TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, sue, THE MICHIGAN DAILY SETTER BUDGETS? Library Hours Extended At Yale, U. of Washington By HARLAND BRITZ Library officials at Yale andr the University of Washington< have extended their service, in7 esponse to student demands.- Eli scholars /may now studyf straight through until midnights instead of the former 10 p.m.t deadline, and Washington stu- dents will once again be able to use their library's facilities on' Saturdays. Steps Devised To Strengthen P'artySystem PSA By BARBARA GOLDBLUM A series of steps designed to in-1 vigorate political parties has been proposed by a group of political experts, members of the American1 Political Science Assrciation. Prof. John W. Lederle, is one of the thirteen political scientists who are seeking a method to strengthen the two-party system. THESE MEN, who make up theI Committee on Political Partiesf suggested that the Democratic and Republican national committees' should each decide in 1952 to re-} convene in 1954. "With the present pace of world events," the committee predicted, "any platform writ- ten in 1952 will require revision in 1954."l Furthermore, they decided thatl Party platforms and issues as set forth at conventions are not meaningless. "That people are more concerned about issues than about personalities is in part in- dicated by the 1948 election cam- paign. Public opinion polls re- vealed that while many voters felt that Dewey was the stronger per- sonality, ther nevertheless sup- ported Truman on issues," Prof. Lederle said. * * * THE COMMITTEE feels that biennial instead of quadriennial conventions would "make clear the continuing importance of expres- sions of party policy." Four alternatives to this sug- gestion were forwarded in the commnittee's statement: 1) Policy statements by the President, on behalf of the majori- ty party;. 2) Policy statements by the na- tional committees; I 3) The creation of national par- ty councils to interpret and de- velop party policy between con- ventions; 4) The regular use of regional conferences in mid-term elections. BUT, THEY SAID, a national convention is the only "unques- Pioned, authentic and legitimate .Noice of a major political party under the present order of things. "Party organization can be im- proved only by party action," the political scientists stated finally. "A decision to hold conventions again in 1954 is the essential first step." These men expect to devote in- tensive research in the coming year to the study of all aspects of conventions in order to complete a report on their functining and procedure. / THE RUBBIN COVERS GIVES SI Bloc I rink when I have occasion. t G* { U CQ Re THE DECISION at Yale was made after a campaign by the "News," the student paper there. The library officials then took a survey of student study habits and found that a large percentage of students stayed at the library until the last possible minute. They immediately decided to * put the extended hours on a trial basis. If the expected de- mand materializes, the plan will be made permanent. T h e Saturday reopening at Washington came after pressure was exerted by the University Sen- ate, the Organizations Assembly and several other student groups. * * * SPIRALLING COSTS had forced Saturday closure of the library, about four months ago. But li- brary officials discovered that the step "was not feasable even though Saturday has always been the least busy day of the week." T h e library's director an- nounced that he has begun a search in other areas for meth- ods of saving funds. Library patronage studies will be made to insure the justification of the move and the decision will be open to further amendments if the studies show that facilities are not being utilized on Saturdays. "Our only interest," the library director asserted, "is to see that the library and itsbook collections, which we consider to be the most important part of the University, are of maximum usefulness to those for whom they are in- tended." Art Museum To Feture Old Canvases The major exhibition of the year, "Italian, Spanish, and French Paintings of the 17th and 18th Centuries" will be shown from Thurs., to Wed., Nov. 28 at the University's Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Museum in collaboration with the Grand Ra- pids Art Gallery, the loan exhibit will consist of forty-four oil paint- ings by forty-four artists. "IN POINT of quality, scope and richness of interest, it is one of the most important exhibitions of painting ever to have been shown in the Museum of Art," Miss Helen Hall Curator of Paintings at the Museum, said. The Eighteenth Century Italian group includes paintings 'by Guardi and Tiepolo. Murillo, El Greco, Zurbaran and Goya will be represented, among others, in the seventeenth century Spanish group. Seventeenth and eighteenth century France will be illustrated by Poussin, Claude Lorrain, Lan- cret, Hubert Robert and Chardin. 'Technic' Tryouts A meting of all engineering col- lege students who are interested in working on the Michigan Tech- nic will be held at 7:30 p.m. to- night in Rm. 205, West Engineer- ing Annex. C SCUFF MARKS! Campus EvenTday POLITICS--The Young Fepub- licans will hear Owen J. Cleary,. chairman qf the Republican State Central Committee, give his opin- ion of the political picture of Michigan and the mid-west at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the League. MUSIC-"St. Martin and His Unintentional Influence on Music" will be the topic of a speech to be given by Prof. Warren Fox, head of the musicology department at the Eastman School of Music, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Amphi- theatre. (:iiiig Events THEATRE PANEL--The Arts Theater Club will hold their first Sfaculty-audience-performer dis- cussion period of the season after tomorrow night's performance of Jean-Jacques Bernard's "The Sulky Fire." The panel will consist of Prof. Marvin Felheim of the English de- partment, Prof. James O'Neill of the French department, and Milan Rice, Grad. 't x r / ..rt- a new tou, a netow wei 11, wm-t, - a new look ! sport shirts of Galey & Lord's remarkable ifecui z r 1 -Daily-Bob Vaughn MAJORITY RULES-A sure-fire way to test public opinion on a problem is to ask the people themselves, and this is precisely what these two University students are doing for a produce design' class. The problem is to find out which of these designs will be most acceptable to the public. Here Edward Hutcheson, '52 and Gene Kiddon, '52 are asking Joan Fried, '53 her opinion on these various box designs. The product design class consists of four members, and in the space of two days ty oeonere ppox yieople. ar ifue c<~+«nurvey na ruvntr~r Cu d 1uC , ' they hope to interview approximately 100. people. So tar the according to the students, those interviewed have been very LIT CONFERENCE TODAY: survey has pove successu, an cooperative. ntroductory Courses o B Topc By JERRY HELMAN ' Prof. Hayward Keniston of the a unique way to bring abo The first literary college confer- Spanish department. changes, according to James R ence of the school year, giving bertson, assistant dean of the ' students a chance to air legitimate THE CONFERENCES were ini- erary college. No resolutions a gripes will be held at 7:30 p.m. tiated in 1946 and after several passed, and the conference do today in the League. years delay were reinstituted in not go -on record as advocating Interested students will be given 1949 by Deans Keniston and Char- particular reform. 1P Pok of f h lifprarv colQp i ROTC-A mock military court trial will be presented by the Uni- versity's Army ROTC unit at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Kellogg Auditorium. The trial will be conducted ac- cording to the new Uniform Code of Military Justice by senior stu- dents enrolled in the unit's "Mili- tary Law and Boards" course. out The public is invited. i- CONFERENCE-The part of ire are '.oes a ment of good citizenship will be! considered at the 22nd Annual Parent Education Institute Nov. 7 and 8 at the Rackham building. an opportunity at the conferencer to sit down with faculty and ad- ministration representatives and tangle with the problem of "The Value of Introductory Courses." This will be the first of approxi- mately six such conferences sched- uled to be held during the year and dealing with a variety of topics. * * * SOME OF the points that will beN covered in today's discussion are the size of classes, level and cali- bre of instruction and the neces-f sity of prerequisites. The discus- sion will be informal and all in- terested students are invited to attend and give their opinion on the subject. Among the faculty who haver been invited to attend are Prof. Wilbert McKeachie of the psy- chology department, Prof. John Arthos of the English department" and a member of the Curriculum, Committee, Prof. William Palmer of the economics department and Psy%,chologist To Open_-Talks Prof. John F. Shepard of the psychology department will speak on "The Psychology of Freedom" at 8 p.m. today in the League as the first in a series of lectures and discussions on freedom sponsored by the Council of the Arts, Sci- ences and Professions. Other lectures in the series will deal with the nature of societies in which men can be free, the his- tory of loyalty and freedom in the United States, and the legal and constitutional aspects of civil lib- erties. THE GOAL OF the Council's program for the year is to provide through discussion and study, the basis for a philosophy of action for the intellectual. Later a group of lectures will be offered on the role of labor and the professional in social change. The final series will concentrate on international problems. The entire year's program will be oriented toward effective action on current issues. Seminar groups of students and faculty members will prepare each meeting as well as relevant bibliography and ar- ticles. r. ueai oz0me1 ueiu rykcurie e. "In education, progress is not The conference is sponsored by As a result of changes advo- made by passing resolutions," the University Extension Service cated by past conferences, sev- Robertson points out. "These and the Michigan Congress of Par-' eral revisions in University po- conferences enable the admin- ents and Teachers.r licy have come about. Among istration and faculty to judge Dean of the education school, these are the Student Advisors what can be done and how best J. B. Edmondson, Prof. Stanley E.! Program and an increase in for- to do it." Dimond, of the education school, eign language requirements. After today's conference. a com- Prof. Garnet R. Garrison, of thej Last year a Steering Committee mittee will be chosen by those pre- speech department, and Mrs. Bet-j was established composed of .e- sent to organize the results of the ty L. Kohler of Western Michigan presetatied opsd fi r hc ill ;College of Education will address presentatives of student organiza- meeting into a report which ollege of . tions to select topics for discus- thenbe presented to the coillee. the grou. sion and make arran~ements for The head of this committee will be -w-_______________ future meetings. a member of the Steering Commit- * tee. In addition, several steno- THE CONFERENCES work in graphers will be on hand to take DR. FRANK RYBA down the actual proceedings. The committee's report is used OPTOMETRIST U Lan R e rm by the college in future decisions. "We find the conferences reports . . . eye examinations To Discussed invaluable as a valid source of --- student demands," Robertson said. ... glasses "United Nations Program for "We sincerely hope that students Land Reform" will be the topic will be sufficiently interested to of a lecture to be given by Mrs. U. sit down with us and talk about H. Duffus, of the State Depart- the kind of education they have Phone 2-8869 ment, at 4:15 p.m. today at Kel- been getting and what they want :__ logg Auditorium. in the future." i r I , , i Something wonderful has gotten into sport shirts - GaJey & Lord's Rifleclub fabric! Made of high-grade cotton, it adds a touch of rayon y: for the luxury feel of fine French flannel. Its medium weight is just right for fall. And it brings plaids, checks and stripes new color brilliance. Won't shrink or fade because it's Sanforized* and vat-dyed. Ask for them at your favorite men's wear, department or specialty store. 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