of colors with a slender curved bill, will often slip in when the other birds have finished and will stay as long as the others will let him, he added. "The titmouse and chicadee may get bold enough to eat out of your hand," he noted. Squirrel Gives Flirting Coed Cold Haunch By ANN HAGAN It's not often a squirrel and a coed chew the rag together. But it's even less frequent when a squirrel chews alone. Such was the case when an ap- ple-cheeked, eager young coed ap- proached a squirrel with a flaming orange tail and began click-click- clicking. "WE HAD such a nice time," she sighed. "I thrust out a red- mittened hand, continued to click, and darned if the little fellow didn't inch upand begin knawing on me." "It was great fun at first, but after awhile I got a little uncom- fortable. I edged my hand away politely and went into a nearby store for some nuts. I came back as friendly as ever. The squirrel looked at me, curled his lip and marched away with nose in air." "I was just crushed," she wept. The rodent when interviewed gave his point of view. "I like nothing better than a pretty coed -urrumph!-but gad, what a flirt. Couldn't lose my pride, so ig- nored her when she returned." "Of course if I'd known she had nuts . .." PART OF U.S. PROGRAM: Foreign Students Teach English ,, By HILDA EITEL Practice teaching is no longer confined to those studying to be- come teachers in the American schools. Students enrolled in the English Language Institute's class, Spe- cial Problems in Teaching the English Language, take it upon themselves .to choose a foreign University student at random and correct his speech errors in Eng- lish. BECAUSE OF their previous knowledge of languages they are well qualified to do this sort of teaching.hFor example. Japanese students have trouble distinguish- ing "sch" sounds from "dge" sounds. Consequently they say "pled- ge-ur" instead of "pleasure" and tredge-ur"' instead of "trea- sure." It is these pronounciation difficulties with which the stu- dents work. The Institute, under the sup- ervision of Prof. Charles C. Fries, presents a four-point program. The first type of work it offers is an intensive eight-week train- ing program which is given six times a year to foreign students who wish to familiarize themselves with the American scene. * * * THE SECOND group is known as the teacher program. Here in- structors from foreign countries and the United States are trained in linguistic analysis of English and in methods of teaching. At present the Institute boasts a large percentage of students attending under the National Leaders Program which was " By CRAWFORD YOUNG Daily Nostalgia Expert One hundred years ago, Santa C) tus arrived in the provincial v derness outpost of Ann Arbor 'by way of fashionable New York and Boston, a search through the files of the old Ann Arbor Argus revealed. Department stores of that day were offering fabulous Yuletide bargains on goods imported from the East. One advertised that ten dozen lamb's wool men's drawers, guaranteed to be right off Fifth Avenue, were available for record low prices. BEAVEIC HATS were the height LANGUAGE INSTITUTE-Prof. Robert Lado (center) looks on as Eiichi Hayashi, Grad. (left) instructs Kenzo Mraumo, Grad., in English pronunciation. * * *