THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FIVE A MILITARY MATTERS: Recreation Lifts ldisorale (Editor's Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles describing life intthe "new" Army, as seen by former Daily night editor Pete Hotton, '50. Pvt. Hotton recently completed basic infantry training at Camp Polk, La., and is currently stationed at Ft. Ord, Calif.) By PVT. PETER HOTTON Our great morale booster in Army life is recreation-if we can find the time for it. One of the best forms of recreation is dreaming of home and girls while trying to keep awake in classes. Most popular of all, however- even above drinking beer at the Post Exchange-is mail call. * * * * MAIL CALL comes twice a day, immediately following lunch and dinner. The company gathers around the mail room window and hopes that the mail clerk will holler out his name, and if he does, that he pronounces it in some recognizable fashioA. After mail call in the evening, you can find regular fre- quenters of the day room sprawled about the "sugar report"- letters to their sweethearts. It's a sad day when someone doesn't get a letter, for mail is the soldier's best friend. A life of running around outside and flopping on your belly all day in training whets the appetite, and chow call is a popular pastime, when the food is half-way edible. But chow only lasts 10 minutes, or the shortest possible time in which a man can shove the most food y into himself. When the food is good, meals are halfway pleasant. But the Army is notorious for its unalterable menu of grease and more grease. ACTUALLY, Army food is the best you can get. That is, before the cooks get their hands on it. They do quite well with foods like lamb and pork, but they overcook beef steak to a charcoal-like crisp and undercook chicken and turkey so it has a texture like rubber and is just about as tasty. The Army bakers very often come up with a surprisingly good cake or pie, but they invariably have a sweet tooth and load them with sugar. Also saturated with sweets are fruit juices, already pre-sweetened, and even iced and hot tea. For economy's sake, all food is generally slopped on one dish, so that hot meat and potatoes mix in nicely with water vegetables and cold salad. As a final garnish, dessert, whether it be butterscotch pudding or ice cream, is slopped on top. Eventually gravy seeps into this mixture, making it one big mess. ALWAYS TRYING to economize, the mess hall conceived the brilliant idea that time could be saved at breakfast by baking eggs in cookie pans instead of frying them indivdually. This cooking pro- cedure changed the eggs into something which looked and tasted like sinkstoppers. Actually they could have functioned in this capacity, because the company had no sinkstoppers, either in the mess hall or bar- racks. The best substitute was an old rag, which either leaks or comes out or clogs the drain, and makes washing quite an experience. But despite these "hardships," the rookie still seems to thrive. ANOTHER POPULAR form of recreation is the weekend pass, but only among the men who have wives or relatives living in the neighboring towns or those who want to buy something in town. The closest settlement to Camp Polk is the town of 'Leesville, La., a thriving little metropolis of some 5,000 souls, all out to get the soldier's last dollar. The town looks much like a carnival thidway, with a dozen or more army stores and several dozen taverns equipped with beer, liquor and slot machines. And there are the usual penny arcades full of money-eating machines. EACH COMPANY has a day room where men off duty can go to relax in big soft easy chairs, listen to the radio, read, or even play a few rounds of pool. Company I has a day room, but that is all. 'It's the bottom floor of a barracks building, absolutely empty except for a few very old and beat-up magazines, two soft drink machines, a candy machine, and a box of sports equipment badly in need of exten- sive repair As the floor is very empty there is a lot of room to sit down in. There is one radio that broadcasts excellent static, but no pool tables, not even a lonely chair or table to write letters on. « « « \ THE ARMY is very helpful in recreation, too. One night I was detailed to "enjoy" a post boxing tournament because I Company had not indicated sufficient interest in sports-except for elbow bend- ing. The Army also kind-heartedly presented for our enjoyment Ez- zard Charles in a boxing exhibition, and some lady wrestling bouts. We would all get a chance to see these stellar attractions-the only such entertainment we had in our three months at Polk-headquarters said. All we had to do was pull our nape out of a hat-there were two tickets to each show for each platoon of 40 men. - AP News Photo GETTING HOT-Gambler Frank Costello tries to keep cool by taking a drink of water during this week's Senate crime investi- gation hearing in New York. As a result of Costello's reluctant testimony he faces possible contempt and perjury charges, ac- cording to committee chairman Sen. Estes Kefauver. IN MANY LANDS: Christians Prepare for Celebration ofEaster U.S. Official To Lecture On Far East Secy. Rusk Will Appear Thursday Dean Rusk, assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern Affairs, will speak at 4:15 p.m. Thursday in Rackham Amphitheatre. Lecturing on "Fundamentals of our Far Eastern Policy," the se- cretary will appear at an assem- bly jointly sponsored by the poli- tical science department and the Ann Arbor chapters of the Am- erican Association of University Women and the League of Wo- men Voters. - Rusk, who was appointed to his present post last year, first join- ed the State Department in 1946. He has held positions in the De- partment as assistant chief of international security affairs, as- sistant secretary of state for Uni- ted Nations affairs and deputy undersecretary of state. He has also served as Underse- cretary of War and director of the Office of United Nations Affairs. In 1947 and 1948, Rusk acted as advisor and alternate representa- tive on the United States dele- gation to the second and third sessions of the United Nations General Assemly. During World War II, he was assigned to Military Intelligence and also served as deputy chief of staff of U.S. Army forces in, the China-Burma-India theatre. A graduate of Davidson College, Rusk has studied at Oxford Uni- versity, the Universty of Berlin and the University of California. His lecture will be open to the general public. Candidate for School Position To Speak Here Prof. Edgar W. Waugh of Mi- chigan State Normal College, De- mocratic candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion, will address a dinner-meeting of Phi Delta Kappa, professional education fraternity, at 6 p.m. Monday in the Union. Prof. Waugh, who has been teaching political science at State Normal since 1921, will speak on ' "Improving Public Instruction in Michigan. . His opponent in the coming Ap- ril 2 election, incumbent Lee M. Thurston, was also invited to ad- dress the meeting but was unable to attend. Copies of Thurston's official report on educational con- ditions in Michigan, which was submitted to Gov. Williams, will be distributed at the meeting. By BARBARA JANS and PAT BROWNSON Coed residences were the scene of minor riots Thursday night when seniors returned from their annual banquet and preview of JGP. With parties and pranks, rang- ing from the hilarious to the shocking, underclassmen did their best to give prospective graduates an evening they could not forget. * * * AN IMAGINATIVE A D Pi Zo- ology major provided juniors with a live snake which was placed in the president's room. In retalia- tion seniors baked cookies, liber- ally sprinkled with laxative chips, for the juniors. "' A garland of unmentionables which bedecked the front porch of the Alpha Xi annex fell into the hands of fraternity men. The articles were returned yes- terday by special delivery mail stamped: "Property of Zeta Psi." An Alpha Gam senior also lost her lingerie in the fracas. She re- covered it yesterday morning from a locker at the city bus station. IN AN ATTEMPT to foil un- derclassmen, a Newberry senior locked her fourth floor room be- fore she left for the festivities. Her precaution was futile, how- ever. The room was invaded through a window via the roof. In shoes several sizes too large A E Phis tramped to Fri- day morning 8 o'clocks with that "back to nature" look. Their younger sisters had hidden their makeup and mixed up their shoes. Pi Phi seniors were pleasantly shocked to find their rooms spot- I, lessly cleaned when they return from JGP. They soon discovered, however, that prankish juniors had switched their drawers, book jackets, and personal belongings. * * * ZETA SENIORS, in 'an attempt to obey a sign marked "Step Up, Seniors" attached to a sheet sus- pended from a second floor win- dow stepped down, instead, into a tub of icy water planted on the doorstep. Tri-Delts, Alpha Chis, Kappa Deltas, and A 0 Pis concentrated their efforts on skits and par- ties. Martha Cook honored three JGP central committee members and 14 women from the cast at a traditional party. DELTA ZETA sophomores gave large candy Easter eggs to their big sisters. The holiday spirit also prevailed at the Chi Omega house, where seniors presented joyful juniors with hard boiled eggs. The juniors lost their gaiety when they found that the seniorshhad "forgotteni" to boil some of them. Parties feting seniors took place at Theta, Couzens, Alpha Phi, Kappa,and DG. More pranksters ran rampant at S D T , Angell House, Sorosis, Barbour, and Stockwell. Exercise A family-style diet and one simple exercise will take off inch- es healthfully and comfortably ac- cording to a popular woman's magazine. The exercise is based on a ballet dancer's limbering up and takes very little room. Coeds Celebrate Senior Night With Dorm, Sorority Pranks JGP To Stage Final Showing Production Includes Songs, Dances, Gags "It's the Payoff," 1951 rendi- tion of the Junior Girls' Play, will be presented for the last times at 2 and 8 p.m. today. Tickets for the matinee are be- Ing sold at 74 cents, and for the evening performance at 90 cents. Tickets mhay be purchased at the box office of the League. DOORS OF the Lydia Mendels- sohn theatre, where the play is being shown, were open to the public for the first time last night. The plot of JGP concerns four young women who are nearly evicted from their tenement apartment by a hard-hearted Irish landlady, excellently por- trayed by Jane Barker. In order to pay the rent, Nan- cy Carter, Sarah Hoffman, Joyce Rasti and Betty Bridges, who play the lead roles, must produce a, musical show. THE PLAY is the story of the complications and problems which arise when they attempt to pro- duce said show. However, the plot is secondary to the musical numbers in the production. Margaret Strand and Patricia Joy, singing and'dancing chairmen, respectively, have work- ed for nearly a year on the num- bers in the show, and the results are indicative of this fact. Joan Streifling, who wrote the script, has intermingled subtle humor with snappy dialogue. By The Associated Press The traditional Holy Week of mourning ended last night. Christians of many lands pre- pared today to celebrate the Eas- ter miracle of Jesus Christ's res- urrection in a world now beset by anxiety and fear. Worshippers thronged churches of the old world and the new for Good Friday devotions on the an- niversary of the crucifixion. Pil- grims moved from shrine to shrine in t h e drought-parched Holy Land. Stock exchanges in the United States, Canada and many other * * * Churches Plan Varied Events countries closed. Late shoppers for Easter finery thronged de- partment stores. * * * THOUSANDS OF Europeans and many Americans made the Good Friday pilgrimage along the winding Via Dolorsa in old walled Jerusalem, where Christ carried His cross to Calvary. Heat harassed natives and pilgrims alike in the Holy Land. In a medieval Roman Catholic service last night at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jeru- salem, a symbolc figure was taken from a cross, bathed, an- ointed and laid in a tomb. For the first time in three dec- ades, a Christian religious service was held in the Cenaculum on Mt. Zion, scene of the Last Supper. * * * wil) 11 ABOUT 8,000 pilgrims and tour- Tom orrow ists gathered in Rome for the Eas- ter holidays and the spiritual ex- ercises ending Holy Week. Many Student Guilds and many Ann attended Good Friday services in Arbor churches have scheduled RttenChurd.e special services and meetings for Roman Churches. Eastertomorrow.ndmThousands of spectators watch- Eanrsestt ricew. led rites at Novotas, P.I., a Manilla Sunrise services will take place sbrweecosoffae- at 6 a.m. at the Baptist Student subltrb, where scores o foage Center, 520 E. Huron; at 7 a.m. at lants, seeking atonement for thei St. Andrews Episcopal Church, sins, beat each others backs int 306 N. Division; at 6:45 a.m. at On Formosa, Chiang Kai-Shek the Congregational, Disciples, Ev- led Chinese Nationalist Christians angelical and Reformed Guild, 438 in Good Friday prayers for the Maynard; at 5:30 a.m. at the deliverance of the Chinese main- Presbyterian Church, 1432 Wash- land from "Communist tryanny tenaw and at 6:30 a.m. at the and oppression." Wesleyan Guild of the First Meth- odist church, State and Huron. Also planned are various Easter SOUTH SEA PARADIS] breakfasts and evening programs. 1 E: Breakfasts will be served at 10:45 a.m. at the Memorial Christian Church, 815 Hill; di- rectly after the early service at the Wesleyan Guild; at 8 a.m. at the Lutheran Student Cen- ter, 1304 Hill and after the sun- rise devotion at the Presbyter- ian Church. Evening events will include a showing of "King of Kings" at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 512 Huron; a special Easter serv- Carefree Living in Polynesia Shown in Museum Exhibition And to celebrate our victory in this lottery, we had to pay 50 ice at 6:30 p.m. at the Wesleyan cents for the ticket. Guild, and a special musical pro- (To be continued tomorrow) gram to be presented at 7:30 p.m. at the Congregational Guild. An Easter service will also take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church, 309 Washing- ElAC T [ERton, and at 6:30 p.m. at the Pres- byterian Church. Ruth Moore, SEUNRISE SERVICE 'Grad. will deliver some Easter readings at the latter meeting. In Sanctuary of First Methodist Church Rev. Joe A. Porter... Speaker Kitty Bond, Organist Jean Kemble, Soloist Special Music, Mixed Quartet EVERYONE INVITED Sponsored by Wesleyan Guild Union Service Needs Drivers The Union Travel Service has issued a hurried call for drivers going to New York, Boston, Chi- cago and Michigan's upper penin- sula 'for spring vacation. According to Union staffman Jack Ehlers, '53E, drivers to New York are most in demand. More than 150 students have applied for rides to the Empire City, but no drivers have signed up for there yet. Would-be drivers may sign up at the Union student offices be- tween 3 and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Polynesians have the right idea when it comes to easy liv- ing-they enjoy themselves first, and then work in their spare time. And even the coming of the white man couldn't change this Paradise Isle custom of dance be- fore duty. This air of nonchalant living can be seen in the Polynesian Ex- hibit which is now on display in the University Museums, complete with cocoanut trees, shining sands and fishing boats. "The white man failed com- pletely in trying to reform the olynesians' happy-go-lucky way of life. Hoarding of material wealth didn't appeal to them; they placed more value on giving things away," Irving Reimann, Prefect of Exhibits, said. But the Polynesians can thank the white man for succeeding in bringing new diseases along with untold misery to them. "Colds, smallpox and tuberculo- sis were unknown before the white marl came. But pretty soon the peaceful Polynesians were dying off by the thousands because they didn't have medicines to fight these diseases," Reimann said. When remedies were finally brought to the Polynesian Islands to stop these mass deaths, the white man next confused the na- tives by introducing Christianity. "Everything was fine until this new concept of a Christian God came on the scene. Tribal wars resulted and their formerly care- free life was thrown into chaos. This lasted for some time and when Christianity was finally ac- cepted, they still clung to many of their old black magic rituals," Reimann continued. "They would cast a hex on an enemy they wanted to liquidate or whip up a love potion to help in the wooing of their dream-maid- en," he said. Xk*, "A lovely book, good-hearted and easy- hearted. These are the things that all men remember.' VINCENT McHUGH 0 e IS AN Anotel by ALFRED LEWIS MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ) Hill at Tappan Street Rev. Joseph M. Smith, Minister Howard Farrar, Choir Director Frances Farrar, Organist 6:45 A.M.: Sunrise Service sponsored by 'he Guild. Meet at Guild House, 438 Maynard. 7:45 A.M.: Breakfast at the Church. 9:30 A.M.: Church School-College Age Class. 10:45 A.M.: Morning Worship (nursery for chil- dren). Sermon: "Recognizing the Risen Christ." GUILD HOUSE, 438 Maynard Street H. L. Pickerill, Director Jean Garee Bradley, Associate STUDENT GUILD: 6:45 Sunrise Service at Guild House; 7:45 Breakfast at church. 7:30 P.M.: Musical program at the Guild House. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, Scientist 1833 Washtenaw Ave. 11:00 A.M.: Sunday Morning Services. Subject-"Matter." 9:30 A.M.: Sunday School. 11:00 A.M.: Primary Sunday School during the morning service. 8:00 P.M.: Wednesday: Testimonial Service. A free reading room is maintained at 339 South Main Street where the Bible and all authorized Christian Science literature may be read, bor- rowed, or purchased. Ths room is open daily except Sundays and holidays from 11 A.M. to 5 P.M. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 504 E. Huron C. H. Loucks, Minister and Student Counselor Crystal Cuthbert, Assistant Student Counselor 6:00 A.M.: Guild members meet at Guild House to go to Island for Easter Sunrise Service. Breakfast afterwards at Guild House. 9:30 & 11:00: Easter Morning Worship Services. "Life Eternal," The ordinance of baptism will be observed at the first service. 6:00 P.M.: Cost supper at the Guild House. 7:00 P.M.: Easter evening service in church sanctuary, the Guild joining the congregation for movie, "King of Kings." THE VILLAGE CHURCH FELLOWSHIP (Interdenominational) University Community Center Chapel Willow Run Reverend Blaise Levai, Pastor Sunday-March 25th, 1951 10:45 A.M.: Divine Worship. Easter Sermon-"The Triumph." Special Easter Music-The Cantata No. 4, "Christ Lay By Death Enshrouded" by J. S. Bach, sung by the Choir. 10:45 A.M.: Church School and Nursery. 4:30 P.M.: Study and Discussion Group. Topic-"The Ministry of Jesus and Its Relation to Easter." FRIENDS MEETING 11:00 A.M.: Sundays. Visitors welcome. LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION (National Lutheran Council) STUDENT CENTER 1304 Hill Street Henry 0. Yoder, Pastor Sunday-At the Center: 8:00-9:00 A.M.: Easter Breakfast at the Center. 9:10-9:50 A.M.: Bible Class. Sunday-Worship Services in the Churches: Trinity-6:00 A.M.: Sunrise Service. 10:30 A.M.: Easter Worship Service. Zion-7:00 A.M.: Easter Morning Early Service -Communion. 10:30 A.M.: Easter Worship Service Sunday-LSA Meeting: 5:30 P.M.: In Zion Parish Hall-Easter Program at 7:00-Lenten' Self Denial Offering Presen- tation. Tuesday- 7:30 P.M.: At the Center-Continuation of His- tory of Lutheran Church in America. UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL AND STUDENT- CENTER 1511 Washtenaw Avenue (The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) Alfred T. Scheips, Pastor Sunday at 10f30: Easter Sunday Service, with sermon by. the pastor, "Our Easter Doxology." Sunday at 4:45: Bible Study. "What Does the Bible say about Jesus' activity on Easter Day?" Sunday at 5:30: GAMMA DELTA, LUTHERAN STUDENT CLUB, Supper-Program. "The Eas- ter Message in Color." Tuesday at 9:15: Social Hour. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH State & Williams Minister: Rev. Leonard A. Parr D.D. Student Minitry: Rev.IH. L. Pickerill; Mrs. George Bradley Director of Music: Wayne Dunlap Organist: Howard P. Chase Two Easter services will be held. At 9:30 Dr. Parr will preadh on the subject "The Rose of Jericho." Second service at 10:45 A.M. Sub- ject of sermon, '"The Harp with the Broken Strings." Student Guild musical program at the Guild House at 7:30. FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH 1917 Washtenaw Avenue Edward H. Redman, Minister 10:55 A.M.: Easter Program and Services. Children's Service-Specal Music played by Kathleen A. Rogerson of Detroit and a story sermon by the minister. Service of Parent Dedication or Christening. Children's Recessional. Adult Service with Organ Recital by Mrs. Rogerson "Sonata insC Minor" by Rogers ""Mercy Upon Me, 0 Lord" by Bach "Eventide"-with chimes-by Frysinger "Resurrection Morn" by Johnston Sermon by Rev. E. H. Redman-"Reverence for Life." Lane Hall Lbrary w I _ "_a l 1 We carry a full line of KOSHER. DELICATESSEN SALAMI CORNED BEEF PASTRAMER 1, WEINERS SMOKED FISH Meet your friends at Night School WHERE PROMOTIONS ARE BEING EARNED S1951 i a Night School year' Promo- fi*l ar ait o toew o ulf FRESH DAILY BREAD, BAGELS, ROLLS CAMPUS CHAPEL (Sponsored by the Christian Reformed Churches of Michigan) Washtenaw at Forest R'ev. Leonard Verduin, Director HI FIRST METHODIST CHURCH